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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-12-14
ARGENTINA WHEAT PRODUC-
TION,

William Goodwin, of Liverpool,
writes as follows: The Argentina
wheat crop of 1893 that has resulted
in an export of 100000 quarters in
1894, was grown under wonderfully
favorable circumstances, because the
ground was in such perfect condition
for working that the absence of clod-
crushers and seed drills was scarcely
felt, and after few showers, the
autumn and winter were dry and
cold, so that the plant gained root
strength and tillered wonderfully,
with the result that the average yield
was in perhaps three-fourthS OF the
country greatly in excess OF former
years The present crop was very
well got in, but the winter, though
dry, was rather warm, and when I
left Buenos Ayers in September it
was not thought that the prospects
| were for a larger crop than in 1893,
| in spite of an estimated increase of
! 10 per cent in acreage and the steady
improvement in cultivation that will
of itself make very considerable IN
crease of production as time goes on.
| The weather has since been very ia
vorable, and I think that large crop
| S to be expected, but it is not to be
| expected that the increase of export
for 1895 will bear comparison with
the increase of 1894.
The remarkable crop of 1898 may
easily cause exaggerated expectations
to be made, and it is very difficult to
form any accurate estimates in thin
~ populated country where the statis-
tics of acreage are really guesswork,
md where it is very difficult to as
certain the actual yield until thresh-
ing is in full swing.
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NEW CZAR AND PEACE OF EU
ROPE.

There is no safety in predicting any
turn in a game IN which q youthful
monarch of Russia holds a strong
hand; but, though many rumors have
been running around about the new
car, Nicholas H., there seems no
probability of his undertaking any
infiammable role. Russia has so much
more to gain by peace than war.
Barely a third of her army has the
new small-bore rifle, and it will be
two years before the other regiments
are so equipped. Her revenues are
none too great. Russia needs her
money for the trans-Siberian rail
way; and she ought not to blow it
out of the mouths Of big guns. No
doubt there is tension in many of the
international relations; but that is
always present; and diplomats are
growing more reasonable. 1t is prob
able that what has been said of the
character of Nicholas is in the main
true; and this should lead him to fol
low in the footsteps of his illustrious
father and make Russia still the die
tatOr of peace.
No man will be rash enough to say
that war may not come. Every one
of the continents has spots where an
accidental outbreak, the blunder of an
over-zealcus servant, may work such
hardship, actual or ideal, to some
great power as shall call for an ex-
cited demand for reparation. 1t is
then that heads, if not thick skins,
are in demand; and it is then that
the effervescence CT journalists in
search Of circulation or notoriety does
most harm. The human animal. ac-
cording to his kind, is the silliest OF
all animals, if we measure him right
ly: know of no other that is capable
of such irrational freaks; and it is on
these that peace or war hangs by a
hair. But, to resume, I do not be-
lieve, despite all the talk. that there
is in the present status of the world
a set CT conditions which will lead
to early war.-Theo. A. Dodge, in the
Forum.
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A SPANISH LOVE SONG.
(From the Springfield Republican }

From the Springfield Republican,
No words of mine can tell you
How I love you this morn,
There is no charm or spell you
Can name since love was born
That holds such love as mine is
Since love went first forlorn.
How can leave you, only
If 1t be for today?
What cheer can speed my lonely
Sad heart upon it's way?
And how can I, returning,
Cheat longing with delay?
All, you may know the reasons
That bid the tear-drops start!
And you may time loves seasons
And bid old love depart,
But how bring back that moment
We first stood heart to heart!
How swift the brief night passes,
The morn comes on apace
That quickens your caresses
With every fond embrace
Here, through my pain, feel the rail-
OF kisses on my face.
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FOUR STAPLES.

