Additional Local.
The Oregon cherry crop is
very far below that of last year
in quantity and the cherries are
smaller than usual. Too much
cold weather has been the cause
of this. In California cherries
were not much more than half
the usual size this year. As the
Lamberts mature so late it is
hoped that ' they will compare
favorably in size with those of
other years. Agriculturist.
For Fine Job .Printing go ti
the' Corvallis Gazette.
Notice of Reduced Rates.
The Corvallis & Eastern Rail
road will sell, daily, between
June 1 and September 30, 1908,
round trip season tickets to De
troit, Ore., for $3.G0. Between
June 1st and Oct. 15th, to New
port, Ore., for $3.75; to Yaquina
for $3.i!5. Return limit of these
tickets October 31, VMS. On
Saturdays and Sundays only,
from June 0th to October 11th,
round trip tickets to Newport at
$2.50, return limit the Monday
following date of sale. Sundays
only between June 7th and Sept.
27th, round trip tickets to New
port for $1.50, return limit date
of sale. No stopovers allowed
on these tickets.
45tf II. C. Linville, Agent
Tramps Ride Free.
During the last few months
the Southern Pacific has permit
ted tramps to travel withoutmo
lestation on their trains. While
no general order has been given
by the management, the sign of
free rides has been passed along
by train men until many who
are able to take a chair car pre
fer the cheaper route. It is esti
mated that the tramp traffic
through Albany averages 25 a
day, or 000 to 700 a month, says
the Herald.
The "underneath" route is
the most dangerous in the world
to the knowledge of the railroad
business. More men are killed
beating their way than in all
other kinds of railroad acci
dents. During the year of 1907
nearly 2500 tramps were killed,
though no means was at hand
to learn of all accidents.
Slightly over "2,500 tramps
were maimed for life, and there
undoubtedly were innumerable
accidents that were not report
ed. Bull for Sale.
One registered Holstein bull,
three years old Sept. 8, 190S.
Trice $75. L. A. llouck, Mon
roe, Ore., II. F. I). 1. Phone
liellefountain. 4Stf
Jersey Bull For Sale.
Descended from Grand Coin and Gold
en Glow; imported cow testing 18 lbs
untler fat in 7 days with 5t calf. Ad
dress, VI, S. Woodcock, Corv His. Ore
gon. 7- t
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersisfiied h j
been duly appointed by the County Court of the
State ul Oregon for the County of Benton as admin
istrator of the estate of H. !2. Nichols, deceased, and
that he has duly qualified as such administrator. All
nereons havinr claims against said decedent are
hereby notified to present them, duly verified, to
me at my residencein CorvaUls. in benton County,
Oreiron, 'within six months of the date of this notice.
Dated at C'orallis, Oregon, this Dth day of April,
W - .
R. J. Nichols.
Administrator of the estate of H. B. Nichols, de
c at ed.
A Hot Bug.
Alice rushed in from the garden,
where she had been picking flowers.
She was badly stung by a bee and
was holding ou to her finger and sob
Ling pitifully. "Oh, mamma," she
fried, "I burned me on a bug!"
THE BIG BELL OF MOSCOW.
Too Heavy to Hang In a Tower, It
Stands In the Kremlin.
The great bell at Moscow, Russia,
cast in 1G53, weighs no less than 19S
tons and is the largest bell in the
world. It has much silver and gold in
its composition. Because of its great
size and weight it was never huug in
a tower. But at one time It was
swung between supports about twenty
live feet in height. Even then it was
too heavy to be used. It was not rung,
but was struck, the clapper being un
clasped and used as a striker.
During a severe winter the bell was
cracked, and the part between the
cracks came out As it had been
cracked in the shape of an acute angle
the piece that fell out left an opening
like a Gothic doorway. The bell was
then placed upon the marble and
syenite pavement of the Kremlin. The
opening was really made a doorway,
and the bell became a small but ex
quisitely unique and beautiful chapel.
It is used only for prayer. The ring
ing of the words spoken therein is of
a soft, musical, altogether peculiar
sound, producing a weird, thrilling, yet
solemn effect. - "we
THE AGREEABLE WOMAN. :
Any One Can Be Pleasant When Life
Is Merry.
