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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

direct niis. ropoi-
oay. the writs scdnlee
Of the systems Of fnarriszA descent
among some three hundred and hfty
peoples Of the world. 20 - to ascertain
by means OF method Of adhesion
how far each rule co-exists or not nlth
other rules. and what have been the
directions Of development frDna one
rule TO anothsri As first test OF tho
results TO be obtained By this means
the barbaric custom IL examined
which forbIds the husband and his
wife's parents (though on friendly
foofing) to speak or look nt One
another or mention one another'A
names. Some seventy peoples prae-
tiee this or the converse custom OF the
wife aud her husband , relatives being
obliged ceremDninliy 70 cut one am
other On classifying the marriage
r les OF mankind marked distinction
Is found TO lie between those people
whose custom Is for the husband 20 re-
side with his wife's family aud those
whore he removes her to bis own
home. II appears that the avoidance
custom between the husband and his
wife's family belongs preponderantly
fiH fourteen cases. rs compared with
eight computed as likely 10 happen by
rhaucce &c the group OF eases whore
the husband goes to live with the
wife's family. This implies a casual
connection between the customs Of
avoidance and residence. suggesting as
reason that the husband. being an
interloper in the wifess family. must be
treated a. a stranger; 70 use an English
idiom expressing the situation. he II
not recognized Other varieties Of the
customs show similar preponderant ad-
hesions. Another custom. here oalled
teknonmy. or naming the parent from
the child. prevails among more than
thirty people; as an example was men-
toned the name of Ra-mary. or father
OF Mary. by which Livingstone was
generally known in Africa. This Gus
| tom proves on examination TO adhere
CLOSELY 10 those of residences and avoid
ance. the three occurring together
among eleven people-that Ii. more
than six times as often az might be ~
pected 10 happen By chance coneur-
renee. Their connection finds salts
factory explanation in the accounts
/ given of the Cree Indians OF Canada.
where the husband lives in bis
wife's house. but never speaks
TO his parents-in-law till his
irst child il born. this alterytfrrwlsufr
| situation. for though the father i not
a member OF the family his child il,
and so confers on him the status Of
father OF so-and-so. which becomes
his name. the whole being then
brought 10 logical conclusion hx the
family cea=ing TO cut him. These
etiquettes of avoidance furnish nm in.
dication Of the direction Of change IL
social habits among mankind; thers
are eight people TOR instance. the
zulGs) where residence j. In the hus
bands family. with the accompanying
advoidances. but at the same time t1ss
advoidanee is kept up between ths
husband and wife's family. indicating
that mt recent period he may have
habitualiy lived with them --Londo,
1 fsfofa
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
5EpAcocues.


ALTHOUGH aiaa 90 saet F0reiKn rnpIln.
They Are Ashamed of Them.
All OF as have our experiences OF the
lnvinclble contempt In which we are
held by our stolid mentors. who accept
our presents with the air af chief
lovying tribute from his ratainers.
Amusing indeed are the ways In which
the frowsy old pedagogues betray their
feelings. and childishly ingenious the
devices TO which they have recourse In
order 10 preserve their assumption of
their superiority before their country
men while Disgusting Il before the for
eigner. Chinese etiquette helps them.
for they can put &c on and of at pleasure.
and trust 20 the foreigner not being
cute enough TO follow Its ramlfications.
But sometimes even the ceremonial
forms are snare to them.
One who was In the habit OF being
reverentially bowed out OF the house
after each days lesson. and stopped at
the threshold TO return the obeisances
OF his pupil. found on one occasion a
sudden necessity for adjusting his drcss.
and In doing SO omitted the customary
formality. Struck by the singularity Of
the proceeding. the foreigner had the
curiosity 10 follow the teacher into tho
street, and there saw passing Chinese
Ting-ch'ai. in whose presence the old
teacher would not demean himself by
doing reverence 10 the foreigner.
Another kindly disposed scholar in
dueed his teacher TO dine and accom-.
paav him TO theater. Unpleasant as
II u 10 slt near TO well-nourished
Chinese during the time while his thor.
aoic air passages are charged with ex.
plosiveness. it must be allowed that
the courtesy of the Western papil was
commendable. But the guest felt fidg.
ETY.. notwithstanding the sedative effect
OF pork and beans, and soon found nj
excuse for leaving his foreign friend
He could not. In fact, endure being
publicly seen in the company of q
foreigner. Needless TO say that II
the streets your well-bred Chlnes'
walk. like the Levite, on the othel
side when they see their foreign ac
quaintances approaching. - Chimes
Ttaases,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
A Lovers Desperate Ae.

