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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
PUSHING The MoLT.

Many push the feathers off their
fowls with this method:
Separate the sexes, turn the fowls
on grass and cut the ration down to
one-fourth the usual quantity for
three or four weeks.
Feed mostly oats and wheat and
twice a week, on clear days, make the
ration soft mash, in which you mix
two tablespoonfuls of sulphur to fifty
birds.
At the end of three weeks rush the
feed, giving plenty of green bone, sun
flower seed an6 best grains.
The light ration helps them shed
their old coat, the heavy shoves out
the new, and thus while other peoples
chickens are eating feed and hunting
sun rays yours will be laying eggs,
and you will be hunting a market.
We have found this does not hurt
their breeding qualities. 1t is just as
natural for hen to molt as for a
horse to shed his hair or blacksnake
to shuttle off his skin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
Paving Eorfeits.

One of the funniest of the old fash
foned forfeits now revived for an even
ing's fun is making the blind feed the
blind.
Spread sheet in middle of floor
and on this seat two persons. blind
folded and facing each other Hand
each a saucer containing ground pop
corn or any Of the dry, ready to eat
cereals and two spoons. Tell each to
feed the other.
The struggle to reach each others
mouth. each reaching out his spoon,
at the same time opening his mouth
to receive the proffered food, is funny
in the extreme.
Other good forfeits are to draw pig
with the eyes shut. Eat two table
spoonfuls of powdered cracker crumbs,
then whistle, sing a favorite song to
an accompaniment played on table,
perform a West Point hazing stunt of
being 'choo-choo car" without the
glimmer Of a smile.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
SeasonabIe Hints.

If the dainty lace paper doilies and
little paper dessert plates are used dur
ing the summer. it is tightening of
some of the dishwashing labor.
If small quantity Of cream turns.
sour in the icebox, do not throw it out,
but with q fork beat it a few minutes,
and a tiny pat of fresh butter and
little glass of buttermilk will be the
An ice shaver is a summer luxury
not to be overlooked in the household,
as fruit may be chilled more quickly
and effectively by fine ice, and for
cooling drinks it is an added joy.
If the traveller will also take an al
cohol lamp of modern make, a tray, a
teapot and cup and saucer of white
ware, box of tea and small package
of lump sugar, she may have an orien-
tai breakfast at any time Of day by
adding rolls and an egg.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04

the front e the breast toward tie
sides. and the iron must be brought
neatly around the edge. at the collar.
Iron the underside In the same way.
Rub the breast slightly over with q
wet bit Of muslin. apply a glossing
iron to the underside first. and finish 1t
nicely.
To fold the shirt. iron 1t firmly up to
each shoulder. just to the edge of the
collar. Turn the shirt right over with
the breast to the table. fold In a small
fold on each side from the sleeves
downward about an inch In the mid
die. and iron the fold.
Then fold the sleeves down on each
side. with the seam of the sleeve to the
seam of the body and the shoulder
sloping to the neck.
Double up the sleeve so that the cum
is just above the collar. Do this to
both sleeves, and turn the sides over to
the very edge of the stiffened front.
Turn up the shirt few inches and
iron it. Lastly turn the breast over
above it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
MacauIay the Wit.

During the time when Lord Dis
raeh was startling sober Englishmen
by his eccentricities of dress Lord
Macaulay, that was to be, was cleo
trifying his dull witted constituents
by his witty sallies and repartee.
Having been defeated in 1S47, he
ran again for parliament in 1852.
For change he was the popular
candidate.
One day while standing on the
hustings side by side with his oppo-
nent he was violently struck BY a
dead cat. The man who threw it
Immediately apologized, saying he
had meant the cat for his opponent.
"Indeed!" said Macaulay. saThen
/ wish you had meant it for me and
struck HIM.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
Never Says Goodby.

'<Did you hear what that man
said when we left him ?" asked one
friend of another as they made
their way from the inner Office of
a well known fnancier.
''Don't know that l did," was the
response. "EGoodby,' I suppose,
wasn't it?"
s'Not(a bit of it," the first re-
joined. Give never heard that
man say FGoodby.' I've mentioned
the matter to him, and he's told me
that he has prejudice against
Fgoodby.' With him it's always
Good day. or Good morning. or
Good night or maybe, if he knows
you well, SO long or See you
later"
'I wonder why that is?'' was the
interested comment.
"I can only guess was the re-
sponse. probably it is because he
has some painful associations with
'Goodby.' For that matter, most
of us have, if we but stop to think
of them."- York Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
The Clock Plant.

