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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Fertilizins for Tomato Crops.

Ferti1izinG for Tomato Crops.
Although the following Information
Is based on the work Of a grower of
tomatoes for canning factories almost
exclusively. 1t is Of value to any one
who grows the medium and late sorts
for any market. Muriate Of potash
500 pounds. nitrate Of soda 400 pounds.
bone tankage 700 pounds. and acid
phosphate 400 pounds. using of this
mixture 500 pounds an acre. 300
pounds being used broadcast before
narrowing and 200 pounds in the hills.
This formula supplies the food needed
by the plants In addition to what is
naturally supposeu to be in the fairly
fertile soil, and should give as result
large crop Of fine tomatoes of good
color. Naturally. the result will de-
pend somewhat on the varieties used,
which for canning purposes should al
ways be such as will ripen all over and
be OF a deep red color. 1t is always
safe to select varieties of this descrip-
tion for any market. as they are at
tractive to the eye and generally of
good quality. The old favorite Para
gon probably comes as near to the
ideal variety as any, all things consid-
cred.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
DINING IN HONOLULU.

Effective Decoration for the Table
Wreaths for Cue sts.
The hostess who was kind enough to
ask me to dinner in Honolulu had chos-
en- scarlet carnations for her table, and
effective. A big silver bowl In the CEN
ter was full Of them, while wreath
Of them went around the base of the
stand and four more stretched from
the handles of the bowl to the silver
candelabra in each corner Of the table.
In addition to this, each hors d'eeuvre
plate had the same scarlet wreath
round 1t, which each lady united and
hung round her neck, where it lay like
a soft, feathery boa. Some of the men
even did the same, but these were
Americans; the Englishmen, averse to
self-decoration, presented theirs to the
ladies they had taken down.
The wreaths have to be made In a
particular way, and in the Hawaiian
Islands the work of making up the leis
(as they are called there has become a
trade among the natives, who sit at
the corner of the street and sell their
sweet wares to the foreigners who
flock from far and near to see the para
disc of the Pacific
The garlands are threaded on 6 piece
of bass with a fine cane needle, and
the caIyx of the carnation is entirely
removed, SO that the petals Of the flow
er fall loosely and give the effect of
the feathers. The needle Is run straight
through and comes out in the center,
so that each flower on the thread is on
the top of the other. OF course, the
closer they are together the better the
result, but this has to depend greatly
on the quantity of blooms at ones dis
posal. 1 have seen as many as hun
dred in one wreath.-London Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Name Your Farm.

If you have a farm name 1t. That's
the latest suggestion travelling about
In the rural districts, and 1t deserves
to be acted upon at once and with
judgment. When you come to think
Of 1t it seems rather strange that SO
few farms throughout New England
have a name. Most of those SO hon
ored are the property of persons who
live elsewhere the most of the year
and patronize the farm only two or
three months in the hot weather. But
farmers. real farmers, have never got
into the way of labelling their farms,
and though, Of course, In the farming
district everyone knows where every
one else lives. it certainly does lend a
digity and sort of beauty to coun-
try side If every house is Individual
lied by an appellation well chosen.
Naturally some popularity of the farm
should be embodied In it's name. and
there are peculiarities and to spare in
every New England farm. These may
not be patent to the principal owner.
but the sons or daughters who "go
away to school" will discern them on
the first trip home, and they might be
trusted to select the term.-Boston
Transcript,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
A Weed Fuller.

Another machine has been invented
for the use Of the farmer. The picture
shows the invention doing its work,
and gives an idea of the mechanism by
which 1t is operated. Two auted roll
ers are mounted on an adjustable sup
port at the rear of sulky. with chain
gearing to rotate them rapidly as the
machine is drawn over the ground. AS
the futings on the face of the rollers
mesh closely together. 1t is easy to un-
derstand how any weed or grass which
once gets between them will be drawn
up. until 1t. is finally lifted out Of the
ground, roots and all. To insure the
killing Of higher growths. the machine
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

cutting as shown in Figure 1. Figure
2 shows the dotted lines for folding.
First fold the paper in half, and then
In half again, thus forming a square
one-fourth in size of the original sheet.
The remaining four folds must be
taken from the center outwards, and
not folded over all in one piece. Care
must be taken that the folding is per-
fectly even or the doyley will not be
a success. Next mark with pencil as
shown in Figure 3, and cut carefully
to the outlined pattern with sharply
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Farm Notes.


