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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Concentrated Feeds Favored.

concentrated = FeeuS raVOTcus
That farmers are giving the corn
concentrated feeds a careful trial Is
shown by their increased supplying an
abundance of pure fresh air as all
times as the first requisite, to be fol-
lowed by the admittance into the sta
bles of all the sunlight that can pos
sibly be secured.
These two forces, pure air and dl-
rect sunlight, are great germ destroy
ers and no habitation for man or beast
can have too much of them. Think
for moment of the form Of punish-s
ment meted out 10 the Offenders
aga inse soei ettyy'ss s sasad conssa eff
with the conditions on many of our
breeding farms, noting how closely the
conditions agree, and then reflect on
the comparative length of the period
Of life of prisoners and the prevalence
of tuberculosis among them as COM
pared with the rest of humanity who
can enjoy the blessings of long life
and good health, made possible only
by Gods greatest of gifts to all his
creatures, pure air and sunshine. The
breeder, therefore, who Is wise in his
day and generation will endeavor by
plenty of exercise in the open air,
freedom from all restraint possible,
and when confinement is necessary,
will see to it that the essentials for
long life and good health, fresh air
and sunshine, are supplied in abund-
ance.-New England Homestead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Egyptian.C Cotton in Texas.

Egyptian cotton Is being introduced
in Texas and promises to revolutionize
the cotton industry of the South. 1t is
said that it is much more desirable
than the cotton raised in the United
States now, and even better than the
Sea Island cotton. The Egyptian cot
ton has much longer fiber than other
cottons, and it's seed can be removed
so easily that it is not necessary to cut
up the cotton in ginning it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
AIice,s Club.

A1ice's Club.
"Father, father, please wait for mep'
called Alice Mead, all out of breath with
running to meet her father.
Father heard and stopped just as he
reached the piazza steps, So Ey Good-
afternoon, little lady! Why eaidnf you
make your father hear before, so we
might have walked up the street to-
gether?"
81 did try very hard" said Alice. Then
she took his outstretched hand, and
they climbed the steps and sat down be-
side mother. @
Back again, girlie?" asked mother.
"Did you have nice timer"
where have you been?" inquired
father.
down to Bertha Kobbe's. Our club
held it's first meeting there to-day, and
we had lovely time, mother" answer
ed the little girl, with smile.
"Your club? My dear little girl, do
you mean to tell me you belong to a
club?" exclaimed father, with the mer-
ry look in his eyes that Alice loved to
see.
"Why, yes, father, thought every
body did" Mother and father laughed
as Alice continued: "You do, and moth
er has two or three, haven't you,
mother?'
"Yes, dear, fully as many as that" an
swered mother, and she smiled as she
thought of the many societies of which
she was a member.
Il thought you did; then Rob belongs
to a baseball club, and sister is going to
join a ping-pong club. So somebody is
always going to something, and just
wished l could have club, too. One
dayeI told teacher so, and she said, DO
you? That's the very thing; We will
have a Good Manners Club"
Father was listening hard now. "a
Good Manners Club? What is that?'
Don't you know, father, lots Of girls
and boys in our school forget to say
thank you and please when we ought.
And sometimes we just say plain what,
instead of what, father"
"Yes, little maid, 1 have noticed that" +"
answered father; land it is the same
way with yes and no."
"Yes," said the young club member,
adding, as she remembered her club,
s.Yes, father, mean. Miss Knox is al
ways telling us about those things, and
the boys about lifting their hats and
about being polite to the girls, and, oh,
ever so many things! So she said we
would have club"
ITO whip you with when you were
not polite?" quizzed father.
mo, father" laughed Alice. "You
know didn't mean that. 1 mean a real
truly club, with members, like yours
and mothers; only all we have to do to
Join ours is to sign little pledge like
this: I promise to try to be polite And
once a week we meet and tell how we
have done"
"Of course you all succeed, don't
you?'' inquired mother.
s'No, mother, we don't!' sighed the
little girl.
"How do you know about the 9TH
ers?' was the next question.
.'I'n tell you how it is, father. Miss
Knox told us that every one who had
failed once or twice, or even a great
many times, through the week, could
bring a penny to the next meeting if he
wanted to. The pennies are to help
buy something more for our Christmas
box. And what do you s'pose? To-day
every boy and girl there brought one!
And Henry Paget-you know him, don'i
you, father?"
"Oh, yes, know Henry. What hap
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Hemp In the Philtppines- g.