Whatever else you are in life, be-,
agreeable. -- j
mere is so nine sense in ueiug uj
tbiug else. ' ' '
It doesn't pay In any kind of coin to
be snappy or sarcastic or backbiting.
Whether you are in business, pleasure
or wisdom bent you will find the wo
man who goes out of her way to be
nice to others carrying off the prizes
of social, literary or financial life.
It's really no more trouble to be
agreeable once you get into the way
of it than to be disagreeable. If it
does not come natural to you to say
or do the pleasant thing (unfortunate
ly there are some of us who are down
right "ugly" by nature), then prac
tice it.
Don't put o2E that practicing either
151 1 another time when you are feeling
more in love with your fellows.
r.egin at once.
Any one can be pleasant when life
is as merry as the fellow who has just
been paid a bad debt, but remember:
"Tile man worth while is the one
who can smiie when everything goes
dead wrong."
So begin trying to be agreeable the
next time existence seems to have just j
about as much humor as some comic i
operas. You will be surprised how
much better you will feel, not to speak
of those who must put up with you.
It isn't really hard to be agreeable,
especially if your digestion has not
been trilled with. All that is necessary
is to think pleasant thoughts and then
put them into working order.
If you can't be agreeable, be as
agreeable as you can.
You will be surprised to find how
soon it will become easy to be pleas
ant all the time instead of snarly and
generally hateful.
It will be an equal surprise when
you find you are liked instead of de
tested and that the popularity you
once .professed to despise makes this
world a much more agreeable place to
worry along In.
AMAZON MOTHERS.
Peculiar Custom of Half Burying Ba
bies In Sand.
An English officer who has been on
many exploring trips through South
America told recently of a surprising
scene he had witnessed far In the Inte
rior of the Amazon country.
"I had come to a point," he said,
"where my best guides were dead or
sick. I needed help to push on to my
goal. An Amazon village was near,
andto this I repaired.
"Not a man was at home. The vllr
lage was in charge of the women tall,
bronze colored, handsome females
each with one or two babies at her
heels. They were jolly babies, if born
in slavery. They laughed up in your
face, and they were clean, because they
did not wear clothes and were taught
to live in the water as much as on the
land.
"I made the women understand that
I wished to be 'guided over ten miles
more of the stream, and four of them
volunteered to do the work for me for
the equivalent of $2 in our money. I
accepted.
"Then came the funny things about
their babies. Each woman had two.
They scooped out holes in the sand in
the shade and set the babies in them.
Then they heaped sand about them
until it rose to their armpits. Their
heads, arms and hands were free. I
inquired if the babies could not dig
their way out. My informant said they
would not try to. They would play
with the sand about them until they
were asleep, but would not attempt to
get away.
The mothers guided us well and
when we were safe, with a wave of
their hands, plunged into the bush and
started on a dog trot for their village.
I have seen babies roped up, caged and
harnessed to keep them in bounds, but
this was the first time I ever saw them
planted."
The Centenary of the Waltz.
It is said in Paris that this year of
grace 1908 marks, among other anni
versaries of more or less interest, that
of the valse. or waltz."' A certain M.
de Trenls, "the irresistible Trenis,'2 as
he was often called, is credited with
the Introduction of the -waltz, having
for his partner a beautiful Creole nam
ed Hamelin.
After stately minuets and solemn
quadrilles everybody climbed on the
chairs and tables to see this pair per
form, and when It was over De Trenls
would define the art as "requiring the
amalgamation of two dancers who
ought to flow over the floor like over
polished marble."
It seems, however, to have been some
time before society took to waltzing,
both men and their partners being
somewhat shy of an exhibition which
was apt to end in a disaster, such as
that which happened at Mme. Reca
mier's when an impetuous novice upset
chiffonier covered with precious por
celain. Poor M. de Trenis himself was never
destined to see his invention popular
ized. He had turned so often and so
swiftly in the mazes of his waltz that
be lost his brain.
To Whiten Handkerchiefs.
To keep handkerchiefs a good color,
instead of dampening them in the usual
way before ironing try this method:
In two quarts of tepid water put five
drops of blue and a small piece of
lnup starch. Pour in a basin. In
this mixture dip each handkerchief
reparately. thoroughly wetting it and
tLen squeezing it as dry as possible.
