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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-07

longing ,or the spring winds and rains,
to do taeir work OF preparing for q
fruitful season, persons in the city are
likely to speak OF an appropriate
March or April day as ''very bad
weather. or as a ''wretehed day." in
a tone that would indicate the thought.
III ! had the weather in charge, there
should be neither wind nor rain from
years end to years end" An author
is pretty sure to count praise OF his
book as "a good review" and censure
or criticism of it as "a bad review"
Tie man who is spoken OF as "a very
disagreeable man. is ordinarily man
who is known not to deem the speaker
as an agreeable man. And SO all the
way along in life. 1t rarely occurs to
us that what we dislike may be the
best thing in the world for the world.
Yet the truth is, that there is nothing
for which we have more reason to be
grateful than the fact that things are
not just as we would like to have them
IS. S. Times.
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inc MaI service IN I775.

When Benjamin franklin was ap-
pointed Postmaster General of the Col
onies in l7N6Ate went down to the Office
in Philadelphia. hung his coat on a
peg behind thetonly door of the one
room which, constituted the depart
ment, and went towork.. He procured
small book of fifty-three pages, in
which he opened an account with each
postmaster for the forty odd post
offices in the thirteen colonies, and
kept it himself. Unlike the present
Postmaster General, the old Pennsyl-
vanian was not bothered to appoint
assistants, and as for clerks, he did not
have any. At odd times, and when he
was feeling lonesome because some
OF the neighbors did not come in to
bore him to appoint John Smith post
master at Juniperville, Franklin would
go down to the city post-office and as
sists to make up the mail, which left
by stage coach every week. In glass
case In the fost-pinee department the
curiosity seeker can see the old leath-
ern bound book in which Franklin kept
the accounts of the Government. The
transactions for three years from 1776
to 1878, inclusive-are included in its
tifty-three pages. and the mail trans
actions seem to have cut but All in-
significant figure. You can also see
the record OF the uncalled for or mis-
directed letters that were returned for
the eleven years from 1777 to 1888.
The book covers forty-four pages. and
during that time S65 letters were re-
ceived The number Of letters re-
turned to the Dead Letter Office daily
now averages $4,000 Washington
Post !,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-07
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

During the last year the sum total
Of educational gifts in this country was
nearly $5,000,000.
Amusements are to religion like
breezes Of air to the fame gentle ones
will fan it, but strong ones will put Il
out. DIR. Thomas
The Soudan has been almost totally
neglected by Protestants as q field for
missionary effort 1t has a population
OF about 60 600, 900 people
"A grant of 5000 a year was recently
made out Of the appropriation for the
Indian Bureau to aid the industrial
school carried on in Dakota, near the
Crow Greek Agency, BY Miss Howard.
a daughter Of Joseph Howard, Jr, the
journalist
Rev. Norman la Marsh, an elo-
quent preacher In charge OF the Meth.
odist church at Searsport. Ne, is to-
tally blind. A feature Of the services
at this church ia the singing Of tho
pastor
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----$vS-
FACTS ABOUT SALT.
Many Interesting Points for Seekers After
Reliable Information.

Reliable Information.
There are many interesting facts
connected with salt which it is well
sometimes to remember. TO begin
with the name itself, a curious fact 10
TO be noted. Salt was formerly re-
garded as a compound resulting from
the union OF hydrochloric (or, as 1t
used to be called, muriatic) acid and
soda, and hence the generic term OF
salt was applied to all substances pro-
duced by the combination OF base
with an acid. Sir Humphrey Davy,
however, showed that during their ac-
ton on each other both the acid and the
alkali underwent decomposition, and
that while water is formed by the
union OF the oxygen Of the alkali and
the hydrogen Of the acid the sodium
OF the foymer combines with the chic
rine OF the latter TO form chloride OF
sodium, and this term is the scientific
designation of salt, which, paradoxical
as it may seem, is not a salt. Chloride
OF sodium must be considered economic
ally under two heads, relating respect
lively to sea or bay salt and to rock or
mineral salt. The one is probably de-
rived from the other. most rock-salt
deposits bearing evidence of having
been formed at remote geological pc
riods by evaporation from the sea. At
one time nearly the whole of the salt
used as food and for Industrial pur-
poses was'e6tained from the sea, and
in many countries where the climate Is
dry and warm, and which have con-
venient seaboard, a great quantity Of
salt is still so obtained. In Portugal
more than two, hundred and fifty thou
sand tons are annually produced, and
the same quantity approximately is
obtained ON the Atlantic and Mediter-
ranean coasts OF France. Spain has
salt works in the Balearic Islands, the
Bay OF Cadiz and elsewhere. which turn
out annually three hundred thousand
tons, and even, the small seaboard Of
Austria prc6u5es every year from sew
enty thousaNdAtoone hundred thousand
tons. London Standard.
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Willamette River Line Of Steamers
The WM, NJ. HoAG," the IN. s, BENTIY,''
The "THREE SISTERS"

