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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
THE PRIME MINISTER.
| He is the Real Ruler of the Great Brit
ish Empire.

he lS the Real huler or the IreaS 6FIt.
ish Empire.
The real ruler of the British en-
pire is not the titular sovereign nor
| the hereditary nobility. 1t is the
I leader Of the political majority, who
! derives his power solely from the di-
rect vote of the people. The prime
minister of England is subordinate
neither to the king nor the house
Of peers. Every man who shares
with him III the work of the gov
ernment is his subordinate.
Following a general election the
sovereign sends for a member of the
majority party and instructs him to
form a government. This is one of
those fctions Of the constitutional
authority of the sovereign to which
the English people cling as to the
heritage of tradition. The sum-
mons is delivered, but it is merely a
form. The party leader is such not
by the grace Of the sovereign, but
by the choice of the majority; not
by election, but because he has the
qualities of leadership.
The leader, having received the
sovereign's instructions to form a
government, becomes by that man
date the autocrat of the empire.
! His power is absolute. Like the
president, he may appoint whomso-
ever he pleases a member of his cab
met, but, unlike the president, he
is not influenced by geographical
considerations, nor does he have to
submit his nominations to the SEN
ate. In both countries the mem
bers of the cabinet hold Office at the
will of the appointing power, but
the tenure of Office is even more
precarious in England than it is in
the United States. Here a minister
may differ from the president on a
matter of policy and not feel it in
cumbent upon him to resign. In
England there can be no differences.
Either a minister agrees with his
chief or he resigns.
In England the cabinet is an ex-
ira legal creation. Nominally it is
one of the committees Of the privy
council, whose functions are to ad-
wise the sovereign, but this is sim
ply a survival Of mediaevalism. The
cabinet is under the sole control of
the premier, unhampered by royal
or other interference. But-anoth-
er survival-no member of the cab
met may make public any matter
discussed by the cabinet without the
express sanction of the sovereign,
and when the premier issues a sum-
mons to a cabinet council, which
meets. at irregular intervals, accord
ing to the exigency of public bust
ness, the minister is requested to
attend a meeting of his majesty's
servants. "A. Maurice Low in Ap-
pleton's Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
Fake Antiques.

People are buying English an
tioues from taste or as investments,
and as they do not part with them
the supply is becoming shorter and
shorter. A result is that the coun-
try is full of limitations. The ''an-
tiques" to be found in country shops
are frequently bogus. We are food
ed with copies of antique furniture
and engravings. There are shop
auctions in London of whole stocks
Of bogus engravings, silver boxes,
Battersea enamels, miniatures and
the Gke.-London Spectator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
Riley's Rye Patch.

Whitcomb Riley was looking over
a fence on his farm at a field of rye
when a neighbor who was driving by
stopped his horse and asked:
"Hello, Mr.. Riley! How's your
rye doing?"
"'Fine, fnew replied the poet
Glow much do you expect to
clear to the acre?
ooh, about four gallons" an
swered Mr.. Riley soberly-Success.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
MEDICAL SUPERSTITION.
outIandish Practices Still Prevail In
Parts of Germany.

