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A FINANCIAL GENIUS. Hit Ort Scheme Did Not Impress tha Bank President. The president of the Western Hemisphere bank tat in his easy chair smoking a fragrant Havana and meditating upon the le.-sons of the late hnsinps nun if when the. door of the office was opened, and . .,, - . . a taiL slim man wearing a suit of faded black entered the room. "Beg pardon, sir," said the caller, removing his hat and sitting down in another chair, "but you are the president of this bank, are you 10t?" "How did you get in liere ?" " "1 was told by one of your sub ordinates that I would find you here, and" "Who the devil are you?" ' "My name is Glasspy. I am an inventor of" x "What do you want?" ' "Nothing, sir, if my presence is objectionable. My object in calling was to arrange for the depositing of a turn of money." "The cashier attends to all that." "I know it, but the amount is so large that I was sure he would refer Z&e to you, and I thought it best to COme straight to headquarters." "How large is the amount?" j "One million dollars." i "In cash?" ' "In cash. I may add that it is the outcome of a financial scheme which even the president of a great bank may well consider" ' out the money is it m such shape that you are re idy to deposit it?'f "No, sir. As I wan about to ex plain, tli money will not be availa ble until certain carefully consid ered plana mature, b'lt it will be in cold cash when I" "Is it 'jontingent on abusiness Bcheme?" "Yes, fir; it is. But the scheme rests on business principles as solid as Gibraltar and as broad a3 the Rocky mountains. It is contingent upon thfj success of two great inven tion namely, Glasspy's celebrated shaving compound and Glasspy's footpad discourager, an absolutely unique device whiih I shall explain to you presently. In order to ex- floit these two inventions properly need the sum of $250, treasury notes preferred, to be regarded as a loan unfil the returns begin to" The president pushed a knob on the side of his desk, and a husky uniformed bouccer instantly ap peared. "William," roared the official head of the Western Hemisphere bank, "f-ake this man out and fall on him?' Chicago Tribune. Getting Even. A Laiicashhe lad went into a large poitoffice and asked for a pen ny stamp. "Next counter," said the clerk briskly. "Can't you read ? Look at the labels." The lad did not answer. He went to the counter "iBdicated, on which was the legend "Postage Stamps," and bought one. Then lit"! affixed it to the letter and went back to the clerk he had at 'first addressed. That individual was checking postal orders. When he had reached the end of the bun dle he looked up. "Well?" he ask ed. "If I post this letter tonight," inquired the lad, "will it get to Bolton tomorrow morning?" "Cer tainly it will." "Well, then," re plied tie lud, "thou'rt a liar. It won't, for it's going to Sheffield." And he withdrew, leaving the clerk looking after him in speechlesa amazement - -Liverpool Mercury. Preparing Gold Powder. Finely p nvdered gold may be pre pared hy a most simple process. Fill a small ur.glazed earthenware bowl with common kitchen salt, cover it and expose it for some hours to heat. The stove oven is a good place for it. When the water has all been dried out put equal quanti ties of ilus salt powder and honey on a glass grinding plate and mix in with it the necessary quantity of gold lea Grind this up very gen tly, beir.3 careful not to press hard on the r;ass. The salt acts as a dis integrator, and" the honey is used because j.t will not dissolve the salt. When the gold is reduced to the fin est possible powder it must be thor oughly nnd carefully washed with an abun lance of pure water to re move th'i salt and honev. Revenge. Two Thompsons lived next door to each ether, and. having to call ,on one of them, Green of course went to the wrong house. A crab bed servant answered the hell, and on Green asking, "Is this Mr. John Thompson's?" she replied snappish ly as if the had been bothered with many suf.'h inquiries: "No, 5t ain't," and slammed the door in J is face. Greer, walked on a few yards or so, when a bright thought struck him. lie returned at once and rang the sarr.o bell. Again the crabbed servant appeared. "Who