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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-24

There Is woman billsing the cities
and small towns Of this valley In great
shape, She is a slick one. She wins
here about week ago and succeeded
In enlisting the sympathics of the
Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian
church for money and a ticket to Port
land. She gave her name as Jackson
said her husband had left her and she
wanted 10 raise money enough 70 get
back to Chicago, whore her friends
lived, Instead Of going to Portland,
She dropped or at Lervais, went
to st. Lous there gave her name as
McMahon, played Off as apious Cath-
olicand raised about Sl5 to $40. Rolig-
ion and tears are her strong points.
She Is prolific in both and suits the
religion to the crowd. She Is S5 to 40
years old and q wholesale fraud. -
Salem Statenun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-24

AIayM.

May 2l.
Another day nf sunshine mixed with
occasional heavy clouds. and the aver
age citizen Il nude happy at the ap-
pearanee Of only u short interval OF
sunshine for the rain. The beautiful
rain IIiieih all hearts with melanchol-
= ly. while II makes wealth TO the aver
aee farmer. But such Is the order OF
things, and the heart Of man should he
content therewith.
TAn number OF vacant houses Is less
since the last week. | reckon the
health and pleasure seekers will be here
uso I, III at least we live In hopes,
Aich will answer The purpose till we
ILL., our hopes bloom into reality.
NIL. n. Fromnn, one III Albany's en-
ierpfising citizens, Is here retitting his
house and making general improve
inen:s.
Wa notice among the sojourners Mr..
Neddle, Of Scio vicinity.
AIR Jones and family have returned
from Polk county.
Remember yon can get square meal
nt the Founfoin House. and that Mr..
Isriah rerhune will take the best of
care uI all horses entrusted with him
nt the livery si,shle. w, see that he
has added to his outfit n new platform
spring hack, and fine buggy. OF
ausrse he means business and intends
that his patrons shall not lack for ac-
rmnmuJatinns in his line.
nr. Odeil is improving some At the
WsstfaIi place IN the way Of grubbing
out racks and stumls in The gateway.
Nc understand sodaville Il to have
areslaens dentist. How is it, Hal?
The sick are al the mend, but the
number doesn't diminish very rapidly,
nuing 10 the constant increase from
elsewhere. moving in.
We notice airs. Wakemaa is able to
beput aEain.
Mr. Boyer, of Brownsville, was seen
an our streets to-day. Also Mr.. Kirk,
III the same place, was with him. I
presume they were looking after inter- /
esss connected with their woolen mills /
and iIauring mills. Were it not that
our village has 50 many bachelors Of 4
every aye We would tell the young la
sEIss thar Mr. Boyer is n single man /
and that he likes the Indies
I'lne school is prospcring and, though /
the atlendance is light. there has been
i steady drift toward improvement.
There has been some change here in /
yeaI estate. ri. Smith bought the I
farm II AIilt Westfali, paying sl200 for |
flie suine.
Fhere is loud talk Of q hotel being I
built here ~ i jnint stock company.
very desirable feature TO Sodaviile.
4 gailroaa and il hotel would help our I
village a much as anything that could |
X Projected.
New gonds every day at Davis store,
ard NJ trouble to show them. Frank is
4le right man FOR the place.
W suppose tlie eanpmeeting force
will suoa he on hand. And we ray,
lat them caue; there is II large field
here f0F work, and ifany geod is to be
accomplished 50 much the better.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-24

Huying tools at cruson s Miller's.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
fhe Dread OF Night Air

An extraordinary fal!acy is a.
OF night air. What air can q.
at night but night all q? The a.
between pure night air from =
and foul air from within. N,..
prefer the IssteI-an ugsor,-
choice What will they say p
proved TO be true that fully ors
al The diseases we suffer are oc,a
by people sleeping with their Vi.
shut ? An open window. mos,
Ia the year. can never bur, .--
In great cities night air IS az
best and purest to be bad in tu.-.,
hours. L coEld better uudsr..ys
ting the windows in towD DIM
night, for the sake OF the s.,s
quiet, all tend 70 make night a.
time for airing the patient 0,
our highest medical authoI!,ie,
sumption ana climate has told %.
the air of london is never 50 r.
after 10 O'Clock at night. A.E-
your room, then, from the c-:ss
If possible. Windows are made !.
doors are made to shut-a lru.t y
seems extremely diffcult OF sy-.
sion. Every room must be a.rs.
without, every passage from with.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
How Animals Eat Grass,

