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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
IRISH ANTIQUITIES.
rhe Haif-Mythicai Traditions of tn,
Tuatha-de-Danaan.


Tuatha-de-Danaan.
Among the most interesting monu-
nents of prehistoric pagan tines in
Ireland are those found on and near
the banks of the river Boyne. in the
county of Meath. few miles west of
Drogheda- Here WAS cemetery of
some OF the princes and chieitaiis of
Erin at a period to which no certain
date can be ascribed. but to which may
be referred the hal -mythicai tradi-
tions of the Tuath:,-de-Danaan, the
fair-haired race of s:rangers. valiant
horsemen. singers and harpers AMI
magicians. who are supposed to h We
conquered some part of the island. and
20 have established Their King throne
on the hill of Tara OF their protracted
war against the Fomorians and the
Firboles. whoever those invaders were;
of the Fomorian King b lur. who had
one eye in the m:dlle of his forehead
and another in the back of his head.
which could kill men by glance; and
of .~-iada Airgeat Lamb. the King with
liver hand. maiIe To replace his
hand .oSt in the battle OF Moriura. the
lovers of romantic fables may read at
their pleasure. 1t is probable tn Z
Meath was. in very remote age, the
abode of warlike people. who gained
a considerable ascendency over the
tribes of the atd jHce parts of ireland.
and whose King Inay sometimes have
been the head of federal league to re-
sist the incarsions of tire Danes and
n rsemen.
the sepulch- al mounds. cairns or
burrows in the neigh hborhoOdof Dowth
and Newgranse. n sociaied with tte
names of King Du bath and Acliad
Aldai (the name of ..Dowih being a
corruption of '.Dubbsth'' in the opin-
ION of Ce.;ic scholars) We're examined
by members of the Royal Irish Acad-
smy forty years ago. Tie Dowth
mound is an immense pile of small
boulder stones. in the interior of which
are chambers and passages constructed
of very large blosts of stone rude!y
laid toge her in the ..dolmen' fashion
of B:i t1ny and other Celtic examples;
the first chamber. formed in the share
of cross (hough certainly not o.
Christian d, sign). eonta ned = broken
stone coffin. with few bronze or iron
ornaments. aud half burnt human
homes A passage twenty-seven feet
lon. conducts 10 4 series of small
c-ypts. and 20 square chamber. the
stones of which are sculpiured with q
variety of decorative perhaps symbol
| icsl. patterns and devices The more
important of these have engaged the
study of antiquarisns with view to
ascertain their possible Significance
They appear in the greatest richness
and complexity on the huge stones of
he interior of the great sepulchral
monument at Newgrange; the carvings
are of wonderful diversity-circles.
| >pirals. zig-zag. indentations. l0zenges.
and lines ard dots. which some think
to be form of writing -LoRioH Aescs
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
GENIUS AT WORK.
Eccentr!c;t.es OF Some of the Fnmol
Men of the World.

