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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28


AS affording q notion OF the con
ditions Of Australian life, the news
papers of that regios. are exception
ally valuable; for, especially in their
weekly editions, they are simply en-
cyclopedic. The stranger at once, in his
ignorance, takes an Australian weekly
10 be intended for use far out in the
country, at lonely stations, by men
who find time, once in a while. 10 ad.
just all their relations TO the universe
al one long sitting. Sae reader OF
such a weekly acts as O sort OF father
confessor. while the editor spreads out
before him general confession Of all
the sins of mankind, from Melbourne
horse races to European complications,
in well classified order and in very
good language. All the Australian
colonies ara represented in the weekly
general summaries; two or three Sc
rial novels run their even courses in
the few columns allotted 10 each; the
endless list OF colonial sports, races,
cricket matches, football games, is
duly SET forth letters from New York.
London, Paris, together with pages Of
telegraphic foreign material, prevent
the colonial reader from being too
much absorbed in home affairs. while
these home affairs are treated in
lengthy political summaries, in long
editorials, in shorter editorial notes.
in correspondence.
Meanwhile practical interests are
not forgotten. The farm. the vine
yard, cattle raising and mining are
discussed at length by experts. Games
puzzles, essays, book reviews, gossip
close the solid feast OF some thirty
large closely printed five column
pages OF actual text tcxclusive Of the
advertisements. Most OF our terrible
Sunday papers are far outdone as 10
quantity Of matter and on the whole
as to quality OF matter us well. None
of our weeklies can rival these in ency
clopedic character, in well edited
many sided variety of appeal, joined,
as is here the case, with excellence
Of workmanship The only objection
that our own badly spoiled newspaper
reader wos;ld make would be that all
this was loo dry for him and too vast
For Iay own part, since my return
from Australia, | have been taking
one Of these fine weeklies regularly,
and reading. not all of it. but as much
as desired and with no little profit
know no better means TO become ac-
quainted with the drift and the forces
OF Australasian life. Atlantic Month.
ly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
rngIIah a. she q TaIked.

"Hey, Bill Whyd'nt chu knmtua
kool yistaft noon2'
"Cozza hadda stateom coz mum
muthers sick.
"Ya-as, con yerra lier; Jim Tomson
saw you gonna lishin.
'sWelli guess the doctor said mum.
muther roughtto have some fish.
'Betchu didden ketch nauthin.r
''Betti caughtta bull pout that long
witha pinnook.'
Ya,as you did. Betchu ketch
somthin biggern that wen you cit
soskoolnthe ole teacher gitsoldo you.
'.Howjuno2'
Coz Jim Tomson give youway,
tBill weeps softly and goes of ID
quest 0f James Tomson Before seek
ing the inevitable interview with the
teacher, which really he does not seek.
but finds II rather thrust upon him,
against his urgent wishes and strong
protest. Bob Burdetta.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
THE COMING FARMER.
ne VIII Ne Man Competent TO Bring
Forth New Ideas.

He Will Be y Man Competent TO Bring
Forth New Ideas.
The coming farmer is on the way. He
Ii the new-school farmer, the one who
il cutting loose from the ancestral ways
and stepping far in advance of his fell
lows; he is adopting and bringing forth
new IDEAS. putting into practice
methods which will eventually double
and treble the productive powers OF
the soil. The coming farmer will be a
man Of thought as well as OF Drawn.
Specimens pf him may be occasionally
seen in the retired merchant who takes
up farming as b happy means Of put
ting in his closing years. That force
ofthought which gave him success in
mercantile life he nov applies TO till
ing the soil and to the various depart
ments Of agriculture and thereby
proves that thought Is as profitable in
farming as Ia any other business. One
OF the Lending characteristics Of the
coming farmer is that he viii be a
specialist He wSl devote his efforts,
his thoughts. his whole energies to one
line of agriculture as much as the mer-
chant who twenty years ago kept q
general purpose store. The most sue
cessful farmers Of the present time are
those who are pursuing special lines,
whether In the production oi dairy
products. Of draft horses. road horses
special breeds 81 sheep, cattle or hogs.
The coming farmer will send f0reverto to
the block the scrub sire In all classes
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
sOId hickory" Was Tough.

