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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
Crazed by q Fall.

Matilda Perkins. aged II, is in the
county Jail raving maniac. She was
a religious enthusiast and attended the
Sam Jones revival meeting. Sans
preaching enthused her SO that she
sprang mp and began shouting. While
standing on bench in the presence of
1000 people, shouting, she fell, and
striking on her head injured it. A few
days ago she went raving crazy. She
is perfectly well physically Birming-
ham tAla) Cor Chicago Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
inexpensive Pleasures.

The comparatively cheap pleasures
seem to be the best in life generally.
There is so little that the very rich can
buy for themselves that need stir envy
in people who are just comfortably off.
Warmth is such delightful thing in
winter, but you and can get as much,
as we want of it, and millionaire can
have no more. And then there are so.
many cheap ordinary things to eat that
are just as good as or better than the
expensive things. An epicure who lives
somewhere in the western part of this
state was saying the other day that, hav-
ing particular dinner in view, he
sent to Il judicious man in New York
for the best fish that the market offered.
They sent him a fresh cod, and he ad-
mitted that no fish could be better, and
moralized-thosea are his remarks above
ON the comparative cheapness Of the
feshly qualifications that were really
best, such as potatoes and chickens and
fresh air and tea and water. warm and
cold and soap and sleep.
When one considers how good big )
cent sandwich tastes when he is really
hungry, and what poor thing a $5
dinner is when he is not, and how little
difference there is between good wine
and good water when it has once passed
ones gullet, and how much of that
difference is IN favor of the water, it
really lends dangerous charm to econ
omy and simple living, and makes one
wonder that thrift is not more catch
ing, and that the delights of avarice
should be SO generally monopolized by
the aged.-Harper Weekly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
Found se, 900 In the Ruins.

Two thousand dollars, mostly silver,
have been found in the ruins of Mrs. Ag-
mes Chapman s house near Milan, which
burned to the ground few nights ago.
1t is also supposed that large amount
of paper money was consumed in the
fire, as several tin boxes containing pa
per ashes were also found in the ruins.
1t is generally believed by the neigh
bors that the old woman would have
escaped alive had she not returned to
save her money. She also had 81, 600
in an eastern bank.-Norwalk Conn
DISPATCH,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
Surprised Her Court.

At her birthday soiree recently the
German empress displayed an accom-
plishment that no one knew she pos
sessed. Among those honored by an
invitation from her majesty were the
piano teacher OF the crown prince, Herr
Esner, and his wife. Frau Esner is a
Norwegian, and as soon as the empress
discovered this she spoke Norwegian,
to the great delight of Frau Esner and
to the surprise of her other guests.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
Proving the Proposition.

When a man writes to another chal-
longing him to fight duel because that
other has called him fool, the chal-
lenging party betrays lamentable igno-
rance as to popular understanding in
regard to what fool is.-Buffalo Corr
mercial.,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
An Animated Mint.

AS Mrs DR. Beach of Olathe, Kan,
was breaking eggs to make cake she
was surprised to find in the yolk of one
of the eggs a 2 cent piece. The rim Of
the coin was somewhat dark, but the
center was as bright as new one. The
egg was bought at one of the stores and
was evidently brought in from the coun-
try.-Independence (Kan.) Correspond
ent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
Jewish President of Each Board.

In the city of Lexington, KY, there
are about 180 Jews out of population
of 80, 900. Recently at the election for
the boards of aldermen and council
men, the one of eight members, the
other of 10, one Jew was elected to each
body. When the boards were organized
and president chosen, the Jew in each
board was chosen to fill the honorable
position. There surely could be no
more striking instance of how free we
are here from pestiferous anti-Semit-
ism, or of the ability of Jews to earn
distinction in SO conspicuous manner
when the opportunity is thus offered
American Hebrew
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
Why She Smiled.

