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KAPOLEOWS OLD CCOAT. , ttartMftt For Which He Had a Sort of Superstitious Reverence). At the 13 Vendemiaire Napoleon Was in such a state of poverty that his clothes -were all torn and he did not own a sword. He had to borrow' j one, and the day following his sue-1 . - . 1 1 1 i . i a.1 J - M l cess ne naa 10 get a quajimy oi cloth from the state to have a eui ta ble uniform made, j From this mo ment, however, he paid great atten tion to his toilet and took a certain pride in richly decorated clothes. At Marengo he wore a uniform covered with gold embroidery, a uni form to which he attached a sort of superstitious reverence. When he went to Milan, for instance, to be crowned king of Italy he attended a review on the field of battle in the old fashioned and much tarnished uit he had worn on the memorable 18th of June, 1800. He never parted with this old coat. He brought it with him to St. Helena, and when he was dead his companions put it over him. When Napoleon became consul he Still took great care of his toilet, but he affected simplicity all the more, as he wished his generals and suit to be gorgeous in gold uniforms and plumed helmets. It was then he took to wearing the gray redingote and the ' hat which, as well as the uniform, has been decreed to the Empress Eu genie. At first the hat was low crowned with a wide border, but lit Jle by little it got higher and higher until it became the hat every one knows. The .hat was of long hairy felt, what hatters called "castor francaise," and it had a lining of Sayish green silk. Napoleon wore s hats for a long time and . sent them to be repaired again and again. London P. T. O. The Leaf Cutter Bee. A writer describes the interesting .operations of the bee called the "leaf cutter." This insect' drills in a sand bank a hole ten inches deep and half an inch in diameter and divides it into about a dozen com partments or cells. Each cell is composed of pieces of leaf, cut into proper shapes and carefully fitted together. Eose leaves and sweet pea leaves are among the favorites of the bees. The cutting is done with the jaws, while the six legs hold the leaf in position and enable the insect to turn itself about with the precision of a pair of compasses. Some of the cut pieces are perfect Circles. Others are oblong figures of varying proportions. Having cut out the segment of leaf, "an opera tion requiring about twenty seconds, the bee carries it to the sand bank and then returns for more materials. When a piece has been nearly cut off the bee, in order to prevent tear ing, poises itself in the air with its wings and completes the operation with a clean cut. The Golden Fleece. It was on Jan. 10, 1429, in the ancient .city of Bruges that Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy and Brabant, set the climax upon the scene of indescribable splendor that formed the setting of his nuptials . with Isabel of Portugal by issuing the proclamation which called into being the Order of the Golden Fleece, for centuries the most covet ed distinction for the mighty of this earth, the reward for stainless chiv- airy and deeds of heroism and prow- t ess, forfeitable at the least deviation from the strictest code of knightly honor. The conduct of the sover- ' eign himself, chief of the order, ; was subject to investigation and censure by the chapter, and many are the occasions when the assem- , bled knights availed themselves of : their dangerous privilege. , Choosing a Charioteer. A certain king once required a charioteer. There were many can ; didates for the honor, and one by i one they were brought before the I king. lie inquired of each, "If you i-were driving my chariot near a . precipice how near could you steer : without falling over?" The first said two feet, the next that he could go safely within a foot of the brink, a third that a few inches would be quite enough for him. A fourth came and, hearing the question, said at once, "If I were driving the king's chariot I should consider it my duty to keep as far away as pos sible from the precipice." The king felt that he was the safest man, and he was at once engaged. Pain of a Witness. An attorney, speaking of overwill Sng witnesses who desire to make : their evidence as strong as possible i;- by the use of qualifying adjectives, i.