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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17

n0nPn said Angelina
=. It'll death. darling was the re
ply.
THE END,
'.Well.n continued Bryan. ''letters
began to arrive at the Office of publica-
tion asking such fateful questions as
these: What became of the lovers?
Did they dry up and blow awaya Did
the buzzards feed upon the form of the
lovely Angelina? Did they fall of the
cliff aud smash into pieces at the foot'
Did bowlder roll over the edge of the
cliff and crush thema Did the birds OF
the air bring food to the lOverse Did
some one let rope down from the top
Of the cliff and pull 'em up? For
Heavens sake. what became Of them?
These letters accumulated so fast in
the Office that the publishers became
alarmed and wrote to my friend. ask
ing him to write another installment
Of the story. which he gladly did, the
concluding sentences OF the last chapter
being as follows:
The long night passed slowly
away with leaden tread. The eastern
sky began tc flush with the first beams
Of morning light.
"''.Are you awake. dearestw whis-
pered Algernon in Angelina's shell-like
ear.
"'The white curtains over the beau
tiful eyes slowly lifted, and the musical
voice replied in faint whisper:
'''Yes. darling, but I'm very hun
gry.H
"t"By the gods, replied Algernon.
springing excitedly to his feet, 'you
shall have food For see, dearest, the
balloon approaches. "
s'It was indeed as Algernon had
said Outlined against the fieecy
clouds, by straining those eyes Of
heavenly blue, Angelina could see
faint speck about as big as a door
knob. The speck gradually grew
larger as the two lovers gazed hungri-
ly upon il. now taking upon it the d.
mensions Of an orange, then swelling
out as large as a cocoanut. until it drew
within their sight and assured them
that they could not be mistaken; it
was indeed their long-lost balloon.
Then their fears wers excited anew by
seeing the balloon sway as it was struck
by current of air. Clasping her
hands around Algernon's neck. Ange-
lima exclaimed in agony:
"''Oh, darling, the balloon is going
awayrn
"'"Wait. love. said Algernon,
sOothingly; another blast may strike
itn
1T was indeed so, as Algernon had
said. A favoring gale from Heaven. it
seemed, directed the balloon toward
the cliff again, and ID a miraculous
manner it was waited against the face
Of the cliff. As it came nearer and
nearer 70 their resting place Algernon
said, in husky whisper:
"'.Now. Lena, my hearts love.
jump when ! jump"
"'They jumped and clung like spi-
ders to the netting until Algernon had
descended to the car Then, like the
hero be was, Algernon rescued his dar-
ling one from her perilous position and
laid her upon the floor Of the cor. She
was resuscitated BY drink of life-giy-
inc brandy, which Algernon found in
hamper, and an hour later was
pleasantly engaged In viewing the
diversified landscape, over which the
balloon sailed like 8 swallow in its
fight
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17
IA THRILLING STORY.
How mr. Mcswyay's Friend Concluded .
strange. Romantic Tale.

How Mr.. Mcswyayss Friend Concluded q
strange. Romantic Tale.
speaking OF flash literature re-
minds me Of an incident which oc-
CURED some time since in connection
with a deceased friend OF mine. said
Bryan McSwyny yesterday. "The per-
son alluded TO was man OF genius !
will not mention his shame. because Of
his family connections. He was en-
gagged in writing serial story for q
well-known weekly paper OF the
'Snake-Eyed Bob. the Bully of the
Woods order. The story had run so
long that the publishers were getting
tired OF it. and they wrote to my friend
telling him to bring the story TO an
end in the next installment He did
so in the following unique manner:
".The balloon rose slowly from the
foot OF the cliff, humping along the
face OF the rock rs II did so. Angelina.
frightened at the prospect of the
peril0us journey ahead when the bal
loon was one thousand feet from the
ground. jumped recklessly out upon a
shelf of rock which projected from the
face OF the cliff. Frenzied with fear
Algeruon followed his love at the risk
Of breaking his neck, and the
balloon sailed away and left them
in their precarious situation. There
the lovers were one thousand
feet from the top Of the cliff and an
equal distance from the bottom. Al
gernon seated himself beside the love-
II maiden and clasped her 70 his heav-
ing bosom in passionate embrace
Slowly the sun sank behind the west
ern hills It's expiring rays lit up the
forms of the lovers, oblivious OF their
awful position. The shadows deep
ened and night fell like black pail
upon the scene.
.''''Will you always love me, Alger-
n0n?n said Angelina.
- It'll death. darling y was the re
ply.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17

Irany a..aer says me- mas the w. L. DOuglao
Shoes Without name and prico stamped On
the bottom, put him down M q fraud.
The Press., 1889-08-08
PLANTATION PROVERBS.

