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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Iarae Oil Plant Burns.

Findlay, O., Oct. THE plant of
the National Refining company was
burned today. Loss, 5000, ,0OO.> The
fire was started through lightning strik-
ing a tank which at the time contained
about so, 900 barrels.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14

ers, I had very little trouble. 1 have
bred buff Rocks fifteen years. and
never had any trouble about soft-shell-
ed eggs. always keep my yards COW
cred with foot of gravel. find that
the chicks as well as old chickens get
all the substance for eggs from gravel,
and for digesting food.
The Manure Spreader.
This department Is not for the pur-
pose Of advertising tools or imple-
ments. and no such article that is sold
Is ever mentioned by the manufactur-
er>s name. There are implements and
conveniences, however. made by differ
ent manufacturers which should find q
place on every farm, and one of them
is the manure-spreader, Of which there
are several good makes.
No one can appreciate the value of
this implement until he has used it.
1t 1s not only labor-saver, but it
spreads the manure in any quantity
desired, and spreads it evenly. All of
its operations are controlled from the
drivers seat. The work of manure
spreading should be in operation from
now on more or less through the win
ter. and no farmer can make better
investment than to have this imple-
ment. 1t will give him added years of
life in the labor it will save him. and
enable him to grow better crops.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Gate that Will Not Sag.

The accompanying illustration repre-
sents form of farm gate, which is
cheap, durable, easily made, easily op-
Grated and will not sag with years Of
tion is ii feet long, but may be made
any reasonable length desired. The
top bar is a twenty four foot stick. The
bar is fastened to the gate post by
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14

Adam went up against the matrimo-
nial game with his eyes shut-just as
other men are doing to-day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14

Waiter Girl with rising inflection)-
Chicken pot pie, roast leg of lamb,
Or
Summer Boarder-All threei
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
FOR |: The AFFLICTED |
INTERESTING, INSTRUCTION rs
GIVEN AT. WORLDS FAIR.
TRAINING DEAF AND BLIND.
} - y -
Section Of the Educational Building
That Is Very Popular with
Many Visitors Are Taught
l.; Useful Trades.

st. Louis, --The most popular section
of the entire Palace of Education, since
the beginning of the regular class work,
has been that devoted to the instruction
of the deaf and the blind: It is not per-
mitted to everyone to visit the great in
situations where those who have been
deprived Of one of their most important
faculties are trained for the unequal
struggle with life. Here at the world s
fair, every visitor is welcome to at
tend classes, between times, when brief
respite from sight seeing may be an
agreeable change. =
The subsequent journeys through the
exposition must be attended with greater
appreciation and pleasure, and deeper
gratitude for the inestimable blessings
of sight and hearing than one has ever
consciously felt before. We value the
good things of life most when they are
brought into sharp contrast with con-
ditiOns that are not so fortunate. Hence
visit to the classes for the instruction
of the blind and deaf at the worlds fair
IL of double value.
AS rule, those who have lost the use
of their eyes, those from whom the Wis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

ual beauties of the world are forever
shut away, are the recipients of more
pity and sympathy than is accorded to
the deaf.
There is always something infinitely
patehtic about blindness, yet even this
cruel misfortune has it's compensations.
The girls and boys in the section for the
blind are as cheerful, hopeful, optimistic
body of young people as one would
wish to meet
And the things they are taught to do
are simply wonderful. Formerly it was
supposed that but two occupations were
open to the blind. They could be trained
as musicians and they could be taught
the trade of broom making. Music is
still the great work of those who cannot
see. The loss of sight is followed by
wonderful sharpening of the senses of
hearing and touch. If the afflicted one
be possessed of a sense of harmony, his
chances for great achievement in the
world of music are really enhanced by
the loss of sight.
Two of the exposition pets of the sum-
mer were twin boys, both blind and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