The largest production of hemp for
one year under normal conditions In
the Philippines was 10000 tons. There
Is a possibility Of the islands being
made to produce sufficient for the con-
sumption of the whole world. Hemp
needs no cultivation. Care must only
be taken that 1t Is cut In the proper
season. The natives cannot be exceIled
the world over in the preparation Of
hemp for the market.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
A Punish ment.
Little Miss Mabel

DHC dC CHV IdUIt,
Drumming with fork and spoon,
Till her mother said, Child,
l shall really go wild
If you don't stop that gathering soon."
But little Miss Mabel
Kept up such a babel
That, what do you think happened next?
Her spoon and her fork .-
Were sent to New York,
And Mabel was very much vexed.
CAROLYN Well.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Ito be conunued.)
Mrs. Campbell was Angry.

Ex-Congressman Tim Campbell says
Mrs. Campbell spoke to him the other
day about the advertisement of but
tonless shirt.
"What kind of shirt is that?" she
inquired.
"Just like mine," answered the ex-
congressman, who, in telling the story,
said Mrs. Campbell didn't speak to
him for a week. New York Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28

the cloth briskly up and down the glass
at a point between the points of the
cross and the pointed end ef the cross
will slowly but surely move toward
or revolve on the needle until it points
to the place on the glass where the
cloth is being rubbed.
The point Of the cross Is attracted
by the electricity which is generated by
rubbing the glass with the woolen
cloth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
New Breed of Fowls.

The illustration shows a cock and
hen, from photograph, of the new breed
of fowls recently introduced from
France and known as Faverolle. Those
who have seen the breed pronounce it
q desirable one, and think that it will
become popular in this country. In
brief, the main characteristics are Wig
or, early maturity, good feeding quail
tiles and fine flesh. Comparatively lit
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
His Plan.

City Man-Yes; we all need a rest
once in a while.
Farmer-So we do, young man. An
if some of you city folks'd foller my
plan an take yer rest from at night
till 4 in the mornin' you'd be deal
hetter off -Puck
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Ambiguous.

"What 1 am afraid Of" said Miss
Primley, shaking her head roguishly,
sis the man I married would not love
me when am old"
"If he loved you when he married
you," said Miss Candid, she would" !"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
How Necessary.

How necessary.
elbow did that light opera of yours
turn out?'' asked the young composer.
ga beastly failure"
"What was the reason?"
"Well, you see, the stage manager
forgot to load down the poor, simple
village maidens who tra-la-la through
the piece with silk dresses and paste
diamonds. ."'-Judge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28

cation of stable manure will not do.
The possession of the ideas indicated
make it evident that the study of the
soil in an intelligent manner is one
of the essential things for all farmers
to do,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Doing as He Was Told.

= DO1HX as nc " as 1OIUs
'What on EARTH" said gentleman
to his son, "are you doing up there,
Johnny, sitting on the horses back,
when you ought to be at school?'
Teacher said I was to write COM
position on horse" said the boy, "and
I'm trying to, but it's awful dif'cult,
COS he will keep moving SO. s'pose
that's why teacher gave it to us to do,
amt it?'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28

ton on the ladder, while the other
shows it with the handle in place for
carrying away the fruit when the box
is full. It, is very simple and one can
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
No Help Needed.

Lawyer-You know you are not
obliged to incriminate yourself.
Client-No; II suppose there'll be
plenty to attend to that, all right,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
The Bright Little Boy

"What do you expect to be when you
become Of age, my little MANI" asked
the visitor.
"Twenty-one, SIR" was the bright
ones reply.-Yonkers Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28

space that is afforded
in this case, where the
handle of the basket
m u S t constantly be
avoided by the. pick
er's hand. One figure
shows the box in posi-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
FAvEROI.LE FOWLS.

tie is known about the breed as egg
producers, but, judging from the make
up of the hen, they should do fairly
we'll in that respect. The main claim
for the breed, however, is that they
head the list Of all table fowls, seem
ingly being fitted to take on flesh rap
idly and still have the flesh retain the
finest favor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Fruit Trees for the Roadside.