said it was?" aked Green and triumphant ly walked away. London Answers. TOMATO BISQUE Tribute to This Culinary Trfdmph and Gastronomic Joy. Very often when a person sits down to a dinner he is confronted by the alternative consomme or puree. The former is a clear liquid I supposed to represent the strength " - - Z. ' "I"1 . infusion into a cream of the virtue . , t , , ' of snmA vpcrpfflhlp Thft fiirmpr ia really the dinner soup and the lat ter a lunch affair, and when a per son makes his choice upon these considerations he leaves out the question of merit -altogether. But what we want to select out of all the category of soups, consomme or puree, is that form of the latter known as tomato bisque and boost it up on the pinnacle of glory as the divinest revelation of the culinary art. You say it is not entitled to such superlative adulation, but did you ever taste it at its best that aencious Diena oi tomato ana cream, with an alkaline trace in it and a faraway suggestion of mace and on ion and bay leaf, all put into a har mony as delicate as a dream of a loved one ? There is nothing in all the kitch en joys that more completely em ploys the soul of good things than the puree, whether it is of celery or corn or tomato, for there is no com bination over which the graces of the cook can more happily hover than over this viand. We spoke of the tomato bisque. When you put your spoon in it, it blushes up at you as if it were a kindred spirit, and isn't it a symphony in which all nature joins, where one feels the ruddy glow of the sunset, the cream of the clover, the sunshine of the tropics and the gurgle of the brooks? All there? Yes, sure, to the soul that discriminates and eats with grace. Anyhow, one will be abU to say take away the roasts, the entrees, the salads this is the climax, this is the answer to my prayer. Ohio State Journal. To Strengthen the Eyes. Unless one has unusually strong eyes one must not read when one is extremely weary. Exhaustion and fatigue affect all the nerves of the body, and the optic nerve is so sensitive that it should receive par ticular consideration. Nor should one ever be guilty of the careless ness of reading or writing facing a window. This, too, is a cruel strain on the sight. Washing the eyes morning and night in water as hot as it can be borne is a wonderful tonic for those useful servants which are so easily injured. When we consider how we neglect their welfare by using them by fading daylight and insufficient artificial light, by forcing them to do work when they are weary and by deny ing them the rest for which they long, we have cause to wonder not that they sometimes become muti nous and refuse to fulfill our de mands, but that they are ever faith ful in our service. They will, as a rule, be as good to us as we are to them. Gathering Knowledge. "It seems to me," said Mrs. Wakeman, pausing on the sidewalk to let the grade pupils, just released from bondage, rush by, "that school must be more interesting than it was. in my time. The children ac quire so much general knowledge nowadays so much that is use ful." "They do," agreed Mrs. North rop promptly. "Now, here comes little Johnny Greenfield. We'll ask what he learned. Here, Johnny! Tell us what your lesson was about today." "About octagons," replied blush ing Jolinny. "And what," pursued Mrs. Wake man, "is an octogon ?" "It's a many sided animal," piped the lad, "that grabs you when yo'u go in swimming." Youth's Companion. Work" With Pile Driver. A gang of workmen were engaged in driving in some piles, and a crowd was watching the heavy block raised to the top of the machine, released and allowed to fall upon the pile. Among the onlookers was an old woman from the country who had never seen such an appa ratus before and was evidently at some pains to discover its object. She watched patiently while the ram made its laborious ascent and sudden descent for about twenty times in succession, and then she turned away. "Ach," said she in disgusted tones, "sure, they'll never get it to stay up!" London Bystander. The Real Target. Lawyer So you want a divorce from your wife because she throws things at you, eh ? Client Nothing of the kind. She's too smart to throw things at me. Lawyer But I thought Client (interrupting) She in variably throws at the dog, but she always manages to hit me. Chica co News. WITH THE FLOCK. T Brooding Value f Show Ram In Waal and Meat Making. ' ByW.J. "WILMKa. At this season of the year, with "Show" animals greatly in riew, the question as ,to their breeding value The barrow Is coming Into his own. naturally recurs. A sbeep man of Costly experience with swine disease, much experience says: A ram born and contracted at public market exhibitions bred in the stable, artificially fed from despite all possible precautions, in lts birth and forced to a precocious de- : duced the management of the interna velopment cannot transmit to its de- tional show to abandon - classes for scendants the qualities of robustness : hrrWHrio- etrina - i necessary to a range system of sheep urwug. .me USiu ureeua uo uui, owe their good reputation to measures taken against nature, nor have their typical qualities been produced in this way. and the practice in breeding es tablishments whose only object is a great development is too artificial. It Is true we ought not to neglect the breeding animals destined for exposi tion, huu we ougm 10 teea inem witn the best fodder, keep their fleece in the best condition and put into practice ev ery legitimate art to present them In the most perfect way before the pub lic. Bnt it seems only reasonable nev ertheless to allow them at least .to breathe the pure air of the field and not the h?avy atmosphere of a half closed and half dark stable, to oblige them to walk and to graze and, lastly, to always keep in mind in preparing them that the breeder produces wool and meat in God's pastures. - Carcaas Competition. Thirty-one wethers and fourteen lambs were entered In the contest of sheep carcasses, at the-, late Interna tional show In Chicago, and prizes were awarded, as follows: For wethers one year old and under two years Per cent Live Dressed of wgt. -wgt. yield. . 140 81 E7.86 Breed. 1. Pure Southdown.., 2. -Pure Southdown... 142 82 84 67.75 67.14 3. Grade Southdown 147 For lambs 1. Pure Southdown 97 2. Hampshire-Ramboulllet 117 8. Grade Southdown 100 49 62 66 60.52 62.99 66.00 It will be seen that Southdowns, In cluding one grade, won all prizes ex cept the second prize for lambs, which went to the crossbred Hampshire Rambouillet shown by Robert Taylor of Nebraska. The Wisconsin Agricul tural college took first prize for both wethers and lambs and ' second priae for wethers, while the Iowa college carried off both third prizes. ,The wethers made a splendid exhibit of carcasses, but the lambs, excepting the prize winners, looked a very light finished lot. The champion carcass Southdown lamb brought 50 cents a pound at the sale, and prices as a whole averaged very good. Quarter Blood Wools. It is stated by a trade paper that fine wools are not in supply to more than meet the demand of the spinners for the season, and the demand for the coarser grades, which has been some what slow, particularly quarter bloods, is certain to increase. This authority says: In the past few years in fact, ever since the worsted fabrics became so popular there has been a staple de mand for quarter blood wools along in December, January and February that has practically cleared up merchanta ble supply, and no reason exists why the same demand should not material ize this winter. We feel that the un settled markets are but a temporary matter. STEER FEEDING. Effect of Feed Upon Value of Manure Produced. J. M. Bartlett of the Maine experi ment station has recently reported the results of studies of the relation be tween fertilizing constituents in feed consumed and manure (solid and liquid) excreted by steers during diges tion experiments with hay, wheat bran and cottonseed meal. . Sis figures seem to show that in the purchase of feeds it is important to take into considera tion not only their flesh forming value, but also their effect upon the value of the manure produced. Feeds like cot tonseed meal, which are rich in nitro gen, phosphoric acid and potash, pro duce manure rich iu those elements, while feeds poor in fertilizing constitu ents produce poor manure. If the manure is carefully saved and used it may therefore often be, more econom ical to buy the higher priced