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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-02-11

Miss Mabel Cronise
Graduate Of Chicago College
of Music.
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
New Stone Quarry.
have opened stone quarry on, my
place one mile north Of Corvallis. No
better foundation stone can be found in
the county. Builders and others are re-
quested to write or see me, when in need
of such material.
THos. BoULDEN.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-02-11

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF
OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF ..FNrON:
Edward Walden, Plaintiff,
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

as hc did in person To deliver this invitation to
me, but II had not occurred To him that the date
liked for the review was June IL, the ami
VerSary of Waterloo; nor indeed TO me either,
at the moment: did not pay any heed TO the
date.
Next day at the hour agreed upon was on
the ground in fun parade uniform. accompanied
by my staff The English army was drawn up
IN long file; 10 the right the Guards, with their
high, hairy headSear; then the HighlanderS
with their feather trimmed caps, their strange
costumes and their bagpipes with sounds
stranger still. and last the infantry, with their
tuftcd shukos and their red tuuics with white
gimp.
The Duke of Cambridge asked me to take the
right The sun was heamins brightly, causing
the arms to glisten, and the flags way
ing IN the wind, and all covered over with
names emhroldered in gold II was a superb
picture. and enjoyed IL with the fulness OF my
faculties.
We took the right of the line Of hattIe-it was
the Guards who occupied it-and began To
move along in front of their ranks Having got
level with the first battalion | saIuted il Al
the same moment the flag was lowered To return
my salute. and ON the unfoded tissue | read in
large letters. Families. Malplaquet, Les Ara
Those were precisely the most disastrous davs
of the history of France that l. a French gem
eral thus compelled respectfully To salute
on the anniversary of Waterloo, in the midst of
English generals who had fought there .
l was unable. do what 1 could. To- repress the
emotion that was choking me during that sec
ond. Cold shvers ran through my body. the
hand with which | held my hat while saIutinS
trembled like dead leaf Still anxious to let
IINfHllS VI elt tiIdt appear, L went on SdlulluS,
after the other, down To the very last of
them the Colurs on which l could always read:
Les AraplleS, NittOria. Waterloo"
That was one of the most violent emotions |
have ever gone through in my life. and it was
all the more powerful that | was constrained to
keep it down. When it all over l was
obliged to pun myself together in order To shake
hands with the Duke OF Cambridge, to tender
him my thanks. TO offer him my congratulations.
But he far too quick sighted not to have
noticed what l had gone through. and far too
tactful to make the fainteSt allusiOn To il. But
from that day onward, whenever French Off
GERS were invited to review the English army,
the colors remained under cover, and neither
Saint-Arnaud. Pelissier nor myself had in the
future any similar ordeas to go through
As for us. we had need TO cover up our
cOlors; the names inscribed upon them had
our allies
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
THE BRITISH MONTHLIES.
INTERESTING BITS FROM THE FER
RUARY NUMBERS
AUsTRALIAN OPAL DIGGLNG.

Mining is carried on IN the most primitive
fashion, the prOSpeCtOr not being able TO carry
heavy tools in his travelling outfit The first
process after arriving any field is pegging out
each man. This is accomplished by inserting
four mulSa stumps at the corners after doing
which the shaft Is started. its position in the
claim generally being determI4ed-aS most
things aTe-by the side Of coin which comes
down uppeTmOSt- The first three feet or so con-
sists of soft drift sand-the deposit Of countless
"Wllly-Wlllles,' or Australian desert tOrnadOeS.
Occasionally detached IrOuSLOne powders are
met with in this, which are carefully examined
for signs of opal matTiX-a substance always
associated with the gem. and supposed TO be
very immature opal a hard conslomeratiOn OF
irOnStOne pebbles is next encountered. IN which
''cOlors''-little fiery specks OF Opal-are fire.
quently found This usually proves about four
feet in thickness after which extremely hard
porous and red formation IS struck. which turns
white on exposure to air This latter substance
--'YitTified mud" the miners call it-extends
and in some of the iron leaders running through
its vast body the miner hopes to ind his long
looked for rise
The miners have a SupeTstitiOUS dread OF The
ubiquitous potch, and viii often leave held
the pOtCh be too plentiful POtch Is SIMPLY Op4
without the living fire. OF, the miners say
opal a million years too young II Is OF al
COlOrS often in the same seam. and has been
found in sheets up 10 three inches in thickness
Occasionally a vertical irOnstOne bar may inter-
cept the pOtCh seam. in which case the pOtch
dips. and generally makes into first class or
gem opal at a deeper level The best opal is in
variably found between two parallel bands Of
iTOnStOne; but beyond the fact that the exist
ence of the SihciouS gem Is largely due TO enor-
nous compression, and is usually more eXquis-
itely COlorcd when taken from hard country,
nothing IS actually known 20 lis causes
lBlaCkwOOd'S Ma gaZIne-
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
THE INDUSTRIOUS VI BLOCH.

