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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
LEPRosY IN EUROPE
The Awful Disease Being Gradually Prop
agated by Chinese EmIgrants.

The Awful Disease Being Gradually Prop
agated by Chinese EmIgrants-
The warning voice uttered by the
rector of Greatham, rs to the spread of
leprosy, brings US face to face with n
terrible danger as little understood or
experienced by Englishmen as Is the
black death or sweating sickness. To
most of us leprosy is happily only a
name, associated mainly with Scrip
tural incidents which seem scarcely
more remote from ourselves than the
disease itself. Yet there can be no doubt
that this malady. one of the most hid
eous that affiicts mankind, Is actually
among US at this moment. that its tend
ency is To keep firm foothold wher-
ever it shows itself. and that it is con-
stantlv widening the area of its dread
full influence.
According to ArchdeaconWri the
disease is being spread all over the
world by Chinese emigrants. They
have carried it 10 California, New
Brunswick. the Cape ef Good Hope
and the Sandwich Islands, where it was
previously unknowh; and either they
have brought it into Europe themselves
or it has been brought by Europeans
who have been in contact with them.
All the specialists in skin disease in
Paris are said Ia have lepers among
heir patients soldiers. sailors, mer.
chants, sisters of charity. missionarie:
and others. Epidemics of leprosy have
.rokcn out in more than one of the
provinces of Spain, the disease having
Ieen brought home by sailors. Their,
are lepers in the hospitals of London
Dublin and Glasgow, and Archdeacor
Wright mentions. on authority he doe,
not doubt. that short time ago ther,
was case of leprosy in an English vii
lage. In fact, the two points to b,
borne in mind are themselves suifi
ciently suggestive of grounds fol
alarm. the first being that the diseas,
itself has of late years increased in &C
tivitv, and the second that, in more o
less degree, it is to he found all owe
the world. Any accidental circum
stance which might develop its viru
lence would ut once lGoduco world
wide epidemic. The train is laid Sn'
needs only to be fired.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
NEW TORPEDO BOAT.

A small Graft which Could Have 6unh
the Whole OF Nelson's Fleet.
The very unsatisfactory performances
of the torpedo boats which took part
in the naval evolutions at Bearhaven
year or two ago induced naval
architects and engineers TO attempt
the construction of new aud I'm.
proved class of vessel. Hence the
torpedo ship has two sets of triple ex-
pansion engines of n combined horse
power OF 700. The vessel built en-
tirely of steel. is 1S2 feet i'm extreme
length, 20 feet in breadth. and slightly
over IL feet from the base line to the
main deck. She Is not beauty; she is
what ladies would call plain. III her
steel ram were IF she would resemble,
roughly speaking. cylinder tapering
10 point at either end-say like tho
point of lead pencil. Imagine the
upper.snrfac Of 4his cylinder sloping
upward very gradually for some dis
tance from stem and stern. and the
funnel placed midway. and you have
n rough outline of the vessels appear
ance.
The first and most obvious difference
between this torpedo boat and vessels
of her class consists In her super
structure. Her main deck is covered
from stem to stern by what may be de-
scribed rs an archway somewhat flat
tened at top. the archway. being. like
all other parts of the boat of steel
o. the main deck will be placed the
s-Ns II
three-pounder quick firing guns. four
machine guns and four torpedo tubes
The men working these. guns and
tubes will be completely sheltered by
the steel superstructure from all
enemy's sharpshooterS That is the
first advantage resulting from the plan
of completely covering the deck. from
one end TO the other. by what we have
| cplled the steel archway. 1t will be
understood in moment that the very
confer nation of this supersiructure
must contribute enormously 10 the
safety of the craft. even II she were
peppered furiouslv by an enemy's fire;
the shot that would pierce fiat
surfuce would glance or this round
ed surface. Let It be observed. !.
too. that the vessel. when fully
equipped and in action. would show
no more than twelve inches of hull
above the water. The only portion
visible above this twelA Inch level
would be the steel supersiructure al
ready described Another immense
| advantage of this form of construction
| is this. that the torpedo boat will not
only live In the toughest seas. Tut
( dtfy them In her voyage from the
/ Tyne to the Thames she encountered
very rough weather. and she behav 4.
I rs Captain Barclay says, splendidly.
I This new boat is not a ''mere tor
pedo with men upon ia mere ma.
chine for launching torpedoeS Size
! is a fighting boat a. we'll. As scout.
! and as fast cruiser after merchant
1 ships. she ought. say the experts. 10
I do splend I'll service. and with her very
considerable coal capacity she can
| keep tie high seas for comparatively
| long periods. 1t is striking illus.
tratIon Of the progress of naval con-
siruc,ion that this small craft could
\ have sunk the whole Of Nelson's flee
7 and escaped unh urt. London Stand
/ ard.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
THE TIRED-OUT MOTHER.
How She should Re Treated and Cared For
by Her Husband.

