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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18

Sunday afternoon at o'clock, at St.
James church, occurred the obsequies of
one who by her gentle manners and low
ing disposition had obtained the esteem
ard affection of large circle of acquaint-
anccs. A patient sufferer under the af-
fiction of disease, having firm and stead
fast faith in a Redeemer's intercession.
"a me mber of Christ, the child of God,
and an inheritor of the Kingdom of
Heaven"
Mary P. StaIlman, aged 16 years, 8
mouths and 26 days, was born at Water
town, Wis, April IL, 1871. Her residence
in Pentwater has extended from May 81
1886, to the time of her death, Jan. 6, 1888.
Rev. B. Pritchard read the burial SER
vice and offered earnest remarks. TIE
church was unable TO contain the many
friends who came to pay their last tribute
of respect. = PentW0ter (Mich.) Nea0s,
Ian -
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
New Lie Saving Boat.

Is there any limit to the invention of
destructives? The ironclad is now
doomed by the invention Of a torpedo
boat that can dive completely under,
fasten explosives to rile keel, and then
by means of d wire work the cartridges
at distance with electricity. The boat
is said to be perfectly manageable un-
derSwater. Electrical appliances evil
IDENTIFY will revolutionize us in every di-
rection. Warfare on the waters is get
ting to be too dangerous game. 1t is
no longer a question Of prowess and
pluck, but of possession Of the latest
explosives and appliances. War grows
not only more hideous in the light of
modern refnements, but more ghastIy
in its ability to mechanically destroy.
1t is far pleasanter reading that an
English clergyman has invented a new
boat for saving life. 1t is twenty-five
feet long, double pointed, and made of
canvas. 1t can be folded and stored,
and will hold one hundred persons. A
vessel furnished with these is practi>
cally in condition to insure the lives
fall passengers.-St. Louis Globe DEM
Vcr4et
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
Cur rlNG a SICK.
John Ranaoiph's Tendcr Love for All
Works OF Nature.

John Randoiphss Tendcr Love for All
Works OF Nature.
John Randolph was a curious bundle
OF Inconsistencies; man whom many
persons admired, hut who was feared
by every one and loved by no one.
When the mood was upon him. he
spared neither friend nor foe. Yet in
his own way he was tender-hearted,
and capable of performing the very
kindest actions. The following anec-
dote, related by /, young man who was
accustomed to visit his nephew, illus
trates one side OF this strange mans
nature:
Mr.. Randolph would never permit
even a switch to be cut anywhere near
his house, which was surrounded by
trees and underbrush. Without being
aware of this, one day committed a
serious trespass. Tudor Randolph and
l were rowing through the woods near
the house, when noticed neat hiclz-
ory plant, about an inch thick, which
I felled. Tudor expressed his regret,
saying he was afraid his uncle would
be angry. / went Immediately to
Mr.. Randolph. told him what / had
done, and that was sorry for it. He
took the stick, looked pensively at it
for some seconds, as if commiserating
its fate. Then, looking at me more in
sorrow than in anger, he said:
Sir, would not have had it done
for fifty Spanish milled dollars!"
had seventy-five cents in my pock-
ct. and had some idea of Offering them
as an equivalent for the damage done,
but when I heard about the fifty Span
ish milled dollars, l was afraid of IN
sulting Mr. Randolph by offering the
meager atonement of seventy cents
I wished very much to get away from
him, but thought it rude to withdraw
abruptly.
did you want this for cane?''
| mo, sir
mo, you are not old enough to want
a cane. Did you want it for any par
ticular purpose?n
No, sir, only saw it was pretty
stick, and thought I'd cut it."
I'VE can not be justified in taking
even vegetable life without some use
ful object in view. God Almighty
planted this thing. and you have killed
it. It would have grown to be a large
nut tree, in whose boughs numerous
squirrels would have gamboled. and
toasted on its fruit ;"
Here he made pause. but looked as
if he had something more TO say, yet
only added:
| 4 hope and believe, sir, you will
never do the like again"
/ s'Never, sir, never.'
He got up and put the stick in cor.
ner. and 1 made my escape. 1t was
some time before could cut switch
or fishing-rod without feeling that
was doing some sort of violence TO the
vegetable kingdom. = Youths CompaR.
! ion
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
GRIT AND PLUCK.
A ST. Louis Doctor Says That He Has
seen Them Save Many Lives.