More large fruit. and of better quail
ity, can be secured by thinning out the
fruit on the trees. 1t Is loss of fruit
and an INJURY to a tree when it ripens
a large amount Of fruit, and the crop
next year Will also be reduced. Ten
barrels Of prime apples will sell for
more than three or four times as much
inferior fruit.
Growing lot Of pumpkins In field
Of corn Is an old practice, but it is
doubtful If pumpkins so grown are as
profitable as when grown as separate
crop from corn. The pumpkins will
prevent the proper cultivation Of corn.
as working the corn destroys the
pumpkin vines. the result being that
late weeds get chance to grow and
mature. 1t is urged In defense of
growing pumpkins In the corn field
that they do not interfere with cuItiya-
ton until the corn Is laid by" bur
much depends on the land. rainfall and
thoroughness of cultivation. Corn
should never be slaid by as long as
weeds and grass can have an oppor-
tun..y to grow, cultivation being given
IL it is possible for horse to pass
along the rowA
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
CHAPTER III.

In very elegant drawing room, with
French windows to the ground, leading
on to a velvet sward gemmed with flow
ers, sat Mrs. Champion and her daughter.
The mother was employed on an elabor-
ate piece of woodwork, while Miss Cham
pion half reclined upon her silken couch,
reading. She looked up from it to answer
her mothers interrogatory.
'Do you think Mr.. Hastings will be
here this afternoon, Floral?
''I cannos tell, mamma; Reginald has
gone over to the Court to lunch, and look
at some new horses. and he said he
should probably bring Mr.. Hastings back
to dinner"
HE is very handsome" remarked Mrs.
Champion. "Indisputably the best match
in the county"
Except Evelyn yane," remarked
Flora.
Evelyn Vane:" echoed her mother
"Evelyn Vane has nothing until his faith
er dies; and even when he becomes Lord
Lancing, hs income will not be much
more than half that of Mr.. Hastings"
''But there is the title" said Miss
Champion; Lord Lancing cannot last
much longer, and l would rather have a
title, even if 1 were obliged to sacrifice
half the income"
Which was not true. for Flora Cham
pion was rather in love with Enrol Hast
ings, and utterly Indifferent to the Hon
orable Evelyn Vane. She and her mother
were much attached to each other-at
least as much as was possible for two
such selfish and Indifferent natures to be
and they were wont to indulge in mu-
tual condolences. At this moment Regi-
nald Champion, the only son and brother,
entered the room.
"Have you just returned from the
Court?" inquired his mother.
"Yes; Hastings left me at the door not
five minutes ago."
81 thought he was going to dine here" I"
81 thought so, too; but I suppose he
changed his mind, for when he arrived
here, and pressed him to CONT in, he
declared he had previous engagement
1t was all a lie, though, I could see; but /
think know what the counter attraction
was.''
"Indeed!' said Flora, disdainfully, ''and
may we inquire the result, of your pene-
tration?'
''It is nothing that will please you, Flo,
/ can tell YOU"
Don't be provoking, ReginaIdr' utter
ed his mother, sharply; "tell US at once
what you mean"
(To be continued.)
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Rock Gardens.

A rockery Is attractive if we'll made
and not out Of place. 1t should he
made only in locations where a nat
ural heap of rocks covered with flow
ers and vines would not seem unex-
pected or out of tune with surround
ings. A sunken rockery is the most
attractive, but the hillock shape is less
costly. If convenien. build on a shady
southeast slope. Dig below frost line
and use the earth removed as side fill
ing. The stone work should be finish
ed and firmly wedged before filling
with earth and gravel. Good plants,
MOSES, vines and ferns can be found
about any forest ledge. and the nur-
serymen sell rock plants and alpine
plants adapted to such locations.-Ex-
change.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
so-ca1led Corn Wheat.