Traveller II 0 asparsely settled region
IL Tennessee Coming down with red
eyes 70 preakiast You say. madam.
General jackson once slept In the bed
/ occupied last night?
Aged Iandiady 0f country taycrn--
Kie did. Ter d Tack.
Traveller Was It --er-tho same bed
In al respects Il II now?
Aged IandIadg .Jes The same.
Traveller And he actually slept ID
itg Sire be alept2
Aged Iandlady Sartin' J'has's
what ! WIZ Aayin1 re slep init
Traveller wonderingly) What a
hide he must have had. Chicago
'~ibNne.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
ONLY.

Something TO live for came TO the place
Something TO die for. may be-
Eomethng to give oven sorrow grace
And yet II was only basyi
cooing. and laughter and gurgies, and erica
Dimples for tenderest kisses.
Chaos Of hopes, and OF raptures and sighs
Chaos OF fears and OF bllsses
Last year. like all years, tho rose and the thcrni
This year wilderness may DO:
But heaven stopped under the roof on the morn
That Il brought there only q baby
Harriet Prescott Spofford
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
Happy BY Comparison.

lellc. MeGsnnis. you look blue.
siAat IL thc nattcrpp
sAiatsek enough. Boil on the back
b EnF neck
~ George. DID fellow ] sympa-
lllze Nish Yunl'
ahs yon ire not looking rcmafka-
cheerful yourself. Winchester.
Ans hine wrong with your
wifc II cleaning house."
eEs@lslg Thank Heaven foi
ms kda. Chicago Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28

co. When you dress up would be glad you
through and make the right price.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28

Merchant Tailoring speciality Mr. SnErFLER expert ans
has charge Of this department We guarantee satisfaction
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
Taking a Philosophical View.

1t is told of prominent business man
of the city that he bought through a
broker bonds TO the amount of SO, 900,
and on receiving them put them into
the outside pocket of his overcoat,
walked to the head of Milk street,
where he became enta1gled in crowd
and had the bonds stolen. All this was
only a somewhat exaggerated case OF
carelessness, but what followed showed
that the man was philosopher.
The usual steps were taken TO dis
cover and recover the missing securi-
tics, but when some days had passed
without any clew the owner began to
conclude that he should never hear
of them.
"Well," he remarks ed to his broker
one day, when he had dropped In to in.
quire whether anything had been heard
of the stolen securities, and his ques-
ton had been answered in the mega.
tive, "there's ono thing about it; all
lose is the interest of the money"
s'The interest of the money!" repeat
cd the broker; "why, you have lost tn
principal, too, haven't your
"Oh, not at all" was the reply; "m
heirs lose hat."-Boston Courier.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

Lewis Miller, President Of the Lake
Chautauqua N. " Society, says that
when the society was first formed its
ground was worth about 5000 an acre,
and the cottages, together with the build
ings belonging TO the association, did
not amount to more than $4,000 or $4,000.
The value of the Chautauqua grounds at
present is about $500, 900, and there are
vet unsold about SSO,OOO worth of lots
valued at from $3.50 to $500 each. The
management intends to erect permanent
buildings in the future. The first gradu-
ating class numbered but 700, the next
year 1900. and This year it is 5000.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
The Beautiful Land Of Rest.

There's a realm of rest DER the sunset hills,
And life care free, l know,
For the breath of peace that the ev'ning
brings,
And the soothing song that the tired one
sings
And the presence that Gains and stills
Cometh out of the after glow.
There the sun sinks down on his weary way,
And the cooling shades appear,
And the sky is tinged with the mellow
light,
Of the window-glow of the home at
night
When the wanderer, long aStray,
Sees the welcome of loved ones near.
There the Home LAM lies, the fair, Heaven
l,csscl,
And turn where'er | roam,
To the setting sun that is e'er the same
Heavenly Father lighting TIE fireside
flame
On the hearth of the Wanderers Home,
In the Beautiful Realm of Rest.
-Lu g. cafe, IN Detroit Ere, Press.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
A Chinese Funeral Pyre.