Dy her huSDdnd.
And when you go home at night and
find her jaded and worn. think of some
way in which to help her, instead of
finding fault with your surroundings
and hurting harsh words at her. if you
do not sometimes break the third COM
mandment in your zeal to be emphatic
She Is just as tired as you are and has
worked as many hours at home battling
with the children &nd servants, or. when
there are none of the latter. battling with
the monotonous housework, doing the
the same things to-day which she did
Yesterday and knows she will have to
do tomorrow, until it is not strange
that she becomes disheartened and
thinks her life zone eternal grind,a
like poor Mantilini, who, however, used
a stronger adjective than have done.
And while she has been so busy,
with scarcely a thought beyond the
kitchen and the cook-stove, you have
been out into the world and heard
what it was doing. and felt its pulse
beating against your own, and mingled
with your kind. and in one sense you
60 home fresher than your wife, to
whom you can at least give loving
word, which is of more Importance
than you think for. You little dream
how hungry she gets for some sign
that love is not dead. although it msy
be so crusted with thoughtlessness and
self that it is seldom seen. Kind words
cost nothing. and if they were more
frequent love and happiness would lin
ger longer by the hearthstone. where
now there are bitter repinings for the
past. and hard, resentful feelings as
the wife bears her burden alone. un-
cheered, unhelped. and, as she believes.
uncared for by her husband. Paul
Pioneer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
The color ed school at HawkinsvilI..

The color ed school at Hawkinsville,
Ga. to be known as the Dempsey
Clarke Institute. was named after
Dempsey Clarke. who years ago was
sold as a slave on the block by the
sheriff at Hawkinsville. He ran away
from his new master, took to the
swamps, and for years lived as runa-
way slave. He was at length captured
by dogs, but again ran away. His
nwner sold him while yet in the woods.
Dempsey was pleased with his new
,wner. and became his most trusty
servant After the war he became .
landowner. prospercd, and is now one
Of the most prominent planters OF
Houston County. and his liberal gifts
have resultcd In the new school.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

in Liverpool. England. play en-
titled. Who's the LunaticI' was re-
Gently enacted. Before it was finished
half the people In the audience were
shouting: The author, the author. !"
When he blushingly appeared he was
greeted with roars of laughter, and
cries of H s the lunatic."
"A regular industry in Paris is said
20 be the tasting and inspection of
dishes at private houses by profess
si,,nal couks- He comes when ordered
to the house where a great dinner is
under way. looks. smells. tastes of.
orders little salt in this soup,a bit OF
sugar in that sauce. a favor Of onion
in the other salad, ant goes off to the
next customer.
The manner in which the spruce
and pine forests of Norway are being
xierminated is becoming so serious
hat the government is called upon tc
put stop. by legislation. to the de-
forestation of the country. Apart
from the wanton exhaustion of this
commercial wealth. it is maintained
that wholesale telling has the effect o'
changing the climate In the forest 10
calitea
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

