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The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

The divorce question is under
discussion a. the Presby terisn
conference nt Los Angeles. A
resolution has been passed to pro.
hibit the clergy OF that denomina-
ton from performing marriage
ceremonies between such parties
as desire 10 remnrry. except
where divorce has been obtained
for causes as are recognized 10y the
scriptures. The marriage question
should first of all be solved. As n
rule those who are rightly married
never ask for divorce. /, ia
only the illwended who desire n
separation. Markham says, Love
must be lifted out OF the sensual
murk and mire. the Circean trough
Of civilization"
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

Last Sunday Bishop Ma'z from
his pulpit in Denver, severely ar
rsignsd the Western Federation Of
Miners and the Labor union
which espoused socialism in their
conventions the day before.
Tb. bishop denounced socialism as
n system of contiscsting private
property to the state. He charac-
terized socialism M an idle dream
never to he realized ~ long as
man WAS possessed OF strong pas.
slons. Monday night Walter
Thomas Mills replied to the rever.
ened gentleman at Coliseum hall
in n mastery address before an
immense audience.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

y tornado swept over IL portion
of Nebraska Monday. killing twen-
iy-tive men and destroying u large
amount of property. On the same
day cloudburst at End. Oklaho-
ma. rendered hundreds homeless
and DESTROYED property TO the
amount of $500, 700.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

The boycott Is wrong in princi-
ciplc. but il is one wrong resorted
TO to right another. The labor
trouble will never be settled ex-
cept by the recognition that all
men are brothers and that all are
alike entitled to life, liberty and
the persuit of happiness.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

Memorial day was observed
throughout the state and nation in
Il most fitting manner. 1t seems
that as the years 90 by more in.
terest is taken in making this day
such ss to awaken patriotism in
the breasts of every lover of his
country.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

DIR. Grass IN his Memorial ad.
dress said, That Kll men are born
free, with equal opportunities TO
succeed in life Is n fundamental
principle Of our government tha,
we nre ready to defend with the
sword" THIS sentiment mus, be-
taken with grain Of allowance.
When seveniy-Iivc per cent Of the
children born into this country
come into the world M tenants 10
the other twenty. five per cent. no
man can say that all are born with
equal opportunities to succeed in
lie. The opportunities to go
West aud take up . homestead no
longer exist. aud all land values
are therefore advancing aud soon
land monopoly in America. aud in
fact now Ia, 4 menace to the Decla.
ration Of Independence. Tenants
IN the South are but serfs aud
slaves. aud 10 the North they soon
will b..
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06

The losses by reason of hog chol.
cru last year in the state of Indlan,
are placed ut near $1,000, 900. A
case Of hog cholera has never been
known in Colorado where the pro.
fits III the industry excel those of
any Eastern state.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06
SATURDAY, JUNE o, 1905.

Bleeding Kansas has suffered
terribly from floods the past few
days and Topeka had great con.
migration added to its other calam-
tiles.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06
Spring Underwear
and Furnishings,

These things are fresh from
manufacturers. soft and nice,
tasteful aud not too expensive
for men aud boys who like to
wear good things.
Drop in and examine our
stock of neck wear, sleeve but.
tons aud sundry articles "too
numerous to mention"
CHAS. WONING.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-06
Have You Seen
Woning' S Latest.

The very best of mems Spring
Suits made from the finest i'm
ported all wool fsbrics-W ors-
teds, Tweeds, and Homespun,
plain and dark colors. All
cut in the SWEETEST fashion and
thoroughly hand tailored
style, make, fit and finish the
very best.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08

full benefit
bottles benches
washing
before putting them for future use
is
still uncansed
will chemicals
materially composition
touch solution
matter this fifty times hour have formed the hab OF
towel which
habit it certainly
ne.-CaI
abumen ordi
difficulty;
instead
following Abumen
If oil colors the with mixture
Yellow
fixing consisting
liter WELL
and usual If the yellow observed ral after
until
the Iquid-Photograph Times
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
SOME STORIES OF RusKlN.
He Still Feared His Parents When He
Was Forty Years Old.

