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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-04
Appearances Sometimes Deceive,

The old saying that "all is not gold
that glitters" does not apply to the
precious metal alone. A good many
things are not what they seem to be.
And although in their present form
they may be straight, honest goods
through and through. without any de-
ception whatsoever, you cannot tell
from their appearance what they were
in some previous stage of existence.
Take tissue paper for instance. There
are few things finer and softer and
more delicate than that, yet what do
you suppose it is made of? The ends
Of old ropes. If any boy upon reading
this article resolves to straightway go
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-04

From the landlords point of view
the man with a large family of small
children is a fat failure.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-04

And here are dainty pictures, too,
OF birds and trees and flowers,
And glens with silvery rivulet,
And ivy-grown old towers.
Now out beneath the hemlock boughs
The fairies, in high glee,
Are hiding, am very sure,
Come, let us go and see.,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
GIBSON TALKS OF ART.

Mr.. Gibson talks while he works "
says Success His easel stands square
" beneath the skyiight. and as he sat be-
fore 1t the other day a picture grew IA
der his hand while he talked about the
making of an illustrator. Everything he
said was emphasized by the slow growth
OF the glorious creature. who was there
to show. from her pretty tilted pompa-
doGr to the hem of the undoubted creation
she was wearing. that what the famous
illustrator insisted may be done By skill
and hard work can assuredly be accom-
olished
" When anyone asks me- said Mr.. Glib
son. what to do to become a successful
illustrator. I always assure him that he
has thought about the matter and doubt
less knows far more about It than I do.
for I know of no rule to follow to become
what one was born to be. and I certainly
know of none to prevent one from falling
at something for which he has no talent
" If man knows how to draw, he will
draw: and all the discouragements and all
the bad teachers in the world cannot turn
him aside. II he has no ability he will
drift naturally into school teaching and
buying stocks. Without anybody's rules
to direct him either way.
" The main thing is to have been born
an artist
Mr. Gibson said this quite simply. as
If he were advising a course in something
or five grains Of medicine.
IF you were that he went on, you
yourself know 1t far better than any can
tell you, and you know also, IN your heart
that neither wrong teaching nor anything
but idIeness can prevent your success II
you are not born artist, you may not
know 1t. I think / can soon say some
thing about the way to find zJuF limita-
tions. but no one can say much to help
born genius. His genius is largely, in
deRd- in that he knows how to help him
self 90
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN GER
MANY.

As Is well known, ell children in Ger
many must share in the orthodox religious
instruction that obtains In the public
schools. unless they receive religious
teaching from some parish School reeog-
nIzed by the state In consequence OF this
obligation. it happens that the children
Of free thinkers are forced to accent q
public school training in religion which
their parents reject or perhaps even rid
icule.
The German E.:,icaI Societies are conse-
quentIy deyoting themselves to demon
strate by spoken and written words. in
widespread propaganda. that the problem
of public school ethical instruction can be
solved far more successfully by means OF
a teaching whose sanctions do not depend
on beliefs or unbeliefs, but are based on
common spiritual experience. Schools
that replace dogmatic religious teaching
by moral instruction are forbidden in Ger
many Hence the German ethicists can
only point to the example OF America, and
must content themselves with arranging
courses in moral instruction In nearby
Switzerland. During the summer such a
course is to be given at Zurich for the
benefit Of teachers Of both sexes.-EthicaI
Record.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
HISTORIC NAZARETH.