The actors in the drama were one
young woman, one ditto man, one men
dicant and one dog. Scene-Secluded
alley in Central park. Time-Three
o'clock p. m. Young woman sauntering
through sylvan retreat is insulted by
tramp; her scream brings dog, who has
stopped to exchange civilities with an
other canine, to her rescue; he knocks
down mendicant and forcibly detains
him.
Mendicant. shrieking: Take him
off Take him off! He's a-killin of
me! He's a-crunchin of me bones!'
Young woman laughs heartlessly and
mendicant appeals to young man, who
has just arrived.
"Help, sor! the brute's eatin Of me!
The blood's pourin down me leg!''
Young woman fairy shrieks with
laughter. g. -
young man sternly. -
Controlling herself supSewe
effort, the young woma out
mo! no! You id -
The man is not hurt at all.3
Young man, Indignantly: 90
see the dog biting him this instant -
Young woman, breaking into fresh
paroxyslns of mirth: Eyes, but the
dog-oh, dear!-hasn't tooth in his
head!"-New York Journal. -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
A Plan That Worked,

"How did you break yourself of the
habit of lying in bed till noon?'' in
quired the man in the white duck trou-
sers.
Il adopted the self cure" replied the
man with wart on his face. 81
wrote letters to myself beginning this
way: You lazy, good for nothing hound,
what do you mean by lounging in bed
when you ought to be at work like 9TH
er men? You sneaking, skulking, lub-
berly, idle, worthless bag of bones, if
you We got an ounce of manhood about
you, get up!' On my way home at
night would stop at district tele-
graph Office. leave one of these letters
addressed to myself with instructions
to have the messenger take it to my
house at 7 O'Clock in the morning. M
was always brought to me ON tim
[This part of the story, we regret
say, throws a cloud of suspicion d
truthfulness of the entire narrativel
and / was walked up to receive it. I
would open it, read it and roll out.
That's the self cure, gentlemen, and all
it costs is 10 cents dose. Chicago
Tri ihI1T,a
Won MoItke's Predfcament.
Won Moltke once went to Lindau, as
he thought, incognito. He ordered a
room on the ground floor in the Bay
erische Hof and went to bed early, but
forgot to draw his blinds down. When
he was just going to sleep, he heard
music drawing near. He had been
recognized, after all, and was going to
be serenaded again. The difficulty was
how to get dressed without being seen.
3 He dared not strike light. But pres
emily the glare of torches lit up his room,
and the curious crowd stood close to the
windows, their noses pressed against
the panes. In spite of that, be felt that
he must rise, SO he got up and dressed.
But as he put ON each piece of his ap-
parel the feat was greeted with loud
and prolonged applause. San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-23
A Pistol Shot Brings Down an Eagle

Captain F. S. Robertson, uncle of w.
r. Blackford of this city, made a re-
markable pistol shot several days ago
while riding on horseback with party
of friends from Saltville to Red Rock,
Va. A large eagle few across the path
50yards ahead of the party, when Cap
tain Robertson, with one shot of a 80
caliber revolver, brought the bird to
earth. The eagle weighed nearly 10,
pounds and measured 6 feet 2 inches
from tip to tin. .-Pp.-...:inore Sun.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14

with sharp oval for a face underneath.
She was too i'll to get IL down To him.
She pushed il out and trusted that he
would fetch il. She heard him in the
morning come up again. and then she
heard no more. for the fever seized up
on her. and when next she woke 10 con-
seriousness she was lying on hospital
bed. For days she was too weak to
speak or think, but. when she was able.
one Of the nurses asked her if she would
like To see some papers which had been
brought TO the hospital for her. and the
nurse spread them out before her.
The first was of man following a
stretcher through the streets. Then the
same man sitting alone in a solitary
room with his head bowed upon his
hand and weeping. The next, the same
man AT door. evidently asking ques-
tions of a porter within. The next. the
man was beside a bed on which lay a
deathlike figure.
Has he been to see me?''
Yes. it was when we thought you
were dying he came every day, but we
could not tell him anything no one
could speak his language, but at last we
found 1t was Wendish from the borders
of SaXony and Bohemia, and one Of the
doctors here got him a book in il. by
which he could study English. You will
see by the sketches"
The next one represented the man
with the book in his hand.
The next showed the man in train,
and then on board a steamer, and then
in another train.
Jeanne dropped the papers.
HE is gomez she said. with a little
weak cry. "Oh, why have 1 got any
better?"
There is another picture" said the
nurse, and she unrolled il for the trem-
bling girl.
The man had arrived at the little vii
lage Jeanne remembered in the first
sketch, then the interior of house was
shown, a coffin lay in the middle Of the
ROOM an old woman, two girls and three
men knelt around il.
His father is dead" said Jeanne, and
she turned to the next. The man was at
the hospital door.
"Oh, he is coming back she cried.
See, this is the last" said the nurse,
and as she held it up she laughed. 1t
was the man on one knee before a girl
Jeanne in her outrageous hat; but there
was in a little sketch. up in the right
hand corner, as if it was yet in the dis
lance. the same little village with the
pine forests around, the two figures. the
| man and Jeanne. walking arm in arm up
the village street.
The nurse held her sides for laugh
ing.
ITS the funniest thing I ever saw in
my life-' she said.
Jeanne gathered her papers together
with some dignity.
Il don't call il funny" she said. IL
think it was just the incest thing that
ever was done to any girl"
MY lOOfe.' said a voice a her side.
! and there was the man. Jeanne gave a
little cry.
My lOofe." said the man again; cit is
my first Engleesh to you, and it will be
my last Ny loofer'
And Jeanie. with all the dreams Of her
girlhOOd back upon her, put her arms
round his neck and sobbing, said: And
I don't even know your name. but I
| don't care for anything in the world but
you."-N. Y. Tribune
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14

