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Congressman Cannon the speaker
lobe. will tlsis season FOR TIE FIST
me in his Washington career. keep
aDose mtznling 10 go i'll foi mod
,Yatr afaGunt Of society doing. Won.
lcr i. Uncle Joe" is & iag u get
> 4ay d. Tom Cat Piatt?
fno NV republic of Panama is
city" little yaEraster. Uncle Sam
recognized Panamas independence oh
Thursday. and on Saturday the dipo-
matte agent of the republic showed up
in Washington.
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After all it seems that threat of a
scrap was OILY a game 4 hoId-up on
the part of Russia aud Japan.
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The reporters are oYefWorklnS sen
.taf Morgan They are interviewing
Him every day, including Sunday.
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| The BGstun "coGns. continue to aha1i
at Booker Washington.
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The political whitcWa.al brush is
},ztiied locally occasionally.
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The political WhitcW& II brush Is
4ltiiea locally occasionally.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-09

Thc=Goston cocis9 continue to snarI
At Booker MasfIington
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-09

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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Lincoln's Defense.

Lincoln's greatest legal triumph was
the acquittal of an old neighbor named
Duff Armstrong, who was charged with
murder. Several witnesses testified
that they saw the accused commit the
ded one night about II o'clock. Lin
coin attempted no cross-examination.
except to persuade them to reiterate
their statements and to explain that
they We're able to see the act distinctly
because of the bright moonlight. By
several of the prosecuting witnesses
he proved the exact position and size
of the moon at the time Of the murder.
The prosecution there rested, and Lin
coin, addressing the court and the jury,
announced that he had no defense to
submit except an almanac, which
would show that there was no moon
on that night. The states attorney
was paralyzed, but the court admitted
the almanac as competent testimony,
and every witness was completely i'm
peached and convicted of perjury. The
verdict was not guilty.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27


The average fruit ladder, as found in
most orchards, is not Particularly de-
sirable mainly because it is not de-
signed for this particular work. The
broad top Of the common ladder makes
it almost impossible to get it among
the branches in firm position. Where
one has considerable fruit to gather, a
special ladder constructed after the
plan of the one in the illustration will
be found not only useful, but will save
considerable time in the fruit-gather-
ing season.
A pole. preferably green one from
the woods, should be secured, having
If of the desired length. The largest
end should be split up a bout three feet
and brace inserted to keep the sides
apart. The ends which stand on the
ground should be sharpened or covered
with sharpened pieces Of fron,. which.
any blacksmith can fashion and at
tach Bore holes one and one-half
inches in diameter in both sides as far
apart as the rungs are, to be placed.
The rungs should be formed Of some
tough wood so that they may not be
made too bungling. At the top of the
pole a strip of strap iron is fastened
with a long hook SO that it may be
passed over the branches of the tree.
The illustration on the left of the cut
shows how the hook is fastened on.
This ladder will cost but small sum,
and If well made will last for years.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Lime and u1phur wa.b.


Fruit growers are quite interested in
the formula composing the new in
secticide, lime and sulphur, but have
found the labor of making it consid-
erable because Of the necessity for boil
ing the mixture. Recent experiments
have shown that if potash or caustic
soda is used there will be no neces-
sity for boiling. The formula for max
ing in this way is this: Take twenty
pounds of sulphur, forty pounds of
lime, five pounds of caustic soda and
sixty gallons of water. Make a thin
paste Of the sulphur and dissolve the
caustic soda in water.
In slaking the lime, use only enough
water to make it boil rapidly. During
the process of shaking, pour into the
lime the, sulphur paste, and then the
caustic soda solution, adding water if
necessary, and stirring rapidly until
all bubbling stops, when dilute with
water to the consistency and strength
needed for the spraying. The use of
this material in spraying is not only
a decided check ON scale, but very ef-
fective against various insects. APP
plications may be made in the late
fall, in midwinter and in the; early
spring. .,,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

straw or lime. The corn was planted
the second week in June. The corn
on the plats to which kainit or straw
was applied made continuous growth,
and after the middle of July these
plats could readily be distinguished
that shown on the plats on which no
fertilizer was used. The treated plats
did not ripen as early as the others,
and the fodder was slightly damaged
by frost on September 27, although no
injury was done to the ears. The corn
was cut from the different plats Oc.
tober and husked October 10. The
accompanying table:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Gaod for Hogs.

