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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-10

card from Mr.. Austin, Of Portland
Or, telling how his wife was cured
of total blindness.
s,I wish to make known what
Dr.. Darrin has done for my family.
Eight years ago my wife was total
ly blind from what doctors called
nervous abhorrence of light In
that condition she visited HIM, and
was cured, so she could see as well
4s ever in life [ know OF hundreds
who have been as mlracu!ously
cured. l am emplnped on the O..
R. & N. railroad. AID can be referr-
I'd to at any time. [ most earnest
" commend the afh ,cted from
whatever caase to cor suit Dr.. Dar-
rim. w. STUB AUSTIN"
DIR. DARRIN's PLACE OF BUSINESS.
DIR. Darrin can be consulted free
from 10 to 5 o'clock. daily; even
ings to 8; Sunday 10 to 8. at
Revere Ho. .el, A. .bany, until Dec. l.,
only.
The doctor makes specially of
all diseases of the eye, ear. nose and
throat, catarrh, deafness, bronchi-
tls, Ia grippe, heart, liver. bladder
and kidney diseases or those who
suffer from apathy and Indifference;
also genito.urinary and skin dis
eases in either sex, such as blood
tain's, seminal weakness and 10 t
vigor, varicocele and structure.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-10
a Visit to DR.. Darrin

Mr.. A. G. Beers, Of Indeper. depca,
Or. visited Albany last week, to
bring the doctor patient, Tor ms
wonde erful treatment for deafness.
To a reporter he stated that he had
been almost totally deaf from bis
youth and that IN May of l9O2, ne
applied to the doctor while IN Sa-
lem. In three months be was per,
fectlv and permanently cured and
that he had had no return OF the
malady since. We tested him In
a whisper, and without hesitation
he answered all questions. Below
we give. his sworn statement, pub
lished last year in the Salem Journ-
al:
How Young Mr.. Byers R covered
His Hearing.
Salem Journal:
Mr.. A. J. Byers, of Independence,
accompanied by bis son, A. G. By
ers, called at the Journal Office this
afternoon and made a statement
relative to the condition of the
Younger man. He had been deaf
from his infancy, and later the diff
fculty gradually increased to such
an extent that be was almost total
lv deaf. Two months ago the young
man came to Dr.. Darrin, at Hotel
Willamette for treatment and today
called al the Journal office to state
that he could hear as we'll as any
body. The reporter talked to him
in low voice and was convinced
that his hearing was as good as the
best. This remarkable cure of ne'
cessity makes the young men fee
happy, and his father is more than
pleased. Their purpose in coming
to the Journal Office was oSmake
statement to the public concernins
the wonderful cure.
A, G. BYERS.
Subscribed and sworn to befor
me, E.Hofer, notary public, il
Salem, Oregon, this 10th day Q
May, 1902.
SEAL =. HOFER. !.
Notary Public for Oregon.
A HAPPY MAN.
The following is an extract of
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-10
L.G. ALTMAN, M. ID
Hon1eopathist

HomeoPath1st
Office cor 3rd and Monroe sts. Resi-.
dence cor 3rd and Harrison SITS.
Hours 10 to 12 A, M. 2 to- 4 and z
to s P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, NJ,
Phone residence 315.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
THEY SUE FOR $40, ooo, 900

VI
A remarkable claim for s4,000. 900. the
origin of which goes back to the middle
of the eighteenth century, is shortly to be
presented to the Prussian government by
the two Counts Muennich, descendants OF
the Russian field marshal of that name.
Frederick the Great of Prussia made a
present Of an estate to their ancestor in
1741 for the latter's good offices in bring
ing about a favorable treaty with Russia.
Count Muennich himself refused TO accept
it. Frederick the Great transferred the do
nation to the field marshaIs son. who.
however, died shortly after returning to
Russia from abroad, and never took pos
session. Before leaving Prussia. he OBJ
tanned from King Frederick William the
written promise that a payment of $4,000
..A1bertthalers" would be made to him.
The descendants now come forward with
a claim for this sum, plus compound in
terest. The proofs which will be pro-
dueed are said to be absolutely indis-
putable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
Cotton Turned Into Gold.

