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C0RVALLI8
GrAZETTE.
SEMI-WEEKLY.
SliSiiBVi... I Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COBYALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1900.
VOL. I. NO. 22.
A LITTLE LOVE SO NO.
My heart, my heart's a bonny bird
That carols song the sweetest heard;
My heart, my heart's a fountain fair
That sparkles in the golden air;
My heart's a rosy-raptured rhyme,
That echoes to the glad springtime.
My heart, my heart's a bud abloom
That lights with love a greenwood gloom;
My heart, my heart's a silver star
That throws its beams afar, afar;
My heart's a canticle divine
And all because your heart is mine!
Harper's Bazar.
8
OO
To the Twelfth Floor.
jr HE Atlantis was not a large
building. It was tall and very
narrow, and contained but forty
business tenants all told. Among the
occupants was George Francis Garvlu,
whose bright new door sign appeared
facing the solitary elevator shaft on the
eleventh floor. If Mr. Garvin's sign
could be believed, he was a broker, but
there was little proof of the fact beside
the sign. His office furniture and ruga
were painfully new, his new typewriter,
had scarcely been out of its metal cov
ering and the handsome file cases about
bis desk were as empty as when they
left the cabinet-maker.
The fact Is, George Francis Garvin,
aged 26, had just settled down to busi
ness, and was now in the expectant and
receptive stage. He was not looking
for business with any great amount of
zeal, but his door was open and he was
on hand, prepared to answer all de
mands. This particular morning he reached
the Atlantis bright and early.
"Good-mornin", sir!" said Jamie
Doyle, the elevator boy, as George step
ped into the waiting car.
"Good-morning, Jamie," said the
broker in his plefisant voice. He had a
wonderful way with him with children
and dogs, and something in his tones
encouraged Jamie.
"We're havin' a lot of trouble at
borne, sir," he said. "Father's oft again,
an' I was lookin' for him half the night.
I'd be lookin' for him now if it wasn't
for losin' me job. Th' longer he stays
away the worse he gets. An' moth
er's sick abed, an' Katie's just gettin'
over a fever." He ended his dismal
statement with a little snlff.--
"That's bad," said George Garvin,
"can't you find a substitute?"
"No," replied the boy. "I wouldn't
1 dare to. Mr. Abbott's downN on me
. now for bein' twice late on father's ac
count. If he saw a strange boy here
in my place he'd fire me sure."
They had reached the eleventh floor.
"Here,"- said George, "I guess I'll go
down with you again." He looked at
the boy as they descended. He was a
neat boy and a clean one. He was
pale and haggard this morning and his
eyes were red, and his hands trembled.
"How long do you think it will take
you to find your estimable parent?"
George asked.
"No time at all," said the boy eagerly.
"There ain't but a few more places to
look."
"Go and look for him," said George;
"I'll take your place."
"Youl" cried the boy. "But Mr. Ab
bott?" "I'll attend to him too," said George.
"Don't worry about that. Run along."
"Are you sure yoii know how?"
queried the boy, anxiously.
"Quite sure," said George.
It wasn't difficult to run the Atlantis
elevator. You waited Just two minutes
by the big clock over the entrance, on
the ground floor, and then made the
ascent to the twelfth floor. At the
twelfth you made no wait, but at once
returned. George knew the time table
and handled the car skillfully.
When the tenants began to come in
he exerted himself to catch the direc
tions they gave him. They started hard
at the perfectly dressed young man,
but he was a newcomer and nobody
seethed to know him. When he de
scended to the ground floor he found
the agent of the building waiting to
take the upward journey. The agent
started at him.
"How's this?" he asked. "Where's
the boy?"
"Can't say, I'm sure," replied George
with much calmness. "He was called
away by a sudden domestic affliction.
Going up?" ,
The agent stepped Into the car and
the iron door clicked behind him. He
was a short man and quite stout, and
he had a red face. His face grew red
der as he stared at George.