The " WM NJ. HoAG," the an. s, BENTLY,
The "THREE SISTERS"
Are In service for both passenger aud freight
traffic between Corvallis aud Portland and In
termediate points, leaving company's wharf
Corvallis, and Messrs, liulman Il Co.'S wharf
Nos. 700 and 202 Front street Portland, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, making three
round trips each week as follows
NORTH HOUND.
Leave Corvallis Monday, Wednesday, Friday
u. IN. lenv Albany g;80 H. m
Arrive saltnl, Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
D. m. leave salem, Tuesday Thursday, satur
aay, s n. m
Arrive Portland, Tuesday, Thursday, Satur
day, S50p, ~,
SOUTH HOUND,
Leave Portland, Monday, Wednesday, Friday
G u.
Arrive salem, Monday, Wednesday, Friday
T.i5 y m; leave Salem, Tuesday, Thursday, Sat
Arday q u, N, Leave Albany ! $50 p. m.
Arrive Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
$3.50 y. m
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a CHEEKY View Of Life.

Our estimates Of good" and "bad"
are largely influenced BY our personal
feelings, and BY the effect on our indi-
yidual comfort Of that on which we
pass Judgment When the farmers are
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-07
BURKHART & BILYEU !,

The lnIelllgence or shepherd dogs
Is one OF the well-known facts of canine
history, and many stories are told Of
the manner in which they distinguish
sheep by the different marks. A shep-
herd dog without sheep feels that his
occupation is gone, especially II he has
been trained to herd q flock Not long
ago the people of q small village were
In great distress. Not child could be
found. After q long search there was
q great outcry. All the small children
Of the village we're found In deserted
yard watched over by a shepherd dog.
Not having any sheep he had followed
his instinct by collecting all the chill
dren of the place into one fold.
1T is always bad sign as to ones
real character when the more you
know OF him the less you think of him.
The fact shows that he seemed to have
excelences which disappear on more
intimate acquaintance and has faults
and defects that did not appear upon a
limited and partial acquaintance. One
regrets In this way TO change and re-
call q good opinion which be had OF
another. Independent
Affectation naturally oounterfeits
those excelences which are placed at
the greatest distance from possibility
of attainment, because, knowing our
own defects, we eagerly endeavor to
supply them with artificial excellence
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-07
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD

This company reserves the right 10 change
sailing dates without notice
Passengers from Portland and all Willamette
valley points can make close connection WITH
the tfains of the Yhquina route at Albnny or
Corvallis, and II destined to san Francisco
should arrange to arrive at laquina the eve
ming before the date vi sailing
Passenger and Freight Rates
Always the Lowest
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
N. D. cmuncn

ME-. CHURCH.
Walton sklpworth, pastor--Scryices each sun.
day at II a. NJ. aud i. N. Sunday School nt 10
A. NJ. each Sunday.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
wv 6ibony, pastor-Serylccs each Sunday
ut Han, Sunday school 10 A. NJ. Services
each Sunday night
CUMBERLAND PREsBYTEBIAE CHURCH.
j. X. Kirkpatrick, pnst0r-seryices the 2nd
and 4th Sundays mt II A. NJ. nnd7 =, M sunday
school each sunday ut 10 AN.
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w. /. CULBERTsoN.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Collections COmycyamCilRg
MONEY LOANED.

All kinds oi legal papers drawn accurately
and neatly Any work lntrustcd TO my care
Will receive prompt and careful attention
Collections q specially. SciO, Linn COum-
y, Oregon.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.

LEBANON LODGE, NO ~, A. Fk A. NJ Meeta
ut their new hall In Masonic Block, ON Saturday
evening, on or before the full moon,
y WATSON w. M
LEBANON LODGE, NO. ~, l. O. o. ": Meets Sat
urdny evening Of each week. ut Odd Fellows Hall
Main street; visiting brethren cordially invited 10
attend. j. j. CHARLTON, NC
HONOR LODGE NO 49, A. o, " W., Lebanon,
Oregon, Meota every first aud third Thursday even.
ings In the month II. II, ROSCOE NV
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-19
MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Young John Mason Believed to Have
Met With Foul PLAY.