It doant pay to do much talk1n' wen you'm
 mad enuf to choke, 'Kase de word dat stings de deepes' am de
 one dat's nebbah spoke: Let de udder fellow wrangle till de stohm am
 blowed away, Den he'll do 8 pile of thinkin' bout de things
 you didn't say. Spec de leetle blue-eyed daisy, peepin' fru de
 medder soil, Though 1t ain't no tow'rin oak tree, has its
 sheer ob hones' toil: Spec de red rose in de garden, blushin' heath
 de June day sun, Nebbah scatters o'er de grass-tops till it's wuck
 at home am done 'Taint de chap dat's allus kickin' kase de worl
 ain't jes' his size Datl lib on roasted 'possum in dat lam be-
 yond de skies; Oars likely soht O b.essin' eben wid de
 hardes' lot, But de one dat looks de bigges' am de one
 you habn't got. Spec de grey squir'l suubs de chipmunk kase his color ain't just right, But wen guns bang in de wood-lot chipmunk
 sleeps de bes' at night. Bout de smahtes' chap knows on is de one
 dat doan' git Jeff, 'Kase he spen's his loafin minnits gittin
 'quainted wid hisseff. Nebbah quarrel wid yo' nabur 'kase his 'ligion
 doan' seem soun', Lots ob roads dat staht out diff'rent wriggle
 roun' to de same town. Though yo' lot in life am grubbin' in crook
 ed tater row, Allus' hop yo' head up firmly, as you'm trab-
 lin to an fro.
The Press., 1889-08-08
THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF A HORSE.

The emotional life of horse is remark able.. There are instances on record where the death of the horse has been traced di- rectly to grief. One instance is called to mind, which occurred more than twenty years ago. A circus had been performing in the town of Unionville, Pa., when one of the trained horses sprained one of his legs so that he could not travel. He was taken to the hotel and put in box stall. The leg was bandaged, and he was made as comfortable as possible. He ate his food and was apparently contented until about midnight, when the circus began moving out of town. Then he became restless and tramped and whined. As the caravan moved past the hotel he seemed to realize that he was being deserted, and his anxiety and distress became pitiful. He would stand with his ears pricked in an attitude of intense listening, and then as his ears caught the sounds of the retiring wagons he would run as best he could with his injured leg, from one side of the stall to the other, pushing at the door with his nose and making every effort to escape. The stableman, who was stranger to him, tried to soothe him, but to no purpose. He would not be comforted. Long after all sounds of the circus had ceased his ag- itation continued. The sweat poured from him i'll streams and he quivered in every part of the body. Finally the stableman went to the house, woke up the proprietor and told him he believed the horse would die if some of the circus horses were not brought back to keep him company. At about daylight the proprietor mounted horse and rode after the circus. He over took it ten or twelve miles away. and the groom who had had charge of the injured horse returned with him. When they reached the stable the horse was dead. The stableman said that he remained for nearly an hour perfectly still and with every sense apparently strained to the, ut- most tension, and then, without making sign, fell and died with scarcely strug- gle. The veterinary who was called re- marked after the circumstahces were told him that nquestionably the horse died from grief. If it is possible for the mental faculties to become abandoned to grief to such an extent as to cause death, how much more does he appeal to the sympa- thy and regard of mankind. Kentucky Stock F07'na.
The Press., 1889-08-08
A THRIVING MONKEY.

