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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
A MESSAGE TO MANILA.
Travels Three-Fifths the circuit of
the G1obe-The Course 1t
Takes.

To pay practically $25 for brief ten
word message to the Philippines may
seem eXtravagant, but when one re-
fleets that it travels three-ffths of the
distance around the globe in complet-
ing the journey, passing under the di-
rection of half dozen different COM
panies, the cost seems far from exorbi-
tant, says Ainslee's Magazine.
The ordinary course of such mes
sage would be from New York to Cape
Breton, N. S., thence to Hearts Con-
tent, N. F., where it dives under the
Atlantic, to reappear on the coast of
Ireland. From here it is forwarded to
LONDON, which is the great center and
clearing house for the cable business
of the whole world. From London the
message will be forwarded either across
the English channel and overland to
Marseil1es, or by the Eastern Telegraph
company line around the Spanish pen
insula, stopping at Lisbon. Through
the Mediterranean the route leads to
Alexandria, across Egypt by land, down
the Red sea to Alden, through the Ara
bian sea to Bombay, over India by land,
across the Bay of Bengal to Singapore,
along the coast to Hong-Kong, and
across the China sea to Manila. Not
Withstanding the many hands through
which it passes, the message is for
warded with reasonable promptness,
with perfect secrecy and all the way in
English. a'-+ssZs
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
MAKERS OF WILLS. )
Find 1t Very Troublesome to Draw
Up the Papers In Bavaria
and Prussia.

Bavaria seems to have placed the
most effective pitfalls and barbed wire
entanglements in the path of the
guileless maker of wills. In that
country it is imperative that the most
simple will must be attested with all
solemnity by seven separate witness
es, who must be present at the same
time; and their action must be sane
toned and their signatures must be
authenticated by a public notary.
Prussia has also its special complica-
tions, under the code of Frederick II.
That monarch, distrnsting Ignorant
notaries, or ministers, or casual per-
sons but little learned in matters of
law" decided that only wills made in
solemn form before justices or judges
should be valid. To these experts all
particulars must be told, any ques-
tions they choose to put must be: an
swered, and they finally draw up the
document, read it to the testator and
append their signatures. If it is pre-
ferred the will may be drawn before
hand and submitted to the judges,
who, after due inquiries to satisfy
themselyes that all is right, will sane
ton and confirm it.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
Blowing Him Down.

DR.. Isaac Barrow was an eminent di-
vine, great at long sermons; three
hours were nothing to him. On one oc-
casion he was preaching in the abbey,
and had got well on in his ..tenthly, my
brethren" without any indication of
the streams running dry. Now, the
abbey is a showplace as well as a
church; and restiye under the elo-
quence of DR.. Barrow. Accordingly, as
the veracious chronicler records, they
'caused the organs to play until they
had blowed him down." Here, again,
you see the organs blew. Whether the
organist was asleep-not unlikely, for,
organists prefer a sleep to long ser
mon any day-and one of the vergers
officiated at the keys, I do not know,
but l confess / should like to have
heard the "volun tary-fit namel-
that "blowed" Isaac Barrow down. -
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
A HIGH PRICED PIANO
One That Was Made for Famous
Belgian Artist at a Cost
of S25,0OO.

A wonderful piano has been made by
Jan Van Beers, the Belgian artist,
whose portraits of beautiful women are
famous abe painter owns one of the
most remarkable houses in Paris and
has given years to the study of interior
decoration, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. He admits that
the exquisite instrument which he is
going TO exhibit at the exposition next
summer is probably the most beauti-
full piano of ancient or modern times.
Of course, only the shell or case is his
work; whose make the instrument
shall be will be determined by the pur-
chaser. The body of the piano is of
natural wood, tinted green; the legs,
garlands, Cupids and all the Ornamental
tions are of bronze, gilded and chiseled
by the ablest sculptor of Louis Quinze
bronzes in Paris. The fine sketches
which appear on the sides and on the
front of the piano are paintings by the
artist himself and represent the four
seasons, and a minuet danced in the
park in the days of Louis XIV, all after
the manner Of Vatican.
The designer has tried as far as pos
sfble to convert those parts of the piano
which are ordinarily ungraceful and,
awkward into something decorative
and harmonious. The pedals, which
generally represent a Tyre. are replaced
by the owners initials. One bronze
Cupid, at sthe touch of spring, offers
his violoneello as q support the cover
when open. This cover is lined with
small plaques of ivory, each surround
ed by Louis Quinze frame of bronze,
where some day distinguished musi-
clans will write their names. using for
this purpose the sheath and asrew Of a
Cupid at the left, which have been in
geniously converted into inkstand and
pen. The music, resting on a small
frame of bronze, which glides forward
upon a spring, is lighted by two delicate
electric flowers, and the musician is
thus left in an agreeable half-light.
The total cost of the piano will not be
\ less than $4,000. .
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
IN CHINA
BOXERS REVOLT ASSUMING
GREAT PROPORTIONS.

