CHRISTMAS DAY. Christmas, as all well know, is the day cnlebrated as the one on which Christ was born. The in stitution of this festival is attrib uted by the spurious Decretals to Telesphorus, who flourished in the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-C1 a. o.), but the first certain traces of it are found about the time of the emperor Coiurnodus (180-92 A. r.). In the reign of Diocletian (284-305 A. D. ), while that ruler was keeping court at Nicomedia, he learned that a multitude of Christians were assembled in the city to celebrate the birthday of Jesus, and having ordered the church doors to be closed, he set tire to the building, and nil the worshipers perished in the flames. It does not appear, however, that there was any uniformity in the period of obseiving the nativity among the early churches; some held the festival in the month of May or April, others in Jan. It is, nevertheless, almost certain that the 25th of Dec. cannot be the nativity of the Savior, for it is then the height of the rainy season in Judea, and shepherds could hardly bo watching tneir flocks by night in the plains. Christmas not only became the parent of many later festivals, such as those of the Virgin, but especially from t,he 5th to the 8th century gathered around it, as it were, several other festivals, partly old and partly now, so that what may be termed a Christmas cycle sprang up, which surpassed all other groups of Christian holi days in the manifold richness of its festal usages, and furthered, more than any other, the completion of the orderly and systematic distri bution of church festivals over the the whole year. Not casually or arbitrarily was the festival of the nativity celebrated ou the 25th of Deo. Among the causes that co operated in fixing this period as the proper one, perhaps the most powerful was, that almost nil the heathen nations regarded , the winter-solstice as a most important point of the year, as the beginniiijj of the renewed life and activity ol the powers of nature, and of the gods, who were originally merely the symbolical personifications ol these. In more northerly countries, this fact must have made itsell peculiarly palpable hence the Celts and Germans, from the oldest times, celebrated the season with the; greatest festivities. At the winter-solstice, the Germans held their great yule-feast in commem oration, of the return of the fiorj suu-wheel; and believed that, dur ing the twelve nights reaching from the 25th Dee. to tho fith Jan., they could trace the personal move ments and interferences on earth of their great deities, Odin, Borchtn etc. Many of tho beliefs and usages of the old Germans, and also of the liomans, relating t( this matter, pasBod over from heathenism to Christianity, anil have partly survived to tho present day. Ji nt tho church also Bought to combat and banish aud it was to a large extent successful the deep-rootod hoatheu feeling, by adding for the purification of the heathen customs aud feasts which it retained its grandly devised liturgy, besides dramatic repre sentations of the birth of Christ and the first events of his life. Honco sprang tho so-called "manger-songs," and a multitude of Christmas carols, as well a Christmas dramas, which, at cer tain times and places, degenerated into farces or fools' feasts. Hence also originated, at a later period, the Christ-trees, or Clnistmas troos, adorned with lights and gifts, tho custom of reciprocal presents, and of special Christmas moats and dishes, such as Christ mas rolls, cakes, currant-loaves, dumplings, etc. Thus Christmas became a universal social festival for young and old, high and low, hs t other Christian festival could have become. Rucklm's Arulra Salve. The bout sulve in tbe world for onto, Bruises, 8jri8, Ulcers, Halt Iiheum, Fever Sores, l'otter, Obnpped Uniuls, Obilblmrjfl, Corns, nod nil akin eruptions adi positively ourei Tiles, or no pay required. It is gua'nnteed to sive perfeot sutisfuction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by T. W. Ayers. Jr. Not thi Never-Sweats, A man con nected with tbe new paper fur the de velopment of the immigrant hminew? was arrested tliia inoruimr churned with hIphIiuk wood from tho K. of 1'. It w DleusiuK to know that the reputation of the newbpuper frtiteruity g ill not sutler, as tbe wood was aawmi. Tbe Dalle Chronicle. Visit your school and see what tho teachers are doing. Mayok Fiuexdi.ey, of Eugene, has been appointed as oue of the regents of the State university. The convicts should be given good, healthful employment. Bet ter makes road than do nothing. No change of school books is echoed and re-echoed throughout tho