"See here," he said, "this won't do.
You are Mr. Garvin, aren't you?"
"Twelfth floor," said George; "all
out."' He looked hard at the pompous
little agent. "Going down?" he asked,
and pulled the descending rope.
"Mr. Garvin," said the agent, "you
ought to understand that we can't have
our employes interfered with in this
manner. You are evidently trying to
shield the boy. It won't do. I told him
that the next time he absented himself
from his post he would be discharged
.without further notice. By your ill
considered action you have simply
helped to deprive him of his position."
"Ground floor," announced George;
"all ont." He unlatched the Iron door
and pushed it open. "Going up?" he
asked, as he turned and glanced at the
agent.
, "Mr. Garvin," said the latter, with
dramatic earnestness, "I must request
you to leave this building when your
month is up. I will gladly refund the
rent you have advanced If you will
leave at once."
"Couldn't think f it," said George.
Not even to oblige you, Mr. Abbott.
No, I mean to stay and the boy will
tay, too. Twelfth floor. Going down?"
"Why, confound It, sir," cried the
agent, "you talk as if you owned this
building:"
"Why not?" asked George, the imper
turbable. The agent stared at him and drew
back a little. "What do you mean?"
he cried.
"You get your authority here from
Attorney Jethro Browning," said
George, without looking at him. "And
Attorney Browning acts as trustee for
the Francis estate?'
"Yes," said the agent sharply. "What
of that?"
"I am the Francis estate," said
GeorgeFrancis Garvin mildly. "Ground
floor, all out."
This time the agent heeded the an
nouncement and stepped from the car.
His florid face was pale.
"The boy stays?" asked George, with
the slightest interrogative inflection.
"The boy stays," replied the ageal.
"Good-morning," said George po
litely. As the discomfited official passed
through the outer door a radiant vision
entered. It was Miss Mary Arm
strong in her new summer attire, and
Miss Mary was a lovely girl and her
attire was decidedly tetching.
As George saw her coming in he
stood a little stralghter.
"Fourth floor, please," she said, as
she tripped into the ear. Then she
looked up and recognized the new ele
vator man with a little gasp.
But he paid no attention to her as he
latched the iron door and drew on the
hoisting rope. He was the elevator
man now. Besides, it was this girl who
had told him he had no object in life;
that he had no heart, no sympathy.
True, he had tantalized her by his lan
guid indifference, but her words were
unnecessarily hard. She had abruptly
parted with him with intentional cold
ness and had not asked him to call
again. And she was the one girl in all
the world whose good opinion he val
ued most. What would she think of
him now?
"Fourth floor," he said, and he stop
ped the car with beautiful exactness.
"Thirteenth, please," said Miss Mary,
with a touch of wonderment in her
voice that conveyed the impression
that he nuist have misunderstood her.
"Sorry," said George, without look
ing round, "but it's against the rules
to run the elevator any higher than the
roof."
"The twelfth will do," said Miss
Mary, as if graciously yielding a dis
puted point. Then she sweetly added,
"But I fear I will have to report you
for a lack of willingness to oblige your
patrons."
"I must call your attention, ma'am,"
said George, "to the fact that patrons
are requested not to converse with the
elevator boy while on duty. It distracts
his attention. Twelfth floor."
"Going down, please," announced
Mins Mary. Then sbe gently murmur
ed, "I don't suppose there is any rule
against a patron talking to herself, U
there?" He did not answer. "I wonde.
why he is running an elevator?" she
softly soliloquized. "I suppose it's be
cause of a bet. I wish It was for souit
other reason, for he certainly runs It
very well. I've no doubt he could do
many things very well if he tried. He
needs an honest friend to tell him so.'
She paused, but George did not look
around.
"Ground floor, all out," he said, and
reached across as he pushed back the
iron door.
Miss Mary sat still.
And just then a boy ran in from the
sidewalk. His face was glowing, his
breath was short.
