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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

to give her-a book called The New
: comes, that she asked for, but I viii
send it up to the house for her"
mOntS disappearance was known
everywhere. Du1Tant called again at
| Mrs. Mobiles house and offered his
services to assist in finding her.
The next event of Importance took
place ON some day before April 10.
! On that uncertain day Durrant offered
for sale a ring to a secondhand
dealer manned Adolph Oppenheimer, Of
No. 400 Dupont street. 1t was plain
gold ring. In the center was a little
chip diamond with rays. He would
prove that that was one of the three
rings worn by Blanche Lamont on the
day Of her disappearance. 1t was ring
bought as a Christmas present and
given ito BlancheS sister, Maud, in
Dillon, Mont. A garnet ring was
given to Blanche at the same time
and the two mad changed rings. Then
occurred a most remarkable incident
On April 10 the postman delivered
to AIrs. Noble, wrapped in a news
paper, the three rings which Blanche
wore when she disappeared, including
the chip diamond ring.
The. 18th was the day before easter
Sunday, and upon the evening of that
Saturday the ladies of the congrega-
tiOn went to decorate Emmanuel
church, and there found Minnie VIII
Hams body. The girl had been choked
and gaiShed to death. Then follow ed
the hunt for Blanche. The searchers
mounted the stains until they came to
the top platform i'm the belfry, and
there, i'm the semi darkness, like a
figure Of marble, they saw the body,
which they afterwards learned to be
that of Blanche Lamont. She lay up
OH the platform, stark naked, not a
stitch Of clothing ON her, not a ring
upon her fingers. She lay on her back,
with her feet together and her hands
crossed over the breast. Behind her
head, keeping it in position, were two
wooden blocks, fixed in the manner in
which medical students use them in
order to hold a body in position. In
various places upon the platform were
found the girls clothes. Their condi-
tion showed that they had been torn
from the body. In other parts Of the
church were fOnud other articles of
clothing, her hat and the school
books she had carried on April 3.
The finding Of these things went to
prove that she had never got beyond
the church on that day. The eXamin-
alton proved that the girl had died
form asphyXi8tion, caused by strangJl-
lation; that the brain was cOngested,
that the lungs were congested, that the
larnyx and thachae were compressed,
and that upon one side of her neck
We're seven finger nail incisions. The
trial just ended related only to the
murder of Miss Lamont.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
SAINT OF AMERICA
EFFORT TO HAVE THE LADY OF
GUADALUPE so INSTALLED.
OLD LEGEND OF THE VISION
Mexico the Scene of Great Pros
pective Observation-Disclosures of
F.. the Apparition Has Been Discussed
for 800 YearS-Petition to Go to the
Pope Soon.

\ petition is to be soon presented 10
the pope urging that the lady of Quad
alupe shall be created the patron saint
Of all the Americas If the holy
father should see fit to grant this
strongly urged request a great re-
Hgdous festival will be held four years
from now in the City of Mexico. Lay
men, priests, bishops, cardinals and
archbishops Will gather from all parts
of the world to take part in the mag
nificent services. Such a festival
would be the greatest religious event
in the history of the continent. Each
nation the world over has a particular
saint recognized by its Roman Catho-
lie population, and the Catholics of
Mexico hope to have the lady of
Guadalupe awarded the honor.
The religious writers of the past
three hundred years have discussed
the authenticity of the lady of Guada-
lupe Mexican historians have uni
yersally agreed upon it as being gen
uine, but so much Of the miraculous
must be first accepted as the truth
that the papal authorities have treat.
ed the matter with extreme conserv.
atism. The legend of the lady OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

nounces her little charge as Deborah
Patience SuSannah Melville Jones.
The whole of this extensive title is en-
Sraved ON the cards Mrs. Jones sends
out with her own to apprise her
friends of Miss Jones's safe arrival.
The Deborah and SuISannah are care
tut selections from the Biblical list
now so much favored that we hear Of
baby Esthers, Naomds, Vashtis. Ju-
dithS, and Rachels, by the score. Pa
tience is in limitation of the Puritan
love for manning girls after the virtues.
aud we have Hope, JOY, Peace, Pru-
dence Mercy, Faith, Deliyerance, etc.
along with the new provision THAT the
mothers maiden surname, as in Mel
| ville-Jones be hyphenated with the
| child s.-DenloreSt' Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
WHAT TO NAME THE BABY.

