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GAZETTE.
C0RVALLI8
SEMI-WEEKLY.
SiSSiSt"b.vi-,S.i?i7ie.. i Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COR7ALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1900.
VOL. I. NO. 32.
A CHANGE ABOUT THE PLACE.
The place don't, seem just like it did be
fore she went away,
It's all so still and lemesome not a word
from her all day;
The old mare whinnies still when I go to
the stable door,
But, somehow, things seem different
since she ain't here no more.
The vines creep up along the porch just
as she trained 'em to;
The flowers grow along the fence, just
as they used to, do;
The house is left just as it was, but still
it seems, to-day,
As if it wasn't just the place from which
she went away.
The sun still gets to peepin' in that win
dow over there
Along to'rds breakfast time, and there's
her high-backed rockin' chair;
The creek's still flowin' where it flowed
the water's cool and clear
But still, somehow, it ain't the place it
was when she was here.
The hedge still fences in the lane, just
as it did when she
Would come, at dinner time, and call
across the fields to me
But where that steeple peeps above the
hill she's sleepin' now.
And everything's got all turned 'round,
It seems to me, somehow.
This doesn't seem like home no more, and
often through the day
I get to thinkin' 'tisn't her, but me that's
gone away
That she's at home there on the hill,
a-callin' soft and low.
And that I'm goin' back, and glad it's
nearly time to go.
Chicago Times-Herald.
NEWPORT IDYL
L
r- -i HE ballroom at the Casino was
jP aglow with light and pulsing with
music. The ball was at its height
a moment before supper.
Standing near a door was a young
man whose features were drawn and
white, and whose set lips made a pic
ture sadly out of place in that gay
throng. His dark eyes followed a slim,
graceful girl, with a crown of golden
hair and tender, violet eyes, whose
dark, long lashes lent them a pathetic
look just then.
They seemed to be seeking for some
one, but whoever they sought was not
found until the dancers had twice made
the tour of the room. Then the two
pairs of eyes met for a second. Those
of the girl had a wistful, questioning
look; those of the man an expression of
stern relinquishment.
The music ceased just then, and in the
little ensuing flutter they lost sight of
each other in the crowd.
The man, with a sigh so deep as to be
almost a groan, turned away, and,
scarcely knowing how he reached there,
found himself seated in an easy chair
on the wide porch. He gave himself up
to bitter reflections.
"I must be crazy to come here to
n!ght. I might in time have learned to
forget her, but to see her again, so
Bweet and so far off. I could not ask her
to marry me now on 'little or nothing a
year.' She has been brought up to
wealth and luxury. It is part and par
cel of her daily life, and I would be the
most brutal of brutes to ask her to
share my poverty. Poor little Nellie!
She didn't look any too happy, either.
Well, Jim, if you are not a coward you
will start now and go so far away that
Bhe will never hear of you again."
Just at this stage of "Jim's" reflee
tions, several persons came along, and
in their gay conversation Jim had no
part. He half rose to go when he heard
his own name mentioned. In spite of
the old proverb about listeners, he re
mained In his chair, which was In deep
shadow.
"Poor Jim Alden! Did you see him?
He stood by the door looking like the
ghost at the feast. What a pity that
he went on Wall street! He might have
known better. He seemed to be par
ticularly cut up when he saw Miss Bur
ton dancing away and never even look
ing at him."
"I hear that Miss Burton's engage
ment to Lloyd Appleby is announced."
"What, that old man! Well, he's roll
ing In wealth."
"She did not need to marry money."
"The ways of women are past finding
out."
The figure in the dark corner glided
away swiftly. He had borne all he
could. He strode on down toward the
Point, scarcely knowing where he was
going, until with a sudden sense of a
new pain he found that he was stand
ing by the rocks where he had sat only
two days before with Nellie.
Then the hot sun blazed down and the
beat pulsated from the sand and sea
below, and the rocks above, and then,
too. there was not the knowledge that
he had lost every dollar he had in the
world.
The long line of silver light laid
across the water suddenly wavered and
grew blurred and dim as his eyeq filled,
and a sob was wrung from the aching
heart. He remembered the dimpled
lingers that had clasped the parasol,
the odor of flowers at her breast, and
the clinging against h!s cheek of a few
strands of golden hair tossed there by
the wanton wind. He stood there, a
black outline against the moonlit water
beyond.
