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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1900)
of the ro sees bottom while Ihining tree iights blow ent- itree na- aing rom ges- of eked ring bly In of the ? Jtrc I ties 1 aaW We some from the hng Christ- we hear IH f trans this it M KB .our. as usbe con- lars exists it themselves i satisfaction thtfe is al we make a pd if one of calendar's (rem a feel- I over, there the way we ay. j )UR. Easy. ng to qo stew. e, 'tis clear teryear? THE CHILDREN'S COMING HOMt FROM tbe far and frozen Nor'land wttb a whirling Sight of snow Fr jm the Southland, fair and fragrant, on the merry morning ray From the East and from the West, o'er the ocean's heaving c-e;t, Turn tbe drifted children homeward, with the dawn of Christmas day. Light the weary eyes with long ng fcr the haunts of long ago. Leap tbe heavy hearts In greeting to the old folks far away; And tbe Yule-log, blithely burning, guides the wanderers return ng, When they speed their footsteps home ward, as they do on Christmas day! "Bedeck the walls with greenery, the livery of Yule, . (And kiss me once, old wife o' mine, be neath the mistletoe): - The berries white and red, let them glitter overhioud. Is tbe pudding ripe and ready? Are the glasses ail a-row? For they're coming home the children ita the world s ungentle school. ley came In by-gone Yuletides, ere our was scant ana gray; corners of- the earth, to tbe home nve tnem Dirtn, jcomlng happy -hearted coming .mas any. US- JUT SftfAK AWAY itt AT J M re the he knows tna tbe port to wh He Is coming borne. sea, for Christmas "O'er the rolling Western pi forest, thro' the fant Speeds an engine bearing tJ vinevard or the mine! i ti.fliir Harry, freed from r tilU V 1 1 J our. Fast as fast express can bea o'er t old rami liar line. They are coming home. tri .'hlldren, Just to i t feel the wondrous ciia'Ti Vt their jocund youth renewal of the w season's kindly sway; xSm. Ana we 11 greet them at tae dot. in days or yore When they kissed Us 'Merry coming borne on ( hristm. "Is the Christmas tree ablaxlng? a)e candles all in nlace? For Nell, you know. Is coming rosy elrls and boys: And my splr't bankers after happy bursts oi Da Dy laugnter And the merry madcap riot of tbe younk ers with their Joys. There's a glory In your een, good wife, a glory upon your face; Again the Past comes back to you aga'n our balrnles play What! a tear! No time for tears, iritb the Joy bells in your ears. And the children coming hom ward on thi blessed Christmas day. "Hark to slelghbells on t roadway! they here! are coming From the Nor' the Southland from the Ea: m the West We will scan each face, we will feel each war: Oar vaerom b meet again at peace within the n So fling the doors wide open let them see our Christmas cheer; Then kiss me once again, old wife, for oh! my heart Is gay; And our broken voices raise. In a carol fraught with praise. , Unto Him that brings tbe children brings them home on Christmas day." Gerald Brenan, In Louisville Courier Journal. Nothing to Hold. "Suppose that Father Time were bald," remarked the girl with the illustrated al manac; "how it would interfere with pro gress." "In what way?" "Why, we couldn't take time by the forelock." Buffalo News. Saturated. Van Ishe Well, old. man, did yon greet Christmas with the proper spirit in your heart? Ten Broke Yes, the doctor said it had soaked in almost everywhere. New York Journal. m r w nhlnp aWf. : rney are land, -and FoWwlll est. INCOMES OF ROYALTY. SALARIES THAT GO WITH JOBS AS RULERS. Many Monarch Enjoy All the Lux uries of Abundant Wealth-Czar of Russia Reputed to be the Richest Man In the World. Seventy-four men and two women iivide among themselves the govern ments of tbe world. In other words, there are seventy-six rulers. Of these twenty-two govern as presidents, fif teen as kinds, eleven as dukes and grand dukes, six as emperors, five as princes and five as sultans. There are two khans, of Beluchistan and of Khiva ; two ameers, of Afghanistan and at Bokhara; two queens, Queen Vic toria and Queen Wilhelmina; one khe dlve, of Egypt; one shah, of Persia; one bey, of Tunis; one mikado, of Jap an; one maharaja, of Nepaul, and one rajah, of Sarawak. Of these august potentates Queen Victoria and her grandson, William II. of Germany, are the only ones who sport two titles the one queen and empress, the other emperor and king. The most venerable of these rulers Is Sidl All Pasha, bey of Tunis, born in 1817. The youngest head of a na tion is Wilhelmina of Holland, born in 1880, the young king of Spain not yet being seated on his ancestral throne. In the spring and summer seasons one third of the birthdays of these poten tates occur, April, May and August be ing the particularly favored months. When It comes to civil lists the em peror of Russia, who is said to be the richest man