There is a plant, a native of
Borneo, which is known as the
'clock plant" The name is derived
from the action of the suns rays on
the leaves, which are three in num-
ber-a large one extending for
ward, with two small ones at the
base pointing sideways. These,
coming in contact with the rays of
the sun, oscillate like the pendulum
of clock, the larger leaf moving
upward and downward, going its
full length every forty-five min
utes, the smaller leaves moving to-
ward the larger, completing the
distance forward and backward
every forty-fve minutes, thus re-
sembling the hour and minute
hands of clock.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
FEATHERS AND EGGsHEEIS.

Canada is Dragging of a forty-tWo
pound turkey, ''Tom Royal" at the
Ontario show, and a fancier says, eff
any one has a heavier bird, let him
speak up" But listen. "Hello. Mis-
souri, ''Hello!" "How heavy was
the champion tom at your big show?"
"Sixty-five pounds" well, you bet
ter wire the news at once to Canada,
for they are getting bad attack of
hot wind puff
A Canada lady fenced seventy acres
with wire wolf proof fence to keep
the wolves from her turkeys, but did
not close the river front. Vicious dogs
entered by water route and killed
eighty turkeys.
What is a roaster? A soft meated
ers'' weigh from four to five pounds
Large" weigh eight to nine pounds.
And both must be fat.
Those jiggers in the warm states
that bury themselves in the fowls
flesh can be cleaned out with ground
tobacco. If you have thunderstorm
handy it will wash them off the sur
face .-
One feels like cutting out cut bone
these blowfy days. The man who
runs his bone cutter by power saves
wear and tear, but the other fellow
may sweat and swear-unless he is a
poultry woman.
And what about the crawlers? ooh,
do give us restw Yes, you deserve
to be arrested If you allow those hens
to be playground for myriad crawlers
GRAFTON Of single louise reaches 125,O00
in three months, in ten 1,25O,O00, etc? :?
Beware of the pallidums, the varia-
bilises, the goniodes and gonicotes.
And now, Mr. Kicker, listen. You're
putting off buying those breeders until
in the molt Then they'll be undressed,
their combs will be shrunken, and
they'll all look like three cents. What
q good time for knock-on your thick
bull head!
Eastern Iowa in three months ship
ped 100000 pounds of dressed poul-
try to Chicago. Each car held 10000
pounds. You may easily figure out the
length of the train, but what other big
poultry cards Iowa has up her sleeve
you can't guess. Say, Iowa, won't you
just hold up a little bit? You're run
MIN too fast.
Australia, having cleaned out the kan
garoos, is certainly hustling the roost-
er business. Talk about boosting the
rooster! Why, the schoolteachers are
running incubators in the schoolrooms!
Must be sight to see the youngsters
rubber when the little rufae huffles be-
gin to peep. "What do you want,
boyy Teacher, may I go see the
chicks?r 'Ne toow "Me toor' me
toor'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
MRS. WILLIAM H. TAFT.

of the free citizen, but it seems tina
for the present it is impossible to dis
sociate the right to vote from the
right to hold of1ce.l
$50 the women who would never
think of any other vocation than thai
of being good wives and mothers are
prevented from taking their rightfu
share in governing the community
through the fear which men have OF
women stepping down from their ped
estal. Except in rare instances, the in
fuence of women on politics is fol
their elevation.
''It is truly said that communities
where women lack civic pride are in
worse shape than those where man
neglects his prerogative. Women
should be versed in every phase OF
politics and should know what every
thing means which has a direct bear
ing on the home environment. That
is my idea of purifying politics, and l
think it is the only practical one"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
the STATE FAIR.
Good Progress Being Made-Most
Modern Appliances to be
Installed.

