Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-13
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the British House of Commons.
Among the birds shot recently near
Colchester, England, was a stormy
petrel
erected recently ON the coasts Of the
/ Red Sea-
Mixed bathing will be permitted next
year at the majority of German sea
side resorts.
Seagulls have ousted the penguins
from their rocks in the st. James Park
Lake, London.
| By the sale of stray dogs the North
umberland EnglanO County Council
made "a los Cd last year.
Frightening their intellect" Is a
Birmingham (EnglanO euphemism for
violent assaults on the police.
The Gemshall Sparrow Club, Surrey,
England, has accounted for 25,7O2
birds during the last six years.
Pudsey yorkshire, EnglanO Me-
chanics' Institute has purchased a mill
in which to hold technical classes.
Maria Schemmer, st. Louis woman,
unable to read or write, died recently,
leaving an estate valued at 100000.
Cardinal Svampe, the archbishop of
Bologna, Italy, has forbidden the
priests in his diocese to use bicycles.
There has been a decrease Of is
per cent in the population Of the Isle
of Man since 1901. At the last census
, it was 54,752.
Specimens of four, five, six, seven,
eight and nine-leayed clovers have
been presented to Queen Alexandra by
a Welsh lady.
One hundred thousand replicas Of a
special medal struck to commemorate
Mr.. Chamberlain's tour have been or
dered for the Cape.
Among the 5000 tramway car driv-
ers and conductors in Vienna there are
stated to be 400 knights, SO barons and
4 counts, besides other noblemen.
Nelson's old ship, the Victory, is still
; to be accessible to the British public,
although she is shortly to be super
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Portsmouth.
Water is so scarce in the japanese
island of Oshima that it is the custom
for bride to take large tub of drink
ing water with her to her new home as
a kind of dowry.
Ocos, formerly one of the principal
Mexican ports on the Pacific coast, has
almost completely disappeared in the
! sea owing to the sinking Of the harbor
bottom after an earthquake.
Military spectators present at the
review Of the Argentine army are re-
ported to have said that the evolutions
and appearance Of the troops were
worthy Of the best organized armies.
Thirty thousand dollars was paid re-
Gently for a bronze statue Of Hercules
at the concluding sale of the Bardini
collection in London. The total amount
realized by the entire collection was
$22S,6
Scotch lassies dressed in tartan cos
tunes will act as mattresses at a num-
Der Of refreshmen: depots to be opened
in London, where oatmeal in various
forms, from porridge to puddings and
cake, will be offered to customers.
In speaking on the advisability of
curtailing the study of the dead Ian
guages, a subject now interesting edu-
Gators in Great Britain, Professor
Kirkpatrick, of the chair of history,
in the University of Edinburgh, is
quoted as saying: Indispensable as
the study of Latin once was in higher
education, that of ones own language
and other modern tongues has now be-
come more So"
The success of the free employment
bureaus in Illinois seems to carry en-
couragement for those who think that
such establishments should be provid-
| ed in every State. During the last
year a total of 27,779 men and 14,134
woaen applied for help, and work was
found for nearly $4,000 men and 1900
women For the three years the offices
have been in existence in Chicago and
! Peoria, 10000 out of 10000 applicants
have been provided with employment.
! Of applicants for assistance there were
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Bishop Partridge, of Japan, journey
ed all the way to New York City in
order to take part in the missionary
conference of the Protestant Episcopal
church. In doing so he furnished ex-
traordinary proof of the perfection of
modern transportation facilities. He
, wrote to a relative In Brooklyn, giving
details and itinerary of his trip, which
was to be as fast as he could possibly
make it. The bishop crossed 5000 miles
of water and 5000 of land, arriving in
the Grand Central station, New York,
exactly at the minute named in his
letter from Japan.
| Prince Jonah Kunis Kalauiauole,
who represents Hawaii in the next
, House of Representatives, is the first
royal person to enter the Congress of
the United States. Already there is
much speculation as to just how he
will be addressed. He is called, at
home prince Cupid" Those who want
to avoid such familiarity designate
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