-''How are you feeling to-dayP'
asked n physician of paralytic pa
tent "Only little bit on the right
side, thank you." was the cheerful re-
sponse. 1id-Bits.
Mature" said philosopher, ''is
full of wise provisions. He doubtless
referred to potatoes, beets and other
vegetables, and not to mince-pie and
welch rarebits. Life.
First Boy-"Say! are you going
to SCHOOL," Second Boy-''No, l amt
I'm late.' First Boy-"Ain't you
afraid of catching cold here?" Second
Boy-"Well, if it gets too cold I'll go
to school, and the teacher II warm me. 3"
Golden Daus. :.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
10 know wnat You prefer. instead

10 know wnat you prefer. instead
of humbly saying amen to what the
world tells you you ought to prefer. is
to have kept your soul alive. Such a
mar may be generous; he may be hon
est in something more than conf
mercial sense; be may love his friends
with an elective personal sympathy.
and not accept them as an adjunct of
the station to which he has been called.
He may be man, in short, acting on
his own instincts. keeping in his own
shape that God made him in.-Roeers
Louis Sterensoe
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
THE WOMAN HE MARRIED.
Marriage the Pivot on which n Mans Des-
tiny Turns.


tiny Turns.
The pivot on which 4 mans destiny
turns. either for good or for evil. for
happiness or for misery, is marriage.
If you live to see the end of his life. he
viii perhaps confess to you-or per-
haps he will not, but he will know it
all the same-he will tell you that the
magnet which first attracted him. and
then guided him with a master hand
the Woman he Married.
remember many years ago hearing
of the death bed of a very distinguished
man, a General whose military career
had been so brilliant and 30 invariably
fortunate that the world looked upon
him as perfectly happy man. He had
earned his honors. he had served his
country well. and he knew on his DEATH
bed that he had done his duty. His
Queen had rewarded him, and his hon.
ors had fallen thick and fast upon him.
yet what were his last words?
As he gave the friend who was with
him the last clasp of his hand. and the
last look of his dying eyes. to that
friends intense astonishment he said !:
81 thank God that my miserable life is
ended There was one in his regi-
ment who had known him from boy
hood, had been educated with
him, had served under him. and
was supposed to know every thing
about his past life; to this man the
friend who heard the dying words APP
pealed. How could he have been mis-
erabe? Did you ever suspect that his
life was not one series of triumphs and
perfect contentment? Flattered, fol-
lowed. praised and envicd. how could
he have been miserable?" ITO the
outward world. was the answer, 'he
appeared all you say, but there was an
inner life that no one saw. and few
knew of. That life Was blighted and
its happiness wrecked. his affections
chilled and his temper soured by the
woman he married. She was cold, un-
sympathetic and selfish. Two years
after she had accompanied him to In
dia she declared the climate didn'
agree with her, and she came home.
She professed openly that she would
go her own way, and he might go his.
She spent his money, she kept him a
poor man all his life. and she broke his
heart. That is his story, but he never
told it, and if the near approach of
death had not wrenched it from him,
you would never have known the state
of mind in which he went to his WELL
/ earned rest. - London Queen.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
Got Used to Him.

Happy Man Ito widow of three hus-
bands) Whom shall / ask to perform
the ceremony, darling? That matter.
of course, shall leave to you.
Widow (hesitatingly)-Well. dear.
haven't any very particular preference.
although I've always had the Rev. Mr..
Goodman.-M ?. SUn
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
Senator Bate. OF Tetncssce. was

Senator Bate, of Tennessee, was a
Confederate officer, and one of his
peculiarities is the carrying of an un-
lighted cigar in his mouth. II is re-
lated of him that he was standing on a
field of battle in conversation with his
brother, and as he was in the act of
lighting cigar his brother fell dead at
his feet, picked off by Federal sharp
shooter. Since that time it is said that
General Bate has never lighted cigar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

"A gentleman. who recently retired
from business, has succeeded in wind
ing up all his affairs successfully, with
the exception of his Waterbury watch.
He is at work on that now, taking only
twenty minutes for meals s-E0oeA
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
UNDERGROUND WONDERS.
subterranean lakes Connected by stron
continuous Current.

