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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
Agricultural Notes.

Eggplant is gross feeder, but easily
cultivated.
Interest in the apple box grows apace
in the east.
Bone black is said to be good fertil-
izer for parsnips.
Give good, thorough cultivation be-
tween the rows of strawberries.
Beets will stand considerable cold
weather and may be planted early.
In cold frame or sprout hotbed is
good place to start lima beans on
sods.
In butter and cheese making every
effort should be made to suppress dust
which, according to dairy authority,
carries more infection than any other
source.
Bees carry pollen from one flower to
another while seeking honey. The real
benefactors are the bee keepers, many
of whom keep bees for pleasure rather
than for profit. But for the bees many
fruit trees that blossom out full would
produce no fruit.
It has been demonstrated conclusive
ly that when an animal Is fed en-
variety, instead of on corn exclusively,
a greater gain in weight is secured.
Corn will excel in the production of
fat, but bone and lean meat sell in
the live animal as well as fat. rapid
growth being gain in weight.
Preventing the spread of fungus dis
eases could be accomplished better by
destroying the branches and vines that
are cut away from trees and bushes
than by the use of other methods. It
is not sufficient to remove the portions
of trees affected with black knot They
should be consigned to the flames, as
no remedy is as sure in the destruction
of the spores as fire
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

ing forms in which paper may be cut
and folded is shown in the accompany
ing article from>the Scientific Ameri-
can.
If fiat strip of paper be taken, and
its ends pasted together to form ring
and it be then cut along it's center line,
two similar but entirely separate rings
will be formed, unconnected in any
way. If, however, the paper be twisted
as illustrated in the uppermost view,
and it's ends be pasted together to form
ring with a single twist in it, this
ring, when cut along it's center line
will form two rings, one looped within
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

opening and the sides planked. It
should be made 51a to 6 feet high to
admit the passage of all kinds of stock
or even horses below. The earth taken
out in digging is used in constructing
the grade on each side of bridge. The
bridge, as well as grade or dump, must
be made as wide as required by law
The. deeper it is practical to make the
ditch, the less 1t will be necessary to
dump upon the grade. A tight fence
must be constructed from the pasture
on each side of the passageway close
up to the bridge. l have seen such
passageway constructed on the level
prairie, but in such a case Is only
practical in every dry seasons, because
IN a rainy one the ditch will fill up
with water.-Lewis Olsen, Kandiyohi,
in Farm and Home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
THE PASSPORT IN RUSSIA.

You Cannot Move About the Coun try
Without the Document.
| The train slows down as it crosses
the frontier, and creeps gently up to
the platform of the first station on Rus
sian soil. Furtively peeping out of
the window, you behold number of
stalwart men uniformed in the Russian
style, and wearing the peculiarly Rus
sian top boots. The polite conductor
Ecomes;to the compartment and bids you
get the passport ready. After a few
minutes of waiting, during which anx-
iety is not diminished, an officer in
smart gray-blue uniform comes along,
attended by soldier with a wallet. He
demands the precious document, and,
noting its foreign origin, casts upon it's
poSSeSSOr a keen, searching glance.
Then he looks for the all-important visa
or Endorsement of the Russian official
in the country of issue; and ON finding
it he passes coldly on without word.
All this is very formal and impressive;
you feel as a prisoner feels when the
chain of evidence is Tightening around
him; your thoughts wander back to the
past, and you wonder whether any in
discretion of your insignificant youth
may not now be brought up in testi-
mony against you.
The utmost care is taken in the study
and registration of these documents;
every Russian must have his passport;
every foreigner entering or leaving the
country must have it, too. Whether ma
tive or alien, you cannot move about
the country without the document;
when you arrive in town it must be
submitted to the local police; whep you
leave that town the police must inoorse
the passport with their sanction to the
journey. The system gives the authori--
ties the firmest hold over the people;
and wise is the stranger who complies
carefully with every part of the formal
ity.-Chambers' Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
.Hans Breitmann" and Bret Hart.