He Still Feared His Parents When He
Was Forty Years Old.
One gets the impression from reading
of Ruskin's early years that he missed
many of the privileges Of healthy boy
hood. When he was a man, he and
companion were out one day upon the
mountainside. They passed group of
men, says a writer in the Strand Mag
azine, who were engaged in rough
work with pickaxes.
"How I wish," said Ruskin, Il could
do what those men are doing! l was
never allowed to do any work which
would have strengthened my back.
| wasn't allowed to ride, for fear of
being thrown off; nor to row, for fear
of being drowned; nor to box, because
it was vulgar. l was allowed to fence,
because that was genteel."
Sometimes, when he was living with
his parents at Denmark Hill, he would
enjoy a surreptitious row on the river.
81 used to be told," says the same COM
panion, mot to let his father and moth
er know where he had gone" Ruskin
was then in the forties.
1t is easy to read here a woman's
fears and prejudice and domination.
Ruskin was always, quite properly,
under his mothers control; but it is
possible that If he had had the outlet
of reasonable athletics his destructive
moods would have been less marked.
It was during his residence at Den
mark Hill that he was anathematizing
something or somebody most unrea-
sonably.
"John," said his mother, you talk
too much and you talk nonsense"
Eyes, mother" Ruskin replied, as
humble as a little boy, and changed
the subject.
Ruskin was not afraid to admit to
others besides his mother that he was
wrong. In lecture at Oxford when
he was slade professor, Sir William
Richmond defended the fame which
the world had accorded to Mcclellan
gelo and Rafael. Formely Ruskin had
denounced Michelangelo and was not
very we'll pleased with Sir William
for presenting the other side. When
Ruskin recovered from the Illness
which had cause him to give up the
Slade professorship, Sir William re-
tired, that he might fill it again.
Touched by this. Ruskin sent, asking
If he might come down and dine with
his former pupil, who was delighted
to have him. At the close of pleas
ant evening, Ruskin said:
willy, why did you make that vio-
lent attack upon me about Michelan-
gelo?"
"Mr. Ruskin, because you talked
nonsense" replied Sir William.
Meanwhile Mr. Ruskin rose to go.
''You are quite right. Willy" he said,
in his candid way. cit was nonsense" :"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
Sudden Death Forbidden.

The sultan of Turkey insists that
every ruler or person Of high political
Importance should die a natural death
The Stampa, Of Turin, says that other
manners of death are not officially rec
ognized by Nischan Effendi. the censor
When King Humbert was assassi
mated at Monza, the Turkish news
papers announced lie sad event In this
way:
"King Humbert left the hall amid
the frenetic cheers of the paople. The
king, much affected, bowed several
times, and to all appearances was i'm
mediately dead.' =.
When the Shah Of Persia was assas
sinated, the Turkish papers said: "Ir
the afternoon the shah drove to his
summer palace. and there complained
Of illness. His corpse was sent tc
Teheran."
One paper excelled all others by this
absurd piece euphemistic simpIifi
cation: '1he shah felt a little Ill. but
finally his corpse returned to the
palace"
This was too much even for the
Turks, no keep the phrase as one
Of their proverbs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08

certain back number of an illustrated
paper that contained a portrait which
she had admired.
The Offices of the paper were in Fleet
street, and George had an office in Hol-
born, so that it would have been the
easiest thing in the world for him to get
that paper. But no, he had simply for
gotten all about it. He had had busy,
harassing day, he said. He was awful
ly sorry, and he would be sure to re-
member tomorrow.
Now, she had particularly wanted the
paper that very day, but what upset
her most was not so much the want of
the paper, as the fact that he should
have forgotten to fulfill wish of hers.
His business worries had, for the
time, obliterated the remembrance of
her! The thought was uncomfortable.
She had told him so, and that Is how
the squabble had begun.
The ladybird had by this time reached
the rim of Georges coat collar.
Well, certainly he had been looking
rather worried lately. Perhaps it was
little unfair to expect him to devote
his entire thoughts to her and and her
wishes.
She began to remember a hundred
petty tyrannies which she had exercised
and to which he had submitted pa
tiently.
Harmless little tyrannies, most of
them but quite unnecessary, too-tyr-
annies she had practiced simply be-
cause she loved to see him at her feet.
She remembered reading somewhere
once that the true secret of married
happiness was the principle of ..give
and take"
The woman, as we'll as tine man, must
be prepared to give and take. Up to the
present he had done all the giving, she
all the taking.
How blind, how selfish she had been!
She saw 1t all now.
Why, why should the man be always
on his knees to the womanA Why
should she be the queen, and he the
slave? She had never questioned her
right until now, and she could find no
reasonable title to the claim.
Surely the woman who loves her hus-
band should be as ready to serve as to
be served. There could be no question
of commanding or obeying on either
side.
The ladybird was balancing itself in
a reckless manner on the edge of
Georges white collar. If he moved his
head ever so slightly, the tiny thing
would inevitably be crushed.
In the midst Of her remorse she was
seized with a sudden solicitude for the
ladybird.
Stepping up behind George, she flick
ed it lightly and dexterously from his
collar.
He felt the gentle touch and turned
his head in surprise.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
NO DOGS FOR LIBERIA.