The north does not appreciate what
a large share Of prosperity has come to
the southern states by reason of the
high price OF cotton in recent years.
The Manufacturers Record of ABalti-
more points out that the excess value
of the cotton crops Of the last five
years over the preceding five years
amounts to $SOO,00O,OOO.
That is to say that the rise in the
price of cotton has been worth $780,
100000 year to the farmers of the
south.
That much increased wealth cannot
fail to have "a stimulating effect on
southern development. 1t means a
vast accession to the southern capital.
The excess value in five years is more
than twice the entire capital invested
in all the cotton mills Of the United
States in 1900. It is more than the
market value of the Standard Oil
company, and, more than the entire
capital Of all the national banks.
The Manufacturers Record estim-
ates that the value of this years crop,
including the seed, is about $3.50. 0OO,-
900. Think of it!
No wonder that the south, like the
west, cares little about what goes on
in Wall street. &
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
"APPRovED, JOHN MORGAN"

An old Washington gentleman tells a
story which he overheard President Lin
coin repeat and which he believes has not
been published. During one of his busy
reception hours when the president was
talking first to. one, then to another of the
many who filled the room in the White
House, a gentleman asked if any news
had been received from John Morgan,
whose Confederate cavalry were raiding
Kentuckys and Ohio. wen catch John
some of these days. replied Lincoln. Il
admire him, for he is a bold operator. He
always goes after the mail trains in order
to get information from Washington. On
his last raid he opened some mail bags
and took possession Of the official CORE
spondence. One letter was found from the
war department to lieutenant in Grants
army; it contained a captains commission
for him. Right under the signature Of A.
Lincoln the audacious Morgan wrote, APP
proved, John Morgan and sent the COM
mission on its way. So there is one officer
in our army whose commission bears my
signature, with the approval of that dare
devil rebel raider
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
ANCIENT SHORTHAND SCHOOLS

Apparently there were schools of short
hand as early as the third century, and In
Egypt. A recently discovered papyrus. ac-
cording to the London Chronicle, was
contract between shorthand teacher and
man who wished one of his slaves to ac-
qure the art. The fee was 120drachmae 40
to be paid on apprenticeship, 40 at the end
of year and the balance when the slave
was proficient. Shorthand writing was
then presumably not so easy of attain
ment as it is now. Among the other docu-
ments of the Oxrlynchus Papyri is the ac-
count Of fatal accident, and of the body
of the victim being examined by the cor
oner of the day, in company with public
physician. That dates back to the sec
ond century Of our era, in which, judg-
ing by other discoveries, the formal invi-
tations to dinner might be literal render
ings of ours at the present time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
Mr.. kEENE's LIGHTNING ROD

An old familiar friend Of James R.
keene dropped into the famous operators
office the other day and noticed that he
was in a mood almost gay and clipper"
He hadn't seen the "old man SO lively
since that burly massagist decorticated his
knee by wrenching off the patella. Surely
it cannot be the market that makes you
SO genial, active and optimistic said the
visitor. He then noticed that Mr.. Keene
in crossing his legs, as he invariably does
whenever he sits. did not lift the injured
member up with both hands as he had
been doing for over a year, but performed
the act by. the use of the leg muscles
alone. t'Ah! Something has happened!
What have you done with your lightning
rod?" Mr.. Keene had just discarded the
steel crutch which he had worn for many
months. It extended from hip to ankle
with accommodating joints, and was worn
inside his trousers. Only a few Of his
most intimate friends were aware that
he had suffered SO seriously as to require
such a contrivance. To one of his high
strung temperament it must have been
torture. s5ss7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
HIS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

"A Salem, Mass, man thinks he has had
trouble enough to entitle him to divorce
1t appears that his wife tore the signs
from his store, put into his tea something
that made him i'll, threw his clothes down
stairs, filled his shoes with cold water, put
refuse in his overcoat pocket, threw water
over him as he went downstairs, put pep
per in his bed, made him sleep in the at
tic, wouldn't do his washing, wouldn't
mend his clothes, made him darn his socks
and sew buttons on his shirts, spat on his
toast when he was getting his breakfast,
rocked a squeaky chair for hours at time
to annoy him, put grease on his Sunday
clothes, wouldn't let him have a fire on
the coolest evenings so that he often had
to go to bed at z p. m. TO keep warm, and
finally she rubbed butchers knife over
his neck and threatened to blow out his
brains.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

