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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-06

"Irrescvibc cas,oria every day for children
WHO are suffering from constipation, with
better effect than receive from any other
combination of drugs"
Dr.. L. o. MoRoAN. South AmboY. \. |.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Disappearance of Coins.

The disappearance of large quanti-
ties of gold and silver from the coin
age circulation of country is one of
those things that no government has
been able to prevent, and the question,
what becomes of these metals, Is one Of
both interest and Importance. A vast
amount of both gold and silver every
year goes to India and China and never
returns. According to O'Conor. be-
tween 1850 and 1889, India absorbed
ELS, 100000 of gold and f227, 100000 of
silver Neither ever comes back to
Europe; the natives hoard it or con-
vert it into personal ornaments. China
likewise imports and absorbs an enor-
nous quantity. A vast amount is an
nually used in the manufactures and
arts. The gold which is used in the
form of gold-leaf on the lettering in
show windows, on the frames of pic
lures and the like is rarely recovered,
but disappears completely from the
worlds visible supply. The abrasion
of coins, their destruction in fires, ac-
cidental loss. shipwreck and other
methods contribute annually to the
aggregate of precious metal that dis
appears as completely as though ami
hilated. Soetbeer calculates that be-
tween 1881 and 1880 the world produc-
ed 6,51S tons of gold, of which 55S
tons went East, 2,O7O disappeared in
manufactures, and $500 were employ
ed as money. In the same period the
production of silver was 62,200 tons,
of which the East took $4,000 tons, H.
500 were employed in the arts and s.
700 in coinage.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
He Is asking

the household living7" he is asking
after the teachers Iather.
THE old man is WE'LL
"How many precious little ones have
you?"
Il have two little dogs" These are
the teachers own children
How many children have you In
your illustrious institution?'
Il have hundred little brothers."
Then the Chinaman comes to busi-
ness. venerable MASTER he says, ST
have brought my little dog here, and
worshipfully entrust him to your
charge"
The little fellow, who has been stand
ing in the corner of the room, comes
forward at this, kneels before the teach
er, puts his hands on the floor and
knocks his head against it. The teach
er raises him up and sends him off to
school, while arrangements are made
for his sleeping room, and SO forln. At
last the Chinese gentleman rises to
take his leave.
81 have tormented you exceedingly
to-day" he says.
"Oh, no, have dishonored your
AS he goes toward the door he keeps
saying, 81 am gone; 1 am gone" And
etiquette requires the teacher to re-
peat, as long as he is in hearing, $50
slowly, go slowly
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Chinese Dislike of B in, Pictured.


In attempting to paint pictures of
Chinatown, found it almost impossi-
Bile to gain the consent of the parents
to have their children pose as models
for me- tried in vain for long time.
They always declared that some III
luck would certainly overtake their lit
tie ones if their portraits were painted
So strong is this dread that a person
coming along the street with a camera
creates panic. Frightened mothers.
rushing about, seize their children and
drag them indoors, out of harms way.
This dislike to being pictured is very
general, and does not apply only to
children, as was impressed upon ME
on one occasion when l saw eale of the
most crowded streets in Chinatown sud
denly cleared because of photogra-
pher who had placed his camera at
one end of the street to take view.
This fear of evil consequences l fouui
to be SO strong, that even the poorest
would not be tempted by the offer Of
money. Consequently had about Civ
en- up, when fortunately found The
one exception Tin my experience) in
Chinatown. This was a poor woman
with four little children and a sick
husband to support. She was in great
need, and my Chinese servant, after
much difficulty, persuaded her for Il
large payment to let me paint her little
girl named All Yung.-St. Nicholas.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
SERVANT GIRLS IN LONDON.
They Have Their Grievances the Sam,
as In This Land of the Free.