the waves then plunging down only to
arise few seconds later for another leap
of thirty or forty feet from crest 10 crest
of other waves.
The weather was warm, the sky was
pale and the clouds. which hung very
low, were soft and fleecy. forming and
dissolving with the varying currents of
air that gently swept over the semi-trop-
ical ocean. The land birds came in great
swarms early in the forenoon, as escorts
for our now interested party.
About noon land was sighted" and
then all WEAKNESS of the voyage was for
gotten. To those who never roamed, TO
those blessed with love and home. TO
those in whose boSoms no restless discon-
tent no uncomfortable longing for
strange scenes and adventure torments
the soul il may seem strange, but in ap-
preaching a foreign land. be the voyage
never so gloomy. there is feeling Of sad
ness at leaving the ship that came from
your own land. for il is the last link, but
memory, that binds us TO our own
country.
For twenty wears Theobald strove 10
sever his prison bars. For twenty years
he pinned and wept for liberty. At last,
the keeper grew careless; the crime was
forgotten, the prison bars rusted out and
Theobald was free He went forth with
light heart. But all was changed. He
stretched himself on the ground to Stake
his thirst al a brook. and behold, he was
changed. He knew not the face that
confronted him from the watery mirror.
Friends were gone. He wept again,
slowly retraced his steps, sought the aged
jailer and returned to his cell as his
only home
A like feeling comes when we leave a
ship to face a new and strange world.
The bold outlines of Sydney heads, the
rock promontories that guard either side
Of Port jackson. the best harbor in the
known world, appeared about o'clock
in the afternoon, and already prepare
tions were being made for departure
from the Warrimoo.
Slowly we steamed in past the heads,
making graceful turns around pictur-
esque points, adorned with cultivated
grounds, cathedrals, colleges, mansions
and pretty villas, on past great ships
swinging lazily at their anchors, and
past the frowning guns off defensive
ports. ana past the great war ships and
to the wharf in the center of one of the
leading commercial centers of the world
and city of marvellous wealth and
beauty. The health officer passed IFS,
the custom officers ransacked our goods
I mean the other passengers goods
and we left the odd ship with sigh and
mingled with the thousands that crowd
ed the docks to welcome us. Here we
are. GEORGE w. BELL.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
Don'ts for Housewives.

Don't let vinegar weaken on your
pickles, and don't let it eat them up.
Don't let cheese mold; throw it out
if you cannot use it up when fresh.
Don't let bread grow musty; make it
I'D before it grows past using into pud-
dings and bread cakes.
Don't throw out a bag of stale soft
crackers; put them i'm big shallow
pan and let them get crisp again in a
moderate oven.
Don't put your clothes on the line
and leave them TO the mercy Of the
winds.
Don't dig with one side OF your broom
until it looks frealish or use your best
broom to scrub with.
Don't kill yourself washing when a
little washing powder or ammonia will
help you so willingly.
Don't use napkins or table cloths to
wipe dishes with-don't.
Don't let the ashes choke up your
CRATE and so burn it out.
Don't keep up a big fire in the range
when you've no need of it.-Chica go
Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
Pronunciation.

