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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
SENTENCED TO EAT THE JAM.
Little Girl Found Guilty of Theft by a
Liner Captain.


Little Girl Found Guilty of Theft by a
Liner Captain.
Captain Krech of the Hamburg
American lines steamship Graf Wal
dersee was called upon during the trip
to pass sentence upon a thief caught
stealing aboard the vessel. His man
ner of conducting the case and his
judgment were commended by all the
passengers.
Several steerage passengers on the
earlier days of the trip frequently miss
Ell food and sweetmeats which they
had taken aboard and nothing was
known of the culprit until one day a
woman, going to her bunk, found lit
tie faxen-haired girl busily engaged
in emptying pot of jam which had
been concealed there. The little one
had the jam plastered all over her face
and hands, and in that condition the
woman who discovered her led her to
the chief steward. He in turn took
her before the captain on the bridge.
Many of the passengers, seeing the
little girl being dragged crying before
the captain, gathered about to learn
the cause of the trouble. Captain
Krech, who on his ship, like all other
captains, is judge, jury and court of
appeals, listened to the charges with a
stern look. Besides learning that the
little girl had taken the jam he also
learned that her father and mother
were poor and could not provide any
sweetmeats for her. When the case
had been presented Captain Krech
thought over the evidence for a time
and as the girl was caught with the
evidence all over her face and hands
he pronounced her guilty.
'This is a very serious case" he
said, land must be dealt with accord
ingly. The penalty for the first offense
is Imprisonment. For the second it is
spanking and for the third it is hang
ing or exclusion from America. But
the facts in this case are such that 1
shall have to be more severe. I, there
fore, sentence you to eat the best jam
this ship can produce every time you
feel like it. The jam will be supplied
by the steward"
The little girl could not understand
the meaning of all the talk, but when
the steward brought forth big pot
Of jam as ordered she gave the captain
a pretty little smile and marched off
with it. From that time on her face
was never clean.-New York Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
AUTO pLUNGES OVER BANK.
Train Strikes fhe WreCkaqe and
Three People are Killed.

New York, Oct. S.-While speeding
along in the Bronx early this morning
An automobile containing nine persons
went off an embankment at One Hun
dred and Sixty-irst street and Jerome
avenue and two pert ons, a man and a
woman, were kille The machine fell
on to the New -ork Central tracks,
and the wreckage was struck bya south
bound train.
In the automobile when the accident
occurred were five women and four
men. At Jerome avenue and One Hun
dred and Sixty-frst street the roadway
is between 80 and 40 feet above the
railroad tracks. When the big ma
chine plunged downward it struck near
the southb ound tracks, and the nine
persons and the automobile were caught
by an incoming train.
Besides the two killed, all the others
in the automobile were in jured. They
were taken to the Fordham hospital,
where it was reported at 1:30 this
morning that at least four of those hurt
were in a serious condition.
One of the passengers on the train
said that the train was running about
50 miles an hour when it struck the
machine. IT, machine was a heavy
touring car, and i l. said was running
down Jerome avenrn It rapid rate of
speed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
red. The breed is attractive because
of its genuine Plymouth Rock form
and size and the beautiful plumage.
The Marketable Hog.

Hogs to be marketable at the high
est prices must be largely of a uniform
type or at least the types must ap-
proach in uniformity. The buyers in
the great markets Of the country carry
in their minds eye the style Of the
hog they think will make the most sal
able pork. The tendency to gravitate
toward one type is, therefore, marked.
The buyer is inclined to be arbitrary.
He cannot tell why he prefers a GER
tain type, but sticks to it that that
type is the kind he wants. This varies
also in different markets, both at home
and abroad. The English buyer who
has been buying bacon hogs for many
years has in his mind very different
type from the type Of the man that in
the Chicago market has been buying
lard hogs all his life. This variable
type the raiser Of hogs has to consider
and it both hinders and helps him in
improving his herd. 1t helps him in
improving his herd. 1t helps him while
his animals are far below that type,
but it hinders him as soon as he has
reached the type Of hog in the mind
Of the buyer, for he cannot progress
beyond it except at loss to himself.
This fact has been the greatest obsta-
Gle in the improving Of the bone and
stamina of hogs raised in the corn belt.
st. Louis Republic.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
FIGHT AT SEA
Russian Fleet at Port Arthur
Ventures Out.
FORT IS EXPECTED TO GIVE UP
Opinion Based on Assertions That
Squadron Would Make no Sorfie
Until Hope Was Gone.

