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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

numbers as Easter plants. and the harsh-colored
cnerarias were shown in former years Pots
Of volets were deservedly in favor as were
plants Of heather Pots Of prmroses of daffo-
dis. perhaps the most choice of all the Dubious
flowers, and Of cyclamens with heir curiously
reversed effect. were seen in every collection.
Luxurantly lowered plants Of the crimson
Rambler rose. first used as Easter plant last
year attracted much attention. Shapely little
plants Of Boronia heterophylla were crowded
with branches which bent over with bell-shaped
rose-c crimson flowers.
GROTESQUE AND VULGAR FANCIES
The flower stores have anticipated Easter FOR
several weeks in the large number of plants in
stock and In the fantastic decoration OF the
pots in crepe paper and ribbons the effect often
being grotesque and vulgar. This swathng OF
beautiful plants in ruffied paper skirt bound
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

This solution OF lime i'm sugar D.. .I Wis
cogen," on account OF its Niscous ir lCine
qualities. and the treated products a. aiet
Vsco-cream. ViscO-milk etc Only or. .lrt o.,
vscOgen 10 100 parts ~ cream is requ and
the small quantity ~ lime added. acc.. x 70
this rule. only amounts % about four Its IN
ten thousand. which, instead OF beiu- ie,ri-
mental 10 the health is rather beneficial.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
Education of Marie Antoinette.

Miss Anna L. Bickness contributes to
the Century an article on Marie An
toinette as Dauphine," which contains
much new matter drawn from the state
papers at Vienna. Miss Bickneu says:
MarieAntoinette-Jo -Josephe-Jeanne, Of
apsburg-Lorraine, ArchducheSS of
Austria and future queen of France,
was born on Nov. feast of All Souls),
1755-the day after the terrible catas-
trophe at Lisbon, when that city was
nearly destroyed by an earthquake.
Maria Theresa's daughter was taught
the correct pronunciation Of French by
two actors of the Theatre Franca4s,
while the French Able de Vermond
was appointed to direct her education,
which, however, was unhappily very
incomplete. The writer's who glorffy
the maternal care and vigilance of
Maria Theresa are contradicted by The
most trustworthy witnesses, the truth
seeming to be that the great Empress,
engrossed by her political cares, left
her children far too completely to the
discretion of governesses and subordin-
ates, who We're neither very capable,
nor, perhaps, very conscientious.
Drawings were shown to the Empress
as the work of Marie-Antoinette which
the latter afterwards declared she had
never touched, and this 'make-believe'
system seems to have been carried on
throughout. The Abbe de Vermond di-
rected only her French studies; but al
though a good and well-meaning man,
the results which he obtained were far
from creditahle to his efforts. He does
not seem to have had the art either of
interesting her in any serious pursuit,
or Of acquiring proper control over her
mind and character. Her handwriting
even, as proved by autographs, was
utterly Uniformed and childish at the
tine of her arrival at the court of
France, and her spelling was defective.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
Tho Way 1t Was Spelled.

A lady who buys provisions regular
ly of dealer in Boston was little puz-
zled over one of the items in her month
ly bill. The item was as follows: ITO
3 lb. psalmon, 80 cents"
1t suddenly occurred to the lady that
she had purchased three pounds of
salmon on the date given, and the
meaning of the mysteriously spelled
word was apparent to her.
Greatly amused, and feeling we'll
enough acquainted with the provision
dealer to tell him Of the little laugh
she had enjoyed at his expense, she
said, when she went to pay the bill:
.'Mr. Blank, had quite a laugh over
the way some one in your establish
ment spells salmon"
When the item had been pointed out
to him, Mr.. Blank said, in q tone of
contempt for such ignorance:
That's the work Of new bookkeeper
I have. I'm ashamed to have such
bills sent out, and shall have to speak
to him about it. He is a good book
keeper, but he's got to learn to spell if
he stays in my employ. Let me correct
the BILL"
Taking a pen, Mr.. Blank drew several
lines across the word and wrote above
it:
"Sammon."
'"There, ma'am," he said, complacent-
ly, handing back the bill. "Ill teach
that bookkeeper how to spell salmon
when he comes in, or tell him to find a
new place."-Tit-Bits.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
,AMMaz
Good Roads LEGISLATION.