In line with the progressive
policy adopted by the manage
ment of Oregon's great state fair
to be held from September IA to
19, Secretary Frank Welch is
testing several modern appli-
ances which have already been
used successfully by the big ex-
positions of the country.
One eoftheimprovementsw which
will probably be made is the in
stallation of five modern auto
matte gates at the main entrance
to the grounds. This gate is
operated by the dropping of a
coin in a slot, which turns the
stile and admits one person. At
the same time the passing of the
visitor through the gate is re-
corded at the entrance, and also
in the Office of the secretary, by
means of electricity. This ma
chine also adds the number of
paid admissions, and thus every
night the officials of the fair will
know exactly how many persons
have entered the grounds during
the day.
Another device which has al
ready been purchased, and which
is now on the grounds, is set
of announcers for flashing the
time and positions of the horses
at the finish of each race. Form
erly this was done by means of
sliding boards, but the new
method is considered a great i'm
provement on the old. The ma
chine is worked on the principle
of the typewriter, there being a
keyboard which controls the diff
ferent figures. 1t will be possible
to show the position while the
winners are actually passing un-
der the wire. 1t will be neces-
sary to use separate machine
for the running events.
Work on the big grand stand
is also progressing rapidly. This
structure will be built down to
the track, thus nearly doubling
its already immense capacity.
Private boxes will be built along
the entire front of the grand
stand.
The races this year have filled
with the best blood in the west.
The list of entries for the big
stakes is unusually large, and
the present stall space will not
accommodate all the animals. 1t
will be necessary to put up sew
eral new barns, and it is prob
able that work on these build
ings will commence soon.-Sa-
lem Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
PIGEONS, PAST AND PRESENT.

The futtering and cooling of doves
sound through all history.
Favorites in golden court and con-
vent, they nested DER threshold of
palace and peasant cot and were held
Christian temple.
But this gentle bird of love and art,
once offered as sacrifice, is now served
as quail on toast.
Oh, epicurean appetite, what crimes
are committed in thy name!
When Noah drew the dove into the
ark he knew not that he was saving
the foundation of the squab business
and making possible the SQUAD graft
company.
Wouldn't he be Mortified to stand in
a $4,000 squad plant and behold thou
sands of young doves slaughtered?
Would he be tempted to overturn
'.the seats of them that sold doves?'
Would he preach against the SQUAD
graft company?
Would he eat quail (squab) on toast ?
Perhaps Noah's greatest surprise
would be to look on the wonderful de-
fC1OpmChI LII uONc ll1t-tue fdIi6u Ue-
scendants Of his little Blue Rock dove,
the Homers, Runts, Dragons, Ouch
esses, Carneaux, Mondaines, Carriers,
Tumblers, Magpies, Nuns, Helmets.
Spots, Barbs, Jacobins, Blondinettes,
Turbits, Pouters, Moorheads, Swal-
lows, Fantails, Choppers, Owls, Sati-
nettes, Scanderoons, Orientals, Frill-
backs, Firebacks, Priests, Brunswicks,
Suabians, Shields, Breasters, Porce-
lains. Mookies. Hyacinths, Quakers,
Crescents, Ices, Lahores, Florentines,
Starlings, Archangels, Antwerps and
Trumpeters.
Astonished at this marvellous flutter-
ing picture Of winged grace, color and
beauty, the patriarch would ask, "Who
brought such wonderful results from
my little Blue Rock dove?'
And the modern would be forced to
reply: "We also have sought an ex-
planation for all this. We may have
added something to the remarkable
work, but in the main the marvellous
achievement belongs to the wisdom of
the ancients, and the breeding OF these
beautiful doves is one of the lost arts
shat were buried with them"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
ButtermiIk Cures Blues.

There are two new cures. One is
buttermilk. The other is beans. The
buttermilk cure is for that very prev
alent and distressing complaint known
as the "blues." Needless to say,
microbe is the fons ct origo of our pc
riodical fits of gloom and melancholy,
when everything goes wrong and moth
ing goes right and our temper gives
way and nobody but our ever patient
dog can "abide" us. But this partic-
ularly horrid bacillus does not like
buttermilk. In fact, it completely
quenches it, so that when the "blues"
come on the obvious course is to quaff
this fluid as freely as possible. Clear
ly, it is thing no family should be
without
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
TOY IN OPERATION.