n ~
seen Them save Many Lives.
have had patient who coolly said
to me. II will not die" was com.
PEELED to assure her that she would.
There was no hope for her. Doctor"
she answered, ''you are fool. l shall
not die Grit it was that carried her
through. 4 few years later she was
sick again, and. as l thought, unite
death; but there came the same all
conauering reply, You are talking
nonsense: / shall get WE'LL And she
did. This was repeated n third time.
till i actually began TO believe she
would get well any way and at all timea.
Il never occurred to me TO think of her
az liable to die. Finally her mortal
sickness came. and expected to help
her up as usual. But now she replied,
..Doatcr. you can come or go as yor
please; | am going to die; this is my
last Illness" 20, no." / said; eve
will have you out in n few days. y
Nonsense" she answered; ''you ar
talking what you know nothing about
shall never be well again. In two
DAYS she was dead. Her grit gave out;
her pluck was good to the last. She
had pluck enough to face death; she
had no longer grit to endure disease.
There is no question but that moral
and mental grit go with physical to
sustain vitality. A stout will wards of
the blows OF disease. In this case the
patient went straight ahead TO die
without finch or whine. She had
a vast faith in the "All Right" and
allowed no one to dabble in theology al
her bedside. She marched into the
next life'' as she often had into the
next year, and had not a tremor. She
took her pluck with her. She treated
neighbor's prayers as she treated any
medicine. You can come if you like. =
she said. ''or you can go. Your prayers
can't stop me. and they can't change
memo more than the doctors pow
ders." She was woman of extraor-
binary intelligence and determination.
st. Louis Republic.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
MEN AND MARRIAGE.
Apparently 1t Is Never Too Late to Be
come 4 Happy Husband

Apparently 1t Is Never Too Late to BE-
come a Happy Husband.
when Is man too old TO marry?"
is quite as interesting as the question,
when is girl too young?n / must
leave to Psychologists to discuss how
far the chances of life are shortened
when December weds May, and ex-
poets in May any thing more than a
nurse, though, in passing. may OBJ
serve that / have noticed several such
marriages in which the funeral fol-
lowed suspiciously close to the we'd
ding. Without going back to the time
when Jared lived I; hundred and
sixty and two years and begat Enoch. .
there are several instances on record
OF modern patriarchs who became
proud and happy fathers at the time
when they should be thinking of shut
fling off this mortal coil.
There was that stout Salop.aa, Old
Parr, for example, who married at
eighty. and had to do penance in
Alderbury Church for an intrigue with
Catherine Milton, when he was a
sprightly masher of one hundred and
HNS SUMMERS II AOFQ 1<N IileOOH Is 10
be believed Parr had rival in the
Vale of Festiniog, in the person of an
old Welsh farmer, who, when he died,
had eight hundred lineal descendants,
and whose youngest son was eighty-one
years younger than his eldest. l fancy
this man must have been OF the same
family as a certain Alderman Hookes.
OF Conway, who, is described in his
epitaph as the forty-first child Of his
father, and himself the father OF
twenty-seven children. Happily for
themselves, these people lived long be-
fore the days of DIR. Drysdale.
My own impression is that the Welsh
border is the paradise of old men, the
grand old man being only the most
conspicuous among many. Some years
back spent Sunday in the very next
parish to Hawarden. / dined with q
middle-aged man whose sous were fast
growing to manhood, and then walked
over to his fathers house to take tea.
The venerable old gentleman, who
wore a headgear something like Oliver
Goldsmith s, was nursing an infant two
or three years old on his knee. 'Is
| that your youngest?" I asked OF my
piddle-aged friend. 20, dear no." he
| replied; "that is my little brother."~
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

Weed Farming in .Jauan.

One might say that weed farming was
a genuine part of the japanese agricul-
tural system, since the entire crop was
utilized in some fashion, either for for
age, food, bedding, beauty, nulching or
manure. Not a savage plaIt5 was al
lowed to lead a useless life, or to devote
its energies TO the undoing of the farmers
work. ThoIgh the harmless and pretty
weeds were in some cases permitted to
flourish IN the road cutters as well as the
borders-and this is no joke-in sueh
cases they were themselves sedulously
weeded. It does not take deep or intense
reflection to perceive that this thorough
system Of weed culture, SO to speak, re-
ieves the farmers of one heavy tax on
their industry, which their brethren in
America abandon themselves to paying.
American Agriculturist.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
UNCLE SANS HORSES.
How the Cavalry and Artillery Services
are Provided with Remounts.