Potatoes and Onions.-The market
is merely steady for the best to weak
for anything at all off quality. Sweets
are lower. onions steady.
Oregon Burbanks .6OMS5
Onions, Yellow, fair to choice. .6Ot075
Wool.-The market is quiet, some
thing doing in a quiet way, but the
absence of rush. The clip is all in,
md the stock of spring f1eeces is nil,
while of fall there may be about
100000 pounds left in the grease
unsold. There are some good lots in
this stock, and nice selections are pos
siEle by going from one warehouse
to another. Scourers are about out of
supplies and may come into the mar
ket AMI take up good deal of wool
suitable fer their purposes at any day.
Hops.-For the best grades the mar
ket is firm at the ruling range of
prices, which is very low. At these
low prices there is steady demand.
Fair TO good Pacific coast, 1894. Ga 8
Good to choice. 1894. ....... SOLO
IS. F. Country Merchant
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THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

A wild goose chase after the North
pole surely seems, On the very face,
to be FOOLS errand. Perhaps it is,
for I doubt if any very startling fact
will be added to science, even it the
North pole is indeed reached. OF
course, there is, or would be, a huge
amount of satisfaction and glory to
have been the discoverer of the pole,
but whether science will be enriched
thereby, or simply satisfied with the
fact of our having ''got there all the
same" is an open question.
The life led by explorers in these
dreary regions, especially during the
long winters night, is so intensely
inOnOtOnouS as to scarcely warrant
description, and yet no better idea of
the hardships, sufferings and misery
endured for the sake of science can
be gained, than by a glimpse Of the
daily life of the Arctic traveller.
I CHANGED to be one of the members
of a recent expedition, and was in
charge of the winte. quarters at the
Gorthernmost portion of Nova Zembla,
or NOvaia Zemlia, as the islands are
called by the natives.
Imagine nigh. that settles down
like a pail and an interminable dark
ness that is only reliev ed by dull, gray
twilight for a few hours out of the
twenty-four; then, added to this, a
thermometer SO far down below zero
that the mercury often freezes, mis-
erable quarters, poor food, and the
monotOnous existence, and you will
scarcely wonder why so many intrepid
Investigators have given up the un-
equal battle and laid down to perish
in the darkness of hopeless despair
You will also scarcely wonder that
the most ardent enthusiasm is likely
to be considerably cooled, morally as
well as physically, under the circum-
stances.
What matters it if the whole world
is watching the outcome of your in
vestigatiOnS with keenest interest.
when yCu are so far removed from
earthly comforts and earthly aid?
And yet, in spite of all the bitter
knowledge gained by the hardest kind
of experience, the same explorers will
attempt expedition after expedition.
I may woefully lack the proper en-
thusiasm, yet cannot but admit that
even the delightful prospect of discov-
-ering dozens of North poles would not
tempt me to again undergo the hard
ships of that long Arctic night, even
the memory of which 1 would gladly
dispel as fearful dream.-Home and
Country.
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CLEVELAND AND THE CANAL

There is said to be strong under
current of opinion among congress
men that the Nicaragua canal will at
least receive very earnest attention
during this session. Many democrats,
| it is thought, will favor it for the
sake Of rehabilitating their party in
public estimation. For instance,
Cooper of Florida says that nothing
could restore the popularity of the
party so much as to authorize the
construction Of the canal; that the
party added the Mississippi valley
and the Pacific coast to the United
States, and it should provide for this
great enterprise.
Mr.. Cleveland said nothing about
the canal in his message. In that he
disappointed the public. Some decla-
ration was expected of him in view
of expressions that he has dropped
within the last year. A gentleman
who has been prominent in the public
service, and in connection with Mic
aragua canal matters, is authority for
a very interesting interview with the
president during his outing last sun
mer. Congress was at the time tin
kering at the tariff. The president
then remarked that the canal was the
most important subject before the
country, and that as soon as the tariff
legislation came to an end he would
send special canal message to con-
gress.
Tariff legislation did not end until
congress adjourned. 1t is not quite
ended yet, if Mr.. Cleveland could have
his way, as outlined in his message
But it is probable, in view OF the re-
cent election, that no tariff legislation
will be enacted during the short ses-
sion. perhaps none attempted. 1t is
possible that the president ignored the
canal in his message because he con-
templates sending in a special mes
sage on the subject. In that event the
people will pardon the omission and
welcome the special message, if it
takes good American ground.
So far as party politics may be in
volved in the matter, the republicans
of the Pacific coast, at any rate, will
not grudge Mr.. Cleveland or his party
any capital which they can make by
securing the prompt construction and
control Of the canal under government
auspices. 1t is matter of business.
which transcends any considerations
Of mere partisanship.-S. F. Bulletin.
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AMATEUR STRONG MEN.
Herman Oelrichs Stronger Than San
dow. William Steinway a Giant