Rebels Massing Outside Pekiug-Im-
perial Troops Go Over to the In
suogents-Conger Authorized to
Land Marines From American War
ships.
London, May 29.-The Daily Elk.
press has the following telegram
from Shanghai, dated Tuesday:
s.The rebellion continues to grow
in intensity, and the gravest tears
are entertained Of its ultimate ex-
tent. The foreign envoys at Pc.
king, fearing massacre within the
capital, have decided to bring up
the guards Of the legations. The
rebels are now massing ontside of
Peking, and their numbers are re-.
ported to be constantly augmenting.#
Fresh contingents Of armed malcon-
tents are coming up almost hourly
from the north. Y
The imperial troops who were
Isent to disperee the rebels found
themselves hopelessly outnumber-
ed. Several hundred were killed.,
and two guns and many rifles were
captured, after which most Of the
remaining troops went over to the
rebels. They are now marching
/ side by side. It is believed that
the Boxers have the sympathy of
the entire Manchurian army in the
anti-foreign crusade, and there. is
no doubt that they have the eoun.
tenanee of the Empress Dowager
and of Prince Chang.
THE Belgian Minister, escorted
by strong bodyguard, has gone to
obtain an audience of the Tsung- Ii.
Bamen, number of his country
men with their families having
been cut off by the rebels at Chang
.Tsln Tien.
'sThe position of the missionaries
is one Of extreme peril unless help
is sl eedily forthcoming. 1t is fear
ed they will meet the same fate as
their unfortunate converts whom
the Boxers are ruthlessly murder
ing"
/ A special dispatch from .shang.
hal says it is believed that Russia
is about to land troops at Taku
from Port Arthur, where 10000 are
in readiness.
The Chinese are reported to be
sending large masses of troops over
land from Hu Nanad Kiang, but
the generalissimo refuses to assume
command on plea of sickness.
The relief party has returned
from Chan Tsin Tien, bringing 25
persons, including several women
and children.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02

call upon the nearest United States
naval vessels for assistance. It is
not known yet whether he has avail.
ed himself of the permission. The
ship he would naturally lock to
would be the Newark, and it is as
sumed that he has already com.
municated with Admiral Kempf
on board that flagship.
The mbarassing of the situation
is the cutting of communication by
rril between Taku and and Tien.
Tsin, and the capital, for the ''Box-
ers" have burned the railroad bridg-
es, and there are probably only two
courses open to the marines who
wish to reach Peking-a long over
land march through hostile coun-
try away from supporters, or tie
dius voyage up the swift and shall
low Pei Ho in shore boats in tow of
the steam launches.
According to report the Chinese
government has done everything in
its power to meet the demands of
the diplomatic body at Pekin for
the dispersion of the Boxers" but
it appears that the uprising is far
more serious than was at first ap.
pretended and even the resident
ministers at Pekingare inclined to
admit that the task is not an easy
one for the Chinese government.
| So far all the measures taken by
Estate department leak to the SIM
pie protection Of the American le-
cation at Peking, the American
lconsulates in the immediate vicin-
i ity and the lives of such Americans
as may be obliged to take refuge
therein, In the event of general riot.
ling. The state department is close
ly adhering to the practice it has
always observed of noninterference
in these Chinese disturbances, and
it is not contemplated that our na-
val forces shall take any partin the
contest between the Chinese govern
ment and the Boxers" though it
| is assumed that Rear Admiral REM
ley, commander-in .chief-of the Asi
attic station, will take immediate
steps to supply Rear-Admiral
Kempff,. the senior squadron com
mander, with such naval force as
he may need for safeguarding Amer
ican inteIests at the treaty ports.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
DAILY FREsHETs.
Regularity of Rising and Falling of
the Rivers and Streams in
Alaska.

