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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-12-23


ought to share their Christmas with
friends, but he had checked the i'm
pulse with the thought that with the
babies and Bridget's incompetence it
was no use to try; it wouldn't pay.
But with the new spirit and atmos-
phere that had begun to develop in his
home his heart went out in generous
feelings towards others; so true is it
that happy homes are the seed-beds of
kindness for the world.
There is your cousin John with his
wife and two children. and my cousin
Will with his little ones. Both of them
are struggling along with small sal
aries and I suppose the last thing they
would think of would be an invitation
from us to dinner. Shall we invite
them? If SO. will go to the city this
afternoon If there is train, and invite
them and lay in q special stock Of good
things for the occasion"
As it proved, there was a train about
three o'clock; and the man who went
to the city on it, bound on his errand
of kindness, was an entirely different
man from the petulant, moody, dis
gruntled one who had missed it in the
morning. And the final outcome of the
whole matter was the happiest and
best Christmas that the Jones family
had ever known.-Helen E. Starrett. in
Chicago Interior.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
The Town of I" Is,r

One of the most popular legends in
Brittany is that relating to an imagin-
ary town called Is, which Is supposed
to have been swallowed up by the sea
at some unknown time. According to
them the tips Of spires of the churches
may be seen In the hollow Of the waves
when the sea Is rough, while during a
calm the music Of their bells ringing
out the hymn appropriate to the day
rises above the waters. often fancy
that have at the bottom of my heart
a city Of Is, with Its bells calling to
prayer recalcitrant congregation. At
times I halt to listen to these gentle
vibrations, which seem as If they come
from Unreasonable depths like voices
from another world. Since old age be-
gan to steal upon me / have loved,
more especially during the repose
which summer brings with 1t, to gather
up these distant echoes of a vanished
Atlantis.-Ernest Renan.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

Among the natives of the Philippines.
according to a correspondent of the
Medical News. New York, "there Is
occasionally found peculiar nervous
disease called mali-mali, the victims of
which seem to be impelled by an un-
controllablo impulse to initiate the
movements of any one they see before
them. Sometimes the disease will lie
dormant while the victim goes quietly
about his work, but if frightened or
excited in any way he will Immediately
begin to initiate every motion of any
person who attracts his attention. If a
person suffering from this disease be-
comes angry he shrieks and raves like
maniac, at the same time continuing
bis mimicking performances. Old
women are the most common victims of
mali-mali, though men are sometimes
attacked. Some people believe that
the imitation mania, as 1t Is sometimes
called, Is always assumed and that the
pretended victims can control their
antics If they. try, as they are often at
tackled In the presence of Europeans
from whom they hope to obtain aims;
but there is no doubt that the symp-
toms Of this disease are generally real,
and that such disease exists Is Ger.
tain ~
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
A Royal Martyr to Etiquette.

In Spain the etiquette to be observed
in the royal palaces was carried to such
length as to make martyrs Of their
kings. There Is an historic instance.
Philip III. was gravely seated by the
fire; the firemaker Of the court had
kindled so great a quantity Of wood
that the monarch was nearly suffocated
with heat, and his grandeur would not
suffer him to rise from the chair; the
domestics could not presume to enter
the apartment, because it was against
the etiquette. At length the Marquis
do Totat appeared, and the king Or
dered him to damp the fires; but he
excused himself, alleging that he was
forbidden by the etiquette to perform
such a function, for which the Due
d'Usseda ought to be called upon, as 1t
was his business. The duke was gone
out: the fire burned f1ercer, and the
king endured it rather than derogate
from his dignity. But his blood was
heated to such a degree that he was
seriously i'll the next day. A violent
fever succeeded which carried him off
in the twenty-fourth year Of his age
London Star.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
PORTO RICO
General Information About the lei.
and in Paragra pI1ic Form.