in the world, can show the largest bank account, $12,000,000 being his yearly income. This is no more, however, than some good citi zens of our republic have as their In come! Seven other sovereigns have incomes reaching the million figure the saltan of "Turkey, who has $10,000,000; the jmperor of Austria, who baa $3,875,000; Emperor William of Germany, $3,852, 770; king of Italy, $2,858,000; the queen of England, $1,925,000; king of Bava ria, $1,412,000, and the king of Spain, $1,400,000. The king of Spain, how ever, has an additional $600,000 for his family, and the king of Italy must de duct from his millions $180,000 for his family. The one who obtains the bulk of his Income in the most original manner is the sultan of Sulu, who raises it by fines. He has men whose business it is to watch his subjects who are mak ing money, and as soon as a man gets something ahead he Is charged with some crime and the result is a fine. If a man has amassed $500, for example, he Is accused of some crime, and to save himself from prison or death must pay a fine of $100. The crown prince Is often sent out to collect the fines. From the rents of lands he reo $5,000 a year, and the United ados $3,000 in silver to fie royallHjs ury yearly. The monarch who stands last on the list as regards hSjjBticome rs King Malietoa Tanu of Samoa. He ekes out Ilflflff" Lpldi thron exlstenctrUkthe paltry sun: of $150 pnth. or le-Hfe. r. S-u00 a year. The Vy paid to mi predecessor for up holding the dignity of the Samoan throne was $50 a month, and with this sum he' was well satisfied. When the new king, a year ago, came to draw his first month's salary he struck for $150 and got it after going to law about it. The cashier of the treasury, which is now controlled by the consuls of the United States, Great Britain and Ger- at first refused to pay the t demanded. fact that the king Is drawing large salary Is m source of grat- to his adherents, who ?xpet .wear a clean calico fijfievery st on account of biijjW -5? uu 'jl weai in. . , . i. AnnrPfiHtAil Kv Pnlltina I X- M "J . I For some years the talk has played an impo pontics of America stances the candi ment of the rest on a caoable IUar candidate . clockwork ex- B Unions is an un- hostile constitu - 9 ... .asa aav. Hnn,.Ki!1,i,n ranaiair.e imagiiiabh even want to throw antiquated bles at him, but the nachin nd and Impervious, wi steadily grinding views on the war Ut 1 :r the nders' act without even pau Gentlemen, I 5en a retired egg inside the funnel. a simpii vance the phono- graph may be nl ;o register the feel- ing of the audie so that when the meeting is over t e records can be sent back to the candidate, who reproduces the proceedings and perhaps feels gratified that he did not attend In per son. . HE DIED WITH HIS SECRET. Man Who Discovered How to Petrify Bo J tea Never He ealed Process. Carrying with him his secret of petri fying a corpse and giving it for ail eternity the flesh color of life, Dr. Marini, the Italian, is dead. His secret can be kept no more surely now that he has taken It with him than he kept it in his lifetime. He lived only with his daughter, and he did not allow her to know the slightest about the won derful process. Like all inventors, he impoverished himself and what there was of his family in his devotion to the one object of his life. His death in Na ples was of that terrible disease, cancer of the intestines, and the slow agony drew out its attenuated length for six months. He died only with his daugh ter, for he refused to see the few friends that be had. He left to his daughter nothing whatever, unless the name of "'crank" can be considered that good name which is better than sliver and gold. Or. Marini was born in Sardinia. For tarty years he had given day and night Wesl any. fin fwn.M Kgrai -Wti (avin oh sisiatr e mxttat 5 IWII' II to this single purpose of diseoieilng how to preserve human bodies In the flesh so that they shall be as hard as statuary and yet retain the lifetime color. Nor was this all. He aimed to retain the softness and the flexibility of flesh In life, and it Is reported that he succeeded In part, for in his studio, among the hard and stony busts, heads, arms, feet and" entire figures that once were full of life, he had several hands of women which seemed as fresh and flexible as In life, and he was confident that he had learned tbe secret of con verting the whole human body into that condition. A So careful was he of his process that he bought the various materials which he used in different towns and wrapped them In camphor cloths to disguise their odor, so that not even a guess could be made as to what he carried. He had among the specimens of his work the petrified statues of Benedetto Calroli and Cardinal Sanfelice of Na ples. Besides his discovery proper he had just one other ambition in-life. He wanted