state. There will be none worth mentioning. Leadville is excited over a strike of gold quartz. The ban uer city of Colorado bids fair to enjoy quite a boom again. The Salem Statesman wants to tax insurance companies on their cross premiums. This will come out of the insured. Such a law will do no good whatever. The principal religion of Japan is Buddhism. They have one temple that alone cost 88,000,000. The Christians have some follow ing and have established several colleges. The Oriental war will be speedily ended, judging from present efforts towards peaceful relations. China couldn't even fight Costa Rica suc cessfully and has been taught a good lesson. Since Capt. MofTettleft the helm of the Portland Telegram, the paper has changed front on the money question. It is now as rampant "gold-bug" as it was formerly free coinage. The matter of education should continue to interest our people. L'hese are times for rigid economy, but is it economy to take from the young the advantages of securing at least a good, academic education? Surely it is not. Capt. W. V. Saundehs will re ceived full pardon at the hands of the governor about Jan. 1st. iaunders was a Corvallis news paper man who killed a rival in a woman case a few years ago, receiving a lifo sentence for the crime. It is certainly a creditable show ing for tho .United States thai there is hardly a state in the Union that will permit prizefighting, liven the principals of the Demp-jey-Ryan match think that they will have to go on Canadian soil to pull off the fight. The people of the state do nol pay public servants to devote their tinio to private business enter prises. This applies to ono mem ber of the Oregon railroad com mission who is said to bo working for a school book publishing house, it the same time drawing a salary from the state. This and Bimilai ictious ou tho part of public dlieials is what impresses the people that they are being taxed uselessly. Albany has a liar, a smart aleck, a pretty girl, a weather prophet, an old maid who chews gum, six women who gossip, a mau who knows everything, seven men who loaf, eleven boys wdio cut up in church, "a thing" that stands at church doors and stares at womon, a widower too gay for his years, and one or two men capable of running tlio Uuited Stutes. Albany Demo crat. Double up on this a fev times aud you have ITeppner "down pat." The merits of a new voting machine are being discussed in this state. It is certainly an im provement over the old way of voting uuder the Australian ballot system, and is a sine preventive of fraud and vote-buying. The ma chines will cost not less than $100 each, however, which will be in the way of their speedy adoption in Oregon, though in reality they will save money in the long run, as they will last twenty years, will save time in counting votes and cost of printing great, enormous blanket ballots. A. . Kilpatriok, of Fillmore, Dal., had tbe misfortune to have bia eg cauiibt b. tweeu a cart and a etcoe aud badly braised. Ordinarily be woald have Wen laid up for two or three weeks but says: "After using one bottle of Chamberlain's Fain Balm I bean to ft el better, and in three dins was entirely well. The peculiar eoothinu qualities whiali Clianilierliiin's Faiu lialm possess j oh I littve uever noticed lu any olher I liniment. 1 tuk pleasure in reeom tnendint! it." Thin liniment is hUo 01 wreat value for rheumatism and lame I back. For sale by Slocum-Jobnaon Dtu Co, AHOUr MTTLB PHIL. And HiH rnrni'etinn With An Indian I'pris mg She rnlnn's Rlnrklinnsp, on tlie Cnlum Ilia anil the Kvents Which l.eil to tin Cnntructiun- Sheriilaii's blockhouse, opposite Cas cade Locks, Or., on the Columbia river, has tumbled down, its heavy bnnd-bewo timbers, relics of stnrmv days in the northwest country, still sound save a few near the foundations, have been utilized by tbe vandal fishermen to build fiah ways, un'il the old river, soandalized by tbe flesecrntion, wept them all away during tbe ureat flood of tbia summer, and now nothing remains to mark the old stronghold of the pioneer but n few moss-grown and rotten timbers. An incident in tbe early history of Gen. (then lieutenant) Phil Hheridan is recalled by the ruiusof this old building, which is thus related by the veteran river pilot, Capt. J. McNulty, who fought tbe Indians here as a volunteer during the campaign of 1856, with "Little 1'bil," and who is yet making regular trips as a pilot on the middle Columbia. Tbe "fisbiug Indians," mostly Wasoos. Snakes and Cascades, with renegades from many other tribes, a regular hotch potch of "Hiwashes," whose love of the succulent Balmnn was greater than tribal ties, and whose