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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

MED him. And yet his dream was COM
ing true, for he dreamed that he sailed
the sea with her in his arms, and was
she not now in his arms? o, gentle
dreams! o, destiny!
1t was not long before the storm
ceased as suddenly as it came, and the
heavy black clouds receded, and the
blue in the sky was as bright as when
they started out. The little steamer
cut pluckily through the water, and in
half an hour the party, now in excellent
spirits, had reached the cool, shady
grove. The miracle wrought during the
storm was the talk of the day, and not
less talked about was the devotion of
the minister to the happy unfortunate
who knew now that she loved him, and,
with an unfathomable intuition given
to creatures like herself, knew, also,
that John Grimshaw loved her. He did
not love her less because she could not
speak, else the bans would not have
been published, and the marriage that
took place at st. Matthias Church, six
months after, would never have oc-
CURED. She never spoke to him with
her voice, but her eyes and her lips and
her hands spoke to him always, and
Sunday after Sunday as he looked over
his congregation, the same little figure,
with face of sweetness rather than
sadness, looks up into his eyes, intelli-
gently, and hears the blessed words as
they fall from his lips.-Lillian Lewis.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
A Peculiar Funeral.

A funeral without a corpse was the
queer spectacle which the people of
Williamsburg, N. Y, witnessed recent
ly The way it came to occur was this:
Henry Milthack, resident of that
town, sent his wife to Germany for her
health, and on Sunday received cable
message to the effect that she was dead
and that she would be buried on Tues
day. OF course her husband could not
get across the ocean in time for the
funeral, so he resolved to have a con-
temporary funeral III Williamsburg,
minus the corpse. An undertaken was
engaged, who arranged for the affair in
the usual manner. Announcements
were put in the papers and friends of
the family notified. At the appointed
hour the house was filed with mourn
ers, and the minister preached a funer-
al sermon. Every detail was carried
out the same as IL 1T were an ordinary
funeral, until it came to going to the
cemetery, and there, of course, it had
to- stop,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER.
He Tells Story Which Sounds Like
Book.

he Tells a Story Which sounds Like
Book.
A locomotive engineer should be one
of the most truthful of men. That's
why this little story of Southern en-
gineer should be believed implicitly.
you may talk as you please about
red-headed women" he was saying to
a group of listeners, among whom was
Star reporter, ''but red-headed
woman saved my life and established a
home for herself all at once. l was 25
then and was running freight on the
G. & o. in the West Virginia noun
tains, where 1t took talent to run an
engine. My division ended at Hinton,
and there was a red-headed girl lived
about six miles to the east, where there
was siding near a big cut and fill,
and it was bad place, as the road was
new.
The girls name was Maggie Conroy,
and she had the reddest head I ever
saw on human beings shoulders out
side of torchlight procession. But
didn't care for that, and did care for
Maggie. One sunshiny day was COM
ing down track with stock train load
ed with some extra fine cattle and
sheep, and had in the caboose three
of the owners. 1t had been raining
and washouts were looked for, but
hadn't seen any and was bowling along
at good speed when all of a sudden at
the curve l thought I saw~a red light
rising just over the track. 1t seemed
to shine like blazeain the track, and
before 1 took time for thought had
shut off the steam, whistled down the
brakes and was doing my best to stop.
Right then my fireman give me the
haw haw in a way to chill the blood in
the veins of a man who can't stand
teasing,i and took a look forward and
found that the red light / thought 1 saw
was only Maggie's head of red hair
sticking up In advance as she pulled
herself up the steep emhankment to
get onto the track: With an oath
opened everything again, but as I did
so Maggie threw up her hands and
dropped in dead faint by the track,
and L stopped off everything again, for
l felt sure that something was wrong.
had half an hour or so leeway be-
tween trains, and / shook Maggie up
as quickly as / could to find out what
was the matter. She came around
mighty soon, because she had only
tainted from overexertion, and she told
me how big bowlder had fallen on the
track in curve near her house that
wouldn't have seen till it was too late
to stop for, and she had run across the
spur of the mountain to stop me. in
time If she could.
That's what she was trying to dc
when her red head shone like a danger
signal and stopped me. Later the own
| ers of the stock gave her money enough
to buy nice little house at Hinton and
six months later 1 moved in. We've
/ got the house yet, but 1--WE don't live in
it," concluded the engineer, .:for it
wasn't big enough for family of six
| children, and not red-headed one in
! the lot:"-Washingto Star.
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Roads and Road Making.