"Oh, Mr. Garvin:" he cried. "Did you
have any trouble, and will I lose my
job?"
"Not a bit of trouble," replied George,
as he stepped from the car, "and your
job is safe?"
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Garvin," cried
the grateful boy. "I found father very
soon an' just in time to save him
from th' patrol. An' mother sends you
her blessin', sir."
"Thank you," said George. "Your car
Is waiting."
"It was awfully cheeky of me to let
a gentleman like you take my place,"
finished the boy; "I didn't think what
I was doin' until afterwards, sir."
"That will do, Jamie," said George,
and turned from him.
And then a vision in white suddenly
confronted him in the doorway of the
car.
"George," said Miss Mary Armstrong.
It was the first time she had called him
by his first name, old friend that he
was, and she couldn't have said it more
softly If she had added "dear."
He looked around at her, his face
flushing, and lifted his hat.
"George," she said as she stepped to
ward him, "come down to ask papa to
go with me to luncheon, but I'd rather
go with you. Will you take me?"
He bent forward quickly and whis
pered something that brought the
quick color to her cheeks.
"Going up?" called Master Jamie, as
he clicked the iron gate.
But they did not heed him. Cleve
land Leader.
Meridian Ants.
Among the curious Inhabitants of
Australia are a species of termites
called the "meridian ants," because
they Invariably construct their long,
narrow mounds so that the principal
axis of the dwelling runs exactly north
and south. These mounds are 6 or 8
feet in height, and consist of a series
of spires, topped with smaller spires,
and when viewed end on, they show a
remarkable resemblance to a many
spired cathedral.
The sins of the father are visited on
the son, but the sins of the son often
keep the whole family awake nights.
A very little woman is often at the
bottom of a very big fuse.
OUR BOYS AND GIfiLS.
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Saying; and Cute Doing; of the
Little Folk Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tle Onea to Read.
It Is an old saying that the hand is
I quicker than the eye, and the sleight
' of-hand man makes use of this fact in
i performing some of his seemingly mar
I velous tricks. Tricks that are decep
' tive to the eyes are classed among
"optical illusions" and are often very
; simple. The accompanying illustration
will help you to understand a simple
: illusion that may be produced by
; means of a common wishbone.
For making the little machine shown
in the picture a duck's wishbone serves
j best. Fasten a strong piece of twine to
i one of the points of the wishbone; pass
; the twine to the opposite point and
fasten it, and then carry it back to the.
I first prong and fasten, thus connecting
; the two prongs of the wishbone by two
bits of twine. Half way between the
prongs and between the cords Insert a
HOW THE THICK 18 DOXt.
match and twist it, turning It over
and over until the cords are well twist
ed together. Then pull the match back
so that one end of it rests on the shank
of Hie wishbone.
Now if you reverse the position of the
match so that its loose end rests on
rhe opposite side of the wishbone and
has to be held in place to keep It from
flying back your machine will be ready
for the experiment. When you remove
your restraining finger from the match
he end of the match will instantly de
scribe a complete circle, as shown by
'he dotted lines In the picture, but the
funny part of it Is that the match will
seem to cut right through the shank
if the wishbone in order to get to the
ither side. You may do the. track as
many times as you please, but the eye
.vill never detect the match in the act
f describing the circle. ,
Story of the Dandelion.
Once upon a time, in a tiny green
amp by the roadside, lived a soldier
ill alone. He had traveled a long way
'rom a dark underground country, bent
n seeing the world. The first thing
le saw was a broad field, full of wav
ng banners, and he thought, "What a
leautiful place I have discovered!" and
itched bis tent among the green
grasses.
The raindrop elves saw how tired
ind dirty he was from his long Jour
ley northward, and soothed him with
stories and refreshed him with a show
ir bath. Through the clouds came the
sunbeam fairies, bringing him a hand
some uniform of green and gold and a
julver of golden arrows. Then the sol
lier was very happy and smiled out at
mssers-by, cheering many a weary
raveler with a glimpse of his sunny
face.
