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Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

DR.. Schleyer, the Swiss man of science
who invented Volapuk, is dead, and the
headquarters of the propaganda of Che
universe language have been removed to
Paris, where its director is a Gallicized
Dutchman. Auguste Kerckhoffs by
name. The French minister of war
thought well enough Of a treatise by
Kerckhoffs on cryptograms and ciphers
10 allow it to be used under his patron
age. Meanwhile, the new language is
having little boom in this country, es-
pecially in New York, where several
commercial firms are using it in their
correspondence.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

The terrible result of the recent mine
disaster near Pittsburg, Kan, in the loss
of something like fifty lives, is intensi-
fled by the thought that it removes the
main stay and support Of so large anum-
Der of helpless and dependent ones, and
that just at the beginning of winter that
promises to be long and severe. Nor is
horror Of the thought Modified by the
reflection that the fearful sacrifice might
have been avoided by the exercise OF
proper precaution on the part of those
whose duty it is to see that such things
are looked after. There certainly must
have been criminal negligence or in
capacity somewhere connected with the
affair.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

Lunch cloths, : o'clock teas,
fine towels, SPA Lers, scarfs,
table linens. napkins plush table
covers and sCarfS.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

Mems knit underwear. Our sale
Will continue this week at the
low price Of 80, 4S and 50 cents.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

New black goods Nev black
goods. SergeS, sGrahs, silk W arp
henr ettaS, fancy we aves, wool
henriet' o ;, armura, tamise, etc.
The most complete stock or
black dress goods IN the market.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

Chndrens union suits at IS
cents, worth 81.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

We offer great Inducements IN
black silks, black silks. black
fatlie, black faflie black faille at
66 cents. ar S6 cents. at 100
cents. Black f2ille sc 124 cents.
Back rali9 at 14g cents Black
1alll7 at I'll cents. All guaIau-
teed high grades.
Look at the new black silk,
Toison dc Sole reception
dresses.
New dress fabric. New dress
faDric. HOrtenSe cloth. The
latast, the best a0d most durable
TaOr1c made.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

party.
Wichita eagle., 1888-11-16

and for good
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

and then Mr.. Bowser flung the BABY
on the bed and gave vent 10 his feel
ings. ] jumped on the bed and COW
cred my head TO shut out the awful
sights and sounds. When an interval
OF silence occurred. looked out. and
the landlord was at the door and say
ing:
II want no kussed lunatics nor hay
thens in my house TO hurt me reputa-
tioni You'll either behave yerself or
be tramping!''
What followed seems like a dream
OF a year age. ] remember OF meat
and potatoes-sltting up all night-a
bill Of six dollars next morning
ing the train for home falling into
the front door with cry Of Joy. and
when came to, the fragments of my
sateen dresses and Of Mr. Bowser's
seersucker suit were scattered about
the room. and he was looking down
upon me and saying:
Yes, IL was you who brought this
about. and I'll never forgive you to
my dying hour. You discovered a
cheap and hofne-like resort you
dragged me away got us insulted.
and now-now you must take the con-
sequeneesi Detroit Free Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
eRlTTAnys COAST.
Gradual sinking "a lns soil Of yariou
French Provinces.

GRADUAL shaking "a .ns soil Of Various
French Provinces.
just lately. on the coast of Brittany.
one of those geological discoveries
have been made which suggest to the
mind periods Of time making the long
est human life appear but span. aud
exhibiting processes quite dwarfing the
most ambitious human achievements
This is the disclosure. by the displaee-
ment of mass of sand during the last
high tides, of forest that must have
been buried for some twenty centuries
at least. The situation is just opposite
Saint Maio, at the foot of the cliffs of
Saint Enogat and Saint Lunairc. The
forest is supposed to have once extend
ed from Saint Malo to beyond Mont
Saint Michel. This discovery is con-
sidered of great scientific interest, as
IL affords remarkable illustration OF
the gradual sinking of the French
shore. The progress of this sinking
during the last two thousand years. is
clearly shown in an old map found at
the Abbey of the Mont Saint Michel.
Within no more than seven centuries
back as many as seven parishes are
said to have disappeared by the subsi-
dence of this region. And in the
Bay of Douarnenez there is known TO
have existed in the fifth century quite
a fiourishing town called Is. tie scene
of the famous tragicsrf legend. Even
now, at low water. may be seen the old
walls of Is, which are called by the in
habitants of Mogber Greghi (wall of
the Creeks. The people of the coun-
try pretend that they can sometimes
hear the old church bells of the sub
merged city ringing with the motion
of the current.
French geologists estimate that the
gradual sinking of the soil of Brittany.
Normandy. Artois. Belgium and Hcl-
land is not less than seven feet GEN.
tury. At this rate it is estimated that
in about ten centuries all the channel
ports will be destroyed. and Paris itself
will have become maritime city. In
another ten centuries it is predicted
that the French capital itself will have
become entirely submerged. excepting,
perhaps, that the tops of the Pantheon,
of the Arc de Triomphe and other such
monuments may be discernible at low
water by the people who viii then be
living. London Globe.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
OYSTER CULTIVATION.