To most people who live in the tenn
perate zones, the annual freshets oc-
casioned by the melting of the winter
SHOWS and by the unusually heavy rains
of spring are matter of familiar OBJ
servation. Under higher latitude and
in the neighborhod of glaciers, other
phenomena are to be studied. An Eng
lish traveller in Alaska has the follow
ing to report about the rivers of that
country, says Youths Companions:
The Takheena, like most streams of
glacial origin, was subject to daily
rise and fall. The distance of it's
sources caused the water to increase
in volume and in swiftness from noon
to midnight, after which it continued
to decrease from midnight to noon.
The daily rise measured from six to
ten inches, according to the heat of
the weather; the daily fall measured
from five to eight inches during the
time the fine weather lasted.
After a few days of cloudy, rainy
weather, / found the river falling from
day to day about as fast as it had risen
during the fine weather.
1t is worthy of remark that during
fine weather I invariably found the
wind during the daytime in the Chilcat
valley blowing up from the sea. 1t
began in the forenoon with gentle,
breeze, which gradually increased .t6
smart gale, that died quite away by
sunset. During the night there was
either no wind, or else It blew in The
contrary direction. This regular move-
ment of the atmosphere no doubt has
much to do with producing the regular
daily rise and fall of the river.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
1ndu.trias Esrm In Cuba.

In the province OF Matanzas, Cuba, at
Ceiba Mocha, an industrial relief farm
is carried on by New England relisf
society. Its first crop OF early psta-
toes, planted last November, is reach
ing the markets, and is said to be prac-
tically the same as Bermudas. They;
are of bright, rosy color ano excel
lent flavor Nearly all the cultivat-
ing and harvesting were done by war
widows and orphans. During the in:
surrection 5000 reconcentrados were
crowded together at Ceiba Mocha
Eioht hundred are left. Five thousand
are n a cemetery near hv
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02
Would Not Suffer SO Again for Fifty
Times its Price.

Iawoke last night with severe pains in
my stomach. never felt SO badly in all
my life. When I came down to work
this morningsI felt so week could hard
ly work. / went to Miller & McCurdy's
drug store and they recommended Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. It worked like magic and one
dose fixed me all right. It certainly is
the finest thing ever used for stomach
trouble. shall not be without it in my
house hereafter, for 1 should uot care to
endure the suferings of last night again
for fifty times its price. G II Wilson,
1iveryman, Burgettstown, Washington
county, Pa: This remedy is for asle by
Graham & Wells.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1900-06-02

Washington, May 29.-Such adj
vices as have reached here indicate
that the situation in China is as
suming a very critical phase and
one calculated to tax the entire re-
sources of the. Chiuese government.
The state department has been in
close communication with Mr.. Con-
ger, our minister at Peking, and the
navy department is doing its share
having placed the fagbhip Newark
as far up the Pei Ho River as the
Taku forts, which is the nearest
point to Peking that the ship can
reach.
The operations of the Boxers"
are increasing in magnitude. Their
demonstrations are no longer local,
and they appear to be governed in
their movements by some we'll set
tied designed They have murder
ed nine Methodist missionaries at
the town of Pachow, and have. clos
ed on Peking. Meanwhile, the Chi
nese army is suspected of disloyal
ty, this belief being strengthened
by wholesale desertions of the SOL
diers to the Boxers
Minister Conger has appealed to
the state department for the protec-
tion ola marine guard for his lega-
ton. The department has prompt.
ly cabled him an authorization to
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11
TRY A CHANGE.