The Future of War is not-as it appeared
in EnElish-a mere statistical survey of military
and economic facts 1t would have been much
more appropriately entitled a Cyclopaedia OF
Modern Life" In its four thousand pages may
be found in elaborate detail almost every fact
Of Importance IN the life Of modern EUROPE II
contains what Is probably the most compact
and pTOpOrtOned exposition or the moral, po-
htIcaL social and economic conditions OF the S1
great powers TO be found in any language and
a remarkable series of comparisons by means
of which the relative as well the absolute
position of each country may he found IL
deals with war both technlcaiIy anu pfuduiy
from every point of view. and il contains
complete history of the literary and phllosopn-
icaI movement in favor of its abolition. Ii de-
scribeS in detail every pending or probable cause
of international strife. 1t sums up everylnln
from the consequences OF BlSnarcRlSin 20 INC
nutritiVe value OF a Russian navy lood 10 & uSe
expression invented by Mac3ula\. NOthius
was too great or too little for it" It Is cemented
into a consistent whole by NJ Eio'AS daring
generalization and it summaries the views
upon almost every conceivable subject OF many
OF the most eminent men in EUrupr-
Yet with such a record for work NJ boen
was stIH unSatiSfed- FOR, aIthoush IN hIs a. az.
years he had given UP most OF his business
pre-OccupationS. he was still enEaS5 u with IN
Vulnerable projects connected WITH ms Various
studies He published scores OF QauQhlets anu
contributed iunumeTab.e articles O. The ttuSsian
French ard German press He continued hlS
relations with the Russian Ministry ui tlnahce.
H. carried through a favorite project oy ere
atinE a great museum OF war ana pedcs a. a.
I.uccrne lie supervised the translation OF MS
books. and designed hundreds ot vast ta0leaus
displaying pictOridIiy the comparative t'ndluonss
OF war and peace. He followed the vents -
the South African war. and on the uuiofeSA
of the Chinese revolt came 10 England as 'ue
fountain head of SiuoloSy. aiNo.15lHs NlINs Wv
W.IiCh have CeTtaIIly been JuStlu-1 'E eNTI.S
that Europe had nothing TO Sain or- every ms I
tC lose by interference in Chinese AFFAIRS Ile
lectured At The Hague. i'm Paris and ORB t.ol-E- l-
and drew up vast scheme, eNJrdo i,llIii, ,l.,+ -
perfect in detail. for propaganda aI--iuS, ul-.i
taTiSm ON the Continent. "a project WHltu; -. -
fortunately, he did not live 10 re-----r-t tf W.
nightly Review.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
]. r. GREEN AND HIS FRIENDS