General Information About the l61-
and in photographic Form.
Porto Rico lies seventy miles east OF
Hayti, separated from it by the Mona
Passage. 1t is about 100 miles long and
thirty-seven broad, and has a coast
line Of about 300 miles.
The island was discovered in 1893 by
Columbus and In 1911 the town of San
Juan was founded and settled by Ponce
de Leon.
Commercially considered the island
Is valuable acquisition. 1t Is excep-
tionally well watered and its general
appearance is beautiful. The lowlands
consists OF extensive savannas upon
tured
The staples of the island are sugar,
molasses and coffee, also cotton, maize
and rice are extensively cultivated.
The Encyclopedia Britannica declares
the exports Of Porto Rico more than
double in value those Of Jamaica.
San Juan, the principal town of Porto
Rico, Is well laid out and is one Of the
healthiest cities in the West Indies. The
population in peace time Is about 20.-
900.
The city of Ponce, second in size to
San Juan, has a population Of about
1900. 1t is lighted by gas and has
other modern conveniences. 1t is con-
nected by cable with Jamaica and by
telegraph with the other large cities of
Porto Rico.
Porto Rico has a salubrious climate.
Being almost wholly agricultural, the
island Is capable Of splendid develop.
ment.
The island is governed by captain
general with headquarters at San Juan.
He Is assisted by a Junta Of military
officers.
Strategetically, Porto Rico IS admira-
bly, situated. It commands the Mena
and Virgin passes, the highways of
trade to and from the coast Of North
ern South America and Central Ameri-
ca. 1t would hold a commanding place
should the Nicaraguan Canal be con-
structed, for it IS the doorway to the
Caribbean Sea
The population of Porto Rico(fs about
950,000. Of whom not more than 10000
are native Spaniards.
The foreign trade Of the island in
1896 amounted to $36,5OO,OOO
The foreign trade Is chiefly with
Spain. The United States, Germany,
Great Britain, Cuba and France COM
bined hold about % per cent. Of the
trade.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Crown and bridge Work.

If you are In need of artificial teeth
be sure they are modern and strictly up
to date. If you have few teeth do
not have them extracted, but have
bridges made. The L. L. White sys-
tenn Of crowns and bridges is acknowl-
edged to be the latest and best. All
persons who are fortunate enough to
have crowns and bridges made accord
ing to this system are delighted, and
never cease In their praises Of the COM
fort they derive from their new teeth.
1t also more perfectly restores the fea-
lures of the face than any other method.
This system of artificial teeth is more
easily kept clean than any other. A
large number of Portland people are
wearing our lsake Of artificial teeth and
crowns. and several of them had worn
crowns and bridges of other systems,
and they assert that for comfort, clean.
Illness and artistic appearance nothing
can equal the White system. DR..
White also uses all the latest electrical
appliance for painless filling and ex-
traction of teeth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Our Sunday Victories.

The old saying, ''The better the
day, the better the Decd" seems to find
substantial support In our war with
Spain. Dewey's great victory at Manila
was fought on Sunday, May 1; schley
discovered Cervera's ships hidden in
the haIbor of Santiago on Sunday, May
80; Cervera's feet was smashed by
schley on Sunday, July 8; the Spanish
flag on Moro castle, Santiago, was
hauled down ON Sunday, July II; and
and the Spaniards at Manila began on
the night of Sunday, July 81, ending
in victory for the American troops. =
Les.ie's Weekly.
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which seemed to take all nv courage