Some Points About How They Are Grown
I'm Long Island sound.
In connection with the attempt about
to De made 10 plant and cultivate oys-
ters in Eiliott's Bay. IL will prove i'm
teresting to those concerned IN the
experiment TO know some thing of the
plans adopted elsewhere aud presum-
ably under substantially similar condi-
tions. A published report states that
the oyster growers along the upper
Atlantic coast have had better season
this year than ever before. The whole
number of acres under cultivation in
the vicinity of Stratfofd and Bridge
port. Conn. is s5.567 The oyster in
dustry has been built up there mainly
within the last twelve or fifteen years.
aud Notwithstanding the rayages Of
siarfisf and other enemies of the oyster
some of the principal growers have
become rich. The Connecticut laws
reserve as public grounds oyster beds
within a mile of msiniand. and any
resident Of the State may gather she'll
fish upon these grounds. Private beds
extend for ten miles out into Long
island Sound. aud large fleet Of small
steamers Is kept constantly at work
upon them the year round.
In the spring the beds are covered
with shells to replace the oysters that
have been taken up. and later In the
season the boats are kept busy taking
mp and destroying s,ar-iish and chang
ing Young stock from one bed 10 an
other. Dredgers begin their opera
tons in the fall. aud then the grower
reaps his harvest. Beginning ut this
time Of year. the whole force of steam
ers again tackle the star-fish. The
oysters are taken up in dredges. cnlled
over. all the stars. wrinkles and drills
picked out by hand. and the oysters
put back on new ground. III steamer
and its crew of five hands gather
three bushels Of stars in a day il is
considered a profitable employment
aud some of the boats take up more
than fifty bushels daily. Oysters grow
to marketable size in three or four
years. according to whether they are
for foreign or home consumption.
Oysters can not be kept without a
knowledge of their habits They feed
twice in a day of twenfy-four hours.
and then just at that stiffness preced-
ing tine turn Of the tide. At no~other
time. except when feeding. do they
open their mouths. When taken out
of the water they naturally attempt to
feed at regular intervals. and as soon
rs their mouths are open the liquor is
MI lost. the air takes its place. and the
oyster is covered with thick coating
of slime. This is the first stage OF de-
composition. after which the oyster is
of no aecount-SeattEe nv IT, POST
lfsfeiliqencer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
MtifrE LEAD.
How n IL Manufacturers In yarfous Coun
tries and Of what IL IN Camppsed.