to hold a chair in one Of the universities where he could impart in a suitable manner some of his informa tion to his fellows. His friends tried to get for him a professorship in a univer sity, but failed. To provide bread for himself and daughter Dr. Marin! offered to take a much inferior post in the university, but even this he could not get Sad dened by his poverty and his failure in having his work appreciated, he shut himself up and grew as white as his petrified bodies. So he passed the six agonizing months which preceded his death. mcjo 1 i jli II II an ' At the close of a performance given as a benefit to John Brougham, the actor and dramatist, one of the audi ence threw upon the stage a purse of gold. Brougham picked it up, and, af ter examining it, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, circumstances compel me to pocket the insult; but" (looking grim) "I should like to see the man who would dare to repeat it!" A party of Americans were sitting on the upper deck of a Rhine River boat, enjoying the charming scenery. One was reading aloud from a guide-book about the various castles as they came into view. Just as the boat was pass ing one of the finest old buildings, a woman in the party exclaimed to her companions: "Why, that old castle Is Inhabited. See, there are blinds at the windows." "No," said a man standing by her side, "those are the shades of their ancestors." During Lincoln's second presidential campaign, John J;-JaiiBey, of Colum bus, Ohio, went to see the President at Washington. In the course "of their conversation Lincoln said: "You are going to defeat Sammy out in your dis trict this time, aren't you?" referring to a Democratic candidate for Congress in Ohio. "I understand that Sammy is a great friend of mine just as warm a friend as I have. He reminds me of a hog that old Sam Brown had. It got out and was gone for some time. Sam could see where it had been rooting along the creek, and he said one morn ing to one of his sons that the boy was to go along one side of the creek and Brown himself would go along the oth er, 'for I think,' said he, 'that the hog is on both sides of the creek.' " When Mail us Dahlgreen, . the artist, left for Nome some time ag, to seek bis fortune in the gold-fields, he decided to take a varied supply of pitints and I with him, so that, shoved the ets tail to materialize, he nlignt his time profitably immortalizing picturesque scenery of the new g camp with his brush. These s were shattered, however, when een's party landed at Port Clar- ', for on attempting to put together small boat with which they had pro- Ided themselves, It was found that the dishonest or only careless shlp-bulld- er had forgotten to Include the white lead in the boat's fixings. How to calk the seams without it at eighty miles' distance from Nome civilization was the question. At last the Goth of the party suggested the artist's paint-box, and with tears the sacrifice was made, the "landscapes of the future" decor ating the insensate seams of the little craft Henry W. 0'M.elven-y, f Los Angeles, had a unique experience last week at Madera, wbere he arrived at midnight, dirty, unkempt and unshaven, after a ten days' fishing trip in the interior. After settling down in the deserted sta tion, to await the arrival o the Los Angeles train, O'Melveny decided to purchase his railway ticket before the ticket window opened. Only a week before the railroad agent of a neigh boring station had been robbed, so when the traveler opened the side door of the ticket room and walked in, the Madera agent instantly sized him up as a road agent, and, drawing his gun, held It in his right hand, while with his left he drew his money from the draw er and, thrusting it Into the open safe, slammed the door. Then, keeping O'Melveny coveted with his revolver, be reached over and rapped out on the telegraph key for the benefit of the assistant operator in tbe next room the single word "tongh," while the assist ant answered in the same fashion. "Yes; very tough." In the meantime O'Melveny had extracted a twenty-dollar bill from his pocket and requested a ticket to Los Angeles. The tender of so much wealth by such a disreputable fellow was positive proof In the agent's mind that it was a scheme to have him open the safe for change ad then rob him. Backing away as far as the par tition would permit, and holding his revolver ready to Are, the agent was about to take desperate measures, when bis assistant recognized the sup posed robber and rapped out on the key: "Los Angeles lawyer; O. K.; not half as tough as he looks." Mutual ex planations followed. Men are seldom charitable on an emp ty stomach. JOHN D. HART.. Death of the Famous Filibuster of the Cuban War. Capt John D. Hart, the famous fili buster of the Cuban war, friend ot Cuba Libre and despair of the Spanish marine