Young John Mason Believed to Have
Met With Foul Play.
a few days ago couple of young men
named McCarty, who are said to be en-
ployed in the railroad shops, hired horse
and buggy at the Dexter Stables on K
street, between Fifth and Sixth. When
they returned with the vehicle it was
broken, and John Mason, son of the pro-
prietor of the stables, reprimanded the
McCartys. One word brought on another.
and the parties came to blows, in which
the buggy wreckers were worsted.
Last evening about o'clock a man
named McColligan, a friend of the Nc
Cartys, called at the stable and asked
young Mason to accompany him to see the
parties named, as they wished to settle for
the damage done. Mason left the stable
without even putting on his coat, as if he
expected to return in few minutes, and
that was the last seen of him.
His father, from whom the above facts
were obtained, says he is young man of
steady habits, does not get drunk. and
never stays away from his family without
cause. At midnight last night the elder
Mason was at the Station-house to seek the
aid OF the police in finding his son, who
he believed, had been decoyed to some
ont-ot-the way place and foully dealt
with. The young wife of the miss
ing man was nearly frantic with
fear that her husband had been brutallv
beaten and perhaps killed. The family
were unanimous in the belief that some
thing had befallen him, or he would surely
have returned to the stable or to his home
The case certainly looks bad, if the facts
are as stated, and there seems to be no rea.
son to doubt the story. The father of the
missing man saws that one of the Nc
Cartys is named Tim and the other Mike.
The RECORD UNION knows nothing of
the affair, except what was told by the
elder Mason last night, and, of course it
may turn out that the parties suspected of
having done up" the young man are not
responsible for his failure to return.
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THE MYSTERY DEEPENs.
Still No Tidings of the Missing Il. "
stephens of Yolo.

Still No Tidings of the Missing Il. w.
stephens of Yolo.
Referring to the disappearance of B. w.
Stephens of Dixon. in May last, and the
mystery that still surrounds his departure
the Woodland Mail of yesterday says:
Zone OF the departed mans most conf
Dental friends ts relatiye) informed Mail
reporter yesterday afternoon that he was
almost sure that Uncle Baz' had done
away with himself This gentleman was
quite certain that the missing man took
not more than SIS in money with him.
whic1 would not indicate that he intended
TO go Oh on summer vacation. This gen.
tleman did not believe that Mr.. Stephens
was insane or that he had acted rashly
while in a temporary fit OF insanity He
had known the missing man for seventeen
years, and had never detected in him any
mental unsouudness, although il was a
fact that Mr.. Stephens was afflicted at
times with rushing of the blood to his
head, and had expressed a fear that he
might sometimes lose his mind He had
been heard to say that he was determined
never TO be taken to an asylum.
1T is thought by those of his friends
who are in a position to know the bottom
facts, that Mr.. Stephens coolly and deliber-
ately concluded to give up this earthly
contest and ahbreviate the trouble and suf-
fering that bounded his horizon on every
side
Mr.. Stephens was man Of independent
fortune lie owned a section of land in
this county, and recently sold another $40
acres. In all that constitutes a good cit
izen and thorough.going business man
he was man among men. Until the
worst is known his friends will continue
to hope against hope. and prosecute
search ibat al present seems most dis
couraging."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-19
THE NATIONAL GRANGE.

The conclusion reached yesterday in the
REcoRD-UNIoN that the National Grange
is to meet in this city, and in September
was an error shared equally by the State
Board of Trade. 1t appears that the
Grange will not meet until November, and
that while it will assemble in California
the exact location has not been fixed
upon. So far then as The duty of the peo-
pie of this city is concerned the situation
is only modified, and the necessity for ac-
ton on our part is not iessened. What
should be done now, is to take immediate
steps to secure the sitting of the Grange
in Sacramento. Other cities will bid for
the honor, but there is every reason for
believing that if reasonable energy is man.
ifest, Sacramento can secure the favor. But
whatever is done should be done at once.
We can entertain the visitors in Novem-
Der far better than in September. The
weather at that time will be especially in
wiling in the Sacramento valley, the rush
of the fall business season will be over,
and there will be more of leisure in which
to give attention to our guests. As it is of
first Importance that action should be
taken Immediately, there should not be an
other days delay in this matter. By
prompt energetic work we can succeed.
There must be no half-heartedness in the
matter. We must go about it as if we in
tended to override all opponents, and to
submit to no defeat. The centrality of the
Capital City, the ease with which it can be
reached from all parts of the State, its sit
uation in the midst of a great agricultural
and horticultural section, the location here
of the State offices and archives, the fit
ness of the Capitol building for the sitting
of the Grange, the peculiar ease with
which excursions may be made from this
point up the great valley of the Sacra
mento, into the mining regions, or down
the San Joaquin valley, and finally to the
metropolis and regions about San Fran
cisco and Monterey Bays, all point to Sac
ramento as the preference to any others,
where the annual session of the National
Grange should be held-and will be. If
We at once set about to manifest some de-
sire that it should assemble here.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-19