By and by spring went away over the
lHltops. the birds had finished building
their nests and the butterflies and
grasshoppers came to herald summer.
Then the soldier began to feel tired
ind knew he was growing old. His
say uniform had faded and the golden
arrows had turned to 'silver, and the
.vlnd brownies shot them far away.
So the soldier crept down among the
green grasses and his little camp was
'eft empty. Everywhere his silver ar
rows fell there blossomed bright golden
lowers "dandelions," children called
hem.
Nuremberg; Tova.
The quaint town of Nuremberg, in
South Germany, has become the prin
cipal toy factory of Europe. The best
wooden toys come from the Black For
est, where peasants carve them from
white pine and put them together dur
ing the long winter nights; and the
costliest wax dolls are fashioned in
Paris; but there is hardly anything else
in the wonderland of childhood that is
not made in the dreamy medieval
town of Nuremberg.
When Dickens wrote his novels there
was a large toy industry in the East of
London, and It did not escape the keen
eye of that close observer. If he were
now living, be would find it difficult to
find traces of a craft which suggested
some of the most charming scenes of
his stories.
The London toy-makers have disap
peared. Dolls may still be dressed
there for English nurseries, but they
are no longer made in England.
The bulk of the so-called French
dolls, which are sold all over the world,
come from Nuremberg, where the toy
makers have mastered the art of joint
ing arms and legs and of extracting
musical squeaks and plaintive cries
from contracted waists. The old town
is also the headquarters of the Euro
pean trade in Noah's arks, lead and tin
soldiers, and all the standard metal
and wooden toys.
For many years the best mechanical
toys were made either in Loudon or in j
America. London has lost this trade
entirely, and American ingenuity is left
to compete with the Industry in South
Germany. The shops of Paris and
London are now stocked with steain
.nglnes, magnetic toys and mechanical
playthings from Nuremberg and Vi
enna. In the old churches of Nuremberg
are to be found wonderful examples of
the medieval art of wood-carvers and
metal-workers. These famous handi
crafts, which were created for the
adornment of churches, survive in the
toy trade. Youth's Companion.
Passing Beans.
This is an exciting game, and needs
at least two older people to superin
tend it. The children are all arranged
in two lines, with a small table or chair
at the head of the line, upon which fs
placed a bowl of common white beans.
There should be the same number of
beans in each bowl, about 12 or 14 in
all.
The child next the bowl takes out a
bean, passing it to the next child, who
in turn passes it on :'.owu the line,
while the leader continues to take out
the beans one by one until all are
passed, the order being reversed when
the end of the line is reached, and the
beans started back again, the child at
the end dropping them into the bogl.
There are sure to be several beans
dropped in the excitement, and when
all are returned those in each bowl are
counted, the one having the greatest
number winning the game. In case
both sides are even in number of beans
at the end the one who can get them
in first wins the game. It will be well
for some of the older people who are
helping to entertain the children to
stand near each of the lines to keep or
der, as this Is a most exciting game.
Ready for Her.
"Well, Dean," said his tired Auntie,
"how many tongues have you got?"
"Three," quickly replied Master
Dean.
"Indeed! Where are they?"
"One in my mouth and on in each
shoe."
Dick's Description.
This is little Dick's description of his
first flash of lightning and first clap of
thunder: "Oh, mamma, I saw an angel
gb into heaven and bang the door after
it."
9
FICTION STICKS TO THE TRUTH.
Cold Fact la the Only Thing; that Deals
with Improbabilities.