In an address before the Roman Catholic
Woman's league in Chicago yesterday,
Archbishop James E. Quigley made a. plea
for public sectarian schools. He would
have the state support schools for Roman
Catholics in which Roman Catholic re-
-ligious doctrines would be taught. But
!; the Roman Catholic state school, why
rot the Jewish, the Baptist, the Lutheran,
the Methodist, the TheosoG aistic, etc?
II the function Of education belongs to the
state at all, It must be. exercised without
regard to the religious differences Of the
population. The state knows no differ
,ences between It's citizens with respect to
religion. u i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
Christmas Giving.

A part Of Christmas giving is purely
formal; gifts are made because it is
the custom and they are expected. To
that extent Christmas Is a dead insti-
tuition. But In q large portion of the
giving at this season there is an
earnest desire to do good and give
pleasure. Unfortunately, the deeds
prompted by this desire often work
evil and inf1ict pain.
A Christmas gift that is made with
out elaboration is like a shot at the
fock-it may hit and it may miss,
probably the latter. a
Giving within the family is the best
form of Christmas generosity and good
will, because, there is small chance for
mistakes there. Next, comes giving
between friends. Here. too. there is
not much room for error, and an OPP
portunity is afforded to say thru some
silent token the things that are never
said by US who are so chary Of saying
the kind things we feel.
We wouldn't frown on all miscel-
laneous and machine-like giving, as
for instance the Salvation Army dinner
to the worthy poor" We have an
idea that a whole lot of unworthy poor
will be fed at that dinner. But what
does that matter? Christmas is the
one day in the year when we are to
have good will on earth, for>the good
and the evil, the worthy and the un-
worthy. Let q little sunlight, even
unearned. into the most worthless life
on this day.
A dinner, however, Is decidedly
ephemeral. It doesn't help much the
day after Christmas. While giving
something of the ephemeral, why not
give a thought to the permanent?
You can give to strangers on Christ
mas Da-. be sure Of doing good,
if you little thought to the
subject, rust little money to
those who ,,-l think for you on this
subject. There are families in this
town that would be almost Historically
delighted over cord of wood or lit
tie clothing as a Christmas present.
Why spend all your Christmas
money on gifts for those who do not
really need them /?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
EUROPE AT THE PLAY
o languid audience, met to see
The last act of the tragedy

O languid audience, met to see
The last act of the tragedy
On that terrific stage afar,
Where burning towns the footlights are
O iistless Europe; day by day
Callously sitting out the playl
So sat, with loveless count nance cold,
Round the arena, Rome of old.
Pain. and the ebb of life's red tide.
So, with a calm regard, she eyed,
Her gorgeous vesture, million-pearled.
Splashed with the blood Of half the world
High was her glory's noon; as yet
She had not dreamed her sun had set! s.
Another's pangs she counted naught;
OF human hearts she took no thought:
But God at nightfall. in her ear
Thundered His thought exceeding clear.
William Watson, Ia Living Age.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
Plenty and Good.

Z Whatever may be thought of the
need of elasticity in our currency, lit
tie fault can be found with the volume
of it, or the rate OF increase. In
November almost s22,oOo,o0o of new
money was put into circulation, and
the year will see the volume
swelled by about 500, 900, 900.
All the money in circulation Dec. 1
aggregated the stupendous total of
S2,449,16S,418, and il the amount re-
posing in the treasury vaults be added
the figures are $2,742.2s9,7s1. This is
a per capital average Of about $30.21.
It is a great deal Of money. but the
important point about it is that it is
all good money. AS Secretary Shaw
recently said, no ono stops to examine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

The first battle Of the Boston Good Gov
eminent association was not altogether a
victory. The association is like the Voters
league here in purpose. It Endorsed nine
of the aldermanic candidates voted for last
Tuesday, and only four Of them We're
elected. Altogether there were thirteen
aldermen elected. The association is not
in the least dismayed, however. It has
been in existence only six months, and
was not in condition to cope with the
clever machine politicians. All Of the al
dermen elected were democrats and it is
thought that Mayor Collins great popu-
larity-he won by a majority Of $4,000
had a tendency to carry into victory with
him all candidates labeled as democrats.
In Cambridge a non-partizan mayor was
elected thru the efforts Of the Library Hall
association, good government organiza-
ton 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
The Fight Over Korea.

