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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
thorough knowledge of every branch

thorough knowledge of every branch
Of Irish government.
And as he worked and learned his
chara cter and will grew stronger. The
lazy, vacillating philosopher who
couldn't make up his mind about any
thing became in a few short weeks the
stern administrator.
Strange to say, this man who has
risen to the top Of the tree in British
politics is no lover Of politics. He is a
politician, by family influence and
chance, not by choice. The nephew of
Lord Salisbury, Arthur J.. Balfour was
''born to the purple" and destined for
Parliament from his Elton days. But
his tastes are literary and academic,
not political and practical. He cares
more for the honors which have been
shoWered upon him by all the British
universities in recognition Of his
achievements in philosophy than he
does for his political fame.
"Give me my books, my golf clubs
and leisure" he once said to a friend,
"and I would ask for nothing more.
Ny ideal In life is to read a lot, write
a little, play plenty of golf and have
nothing to worry about. II 1 could
give up politics and retire tomorrow
without disorganizing things and neg
lecting my duty would gladly do So"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
QyEER SroRlE5

Further experience Of the recent
storms of dust is told by the African
mail steamship Borneo, which, before
reaching Teneriffe, ran through a ter
rife sandstorm for thirty hours. II
The record of voracity belongs Of
right to a stoat recently caught at
Pennyhin, Pa. During the night the
bloodthirsty little creature had killed
eleven turkeys, thirty ducks and twen-
ty chickens.
Most people are aware" says the
Scientific American, 'of the power of
egg-shels to resist external pressure
on the ends, but not many would
credit the results of tests recently
made. Eight different hens eggs were
submitted to pressure applied extern
ally all over the surface of the shell,
and the breaking pressures varied be-
tween 400 pounds and 675 pounds per
square inch. With the stresses applied
internally to twelve eggs, these gave
way at pressures varying being thirty
two and sixty-five pounds per square
inch. The pressure required to crush
the eggs varied between forty pounds
and seventy-fve pounds. The average
thickness Of the shells was thirteen
one thousandth inch"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

rows of magnificent pearls are his IA
vorite wear, but he has fifty necklaces
of equal value. First in wonder among
his possessions is diamond cape that
fails from neck to shoulder in great
mass Of table-cut stones, fringed with
pear-shaped emeralds. One necklace
of immense bril1iants in European cut
has the ''star Of the south" as pend
ant. This is one of the great diamonds
of the world, and is larger than the
Koh-i-noor.
The Maharajah is of simple taste and
only wears his jewels upon great oc-
casions. His throne room in his new
palace is one Of the most magnificent
in the world, and recently 1000 invited
guests assembled in it to witness the
performance Of .Hamlet." The great
hall is lighted by electricity, twelve
crystal chandeliers being in place, any
one OF which would almost fill an or
binary baIlrnnm
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
The American Boy i'm History.


In America, Sidney Lanier and How
ard Pyle have taken the lead in re-
leasing boys from the bondage of false
ideals of heroic adventure. Miss AL
colt was one of the first American
writer's who dared to make bows and
girls human; to Mary Mapes Dodge
belongs the honor of flrst-in a story
for children-so subordinating geogra-
ply and history to color and atmos-
phere and both to the boy who is her
hero that her delighted reader won
ders when he gets to Holland why he
feels as If this Is his second or third
visit there.
Pluck, patriotism, energy, loyalty, in
dependence, and uncompromising re-
volt from moral priggishness and con-
ventional sentiment are the national
ideals of character which the English
and the American boy in fiction stand
for to-day. Gallagher. Lew and ia
kin. Aldrech's Bad Boy, Tom Sawyer.
Pony Baker, Harvey Cheyne, Dan
Disko, and Stalkey and Co., are not
always conservative members of So
ciety, and are often far from comfort
able to live with; but, as varying as
the degrees Of social position, Of oppor-
tunity and environment they represent,
they are thoroughly human and ma
t1onal in their translation of life's OBJ
legations, their desire for life's adven-
lures. their pursuit Of life's pleasures,
and In the energy with~which they de-
vote themselves, in turn, to EACH
Julia R. Tutwiler, in Gunton's Maga-
zine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
ANIMAL FARMING IN THE WEST.
Alfalfa and Blue Grass the Best Foods
in the Corn Belt.