Professor R. G. Moulton of the En
glish department at the University of
Chicago has a way of enlivening his
lectures by pointed and homely illus
trations. "Sometimes we hear as an objection
to the plot of a first-class novel that it
is utterly improbable," said the profes
sor a few days ago. "Now the fact Is
that the only thing which is true is fic
tion. There is nothing so false as what
we call the truth. Facts always give
some loophole of escape. For instance,
there was a man that you ought to
know about, who wished very much to
commit suicide. Shocking? Yes, to be
sure, but the man was not troubled
with a conscience. The only thing that
worried him was the fear that he
should make a failure ef his attempt to
kill himself. I know myself so well
that 1 feel sure the thing would be a
fiasco,' he always declared. For thirty
years this conviction was the only ob
stacle that stood between that man and
death.
"Finally he mustered up the courage
one day to try to commit suicide. He
went over all the details carefully and
took every precaution against failure.
He went to the edge of a cliff over
hanging the sea near his home. With
him he carried a revolver, a bottle of
poison, a rope, and a box of matches.
He tied one end of the robe around his
neck and fastened the other end to a
tree near by. Then he swallowed the
poison; set fire to his clothes, fired the
pistol at his head and jumped off the
cliff." ?
Professor Moulton ended his story
here and blandly proceeded to bow
himself out of his class room.
"But, professor, was the man killed?"
shouted the overwrought class of fu
ture novelists.
"By no means," replied the professor,
in astonishment. "Excitement made
the man nervous and his pistol shot
went wide of the mark. The rope
caught fire from his burning clothing,
came in two In a trice, and the man
fell Into the water and that put out the
flames. He never was a very good sail
or anyhow and the poison hardly re
mained long enough in his system to
make him dizzy. He was rescued by an
officious fisherman, who charged. $5 for
his trouble. And yet people talk about
the Improbabilities of fiction." Chicago
Inter Ocean
How Silk. Was Discovered.
Silk Is said to have been discovered
by Chang Ti, a wife of the Emperor
Hoang Tl. Since her day the em
presses of China have bred, reared and
fed silkworms as an amusement, reel
ing the cocoons and weaving the silk.
In the gardens of the palace at Pekin
Is a little forest of mulberry trees, and
on the occasion of an annual festival
the Empress, with the principal ladies
of her court, gather mulberry leaves
for the worms. Silk in China is so
cheap that even the uniforms of the
soldiers are made of it.
The story of the way in which silk
worms were first brought to Europe is
quite romantic, their importation be.'ng
attributed to a couple of Nestorian
monks, who were employed by the Em
peror Justinian, in the sixth century,
to procure some of the eggs of the
worms. A large reward was promised
them in case of success, and they arc
said to have brought the eggs, whlc.i
they stole, to Constantinople inside of
a hollow cane. Having learned the an
of rearing the worms, they were abk
to give the necessary instruction, and
thus the Industry of silk-making was
introduced. Silken fabrics had been
fetched to Europe and marketed there
for centuries before It was understood
that the fabric was derived from an insect.
Drying of Cows.
There Is a well-founded belief that
the cow who is a persistent milker does
not produce the best calves. While this
is -so, the methods generally employed
to overcome this trouble are far from
the best. The usual plan is to cut off
the feed, oftentimes to the point of
starvation; surely a most unwise move
and in nine cases out of ten results in
injury to the cow. The period of lacta-.
tion depends more largely on the sys
tem of feeding than farmers are willing
to admit, though ancestry must be
back of it all, for the most intelligent
feeding in the world will not make a
long milker of a cow whose ancestors
were in the habit of going dry for three
or four months. Naturally, If the breed
is a good one, the desire is to keep up
the period of lactation as long as possi
ble, and yet have good calves. Particu
larly is this desirable if the calves are
to be raised. The best plan for accom
plishing this is to feed the cow the nec
essary food to keep up a fair flow of
milk, and with this food that will ben
efit the unborn calf. While doing this
keep milking the cow until she natural
ly falls off in supply. With a heifer
having the first calf, milking should be
kept up as long as possible before the
next calf is born, in order to establish
the long period of lactation, for if the
heifer cow goes dry early after the first
calf it will be extremely difficult to
carry her beyond that period afterward.