Take six bushels of cob charcoal or
three bushels of common charcoal,
eight pounds of salt and one pound Of
Epson salts, two quarts Of air-slack
lime, one bushel of wood ashes. Break
the charcoal into small pieces and
thoroughly mix the other ingredients
with it. Then take one pound Of cop
peras and dissolve in hot water, and
with an ordinary watering not sprin-
kle over the whole mass and again
mix thoroughly. This mixture should
be kept dry. Feeding portion of it
twice a week furnishes something that
the hogs demand and assists in taking
off the gases of the stomach, expelling
worms and regulating their conditions.
Winchester (Ind) Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Russian Ignorance.

Recently an American travelling in
Russia who had neglected to provide
himself with a passport when he ar
rived at the borders of the Cars do
mains was held up by an official with
a demand for his passport. For an In
slant the American was stumped, but,
so the story goes, he quickly rose to
the emergency. Diving into his inside
pocket, he pulled out his life insurance
policy and handed it to the Russian.
The latter gravely looked the paper
over, carefully scrutinizing the impos-
ing-looking seal and the array of sig
natures. Then, with satisfied air.
he handed back the paper, and the
American passed on.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
CHAPTER TX.

1t was not without a sigh of regret
that Helen Montauban observed the pain
which she was forced to infict on one
who loved deeply and truly. Francis Egg
erton had inspired her with sentiment
of the most earnest esteem; but the
knowledge of the depth of his regard for
her had almost decided her, at first, to
break off an intimacy which, on his part,
claimed something more than the name of
friendship. This, however, seemed too
harsh a measure. She could not persuade
herself to go so far. She liked him sin
cerely; her regard for him was too real
too deep, to permit her thus absolutely
to relinquish the occasional society of
Lord Egerton; while she trusted to cure
him, in time, of the passion, which she
felt too WELL from a consciousness of her
own preference in a different quarter, she
should never be able to return.
Since his arrival just after Rose had
become an inmate of the Chateau Montau-
ban, she had begun to feel that she had
a means of assistance at hand. She did
not pause for time to define any plan,
or to say to herself, in so many words,
that such and such an ultimate issue had
been guessed at, or hoped for, by her;
but she appropriated the means present
ed to her. and trusted that they would
succeed.
Meeting, on the very first evening Of
his arrival at the chateau, with a repulse,
gentle, though firm, from Helena disap-
pointment to hopes long, yet doubtfully,
cherished; and feeling that the detection
and unhappiness which he felt would, if
observed, draw upon him the attention
of those about him, he endeavored to con-
ceal all evidence of his feelings under a
calm exterior, and to evince as much in
terest in affairs about him as was possi-
BILE.
He found himself thrown daily into the
society of Rose Lamonte, often by
chance, oftener by Helen's own agency.
He admired her beauty-her innocence
and grace, had a charm for him. Helen
Montauban knew it. He first merely ac-
knowledged, and was sensible of her
presence; then he sought it. Rose con-
fessed to Helen her admiration Of him,
and seemed to evince pleasure in his
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Succession of Crops.

In a rotation a shallow and deep.
roofing crop should follow each other
so that the demand for plant food il
shifted. Crops that produce humua
and crops that consume humus should
alternate, or, if possible, be raised to-
gether. Crops should be rotated SO
that fertilizing materials left by the
preceding crop are in the best condi-
ton for the succeeding crop. The weak
feeding crop, if it is a desirable one,
should be put in the rotation when the
fertilizing substances are in the most
available form. Crops of dissimilar
feeding habits should follow each
other.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Farm Notes.