How the Cavalry and Artillery Services
are Provided with Remounts.
The army regulations provide for the
purchase Of horses in a certain routine
fashion. AS a matter Of fact only
geldings are accepted. They must be
sound and IN good condition; that-is
with no traces of constitutional defects;
the height must be from fifteen TO six
teen hands; they must not be less than
five nor more than nine years old. The
specifications conclude with the ambig-
uous statement that the horses must
also be IN all respects fitted for the cav
airy service. The latter, being solely
a matter OF individual opinion, is the
source of many quarrels and disputes
between contractors and inspectors.
More care is exercised IN the selection
Of cavalry horse intended for the ar
tillecy service. He must possess a
bright, intelligent eye, a good head,
shapely shoulders and breast, and &
hard hoof, free from splints and un-
slightly marks. His weight must be
between nino hundred and ore thou
sand one hundred pounds. The color
of the horse has much to do with his
being purchased. The colors which
are preferred are roam, black, bay and
chestnut. Next to these come iron
grey and sorrel. Horses of sof''
solors, such as calicoes, buckskins, etc,
are taken only when it is necessary to
co so to complete a contract. White
horses are rarely accepted for the
ranks, although they are sometimes
bought and used in mounting buglers
or a band. The modus operandi of
purchasing horses Is, as a rule, as fol-
lows:
AT stated periods, say the end Of each
quarter, each company commander of q
cavalry trip makes out requisition on
the assistant quartermaster of his de-
partment for the number of horses
which he may need. When the requi-
sitions are all in the assistant quarter
master advertises for bids for the horses
wanted, the animals to be delivered at
a certain place for inspection on GER
tain day. Each bid sent in must be in
triplicate and accompanied by a guar
antee,- indorsed by two responsible par
ties, that in case the bid is accepted the
contract will be ful6lled to the letter.
At the tine and place agreed upon the
contractor must not only have the num-
ber of animals actually required by the
Government but also sufficient num-
Der to select from in case of reflections,
and he should fall short of fulfilling the
terms OF the contract --1477ny md Na0y
Gazgtte.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

Elevate III by Elerting Good Men and
Women for school Officers.


Women FOR school Officers.
III the school ia a failure IL is usually
on account of poor te'cher. If the
teacher IS incompetent ii is usually
tho fault OF the school officers. II the
school officers are inefficient 1t is the
fault of the voters in tho school district.
Thus the blame for II poor school rests
with the people. The people like to
shirk this responsibility. but 1t belongs
to them and they must bear it.
A good school costs something; il
costs money an1 it costs time. Money
is usually spent, bat not quite enough;
little moro would secure a much bet
tea teacher for the full year; li:tle
more would furnish the school-house
with modern appliances; little more.
judiciously expended. would make the
school-house and grounds more at
tractive. The cost of time comes
hardest. 1t is 50 easy TO find excuses
for not visiting the school. The sue.
cess of the school depends somewhat
on your personal effort. Visit the
school, visit it often, visit it intelli.
gently.
All this you may say is true enough
but ''how shall we have the best
I school?n First and most important,
elect good men or women for school
officers. In some places position on ths
school board is held in little respect
and any man will do. This is wrong
in some respects members of scho9
boards are the most important
officers you have to select. Should
all the school districts in tbs
country. for the next twenty-five years
elect competent men or women. who
were thoroughly alive to their duties,
every oaice in our government, from
President down, would have a worthy
incumbent. Selec.. then, officers who
understand how TO give your child al
education and who viii take the tim.
to attend to the yyoriS. This is of vita
Importance. IN error thnt can hardly
he remediei until another school meet.
ing.
The matter OF liberal appropriation.
has been touched upon. Don't b,
stingy here. Run the school rs yo,
wo, Id any other profitable business
| LUIS GOaI inc NDSA i4All4 AAt III
erly, so do those for the school-roo,n
4 school-room without good black.
boards, maps. globes. dictionaries an.
reference books, IS like q farm witi
tumbied-down fences aai worn-ou
tools.
Now then. you are started with goo,
school officers, u liberal app-opriatio,
aud public sentiment alive to gooS
school. The next raost :mpoStaa
| business is in the selection OF = tcaeher
Your officers will IN lerstand the need
of your district ana viii eaieavor I,
secure some capable, earnest teacher
who will not be always looking forwar,
to the end of the tern, and who vii
not measure his work by the amount o
/ pay he receives. At all events hir
| ;he same teacher for ~ least year
lad II possible secure the same teaehe
| for series of ye2rs; IL viii paw il
many ways. III the teacher is the righ
kind he or she will find methods Of in
teresting the parents. Thus the dis
trict school is in the hands OF the pecpi
of the distric: and its success or failur
will be measured by their intelligence
and interest. C B. ColIia9acood, q
Rural Net0 Yorker.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
Bringing Up the Baby.