Some Fine Literature to be Turned Out
by Uncle Sam.
WASHINGTON. July 1Sth.-Numbers of
interesting works will be issued from the
Government Printing Office this month, of
especial value to metal works, ship-b build.
ers, constructors of ordnance and scientists.
There will be report of tests of metals and
other materials used for industrial pur-
poses. 1t is in two volumes, with total of
Ito pages and forty fine illustrations.
The Cruise of the Corwin in Alaskan
Waters " is publication which will be
popular everywhere. The text is by Cap
tain A. NJ. Healy of the United States
Revenue Service. Thirty. eight wood cuts
and six Autographs assist in making the
book pleasant.
Naval Constructor Philip Hickborn's
Work on European backwards" is another
of the books almost ready. In this various
naval workshops and vessels being con-
structed therein are sketched. There are
forty-nine Autographs and nine wood-cuts.
Part of volume "a of The Rebellion
Records" and the annual publication on
The Foreign Relations of the United
States" are stitched and ready for the
bindery, but 80 The State Papers of Grover
Cleveland" edited by Daniel Lamont, will
precede them by several days.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-19
POLITICS AND SUCH.
The Uses to Which Men of Means Devote
Their Capital.

The Uses to Which Men of Means Devote
Their Capital.
The following articles of incorporation
were filed in the Secretary of States office
yesterday:
The City Bank of Los Angeles. CAPITAL
stock, $500 600. Directors, w. T. Childress,
John S. Park, L. FitZwilliam, Pomdexter
Dunn, r. G. Lunt, E. Z. Crandall and a. d.
Childress.
Union League Club of San Francisco, or.
ganized for the purpose of supporting and
intoxicating the principles of the Republi-
can party, and to promote, encourage, and
sustain absolute and unqualified loyalty to
the Government of the United States. The
Directors are: w. H. Chamberlain, Edw.
A. Belcher, w. E. Huey. Theo. H. Minor.
j. S. Mumaugh, ]. p. Rothwell, George J
Bucknall, W. H. Kruse, A. F. Pollock,
Wendell Easton and Hans Henry Kohler.
Southern California Exhibit Association.
organized for the purpose of displaying the
products of Southern California, and the
securing of capitalists for the development
of its resources. The capital stock is $780,
600; the principal place of business, Los
Angeles, and the Directors are: Charles
French, I. j. Rockwell, A. c. Fish, S. n.
Andres and W. A. Vandercook.
Rising Sun Gold Milling Company of
San Francisco. Capital stock, $4,000. Dr.
rectors, j. Deming, C. A. Stralton, A. F.
Collins, A. +. Johns aud G. A. Cartin.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-19
BRIEF NOTES.