Parts of Germany.
All sorts of outlandish medical
ideas and practices are to be found
in active prevalence in the marsh
lands of the Weser, north of Bre-
merhaven, and in the Luneburg
heath, barren region between the
/ Elbe and Aller, in Germany.
In both Of these districts the
touch of a corpse's hand is still re-
garded as a curative of many local
Ills. In the Wesermarsch the prac-
tice is to steal secretly into the room
where the dead person is laid out
and with the dead hand stroke the
afflicted part. In the Luneburg
heath the application is especially
used as a cure for warts and for
cramps in the stomach.
Less grewsome is the remedy for
hernia still applied in the marsh
country. On the night of st. John
the Baptis S day, June "A, the pa
tient must be dragged through the
split of a cleft ash tree. Three men
bearing the first name of John
must perform the operation, and it
must be conducted in dead silence
! Some of the cures depend, on the
contrary, upon verbal formulas. For
hiccough' the sufferer must cross
a little wooden footbridge over a
stream-an easy matter in the
marsh lands with their manv drain
age bitches. As he crosses he must
repeat the nursery rhyme:
Snip-op un TX gungen ober dat steg
Snik-op fult herin un TX gung veg.
This bit of dialectic German ma.
be translated:
Hiccough and I went over the bridge;
I went on, Hiccough fell in the ditch.
For erysipelas fire is lighted
and a pinch of ashes from it is rub
bed on the skin to the accompani-
ment of saying to the effect that
the ashes and the sore went over the
Red sea together, the ash came
back, but the sore never again. Nu-
merous ether sayings supposed to
have the force Of charms, usually
when uttered simultaneously with
some action, are quoted. The Lune-
| burger, for instance, who has warts
makes the sign of the cross on the
warts while gazing at the crescent
moon, saying, "What [ see, that I
win; what I wash, that disappears. y
1t rhymes in the German dialect.
Sometimes the formula is not
spoken. The Wesermarsch folk
have saying which they write on
slip of paper when any one has
fever. Then they burn the paper.
The Luneburgers have no formula,
but they write the name, year of
birth and birthplace of the sick per-
son in lonely place three nights
running. Other remedies for fever
consist in swallowing spiders or dust
filed from a church bell.
When q tooth comes out the loser
must throw it backward over his
head. Hair combings must not be
thrown out of the window, because
the birds might get them and fly
away with them. In that case the
person who was separated from
them would speedily become bald
Allgemeine Zeitung.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter of the Estate of NancyJ. Slagle,
deceased:
Notice is hereby given to all persons enncerr ed
that the undersigned has been duly a2l .nted ad-
miulstrator of the estate of Nancy J. Siagle, de-
ceased by the county court of the State Of Oregon
for Benton County. ALI persons having claims
agaisnt said estate Of said Nancy j. Slagle, deceas
cd are hereby .equi-ed to present the same, with
the proper vouchers, duly verified as by law re-
qrire within six months from the date hereof. to
the VI dersgned at his law Office in Corvallis, In
Benton County, Oregon.
Dated this April Q, 1907.
e. E. WILSON,
Administrator of the estate Of Nancy stage, oe-
ceased. SlH1
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given to all whom it may con-
Germ that the undersigned has been duly appointed
administrator with the will annexed of the estate Of
Isaac Porter deceased by the County Court of Ben
ton County, Oregon. All persons having claims
against the estate of Isaac Porter, deceased, are
HEREBY required to present same, with proper
vouchers therefor olly verified by law required
within six months from the date hereof, to the un
dersigned at his residence in Benton County, Ore
eon or at the office of McFadden & Brvson, attor-
news, Corvallis. Oregon.
Dated March 18th, 1907.
JOHN F. PORTER
Administrator with the will annexed of the estate
of Isaac Porter, deceased.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
For Chief of Police.

I herewith announce myself as a can
didate for the office of Chief of Police
subject to the " ill of the voters.
37ul J. w. Ingle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
Dairy Wisdom I'm Brief

Remember that contamination Of
milk and its bypro lucts begins most
often close to its source-viz, the cow
stables.
Good air and sunlight in the barn,
healthy cows kept clean, good cream
separator, with d good tank and plenty
of ice. and careful handling of the milk
and cream will secure good results.
After the milk is once contaminated
no amount of "doctoring' will restore
it to it's pristine prli---
The Farmers Wife
j. very careful about her churn She
scalds it thoroughly alter using, and gives
it sun bath to SWeeGen it. She knows
that if her churn is sour it will taint the
halter that-iS made in it. The stomach is
a churn. In the stomach and digestive
and nutritive tracts are performed pro-
ccsSes which are almost exactly like the
churning of butter. Is it not apparent
then that if this stomach-churn is foul it
makes foul all which is put into it?
The evil of foul stomach is not alone
the bad taste in the mouth and the foul
breath caused by it, but the corruption Of
the pure current of blood and the diSsem-
ination of disease throughout the body.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
1t does for the stomach what the washing
and sun bath do for the churn-a bSolutely
removes every tainting or corrupting ele-
ment. In this way it cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions, scrofulous swellings,
sores, or open eating ulcers and all
humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste in
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and respondent, have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks. gnawing or distress in stom-
ach, constipated or irregular bowels, sour
or bitter risings after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider.
able number of them, indicate that you are
suffering from biliousnesS, torpid or lazy
liver with the usual accompanying indi-
gestion, or dyspepsia and their attendant
arrangements.
The best tagents kpo%p to medical SCI
ence fOl LlsEIre Oh the above SYMPTOMS
aud copdiIIaEs. as atfesfed3XtbeXr Xrltilgs
OF leading Ieacbersand practitiQpeTs c1
al the several schools Of medical pracl
have been skilltully- and LharmQ1iousIy
Discovery. That this Is absolutely true
If you will but mail a postal card request
to DR.. r. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y, for 2
free copy of his booklet of extracts from
the standard medical authorities, giving
the names of all tie ingredients entering
into his world-famed medicines and show
ing what the most eminent medical men
Of the ARa say Of Il sm.
The independent., 1907-04-11

