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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-28

Mrs John Smith entertained a
party of friends very delightfully."-
Wednesday evening, "50O'' being
the amusement.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-28

Mr.. \ u Mrs. VI j. Edwards, OF
Corv,,ii-., and daughter, Veima.
are visiting relatives in Eugene and
Sprin s6eld during the holidays.
Miss Yeima is q STUDENT Of the C:AC.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-28

the experiment. There can b.
no doubt that some Of them have
been worked up to the pitch that
they could easily be induced to
take poison or do anything else
they are told to do bv the lead
ers. 4
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
AMERICAN AND BRITISH NAVY.

Although the number and aggre-
gate tonnage of the British navy are
far greater than those of the navy OF
the United States, the statistics OF
shipbuildi2g for the year 1905,
as given In L.oyd's Annual, disclose
an important fact as to relative ton
mage. Great Britain has launched
during that period 81 ships, and the
United States only 10. Yet the aver
age displacement of the American
vessels was S.944 tons. while that OF
the British ships was only 3,437. A
ship OF the latter size Is about three
fifths the size of the Olympia. Dew
ey's flagship at Cavite. This discrep-
ancy is explained by the fact that
while the American vessels launched
included a number of first-class bat
tleships and cruisers; those Of Great
Britain we're chiefly small cruisers
and gunboats. The exhibit shows the
United States led all other countries
In the average tonnage for the year.
with France second, Great Britain
third and Italy fourth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
POULTRY.

"Pedigreed Poultry" at a dollar q
pound is to be supplied by a Jersey
corporation to exclusive New York
tables. says the Chicago News. 1t IL
to be even a more carefully selected
proposition than certified milk, be-
cause the certificate Will cover the
heredity strain of the product, as
well as It's environment. The certif-
cate Ia to be In the form OF a silver
disk attached to the fowl, giving the
facts of Its ancestry. the particulars
of its bringing up. Its age. and so on.
It Is surmised that these high
priced birds are to fed on cocoa, CIV
ing them a flavor of their own, az
Florida hogs are fed on oranges. and
canvas back ducks on celery. For
most OF us the ordinary b~arnyard
fowl will continue to be a satisfac-
tory medium. Rowing wide. roost-
ing high. subsisting on worms, grass
hoppers, garden sass and waysids
pebbles, he contrives to incorporate
into his plebian frame all the flaw
ored graces OF the American home
stead. Fried, broiled or served with
stufin'. he is good enough for us.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
THE MATRIMONIAL MARKET.

A German baron. who Is also q
partner IN an international mar.
riage, has written an article for a
Cleveland paper asserting that for
eign titles have a value In American
money. Proclamation OF tais fact
was hardly necessary. bat III AZ.
tempting to Justify It the baron uses
the parallel that a hack horse car he
had for q song, while a thorough
bred costs money; that ours al be
picked up on the streets, but that
pedigreed dogs command good
prices. His father-in-law tartly re-
torts that this is the only investment
OF the kind he ever made. and he has
not received any dividends yet.
II was specifically a purchase, Just
as the baron says n would buy a
horse or a dog, not as an investment
or with any hope OF cash return, but
simply for the pleasure of possess
sion, or perhaps the hope of winning
a pyizc at the horse show or dog
show. 1t also suggests the idea.
which is offered free OF charge to
New York society, that an exhibition
OF titled husbands would eclipse the
horse show as a social event much
as a searchlight would compare with
a tallow dip. There ought to be
some way for those who pay good
American money for foreign titles to
get some return.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
r n CASH.

It has been a poetic fiction that
there can be no utilization betwixt
Cupid and Mammon. Love In a cot
tage or a fiat (modern version) was
to be preferred to lack of IL In a
palace, says the Boston Post. Mar
riage for money has been held up to
execration and yer the thought OF
cash has been frowned upon as
something approaching sacrilege.
II remained for q Boston girl to
prove the connection between Cupid
and cash. A swain won her heart and
the day was set. The bride-elect
INQUIRED into the financial RESPONSE
billty of her adorer. He told her he
had none In bank. She asked for
the book, but he was equal TO the
occasion. She also. Accompanied by
her brother she went to the bank
and was told that the grocm-to-be
had no such sun onvxerosh as the
book pretended to show. The wed.
ding is off.
A man who would stoop to deceit
on the eve Of his wedding might be
expected to resort to 1t as a regular
practice ever after. We congratulate
the young woman from Boston on
her escape and recommend her ex-
ample for general adoption.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Thieves Shoes.