that the inner plate will float and turn
easily. Watch the plate spin and the
figures so around.
This can be turned into a game by
placing n figure outside the plates as a
goal. Each figure inside the dish has
number, and the game is to spin the
plate When it stops, the number on
the figure opposite the goal is put down
to that players credit At the end of
the game the one who has the most
counts wins the genealogical Ex-
periments.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
How to Treat Linoleunn.

ed once a year to coat of hard oil
finish. This is because, In spite of all
advice to the contrary, it does need
more than friendly wiping up with
tepid water or milk and water. 1t can
not be kept really clean by such treat
ment and should have a genuine scrub
bing with soap, brush and warm water,
at least once a month. Without the oil
dressing mentioned above this would
be rather disastrous to oilcloth or
linoleum, but with the protection of
the rubbing oil the scrubbing will not
prove to be too vigorous for the mate
rial
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
STAN AHo CRESCENT.



Very ancient are the star and
crescent of the Turkish flag. Their
origin is explained as follows: The
characters of the language of Mes
opotamia, like the Egyptian, were
originally hieroglyphic. One of the
early picture words was crescent
and a star, and this picture, which
was pronounced "shiptu," was en-
ployed to express an incarnation or
exorcism or anything capable of
driving the evil spirit from the
body of which it had taken posses
sion. Clay tablets recording the
ancient exorcisms have been found
in the ruins of Mesopotamia, and at
the beginning of such tablets ap-
pears the sign which developed
from the crescent and star. The
symbol therefore may have been
not only the word for incarnation,
but a charm from which the evil
spirits were supposed to flee. In
every age in the orient the people
have possessed similar charms. The
Assyrian kings stationed winged
monsters with forms half human at
their gateways to keep all evil from
entering within the palace. The
poorer people suspended clay tab
lets above the entrances of their
houses. The modern oriental may
purchase in the bazaars blue glass
beads, verses from the Koran wrap
ped in leather cases and other de-
vices to serve a similar purpose.
The crescent and star formed a
symbol which the Mesopotamian of
5000 years ago employed as
charm.
Among the early peoples of Mes
opotamia all of the heavenly
bodies were regarded as deities, but
the moon, because of the variety
of the shapes which it assumes,
was the chief Of them all. Special
reverence was therefore paid it and
some of the Oldest and most i'm
portant of the Babylonian temples,
as at Ur and Haran, were devoted
to its worship. Thus the crescent.
the symbol by which the moon god
was represented, was supposed to
have the power to avert evil, and
then together with the star it form
ed the word for incarnation.
When Babylonia passed into the
hands of the Persians the symbol
appeared upon the coins. From the
Persians it was transmitted to the
Parthians, the Byzantines, the Ro-
mans and the Greeks. Finally the
Turks, who succeeded in the pos
session of the greater part of the
countries of the ancient world,
adopted it as a device for their
flag.-Chicago News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
A Road Club.

The farmers of Pleasant View dis
trict, ten miles south of Eureka, Green
wood county, Kan, have organized a
good roads club with S. F. Rocky pres
tdent and NJ. o. Hanson secretary
The club has eighteen charter men,
GERS. In the district are eleven miles
of road. and 1t is the object OF the
club 10 have each mile properly graded
and worked regularly with the road
drag. The club will hold regular meet
ings to discuss necessary improvements
and methods for work
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
W Wo1nan'sWorIl
WOMEN IN POLITICS.


Mrs. Taft Thinks Women Shout
Vote, but Not Hold Office.
Mrs. Taft in recent interview Il
reported as saying:
Il have always believed that womel
should vote. I favor bestowing OF
them every civic right, but shoulc
like to put in a prohibitory clause de
barring them from running for publ,
office.
with women running for Office,
think the natural scheme would bt
disjointed and the end and aim of the
home destroyed. Their voice is nearly
always the voice of wisdom, and SEE
nothing unwomanly in their casting
the ballot and exercising every righ
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
The Homemade Martyr.