1t must be the heated term which is
so trying on the temper, but certainly
Honolulu is well by the ears. If we do
not get much news from the outer
world, we are supplying it for ourselves.
This frothing will quiet down in time.
1t is but natural that it should seethe
a little. All changes bring about fric-
lion, and friction causes heat mentally,
and we have also had heat physically.
There will, however, probably be
more heat developed before it quite
Gains down. An election is coming on
and we shall have the whole country in
a state of commotion from Haena to
Ka Lac. From what is now going on
We can judge of the bitterness of the
future contest. 1t will not be so much
contest of principles as it will be a
contest of prejudice.
That the first territorial campaign
should be about to be conducted upon
such lines is very unfortunate, but it is
evident, that the personal element is
daily growing stronger and stronger,
and that it is not so much measures
that are going to be opposed but men.
1t is evident that there is the strongest
Jealousy of certain men, as men. 1t is
not desire to improve the service of
the country, but it is desire to remove
certain office holders for purely per-
sonal reasons.
OF course campaign carried out up
on these lines will be an intensely bitter
one and the Territory of Hawaii will
not present a very dignihed picture to
those who are watching it's progress
with much anxiety, hoping that it may
worthily acquit itself in her new role
1t would be very much better If we
could settle down to campaign of
principles rather than of personalities
There are many points on which we
can reasonably disagree and which
would be worth a great deal more of
our thought than is at present being
given to matters which are neither to
the public advantage nor to the dignity
of the Territory of Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11
A WORLD POWER.

The appearance of the United States
in the circle of world powers, although
seemingly sudden and unexpected, has
been natural evolution of recent poll
tical and economic tendencies, so says
Charles Conant one of the keenest OBJ
servers and thinkers of the present.
The time has come when the intensity
of the struggle for new markets and for
opportunities for investment has forced
the great commercial nations, by the
instinct Of self-preservation, to demand
that the field Of competition be kept
OPEN even by the exercise, if necessary
OF paramount military force. In sup
porting this demand the United States
will obey the motive Of enlightened
self-interest which actuates other pro-
ducing nations. She cannot take any
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11
GOLD MINES.

The Boer war seems to be practically
over, the last stage having been reach
ed. But the development of the coun-
try will not Immediately progress. The
world is interested in the matter be-
cause of the supply of gold from the
johannesburg mines. Operations on
these mines will not be resumed for a
month or perhaps two months.
Lord Roberts at the end of July noti-
fled the gold mining companies that
their employees would not be permitted
to return to the Rand before Septem-
Der at the earliest and the few civilians
connected with the mines who had re-
turned to them have been sent back to
Cape Town. Military problems take
the lead in such matters and the civili-
an has to give way to the military man
when war is being waged.
Cape Town according to latest ac-
counts is crowded with miners and
others who had interests in Johannes
burg and who fled from that city or
were ordered to leave it by the Beers
when hostilities commenced. They had
scattered all over the world but as soon
as Lord Roberts occupied johannesburg
and Pretoria they came flocking back
only to find themselves stopped at
their point of landing.
There will be a very considerable
amount of work to be done in the way
of pumping out flooded mines, repair
ing machinery and so forth, before gold
mining can be resumed on the Rand,
so that it will not be much before the
commencement of next year that the
output of gold from South Africa will
have any effect upon the worlds finan-
cial markets.
The world depends very largely upon
South Africa for it's gold supply, the
output from there having been, just be-
fore the war; in the lead, Gold is not
only needed for coinage purposes, but
a very considerable quantity is used up
annually in various arts. 1t is there
fore important that the supply should
be kept up, and the sudden cessation
of so fruitful a source as South Africa
must be naturally felt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11

The inaction of the allies at Tientsin
is calling forth considerable comment.
But what are the allies to do? They
cannot advance towards Picking unless
all necessary supplies are ready. 1t is
no easy thing to move an army for
ward. The old adage that a soldier
marches on his belly is more true today
than it was when it was first promulgat-
ed. Even with all modern appliances
1t is very hard to keep up proper COM
missary supplies in an ordinarily civil
lied country. But when it comes to
marching through a country like China
which is destitute of roads and whose
population is ferociously hostile, the
problem of food becomes a very serious
one. A soldier can't be sent out with
only rifle and a belt of cartridges.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11

The demolition of the old building in
the Royal school premises will remove
another of the land marks of Honolulu.
Originally it was a one story building
and was added to by an upper story.
Then the school increased so much that
other separate buildings were erected.
In the school that is now being pulled
down, many of our prominent citizens
were educated, for at the outset the
school catered to a different clientele
to what it does now. In point of fact
it was for many years the High School
of Honolulu and was attended by pu-
pills of both sexes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11
BENCH AND BAR.