The crab apple is one of the hardest
of trees, and as there is nearly always
a demand for crab apples in market
they are found profita BILE by some. The
blossoms are beautiful in spring, and
the trees are more ornamental than
some which are used for shade and or
nament. The large and growing de-
mand for pure jellies and preserves
should create larger market in the
future for crab apples.
Roller process bran is, on the aver
age, better than old process bran. Bran
is rich in ash, or mineral matter,
which renders it a suitable food for
growing animals. 1t serves well with
all foods which are lacking In line or
bone forming material, and is valuable
in the manure heap. 1t may not be
equal to linseed meal or some other
foods, for certain purposes, but it is a
food that should always be used.
A city boy is greener in the coun-
try than the country boy is in the city.
A dairyman recently hired young
city chap and sometime during the first
week gave him the order to "salt the
calves He found out later that this
young American had rubbed about a
quart of salt into the hair on the back
of each calf. Later horses running In
calves and proceeded to help them
selves, resulting in many instances in
the hair being licked completely of.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Grandma's Butter Stamp.

They were out In the cool little
dairy. Grandma was making butter,
and Barty was looking on.
ST must certainly have new butter
stamp" grandma said, between spats
of the big wooden paddle" She was
working the buttermilk out Of the soft
golden mass, and working the salt in.
''I'll div you one, gamma, on your
birthday day." Barty said, promptly.
And Of course he plunged his hands
into his small trouser pocket and jim
gled the pennies.
"But to-day is my sbirfday day."
laughed grandma. I'm sixty to-day,
Little Pockets!'
'Then I'll div you one this to-day
Little Pockets answered, gravely. He
meant to get right down from the high
bench at once and go and buy 1t, but
he wanted to see grandma spat, spat,
spatter first. It was such fun, and
little salt drops kept spattering across
into his face and making him wink!
Pretty soon the golden butter was all
worked" and grandma smoothed it
out into a beautiful yellow sheet. Then
she hurried away to get the worn-out
old butter stamp. Barty thought he
would 60, too, but it was pretty high
bench, and he was a pretty low little
boy. So it needed a good deal of time
to get ready to jump down. And dear
me, somehow something caught some
where! For Barty tumbled forward on
to the golden sheet Of butterl Out flew
his two small fat hands, and then,
all in a minute, grandma's butter was
stamped!
When grandma came back there was
the print, clear and deep, Of two little
hands with fat, widespread fingers,
right in the middle Of her golden but
ter. And grandma hugged Barty and
kissed his crestfallen little face.
"Why, bless the Little Pockets, it's
a beautiful butter stamp he's given
grandma ON her 'birfday dayp" she
cried. But although she didn't men
ton word of it to Barty-dear, mol
still, she couldn't help being glad that
the fat little hands had been scrubbed
and rubbed just before they stamped
her butter!-Youth's Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Keeping Sweet Potatoe..

To keep well sweet potatoes should
be dug when the soil Is quite dry and
afterward spread thin to cure for ten
days at least in an outbuiIding secure
from rain and frost. Road dust one
third Of which is composed Of fine sand
is best for packing in. Place layer of
dust in the bottom of box or barrel or
whatever is used to pack in, then a
layer of potatoes, being careful to COW
er every potato completely with dust
before adding the next layer. The last
layer is dust. We keep sweet potatoes
in this manner all winter, and they
seem as fresh as when first packed.
We keep them in an outhouse until
severely cold weather, merely covering
the boxes with carpeting, etc. When
severe cold sets. in they are removed to
room where fire is Kept part of the
day only. Failure to keep well is often
due to too much heat or packing away
in too warm materials.-Cor. Ohio
Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
A Real Conversation with Clancy.