Toxic, Oct. 7.-Tokio has advices
that late yesterday evening naval bat
tie had occurred at Port Arthur. While
no details are obtainable other than
that the fight is said to have followed a
sortie on the part of the Russian squad
ron, the belief prevails that there can
be no doubt as to the outcome. The
Russian vessels: as is we'll known, are
in no condition to meet Admiral Togo s
well-equipped and thoroughly repaired
fleet. In addition to this, the Rus
slams are greatly inferior in numbers.
A sortie at this time by the Russian
fleet would have peculiar significance,
as it would indicate the land forces
found their position had become unten-
able, and the fall of the stronghold is
now expected to follow quickly. 1t has
been stated on numerous occasions late
ly. and ON the best of authority, that
the battle-torn feet bottled up in the
harbor of the Port would make no fur
ther attempt to escape, until the last
hope of relief or holding out had gone.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
PLEA NOT IN VAIN.
America Gains Another Victory in
Russian Court.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 8.-Contrary
to general expectations, the represen-
tations submitted to Russia by the
United States for the recognition, with
out discrimination, of American pass
ports have not been entirely fruitless.
Foreign Minister Lam sd6rff' 3 response,
communicated to Ambassador McCor-
mick today, even creates the hope that
something may actually be accomp-
lished.
After receiving consideration at the
foreign office, the American nota was
| referred to the high comission for gen.
eral revision of passport laws, which
was created by imperial ukase, in De-
cember, 1908. All matters relating to
passports and the exclusion of the Jews
are governed by the international laws
of the empire, and the question is out
side of the direct field of diplomatic
negotiation. By referring the repre-
sentation of the United States, compli-
ance with which would involve modi-
hcation of the passport laws, to the
commission, which body is competent
to act thereon, a decison of the question
may be directly reached.
An official of the foreign Office has
been appointed by Count Lamsdorff to
sit with the commission, thus insuring
Considera tion of the international as
pect of the question. Moreover, the
commission will sit under the direction
of the minister of the interior and Am
bassador Mccormick, who had an ex-
tended talk with Prince Sviatopolk-
MiIsky, the minister of the interior.
upon the subject this afternoon found
him, as might have been expected from
his recent public utterances, quite
sympathetic.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Planning to Remove Buildings.

st. Louis, Oct. 7.-Plans are begin
ming to assume shape for the restora-
tion of Forest park after the conclusion
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
One member of the restoration COM
mittee has been appointed in the per-
son of George E. Kesslsr, who is at
present Landscape architect for the ex-
position. Two other members of the
committee are yet to be appointed by
the directors of the exposition, and it
is probable Mayor Wells will appoint a
the fair committee.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Potatoes as Hog Feed.

Potatoes are quite largely fed to
hogs, but it is found advisable to boil
them. In the New England States
they are fed extensively, being boiled
in milk and mixed with meal in a bar
rel. Frequently several bushels are
boiled at time, and, when mixed with
cornmeal make an appetizing mess.
The only fault to be found with this
combination is that it is badly out Of
balance. The potatoes are rich in
starch and so is the corn. To such Of
our readers as are still following the
old practice we would advise the sub
stitution of bran or of ground oats for
the cornmeal This would make a
fairly well-balanced ration. The Ca
naaians say that potatoes have good
effect on the quality of bacon pro-
duced. There is probably no better
use to which small potatoes may be
put than this.-Exchange
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
LARGEST EVER
Bdffleship Nebraska Added
to American Navy.
IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
fully $4,000 People Viewed the
CeremOnieS-ChriSf by Miss
Mickey, Governors Daughter.