It is well-known fact that the diff
ferent domestic animals OF the farm all
pull and eat their grass in different
ways. This is partly due 10 several
causes, such as the predilection of each
kind for particular grasses and aver
sion to others, and also the arrange.
ment of the incisor teeth in the mouth,
as we'll as the siZs OF the muzzle itself.
The sheep is one Of the closest feeder rs
we have in fact with the exception of
the rabbit and the kangaroo, it will eat
pasture barer than any other animal.
This is, OF course, due to The small size
OF the mouth, together with it's predi.
lection for the finer grasses. Next to
the sheep comes the horse in this re.
spect, for, although his mouth is large,
yet the fact that he has teeth above
and below. enables him to bite close.
1t IS very noticeable in a pasture wher
horses are alone that they eat over the
land very unequally. Some of the
"sweetern spots are not touched, but
left rough. Cattle, on the other hand.
have not only large muzzle, but also
the absence of upper teeth, so that, of
necessity, they can not bite fine or close,
and, therefore. we Gnd with them that
their grass is rougher and less bare in
parts than with the others.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
The Most Expensive Leather.


THE most costly leather in the
world, so far as l know,'' said a dealer
in fine skins and feathers. lis known 10
the trade as piano leather. American
tanners years ago discovered the secret
OF making Russia leather, with its Pc
culiarly pungen. and lasting odor but
the secret of tanning piano leather is
known only to a family of tanners in
Thuringia, Germany. This leather has
but one use, the covering of piano keys.
a peculiar thing about it is that Il @
skins from which it is tanned are pro-
cured almost entirely in America. II
IS a peculiar kind Of buckskin. The
skin of the common red or Virginia
deer will not make the leather, a species
OF the animal known as the gray deer.
and found only in the vincinity OF the
great northern lakes, alone furnishing
the material. The German tanners
have an agency in Detroit which col,
lects the skins o: this deer from the In.
dian aud half breed hunters, who sun
ply the market. The hunters are paid
an average price Of 20 cents a found Tor
the green skins. When the skins are
returned to this country as piano leath-
er they cost the piano manufacturer
from So to SIS pound. The worlds
supply Of this Invaluable and necessary
material is supplied by the Kregzhmar
family of tanners, who have six estab-
hshments in Germany, the largest and
best at Care, in Thurngia." "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Noises and Nerves.

The most sensitive, delicate and cas-
lily injured parts of the human system
are the nerves. These never can be-
come so accustomed TO incessant strain
as 20 escape injury. That which is un-
pleasant to the senses is a!ways-and,
90 far as the sense or hearing is con-
cerned, discOrdsnt noises always are
Injurious to the nerves. The yelling OF
steam whistles, the hiss OF steam pipes.
the rattle and clash OF wheels on stone
covered streets, the rumble of street
cars, the clangor OF bells, the bowling
of hucksters, keep up condition in
which healthy nervous system of na-
tural strength and sensitIveness is im-
possible. And there is not one OF those
agencies that Is not suppressed more or
less completely in most OF the great
ciCies OF the world.
In Berlin heavy wagons are not al
lowed on certain streets. In Paris any
car load of rattling material must be
fastened until il cannot rattle. Nuns
ich allows no bells on street cars. In
Philadelphia church bells have been
held nuisance in certain neighbor-
hoods by judicial ruling. Steam whis-
ties are forbidden in neaTly all the
large cities OF this country, and most of
these noises in our advanced stage of
civilization are utterly unnecessary.
Clocks and watches are now so cheap
and plentiful that steam whistles and
bells to denote the time are useless.
Why should not all useless noises, and
nearly all are useless, be suppressed ?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Dreams indicating Disease.

III science has dispelled such olG
wives fables as that 20 dream of a mar.
risge signifed death, or to dream of a
cat meant to meet foe. she has cer-
tainly added mysteries and terrors of
her own TO the subject. One learned
man has actually tried to systematic
those subtle premoaIrions-to make
them more available for use and guild
aDce. In his opinion.
Lively dreams are in gen eral a sign
of excitement, of nervous action.
Soft dreams ara a sign Of slight ir-
ritstlon of the head often in nervous
fevers announcing the approach of q
favorable crisis.
"Frightful dreams are sigr Of de-
termination OF blood to the head.
dreams of distorted forms are fire.
quently sign of obstructions aud dis
ease of the liver.
dreams in which the patient imsg-
ines torture or injury of any limb indi-
cate disease in that limb.
dreams about death often precede
apoplexy, which is connected with de-
termination of blood to the head. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Wiz and Wisdom