Nazareth lies upon the side of stony
slope. surrounded by fifteen hills. which
have been compared to a shell. to guard
it from intrusion It's white houses are
separated by clumps of green fig trees,
small gardens, hedges OF prickly pear,
and little fruit orchards, which grow with
wondrous fertility from soil that looks
almost barren. says william E. Curtis in
the Chicago Record Herald" The mod
ern name of the town is En-Nasira, and
although not a single artificial object
within sight existed during the lifetime
of the Saviour, We know that every rock
in the mountains. every gorge every sun
ny slope and every fertile field was IA
miliar His eyes. The landscape is alb
soIutely the same. even to the pathways
which cross the goat pastures and divide
them lie a cheekerboard As lad
Jesus may Himself have herded sheep and
goats among these very hills. and His
hands may have plucked the wild flowers
that brighten the landscape in every dI-
rection. !.
The streets of Nazareth are narrow and
dirty. but not so dirty as those of Jerusa-
lem or Tiberius. There are nc sewers or
garbage collectors. hence everything has
to be thrown into the streets in the
Moslem quarter. but the new section of
the town. among the monasteries and
hospiees. is well kept, The city has been
RACED to the ground and entirely obIiter-
ated several times during the last 800
years Nothing that now stands Is older
than the seventeenth century. and during
the last few years there has been consid-
cradle Improvement. Nazareth is now
much larger and more important place
than it ever was before, and probably
more prosperous than at any previous
time in its history. because of the large
sums Of money expended by the religious
brotherhoods II building monasteries,
hospices. hospitlis, and entertaining pill
grims and tourists. A new hospice now
being erected by thu Russian govern
ment alone represents an expenditure of
$3.50, 900, and the Greek Church has ex-
pended several hundred thousands of dol
lars here during the last few years. Most
of the pilgrims who come here are Rus
SLAMS They number between $4,000 and
60, 900 annually.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
INTEREST ON GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS

proposition
by Of
banks designated
by
a O of its
funds to
at least The fact that which
willing Of
a none 0 the eneraIG
but little
Of interest majority their
bill
that BY far the larger share of
to and banks
tn
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
EXERCISE AS A CURE FOR
THE ILLS OF TIE BODY

In some instances the exercises are so
simple that after little instruction a
parent OF even a child can superintend
them. In other cases the exercises have
to be performed in a gymnasium, and in
answer to the growing demand, private
gymnasiums have sprung up in various
parts of the city. A physician usually
recommends some gymnasium with which
be is acquainted. and the teachers usually
have close relations with the physicians.
GymnastIc exercises are prescribed just
as medicines are, and the patient goes
with the prescription to the gymnasium
teacher JUST as he would so to druggist
fer pills or potions.
a young woman who came a total
stranger to a city on the edge of New
York and set UP a private gymnasium IN
der the patronage of two or three ply
sicians. soGn found her hands full. In a
community of less than $4,000 persons
there were enough patients 20 occupy
nearly ali Of her time for nine months of
the year, and she found more privata
pupils offering than she could attend to-
Special gymnastic exercises are at pres
ent luxury usually beyond the reach Of
the poor, but this method OF treating
bodily deformities is likely sooner or
later to be brought by means OF charity
within the reach Of everybody. Then the
gymnasium will become a natural adjunct
to the hospital and the dispensary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
THE PAN-OERMAN LEAGUE

II AN=GERMANIsM appears TO be as
much CT an embarrassment to the
/ German government as the Pan
Slsv agitation was formerly 70
Official Russia. In authoritative quarters
in BerIia It Is spoken OF as a public nuIs-
ance, and q semi-o fetal communique
which recently appeared in the "Nord-
Deutsche Zeitung.~ called the attention of
the Pan-German agitators to the fact that
they we're violating the international pol
icy and only helping on the cause Of the
enemies OF Germany by their violent dem
constructions. The rebuke seems to have
had little effect for not only does the
league continue its agitation against the
Czech element IN Austria, but it proposes
TO carry It into Hungary, where there are
some two AID a quarter millions Of Ger
mans in communities scattered among the
Magyar. SIavonIc. and Roumanian popu-
lations: and the most aggressive section
Of It, outside OF Germany. is IL Switzer-
land. with its headquarters at Zurics
The campaign in Hungary will certainly
not be welcomed by the Hungarian gov
ernment, which enjoys little popularity
with any OF the races composing the pop
uiation except the Magyar. &c whose in
terest that OF the others IS ss,bordiuated
to an extent little known outside Of Hun
gary. Among the Germans especially the
anti-Magyar sentiment is particularly
strong. and were it not for the antipathy
Of the SIayonic and RoupIanian elements
70 both the Magyar and German. the lat
ter might easily lead u movement against
the domination Of the seven odd millions
OF Magyars. not ali Of Magyar origin. over
the other twelve millions and above OF
diverse and divided Municipalities. The
barrier. however, between the Sla- onic
and Roumanian peoples Of Hungary. and
the Magyars and Germans is apparently
insurmountable; and being also at enmity
among themselves the first two are help
less against the more compact body OF
Magvars and Magyarized aliens.
Bot there is no knowing what an active
agitation IN Hungary By the Pan-Germans
might produce. During the past five years
the economic conditions of the country
have engendered the inevitable social
question. and agitators from outside have
taken advantage Of it 10 PROFOUND ideas
which. according to reports. have gone
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20