both violinists. They were amiable,
cheerful little fellows, and their music
won them scores of friends. In connec-
ton with music, another occupation has
sprung up for the blind, one which re-
quires the most delicate touch and the
truest ear. This is the tuning of the
piano. For this work the ability to see
is not at all necessary. The skilled pi-;
ano tuner knows every wire in the piano.
and his doubly sensitive ear and finger
tips accomplish the desired result.
It is a source of establishment to many
worlds fair visitors that blind young
men are transformed into expert cab
met. makers. Yet this craft is being car
ried on successfully by many men of
taste and skill. The blind man becomes
so expert that be can readily recognize
the different varieties of wood simply
BY their texture and grain. With the
specially designed tools, he can achieve
the most artistic results in furniture,
picture frames and wall cabinets. = r
Basket making is another occupation
that affords the bind a means of earning
al livelihood. The skill and speed at
tanned by the .deft fingers Of those who
cannot see are phenomenal More as
tonishing than this work is the intricate
bead embroidery that is also being done
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
BIT OF SENSIBLE ADVICE.
Something Regarding the Diet of Del
icate Children for Moth
ers to Heed.

The householder who studies wisely
the properties of the fare she puts be-
fore her family will adjust food values
to the several needs of those to whom
she ministers. The child of weak in
testines must have neither oatmeal,
hOminy, nor mush for his breakfast
cereal, says Marion Harland's Com
plete Cook Book. Rice, rightly
cooked, thickened milk, we'll boiled,
and arrowroot porridge.- will heal
irritation, and as it were tighten
the tension of the machine. He may
not indulge in the apple sauce and
cracked wheat which are better than
laxative drugs to his hale brother.
A bilious girl should not drink milk
unqualified by a dash of lime water,
and should never take coffee. Her
languid, appetiteless mother will be re-
freshed in nerve, stimulated in brain,
by demitasse of stronge coffee taken
without cream after her dinner. It is
doubtful whether or not creamed coffee
is wholesome beverage for anyone.
1t is an established fact that the addi-
ton of cream works chemical change
and for the worse, in that which, taken
clear, is a valuable digestive agent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

claiming credit for the election They
are not a disinterested lot BY any
means, and the recitation of their POI:
litical exploits is generally preliminary
to suggestion that they might be
able to do great good for their coun-:
try in some position that has a COM
Portable salary attached to it. -
The president is able to treat all
these suggestions with the utmost
complacency. He has not q single po-
litical promise to redeem 81 Whatever
Of political work was performed, ex-
cept by. members of congress: and
members of the cabinet, was paid for,
and there are no services that need
to be requited with political Office. The
presidents resolve that his adminis-
tration should be unmmtgaged by any
pledges or promises included those Of
a political character as we'll as those
involving any favor in the admins
tration of laws or influence in future
legislation. Mr.. Roosevelt will be en-
tirely unhampered in carrying out his
ideals and. lettering the public serv-
ice. !.
It is understood that he has in con-
temptation reformation In some of
the branches of the public service,
particularly the consular service. He
has had Investigations made and has
himself given much attention to the
personnel of our consular representa-
tives, and is convinced that many
changes can be made for the better,
and he will probably reorganize the
whole service by getting rid of dead
timber and putting in intelligent,
capable and active men who under
stand the responsibilities and duties of
such an Office. He appreciates that the
development of American interests
abroad lies largely in the hands of
our consular officers, and it is his aim
to build up the system SO that it will
be second to none in the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

manded are necessary for a complete
record. Members fail to hear their
names on the first roll call, so they
are given an opportunity to respond
on the second. Then there are usually
a number who find that even after the
second roll call their names are not
recorded and they demand that their
vote be received. This all occupies
much time and it is seldom that roll
call of the house can be completed
within 80 minutes.
Various methods have been dis
cussed OF recording the votes without
a member answering verbally to his
name. 1t has been suggested that an
electrical voting machine be adopted
by which the votes can be recorded sill
emily and quickly. All the member.
has to do is to press an electrical but
ton at his desk and his vote of AYE"
or mo" is registered. It is claimed
that such an arrangement would avoid
mistakes, make a more accurate rec
ord and save time which is regarded
as valuable in the house.
In the senate no such innovation is
likely to be countenanced. The upper
body of the national legislature is ex-
tremely conservative and dislikes to
forsake any of it's traditions or habits.
It has been called a body without rules
because there is nothing in it's code of
government that restricts debate or
that can force vote on any question.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
ParSnip Fritters.