back Another black hat has tulle
around the crown with black wings
at the sides and loops OF narrow black
velvet ribbon and red and pink cher
ries are placed under the brim.
The hats shown in the windows of
even the smartest shops are remark
able for their extraordinary shapes
and colors and color combinations.
Certainly no woman can be called
coward who ventures to wear one,
and one wonders If they are really
ever sold. Season after season the
freak products of Europe and of this
country are In evidence in shop win
dows, and yet | do not remember ever
seeing one of them. or one closely re-
semblng them, on the head of any wo-
man, certainly not on the head of one
with any pretensions to fashion. 1t is
highly probable that the women one
sees gathered about these windows are
marveling at the ugliness before them.
rather than reyeling In any imagined
beauty of shape or color. Now and
then, of course, an attractive model Is
visible, but alas this is so seldom as
to emphasize the rule of ugliness.
The early spring models show much
less use Of feathers and pumes than
the tier ones. the present being a sort
OF reaction from the winters plumed
and be-feathered cilapeaus.
In straw smooth, plain weaves will
be, and are, thee esmartest The crino-
lines IRE practically on the back shelf,
bit to be deplored, as they are light
and let in plent of air on the coiffure
and scalp. French chips, Milan, Eng
lish split straw, Leghorn. and Tuscan
straws will be decidedly in the lead.
There are also fancy braids Of vari-
Gus sorts, some of lacy weaves, and
these sometimes in two or more colors
or shades OF the same color.
The independent., 1907-04-11

signs of Italian cut work The squares
of fiIet and Cluny lace alternate in the
deep borders, and the edging lace is
Ciuny 1t is almost needless to say that
these altogether beautiful window dec
orations are suspended with but sug-
gestiOn of fulness, so that the lowell
ness of the embroidery and the lace de-
signs can be fully seen and appreci-
ated
Original in the extreme, uniquely
practical and charmingly artistic, is a
punch bowl of an ice block, decorated
around the top edges with punches Of
purple hot-house grapes, contrasting
with the pale green Malagas, and vines
of leaves festooned between the top In
a cavity to hold two or three quarts of
punch, although Navy punch will be
found the most simple and delicious
to serve from it. Making Navy punch
is an easy task; half cup of Jamaica
rum Is poured in at time, and to this
a bottle of lemon soda is added at
once, and this process insures a spark
ling beverage that cannot grow fiat or
tasteless through waiting. or weak
from melting ice, as the block remains
intact for many hours. Under it is
tray, heavily padded with folded
towels. which absorbs any moisture,
anu dIt tOIiCCdlcd Wy d idIC C0Sc lInCu
cover, which in turn is hidden by the
grape vine.
Very practical and a most valuable
requisite to the dressing table is the
adjustable mirror, which gives full
view Of the sides, back and top Of the
couture.
1t consists of four mirrors mounted
upon a tripod of nickle plate, the mir
rors being OF French plate glass sur
mounted by oak or mahogany frames.
Tt has the convenience of folding, and
by doing SO can, be carried In an ordi-
nary dress suit case, taking up very
little room.
A smart new vanity bag Is OF snake
skin, very small, about eight inches
long, three broad, and four deep. 1t
contains, beside a pocket-book and
card case, bottles for scents and cos
metics, tiny little pads of paper on
whose smooth surface is in one COM
partment powder and in another soap;
and other small pockets In which are
hidden beautifiers to hide the ravages
made in ones complexion by rough
winds and dust.
The independent., 1907-04-11
THE PRECISE MAN.