feeds, rich in fertilizing constituents, because of the more valuable manure obtained. Another important fact emphasized in these experiments is that a lapge part of the nitrogen, the most expen sive fertilizing element, as well as the potash, is found in the urine. Not only are the fertilizing constituents found in large quantities in the liquid portion of the manure, but they are In more available form here than in the solid excreta The liquid portion is,' therefore considered the most valuable part of the manure and should be care fully saved. Hard Labor. A story is told in the Boston Herald of a Vermonter, Joe G., who is a faith ful attendant of the little group that gathers regularly for social conversa tion in the country store. The talk turning one day upon farm work, Joe remarked that he was sure do man present worked harder than he. "How much do you do?" questioned the storekeeper. "Me?" answered Joe. "Oh, I meelk nine cow every day." "And do you have any one to help you?" pursued the merchant. "Oh, yes," said Joe. "My wife, she help some." "And how many does your wife rnilk?" continued the questioner. "My wife?" responded Joe. "Oh, my wife she meelk eight" THE BARROW -AT THE FRONT. ' barrows only, that go direct from the pens to the shambfes. This idea did not Bnit Bome swine breeders. But the barrow show has caught the swing of success and will hereafter receive the support of some Interests which have been fighting it. It has demonstrated the possibilities of such a show, and those who came to scoff will remain to pray and exhibit The perfection to which pork "producing can be brought, mirrored in the exhibits of this section, is among the most absorb ing features Of this exhibition. Hampshire Popular. ' As heretofore, keen Interest was shown In the exhibit of Hampshire barrows. Black hogs with white belts around their bodies at the girth appeal to the curious as well as to pork mak ers. They are odd. distinctive and flash in the show yard. But it is not alone the peculiar color marking of Hampshires that accounts for their growing popularity. Packers esteem them for their dressing quali ties. This fact has been emphasized in the decisions registered by packing house judges of fat barrows at this show. Each year has marked an in crease in the number. R. L. Bollman of Illinois was first for barrow under six months, the Ohio State university second and Atkinson & Stone. Illinois, third. It was a beau tiful trio which took the prizes in this class. A deal of finish and quality was FIRST PRIZE HAMPSHIRES. associated with rather heavy bone and coarseness of head. Hampshires made an especially strong pen showing. Grade and cross bred fat barrows made arf exceptionally strong exhibit. That certain breeds cross to excellent advantage from the feeder's slsindpoint was a patent fact in this collection. Grand Championships. The Ohio State university won the grand championship for pen pf three barrows. Competition was as edged as a half dozen top notch rival pens could make it. It was the trio of pure bred Berkshires, all bred and fed by that institution, which achieved this distinguished honor. The grand cham pionship single barrow was the mixed bred hog shown by Goodwine & Goo nenough. In breeding the grand champion bar row, from a litter of seven pigs, is three-fourths Dnroc-Jersey, one-eighth Poland-China and one-eighth Hamp shire. He was wonderfully made and wonderfully fed. These interesting items and illustra tions of a fine feature of the last inter national show are reproduced by the courtesy of the Breeder's Gazette, Chi cago. Hog Feed Rack. The illustration herewith shows a form of rack which was designed and first used by a Mr. Davis of Michigan for feeding alfalfa to hogs which are following corn fed cattle. It has been highly indbrsed by Professor H. R. Smith of the Nebraska experiment sta- FEEDING ALFALFA TO HOQS. t. , . .. be well to construct a -cover of some kiuu iu gu uier Lopoi.iL. x lie racn mnv he of nnv lpnsrrh. hnt it should ' not be more than three or three j nnd nno-hnlf ftpt wide, hs iha nlfnlfa i would probably lodge in the center. The fencing board at the bottom Should not be more than nine inches from the top to the ground. If higher the hogs will be likely to get