EmiGrants Failed to Secure Govern
ment Permits in Time.
Great was the sorrow of p. of
negroes from Irwin County, Georgia
when they had to part from their dogs
the other day. The White Star pier
resounded with their wailings. The
howls of the dogs added to the out
burst.
"How can we get along without dogs
in Liberia?" was the plaintive query
of one of the men. There were fifty
four persons in the party-thirty-two
men, twelve women and ten children
bound for the African Ian of prom
ise. They had two bloodhounds and
two powerful fine coon dogs" But
when they trooped aboard the Teu-
tonic the man at the head of the gang
plank said Get outv to the dogs.
They're OURS" said the leader of
the emigrants. He was panied to
learn that his ticket didn't include
dogs, says the New York Press. He
wcs told he must get a government
permit before the dogs could be re-
ceived at an English port. He COM
municated that fact to his compan
ions and then the sounds Of sorrow
arose.
Them bloodhounds has followed a
scent fifty miles," moaned George
Scott. But, under orders. he tied the
dogs in the waiting-room. When the
Tuetonic left her pier the animals
strained--at their ropes. but couldn't
break them, and their masters and
mistresses soon were far away.
"Pity they couldn't take the coon
dogs with. them," said a pier hand.
"There'll be great sport in Liberia. = |
hear it's full of coons."
Truth fears nothing so much as sol
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
Knew What Man Can Do.

A story Of James B. Eads, the engi-
neer of the great bridge at st. Louis,
points to the kind of spirit that was in
him, which did far more than his tech
meal skill to make him great man.
The story is told by Colonel Frank A.
Montgomery In "Reminiscences of
Mississippian."
When Eads was presenting to the
committee of the House the plans
which he had devised for rendering
permanent the channel of the Missis-
sippi River, there was on the commit
tee a man named Jones. from a noun
tain district in Kentucky.
This man, whose presence in Con-
gress, not to say in this committee,
was one of the many unexplained mys-
teries Of American politics. continual
ly interrupted Eads with foolish ques-
tons, and annoyed a man who was
bent on giving to the committee the
best of his knowledge.
Presently he said, Captain Eads, do
you believe it possible to control the
waters of the Mississippi River so as
to prevent overfows?"
Eads looked at him a moment and
then said:
81 should have great contempt for
the human mind if l did not believe it
could do it,
That speech had in 1t much OF the
American faith in the ability of man
to do what has not been done before,
faith that in this case gave us a
great work by which all the people Of
the Union have been benefited, for
prosperity to the delta of the Missis-
sippi has meant prosperity to many
States.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
ZoStful Eranknasa.

Unexpected frankness now and then
gives a special zest to the humor of
a situation in Congress. When "Gabe''
Bouck was the representative from the
Oshkosh district Of Wisconsin, a pen
sion bill came before the House, to
his great vexatfon Of spirit; for, while
his personal convictions were directly
opposed to 1t, his political interests
were strong enough to whip him into
line. On the day the bill came up for
final disposal fellow-member met
Bouck in the space behind the last
row Of seats, walking back and forth
and gesticulating excitedly, bringing
his clenched right first down into the
hollow Of his left hand, to the accom-
paniment Of expletives which would
hardly look well in print
whats the trouble, Gabe?'' inquired
his friend. "Why all this excitement ?''
''Trouble?" snorted the irate law
maker. Trouble enough! That pen
sion bill is up. and all the cowardly
nincompoops in the House are going
to vote for it. It's sure to pass-sure
to pass
"But why don't you get the floor and
speak against it-try to stop tt" sug-
gested the other.
"Try to stop it?" echoed Bouck. "Try
to stop it? Why, I'm one of the
cowardly nincompoops myselfv'-Cen-
tl1rv
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08

