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COEVAL
SEMI-WEEKLY.
UNION Eutb. .Inly, 1897.
GAZETTE Uitab. Dec, 1863.
Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COBVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MABCH 5, 1901.
VOL. I. NO. 45.
GAZETTE
TRUE HAPPINESS.
The dance and the whirl go on,
And the jealousy and the strife;
And the summer conies and the summer
wanes,
And the sum of it all is Life.
And some would give their kingdom for
love.
And some their kingdom for gain;
And some would give their earthly all
Just to be young again.
But 'tis neither the love nor the gain,
Nor the youth that has vanished past;
Nor the sun, nor the dew, nor the heat,
nor the rain,
That brings happiness at last.
It is only the love of God,
Filling wide the heart of man;
It is only the lips which gently speak
In the accents of His plan.
It is only an uplifted face,
And a hand that is stretched to ail
But somehow the love, and the youth,
and the gain.
Are there without striving at alL
- Abby Willis Howes.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
VtTf OWARD put both arms around
Jnl ner' ne' er c'ose or an instant,
A and then released her. It was in
broad daylight, on a crowded street cross
ing; they were not related to each other,
and he did not even know her name.
It must be said in his defense that she
was more to blame than he was; in
deed; ft would have been a great impo
liteness, not to say unkindness, on his
part, to have done otherwise. She was
hurrying to catch the car from which
he had just descended. The street was
,wet and muddy; she slipped and would
have fallen had he not caught her just
In time. She blushed "celestial rosy
'O, THANK YOU," SHE 8TAMMKRED.
red" and raised a pair of startled blue
eyes to his face.
"O, thank you," she stammered. Yet
never was "thank you" said in a tone of
less gratitude.
She-vas gone before he could speak,
and caught the car, which was just on
the point of leaving.
All day the blue eyes haunted him.
They came between him and his
writing and danced on the pages of the
Lancet, although, as he said to himself
severely, he had no time for such non
sense. Had he been less devoted, heart
and soul, to his profession It is to be
feared that even his patients might
have found him absent-minded, for he
failed to see two of his best friends on
the street and at dinner that evening
was so preoccupied that his mother
worried lest he was working too havd.
Dr. Howard Carston was a rising
young physician w'.tU a down-town
office and a fair practice. He cared
almost nothing for society and hereto
fore the brightest eyes that ever shone
would have interested him less than a
cut finger.
Now, in a moment, all was. changed.
Chicago Is a big city, yet Howard
vowed to himself to find the owner of
those blue eyes. Persistance was one
of his strong points. He never entered
a street car without scanning the face
of every woman In It; he patronized de
partment stores, which he bad formerly
Avoided because of their crowds of
women shoppers; and be astonished his
ftlater by taking her to the theater more
FASHIONS FOR CALLING
times in a month than he had all the
previous yea?. That young lady was
also surprised and gratified by his
snatching from his professional duties
time to attend teas and receptions, aad
by his remarkable interest in social
functions.
"Blue eyes" had worn gray. So, again
and again, he pursued a gray suit and a
felt hat half a block, only to find, when
the wearer turned, that her eyes were
not the violets of which he dreamed.
Weeks passed and the memory of the
eyes was fading Into a regret. The
sensible lectures which Howard had
not failed to administer to himself be
gan to take effect In the first place, it
was absurd to hope to find those blue
eyes. Were not there several hundred
thousand women in Chicago? Besides,
"Blue eyes" might be miles away. If
found, she might belong to another
man, or she might be anything but
charming.
Howard told himself that he was a
fool, and determined to forget the eyes.
That was hard to do, but he gave up
his quest.
Dr. Carston's telephone bell rang sud
denly one night, In the small hours. He
had just fallen asleep after a nineteen
hour day, but he could not Ignore the
ring. Th, summons was imperative.
A. stranger had called the nearest phy
sician. "Pray come," she Implored, "for I am
afraid my father will die." The sweet,
girlish tones were eloquent of distress.
Howard dressed himself hastily and
went down-stairs. He could scarcely
open the hall door so strong was the
wind.
"A doctor leads a dog's life," he mut
tered to himself as he went out into
the storm.
The address given him was that of a
boarding-house on the next block one
to which this was by no means his first
visit. He found Mrs. Madison, the
boarding-house keeper, awaiting him
in the hall.
"I am so glad you've come,! she said.
"Mr. Wharton is awfully sick, and the
poor young lady, his daughter, is 'most
scared to death."