Boil four or five parsnips; when ten
der take off the skin and mash them
fine, add to them teaspoon of wheat
flour and beaten egg. Put a teaspoon
of lard or beef dripping in frying pan
over the fire, add to it a saltspoon of
salt; when boiling hot put in the pars-
nips, make it in small cakes with a
spoon. When one side is a delicate
brown, turn the other. When both are
done take them on dish, put a very
little of the fat in which they were fried
over, and serve hot. These resemble
very nearly the taste of the oyster plant,
and will generally be preferred.-Boston
Globe,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

question, which involves dreary Stats
tics and prosaic recitation of history
and facts. He was able. however, to
Ocracy in mingling with the crowds,
and no man has happier faculty of
making friends than he. He possesses
that rare gift, which made the late
James G. Blaine and the late William
Mckinley so popular, and that is the
ability to recollect faces and names.
Wherever he went he was sure to meet
men to whom he had been introduced
months and years before, and in every
instance was able to recognize them
and call their names.
Then Secretary Taft is one of the
best hand-shakers in the world, and
when he would grasp a chance &C
quaintance by the hand, call him by
name and give him a cordial greeting,
accompanied by his hearty and in
fictitious laugh, it is safe to say he
made an advocate of his nomination
for the presidency four years hence.
In the Philippines Judge Taft demon
strated his faculty of making friends
by his hand-shake' and genial greet
ing. The little brown men fairly wor-
shipped this big six-footer and 300
pound American. The secretary en-
tered into this campaign with great
willingness and vigor. He is firm
believer in the Rooseveltion admins
tration and policy and, although not
as gifted in oratory as many other Of
the stump speakers, he has an en-
phatic and convincing way of present.
ing facts. He is not much of story
teller on the stump, but in private and
small gatherings he can tell a Joke
with good effect, and is a most enter
tanning raconteur.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

just as we'll as any other barber can, and
he possesses the added recommendation
of attending strictly to business.
The really pitiable pupils in the classes
at the worlds fair are those who have
lost both sight and hearing. But for the
patience and devotion of few noble
men and women, these doubly unfor-
tunate ones would be shut away entirely
from the world of sound and light. Their
contact with the material universe is en-
tirely through the sense of touch. Con-
versation is carried on through the
touch alphabet, the fingers of the teach
er impressing the characters on the hand
of the afflicted one, and by this means
the marvels of the earth are carried to
the soul that is shut in silence and dark
ness. There is nothing in all the won
derful exposition that is more impress
sive than this daily demonstration of in
struction for the deaf and the blind.
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

BY the blind. With half q dozen colors,
and the most compll cated pattern, the
blind girl weaves hef chain Or covers her
chamois skin pillow, never making q
single mistake. . .s:~. ! 81 >s 81 e.
Many other things are laugh. In the
schools for the blind, such as artistic
needle work and even sewing on the ma
chine. The long seams stitched by some
of the blind girls who have been working
in the classes at the worlds fair. this
summer would give the blush to the am
ateur seamstress who has the use Of
both her eyes and yet cannot guide the
sewing machine SO that it may trace
straight seam. a.~ g., - ia y
AS the blind turn naturally to music.
so the deaf find expression for their
emotions through the graphic and other
arts. Especially the plastic art appeals
to them. Some Of the best sculpture for
the adornment of the eposition grounds
was modelled by Douglas Tilden, the deaf
sculptor of California; The apprecia-
ton of color and form seems to be given
by nature as compensation for the loss
of hearing. ~~t
The useful trades that are taught the
deaf are almost without limit. The MAX
ing of mems clothing is especially at
tractive to them. When once they have
thoroughly learned the tailOr's trade,
the yare assured the means of earning
living. The ability to hear is not at all
necessary for this and kindred occupa-
lions.
The deaf and dumb-especially dumb
barber is looked upon as a boon to
mankind, both because he relieves the
victim in the chair of the necessity of lis
tening to the proverbial barber's To-
quacity and because he deprives the al
legged humorist of the material for an
eceedingly stale and overworked joke.
The deaf barber can shave and cut hair
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