The late Charles K. Leland, in his
ehatty and interesting memoirs, tells
us that all the principal Hans Brett
mann" poems, except the 'Barty'' and
"Breitmann as a Politician" were
merely written to fill up letters to a
friend, and that he kept no copies of
them; in fact, utterly forgot them.
BY his friend they We're published in
a sporting paper. The public" he
saws. "found them out long before 1
did and it is not often that 1t gets
ahead of poet in appreciation of his
own work" Bret Harte appears to
have gone through the same experience,
for Leland relates that one evening
after dinner, at the house of Mr..
Truebner, when Bret Harte was ask
ed to repeat the Heather Chinee.' he
could not dc SO, as he had never learn
ed it, which is not such an unusual
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

Little Pud and the BumbIebee.
A round little lad stuck his nose one day
In hollyhock big and red
That leaned DER the walk in inviting
Just over his curly brown head.
He stood on his toes and poked in his
nose y.
To take fits sweets good smell,
But quickly he stopped and on the walk
dropped
With lusty and agonized yell.
Forth from the flower a big bumblebee
Came booming and buzzing like mad,
Resentful and angry mostly plainly was
he
At Pud Boy, the round little lad.
To have fat boy poke in and annoy
A bee at a feast, suppose,
Arouses his ire, and so, all afire,
He stings the fat boy on the nose.
And little Pud Boy, when his hurt was
well
And gone was the terrible pain,
Remembered, and into a flowers cell
His nose never ventured again;
In fear he would flee at tn sight of bee
AS fast as he could from the spot;
And then he would say in very wise way:
AT bugs little foots. is too hotp'
Brooklyn Eagle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

the other as shown in the third ana
fourth views.
Perplexing as this may seem at first
glance, the explanation is quite simple.
We may consider the upper edge of
the paper strip as one ring, and the
lower edge as the other. Now follow
ing the edges of the twist as shown
in the second view, it is evident that
one edge has been twisted completely
words, one edge or ring has been passed
through the other ring, which when
cut apart form two INTERCEPTED rings.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

is to blindfoid him,
and many an ami
NAL has been saved
in this way which
it was impossible
to remove from the
burning. stable in
any other manner.
1t is now proposed
by a Nebraska in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

get greater yield ana OF better quail
ity. Besides this, 1t will take only half
the time to plow and cultivate the 90
acre field, which would further add to
the profits. What lesson the market
gardeners are constantly giving to us
farmers. Why, some Of them use more
barnyard manure on 20 acres than
some farmers do on 12O acres. The
crops the gardeners get are enormous,
and their land is constantly increasing
in fertility.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

thing by the way, as many suppose"
The confusion into which many other
wise well-informed persons fell with
regard to the personality of these two
writer's was often vssffy ridiculous, for
instance, IAN elderly gentleman went
rushing about asking ITO see or be in
troduced to Hans. Bfetmann, whose
works he declared he knew by heart"
Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
sighted Opportunities.

"Some folks" said Meandering Mike,
hasn't any ambition at all.''
whats de trouble?" inquired Plod-
ding Pete.
ga lot O. desc New York detectives
has been walkin' into millionaire's
houses to see whether dey could be
burglarized. An after seem how easy
it is dey're goin' to go right along be-
in detectives. Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
Boys Are Great Apple Eaters,

What would the boy of to-day dc
without apples? Wherever you see q
lot of apples there are sure to be boys
around ready to devour them, and nc
boy considers life worth living unless
his pockets are bulging full of the fruit
The fruit-eating proclivities of the
boy has little reference to the state OF
his appetite. Whether he be full of
meat or empty of meat he wants the
apple just the same. Before meal or
after meal it never comes amiss. The
farm boy munches apples all day long.
He has nests of them in the hay NOW,
mellowing, to which he makes fire.
quent visits. Sometimes old Brindle,
having access through the open doors,
smells them out and makes short work
Of them.
The. genuine apple eater comforts
himself with an apple in their season
as others with a pipe or cigar. When
he has nothing else to do or is bored
he eats an apple, sometimes several of
them. When he takes walk he arms
himself with apples. His travelling bag
is full of apples. He offers an apple to
his companion and takes one himself
They are his chief solace when on the
road. He tosses the core from the car
window and from the top of the stage
coach. He would in time make the land
one vast orchard. He dispenses with
knife. He prefers his teeth shall have
the first taste. Then he knows the best
flavor is Immediately beneath the skin,
and that in pared apple this is lost
If you will stew it by all means leave
the skin on. 1t improves the color and
vastly heightens the flavor of the dish.
The apple is a masculine fruit, hence
women are poor apple eaters. It belongs
to the open air and requires an open
air taste and relish.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
Failed to Take the Hint,

One evening my aunt had company,
and when her little boys bedtime came
she said:
'Well, goodnight, sweetheart"
The child looked at her moment and
then answered.:
already?'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
AS He Was Called.