lodges lined the river near tbe spearing rooks at the falls and oascades, bad long been turbulent and aggressive, but had made no serious out break until March 25, 1850. On that day a band of tbem attacked Brown's mill, situated just nbnve Cascade Looks, on the north, now Washington Bide, killing and horribly mutilating Mr. Brown and bia wife. The other whites living at tbe mill, together with the captniti aud crew of b little river steamer, the Mary, then tied up at the landing, had gone several miles up the river for the day, leaving only the engineer, Buck Minster, and a small boy named Jimmie Watkins, on board. Luckily for fieee, there was a little (ire banked under tbe boilers. The attack was so sndden, that before Minster could realize the danger the In diana were upou bim. The foremost reached the shore end of the g ing plank aR he did the other, to draw it aboard. A quick shot from bis pistol sent the red headlong into the river. The plBnk wns drawn in, while the boy out the shore line, aud the little Mary began drifting at once, under a hail of bullets and arrows, from one great danger into an other that of the terrible current Bbove tbe rapids. Sending the boy to the wheel, Minster threw everything inflamahln within reneh into the furnace some bacon, oil. md even furniture and made stean enough for headway, the boy, undei orders, making for the eddy behind an islnnd near the bend of tbe rapids, out n reach of the Indinns. The little fellow hnd proven himself a real bero, for ir iroing to the wheel he had been exposed freely to hostile bullets, ono striking hire in tbe leg, but be crawled manfully te his post nnd saved the boat. As soon as full steam could ba madi ibo steamer was headed across the nvei o Antwells, where alarm was given o1 Hie outbreak. Messengers were sent to t'ort Dalles Bnd Fort Vancouver. From the former Col. Wright came to the rescue with a company of U. S. troops, while Lieut. Phil Sheridan, with a troop from Fort Vancouver, embarked on tbf Steamer Belle, bringing one oannon. Landing at Lower Cascades, be wn quickly on the ground nnd rounded np 'i number of the bostiles. A oompani of volunteers from tbe Willamette Valley came on the boat Jenny Clark piloted by Capt. McNnltv. The troop? oou subdued tbe Indians, but not before a dozen or more whites hnd been killed Mine Indians were hung nenr tbe smok ing ruins of Brown's mill. The offloeri decided then to build a blncU-honso bert for the proti'otioo of scattered pioneers, a rallying place for them during later Indian scares. This was done during the same yenr 1H50 and is always called Hberidnn's but iust why no one seems to know now. point of rooks on tne river n short distance from the rapids, is also called Sheridan's point . Soon the last of tbe pioneers will have passed away, as has this, their moss-oovered old log strong hold, mid little moideuts like Jimmie Watkins heroism and iven Sheridan's prompt trip, too trivial to be noted in history, will have been lost save for dim tradition. Ho it ta ly be well to give one passing moment to tbe old blockhouse that nestled for so many years under the hadow of tho House-Mountain, itsell tbe eeei.e of one of (lie strangest Indian legeuds of tho Northwest country. George P. Morgan, iu Chicago Blade. hen Others Fail Uood'e Snrsaparilln builds up the shat tered system by giving vigorous nation to tho digestive organs, oreating an appetite aud purifying the blood. It if prepared by modern methods, possesses ;ho greatest curative powers, and Imp tbe most wonderful record of actual cures of any medicine in esistnnce. I'ako only Hood's. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, and lo not puree, pain or gripe. 25c. MUlltOL 1SOUKS. The school book question continues lo bo discussed at length. Some of tlit attacks upon tbe preseut system of book are really amusing, and make at least interesting reading. That tbe language series in nse should be changed seems to be pretty generally conceded. Outside of (but we Btill insist the sentiment of the teaubers of tbe state is practioally unanimous iu favor of retaining the present system We admire the pro gressive teacher and progressive ideas so long as they progress forward, but that admiration ceases when like tbe spirits at a seaeee, teir progress has reached a point where ibev no loneei use good lgiish The old hooks were thumbed by Wt hater, nml before out most recent omae for progress tbi teachers who now bsva charge of tbe schools themselves kwod from tlie old books. If they are examples of the re sults of old methods and old books, tben from our acquaintance with tbem we would say let the old books and the old systems