It's a wise joke that knows its OWL
father.
Every man is hero to the woman
who loves him.
I Give women her way, and she will
haYe her woe.
The lost caws comes back with the
return of the crows.
These who go 70 law for damages.
are pretty sure TO get them.
The peanut man complains that his
business is at stand still.
Some men are liSe thirsty cattle
they are easily driven to drink.
Charity covers a multitude OF sins
and keeps them warm and healthy.
The most curious thing in the world
is woman who is not curious.
The matchmaker knows as uuch
about spring cleaning as his wife does.
Our experience with some taiIors de-
stroys our belief in the survival of the
ft-ist.
Sir. you have broken your promise.
Oh, never mind, l can make another
just as good.
What did you pay for that hat at the
shop Don't know, de shop keeper
wasn't dar.
Imagination is that part OF man
which msgnlfes his own troubles and
his neighbor's joys.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Paint The Shingles.

An Exchange very wisely remarks
that it has always seemed singular that
in the use Of paint TO preserve wood ex>
posed to the weather, the fact that a
shingle roof was omitted from the cata-
logue was invariably the rule. This
idea or oversight was one of those
things which custom becomes habit,
and because everyone else did so, all the
rest followed suit, If paint would De
useful on any weather-exposed surface,
II should certainly be on roof. This
fact goes without telling, and in the
present style Of suburban residences the
roof receives its share of paint along
with the rest OF the builning, thus at
once combining the useful with the
beautiful. 1t is certainly singular that
painting Of roofs mas not always pre-
vailed and it adds much to the finished
character of the building to see the
roof painted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
To Destroy Rats.

Some three weeks since, Mr.. James
Newell, neighbor OF mine, in reply to
my question said "If you will take a
Jar or pot, put 1t in your corncrIb. ill it
within four or five inches OF top with
water, put double handful of cotton
seed on top of the water, and pile the
corn around so that the rats can easiiv
reach she top, you will catch eyery rat
that passes by the rats will Jump on
the cotton seed.'' THE next day I
tried the experiment, and three days
after had my jar examined, and the
servant pulled out thirty-one drowned
rats. In sixteen days had caught
ninety two rats" Newell saws the rats
never hurt his corn. 1 have repeated
the story to several, and all who have
tried it, have been successful. The
best place to set y your jar, is by the side
or wall of the crib. All who are
troubled with rats, Try it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Oldest Church in the United States.

The Church of San Miguel was erect
ed at San Miguel was erected at Santa
Fe, New Mexico, seventy-seven year,
before the landing of the Pilgrims or
plymouth Rock, twenty years befoT,
thS founding of St. Augustine. Florida
ana hfty-three years after the landing
of Columbus.
| According to tie learned IT searches
OF Father De FOUR, San Miguel's was
built in l343, and therefore is now three
hundred and fOrty-6ve years old, mak>
| Ing IL, think, without dispute. the
Oldest church anywhere north of the
Mexican frontier. Like all the other
churches Of this part of A,neri;a. it 3
quit o. adobes, on the simple plan Of
four plain. and TGry thick walls and a
nearly fiat roof supported by heavy
Deans. There are large brackets at
each eud OF the beams elabora,ely
carved. Over these rafters some kind
OF covering WAS placed 10 sustain the
heaTy mass OF sdube clay that was
placer thereon, ard thus simp;y the
roof was finished. The windows ara
smah and well up toward the roof oh.
VlousIy as pIeVentiVes from Indian raid
or inceEdiarism as those were the
times When men went TO church with
their hands on their swords The
sanctury was Veied off Ioua the body
OF The church, and decorated az elabor-
a'eiy as the limited circumstances of the
people woUld allow. On the sanctuary
walls OF San Miguel's yet hang two pic
tures of unknown age, 5u: stained and
ana dsTkened by time. Both are repre-
sentatious Of The AOgeiical Salutatiop.
At the time o: the pueblo rising in 1850 /
all The churches were destroyed, and
San Miguel's shared the same fate.
In 1852 the Territory was reconquer- /
ed. In 17l0 the ancient church was re- 1
stored and rebHilt IS appears yet in 4
carved letters on one of The
beams of the roof.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
The HIaeOus Devil Fish.