AS a rule trees to be set along the
roadside if beyond the line Of the prop
erty, should be of the ornamental class
es rather than fruit trees; particularly
should this be the case If the farm is
located in a rather thickly populated
section. If, however, the trees are to
be set inside the fence line on one side
of the farm, or even on all sides, cher
ry trees will be the most ornamental
and probably yield as good an income
as any other class, if soil and climate
is suitable. In an apple section it would
doubtless be wise to set apple trees.
There can be but one objection to util-
izing the land along the roadside for
fruit trees, and that is the tendency on
the part of the owner to neglect them
to a much greater extent than would
be the case if the trees were in orchard
rows. The trees must have the annual
care, the pruning. the spraying and the
thinning, and if these are given there
is no reason why they should not grow
profitable crops.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Faith in the Rainbow.

1t had rained and rained for days. It
had rained so hard and for such long
time that Hugh had lost nearly week
at school, One day he took down the
spyglass,. and was looking through it
up at the sky. His mother saw him
standing there by the window and
cried out: Hugh, Hugh, what are
you doing with that spyglassr' Il
was thinking" he answered, that God
has forgotten that He promised there
never would be another flood, and
am trying to see If there won't be a
rainbow somewhere up there, SO we
will be sure"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Farm and Factory.

Farm ana Factory.
In 1870, the census did not report a
pound of butter made In factories; in
1880, 30,000,OOO pounds, out of prod
uct of S07, 100000, was factory made;
in 1900 the factory product of butter
was 420, 0,126,OOO pounds, out of grand
total of 1892, ,699, 900 pounds, the fac
tory product being 2S.2 per cent of the
whole. Cheese making shows still
more remarkable transformation. In
1860 there was no cheese making in fac
tories reported. In 1870 the factories
made more than one-half our cheese;
and in 1900 the farms made but 1872
600 pounds, or less than 6 per cent of
the whole product of 300,0OO.00O.
Illustrations might be multiplied in
definitely to show the encroachment Of
the factory upon the function of the
farm. Indeed, it is becoming most
difficult matter for the census makers
to determine where to draw the line be-
tween agriculture and manufactures in
many branches of industry. But the
farm is the twin sister Of the factory;
they flourish or are depressed in per-
feet sympathy; and American suprem-
acy in manufactures is due, in very
large degree, to the abundance of our
agricultural products. Of the raw ma
terials consumed in manufactures, ag-
riculture supplied $1,940, 727 900 in
value, or S1.2 per cent of the total; the
mines supplied $319, 900, or 1874 per
cent in value; and the forest $11S, ,S03,-
600, or per cent of the total; while
from ocean, lake and river came only
$9,635, 900, or O.04 per cents. N. D.
North, in Review of Reviews
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
pened to hima Did he forget his pen.

pened 70 hlm! DID ne forget his PEN
nyr
'tOh. no, he brought his penny, but he
asked Miss Knox what 1t means to be
polite, and said he couldn't be, because
he didn't know what it means.'
what did Miss Knox tell him, dear?"
"She said the best definition she knew
is the old rhyme-shaI I speak It for
you?
True politeness is to say
The kindest thing in the kindest way"
Father kissed her as he said, 81 think
your club is better than some of the
grown-up ones"
And mother added, $50 do I."-
Youths Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Fruit-Gathering Device.

Our two Illustrations show handy
device for picking fruit, the advantage
over basket being the clear open
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-28
Scarcity of Beef and Mutton.

Scarcity of Beef and Mutton.
The setting and fencing of farms in
those locations where cattle and sheep
have been allowed to Craze freely
upon government land has helped to
make an advance in the prices of our
meats. The conditions are different
from what they were twenty years
ago, yet we think this may be in part
overcome by the fattening of cattle at
an earlier age, and by better cultiva-
tion and the introduction Of better
grasses on the grazing lands, and bet-
ter fe] nand care Of stock when
they Ftss Ii. to the stables. LII
stead of requiring fifty acres to each
steer they are now beginning to claim,
OF the best feeders are, that three
acres of grass is enough for steer.
We have known men in New England
who found one acre produce forage for
a cow in milk, excepting the grain food
which was purchased. When our beef
growers reach that capacity they will
find it costs no more to grow fat
animal than it did when they had
range which was unlimited and With
out cost-New England Homestead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
WOULD CONWAY AS NUNS
MRS. SOFFEL HAD PLAN THAT
FAILED.