Josh Billings: The Precise Man
sumtimes parts hiz hare in the mid
die. and when he duz, he kounts the
hairs on each side ov hiz he'd, and
splits sum, II it iz necessary tew
make the thing ded even.
IF he iz a marrid man, everything
must be jist so-if he liz bachelor il
must be more So
He alWus sets q hen on IL eggs, and
haz a CRATE horror for all odd num-
bers
He gifts up at jist stitch a time in
the morning. and goes tew bed at jist
stitch a time at night, and would az
soon think ov taking dose ov strik-
nine for the hikcups as tew kut oph a
dogs tale when tho moon in in the
last quarter.
The Precise Man haz but phew
branes, and they are az well broke N
setter dogs, for he seldum makes q
false point
He lz bundle ov fakts and figgers.
and liz az handy In the nabcrhood al
a pale ov platform skaies OF reddy
rekoner
HN ix invariably an honest man. but
often az mutch from pride an from
principle.
He iuvs hlz children. IL he hax any.
and would rather hav them pereekt
In the multiplication table than in
the lliad ov Homer
Hiz wife liz soon broke tew axt and
think IA he duA. and she la known fur
and near for tn. excellence ov her
aofte sope.
The taste thing he aiwuA dux Sat-
nrssat night x. tew polish hts boots.
and the rlst thing SUNDAY morning ~
tew wind up tho old kiok in the kit
chen
He h generally reapekted during
durinR life. and after he ls ded and
gone his children keep hia fame
fresh hY pointing out with pride tha
kornrr WHARF hsx kane arwns stood.
and me peg WHARF, hia hat si~sss
hung
n IL said II you 40 not blow your
OWN narn no one will hlow Il for YOU
Well iheX certainly sill not blow II
IN you are blowing H.
The independent., 1907-04-11

Two Of the saloon men of Lin
coin, Elmer Stephenson and Bud Lind
scy, are federal office-holders, drawing
good pay from the national treasury
as collector of internal revenue and
custodian of the federal building re-
spectively. The fight on Tuesday has
intensified the feeling Of surprise in
this county because Senator Burkett
still keeps these men in office. Both
of them are railroad politicians, both
are opposed to the policies of the pres
ident. and both Of them, as hotel sa-
loon keepers, will be found in oppcsi-
ton to the republican candidate for
mayor of Lincoln this spring. Their
right to bolt Hutton If they want to
is conceded. The incomprehensible thing
is their continued attachment to the
federal treasury in existing crcum-
stances.
The independent., 1907-04-11
NOTES ON womAN's DRESS.
Fashion Points to FIounces and
FriIIs This Season.