Back at the Casino another little
drama had been enacted. Nellie had
seen more than her trained features
had shown, and she knew that unless
she acted promptly she would have
looked her last upon Jim. Suddenly
Jim was more to her than all the world.
All the other men and women in the
world were effaced from her heart and
mind as utterly as if they did not exist.
She must find Jim she must.
Out on the wide portico she flew, with
her Aunt Elinor and Mr. Appleby be
hind her. Jim was not there. With the
prescience of love she knew where she
should find him, and snatching a white
scarf from her aunt's shoulders she
said:
"Aunt, you and Mr. Appleby wait foi
me: I am going to find Jim."
"Nellie! Nellie! You will compromise
yourself fatally- "
"I don't care; I love Jim!"
"Nellie!"
But Nellie was gone. Mr. Appleby
smiled as, under the cover of the
shadow of a column, he said:
"Let her go, Elinor. Nellie is right.
Jim is worthy of any good woman."
"But he is poor."
"That he isn't. I brought the news to
him that he had just inherited a bigger
fortune than he lost. He doesn't know
it yet, and, Elinor, we can all be mar
ried together. Eh?"
"O Lloyd.1"
"We've waited long enough, dear, I
think."
Nellie flew like a white angel down to
the Point, her slippered feet scarcely
touching the ground. Yes, there was
Jim. Was he about to commit suicide,
as he stood there so rigidly still? Nellie
caught her breath, and then advanced
slowly, stilling her throbbing heart by
a miracle of will power, a power such
as is only given to womankind.
"It's a lovely evening. Mr. Alden, Isn't
it?" she said, quietly.
"Nellie, little Nellie!" said Jim, in
such a transport that it is lucky he
couldn't -see the sudden color leap to
Nellie's cHeeks. "I beg pardon, Miss
Burton. I forgot for a moment."
"There is nothing to forgive."
"Ah! Where is your aunt and Mr.
Appleby?" asked Jim, stupidly.
"1 left them on the porch, settling the
date of their wedding day." Boston
Globe.
People Eat Far Too Much.
A Philadelphia physician of note, Dr.
Edward H. Dewey, claims to cure al!
sorts of diseases by starving his pa
tients. The brain, says this practitioner,
never loses weight in either sickness or
starvation. Usually the mind remains
clear when the body has wasted away.
The head is the power-house of the
body. The stomach is run by brain
power. When the stomach does too
much work it makes too great a de
mand upon the brain.
"For more than twenty years," writes
this doctor, "I have permitted my sick
to do without food so long as there was
no desire for it. Not a mouthful was
enforced in any case, not one mouthful
denied on the first hint of hunger.
"In this I have had all the medical
text-books and the entire medical pro
fession as authority unquestioned
against me. That food Is needed to
sustain the strength of the sick has
never been a matter of question with
the medical profession.
"Many of my sick have gone for more
than a month without food. One very
sick, in bed for more than a month
with acute rheumatism, was able to
walk about the room on the forty-sixth
day before the first food was taken. An
other patient, a woman of 57, went
until the forty-third day before she
broke her fast, and without any omis
sion of her ordinary duties. A diseased
stomach was cured as the result, and
now, after five years, there has been
no return of the trouble."
Physicians are pretty generally
agreed that Americans eat too much
especially too much meat The no
breakfast habit may not be so very silly
after all.
Gen. Staple's Lost Mare.
In an old file of the Hartford Cour
ant, of date Oct. 7, 1777, is an advertise
ment sent to the paper by General Stark
of Bennington fame, which shows that
military hero to have had an excellent
command of language and much cause
for indignation.
Twemy Dollars Reward. Stole from
me the subscriber, from Walloomscock,
in the time of action, the 16th of Au
gust last, a brown Mare, five years old,
had a star In her forehead. Also a doe
skin seated saddle, blue housing trim'd
with white, and a curbed bridle. It Is
earnestly requested of all committees
of safety and others In authority, to ex
ert themselves to recover said thief and
mare, so that he may be brought to jus
tice and the mare brought to me; and
the person, whoever he be, shall receive
the above reward for both, and for the
mare alone one half of that sum.
How scandalous, how disgraceful and
ignominious must it appear to all
friendly and generous souls to have
such sly, artful, designing villains enter
into the field in the time of action in
order to pillage, pilfer and plunder from
their brethren when engaged in battle.