The patient was so ill as to occupy
the doctor's entire attention. Mrs. Mad
ison gave him the efficient assistance
which he had learned to expect from
uer in such emergencies. She was ably
seconded by Miss Wharton, whom
Howard scarcely noticed.
The battle was for life. Hours passed
before it was won and the tired but
glad physician was free to go.
"Now your father needs nothing but
rest Let him sleep as much as possi
ble, and see that he has a cup of Mrs.
Wharton's beef tea when he wakes. 1
will call this afternoon," he said, look
ing at Mrs. Madison, although he spoke
to Miss Wharton.
Howard went home to refresh him
celf with an hour's nap, a bath, and a
cup of coffee before his office hours. At
3 o'clock he visited his new patient and
found him doing well.
"You have saved his life," said Miss
Wharton, in a voice tremulous with
gratitude, and she raised her eyes to
Dr. Carston's.
Howard's head swam. He saw again
a crowded street crossing, a waiting
car, and held a slender, girlish form in
his arms.
Miss Wharton's eyes were the violets
of his dreams.
When Violet Wharton left Chicago
for her country home she wore a new
ring, holding twin sapphires.
TELEPHONING REVOLUTIONIZED
By an Invention of Prof. Pupin of Co
lumbia University.
As a result of discoveries and in
ventions of Prof.' M. I. Pupin, of Co
lumbia University, It Is probable that
within the lifetime of this generation
the sound of the human voice may be
made to encircle the globe. Ocean tele
phoning is feasible', according to the
electrical engineers who have studied
the discoveries of Prof. Pupin and upon
whose opinion the officials of the Bell
Telephone Company paid Pupin nearly
one-half million in cash for his patents
and a royalty of $15,000 annually dur
ing the life of the patents.
At present it is possible to talk 1,000
miles by telephone; when Prof. Pupln's
system is put Into operation there will
be no limit to the distance that one
may talk by wire. It consists In taking
DAYS.
the elements of impedence in an or
dinary telephone or telegraph line and
balancing them against each other, so
that their effect is neutralized and a
clear passage is left for the transmis
sion of electrical waves. Telegraph
companies scout the idea that it is pos
sible to put Pupin's theories Into prac
tical operation. For one thing the cost
is against it. An ordinary telegraph
PROP. M. I. PUPIN.
cable to Europe costs from $3,000,000
upward and the proposed telephone ca
ble would cost much more. This would
prohibit its use for ocean telephoning,
say the telegraph people, as no capital
ists could be found who would advance
funds. However, there is no doubt
that the new discoveries will virtually
revolutionize the telephone system of
the world.
Propelled by Men.
Probably the most remarkable street
car line in the world is that between
Atami and Yoshihoma, two coast
towns in the" province of Izie, Japan.
The line is seven miles long, the rolling
sjtock consists of a single car, and the
motive power Is furnished by a couple
of muscular coolies, who actually push
the car along wherever power Is nec-
STREKT CAB PKOPELLED BY 1IB.N.
essary. When the car comes to a down
grade they jump on and ride. One ol
these streeb-car coolies Is shown walk
ing behind the car in the picture, while
the boy on the front of the car is sta
tioned there to blow a warning trum
pet and to apply the brakes when nec
essary. The coolies who work this
unique road are said to be astonishing
specimens of physical development
The fare for a round trip over the road.
Including the expected tips for the
crew. Is 21 cents.
Only One Jones.
He had never seen a telephone, and
his friend was showing him how it
worked. It was in his office. He called
up his house, and the wife came to the
telephone.
"My dear, Mr. Jones is here, and 1
have asked him to come up to dinner."
Then he turned to Mr. Jones and
said:
"Put your ear to that and you'll, hear
her answer."
He did, and thi3 was the answer:
"Now, John, I told you I would never
have that disagreeable wretch in my
house again."
"What was that," spoke out Mr.
Jones. Women are quick. A man
would have simply backed away from
the telephone and said no more. She
took in the situation in a second when
she heard the strange voice, and quick
as a flash came back the sweetest kind
Of a voice:
"Why, Mr. Jones, how do you do? 1
thought my husband meant another
Mr. Jones. Do come up to dinner. I
shall be so glad to see yon." New York
World.
Begin at the Wrong End.
Chinese begin dinner with dessert, or
Russian sakouska, and finish with hot
soup Instead of hot coffee.
(ThitdreiiS
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Finding His Bat.