Alfalfa and Blue Grass the Best Foods
in the Corn Belt.
The corn belt contains conditions for
animal farming found nowhere else,
says a writer in the National Stock
man. But the farmer turning his face
toward animal farming as his entire.
business is confronted by many OBJ
stacles.
One of our best hackers is plenty of
feed and as corn is king we will tell
our own way of doing and l do not
hesitate to say that we are far from
perfection in many of our efforts, but
still keep pressing onward with our
face toward the front We use our.
table land only for corn and it lacks
undertaking, although it has fairly
coed surface drainage, yet washes
very little. The field Is planted to.
corn every year and sown to rye ev-
cry fall and Is nearly or quite covered
with manure each year, with eight
cords OF fresh barn (not barnyard
manure an acre. The soil is a very
heavy oak soil and has been farmed
many years to a three-crop rotation OF
corn. wheat and clover The wire
grass had obtained control of it when
obtained possession. ten years ago.
When the ground is plenty dry, we put
all available force ON the field and try
to plow it twelve inches deep and thor,
oughly cover everything; drag it once.
and plant Immediately, giving it 100,
pounds 16 per cent acid phosphate
We like to furrow quite deep, cover
for moisture, only putting the COM.
pressing wheel on the row. Now let
1t alone until the crown is formed by
the roots starting from the sides of
the stalks, because all below this dies
and this crown forms where warmth
and moisture invites.
If we plant near the surface we,
have our corn on the top of the crown.
II we I'LL the furrow before it crowns,
and the ground is cold and damp it
crowns near the surface and the root
below dies or grows no more and the,
corn Is on top of the ground again:
but If the crown is well formed before.
filing the burrows you have the crown
at the bottom of the furrow unless YOU
cover too deeply. If you have never.
studied this part of corn culture, ex-
anime for yourself this summer and
you will be surprised to see how many
stalks when pulled up show an inch
Or two between the crown and the
old grain. This shows plainly that
there was too much dirt on it when
crowning. 1t was covered too deep or
the dirt put to it too small. 1t is my
opinion this is the most frequent error
the farmers of heavy soils make III
corn culture and it is q bad one
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
Not a Park.

Not park, but wilderness, full Of
wild beauty and natural disorder, may
we keep the place as nature left it, dis
natural dam of logs and stones heaped
here by mountain freshet, no havoc
Of windStorm or avalanche. The wind
fall, with it's shaggy spreading roots
full of matted earth and stone, rapidly
being covered with grass and moss,
and the river bed full of bleached
driftwood, each has it's own rare quail
lty of picturesqueness its own fitting
place in this wild harmony. There Is
beauty, even in the work of the forest
fire, which has left whole mountain
sides of freshly scorched pine foliage.
a deep golden red, smoldering in the
sunshine, and many blackened bit Of
forest, longer burned, leaves an i'm
preston Of somber shadows, of silence
and death, which cannot be forgotten.
One even comes to begrudge this
wilderness, it's telephone poles, its
roads, and the excellent stone embank-
ments which keep them from slipping
down the mountainsides into the swift
streams below, for they qetract from
it's wild perfection. We may behold
nature in it's softer and more comely
aspects almost anywhere: but every
year, with the spread Of population in
our country, it becomes more difficult
to preserve genuine wilderness places
where hill and forest and stream have
been left exactly as nature made them.
Already our fndomitable pioneers.
have driven the wilderness into the
very Businesses of the mountains, so
that only remnants now remain. And
this great Yellowstone Park remnant
has been fortunately set aside by the
government for the enjoyment and In
spiratio of the people forever.-Cen-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
Discovered the Secret.