which seemed to take all my courage
tears of joy for her, of despair for me-
she fell asleep so calmly, SO happily,
that / dare not wait for her to wake.
She fell asleep with her arms around
me, thinking | should never leave her
again; how could / have told her the
truth7 Who knows whether ! should
have had the courage to leave her after
doing SO? And what would you have
thought of me If l had not come back
$50 l kissed her, and slipped away
like thief while she was sleeping, and
here l am. Pray God may be good to
her as she has been to me. Mon COM
mandant, have one more thing to ask
to finish quickly"
The officer looked at the boy with
mingled pity and admiration. His own
eyes were full of tears.
You are quite resigned, then; death
does not frighten your" he asked.
Victor answered him with a gesture.
''And if pardoned you?"
"You would save my mothers life,
too, and I would revere you as a sec
ond father"
"Allons! you are a plucky lad. and
you have not deserved to suffer as you
have done. You shall go. Embrace me
first-bien! Now go, and go quickly.
Join your mother, and love her al
ways"
AS he spoke the last few words, the
officer took the boy by the shoulders
and pushed him away gently.
ut really would have been pity"
he said, half apologetically, to his staff,
as he turned toward them.
Victor did not run-he flew home. His
mother was still sleeping. He would
dearly have liked to cover her with
kisses, but he did not dare to wake her,
although her sleep seemed troubled. He
lay down again beside her.
Suddenly she sat up, crying: Mercy!
Victor! My childl Oh! Mercy! All!
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

brains and piety get married.
God accepts no brfbea
Pluck can outrun luck.
Policy sits on the fence.
Error fights from ambush.
Grit and grace win the race.
Principle flies no flag Of truce.
Troubles strengthen true faith.
Some big men are very small in Gods
sight
Christ towers above all the great men
of history, like an Alpine peak.
What better is SHINING man or
woman in the church than a SHINING
sinner outside Of the church,
Do you suppose that God thinks any
more Of baptized SHINING sinner than
Of an unbaptized one?
The question Is not what number of
blessings you have experienced, but are
you that blessed" man Of Ps. ii?
You might have q multitude of the
ories about plurality of blessings, but
do you live without committing known
sins?
Don't wait for God to chase you into
the home Of the saved with fire brand,
but study faithfully Heb. 19 and do
likewise.
This world Will soon pass away, or, If
It does not we will, and nothing but
Gods righteousness will avail at the
Judgment seat Of Christ.
A sectarian preacher Is prismatic-
he splits the light Of truth into parts
and thus presents the blue of uncharit-
ableness, the yellow Of brazen bigotry,
and the green of envy,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Lemons as a Foo and Remedy


The uses Of lemons are manifold, and
the more we employ them the better
we shall find ourselves. For all people,
In sickness or In health, lemonade Is
not only safe but remarkably pleas
ant drink. 1t is q specific against worms
and skin complaints. The pippins
crushed may also be mixed with water
and used as drink. Lemon Juice is the
best anti-scorbutic remedy known; 1t
not only cures the disease, but, what Is
better than cure, 1t Is a preventive.
Sailors make daily use of itsfor that
purpose. 1t Is good thing to rub the
gums daily with lemon juice to keep
them in q healthy condition. 1t pre-
vents chilblains. Lemon used In inter-
mittent fevers Is mixed with strong,
hot black tea or coffee without sugar.
Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the
part affected with lemon. 1t Is val
liable also to cure warts and to destroy
dandruff on the head by rubbing the
roots of the hair with 1t.
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gave herself up to dreams of happier
days In store for both Of them.
Victor's sobs grew less frequent and
less violent, and soon nothing could be
heard in the little room but the regular
breathing Of the mother and child.
Ashamed of his weakness. the boy
forced himself into self-control, and
when he raised his head from the pill
low, once more believing himself
stronger than love Of life, his mother,
yielding to the reaction which her sud.
den joy had caused, was sleeping
peacefully.
The sight restored his energies. A
kind Providence, he thought had wish
ed to spare him a scene which his
strength and courage could not have
borne, and he resolved to go at once.
Lightly he kissed his mothers fore
head, and gazed at her earnestly for
a few moments. She seemed to smile,
he thought; then he went out hurriedly
and returned to his post as quickly as
he had come, not seeing soul he met
nor daring to look behind him.
what! so soon?" the commandant
cried, astonished. He had hoped, like
the good-hearted man he was, that the
boy would not return.
"But had prOmisedr'
Doubtless, but why be In such
hurry? You might have stayed with
your mother some time longer, and still
have kept your word"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
F,nds a Relic of NapoIeon.