Arlo Bates's Boston letter in Providence Journal: There was told in my hearing the other day, tale which carries with it a moral A gentleman who travels good deal, being bachelor with good fortune and plenty of leisure, has, when in town, a suite of rooms at the house of lds married sister. He returned recently rom trip rather unexpectedly, reaching Home in the evening. His sister, who received him, apologized for the fact that his apartment was not wholly in order.
 "We have new chambermaid," she ex. plained, ''and haven't wanted to tell her too many things at once, and as didn't know you were coming didn't bother her about your room. will send her up the l first thing in the morning."
 did, indeed, come the first thing, and the gentleman was still in bed. He, however, slipped into his dressing gown to remain necessary in his chamber, and taking a book he sat down to read while he was waiting. He always carried with him a diamond ring, which had been his mothers, | which he sometimes wore and sometimes had in his pocket. This he had left with his watch on the stand by the head of his bed.
 He sat reading for some time, and even after he heard the maid go out he kept on with his book. Suddenly he heard slight noise in his. chamber, and, folding his dressing gown about him, he opened the door and looked in. The chamber was ap- parently empty, but his eye was caught by 8 cord which seemed to extend from the open window toward the bed. Going for ward to examine this he perceived mon- key, till then hidden from sight by the bed, that, with his diamond ring in his clutches, was making off. The owner of the ring shouted and ran forward, when the thievish animal dropped it's prey and skurried out of the window as fast as it's skinny little legs would carry it, and, pick ing up the jewel to assure himself that it was all right, the gentleman reached the window in time to see an organ grinder making off with the monkey on his shoulder. There was no doubt that he had trained the beast to climb into windows and to steal any valuable upon which it could lay hands, and the incident may serve as warning to those who allow organ monkeys to scramble at will over their chamber blinds and windows.
 But the impressive aspect of the story, if one considers it, is the position in which the chambermaid would have been put had the owner of the ring appeared on the scene but moment later.
The Press., 1889-08-08

OFFICIAL LIST OF PATENTS ISSUED TO C1T1 zENs OF CONNECTICUT from the U. s. patent office for the week ending July 3Oth, 1889 as reported from the office of Simonds & Bur dett, solicitors of patents, No. ? Central Row Hartford Conn:
 William H. Bristol, Hoboken, N J., assign or to himself and B. Fl. < F. B. Bristol, ,Naug atuck, belt fastener. sA William E. Brooks, Bridgeport, corset clasp Cromwell O. Case, assignor to P. & k oorbin, New Britain, making parts ofhollov
 Isaac U. Dunn, assienor so SYals & Towne IT M'fg Co, ,ss Etsnafofd lliH sbatte s'lat4
 Herbert R. Fowler, New Haven, assigno1 to United States Pipe Bending < Ceiling O.. Chicago, Ill.,, bending and coiling pipe and machinery for same, (two patents. samuel D. Harris, Middletown, harnesstue loop.
 William 0. Homan, assignor to E. Miller Co.,, Meriden, suspension device for lamps Landon Ketchum, Saugatuck, gas stove. Arthur McDonald, Scotland, tension regu lating device for spindal driving cards. Dwight P. Mills, Naugatuck, bobbin. Edward F. Nobbs; assignor to Americar
 Ring Co.,, Waterbury, handle. Eugene Fl. Peck, assignor to Merider
 Bronze Co.,, Meriden, central draft lamp. = William Q. Perkins, assignor to New Haver Wire Goods Co.,, New Haven, gridiron. Francis Fl. Richards, assignor to Pratt 6 Whitney Co.,, Hartford, stop motion register fer grain scales.
 Thomas Taylor, assignor to Norwalk Lock Co.,, South Norwalk, lock.
 Warren H. Taylor, assignor to Yale & Towne Mfg Co.,, Stamford, pigeon hole.
 Samuel R. Wilmot, assignor to Wilmot & Hobbs Mfg Co.,, Bridgeport, attaching plates to tubes and making fattened tubes, (twc patents.
The Press., 1889-08-08
A ,WOMAN,s REMARKABLEs COURAGE.