remain. It is only six years since the present school books were selected, and if tbe school superintendents tben made so poor a selection as some would have as believe, they should not be trusted to make auothor. Tbe Dalles Chronicle. Care for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Eleotrio Bitters has proved to be tbe very beat. It eff-cts a permanent cure and the most dreaded babitnal siok headaches yie'd to its influence. We urge all wbo are afflicted to prooure a bottle; and give this remedy a fair trial, c cases of babitual oonstipatinn Eleo trio Bitters cures by giving tbe needed tone to the bowels, and few oases long resist the use of this medioine. Try once. Large bottles only fifty cents at r. W. Ayers, Jr., drug store. SKIRT LORE. Skirts of gowns for Btreet and day wear are eitber perfectly plain, or at most have a narrow trimming ofteuer than not, of fur around tbe edge. As to full ness, everything goes. Some women are the proud and happy possessors of skirts measuring from eight to nine yards in ciroumference ; but conservative women draw tbe line at anything beyond four yards and a quarter, which is quite nil enough for all practical purposes, and also for grace and beauty. However, the fashion scribe does not attempt to make or mold the fashions ; her duty is simply to chronicle tbem, and leave each woman to work out her own salvation. The inconvenience anrl awkwardness of tbe over-full skirts are sure to bring tbem quickly into disfavor, for they flop in cumbersome folds about tbe knees, like the deep circular flounce which met with Buoh short-lived popularity a few seasons ago. When tbe modes of tbe season are adopted with fastidions mod eration, they bear oompanson with all preoeding periods for beauty, graoe, and elegacoe ; and they are so adaptable to different figures and faces that every woman oan be dressed becomingly. If all her best points be not brought out and her defects artfully oouoealed, My Lady has only herself and her modiste to blame. From "Review of Fashions," in Demorest's Magazine for January. The popularity of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and tbe high esteem in wbicb it is held leads us to believe it to bean artioleof great worth and merit. We have the pleanre of giving the experi jnce of three prominent oitizens of Uedondo Beach, Gal., in the nse of the remedy. Mr. A. V. Trndell says: "I lave always reoeived prompt relief when I used Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy," Vlr. JamesOrohard suys: "I am satisfied 'bat Chamberlain's Cough remedy oured nv cold." Mr. J. M. Hatoher says: "For three years I have need Chamber ain's Cough Remedy in my family and itarpwilta have always been satisfactory. For sale by Slooum-Jobbson Drug Co. Not Appointed Yet. Tbe E. O. in a recent issue gave out the information that the construction board E. O. insane asylum had been appointed and were busy with tbe plans, etc. Wo have it from a very, very reliable source that nothing has been done further than to o implete the purchase of tbs land for lite of asylum, over near Union, Or. The appointment of the board of oon Jtruo tion will be left to tbe new state iflicers, and the construction of tbe asylum building will be commenced aud completed under their administration. For the many acoidents that ooour about the farm or household, such as burns, scalds, bruises, cats, ragged wounds, bites of animals, nmsquitos or itber insects galls or chafl'ed spots, 'rost bites, aches or pains ou any part it tbe body, or tbe ailments resulting from exposure, as neuralgia, iheuma tism, eto. Dr. J. H. MoLean's Voloan io Oil Liniment has proved itself a sovereign remedy. Prioe 25o, 50o and 41 00 per bottle. Oilhousen in order to have samples of his work all over the oounty, oilers you a life-size crayon portrait with tbe Ga zette, one year in advance from date of order, lor tfl.u. Our Heppner people will remember Max Smith, of The Vienna Cafe, formerly looafed at the oorner of Heoond and '.Vash. streets, Portland. We know that his old friends will be grntifl! to learn that be is again st the bead of "The Vienna" at 251 Morrison street. His reputation as a caterer certainly means a oontiuuatiou of the old patronage. rjimmiinnina Mnn.lnv rid, ft nn.l mi each Monday and Thursday thereafter iiuiii Jan. n, i lie u. it. a . win sen I.ir. ;..lr.,u H..nnt,n V 1 n.l and return, at ifD.'