The outbreak of fighting between
japanese and Korean troops is really
a contention Of Japan against Russian
intrigue in Korea, designed to stave
off Japanese influence there. Russia
has been bullying the Emperor 7Yi-hi
at Seoul for some time to get him to
turn fatty against Japan, who has
done some bullying herself, in order
to maintain her large trade and rail-
trolls the railway between Seoul and
it's seaport, Chemulpo, and a Japanese
syndicate is building a railway from
Seoul to F'usan, $50 miles. Japan
draws large supplies Of food products
and raw material for her factories
from Korea, who is a good customer
of Japan's manufactured products.
Three-fourths Of the foreigners in
Korea are Japanese, who have valu-
able banking interests in the country.
It is this Japanese financial, trans
portation and trade interest in Korea
which Russia has not been able, with
all her bullying of Yi-hi and his peo-
pie, to impair.
Japan thru her war with China in
1894 reduced Chinas interest to in
significance, and, in 1895, China re-
linquished her claim to suzerainty and
the independence of Korea was recog-
nized. Korea, however, has since been
bullied by Russia, who would like to
possess the peninsula, but Japan will
fight, beyond doubt. if the attempt
is made. Japan has reluctantly ADAM
doned Manchuria, with some reserva-
tions, to Russia, but she will not aban-
don her Korean interests. Korea was
the cause of the China-Japan war of
1894, and bids fair to bring about
physical collision between Russia and
Japan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
IN THE INTEREST OF CLEANLINESS

Just as the house was about to take a
vote on the Cuban reciprocity bill Con-
gresham I1ildebrant of Ohio rose to a
question of special privilege. In answer
to a question from the chair, he said: 1T
concerns me as an individual and no man
who wishes to keep the membership Of this
body clean will object" Dead silence fol-
lowed and everybody felt sure that some
story of Doodle or bribery was about to
be sprung. The Ohio member gravely sent
a resolution up to the clerk, who read in
his usual dreary monotone: Resolved.
That one additional laborer be employed
in the bathroom of the house during the
fifty eighth congress- There was a sigh
of relief on the republican side, followed
by q laugh all GROUND.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
In OIL and Marble, a Book on
Music In Art-story OF Cruise In
the American Mediterranean Good
Stories for Young FoIk-What Late
Magazines Are. Saying.

In the Art Lovers Series Of L. G.
Page & Co. is Music in Art by Luna
May Ennis. Music she says, "as rep
resented in painting and sculpture, forms
delightful and fascinating study" One
IS prepared to believe this long before he
has finished the book. mo attempt" to
use the writer's own words, has been
made to cover every phase Of the subject
In these pages. as the task would be hope
less. The object is rather to suggest an
outline" AS outlines are all many OF
US get Of many things in this life, we
can be thankful to the author for this
added one In what she truly says forms a
fascinating study.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
HAIR AND HEALTH

Most people dread badness: hence, says
Victor Smith in the New York Press, the
world is full of hair restorers and wig
makers. The rule is. once wig always a
wig. 1t is mistake for man to begin
wearing one out Of vanity at an early
age, because he will never have sufficient
courage to leave it of after 20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
MONDAY EVENING,

about the same AZ those chat maintain IN
the United States. There is no marlxet In
the world which It is more desirable for
our manufacturers to retain. and yet con-
gress lets the precious moments slip by
while Canada Is being ver-persuaded by
the imperial preferential trade idea. We
can imagine what the future will say
about the republican bourbons. but we
can't print It.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
CONGRESSMAN ]. Adam Bede saws a

Congressman j. Adam Bede says the
presidents watch was a little fast in the
Panama affair, but that it was only a
matter Of ten or fifteen minutes anyway.
1t is usually better to be early than late.
The chances are that the very persons
and papers that are now making charges
Of aggression against the president would
have been berating him for permitting q
bloody war on the isthmus or sacrificing
q splendid national opportunity, had he
pursued another course.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