When all the handkerchiefs have been
treated In this way spread them out
smoothly on a clean cloth or towel un
til taey can be ironed.
I Fruit and
. Fi
ORCHARD PRACTICE.
Individual Trees Should Be Studied
Before Pruning.
Pruning is a broad subject and one
that is not much understood by most
people. Usually when a man buys j
trees he thinks he must be always j
pruning them, but such is not the ;
case. Pruning is to assist nature and j
must be done with certain definite ob- j
jects in view namely, to promote j
growth, to . duce fruit spurs, to re- j
tard excess i e growth and to form j
the tree the desired shape.
There is a struggle for light, heat
and air among the individual branches
or twigs of a tree which is commonly
WKONO PRUNING.
This kind of work is never permissible.
Always cut close to the trunk and make
a smooth wound.
termed "struggle for existence." Every
twig requires air, heat and light, and.
as each has not the same position on
the tree, some must die or be removed.
Those near the center must be watch
ed more closely, as those near the' out
side receive plenty of air and sun. Al
most every variety of tree has its
Individual shape. If each is studied
and pruned according to Its charac
teristic tendencies, the process of
pruning will be very simple. After
the crown has been properly started
the first year the next great important
step Is to decide at the beginning of
the second year whether you are go
ing to grow trees with a central leader
or hollow center. These methods of
forming trees are much discussed by
prominent orchardists, and both meth
ods are being used.
In pruning the fruit trees always
make a clean, smooth cut and have a
bucket of good wax or paint handy
and thoroughly cover the wound. This
prevents decay of the wood and' al
lows the new tissue to grow over un
molested by fungi or the elements.
The cambium, or inner bark, will be
gin to cover the wound as soon as the
tree becomes active In the spring, but
will form only over a limited portion
of the cut surface. The growth of the
cambium can be encouraged and made
to completely cover the wound if cut
along the inner side of the callus with
a sharp knife. In all your pruning
take the branch off just as close as
possible to the limb where it issues
and never leave a stub.
It is generally thought by fruit grow
ers that the high headed tree is better.
as it allows better and easier cultiva
tion. This is the main point upon
which the advocates of high headed
trees base their whole argument - A
high headed tree is generally the worst
kind to cultivate under, for usually the
lowest limbs are permitted to make a
decided lateral growth almost parallel
to the soil, and when these limbs are
laden with fruit they extend almost to
the ground, and it is readily seen that
close cultivation is Impossible.
The trees In the old orchards and
yards all over Oregon show the evolu
tion of the high headed tree. It is
simply this: When the lowest limbs
interfere with cultivation they are re
moved, the next set of limbs are per
mitted to make a lateral growth simi
lar to the first, and eventually these
are cut off. Thus it continues until
the crown of the tree is ten to fifteen
feet from the ground, and the fruit Is
practically out of reach.
On the other hand, the crown of the
low headed tree is started near the
ground, and the limbs make an up
right slanting growth, which allows
far closer cultivation. The limbs by
pruning are caused to grow strong and
able to support their fruit C. L.
Lewis.
The Baldwin.
I am aware there is a difference in
the appearance of Baldwin apples, as
may be seen at any exhibition where
number of samples are shown, yet
they are Baldwins just the same, but
are grown under different conditions;
hence the difference in looks. There
are some who think that the Baldwin
has deteriorated and the fruit Is not
what it was when first introduced. I
do not believe this at all. I do think,
however, that the trees have in some
cases been weakened by propagating
them from scions taken from stunted
1 nd unhealthy bearing trees or from
fatnnrnfinn Tir JnSAnh R Wnrrl
: San Jose Scale. x
Upon purple prunes, red apples, etc.,
the scales appear only as minute gray
I pecks, usually clustered about the cav
ities at either end. but upon the yellow
ruits, like pears, peaches and the yel
ow plums and apples, each scale pro
luces a bright reddish discoloi ation.
Woman'sWorld
A WOMAN "IN -MOROCCO.-
Mme. du Gast, Who Was Given a
Diplomatic Mission.