Every mother has her own ideas as
to how to bring up her babies Alright,
and it is q matter on which few agree.
But we otter think that some mothers
make a mistake in not treating their
little ones as if they were reasoning
creatures. Notice how pleased tiny
little tots are when given some re-
sponsibilitg As soon as they begin to
toddle, if taught Alright, they like to
help mother by picking up or carry
ing some trife for her or doing any
similar act. Then is the time to be-
gin training them to be real helpers.
OF course, it often seems real bother,
for one may do things quicker without
this hindering assistance. But it is a
part of the chiid's education. Similar
ly, babyhood Is none too early to be-
gin teaching politeness, and the proper
way is to be as polite to the baby as to
any one else. People sometimes think
that child does not feel discourtesy-
we hold a contrary opinion. Some
little Sights that were not meant as
such, offered in our extreme child
hood, are remembered to this day, and
all sensitive children suffer Ia the
same way.-EnstlY LOuLse Taplea.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

Belva Lockwood began school teaching
when she was IL years old.
Mime. Vincent, French woman, has saved
twelve persons from drowning.
Mrs. Ellen Mitchell has been appointed a
member Of the Chicago board OF education.
Miss Daisy Hampton, the famous Con-
federate generals daughter, is great pedes-
trian
Queen Victoria has given sS50oo0 to st.
GATHERINGS Training hospital for nurses for
London poor.
Lottie Gerak, Of st. Louis. has ben
awarded first honors at the Vienna Conserg
atory Of Music.
The Duchess of Rutland, writer on soci, !
topics for women, is coming to America to
widen her sphere of observation.
An old musket lately fished out of the Ohio
river bears the letters I'd. b. and is believed
to have belonged to Daniel Boone.
There are two women in the United States
-one in Brooklyn and one in Flint, Micn.-
who follow the calling of undertaken.
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson is pictured at
the Alcott memorial services as a bowed,
white hairet and sanity looking woman.
Miss Fuller, a daughter of the nominee for
the chisS justiceship, has just been gradu-
ated from Wells-Mrs. Cleveland's college.
A bill ''to prevent the gathering Of wild
flowers" has, for some unknown reason, been
introduced into parliament by Mr.. Shaw
Lefevre.
Mrs Rignold. who died few days ago az
Birmingham, was the first actress to UNDER
take the part of Hamlet. She tried it fifty
years ago.
Miss Rebecca Wright, who gave Sheridan
the secret information by which Re won the
battle Of Winchester, is now Mfs. Bensal, a
treasury department cler,s in Washington
Mrs Frank Leslie is enthusiastic in her ad-
miration of NJ Ferdinand de Lessers, who
called on her in Paris the other day. She
predicts that he will live to see the Panama
canal finished.
Mime. Gabrielle Dumontet is today perhaps
The most distinguished young woman IN
France. At the recent examinations in med
icine and surgery under the auspices Of the
Women's Union of France she gained the
first prize, and was awarded the medal and
diploma OF honor. Besides. being unusually
proficient in her professional and scientific
studies, she is an accomplished linguist, mu-
ician and painter, and q brilliant woman in
,ocietv.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
THE HUMAN TEETH.
somethins About the Dereaeracy in the
DeveIonraent of the Jaw.