Good old Deacon Thsyer, who was
school trustee i'm the town of Mendon.
Mass, once said. when addressing the
village school, "A correct pronunciation
is of the utmost importance i'm this world
and the world to come" But how many
people have it? We heard three words
mispronounced by persons of far more
than ordinary culture. and the errors are
all common ones. Before "desuetude'
was dragged from its own desuetude few
persons pronounced II correctly. Very
many persons habitually rhyme "squal-
or with holIer. and hardly anybody pro-
nounces "paresis" correctly.-BOston Ga
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
The Term NihiIisf.

The term nihilist was probably first
used by the Russian novelist. Turgeneff,
and was given to the party now known
as nihilists in derision, because its mem
bers sought the destruction Of the exist
ing order and government without pro-
posing to substitute any order or gov
eminent in its place. The earliest advo-
cate of this doctrine was Michael
Bakunin, who in 1S47 advocated a Rus
sian republic, and in 1868 founded the
International alliance of revolution, a
secret society having for its object a
popular uprising against all monarchical
government. This society was I'M
doubtedly the parent of the many secret
organizations that have since sprung in
to existence throughout Europe.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14


billiards. which swept over it testify
to the skill and patience of the hardy
mountaineers who so successfully ac-
complished the work.
AS no solid foundation for the obser-
vatory could be found. it was deter
mined to set it directly upon the ice
covering the summit, as observations
showed that the level a few feet below
the surface remained practically con-
slant. But in case of any slight settling
screws have been provided so that the
building can be righted No serious
trouble from this cause is anticipated
however.
The observatory consists of two stories.
The lower one contains rooms for the
storage Of implements and supplies, and
also sleeping accommodations for the
observers. The upper story, including
the roof and the tower. is to be used
for observations and will also provide
limited accommodations for the numer-
parties making the ascent of the
mountain. The observatory is not ex-
clusively a meteorological one, but ply
steal, astronomical and spectroscOpical
phenomena will be carefully observed
and studied, says Popular Science News,
the source Of the foregoing account.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
German Army Doc.

The German army has trained war
dogs. On the march each dog is led by
his master and is required TO carry a
heavy pack on his back. Dogs of a dark
color are preferred, because they are
less visible to the enemy. The training
Is pursued on the general principle that
the dog would be treated very cruelty
by an enemy, so that the creature is
taught to creep around the foe unnoticed
and to give distinct warning of a hostile
approach without bringing itself into
notice For instance, in the German
training process, some Of the soldiers
put on French and Russian uniforms to
represent the enemy. This arrange
ment by the by, suggests the idea that
the Germans have quite made up their
minds whom they are going to fight
when the great war does come.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14

The Niagara river receives the waters
of the upper lakes and flows on, full
and clear. peTpetualy the same. not
materially affected by either rains or
droughts, except that about once every
seven years its waters have a gradual
rise and fall, which are attributed To
some undiscovered disturbance that
affects Lake Erie. 1t has long been a
theory that the deep chasm through
which the river flows and the gigantic
cataract have been made by the action
of the water on the limestone strata
through countless ages. Within the
short period of less than 100 years
changes have occurred that appear TO
support this theory. Sir Charles LyelTs
estimate of the wearing away Of the
falls is about one foot of the precipice
every year.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
A Monster Icc-BOund.

The dull roar, the smooth, CLASSY
green rush over the precipice. the soft
white foam, giving one the idea of the
greatest reserve power in the world
the placid, lake-lilSe eXpanse above,
then the impatient rapid, which spares
the islands and bridges apparently only
in obedience to a supreme will-this is
the impression that many visitors have
carried away from Niagara. But i'm
possible as it may seem, the falls some
times freeze in winter into a great hill
of ice.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
Good Enough for Him.

No end to the formation of new politi-
cal parties: the latest i'm this state has
it's origin at Shelbvville and is known as
the Poor Mans Party" the principal
tenet of this new party being that all
candidates for Office shall be poor men.
none to be worth more than $500 As
a poor mans party the good old demo-
cratic organization is good enough for
us.-EIwood Press.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
Rigging on.