Barn Window Screen.
A writer in Farm-and Fireside gives
suggestions for screening the barn win
dows. Most farm windows, he says,
are made to slide, so that in this case
the screen is also made to slide, but in
the opposite direction from the window.
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SCREENED WINDOW.
It Is thus very easy to slide either the
screen or the glass sash whichever way
may be needed over the opening. It
will be noticed that the artist has cov
ered the window of glass with wire net
ting such as is used in poultry yard
building. This is a good idea, especial
ly if the window is in front of the horse
where he can readily reach It, for often
times he will throw his head against the
glass with sufficient force to break it
and usually cuts his face more or less.
Fatal Effects of Green Forghun,
There has been much discussion In
some of the Western papers as to the
cause of cattle dying suddenly after
eating green sorghum. All were
aware of the facts, yet chemists
have been unable to detect any
poison in the sorghum plant or in
the organs of the animals that died
from eating It A writer In the Louis
iana Planter, who says he lost In this
way last year cattle that cost him 51,
050, thinks he can account for It He
says: "The blamed stuff won't be
swallowed. It simply gets warmed and
Umbered a little, coats itself over with
the tough, sticky saliva, or slobber, re
pairs to the glottis, pastes itself smooth
ly over that organ, closing the trachea,
or windpipe, and the poor brute In the
greatest distress and misery smothers
to death dies for the want of air. My
remedy would be to swab out the
throat immediately so as to remove the
bits of blades that have pasted them
selves over the glottis, or opening to
the windpipe. They will sometimes
stick there like a wet paper to the roof
of the mouth. The saliva of the cow is
more sticky than that of a human, and
the smooth blades of sorghum stick
worse than a fuzzy leaf." His explana
tion seems plausible at least, and those
who lose cattle in this way should ex
amine the entrance to the windpipe to
see if it is closed.
Abandoned Farms.
W have seldom seen a better excuse
for tne abandoned farms In New En
gland than we find in the Farming
World of Toronto, in an article from a
Canadian correspondent who tells why
many of the early settlers in Canada
had not met with the success which
they deserved by their courage, their
vlgv and their hard work. He says:
"Many of us settled on land which never
should have been settled on, that should
hare been kept In woods, in which con
dition it would have been worth a hun
dred times more than it has been In a
cleared condition." He also says "in
many cases those looking for locations
were not qualified to judge for them
selves as to the fitness of the land they
were looking at, particularly when cov
ered with unbroken wood, and their
eagerness to locate on land of their own
prevented them giving tbetlmeand care
to the subject that such an important
subject deserved." We can give no bet
ter reason why many farms in New
England, which are abandoned or
should be, ever became settled and we
rejoice whenever we hear of their being
returned to the growing of forests, from
which they never should have been di
verted. Farms which were settled in
this way should have been abandoned
years ago, and left to the renovating
process of a wood growth to bring them
to a fertile condition again. American
Cultivator.
Hog Cholera Experiments.
The division of animal pathology of
the experiment station at the Univer
sity of Nebraska is perfecting Its plans
for the coming year's campaign against
hog cholera. As is well known, this
division has been very active in inaugu
rating experiments with this disease.
One of the experiments under contem
plation is the taking up of certain coun
ties In which hog cholera exists and
having experts there to note the mortal
ity In the entire county and to aid the
officials of the country in eradicating
the disease, both by sanitary and popu
lar methods, and by the use of serum.
It is hoped that If certain counties will
take up this idea of assisting this divi
sion a great deal of good can be done,
both in ascertaining how virulent the
disease has been in the county and by
reducing the per cent of mortality in
the county. In other words, it is a kind
of quarantine system, or stamping-out
process, and it is hoped by this method
that farmers can guard against this dis
ease to a large extent The plans are
not as yet fully matured, but will be
perfected before the work is begun.