Robbie's hat was lost. He could not
find It anywhere, and his mother was
waiting for him to go out and do an
errand for her.
"Hurry up, Robbie!" she said, coming
into the sitting room. "I must have
that yeast cake right away."
"I can't find "my hat!" said Robbie,
beginning to search in e;very nook and
corner. "I guess, mamma, you will
have to get somebody else to do that
errand for you. I can't go downtown
bareheaded."
Just then a wagon drove into the
yard, and Uncle Will's voice cried out:
"Where's Robbie? I want to take
him out to the farm."
"Here I am, Uncle Will I'm com
ing!" cried Robbie.
And what do you suppose? in less
than two seconds Robbie's hat was on
his head, and he was bounding out into
the yard!
His mother could hardly help smiling
at the suddenness with which the little
lad had found bis hat after he really
wanted to; but she knew that it would
not do to let his deceit go unpunished,
so she hurried out into the yard. Rob
bie was Just scrambling up into the
farm wagon.
"Uncle Will," said his mother, "Rob
bie was going to do an errand for me,
but it took him so very long to find his
hat until he heard you call that I am
afraid he will not be back in time to
go out to the farm with you to-day."
"Ah!" said Uncle Will; "I see. No,
Robbie, do not think I can wait for you
to-day. But some other day, when your
hat doesn't keep you from getting
mamma's errands done first, we will
have a fine ride out to the farm."
Robbie felt his disappointment, you
may be sure. But he was an honest
minded chap, and by the time he had
returned with his mother's yeast-cake
he was quite ready to admit in his own
heart that his punishment was just
what he deserved.'
' "And, mamma," he said, as he kissed
her lovingly, "I don't think I shall ever
lose my hat that way again." Young
People's Weekly.
Korean Children.
As a little lass the Korean girl is
taught all about domestic work, and be
gins early to assist her mother in mak
ing the family clothes. If too young to
paste she can at least -hold over the
stove the long iron rod to be used In
pressing seams. The heating of this
roi ls the first thing taught a little girl.
Later she learns how: to paste clothes
together, then to wash and iron them.
Now, this use of paste instead of
thread is a custom, so far as I know,
practiced only by the Koreans. It is
done on account of their mode of iron
ing. To accomplish this difficult feat
they rip their garments to pieces be
fore putting them in water. After the
washing, garments are laid on a smooth
block of wood or stone and are beaten
with ironing sticks. These sticks re
semble a policeman's club, and each
Ironer uses two.
Girls and boys wear their hair hang
ing in two plaits until engaged to be
married, after which the boy fastens
his on top of his head and the girl
twists hers at the nape of her neck.
Koreans hold marriage in high regard,
and show a married man profound re
spect while a bachelor is treated by
them with marked contempt. I have
seen men greet a slip of a boy wearing
a topknot with ceremonious deference,
saying to each other: "He is a man;
he is about to be married," while of a
much older man, and possibly a richer,
who wears his two plaits, they remark
that "He is a pig. He cannot get a
wife. He will always be a boy."
In the choice of his first bride the
Korean leaves everything to the "go
between." But all other wives, and a
Korean may have ten, the man makes
his own selection. Women are well
treated, and, as a rule, live happy, con
tented lives. They are gentle, attrac
tive bodies and devoted to their homes.
Versus of Chil lhood.
At evening, when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.
Now, with my little gun, I crawl,
All in the dark along the wall,
And follow round the forest track,
Away behind the sofa back.
There, in the night when none can spy.
All in my hunter's camp I lie,
And play at books that I have read
Till it is time to go to bed.
When I am grown to man's estate
I shall be very proud and great
And tell the other girls and boys
Not to meddle with my toys.
Every night my prayers I say,
And get my dinner every day;
And every day that I've been good
I get an orange after food.
The child that is not clean and neat
With lots of toys and things to eat
He is a naughty child, I'm sure
Or else his dear papa is poor.
R. L. Stevenson, in "A Child's Garden
of Verse."
Plaything: j of Kojral Folks.
The Prince of Wales as a boy was
very fond of a toy fortress and the toys
he and the other little royal folks played
with years ago are now brought from
their hiding place, so that the present
young ones of the reigning family may
play with them at Osborne house. The
children of the Duke of York take great
delight In the former toy fortress of
the Prince of Wales, with Its mounted
brass cannon placed In position as they
were more than fifty years ago. Then
w mm
there is a woolly dog that runs across
the floor clumsily, an elephant moving
its trunk up and down and with mouth
open, and a bagatelle board all are en
joyed to-day as they were over a half
century ago by the then little folks of
the family.