Grandpa-"whati Don't like fat? IF
you don't eat fat you will grow up as
thin as a rail-
Little Grandson-"When ] grow uD l.
want TO earn lots of money. so as to
take care of papa and mamma and you
ard grandma"
"Grandpa's own grandson, so he is
But what has that to do with fat?"
Il can get an awful big salary as
living skeleton, you know, grandpa
Street & Smiths Good News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
No t,bnuce for Him.

Mr.. Gotham-"So you are going to set
tie i'm the United States?''
New Arrival from South America
yes. sir they've got to drawing things
little too fine I'm South America 10 suit
me. Why. sir, it's got so now that a
man can't even get job ct overthrow
ing "A government unless he belongs TO
the revoutionists' union and has paid
his fees regularly for six months. IN.
Y Weekly
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
Mhnt He Could he.

Teacher-"You have missed every
lesson this morning. What can you hope
TO become IL, when you grow up, you
are obliged to answer every question
with 4 don't know
Little Boy Cwho has visited BOSTON,
Guess I'll have TO he an agnostic.'
Street & Smiths Good News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
TWENTY-0NE DAYS AT SEA.
ANOTHER INTERESTING LETTER
FROM THE HON. G.. w. BELL.

Out of SiEht-Sea Rough and People
GIum and SicIk-An American Wool
Dealer in AustrnIia-FIying Fish
Honolulu Notwithstanding the
Equator - WaIPOIe Island - sydney
Heads, Etc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
THE MOUNT BLANC OBSERVATORY.
Constructed with Immense Difficulty,
IL Is the Highest i'm the World.

It Is the Highest i'm the World.
The highest scientific observatory in
the world has recently been completed
on the summit of Mt Blanc. in Switzer-
land. i, $50 feet above the sea Although
for several years there was a meteor
illogical station occupied on the summit
of Pixies peak, Col. at only slightly
lower level. yet the meteorological con-
ditions of the two countries are so differ
ent that while the latter peak is accessi-
BILE for nearly the entire year by a
mountain railroad the summit and
sides of Mt. Blanc are so covered with
snow and ice and so subject to violent
storms that it is always matter of
difficulty and frequently of danger to
reach the top at all.
The observatory is a wooden building
heavily framed. and the difficulties over
come in carrying the timbers and other
material over the steep and dangerous
trail To the summit and erecting them
in the intervals between the violent
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
Colds. Coughs. Sore Throat,
Inflammation. Bronchitis,
Pneumonia. Asthma.
Difficult Breathing.
influenza,
rheumatism, keUraigid, SciGhca, LUHs-
6GgO, Swelling of the Joints, Pains
in Back, Chest or Limbs.

The application of the READY RELIEF
to the part or parts where the difficulty or
pain exists Will afford ease and comfort
ALL INTERNAL PAINS. PAINS IN
BOWELS or STOMACH CRAMPS. Sol r
STOMACH. SPASNS. NAUSEA. EOMiT-
ING. HEARTBURN, NERVOUSNESS,
SIEEPL ESSNESS. SICK HEADACHE,
DIARRHOEA. collie. FLATG lENtA.
PAINTING SPELLS are relieved instantly
and quickly cured by taking internally
half to teaspoonful OF Ready Relief in
half a tumbler of water
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
C0NQUER0R OF PAIN

and has done more good than any known
remedy.
FOR PAINS. BRUISES BACKACHE.
PAIN IN THE CHEST OR SIDES.
HEADACHE TOOTHACHE OR ANY
OTHER EXTERNEL PAIN, a few apple
cations rubbed on by the hand act Ike
magic causing the pain 10 instantly stop.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
2. r. 2.
DADWAY'S
EE READY RELIEF

The most certain and safe Pain Remedy
I'm the world that instantly stops the most
eXcruciating pains. Ii is truly the srcat
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
PERFECTLY TASTELESS
Over Forty Years in Use and
Never Known to Fail.

Possess properties the most extraordi-
nary in restoring health They stimulate
to healthy action the various organs the
natural conditions OF which are co neces-
sarv for health Grapple with and neu-
tralize the impurities. driving tnem COM
pletely of the system.