erately over their written manuscripts
as their predecessors of ruffled shirt
front and blue, swallow-tailed coats
did IS years ago. There is kept in a
niche of the desk of the president pro
TEN. an old snuff box filled with this
one time luxury. It is a relic of the
past and was religiously guarded by
old Isaac Bassett, who, for CO. years,
was an employe on the senate floor
and looked after the comfort of SEN
ators. The snuff box was provided in
the old days when it was the custom
for gentlemen to offer the titillating
mixture to each other.
1t is not so long ago that some Of
the venerable senator's used the old
fashioned goose quill in writing their
correspondence. The. late Senator
Morrill,, of Vermont, who died in the
harness at the age of SO, was perhaps
the last to stick by the quill. His
desk was always furnished with a sup
ply Of carefully selected wing feathers
Of the goose. It was an interesting
sight to watch the venerable states
man take out his sharp penknife and
trim the quill to proper point and to
the required hexibility. After shaw
ing it to his satisfaction he would dip
it into the ink well and slowly and
carefully write his personal letters.
The scratching OF the old-fashfoned
pen could be distinctly heard through
out the chamber, but the senate was
able to turn OF a beautifully written
manuscript in good old-fashioned
round hand. - / = =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
Picked GRAPES.

Pick fresh grapes from the stems with
out breaking, and put in jar for seven
pounds of the fruit. quarter of vine
gar, three pounds of sugar a tablespoon
full each of whole cloves and cinnamon
sticks; boil the other ingredients to-
gether for few mintes, then cool till
the finger can be borne in the liquid.
Pour this UPON the grapes, which are not
to be cooked. put plate over the mouth
of the jar, and set it in cool place,
where it is not to be disturbed for two
or three weeks. ->-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
Customs in the Senate.

N THE senate
some of the GUS
toms of the early
days are still pre-
served. Many Of
the old members
use the sand box
in blotting the
letters they write
at their desks.
Blotting pads are
only for the new
er senators. The
sticklers for old
customs sift the
white sand DELHI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02

notable examples of endurance and ef-
fective campaign work, but the palm
for strenuous campaigning lies be-
tween Mr.. Fairbanks and Speaker
Cannon. Mr.. Fairbanks has his re-
ward, and that for Uncle Joe' is for
the future to determine. The speak
er's enthusiastic friends are discussing
him as a possible candidate for the
presidency in 1908, and base their
claims upon the popularity he has
achieved in his extended speaking
tour.
The vigorous, spry and genial 1lli-
nois statesman is 68 years of age, but
he has made record during the past
three months of which youngster of
so might be proud. Col. Casson, in
charge of the speakers bureau at
congressional committee headquarters,
finds that the spellbinders who worked
under his direction made total of 173
speeches, but of this number "Uncle
Joe" made "A, or more than one-third
Of the total. In his private car, the
"Iolanthe," which he entered on Sep
TENDER Is, the husky speaker travelled
| over 1000 miles. He spoke in over
40 congressional districts in the states
of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio,
West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylva-
MIA, New Jersey, New York, Connecti-
cut and Rhode Island. He made as
high as eight speeches in day and
averaged about five hours vigorous
platform talking each day.
The admirers of Mr. Cannon claim
that man who can go through per-
Torrance like that will not be an old
man four years hence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
Taft as g. Speaker.


popular
platform talker,
whose friends be-
1ieve he is of pres
idential size, is
big, burly Bill"
Taft, Mr.. Roose-
velt's secretary of
war. Mr.. Taft
did not have the
m ost catching
topic to discuss,
a S b e devoted
most of his time
to a discussion Of
t b g Philippine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
CONVENIENT HOME ARTICLE
Alcohol or 0il-Stove Comes In Handy
in Case Of Sickness or
Emergency.