"Is there no hope?' he exclaimed
passionately. Think moment. m.
darling. ere you doom me to everlasi
ing despair"
II can not be your wife. Mr.. Brown.
she replied, firmly.
Then be the consequences upo,
your false headi' he cried. ''Ah, yo.
do not know tho effect of your crlfe
words upon desperate man. Once 70
all. is your decision irrevocable?n
81 repeat that can not marry yon
Let us end this painful scene, Mr.
Brown she replied. turning her pale
agonized face full upon him.
May Heaven forgive you.n h,
moaned, brokenly. Look upon you
victim for the last time. Miss Jones.
Selling his hat. he rushed out into tn
cold. cold world, and ten minutes late
was playing pin-pool for the drinks
Binghamton Republican.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

Cremation is illegal in France,
Id bodies have to be taken to
tally to be burned. M. NORM, dy-
ng recently in Paris, left insSruc-
ions that his body should be sent to
lilan to be burned. This was done,
nd the cost of the incineration was but
fteen shillings. The Italian Custom
louise, however, levied seventy dol
ars import duty on the body when it
anne into the country, and the same
mount export duty when the ashes
we're taken back to France
The other day o Boston man r,s-
ceived a letter on the envelope of
which were the words, Blood
Blood! Bloodr' in big red letters.
Thinking that it Contained threat to
Kill him. he gave tunopened to the po-
ice. When they opened it, they found
it was harmless appeal from a Saliva
lion Army crank.
"A Sylvania (Ga.) boy dug up some
srtichokes to pick and among thera
vas cooter or srfapin egg. which he
iropped frr>-s~s~Rrine alohg with the
lrtichokes. 'ess afterward he
'ock out be Aofroots aad dropped
me on the II broke pen
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
Whers - Find AIIigators.

The best place to find alligators is
in brackish water, half fresh and half
salt. They seem to thrive in such ele-
ment better than in either purely fresh
or purely salt water and are unusually
prolific there. Men who hunt them
take small boat on dark night and
move quietly along their haunts. With
q lantern they 'sshine their eyes, as a
hunter does a wild animal, and when
within few feet of them fire a ball in
TO the eye, and then with sharp hook
fastened to long pole catch him. II
only partially killed the fun then be-
gins. The water is lashed into foam
and the boat dragged along sometimes
q mile. Often second shot is neces-
sary to dispatch big one.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

-Leopld. King of the Belgians. has
never signed death warrant, and, al
though the statute has never been re-
pealed, capital punishment Is practi-
cally abolished in Belgium.
ZGuide boards have been growing
numerous in she country towns of New
Engieae tna q Se@ years past. In some
HssE0as % 4nse&shusetts at every cor
ser are sss solid granite posts ten feet
high, to which are bolted iron sign
boards With raised letters
"A German pastor, desirous of trav-
cling from Constantinople to BcElin
through Russia, was not permitted to
do SO. A recent decree of Emperor
Alexander Ill forbids the journeying
through Russia of any ecclesiastie
Uther than of the Russo Greek Church.
Prince Bismarck recently gave a
Fete to his servants and tenants at
Friederichsruhe to celebrate the dis
patch 10 Berry of 5, 900 telegraph poles
eut in his forests. BismarcS has sup
piled Germany with 100000 telegraph
poles during the last ten yeas.
1t is alleged that recently in Nag
pore, India. = boy Of sixteen was Of
tered a sacrifice to the gods, in accord
Ance with d superstition that human
- -sse.-a sn.,eSs = = heassa4ifs.l haryes
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
The Pool of Rethesda.

The pool of Bethesda has been salts
factorily identified at Jerusalem, ac-
cording to the chairman of the Pales-
tine exploration fund. All early au-
thorities agree in representing this
pool as being rear the Church OF st.
Anne, but nothing was known of the
pool in later years till some Algerian
monks recently unearthed a large tank
in the rock under the church, reached
by n fight of twenty-four steps. How
ever, the pool being invariably de
scribed as having i've rarEhes, thi;
tank did not s=ite correspond to the
Bethesda pool until now, when He.
Conrad Schlck has found twin pool
side by side with the first discovery.
These sister pools, therefore, could
easily have had porch on each OF the
four sides, with a fifth on the wall
separating the tanks, and this link is
considered 10 complete the identifica-
toni Among other traditions. the old
writer's describe this Piscina Probatica
as the birthplace of the Virgin Mary.
Boston Home Journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
CRAFTS ON WOUNDS.
An Operation Frequently Performed By
SkiIlful Surgeons.