- said that their efforts were fre v quently amusing. He then referred t to a case in which a woman, who j had met with an accident and was i suing for damages, testified that ' she had suffered severely from "con- densed".pain.- She was injured on t: the left side and testified that when ishe sat down she had to ait "teeto L, tally'? ro the right 6ide.-JtttT-lerrar. '.-. - iTHfKEtGUEER .CITIES. , On. I. Built on Island. Co. Each The city of Ghent, in Belgium, To brinS ont al bonqnet,of built on twenty-six islands. These tea several things are mdispensa islands are connected with each oth-t ble. First, the. water should be fresh er by eighty bridges. The city has ly; drawn. Never use water pre 300 streets and thirty public riously boiled, for its life is gone? squares. It is noted for being the Second, the1 teapot should be made birthplace of Charles V. and John j,0t by dnheat If possible or else of Gaunt, when Shakespeare called with boiling water, "time honored Lancaster," and as The best sort of teapot is. that the scene . of . the . pacification of made of unglazed clay. The fapa Ghent, Nov. 8, 1576, and of several nes make one of a dark red clay, insurrections, sieges and executions often procurable at the ten cent of well known personages. It is as- 6tores. But the best are made by sociated with American history by the Chinese of a reddish brown clay the treaty made there Dec. 24, 1814, fr0m the banks of the Soichien terminating the second war between river. It is famous for drawing out England and the United States, au the sweetness from the leaves, known as the war of 1812. There is no objection to a glaze out Amsterdam, in Holland, is built 8ye the pot. But the inside, when on piles driven far below the water unglazed, 6eems to have some chem into the earth. The city is inter- icai action on the brewing of tea sected by many canals, which are which, adds to its bouquet, spanned by nearly 300 bridges, and Tbirdy the "time limit" makes or resembles Venice in the mingling your pot 0f tea. Do not let of land and water, though it is con- the leaves lie aimlessly in the pot to siderably larger than that city. The give out the flavor at their own canak divide the city, which is about sweet will. But procure; a -deep ten miles in circumference, into ninety islands. The citv of Venice is built on eighty , islets, which, are connected your tea leaves in the strainer and by nearly 400 bridges. Canals serve ,e generous with them they will for streets in Venice and boats, repay you tenfold with, a rise in called gondolas, for carriages. The gpirits and general couleur.'de rose bridges are, as a rule, very steep, ; feeling and set the strainer in the rising considerably in the middle, p0t. if it does not fit use your f em but have easy steps. The circum- j j-nine ingenuity and make a handle ference of the -city is about eight :f cor(i. jfever let metal come in miles. The Venetians joined" the contact with tea in the making. Lombard league against the Ger- At the very moment the water man emperor and in 1177 gained a .boils pour it on the leaves. Put the great victory in defense of Pope Al- COver on for one-half minute, then! exander III. over the fleet of war j out a cup f the tea. Empty vessels headed by Otto, son of Fred- that back over the leaves. Eepeat erick Barbarossa. In gratitude for this several times. Then souse the this victory the pope gave the Doge 8trainerful of leaves up and down Ziani a ring and instituted the world orice or twice or until from the aro f amous ceremony of "Venice Mar- ma you can detect the real tea fla rying the Adriatic Sea." In this vor jn this way the strength of ceremony the doge, as the chief the tea is forced out before the tan ruler of Venice used to be termed, ac ean mingle with it, and you with appropriate ceremonies drop-. nave gained in less than two min- ped a ring into the sea every year in recognition of the wealth and trade carried to Venice by the Adriatic. . A Remarkable Name. Tears ago as a New England sea captain was signing a contract at a I g0 cents a pound taste like $3j shipping office he was observed by : wbile most people only succeed in the official m charge to be writing a . making $2 tea taste like 30 cents. string of names ;0nly sign for ; phiiadeiphia Inquirer. yourself, cap'en," cried