I know of four men who do not
never made a penny by spectacular
exhibitions, who, L think, could hold
their own with the quartet of foreign
invaders, Sandow, Samson, Attila and
men are Herman Oelrichs, principal
owner of the North German Lloyd
Steamship company; Tea Merchant
Harry Buermeyer, Editor William B.
liam Steinway. OF these Herman
Oelrichs, millionaire and clubman, is
the strongest, and stronger, I firmly
believe, than Sandow or any of the
other professional strong men.
Two of these men, too, could come
very near to giving Corbett or Jack
son a trouncing in the squared circle
-Oelrichs and Buermeyer. Both of
these gentlemen were adjudged by
competent experts fully capable of
holding their own, even with the
mighty John L. Sullivan when that
renowned gladiator was in his prime.
If they could do this with the Bos-
tonian, they might go a shade better
with the Californian or Australian.
OF this ''big four,'' as I will call
them, three-Oelrichs, Buermeyer and
CurtiS-were and are as good all
around heavy weight athletes as this
or any other country has ever seen.
The fourth, Steinway, despite his 4S
years, can perform downright feats
of strength-not juggling tricks-that
any of the professional strong men
would find it hard to duplicate.
Once, on wager with friends at a
private trial, Oelrichs entered a lions
cage, and properly accoutered for the
fray, of course, actually overcame and
reduced to a state of exhaustion by
his physical resources a full-grown
monarch of the jungle. The lion was
muzzled with a plain leather strap
but was not hampered in any other
way. Oelrichs thus did better than
Sandow, who only dared recently to
try with tame and crippled old lion
at San Francisco.
When John l.. Sullivan was in his
prime ten years ago, knocking out
men nightly in four rounds on his ex-
h1bltlon tours, Oelrichs offered to
meet the great Bostonian in private
and give him $4,000 if he (Oelrichs)
did not best him. Sullivan was not
one whit afraid, but as he was making
SlOO,OOO a year just then be listened
to the voice of his manager, the ia
nous sportsman, Al Smith, and de-
termined to take no chances, much to
Oelrichs' chagrin.
Father Bill Curtis and Buermeyer
rank next to Oelrichs as strong men.
Another ''st1ong man" in private
life is Giovanni p. Morosiui. In early
life he was sailor before the mast.
He is ever 80 years of age, yet he is
a perfect Hercules in strength.-Wil-
liam Standish Hayes in Bowling and
Cyclinp Gazette
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of the salon. Each time I passed be
fore the old ruin which had come to
the last stages of decay, I thought,
abandoning myself to romantic rev.
ery,-'It is better that it should be
so. If they had heard of the counts
death, the heirs no doubt would have
caused steps to be taken at once for
it's restoration. They would have
broken it open brutally, and let in
the garish light of day, to desecrate
those hallowed associations of love
and sorrow. Basil Lobanof has done
well to disappear, and nature lovingly
DESTROYS slowly this old love-nest,
and keeps it from proclamation"
The other day I saw the ruin again;
the branches of the great tree came
through the roof, and there were lit
tie trees growing in the rooms. Then
met Prince Khaloff, who had not
been in France for dozen years.
We walked and talked together, and
I told him all about the abandoned
house, it's slow destruction, and the
| thoughts it suggested. The prince
burst into laughter.
| decidedly, my dear fellow, you will
never be anything but poet. Basil
is married again, the father of three
children, and holds the Office of first
secretary to the Russian ambassador
at Rome"
"The Count Lobanof is not deadr'
I cried, stupif1ed.
| "On my last visit to Rome he was
as well as you or 1.
| "He did not go with the Jackson
party? Oh, the perfdious mani!
cried, furious at my wasted sympa-
| thy 81 should have suspected him.
1t seems that he forgot his dead love
at once"
"Oh, no." replied the prince. Basil
is not so guilty as that Wild with
grief after her death, he would, fol
good or bad. go with the party, and
he set out for Senegambia. But or
the sixth day of their march he fell
seriously ill and was taken to st
Louis by a caravan, in the greatest
agony. There he recovered-but il
was not his fault. His friends profit
ed by his weakness and lack of en-
ergy to carry him back to Europe
and since then, after waiting long
time, he has consoled himself"
''But then the deserted house? Wha
docs that comedy signify?" asked I
in a bad humor.
'How severe you are, my dear!
replied the amiable Russian. 'It i.
uOC cOIilcuy, UuI IL pLoFSS, ou lli'
contrary, that the count is a man ol
honor. What did he promise? Tha
as long as he lived no one should g
under the roof which had sheltered
his love. And he has kept his word
though it has cost him a great deal
Besides, who knows if he does no
always mourn his delightful singer
and regret bitterly the evenings
passed in that closed house, listening
to the divinely sad music Of tha
voice which caused him so mucl
happiness, so much sorrow? All tha
can tell you," added the prince will
an ironical smile, sis that with a larg'
fortune, a beautiful family, and {
home in the Eternal City. a despair
ing love twelve years old ought t.
be endurablev'
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A QUIET STREET IN NEW YORK