In sections of the West there Is be.
ing grown a variety of wheat known
as Polish wheat, which has compare
lively little value except, perhaps, as
a food for stock. Public accounts of
this wheat have been SO garbled that
farmers have wrong impression of
it. AS this wheat Is grown in the
Northwest. it produces wonderfully,
and the kernels are much larger than
those of the recognized varieties of
wheat, and when fed to stock it Is said
to have wonderful fattening results.
That 1t has some merit there is little
doubt. for 1t has given fairly good re-
suits in the making of macaroni -four.
although not so good as the results
from the true macaroni wheat 1t Is
doubtful If 1t Is safe to use 1t largely
in the fattening of stock. although 1t
Is worthy of test in that way. Seeds
men In the North and West can doubt
less furnish seeds In small quantities,
and the reputation already acquired
makes 1t worth a test. In some Sec
tions the variety Is known as Emmer
and some seedsmen catalogue it under
that name.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Two New Sprays.

The difficulty of killing plant and
tree lice with the usual spray mixtures
Is well known. Good results are re-
ported from the use of new mixture
containing one pound hard soap. one
quart castor oil, one-fourth pound car
Donate Of soda, one gallon water. The
soap and acid were boiled in water
and mixed with the castor oil while
heated; the mixture was then diluted
with 10 to 20 per cent of water for
spraying In fighting tree lice, it Is
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Hives of the World.

The largest bee farm in the world is
said, to be near Becton, Canada. II
covers four acres, and the owner in a
favorable year secures not less than
Il, 900 pounds of honey from 1900, ,0OC
working bees. Greece has 10000
hives; Denmark, 10000; the Neither.
lands, 100000; France, $4,000; Ger
many. 1,45O, ,OOO; Austria, $4,000. The
United States has 100000, which pro
duce 61,OO0,OO0 pounds of honey an.
nually. The largest weight of honey
that has ever been taken in a single
season from one hive was 1000
pounds, in Texas.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

than it would
stand still and al
low a man to get
W ! t b n reaching
distance. only a
practical applica-
ton can deter
mine. 1t is possi=
BILE. however, that
the device can be
moved more rapid
ly than a person
moves, and thus
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

in her hand, when she stopped in front
of barber shop and entering handed
the violets to the man and said, SIM
ply:
''These are for Whisker's coffin.''
"Whiskers!' said the man, land who
is Whiskers?"
"Why, I don't know" said Alice,
"only it said On the window, 'Whiskers
dyed here and am very sorry about
it,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Whistling Moth.

A whistling moth is an Australian
rarity. There is a CLASSY space on the
wings, crossed with ribs. When the
moth wants to whistle it strikes these
ribs with its antennae. which have a
knob at the end. The sound is love
call from the male to the female.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

nail together as
shown. Fill a bag
and set it inside,
then adjust , the
hooks the proper
height. The hooks
(a) are eightpenny
wire nails driven
through the boards
downward 70 nrQ-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Stork's Doorway.

new baby brother had come to
Annie's house and she wanted to know
where he came from. She was told
that he came from heaven. One day
she was out in the yard playing and
saw a rift In the clouds, so she ran into
the house and said:
"Oh, mamma, come and see the hole
in the sky where little bruver dropped
through"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

important to apply the liquid used be-
fore the leaves begin to curl and en-
close the insects. For scale insects, a
mixture reported satisfactory is pre-
pared as follows: Ten quarts boiling
water, one quart carbolic acid, one
quart soft soap. The mixture is STIR
red until an emulsion Is formed and
is applied by means Of brush.-Amer-
lean Cultiyator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

pointed scissors. Unfold your paper,
and If the directions have been care
fully followed you will be charmed
with the result. With very little skill
in designing, many other patterns may
be cut in the same way.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

vent turning and the ends then bent
upward The front hooks should be
a little lower than the back two. A
cross brace on the back will strengthen
the frame.-A. Gilmore, in Farm and
Home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Paper Doyiies.