Yueng Yen was twenty three years
old when he came to this country from
Canton, China, twenty years ago. H.
became a laundryman in New YORK
city, and some tine after he had saved
considerable money he gave up pushing
the hot iron himself and employed otnef
Cinnamon to do it. He had two shops.
Both did a cool business, and he had q
sort of little laundry trust all by hiin'
self. Among the Cinnamon in town DC
was respected, not the least OF tns
causes of reverence being the fact tna'
he was capitalist. Yueng Yen aicu
recently of heart disease. Next Gay
the Chinese population gave him nlgn
funeral honors and buried him in Ever
green Cemetery. At the grave in inc
cemetery the dead mans trunks, n'isa
with all his clothing and other PERSONA
effects, were piled up and lighted. Inc
burning of this pyre, the placing u
cooked chickens and pot of tea upon
the grave were the final ceremonies, anu
when Yueng Yen's friends ha1 Pe'
formed them with all due solemnlty lucy
felt that they had given him the SAM
Lid 81 off that he would have
had if he had died on the other siae "
the world.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

Says Popular Science Nel's: Gan
absurd paragraph has been going the
rounds of the papers, stating that
mild winter always indicates an unusual
number of thunder storms in the sue
ceeding summer. Tnunder-storms, more
than any other meteorological phenomena,
are dependent upon local and temporary
conditions, and the unusually warm
weather of last winter will have no more
eject upon the summers electrical dis
turoances thaa it will upon the next
Presidential election"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

The Baltimore San states that Georgia
is fist becoming great fruit growing
State. 1t is already recognized the
banner melon State. and the enormous
crops OF peaches and pears now being
shipped viii place the State in the front
ranks with these fruits. Diversified
crops are making the land more pro-
duct:ye, and lands are now becoming
profitable that formerly did not ray the
taxes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

. Captain Wissmann, the German ex.
plo-er, has employed horses in West
Africa with the utmost success, and
claims 70 be the first explorer who has
tried the experiment. He thinks that a
force of mounted infantry would be in
valuable for expeditions against the ma
tives. as the soldiers could thus sec over
the high African grass, which often con-
cea!s an enemy, and would also reach
their destination with much less fatigue
than these on foot.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
Highly.Paid Prclates.

The Austrian archbishops are probably
the most highly paid in the world. The
cardinal archbishop of Vienna has about
$50, 900 year, but the cardinal arch
bishop of Olmutz has 5000, 900, the
cardinal archbishop of Prague has $175,-
900, and the archbishop of Eriru has
$500, 600. And the primate of Hungary,
the cardinal archbishop of Grau, has
64O0 600 n wear
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

u
q large scale in England.
Massachusetts now claims to make
soft steel equal to the famous German
article.
Wooden carriage wheels will soon be
done away with in carriages and steel
wheels substi tuted.
Manufacturers in many parts of the
United States are using machinery to
make GAS out of coal instead of using
raw coal.
A plumbago mine has been discovered
in Somcrvillc, Me. Specimens have
been analysed and are pronounced al
most pure black Iced.
An extraordinary mill to roll steel bars
and girde7s is to be built in England.
1t will roll lengths two hundred and
fifty feet long and twenty-four inches
deep.
The wheel used By lapidaries is fiat
coppcr disk charged on the edge with
powdered emery, or a steel disc charged
with diamond dust. 1t is used in the
same manner as a circular saw.
A paper on the sardine read by N.
Boucher before the Paris Academy of
Science expresses the opinion that it is
a Young fish which has not attained its
full development.
The African insects initiate grass,
twics, sticks and leaves, and the object
of this curious provision in nature is
presumed to be protection, for the
creature has but to keep still to save its
life.
The tercentenary of the microscope
will be celebrated next year at Ant
werp. The botanical exhibition to be
held there will include also an exhibit
ton of microscopes, from the Oldest to
the most modern.
A Russian doctor speaks cnthusias.
tically of what he calls ''urtication' -
that is, pricking with bunch of fresh
nettles-as cure for an9sthesia, neu-
ralcia, and numerous other diseases. 1t
has long been in use among the Rus
sian peasantry.
The hot lake district in New Zealand
again gives signs of distur bance. Fresh
outbursts of volcanic activity are noted
at Mount Ruapehu, where the hot lake
on the summit is very lively, and
throws up colossal geysers. Since the
terrible eruption of 1856 the inhabitants
of the neighbcrhood become nervous at
the slightest symptom of disturbance.
OF the 1900 kinds of flowers which
| grow in Europe only 430, or 10 per cent.
are odoriferous. The commonest flow
: ers are the white ones, of which there
are 1874 kinds. Less than one fifth of
these are fragrant. Of the 95l kinds OF
yellow flowers rs are odoriferous; of the
S23 red kinds, 81; of the 594 blue
kinds, 81; of the sos violet blue kinds,
Z 13. OF the 24O kinds with combined
i colors IS are fragrant.
s A new shaping tool has been invent
y ed-a machine in which two fiat sur
e faces, acting vertically or horizontally
: and moving in opposite directions, with
adjustable dies fixed upon them, roll IN
r one motion piece of metal, regular Oh
r irregular in shape, and of almost any de
sired pattern. At a single stroke OF th'
IS mechanism my be obtained a sphere,
f cone, chair screw, bolt with thread
l. and hcad--in fact, an endless variety o.
u mechani cal forms.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
ais there. LilyF"