An Operation Frequently Performed by
SkIIlfuI Surgeons.
DIR. Redard has communicated to the
Academic de Medicine Of Paris some
observations regarding animal gratis on
wounds In human beings. In case of
severe burn of the scalE, Of eight
months standing, in child OF two
years of age. he obtained a rapid
cicatrization by means of gratis from a
fowl. He first tried gratis of frogs
skin. but as these proved to be repul-
sive to patients, and did not give very
good results. he substituted others
from the fowl; and the wound, which
measured three inches by two and a
half, had completely healed in two
months. He had been equally success
full in other aud subsequent cases. He
takes the skin from beneath the wing
of a chicken, carefully securing the
adjacent cellular tissue, but avoiding
adipose tissue. The transplauted
pieces varied from sixth to third OF
an inch in size, and they were main
tanned in position by means of little
cottonwood and iodoform gauze. The
skin of birds and fowls has the advan-
tage of being supple, delicate, and
vascular; il adapts itself readily to the
surface of the wound, and adheres
without undergoing absorption. -Medi-
cal Record.
"A Washington Territory young
man applied for the leadership of the
Port Blakeley school. He sent his
application and a supposed letter OF
recommendation in the same envelope
By mistake, however, he inclosed q
letter from a young lady. containing
charges and threats very damaging to
the would-be pedagogue's reputation.
The scho6i trustees wrote and told
him that his recommendation was not
of the right kind.
An Alabama lawyer closed an
argument she other day Shra; III
your Hoccr please, and geI.tloman OF
the jury, / do not desire to initiate
against the majesty of the law, nor to
contravene the avoirdupois of the evil
dence. If you strip this thing of its
multitudinous wrappings. break the
| cement and let the cohesion take place,
you viii find out there is nothing in
this case but an inroad by way of an
invasion into DIR. Watson's -pothecary
shop
The woody, melon-shaEe& ;r,liss o:
the sand-box tree of the Vert Indies
Is made into neat box by saving OF
the top and scooping out the seeds
and is used in Barbados for holding
sand. When, however, the fruit is al.
lowed to ripen on the tree, It bursts
explosively, scattering the seeds over
the ground. An experimenting natur-
alist recently sought to preserve D
specimen OF the fruit by drying.cars
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
He Had Had Experience.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dollars a
week seems small salary for the hard
work OF reporter, sir.
Editor-Perhal,s it does. but the field
is overcrowded. We refuse applica.
tions almost every day. 1 think you
said you had had experience as "a news
paper man9
Applicant (with dignity II was
principal of school of journalism for
a year.
Editor (coldly) sir. We pay
SIS a week TO beginners Chicago
Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
Cultured Dame-"Just like a man!

Cultured Dame-"Just like a man!
You grab paper as soon as il arrives,
keep it all to yourself, and then blame
me for not being informed on matters
OF public interest," Well.
my dear. I'll read the paper aloud If
you wish. Let me Another Ocean
Horror.'n 80. don't read that.
1.-The Progress of the Campaign
Il don't care for politics. :" Issues
OF the Hour" Never mind that. =
=. Science Solves a Problem 81
hate science" Mrs. Tiptap's Party
Description of the Dresses. 20,
read that - Philadelphia Record.
Chestnut gathering is delightful
occupation, and some people obtain so
many chestnuts that the matter of their
preservation is a serious question. To
keep cheStnuts from four to six
months. mix each bushel with a pintof
salt, shake thoroughly and keep in a
dry place, where the temperature is
from 40 10 so degrees.
-Tamarlnd whey is much relished
by chronic invalids who have grown
tired of the stereotyped beverages.
Boil u pint of new milk, and. as it boils,
stir in two tablespoonfuls OF tamarinds;
after it breaks (by that is meant curds
and whey separating), strain and add
rock candy enough to swceten slightly.
This is laxative drink and should be
avoided in certain conditions.
-Buckwheat Short Gaze. One and a
half cups OF sweet milk. two teaspoon
ruls of baking powder (scant). one tea-
spoonful salt. bucKwheat -four enough
to make batter. little thicker than for
griddle cakes. Bake the same RS john
nv cake. eat with butter or grA Ss'e
ss-s are delicious q.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