How n IL Manufactured In yarfous Couns
tries and OF what ft IN Camppseds
White lead is not n simple carbonate,
but compound of bydrate with car
Donate OF lead. In proportions varying
from two to four Of carbonate TO one Of
hydrate. There are three methods NV
which It is made ON the large scale.
known as the French, EngES3l and
Dutch methods; they all depend pri=
mafily on the formation of the basic
acetate of lead and rs conversion into
carbonate. In the French method q
solution Of basic acetate Of lead ID pre-
pared by the digestion of Iftharge with
aeetic acid or q solution of acetate Of
lead, or BY the action Of aeefie acid on
finely divided metallic lead with access
of air. In this solution Ii forced
earbonie acid gus. which precip-
itates two-fhirds Of the lead, and this.
after settling. is collected and dried
The supernatent clear liquid. which ID
neutral or slightly acid solution "a
acetate of lead. Is boiled with fitharre.
and the basic acetate thus formed again
treated with carbonie acid. Expert
enee has shown that il Is not absolutely
necessary 10 have the basic acetate of
lead completely in solution as In the
French process
In the English process. litharge. with
about one per cent Of acetate (sugar of
lead), i mixed with water to q moist
mass. and exposed under constant stir
ring TO the action Of carb1Bsc acid.
when the litharge is eonTerfed with
great rapidin into white earbonate.
The Dutch process, which = the old
est in use, consists in exposing thin
sheets OF lead to vapors and acetic acid
and carbonie acid for long period
In earthen vessels are placed sheets uf
lead rolled into the form OF 3 spiral.
into the bottom Of these vessels. but not
in contact with the lead. is poured
mixture Of weak vinegar aud sub
stances capable Of fermentation. as
yeast: plate of lead serves as a cover.
From 1,5Q0 to 1900 vessels thus pre-
pared are piled togeFter in so-caIled
t0ogen. and surrounded with spent bark
or stable litter: after six weeks the lead
viii be found sbickly coated or entirely
converted into white carbonate The
action is here substantially the same as
in .he other processes given; the lead
Is first converted into acetate. and sub
sequently into carbonate by the carbon
ic acid given OF by the decompozing
matters present. which also serve TO
maintain an elevated temperature. The
Dutch white lead contains more oxide
Of lead and possesses more body than
the French, but is said 10 hare greater
tendency. when used as a paint with
oil. TO turn yellow on exposure. White
lead is frequently zdulterated with 9th
er substances. principally suIphate Of
baryta.-T Toledo Bgafe
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A machine of one-horse power
would keep 27, 200, 900 watches going.
La Nature.
Type made from paper is the
latest novelty. A process has been
patented in England by which large
type can be made from pulp.
In paper on injurious insects,
Prof j. A. Lintner placed the total
number of insect species in the world
at 60,000 OF these found in the United
States 1000 or 5000 are fruit pests. and
and at least 210 attack the apple
Scientists claim that a tide mill
located at the Bay of Fundy would
generate 100000 horsepower twelve
hours day. This distributed electri-
cally and sold to every State in the
Union would save the coal supply.
The Electrical RecieD says that the
uselessness of the lightning-rod is be-
coming so generally understood that
the agents find their vocation a trying
one. Fewer and fewer rods are manu-
factured each year. and ..the day will
come when hghtning-rod on house
will be regarded in the same light as 6
horseshoe over a mans door,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

If Milton will only cross my thresh-
cd to sing to me of Paradise, and
Shakespeare to open 10 me the worlds
of imagin alton and the workings of
the human heaI {. and Franklin to en-
rich me with his practical wisdom. i
shall not pine for want of intellectual
eompanionship, and / may become a
cultivated man. though excluded from
what is called the best society in the
place where i live. = William Eiierg
Claiming.
-Consciences are accommodating
things. They seldom trouble a man
who has gobbled millions of oiher
peoples money; but when they get
hold of fellow who has pocketed
twenty-five cents that belongs to some
body else. they make it warm for him
until he disgorges or joins the great
majority and augments his peculations
TO a point beyond which no self-re.
specting conscience cares TO go.
Inequality in taxation. my son, is
a system of assessment which hits you
quite as hard as neighbor Jones. over
the way. just and impartial taxation,
on the contrary. is a system which lets
you off without paying a dollar and
makes Jones pay enough for both
There. my son. you have a bit of infor-
nation that you would never learn in
an organic newspaper or political
convention. - Boston Transcript
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
INDIAN ORNAMENTS.
What Eagles Feathers signify. and why
the scalp Lock n Worn.

the Scalp Lock II Worn.
There are few ornaments now in
use with any meaning among the Da-
kota Indians. Eagle feathers. the
number worn showing the number of
enemies he has killed. the wing
feathers Of the bald-headed eagle de-
noting male, and the black eagle
feathers denoting women. are perhaps
most prominent II they have scalped
the enemy. a broad red streak is paint
ed upon the feathers. If the person
killed was of prominence or reputation
the feather Is sometimes dyed red.
small sticks wrapped with porcupine
quilts are sometimes attached 10 the
quill OF the feathers. and little pieces
of white fur glued TO the ends. No
one will wear an eagle feather unless
entitled 10 it. as they believe IL will
fiy away from their heads II worn un-
lawfully.
The scaip-lock is still worn even
among the so-called civilized Indians
They arrange the scalp-lock proper an
inch across. and tie around this very
firmly head band, and then the hair
Is braided and an otter skin is tied
around il spirally, forming braid at
least two and sometimes as much a.
four feet long. This Is kept
oiled for the enemy. If an In
dian has the time and the person
killed is of Importance. he will scalp
of the whole from beneath the eye
brows. including the eyes. Grizzly
oil
do not believe as mark of distinction.
but as they are costly, | think the
wearing of them is merely matter Of
wealth and not OF chieftainship.
Aside from the religious position.
the wi-cas-ta-wa-kan. or medicine
man, is the physician among the
Dakotas, thoroughly conversant with
the medical qualities OF the various
herbs. To give greater effect to his
remedies he is accompanied by drum
and rattles and INDUCES in much con-
tortions of features and limbs. Often
he sucks with his mouth over the seat
Of pain-a novel way of eupping. but
often efiicacious. have seen cases OF
long standing cured by these men. in
some instances where the army sur
geon had given them up. One cure
have in mind was of cataract of the
eye. 1t was cured by inserting under
meath the lids filings from brass wire.
The patients were always painted red
10 make their hearts strong. they say.
Often the medicine man viii cut an
image out of paper or bark. and.
placing il on the ground. the patient
Is held over it; then the medicine man
viii take his gun and shoot the image.
destroying the evil spirit that has
caused the sickness. Helena (1foRt }
Heral1.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
FINE NEIGHBoRHooD.
A south Carolina Nogro's Pleasant Ex
periences In Tennessee.

