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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
GROWING RHUBARB.
A Crop That Pays Well For Very Lit
tie Outlay and Work.


The best crop, counting expense OF
growing and amount of land used, is
pieplant. Procure some roots of the
Linnaeus variety that is early, tender
and, while growing very large. is less
acid than many ott&> kinds.
Prepare the bunches by putting five
or six stalks in a bunch, tying 1T Sc
curely at the butts of stalks and again
around the leaves just above the
stems; then with a sharp knife cut Off
a portion of the leaves, leaving about
a third of the green leaf on the stalk
1t will wilt less quickly with part OF
the leaf on than with the whole leaf
or where only the stalk has been left.
The rows should be six feet apart
and plants four feet in row. The only
work expended on it is to cultivate two
or three times early in the season and
hoe it once. In the fall the rows are
covered with a mulch of strawy ma
nure.
Pull it late in the day, tie and trim
the leaves. then pack it in sixty quart
berry crates 1t does not wilt as much
If crowded in tightly.
Rhubarb may be made to yield about
S35 to $40 an acre per month.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
For insomnia.

The woman who is never tired and
cannot sleep ought to try the German
rest cure 1t is a very simple method,
for she is made to work-that is all.
If a patient has insomnia, she is set to
sweeping off the garden walks, raking
I'D the cut grass, at all kinds of light
outdoor tasks calculated to make her
physically tired. And she does it all
cheerfully, because it is part of an eX-
pensive "cure." She could do it all
just as well at home, of course, but she
never would. So she takes her course
of labor because it is the thing to do.
she is told, and soon, to her great de-
light, she finds herself ready for her
healthy sleep at night and generally
quite willing to take a nap in the day
time also.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Well Said.

An excellent as well as witty re-
proof, which might be applicable to
some politicians even in these en-
hghtened days, is accredited to the
celebrated Richard Brinsley Sher-
idan. When his son, Thomas Sherl-
dan, was candidate for the repre-
sentation of Cornish borough he
told his father that if he secured the
office he had mind to place label
on his forehead with the words "Io
Let" printed on it and side with
che party which made the best offer.
every well, Tom," replied his IA
ther dryly, ''but if you do that don't
forget to add the word 'Unfurnish-
adS"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Before Wash Day.

The preparation of plated garments
for the laundry is a matter of more
importance than many women realize.
Almost every woman, however, knows
what it Is to send chic looking skirt,
blouse or jabot to the laundry and have
it come back lacking all style or shape.
This is a case where an ounce OF pre-
vention is worth pound of cure. 1t Is
much easier to baste down the platts
in a wash garment before it is sent to
the laundry than it is to try to lend
style to a misshapen thing after 1t has
been pulled out Of shape in washing.
The little jabots should be basted while
the folds of the plaits are still distinct.
The same rule applies to washable
cravats, which must be basted down
the middle to keep the outer covering
and the lining in proper position
When washing a skirt the plafts
should be fastened into place and
second basting run around the whole
hem so that the edge will be even when
ironed. These stitches are left in until
the skirt is entirely finished and ready
to wear; otherwise the precaution will
be ineffectual.
1t is very clever idea when chain
stitch machine is handy to use it in
stead Of hand sewing. for the work is
simpler, and the chain stitch is much
easier to pull out than the hand work
stitches. OF course, for any material
where the machine stitches would
show, such as stiff linens, the basting
must be done by hand.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Popular Refrain.

SiGg song of dollars
a pocketfull, we'll say
Everybody after them,
Chasing night and and day;
Running here and yonder,
Busy as bee,
Through the alleys, down the street,
Or even up tree.
In the race for riches
High and lowly crowd,
Gentleman and beggar,
Humble and the proud,
Those that only grovel,
Others that aspire
After tickle fortune
Like a house afre.
Giving of their talents,
Giving of their time,
In transactions shady
Bordering on crime;
Spending hours in scheming,
Matching skill with wit,
inst to get the money
Safely in their mitt.
Sing a song of dollars;
Neye III nj the tune,
Just SO you keep singing
Morning, night and noon;
Though the neighbors grumble,
Let that cut no ice;
You can make them like it
If you have the price.
-Fxchanpe
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
PREVENTION AND cuas.