Once a year Clancy comes up to
Meadowview to plow the garden.
'You have a new horse, Clancy"
says L.
81 have" says he.
'Where's the old one?"
'"Thraded her fer this one"
''What was the matter with her?'
''She'd bad kidneys and a weak
back"
''Will she be better in the new
placer.
''Shure, she won't be long there.
That man could sell her at the Hunt
Club fer high jumper; anybody'n
b'lave him."
professional horse trader?' asked.
''No, the preacher"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

The conclusion is that returns are
bound to be profitable in land treated
as were the plants in the experiments
cited-especially as to kainit or straw.
Another thing shown is that the infiu-
ence of the treatment is bound to be
effective for years to come, as the land
will the more readily respond to labor
put upon it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Attachments.

Polonious-Attachme are quickly
formed in our profession.
Hamakter-Alas, it's true!
Polonious-Why that note of melan-
choly in thy tone?
Hamakter-I was thinking of my
wardrobe which my landlord has this
day attached-Ohio State Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
He AIways Looks Happy.

'The greatest evils" says Jeremy
Taylor, 'sare from Within US; and from
ourselves also we must look for our
greatest good" We are generally un-
conscious that we are creating an at
mosphere that affects more than any
other thing our material prospects as
well as our happiness. Joe Arnold felt
very much surprised and bitterly dis
appointed when Harry Jones was chos-
en- as the foreman Of a new branch Of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
(To be continued.)
Eiendish Woman.

Mr.. Subbubs- goodness the
winters nearly gone and the summer
is coming, when I won't have to bother
about the old furnace.
Mrs. Subbubs-That's so. By the
way, dear, don't you think you'd better
look at the lawn mower and see if it
needs any repairing 2Philadelp
Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
1t would be good plan to have sew
eral of them of different lengths.
Poultry Raising

One correspondent writes of the case
of woman who buys the groceries for
the family and the clothing for her
self and two grown daughters from
the profits of the poultry yard. This
is not an exceptional case and can be
done on the majority Of farms if the
man will give his wife and daughters
a chance to show what they can do. If
one has the usual idea that poultry
raising is too small business for
farmer, his wife will be glad to take
up the work, and she will teach him
a lesson before she gets through. Give
her enough money to get trio Of high
grade fowls and in the early spring
money for three or four early sittings
of eggs, and in three years she will
begin to show results that are surpris-
ing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Microbian Hunor

First Microbe-Have you ever gone
up against any of these microbe killers
the doctors are talking about?
Second Microbe-Lots of them.
First Microbe-Arent you afraid?
Second Microbe-Afraid, nothing.
Why, I'm a microbe-kille killer, l am.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

crop IL undoubtedly crimson e1svsr.
and this may be sown at any time
now. If the soil is poor crimson clo-
yer is not likely to succeed. so that
something that will add humus to the
soil should be used rather than to at
tempt to get the benefit Of the leg
umes. For sowing in an orchard Of
this kind rye will probably be most
satisfactory. It should be sown about
the LIST Of September, and plowed un-
der in the early spring. and then the
summer cultivation Of the surface soil
taken up again. 1t is quite probable
that following this method will put
the soil in shape so that another fall
it will be at to grow crimson clover.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

A curious characteristic peculiar to
the California redwood tree Is that IL
the head is cut of by lightning new
one will gradually grow out in its
place as shapely as the first.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Horseback Riding in Pekinx.

In Pekin, for some reason, the horse
Is not in especially high favor, possibly
because of the high price of a good
mount and the low price Of donkeys.
At any rate, the great middle classes,
who are reasonably prosperous, are
wont to go about the city mounted on
stolid little donkeys which only upon
the rarest occasions can be tempted to
move at a faster gait than a walk.
The most humorous phase of it all.
however, is that the self-satisfed Chin
aman does not realize what ridicu-
lous figure he cuts with his legs dang
ling on each side of the donkey.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

the other edge slants toward you so
that it is close to your chin.
Looking perpendicularly down on the
paper through the pane of glass, you
will see the landscape or other object
reflected in the glass and It will be
easy to draw the outlines Of your OBJ
ject on the paper.
The only difference Is that the pic
ture appears upside down, but with a
little practice you will be able to get
drawing which is absolutely correct
In regard to perspective.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
The Question Nowadays.