.lO, including two ad missions to ine roruanci ILXnosuion. Tickets good 8 days. The exposition will undoubtedly be very Hue. Mr, T. P. Condon, formerly with the Union Pncitlo, aud very well known to tu ny in Eastern Oregon, is the propri etor of the Merchant Hotel, of Portlaud. As will be seen in his advertisement in these columns, be runs a first class hotel and at prices to snit the timeB. Mr. Condon is worthy of patronage because be can give you exoellent enter tainment and save you money. ' A life size crayon picture of yourself or any member of your family, made right here in Heppner by an experienced irtist and worth 85 in the cheapest markets of the world, and the Gazette for one year, in advance from date of order, for 84.70. Call and see ns for terms. This offer holds good only till Oec. 15th. All orders must be in before that date. TO CONSPMPTIVES. Tbe nndersigned having been restored to health by simple means, titer (offer ing for several years with svere lung sffeotioo. nnd that dread disease. Con sumption, is snxions to make known to i hie fellow snfferers the means of rare. To those who desire it. be will eheerfal I ly seud, dee of charge, a copy of the pre scription ned, which they will find a , -mre cote for Consumption, Asthma, Ca I tnrrh, Hroucliitis and all throat and lung I maladies He hopes all sulTerers will ! use his remelv as it is invaluable. Those I d siring I be prescription, which will ocat ! them notbiug, and may prove abbesipg, will pleae address. Rev. EDWARD A k WILfrOX, Brooklyn, .V. 7. jirnll-w. Three hundred thousand Ameri can Christian women have petition ed the sultan of Turkey to release from exile Sahag Mahdissian, a, Christian Armenian. Sahag's crime amounted to nothing more than the fact that he translated from the Armenian to the Turkish language some scriptural passage. This a young friend, without Sahag's knowledge wore on his breast, and both were arrested. The former died, however, before reaching the land of exiles in the Sahara. While the sentiment ex pressed in the petition of the American ladies is a coble one, yet their efforts in that direction are about as much out of place as that of the English ladies who are over in America trying to impress society ladies with the necessity of dress reform, or of the English committee who propose to influ ence tbe South to better and moe lawful methods of handling negro rapists. In the interest of freedom and justice, the American ladies occupy a positiou which is alike creditable to themselves and our country, but in effect it is much labor lost on such a being as the sultan of Turkey. Geo. W. Jenkins, editor of the Santa Maria "Times," Cab, in speaking of the various Bilments of obildren said: "When my obildren have oroup there ib only one patent medicine that I ever use, and that is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It possesses s?me medical properties that relieve the little sufferers immediately. It is, in my opinion, the best cough medioine in tbe market." If this remedy is freely given as soon as the oroupy oongh appears it will prevent tbe attack. It is also an ideal remedy for whooping omgh. There is no danger in giving it to obildren, as it contains nothing injurious. For sale by Slooum-Johnson Drug Co. Numerous papers of Oregon and Washington have been dropped from our exchange list. In most cases this has been caused by suspension. The Gazette would dislike much to join the list of "has-beens," but that may be its fate. Most of our business men evidently think that Heppner doesn't need a paper, judging from the patronage that we are receiv ing. It seems to be difficult in deed to show them that they are standing in their own light. Oc casionally oue goes to the wall as a shining example of the results of doing business after the style of one hundred years ago. Their progressive neighbors who use printers' ink are too numerous for them, aud to this class the Gazette today owes it existence. iOOOOOOOOOO True Economy J doesn't buy what it ' doesn't need. Indices- ' ' tion, Biliousness, Sick- Headache, do not i ) need a dollar's worth of doctor, but a ( quarter's worth of Beecham's Pills (Worth a Guinea I a Box. I Price 95 cents. OOOOOOOOO ALL WHO CULTIVATE FRUITS FLOWERS VEGETABLES For Pleasure or Profit, Should see that tha Journal they subscribe to is the be3t and most reliable authority obtainable. KING. STANDS FOREMOST IN THE LIST. Ii deals practically with fruits and vegetables, oui uua bum iluwtia, Uliu VUVCI N llie field of horticulture systematically nnd thoroughly. It Illustrates and describes methods of cultiva tion, improved varieties and labor-saving devices. It Is, without doubt. The Paperforthe People! $1.00 a Tear (S4 numbers). Specimen copy and fin.pag-e catalogue of horticultural book FREE on application. American Gardening, 1 70 Fulton St., N.Y. Spray Your Fruit Trees J. M. SALING, PRUNING m SPRAYING Now il the time to have vonr fnilt treMnnrar. ! ed. 1 have oneol tbe finest Spray Pumps In the marcei, ana litem moat eneeuve remedies, aurl iruarantee my work. Cbara-e reajouable I can be found at D. A. Herreu Co. , or writt aie at Hcrrner, Oregon. l-a-w. T. TVT. HAIjI!Vt, Dissolution of Partnership. VOTH'K IS HKRKHY i.JVFN THAT Tllf. 1 co-partnership heretofore exlutiug bet cell AU.mi Kvn a:-i Aa a Ttivu.Mi, :u;'.'ir IN linn imnie ol Kans A Thoraaon, Is :hll dav rtlstolved by mutual conaent. - .