JOHN STARK, B. D. G.
Bennington, 11th Sept., 1777.
His Theory.
A novel explanation of the cause of
thunder showers was once given a so
journer in a little Nova Scotia town by
one of the inhabitants.
"Do you know what makes thunder?"
the Nova Scotian inquired of his guest
"I've got a theory of my own, and I call
it a pretty good one."
"I should like to hear it," was the
diplomatic reply.
"Well," said the host, slowly, "my
idea this: You know we hear about the
air circulating and circulating all the
time. . My notion Is that the pure air
from above comes down here in sum
mer, and gets foul with all the smok
and dirt and grease; and then the hea
drives It up again Into the clouds, and
when it gets up there it's pressed on all
round by the clouds coming together,
and it explodes! That's my theory, of
course," he added, with becoming mod
esty, "other folks may have others." ,
Sugar in Germany.
In thirty years Germany, from being
little more than self-sustaining, has be
come the largest sugar-expesg country.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Something that Will Interest the Ju
venile Members of Kvery Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children.
Barefooted boys and hens form a
curious partnership in the making of a
pair of fine gloves. Thousands of doz
ens of hens' eggs are used in curing the
hide3, and thousands of boys are em
ployed to work the skins in clear water
by treading on them for several hours,
says the Philadelphia Record.
When a wonian buys a pair of kid
gloves she speaks of her purchase as
"kids." If the clerk who sold her the
"kid" gloves knew the secrets of the
glove-making business he might sur
prise his fair customer by telling her
that those beautiful, soft, smooth-fitting
"kid" gloves came from the stom
ach and shoulders of the 3-weeks-old
colt, whose neck was slit on the plains
of Russia, and whose tender hide was
shipped, with huge bundles of other
colts' hides, to France, where they were
made up into "kid" gloves; or he might,
with equal regard to the truth, tell her
that those gloves in the other compart
ment once darted from tree to tree In
South America on the back of the ring
tailed monkey.
And if he made the rounds of the
store and could distinguish one skin
from another he could point out "kid"
gloves made from the skins of kan
garoos from Australia, lambs or sheep
from Ohio or Spain or England, calves
from India, muskrats from anywhere,
musk oxen from China and other parts
of Asia, rats, cats and Newfoundland
puppies. But the Russian colt, the four
footed baby from the plains where the
Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes
of Siberia, where horses are raised by
the thousand, supplies the skins which
furnish the bulk of the dainty cover
ings for my lady's hands.
The Whirling Pea.
Stick a pin through the center of a
pea, then obtain a straw, clay pipe
stem or anything with a small hole
through it. Now if the p!n be inserted
in fh-tube and It be held straight up
ward and blown through, the pin will
leave the tube and circle rapidly around
it, the pea meanwhile remaining sta
tionary in the air.
Playtime in Italy.
In Italy they have very few games,
but the little Italian boys and girls ex
icel you in one pastime-that Is model
ing. A little Italian boy will pick up a
clump of clay in the street and model
you a horse, or dog, or cow in no time,
and a more experienced boy will at
your request speedily reproduce the lit
tle bimba (baby) stretching out her
hands, or the herdboy blowing his horn;
in fact, almost anything you like to ask
him for.
The favorite game both among boys
and men seems to be one called
"flashing fingers." Two men or boys
place themselves opposite each other,
and at the same instant each throws
out his right hand, with so many fingers
open, or so many shut or bent upon the
palm, and each of the players, also at
the same instant, cries out the number
made by adding the number of his ad
versary's open fingers to his own. If
both cry right, of course the throw
counts for nothing.
As a boy gains a point by hitting the
right number, he marks it with a finger
of his left hand, which hand is kept
motionless. Five points make the game,
and when the thumb and four fingers
of the left hand are extended, then the
lucky owner of that hand cuts a caper,
and cries, "Done I have conquered!"
The Italian people say that the very
best actors of Italy come from Naples,
and the reason they give Is that the
people all speak in pantomime, even
the children being too lazy to talk, so
they make signs to each other instead.
Since Willie Goes to School.
Since Willie goes to school, the days
Are always full of peace,
And in a hundred little ways
The cares of life decrease;
The halls are littered up no more
With blocks and tops and traps;
No marbles lie upon the floor,
But are we happier than before t-
j Ah, well perhaps perhaps!