Friend-I understand your receiving
teller has skipped out?
Bank President (sadly)-That's what!
Friend-Did he leave muchaPuck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

Noises In the Night.
The creaking in our rooms at night Is
only just the noise
The flooring makes discussing if we little
girls and boys
Are sleeping well and cozily, or If our
dear mamma
Had best be reused up from her bed, to
see just how we are.
The rustlings in the wall we hear are
whispers of the news
That Upstairs tells to Downstairs when
Downstairs has the blues.
For below it's very lonesome when were
all up here in bed,
So Upstairs tells to Downstairs every
thing we last have said.
The squeaking in the hallway and the
cracking on the stair
Are Just the timbers trying to be very
silent there.
You know how tits yourself when you
are anxious to be good;
You're always making noises that you
never meant you should.
Thus the dear old house is waiting all
through the quiet night,
And watching for the dawn to show OUT
faces fresh and bright.
So if we hear a single sound it only
goes to prove
That we are guarded close by things that
hold us in their love.
Youths COMPANION
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
A Dilemma.

Mrs Won Blumer-I don't know what
we shall do about that cook.
Won Blumer-What's the matter now
'.She threatens to stay. Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

We have this ambition as we grow
older: That death win come for us be-
fore we become too worthless to brush
the fies Off our face
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Art in the Proper Direction.

Agent-Don't you want an enlarged
photograph of yourself?
Stout Gentleman-Enlarged! What
for?
Agent-That's so. But-say-let us
make you one three sizes smaller.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
Interest and Enter
tain Young Readers

manufacturing firm for which they
both worked, says a writer imam east
ern periodical. At first sight it GER
tainly seemed as IL an injustice had
been done. Joe had been with the firm
longer than Harry, and his work had
given equal satisfaction. Why, then,
had he been passed over?
A few words with the employer an
swered the question. 81 am sorry for
Joe," he said, "and would like to have
pushed him forward. I know he is
faithful and conscientious, and that he
can always be relied upon to do his
very best; but he wears such a long
face and worries so about every triffe
that he creates an unpleasant atmos-
phere. Judging others by myself, moth
ing, I believe, attracts people more
than a cheerful face and general air
Of happiness. Now, this is Harrys
advantage over Joe-he always looks
happy, and, as the business of the fore
man Of the new department will be
largely with the public, he must be a
man who will make a favorable i'm
preston at the outset"
Taking Care of the Pennies.
A new and very convincing way to
demonstrate to boys and girls that if
they will take care of the pennies the
dollars will take care of themselves
has recently been discovered by the
pupils of one of the public schools in
Washington, D. c., the national capi-
tai. These young people, acting under
the direction of their principal, have
started school savings bank, which Is
conducted in every wsy Just like the
great institutions where their fathers
place their money for safe keeping.
The principal makes himself response
BILE for the safe keeping Of the funds,
and at the close of each days business
deposits the daily receipts in one Of the
city's ordinary commercial banking in
stitutions.-St. Nicholas.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

The Value of Fertilizer.
The Purdue Experiment Station has
been conducting a number of expert
ments with corn, using different kinds
of fertilizer The tests show that
kainft is valuable as compared with
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27
How to Draw Correctly.

How to Draw Correctly.
To get correct drawing of land
scape, or Of other objects, in the right
perspective, hold pane of glass over
the drawing paper, which must lie on
the table, or be fastened to the draw
ing board.
Hold the glass in slanting way so
that the lower edge Of the pane rests
on the table or ordinary board, while
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

Crops for Orchards.
If the soil in the orchard is in good
shape and fairly rich, the best cover