- . . Al.LFV EVANS, ' ' ASAB. THOMSON. lyi up i i l mil or 1 wentv ears e? Scott's Emulsion lias beou endorsed by physicians of the whole world. There is no secret about its ingredients. Physicians prescribe Scotfe EmuLsioo because they know what great nourishing and curative prop erties it contains. They know it is what it is represented to be ; namely, a perfect emulsion of the best Norway Cod liver Oil with the ln pophosphites of lime and soda, lor Coughs, Colds, Sore Tkuit, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, Oonsump t. on, Scrofula, Anaemia, Weak Babies, Tlin Children, Ekketa, Mar asmus, Loss of Flesh, General Debility, and all conditions of Wasting. ' The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put in salmon colored wrapper. Eefuse inferior substitutes ! Send for pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE. Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All City : rpHIS Popular Hostelry h&s again I been re-opened and will be run in first class style. Meals and Rooms ot Popular Prices. Mrs. Tom Bradley, Prop. X NOTARY PUBLIC CONVEYANCER The Lancashire Insurance Co. Of MANCHBHTBH, BNGL,ANI k. W. PATI'ERSON. AGENT. 0 ti not i tn -vvon.1 FOR INVENTIONS. Equal with the interest of those having claims against the government J that of INVENTORS, who often lose the benefit of valuable inventions because of the incompetency or inattention of the attorneys employed to obtain their patents. Too much care cannot be exercised in employing competent and reli able solicitors tc procure patents, for the value of a patent depends greatly, if not entirely, upon the care and skill of the attorney. With the view of protecting inventors from worthless or careless attorneys, and of seeing that inventions are well protected by valid patents, we have re tained counsel expert in patent practice, and therefore are prepared to Obtain Patents in the United States and all Foreign Countries, Conduct In terferences, Make Special Examinations, Prosecute Rejected Cases. Register Trade-Marks and Copyrights. Render Opinions as to Scope and Validity of Patents, Prosecute and Defend Infringement Suits, Etc., Etc. If you have an invention on hand send a sketch or photograph thereof, to. gether with a brief description of the important features, and you will be at once advised as to the best cijirse ti- pursue. Models are seldom necessary. If others are infringing on your rights, or if you are charged with infringement by others, submit the matter to uf for a reliable OPINION before acting on the matter. THE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY, 618 F STREET, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D.C. p. o. box 463 JOHN WEDDERBURN, Managing Attorney. XB- Cut this out and send It with your inaula-B MUM uwmtwm 'rlv ABM if-lY tit ih:b3st .-TV. SEWiKG KACHIKE WE Oil OlIU DEAliEISS can sr!l you machines cheaper than you can get eUenhere. The NEW HOMW Is onr best, but we make cnenper kinds, aiicU as the CLIMAX, IDK.tSi aud other IlleU Arm Full Nlclrol Flared Setvlus Machine for $15.00 ana Cnll on our agent or write u. 'l'-e want your trade, and if prices, terms and aqnare deaSlns will win, wc will have It. 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CHILDREN are entitled (if under sixteen years) in almost all cases where there wmj nv widow, or she has since died or remarried. PA RENTS are entitled if soldier left neither widow nor child, provided soldier died ta ervice, or from ffecu of service, and they are now dependent upon their own labor for sap port. It makes no difference whether soldier served or died in late war or in regular army or naw. Soldiers of the late war. pensioned under one law, may apply for higher rate under ether laws, without losing auy rights Thousands of soldiers drawing from $t to $ro per worth trader the old law ere entitled h hither rates under new law, not only on account of disabilities tor wbicb sow pensioned, hot also tor others, whether due to service or not. Soldiers and sailors disabled in line of duty in regular army or navy sine the war arc alas entitled, whether discharg-cd for disability or not. 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