-Ihe great trouble with man is not
lack of opportunity. it is the need oil
a disposition to improve the opportu-
mites he has.
The great secret of getting on in
the world-a secret which few have
learned-is to know when to speak,
and especially when to keep still.
Men suppose that their reason hes
command over their words; still it hap
pens that words in return exercise au
thority on reason.--Lord Bacon
Don't say that a man is bow-legged
even if he has that eccentricity of gait
just say that he doesn't obstruct the
view of the scenery when he is walk
ing Western Plos0man.
Unless a man has trained himself
for his chance. the chance viii only
make him ridiculous. A great occa-
sion is worth TO a man exactly what
his antecedents have enabled him to
make of IT. RillSdDs MatfAetcs.
Most OF tho very rich men of this
country were snce paeF. But unfort-
nnately ca drulahM1ge from one condi,
~ has heen effected ver
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

Nor on HIM-There are no flies on
J. NJ. p. Brayton. Esq. who owns that
beautiful ranch commonly known rs
Jnckass Dell. He entered our Office
the other day and left Il peck OF pota-
toes OF his own raising. His wife Il
one of the handsomest women in the
Wost, his daughter the finest singer
and musician. and the gentlemen him
self ought TO be President OF the United
States. II is to such go-nhead. enter
prising men as Mr.. Brayton that Ari-
zona is indebted for her prosperity.
We call attention 20 the two-column
ad. which we have Inserted free. OF the
fact that Jackass Dell is for sale ai
$40 an acre. It's worth five times that.
Il is not for US TO suggest that other
farmers bring us IN potatoes. butter.
carrots or apples. Such as do will find
us ready and willing to give them from
one-half column to three columns OF
notice in return, and in our most cheer
full vein. Detroit Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

OF stocking feet.-W Washington Critic.
"A fight between rattlesnake and
a coach-whip, near Monltrie, Fla. is
thus described: The rattlesuake
watched his antagonist, but could not
obtain an opportunity to strike.
Thinking that the coach-whip did not
mean business, the rather then leisurely
uncoiled himself and started to go,
when. quick as lightning. the whip
started for him, seizing MIN back of
the neck, and wrapped himself tightly
around his body. In ten minutes the
coach-whip leisurely uncoiled himself
and glided away into the underbrush,
leaving the latter a mass of jelly,
quite dead. The rattlesnake had sew
eral rattles, and was q dangerous
looking monster.
- love you for yourself alone, as
the blackbird said when he swallowed
the gooseberry. This is the common
place expression of false friends, who,
while they make the utmost use of US
even to abuse, profess the most un-
bounded admiration of, and regard for
us QuiUer.
True economy consists in proper
adjustment of time, strength and
money. 1t does not consist solely in
saving money; it may consist in spend
ing it. 1t does not always consist ir
saving bread crumbs for bread pud
dings which frequently prove to be
nothing more than favored and sweet
ened poultices.
Sometimes it is a positive injury
to another to respect his prejudices.
But, if you must cross them, do so as
gently as possible. He who has learned
how to combine gentleness and firm
ness has mastered one of the greatest
lessons of life. He has learned how to
govern and to read. Morning Star.
The greatest efforts Of commu-
nifty should be directed. not to relieve
indigence, but to dry up its sources. tc
supply moral wants. to spread purer
principles and habits. to remove the
temptations to intemperance and sloth'
to snatch the child from moral perdi
- make the maA equal to -
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George Was Not Ai,ald.

Young lady Gladly frightened) %,
George. here comes pa
George (ditto) )-WhereP Wherep
Young lady-Hear him stepping
along the hall in his stocking feetP
George (greatly relieved)- calm.
darling, be calm. George is not afraid
of stocking Washington Critic.
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.-Fifty 1ears 40 the Unitea s.

Fifty gears ago the United -
was the home Of a~laEZe number of pc
culiar wild anin3As. Unless a National
preserve cones to the rescue rerv soon.
anothar decade %ill see them nearly all
extinct The grizzlies are disappearino
from the Rockies A live buffalo i
nov worth from 500 TO $40 ss-S-
three years ago cost scarcely
that amount and they are foa
nowhere bp. in corner Of
in the Yellowstone Park.
has leen hunted almost o.
The mountain sheep,
beaver, the antelope an
ing.
To free canaries and
Insects the following me-
mended by one who say
fully pracficed it for
dusk cover the cage wit
During the night the II
from the birds on to
they may be seen re-
i. esot'ssis remove
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