The details Of road laws would neces-
sarily vary with the resources, geologi-
cal formation and actual needs of the
several States, but where anything Is
done in this direction the necessity for
intelligent expert control should be a
first consideration, so that what Is done
may be in the direction at least Of per
manent and substantial improvement.
By the lack Of system and intelligent
supervision in the past we have wasted
many millions on our country roads
with little or no lasting result.
We have now an abundance Of train
ed men ready to tell us what we can
and should do in road construction.
We must have these roads in time, and
if our legislators will cast aside old
usage and a dread of the results of ig-
norance and prejudice on the part of
their constituents and earnestly work
for the general good of the whole COM
munity, we will at least make speedy
and intelligent beginning in the good
work. The further and proper develop
ment will follow in the natural course
so soon as we have enough of better
roads to teach the masses the true pub
lie value of the improvement.-Eng
neering News.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
. '-~~
'.' Clean Roads.

On the principle that the greater al
always includes the less, good roads
naturally imply a clean as well as a
smooth and durable surface. But some
times the only step that can be taken
toward better roads is to first keep the
poor ones clean, and bad road that is
clean is not quite so bad as one that is
not, and more or less covered with
refuse. In New York, for year or
two, the streets, poor as they are for
the most part, have been kept remarka-
bly, clean, and since this happened it is
said that the demand for rubber over
shoes has materially decreased there.
In towns and in the country, If live
stock were kept off the highways and
properly confined, the roads would be
much cleaner, the farmer could do
away with nearly all his expensive
fencing, and travelling would be far
more agreeable.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
Wonderful Snake Charming.

A well-known magician tells this
story zone morning 1 was sitting in
my room writing letters. There was
chairs, q table and the cot bed on which
l had slept and which had a single
sheet thrown over it. There were no
curtains or drapery anywhere about.
Suddenly a snake charmer appeared in
the doorway and remarked, cheerfully,
Heap plenty big snake in room, sahib!
Heap plenty big snake
II told him to go away; that had no
time to waste on him, and besides, that
l did not believe there was snake in
the whole house. But he declared ear
nestly that there was heap plenty big
snake and l finally told him to come
in and drive them out. He advanced
two or three places into the room, put
a pipe to his lips and began to play.
The sheet of the bed rose in the air.
The native twitched it off and behold
there was great cobra coiled up with
his head in the air. The charmer's
eyes were fixed upon the cobra, and the
music became soft and slow. From
the bed the serpent descended and
slowly followed the man, who was
backing toward the door. Just out
side the charmer stopped. and the snake
coiled himself on the threshold, his
head high in the air, Kissing angrily,
while his tongue darted in and out, full
of menace. He was just ready to strike
when another native who had remain
ed outside stepped forward and, in a
flash, cut off the monsters head with
sharp sword. 1 went out and saw
the writhing, bleeding, headless Ser
pent on the ground"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The chemical name of EPSON salts
is sulphate of magnesia.

The chemical name of EPSON salts
is sulphate of magnesia.
By starting for the Klondike now
you will get there in the spring, when
the thermometer is only 80 degrees be-
low zero.
If China could load her cannon with
the characters she puts on tea boxes,
no enemy on earth could withstand the
fusilade.
A Kentucky young man who had the
measles kissed his sweetheart and she
caught 'em. Now she is suing him for
damages.
1t is understood that Actor Corbett
is providing for next season by study
ing "Hamlet," 'King Lear" and
"Oedipus at Colonos.
Chinese brides of high station fire.
quently do not see their husbands until
the red wells are lifted at the marriage
ceremony.
To improve her complexion, young
lady in Worcester, England, was in the
habit of eating about two wax candles
every week.
Very satisfactory trials have been re-
Gently made of life boat made of
pumice stone, which it was found
would remain afoat with load, even
when full of water.
DR.. Herbert A. Parkin, Of Chicago,
has hypnotized his fox terrier, Esau,
so that the dog receives and carries out
instructions written on a slip OF paper,
folded and laid on his nose.
Electro magnets capable of picking
up load not exceeding five tons are
used by the Illinois Steel Company to
transfer steel beams or plates from one
part of the shop to the other.
Measurements have shown the thick
ness of the human hair to vary from
the two-hundred and -fiftieth to the six
hundredth part of an inch. Blonde
hair is the finest, and red hair the
coarsest.
What is probably the most venerable
piece of furniture in existence is now
in the British Museum. 1t is the
throne of Queen Hatsu, who reigned in
the Nile valley some 1000 years be-
fore Christ.
A farmer of Herndon, Va, has pet
toad which follows him around the
place. When the farmer sent the toad
as a gift to friend in Washington, the
toad walked back to Herndon, dis
tance of 10 miles.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25