the officer, I 1 "not for the whole crew." The cap- j When $1,000 Looked Big. tain grimly pointed out the head- : Diviae anything up into parts and ing "Name in full and went on ' magnify it. A certain wise man writing his piece, which, when he , took this way to give his wife an had done, the officer, after some j idea o how much $lj000 is ghe trouble m deciphering, found to;had no idea of money. Her pur. read thus: "Through-Much-Tnbula- , chases were enormous. It happened tion-We-Enter-Into-the-Kingdom-j one d that her eye fell n a of -Heaven Clapp." "Will you please . magnificent ring, and she coveted it. to tell me, Captam Clapp, said he, ; It cogt $1 000 But what was $1 with as demure a face as his violent i inclination to indulge in a hearty laugh would allow him to put on, "what might your mother have call ed you in your infancy to save her self the trouble of repeating a ser mon whenever she had occasion to name her darling ?" "Why, sir," re plied Captain Clapp, with laughable simplicity, "when I was little they used to call me Tribby for short ness." Watch Crystal Making. The process of making the watch glasses is more or less a secret, as is also the construction of the ovens, but it is known that the glass, is blown into large spheres or balloons, after which it is baked and anneal ed. Skilled workmen then cut out the .glasses with a ; diamond, point, after which they are ground to the proper sizes. The. ovens are very expensive to build, costing not less than $20,000 each, and their opera tion is so difficult: that one of the firms found it cheaper to have their "balloons" made by the oldest man ufacturers irho .were more expert, than to make them .thenlselyes.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. : Humors of tha Dublin Gallery. The humor of the Dublin gallery has long been proverbial.-1 Macready in his "Reminiscences" relates that on one occasion when playing Ot ways "Venice Preserved" Jaffiers long and rather drowsy dying speech was interrupted by one of the gal lery, in a tone of great impatience, calling out very loudly, "Ah, now die at once !" to which another from the other side immediately replied, "Be quiet, you blackguard," then turning with a patronizing tone to the lingering Jaflier, "Take your time." A Daisy. "You are a daisy," is used by Dickens in "David Copperfield" in the sense of calling a person a daisy in the way to express admiration and at the same time to laugh at one's credulity. Steerforth says to young Copperfield: "David, my dai sy, you are so innocent of the world. Xet me call you my daisy, as it is so refreshing to find one in these cor rupt days so innocent and unsophis ticated. My dear CoDDerfield. the daisies of the field axe not fresheri than yon.1 A CUP OF TEA. JhmmyM Bring Out tb. .R.alv porcelain receiver : or strainer full of holes, such as comes insiae blue anA white .lammPRK trots Put utes a bouquet obtainable in no oth- er way. Take any unmixed black tea. Try the directions given, following the three conditions accurately, and you ,1 fltl(q w T nT1 ,!,,, Ta 000 to her in comparison with the ring.-' Ui course tier nusband con sented to the purchase. What else could a dutiful, affectionate husband do? But he, tried this method of educating his wife concerning the great price of the ring. He instruct ed his banker to send her the $1,000 in small pieces pennie dime's and quarters. In came the money, bag ful after bagful. She never had such an idea of $1,000 before. When the money was piled before her it alarmed her. The price of the ring went up a hundredfold and was con sidered at : once an extravagance which she of her own option aban doned. Fo r Nature Students. William Archer, the English crit ic, said at one of the meetings of the reformed spelling board in New York: "I have been rather surprised, here in the States, at the general ignorance of what we spelling re formers are trying to do. Our aims are not at all understood. We have no idea of going to such ludicrous extremes as .many people think. In fact, the average man's idea of re formed, spelling is a good. deal like the two young women's idea of ani mal anatomy. : "'What part of the animal does the chpp come' from?' said the. first. Is it the leg?' "'Oh, not at all,' said -the other, laughing. 