He is q young man with a blase air,
who would not let anything surprise
him for the world. AS a matter of
the States to be impervious to sur
prise. The other night was the ex-
ception, for when the young man
boarded the train which was to take
him to New York he found himself
on a compartment sleeper.
The young man knows about buck
ing bronchos and how to eat aspara-
gus vinaigrettes, and what is the prop
er thing to say when you tread on a
a woman's gown, but he didn't know
about compartment sleepers, for he
had never been in one before.
He was very much attracted by the
prospect, however, and he looked
over the ground with great satisfa ction
before getting ready to retire.
This beats an upper berth all hol-
low" he muttered to himself.
Then, the porter passing near. he
called to that functionary. Come
here" said he, land tell me how to
turn this on" pointing to handle in
the wall near the wash stand. 81 have
entirely forgotten how to screw the
thing, and I'll be sure to want it in
the morning"
The porter came as near smiling as
a porter ever does. "Yessir," said he;
'yessir, 20 turn hit on dis way. Hits
not a water spickett, yo' know; hits
a place to heat curling irons"
And after this the sophisticated
young man went straight to bed. but
he tells the joke on himself with much
glee.-Balttmore News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
BIT OF FRENCH HISTORY.
An En pire Lost for Want of the Right
Sort of Riding Habit.

An Empire Lost for Want of the Right
Sort of Riding Habit.
An old legend which makes no pre-
tense to truth tells how a kingdom
was lost for want of horseshoe nail
But recent volume of sober historical
and biographical purpose, written by
Count d'Herrison, makes it appear that
the Empress Eugene, after the bat
tie Of Sedan, lost the chance to pre-.
serve the empire of her husband by
not possessing exactly the right sort
of riding habit. 1t was the evening OF
September 8. 1870.
The news of the surrender of the
French army and Of the Emperor Ma
poleon at Sedan had spread about
Paris, continues writer in London So.
ciety. The city was excited, and there
was talk OF revolution and the ban.
ishment Of the imperial family. AT
this juncture Emile de Girardin, q
man who was trusted by the empress
and who had had no little experience
during previous changes of govern.
ment, arrived at the Palace of the
Tuileries. 'Tf your majesty were to
appear on horseback in the midst OF
the people," Girardin said, "and an.
nounce the abdication of the emperor
in favor of the prince imperial, your
own assumption of the title Of EN-.
press regent, and the appointment of
Theirs as prime minister, the empire
might be saved. Something must Be
done to turn the tide"
The empress accepted the. advice.
But when this leader of the worlds
fashion sought for proper costume
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

for her performance 1t could not be
found! The only riding habit in the
Tufleries was a fantastic one of green,
embroidered with gold and silver,
made for festal hunting occasion;
and the hat was no less fantastic
three-cornered affair of the epoch of
Louis Quinze. The empress felt that
it would not do to appear in this garb
on such an occasion. Her appearance
in it might have the opposite effect
upon the people from that which she
intended. The plan had to be given
up, the empress and the prince i'm
perfal We're banished, and the Napo-
leonic empire was at an end.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

ARTHUR j. BALFoUR. miss all his
chances Of doing anything remarkable.
He was clever enough, but he simply
couldn't take phe trouble to work. 1t
seemed to be almost too much bother
to him to live. He seldom got out Of
bed before the afternoon, and often he
would not go to his Office for three or
four days at a time. Dispatches bored
him, Parliament was a nuisance, and
the officials Of his department tore
their hair over his neglect to keep ap-
pointments and sign important docu-
ments. They never expected him to
read them; if they could get him to
sign them week late they thought
themselves lucky.
Well, this was the man whom Lord
Salisbury appointed chief secretary for
Ireland in 1SS4-one of the stormiest
periods in the modern history Of that
country. Of course, everybody ragged
and said that Salisbury had appointed
the most unfit man he could have
found in days march, simply because
that man happened to be his own
nephew. The Irish members were de-
lighted. They thought they had got
q man Of straw for their chief oppo-
nent Parnell alone saw the truth.
Don't deceive yourselves" he told
his collea CUES. Salisbury knows what
he is doing. There's great deal more
In Balfour than he has shown us yet.
He will turn out to be the strongest
chief secretary for generations past" I"
And so it proved. Faced at last with
nm immensely difficult and important
task, Balfour altered his habits COM
pletely. There was no more lying abed
until noon, no more neglect Of business,
no more scorn for petty details. He
rose with the lark even after a hard
nights session In the House Of Com
mons and worked hard all day and ev-
cry day at his Office. When he became
chief secretary he knew no more about
Irish affairs than the average man in
the street, but in less than a month he
surprised the permanent officials By his
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
TWAIN's ROAST CHICKENS
Cooked in a Peculiar Way that Made
Them Delicious.