His heart sank within him. Was 1t
coming now? .,
..You won't be vexed, Uncle JoeE
she said, nesting her head close against
his arm.
M-vexed with you, my girl! Ihat
amt up and-down lilAly, is it! But
I've done wrong, Lily-pve forgot that
a great rough man like me amt the sort
TO look after a tender chick like you. l
should "a watched closer, Lily-thats
what should have done"
ssWhat should you say, uncle, whis-
pered Lily, Gift l am to get married
and leave you?'
"To-get married, Lily"
.ITaven't you suspected this, uncle,
of iate9"
YES, 1 have" said he, "but, OH
Lily, is your heart very much in this"
Uncle"
.IIas he asked you to marry him,
Lily"
'Ycs, uncle"
esThen"-thc old man flung his clay
pipe down upon the ground, where 1t
broke into score Of fragments, and
muttered a deep exccration under his
breath the's a villain, that's all.
"Uncle! cried out the girl.
e.Ani double-dyed one at that!'
said the excited old man. Lilly /!
Lily! he has wife already at Morton's
Pass! He's going to her now."
Lily had lifted her head and looked
earnestly at her uncle.
'But ups.e' he isn't going to Nor
tens Pass"
"Yes, he Tomorrow. And / wish
he'd fallen dead before he ever came to
Omayo with his epaulcttes and his
iingling spurs, and his false, handsome
face"
"Unclc.' cried Lily, "whom are you
talking about.'
"About Captain Ismay, to-be-sure.
"But what has Captain Ismay to dc
with it,"
"Everything, hasn't hc?"
Lily kni: her pretty b:ows in a puz
zled fashion.
Nothing at ALL" said she, "excep
that he's been an excellent friend t
Reuben, and we're both ever so muci
oiliSei to him. Oaly think, uncle
he's cot tie contract for Reuben to b
chief electrical engineer at North Mari
no in the new works there. and when
ever you can spare me uncle
"ReubenI' burst cut Joe Jernigan.
= eyes, decentralization Dorsay
|. We've been engaged a long time now
e Do you mean, you dear, darling, stupid
a old uncle, that you never suspecte
| this2"
sI1ever,' said Uncle Joe, shifting HI
knee with his fist. "But look here
| Tiger Lily, do you love himl"
"Yes, Uncle joe"
"And he loves youl"
| "Of course he does"
t "Then," said the old man, 81 haven
C a word of objection. shall be awf'
D lonesome without you, but as long
: you're both happy, why, it's all right.
n And as he kissed her forehead, 81
o thought she felt the touch of a tea
drop on her brow.
: .'But it can't be possible" said TIg
c Lily, to herself. "because who ev
l. heard of Uncle Joe shedding tear"
&c But Tiger Lily did not know that tn
tear was not one of grief, but rather {
s thankfulness that there was no bloo'
C outlines on his hands.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
BIDDY's EXCUSE.