'The leg! .How ridicu lous ! It is, of course, :the jawbone. Have you never heard of animals licking their chops The Great Violin Makers. Antonio Stradivari, the famous violin maker of Cremona, - lived 1 1649-1737. He was the pupil of Nicholas Amati and carried the Cremona, type of violin to its high est perfection. The Amati, Nich olas and his sons, Jerome and An tonio, rank next to Stradivari if not with him. The Tyrolese makers, ! Jakob Stainer, 1621-83, and Mat- 1 trnaa rTlntz and hia snnR Tnarle via- I lins that stand very high in the es timation of connoisseurs. Villaume of Paris is the most celebrated mod ern maker. A genuine Stradivarius in good condition is "worth almost anypricethatmay be asked for it Ther have been sold for more than in rtnn . J A NEi0HLY0STAL CAFJ). 'Tor -'the sake of neighborhood peace names, are omitted, but the reading of the following, which adorned a post card passed . around from city board to board until it found1 lodgment with the board of health, : will h serve to show how -a nne-ense of humor - often helps those An. the-office of that board to appreciate - things : they otherwise would not "Gentlemen," ..said . the - writer, who used his pen in the best of faith, as he signed his, name, "Mr. Blank of blank number, Blank street, is the proud possessor of four goats aijd four dogs without license, four cows and two horses and two children and innumerable chickens.. These are. all . a nuisance to the neighborhood. Horses run loose. Goats even eat the porches. Chick ens eat up . the neighborhood, in cluding flowers. Small favors thank fully received. "P. S. They also sell milk which contains everything but but ter." Indianapolis News. Fan Baths and Typhoid. Fan baths are the latest remedy employed by the Boston City hos pital physicians in the treatment of typhoid fever. Heretofore the ice plunge ' was used, and a patient whose temperature had reached the danger point was soused in a bath tub filled with broken ice until his teeth rattled. This treatment after a time was found to be too heroic, as the shock was- too severe and pneumonia sometimes developed. Then ice water sponge baths were substituted, but the fan baths, the doctors declare, are just the thing. The patient is sponged off with ice water first, then . a sheet that has been soaked in ice water is wrapped about the body and more ice. water is sprinkled on the sheet. The cur rent of an electric, fan is then turn ed on him, so that he is chilled by the rapid evaporation caused by the breeze. Recent experiments have proved this measure highly success ful. - Slightly Altered. District Attorney Jerome of New York said one day of a piece of sus picious evidence: "It is evidence that has been tam pered with, colored. It is like the lady's report of her physician's pre scription. "A lady one day in July visited her physician. The man examined her and said: " 'Madam, you are only a little run down. You need frequent baths and plenty of fresh air, and I advise you to dress in the coolest, most comfortable clothes nothing stiff or formal.' "When she sot home her husband asked her what the physician had said. The lady replied: " He said I must go to the sea shore, do plenty of automobiling and get some summer gowns. Gerald the Chinaman. It takes old Greenwich village vto turn out real curiosities. Where else in Manhattan borough, the New York of the strangers, could there be found a Mongolian sporting the fine old Norman name of Gerald? This Chinese laundryman is proud of it and is not to be convinced that it doesn't fit his family name of Ing just as well as Moy or Toy or Joe. He is careful to insist to his patrons that his name is Gerald, but Bleeck er street hasn't time to bother with the "notions of the chink." Jerry doesn't shock their security in the familiar, but it is still Gerald on the sign and on the price lists. New York Tribune. . Knew His Fata. Professor Brander Matthews, the essayist, enlivened, with an anecdote a Shakespeare-Bacon discussion at the Players' club in New York. "A . literary wonian," said Pro fessor Matthews, "said one night to her husband: f 'When I get to heaven I am go ing to ask Shakespeare . whether or not he wrote those plays.' The husband chuckled. " 'Maybe he won't be there,' he said. " 'Then you ask him said the lady." , A Pert Princess. , ; Kaiser , Wilhelm's mother was born the princess royal of . Great Britain. Of her childhood days this story appeared many years ago: In speaking to her tutor she dropped the "Mr." and called him merely Brown. Queen Victoria, her moth er, threatened her with bed if the offense were repeated. When next morning the tutor appeared his pu pil said, ' "Good morning, Brown, and good night, too, for now I must go to bed." . Civilization. ' "Worked to death," was the ver dict a few days ago of a coroner's jury in the case of . Isabella Thur good, a widow seventy-seven years old, who died after a tiara day at the washtub. London MaiL fJeJnvite Your inspection of oar Stock of Ladles' and Misses' Coats Wool Dress Goods, Cotton Wash Dresb Fabrics . Our Stock is Com plete in Every Detail at Right Prices. Ilenkle & Davis CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS CLASSIFIED -VDVERTIBKMKNTB : Fifteen words or less, 25 cts for three successive insertions, or 60 eta pet month; for all np to and . including ten additional words. cent a word for .eacb insertion. For all advertisements over 25 words 1 ct per word for the first, insertion, and i ct per word for each additional inser tion. Nothing inserted for less than 2f cents. Lodge, society and church notices, other than strictly news matter, will be charged for. PHYSICIANS B. A. CATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN and t rjreeon. Rooms 14, Bank Build ing. Officn Honrs : 10. to 12 a. m.. 2 to 4 p. si. Besidence: cor. 5th and Ad ams Sts. Telephone at office and res idence. Oorvallis, Oregon W. T. ROWLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. ' Special attention given to the Eye, Nose and Throat. Office in Johnson Bldg. House Decorating. FOB PATNTTNG AND PAPERING SEF W. E. Paul, Ind. 488, 41tf UNDERTAKERS WELKINS & BOVEE, FUNERAL Di rectors and Licensed Embalmere. . Saccessors to S. N. Wilkins, Corvsllis, Oregon. Phone 45. 8otf HENKLE & BLACKLEDGE. UNDER takers and licensed embalmere, South Main St.. Corvallis, Or. ATTORNEYS J. F. YATES, ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W. OfBce np stafrs in Zierolf Building. Only set of abstracts in Benton County E. R. BRYSON ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Post Office Building, Oorval lis, uregon. WANTED WANTED 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE Gazette and Weekly Oregonian at $2.50 per year. HOMES FOR SALE WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS. Oregon, on instalment plan and as sist purchasers to build homes on them if desired. Address First National Bank, Corvallis, Or. WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT, Or., for spot cash, - balance inatai . meats, and help parties to build homes thereon, if desired. Address M. S. " Woodcock, Ccvallie. Or. TIMBER LAND AND TOWN LOTS': 400 acres timber, good land, near Mill City ; $20,000. Two blocks, center M1U City; $2000. 440 acres timber land in Josephine connty. J. E. Farmer, Cor vallis, Oreeon. 88tf BANKING. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF t-orvalns, Oregon, transacts a general conservative banking business. Loans money on approved security. Drafts bought and sold and money transferred to the prinaipaa cities of the United States, Europe and foreign countries. The Gazette for Job Work. r ,rWmtkm. 1 - ' - 1 l. ... . ' Q Vaite ataiaa Ua4 Onto, mM, Ongom. Jofr at, MoT. Hi llai fc la hva ratn apHaattt the uwrtsVmi ot ll Art of Corrma of jiMtt At for ttw aJe or timber kMi to Stpuuotiiia. Oncon. Ktnda, ) wah ataB 4 MKJt hor trnvm mtomm, Ha, . jwvwa In flDVWIlm qnmffl wttoe Wp. rtojrnwniMp Ha 1. flout of Ran Ho. s Waal w sr.. orfc. ui irfDollrr traf tetnov Out KwUad ancM I vttotbte farka bba or aooe Wax for asrifliltunl pnrpon. ard o as. fib bar alalm to aaM tana bafon W. W. CUfciaa, '. at his ofnee i 1qih Orasoa, fatVM MS: uaaw rv wrrw ar flam Itywt'iw Affrad Isjurafi of Afftfa, flfaffua. mimirw arivMjv Omi &twna. . Aaa aad at paraoaa daeertt bad I&Dila r nMinAatjMl IA HI. ttiAh raim- M. Maoffloeooor before said 4tb day of mrrafnbar, BBHJAMXH L. EDPT, Regbtat; Be Cltaritarjlo To yonr horse as well as to TOnrMlf. Yon need not snffer from pslns of wt anrt vonr hnrtiea need not. anffpi Try a bottle of Ballard's Pnow Lfrilmerit. U onTeai sll pnins. J M. Unherts. Bskera- illa. Mo., wrl'ea: "I bav