Seattle, Oct S.-The battleship Ne
braska, destined to be one of the finest
fighting machines af1oat and already
showing in every detail that she will
come up to expectations, slid gracefully
into the water promptly at two minutes
after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
The great mass of nearly 5000, 900
pounds of steel moved down the ways
as easily and noiselessly as though it
were only diminutive fishing schooner,
instead of one of the largest battleshlps
in the world.
The statement that she moved noise
lessly may be difficult to prove, foI
bed lam broke ,ose almost Simultaneous
ly with the Nebraska and wild cheer
ing from 4O,0 900 throats drowred the
music of half dozen bands and made
the roar of the big cannon on the Unit
ed States monitor Wyoming seem faint
and far away. Taking up the refrain,
whose key WAS pitched under the build
Ing sheds of the yards every steam
whistle between Ballard and Black
river turned loose and hundreds of craft
ranging in size from giant steamships
down to launches and every locomotive
on the water front added to the music
with whistle and bell.
Fully $4,000 people viewed the cere-
monies and saw the big vessel slip into
the water. She created but a very
small wave as she took her maiden
plunge, and foated out gently and
gracefully. Naval men who viewed the
launching stated that it was the most
successful they ever saw.
Miss Mary Main Mickey, daughter of
the governor of Nebraska, christened
the vessel.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Chairman Tawney Comma,

Portland, Oct. S.-James Tawney,
chairman of the exposition committee of
the United States congress, is to visit
Portland next summer to attend the
Lewis and Clark exposition. Mr..
Tawney will be remembered as the con-
gressman who stood by the Oregon del
egation at the time the exposition ap-
preparation bill was brought up, and
he is in large measure responsible
for the passage of the bill. Word of
his intended visit was received yester-
day by President Myers, of the state
comission.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
WILD RACE TO ESCAPE DANGER.
Blast Furnace Filled With Hot iron
in Wake of Trolley Car.

New York, Oct IA ten-ton rolling
blast furnace filled with hot iron used
for the welding of the joints of trolley
tracks has been the cause OF an excit-
ing ride for carload of people in New
ark, N. J. The furnace became un-
manageable on the top of a steep hill,
and started down with rapidly increas-
ing speed in the wake of a trolley car
bound toward the center of the city
The motorman put on full speed, bit
the mass of iron and fire gained stead
lily. When it seemed disastrous col
lision was inevitable, the car crew and
ten passengers, several of whom were
women. held a hurried consultation
and decided that the only chance to
save their lives was in jumping.
After the race had gone on for a
quarter of mile, with the furnace
steadily gaining, the runaway machine
swerved and struck an oncoming car.
The passengers escaped serious injury.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Railroad to Be Electrified.

New York, Oct. l0.-About TOO
miles of the Long Island railroad sys-
tenn will be equipped with electricity,
it is stated, and be ready for operation
with that power early next spring.
Ultimate Y it will be possible for pei
son to take train at the Pennsylvania
station, to be built in the heart OF
Manhattan, and ride without a change
of cars or motive power to Manhattan
Beach, Rockaway Beach, Far Rock
away, Averne or intermediate points.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
BloCkade-Runner Captured,

Toxic, Oct. l0.-The Port Arthur
blockading feet has captured junk
laden with provisions. The junk was
endeavoring to enter the harbor. The
statements of the crew and evidence
found aboard the junk indicate the
existence of feet of so junks organ
lied to run the blockade from the vi
cinity of Tsingtau. Despite the vigi-
lence of the blockading fleet, many
junks reach the Russian lines at num-
ber of landing places on the lower end
of the peninsula. The junks enter at
night.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
An Improved Lawn Mower.