"Shoes have played an important
part in the capture of criminals" said
Detective William Barrett of Buffalo.
Had it not been for the footwear of
certain thieves they would never have
been caught. 1t is not so long ago
that / and two others were detailed on
a case, and before we caught our man
another shop had been burglarized. We
looked at the marks about the win
dows and noticed they were scraped
by nails. We went back to the other
place and found the same conditions.
Later we went into well-known resort
and found a man sitting in a chair.
He had his feet encased in a neat-ft-
ting pair of shoes, but for some rea-
son he had nails put in the heels. We
Jumped" him at once, and, searching
his rooms, we discovered enough loot
to start a store. He later explained
that the nails were put in his shoes to
aid in roof-climbing. Squeaky shoes
have caused the arrest of several
thieves right in this precinct. The 9TH
er night a thief bought a pair of cheap
shoes and they were very musical. The
man got into a place, and before he got
anything his noisy shoes gave him
away and he was caught. All clever
criminals have a penehant for buying
good soft shoes. They pay a good price
for them and they are repaid some
times by getting off with the swag to
nav IN for what thew SDent"-ShOe
Retailer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Alley System of Cell Starting.

Mr.. Henry Alley, in the Bulletin Of
Entomology, recommends hat a strip
of comb, with young larva from the
breeding queen, be cut wide enough
for one row of complete cells to re-
main intact. The outer portions of
the cells on one side are cut away
and every second farva is killed or
removed. This strip is then fastened
to the bottom of a comb with the
open ends pointing downward, and
the whole put In any colony used for
cell building. The queen cells are
built very regularly and a large pro-
portion are accepted. In the apiary
of the Bureau IL has been found
easier to use partly drawn out foun-
dalton in which are young larva,
thus avoiding the cutting away of the
ends of cells. This method is very
simple, since 1t does away with the
necessity for transferring, and gives
good results; but the cells must be
cut apart to be put in nurseries, and
In this manipulation they lack the
firmness of cells with wooden bases.
1t has also been recommended that
drone comb be used in the same way,
and that a larva be transferred into
every other cell. This plan, how
ever. does not possess the one really
good feature of the Alley method,
and has therefore nothing to COM
mend 1t.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
SURVIVORS OF Tsu-sHImA.
Tell of the Awful Hardship and
Rough Treatment by Officers.

A writer in the Slovo draws a pain
full picture of the attitude OF the naval
authorities toward the survivors II the
Baltic feet, which was destroyed in the
battle Of Tsu-shima.
You cannot imagine the treatment
to which we were subjected" said a
young officer Of one of the Baltic cruis-
ers to the writer. 1T made one feel
ashamed of wearing our uniform. For
more than a year we did work equal to
penal servitude. Our crews worked IL
hours a day carrying coal, transport
ing it in small boats in the ocean, Ian
gushing under a tropical sun, feed
ing on salt meat and timed food.
During eight months We lived in
dirt and slept in rubbish. During eight
long months not a single night passed
without alarm or without expectation
of the enemy's attack. And before US
we had still greater labor and priva-
tons in blockading Vladivostok in case
we succeeded in reaching 1t. And re-
proaches and insults were our only re-
ward. You know the rough nature OF
our sailors. Well, our chiefs have sue
ceeded in touching them to the quick
by their humiliating inyectives, and l
have seer them cry, broken down by
this new kind of welcome from their
mother country after the labors they
have undergone. Truly, We envy those
who persisted st. Petersburg Dis
patch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21

A friend of ours has this seasol
had the best opportunity of his HE
to compare i%ncubators and sitting
hens TO see which gave the better
accounts of themselves, says Field
and Farm. He finds that the ircu-
bators and brooders have had a big
lead over the hens. The latter broke
IL, per cent. of the eggs on which
they were set while the incuba-
tors broke none. Between 10 and IA
per cent. OF the chicks In the eggs
were dead and less than 10 per cent
In the incubators. Twelve per cent.
of the chicks Matched by the hens
were killed by them In the nest or
directly after leaving 1t, less than l
per cent of the brooder died. Three
different makes of ~incubators were
used.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Saving Waste Vegetables.