It is not often in the present day
that a woman Is given a diplomatic
mission. Those things belong rather to
the brave days of the past, when
grandes dames held political salons
and played a considerable part in
state affairs.
Mme. Camille du Gast is an excep
tion. She is a modern society woman.
ivith a great place in social Paris, and
ret has the tastes and the necessary
iiualifications of an explorer and diplo
mat. A combination of circumstances
of a sporting character drew her to
Morocco, and today she is one of the
few women with a real acquaintance
with the interior of the still undevel
oped and largely unknown ShereeUan
mpire.
About eighteen months ago she was
charged with a mission by the depart
ment of agriculture of the French gov
ernment to make a report upon the
agricultural resources of Morocco. So
well has she performed her difficult
and adventurous task that she is going
ngaiu in a few weeks' time to renew
acquaintances with the territories and
people of the sultan Abdul Aziz. It
was really her passion for motoring
that induced Mme. du Gast to cross
the Mediterranean to Tangier. She
had taken part in the last of the inter
national automobile races for the Gor-
ion Bennett cup from Paris to Madrid.
By reason of her charm of manner
and personal fascination Mme. du Gast
speedily became persona grata with
the sheiks and also with roghis, or pre-
MME. DU GAST.
tenders to the throne of Morocco. She
knows Mulai Hand, the half brother of
the reigning sultan, who-has proclaim
ed himself in various regions as the
true sovereign. Mulai Mohammed she
also knows, as well as the famous
brigand Valiente. Her impressions of
the chief pretender, Mulai Hafid, are
that he is a man of considerable intel
ligence and of wide information. He is
really friendly to progress and reform
and not hostile to the influence and in
novations of foreigners, though it an
swers his purpose to pretend to be so.
Mulai Mohammed is less favorable to
Europeans and is of the true type of
the Moslem.
As to Valiente, he is not particularly
educated, and his predominant char
acteristic is rude force and brutality.
This is a common type in Morocco,
but Mme. du Gast was treated by him,
as by others, with the utmost respect
and consideration. Had she been a
man her reception would have been
different. She would have aroused sus
picion in the eminently suspicious ori
ental mind; but, being a woman, the
Moors refused to regard her as inim
ical to their interests or as a serious
agent of a foreign power. That made
the strength of her position. She was
able to come and go without let or
hindrance.
Peroxide For the Hands.
Peroxide of hydrogen whitens the
skin, but also dries out all the natural
oils if used too freely. Any druggist
will put up a solution the proper
strength for the purpose, and it may
be rubbed in and allowed to dry on
after the cleansing. The latter is per
haps the most important. Where the
hands are badly stained, rough and
calloused, lemon juice, fresh lard, vase
line, olive oil, a toilet pumice, a good
nailbrush, a cake of fine toilet soap,
some oatmeal and lots of cold cream
should always be kept ready.
The lard will soften the grime. Rub
Jt in and let stay ten minutes. Then
use warm water, soap and the brush.
If the grime still remains, repeat.
Rinse and dry and examine the hands
for stains. Use the half of a cut lem
on, which will usually take these off.
If not, a solution of oxalic acid kept in
a small via! may oe usea. out snouia
be washed off immediately, as it burns
and roughens. Then fill the hands
with white vaseline, rubbing it in well.
Wash off with warm water, soap and
the brush. Rub any callous place with
the toilet pumice. Soak the nails ten
minutes in a spoonful of warm olive
oil. then, in a little clean warm suds,
and manicure the nails while soft
Fin the hands with cold cream and
wash again, using the almond meal.
! Bab In all the paste the skin will ab
sorb and put on the gloves. Ton will
find there will be a decided Improve
ment next morning.
All this need be .done only once a
week.: Every night the' hands should
be thoroughly cleansed with almond
meal and warm water used with a
good brush, rinsed and the paste rub
bed in. ' - -
Never cut the nail away too closely
at the sides. If there is nothing left
to prevent, the flesh will always grow
too thick there and hangnails form.
File round, but nat too close, aud use
scissors only when absolutely needed i
to cut off small particles adhering to
the skin. White spots on the nails
show where they have been bruised,
and this comes visually from severe
pressure at the base- in using the stick
to push back the flesh. If he nails
are softened in warm olive oil the
stick may be used much easier. Vase
line is also excellent for hardening t'ie
nails so they will not be brittle anJ
bend or break too easily. Use the
brush to remove dirt under the nails,
never a sharp instrument.