patrol, died at Philadelphia re cently of apoplexy. He was one of the most Interesting characters In the last, rebellion of the Cubans against the rule of Spain, and did more to supply the struggling patriots with arms and am munition than any other man. Inciden tally he was a source of incessant wor ry to the revenue officers In charge of American ports, from which the two notorious little vessels, the Bermuda and the Laurada, were wont to set sail CAPT. JOHN D. HART. for Cuban shores laden with warlike goods for the island patriots. The authorities were forced to inter fere with the captain's traffic, owing to a demand made upon the United States by Spain, which charged that Hart was violating the laws of neutral ity. He was arrested and sentenced in March, 1897, to two years' Imprison ment and what amounted to $5,000 in fines. The brave mariner did not go to jail for a year, and was pardoned by President McKinley after having served four months of his sentence. In ahls adventurous business the fili buster and his companions were often chased by Spanish war boats, but he was never caught nor were his fleet ships Injured. In this way he landed thousands of rifles and tons of powder In quiet spots on the Cuban shore. Cap tain Hart leaves a widow and two charming daughters, Laura and Ada Hart, for whom the filibuster boat Laurada had been named. NOT PLEASED WITH ROME. Kansas Cityan Smashes the Idols in theEternal City. Here's a Missouri idol smasher who has the courage of his convictions in the matter of "speaking his mind," at any rate. A Grundy County man who is making a tour of Europe "did Rome" one afternoon a few weeks ago with the following disastrous result, as de scribed in his latest letter home: "St. Peter's disappointed me. It is large enough, but too light and bare. The inside is of gray marble, and there Is no stained glass. So it looks like an unfitted art gallery. The famous bronze statue of St. Peter, sitting in a chair, from which the toe has been kissed, would not catch your eye If It were not for the guide book. The great Vatican palace is about as pretty as the 'brick row.' It is very old, very irregular, and the pictures by Raphael and Michael Angelo were an utter dis appointment to all of us. The Sistlne chapel, in which M. Angelo's greatest paintings cover the walls and ceilings, Is a large, plain room. The pictures are all in a dark, purplish gray color, hard to make out and absurd when you do make them out. They remind me of rather plain and faded circus bills with the actors performing on the trapeze. Raphael's greatest pictures are rich In colors, but are not more Interesting He and Angelo never saw a naked woman or child, I guess, nor were ever evetl-at Atlantic City. They give chil dren the riiuscles of a Roman gladiator or a Barnum strong man. The ruins of ancient Rome are also a great dis appointment, as a rule. With the excep tion of the wonderful Coliseum and a tew more things all the rest are nothing but stone piles, .so far as they appear to the common spectator." Kansas City Journal. : Tea Culture in India. The east has always been considered the home of the tea plant, China hav ing grown it for centuries, although the original country of tea is not known. It has been found In a truly wild state In Assam. It may be cultivated in the east through a wide range from India to Japan. The Industry, how ever, is not Indigenous to India, but rather a child by adoption. It Is but little more than a century ago that an attempt was made to cultivate the tea' plant in India and it was not until as late as 1841 that the first public sale of tea occurred at Calcutta, which city seems to have ever since controlled thet market of the Indian tea trade. Cobwebs Stop Telegraphing. A peculiar but very serious difficulty besets the operation of telegraph lines in the Argentine Republic. The small spider of the variety that spins a long cobweb and floats it In the air, is so plentiful there that the floating webs settle on the wires in enormous quantities.- As soon as dew falls or a shower of rain comes up every microscopic thread becomes wet and establishes a minute leak. The effect of millions of such leaks is practically to stop the op erations of the lines, and the govern ment telegraph department, especially In Buenos Ayres, has been put to vast inconvenience by the cobwebs. A num ber of expedients have been tried, but to no avaiL " Russian Orthodox Church. The present orthodox church of Rus sia Is divided into sixty-seven epar chies, including one in Alaska, and forty-three vicarial seats of bishops. Russia has now 117 archibshops. In cluding three metropolitans, slxty-sev-Russia has now 117 archbishops, in-thirty-nine bishops. Feinting the Way Out. "What do you think Miss Popklna did when, I stayed late last night?" "What?" She got up and '-n-tn 'iiT'Tlf ' l 1 i