A relic of Napoleon in the shape Of a
portion of the cockade worn by him at
the battle of Rivoli has been found In
Brooklyn among the effects of Mile.
Marie Poncy, who perished in La Bour-
gogne disaster. Miss PoncyEwas gov
erness In New York and had made ar
rangements to spend the summer in
Paris. She left her books and other
effects in the care of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis jacquard, Of 126 Cleveland
street, Brooklyn.
The Napoleon memento was d1scov-
cred by Mr.. jacquard while he was
preparing to send Miss Poncy's effects
to her sister in Geneva. 1t Is framed
in a medallion and bears this label:
Fragment du penache de Bonaparte
la bataille de Rivoli, LIE IA Janvier,
1797."
The cockade was given to Josephine
by Napoleon soon after their marriage,
and over fifty years ago the fragment
came into the possession Of Miss Pom
cy's father.
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r e was only a boy, not yet six
teen, but they were going to
II ,,{,, ,,ororfha1aco

e was only a boy, not yet six
T teen, but they were going to
L Il shoot him, nevertheless.
The band of Insurgents to which he
belonged had been routed by the Army
of Versailles, and, taken red-handed
with some ten of his comrades, he had
been conducted to the Marie or the
Eleventh Arrondissement
Struck by his youthful appearance,
and also astonished at the boys cool
ness in this hour Of extreme peril, the
commandant had ordered that the fatal
verdict should, so far as he was con-
cerned, be suspended for the moment,
and that he should be kept q prisoner
until his companions had met their fate
at the neighboring barricade.
Apparently quite calm and resigned,
his great eyes and his face-the pale
face Of q Partisan child-showed neith-
er emotion nor anxiety. He seemed to
watch all that was passing around him
as though they held no concern for him.
He heard the sinister report Of the
fusillade which hurled his companions
into eternity without moving muscle;
his calm, fixed gaze seemed to be look
ing into the great "Afterwards" which
was soon to become the present" to
him also. Perhaps he was thinking of
his happy careless childhood-he had
hardly outgrown 1t; perhaps of his re-
lations and their sorrow when they
heard Of the chain of fatality which
had made him fatherless and had toss
ed him into the seething turmoil Of CIV
II war, and now demanded his life at
the hands of fellow-countrymen; and,
perhaps, he wondered why such things
were.
At the time war was declared he was
living happily with his father and
mother, honest working folk who had
apprenticed him to a printer; politics
never troubled that little household.
1t was not long, however, before the
Prussians had slain the head Of the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Value of Chanea.

One Of the best prescriptions that can
issue from physician is q change, a
specialist friend of mine tells me. The
effects Of mingling with new people
who have new methods of thought is
very salutary, he says. Always to see
the same people do the same thing,
feel the same way, produces a stagnant
condition of the mind and heart that Is
very distressing to behold. There are
thousands of invalids who might be
greatly benefited by getting away from
home, If only for short time, to min
gle with strangers and be touched with
the magnetism Of the great world as 1t
courses in Its accustomed rounds And
there are mental and moral invalids
who need the same change to get their
heart and mind enlarged and let In
a little more of the great light Of life.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear, There is only one
wsy to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused By an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. Whep this tube gets IN
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when It Is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the infiamma-
ton can be taken out and this tube restored to
Its i normal condition hearing viii be DESTROYED ed
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family pills are the best.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

ali-gone feelings. palpita-
tion of the heart, bearing-down sensa-
ton and painful menstruation. could
not stand but a few minutes at time.
When commenced taking your med
icine 1 could not sit up half a day, but
before I had used half a bottle / was
up and helped about my work.
have taken three bottles of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
used one package of Sanative Wash.
and am cured of all my troubles. feel
like new woman. can do all kinds
of housework and feel stronger than I
ever did in my life Inow weighIsiK
pounds Before using your medicine l
weighed only los pounds.
Surely 1t is the grandest medicine for
weak woman that ever was. and my
advice to all who are suffering from
any female trouble is to try 1t at once
and be we'll Your medicine has
proven blessing to me. and cannot
praise itenough.-Mrs. LUCY GOODWIN.
Holly, W. Va.
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MRS. LUCY GOODWIN