They Have Their Grievances the Same
as In This Land of the Free.
1t is probable that London servant
consent to spend their days in cellar
chambers and their nights in such in
human attics as we have described;
nor yet remain without aa opportunity
for business-like Improvement, owing
to the incapacfty of mistresses to te1ch
them. Women of the middle class who
need domestic help had better, there
fore, become wise in time; and, first,
they should reduce the style of their
esta blishments and raise their charac-
ter. The present state of things Is evil
and absurd; it tends to make the pub
lie in their sections mutually contempt
uous instead of universally respectful,
and It thus becomes a means and
cause of social degradation. The out
cry of our Londoners about bad trade
is otter a result of feebleness and
want of clear discernment. There Is,
in fact, excess of trade in unproduc-
tive vanities, diverting capital from
reproductive work, and people in the
main are living much above prudent
scale of outlay. A few save their
money and invest it; but the majority
seek merely to appear perhaps quar-
ter richer than they actually are, and
thus they make themselves at once
ridiculous and impoverished.
Were they to rid themselves of half
their foolish furniture and duly scrub
their floors they might live decently
without dependence upon ill-condition-
ed servant girls, and might also multi
ply deposits at the bank. What we
have now declared is no new thing,
no first discovery. Some forty years
ago a London preacher found iu need
full to exhort his congregation to gen.
eral abatement of their annual ex-
penditure and style of living. The
advice, like much advice Of value,
firmly given, without vanity, was
taken in good part, and the result was
good. Why cannot other ministers in
London do the same? Economy in
habitude of life, in family and per-
sonal expenditure, is the foundation of
multitude of virtues, and especially
of individual self-respect and of finan-
cial liberality.-Quarterly Review.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
a New Bow at scbool IN Cb,na

Every one knows the absurd cnarac-
ter-to Occidentals-of Chinese formal
conversation, but every fresh account
of a first interview with a Chinaman
with whom etiquette must be observed
is a new entertainment. A gentleman
who was for long time at the head of
a school in China, which was patroniz-
ed by Chinese, has contributed to an
exchange an account Of the usual in
terview which took place between him
and the father Of boy brought to the
school.
The Chinese gentleman Is escorted TO
che reception room, and both he and
the teacher shake their own hands and
bow profoundly. Then the teacher
asks:
What is your honorable name?
"My mean, Insignificant name Is
Wong"
Tea and water pipe are sent for and
the teacher says, please use tea.' The
Chinaman sips and puffs for a quarter
of an hour before he says to the teach
er:
"What is your honorable nameY
My mean, Insignificant name is
Pott."
"What is your honorable kingdom?"
'The small, petty district from which
I come Is the United States Of Amer
lea" This comes hard, but etiquette
requires the teacher to say 1t.
"How many little! stems have you
sprouted?' This means, How old are
your
II hare vainIy spent thirty years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

that good people should love to tell
bad news.
Nothing is real success that is not
according to Gods plan.
Too many men praise their wives
most after they bury them.
If we give the devil our eyes. he will
soon have control of our feet.
God makes the most use of those who
keep themselves ready for his use.
If you would know what keeps the
oak alive, look for it's smallest root.
If God puts us In the fire, it is because
he sees dross he wants to purge out.
The man who looks with pure eyes
can see the face of God in dew drop.
The mar who pleases God may ex.
pect to have good deal Of trouble with
men.
Remember the serpent's head is to be
bruised, no matter how big or black it
may look.
According to the way some folks talk,
the only people who have ever been good
are dead.
If our faults were all written on our
faces, the world would be full of hang
ing heads.
The devil can take little rest when
Christians begin to quarrel among
themselves.
Every woman who has to live with a
drunken husband knows that the devil
is still loose.
Loving the beautiful is one of the
ways by which we may love God with
out knowing it.
If your pastor breaches too long for
you, it may be that your prayers for
him are too short.
There are people who seem to think
that because they have religion they
have no need of brains.
The devil often takes child by the
hands on the day it is told that 1t is too
young to join the church.
The preacher who receives the largest
salary is not always the one who is
doing the most for Christ.
We wrong God and cheat men, if we
refuse to let our light shine as it should.
because tallow is expensive.
The love that "suffereth long and is
kind" is the kind that stays kind long
enough to melt stony heart.
We cannot do anything for the pur-
pose of pleasing God without finding
out that we have pleased him.
Before you tell child that it is Sun
day all the time in heaven, be sure
that it lov,. to see Sunday come.
AS long as the devil can find men who
will make and sell whisky, there is no
reason why he should be discouraged.
When a man believes in his heart
what the Bible says about sin, he will
soon have salvation that will save
him from it.
The man who cries, "Ho, every one
that thirsteth," will not have much Of
crowd around him, unless there is
plenty of water in his pitcher.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Around the
HearfhSfOne.
BUTTERFLIES.