Mrs. Badger-"How did you come to
break the saucer, Bridget"
Bridget-"Shure, mum, you cracked
It yourself wake ago, an whin Oh Ii: il
fall down stairs, o. curse it bruke."-
Nep IorE Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

Suicide among German officers in.
crcascs shocliingiy. During May twenty.
three shot themselves, and the number
for June was larger still.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

s A Washington correspondent Of tho
Utica Ojscrccr says that "there probably
never were 50 many women seeking Office
Us there are this year."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

OF Tie 300, 900 qualified voters in tho
city of New York 14,OOo pay taSes on
property and 2GO, 600 pay rents to those
who own the property.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

There are 1000, 900 Canadians in tho
United States, who have emigrated hero
to remain.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

They have politics in Japan now, I'M
der the constitution, and one Of the par
ties is called the .Jijito.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

All the States and Territories Of tho
Union have an organized militia. OF
these, $3.50 are cavalry, 50ji artillery,
and 90. 1873 are infantry.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

There are eighteen persons in England
with rent rolls of over $500, 900 per an
MINI
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

"Yes."
The old nah smoked on.
"The military division is getting
ready to move tomorrow.
$50 I'm told"
"The captains inside, isn't he, talking
to Lily:'
Jcrnigan nodded without removing
his pipe from his mouth.
Dorsay half rose, then sat down
again.
"Wcll," said he, 81 guess 1 won't
disturb them"
Jernigan answered only by a sort OF
sly chuckle.
"a nice man, that young Ismay"
Oace more old Joe nodded.
"Theyll get more civilized quarters,
I've heard, at Morton's Pass" observed
Dorsay, leaning back against the cedar
post that formed one of the columns of
the rude portico. 'I.mays wife is to
meet him there"
"Ismay's which,"
"IIis wife. From Sacramento City.
Didn't you know he was married to
old General Purviance's daughter! \
runaway match, two years ago. Quite
a romantic story!"
"No," said Joe Jernigan, 81 never
heard it,"
Dorsay talked a little longer, but
Old Joe paid no sort of attention to
his words. He did not even know
when the young foreman went away.
sIsmay's wife," he kept repeating
to ''Ismay's wife! What will
Lily say-poor Lily when she knows
it. BY gum, I've a mind to pitch the
fellow down into the gulley when he
comes out! What business has mar
ried man lurking around here, talking
nonsense to the gir.s? But he'll find
it won't pay to fool with my Tiger
LILY! No, that it won't!'
Captain Ismay went away presently,
with careless. good humored adieu.
The old man glare1 at him as he de-
parted, with red, savage eyes like those
of a Spanish bull who faces the mata,
dor.
The moment ne had vanished behind
the madrona thickets, Jernigan sprane
up and made for the solitary road by ;
shortcut which would be sure to inter
cept the wayfarcr some quarter OF a mi IL
below.
In his hand he graspcd his open jack
knife; lis heart beat like a muilleC
drum.
my Tiger Lily" he kept repeating
to himself; ''my own little eve lamb
There's but one way to deal with tn
scoundrel who comes here to make
football of her heart. No captain in al
the United States army can do that, anC
hope to escape alive!"
He stood there waiting. but Ismay di'
not come that way.
I'm baf1led for once" Jernigan nut
. tered. s'He has taken the Redwood
= road this time. No matter! I'll hun
' him down yet He's to be in the plac
A twelve hours longer. They'll have t
detail another captain for duty at MOI
e tons Pass, that's all. shall hear hill
1 when he comes down past the Ech
: Rock, and l shall be ready for him.
r He returned s!owly-still DRAWN
a his breath quick and fast-to Il
c wooden platform all stepped in moor
@ light, and sat down once more in Il
: old splint chair.
n Inside the store he could hear Lily
d light steps moving around, as 81
r locked the cash drawer and put t
edgcr and day book away.
" As she did so, she hummed a snat
of some tune. The sound vent to o.
a Joe's heart.
if Poor chill! how innocently happy S
h was!
or In a minute or so she came out in
a the clear white moonshine.
or "Well, Uncle Joel" she said gaily.
s. "We!l, my Ia S!
lie The words were almost like groa
er She sat down beside him, leaning
sc head arainst his arm.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23
Chr meeklp Hlesser,ger.
Published Weekly
AT
ct M artlnsviIle, L q.
by
EASTIN L. BlENVENU.

The collapse of BOulangerlsm seems to
beicomplete.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

The platform of the Indiana Prohibi-
tionists contains an antitrust plank.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-23

Mining interests are taking front rank
among the industries of Cuba.