Our neighbor, little Arthur, aged
three, was a notorious little runaway.
On being asked his name, he always
insisted that it was Baby. But" said
I one day, "what does mamma call
you?''
He replied with. great earnestness,
"Arfur tumherew
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
sma11 Farms to Be tine RuIe.

In the future small farms will be the
rule. More and better products will be
raised on 60 acres than are now on 12O
acres. There are farmers to-day who
plant 40-acre field in corn who could
take the same amount of manure they
used and put 1t on 20-acre field, and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

st. Vincent's hospital of New York
City has an electrical ambulance. It
can travel at the rate of ten miles an
hour, and cost over $1,000. 1t does not
differ materially from the ordinary
horse-drawn ambulance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
Im mediate ResuIfs.

One day my little brother insisted Oh
staying out in the rain. On being asked
why he did not come in he said:
Il have to get watered so I'll grow"
Next day he said: Yesterday 1 was
only up to my nose and I've grown to
the top of my head in the night, be-
cause I stayed out in the rain.''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
New Wrinkles in Paper.

New Wrinkles in Paper.
The great variety Of articles. from
car-wheels to candle-shades now manu-
sfactured out of paper, has suggested
the name paper Age" for the present
time. One of the amusing and interest
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
A Popu1ous Line.

Teacher in History, to Harry, who
was not paying attention:
"How was the Mason and Dixon line
settled?"
Harry, sleepily: every thickly set
tied"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
remporari1y Blinds the Horse.

It has long been known, and put to
practical test time after time, that to
get a horse out of a fire the best plan
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
Extent of Irrigation,


Exclusive Of the rice-producing States
the Territory of Hawaii and Indian
reservations, the number of irrigators
in the United States in 1899 was 1OS,.
21S, an increase of "a, ,OS2, or one hun.
dred per cent over the number report
ed in 1889. The number of acres irri.
gated was 1858, ,545, an increase during
the ten years, of 3,9OS, ,165, or 1915 per
cent. OF the total irrigated area, 5,944,
value Of the products therefrom was
$86. 6.SeO, ,491. The total cost of construc-
ton Of the irrigation systems operated
in 1899 was $67, TIC, ,942. In the num-
ber of irrigators California stands far
ahead Of any other State, having about
one-fourth Of the total number in the
United States. Colorado, however, ex-
ceeds in the number of acres irrigated,
although not In the value of irrigated
crops. Of the total irrigated area, T.
O93, ,629 acres were watered from
streams, and 169, ,644 acres from wells.
The number of acres in crops irrigated
in 1899 was 5,711,965 and the number
Va Az AS0tSo dClC III pasture anu uHIud-
tured crops was 1 1,551, ,3O8. The value Of
the irrigated crop was $S4, ,443, ,438. OF
the irrigated area, 1858, ,273 acres were
in the arid States, 273, III acres in the
semi-arid region and 8, 1856 in the humid
region.
Connecting Pastures by Causeway.
1t frequently becomes desirable to
have the pasture SO arranged as to
let stock pasture on both sides of a
highway. The pasture is sometimes
located on one side of the highway
and yard and watering place on the
other. Much time is required to drive
cattle back and forth.
The difficulty can be overcome in a
very convenient way. Select a place
where there is a little rise in the
ground, say from to 4 feet, the more
the better. Construct a wide ditch,
from 10 to ~ feet, so it will easily ad-
NIT team to work with scraper down
at bottom of it. Make it from 2 to
feet deep, as the natural condition
of ground will admit. 1t must be con-
structed in such way that it will have
natural drainage at lower side, other
wise 1t would fill with water after very
heavy rains and be of no practical use.
A plank bridge Is built across the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02

ity, delighted with everything she saw.
Flora was rather silent as she rode
home. She was thinking how pleasant
it would be to be the wife of man like
Enrol Hastings, and the mistress of
place like Hazell Court. He was speak
ing to her in low, earnest tones; and
as he passed the Farm did not turn to
look for Winifred. And Winifred, sitting
under her favorite clump of beeches,
book in hand, looked with wistful eyes
after them; and when he had passed out
of sight, without once turning to look
for her, she hid her face in her hands
and cried bitterly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-06