need yon Hnimant. for ton Tears and find It to ba the best I hsve ever need for man or beast." Sold hv Grshsm & WorthamJI Notice to Creditors. Notice is herrhv srivpn that the ondaralaned baa been duly confirmed and appointed exactitor of the Tjiat Will and Teatamertt and eatatta of Maw A.. Moore, daceaaed, by the county Coort of the State of .Cretron. for Feotow. County, ritlf at probata. All nerflona havine: clainoa afrairu't aaa eatate are reqnlred to nreaent th aame. duW aaia fied, to me at mr mriience in-Oorvallsi. Crernai. or at the law office of K. Holsate in CorvaJVia, naaa. gon. aHthln six months from the aate ef the flasi nublication of tba notice. Patent r Pallia, Oregon, tbla lth dajr at September, 190?." "9tf Minok Swick, Executor. There's no Use Talking, yon can t beat HerHne tar the liver. The greatest reenlator ever offered to suffering hnmsniry. If you suffer from . liver oomplsint. if yon sra M lions and fretful, its yonr 'iver. , ajift Herbine will pnt it in its r-roper eordl Hon. A poaHive cure for CoraHpstloMi BilioosnesF, Dysoensis and all ills due rn a torpid liver. Try a bottle end von wilt never ne anything else. Sold by Gra ham & Worthsm. Notice of Final Settlement Votioe in hereby plven that the undersfpned baa filed In the County Court of Penton CountT. Ore ipdn, his Aral account, e seVjr.foirator of the ea tate of Alexander Fennett, deccaperf. and thatFaa nrday. the P4i day of Hovwber, lflcT. St the hour of ij r'o'ock iri the forerorr of said day has been fixed and arjr'ointed by said Court as the time and the County June's ofPce in the-County Coura House In Coryallie in said County and State aa the place for neanrfirohlections, if any. to asid account and the settlement theaeeff. AH persons Interested and desirinsr to Object thereto are ratified to 6te th eir oh.iecslenG thereto in wrltWp with the CJerfc of said Court and appear at said Hire apd pYeaet K. Brimwt. As Adaminlstrstor of tbe eataee ofl Alexarrdar Bennett, deceased. C Mat Always Was Sick. When a man says he always was (Irk troubled with a rough tbet lasted all winter what wonld yen think if he should say lie never was sick sinrensing Ballard's Horehound Syrup? Such a man exists. Mr. J. C. Clark, Denver, Colorado,, writes : ' For years I was troubled with a severs rough that would last all winter. This cough left me in a miserable con dition. I tried Ballard's Horehound Svrnp and have not had a sick day sinea, That.s what it did for me." Sold by Graham & Wortbam. Notice lor Publication. Bepartment of Hie ratcaior, X.and Office at Pova. land, Oregron, Oetobej 19, 19O7. Notice is hereby sivea tret illiani B. Graham of Corvallia, Oregon, has filed notice of his inten. tion to xnake final rive year pcoof in support of hia claim, via: Homestead gentry No 4f4f.lpae Sept. 9, lo02, for the Lot Vo. 1, Section j6 Township 1 South. Kanpe 5 west, and anat said proof will ba made before the Clerk of Benton County, at Corral Ha. Orepon, on November 39, lgfi7. He names the fallowing1 witrrea to prove fca eoatinuous resafence upoa, ajad atiHivaaJon of, tae laud, viz: John Scett of OorvalUS, Oregon: ee Newman of Corvallis. Orefron; Harper Secblln 'or Corvallis. Oregon, and Tbonraa R. Graham of Cor vallis, Cregon. Sf-98 Az-gehhok S. Daessek, Reristar, Farmers. Read the "Weekly Oregonian" of Port land and the "Corvallis Gazette" for the geoeral news of the world, also far in foriration about how to obtain the beet, resnlts in cultivating the , soil, stock raav ing. fruit raising, etc. ' Ton can ssowe both cf there excellent papers for one year by paying to the 'Cocvallis Gesette" the sum of two dol lars and fifty cents, in advance. Bemit 'the money by poetoffice order or bank draft and these most valuable papers will be promptly mailed to on. 88tt The Best Quality of PIANOS and ORGANS At the Store of GRAHAM & WELLS' Corvallis, Oregon CUSTOMERS Are requested to call and see them be fore purchasing elsewhere. THIS OLD RELIABLE HOUSE will sell their FINE-TONED INSTRU MBNTS FOR REASONABLE PRICES instead of charging you extra to make np for high city rents, railroad fares aosl hotel hills for traveling salesmen. ' Music Loving People' Can purchase these reliable goods in their home town.- If there is anything yon do not understand yon will find tha - selless near yonr home. -? ------ - 1