Just now when paper novelties are
so much in vogue, readers of this col
umn may like to know of an easy way
of making dainty doyleys, the only
requisites being a few sheets of thin
white or tinted paper and a pair of
scissors.
The paper when folded is ready for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

deceive the fowl. The idea is intro
duced by Kentuekian, who states
tat it will do it's work without injury
to the legs, and enable the fowl to
stand naturally after it's capture. with
out, however, giving it an opportunity
to escape.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

has been fitted with series of rotary
blades. which feed the tops of the
weeds down beneath the face Of the
first roller instead Of allowing this
roller to strike the stems and push the
weeds over. without uprooting them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Waking Dreams.

Little Ruth was spending her first
night away from home. She was some
what restless, and in the morning she
was asked how she had slept.
ST don't think slept very much"
'Then you couldn't have had any
bad dreams, surely" said mamma.
mo, mann, didn't; but I had two
terrible thinks
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
fred found courage to answer; "but we
have always been allowed to walk here,

fred found courage to answer; "Dut we
have always been allowed to walk here,
and"
Il shall indeed be sorry if our rude
ness and inhospitality should drive you
away" laughed the stranger. II beg
you will always, both for yourself and
friends, consider you are entitled to a
free right of way over any and every
part of nay possessions"
Winifred thanked him and would have
turned away, but he fingered; and there
was such a charm to her in the presence
of this refined, aristocratic looking man,
that she felt no inclination to break rude
ly away from him.
"You are Mr.. Hastings, then?" she said,
interrogatively.
"Yes," he replied. 81 have come back
at last to enjoy the delights Of home af-
ter my long absence"
.It must be very pleasant to see so
much of the outer world" Winifred said
timidly; sit must give one such broad
views of things and people, and stamp
out ones petty, intolerant thoughts s.u
narrow prejudices."
Mr.. Hastings was surprised by this
last remark of his companions, but he
was far too we'll bred to allow his
thoughts to appear. He remarked quietly:
You seem to have considered these
things more than young ladies are apt
to do"
81 must be going," she uttered, hastily;
sit is getting late"
He turned to accompany her, but she
bowed with an air of decision, saying:
my path leads away from HAZEL
Court
81 hope" he said, lingering a moment,
'that my presence tonight will not tend
to frighten you away from these woods
for the future May rely on your max
ing use of them as usual?"
She thanked him again, and, bowling,
turned away. Hestood, hat in hand, be-
fore her as he might have done to a
princess; and as she went on her way
home, he gazed after her slight, graceful
form with look Of tender admiration
such as might have befitted man who
watched the woman he loved.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

Acquire self-control, or one of these
days you will be one of those idiots
who yell Fire In crowded house.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
Make a Bag Holder,

A frame may be fixed in a few min
utes that will hold bags while being
filed. Cut board six inches wide and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26

Device for Catching Fowls.
Whether or not fowl will quietly
submit to the approach of the imple-
wnnt shown in the drawing any more
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-26
To Be Mourued Over.

One day little Alice was walking
down the street with bunch Of yiolets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-08
REPUBLICAN ADMISSIONS.