Louisa Strathmeir has sued Carl Strath-
meir for divorce.
The steamers Dover and San JOAQUIN No.
3 went up the river yesterday.
The river marked feet inches last
evening, and continues falling slowly.
The Golden Gate Fruit Association
shipped ten carloads of fruit East on last
evenings overland train.
The recently elected officers of Rising
Star Rebeksh Degree Lodge No. s, I. o. o.
F., were installed last evening.
Jimmy Dwyer died in Oakland on
Wednesday. He was one of the sporting
fraternity and was well known here.
Work on the addition to the State print
ing office is being pushed rapidly, and will
probably be finished in about three weeks.
Frank GetchelI had his jaw fractured by
a kick from a mule. while at work on
William Gritfin's place, in Yolo, on Wednes-
day.
The graduating exercises of the High
Schooi Will be held at the Metropolitan
Theater on the evening of Thursday next
the 25th.
The California Fruit Union forwarded by
special train last evening eleven cars Of
fruit East. The train runs on regular pas
senger time.
new Hoe press, capable of printing
thirty-two pages at one impression, is being
placed in the State printing office, at cost
OF over So, goo.
John Anderson, a fisherman, has been
arrested on the charge of having stolen a
watch, and James Leipinger is keeping him
company for having appropriated box of
tomatoes.
Charles F. Schwartz has brought suit
against Ella Bush for the foreclosure of a
mortgage on the north half of lot T. in the
block between G and H. Eighteenth and
Nineteeth streets.
A contract has been awarded by the
Board of Fire Commissioners, to Sprague
d Elliott, to repair the engine house on
Second street, the price being $1339. The
building will be thoroughly renovated.
When the Woodland papers can't find
anything else to quarral about they DISPUTE
each others climatic records. The Nail
says the Democrat ought to be sued for libel
for saying that the mercury rose to 90 ION
such mild and balmy days. as Woodland
has OF late been enjoying.
AT the Congregational Church this even
ing the pupils of the Marguerite Free Kin
dergarten will give an exhibition. com.
mencing at 7:30 o'clock The exhibition is
more Immediately for the patrons of the
school and the friends of kindergarten
work, but the general public will be cor
| daily welcomed. Mr. Carey has notified
the Managers of the school that he will
transport the scholars from Twenty third
street TO Sixth street, and will return them
also at the conclusion OF the exercises,
without char ge
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Standing of the Clubs.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A. f. Waestaff, well known Journalist is in
the city.
Lawyer ostrander, of MERGED, was in town
yesterday.
Mrs. E. High, of Woodland, is visiting friends
| in this city.
w. J. Berrin, attorney of OroviIle, came
down yesterday.
| G D. Fiske, Jr., of Fresno, is visiting his pa
| rents in Woodland.
surprise party was given Miss May Shaplin
| on Wednesday evening.
Editor Radcliffe, of the ColUsa Herald. Wis
| tied Sacramento yesterday.
W. d. Barnes. and son Frank, of Woodland,
have gone on hunting trip to Oregon.
Misses Luella and Louisa Ochsner, of this
city, have gone to Santa Cruz for month
Misses Lille and Ida Stauffer gave a social
| party to their young friends on Wednesday
evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin K. Alsip left last evening
| for Upper Soda Springs SisEiyou county, fos a
weeks recreation.
Mrs J. b. Real and daughter, of Ashland, Or,
| are visiting the formers motner, Mrs f. C,
Nund, OF this city.
Mrs. J. A. Lott nee Cross of San Jose, who
has been in Sacramento for month visiting her
sister, Mrs. S. Brown, has returned home, accom-
panied by Mrs. Brown.
Arrivals at the Capital Eotel yesterday: W. ].
Hewiss, Oroville; E. L. Bacon, Rocklin H. p
Merritt, Miss Merritt. Woodland; Cal Hardin,
San Francisco: d. A. Hayes and wife. Miss
Turenal, A. II. Briggs, Henry H. Ney, San Jose:
| John J. Kinkade, Forest Hill Charles E.
| Perkins, Perkins; 2. Neslin, Melton; NJ. Leach
| James f. Brown, San Francisco.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yesterday:
P. d. Barnhardt, Fl. S. Perkins, Mrs H. c.
| Perkins. Cleveland; w. H. Sabin, New York;
W. A Woodwork. Colonel and Mrs 1. Biddielp,
Major ana Mrs. Willie. Chicago; F. NJ Strauder,
MERGED L. H. Ward, j. H. Reeves, T. r. Wal
| ton, Red Bluff; George NJ. Lederer. New York;
1 ! G. Wnctr l.
| f. Carter, II. Howell, George H. Strong, E. ].
Isham, +. F. Barlow, San Francisco.
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ARID LAND SURVEYS.
Major PoweIFs Report Not Ready-PrO
gress of the Work.

Major PoweIl's Report Not Ready-Pro-
gress of the Work.
WASHINGTON, July 1Sth-Maior Powelrs
report on arid lands in the West will not
be ready for Congress before the latter part
of November, as authorized by law The
parties did not go into the field until May
and they will remain there until October
The total appropriation for the arid land
survey was $250,000. OF this amount ST.
500 will be expended in engineering work
in California and Nevada, $32, 200 for n.y.
drauiic work, and $35,500 for surveys in
the same sections. The work is under
charge of E. NJ. Douglas. The area being
surveyed in California comprises such por-
tons of the drainage basins of the Yuba,
American, Costumes, Mokelumne, Stanis-
laus, Truckee and Carson rivers as are I'M
mapped. The area in Nevada is portions
of the Truckee and Carson rivers.