We once visited poultryman who
pointed with pride to great accumula-
ton of bottles. patent poultry nostrums
and prescriptions and exclaimed. 'This
is my medicine chest"
But with all this his poultry were
always ailing. He may have been
long on poultry physic. but was very
short on prevention.
The man who is proficient in physfc
and prevention need not make drug
store of his birds. It's much easier
and more profitable to lead your fowls
safely round the precipices of disease
than to get them back after they've
gone over. And how easr 70 keep SAem
we'll generally when tie "Hpy rs tT
disease are so well known. Hs~. taey
are in brief:
Filth, improper fS,ding. Nowding.
vermin, dampness, drafts, extremes of
heat and cold. exposure and egg tonics.
There may seem accidental causes
where diseases are introduced by
strange birds, originate in heredity or
from floating germs.
But every stranger should be quaran~
tined. Only strong stock should be bred
from, and birds in health and sanitary
environment offer little encouragement
to germs seeking lodgment.
Yes. my friend. you are wise to be
prepared for war.
You should accumulate a library OF
good medical works. acquire knowl~
edge of the symptoms of every known
fowl disease. and you should by your
study, observation and experiment be-
able to detect the first symptoms of
disease and make a correct diagnosis
and have the remedy right there to
cure or the wisdom to see the incurable
and to end it with the ak.
But what does it amount to If you.
Mr.. Chicken Doctor, have not learned
the old lesson that IAN ounce Of pre-
vention is worth pound Of cure?" A
physician depends for his living on doc
toring people who are sick, but has
nothing to do with their getting sick.
| A poultryman depends for living on
keeping his fowls well and has every
thing to do with their being in health
or sickness.
If through ignorance Of the require
ments his birds are afflicted and he
meets with loss he is to be greatly
pitied, but if he sins against knowledge
he deserves no sympathy and only con-
| demnation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Ruskin as a Boy.

Every precocious boy does not be-
come brilliant man, but some bril-
liant men have been precocious in
childhood. John Ruskin, the great
English essayest and critic on art,
was such child. At the age OF
seven he wrote verses in rhyme and
Kept a journal, or diary. This jour
nal was really a record of trips
through England that he took with
his father. His interest in the old
cathedrals and in the bits of scenery
that he saw during these journeys
betrayed the tastes that in later
wears decided his career.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
A Frozen Dainty Without Freezer.

A delicious form of ice cream which
requires no freezer to make it is called
mousse. 1t is easy to make, and it has
the advantage over the plain cream
and ice in that it does NOT need to go
into the freezer at all, says the De-
lineator. To make this boil cupful
of sugar and cupful of water till they
will thread. Beat stiff the whites of
three eggs and slowly pour the sirup
over, beating steadily. When it is all
in, beat till the whole is cold, then fla
vor, fold in pint of whipped cream
and put it all in a covered pail and
bury it in pail of ice and salt for four
hours This. like the other ices, can be
favored with coffee or fruits, or it may
be served as it is, with fresh fruits
around the mold, or crushed macaroons
can be put in. or nuts and coloring mat
ter can be added. A pale green mousse
favored with little pistache is very
delicate and attractive. especially If
served in glasses on a hot day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Alfalfa and Water.