Out in the churchyard the grass grew
- deep,
Where the peaceful dead were lying;
Over their quiet and holy sleep
The butterflies white were flying,
And one little child was playing there
In the churchyard, sunny and still;
He'd wandered away. in his innocent
! play,
From the little white house on the hill.
I"Butterfies, butterfiesr cried the child,
AS he played on the grassy sod,
"You're the souls of the little dead chill
dren here
Fluttering up to God"
: Out in the churchyard a place new-made,
Waits for the innocent dead;
Still, for the dear little sleeper, there
Waited his quiet bed.
And a long farewell they say over him,
With kisses on lip and brow;
And, with flowers sweet at head and feet,
He goes from his mother now.
Butterflies fiutter above her head,
As she kneels on the grassy sod,
And the little white soul of her precious
one
Fiutters away to God.
Ladies, Home Journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Public Spirit in the west.

Probably nothing ever did more to
bring the East and the West together
in national sentiment than the Column
bian Exposition at Chicago. The whole
country was justly proud of that, and
no section was more ungrudging in its
praise of it than the East. 1t was con-
ceded frankly and heartily that Chi
cago had done what would not have
been possible in New York or any other
Eastern city, making not merely a
worlds fair, but a worlds wonder
Western energy and dauntless daring
were combined with a loftiness and
breadth of artistic purpose to produce
results which would have been impos-
sible in an older civilization. AS an
experienced English observer said, mot
only was it the most wonderfully beau
tiful thing of the kind the world had
ever seen, but it was likely to be the
most wonderfully beautiful that ever
would be seen; for no other nation
would ever have the audacious courage
TO do again what Chicago did" Yet
this fair was merely the sublime out
come of one of the chief elements, If not
the chief element, of Western progress
the public spirit of the people. They
believe in their country, are proud of
Its wonderful growth and unbounded
resources, and are determined to do
everything in their power to add to it's
fame. This spirit is particularly strong
in Western cities, and appeals to it are
never made in vain. 1t makes possible
4 h. efo hi lietr
ing basis of educational and artistic
enterprises which find little cordial sup
port in Eastern cities, and which lead
there only f, struggling and precariou5
existence. They are supported in West
ern cities because they will be credit
to the communities and will add to
their fame. 1t would be an unspeak-
able boon to Eastern cities if this pub
lie spirit could be aroused in them.-
Century.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Won by an Interrunt.on.

Robert Toonlbs, of Georgia, an,1
Alexander II. Stephens were campaign
ing together in the early fifties. Zach
wanted to be United States Senator.
Stephens was the more popular, and
Toombs was anxious not to have him
for an opponent. One day, while they
were taking lunch, Toombs brought the
Senatorship up in an Indirect way. Fin
ally he pumped the direct question at
Stephens if he were candidate Ste
phens unsuspectingly replied: "No, Bob,
/ am not, but" well, as you are
not candidate, Aleck, am, and want
your support" Toombs was chosen
Senator in consequence of this bit of
sharp practice.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
How MANY Pounds?

A correspondent sends to the Youths
companion a true story" which could
only be true, perhaps, in this age of
college athletics.
A group of people were discussing Il
recent novel. Some liked it, some
thought it trashy or worse.
''For my part" said lady, 81 found
it highly interesting. 1 especially liked
John, the brother Of the heroine, you
remember. Not very amiable char
acter; little coarse, no doubt, but well
sketched in. and decidedly strong"
At this point young cellegian, who
had taken no part in the conversation,
suddenly found his voice.
now much can he lift2' he asked, in
all soberness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
A Suicidal Craze.