On most farms there is enough In
the wayof small and unstable vege-
tables that go to waste each fall to
carry a good size flock of poultry
through the winter in the matter OF
that very essential part of their ra-
ton, green food. Take the cabbages
which are unstable and the other
small root crops; gather them all
and store them away In pits vdt OF
doors, bringing them in to feed dur.
ing the early days of winter at tho
time when the poultry sadly miss the
green food. 1t is not hard to save
the cabbages for a long time into the
winter. In preparing the vegetables
for the table during the winter save
the refuse portion for the fowl in
stead of sending it to the swine;
true, hogs thrive on this sort OF
stuff. but 1t win pay a larger profit
If fed ito the poultry. 1t doesn't
make much difference what this is,
carrot or potato Feelings, cabbage
leaves, apple skins, almost anything
that is given win do a world of good
TO the poultry. If there is any con-
siderable quantity of unstable pota-
toes don't save them for seed or use
them on the table, but divide them
among the stock, giving all of them
a portion. The Increased value OF
the stock and its return to you in
milk, weight or eggs viii make the
feeding proftable.-Rural Home.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Tea. Three Cents a Pound.

There is a description of tea sold in
Japan at the average price the country
over of 6Hd. per pound. This is bran
cha which consists of a mixture of
the former years leaves, withered
stalks, ETC., and is mainly consumed by
the poorest classes, though the price
varies considerably in different prefec-
lures, being as high as Cd. In Kago-
shima and only about I'D. per pound
in Kyoto.
In 1903, according to a consular re-
port by Student Interpreter Phipps of
Toxic, no less than SIS, 5SS, $50 pounds
of tea of all qualities was produced,
valued at &1,120,S0 During the same
year 4S,239,4S4 pounds valued at 21,-
422, 535, were exported.-From the Lon
don Chronicle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
l151r11V.
NJ -
MACHINE FED POULTRY.
Packers Prepare Millions OF Pounds
Annually by This Means.

Packers Prepare Millions Of Pounds
Annually by This Means.
SO important Is this branch OF the
food industry that the big packing
firms In the United States have en-
gagged in the business of raising
chickens, ducks and other poultry,
says a dealer In the Chicago News.
The total business done in this line
amounts to millions OF dollars an.
nually.
The chickens are placed IN long
coops and packed so tightly that
they can find only room to move
comfortably about. But they cannot
run around. They are fed from four
TO six times a day, according to con
ditions. The food consists OF a por-
ridge OF which corn meal and milk
form the basic parts.
The machine that is used to feed
them is built on the lines Of n sau-
sage suffer. A rubber tube extends
from the receptacle. The feeder takes
each chicken from the coop, places
the rubber tube In Its bill and then
pumps 1t full of food. In twenty-one
days the serawny little chicken
comes out fat as a butter ball. AS a
rule 1t doubles In weight IN that Pc
riod.
OF course. every feeding station
requires constant Watching. Men go
constantly up and down the line Of
coops and watch the fowl. Whenever
a sleepy chicken that does not ap.
pear to thrive is spotted II is imme-
diately taken from the coop. At the
stations where we have refrigera-
ton we kill the chickens for mar
ket. In most cases we ship to our
packing plant.
The only difference between the
chickens marketed in this country
and those we ship to London Is the
method Of packing. The English
people insist that every chicken be
"squatted." that is. It's legs must be
directly beneath Its body. as though
the fowl were squatting OF the
ground. The American housewife
cares nothing about that. All she
wants is quality and she pays little
attention to the way the chickens
legs are arranged.
In this country most Of these SCI
entfcally fed chickens are bought by
the. better-class hotels. clubs, and
the wealthier people who can afford
to pay a higher price for such stock.
Milk-fed stock forms only a small
percentage of the chickens annually
eaten In the United States. Probably
four-ffths of the supply still comes
from the farm barnyard.
Ducks are also raised or scientific
lines. They are kept within an In
closure, limited In space, but food
troughs. amply filled, prevent them
from roaming about In search OF
food and they fatten rapidly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Value of Birds and Bees.