To grow alfalfa we must first OF all
provide a soil which Is dry by nature
or which is underdrained. II we dig
a post hole four feet deep and find wa
ter we may know that alfalfa will not
grow there. There is an old saying
which expresses this, Alfalfa will not
grow with wet feet" Though it seeks
water in a deeper soil and the roots
penetrate very deeply indeed in an old
field, we must not expect it to grow
where the water rises t. within four
!eet Of the surface.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
Easy to Raise and Profitable if Prop
erIy Marketed.

erIy marketed.
Brussels sprouts may be easily
grown in the ordinary home vegetable
garden. The plant Is a close relative OF
the cabbage and caulifower, but in
stead of producing single head forms
q number of small ones in the axis OF
the leaves, and these heads are called
sprouts and are the edible part of the
vegetable. The sprouts average one or
two inches in diameter.
The seed should be sown In the open
ground as early as the weather per-
mits. When the plants are three inches
high they should be transplanted or
thinned out into rows twenty-four to
thirty inches apart and about two feet
apart in the row. The plants must be
we'll watered after they have been
moved.
AS the small sprouts begin to crowd
the leaves should be broken from the
stem to give the small heads more
room. A few leaves should be left at
the top of the stem where the new
heads are formed.
In warm climates the plants may be
left in the open ground all winter, the
heads being removed as desired, but
in more northern ATTITUDES plants that
are we'll laden with heads are taken UP
when frost comes and set close to-
gether in a pit or cellar or "cold
frame" or bed covered with glass
With a little soil packed about theil
roots they may in this way be kept all
winter, being used when needed. When
boiled or stewed with cream they are
delicious
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Ad miristrator's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed by the County Court OF the
State of oregon for the County of Benton as ad-
1nnistrator of the estate OF Martina Nlchols, q E
ceased. and that he has duly qualified as such ad-
m1nistrator All persons having claims against
said decedent are hereby notified to present the
same duly verified, to me at my residence IN
Corvallis. in Benton County, oregon, Wlthln SIX
months of the date of this notice.
Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this 9th day OF Ap-
Til, 1905. ,-
Administrator ot.the estate of Martha Nichols,
deceased Sou
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
RUGS That Creep.

To keep an art square or ingram
rug smoothly on the floor place under
it an old carpet trife smaller than
the rug Tack the corners of the un-
der one to the floor If desired The
upper one will cling to it and keep its
place much better than if laid on the
bare floor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
Sprayina Potato Vines.

The number of sprayings it will be
necessary to give potatoes depends
somewhat upon the season. If rainy
weather prevails it will be necessary
to spray more frequently than If it be
comparatively dry, not only because
the rain will wash the spray material
off the vines, but also because damp
weather Is favorable to the develop
ment of the disease. A good general
rule is to begin spraying when the
vines are about six inches high and
spray every ten days or two. weeks
throughout the season.-W. J. Green.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16

The most beautiful single violet Is
the Princess of Wales. 1t is large, a
lovely shade of blue and powerfully
and sweetly scented. The stem Is
about twelve inches long 1t is very 70
bust, and If only one kind Of violet is
planted in the garden choose the Prin-
cess of Wales. 1t is almost as large
as a pansy. The La France violet Is
also a very good one, and some con-
slider it equal to the Princess of Wales.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
A Thought.

Never permit yourself to comment
unfavorably upon a friend. If you
have a complaint, carry it in person to
the Individual concerned. Loyalty is
the life breath of real friendship. and
if there were more loyalty there would
be fewer broken friendships.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
A Salad Help.

In making salads do not chop your
meats and celery in a chopping bowl
Cut into the desired sized pieces with
scissors. This is quicker, neater and
cleaner than the old way.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
To Stop Hieeouahs-

For troublesome hiccoughs try tea
spoonful of granulated sugar and three
drops Of vinegar or lemon juice.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
DONTS.

Don't let your turkeys run in the
barnyard. 1t causes blackhead. Keep.
them on the green for the :long
green"
Don't aim too high. Too many chicks
hatched for your capacity will do you
both. Don't bite off more chicklets
than you can chew.
Don't expect to be in the limelight
of popularity if you don't use lime
lime for lice and bad smells; lime
water for that bad taste and big head
Don't fail to get rid of surplus breed
ers and laying stock as the breeding
season nears the end and slack laying
and Noting approach. Quick sales.
less feed, more profits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
CHOLERA.

