Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-07-13

deceased colleague Wh0m ne naQ not
known, he consulted Mr.. Reed, then the
speaker, upon what to say. "Say any
thing except the TRUTH" was the reply;
'it's customary"
After a recent ecclesiastical gather
ing, as the clergymen were trooping
into luncheon, one of the most unctuous
observed: Now to pus bride on our
appetites." 'Now to put bit between
my teeth" retorted the Bishop Of Win
chester, DR.. Randall Davidson.
A gem from the records of Missouri
court, given in an address by Hon. Will
liam Wallace, is the following lucid
verdict in a lunacy case: ''We, the
jury, impaneled, sworn, and charged to
inquire into the insanguinity Of Heze-
kiah Jones, do occur in She affirmative" /"
An autograph-huntef, who was very
anxious to obtain the signature of the
poet Campbell, adopted the familiar
strategem. Having come across line
in one Of his poems, the meaning of
which appeared to be obscure, he wrote
short note to the author, asking him
to interpret the words in question. He
received the following laconic reply:
"Sfr-1n return to your note, send you
my autograph.-Thomas Campbell"
Sir William MacGormac, the presi-
dent of the Royal College Of Surgeons
of London, is at times quite absent
minded. He is an indefatigable work
of 10 xxybn CT, 1xy-
ing in his laboratory has light lunch
con served there. Once his assist
ants heard him sigh heavily, and, look
ing up, saw the doctor glaring at two
glass receptacles on his table. What
is the matter, doctor?" asked one of the
youngsters. Nothing in particular %
was the reply, ''only 1 am uncertain
whether I drank the beef tea or that
compound I am working on" .t
A short time ago some American la
dies who were visiting Rome, wishing
to attend Papal reception, made their
appearance in ordinary court dress,
having availed themselves to the full
est extent of the decollettage. Pope
Leo was Mortified when he first noticed
them, and determined to take steps for
its prevention in future. A certain well.
known cardinal was instructed by him
to inform the ladies' of their breach Of
etiquette The cardinal was a man of
the world, and realized that the matter
must be approached with the utmost
tact and delicacy; after due considera-
tion he approached the ladies, and, ad-
dressing them, said: 1.-The Pope is old
fashioned and does not like decollete
dresses; but" he continued, waving his
hand lightly in the air, ''for me am
quite accustomed to them, you know, 1
have been so much among savages that
do not mind them" 1t was some lit
tie time before the ladies grasped the
full significance Of the cardinals words.
Camille Saint Saens, the brilliant
French composer, is extremely near
sighted. One evening at Paris he was
at party, when the host asked him to
play something. He for long time re-
fused to do SO, but, being earnestly
pressed, he took his seat at the piano.
His hair was tossed back, his eye
cleaned with excitement. Now he
would bend over the piano, then he
would throw himself back; and all the
while his fingers would run over the
keys as he extemporized in the most
brilliant fashion. The company were
delighted. After an hour, pleasure gave
place to WEAKNESS. Two hours after.
ward some of the guests began to leave;
their example quickly became contagf-
GUS, and by degrees nobody remained
in the room except the master of the
house (the hostess had long since gone
to bed. Saint-Saens, more inspired and
more tumultuous than ever, utterly un.
conscious Of the incidents around him,
played on as fast and as frenzied as
ever. At last, about a. M, seeing
Saint-Saens playing with more ardor
completely overcome with fatigue, be-
came desperate, and, laying his hand
on the composers shoulder, said: 81
beg your pardon, my dear sir, but pray
are you not little fatiguedy' Saint
Saens replied, without leaving the pia-
no, .Not in the leasty' and to show how
fresh he was, struck into a new improi
visation with wilder enthusiasm than
ever The host gave up, stole out of
the room, and went to bed. At day:
break Saint-Saens rose, grayely bowed
to the tables and chairs, and went home
completely ignorant that the chairs and
tables had been for hours his only audi
nee. ~
How 1t Came About.
Browne-How did that Congressman