For long time Parisians have been
spared the spectacle of persons throw
ing themselves from the tops of high
monuments, such as the vendome and
Bastile columns. Now this craze Of sui
cides has started afresh. Some days
ago a young woman mounted to the
platform between the towers of Notre
Dame, deliberately climbed the parapet
and threw herself over. Death was In
stantaneous.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
&1oO REwARD. aIOo.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catsrrh Cure is the
only positive curenOw known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh bling constitutional dis
ease requires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Caiarrh Cue is taken int, rnaiy. acting directly
upon The blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
disea e, and giving the parfent strength by
BUILDING up the CO stitutioD anu assisting ma
ture in doing lis work. The proprietors have
SO mucn faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Humid ed Dollars for any case that It
fails to cure. Send Tor list of testimonials. Ad-
dress, FL Chez EY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
A Sugar coated ConEc1ence.

United States Treasurer Morgan has
received the following letter from West
vile, Conn, inclosing 80 cents in post
age stamps:
ST was a soldier at the time Of the re-
bellion. I was on guard over the COM
missary stores and thoughtlessly took
Jumps of sugar from an open barrel to
eat. did not take much in quantity,
but violated the principle of strict hon
esty. 1t is impressed upon me after all
these years that ought to make resti-
tuition. send postage stamps to cover,
I think, the value Of all that took,
with interest.
The stamps were turned into the con.
science fund. .-Washingto Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Knots Tied by Machinery.

II inventions continue to multiply at
the present rate, the day may speedily
come when man will have to sit with
folded arms while his work, and even
his pleasures, are turned out for him
by nickel-in-the-slot devices. Science
has lately given us marvel in the
shape of card-counting machine.
Two of the most interesting automata
now working within the limits of the
United States are those used by the
Government for counting and tying
postal cards into small bundles. These
machines were made In Connecticut,
and the two are capable of counting
500, 900 cards In ten hours and wrap
ping and tying the same in packages
Of twenty-five each. In this opera ton
the paper is pulled off a drum by two
long fingers" which come up from be-
low, and another finger dips in vat
of mucilage, and applies itself to the
wrapping paper in exactly the right
spot. Other parts Of the machine twine
the paper around the pack of cards,
and then thumb" presses over the
spot where the mucilage Is, and the
package is thrown upon carry belt
ready for delivery.-Argosy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

Wi malsrial disease, but with prodigous vio
lence afterwards. If you neglect Immediate
measure of relief. The surest preventive and
remedial form of medication is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the potency of which IS an
ami ote to miasmatic poison has be. dem n
sirafed for ov,r forty years past. Tne liver
when disordered and cOngestt d, the bowels If
constipated, and the kidneys, If inactive, are
promptly aided by it, and it is invaluable for
dyspepsia, nervous debility and rheumatism.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
A Parenf,a Anrer.

Bingo- Come, hand over that box Of
cigarettes and never let me catch you
smoking them again.
Bobbie The box is empty, pop.
Then run out and get me another
one. Truth
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
w Fl EAT

Make money by succ ssfal ,peculatiou In
Chisgo. We buy and sell wheat there on mar
gins. Fortu es have been made on small he.
ginning by trading in futures. Write for full
particulars. Best of reference given. several
years experience on the Chicago Board of
ness Downing HOPKINS & Co., Chicago Board
of Trade Brokers' Off es in Portland Oregon
and Spokane Wash.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
Not Running.