I .TV: - -'. -:' "
Since Willie goes to school, the cat
1 Lies dozing in her nook;
There are no startling screeches that
Make all the neighbors look;
His playthings are all piled away.
No books bestrew the floor;
But T have found a hair to-day.
Deep-rooted, glistening and gray,
That hid itself before.
Since Willie goes to school, I hear
No pounding on the stairs,
Nor am I called to help my dear
Make horses of the chairs;
A sense of peace pervades the place,
And I may be a fool
To shed the tears that streak my face.
But a boy is in my baby's place,
Since Willie goes to school."
Chicago Times-Herald.
Another Search for the" Missing Link."
The German biologist, Haeckel, has
been so captivated by the discovery of
certain fossil remains In Java that he
means to go out there himself and in
stitute further investigations, says the
New York Tribune. The bones referred
to were found by Dr. Dubois anout six
years ago, and were believed by the lat
ter to belong to a species intermediate
between the highest apes and pre
historic man; In fact, the "missing
link." Dr. Dubois called this creature
Pithecanthropus Erectus. His opin
ions have been received with favor by
many scientific men, among them Prof.
Haeckel, who has never ceased to ad
vocate the importance of i making
further excavations In the district of
Java where Dr. Dubois found the re
mains. Had Seen Slater.
It was Dot's first visit to the country,
and she was very much interested in
the pigs' curly tails. At last an Idea
occurred to her.
"Auntie,-" she said, "does uncle put
pigs' talis In curl papers every night?"
Tommy Was Sight.
"What is bread chiefly used for.
Tommy ?" asked the teacher of a small
pupil In the Juvenile class. f
'To spread butter on," was the logi
cal but unexpected reply.
"How Awfully Greely."
"How awfully greedy you are!" said
one little girl to another. "You took the
biggest apple from the basket Just as I
was going to take it myself."
Beetle's Eye a Camera.
Thousands of years before the In
ventive genius of men discovered the
multifold mysteries of photography and
worked out the problem of the lens the
little beetle was carrying round with
him a snap camera of the most unique
and interesting character. This camera
was provided with at least 100 photo
graphic lens, each perfect and in na
ture's finest working fettle.
All know that the beetle has the curi
ous projecting eye very similar to the
sort one sometimes sees in man him
self. The eye Is large and round, or
almost so. It can hardly be called a
perfect sphere, for It Is slightly convex
in shape. Such insects have eyes called
compound, formed not of one lens, but
of several hundreds, set side by side,
like cells In a honeycomb.
Dr. Allen, of England, the famous sci
entist as well as physician, took the
cornea of the eye of a beetle and em
ployed It In place of the usual photo
graphic lens of the camera used for
making photographs of microscopic ob
jects. A silhouette of a head was
pasted on a pice of ground glass and a
lamp placed behind it. A photographic
dry plate was exposed to the light com
ing through the beetle's eye from the
silhouette and developed in the usual
manner.
The resulting multigraph was circular
and conlainid several hundred im g s
of the profile one, Indeed, for each
facet of the eye. It seems reasonably
clear that Insects form their judg
ments of distance from such multiple
images, depending upon the power of
each facet to refact light rays. The
nearer the object the greater would be
the area covered by the Images on the
retina. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Staked His All and Won.
The coat less young man and his, young
woman companion meandered Into one
of the swell restaurants and sat down
at a table. -The young man had met
the young woman when he had not ex
pected to. That explained the absence
of his coat.
The waiter took their orders. Then
he went over to the proprietor. Then
the waiter returned.
"Sorry, sah, but we can't serve shirt
waist gen'lemen in the presence ob
ladles, sah."
The young man favored him h ith an
Icy stare. So did the young woman.
Then they started out, but the young
man fell behind the young woman long
enough to press the fourth part of a
dollar Into the waiter's hand and whis
per: "Your kindness and that of the pro
prietor" will never be forgotten. My
lady friend insinuated so strongly that
she was hungry that I was actually
forced to ask her to dine. I have not
got money enough to pay for the sim
plest kind of a lunch. If you had served
us I would have had a fit. I staked my
all and won. God bless you!" Indian
apolis Sun. ,
Only Two Methodist Papers Profitable
It came out In the reports of the re
cent Methodist conference that only
two of the fifteen official journals of
the church, published in different sec
tions of the country under the common
name of the Christian Advocate, had
been conducted at a profit The net
loss on the others $ 108,000 ,in four
years had been borne out of the prof
its of the publishing business known
as the Book Concern.