The Swedish mile Is the longest mile
when told that he is only about a mile
from desired point would better hire
horse, for the distance he will have
to walk if he chose in his ignorance to
adopt that mode of travel, is exactly
II, 700 yards.
The fathers of the republic projected
twelve great systems of national roads,
but Of all these only three were even
partially completed, and only one, the
Cumberland road, was well advanced
when the financial crisis of 1887 came
upon the country and stopped farther
construction.
According to the Book of Judges, the
Hebrews at an early day in their occu-
patton of Palestine had good highways.
In the song of Deborah, mention is
made of the abandonment Of the high
roads and the use Of by-paths by tray-
elers on account of the disturbed con-
dition of the country.
In China there is no regular standard
of distance. Standards vary in the
different provinces of the Empire, the
ehih, or unit of length, varying from
to 16 inches in different provinces. "A
Chinese mile may be from quarter of
an English mile to mile and three
quarters, according to the province.
The Incas of Peru built very fine
roads, one system of which traversed
the plateau, the other followed the sea-
coast north and south. The seacoast
road is said. to have been nearly 1,50O
to 1000 miles in length and 20 feet in
breadth. Many portions of this mag
nificent system of roads are still fit
for use.
The Importance of roads for military
and commercial purposes was early
recognized in the United States, and
great system, or rather, three great sys-
TENS, were projected. One from New
York through New England, another
west through Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, and another through
the South.
The scientific construction of roads
In Austria began after the. peace of
1915, and from that time until 1875 no
less than 10000 miles of road for mill
tary and commercial purposes were
built, together with sixty passes over
the Alps, to connect Austria proper
with Steyermarck;; Tyrol, Lombardy.
and Venetia.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
A MIRACLE OF THE STORM.

1t would occupy an hour and half
to reach their destination, and he took
her under his special charge. 1t. was
a merry crowd. 1t was jolliest in the
stern of the boat, where people were
packed like sardines on the deck seats
and on camp stools. John Grimshaw
and the mute little creature he loved
were sitting together. Their arms
touched as they leaned on the railing
and looked out upon the water-the
yachts, the smacks, the sailing vessels,
the rowboats that passed and repassed
them. Suddenly ne felt what seemed
to be the spray against his face. An
other instant, and without warning, big
drops of rain began to fall and an
ominous black cloud covered the blue
of the sky. Sheets of water rained and
blew from the northeast Big green
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

she had heard. Infuitiveiy he felt that
she had heard his voice. He had read
once of such miracle-that volley of
thunder so dense and so terrific as to
deafen a person Of ordinary hearing
had in some miraculous and divine way
restored the hearing of a man who had
been deaf from birth. And, perhaps,
this precious gift had been restored to
the girl he loved. Ee spoke once more
the name he had spoken in his dreams,
and she gave Syn that she heard. It
was too true. 1t was miracle of the
storm, and he bowed his head and
thanked God. ~
If he could but hear H6nice. But
that inestimable plaasd1 p be de.s
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A sample Road.


There is general interest in the pro-
posed sample road building by the
United States Government at the New
York State agricultural experiment sta
ton at Geneva: The sample road will
be more than 1000 feet long. About
800 feet will be macadamiZed in the
center to the width of eight feet, with
rolled dirt on either side, this being de.
signed as an improved country road.
The remainder, something over mile,
will be macadamized in the center four
teen feet, with dirt roads on either side.
1t is now proposed also to lay at least
200 feet of the steel track, which is
now attracting so much attention as a
possibly efficient and economical road,
in sections where stone is scarce and
costly. Visitors are cordially invited
to witness the operations on Wednes-
day and Thursday of each week by
Gen. Roy Stone, who is in charge
New York Tribune.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Sunday after Sunday the same de-
mure little creature sat in the last pew
On the right-hand side of the center
nisle in st. Matthias. Church, and Sun
day after Sunday the young minister
In charge looked down over his congre-
CATION and caught the wistful look of
pair of dark-brown eyes that was
solemn and pathetic at once. Before
the last amen of the recessional had
ceased to vibrate on the ears of the
kneeling worshipers the little creature
had each time made her way out of the
church unnoticed. After awhile Rev.
John Grimshaw, who was six and
twenty, and impressionable at that, be-
gan to feel the influence of that benign
expression, and of those solemn dark
eyes, and decided to speak with the
girl If an opportunity presented itself,
and the opportunity did come one Fri
day night on saints day when there
was a special service at the church in
the evening.
She had never been into the church
before except on Sunday, and what
was his surprise and pleasure when
the young minister lifted his eyes that
night and saw the face that was be-
ginning to interest him sitting before
him quite near the front. During the
singing of hymn he approached her
and asked her to remain after the
service, as he wished to say a few
words to her. She did not reply, ex
cept with mute appeal in her splendid
dark eyes. He mistook her silence for
embarrassment and returned to his
place at the lectern. At the close of
the service he hurried to the side of the
girl, who was just in the act of leaving
her pew, and spoke few words to her.
He was Inviting her, in that calm, de-
liberate way that characterized him, to
come to church often, to consult him,
to become a regular worshiper at the
church; but as he talked in low, per-
suasive tones, and no response came
from the girl, he began to wonder at
her extreme bashfulness, and when she
began to shake her head, to make rapid
signs with her deft fingers, in an in
slant he realized that the appealing
eyes that followed him in his dreams
and in his waking moments, and the
pretty but sad face, were those of
deaf mute, and so swift and sudden
was the surprise that swept over him,
that he could have cried out in his
anguish. A chill came over his heart,
but only for an instant, and in the next
he communicated as best he could by
mods and smiles and expression that he
understood her and was sorry for her
He tried to make her understand that
he would like her to continue to come
to church and be good Christian, but
whether she comprehended'h him or not
he did not know. He walked to. the
door with her, and as she went slowly
down the stone steps he nodded a
pleasant goodnight as she looked back.
When he was alone that night the
young preacher gave way to his emo
ton. He realized that he was deeply in
love with the little being who had never
spoken a word to him, and whom he
nok knew would never speak to him.
He should never know that sound of
her voice, which in his fancy was low
and soft and musical And now, on!
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
will stop the torture and restore cour-
age. All such pains come from a de-
ranged uterus. Trouble in the womb
blots out the light of the sun at mid
day to vast number of women. You
should procure Mrs. Pinlsham's Com
pound at once and obtain relief.
Mrs. T. M. Knapp, 563 Wentworth
Ave, Milwaukee, Wis, says: Sc suf-
fercd with. congestion of the ovaries
and Inflammation of the womb. Lydia
e. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound
cured me as it will Others"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