The time is coming when the birds
will be protected the same as the
chickens and turkeys are. By the
destruction of quails and other birds
which destroy insects, the wheat
crop for the past few years has been
a partial failure. The quails were in
tended to destroy the Hessian fly,
which is one cause of the failure of
our wheat crops.
1t is just as easy for a farmer to
raise FIVE bushels of clover seed to
the acre as 1t is to raise one, but 1t
cannot be done SO long as the bum
BILE bees are destroyed by the far
mers. They are the agents which
distribute pollen to the red clover
blossoms, and If they are not present
to do 1t, the clover seed crop is bound
to be a failure. Each farmer should
see that a place is prepared for the
bees to make their home, and they
should be protected.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Eat in Cheese Mnkine.

The question is asked says Field
and Farm What has the fat in milk
to Go with making cheese? The his
tory of our cheese industry and Its
present condition should be sufficient
answer to the query. We discarded
fat In cheese making and have been
making leather cheese until the In
dustry is nearly ruined. The time
was when cows were divided into
butter and cheese breeds. That sort
OF nonsense has been abandoned and
nov the fact is recognized that milk
proftably rich for butter is also
profitable for cheese. II the factory
could always get milk that contained
from four to aye .par cent. of fat, 1t
would have 1hsidSaf mix Tor cheese
making. ffS milk producer who
takes his milk to the factory needs
to study the problem of producing a
large quantity of milk containing a
high per cent. of fat. 1t is a rule that
the greater the fat In proportion to
casein the better the quality of
cheese will be.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Egg Production.

For farmers who desire fowls
more particularly for egg produce
ton. the Mediterranean breeds, par
~ticularly the Leghorns, Minorcas.
and Spanish, are to be recommends
ed. says Ranch and Range. The birds
Of these breeds are smaller, more ac-
tive. and greater foragers than the
Rocks or Wyandottes, and as layers
they are unsurpassed. Should 1t be
desirable, on the other hand, to
raise heavier birds than the Ply
mouth Rocks, we should naturally
turn to the Asiatic breeds. which In
cluds the Brahmas. Cochins and
Langshans. -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
orientaIIsm In commerce.

Even in its m Smyrna is
Oriental. Few Westerns care a fig for
Smyrna, but that famous old city re-
CARDS the fig as the mainstay if its
prosperity. The most popular merry
making of Smyrna's year is the fig
festival. That takes place when the
export of the fig harvest from the
interior gets in. The first train load
enters the station with the engine
behagged, the wagons covered with
branches and garlands, and there are
artillery salutes and hourishes of
trumpets. These, however, are as
nothing compared with the noisy re-
joicings of the populace, who follow
loaded camels through the city to the
grand bazaar singing and dancing with
all the un~restrained fervor of the Or
ient-London Globe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Mikaeos LARGE income.

The yearly allowance of the Mikado,
which is at the same time that of the
whole imperical family, is now $780,
900. Beside, he has the yearly income
of $500, 600 from the interest on the
$10,0 900, 900 which was given to him
from the war indemnity received from
China ten years ago; of $3.50, 600 from
his private estates, which amount to
S., 000, 900 or more; of S500.00 from
the forests, covering an area of 5,124,-
1913 acres and valued at $512,4S7, 300. at
$40 an acre; in all. $1,250,0 600. Thus
his yearly net income amounts to ST.
$50, 600. There are in all sixty mem
bers of the imperial family, inclusive
of eleven married and four widowed
princesses, who are members of the
royal family by marriage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Crime In Boston.