Subterranean lakes Connected by Strong
Continuous Current.
At Zirknitz, in the Austrian Alps,
there is an intermittent lake. that is
basin which at one season of the wear
is filed with water. at another is dried
ND and cultivated by the farmers OF
the neighborhood. The imperial for
ester has Just examined the constiuc-
ton of that basin and found in one
part of it an immense cave called Kar-
lovca, which, when the surface of the
water in the basin mas reached a GER
tain height, begins sucking up the
water until the basin is empty. This
cave leads to a long series Of under
ground lakes, all connected with one
another by n continuous current The
forester navigated the first five Of them.
Immense fields Of sand and gravel ac-
cumulate and alternately stop the cur
rent or are carried off by it. The roof
Of the caves in which this system OF
waters is located at many places comes
down very low, almost touching the
water, and in such places the moving
gravel beds frequently c.ose the pass
age and cause the waters to rise in the
higher cave. The forester, with three
companions. was in one of the lakes
when the entrance was suddenly closed
bv Il mass of rubbish tumbling down
from the roof. For more than eight
hoars they worked as hard as they
could until they succeeded in opening
passage by the side of the main en-,
trance, which was happily still found
dry. and they were enabled to reach
the surface unharmed. But their boat
and tools were left behind. and viii be
recovered again after the water shall
have subsidized. - hJfStiGn at Work.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
ALGERIAN CHILDREN.
The Most Prominent Feature of Interest
In North African Cities.


In North African Cities
/ must again refer to the children.
for this street was teeming with little
Tlemcenites who had never left, and
probably never would leave. their ma
tive town The boys, when running
about. wear nothing but long. white
chemi. and dark blue vest, but of all
bewitening creatures in the world the
little girls can scarcely be surpassed.
They are everywhere, and must strike
q stranger. certainly an artist as q
prominent feature of interest Some
are going to the bakers carrying un-
baked loaves piled on plank on the
head; others with little brass-bound
buckets br.mming with milk; singly, in
crowds. alwa, fascinating; not only
pretty. but arrayed in an infinite vari-
ETY. of costumes they dart from shadow
into sunlight and disappear in a twink
ling round a corner or through door
way. They wear. first. white chemise
with gauze sleeves. over it gandoura.
or ehemise without sleeves, and reach
ing nearly to the ankles. usually OF
printed calico, glaring in color. and
with spots. stripes, birds, branches and
leaves; this gandoura is sometimes OF
rich brocade or light silk Over the first
they often wear a second gandoura OF
tulle with a design in it, ordina-
rily nothing more nor less than COM
mon white lace curtain stuff. All the
materials hang limp and f1utter when
they run; round the waist a broad
ceinture. and over the shoulders alittle
bodice. On the head a conical cap.
always of crimson velvet, more or less
ornamented with gold thread; children
and unmarried girls wear them with q
strap under the chin; married women
tie them on with a colored handker-
chief besides the strap. Their hair is
fringed square, just over the eyebrows,
and plated down the back. The opera
tion of dyeing it dark brownish wine.
color requires several days. during
which time they appear certainly at q
disadvantage. Henna is made into s
mushy paste and plastered all over the
head, as much as the hair. being tied
up all over. can hold in place-and
even more. for it runs down the neck,
the cheeks. and into the ears The
process gives somewhat the appear
ance of a head modelled in wax with
the hair studied in masses. The palm.
of the hands. fingers, and the feet and
| toes are also stained. = a. Brtd2
man, in Horpe~'s Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

Mrs. Mulligan, pension agent at
Chicago, reports 36,509 pensioners on
her rolls, of which number two are
widows of soldiers of the revolution.
thirty-five survivors of the war of 1912
and 452 widows of veterans of that war
Last year she dispersed nearly 81, ,ooo,-
600
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27
-Millionn1re natron-"The nortrail

Millionaire patron-"The portrait
iI excellent, Mr. Tubes, but you've
left out one essential feature" Mr..
Tubes-"Excuse me, sir, but thought
you wouldn't care to have thc-er-er
w art reproduced. Millionaire pat
ron -'.Confound you, sir! I'm talking
about the diamond pin, not the wartr'
-.IaLd0e.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