True there We're other girls in the par
fish who would gladly accept him if he
would make the offer, but he did not
love one of them as he now realized
that he loved this girl who had occu-
pied that rear seat In the church Sun
day after Sunday, always attired in a
neat black dress, a bit of soft white
lace falling over her collar and setting
off her pretty,:th throat. She might be 18
or 20, he thought, and was just tall
enough. He had noticed that she came
fc his shoulder as he walked down the
aisle with her that night. Her hands
were so pretty. too, when she made
few hurried signs, and he should never
be able to hold them between his two
large palms.
At last sleep pulled the curtain be-
fore these precious, yet bitter, thoughts
and Rev. Mr.. Grimshaw fell into a deep
slumber, and dreamed that he was sail
ing the sea with this beautiful girl, that
he held her in his arms, that he called
her Ruth" When he awoke it was
with the bitterest disappointment, for
he was alone, and the bright sun was
streaming full upon his face He re-
membered that the Kings Daughters
of the parish were to enjoy an excur-
sion down the bay that day, and as he
had many little affairs of importance
to attend to before o'clock, the hour
of sailing, he busted himself about
them, saying the name Ruth softly to
himself in the meanwhile, and wonder
ing if her name were really Ruth.
The excursion steamer was in wait
ing at the dock, and one by one the
young girls stepped aboard, each smil-
ing her sweetest as she noticed the
young minister standing ON the wharf.
He returned their salutations with a
serious countenanee, and with dignity
slightly lifted his hat; but his eyes
were strained to the little narrow street
beyond, watching and waiting fof her.
hoping, yet not knowing, that she
would come. 1t wanted one minute of
the hour, and anxious ones aboard the
little excursion steamer were calling to
Mr. Grimshaw to come aboard and no.
get left. If he heard he needed not, and
just as he was about to give up hope of
her coming, just as they were about to
pull in the gangplank, slight figure
IN a neat-fitting black dress with white
lace at the throat and small black hat
set upon shapely little head crowned
with a wealth of chestnut-brownl hair.
approached the wharf. Calling to the
sailors to wait a moment, John Grim
shaw sprang forward and, taking the
girl by the arm, forgetful that she could
not hear word he said. explained To
her that she was late and must hurry
to get aboard in time. She only smiled
and turned her wistful eyes full upon
him, and his heart sweiled with a feel
ling undefnable, for he thought that he
perceived love in her looks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
WHALING FLEET IN DANGER.

1t is predicted that the vessels OF the whaling
fleet, most of whose underwriters in San
Francisco, have been caught in the ice and
also threatens those who neglect what are
called "trifing" ailments, for they may not last
through the crisis. Resort TO Hostetters Stom-
ach Bltters at once for incipienI rheumatism,
malaria, constipation, nervousness and kidney
complaint
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTOKIA,' - and
PITCHERS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark
l. DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of" PITCHERS CASToRIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASTORIA" /" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the Kind 1ou haze GkaOays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the tar. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
aonai reeaes; 4eainess Is causio Dy an IN IN
Eustachan Tu be. When this tube is iniamed
You have rum mbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and whenit is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tut restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
Wewill give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars; free.
FL. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
HALLS FnmilY Pills are the best.
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Anather Labor. Union.

sDiggs-I see by the paper this morn
ing there was a "tie-up" on .one of the
Westernstrunk lines Yesterday.
.Biggs-That. so? :. What was the
cause? -
Diggs-oh, a>silly couple thought it
would be romantic to get married in a
parlor car.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

John z. Redmond, M. P, the we'll
known Irish leader, will sail for this
country on December 80. He is COM
ing to America at the invitation of
prominent workers in the Irish cause
to speak on the rebellion of 1898, to
arouse the enthusiasm of Irish-Ameri-
cans in the pilgrimage to Ireland next
July to celebrate the rising.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
French Wine.