Recently Major John B. Downing, Of
Middleport, Ohio, was discussing army
chicken stealing and the various ways
the boys had of preparing them to be
served. The Major was a Mississippi
river pilot In his young days, and stood
at the wheel as cub under the watch
full eye of "Sam" Clemens, the Mark
Twain Of the present day.
speaking of chicken stealing" said
the Major, who is now gray and rem
iniscent, "we had great times on the
Mississippi when Mark Twain, Jake
Estep and myself were together. Jake
would have made typical soldier. He
could locate fat pullet in a whole
coop Of half-breeds.
In those days we carried q great
deal Of freight from points along the
Mississippi river to New Orleans, par
ticularly during the holiday season.
At many places the coops were four
and five deep on the levee when we
landed. Estep always had an eye out
for particularly promising coop, and
usually kept in mind the place where
it had been stored away.
Shortly before midnight he would
60 on deck and extract several plump
fowls from the coops he had pre-
empted.' The chickens were dis
patched without a protesting sauawk,
the entrails removed, but the feathers
left intact. Seasonings were then in
serted, and the fowls inclosed in a
heavy casing of soft clay to the thick
ness of two inches. They were then
cast among the hot embers in the ash
pan and permitted to roast to the
queens taste. When thoroughly
cooked, they were removed, and the
clay casing broken from about them.
The feathers came away with the clay,
leaving clean, smoking hot fowls ready
for the dish of hot butter awaiting
them upstairs. Estep with fork
stripped the flesh from the bones into
the melted butter, while the rest of us
stood about and smacked our lips in
anticipation. Dear, dear, but they
were good! In cooking them in that
way all the rich favors were retaine
Il can almost taste them now, and l
wish l could as matter of fact"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

walk-forgeng that Intimate knowledge of the
parts Is essential to engineer.
We have wish to deaden the call to more strenu
fe which, happily to be reaching the Of
captains of commerce. But would point to the
ambition which the and file
In their Rich Quick Men who learn the spend
ing end Of business first form the prod
of State. In their hurry build their private Rome
day. enjoy all Its costly pleasures before they
have had time whatever to realize whether 1t is firmly
its foundations disaster often befas the impa
tient wealth of to-day They do grasp that
the odds all with sound principle systematic meth
cd against pace Too often in consequence they
profit neither themselves the communityLondon Ex
press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
Animal Longevity.

Some curious statistics have just
been published upon what an insur-
ance company would describe as the
expectation of life" in animals.
Among the larger species of cattle
there is some approach to uniformity.
Thus, for the horse and the ass the
extreme limit is about thirty-five years.
and for horned cattle about thirty.
For the dog it is given as twenty-five,
while sheep, goats, pigs and cats are
grouped at fifteen. But there are,
stranger disparities among birds.
While a goose may live thirty years,
sparrow twenty-five and crow as
many as one hundred, ducks, poultry
and turkeys die of old age at twelve.
years. The palm for longevity is di-
vided between elephant and parrot.
Both pass the century.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
Uncle SANS locomotives.

There are fully 100000 locomotives.
in the United States. The Pennsyl-
vania road builds 100 locomotives a
year. There are probably 100000 pas.
senger, baggage, express, parlor, sleep
ing and mail cars. The cost of
standard freight car is $3.50 with
wooden underworld, and $1,000 for
steel underieame. The standard car
Ia thirty-six feet long, eight by eight
and one-half inside measure. The ca
pacity is from 6o,O00 to 100000 pounds.
The life is from ten to twelve years.
The cost Of standard locomotive is
$4,000 to $4,000: weight on wheels,
10000 pounds; tank capacity 5000
gallons, and coal bin SeI. to twenty
tons capacity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