Judge-You say the prisoner held
you up on the Common. What were
his exact words to you?
Complainant-He said: Il am
compelled to request you to kindly
elevate your digital extremities."
Judge-Prisoner, you are sem
fenced to six months for highway
robbery, and to twenty years for
splitting an infnitive. - Boston
Transcript.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21

AND E
Dee KEEPING
PLANTS TO RAISE goR HONEY.
Each of Which Furnish Bees With
Food During Entire Summer.

Food During Entire Summer.
Parsnips, when left to seed, bios
som freely from June to August, In
elusive, and are much frequented by
honey bees.
Peppermint, raised for its foliage,
from which oil is distilled. is most
frequently cut before the bees de-
rive much benefit from 1t, but when
eve allowed to blossom 1t is eagerly
sought after by them, and yields hon
ey freely during July and August.
Bokhara, o. sweet clover, is in
some sections of the country con-
sidered a valuable forage crop. AMI
mails a be taught to like 1t, and 1t
Is very valuable as a restorer of ex-
hausted lime soils, while in regions
lacking in bee pasturage during the
summer months 1t is a very impor-
tant addition. 1t withstands drought
remarkably we'll and yields a large
quantity of fine honey.
Cucumber, squash, pumpkin, and
melon blossoms furnish honey and
some pollen to the bees In July and
August.
Eucalypti, valuable for their TIM
Der and as ornaments to lawn and
roadside, are quick-growing trees
adapted to the southern portions of
the United States. They yield much
honey between July and October.
The carob tree, whose cultivation
has been commenced in the South
west, is an excellent honey yielder in
late summer. 1t is an ornamental
tree and gives, in addition to honey,
another valuable product-the carob
bean of commerce.
Sacaline. a forage and ornamental
plant of recent introduction, is a
great favorite with bees. 1t blossoms
profusely during August, is a hardy
perennial, and thrives In wet and
also fairly in dry situations, with
standing the ordinary summer
drought of the Eastern States, be-
cause OF its deeply penetrating roots.
Buckwheat is an important honey
and pollen producer. Its blossoms
appear about four weeks after the
seed is sown, hence 1t may be made
to fill in a summer dearth of honey
plants.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

The women lawyers Of this town
have formed their own Association
Of the Bar, says the New York Sun,
for ''the cultivation Of the science Of
Jurisprudence, the promotion OF re-
forms In the law, the facilitation OF
the administration of justice, the
elevation of the standard OF integrity
honor and courtesy among the legal
profession and the creation of a
spirit of fellowship among the mem
hers" What will be the attitude of
this learned body on the subject of
millinery?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
One Early Ambition

Lord Kitchener had an ambition to
become an actor when a young man.
A well known actor. whom the great
soldier consulted. offered him a part as
walking gentleman" but advised the
army. and the engineers in particular.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
ExrFRTs IN DISCOMFORT.

II is surprising how many people.
there are in this world who want TO
increase the discomforts Of life.
There is always bobbing up some
professor or propaganda who in
forms us that everything we have
ever done is wrong and that the only
road to physical salvation is to fol-
low his own schedule.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21

Gunner-Cranker has been read
ing some musty old books and now
he is going around telling people we
haven't as keen sense of touch az
the ancients.
Guyer-Good gracious, he hasf
He tries to touch me for a Aver every
time he meets me.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
Has Its Own Laws.

An English island free from Eng
lish law is an anomaly, yet such is the
situation Of the Isle of Man, which has
a code OF laws entirely its own. II has
never been ruled by the laws of Eng
land.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21
British ARMY Temperance,

There are now 26.171 total abstain.
ers in the army in England and "a
600 in India, which. with the honor
airy members, give a total Of $780,
nearly a quarter Of the total strength
Of the army. About onethird of the
recruits sign the pledge o o after
joindng.-Ex.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21

: In abiding to Bloody Sunday" In
Russia. future historians will have
to take care to specify which particu-
lar Sunday they have in mind.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21

The farms of the West are now
supplying the majority Of able bod
led recruits for the navy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-21

The Boston subway was opened
September /. 1897.