The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-08-05
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I'VE have burned our boots and de-
stroyed our breeches." !
Shortly before his death, which occur.
red in 1866, Massimo d'AZegflo, states
man, orator, poet, the painter Of "or-
ando Furioso," but, above all, the
trusty friend and valued counselor of
Victor Emmanuel, was talking to o
Frenchman. who congratulated him
upon the uniflcation of Italy. Eyes"
was the reply, I'VE have a new Italy;
now we must endeavor to make new
Italians"
The native servants In Hawaii used
to address their mistresses as they heard
other members Of the household ad.
dress them. not infrquently calling
thcm by their first names. An English.
woman determined on her arrival in
Honolulu that her servants should nev-
or call her. Mary. and instructed them
carefully IN tho presence of her hus-
band. One day, when she had visitors.
her cook put his head In at the draw
ing-room door, and politely inquired;
what vegetables for dinner to-day,
my loveT He had heard her called
that, and seemed proud of remembering
not to say Mary.
1t happened In the spring of 1s6o,
when Garlbaldi was pursuing his expe-
dition in Sicily. and when the words
Constitution and Liberty were on
every Neapolitan's lips. "Why are you
so anxious for constitution asked
O foreign tourist of his guide and dom
key driver, while they We're travelling
through the mountains of Sorrento:
well, you see, your excellency," was
the answer, because think we shall
be all the better for 1t. 1t Is now close
upon twenty years that am letting out
my asses to visitors from all countries
English, French, Americans; all of
these have q constitution, and they are
all rich"
The morning after a sacred concert at
which Louis XIV. had been present he
sent Caffarelli, alias Morenjano Gaetan,
the Neapolitan tenor, a purse contain
ing a hundred gold pieces and vafu-
able but plain gold snuff-box. Caffarefli
was disguised. as that what the King
sends meT' he exclaimed, eying the
box disdainfully; II have got fifty In
my possession, and the least Is better
than this one. 1 should not mind 1t
If the Kings portrait were on It,"
Monsieur" replied the sovereign's en-
voy, "the King only gives his portrait
to ambassadors" Every well, then,"
retorted Caffarelli; 'slet the King make
the ambassadors sing"
A curious incident happened In the
early Cos in Paris. Said Pasha, who
was on a visit to the capital, wanted a
dozen and q half of snuff boxes to dis
tribute among as many people whom
he delighted to honor. He applied to
the celebrated firm of Bapst and the
latter undertook to provide him with
the required number at the rate of four
thousand francs each. "We have only
q dozen ready, your highness, but the
you have disposed Of these we
shall deliver another half-dozen." And
they did. They failed, however, to COM
plete the third halfdozen. They could
only furnish FIVE. And the reason? Be
cause one of the recipients among the
second half dozen had gone out Of town
before the jewelers. could get at him.
Sarah Bernhardt said to persistent
reporter lately: II have told you every
thing. There Is nothing that remains
for me to say. You are as bad as Pierre
Lotir' What on earth has Pierre Lott
done to you?" 'Oh, simply that once
,,r,o, r. +i,,,o ha ~, a da nm hic ,,oyrd +hot
he was going to make my acquaintance.
First he wrote me a letter expressing
his admiration for me. and he did me
the honor of dedicating a book to me.
/ thanked him, but did not invite him
to call on me. 1t was exposition year.
MY Marie came to me. one day and told
me Japanese gentleman wished to see
me, You know am fond Of curiosities.
so told the girl to admit the visitor. 1t
was Pierre Lott! I sent him about his
business. Another time it was two
Arabs who came. One Of them, q huge
fellow, was carrying In his arms, an
Arab manikin. OF course, the manikfn
was again Pierre Lott. There was moth
ing left for me to do but to ask him to
call, dressed as a Frenchman Of the
century,"
Not long ago there was put In at the
Louisville, KY, telephone exchange q
switchboard run entirely by battery,
so that the amount Of calls was defin-
ttely indicated by expenditure of force.
The chart showed correct business con-
ditions up to 10 a. m., says the Chicago
Times Herald, and then there came a
most unaccountable drop. The electri-
clan was bothered There must be n
q weakness somewhere. Again
and again the same remarkable and in
drop showed on the chart,
and the perplexed telephone engineer
went from Chicago to Louisville to In
vestigate. He was with a group Of
anxious managers and directors wait
ing for the significant hour to approach,
when suddenly some one looked at his
watch and called, Gentlemen, we are
losing time," whereupon one and ali
arose and passed to the nearest buffet.
That was crowded, and they tried an
other only to find 1t also thronged Then
the electrician looked at the hour. 1t
was Just 10 o'clock, and a daily scene
was being enacted. All Louisville was
out taking a drink!
Age of London Bridge
When was London bridge built? 1t