"
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~

The gentleman who wished to SEE Sir
Richard was ushered into the room. In
appearance he was strictly profession
al, but his somewhat stern expression
was tempered by look which men as
sumo when they have some exceeding
ly unpleasant duty to perform.
"Sir Richard Fenwick," he began.
80, geralong," said the gentleman ad-
dressed.
"You will be surprised to hear, Sir
Richard, that Lady Fenwick is no long
er in this hotel"
Fenwick's intoXication seemed to
vanish by enchantment, and he glared
at his visitor, who continued to explain,
''-she is, indeed, with my wife, and
in perfect safety"
"And who the deuce" began Fen
wick.
Il am the head of the firm of Hughie,
| Acres & Doublecheek, London agents
of Messrs Courtly & Stock, legal advis-
ers OF Cle Misses Lane
"By what authority have you had
the - impertinence to take my wife
out of my charger" asked the outraged
husband. "As a man of law you must
know that"
Il am quite aware of the position in
which I stand," placidly continued the
lawyer, "and my justification is con.
tanned in these kilograms from the
lady's guardians authorizing me to act
as think fit. 1 have also had several
communications with the police"
''The police gasped Sir Richard.
"Calm yourself, my good sir; no harm
is done, and everything will arrange it
self for the best. 1t appears that for
some time the police have been looking
for certain Frank Fenton, a well-edu-
Gated young man, whose career marks
him as a criminal Of the highest abil-
ity."
81 never heard Of the name," asserted
Sir Richard, loftily.
"No; for professional uses he general
| ly found it convenient to adopt other
names and other guises. For instance,
during the last few months this in
genious youth has posed as a brick
layer, an actor, a soldier, a lawyer, q
liftman, and-a curate. He is, in fact,
the very curate who married you this
morning. The impostor was arrested
on his way to the station with a bag
containing the gold plate belonging to
the church and all moneys for aims
and from collections that he could lay
his hands on. The criminal being a lay
man, and unauthorized to perform the
wedding ceremony, your marriage is
therefore illegal-you are, in fact, not
married.; but, of course, the marriage
can be performed Immediately duly
licensed clergyman can be obtained e
perform it at Heston- cum Wold-that
isl he added, with dry smile, ''if both
parties are still willing"
Dick Fenwick's reply is not written
Pick-Me-Up.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
A Woman's Daily Paper.

There has just been launched in
Paris a daily paper devoted solely to
the interests of the fair sex. 1t is pro-
duced entirely by women, and not only
are the editors, the managers and the
staff of reporters women, but the type
is set by female compositors, and it is
reported that even the printers devils
are feminine members of the genus
"gamin." The name of the paper is La
Fronde. Used as noun this means
the implement of ancient warfare with
which David slew Goliath, while to the
verb ''fronder" the translation to sling,
to censure, to blame, to criticise and to
oppose all equally apply, and, judging
from the first number, are singularly
appropriate, since it is full of abuse of
everything that can possibly be con-
strued as the handiwork OF man.
Nine. Severine, whose writings have
won for her a worldwide reputation,
is editor-in-chief, and the enterprise is
said to be backed by plenty OF money.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
Convenient.

In the commune Of Disc,
not far from Paris, little village Of
only two hundred and fifty Inhabitants,
the streets are lighted by electricity,
electric lights are found in the church,
in all the houses, and even in the sta
bles; and the farm buildings in the
neighborhood of the village are illu-
minated in the same manner. More
than this, the commune possesses a
large threshing machine driven by cleo
tric power and capable Of threshing
nine hundred sheaves of grain per hour;
besides turnip-cutters, crushers, sor-
ters, pumps, and other agricultural ma
chinery, all set in motion by electricity.
The power is derived from a water
fall, and by combining their interests
the inhabitants Of the commune have
made science illuminate their streets
and houses at night and drive their ma
chimes by day more cheaply than these
things could be done by the old meth
odS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
THE MELUNGEONS.
Peculiar People Who Live in East Ten
nessee-Legend of History.