A Paris paper says that the vine
yards of Gard and Herault have recov-
cred from the phylloxera, and that
wine is as cheap as it was in 1875.
Nevertheless, the population is turning
more and more TO alcohol.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Travellers in Sweden report that the
street cars in that country seldom stop
for passengers. Both men and women
jump on and off while they are moving,
and accidents are scarcely ever heard
of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Fiddled His Way to victory.

.'Neyer scorn any of your honorable
attainments,' counseled the old Judge,
who has been on the bench in his dis
trict for a third of a century. 'I heed
ed this advice in my own case or I'd
not be where now am, and where I'm
liable to stay as long as I'm in the har-.
ness. The first time l was nominated
1 was with the minority party, and
had little hope of election. The, high.
est fight of my ambition was to make
a good showing. In the river district
along the docks there was dense pop
ulation, and as the voters there went,
so went the district. I was told there
was no chance of making any inroads
there, but 1 wanted to satisfy myself
by personal inquiry. happened there
on the night of little dance at the
house Of rough but influential giant
among the river men, and dropped in
to have talk with some of those pres
ent. Ny opponent had been invited,
but sent his regrets. My reception was
a chilly one, and was figuring on get
ting away as gracefully as possible
when 1t was discovered that the fid-
dler was prematurely under the infu-
ence of refreshments and could not
play. A canvass of the invited guests
showed that no one could supply the
vital accompaniment to the festivities,
and the entertainment began to as
sumo the appearance of dismal fail
ure.
"sPerhaps / can help you out, gen.
tlemen,' volunteered with inward
trembhngs, for had not touched a fd-
die since / used to saw away in the
kitchen at the old farm home.
sIn no time they had me on top of
barrel, fiddle, bow and rosin in my
hands. Their enthusiasm was an in
spiration, for it meant votes. Merrily
and vigorously rendered such classics
as Money Musk we Kept the Pig in
the Parlor and 'O'Reilly's Reel while
the dancers shook the house and shout
ed approval. More power to his ell
bow and It's him as will be the mkt
jidge,' was the music that I heard on
every hand till gave the Home, Sweet
Home at 4 in the morning. 1 went in
with whoop, and have been going in
ever since."-Detroit Free Press.
Three Queer Tennessee Farmers.
'There is in Tennessee a family of
three sisters which presents some of
the most startling peculiarities imag-
Unable" said Mr.. j. J. Kennedy, of that
State. 'sThe three sisters live together
on farm, their sole means of subsist-
ence, and work early and late to earn
q livelihood. Two of them work In the
field; the third does the cooking and
other housework.
There is but one period of the year
when any member of the trio has any
thing to say to any other member. All
during the winter, spring and summer
they go about their business with the
seal of silence on their lips. When fall
comes and the crop is harvested they
break the silence, and then only to
quarrel over the division Of the pro-
ceeds. When each has succeeded in get
ting all that she thinks possible, silence
reigns again until the next harvest
time. The sisters, as you may judge,
have made name for themselves.
They are known fer and near as the
deaf and dumb triplets, although such
a title is scarcely appropriate. Wash
ington Post.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

The oldest married couple in the
United States are Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Manuel of Cape Porpoise, Mass. She
is 9s and he is 101 years of age, and
they have been married n years.
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NEVER CONTENT.

Some people are never content with any
thing. They will not find exactly what
they want even in Heaven, if they know
some one.is there ahead of them. For in
stance, some are great sufferers from neu-
ralgia. Friends have told them what is
best and certain to cure them. Not content
with what is said, they suffer on. Pain
ravages and devastates the system. and
leaves ia barren waste. st. Jacobs Oil has
cured thousands. Just try it.
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AsItIain Kenfuck,

As 1t Is in Kentucky.
Willie-Pa, what's q smiling land
scape7
Pa-It's field of corn or rye In Ken,
lucky, Willie
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

ONLY renewer of manly strength MASON
CHEMICAL CO. P. 0. Boz AZ Philadelphia. Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Three drops OF black cats blood is
sovereign cure for Group in the folk
lore of some people.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.-George w. Lotz Fabu-
cher. La, August 26, 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Authorities of the Kansas university
dismissed all the natural history classes
on circus day recently to enable the
students to study the animals. -.