Men of the world.
Voltaire had in h room sometime.
I've desks, at which he pursued differ
ent tasks.
The great romancer, Balzac after u
frugal dinner at six or seven o'clock.
was called at midnight. when he took
cup Of black coffee. or green. rather.
and extremely strong. and worked till
noon.
Turgot never worked but when he
had direl heartily.
Pitt never ate but ut his own table
which was fruga. only when he had
some important affair T. discuss he
took a. little port wine with u spoonful
of Peruv an bark.
Ad ison speaks of an advocate who
would never plead a case without hnv-
ing his hand to the end of threat
drawn tightly round one of his thumbs
all the time his speech lasted. The
wags sa d IL was the thread of his dis
course.
DIR. Shapman relates that celebra-
ted advocate of London. always ap-
piled blister t. his arm whenever he
had an important case to plead.
Girodet never loved To work during
the day. At night. when inspiration
came to him. he arose. lighted candles.
and. half mufiied up. painted.
Michael Angelo did nearly the same.
but with single candle.
The historian. Mezeray. would work
only with candle. even at midday M
midsummer lie never tailed to walt
on his visitors. even TO the street wit b
a candle in his hand
Gretry. TO animate himself whea
composing. breakfasted and took cofle,.
and then applied himself day and night
to h; piano.
Bossuet worked in = .old room. with
his head warmly envt ped.
| IL is said that Schiller. before COM
posing, put his feet in cold water.
Guido Reno painted with much
ponip. He dressed himself magnif-
Gently, and had his pupils attend him
/ in lence ranged around him
/ Sarti. the musician. composed only
7 in darkness.
Michael Angelo. Leonardo da Vinca
\ Titan. Rubens. passed from the chiSel
l tn the pen or the brush The change
i rested them from the preceding work;
and thus. during long life. they ae-
I complished marvellous works
+ Some persons can think only stand
/ M. or in walking the room with swift
strides Some. like Montesquien.
4 rumpose in a post-chaise. One has
need of complete isolation. profound
ralm; another of the o-en air and the
/ nui>e of the crowd.
Bullion wrote in l-cc ruflles; Alex
andrr Dumas in his shirt sleeves.
Milton composed his Paradise Lost
thrown back.
When Fox had eaten heartily ht
would retire to his study. envelope his
head in napkin soaked In vinegar
and water. aud work sometimes ten
hours in succession.
Jeremy Bentham jotted his ideas on
little squares of paper. which he piled
upon each other aud this little pile oi
papers stitched together were the tirst
fo,m of his manuscripts
Napoleon had hs particular mode pi
meditation and work. When he wa,
not in council he sta.d in his study
Ia ked To himself and sung or. like ;
child. cut the arms of his chair; ther
sud lenly rousing up. would give tn,
plan of 4 monument To be erected. oi
of one If the great military movement.
which as.onished the world. - Chtcdg,
Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
How Daniel Boone Died.

A Kentucky newspaper seventy years
old, and just found among some old
papers. gives the following account of
the death of Daniel Boone: ''As he
lived so he died, with his gun in his
hand. We are informed by gentle
man direct from Boone's settlement on
the Missouri. that early last month
Colonel Boone rode to deer lick and
seated himself within blind raised to
conceal him from the game; that while
sitting thus concealed, with his trusty
rife IN his hand. pointed towards the
lick, the muzzle resting on log, his
face to the breech of his gun, his rife
cooked, his finger on the trigger, one
eye shut, the other looking along the
barrel through the sights-in this posi-
ton, without a struggle or motion, and
of course without pain, he breathed out
his last so gently that when he was
found next day by his friends, although
stiff and cold, he looked as if alive, with
his gun in his hand just in the act of
firing. - Chicago Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
-Georp,a has a white slave. J.

Georgia has white slave John
s Hughes. of Atlanta, owed a farmer
bill that he was unable to pay, and
jokingly offered bill of sale of himself
to cancel the bill. His offer was ac-
cepted. and lawyer drew the doeu-
ments- After signing. however.
Hughes repented; but his owner
wouldn't relent and lawyers who were
consulted said the sale was valid and
the courts would endorse it Much
against his will. the white slave has
been oblig d to go on farm to WORK
for his owner.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
-A.corlinr to the annual re

according to the annual report o..
the treasurer of Yale College the tota
amount of the university funds is
$502 705. 65. and IF the academical
funds. ST. 03o. 421. 43. The income OF
the academical department is about
SiG1. 900 and its expenses about Sl70.-
900. The largest item under this head
is for salaries of instructors. S93. .S92.
The Sheffield Scientific School, one of
the most prosperous arms of the uni
versity has investments amounting
to $3.50. 9S9 24 Its receipts are stated
to he $40. .947 63, and its expenses SOL.
l3.S 65
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03

Prejudice is the conjuror Of imag-
mary wrongs. strangling truth, over
powering reason, making strong men
, weak and weak men weaker. God
give us the large-hearted charity which
'beareth all things. believeth all
things. hopeth all things, endureth all
things" which" "thinketh no evil "
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03

The printers have been exceptionally
exempt from falling victims to the
cholera epidemics which have recently
occurred in the South American con-
tinent. When the yellow fever cpl
demic in 1868 created CONSERVATION
here the Typographical Union had only
to pay the expenses for two members,
and both of them recovered. Now to-
day the same incident is recorded in
Chilli with respect to cholera, where we
find that, according to the report of the
president of the Typographical Union
of Valparaiso, up to the date OF his
last report, not one of the one hundred
members Of the Union had been at
tackled. Thus they enjoyed the same
good fortune they had experienced
during the previousyear.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03