BUTLER, Pa, Feb 2.-Wearing
the garb of .lunc Of the Ro
man Catholic church, under the protect
ing wing of which the condemned murd-
erers had found spiritual rest, the Bid
dies and Mrs. Soffel had resolved to
make their escape 1t was Mrs. Soffel' S
plan and the arrangement was that as
soon as the trio had reached a place
of temporary safety, they were to don
the black robes and wells as travelling
Sisters of Mercy and make for some
remote mining place in Canada where
they were to live together.
Mrs. Soffels dead lover had told her
that he intended to give up his former
nefarious trade and work in the mines
with Jack. This plan was made known
to DR.. McCurdy Bricker at the Butler
hospital by Mrs. Soffel and was confirm
ed by Jack Biddle on Saturday. 1t was
not Jacks intention to always remain
with his brother and his sweetheart.
The thought that, though the means
was dear, she had assisted her lover to es-
cape the scaffold, seemed to soothe Mrs.
Soffels mind and wounds today. She
remarked to the attendants at the hos
pital that she had accomplished her pur-
pose and was ready to meet her fate
Tonight Miss Cook, matron at the hos
pital, says she considers Mrs SoffePs
case as progressing favorably.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
1t grew dark earlier about old Chat
fees cabin than elsewhere on the plan
tation. The reason is obvious.
Old Chaffee's cabin, of rough hewn
logs, was surrounded on three sides by
tall thick growing forest trees, some
of them somberly alive, the majority
mere blackened skeletons that had been
charred in the making of the small clear
ing; on the fourth side raced the Mis-
sissippi river.
Old Chaffee was the ferryman, who
rowed occasional seekers after transit
to or from Brownsville, the county seat,
whose spires doomed Immediately oppo-
site to his cabin in the woods.
1t was a drearily lonesome spot where
the ferryman lived, and yet there had
sprung and thriven there as pretty and
sweet a girl as all the country side could
boast.
One often finds flowers of delicate
beauty growing among the neglected
heritage of the roadside or the fence
corner. Bella Chaffee was an anomaly
of that sort.
In the cleaning Of a soft spring even
ing she sat on the cabin doorstep, sew
ing on something white. The fleeing
daylight lay in pallid patches on her
work. Old Chaffee was not as liberal
as the sun in dispensing light, and was
given to grumbling disagreeably If the
great Jumbo lantern that swung from
the portico ceiling was lighted by his
women folks for any other purpose than
to guide him from his starting point on TIE
town side to his own ramshackle pier, to
which a small fleet of untrustWorthy
rowboats was always anchored.
Passengers We're irregular, but always
welcome as a source of revenue. With
startling uneXpectedneSs one of theSs
came out of the black woods behind the
girl, as she sat sewing on the doorstep.
So intent was she on the white garment
spread over her lap that it was only by
the sudden increase Of darkness she was
made to look up.
A man stood between her and the fad
ing light A tall man, young, and with
a certain ease Of manner that made Bel
la promptly pronounce him a gentleman.
She crumpled her work into shape
less mass. 1t was the petticoat she was
to wear under her wedding dress on the
very next day. and she biushed with
a sense of the unseemliness of a mans
eyes resting on it, She got nlmbly to
her feet.
But the man had no eyes for her or
her petticoat He was there on urgent
personal business, any hindrance to which
might be fraught with grave consequent
ces. He DOTTED his hat to her sex, as he
asked, abruptly:
us this where, Chaffee, the ferryman,
Iives?"
Bella said eyes" rolling her petticoat
into a tight cylinder.
81 want him to put me across the
river at once"
Quailing a little before his imperious
air OF command, Bella said: I'm awful
sorry, sir, but fathers gone for the
night. went with the man to select tim
Der for his new boat. Folks so seldom
want to cross on such a night
Whats the matter with the night?''
Nothing much with the night, but the
rivers high and the drift woods ter
rible thick, and the fog begins to thick
en- almost as soon as the sun goes
down"
signed him his place with orders mot
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
HOLLAND is PERSISTENT
BUT THERE is SMALL CHANCE FOR
PEACE NOW.