She is the woman who bothers ovel
trifles and let's the big things slide
She will tell you she can't take eX
ercise to keep herself from getting
fat because she is compelled to sit 81
much to sew for the children.
If she is thin she will tell you She
can't get fat because she has to ru1
around the house so much trying to ge
everything done. If you speak of ah
other <Woman's pretty costume she bit
terly says she cannot see how womer
who have families get time to make
pretty clothes; that she also likes
lovely things, but life is so full OF
cares that she hasn't the time to
achieve them.
If she is told to read a certain fas
cinating book she will elevate her eye
brows and say she has no time tt
read; that her husband doesn't like tt
have her engrossed in book in the
evening and she hasn't a minutes
time during the day.
If asked why she doesn't go to some
of the pleasant social things going or
around her she tells you she hasn't
the clothes to wear; that she used te
be as well dressed as any one else
when she was unmarried, but married
life is too expensive to think about SO
Cial life.
If she is unmarried she will tell you
that she could have better clothes and
go about in society if she only had
the luck some girls had in marry
ing. And SO it goes. ALI the trouble
is with life, with circumstances, and
laid at the doors Of other people.
None Of it is her fault. How could
it be? She is a perfect person tortured
by the hands of fate.
That all of these woes exist only in
her imagination is a fact that she does
not see. That she could be the captain
Of her soul as well as the master OF
her life is all Greek to her.
She goes through life fretted. Every
sentence is punctuated with a sigh
She sees the thorns beneath every rose
that is handed to her and rejects tt
Whoever has a pleasanter life than
hers must be a person without charac
ter, slothful, foolish or of no weight.
She is homemade martyr and will
go to a martyrs grave. which she has
been preparing for herself since she
was born.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
Ironinq a Shirt.

Take 1t out of the fold and iron the
back of the sleeve first; then the front
then the cuff. Gloss the cuff and cur
it round; do the same with the other
sleeve. Now iron the shoulder, tax
ing care not to touch the breast OF
collar. Next iron the collar until per
fectly dry.
Fold the shirt down the middle OF
the back and iron as much as possible
on both sides Of the fold; then spread
It out on the table, front uppermost
and iron all the unstarched parts.
Put in the shirt board under the
starched breast Of the shirt and iron
the hpper side first The iron must b
hot and clean. It is best to work from
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
HOMER sQuEALERs.

should yield from eight to twelve pairs
! year.
But amateurs will yelp over some
| thing new when they blunder in buy
ing, through careless methods, super
fluffy of genius or hot air picture
book advertisements. Then they quit,
chase the homer or get the know how.
Yes, the giant runt raises large
squads, but only four pairs a year,
and consumes more feed.
Where did your undesirable, I'M
popular dark skinned squads come
from?"
That's one Of your experimenting
stunts in crossing homers and runts.
Now take your darky squads to mar
ket and learn what ''love's labor lost"
, means. Dragon squads are good size,
but take five weeks to mature for
market, while the cash for the homer
squads has been on interest week.
A cross between the two makes a
nice "squealer." but it's only to lovers
'the longest way round is the shortest
way home" You bother with two va
rieties to get less than if you take it
straight.
Yes, the Duchess is a pretty bird,
but poor feeder, and who wants a
feather legged Duchess or half breed
homer with fuzzy stockings?
The Mondaine did make a big ex-
citement, and the demand gave our
English kozens the chance to raise
the price to $50 pair, and they ship
ped any old thing across the pond
But why this tomblike silence? Oh,
the Mondaine fanatics got it In the
neck, and the craze is dead
But the straight homer is doing bust
ness at the old stand for the fellows
who have the sense to keep in de
middle" of the straight road.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
A Shampoo.

be washed. Always after washing
the scalp should be rinsed in cold wa.
ter to contract the pores. A good
shampoo is made of raw egg beaten
in half gill of lime water. This is
we'll rubbed over the head before
washing in clear water. Every other
night the scalp may be massaged with
a mixture of boracic acid and alcohol
a dram of the former to three ounces
of the latter
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-08-04
Young Folks
AN AMUSING TOY.

Simple and Easily Made WhirIisie
That Provides Lots of Fun.
Try this and you will find it lots of
fun, and it is easy too. All around a
porcelain dish, such as is used to cook
eggs in, glue a series of small figures
cut out of cardboard. Place this pre-
pared dish on an ordinary plate of
about twice its diameter, somewhat
convex on the bottom, as plates usual
ly are. If now you give the inner
plate gentle swing it will revolve
upon itself.
If the larger plate is not convex.
pour half an inch of water over it, so