A novel and excellent feature has
accn introduced in the high school at
Caldwell, Kan. which keeps "A file oil
I'll the leading county papers, with
magazines and papers for young peo-
pie, all of which are accessible to the
students ut unemployed moments.
Every afternoon portion of the time
is devoted to live topics of the day.
On a recent Friday one of the students
gave an extended account of the rail-
road strike, another the death of EN-
peror William. and his successor;
others of the life of Miss Alcott, of the
Eastern blizzard. Oklahoma. etc.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03

When an Arab of the desert wants
to inquire if his sister is going to leave
home for awhile. he says. Are you
going oasis?" throatets.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03

-Europe now ms twen. y-two Gre
matories, ten of them added within the
past year, while no less than 600 bodies
have been burned in Germany and 800
in Italy. The United States has seven
crematories, with six building. Thus
it seems that prejudice against crema-
ton is fast abating.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
AS A GREr RAILWAY CENTER.

Ten railway lines radiate from Wich-
ita. 1t has greater number of railroads
than any other city in the west save
Kansas City. She reaches the Gulf of
Mexico by two competing systems, the
Rocky mountains by three, the Pacific
ocean by two. Kansas City by three and
st. Louis by two and the Indian terri
tory by four. Three Of these roads are
local and are operated directly in the in
terest of this city. Wichita is on the
main line of the Santa Fe to the gulf,
the main line of the st. Louis and San
Francisco to the Pacific and the main
line of the Missouri Pacific from st.
Louis to the mountains. The Santa Fe
and the Rock Island both run through
solid trains from Wichita to Chicago
daily. For the year 1887 this city, as
shown by the statistical returns made by
the railroads, handled one-ninth of the
thnnage of the state Of Kansas. We
have no Union depot, but eleven pass
enger and freight depots within the city
limits. The general offices for the Mis-
souri, Pacific southwestern system are in
this city; the headquarters of the Wich-
ita and Western railway and the divis-
ion offices for ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco railway also. No city of its size
in the United States possesses better or a
greater number of railroad facilities.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
ONLY ONE PER CENT. TAXES.

With all her unexampled growth and
prosperity, her increase of and OUTLAWS
for public Improvements, Wichita pays
but one-half the per cent Of taxes paid
by any of the other most favorably con-
ditioned cities in the state, and less than
one-half paid by the great majority of
Kansas villages towns and cities. The
total taxes in this city this year, includ-
ing state, county, municipal and school,
are but So. "a on each hundred dollars re-
turned, or less than one per cent on the
actual value of the property assessed.
No other city in the west can make, or
ever did make such showing. The
taxes Of this city are, and have been for
several years, matter of establishment
to investors and capitalists from the
east. There is no secret about 1t. The
city has simply been well managed and
her officers or authorities never made
any bad breaks. When it came to aid
ing great interests or securing great en-
terprises, our people, instead of voting
bonds, have regularly gone down into
their pockets and paid their cash. The
result has been that the great enterprises
have come cheaper and no bother in
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
WICHITA AS A LOCAL MARKET.

We assert, without fear of successful
contradiction, that Wichita is the best
local market Of any city of lis size on
the continent: that is to say, the best
market for the sale of food products OF
all kinds grown IN the country immedi-
ately contiguous to it. Farm and garden
vegetables that are produced IN luxuri-
ant abundance find ready sale and
afford the producer good profits the
year round. All varieties of fruits,
berries and vine crops, the quality and
quantities of which are unsurpassed in
any section or country, are never with
out demand at good prices. Dairy
products, III richness and flavor
not excelled, if egualIed. on
the continent. yield those engaged
in that industry constant and liberal re-
turns for their labor and investments.
The poultry yard is likewise a very mine
for revenue TO those thus engaged, the
demand for poultry and eggs being heal
thy and prices renuneTativc at al!
times
And SO with everything that goes ~
make up the daily bill Of fare al the pri-
vate homes. the boarding houses and
public hostelries CT the city. the fame Of
which as caterers has contributed no
little 70 the renown OF the city wherever
It's wonderful history II known or re-
peated. And as bountifuI as arc the har-
vests OF ali these we have mentioned,
they rarely equal the demand as Is shown
by the liberal prices uniformaIly
maintained on this our ho1ne market
while those engaged are thus encouraged
and stimulated 10 ever renewed effort,
both a. to the quality ia marked charac-
terixtlc OF Wichita IL the almost univer-
sal demand for the best and quantity 81
their proiucte. their success also SERIES
as an incentive TO others 10 engage ia
those and ike industries. The result =
that truck farming "a il is called in soine
sections ,s claiming the attention II
many who until recently have gwen
their time exclusively 20 the convention
al lines Of heavy farming and stock rsis-
ing.
The reasons Why wichita is a superior
market are. frs. the universal disposi-
ton OF dealers and citizens TO patron
ne home production n everything,
sending away for nothing thai
can be had d: home, thus retaining 3
volume Of money IN circulation among
our oxE citizens, much Of which IL
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11