Sometimes in case of sickness or sud-
den emergency it is necessary to have
hot water, and the quicker it can be
had, the batter. In cases of Group, for
instance, it attacks the child suddenly
in the night, without warning, and
something must be done quickly. To
get the child into hot water as soon as
possible is generally the first thing ad-
vised, says Medical Talk for the Home.
In country homes, or homes where
wood and coal are the only means of
producing fire, there is always more or
less precious time lost in trying to kim
die a fire. Sometimes the wood won't
burn, and the fire goes entirely out or
smolders in most exasperting manner,
while all the time the sick child's condi-
ton is growing worse. Any father or
mother who has been aroused in the mid
die of the night by the sudden sickness
to which children are so subject, the
whole house cold, not bit of fire any,
where, would appreciate, more, perhaps,
than anyone else, an alcohol or an OIL
stove that can be lighted simply by
striking match, and in few moments,
even before the fire in the cook stove
could be kindled, the water will be hot
and relief brought to the sick one
These stoves are SO inexpensive that
it seems as though every home should
have one. They are so convenient for
many things. Breakfast, or the even
ing meal, can be prepared with one of
these stoves. You can poach eggs, make
cohee or tea, cook rice, oatmeal, any of
the cereals, make an oyster stew, and
many other things can be very easily
and conveniently prepared with an
alcohol or gas stove. 1t is so much
cleaner than wood and coal, and there
are no ashes to be bothered with
There are so many convendences that
the country home could have if the folks
only knew about it. Sometimes you
want to take a tepid bath before go
ing to bed, but the fire is out and there
is no hot water. You would almost
rather do without the bath than go to
the trouble of kindling fire. But il
you have a little burner that can be
lighted with touch, your bath can be
ready in very few minutes.
But If used for nothing else they are
certainly solid comfort lin case of
sudden sickness. Acute Indigestion.
earache, toothache, dysmenorrhoea,
rheumatic pains, pleurisy, and so on,
and SO on, can be relieved by applica-
tions of hot water Indigestion and
stomach disturbances, that often pre-
vent sleep, can be overcome by drink
ing cup of hot water, and with little
gas or oil stove the water can be heated
In a few minutes.
Of course, homes heated and lighted
by gas, or homes provided with gasoline
stoves, are in no need of these little
burners. But there are thousands and
thousands of homes that have no means
of heating except by building a fire
with wood and coal. and it is in these
homes that the inexpensive and con-
venient little stove will be appreciated
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
Just for a Moment.


In the early days of Iowa, writes q
correspondent of Youths Companion,
a village school was held in a room of
farmhouse. The farmer, Mr.. Jen-
nings, told the pupils that they must
not modest his bees.
They were obedient children and re-
spected the farmers rights; moreover,
since most Of them went barefoot, they
were not anxious to stir up trouble in
the hives.
One day little girl went to Mr..
Jennings and made this naive and sin
cere explanation: please, Mr. Jen-
nings, my brother Willie stepped on a
bee, but it was a accident and he got
right off,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-02
WASHINGTON TIER !
AFTER GOSSIP OF THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL. ~
THE NOTED SPELLBINDER
Politicians Of International Reputa-
ton on Stump-Campaign strep-
uesity - Telling the Presi-
dent How They Did It.

ASH1 N G T o N. -
Noted spellbind-
ers who went up
and down through
the country dur
ing the presiden-
tial campaign just
past are cOmpar-
ing notes of their
experiences an d
the work they
have performed is
being reviewed by
the leaders of the
parties. T ere
have been some