"A rubber ball, two inches smaller
than the pipe, was placed in one end OF
a new natural gas main in McKeesport,
and five pounds pressure suddenly
turned on. The ball turned several
sharp corners, passed through two T
joints up six feet to the top of the regn-
lator and landed at the other end of
the main, a mile distant, in forty five
seconds, actual time.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

; Mrs. Cleveland has the reputation
of being an exceptionally good house
keeper, and tits told that in the privac!
of her life at Oak View she will some
times don big white apron, and with
leather dnster in hand go over The
hose putting the finishing touches t.
the already wel,-dus:ed corners. She
lnvades her kitchen when she thinks it
necessary and some Of her admirers
even go so far as to say that If worse
came to worse she could make pot o.
coffee or bake pie fit fora President
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

a ouueNTno was vlsrtIng Irlends IN
the country complained of the eggs.
''They seem." said he, ..lacking in
flavaw, compared with our city eggs
they are rathaw insipid, awr'
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

Because a wife does not speak out
against some of your habits is no proof
that they do not make her unhappy.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-27

1t ought always to be borne IN mind
in this dyspeptic age that not every one
can eat biscuits at night, be they hot or
cold, and a plate of bread, not neces-
sarily fresh, should always be on the
table, that the guests may have the op-
portunity of making a choice. Good
Housekeeping.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-20
A FISH MILKING A COW.

On the farm of Jacob Croft, who lives
near Zodiac Springs, in the Southern part
ofIthe township, is large pond where milk
cows are in the habit of standing during
the day. One of the cows acted so strange
ly when at the pond that she attracted the
attention of Mr.. Croft anil the farm hands.
She would go into the water an hour or so
before the other COWS and, after wading
out certain depth, would stop and COM
mence lowing, as though to calf. Im-
mediately after she would remain perfectly
quiet, and seem contented. No cause could
be assigned for her strange conduct, al
though on several occasions she was closely
watched. Recently the water in the pond
became low, it scarcely reached the cows
knees, She made her usual daily trip, how
eyer, and took up her old position. One
day last week she was watched very closely
and it was discovered thatiwhen she ceased
calling large catfish would come to the
surface of the water and suck milk until
its appetite was satisfied. The fish was
caught By Mr. Croft in the Sac River q
year ago, and was thrown into the pond,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-20
roNY rAsrOR,s REcotLrcr!oNs.

To my mind the joke most deserving of
veneration is the one which concerns itself
with the chicken who is evidently on the
wrong side Of the street This is the way
in which it used 10 shape itself in the old
days:
why does a chicken cross the streei?'
4 don't know; why does itp'
TO get on the other side, of coursef'
or course there are great many chest
nuts which run this one pretty close so far
as antiquity is concerned. One of the old
ciestnnts on this subject ran as follows:
'Pompey, we got a berry modest gal down
to our house. Missus wanted her to sleep
up in her sewing room last night and lie gal
objected to do so, cause dar was a cushion
on de table wild needles in it. Why was
dat Objectionable, Gngcr?" Because she
said dat de needles had G, es
The changes have been rung on this in
definitely. One of the latest forms of IL is,
as the gallery boy will tell you, is about the
girl who is so modest in the presence of
her lover hat she inyariable goes into the
next room TO change her mind.
One Of the oldest chestnuts that the
minstrel and variety stage know anything
about used to be told in this way:
JEFF, you know old Pop Downing. the
deacon, don't you? Well, de oder day his
hat iilcw off, and after a long chase he got
kinder exhausted. and stodped by lamp
post. A gentleman was coming along, a
kind oh a shy young fellow, and de deacon
addressed him thus: MY friend, | am q
deacon oh de church, and il am berry
wrong for me to swear and you will, dare
fore, obege me berry much if YOU will
damn dat hat for mer
know that the chestnuis mention are
all much older than ! am, two Or three
times over. am willing to bet that the
chestnut of chestnuts is to be found in This
collection,