The most serious problem that now
assai!s the fashionable mother is what
name or names she shall bestOw On
her newly arrived little daughter; for
it has of late become the mode for
every young woman to possess as
many initials as a royal princess.
Happily there has come an active re-
vulsion against the dininutive, and
It's proper that all girls now he
spoken to and Of as Anne or jose
phine. Catherine or Eleanor, in place
Of the silly and stupid Annie and
Josie. Kitty and Nellie. No more
does the weI-regulated deJutante
venture to give her name distinction
by unique spelling, az Edyth, I<ath-
ryn. COfah. etc. She keeps her hap
tisInaI name pure and simple; and
now many a worthy clergy is
filled with an astcnished qualification
when at baptism a godnCther an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
a FEW IFS.

If it hadn't been for the hot winds
Iowa might have had corn to burr
this fall.-Philadelphia Record.
If every person who is musical were
only a musician as we'll what a deal
OF suffering we would he spared
Mail and Express.
If the men want the bloomer cos
tune to come into general use it
would be good policy not to stare at
the pioneers Tribune.
II General Campo6 had only had the
assistance Of Mr. Holmes, of Chicago,
it would have been a sort Of offset
to the yellow feyer.-NeW York Sun.
If people must die this hot weather
poisoned ice cream is as good a means
Of shuffling off as any other. Besides,
its cooler than several other ways
PittSburg Post.
If the Atlanta Humane society viii
Just continue to hold that bull by the
horns the fellow with the darning
needle and red scarf will have a great
snap.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Sandy Hook will ,hara.a flor no ca7la7
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
POTATO'S GENESIS UN1SOLVED

The early naturalists differed
greatly as to the origin of the potato,
writes john Gilmer Speed in the
Ladies' Home journal. In England it
was held to be a native of Virginia,
and in Spain it was said 10 have
originated in Peru. Modern opinion
holds that lit is indigenous to the ele-
waited tablelandS of Chill, Peru. BO-
livia, Costa Rica, Mexico and south
western United States. 1t probably
got to Virginia by the hands of some
early Spanish explorers. 1t is GER
tain, however that it was not Guilt
waited in Virginia till far into the
eighte 9nth century, and then it was
introduced lin the American colonies
ON account off the esteem in which it
was held in Europe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
THE GIRLS OF JERUSALEM.
They Know Nothing Of Social life
No Commingling of the Sexes.

OF social life the girls of Jerusalem
know nothing absolutely nothing,
writes Edwin S. Wallace, United
States CONSUL at Jerusalem, in the
Ladies' Home Journal They Occa-
sionally meet, a few together, and APP
pear to enjoy eadh others company a
little They talk about their house
hold work-Which lis really everything
they kncW-and indulge liz some light
gOssipy chat about friends, though
their gossip is never of a harmful
kind. In conversation they show some
little animation and spirit, but, being
ignorant and iIliterate, they have no
idea of gramma teal form Of expires
sion. Occasionally cards, dOminOeS
and checkers are played, but the ma
tive girls have little inclination FOR
any pastime involving mental effort.
Such things as dances, fetes and
fairs are unknown to the girls Of
Jerusalem; occasionally they are taken
on a family picnic to some olive
orchard near their homes where they
pass part of the day. From these and
all similar gatherings men are barred.
There is absolutely no cOmmingling of
the sexes. For a girl to appear at any
where there are men
would he regarded as audaciOus and
shocking. No Jerusalem girl would
do such a thing; she would not dream
Of committing so fatal breach in the
though well-defined. law
governing the conduct of fher sex SO
strict is this law, or custom, of exclu-
sion that under no circumstances
would girl attend the wedding Of
her brother to which were hidden
guests outside the immediate families.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

President Fauer, Of France, spent
the day III conference with prominent
politicians on the subject Of a new
cabinet. and rum0r points strongly
to the selection Of NJ. BOurge0ise as
the new premier.
Captain General Campos stated in
an interview that he believed the
United States would in the progress
Of events recognize the bellgerency
Of the Cuban insrmTe0tionists. In that
event he added that the present Oh
scure operations in the island would
be replaced by a real war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
BLANCHE is AVENGED
DURRANT FOUND GUILTY
AFTER 4 LONG TRIAL.
'FRlSCO'S SHOCKING CASE.

Prisoner to Plead Next to the Charge
Of killing Minnie Williams Also
History of the Terrible Drama
which Has Shocked An ChriSten-
dom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

Ma tdhmaking in Palestine Is Robbed
of It's Sentimental Fea lures.

81 courtShip as it is known in Amer
lea or England there is none whatever
i'm Jerusalem, writes Edwin s. Wal
lace in the Ladies' Home Journal. \
Young Mohammedan never sees the
face Of the Girl who is TO become his
Wife until after marriage. His mother
and sisters may see her and report
their impressions. but if it is a. case
where the uniOn is by them considered
desirable one they are likely to ac-
credit her With charms she does not
possess. Among Jews and Christians
there is great latitude in this re-
spect, though the young people are
never permitted TO see each other
without the presence of a third party
In every case the services of an inter
meCtiary are necessary. Brides At
fourteen are mott uncommon and at
twelve occasion little remark. | have
known OF one bride ten years Of age.
She was a NOslem.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

I cision conceding this Benedict XIV
used very cautious language and did
not commit the church to actual be-
lief in the apparitiOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

Sandy Hook will hereafter be called
Fort Hancock.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
'ess expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the wo.ld's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
The value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accent any substitute if offered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12
A SOarrow Cnorister.