TnE Coz oNEL Has GoNE Tony SO
cicty pretended to be all upset last
week because Colonel DeClaire was
arrested for horse thief and taken 10
Nebraska io stand trial. II wns only a
pretense. We have known for months
past that the Colonel WAS a beat aud
an impostor. and many others have
known &c. lie sent "a an order for a
new hat rs soon as he arrived here,
and thus put vs. under obligations not
10 give him away The hat grew old
aud rusty after u time. and as the
Colonel didn't come in with cash
subscription we felt that We had given
him rope enough. We just dropped a
hint 10 the sheriff Of Henry County.
and week later the Colonel had the
irons on. We are alone every evening
after six. We cant be bribcd. but there
are parties in this town who had best
come in and subscribe for copies to
send TO friends. Our terms are 81 per
year strictly in advance.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
Respect. Not Love.

Clara We're de yere-It can newer ue
never.
Mr.. Highhyer-I was on the top side
of that wheat corner. Miss Clara Lool
at this bank account
81 do not love you. Mr.. Highaye-. bu
! respect you. Oh. my darling. ho'
deeply | respect you: ! am yours
EttddelEhia Record.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

Musr TAXI TnEm CHANoEs. Three
times during the past month we have
surprised ourself and the public by
mopping tho noor with assaiiants.
while on two occasions we have igno-
miniously took 20 flight We state II
as physiological fact that there are
times when we had as lief fight dozen
men. aud other times when we'd run
from good-sized boy. Parties plan
ming 10 lick us must be prepared %
take their chances. We may fight like
lion or ruu like jack. rabbit
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28

antiquity. but e ha-.
thai IN George WASH
art was practieed even
and good statesman. In
of the MayHfnnd .Tonrg4a4
f173. Washington inserfe
tisemeBt dated at tha
now known to all the
Vernon. This Is the ..aa
AforxT FERsoE. TN W
Is. 1773-The subscr4sz
tanned patents for npzeFas ;
acres OF land on the O. and
Kanawha 10000 Of = zzt. are sitl
on the banks OF ilAa hrst ment'
river. between the 1aouths 0f q
Kananhas, and the remainder
Great Kanawha or New river
mouth OF near II. upwar
continued survey propo@
the same into any sized
may be desired. and le
moderate terms. alio%
number of years rent
within the space OF tb
next October. fhreslicFs
contained i'm eack lot.
ntely for a lesser qua
cleared. fenced and tile
and before the time lin
commencement OF the fr.
- s,~s@.s. ~ ua~~-Sw#- n -
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onR E'fnoffA There ara news
payers whtet pre- blowing about
shaiv cireaiasid Sn Ne do. and there
nav We n feM 1# VI moro snbaoribaFn
il Il sihala weeI She Kicier eets
there 5uat She h We begun on e.
airenlation OF tsl ca copies. one of
which We carried about Ia orr own
pocket. and The other went ~ a dead
hcad 10 tho postmaster. We now work
i0s copies which are pnId for Ia adj
vance. This Is nn increase oi 81 per
esnf. In seven months. and We ye got d
dollar which snys no other newspaper
III the world can equal It. We don't
claim that the Kirk'r makes Kings aud
Emparors tremble on their thrones, or
that II has bettered the moral standing
Of the American masses thousand
por cont, but we do know that We have
made life worth the living for good
many people out this way who were
ready 20 hang themselves when our
FIRST number was issued. and that every
new subscriber who comes has faith
that we viii make Il better man Of him.
OUR EXCUSE. We have been severe
" criticised because we refused 30 at
tend the funeral OF old Pete Shiny.
who died on the street of too much
whisky one night Inst week. Il Is
claimed that Old Pete was our creditor
In the sum Of twelve dollars. and that
it was shabby IN us not 20 see him
planted. Ia the first place Old Pete
owed us two dollars borrowed money
instead OF our owing him. IN the mex
cur Sunday pautaloons needed patel
about four feet square at tho end oppo
site the bow, and we did not care 3,
subject ourselves 10 rldicuie for th'
sake OF showing of. We can keep oui
back behind us IN our own Office unit
better times arrive. and that's what W.
are trying 20 do. We have sent to SaI
Francisco for patch the color of GU
pantaloons. and when Il arrives and I
welded on TO the spot. Richard viii b.
himself again. aud reaGy TO rustic a
funerals or address "A public meeting
ON the topics Of the day.
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flFlIH IIHI7ll
There ara news
j,re blowing about
tn We do. and there
III more subscribed
She Alcier gets
II We hnann on 4