I never heard him preach but / believe -
his sermons We're very practical and 'ulSPoN0-'
touching ON what he had learned ry MS own ~
ScrNutiou of the life Vf his people i reile---
Der hearing Of one in which ne eNhorted MS t'-
gre CATION, among other things, ON the aL' -,
tdEeS of the use of hair brushes tne % - -
Tel1NltiOns in weary moments amid MS We
was found in French novels. of Vh mon ne -
me that he had a perfect stack IN the PAS - -
Like most historians, ne WAS "A u-No.et Nv :.
reader. ON visiting him CnCe in his 1'H4I-S711 =
BcaumOnt-SI. ! noticed an entire Sivll I-.- -
new. yellow hacked novels. and asked what IN
We're. He told me that he had been Stu' SI ~ ~
in his rooms with a weeks Illness uhAol. -
work. and had sent off tor q complete SCI ~. ~
Miss BraddOu'S works, and read them S-i''7
through al
Bishop Stubbs was equally diIsent as q noeTIt
reader. though their tastes rather differed s. Iyl
met him one day in the streets OF tNIoIA - W."
he was r. gjuS Professor, palpitaunS "lth .ss
ment over the last part of Miss ioL5j i5 N
pillars of the House which was apptt''-e -
The Monthly Packet" DifferInS IN olhci " 81
serious matters as they did in their tasVe II ~
one of the bright spots in Mr. Greehs > rsr
DIR. StubbS might occasionally De ANXIOUS his
what he considered the wild olluluuS - ,bs
younger friend, but nothing nterrupteu q
tenderness of their friendship. and II Wa the
ways a pleasure 10 hear each SpedA ulitb
other. with plenty of Cham ana run o'' IS,ch
unchanged affection and appreciation ~
enjoyed a joke at the others eNp t- ,ncs
Green was fond of telling story OF nov no" f-ssG
after having discussed the AJhah<tSidn .bing
with Dr. StubbS and asserted thSt HosorJ
would ever induce him TO say the uil..t - Dr
clauses he found himsely STAYING w. w.. told
Stubbs in his country vicarage- br StuIos is s.ss
him that il "A saints day. anu ''ee askad
going to read service in the church, anu a d,
him to accompany him. Mr.. Green P'V'N
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

richly illustrated. The first volume will appear
in the spring.
The whole story of the life of Joan Of Arc is
TO he found in the Latin text of the deposittous
taken at her trial Nivii therefore. is the in
terest Of the first English translation of the
record now coming out in London.
Mr.. George Douglas darownc,. the author Of
that striking new novel The House with the
Green shutters" is publishers reader. OF lit
erary adviser as that functonary is called in
TINS country. Mr. John Morley has filled the
same office in the Macmillan firm. and Mr.
George Meredith has been reader for Chapman
q Hall
Mr.. Villari. the author of the recently pub
shed life of Sesantini. the painter. is writing a
book which ought to be of extreme interest. 1t
is to deal with Italian life and social questions
matters not too well known to Anglo-SaNon
readers. Mr.. Nillari is writer for the most
important English journals.
Mr.. Frank Harris, eX-Editor of The Satur-
day Review" finds himself unable To call the
modern writer of romance novelist" Too
digniied is the name for him. so he falls back on
hctionist' and "puryeyor of the salable."
The man who has an old book rebound can
never be too minute in his INSTRUCTIONS In his
binder Once upon Il time. it is said. a tattered
shakespeare" Was sent to the binders for the
sole purpose Of preserving number of mar
grin of the owner when his book came back
with the edges neatly pared and gilt and the
notes that he treasured half cut away,
Lieutenant J. W. g. Walker. the engineer who
conducted the western branch of the Nicaragua
survey of 1898. has written a book of travel
notes on Nicaragua and it's people He will
bring il out under the title of ocean to Ocean -
He who runs may read, but he must not there
fore attempt to be critical An incautious Eng
hsh reviewer has lately noticed a copy of Will
lam Blakes Songs of Innocence" greeting the
author in his article "a young writer of some
promise"
The Pennsylvania Society Of this city will
soon bring out Year Book of Contemporary
History and Patriotism which will present not
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

only a record of its own work, but many sup
Elementary papers, containing abstracts of re-
cent notable magazine articles relating to Penn
sylvania, notes on important new legislation,
notes Of historic buildings, list Of PennSyl-
Vania memorials unveiled or begun during the
year, including memorial portraits; a list of i'm
purtant anniversary celebrations, with historical
notes and a department devoted to Pennsyl-
Varia books, in which the more important pub
liCations relating to the State are reviewed The
book VIII also contain many Illustrations.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Spectator" saws: Modern science had In the
past hundred years added an enormous vista
to the prc-nineteenth century outlook, and he
contended that the opening up of this new in
ductive past afforded Indication of the way
in which the SearchiiEht Of inference could De
thrown forward into the future. As for the up-
setting factor-the exceptional man-Mr. Wells
boldly ranged himself with those who thought
that the whole world of to-day would be very
much the same il is now if Napoleon hdd
never been born. As regards the remote future,
the crowning question opened up by the pubH-
cltion of the origin of SpccieS'-Was, w nat
was to come after man? For the nearer future
he specified two changes as amounting to prac-
tCal Ccrtaiuties-onc that our dense populations
were in the opening phase of a process OF d1-
fusion and acratOn. the other, that the mass
Of the white population of the world would be
forced up the scale of education and efficiency
in the next two or three decades. Finally, Mr.
Wells predicted that the changes of the twen-
ticth would dwarf even those of the nineteenth
century, unparalleled those had been
NJ Charles Groau has made new transla-
zion into French of the Quatrains Of Omar
Khayyam. He has used the Persian manuscript
in the BOdleian Library.
The complete history of Egypt in eight vol
umcsi This is the work upon which DR.. Wallis
Bridge Of the British Museum, one OF the most
eminent Of living authorities on EEyptOogy, is
now engaged The period treated ia from the
earliest times. traced in modern excavations,
to the death Of Cleopatra The work is TO be
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