rett, which is more than we
in Washington can say. They have
numerous churches and half a dozen
colleges. to say nothing of the academies
and schools, including among the latter
the only first class preparatory school in
Kansas school which fits candidates
for West Point or Annapolis in three
months.
Wichitas morning newspaper, the
EAGLE, is its chief institution. 1t dates
back toward the beginning of things and
has done a great deal to make things
what they are 1t was the EAGLE that
advertised the town and its boom; it was
the EAGLE that kept the boom from out
running the town; it is the EBGLE which
now keeps the world informed about
Wichita, while it keeps Wichita inform
ed about the world There are other
and excellent newspapers. but there is
only one EAGLE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
JUDGE PETERS COMING.

The attention of Hon. S. r. Peters
being called to the statements published
in the district papers to the effect that
he would be in the district the latter
part of the present month and deliver a
number of speeches at different points
in the district, Mr.. Peters informed the
Washington correspondent of the Globe
Democrat that he would be able to de-
liver but one speech in the district, in
consequence of the prolonged session of
congress and his duties requiring his
presence there, and that speech, which
will be carefully prepared, will be de-
hvered in Wichita, published, and copy
thereof mailed to every voter of the dis
trict. The date of the appointment has
not been definitely agreed upon, the
district central committee having re-
quested Judge Peters to fix the date a
little later than the 10th. the time indi-
Gated by the Globes correspondent.
The exact date will be announced in due
time. however. so that all who NAV de-
sire to be present and hear our honor
able and able representative may be able
to do So
Being the most available point for ali
parts of the district. both as to facilities
for travel. hotel and hall accommoda-
tons, and as the metropolis of the dis
trict, Wichita was naturally selected as
the point at which to meet as MANY of
his constituency as possible. The occa-
sion will witness one of the largest
political gatherings of the campaign in
the state and will be the event of the
canvass in the district and the southern
part of the state.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
The Badly Eagle: Tuesday ornlng sepembr IT, 1885
THE HEALTHFULNESS OF THIS
VALLEY

At an altitude of nearly fourteen hun
bred feet above sea level, where clouds
and rain falls occur only by night, as a
rule, where cooling breezes never lull
and perpetual sunshine warns and
brightens no less in December than in
June; whose waters have percolated
from mountain fountains and streams
down through miles of clean bright
sands, Wichita has become to be already
known as city of wonderful health.
The mortality rate for the past few
years has been only from seven to ten
for each thousand Inhabitants record
which has not been equalled by the pub
lished statistics of any city in the coun-
try; not even by the most favorably still
ated mountain cities. No pulmonary
troubles ever originate here and the
dreaded epidemics of cholera, yellow
fever and the like are unknown. Spo-
radio diseases seldom occur and con-
tagions. when brought here, soon fade
out and disappear.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
THE OUTLOOK FOR FARMERS.