Suffered four years with female trou.
bles. She now writes to Mrs. Pinkham
of her complete recovery. Read her
letter:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I wish you to
publish what Lydia E. Pinkaan's
Vegetable Compound. Sanative Wash
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

A Surrey parson the other day ad-
vised his male heale not to be afraid
Of bagging their trousers or the lady
hearers of bursting their silk stockings
by kneeling in prayer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

A medical authority on the virtues
of various kinds of foods declares that
the herring gives the muscles elasticity,
the body strength and the brain vigor,
and Is not forming.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

A postage stamp seven-eighths of an
inch long and three fourths of an inch
wide would carry 500, 900. 900 OF the
typhoid fever bacillus, and If the layer
were made tenth of an inch deep, there
would be 1000, 900, 900, 900.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYING MA
CHIMES.

Inventors are plenty who can make q ma
one Improvement. which none has succeeded
In making Is an apparatus that will guide the
machine through the many treacherous cur
rents of air. In this respect humanity Is
fortunate in having Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which acts as safe guide by curing
treacherous stomach, liver and blood diseases,
giving a good appetite, a strong constitution
and nerves like steel.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
CHE BECAME A CHILD ONCE MORE"

you are here; 1t is really your" she add
ed, waking.
Her thin, weak hands wandered all
over him; she pressed him close to her
and rained kisses on his face. Then
she was shaken by convulsive sobs,
which Victor could not calm.
"Oh! my boy! my boy!" she moaned,
'T dreamt they were going to shoot
youf''-Strand Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Perverted Ideas of beauty.

Some of the natives of Australia
have queer idea of beauty. They cut
themselves with shells, keep the wounds
open for long time, and when they
heal huge scars are the result. These
scars are deemed highly ornamental.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

The primitive inhabitants of Europe.
it is now believed, were the ancestors
of the long-headed blonde Teutons Of
the north, and the long-headed bru-
nettes of the Mediterranean.
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Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder

People of St. Thomas, Canada, were
SO superstitious that they wanted su-
pervisor to revise the lists when they
we're told that their town had increased
but IS inhabitants during the year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

Representative William p. Hepburn.
of Iowa, is the great grandson of the
famous Martin Lyons, who represented
three different states in congress and
cast the vote which elected Thomas
jefferson president.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

A process has been recently perfected
by which thin sheets of absolutely
transparent celluloid are silvered by
similar process to that formerly used
on glass,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

The Australian aborigines are now
ranked by ethnographers as fifth or
sixth in the list of so-called natural
races. the Veddahs of Ceylon being the
lowest in the scale of savage culture.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
WAGONS IMPROVED.

The new improved Stoughton wagons
stand the racket. Three more car loads are
on the way. 1t pays to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLE,
sole agent, foot of Morrison street, Port
land, Or.
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Discover or Tee.

Tea, according to Chinese writer's,
was discovered In the eighth century
The Dutch introduced 1t Into Europe
In 1891.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

The Peruvian Central railroad covers
q distance of ten miles at an elevation
only about 1000 feet lower than the
summit Of the highest mountain in
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

The people are demanding more from
the Lord than they used to. A few
years ago, % cents was willingly paid
for dish Of Ice cream at church So
cial. Now the people demand that the
price be 10 cents, and cake thrown In.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

Two German professors at Bonn
have made series of experiments
which negative the current notion that
cutting the hair stimulates Its growth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. 1. Baker, 1928
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 8, 95.