The devil fish of tropical seas Is one
OF the most hideous OF sea monsters.
One caught by party of New York
gentlemen'in Florida within the last
four weeks weighed 1000 pounds. He
was nine feet long, his body being five
feet wide, and fifteen feet when the
hns were oEtspread. The eyes OF this
monster are in the shoulders, and his
head and mouth sloped inward with a
curve. Otherwise he was like an enor-
nous bat, having, however, tail like
a whip lash. Drawn up on the beach,
and his mouth fastened open, a fine
view was had of his internal digestive
arrangements. His Stomach was hol-
low, like that of many a more deserving
creature, and there were two or three
rows of what looked like the teeth.
jagged like saws, and through which the
food probably passed. beng ground on
its way.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Stormy Parts Of The Ocean

The most violent hurricanes g5
IN the tropical latitudes in tis j
tic Ocean, to the north OF eaa
West Indian Islands, and i- .-s
hc, in the China Seas and TIE ~
hood OF the Philippine Islands Z
West Indian cyclones follow .1s g
of the Gulf stream, so the tTF-'-
the great Pacisc follow the ErsE q
ic current which passes sr.--
East Indian Archipelago, the s-s
China and the Japanese Ls-;--
more continuously rough aala
part Of the ocean does not p5--aa
than that in the DeighbOrhOoi
Shetland isles at the north OF >,''
where tee German and Atlantic p.
connect, and where The clI''-'
both Tapid and dangerous. -' I
variable weather is, however, tly~
ed off Honolulu. Sandwich l'.a.'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
AnecdOte Of y ebster

When quite young at school
Webster was one day guilty O.. b
tion of the rules. He was ds.ss
the act and called up by The t5l@
punishment This waI to be j.
fashioned feruling of the ban.
hand happened TO be very dir,y.
ing this, On his way TO the ,s.
desk ne spat upon the palm
right hand, wipinR 4 off on l:
OF his pantalUOns. "Give d.
hand, sir, " said the teacher, ver
ly. Out went the sight ha1l
cleaned. The teacher looked s
moment and said ''Dauis..
will find another hand in this =
room as flthy as that ] will ls. d
this time" Instantly from bs-l
back came the left hand. "Hz
sir" was the reply. That vii d
tine,' said the teacher you can
your seat, sir
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Wise Words.

Earnestness is the path to immortal
ity.
The scorners' delight is their scorn
ing.
Never go back success lies just be-
yOnd.
Friendship is the highest degree of
perfection in society.
II is wise not to seek a secret and
honest not to reveal it.
Tue blessed man does not sit in the
seat of the scornful.
Did you ever stop to think what may
happen in a minute
Kindness will often succeed where
eminent ability will fail.
Those who go for berries should no..
retreat from bTiars.
There is no better excess in the world
than the excess of gratitude.
Genius Ieckons a man up, and if he
attempts to climb will help him.
PoIiteness is as natural to delicate
natures as perfume is to flowers.
Bring your will to your fate, and snit
your mind to your circumstances.
Prosperity is no just scale adversely
is the only balance to weigh friends
How much more we might have
learned if we had less 10 unlearn.
Life is no life without the blessing of
friendly ana edifying conversation.
Tue surest way to please is to forget
ones self and to think only of others.
Shun ideness it il the rust that at
taches itself to the most brilliant metals.
No principle is more noble. as there
is none more holy, than that OF a true
obedience.
There is a power hundred times
more powerful than that of bayonets
it is the power of ideas.
If we had no defects we should not
take so much pleasure in discovering
those of others.
We know the value OF fortune when
We have gained it, and that OF a friend
when we have lost it.
Those who seek happiness in ostenta-
tion and dissipation are like those who
prefer the light of candle to the splen-
dor of the sun.
y weapon is anything that can serve
to wound and sentiments are perhaps
the most cruel weapons man can ems
ploy to wound his fellow man.
Nothing shsrpens the arrow OF sar-
casm so keenly as the courtesy that
pO!ishes It. No reproach is like that
we clothe with smile and present with
a bow
A homely man of merit is never re-
pulsive. As soon as he is named his
physique is forgotten the mind passes
through it to see the soul.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold but
he y hose thought embraces all his sub.
jects, who pursues it uninterruptedly
and fearless of consequences, is a dia-
moud OF enormous size.
1he IlnlteL uAlSy tnat smiles so sweet
ly at our feet owes its existence to the
patient pushing upward OF the small
germ against all the obstacles of soil
and stones and, were it conscious. it
might tell tale of daily difficulty and
danger sturdily met and bravely over
come. So in humanity itself all that is
finest and most beautiful is interwined
with difficulty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Oh, what a Cough.