LONDON. Feb. 2.-The Hague CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mail says that
Holland intends to remodel her offer CON-
corning peace in South Africa and re-
new diplomatic representations to Great
Britain. DR.. Kuyper, the Dutch premier
says the correspondent has strong con-
tinental backing and the negotiations are
likely to be prolonged
''The British minister had an interview
with DR.. Won Lynden, the Dutch minister
Of foreign affairs last Saturday." writes
the Brussels correspondent of the Morn
ing Post, land intimatcd that Great
Britain would never negotiate with Mr..
Kruger or Dr. Leyds''
Rudyard Kipling, who arrived at Cape
Town Jan. s, in a letter to a friend in
England, again protests emphatically
against any amnesty being granted the
rebels, which he fears from the attitude
Of the home people may be done. Mr..
Kipling declares it is a question of life
or death for the Colony.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
Cupid at the Telephone.
BY JEANETTE HADDERMAN wALwoRTH.

voices to each other, standing there in
the twilight gloom, with the maddened
river rushing by with audible fury.
Notwithstanding, I must cross the
river tonight"
Z" Must?' My, but you sound master
full. Nothing but wedding or a funeral
ought to make folks so bent, on a thing. >"
The man laughed unpleasantly.
1t is to stop a wedding even If 1
turn it into a funeral. Is there no man
about who yam take old Chafee's place
at the oars? l am willing to pay hin
SIS.
Twenty-Five dollars" Bella repeated
the magnificent offer in short gasps.
of amazement.
81 mean what I say
The girl looked beyond him towards
the surging river. 1t was too dark now
to see them-but, she knew that myriad
borne recklessly upon it's yellow bosom
toward the sea, each one q menace to
any small craft carelessly steered. Also,
there was the chance of being run down
in the fog by passing steamer TO
steer direct route to the Brownville
landing in face Of all these pediments
was an achievement. A task full of diff
ficulty and danger.
On the other hand SIS! Why it would
gown that the village dreSsmaker, over
in Brownville, had promised to send
nome tomorrow in time for her to be
married in at O'Clock in the evening.
she could even afford the added splendor
OF a white satin ribbon for her neck, and
a bow for her hair, if she earned that
money. But if she failed? She shud-
dered and spoke with some asperity:
There isn't a man within miles OF
Of Foil
the river myself, but how can L tell if
1t is so urgent. You might wait over
until pa gets back tomorrow morning"
,Ihat may be too late. Perhaps if 1
tell You the whole story you may be
moved to earn that money by putting
me across have a young brother
over there-he is buying lumber. Back
IN Detroit where his people live sweet
girl is ready to marry him and make his
whole family happy. Last week L got
telegram from friend in Brownsville
saying: Jan about to make fool of
himself. Marries a nobody on the 18th
to it,
"How?'
II shall tell him that his mother is
Ill and make him go home with me- He
stamped his foot with impatience-"wil
you, or, will you not put me across the
riyer?"
The girl looked at him composedly:
How dc you know he is going to make
a fool of himself?"
rs it likely that Bellinger would find
a suitable wife in these back woods?
Twenty five, thirty, forty dollars, girl,
if you will put me across the river be-
fore o'clock tonight. That telegram
was not explicit enough. 1 may be 100
late by morning. Will you do it,
Yes" said Bella quietly. You just
walk down that plank walk till you come
to some boats chained to the pier. I'll
tell ma what I'm going to do and get her
to light thetbig lantern, SOS 1 can steer
home by it,
He was heartlessly Indifferent to her
homecoming He supposed she knew
enough to take him over safely and
herself back as safely. Beyond that he
felt no concern. Nothing interested MIN
just now but the rescue of the young
had been marked out-from marriage
with a nobody, a village plebeian.
With strong, supple wrists Bella plant
ed the oars in the row locks and as