There are very few men who can rise su- perior to the terrible fear excited by the appearance of mad dog, says the Pitts burg Dispatch. A doctor whose name is one of the best known in Pittsburg told me the other day of an experience that he had good many years ago.
 "There had been many reports of mad dogs in the village in which Ithen lived, and there was certainty that at least one of the reports was true It was blazing hot weather. Late one night, or rather early one morning, I was called by a bare footed boy to hurry as fast as possible to the bedside of his brother, who lay sick with typhoid fever in sort of shanty cot tage on the river bank couple of miles away.
 ,'"I got on my horse and rode rapidly over the quiet road. There was little moon would be covered and disclosed again every minute. The silence was little try ing, and was glad when the low roof of the shanty for which was bound came in sight. But as it did so my horse swerved so violently that was almost thrown from the saddle. Every hair on my head imme. diately stood on end. My horse had shied at large dog, which crossed the road, running at full speed and dragging after it g long iron chain. knew at once that the dog was mad. It had broken loose evi- dently from some house, and I thought it looked like dog had seen at the shanty to which was going. ......s~ -.s.s E
 II spurred my horse to gallop, and a minute later sprang down at the door of the shanty where the sick boys mother stood ready to receive me. [ was nearly out of breath, but I managed to say as I hurried her inside the house There's a mad dog about, you'd better shut the door. ,
 "As she turned to swing the door to there was clanking sound and the dog my horse had shied at rushed through the doorway and into the front room. It's a tough story to tell on one's self, but the truth is that when heard the clink-clank of the mad dogs chain I jumped on the table in the middle of the room. The sick boy lay upon, a mattress spread upon the floor just by the threshold. The dog stood within yard of me for minute glaring about him. There was froth on his mug gle and dust all over him. To my surprise he lay quietly down on the mattress be- side the sick boy. The woman had re-
 nained standing with her hand on the door latch. She was dazed for moment, but Lonly for a moment. Suddenly she took two strides to the bed on the floor, caught up the iron og-chain, and then, with a force that seemed almost superhuman, whirled the beast in the air and sltlng it as if it were pebble through the open win dow. Her strength was sufficient and her aim was good for thsre was a rattle. of the chain for second or two and then @ pro digious splash told that the dog was in the Ohio, which flowed rapid And deep at this point, but a'few feet from the house.
 "I shall never forget how ashamed was as got down from the table and looked that plueky woman in the face. Nor does my memory fail on other points about that nights adventure-the gallop home, and the haunting clank of the mad dog's chain. l never saw that dog again. but he was not drowned. Some one shot it next day on the road"
The Press., 1889-08-08

Is CONSUMPTION MoURABLE Read the fol lowing: MT. 0. H. Morris, Newark, Ark says: "Was down with Abcess of Lungs and friends and physicians pronounced me ar Inourable Consumptive. Began taking Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest med ieine ever made"
 Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says Had it not been for Dr. Kings New Discov. cry for Consumption would have died ot Lung Troubles. Was given up by doctors. Am now.in the best of health" Try it. Sam. pie bottles free at E. K. Taft's drugstore.
The Press., 1889-08-08

was no blood in the liver, heart or flesh. The others died as suddenly, with little ap- pearance of distress until within a few min- utes before death. On the death of the fifth, a valuable thoroughbred Ayrshire heifer, Gov. Hyde, chairman of the state cattle commission, called in Dr. Cressey to make an examination. Dr. Cressey reports {:
 "We found many clots, or balls of blood, mixed with the manure and which had been dropped just before death. The car- cass was not bloated at all, and showed no signs of violent struggling in her last moments. Owing to the large amount of blood that had passed the bowels, we found the internal organs, liver, lungs and kid neys of very light color as MT. Warren's letter indicates. This was very notice able feature, in post mortem, and not one frequently met with in this state. The small intestines presented peculiar ap- pearance of greenish cast and contained similar colored fecal matter which close ly resembled poisoning by paris green, but an examination of the fourth stomach cor rected this impression, ,as the mucous mem- brane was all intact, and no erosion of the Pplthelium, as would have been the case, if death had been caused by any of the cor rosive poisons. The lower bowel and es- pecially the rectum was badly congested and softened, showing that severe irrita- tion had occurred, and which caused the bloody discharge, cancellation and death.
 These cattle had been kept iu bush pasture where the feed was scantyaad poor, and where more or less 'swhh6brush" grows, on which cattle could browse. This disease is not uncommon on the heath pas- lures of the British Isles, where the scarci- ty of feed compels the stock to live upon plants and shrubs, whose acrid and pois- onous principles produce the havoc in question"
The Press., 1889-08-08

After the recent fire in Seattle, Wash ington territory, prohibition reigned fol several days. Most of the dives and sa- looms were burned, and the mayor prohib. ited the rest from reopening. Thousands of lemonade stands sprang up, and many men began to appreciate temperance drinks. A new beverage, strawberry lemonade, had 8 great sale, and was pronounced by many, even drinkers, to be better than beer. Temporary prohibition worked so well that q petition was presented, signed by more than thousand leading citizens, asking that saloons in the city be kept closed fol three months in the interests of rapid re. building.
The Press., 1889-08-08