of his drawings are easily among the best that
have ever appeared in Punch" We reproduce
to-day one of his most amusing productions, the
design in which he makes the most of that
passion for pinG-pong which is said to be
sweeping over the British islands with tremen-
dOus force.
Professor Alpheus s. Packards book on La
marck has been received in England with un-
usual Cordiality. "The London Daily News"
says that the scientific world is deeply in
debted to an American professor for the most
luminous and complete account yet published of
the half-forgotten philosopher who is regarded
in France as the rea! founder Of organic evolu-
ton"
The late poet Aubrey de We're and his elder
brother. Sir Stephen now nearing ninety. have
outlived all their family. With Sir stephen will
die the last barOnet of his race. Aubrey was
converted TO the Roman Church in 1871 by Car
dinal Manning.
There is an odd mineIng of humility and con-
ceit in the playful lines which TennySOn once
addressed TO his old friend:
Little Aubrey in the West! little Alfred in the
East
Accepts the songs you gave, and he sends you
And he prays that you may live. But as Earth
her orbit runs.
Little Homer, little Dante, little Shakespeare!
can they last
In the vast
or the rolling of the cons, Of the changes Of
Little poet. hear the little poets epgram"'
Tennyson is a delightful poet. but other peo-
pie would hardly name him in the same stauZa
with Homer, Dante and Shakespeare.
A friend of De We're says Of him that he was
the most genial of companions, and had
trace of the selfish isolation common in men
of genius. Coventry PatmOre said that no one
could be dull miserable where DE We're was.
Don't you remember" he added, how he
looked like sunshine when he came to L
at Hampstead!' 80 He cheerful to the end
and never despondent over what troubles he had
one of them the lack of appreciation of
his poetry.
Mr.. IT. g. WeS's recent lecture at the Royal
Institution the Discovery of the Future is
to be brought out Immediately in book form.
This bold vindiCation of the assumption of the
role of prophet by the serious man of science
has created some commoton In London The
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
MARSHAL CANROBERrS ORDEAL.

\ REVIEW OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AFTER
THE CRIMEAN WAR
From the Memoirs Of Canrobert
His highness who had taken command, in
] ord RagIan's absence came to invite me TO re-
view the English troops. 1t was impossible to
show more courtesy than he had done. coming,
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
LITERARY NOTES.

"Studies in Cheerfulness" is the attractive title
of Max 'RcII's forthcoming book. Nj. "O'RelI
Blouet always writes his books in French. and
his wife, an EnglishWoman, translates them.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Charles Wolfe. who wrote that never-to-b be
foG GEotten poem. The Burial of Sir John Moore"
lies in an unmarked grave in ireland, nobody
having thought it worth while to raise me-
mortal to him.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