Overworking; Children.
We are sorry to see it stated In a
Maine paper that a girl 13 years old and
weighing 115 pounds has done the full
work of a man during the haying sea
son in one of the towns of that State.
We have no special objection to having
young ladies or older ones work out of
doors on a farm If they wish to and
have the strength, and we think many
of them would be in better health for
such a chance to take exercise in the
open air, but we want all good things
iu moderation, and we would not like
to see either girl or boy of that age and
slight physical bui.Id allowed to do a
full day's work for a man in the haying
field. Even if much of It was on the
mowing machine, hay rake or tedder,
we know from experience that they are
not easy riding vehicles, and while
there is much work that a girl or a boy
can do In the haying field, we do not
believe It right to work them beyond
their strength at such an age. Many a
boy and girl too has received a lasting
dislike to farm life because of over
work. American Cultivator.
PiK Motes.
Soak wheat twelve hours before feed
ing to hogs. -
When the pig is grown he should be
ready for market.
Early maturity is one way of lessen
ing cost.
There is no benefit in keeping a sow
that is vicious and troublesome.
Do not arrange the pig pen so as to
shut out the sunshine and pure air.
A hog with a fair proportion of lean
meat is the best hog to send to market
- No farmer who keeps three or four
sows can afford to do without a' pure
bred boar.
If a sow Is not permitted to breed
until she is eighteen months old, the
pigs will be found much better than If
she is bred younger, and this will be
found true of her future litters.
Straw Horseshoes.
Straw is put to strange uses in Japan.
Most of the horses are shod with straw.
Even the clumsiest of cart horses wear
straw shoes. In their case the shoes
are tied around the ankles with straw
rope and are made of the ordinary rice
straw, braided so that they form a sole
for the foot about half an inch thick.
These soles cost about a half penny per
pair, and when they are worn out they
are thrown away. Every cart has a
stock of fresh new shoes tied to the
horse or to the front of the cart, and in
Japan it was formerly the custom to
measure distance largely by the num
ber of horseshoes It took to cover the
distance. So many horseshoes made a
day's journey, and the average shoe
lasted for about eight miles of travel.
Nest for Sitting; Hens.
If hens are allowed to sit during the
cold weather, the nests must not only
be composed of warm material, but the
boxes must be In a warm location, or
Injury will result to the eggs and em
bryo chicks when the hens come off to
eat Sometimes the hens will have to
stand quite a severe temperature, but
when a hen is compelled to warm a
dozen ice-cold eggs with her body she j
suffers an infliction which nothing but
a bird will endure. The warmer the
nests the slower the eggs will give off
heat when exposed, and the less diffi
culty is encountered by the hen in
warming them.
Cucumbers.
I raise five crops instead of one on the
same ground, and on the same vines
with hardly any extra .work. Plant In
the usual way. When a cucumber Is
taken from the vine let It be cut with a
knife, leaving about an eighth of an
inch of the cucumber on the stem.
Then slit the stem with a knife from its
end to the vine twice, leaving a small
portion of the cucumber on each divls- !
ion. On each separate slit there will i
be a cucumber as large as the first By :
this method you will only need one-fifth
the ground that you would need if j
growing cucumbers in the old way.
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Japan's Attitude Toward China.
The racial differences that exist be
tween Japan and China have probably
led some observers to believe that the!
two peoples are naturally antipathetic.
The war of 1894 has been cited as proof
of this, and in the present crisis in the
Far East it appears to be taken for
granted by many that the Japanese
people will regard China's misfortune
as their opportunity. That there is
no valid reason for thinking that this
is Japan's attitude, and that those who
are most prominent in guiding Japan's
public policy sincerely desire to estab
lish and foster 'jiendly feelings with
China, is ably shown by Durham
White Stevens, Esq., counsellor of the
Japanese legation, in his article, "Ja
pan's Attitude Toward China," which
appears in the current issue of Collier's
Weekly. '
Ham Philippine Jewels.
