Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04

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1t isn't how much you study, bu
now much your brain accepts, just al
1t is not how much you eat, but how
much the stomach assimilates tha
does you good.
For lofty thoughts read Mrs
Browning's sonnets. They are delight
full. You will find in Poe's works 9
vast amount of general information
on all subjects, and they are written
In a vein of mysticism and romance
that is strfkingly splendid.
robert Louis Stevenson, George
Eliot, Tennyson, Thackeray and Mac
aulay are also good ones to know.
VI course every student should read
the Bible and Shakespeare. Taine's
History of English Literature reads
IKE romance, and. those who seek
mental brilliancy and brain beauty
can well afford to go through these
interesting volumes over and over
again.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
| Notable Work of Young Women,
1oung women have borne an impor-
tant part in the history of the world,
"A recent paper in an educational jour
nal calls attention to the number Of
comparatively youthful women who
nave achieved notable things in their
dlHerent callings. Joan Of Arc at 10
LED the army of victorious France:
Patd sang in public before she had
entered her teens. At % Nine. De
Stael accomplished an ESSAY on Rous-
seau; Jane Austen had completed her
l1feWork at AZ, and all of the Bronte
sisters died before they were 40.
When Uncle Toms Cabin appeared
Harriet Beecher Stowe was only 80
and George Eliot gave Adam Bede to
the world at 3S. Miss Grace Lathrop
Collin and Onoto Watanna, two of the
most successful Of contemporary nov
elists, are both considerably under 80.
Health and Beauty Hints.
a bran bath, especially in the sum-
mer time, is delightful, softening and
cleansing the skin. To prepare the
bath, stir the bran into a tubfuI of
warm water, or sew up bag of thin
material, like cheese cloth, fill with
the bran and use the bag for the wash
CLOTH
Do not sleep in a room where the
light from a window shines directly
on the eyes; if the room faces the east
a heavy green shade will Keep out the
morning light and during moonlight
nights should also be kept down, as
moonlight falling directly on the eyes
Is harmful.
Red and rough hands can be helped
and entirely cured by careful treat
ment. Do not wash them in either
very not or very cold water; after
apply some soothing lotion
that has been found to agree with the
skin. Sleep in loose gloves at night
and wear gloves when out of doors.
The tartar that collects on the teeth
can be prevented by careful brushing
With a good tooth brush and powder
after each meal. Equal parts of pre-
chalk and powdered orris
root make good tooth powder and,
oelng free from any hard or gritty SUBJ
stance, will not injure the enamel.
For developing and increasing the
breadth Of the chest practice the exer-
Use called ''squaring' the chest" stand
With the weight on the balls of the
eet; raise the arms to the front at
houlder level, palms down, then
wing to side shoulder level, forcing
he shoulders back; repeat several
ines and the chest will gradually
,roaden.
1ngrowing nails can be painlessly re-
leved by the following treatment;
'aint. the intruding portion of nail
With 40 per cent solution of caustic
otash warmed. In few seconds the
pper horny layer will be so softened :
nat it can be scraped away with a
1t of glass; repeat the painting and
craping till nothing but thin layer
the nail remains, which can be ;easi-
cut away with the points of a pair;
manicufe scissors.
Concerning Women.
Nine. Loubet, wife of the French
resident, believes in coeducation. Re-
entity at society of French mothers
he brought down upon herself severe
iticism by advocating American
ethods of training girls. :
The Mothers Birthday Club of Ger.
any has just been formed In Berlin.
8 object is to prevent race suicide
Id each member on the birth of A