their fore feet into the rack. The 2 by 4 at the bottom of the hopper should be six Inches from outside line of the corner posts and at the bottom fourteen inches from the floor of the rack or eighteen Inches from the ground. Breeder's Ga zette, Chicago. Stable Disinfectant. Whitewash is one of the cheapest disinfectants and can be easily and rapidly applied with a spray pump. It must be carefully strained before using j In the pump, as any lixnpa will clog NEW YORK JERSEYS. Notable Achievements In'a Fine, Pur Brad Herd. When a New York state man talks ibout Jersey cows he commonly men- Uons Delaware county also, and Mert- dale herd in that county is likely to be spoken of when pure bred Jersey. are discussed. What is known as Merldale Farms Is a tract of land of some 1.400 acres. composed of a number of farms which have len Pnrehaeed from time to time aurins tne last thirty or more vears. The herd of pure bred Jersevs that . may now re seen at Merldale Is the tonic of srrK.-ifost intr0t to thu itor. In discussing this herd it is nec- JOSXPHIHK HOPS. essary to refer to a certain bull that was raised on the farms some years 8: nam,f, Mati,da lr"j Stoke Pogis. This'bull was purchased by a farmer residing some distance away to put Into his dairy herd. He was known at Meridale to be an ex ceedingly fine animal, and several at- tempts were made to buy him back, ! but without avail. The bull grew old and finally died, leaving behind him a remarkable col lection of his get not only on the farm of his owner, but for some miles in the surrounding country. At last the own er died, the stock came on the market j In the settlement of his estate, and all , of this line of stock was added to the ; Meridale herd. These were the daugh ' ters and granddaughters of Matilda i V.'s Stoke Pogis. He had forcibly j proved that he was a wonderful bull. Meridale has now about seventy fe- j uiuies 01 mui laujiiy. ioseumue uupe j 121.054 has a week's record of 290 pounds 5 ounces of milk and 21 pounds 1 ounce finished butter. Pogis P. A. 116.329 has been tested several times and has made from 17 pounds 8 ounces to 18 pounds 10 ounces, the highest when she was past thirteen years old. She milked as high as 300 pounds in seven days, says H. H. Lyon in Hoard's Dairyman. ' Common Cruelty. "Recently on an icy asphalt street we saw more cruelty to horses than in many years' attendance at races. Two horses, singly, were started up a grade with a load of express packages. Aft er a heartbreaking struggle, in which he went to his knees several times, one smoothly shod horse went to the ground. The other was almost down several times, but was still ou bis feet and struggling when our train pulled out. Humane societies should look aft er such cases. Horse Breeder. No Good In Frozen Grass. Don't allow the sheep to run out and fill themselves with frozen grass if there Is no snow on the ground, think ing it will save feed. This grass has, little food value and i positively in jurious. Exercise Is good for any bftyeding animal, but if . the yards are too small let them out on the bard ground or if in the stubble fields only when their stomachs are full, says an eastern sheep man. THE DAIRYMAN. "I just want to give the result of an inquiry I made myself as to whether it pays better to raise beef cattle or pays better to raise dairy cattle.' I made an investigation of this. I wrote letters to the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, to Denmark and Holland, where, as I un derstand, the greatest dairy interests of the world are, to find out the actual cash value of agricultural lands iu those countries. From Guernsey and Jersey I got the answer that the aver age cash value of agricultural lands was $1,250 an ace, from Holland and Denmark from $400 to $600 an acre. All those lands are devoted to dairy ing, and you will always find that the highest priced agricultural lands iu tho world are devoted to dairying and not to the raising of beef. That tells the story," said Judge Quarton of Iowa before the national dairy convention. Running the Separator. Three points worthy of attention when using the separator are specified by Professor Oscar Erf of Kansas: First. The speed of the bowl has an influence on the cream. A chaage