A south Carolina NOgro's Pleasant Ex-
perIences In Tennessee.
A South Carolina negro who had
moved into a Tennessee community
was asked by white man IL he liked
his neighbors.
"Oh, mighty we'll, sab; mighty
well, he replied. "Trabeled ober
seberal ounties an hab circleated
roun' er good many votin' precints.
but amt foun' no neighborhood yit
dat j likes lack do dis yere one"
Have the people borrowed .any
thing from youp"
''Oh. vas. sab; oh. yas Bout de
secon' day we got yere Miz Jones she
came ober an borried de sitter. an
Mr.. Smif he borried my sawbuck an
Mr.. Brown he come ober an said dat
he would lack ter hab our ccffee-
mill. F"
Did you let them have what they
wantedP"
.-Oh, vas, sab. Jss handed en-
right out widout a word o 'plaint."
Hive they ever brought them
backP"
No, sab. -
'.And still you call them good neigh
bors?"
''Yes, sah."
''Well, don't see how you can make
that out"
EASY ernuff sab. Yer see i hab
borried er dollar frum Miz Jones. er
chunk o. er hoss frum Mr.. Smif an er
sassage grinder frum Mr.. Brown. so.
rs er good deal erhead. On. / amt
neber gwine ak EN- ter pay me back.
Bless yo' life, rs dollars erhead now.
o.. yas, sab. dis is so fur er mighty
fine neighborhood. "-ArkdDsaW 1rGv-
eier.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
ABOUT DYNAMITE


How the Dangerous ard Powerful Expao-
sfre Is Manufaetured-
Few people know what dynamite is.
though the word IS in common use Il
is giant gHn-powder. that il. an ex-
plosive material varying in strength
and safety of handling according 70 the
percentages OF nitro-gIvcerine it con-
tains- Nitro -glyeerine. whence IL derives
its strength. Is composed Of ordinary
glycerfae and nitric acid COM
pounded together in certain proper
tons and at a certain temperature
Nitro-glycerine, though not the strong
est EXP IIoSive known. being exceeded in
power BY nitrogen and other products
of chemistry. Is thus far the most ter
rible explosive manufactured to any en-
tent Nitro-giyeerine itself il not safe
10 handle. hence dynamite is preferred
1t is extensively made and consumed IL
the United States under the various
names of Giant. Hercules. Jupiter and
Atlas powders. all Of which contain anr-
where from twenty n eighty per cent of
nitlo-glycerine. the residue of the
compound being made up of rotten
stone, non-explosiye earth, saw dust.
charcoal. plaster of paris. black powder
or some other substance that takes up
the glycerine and makes porous.
sPongy mass Nitro-glycerine was dis
covered oy Salvero. an Italian chemist.
in 1885. Dynamite is prepared by
simply kneeding with the naked hands
twenty-five per cent. of infusorial earth
and seventy-five of nitro-glycerine
until the mixture assumes putty con-
dition not unlike moist brown sugar.
Before mixing. the infusorial earth is
calcined in furnace, in order to burn
ont al organic matter, and it is also
sifted TO free it of large grains. While
still moist it IS squeezed into cartridges.
which are prepared of parchment paper.
and the firing is done by illuminate OF
silver in copper capsules provided with
patent exploders- Nitrc-glycerine is
made of nitric acid one part and sui
phuric acid two parts, to which is add
ed ordinary glycerine, and the mixture
is well washed with pure water.
The Infusion is composed of small
microscopic silicious shells which have
lost their living creatures. The ceIlu-
lar parts receive the nitro-glycerine and
hold it by capillary attraction, both in
side and ont The earth is very light.
Water is expelled from it by means of
furnace and then, in the form of = pow
der, it is mixed with nitro -gIyceriHe
Nitro -glyceTine has a sweet. aromatic.
pungent taste. and the peculiar proper
ty of causing violent headache when
placed in a small quantity ON the tongue
OF wrist. 1t freezes at forty degrees Fab
renheit. becoming white. haif rystal
lied mass, which mnst be melted by
the application of water at a tempera-
ture about one hundred degrees Fab
renheit.-AnerfcGn 4naIyst
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