An exchange reports machine
which is a combination of the bicycle
and the moving machine for moving
lawns. They cut much wider swath
than the ordinary lawn mower and do
the work much easier. We would like
to see one of them in operation. 1t is
now more work to take care of few
square rods Of lawn and keep it neat
and clean as it should be, than to care
for an acre of grass grown for hay or
an acre in some cultivated crops And
yet many people wonder why the far
mer does not have an acre or two of
lawn around his house.-American
Cultivator
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14

means of a pin on which the gate
turns The box shown on the free end
of the top bar is filled with sufficient
field stones to almost balance the gate.
The frame of the gate consists of a
stiff wooden structure strapped and
bolted at the corner. On this barbed,
plain or common wire is fastened. 1t
is well to drive ring over the top end
Of the large gate post to keep it from
wearing or splitting, and also to attach
an iron plate to the underside Of the
top bar where it rests on the post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
How Jim Brann Game Home.

Now, this was the way Jim Brann came
home-he came in the hobo style
Tucked on the trucks and clutching a
truss for many a weary mile.
And here in the ways of his boyhood
days, with thoughts of his youth
reborn,
He stumbled and cursed the wretch he
was with something Like honest
scorn.
He thought Of the lies his letters had
told to the loving folks back
Protestations of decent ways and vows
that his deeds were square.
Lies and lies-the scoffing lies! He had
held them better than truth.
But here, in the hush of the fields of
home, shame gnawed him with
tearing tooth.
Guile and guilt for the folks at home!
Yet these not half the woe,
For wickeder far his mock Of love-and
now they must know, must know
And under the ilac's shrouding shade, in
the lampIght's mellow glare,
He knelt by the window-sill and gazed
On the old folks sitting there.
Staring in from the chill of night on the
old homes fireside
And hearing the trustful boasts of those
to whom his letters lied.
They were telling one who sat with them
the news of their worthy son,
OF his proud success and his stand
mongst men, in the great wide
world up yon.
And mother, bringing her rosewood box.
where all she priced was kept
Read once again what Jimmy wrote and,
reading, softly wept.
And when their neighbor went his way,
the father turned the lock
And laid the rug across the door and
wound the old tall clock,
Then read the Word in solemn tones, and
knelt and prayed for Jim,
Beseeching little for themselves but all
Gods gifts for him.
Then all the house was dark and still,
but in the night outside
There writhed a sobbing, tattered wretch
"a prodigal denied.
Thrust back, not by the hands of home
but by his guilty heart
By conscience towering grim and stern
and bidding him depart.
What! bring before fathers gaze that
face, of sin the scroll?
And thrust beside mothers heart that
black and bistered soul?
No. Forth he strobe beneath the stars
drenched now with honest tears
That swept from heart and soul and
brain the shameful, bitter years,
And with a prayer-an honest prayer
he sought the grace OF God,
And bent and kissed the worn old sill his
parents feet had trod.
Then, standing, smote his breast and
cried, Go forth once more, Jim
Brann,
And stay, God help you, till you bring
clean and honest man.
So that was the way Jim Brann went
back to fight the fight of men.
And that was why God seemed so good
when he came home again!
Holman F. Day in Pearson's,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Steel Plates Being Shipped.

Minneapolis, Oct. Fifty cars of
heavy steel plates, intended for the
Japanese government, are now being
transhipped at Minnesota transfer
They are from the Carnegie company,
at Pittsburg, aud ale consigned to the
company's agent in Japan. The plates
vary in thickness from half an inch to
an inch and quarter. and are of the
kind ordinarily used in the construc-
tion of cruisers and torpedo boats.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Nav Have Robbed Attaches.

St. Petersburg, Oct. The French
embassy here has received infcrmtion
that two Cinnamon have been arrested
at Chefoo while trying to exchange $2,-
900 in French and German notes, be-
lieved to have been stolen from Lieu
tenat de Cuveryille and Captain Won
Gilgenhelm, respectively the French
and German naval attaches at Port
Arthur, who have mysteriously disap-
peared. A local paper intimates that
the Japanese are the real culprits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Potato Growers Outfit.