Peculiar People Who Live in East Ten
nessee-Legend of History.
It is not generally known that in the
mountains of Eastern Tennessee there
lives a class of peculiar looking people
whose origin is wrapped in mystery,
and who are called by the whites Me-
dungeons. They resent this appella-
ton, and proudly declare that they are
Portuguese. The legend of their his
tory, which they carefully preserve, is
this:
A great many years ago these noun
tains were settled by q society of Por-
tuguese Adventures, men and women,
who came from the shore of Virginia
that they might be freed from the re-
straints and drawbacks imposed upon
them by any form of government. They
made theyselves friendly with the In
dians, and freed as they were from ey-
cry kind of social government, they up
rooted all conventional forms of So
ciety, and lived in kind Of delightful
Utopia of their own creation, trampling
upon the marriage relation, despising
all forms Of religion, and subsisting up
on corn-the only possible product of
the soil-and the game of the great for
ests They intermixed with the Indians
and subsequently with the negroes,
and thus formed the present race Of
Melungeons.
They are tall, straight, well-formed
people, Of dark copper color, but with
Circassian features. They were privi-
legged voters in the old slave days and
accredited citizens. They are brave.
but quarrelsome, and are hospitable to
strangers. They have no preachers
among them, and are almost without
any knowledge of Supreme Being.
They marry by established forms, but
husband and wife can separate at
pleasure without meeting with any re-
proach or disgrace from their friends.
They have but little association with
their neighbors, and are in every re-
spect, save that they are under the
Jurisdiction of the State government, q
separate and distinct people.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
State Mining Boards.

State mining boards, Mr.. Batchelder
of Portland, believes, would be of
great assistance to the mining inter-
ests of Oregon and Washington. Like
others, Mr.. Batchelder realizes that
the mineral districts have been sadly
neglected. With the character of ore,
the fuel, the timber, transportation,
the grades of ore for fluxing each other,
and the mild climate, Oregon and
Washington, he says, should be the
greatest mineral producers in the West.
State boards could be of advantage in
many ways. For one thing, they
could constitute themselves fountain
head of reliable information, by keep
ing in touch with all the districts,
where capitalists. strangers and people
at home could draw from for investing,
etc.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
Promoted for Gaiiantry.

Hon, Theodore Roosevelt writes an
article entitled ''The Roll of Honor of
the New York Police" for the Century.
Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Early in our term we promoted a pa
trolman to the grade of roundsman for
activity in catching a burglar under
rather peculiar circumstances. I hap
pened to note his getting burglar one
week. Apparently he had fallen into
the habit, for he got another the next
week. In the latter case the burglar
escaped from the house soon after
midnight, and ran away towards Park
avenue, with the policeman in hot
chase. The New York Central Rail-
road runs under Park avenue, and
there are a succession of openings in
the top of the tunnel. Finding that the
policeman was gaining on him, the bur-
glar took a desperate chance, and leap
ed down one of these openings, at the
risk of breaking his neck. Now the
burglar was running for his liberty,
and it was the part of wisdom for him
to inperil life or limb; but the police
man was merely doing his duty, and
nobody could have blamed him for not
taking the jump. However, he jump
ed; and in this particular case the hand
&C the Lord was heavy upon the I'M
righteous. The burglar had the breath
knocked out Of him, and the cop
didn't. When his victim could walk
the officer trotted him around to the
station-house, and week afterward he
himself was promoted, it appearing,
upon careful investigation, that he was
sober, trustworthy, and strictly atten-
| tive to his duty.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
The Origin of a Tennyson Poem.