VIII you heed the warning. The sigma
perhaps OF the sure approach OF that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your
selves If you can afford for the sake of saw
ing 90 cents, TO run the risk and do nothing
Tor 1t. We know from experience that
Shiloh's Cure will Cure your Cough. II
never falls This explains why more than
Million Bottles were sold the past year.
IL relieves Group and Whooping Cough at
once. Oothers do not be without it. For
Lame Back. Side or Chest. use Shilohs
Porous Plaster. Soldby Dr. T. j. Dawson
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
A Remarkable Use for sIlk.

One Of the most remarkable uses to
which silk and other fabrics are being
put of late is the veneering OF fancy
furniture. The latest wrinkle has not
as yet gone into general use. but the ex-
tent to which the idea can he utilized
appears well nigh unlimited. y Phna-
delph!a paper in this connection SAYS !:
In the parlor OF a house on West
Walnut street. which is tenautcd by q
wealthy merchant, there is a very beau
tiful display of v,neeIing in silk and
cretonne. The walls of the large room
are done in raiced panels of plain wood.
and over each OF these panels a piece of
silk, upon which is painted by hand a
beautiful! design of flowers Is stretched
and tackled on the back of the panel, so
that there is not crease to indicate the
preaence of so foreign a substance.
Each alternate panel is covered with
satin, and the sheen is simply beautiful
under mellow gas light The idea
has even been carried to the fragile lit,
tie table that stands in the centre of the
room. That is covered with satin, on
which pretty baby face is painted by
hand, and the substance has been treat
ed with numerous coats of transparent
Yarnishes which completely fill up the
interstices in the fabric until iC can
scarcely be distinguished from highly
polished wood. This system of decor>
alton has been found to be quite as
cheap as the wood veneering, and in
richness of appearance the silk veneers
appear fully equal to the finest effects
In wood work.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Tae Death Watch

The little insect known IS ID' I
watch" is a very common pe'' D
ries and frequently peItoEs."
volumes with straight, Tiny n9'
presence in a house is suppose 4.
tend an early death to some o. n
mates. Watchers by sickoe-' >.
fering patients have been 50 >"
by its uncanny ticking so2Do' ." y.
the silence of the night, ina.
could convince them thai ~
angel was not almost ID tne!t -,
II there were anything 10 lido :, !.
tion those whose dSellIpg' ~
would lead brief and uncomioL'.
for it is frequently the case '1' A.
summer time that the nolse0'
sect can be heard gl almost o., q,
the day and night in all paw
hOuse-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
differences In Pace.

Few peopIe:kuow tba, r.,
Of a human face are Jus, sv. ~ Ia,
said a PHOTOGRAPHIC ar,c., ID
day. He added In a., 'a
teen cases out Of twenty n. 1.,H =.
the face is the most cbsr.a. ''.'
therefore, the s,ronges, I.k..
often the right side is The r aus
People who desire to appa.. g
on card board should po,s '' -. .
right side to the camera. ~
Of the face, though, m,5.,
tls ic picture. " ea
"IIow DO you accom-,
that the two sides Of the f.. ~ Z
much in appearance yu
Il do not know Of aDv nh.
reason. An explanation va,
en- ma by a learned STss..'
winch Is, Of course from hi.
standpoint. lie said ,sa H..
looks Of the two s8~s ofaf,.-
known 20 his co-r-lip.o7f.,. u
they had made a s,9dy cf
spiritual aud ba3-ro.-.
view. The left sfda 80 .r. ",.
senied goodness. mercy ,t
such attributes, while rba
was an expression Of tTrh
a talk with Henry Ward g--,..
It and he could give 10 spect.r..
In oDr discussion We s.,...
theory that sleeping mare on
than the other would af-c, f,.
'he face that va, mex, The r.r,-
er. Ir- Beecher slep. more o-.
side, yet his f9ce vas stror-,-
left side. You may be- srrs a..
Beecher was very eu,er.sfrt-.
remarks, but We did no, A..
question. Whittier, B,yar5
and a host o: noted men with
have come in contact in the
the last thirty years, all eYbft..
peculiar two-sided face cbar.-...
OF course it is more sharply d..
Others. We all smile on the
Of our face. Our facial DBs,..
as 1t were, with more ease arst
90 the left side. II is a yerv
ing study.