To grow potatoes easily the grower
should be supplied with all necessary
machinery. In addition to the plow, a
spring-tooth harrow, roller and two.
horse cultivator, with which almost
every farmer is supplied, should be
used; it is also essential to have a
planter, digger, weeder, smoothing har.
row, low wagon with platform and a
number Of bushel crates. A four row
barrel sprayer is very useful for spray.
ing potatoes, to prevent blight and to
kill bugs, but can be dispensed with
and the work done with cheaper ma.
chinery.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14

DUH nOut0 INOCAs
While the Buff Plymouth Rock Is no
better than the well-known barred, it
has proved itself better than the white
sort, and, as a breed for fanciers, has
become very popular. AS practical
fowl, we consider it not as good as
the barred, for with US it has shown
some weaknesses that the older strain
does not have. 1t must not be inferred.
however. that this is likely to be the
case with all Of them, for many breed
ers consider them even better than
the barred. They are similar in size
and form, lay well, are good mothers
and the carcass is quite like the bar
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Chickens that Eat Eggs.

A poultry man says: Four years
ago I had a coop of buff Wyandottes
that ate eggs as fast as they laid them,
and l was at loss to know what to
do, so 1 tried the following expert
ment: I went to neighboring baker
shop and procured all the egg shells
that they could give me and put them
in oven, Drowned them, and had, con-
stantly, a peck of them in the yard,
and 1 found that it lessened the evil
very much, and after killing two lead
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Farm Notes.


High and gravelly soil is the best
for fruit trees.
The farm work should always be
kept in advance Of the season.
The profitable culture of the soil de-
pends upon it's thoroughness
The nature of farm life is, in no
small degree, conducive to economy.
Good stock will not sustain it's ex.
cellence long if it is not we'll cared for.
Premature cooling of the milk be-
fore setting will injure the butter
yield.
A pedigree is simply certificate of
character, and unless it shows a good
character it is Of no practical value.
Fill the vacant places with young
trees, unless the orchard is old, then it
is better to plant a new one.
Farm life may be made a burden or
a pleasure according to the manage
ment of the home, the farm and the
work.
Every farmer should have a few
colonies of bees, enough at least to
supply the table with pure, fresh
honey.
Clean up the farm, and it's yalue
will be increased. and when it is clean
ed and cleared it will cultivate more
easily and cheaply.
An unfruitful orchard may often be
brought into bearing by a heavy ap-
plication of good stable manure scat
tered broadcast.
A wet place in a field can often be
drained out with but little trouble and
expense, but if this is allowed to 60
undone will spoil the field and ruin the
crops.
1t is essential that cows udder be
entirely freed from milk at each milk
ing for if any milk is left in the I'D
der from any cause the secretions are
checked and the COW will soon go dry
if this method of milking becomes q
common practice
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Combined Hoe and Rake.

In hoeing Of any kind one generally
feels the need of rake as well as the
hoe, and the little tool here described
is happy combination of both that
construct. Select piece of hard wood
eight inches long, one and one-half
inches thick and three inches wide.
Bore an inch hole in the center of it.
into which to put a handle. Then take
six six-inch spikes or ten-penny nails
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Russian Troops in Good Health.

Moscow, Oct. 1O.-Professor Colo
win, of the Red Cross society, who has
Just returned here flom the front, re-
ports the health and general condition
OF the troops are remarkably good
There are no epidemics, and no very
serious disease, the prevailing COM
plants being light form of stomach
typhus and dysentery.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14

and drive into this strip at equal dis
tances apart. To make the hoe take
a portion of an old cross-cut saw blade,
or have the blacksmith fashion piece
Of iron for you, bend over one edge
an inch so that it may be riveted to
the piece Of wood. Then fasten the
handle in the hole and your tool is
ready for use. The illustration plain
ly shows how the details are per.
fected.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Deathbiow to BuIIfiahting in Spain.

Madrid, Oct. S.-Fhe Institute of
Social Reforms, after heated discus
sion today, decided by Is votes to eight
to ratifv the absolute prohibition of
Sumo ay bull fight ng. This is consid-
e,ed to De the death blow to bull fight
ing in Spain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
TatLOoing Horses.

The tattooing of the equines is said
to be a new fad. which had it's origin
in Paris about the first of the present
year. Prominent leaders of society in
the French capital, it is said, have
had their family coats-of-arms pune
tured into the sides of the horses, and
the new craze is reported to have al
ready spread throughout Europe.