Mrs Kilduff-Oh, yes, / have a run
ming account at Cotton & Tapes. It's
much better than paying for each little
purchase, you know"
Mrs. Skidmore-A running account
Why, the collector of the firm told my
husband that your account had been
standing a very long tlme.-Poston
Globe.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

There is something In being old, af-
ter all; ;o1d people know there Is no fun
in going TO picnics.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

Part of cornfield at Joplin, Mo-,
which has never been undermined, has
settled twenty feet
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

I know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan. April 81, 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
The Doctor and His Caller.

a IdUy Recently Cdlleu dt TIE ouuce VI
a prominent Washington physician,
who is small and boyish in appear
ance. boy" she said, addressing
him, sis the doctor in? But can see,
he is not" ''He is in," began the ply
sician, but the visitor interrupted him.
"Oh, he's in. is he? Then he's engaged.
I'll wait. Does he allow you to sit at
his desk that way?" Madam "Oh,
of course you would say he does, but
I'll warrant you'll catch it If he sees
you there. You look sort of pale. /
should think the doctor would give
you something to make you stronger.
Your ma ought to send you into the
country. That would make you grow.
How soon do you think the doctor will
be disengaged?" Madam, l tried to
tell you before-I do not think you
can see the doctor to-day" "Well, I'll
come next time I'm in town But you
ought to quit staying in this office and
go into the country. Not that it is any
of my business, but I do hate to see
boys look so pale and puny." She dis
appeared, and the doctor is wonder
ing what she will say when she calls
the next time she comes into the city.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
warning Notes Calling the Wicked {.
Repentance.

OOKING often
creates longing.
The Holy Spirit
is not a friend to
idleness.
Sin in deed is
generally the re-
suit of sin in
thought.
Every Christ
ian's life is a book
some sinner has
to read.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

Every man seems to be trying to
work less himself. and work others
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

There were but twenty-eight for
eigners naturalized in Mexico the last
fiscal year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

No fewer than 1000, 900 men,
women and children die yearly in In.
dia from starvation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

1--WE will Leave 1t Entirely
In your hands," If you purchase
/ HERCULES GAS OR GASOLINE EN-
A&GINE, and if it does not do all weSay
it will, you can return it at our ex-
pense. Send for Catalogue and Price
List to
American Type Founders Co.
Second and Stark Sts., Portland, Or.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

Every min claims to read both sfdes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25

manor house from the rear. AS they
filed round to the front, group Of men
who were sitting under a tree on the
lawn started on seeing the familiar uni
form. A minute later Captain Fournier
| had embraced his brother and explain
| ed the situation.
The prisoners of war were in an costa
sy of delight at the prospect of, as one of
them facetiously put 1t, being "brutally
dragged from their parole" but on the
captain proposing an immediate return
| to the boats, Camille waved his hand
gayly in depreciation.
"Wait a brief time, my brother" he
| laughed. ''The little god Cupid de-
mands it, and we are quite safe from
opposition here. There are not twenty
able-bodied Britons in the place. Most
| of them are in church, and they are all
unarmed."
"Ah, ah! you have been amusing
| yourself" said the captain. "Wen,
hasten and say your adieus to the fair
| one, for am anxious to be gone"
''It is not a matter of farewell, moth
| ing so dismal" replied the younger
brother, complacently twirling his mus
tache 'The fair one is ready to accom-
pany me whenever l take my depar-
ture, but unfortunately she is in church,
and likely to remain there for another
hour. I have heard that the priest of
Bosham is cleric of long Wind
Write the lady a note, asking her on
some excuse to leave the church." he
said '.I have with me an English sail
or w'lo shall deliver it."
Camille scribbled a few lines on a
+. leaf in his pocket book, folded 1t and
! handed it to his brother, who called
/! Greg to him.
you know this lady by sight?' he
asked, pointing to the superscription.
The young sailors face was as steady
as rock as he answered in the af11rma-
tive.
"Take 1t to her in the church, then,
and return yourself Immediately. If
you do not return will march my men
to the church and fire upon the people,"
said Fournier.
Greg disappeared In the shrubbery
which adjoined the churchyard.
Pushing open the door, he removed
his cap and tptoed reverently up the
aisle toward the chancel, where Peggy
Dempster was seated with the cAo1f