Many children who are not of royal
birth play with costlier toys than these.
The children of Queen Victoria's daugh
ter. Princess Beatrice of Battenberg,
have playthings that are very plain,
such as gardening tools, scrap books,
common story books and cheap dolls.
When the present Czar of Russia was
a child his playthings were toy forts
and cannon and tin soldiers, .picture
books with colored battle scenes. His
chief reading was short stories about
them, and he knew by heart the great
war history of his own country. After
this boy became a Czar and ruled the
whole country he realized how his peo
ple were suffering on account of taxa
tion necessary to pay the expenses of
this vast military machine, and he pro
posed a conference of all the powers of
Europe with a view of persuading them
to disband their armies.
A Look, to the Future.
The boy of the present has a glimpse
of the twentieth century boy.
OLD-FASHIONED GRANDMOTHER
It Is to B Regretted th t She Is Bap
id'y Becom'ng a 'lhln of tho ast.
Persons who still cling with some
love to old ways and old fashions will
read with approval Temple Bailey's
dainty little lament over the "Passing
of the Grandmother" in the Woman's
Home Companion. He says, in part:
"The status of the grandmother of
the past was fixed and immovable.
Having once acquired the title she was
allowed 'no other. Her individuality
as woman, wife and mother was lost
and she was ever afterward recognized
as one who should set aside all person
al ambition and dedicate herself to
the care of her children's children.
"To-day we have few grandmothers
of that type. Secure In the doctrine of
individual rights, the grandmother of
modern times declines to sacrifice her
life to the demands of others. Her
life is her own, she argues; she has
raised her own children, and now is
her time, for rest; her daughter must
attend to the rising generation.
"But from the children's standpoint
the passing of the grandmother is a
calamity. They will read the stories
of the past, and will long for the tender
hearts and willing hands that gave
themselves In service. Perhaps the
hearts are just as tender to-day, but
the hands are engaged in other work,
and childish minds have a strange way
of looking for actions rather than
motives. The children want the grand
mother whose kitchen Is a fairy-land
of spicy odors and forbidden sweets,
not the grandmother who drives them
to the fine candy-shop and treats them
to chocolates and Scotch kisses. In
their small minds, better is the corn in
the popper with molasses-taffy made
at home than ice cream and marrons
glace from the confectioner. The mod
ern child may have many advantages,
but' he will still envy his ancestors
who in childhood sat and watched the
molasses bubbling, bubbling, as it boil
ed in a cauldron, the fire-light making
flickering shadows as their grand
mother told them tales of primitive
days, of bears and Indians and wars."
"How Soon We Are Forgot."
A writer in a Washington newspaper,
in a column devoted to instructive and
entertaining chat about the capitol, ex
presses surprise because in the base
ment of the building are portraits of
"worthy old gentleman" forgotten by
"nine-tenths" of the visitors to the build
ing, who wonders somewhat why Rich
ard Montgomery, Thomas Mifflin,
Charles Thomson, and Francis Hopkin
son should find a place in the memory
of the painter and on the wall of the
Senate basement. The writer had look
ed in Fiske's "History of the United
States" and could not find either Thom
son or Hopkinson. When he goes to
Quebec he may find the mark to indi
cate where Montgomery fell while try
ing to capture the citadel and the house
In which he died. At St" Paul's church,
New York, he can find his tomb.
Mifflin be can find as the president of
the congress that received Washing
ton's resignation, and Thomson he will
discover to have been regarded as one
of the brightest men of the revolution
ary time: while he has but to look at
the original Declaration of Independ
ence to see "Fras." Hopkinson's name,
one of the best known of all signers be
cause of the brilliancy and variety of
his accomplishments. New York
Times.
Kitchen Necessities.
"Cook, do we need any necessi
ties for the kitchen?"
"Yes'm. I'd like a Roman chair, one
of them Venishun lanterns an' some
more pillars fer th' cozy corner." In
dianapolis Journal.
When a man tells a widow that he is
not worthy of her love she mildly de
nies It but doesn't argue the point
The larger a man's salary Is the
larger the increase he thinks he is en
titled to.
Barn Conveniences.