Biggest Sturgeon.
The largest sturgeon on record was
caught in the North Sea. It weighed
525 pounds, but the delight of the fish
ermen was tempered by the fact that
it did 9750 worth of damage to the nets
before It was given the coup de grace.
TRUMPET CALL&
Bass's Horn Sounds a Warning Mots
to the Unredeemed.
T takes two to
make a quarrel,
but one may
mend it.
A lie In Its own
clothes Is always
impotent.
Easy preaching
comes from hard
preparation.
It is impossible
to put off sin till
you put on Christ.
A sincere man
is nine-tenths right and 99 per cent
sure.
The best heart purifier is to be filled
with thoughts of God.
The lights of the world need focusing
In the lens of Christ's love.
Though the fire Is extinguished In
death, the gold will remain.
If home means only fine furniture,
children will mean only bitterness.
It is praiseworthy to aspire to the
stars, but you must also plan to drop
on the earth.
You must live a royal life If you
would have the world believe you are
the child of a king.
Education may furnish you a head
light, but only the grace of God can
help you make steam.
Too many Christian workmen wear
then- overalls on Sunday and their
"best clothes" all the week.
YOUNG REFORMERS fN CHINA.
Her Hope Lies in the New and Liberal
Generation.
"Some have a tendency to say that
the present troubles in China arose out
of the missionary question. This Is an
extremely narrow view, and It Indicates
that the one who holds It knows noth
ing back of what has occurred during
the past year. The present troubles
are the last efforts of the old Conserva
tives to preserve the conditions which
have existed in China for four thousand
years.
"I have a number of friends among
the young scholars, first, second, third
and fourth graduates. They are young
men who have studied English, and
who have started English schools.
Their schools have been destroyed by
the Conservatives, and for the past two
years they have been out of employ
ment. All of them, so far as I know,
are still pursuing the same line of
study, confident that conservatism Is
a thing of the past, that reform must
come, and when It does come they will
he ready for It. Snch men are of the
class of Minister Wu Ting-fang, Lo
Feng-lo and Mr. Yu, Minister to France,
who called upon me a few days before
he sailed for France. During our con
versation I alluded to the attempt he
had made to entertain some foreigners
on New Year's Day, and to serve them
with tea, coffee, wine and cakes.
"The Conservatives of the Tsungli
Yamen would not allow you to enter
tain the foreigners on New Year's Day
as you wished," I said.
" 'No, he replied, 'but this thing will
not continue. The world Is rapidly
slipping out from under these old men's
feet. There are not any strong men
among the young Conservatives. They
are simply hangers-on, and when these
few old Conservatives die, China can
easily be reformed.'
"The wife of Mr. Yu is a Eurasian
woman. His two daughters dress In
European clothing when they go call
ing in Pekln. They converse freely in
Japanese, Chinese, French and English,
as do also his sons. On one occasion
some of the old Conservatives went to
the Empress Dowager and said to her:
" 'Do you know that the man whom
you have had as Minister to Japan, and
whom you are about to appoint as Min
ister to France has a foreign wife?'
" 'Has he any children?' the old Dowager-asked
in return.
" 'Yes, Indeed, he has grown sons and
daughters.'
" 'Then It Is late In the day to report
him to me. Why did you not report
him before? We cannot separate a
man from his wife and family even
though she Is a "foreign devil." ' " I.T.
Headland, In Ainslee's.
Small for Its Age.
Pat called as usual one morning at
the Cow and Pall for bis threepenny
worth of whisky, when "the following
conversation ensued between the land
lady and himself:
Pat This be good whisky, mum.
Lady Yes, Pat. Can you guess the
age of It?
Pat No, mum.
Landlady Well, it's thirty years old."
Pat (eyeing the threepennyworth)
Olm a-thlnkln' It be molghty small for
its age, mum. London Spare Moments.
Richest in Minerals.