The correspondence of Taine is 10 he brought
out in Paris in three Voumes-poSSlhl IN more
volumes if the authors widow discovers enough
letters to justify enlargement of the edition.
The books are to be issued at intervals of a
year. The opinions and ideas of Taine rather
than the facts Of his life form the material of
these cpistlos.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Mr. J. NJ. Barre's new story is considerably
shorter than sentimental Tommy and Tom
my and GrizeL" 1t is TO appear as serial IN
..Scribner" but the time OF publication is not
fixed
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Mr.. " " Jac0bs one ~ The clovcrest OF the
modern humorists is a slight pale and modest
man of thirty-eight. He was in earlier years
Il clerk in the Civil Service,
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Among the drauchtsmen who have in recent
years contributed to the pages of Punch" there
is one Mr. l.. 7. Reed. Of whom il is surprising
that not more is heard in or out Of print. His
style !S not in itself particularly striking. He
lacks that distinction which made the drawings
of the late Charles kecne as interesting TO
artists and critics 10 the layman. But he
always makes his pen d" what he wants 1t TO
do. and the things that he wants II 10 do are
apt to be uncommonly drolL He likes 10 repre-
sent the Englishman of to-day though he
We're living in the stone age. and he exploits
the idea with remarkable skill and point. Some
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Mr. ff. G. WellsS recent lecture at the Royal
Institution the Discovery of the Future is
to be brought out Immediately in book form.
This bold Vindication of the assumption of the
role OF prophet by the serious man of science"
has created some commotion In London. The
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

The Pennsylvania Society of this city will
soon bring out Year Book of Contemporary
History and Patriotism which will present not
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-20
This Is Simply Wonderful.

Champion, Mich. March 17.-Mrs. A.
Wellett, wife of a local photographer,
has had remarkable experience re-
Gently.
Mrs. Wellett tells the story this way:
Il could not sleep, my feet were cold,
my limbs cramped. ] had an awful
hard pain across my back. | had to
get up three or four times every night,
L was very nervous ana fearfully de-
spondent, | had very little appetite.
After | had suffered In this way for
five years, | began to use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. When | had taken few
pills you ought to have seen what came
from my kidneys. 1t looked like a
spoiled egg, only darker.
Il kept on using DOdds Kidney Pills
till | was cured. Now can sleep well
and do not have TO get up in the night.
| have no pain in my back or limbs and
l feel better than have for years"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-20
FLORENTINE NIGHT.

Still, still is the Night; still as the
pause after pain;
Still, and as dear;
Deep solemn, immense; yelling the
stars in the clear
Thrilling and luminous blue of the
moon-shot atmosphere:
All, could the Night remain.
Nay, not as the Day, thou art light, o
Night. with a beam
Far more dear and divine;
Never the moon was blue as these
tremulous heavens of thine,
Pulsing with stars half SEEN and
vague in a pallid shine,
Vague as a dream
Night, Angel of Night. hold me, and
cover me So
Open thy wings!
All, bend above and embrace! till |
hear in the one bird that sings
The throb of thy musical heart in The
dusk. and the magical things
Only the Night can know.
Mary Robinson Duclaux
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-20
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-20
House OF Representatives,

Washington, Feb. 4, 1900.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohio:
GenfIemen-"f have raken Peruna
now for Two weeks, and find \ am very
much relieved. feel thar my cure viii
be permanent. have also faken IL for
la grippe, and rake pleasure In re-
commenting Peruna as an excellent
NJ. W. HOWARD.
Congressman Howard's home ad-
dress Is Fort Payne, Ala.
M OST people think that catar-h is O
lN1 disease confined TO the heat md
nose. Nothing is farther froiu The
truth. 1t may be that the nose and throat
is the oftenest affected by catarrh, but
If this is So it is so only because these
parts are more exposed to the vicssitudes
of the climate than the other parts Of
the body.
Every organ, every duct, every cavity
of the human body is liable to catarrh.
A multitude of ailments depend ON Ca
tarrh. This Is true winter and summer.
Catarrh causes many cases of chronic
disease, where the victim has not the
slightest suspicion that catarrh has any
thing to do with it.
The following letter which gives the
experience Of Mr.. \. G. Lockhart is a
case in point:
Mr.. A. G. Lockhart. corner Cottage
street and Thurston road, Rochester, ".
Y. in a letter written 10 DR.. Hartman
says the following of Peruna:
"Abouf fifteen years ago commenced to be
nounced my trouble species OF dyspepsia, and
adV'~ II M" afe he hnd frrPfsJ re HboUf six
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-20
Ii Will Surprise You-Try Ii.

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10 cents. Get it of your druggist or send
10 cents to ELY BROS, IS Warren ST.,
New York City.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything else
failed.-Alfred w. Stevens. Caldwell. O,
After using Eiy's Cream Balm six
weeks | believe myself cured of catarrh. -
Joseph Stewart, Grand Ave, Buffalo
n. Y.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
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