A number of our state exchanges are
discussing the price of cereals of this
years crop. mainly corn and wheat, all
agreeing that the ruling prices are too
low and some advising their farmer
readers to hold on to their surplus under
the belief that price must go higher.
Our notion is that bread crops will all
rule higher than for several months past,
but that prices will run up to the figures
anticipated by some we think is very
doubtful. The worlds wheat crop is es-
timated to be considerably shorter than
for several years. but that the crop of
that cereal in this country is consider
ably larger than for two or three years
there is no doubt. The unsettled con-
dition of Europe might be expected to
have some effect upon the worlds mar
kets, but the relations between the
powers that are understood to be antag-
onistic are really no more strained now
than for many months past, and the
only incident in this connection that
could effect prices would be the declara-
ton of war and beginning of open hos
tilities.
In our own country conditions are not
such as to give promise OF anything like
boom in prices of bread and food crops.
The low prices of live stock that have
ruled the markets and the shortness of
crops generally for two or three years
have had the effect to discourage the live
stock industry and as a consequence the
supply of cattle and hogs in the country
has been considerably diminished. In
this state alone, according TO estimates
made up and published by Secre-
tarv Mohler of the state board of
agriculture, the hog crop has been dimin-
ished more than four hundred thousand
head. and it Is fair to presume that other
live stock has been correspondingly re-
duced not only in this state but throgh-
out the country -Of course this shrink
age cannot fail TO effect the price of
grain, as the demand for feed will not be
SO great. In addition to the conditions
mentioned there is considerable old corn
ana wheat still in first hands. how much
cannot be accurately estimated. but
enough beyond doubt to depress prices
to some extent.
As an offset to the prospect that there
will be no great advance in the price of
grain as set out il the foregoing. the
conditions enumerated cannot fail to
stimulate the prices of live stock, and
those who are fortunate enough to have
a surplus of cattle or hogs will. undoubt-
edly realize more in their enhanced value
than they will lose by comparison in the
failure to realize the buoyant prices an
ticipated for their surplus grain.
Taking the outlook all around as it is
presented al present and there is nothing
to discourage the farmer. but everything
TO encourage him, and it is indeed grarI-
flying to note this feeling pervading the
agricultural community, as is evidenced
by the energy and activity manifested in
fall preparations for another years crop
for fall and winter pastures.
putting increased acreage to wheat. fall
lowing land for corn, etc.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
THE HOPE or KANSAS.

Ia a recent editorial tie PhiIadelphia
Dispatch says
Wichita j. indeed the wonder e,f ina
southwest. and - destined 20 he a ores,
city. Kansas ha.s had her full shar,, a
troubles. and il IL the wish Of this com.
try that sbe may hare no more. whsu
wichita was born her hopes frightened
and tie ais she vas heir 10 r,s-~.~d s,vay
srd today sfls d strong and heal,hy.
ike her robus, Wichita. and together
twin wonders OF the world.
WlchIta i soiid IN every way. Iss
great Development - natural. and = ers-
i@rprises are founded On fo~k. In ne,
rasn gather 40 mos and come very cla.ss
50 toe itnzgs os Their maker. Her p<opis
love Ter with love ths. knows 10
ceaih. ard they boast and boom Der with
vii and a relish ths: IL enchanting.
Lake the Prussisn guxyi fhss forever
sisnds On the hanks 81 the sacred Rhine,
watching all and every inEszSs1, ADD
protecting each and ali o: iEe fathsrAsa.
20 do The worshippers Of Wichita sssna
N sold Fsllslanx rs-adT 20 do % 20 dse Tor
tAesr osTn Y iehlfs-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11

ordinarily and AZ other places sent away
for such supplies.
That the superior conditions to which
we have referred may be something of a
surprise to the stranger and those un-
acquainted with the city, It's makeup
and surroundings. as they make com
parison between this and cities Of their
acquaintance is bat to be expected but
when they are understood the surprise
void be at their non-existence In the
first place the citizens OF Wichita. ike
those Of most metropolitan cities.
depend upon the markets for then
culinary supplies. Then the con
slant influx Of visitors to the city
stimulates the demand in no small de-
gree. In addition to these there AFRO
large numbers OF persons drawn here a.
pupils III the various institutions -
learning. public ana private. some *
which have continuous sessions. In
short 4 community q forty thousand
active consumers. engaged exclusively
III professional, commercia! and indus
trial pursuits, such as - Wichita. could
not fail to make valuable market for
everything that IS produced from and
upon the soil These are the conditions
that render the rich and productive land.
that are contiguous To this city. 30 valua-
bic and 50 desirable for homes and a. IN
vestments, and ~ once explain the
seemingly high prices put upon such