The soil of Peru contains the largest
number of minerals of any known
country. At Piuria, in the north, pe
troleum and sulphur; silver, lead, cop
per and coal in the great mining basin
of Cerro de Pasco, in central Peru, and
phosphate, quicksilver, auriferous
grounds and borax at Arequlpa, In the
south. At the present time the number
of mines being worked, Is 2,500, em
ploying 70,000 workmen.
Food of Japanese.
The Japanese are not heavy meat
consumers, and yet they are wonderful
ly muscular. Japan consumes more
rice than any other nation In the world,
the average being 300 pounds a person
per year.
Public Land in Michigan.
Michigan holds the title to over 500,
000 acres, most of it school and tax
homestead land.
The belt worn by an actress Is a
theater dress circle.
Protecting the Pump.
The cut telis Its own story. The pump
Is thus inclosed at slight cost of labor
and kept from "freezing up" during
cold snaps in winter. If stock is to be
watered, a spout can pass through the
rear side of the covering, to be removed
and the opening closed when not In use.
Scores of hours are consumed on many
farms in winter "thawing out" pumps.
A little protection of this sort will save
much labor. The water In a well from
which cattle are to be watered can also
be kept much warmer If the platform
A PKOTKCTBD TUMP.
Is closely banked with hay to keep out
the cold air. It is essential not only to
keep the pump from "freezing up," but
also to keep the temperature of the
water in the well as high as possible,
since very cold water Is undesirable for
any stock, and particularly undesir
able for cows In milk and growing
young stock. New York Tribune.
Cover Sick Land.
We used to hear much of land getting
clover sick, or so that while rich
enough for corn or most of the usual
farm crops, it seemed not to be suit
able for clover. Either the seed would
fail to catch or the plants would die
out before they had attained size
enough to show them above the other
grasses. Perhaps on a poor field near
by there would be a good crop of clover
growing, sown with seed from the
same bag and under the same condi
tions of season. When we first noticed
this we saw that the farmers who had
used wood ashes on their fields had no
trouble in growing clover, and that In
pastures where bushes had been cut
and burned there were often bunches
of clover, most frequently of white
clover, that came in and remained until
they were killed out by being fed too
closely. This led us to believe the clover
would be benefited by the use of wood
ashes or any form of potash. Then we
noticed that farmers who used a com
mercial fertilizer in addition to their
manure had no trouble In growing
clover. Later studies showed us that
lime formed a considerable part of both
ashes and the superphosphates, and
thus we do not hesitate to advise any
one to apply lime where they wish to
grow clover, and to use acid phosphate
and muriate of potash when they sow
the seed, or as topdresslng afterward.
We think these are a sure remedy for
clover-sick soil. Exchange.
Rack for Fodder.
A very good fodder rack for cattle is
made either of poles or of lumber. A
plank will answer for the bottom of
the rock proper, and the boards should
be far enough apart to let the cattle get
the fodder freely from the rack. The
outside rack will catch the surplus and
stock will pick that over later on when
the supply runs short In the rack. It is
built on runners so It can be moved
from place to place with a team. The
MOVABLE FODDER BACK.
outside rack should be made of heavy
poles, as the reaching of the cattle will
break ordinary lumber.
To Prevent Calves Sucking.
To prevent calves and young stock
from sucking the cows and the cows
from sucking themselves, procure at
your grocer's or druggists one pound
of cayenne pepper, pour one-half pint
boiling water on one tablespoonful and
let it steep a few minutes. Tie a soft
piece of cloth on the end of a long stock,
and with this swab rub the pepper so
lution over the cow's udder. If this Is
persevered In you will have no more
trouble. Mrs. J. Coffee, Farmers Ad
vocate. Candied Honey.
At the approach,, of winter, says
American Gardening, extracted honey
will candy or crystallize unless kept In
a temperature above 80 degrees, and
even then with some kinds of honey it
Is difficult to prevent It from candying.
This is regarded by most beekeepers as
a test of its purity. Honey that has
been adulterated with glucose or other
foreign matter as a rule will not gran
ulate or crystallize when kept In a mod
erately cool place. Honey that has
gaanulated may be restored to its
Bquld form by placing the bottle or jar
in a pan and setting on the kitchen
stove or range. The pan should be
partly filled with water and heated
slowly until the honey Is melted. If
melted gradually and only heated
enough to restore it to its liquid state,
it does not injure or impair the flavor
In the least.