A queer place is Extra place, the
little out of the way street from which
Louis Weinhagen was taken as a
cholera suspect 1t is only one block
long. 1t opens on First street, the
rear end stopping abruptly at the
back yards of the Second street
houses. 1t is the oldest and quietest
block in the lowev east side. Green
trees are rare in that section of the
city, but glance over the board
fence at the end of Extra place re-
veals the tops Of half a dozen oaks
in the rear yards of the Second street
houses, and their green foliage forms
a pleasant contrast to the dull colored
double tenements on either side.
The side walls of the buildings al
10 and IL First street run back some
distance from the corners, and then
comes, on the left hand side, the real
walls of the rear tenements behind
buildings facing the Bowery. On the
right hand side, however, immedi:, te
ly adjoining the side wall of 12 First
street, are two five story tenements
numbered 4 and s. Behind them is
courtyard in front of a rear tene-
ment of the kind known as double
decker. An alley between Il and 16
First street leads to the open court
and rear tenement
These three tenemerts are probably
the best known living houses on the
east side, and their owrer, Mrs. Gun
ther, who runs them as 2 gigantic
boarding house. is well known by the
Of the city. Mrs.
Gunther has a large heart, as many
laborers who have been Gown with
hard luck can testify. Her dodgers
generally between 200 and
300. They range from the bod car
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rier to the poor mechanic, and are
treated alike The houses are full
almost always. Mrs. Gunther pro-
vides accommodations for all honest
workingmen, whether they have
money or not. Her big dining rooms
in the basement of the Extra place
houses are a sight to be seen at meal
hours, although all of her dodgers do
not eat at her table; some eat outside.
Without Mrs. Gunther's establish
ment, Extra place would be in danger
of sinking TO the ordinary level. Ped
dlers rarely venture into the street.
Mrs. Gunther doesn't like them and
her lodgers will not tolerate them
near by. The dodgers evidently ap-
preciate this fact that theirs is the
quietest spot for miles around, and
woe betide the loud-voiced peddler
who dares to venture around the cor
ner. During the summer Extra place
is a picturesque locality. Mrs. Gun
| theirs lodgers, in their shirt sleeves
sit on the sidewalk during the eve
nings, smoke their pipes and SWAP
| stories All is quiet and peaceful
there, yet a walk of only half a min
ute brings one into the din and con
fusion of the Bowery. Everything i!
clean in the street and the tenements
For years back Extra place ha:
been as it is today. Before Mrs
Gunthers big venture drove the for
mer occupants out of the double-deck
ers it was the quietest little block il
the neighborhood. Crooked lamppost
and ugly fire escapes are in sight, bu
the east side eye has been educate,
up to that sort of thing and tn
straight and dignified lanppost is re
garded with as much suspicion a
the bare walls of a tenement. Th
truck stands beyond the curb of tn
sidewalk at night. The rest of tn
street is clear. The truck is drive
by one of Mrs. Gunther's dodgers, an
) it is by her special permission that
stands there. One word from her an
a hundred men would hustle it int
First street.-New York Sun.
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CHRISTS PERSONAL APPEAR.
ANCE.