The wheat did not turn out anything IKE
what 1t promised and the average has been
cut down to fourteen bushels per acre
ssins CORN ne
fine and dlling nicely and another ire
mendous crop Is promised. The rainy sea-
fully.
tally sheet at Rockville yesterday. throw
ing out the nomination Of Joseph T. White
for judge Of the orphans' court from Boyd g.
is keenly felt by his friends here. He was
one time county comnissipner from this
hundred majority, the fsecottd counted him
0q Miss Ds Bertha shrae putrowf BJyds is visiting
her uncle, Mr. Jacob Dutrosk. at Buckeyes
town. Frederick county; Mrs. VIM. 2.
Green of Washington And Miss Agnes Mil
stead Of Laurel are guests of Mrs. Mahlon
T. Lewis at Boyd's. Mrs. J. p Taylor of
Henderson. N. c., is visiting her mother.
Mrs. Mary c.. Wall. at Walldene, her
pretty country home, near here 80.
of st. Rose Church. Choppers, Just east of
here. was given today and was largely at
tended by nearly two thousand persons
from all parts of the county and by a
number of Baltimoreans and Washington
ians. This picnic is usually famed for its
large attendance and always follows the
celebrated GAINESVILLE. picnic. where three
thousand five hundred persons attended
this year, the two churches being In the
same circuit and supplied by Rev. Gilbert
H. Mcdonald. who, with the ladies of the
church. made the day a success. The sales
were encouraging. Clay pigeon shooting
In which there were eight or ten contest
ants, resulted in Julian Waters of German
town winning first prize, Roger Darby OF
Jacksonville the second and Harry Boland
Of Germantown. third.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-06
Falls Church News.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. August 5. 1903.
At the meeting Of Pioneer Lodge, No. 1,
Good Templars. last night delegates were
elected to represent the lodge at the session
of District Lodge, No. 10, which meets next
Friday at Waterford. as follows: j. D.
Payne, w. E. Parker, Rev. w. H. Woolf,
Earl Varcoe. Mrs. G. w. Hawxhurst, Mrs
]. F. MARI Miss Jessamine Graves and
Miss Annie Payne. Alternates: Geo. W.
Hawxhurst, J. H. MARI. NJ. M. Thorne, W.
r. Stewart. Rev. A. w. Graves Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Erwin and Miss Laura Summers The Off
GERS of the lodge were, installed for the
quarter ending October 81 by Mr.. ]. H. Gar
retson, deputy grand chief templar, as
| sisted by Mr.. w. e. Parker, acting as grand
marshal. and Mrs. G. w. Hawxhurst, acting
| assistant grand marshal.
Rev. and Mrs. George w. Quick and chill
dren of Springfield, Mass. are visiting Mr..
Quick's father, Mr.. J. V. Quick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Rollins and daugh-
ter, Miss Ethel. started this morning for
New Hampshire on an extended visit to
relatives.
Mr.. Job Hawxhurst, who represented
Fairfax county in the legislature in 1869,
and who has been postmaster of Fairfax
Court House for the past thirty years. is
very Ill at his home in that town.. On Fri
day he was stricken with paralysis in his
left side. He is eighty-one years of age.
Rev. George Bowman of Pennsylvania
preached in the Columbia Baptist Church
Sunday morning in the absence of the pas
tor, Rev. A. w. Graves.
Miss Mabel w. Stoothoff of Franklin
Park, N. j., Is the guest of her uncle Mr.
]. H. Garretson.
Mrs. j. H. Garretson. awho has been spend
Ing several weeks in New Jersey, has re-
Mr.: J. N. Gibson. town sergeant, gives
public notice that he will enforce the town
ordinance relating to dogs"
The many friends of2Dr.ftB c. Quick are
pleased to learn that he is rapidly regaining
his health at Atlantic City II
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Northrup left on Tues
day for Vermont on visit to their son
Mr.. Lewis Northrup. y -
Mr.. Rufus Darby has returned to his
home at Atlanta, Ga, after a short visit to
his friends in this section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-06
Rockville News.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Nd, August 8, 1903.
The managers Of the Montgomery County
Agricultural Society have added new fea-
lures in the shape of1jumpfns contests for
the annual fair to be- Held here August 1S,
10, 20 and 21, and the innovation Is ex-
pected to prove decided attraction. On
Wednesday of the fair, there will be a con-
test among green hunters, conformation to
count 80 per cent and performance so per
cent. There will be contest on this day
among qualified hunters. performance
alone to count. On Thursday there will be
high jumping contest which will be open
TO all and contest of the same kind
among green heavyweights. the conditions
of the latter being that the animals must
have been raised and owned by citizens of
montgomery county, who are in no way
connected with any hunt club. For these
events purses of $50 will be offered each
to be divided into three sums
Miss Anisley Bond Of Baltimore is a guest
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. c. H. Mannar,
near this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Offutt and little
child of New Orleans are visiting relatives
and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William w. White and lit
tie child are visiting Mr.. Whites parents.
Rev. and Mrs. s. r. White at this place
Mrs. W. f. Locke of this town has gone
to Front Royal, Va, for a months visit to
her sister.
1t is understood that Mr.. John T. Smith
of Clarksburg is an aspirant for the repub-
ncan nomination for the house of delegates
Rev w. f. Locke, pastor of the Rock
Vile M. q. Church South. has gone to
west Virginia for brief sojourn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-06
WASHINGTON GROVE.
Services Attending Annual Camp Meet
ing-General News.

Srecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
WASHINGTON GROVE, Md, August 5,
1903.
The PRAYER meeting at $50 o'clock this
morning was led by Rev. A. H. thinner
man At $50 o'clock DR.. Naylor led the
prayer service in the tabernacle, and the
ladies' meeting at 10 o'clock was led by
Mrs Robt Cohen. Rev. Henry Clay
Smith of Spencerville preached the morn
ing sermon at IL o'clock from John 1923,
We have seen the Lord
Mrs d. E. Wiber led the children's meet
ing at pm. having as her subject "A
little heart cage" Rev A. H. thinner
man who is to conduct the young people 8
meeting, led the meeting at pm. in the
chapel. Mr. Zimmerman gave the young
people as their motto More of Christ
The theme this evening was Largest liber-
ty'' "If the Son therefore shall make you
free We shall be free, indeed
Rev. Arthur Thompson, pastor of Wilson
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church.
preached the evening sermon at o'clock
from the text found in Matthew 81. For
he shall save his people from their sins. "
Mr.. Thompson said in part: Salvation
means deliverance. complete disenthrOne-
ment of the soul and the setting it free.
Salvation means communion; to walk with
God, to see Him and to live. 1t means
also Immortality, redemption from death
and the lifting of the soul out of the mire
anu Gay u Siil. OdlVdlioH PROMISES NE
continuous. unbroken. the leading Of the
spirit out into the blissful fields of life"
Great interest was manifest through all
the meetings Of today. and the prospects
are good for an inspiring and successful
meeting.
Rev Marshal West of the Latonsville cir
cult was present at the evening service.
Rev. E. E. Fisher. pastor of Congress
Heights Methodist Church, arrived at the
Grove today.
Miss Lillian Palmer Of ST. Marys county
is visiting Miss Edith Carter.
Miss Alice Maydwell visited the Grove
on Tuesday evening.
Miss Kathryn M. Jones is the guest of
Miss Floraine Walker on Grove avenue.
Miss Mile D. Benson is visiting Miss
Grace Osborn on 9th avenue.
Mr.. Rynex is visiting his son. Mr.. Frank
Rynex. on Chestnut avenue.
Mrs Virginia c. Cornelius Of Bowie, Nd,
who has been visiting her brother, Mr.
Roszel Woodward, has returned home.