The Free Parish church congrega-
ton had rather an amusing expert
ence one Sunday. A little sparrow,
evidently tired of the warning of the
elements outside the kirk, thought it
would pay a visit inside and did SO,
not by the orthodox manner, coming
through the door and leaving a do.
nation in the plate, but through the
window, thereby lodging the elders
eagle eyes. just as it arrived and
had started a CHEEKY chirruping the
choir rose up and burst into the well
known hymn, Return, o Wander
er, to Thy Home" The visitor, how
ever, did not take the hint, but re-
manned to the end of the service and
assisted the choir at intervals
Rothesay fScotland Chronicle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

The stranger JfTed his eyes upon him.
On the morning of the Trent tragedy,
at about eight o'clock. Olympia Raven
awoke from the sleep of health and inno
cepce and remembered that she had an
appointment at half-past ten.
A half smile of meditative satisfaction
moved her lips and dimpied her cheeks
at the thought. Apparently the appoint
ment was not an unpleasant one. For
that matter, there had thus far been very
few disagreeable experiences in this
young lady's career. Her father had died
before she was old enough to comprehend
the bereavement. For time she and
her mother had been poor, but their
wealthy Cousin Harry had come gener.
ously to their assistance and had placed
them beyond the reach of poverty.
Olympia had been an attractive child
and she grew up to be a beautiful
girl She had more than usual intelli-
gence; and education Tin the conven-
tional sense) was little more than pas
time to her. Their Cousin Harry, who,
having no children of his own, had ideas
as to how children ought to be brought
up, put her in the way Of getting sound
training. She was of u spiritualistic,
mystical temperament, and possessed
perceptions and susceptibilities unknown
to the generality. But she was of a
wholesome constitution, and had seldom
been in poor health.
She was very fond of Cousin Harry,
and he was so young in his ways and
spirit and entered into her thoughts and
point of view so easily that she regarded
him as q companion rather than as a
guardian, and q man three or four times
her age. They laughed and chatted to-
gether and went to theaters and balls,
and danced together. Whether she had
ever thought of him as possible suitor
for her hand is an abstruse question. It
is safe to say that, if she did, the idea
was not likely to have been of her own
suggestion. The traditions Of their in
timacy were against that. He, however,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

that if by any chance cholera should
gain foothold in this city it would
make its appearance in the Chinese
quarter, where the crowded condition
of the narrow streets and the illy-ven-
tilated houses have provided material
breeding place for the plague.
All the sugar that comes to the
Northwest is from Hong Kong, an In.
fected port, and is handled by coolies
there probably close to cholera pa
tients. A we'll known manufacturer
and agent in the Orient says:
Every package of merchandise,
sugar, silk, etc., should be thoroughly
fumigated and the cholera germs, it
any, thus eradicated. Think Of Amer
icas using sugars and silks handled and
worked upon by natives who receive IL
cents day for their labor and live In
squalor and dirt with pestilence and
disease raging near by"
The sugar business of this country is
largely in the hands of great combi-
nation, but the reason for this is that
the policy of our legislators has been
80 parsimonious that instead of build
ing up the small factories for the man.
ufacture of beet sugar, the bounty has
been Withdrawn and our people have
been discouraged in working up the in
dustry.
Time will come when in every state
there will be refneries and no section
of the world can produce better beets
than Oregon and Washington. If,
therefore, you wish to live to see the
dawn of that day when the millions
spent for sugar will be kept at home
begin as you are now advised to do and
buy American sugar and encourage
those who are waiting for the proper
opening to appear when they can engage
in the production and manufacture ol
domestic sugar.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