Tennyson's poem of "St. Telemachus'
originated thus: Lord Tennyson, one
day when Dean Farrar was talking
with him, asked him to suggest the
subject of a poem. After thinking a
moment he suggested the story Of st.
Telemachus leaping down into the am
phitheater, and, by his self devoted
martyrdom, putting an end forever to
the hideous butcheries of the gladiator
ial games, a scene which Dean Farrar
has described in his gathering
Clouds" and which is the subject of
the famous picture, 1.-THE Gladiators." !"
To his surprise, Tennyson had never
heard the story, and was much struck
with it. He asked the dean to send
him, when he returned, all the authori-
ties on the subject. That was easily
done, for it rests on the single authori-
ty of the Greek ecclesiastical historian,
Theodoret. The dean sent him the pas.
sage in the original Greek, and he cloth.
ed it in the magnificent poem, which
may be read in almost his latest vol
ume, ''The Death of Oenone, and Other
Poems.'-The Bookman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
Every Package
of ScAsZlzmg's Best tea is a sample.
Your money back if you don't like it.
Human MaUnRtS.


Experiments made recently by scien-
tific men in France have developed a
curious and altogether unexpected fact,
namely, thatscertain persons possess a
magnetic polar1ty-that is, they are
found to act after the manner of mag
nets, having, in fact, north and south
poles In such case, the individual
ON being completely undressed and
placed near a sensitive galvanometer,
will, when turned on vertical axis,
cause defection first in one direction
and then in the other, just as magnet
will do. 1t is not assumed that all
persons psosess this polarity, but in
the case of Professor, Murani, an
Italian. upon whom the experiment
was tried, the phenomenon was I'M
mistakably exhibited, it being found
that his beast corresponded to north
pole and his back to south pole.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
PERtls OF SEA GuNNERN.
The Mates Agility and Quick Witted.
ness Save the Ship.

Inc N1dtS'S kA&llILy dho NGASA
ness Save the Ship.
An officer of the United States Navy
relates the following as illustrating
some of the perils of gunnery at sea:
81 am glad to see you again, and all
the more so, because, without knowing
it, came very near going up into the
air in small bits on this last squadron
cruise. We were at heavy gun prac-
tice at sea, and but for the quiclness of
a gunner's mate would never have re-
turned. AS you probably know, the
heavy guns in the turrets are fired by
electricity, the gun being discharged
simply by pressing button. The OIL
Ger in command of the forward turret
on our ship during rapid-firing practice
was just about to press the button to
fire one of our big guns, when a gun
ners mate was seen to grab at some
thing on the wall of the turret and then
fall in heap on the floor. The officer
pressed the button, but the gun was not
discharged When the mate came to
he was asked what had happened, and
he Informed the officer that the breech
of the gun had not been locked and that
what he grabbed at on the wall was the
wires forming the electric firing cir
cult. When he saw that the officer was
prepared to fire the gun and at the
same time observed that the breech of
the gun was not locked, the only thing
that occurred to him to prevent the gun
being discharged was to destroy the cir
cult, which he did promptly and effec-
lively. When all this occurred there
was charge of 25O pounds of powder
in the gun, another charge of the same
size in the turret ready to be served,
and the,passageway leading to the pow
der magazine was wide open. But for
the quickness of the gunner's mate the
gun would have been discharged, the
breech block would have blown out in
side the turret, the gases from the
burning powder would probably have
ignited the charge lying in the turret,
this explosion would have ignited the
powder in the magazine, and the
chances are that the whole ship, crew
and all would have gone up in the air.
A thought that has occurred to me is
this: Suppose the accident had occur
red, what do you imagine the verdict
of board Of inquiry as to the cause Of
the loss of the ship would have been ?
Since this experience the department
has adopted electrical means to prevent
the discharge Of any of the large guns
until the breech is locked"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
PEARY THE EXPLORER ON BAKING
POWDERS.

Those going to the Klondike must
remember that reliable baking pow
der is an absolute necessity. If, after
a long and expensive trip and the great
cost of transportation, the baking pow
der proves inferior or has lost it's
strength, the miner will be practically
helpless. 1t is no time or place to ex-
pertinent. What is required is a. bak-
ing powder that has actually stood the
test of the arctic climate.
The we'll known explorer, Lieut..
Peary, U. S. N, says of Cleveland's s
baking powder, which he used on his
Arctic Expeditions:
"Cleveland's stood the tests of use
in those high latitudes and severe tenn
peratures perfectly and gave entire sat-
isfaction. Mrs. Peary considers that
there is no better baking powder made
than Cleveland's. shall take it again
on my next expedition"