Winter Work.
The farmer should rejoice at the ap
proach of winter, not because it will be
a season of rest, but because it will give
him an opportunity to do so many
things that he has neglected In the
hurry of planting, cultivating and har
vesting. There are many little things
for which there seems to be no great
haste. They can be done at any time,
and that means that they are never
done, or done in great haste when they
reach the point where they must be
done. When we were farming we used
the days when it was not suitable
weather to work out of doors In putting
all tools and machinery in good condi
tion, Including farm wagons and carts,
and they were painted. If they needed
It, which most of them did even after
one year's use. The work might not
have been done very artistically, but
the paint served to protect the wood
from the weather. Then harnesses
were cleaned, mended and oiled, and
repairs made on gates, fences, etc.,
while during the pleasant days manure
was drawn out, and the summer wood
brought home. All this so helped when
the spring work began that if we de
sired to go on a farm again we should
much prefer to take It in November
than March, unless we were sure that
our predecessor bad been one who
spent the winter days In getting ready
for the coming season. American Cul
tivator. Use Skimmilk.
Skimmilk Is a food which contains
muscle and flesh forming material in a
form to be readily taken up and digest
ed by the system. Milk that has been
skimmed has really lost but a small
amount of Its value as a food, the cream
consisting considerably of fat, which
in itself is the least nutritious part of
the milk, except to create warmth. The
cheesy matter left In the milk is its
most valuable part for food and tends
to produce a vigorous, healthful growth
when fed to calves, pigs and chickens.
If chickens were fed less corn and more
skimmilk, It would not only be to their
lasting benefit, but it would also even
tually result in financial benefit to the
farmer. Poultry Keeper.
The Crothera Peach.
Prof. H. E. Van Deman, while living
In Kansas, came across a peach called
Crothers, which he thinks worthy to
show Its merits
among the best
peaches of the coun
try. He procured
buds and put the
peach into his trial
orchard, and has
been so much pleas-
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that he mentions it as without an equal
of its color and season combined. It
has also been fruiting at the expert--ment
station at South Haven, Mich.,
for several years, where It Is much
liked. The tree Is a very abundant and
regular bearer, strong growth and
somewhat drooping form. The fruit is
of medium size, nearly round in shape,
not pointed, and has a slight suture on
one side; color, creamy white, with a
bright red cheek, making a handsome
appearance; flesh, creamy white, red at
pit, very juicy, melting; flavor, rich, yet
mild, vinous and very pleasant. Rural
New Yorker.
Grain Weevils.
Those who are troubled by weevils In
the grain bins or their barns should not
forget that bisulphide of carbon is a
sure preventive of their ravages. About
one ounce of It Is sure death to all that
would be in a hundred pounds of grain
and other seed, and vials of that size
just thrust down into the surface and
uncorked will go to the bottom of the
bin, as Its fumes are heavier than the
air. As It Is explosive take care not to
carry any light near it It Is also sure
death to other Insects and to squirrels
and rats. Do not use more than the
above amount, as it may prevent ger
mination of the seed.
Tank Heaters.
It has been many times proven that
cows will give much more milk in win
ter and fattening stock will put on flesh
much more rapidly If they have warm
water than" If It is coated with ice or
even If of the natural temperature at
which it comes from a well or a spring.
There are heaters made to put in a
trough or tank that raise the tempera
ture at very small expense, and we ad
vise those who have many cattle to
water to Investigate the matter.
Drilling Grain.
The Minnesota experiment station
tried for several years drilled wheat by
the side of wheat sown broadcast
These were field tests on considerable
areas, and they found as an average
that the drilled wheat yielded 50 per
cent more than that which was broad
casted. The results were most marked
In seasons when the soil was dry, as
the seeds were well covered at a uni
form depth by the drill, and thus ger
minated more freely and evenly.
To Keep Cider Sweet.
To keep cider sweet is not an easy
proposition, remarks a New England
Homestead correspondent. For domes
tic use on a small scale heat thorough
ly for twenty minutes at a temperature
of 160 degrees; then seal up In fruit
jars or bottles. This, done thoroughly,
will keep the year round.
Sheep's Facej.
The face of a sheep does not only In
dicate elegance of form generally, but
it is the more sure and certain indica
tion of the best feeding quality. Sheep
Breeder.