night alone, nor, perhaps, can man OF
his business anil social importance ever
hope to escape entirely from the knOwl-
edge and supervision of his fellows. 1t
was possible that several persons might
know of or suspect his present where
abouts. But, on the other hand, care
takers can har,lly be said to count as oc-
cupants, and If Il man believes his move
ments to be untraced, he is just as con-
tent, for the time being, as though they
really were SO.
you're not doing at your post. I see,
sergeant" says Harry, for the man was
a veteran of the war. "How is Mrs.
Simpson,"
s.In good health, sir, and thank ZEE; we
wasn't looking for you so late"
"The fact is, sergeant, I've come to
spend the night. Is the bed ready?"
sit is. sir. and good fire in the
CRATE"
''That's right! want to find Cut, you
see, what sort of dreams the new house
will give me-"
.sMay they be good ones. sir; you'll
come honestly by 'em. If any one calls
will let 'em in?:"
''Well, visitors are not likely to be fire.
ouent this evening. This is something in
the way of scout reconnaissance, you
understand. However, if any one does
come it will be on particular business, !
should suppose; SO they may come up"
Every good, sir. You'll not be turning
in quite yet, sir:?"
mo, not for two or three hours, prob
ably. Good night
"Good night, sir, and pleasant awak-
eningr'
With the dawn of the next day came
snow, covering the roof of the new house
and the stone steps of the entrance and
the vacant avenue. Sergeant Simpson
aroused himself betime, and having filled
coal scuttle with coal mounted the
stairs to the door of the library, which
communicated with the chamber in
which Harry Trent was to have slept.
The library door was ajar and the ser
geant was surprised to see the light OF
the gas within still burning. Had the
master fallen asleep in his chair? He
knocked softly, and then there being no
response he ventured to push open the
door and enter.
The gaslight falling on the broad ta'
BILE that stood near the fireplace cast a
shadow over the hearth rug, SO that the
sergeant did not at first see what lay
there. He noticed that the last embers
were expiring in the CRATE, but as he
stepped round the corner of the table ht
started, and the coal scuttle fell from his
hand with crash. Stretched out on the
rug, but in an oddly constrained posi-
tion, lay the form of Harry Trent.
The noise of the falling scuttle did MOI
rouse him; indeed, the sergeant, will
the practiced eye of a soldier. had per
ceived in moment that he was dead
But he thought that the man had died
from stroke of the heart or of apoplexy
He was not prepared for the further rev
elation, and as he realized it groan o.
horror burst from him.
From the back of the neck, q little tt
the left, protruded the hilt of knife ol
dagger, curiously carved. The rug wa.
soaked with blood. Harry Trent hat
not died a natural death, nor had he
slain himself. He had been murdered
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

There is more catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it q local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurabIe.
Science has proven cataTrh to be . con-
stitutional disease. and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on ie market. 1t is taken internally y
in doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful
It acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails te
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
~Sold by Druggists, 75;.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

I suffered from catasrh
of the arorst kind ever since
a boy, and I nerer hoped
for cure, but Eiy's Cream
Balm sfen,s to d0 even that.
Many ncquaintances hare
used 1t 1ritb eTcetient re-
sal.ts. - Oscar 0 trum, is
Warren Are., Chicago, III
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

Try GERMEA for breakfast.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12
NEW WAY EAsr-No DUST.

Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Walla via o. r. & N. to Spokane and Great
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, St.
Louis, East ard South. Rock-ballast track
fine scenery; new equipment Great North.
ern Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Bufet-Library Cars. Write
G. G. Donovan, General Agent, Portland,
St. Paul, Mimi, for printed matter and in.
formation abo 1T rates, routes, etc.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12
rOMEN'SFACES

like flowers, fade
and wither with time;
the bloom of the rose
is only known TO the
Il e alt hy woman's
cheeks. The nerv-
. Gus strain caused by
the ailments and
pains peculiar to the
sex, and the labor
and worry of rearing
n family can often
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

be traced by the lines in the woman's face.
Dali eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those feelings of weakness have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
rangements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
% young glri Jus, J, entering ,i,e % womanh9od, tor
mothers, and later in the change of life,"
the Prescription is just what they need; !;
it aids nature in preparing the system for
these events. It's a medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by DR.. R. v. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Inva1ids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12
A SYNDICATE OF MONSTERS.

Here are the names of the abominable trio
that ompt Sc 1t, ated and abhorred by man and
womankind-dsspensia, biliousness and con-
stipation. What is the most successful way to
attack and kqHelch these united monsters ?
Take Hostetter's Stomach Bit rs, and thev will
pull up stakes atd make tracks for parts ul-
kno ~n, leaving no trare behind. The Bitters
also exi erminates malaria, rheumatic and kid.
ney trouble and nervous ailments.
81 wish had place in yonr heart" said the
summer Young man. "Yes?" ssiu the SUN.
mer girl. ayes, indeed. 1t is SO deli shtfully
cold.''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

FITS.-An fits sts pped free by DIR. Klin.'s
Great Nerve Res'orer No fits after the IL first 1
day use Marvellous cures. T: eatlse and q 90
rial bottle trte to Fit cases Send to DR.. Kline,
s31 Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-12

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break uI
children's Coughs and Coias.-MRs: M. G
BLUNT, Sprague, WASH, March 8, 1894.