There sLould be in every stable a
closet large enough to allow the hang
ing up of all harnesses, whether for car
riage or work teams, and so snugly
made that when the doors are shut the
closet will be nearly air-tight The cost
of such a closet will be more than re
paid by the saving of leather from the
fumes of ammonia, if there is a cellar
for manure under the building, and
from the dampness caused by the
breath of animals or In other ways.
Another and smaller closet, or box with
shelves, near the animals, or two one
for the horses and one for the cattle In
which to keep currycombs, brushes,
cattle cards, sponges, hammer and
nails, often needed, and little bottles or
packages of simple remedies that may
be needed for a sick animal, to save
calling a veterinarian, or to save the
animal until he can be brought there.
We usually had tincture of aconite,
saltpetre, powdered charcoal and a.
bottle of some liniment on hand always.
Then a rack in the stables to hold forks,
shovel, hoes and brooms for cleaning
them out, and another In some other
place for forks, rakes and broom, as
well as other things used In feeding.
When there is but one place for each
article, and that is always in Its place,
no time is lost in hunting for it, and
there is less breakage from their being
thrown down, stepped on or run over.
The field tools should have a room or
place separate from those that are used
at the barn nearly every day. Ameri
can Cultivator.
A Sap Boiler.
The device for boiling maple sugar
consists of coils of one-inch pipe, bent
or cut and connected with L's to set top
of the arch under the sap pan, as shown.
Dotted lines A A A A show where it
may be bent, B union to connect with
feeder, C throttle to regulate feed, D
delivery pipe can be turned down, as
shown by dotted lines, to allow the pan
to be drawn off.
I find this device a great saving of
DEVICE FOR SAP BOILING.
fuel, says a correspondent in Rural New
Yorker. The sap running the whole
length of pipe comes out boiling hot,
frothing and sputtering like a scolding
woman, but do not be alarmed at the
noise it makes,for it will do no harm If
you keep sufficient sap running In so it
will not all evaporate In the pipe and
consequently burn.
Tenant Farniinsr.
Why should not the American system
of tenant farming be abolished? asks a
correspondent of the Prairie Farmer. It
is already a fruitful source of wrong
and a menace to free institutions, de
throning the goddess of justice and
supplanting her with the goddess of
greed, keeping In a state of servility our
disinherited fellow-farmers, many of
whom were robbed of their birthright
before they were born, when their right
ful heritage was given to the railroad
magnates, who in turn have robbed and
now continue to rob their beneficiaries,
the people, by exorbitant rates. We, the
surplus landowners, both rural and
urban, hold in our grasp the destiny of
this republic for weal of woe. Then why
not heal the mortal disease that is
gnawing at her vitals? My twenty-five
years under monarchy convinces me
that the landlord and the renter system
is the blight and deathknell of republics
and the bulwark of monarchies. The
Kansas landlord paid only $1.25 an
acre forty years ago for the land that
now brings him an annual rental of
from $2 to $5 and upward. The system
begets an impoverished soil, impover
ished peasantry, and poorhouse and
penitentiary candidates.
Kicking: Horse 3.
Many years ago we were run away
with by an old horse, because some
older person would not trust us to har
ness him to the sleigh, and hitched him
so close that he hit his heels. Some
horses would have kicked the sleigh to
pieces, but we were-able to- guide him
for two or three miles without any
greater damage than bruising the
horse's legs a little. Since then we
have seen a colt that would allow the
whiffletree to hit his heels without any
protest excepting to come down to a
walk and step carefully, while another
horse we owned would stop so short as
to almost throw us over the dasher
whenever a strap gave way. It was all
a matter of early training, and while
every one should see before starting out
that the harness is In good condition,
those who raise the colts can easily
train them so they will neither run
away nor kick in case of an accident
Perhaps some colts Inherit the kicking
instinct, but more get It by bad man
agement, while care should break the
others of it American Cultivator.
Hay and Stock Scales.
A correspondent tells of a farmer who
decided to put in stock scales. While
waiting for them he had an offer for a
lot of cattle at a certain price for the
lot, or at so much per pound. He asked
for time to decide, and when the scales
came he hustled them Irto place and
weighed the cattle, with the result that
they brought $12 more when weighed
than they would have brought at the
lump price offered by the buyer. All
large farmers should have such scales,
not only in buying and selling, but they '
need them when fattening stock, that
they may see whether the gain each
week is paying for the food.
Whole Corn in the Silo.
