Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-04-08
GOOD
Short Stories

Shortly after Walt Whitman's
Leaves of Grass" made its appear
ance, J. t. Trowbridge was walking
with Lowell in Cambridge, when the
latter pointed out a doorway sign,
Groceries" with the letters set zig
gag, to produce bizarre effect. THAT,
said he, sis Walt Whitman-with very
common goods inside"
While he was in England, Mark
Twain says his head was once taxed
as gasworks. He wrote Queen Victoria
friendly letter of protest, saying: i
don't know you, but I've met your son.
He was at the head of a procession IN
the Strand, and was on a bus Years
afterward he met the Prince Of Wales.
row King Edward VII. at Homburg.
They had a long walk and talk to-
gether. When bidding him good-by,
the Prince said: 81 am glad to have met
yeu again" This remark troubled
Twain, who feared that he had been
mistaken for some one else. He COM
municated this suspicion to the Prince,
whe replied: "Why, don't you remem-
ber when you met me on the Strand
and was at the head Of procession,
and you were on 'bus?
1t is related that about ten years ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Stanford were
travelling through the Middle West in
csgnito. They happened to be In
Bloomington, Ind, one Sunday, and
pursuant to their usual custom went to
church. They attended the Christian
Church Of Bloomington, then largely in
the hands Of Amzi Atwater. When the
plate was passed for the collection
Mrs. Stanford dropped in ten-dolla-
gold piece. Mr.. Atwater was the dea-
cen in charge Of the collection taking.
1t was noticed that the ushers held q
hurried conference with him when the
money was taken forward. At its con-
ciusion, Mr.. Atwater said: "Ladies
and gentlemen, there has evidently been
a mistake. Some one has dropped a
ten-dellar gold piece into the collection.
If he will pass up after the services,
we will be glad to allow him to ex-
change it for the amount he intended
to give" 1t is, of course, needless to
say lAdI hIS. OldA1OAu Olu hOt tdhC
advantage Of the opportunity.
The manager of an Eastern life insur-
ance company received the following
letter from a policyholder: II hold pol
icy in your company, No. -, dated
9th July, 1900, for $4,000. on which
have paid the yearly premiums. Il have
now to inform you that my physician
advises me that have a pronounced
case Of appendicitis, and his diagnosis
is confirmed by a specialist whom I
have consulted. am told that the only
hope Of saving my life Is an operation.
which with hospital expenses will cost
$500, an amount that l have no means
to pay. l am sensible that owe it to
you, who have SO large pecuniary in
terest in my life. to give you the option
to pay the cost of this operation to save
my life that l may continue to pay you
for the yearly premiums on my policy
q believe that l am otherwise strong
and healthy, er IN the alternative to
pay the $4,000 TO my beneficiary with
In few weeks. am quite willing to
be examined by any physician you may
name, and to have you select the oper-
ating surgeon. Immediate attention is,
Of course. imperative" The manager
is at a loss to know whether or not,
from a business standpoint, the COM
pany should pay the cost of operating.