Embroidered Handkerchiefs.
A dainty bit of embroidery easily
taken to the reading class is one of
the small scalloped handkerchiefs now
so popular.
These are made of the sheerest hand
kerchief linen about ten inches square,
or if you want to cut economically
three-quarters -of a yard of yard wide
linen can be cut into a dozen handker
chiefs, nine inches square, which wheu
finished with the scallops will be
slightly smaller.
Draw the tiniest of scallops on the
edge. Halfway around a spool or o.
200 cotton will be a good model.
Pad slightly with tine darning cotton
and scallop with a No. 40 or 43 mercer
ized white cotton. Make the work as
exquisite as possible.
The initials may be square, diock
letters about an eighth of an inch high,
or the Japanese letters are extremely
effective.
If preferred, this scalloping may be
done In color, with the lettering to
match, but the scallop must be kept
very delicate and shallow to look well.
Caring For Dishcloths.
Dishrags are the great difficulty that
beset the careful housekeeper in her
efforts to keep a clean and tidy kitchen.
They are drying on the hook and hang
ing on the sink, and somehow a towel
used for pots and pans is always damp.
Then time must be taken from the
general work to wash them out and
dry them, and altogether they are most
extremely annoying.
All these things, and more, too, were
discovered by a careful young house
keeper, so she arranged to have a dish
in the outer kitchen filled with good
clear water and some washing soda,
and into this mixture the cloths were
dropped immediately after using, and
there they were, left till evening, when
they were hung up where they might
dry overnight.
Of course enough towels must be on
hand so that the same one need not be
used more than once a day, but at
least they are always clean, and the
kitchen is always in order.
Knives and Forks.
The day of the old fashioned three
prong steel forks and wooden handled
knives for kitchen use has gone, and
the equipment for the present day in
cludes a set of German silver utensils,
which are really just as cheap and
very much more satisfactory. They
cannot rust as did the steel monstrosi
ties, and what could be more unsatis
factory than to eat with a rusty fork?
The new knives may not be as sharp,
but who needs a razor blade to cut
meat and butter bread? AH the diffi
cult work for cooking is or should be
done with the steel vegetable knives
made for the purpose, and surely no
one would prefer those spiky forks of
a bygone day.
Needing Iron.
Very often that tired feeling, lost
zest in life, a disinclination to move
or exert oneself, waking unrefreshed,
night sweats and utter weakness are
caused by nothing but too little Iron in
the blood.
Before you decide that you are go
ing Into a decline or typhoid has you
in its first grip ask your doctor if
he does not think you need iron.
Even if you do not go to a doctor
try taking for a week or two some re
liable tonic that has iron or hypophos
phites in it.
Water Gruel.
Few women can make palatable wa
ter gruel, which is often ordered xn
cases of sickness.
Mix a level tablespoonful of sifted
flour with two cupfuls of water. Add
a flat teaspoonful of salt and put the
mixture on -the fire in a saucepan.
Stir constantly till it boils, taking care
there are no lumps.
Serve very hot.
If preferred this gruel may be slight
ly sweetened and a grating of nutmeg
added.
Utilized Its Tunefulness.
The daughter of the village rector
had been painstakingly rehearsing the
choir boys. On Sunday she inquired
f one of them:
"Jerry, I hope you haven't forgot
ten the new hymn I taught you last
Sunday."
"No'm," was the answer; "I've been
skeerin' the crows away from the held
with it all week."
Every time you hear a man poetize
about his soul's Ideal you can make a
safe bet that he will marry a reality
with freckles and No. 6's.
I'he pessimist wouldn't care to be In
clover for fear of catching bay fever.
CASH IN MULES.
Raise Mules For Money Mark jt
-a Strong Prices Big.
By JOHN REEVES.
Our Uncle Sam has sometimes a dry
way of presenting a vital fact, tucking
It away, for example, In a rather ap- ...
palling table of figures; also iu this
strenuous day most of us read "on the
run," and so between the two. condi
tions we often miss the significance
sf a valuable item. It is of about
the same use to us as the pearl in the
nfljSCOVered oyster or truth at the bot-
torn of her well.