FAR to create a common sentiment among
the peasant and Industrial classes. ire
speetive of race OF creed. The return to
Hungary Of numbers Of emigrants to this
country, carrying with them new ideas,
has also had powerful influence among
the various races from among which they
came The Magyar press. recognizing the
danger of the situation, has done its best
to dissuade the Pan-Germans from cross
ing the Leitha. and raising questions that
might have results as unexpected as they
could not fail to be injurious to the inter
ests OF Aagyars and Germans alike.
As regards the Pan-German propaganda
IN Switzerland, the results have not been
equal to the energy expended in carrying it
on The GeTman-speaking Swiss are as one
with their French and Italian speakIng
eonpatriots 10 their resolution To main
tain their independence, while their eco
nonic conditions are so much better than
those OF the German people that there is
no iuducement TO them to merge them
selves In the empire merely because they
speak a common language. So far. there
fore, the campaign in Switzerland has
been a failure; and IT may be that, under
official pressure. that in Hungary NAV be
given Up. There are causes enough os
confusion already existing in the empire-
monarchy without extending the race agf-
tation, and thereby hurrying on the dfsin-
tegratioD. the consequences Of which all
Europe regards with more or less alarm.
ana which. as far as possible, the TripIe
Alliance has been renewed to provide
against.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
MAY TIME.

Still in this season human nature bios
SONS,
And as the larger nature bursts in bloom
And every separate bud breaks on the
tree.
Casting up incense and its delicate hue
As every hyacinth stands sadly shaking
The vet dew to the ground. and as the
waters
Swell with the cooling rain and tumble
over
The gray and broten rocks. and spires of
pine
Jvt green against the sky-as the clouds
hover
All on the point of angry, heavy showers.
And as the clusters of wistaria
Enpurple the high trees. oh, as the tulips
Patch with delight the lawns Of freshest
green,
So with this same increase and riOtOus
growth.
The heart expands. Men sally out to
work
With all their springtimo buttoned in
their breasts,
And force the hand that fevers for the
rod
To labor All the country calls US now.
Calls man to be lazy. loIHng beast.
Sleeping in sunshine. dripping in the
shower,
wadIng through sparkling, early morning
gardens,
Where one may pluck flower. and smell
II, too.
and give it entity. Oh, for the books
That laugh between the hills and under
the woods.
And charm the birds TO music.
Oh, the woods.
Full of the silent cayerns and the depths
OF isolation haunts of cooling air.
Where ancient trees may stretch their
gnarled arms
And grow extinct ike patriarehs. where
hidden,
And Just sensuous jewel faIrn On the
ground.
We find a violet all set in leaves
With lone dewdToD on it. find stray
Small splash Of pink flushing the trailing
tendrils
Of wintergreen. . pale wild orchid lend
ing
Beneath the low and kissing wind
Oh, nights
Of beauty when a moon is in the sky.
lovers moon risen from mountain tops
And flooding the deep valley with
mellow
Heart-meiting light-so that the budding
flowers
Ara blanched in the cheek, and pale. and
chilly
withdraw into their nests. showing an
eye
All wistfuI in mute wonder. and the
woman,
Proud as she is. uleits into tenderness
Machinery takes no notice of the sea
sons.
But tolls as ever; but the human mind
Fills with the landscapes of uneven green,
Laughing OF water. moons, and silent for
ests
And then to get snatch Of rolling coun-
try
Is like clear water to paTching throat.
j. O.. in the New York Sun
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
NATIONAL PRIDE AND HONOR

one the
reference the Philippines other
gentleman these THE question
before
pride
honor
properly
uaed is the
The one eonnot exist without the other
1t is not Of the pride
for bumptousness feeling
ealy and morally
Philippines honoraby acquired by
to orderly government
gng the form Of government &c be the
had In
done
treasure In order that national
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
THE VALUE OF PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS

HY Fairgrounds here is meant. not
X merely open spaces for fresh
ID air or where the young may go at
will to romp and run around. This
has been the prevalent idea Of Fairgrounds
so far. Such playground soon becomes
an intolerable school for vice and nui-
sance. Az educational playground is an
open space, furnished with competent di-
rectors and equipped with swings, see
saws. swimming pools OF. shower baths,
soft balls, jumping ropes, and all other
imaginable pIaythings and manual train
ing exercises that will attract. inyigorate
and guide the young in their open air
enjoyments, and viii I'LL up the gap be-
tween the home and the school and the
church. Such a playground may be en-
larged with ampler accommodations, or
it may be reduced for fewer patrons. 1t
may be established in a school yard or va
cant lot, or by utilizing portions of the
public parks. The children should be
there whenever they are out to play land
ever child should have about three hours
each day for play). In the winter the
grounds may be converted into skating
Kinks, and used for harmless SNOWFALL
games. BY and by. of course. when people
reeogaize tna value OF this work. they viii
provide e5mmodious rooted Fairgrounds
for winter use. During the summer out
door musk. and magic lantern pictures can
be provided. Special arrangements might
be made with the traction or steamboat
companies for giving weekly excursions to
the young
Through play the child forms those hab-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
YMNAsTIC exercises as a cure for
special bodily deformities are be-
ing more and more prescribed by

- YMNASTIC exercises as a cure for
special bodily deformities are be-
~ ing more and more prescribed by
New York doctors, and there is
an increasing class OF persons, usually
women. who undertake to instruct the
patient as to the proper method Of taking
such exercises
Defects of the feet and ankles, cuFYa-
ture of the spine, hollow chest. asyIn-
metry of the shoulders. are all treated
IN this fashion and plaster jackets and
elastic stockings are giving way before
this newer method of dealing with ply
sicai deformities. In many schools special
curative exercises are provided for in
dividuaI children. A physician inspects
the little ones from time to time to de-
ternine what special exercises they need.
and TO note the effect of exercises already
tried.
Marvellous results have thus been OBJ
tanned with MANNED and deforned chill
dren. An account of some such would
read like the testimonials issued by patent
cure-aIls. Even when cure has been
found impossible the effect of systematic
special gymnastics is astonishing. as
shown in the increased strength and &C
tivity of the little patients. It is even
believed that such exercises have an i'm
portant influence On the minds of chill
dren mentally defe1nfe-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20

These arid lands can never be disposed of IN
less they are reclaimed, and it is certainly for the
general welfare of the whole country to provide
further opportunity for BODYBUILDING
The opening of these lands will not create com
petition with the farmers of the Eastern nor Mid
die States. The products viii be consumed To-
cally by the communities that will be built up by
these new settlements. These settlements will
create additional demands for the manufactured
products of the East, and ii that way aid all
classes including the Eastern farmer, who de-
ponds largely on the population working in fac
tories for his own market
1 believe that when this matter is fully under
stood it will be seen that the movement is &
most important for the benefit of the whole
country.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20

its and tastes that chrystallize into char
acter- By character here is meant. not
the whole man, but its manifestations
through habitual practices and manner of
life. Ia this sense character has well been
defined as bundle of habits" We work.
and talk and behave in general as we have
been mostly accustomed to or in the habit
OF doing. Let US note, then, that the child
forms his habits chiefly through play and
social environment. No matter what he is
taught at home or at school, he Is strongly
inclined to initiate his playmates. and to
be Influenced by his playtime surround
ings- Who does not know this 10 be a
fact? Prolonged life of this kind forms
the habits and creates the tastes that con-
troll the conduct and denote the character
All the above means that play is or
dained by the Creator to supplement the
other educational activities; to develop
the physical and mental health and vigor,
to build character, train citizenship, and
produce the highest possible types Of man
hood and womanhood. For achieving this
end play bears the same relation toward
the emotional faculties which the hunger
for truth ana knowledge sustains toward
the intellectual life To suppress it. as
is widely done today, means 10 suppress
the ehild's growth and to dwarf the body
and mind. To neglect it. as is also uni
versaIIy prevalent. means to have the
child fed, in this respect On poisonous
food IN streets. alleys and other FcWdy
gatherings, and to become a man or 40
y
grading Observation-Disclosures life.-Home
and Flowers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
MAPPING THE HUMAN BRAIN
FROM THOSE OF LIVING APES