six years against some strange I'M
ilnence that was constantly drawing
him back 10 the scane Of his crime and TO
confession. but feeling that no human
being knew of his guilt. he had con-
qiere the inf lenec. He never passed
through the dark Kane woods while
firing for b Il Sandnsky that the whole
seem OF the tragedy did not rise be-
fore him. When that scene was re-
vealed so mysteriously TO the engi-
neer the murderer believed that the
terrible secret was no oager his own.
lie gave NJ the struggle aud went un-
resisitngy 10 his fate. lie was hanged
three days after B | visited him. But
h W can anv one explain that queer
vision OF BlI'sp' Harrisburg IRA
Cor. " L. Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
AT AAsT.


What though upon n wintry sea our life bari
sails,
What though we tremhlc meath its cruel galos,
Its ley blast;
We see happy port lie far before;
We see its shining waves, It's sunny shore,
Where we shall wander, and forget the troubled
past
At last.
No storms approach that quiet shore, no night
Falls on its silver streams, and valleys bright,
And gardens vast;
Within that pleasant land OF perfect peace
Our toii-worn feet shall stay, our wanderings
coases
There shall we, resting, all forget the past
At last.
The sorrows we have htd in silent wearincss.
as birds above wounded, bleeding breast,
Their bright plumes cast;
The griefs like mourners IN dark array,
That haunt our footsteps here, will fiee away,
And leave US to forget the sorrowral past
AT last.
Voices we loved sound from those far-on lands,
And thrill our hearts; lies golden sands
Are dropping fast;
soon shall we meet by the river OF peace ano
say,
AS the night tiees before the eve or day
So faded from eyes the monrnfnl past
At last.
--TosidA Allea,s WFNe.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
About coloring Butter.

II any definition of fraud can be
framed which covers mixtures of ami
NAL fats. butter and dye stuffs, and
does not include mixture of butter
and dye stuffs. both TO be sold as pure
butter. and which does not include also
a dairy commission which condemns
the one and approves the other, we
would like to hear it. From my expe-
rience selling butter from twenty cows.
judge that we can sell pure butter.
II we can not. but have to counterfeit
and are not willing to have its true
character known, let us keep very still
about oleomargarine, and let us and
our dairy commissioner give the word
fraud" rest.-A. j. Coo, ia Connect
cut Farmer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

She had a voice like siren and
when she sang
Md play shure, and palaces. though heam q
Rome,
BE it averse, oh wum bull there. snow play sly
H. arm from thesk eyeseam slew waIlow q
sheer.
Witch seek through the whirl disnecrm ct
twitche sweari''
there wasn't a dry eye in the taber-
nacle; but, if the programme hadn't
said in clear, unmistakable print that
she was going to sing Sweet Home. y
a man might never have guessed it,
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

What is that fellows name?''
81 know perfectly well. and if / wanted
to. | could tell you as quick rs | could
say Jack Robinson. = Nv ell. then, shat
is it?'' Jack Robinson - Hashisg-
tom Hdtchst.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14
Anshann 1rn m,fa

Husband (to wife. home from
church) h)--.Service Interesting this
morning. my dear?n WIfe-..Not par-
ticularly so. Mrs. Carlton-Pell's baby
was baptized. and they say It's baptis-
NAL robe of lace cost $500 think
there is such thing as being too re-
Igious. ~ J.. Sstn.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

-A.-..How do you like your land-
LADY," B.-"She is very clever woman,
but she has too much curiosity !"
s.Iu what direetion?'' .sShe il always
asking me when I am going 70 pay my
board bill.