somethiI= About the DeGeaeracy in the
Developments of the Jaw.
The law Of retardation exhibits it.
self IN the teeth OF the higher races of
mankind in highly convenient man
ner. The greatly-developed brain re
qui~es all the available room in the
skull; there is no space left for the at
tachment of muscles for a powerful
Jaw. Cooked food also causes a de-
generacy in the development of the
jaw There Is constantly no room left
sor either the wisdom-teeth or the
second upper incisors; the wisdom
teeth are retarded, often cause great
pain and decay early. The second in
cisors appear in startling and unex-
pected places, and often Gn America
especially do not cut the gum at all.
Prof. Cope says that " American dem
lists have observed that the third
molar teeth (wisdom-teeth) are in ma
tives OF the United States very liable
TO imperfect growth or suppression,
and to a degree entirely unknown
among savage or even many civilized
races. = The same suppression has been
observed in the outer pair Of superior
incisors. This is owing not only to a
reduction in the size Of the arches of
the jaws, but TO successfully prolonged
delay in the appearance OF the teeth.
IN the same way men, and the man.
ike apes, have fewer teeth than the
lower monkeys, and these again fewer
than tho insectivOrous mammals to
which they are most nearly allied.
When this difference in dentition has
beer established, civilized man may
claim to place himself in a new spe-
oies, apart from low savages as well as
from high apes. Hrs. Alice Bodingto1l.
in Popular Science MonthyH
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

Crystal balls containing a stem winding
watch, whose tiny dial is much enlarged By
its spherical envelope, are now to be seen il
many windows.
tasteful pattern in childs ring consist
of number of small turquoises. set ut equa
distances all around plain gold band, hav
ing slightly ruised edges.
A hollow ball of gold, having stars ant
caves pierced through the shell and set wit
iall iewels makes an ornamental top for
.lgle prong ladies' hairpin.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
What She Wanted. ga

Pa, do you know that this is nay
eighteenth birthday"
Yes, my dear
'tPa, I want you to do me great IA
vor on my birthday" and the beautiful
girl buried her glowing face on the
paternal bosom.
"And what is the favor my little girl
wants."
Pa. you have influence with city
council, haven't you?"
well, yes, my dear
'Ihen have them move that gaslamp
away from right in front of our gate. y
Thus it was that the fond father dis
covered that daughter isn't a little
girl always She had beau.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

White Elephant of Siam, Lion of Eng
land, Dragon of China, Cross of Switzer,
land. Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt
Double Eagle of Russia, Star of Chilli, The
Circle of Japan, Harp Of Eria.
To get these buy box Of the genuine
DIR. G.. McLANR's CELEBRATED LIVER
Pills, price - cents, and mail us the out
side wrapper with your address, plainly
written. and 4 cents in stamps. We will
then mail you the above list with an ele-
CANT package of oleogrs phic and chro
matte Iards.
FIEMING Bios -PTTTsBURG. Pa.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

The authorship OF the dramatic productions
attributed 10 the last Of the above named Is ngi
tating literary circles TO the very centre, but al
fects the practical masses fR- less than the mo-
luentoJs question how 10 regain or preserve
health, that essential OF bodily and mental ac-
tiyity, business success and the pursuit OF hap
f,incss" We can throW far more light on this
latter subject than the most profound Shakes
pea-iAu can on the question first propounded
II the system Is depleted. the nerves xhaky; II
indigestion or constipation bothers one NJ tlmcs-
or constantly: IL the skin Is yellow. and the
tongue furrcd rs in btltousness; II there arc
prcriionitury twingcs of oncomiug rheumH mHtisui
or neuralgia: IL the kidneys are inactive-use
Hostettcr's stomach Bitters. the finest rccupcT
ant Of an age prolific In beneficial aud success
ful remedies. Remember, IL malaria threaten,
or affiicts, that IL neutralizes the poison and
fortifes the system
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

did you see any Qualfers in Phil
adelphia?" was asked OF a Detroiter
who lately returned from that city.
''Oaly one that was sure Of" "Did
he thee and thou you?' "He did.
He got down off his hack and said: IF
thee don'tpay me two doiiars I'll knock
thy Samed head Off, aud | paid. al
though [ knew the regular fare was
twelve shillings: You don't want to
fool with those Qualers any, and don't
YOU forget itr'--Detro1 Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
An engineer of the Comstock mine

An engineer of the Comstock mines
reports that while spending some time
recently in the wlIds OF the Sicrras, n
Tulare County, Cal, he came upon an
enormous tree of the sequola species,
which he believes TO be the largest on
the continent. The party had no rule
with them, but one of them measured
the giant with his rifle, which is four
feet in length. He found it to be forty.
four lengths of his gun in circumfer'-
ence at a point above the ground as
high as he could reach. The top OF the
tree has been broken of, but it is still
of immense heioht