The next moment pair of soft arms
were flung about his neck, a hot cheek
laid caressingly against his own.
George, I want to make 1t up" she
whispered, "and-and there's such lot
l want to say to you"
When she had said it, with her pretty
head very close to his, he turned to her
with a glad smile.
I'm the proudest, happiest man in
the world today" he said. 81 didn't
realize until this moment what a SEN
sible little woman had married. Don't
think, dearest" he added, hastily, "that
ever regretted the VOWS 1 made to you
when l asked you to be my wife. There
is nothing 1 wouldn't willingly do for
you. 1t was only when found that my
love was in danger of spelling you that
began to resent the-the-'
"The horrible tyrannies 1 practiced
upon you," she interrupted quickly.
George, what a selfish little wretch
I've been!'-Indianapoli Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
A SONG FOR THE WEARY.

Life is but world of battles;
You must fight them would you win
With the idleness that prattles,
Victory has never been;
Then why should you be complaining
If in one attempt you fail?
Each endeavor gives you training,
Till at last you shall prevail.
Nuggets of success are lying
Underneath life's rugged road;
Dig and dig, and keep on trying
Till you strike the precious lode.
Skies above you will be bluer
AS along the way you tread,
Friends around you will be truer,
So be brave and go ahead.
Time is feeting, so be doing
Any task there is for you;
You are stronger, while accruing
Gain of good and wisdom, too.
Be not with the drones and shirkers,
AS through life they idly stroll;
Victory belongs to workers,
Strive and you will reach the goal.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
An April Shower

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ST was all so absurdly trivial. In
fact, she had almost forgotten what
it was about.
They had quarreled before, lots Of
times, and over more serious matters,
but they had always made 1t up again
directly afterward until now.
Now she came to think of it, it was
always she who had begun the quarrel
and he who had begun the making up.
And quite right, too, she said to her.
self. When he proposed to her he had
told her that he worshfped her; that he
was her slave till death; that for her
sake he was ready to 60 through fire
and he would obey.
Very well, then; she had taken him at
his word. She had commanded and he
had obeyed-until now.
She had never asked him to go
through fire and water for her. No, she
was much too reasonable for that. She
had never demanded the impossible.
The things she had expected him to do
were all quite simple and easy.
Il wouldn't order George about quite
so much If were you, Kate" her sister
had said to her the other day.
''What do you mean?" she asked in
amazement.
''Well, / don't exactly know how to
explain it, said EN-. "Yon know you're
quite a pleasant, easy-going sort Of per-
son, generally speaking. but with
r1orfoo% fur mt
times wonder why he puts up with
you"
"You don't understand" returned
Kate, loftily. when man is in love
with his wife it is the greatest pleasure
and privilege in the world for him to do
her bidding"
Even If it makes him look like a
fool?'' asked EN-, whereupon Kate pre-
served a dignified silence.
Of course, EN- had never been mar
ried, never been engaged even, and
consequently knew nothing about the
feelings of people In love.
Yet, somehow, those words of Ems
ranked.
She thought of them now, as she stole
1QIO lu6 Wuc1c QaQ
taken refuge after dinner.
She knew where she could find him.
He was sitting in his favorite place,
under the old apple tree at the back of
the lawn, unconscious of her presence.
Noiselessly she stole up behind him,
and stood watching him, as he moodily
puffed at his pipe.
A ladybird had dropped from some
overhanging bough, and was crawling
slowly up his back in the direction of
his collar.
Had she really made George look like
a fool? And did he mind looking a fool
for her sake? Surely the ideal, the
perfect husband should shrink from
nothing, not even ridicule, incurred in
his wife's service. And yet-and yet
no man likes to be made to look like a
fool. 1t isn't in human nature.
Thoughtfully she stared at the lady
bird. as 1t made its slow, laborious jour-
ney across Georges light coat.
After all, perhaps, she had expected
him to do a little too much fetching
and carrying, and all that sort of thing.
OF course, man should wait on wom-
an. That was perfectly right and
proper, but-there are limits to every
thing.
Was George beginning to recognize
this? Was that the reason why he had
not been as ready as usual to patch up
their last little squabble?
Now she came to think of 1t, she re-
membered how the squabble had origin
ated.
She had commissioned him to get a
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08