Dress. White and colored linen
gowns, though not the dernier cri,
promise TO be as much in vogue as ever
this summer; they are SO universally
becoming, and yet withal practical,
that 1t Is little wonder they are having
such a long run of popularity. Ma
turally, with the plain linen suit as
with the more elaborate gowns, they
must be absolutely perfect in cut and
finish II they are to be success. Full
pleated skirts or panel skirts with two
or three bias stitched bands of linen,
will be the most in evidence, although
the fiye-g gored skirt with the soutache
braid and conventional embroidery ie-
sign will have also their ardent vo-
taries.
Many OF the belts worn with these
suits have a pretty fancy insertion Of
colored linen and at the back TIE
same color scheme being carried out on
the shirt waists, either in conventional
embroidery design or as a border to
the hemstitched frill or cuffs. Long
jabots that can be adjusted to the col
lar and reach the belt, are seen on all
the newest shirtwaists, the finest of
handkerchief linen being employed for
these dainty accessories. They are
made with narrow box pleat and
a
on some of the smart waists is to have
straight frill on one side and the
vis-a-vis in deep scallops. fastening
with a gold pin at the belt, the round
ends left to hang loose.
Fashion points emphatically to
founces as skirt decorations this sea-
son, and from the most graceful Span
ish fiounces down to the thinnest bias
ruffle. the up-to-date skirt must lend
itself as foundation The small
founces are noticeabiy used in panel
effects tier upon tier, fiufTing out until
the desired lines are acquired, for all
the panels are not of one height. Lace
inserings frequently outline these pam
els, and add greatly to the daintiuess
of the frock When the skirts ara ruff
fieu, the sleeves invariably carry out
me same trimming scheme.
departure from the usual sonbre
velvet or silk collar. cuffs or revars
that finish white serge coats OF CO.'S
TUNES. In the substitution OF burnt
orange. or pastel shades which are
braided in white sogtacho. embroidered
or an applique OF lace
DAINTY In the extreme are the hand
kerchiefs for the approaching season.
and delicate coiors run riot through
all some have plaided lines In Sinwl,.
grounds. others show "a colorad ground
barred with white or contragted
shade. and some In coior are prettily
edged by tiny white scoiiop. a white
border stripe. an inch or so above and
a monogram Embroidered lu white a.
else initials In the faahionabla byo~A
lettering. Tic very sheer white hand
kerchiefs are embroidered az the nuwe
IN color. the monogram corresponding
As In gay colors there ever turks tho
element IL coquetry how Irresistible
Viii be the mNidens who carry those
quaint conc~ita, the creton OF rhlnsn
paraaais
Newest CHrtatss.
Vnfy rich and effective Ia the sr-s
straight lines IN which they are lu.
y2rlahlv hung are thu curtains for
DRAWING rooms ~ liles lace and giuns.
With nn9 linen. hand wnyen ana hand
efnAfaidrfnd En lh~ ul0ag elaborate "A.
The independent., 1907-04-11

Dehorning has been in practice since
about 1885. Illinois is credited with be-
| ing the first state to advocate IL. Since
then dehorning has been practiced
quite generally. In its early history
there were many lawsuits, which wers
brought under the plea of cruelty to
animals, but SO far AS the writer
knows. no case has been successfully
carried to the higher courts. Dehornlng
can be done with dehorner or with a
saw, or it can be done with fluids thai
are applied to the horn button. When
ever the fluid is used it should be az
piled to the calves at as early an age
as possible. There Is not much prefer
ence between using the clippers and
using the saw. Personally, the writer
prefers using the saw; however, some
prefer the use of the clippers. Good
work cais be done with either instru-
ment. Care should be taken that the
animal does not bleed to death from
the operation. When a fluid is used in
young calves it is satisfactory to use
caustic potash, the application of
which causes but little pain and does
not involve much trouble II should
be- applied when the horn begins to
grow. and it will then effectually pre-
vent the growth of the horn. 1t is best
applied Wnen the calf is few days
old. With a pair Of scissors clip the
hair above the horn 20 that the potash
can come in contact with the parts
that you wish to prevent from growing.
Then oil the surface around the horn
so that the potash will do 40 unneces-
sary INJURY. Ths stick of potash should
he wrapped with cloth or paper to pro-
tect the fingers. leaving only ono end
exposed Then apply the exposed erd
of the potash for a few seconds to the
parts of the horn that have been previ-
ously moistened. IL q thorough appli-
cation Is made Il is not necessary to
repeat IL second time.
Or warbl~.
When one examines the backs OF cat
Ito ons may notice number Of Jumps.
usually about the sixe of a hazelnut
These arc found In winter and spring.
These humps have a hole In the center.
through which the grub may DO seen
and extracted.
The ny lays les eggs on the back Of
tho animal. attaching them ID the hair
The egg matches out and. as Is claimed
by one author. the embryo is licked
~ nv the animal and awa liowed or
lodged In the hack part Of th- mouth
ar Kullot. mo saliva quickly dtSscivcs
the shell of the egg and sn~ already
completely formed larva In set at liber-
ty IN the mouth. IL soon flnds lts way
down the guilet. borcs through its
wallm. and wand~r~ about I'm the tisnsaaa
until aona fow md themselves on the
hack " the host. wf~srs shny fssm tho
wtn kno@rn wareles or aweisinww Ar
TER the warhla has located llaeif Il
k.seA a h,le through the skin and ~
naina therr IN a sack unul "a reaches
A certain sAgw