Among the more modern paintings
representing the SAVIOR is that by Cor
reggie, painted in the sixteenth CEN
tury. 1t represents Christ with a
short, curly beard, and long, waving
hair, surmounted by a crown of
thorns. There is look of mute an
guish on his face that is heartrending,
but, nevertheless, the face is rather
weak.
The most terrible ikeress is that
painted at about the same time as
that of Correggio, by Albert Durer.
1t represents a powerful face, with a
Grecian cast of countenance, with
eyes distorted by pain and anguish,
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THE TREATY WITH RUSSIA. =.
Self Respect Demands That the
United States Should Abrogate 1t.

Senator Turpie introduced a joint
resolution declaring that it is no long
er to the interest of the United States
to continue the treaty ratified with
Russia last April and that notice shall
be given to the emperor that the
treaty shall expire at the end of six
months, the telm prescribed in its
text to precede nullitication by either
signer.
The immediate cause of the intro
duction of the resolution is refusal
by Russia to permit American citl-
zens of Hebrew faith to travel or so
journ in that country. We cannot
tolerate this assumption by an abso-
lutte despotism of the right to dis
criminate among American citizens
to the advantage of some and the IN
jury of others.
There are clauses in the treaty
which should have rendered it obnox-
ious to the senate and executive of
the United States, who ought not to
have approved it. 1t was approved
under the illusion that in the Bering
sea controversy, then unsettled, rat
ification of the treaty would insure
for us at Washington Russian friend
ship desirable in the adjudication of
the fisheries question.
No matter what the fallacy under
which it's ratification was effected it
was offensive to the people of the
United States, who did not submit
to it the more willingly because of an
implied but improper and irrelevant
argument or consideration for its rat
ification. We gained nothing at Paris
by the treaty. We were not entitled
to gain anything by it.
So long as Russia continues an alb
solute despotism, so long as human
rights in that country are utterly al
the mercy CT official caprice in the
highest ranks and subject to the cor
ruption or malice of officialdom in the
lower planes, it i'll becomes a free
people to enter into any compact ben
eficial to Russia and discreditable tC
the institutions of democracy.
Russia has treated us with open
contempt in violating the articles OF
the treaty guaranteeing to the Amer
lean citizen equal rights within hel
domain. AS she has herself broken
| an essential part of the treaty, it is
demanded by self respect that the
United States shall abrogate the III
strument Altogether and without de-
lay.-ChicagO Herald.
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The rev discovery was made by the special-
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Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
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Mexican
MUSTANG
Lininent

Burns,
Caked s. Inflan,ed Udders.
Piles,
Rheumatic Pains,
Bruises and Strains,
Running Sores,
Inflammations,
Stiff joints,
Harness s. Saddle Sores,
Sciatica,
Lumbago,
Scalds,
Blisters,
Insect Bites,
All Cattle Ailments,
All Horse Ailments,
All Sheep Ailments,
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CHAMPION" .BELNoNT" GENERAL ARTHUR" and
Articles and get lunch
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and even q trifle of anger is apparent
The Christ of Raphael, a contem-
porary of both the above, is an es-
sentially italian work, the face being
italian, although the model for the
forehead and upper face was evident
ly woman.
The Rembrandt Christ, of the sew
enteenth century, wears an unpleas-
ant expression about the mouth, and
has too long face to be perfect yet
it is one of the great artists last eff
forts.
Perhaps the most fantastic picture
of Christ is that painted in the fif-
| teenth century by Leonardo da Vinci.
1t represents the Sayor looking over
his shoulder, cynical smile on his
face A hand may be seen in his hair,
| evidently drawing the held to one
| side 1t cannot compare in beauty
however, to the same artists face OF
| Christ in the famous Lords Supper.
The noblest and the grandest is thai
by Titan, painted in the sixteenth
century. 1t is a face of resignation
of firmness- strong, yet mild; mild
yet strong. Titan was 80 years Ole
when he painted this, and it is con
sidered as one Of his masterpieces.
OF the absolutely modern painting
of Christ those of Munkaczy, Ar!
Shelter and Gabriel Marx rank high
est: still, every one of these are imag
mary productions, and the Savior will
still continue to be the ''Man of Mys
tery."-Home and Country.