It Is claimed that when the ensilage
corn is good enough to yield from 70 to
90 bushels of ears to the acre that It Is
as much corn as needs to be fed with it
and the grain ration should be bran,
middlings or oats. When it is less than
this, cornmeal should be added. But
something depends upon the dry fodder
used with it With corn stover or tim
othy hay use more of the gluten or
middlings than when clover hay is used.
With clover hay to. furnish protein,
more corn may be used to supply the
carbonaceous or heating food, while
timothy and corn stover lack the pro
tein that is found in the middlings, bran
or gluten meal. If the bran Is cold or
the cattle are much out of doors, more
corn is required to keep up the heat in
the system and prevent it consuming
Its own fat or the .butter fat Ex-change.
Cotton Crop Ten Million Bale
The statistician of the department of
agriculture reports 10,100,000 bales as
the probable cotton production of the
United States for 1900-1. The estima
ted yield in pounds of lint cotton per
acre is as follows:
Virginia 180 Louisiana 234
North Carolina. 189 Texas 228
South Carolina. 167 Arkansas ......223
Georgia 172 Tennessee .m
Florida 133 Missouri 275
Alabama 191 Oklahoma ...... 318
Mississippi 136 Indian Territory .289
The acreage after eliminating all
land from from which no crop will be
gathered 13 estimated at 25,034.734.
Profits in Small Things.
That farmer is fully up to his priv
ileges when he and the matron can
make enough from the poultry, the
small fruits, the truck Datch and the
orchard to defray expenses of the table,
clothing and other necessities and
luxuries of a personal nature.
If he does this the staples, horses, cat
tle, sheep and hogs which may be sold
can be used in buying a son and daugh
ter a few acres, etc., to commence life
with, or perchance to build a barn or
mansion. Such farming is profitable,
and within the capabilities of the ma
jority of farmers.
Alfalfa and Cream.
The cream from cows that have been
fed on alfalfa will average about 10 per
cent of the milk. A sample of every con
tribution is taken in a little glass jar
by Western creameries, hermetically
sealed and marked with the date and
the farmer's number and put away on
a shelf until the attendant has time to
analyze it and record the value of the
contribution it represents. The farmer
is paid from 2 to 4 cents a quart, ac
cording to the richness of the milk and
the local demand.
Old Apple Trees Need Food.
When you clean up the henhouse
wheel the guano out among the small
fruit and young trees. There is no better
fertilizer under the sun. If you have any
left over wheel it into the orchard. The
old apple trees are as greedy for food,
and more so, than young trees. It is
folly of the biggest kind to expect trees
to go on and on bearing heavy loads of
good fruit and starve them. They need
food just as much as you do.
Books on the Farmstead.
Lots of books should be about the
farmstead, so that the boys and girls
will grow up to be intelligent men and
accomplished women. If they early ac
quire a taste for good reading it will
save them froi much foolishness and
the parents often from anxiety. Books
are cheap, and there can be no legal
excuse for a farm home not being the
home of useful Intelligence.
Feeding; Value of Roots.
An exchange says: "In estimating
the feeding value of such crops as beets,
turnips, etc., the value of 100 pounds of
beets is placed at 19 cents, rutabagas at
15 cents and the ordinary turnips at 11
cents. This makes these foods cheap
compared with some kinds, and they are
also beneficial outside of their actual
food value."
Dairy Cows in Winter.
Keep the cows In good, warm stables,
give plenty of feed rich in protein, such
as alfalfa, clover, soy beans, bran and
the like, and when the weather Is fine
turn the cows out in the yard for exer
cise. Refining Petroleum.
The refining of petroleum is an Inter
esting process. The petroleum is put
Into a tank, under which is a slow Are,
burning the gas from the oil itself. As
the latter warms up, the vapors pass
through a long pipe, and are cooled in
the process, condensing it into liquid
again.
The first thing that "comes over" Is
a gas, which is used as a fuel in the
works. Next, the varying grades of
naphtha; next (the product becoming
heavier and heavier all the time), the
gasoline grades, then the low-test kero-
senes, then the high-grade kerosenes.
Then comes a long list of heavier oils,
ending with the heaviest and thickest
of lubricants. There is left in the tank -parafflne
and a black dense, sticky
substance which is Utile more than as
phalt From these bi-products, after
the refining of oil, are made more than
150 substances of value, including such
familiar things as dyes, soap, vaseline,
ointments, and chewing gum. . .; .
An electric plow, operated by movable
trolley wires, has been invented la
Halle, Prussia.
Any man who makes an appointment;
with his wife has a wait on his mind,