"Chicken cholera" is as great
household phrase as liniment is rural
cure-all for family troubles from
sore corn to "yeller janders."
Chicken cholerav' say two-thirds of
the neighbors when the other fellows
chickens are sick.
But listen. Cholera cannot exist with
frost, so there's your winter cry of
"cholera" done.
Cholera bacilli flourish best in heat
of So degrees to 105 degrees, and 1t re-
auires an exposure of Is minutes to
14O degrees of heat to kill the germ.
That's hotter than the red pepper
people prescribe for cholera, so there's
your cayenne cure knocked out. Hot,
moist weather, corn diet and filth is
the fatal cholera triumvirate.
What seems an epidemic of conta-
gion is not always so. for whole flock
may die in day from ptomaine poison
caused by eating indigestible or de-
cayed food.
Diarrhea, while somewhat like chol-
era, is seldom contagious and may be
quickly cured if taken in time. Range
birds seldom get it. The irregular
feeding and filth make it common to
yarded stock Remedy for diarrhea,
sulphocarbolate of zinc. twenty grains
| to quart of water.
| Tainted ground and lack of exercise
make yard birds easy targets. All
! kinds of fowls and birds get the dis
ease, but fat stock are easy marks.
Barred Rocks and other big breeds go
down quick Of fifteen Rocks and ff-
teen White Leghorns exposed in expert
ment one Leghorn died to ten Rocks,
and the other fourteen were little af-
fected. Why? Less fat and Leghorn
activity. Hot climate and sandy re-
| oions have much of the disease.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
CHOLERA MICKOBE VICTIM.
eXcrenent;

diarrhea enveloped in mucus, later
greenish and bloody.
No appetite. full sour crop, intense
pain, great thirst, temperature rises to
10 degrees.
Half a flock may die in one night or
disease may run three days. Birds die
in stupor or convulsions.
Dissection shows enlarged soft liver,
red spots on internal organs, lungs and
blood vessels full of clotted blood.
TREATMENT.
Remove well birds to clean quarters,
feed lightly whole oats, mix one pound
venetian red to the quart of drinking
water, and observe birds closely.
Venetian red is also used for hog
cholera in dose from tablespoonful up
in milk.
iron, lime and magnesia, and half
pound kept in the drinking water
through hot months is fine fowl tonic
and sure preventive of cholera and
diarrhea. Keep stricken birds in old
quarters, which should be disinfected
with slaked lime and whitewash.
strong with crude carbolic acid.
Give red water for drink, and to
birds that do not drink give ten grain
capsules of the powder three times
day.
We have also cured the disease with
operation given for hard crop.
Dead birds and droppings should be
burned. Cholera is often introduced
by new birds, purchased eggs. by birds
and fowls carrying it in their feathers
and germ dust in the air.
1t may be carried on the feet OF rats,
cats and attendants and in dead car
casses dragged by dogs. 1t may be
taken from food, drink and droppings.
The disease may be local or 1t may be
national, as in 1880. 1850 and 1860.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
The Art Of Living Together.

There is fine art which is much
neglected among US, and that is the art
of living together-not SO much the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-16
SYMPTOMS.

Bird bows head, stands alone; wings
droop; comb changes to white, blush
purple and black: ruff1ed plumage; bird
drags feet, becomes ball shaped.
Disease begins with yellow tipped
excrement; then follows increasing
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Great Siberian Industry.

Mining has the greatest future Of
any Siberian industry. Gold in placers
Is the chief mineral product at present
No statistics as to the amount OF gold
produced in Siberia can be obtained,
- the figures are contained in the to-
tai output Of the Russian empire.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
MRS. c. E. JONES
TRAINED NURSE
Phone Main 1910
Residence 1858 Franklin St., Denver
Paying the Fare.