The rarest corals in the world are to be
found in the Philippines. As precious as
this jewel is, there is still a rarer one. and
that is health. It may be possessed by
any one who will use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters for indigestion, dyspepsia, belching,
heartburn or sleeplessness. Try it.
Southern Moonshiners.
The great majority of moonshiners
are to be found in the mountain fast
ness of Georgia, Alabama and Tennes
see, and here they live in conditions
of civilization as crude as their ances
tors, most of whom were English fugi
tives from justice who reached this
country more than a century ago. In
deed, in many respects these descend
ants have retorgraded rather than ad
vanced. Had they been surrounded
for a century by a Chinese wall they
could not have been more destitute or
ignorant of the modern conveniences.
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
Congress Is Acting to Suppress Their
Sale.
The report of the senate committee
on manufactures upon the subject of
food adulterations and food frauds has
created a sensation in congress and
awakened great interest throughout
the country.
If there conld be published a list of
the names of all articles of food found
by the committee to be adulterated or
made from injurious ingredients, it
would be of inestimable value to the
public.
The recommendations of the commit
tee that the sale of alum" baking pow
ders be prohibited by law, will make
of special interest the following list of
names of baking powders which chem
ists have found to contain alum:
Baking Powders Containing Alum:
K. C -v . .Contains Alum
Manf. by Jsques Mfg. Co., Chicago.
CALUMET Contains Alum
Matif. by Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chicago.
HOME Contains Alum
Maiif. by Home Baking Powder Co., Sun Francisco
WASHINGTON Contains Alum
Manf. by Pacific Chemical Works, Taconia.
CRESCENT. Contains Alum
Manf. by Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle.
WHITE LILY Contains Alum
Manf. by P. Ferrera A Co., Tacoma.
BEE-HIVE Contains Alum
Manf. by Washington Mfg. Co.. San Francisco.
BON BON Contains Alum
Manf. by Grant Chemical Co.. Chicago.
DEFIANCE Contains Alum
Manf. by Portland Coffee A Spice Co.. Portland.
PORTLAND Contains Alum
Manf. by Beno A Ballis, Portland.
It is unfortunate that many .manu
facturers of alum baking powders state
that their powders do not contain
alum. It is only right that consumers
should have correct information as to
the character of every article of food
offered to them.
Superstition In Yucatan.
"Apropos of the wonderful ancient
ruins in Yucatan," said a New Orleans
college professor, "there is one very
fortunate circumstance which has pro
tectee; them almost entirely from spoli
ation by the Indians. It is currently
believed by the natives all through that
part of the country that the ruins are
haunted and that devils will carry
away anybody who attempts to molest
them. This superstition has been en
couraged by explorers, and is a better
safeguard than a picket of soldiers."
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight or
new shoes feel easy ; gives instant relief to
corns and bullions. It's the greatest com
fort discovery of the age. Cures swollen
feet, blisters and callous spots. Allen's
Foot-Kase is a certain cure for ingrowing
nails, sweating, smarting, hot, aching feet.
We have over 30,000 testimonials. It cures
while you walk. All druggists and shoe
stores sell it. 25c. Trial package FKEE
bv mail. Address, Allen fc. Olmsted, te
Roy. N. Y.
It is a hard matter to discern rightly
whether a good or an evil spirit does
provoke thee to covet this or that.
DKAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed Ton have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out ot ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send lor
circular free $ CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo, a
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Deliberate much before doing or say
ing anything, for yon have not the
power of recalling what has been said
or done.
All farmers are not good judges of
butter and lose the advantage of high
prices thereby. They keep cream too
long or fail to use a thermometer when
churning, making mistakes that might
be avoided by taking precautions
against selling an inferior article.
Better make of every sorrow a step
ping stone to higher, nobler thought
and deed than to hang it against your