Senator Ingalls, of Kansas in August Forum: Kansas has abolished the saloon. The open dram-shpp traffic is as extinct as the sale of indulgepces. A drunkard is a phenomenon, The barkeeper has joined the etroubadour, the crusader and the mound builder. The brewery, the distillery and the bonded warehouse are known only to the archeologist. It seems incredible that among population of 100000 people, extending from the Missouri river to Col erado, and from Nebraska to Oklahoma, there is not place which the thirsty or hilarious wayfarer can enter, and, laying down coin, demand his glass of beer. This does not imply that absolute drouth prevails everywhere, or that ''social irriga- tion" has entirely disappeared. But the habit of drinking is dying out. Tempta- tion being removed from the young and the infrm, they have been fortified and re- deemed. The liquor seller, being pro- scribed, is an outlaw, and his vocation dis. reputable. Drinking being stigmatized, is out of fashion, and the consumption of in- toxicants has enormously decreased. h. telligent and conservative observers esti- mate the reduction at 90 per cent; it can- not be less than 75,
The Press., 1889-08-08
SENT SOME CLIPPINGS.
Q his love he sent some verses,

To his love he sent some verses,
 Tender verses, fond and true, That expressed his deep devotion Better than his prose could do. So he clipped them from the paper, Folded them with fondest care, And enclosed them to his darling,
 All his passion to declare. Ah but Fate was dead against him, For, by chance, demoniac, A divorce case and his verses
 Had been printed back to back. And his love mistook his meaning, She will never be his bride; For she didn't turn the clipping, And she read the other side.
The Press., 1889-08-08
The Hartford Times publishes the fol

The Hartford Times publishes the fol. l wing from citizen of New Hartford,
 Butler County, Iowa: "You ask me about prohibition in Iowa.
 We have it, thank God, and the law is
 as we'll enforced as any law in our statute
 books. In some of the river cities the law | is broken. So is the law against horse stealing broken, but the effects of the law are good. In ninety out of the 100 coun- ties in this state, the law is enforced to the letter. No open saloons to decoy our boys and start them on the road to- hell. It's tthe young, the boys we save. The old, confirmed fdrinker twill get whiskey and drink it. e.s' as SSee
 "Crime has diminished one-half since
 we have had prohibition. Many of our jails are empyt; no work for our grand jurors. In our county the grand jury is summoned now but twice year. Before we had the law we had four sessions year of the grand jury. have had the honor
 of being mayor of the city in which live,
 and not one drop of Intoxicating liquors is
 sold in the city, as verify believe. And this is no exception to the rule all through
 the interior of the state. I ought 10 know whereof write. I am we'll acquainted in
 northern Iowa. I have been, sheriff of the
 county where live for eight years, and
 know what Il say istrue.
 l Terre Haute Express :, Old schoolmate meets Thompson, whom he has not seen for several years. Old friend-By the
 way, old man, how did your scheme of
 marrying so you could have some one to talk to pan out r
 Thompson-Nots so we'll. You see. that's 1 what she married for, too. Y MT. J. R. Grinstead, Sonora, Ky., saws. My children have sometimes had boils and other signs of blood iIapurities, with loss of appetite, etc., at which times have found Swft's Specific @ most successful remedy, in
 no instance failing to effect speedy and permanent cure. S&T &s
 tSwift's Specific is great blessing to hu-
 manity," says MT. P. D.. Gordon, of 725 Broad street, Nashville, Tenn., 'sfor 1t cured
 me of rheumatism of g very bad type, with which I had been troubled for three or four
 years s. s. s. cured me after had exhaust ed everything else. MT. Russell Myrick, of the firm of ;Myrick
 & Henderson, Fort Smith, Ark. says he.
 adds his testimony to the thousands which
 have already been given as Swifts Specific.
 He says he derives the most signal benefit
 from Its use to cure painful boils and sores resulting from impure blood.
 When taken for a few days, potash mixtures
 impair the digestion, take away the appetite. and dry up the gastric juices which should assist in digesting and assimilating the food. Swift's Specific has just the opposite effect 1; It improves digestion, brings appetite, and builds up the general health.
The Press., 1889-08-08

He killed the noble Mudjolivis, With the skin he made him mittens. Made them with the fur side inside; Made them with the skin side outside He, to get the warm side inside, Put the inside skin side outside; He, to get the cold sid6 outside, Put the warm side fur side inside; That's why he put the fur side inside, Why he put the skin side outside, Why he turned them inside outside.
The Press., 1889-08-08

Waterbury Republican Ex-Congress- man Vance, in The New Britain Herald inquires "Who goes to church during the heated term?" Possibly if the ex-congress- man went to church occasionally himself he would find out. There are many peo- pie who would rather go to church during the heated term here than to endure per- petual heated term hereafter in region where the only use for wood screws is for fuel.