After repeated experiments q perfect
map OF the brain was drawn, and every
section of its surface marked TO show
exactly where each muscle is controlled.
1t was extremely interesting to watch
the antics Of a monkey while under these
experiments. The electroSe would be
placed on a certain spot. ana instantly the
chimpanzee's hand would be thrust for
ward On another spoz, and he souId
wiggle his toes. Another spot. and he
would thrust out his tongue, wink his
eyes or vag his tail
A curious fact is that the extremities
furthest away from the brain are con-
trolled by parts OF the brain we'll on the
top of the head. The eyes and other or
gans Of the face are controlled from the
lowest part of the frontal bone
The top Of the head. just behind the
forehead. controls the tees. Immediately
below It lies the center that sends orders
to the ankle. In front Of these two are
the centers that command the knee and
the hip
The shoulder is controlled from a cen
ter that lies almost underneath that line
On the forehead where the hair begins
A little lower down is the elbow center.
Below that again is the dynamo that
sends currents through the wrist
Over the eyes and between the tenn
pies in the forehead are the stations that
connect directly With the fingers and
thumb.
The power impulses that control the
eyes and eyeIids are il that part Of the
brain which lies almost directly behind
them
Under and behind the eye-cOntroIling
portion is the portion that has charge
OF the jaw. There are two distinct jaw
eenters. One controls the vocal cords
and the other the closing OF the jaw
Further inside OF the brain are the
cells that control the vocal cords and the
organs of mastication- Two cases of in
jury to human brains which have since
been treated according to the knowledge
obtained from these experiments proved
that the discoveries Of the motor centers
furnished fair weather bases for treat
ment OF the human patient.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
SUBURBAN JOYS.

| Forth from their hiding place,
/ In the attic or the base
/ MeDt. the screen doors now you bring.
I For. 10. It's spring,
I Gentle spring,
And the early fly Is On the wing,
b jingi s
i See the doors so dustyg
| See the wire, so rusty;
See yourself, so crustyi
How have you managed to lose
Those screws?
Zip.
There goes a rip
In you. 1rou-
Sers Look out nov!
Crash
And a window pane has gone to
where's the blamed steplad-
Der'2 The Smiths have had
It since last fall
The gall
OF t..sm! Bring chair.
ThereI
Take carei
Ding
The thingI
1t doesn't TT Say,
When you put your doors away
Why don't you mark them? Ask the
cook
To lock
For q package of screws
In the closet. among the shoes.
There's missing nut
From the doohicker that springs this
shut
Great Scott
You've got
Them mixed. Well, this is richl
Is this screen door for the kitch-
En- or the dining room7 Which?
Say, Maria, by the great horn spoon,
Twill take the whole forenoon
To put the bloody things il pIacei
Tell Johnny to chase
Himself 10 the nearest carpenter
And tell him to hur-
Ry here ana take this Job.
ANY slob
VIII do.
And 50
Straightway you give it up and go
Down
Town. Chicago Tribune.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-20
WHEREIN OPPOSITION TOHPROPOSED
IRRIOATIONtLEOISLATON IS FAULTY
BY Representative EBEN W. MARTIN of South Dakota

There seems to be two kinds Of opposition to
the proposed irrigation legislation. Gne is rails
ed on the legal status of the case, as to whether
legislation of this kind is constitutional, and the
other on the question of competition with the
Eastern farmer, by retaining portions of the
arid lands of the West for further homestead
settlements.
think that far as the constitutional ques-
ton is concerned there can be serious doubt
as to the eonstitutionality of the BILL The see
ton of the Constitution giving power to Congress
TO dispose of public lands, and the other section
that gives to Congress authority to provide for
the general welfare of the people, I think are
broad enough to authorize Improvement Of
this character