side Lights on Post Office Scandal.
= Patriots Shake Ina Their Boots.
The post Office scandals have warmed
up so in the rear of that Republican pa
troit and statesman, secretary of the
Republican national committee and
erstwhile assistant postmaster general
Perry s. Heath, that he has fallen to
explaining about his share in them.
He freely admits that there were IT.
regularities during the war with Spain,
but claims that even the postmaster
general and the cabinet sanctioned
what was done. He confesses that
large amounts of money were used for
purposes for which they were not APP
propriated, but says that the idea that
funds were used for private use is tut
terly silly" The war with Spain being
in progress, the soldiers had to be sup
piled with mail, and, in the language
of the patriot Heath, there was no
time to daily. 1t was up to us to get
busy. and get busy quick" From the
charges and rumors of the doings of
the department during the busy reign
of Perry and the other patriots who
lowered around him-and names high
up on the Republican scroll of fame
are mentioned-there is no doubt that
but little time was wasted i'll getting
down to business.
The redoubtable Perry does not men
ton the Irregularities in the appoint
ments and promotions, but he does say
that Mr. Tulloch, who has made some
of the charges, was relieved by Post
master General Smith, which he had a
perfect right to do" and makes further
uncompIimentaIy remarks about that
gentleman which indicate that he was
an obstacle" to Perry and the depart
ment Itwas not long after this that
Perry was fitting out the expedition to
Cuba which looted the post Office de-
partment in that country, in which
Hanna's friend Rathbone and Perry's
friend Nicely met their Waterloo at the
hands OF the ungrateful Cubans and
were convicted of embeZzlement and
reposed in a Cuban bastile until par
doned.
Many Republican patriots were in
deed very busy in those days making
hay while the sun shone and laid the
groundwork for most of the scandal
and disorder that are now partially
coming to light.
If some of the other departments
had the Y rays turned on them, not in
the subdued way in which the post Of
fee investigation is being examined,
but in the full glare of the public scru-
tiny, and all had their just deserts,
there might be hardly enough Repub-
Iican leaders left unsmirched to hold
the national convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-08

this way hope to surpass him in the
race.
DIR. Liebetanz, one of the best au-
thorities on the workmen of different
countries. says that Germany ought
to introduce the system of ''half-time
schools" which have been made such
a success in America. He is loud in
his praises of the plans taken at these
schools to advance young men of
talent. He praises the teachers for
their thoroughness and the scholars
for their eager thirst for knowledge
and resolve to get on
Nothing can surpass, he says. the
method of individual teaching in these
schools. There is nothing like it in
Germany. American schools pitch
philosophical and theoretical ballast
oyerbeard; German schools cherish
it.
The difference is that in America
men are turned out who are theo-
retically instructed and practical; in
Germany they are philosophically
instructed theorists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-08
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

Emperor William it is announced.
intends making his tenth annual visit
to Scandinavian shores on jubilee
trip.
The census of the Philippine island
has developed the fact that 100000
Christians live in the archipelago.
Two slight earth shocks have been
felt at Quayaquil. Ecuador.
DR. Milan Sachs. young Viennese
physician. is dead from plague at
the Berlin hospital. He had been
studying the disease.
Estimates place the loss from forest
fires and drouth in ArcoStoOk coun-
ty. Me. more than S100O.000 and for
northern and eastern Maine at $1,000
600
While crossing a creek near Dublin,
Tex, james Parish. his daughter and
two of her children were drowned.
1t is estimated that more than FIVE
millions of dollars are tied up in vari-
Gus building operations at Cleveland.
o., owing to strike of brickmakers.
There is wholesale emigration of
miners and wOrkmen in the iron dis
tricts of Austria to the United States.
Rev. John Caldwell Thompson. ID.
D., a prominent Presbyterian clergy
man. is dead at Philadelphia. He was
~ years old.
The supreme board of health has de-
clared the port of Callao, Peru. free
from bubOnic plague.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-08
The Man Seeking the ONCE.

Mark Hanna in his telegraphic duel
with the president. in regard to the
iater's endorsement for nomination
next year by the Ohio convention,
scored palpable hit. He, in the Ian
guage of the duel, ''pinked'' the presi-
dent He left Mr.. Roosevelt in the
plight of self-seeking candidate and
beggar for the nomination to the high
est office within the gift of the Ameri-
can people, and one to which, more
than to any other, the doctrine has
been applied that the Office should
seek the man. Mr. Hanna was supges-
tive in his remark at his county con-
vention. 1T is hardly time to talk
about the campaign of 1904"
But Mr.. Roosevelt talks about If.
dreams about it, and spouts about it
all over the country and omits no OPP
portunity to score a point even if it
envolves demagogy to do so.