A Turkish ministerial portfolio is a
sort Of gold-mine to the holder. 1t is
not the ViZier, however, who holds
the richest claim, though his salary is
$4,000 a year, which is also that of
the War Minister. The plum" of
Turkish officials Is the admiralty,
which is worth $S4, 900 a year, and the
present holder is stated to have amass-
ed fortune of $12,OO0,OO0. The Min
lister of Foreign Affairs has $4,000,
and finance comes next with a thou
sand lower. financial ability being ap-
parently esteemed in inverse ratio to
the need for it. The lowest salary is
that of the Minister of Mines, Though
it Is rather higher than that Of the
Premier of Great Britain. The sum is
So7 aOn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

before after their ordination His idea besides
giving the minister certain experience which would make
his minstraons in out of the pulpit sympathetic
trade would in many instances be good thing to fall
back 1t is certainly important that way or
other theological student should into practical
contact with the busy world. In cases. however it
would be distinct loss for the church have young
who is very evidently called ministry spend
months in breadand butter work age when his time
would better be given to other things generally per
haps If the present Indifference with respect
tenance of churches in large number Of commun-
ties Is to continue the young minister will feel justified
in protecting himself against possible poverty the future
by first making himself trade profess
sonal line before
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

perial sway, some
of them ruling over
petty states, others
swaying the scep-
ter over domains
as large as France.
One of the richest
and most powerful
of these royal rul-
ers Is the Mahar3-
jah h f Baroda,
whose crown jew
els are valued 1T
600 0nn 900
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

Nothing take the place home training
for the loss of it. The school, the college, the
influences of religion the aids and compliments
home training The family guidance and begin
from the earliest when the child is impression
able and when its mind and character plastic
continues until the of discretion. The rigid
discipline the careful and long continued
on which falls to the lot of the most fortunate youth
scarcely eradicate the tendencies formed in early youth
evil home and the great simple lessons of honesty
truth love- and virtue whether taught by formal
unconsciousy imbbed in the atmosphere Of
sound honorable household their upon
till the end of fe and have their power
full determining influence character and destiny
. 1t s therefore, Of the highest Importance both
for the sake of the individual the nation
benefcent home influences Of family should
Gle the completely and follow them
they out into the world. We busy that in
instances where the parents intelligent enough
know the value Of binding their children
keeping them close under its sheering young
permitted through careessness drift away insen
sbly from the home and loosen it's
happens because children and parents
ments diversions and interests in sometimes
because the elders do not make due allowance
ure of youth.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
Her Last Request.

Johns wife was dying, and she had
one request to make of him.
What is it, dear?" he asked.
'Well, John, it is the last thing
shall ever ask of you. 1 want you to
promise that you will ride to the grave
in the same carriage with mother"
Now, John and mother were not
on very congenial terms, but after
hesitating for an instant he made this
reply:
Il will do 1t, dear. since you wish
it. but 1 can tell you one thing, it will
just spoil the whole day for me-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

as we'll appointed
as Is any in Lon
don and is sup
piled with the best
trained nurses and
o m p e t e MT sur
geons and physi-
clans, who attend
the ins t / t u ton
from London. The
duchess spe n d s
much of her time
In VISITING hosY,i.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
Cost of Handling Freiebt.

The cost Of freight hauling per ton
per mile on the London Northern Rail-
way, England's most important line
expressed in cents, is 1.49; on the
Pennsylvania Railway the cost is .4O4
of cent, and on the New York Cen
tral .416 Of a cent
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04
a Sacred tree.

The oldest tree on earth with an au.
thentic history is the great bo-tree OF
Burma. For twenty centuries it has
been held sacred to Buddha, and no
person is allowed to touch its trunk
When the leaves fall they are carried
away as relics nv pilgrims.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-04

would attain the
high Office which
he fills to-day.
None Of us dream
ed, said an old as
sociate of his in
1885, that he would
ever become a sue
cessful politician,
let alone a great
s t a t e s m a n. AS
president of the 10
c al government
board and secre-
tary for Scotland
he had managed to