ly Unionist by majority of nearly
5000. The election Of Mr.. CROOKS Is
a victory for the labor vote, Wnlch
has caused the London Times to say:
"The election means that the specter
that has hypnotized the continental
governments has shown itself at last
among ourselves"
Crooks was born In 1852 and spent
a portion of the early years of his
life in the poorhouse at Poplar. After
leaving this institution he worked at
odd jobs until he was IA. when he
was apprenticed to a cooper. AS late
as 1878 he tramped from London to
Liverpool in search of work. He was
then in the greatest poverty. but be-
fore that had he engaged actively In
trade agitations. He worked hard for
the dockers in the great London dock
strike and became chairman of the
Poplar Board of Gardians and other
local bodies. Subsequently he was
elected mayor Of Poplar-the first labor
mayor ever elected In England. He
then became a member Of the London
County Council and has since been
supported by his fellow workmen.
Mr.. Crooks Is a man of the John
Burns type He Is a ready speaker.
a skilled politician and a well-posted
social economist. He neither drinks
nor smokes, but devotes all his time
to his duties and to self improvement:
His selection has greatly strengthened
the labor party in England, impress
ing upon it the value and necessity
of solidarity. During the South Afri-
can war Mr.. Crooks was an advocate
of the Boer side and strongly denounc
ed the action Of the British govern
ment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-08
oIvfER S1oRlE55


death rate of any civilized nation. Dur
ing the last ten years the annual aver
age has been only 16.49 per thousand.
A fence nearly two hundred feet long
at Livingston, Mont, is made entirely
of horns of the elk-more properly call
ed wapiti. These animals, ike the 9TH
ers of the deer family, shed their horns
once year and grow new ones. The old
horns are found In large numbers in the
forests, and are used for various COM
mercial purposes.
The old notions of phrenology have
been fispelled and a new system of To-
calization has been established. The
localities in certain parts of the brain
mean leg, arm, speech, and so definite
are they that skfllful expert can often
times get at, and by trepanning, remove
the cause of paralysis of one or another
of the muscles or faculties.
There is an extraordinary old man
at present living in Russia, in the vii
lage of Marewka, in the government of
Smolensk, known as 'Swet' Snip. He
was born in May, 1775, and is, there
fore, 127 years old. He has never been
i'll, and is able to walk each Sunday two
versts to the village church. He also
does work at the Schloos, knits stock
fngs and weaves sandals.
American tourists abroad often COM
ment upon the literal translation into
English of notices in foreign languages.
The well-meant efforts of landlords and
others to convey, in the language of the
visitor, the meaning of the native, often
produce laughable results. A Washing
! ton citizen found this notice posted in
his room in an Alpine hotel: "Misters,
the venerable voyagers are earnestly re-
quested not to take clothes of the bed
to see the sun rise for the color
changes"
The fifteen principal causes of death.
with the rate per one thousand, as made
public by the census bureau, is as fol-
lows: Pneumonia, 1919; consumption,
1915; heart disease, 1874; diarrheal dis
eases, S5.1; kidney diseases, SS.7; apo
plexy, 66.6; cancer, 60; old age, 81; bron-
chitis, 48.3; cholera infantum, AIS: de-
bility, 45.5; Inflammation of brain and
meninge, Ais; diphtheria, 34.4; typhoid,
1873, and premature birth, 1871. Death
from all principal causes shows a de-
crease since 1890, the most notable being
consumption, which shows a decrease
! of $40 per one hundred thousand.
Much interest has been awakened by
! the alleged discovery of small squids,
miniature representatives of the terri
BILE devil-fish of the ocean, in Onondaga
Lake, near Syracuse, N. Y. Prof. John
D. Wilson and others have pronounced
the specimens to be genuine squids, and
the discovery has brought out accounts
of previous finds Of the same kind in
the lake. Prof. John NJ. Clarke suggests
that the animals may be descended
from ancestors which entered the lake
when 1t was In communication with the
! sea by way of the st. Lawrence valley,
and that their kind has been enabled
to survive amid such strange surround
, ings on account of the salinity of the
bottom waters of the lake, which are
in contact with the rocks from which
the Syracuse salt works derive their
supply.