Annette was attending her first ser
vice at church. When the offertory
began she watched the performance
with interest, and as the aims basin
was handed in at the pew where she
and her mother sat she exclaimed, e1-
citedly: Mamma. let me pay the
fare"
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Thoughtful Nature.

Nature doesn't permit babies to
talk under year SO they can't learn
all the queer kind OF language women
use 10 them.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Happy Thought.

A Newark minister tells women to
reform their husbands by mental sug-
gestion when they are asleep. This.
We presume, is 4 new cure for snoring.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
The Unfortuna ats Possession.

There 10 nothing which so much
makes for the misery not only of its
possessor but OF all who are SO un-
fortunate as TO be intimately asso-
ciated with him or with her rs An un-
governed and unreasonable temper.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
What willie Saw.

When Willie saw the peacock for
the hrst time he said to his mother:
"Oh. mamma. you should have seen
II, Electric lights all over the ferns,
and . turkey Observation-Disclosures
tor.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
sex.rs Winter, In EnaI,nd.

There was ice 81 inches thick on
the Thames In England In 1854 and
In 1884 the Ice was again thick enough
on the Thames to support coaches
which we're driven across II.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Serious Error.

The most mistaken man In the world
10 he who thinks he is doing a profit
able thing for himself by loafing
whom his employer 10 not around to
see.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Home influences.

man can get awful morbid over
the political depravity Of the country
II be doesn't like the coffee his wife
gives him.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Hurting His 0uslnsse.

A prominent physician" advises US
not to eat lettuce. onions or celery.
Vegetarians getting too healthy to
suit him, Ell,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Let the Work d First.

Never mind where you work. let
your care be for the work ITSELF
Spurgeon.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-12-19
Danish Provsrb.

Much water runs by the mill while
the miller sleeps.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08

III Observation-Disclosures is not
w unadulterated Joy even for a
man. But for a woman-well, whole
calendar of saints would not be too
many for the special protection and
consolation of the woman who goes to
Washington with an ak to grind.
There are really three Hobbies at the
house end of the capitol One has for
Its habitat luxurious suite of rooms,
with soft carpets, beautiful paintings,
big leather chairs, fine tables.
In spite Of the sunshine which the
high windows let in there are discreet
corners where a man can present his
case in comfort and confidence. A
man, yes; but not woman. Not all
men either, for that matter.
A good share of the men who are
seeing congressman have to do their
lobbying, such as it is, in the corridor
near the main entrance to the house
It's mixed lot of humanity that gath
ers there, eagerly or sadly waiting fol-
response to the cards that have been
sent in.
The lame, the halt and the blind are
there; the out-at-elbows, the dis
couraged, an occasional crank, an oc
casional shifty-eyed individual whose
ak, it he gets it ground, will not be
swung in any particularly pious pro
5ect. In the corners and the window
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08

Certainly" answers the count, and
Barnes notes as the beautiful woman
whispers to him a look of astonish-
ment enters his mobile face.
After he has answered her, the girl
says CURLY: Il thank you, Signore."
you may trust me, Madam" is the
counts reply; and courteously kisses
the trembling fingers of Anstruther's
beautiful wife, his eyes seemingly
filled with a new and strange passion.
This is scarce noted by the Ameri-
can, whose misery distracts him.
A few moments later, Burton selects
for himself rough shooting costume
that he has fortunately with him.
Then he hurriedly sings a field
glass over his shoulder; puts one or
two little trinkets, mementoes Of his
lost love, in his pocket: takes his va
lise with the articles it happens to con-
tain, jamming all open spaces full of
cartridges for his revolvers, and brings
it downstairs with him.
Marina stands in the hallway with
her husband. To Barnes, as he wrings
her hand, she whispers: Remember,
a dead man cannot take Enid from
that barbarous home of mine. There
fore, guard your own life."
They step out on the porch. Some
moving lights are at the landing place
and they hear the swash of sweeps
and the cries of the Italian crew as
they warp their fishing vessel up to
the platform.
Here I'll go down with you and see