But any one who will dig into the
lately issued government report on
farm animals will End this clear fact
that oa Jan. 1. 1908, the average value -per
head of mules throughout the coun
try was greater than the average
value of any other class of animals
kept ou farms. The mule's value per
head was $107.70 against 93.41 for the
horse.
Investigating still further back, he
can find that the year 1900 was one of
tremendous activity In horse and mule
markets and of unparalleled prosperity
for horse and mule breeders. - Prices
bounded skyward, ami for all classes
there was a demand greater than the
market could supply. This demand
shows every indication of being well
maintained and with little present like
lihood of an oversupply.
It is true that, high as it Is. the av
erage price of January, 1903. for mules
is some dollars below that of January,
1907. Whatever cause one may choose
to assign for this, it seems to have no
effect on the interest that now prevails
in mule raising. A good mule is a
money maker and brings the ready
cash at any and all times. The Boer
war cleaned a lot of small mules out
of the country, and breeders are main
taining that improvement by raising
more extensively the "big" mule. It is
on the whole a larger sized and better
animal that Is now coming into the
mule markets.
Mute States and Markets.
Although many of the best draft
mules are sold to the cities or tne
north at top prices and many are used
on the farms of the central west, the
backbone of the mule industry is the
southern demand.
Kansas City and St. Louis handle
most of the mules of this country, and
the mules are mostly bred In the states
In touch with these cities. But there
are plenty of other regions where the
conditions of soil, climate and feed and
forage growth are equally good for an
imal production. It seems that in the
southern states east of the Mississippi
river mule raising might fit especially
well into the general scheme of farm
ing. Atlanta is. as a fact, becoming a
great distributing point for mules.
Classes cf Animals.
But wherever and by whomsoever,
the mule may be raised he can hardly
help being a money coiner under pres
ent conditions. Northern and western
cities are using more of the large,
heavy draft mule teams than ever be
fore. Smaller animals, but of best
quality, have their market as sugar
mules and best cotton mules, wnue
more Inferior products are also wanted
as cotton, pit and pack animals.
WITH THE SWINE.
Any locality that will grow clover of
any species, that is favorable to the
production of alfalfa, peas or beans
or where grains are rapidly grown, not
only corn, but barley, wheat, oats or
rye, will be a favorable situation for
the successful production of pork. If
it is a locality where dairying is com
mon, no better advantages are requir
ed, for, given leguminous pasture
clover, alfalfa, peas, beans, etc. as a
basis, with a grain feed that can be
readily grown and also dairy byprod
ucts, the very highest grade of pork
can be produced at a minimum cost
Why Little Pigs Die.
There is much greater mortality
among young pigs in countries where .
corn is grown and fed than is the case
where the small cereals like oats, bar
ley, wheat and rye are used to make
up the ration of the brood sows. This
Indicates, therefore, that the corn must
be lacking in a measure in those con
stituents, such as protein and mineral
matter, that are needed in the makeup
of young pigs. The sooner that we
accept this state of affairs as a fact
the better it will be for the pig crop
of the corn belt.
It should be stated that where one
has on hand a supply of good oats this
grain in itself, along with a little corn
in cold weather, will bring a bunch of
sows up to the farrowing period in
splendid condition. Unlike corn, oats
may be very liberally fed with prac
tically no danger of overdoing the mat
ter. If oats are used there will not be
the same need, or at least there will
not be so large a demand, for mineral
matter on the side, because oats are
rich in those substances. When young
pigs are born right they will stand
considerable hardship, but If they
come into this world partly nourished
to start with you will hear the death
rattle in the little throats when they
arrive, and when this unwelcome
sound meets the , ear of the swine
keeper he knows that such a p!g will
never go Into the pork barrel or into
the breeding pen. James Atkinson,
Iowa.
A High Grade Pig Feed.
As a high grade pig feed barley far
surpasses any other grain, and this
fact makes possible the production of
pork of the first quality in localities
where corn Is not a staple crop, but
where barley is produced abundantly.
Outside the corn belt and everywhere
In a poor corn year this Is a help to
the pig feeder. '