iu speed from one separation to another changes the per cent of fat of the fl'eam. Second. The temperature of the milk alTects the cream. If the milk ts warm he cream will be thicker than if it is cold. Third. The amount separated per hour is another factor. This is espe cially important, for if the milk is un evenly fed into the bowl the thickness of the cream is vastly influenced. Sterilized Wash Water For Butter. The Kansas experiment station con siders it both practical and economical to sterilize wash water for butter if it can be cooled qpd used Immediately; otherwise the practice is a useless ex pense. Process Butter. The government inspection of reno vated butter last year showed a total production of 63,000,000 pounds of such butter, an increase of 15 per cent over v RegUtrtlo of Laad Ut'e. In the Circuit Court of the Stmt of Orator, far Bentoa Oountr. -Delfla Reed, Plaintiff, n'"' lowland. Polly Mttrrrtt, rvra.t.K,ra "tmC&ZTZZ ami hmmt iwj nnd a.ii hr tl SWTSTSm, tv,-. ' trteter tuietotbe .iiowtr.r- VJZT&ZZv 'XZIZ: st4ii.dtiTwi..hirii. wh. aZZIS'?? nrJ'r-JZ rrn"rt. wr enrnar of Mid rctinn 4. nH rantn. .v 1; H-tT n ., . 'ZlZ.mJ"l ..J 17 11.1.. .1 r . . T" i"T',- - "" MfjiHn i,.i. s chain to thr pl.ee of V-Hmr ir the ftwrfrtot ard oontainfnr .W " and -10 of o trrr To Prnh Powl.rrf. ro'W V"rW ".- H. Strah.n, C'mri. trhn. Fan- lew).. Fnrr Lewis, ana 'All whom tt bht concern." refroVnta. "TAKE NOTTOK wi That 'on tor 4th day of J.po.rr. IfPfi, an rrhoa tfon waa filed hr ihr rW TVHi. in D Circuit Court of the State o Orejron for Wnton eonnty, Oregon, for tnitl.l reriatration of the title to the land a hove deacrihe Now, nnleea Ton eoreer on or he'ore the fiat day of Fehrmry A . l IW. end ahow ranee why ench anntieation ehonld not he erentrd. the nma win he taken aa ronfeaaed and a decree win he en. tered acoordln to' the praver of the application ant and enmnleint too will he forever haired from dixpntinr the aame. . Pared at Corvallia, Oragran, tMa fta dav of Jao nar, 1908. fa"' T. T. VTNOFNT Clerk Clrcfiit Court f the State of Oreenn tot Benton County. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTFRIOR. Land Office at Roarhnrr. Or., Tan. g, 100a Votioe is herehy riven that Fhha 1. Willaan. at Monroe, Benton Co. Or.haa filed notice of hi. Inten tion to rrake Intl five year proof in aupportor hie claim, viz: Homestead Entry Ho. nolo, made October 1. 1001 for the N t of SE . Section 8, Township 14 Somh, Ranre s Weat W M, and that raid proof will he made before Connty Clerk and Clerh of County Conrt at Corvallia, Oregon, on Friday. March 6. 108. ' "7t He names the following; witressea to pro Me continuous residence upon, and cultivation of. the land, vis: Walter J. Sluson, Welherry Willsnn, Albert Oak as. and James Oakaa, all of Monroe, Oreren. . M BENJAMIN U EDDY, Register. Re-advertisemsnt. j The Best Quality of PIANOS and. ORGANS At the Store of GRAHAM & Corvallis, Oregon CUSTOMERS Are requested to call and see them be fore purchasing elsewhere. THIS OLD RELIABLE HOUSE will sell their FINE-TONED INSTRTJ. MENTS FOR REASONABLE PRICES instead of charging you extra to make up for high city rents, railroad fares and hotel bills for traveling salesmen. Music Loving People Can purchase these reliable goods ia their home town. If there is anything you do not understand you wHl find tho sellecs near your borne. Own Your Homo THE First - National : Bank of Corvallis has some TO WN IOTS Near the State Agricultural College which you can buy on the INSTALL" MENT PLAN or for cash. Save Ten op Twenty Hollar b per month and pay the same on a town lot. Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOME on the lot and continue to make these- small monthly payments on the home- and yoa will seon have it paid for and have no more rent to pay. For information address W. H. SAVAC Corvallis, Or SO YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac Anyone sending a sketch and description maf quickly ascertain our opinion free whether aa invention is probably patentable. Communica tlons strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive tpeciol notice, without charge, in the Scientific Jf mericatie A handsomely illustrated weekly. 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