Certainly our bar and our bench do
not seem very united. The exhibition of
last night Is not one calculated to inn
press the outsider with the great digni-
ty of either For set of the leading
gentlemen in the city to fall foul of
one another at social gathering is
not an ennobling sight to any one. And
one may very naturally ask why is it?
and whose fault is it?
Up to the present the bench of the
Hawaiian Islands has commanded the
utmost respect, and though there may
have been criticism there has never
been the slightest idea of insult to any
of its members. How is it that sud
denly we have judges Withdrawing
from a dinner table because they feel
their dignity hurt. Into the merits of
the controversy The Star does not in
tend to go. Mr.. Mechanism may or
may not have exceeded the bounds of
polite speech. 1t is very difficult to de-
eide because the accounts differ very
materially. AS reported by one paper
the remarks are made insulting, as re-
ported by another, there is absolutely
nothing but a humorous allusion to a
new condition, which was making the
lawyers stand round a bit and putting
them on their mettle.
1t is an old established fact that peo-
pie who are accustomed to dignity can
preserve it without Haunting it in the
face of everybody. The peacock wears
it's gorgeous tail with grace and seems
unconscious of the appendage. The
Jackdaw tricked out with peacock
feathers offends the eye by it's assump-
ton of dignity. When man is assured
of his position he is not forever seek
ing to display the dignity of that posi-.
ton.
Surprising for an instant, that Mr.
Mechanism did overstep the bounds
it would have been much more dignified
on the part of the judges to have left
the matter in the hands of the chair.
man, rather than have risen in the way
they did and brought about the scanda
which for the first time in the history
of the Hawaiian bench has occurred
between it and the bar Too great readi
ness to take offence is perhaps wors,
than never resenting an affront.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11

There seems to be a desire in some
quarters to down the Territory. 1t is
the duty of Territorial officials to look
out for the interests of the Territory
and to take care that they are not over
ridden by Federal officials. AS a fact
the Federal government proposes to
erect a Federal building in which to
house the Federal officials. There is
no desire on the part of the Territorial
government to down any one. 1t has
shown it's anxiety for the Federal Off
Gals by making extensive repairs in the
judiciary building for the comfort of
those officials.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11

other course without condemning her
self to industrial stagnation at home
as well as to loss in pestige abroad.
The appearance of foreign states as
borrowers i'm the New York money mar
ket is one of the many signs that the
period of economic isolation for the
United States is drawing to an end, and
that she must enter into the field of
international finance. In this contest
the problem for the United States, on
the economic side, is to attain the
greatest producing capacity by the eff
cheney of competitive machinery and
labor. while on the political side it is to
keep open the opportunity for the free
play of this competitive power in the
worlds markets.
If commercial freedom were the rule
among nations, so that there could be
no discrimination against the most
efficient producer the industries of the
United States would need no political
support in the contest for commercial
But, by reasons of the con-
ditions which have prevailed in the
world from the beginning, under which
diplomatic finesse and military force
have been brought to the support of
national commerce, it is essential that
those peoples who can produce under
the best conditions should not be de-
prived of the opportunity to sell in the
worlds markets.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-11
BpiStIHS in
Your Teeth!

Are not pleasant, but you
will get them there, every
time you use a poor tooth
brush. Get a brush that is
built right. 1t doesn't cost
any more and is more salts
factory. Our best is built
right. It's not every day that
we can offer such good value
in a tooth brush. We always
have a complete assortment
on hand but its only occasion
ally that we run across such
good ones as these at so low a
price. Besides being put in
to stay, the bristles are of the
correct stiffness-two or three
grades-so that you are sure
to be suited.