Tho Cincinnati Commercial Tribune has
now got the president on the run. It prints
figures tending to show that he is not pop
ular in Oyster Bay. Nobody would know
where Oyster Bay is II the president did
not live there. Besides, we have noticed
that most big men are not popular in the
small towns that sometimes happen to be
their homes. It is. the case Of master and
valet again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

In the last fiscal year we imported over
,slo'o 1000 worth Of forest products from
Canada. Here is something for the farmer
who thinks that reciprocity with Canada
would not benefit him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

the character Of tbs money he now
receives. Uncle Sam Is back OF 1t all
and this is as much as the average
person cares to know.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21
Foyer Chat.

WISE royer Cnat.
re WoI Hopper IN Mr.. Plckwlck"
~ at tne metropolitan. AS. dramat1zed
siils pay contalns Dlckens ana Hopper in
Jusl Tue rignt pfoportlons 10 make de-
ii 0 'A'iui evening entertainment.
GIN at engagement CT three nights and
Shrlstmas ana saturday matinees at the
IAetroPolltan, presenting Tor the first time
, ,s. ms new comedy, The Man from
missouri II IS always good news to
h inoW tnal lin Murphy Is on the way
mere, Tor 1t means an evening of real de-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

of the most distinguished on the register
of the immortals'' Of the French Acad-l
cmy. His COLOMBIA, a story of-a Corsican
vendetta. is conceded to be his finest
work. Colonel Nevil, an Irish colonel,
went to Corsica with his daughter Lydia,
because she was weary of other lands
and wanted to see something .'extraordi-
nary" She saw 1t, and met the heroine.
Mile. COLOMBIA who is necessarily the soul
of the story, and figures in many thrilling
and tragical situations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which IL the finest In the west.
The battery Of presses consists of three fourdeck
Goss Presses. with total capacity OF LA. 900
eisht-page our s an hour, printed. foldea
and counted. The best time to call is from Bio
to 4:8O p. M Inquire at the business Office and
be directed to the visitors gallery OF the Press
Room
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

The Journal carried in November
1875 columns of advertising, 400 col
umns more than any other Minneapo-
lis or St.. Paul paper, daily or daily
and Sunday issues combined
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

A pretty story Tor young folks is Fran
ces Fox's Little Lady Marjorie, telling
about dreadful storm off Old Mackinaw,
and how Peter McDougal took a little
baby who was rescued from wreck and
brought her to his home with the name
Marjorie pinned on her shoulder. Long
afterward ''Marjorie's" parents turn up,
but good deal happens before that
happy time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

The children who read Mr.. Hopkins
The Sand Man WILL no doubt, eagerly
devour his new book of the same name
containing new farm stories. which he
knows SO well how to tell. Few books
have portrayed old time life on the farm
and in the country so closely Is "The Sand
Man" John and Charles are true types
of the country lads who have their hard
work, there little tragedies and comedies
and encounter happenings which give
great variety to life. The book is well
illustrated.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-22
Has Strawberries in August.

Think of Strawberries; red,
ripe, JUICY and altogether de.
licious, plentiful here in Americas
in August, two months after the
crop, usually, is gone. Mr.. S.
M. Gordy presented the Times
Recorder yesterday with a crate
of berries as fine as any seen here
this summer. Mr.. Gordy is a
skilled and experienced horti-
culturist. And this season has
discovered a process he thinks
whereby he may have berries
until a killing frost lays low his
vines. His field of four acres
has been bearing fruit for eigh.
teen weeks now, and the vines
are still full of blooms and berries
If Mr.. Gordy's new process is a
success he has fortune in it.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-22
ATURDAy, AUGUST p, 1908.

% All the Good You Can.
1t All the Times You Can.
d All the Ways You Can.
20 All the People You Can.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-08-22

a the yankees" come in this
ter in proportion to the in
II of crackers" that are in
ing and occupying our terri
n the question of room will be
paramount one. We are ex-
ling Fitzgerald's population
ncrease 20 or Is per cent by
81 spring. The indications all
ut that way.