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, 1890-03-21

Attorney c. c. Babcock is a very hon
est looking young gentleman, and yet he
was twice taken for a thief and once for
a dead beat.
Mr.. Babcock went into q restaurant on
Third street and deposited his umbrella
in the rack and hung his black Derby
hat on a nickel plated hal hook. When
the disciple of Blackstone had finished
his repast he walked over to the wall and
took what he supposed was his hat, put
it on and started toward the counter to
pay for his breakfast.
An athletic looking gentleman, who
was eating his morning repast and watch
ing his portable property, roared out:
Come back here, sir, and leave my
hat"
All the ladies and gentlemen in the
restaurant watched Mr.. Babcock as he
replaced the hat and took his own.
The young lawyer was as mad as a hor.
net and somewhat confused at the con.
tretemps. Then he walked over to the
umbrella rack and picked up an UNI.
brella. The observant gentleman whose
hat Mr.. Babcock had taken noticed that
it wa his umbrella that was being carried
off, and he shouted in stentorian tones:
drop that umbrella or I'll hand you
over to the police"
Mr.. Babcock saw that he had made a
second mistake, and Don fished his own
rain shredder from among the many
others hat were in the rack.
Then he left the restaurant, and he
was called back by the cashier, who
came to the door and excitcdly said:
Hadn't you better come back and
pay for your breakfast? You will at least
avoid being handed over to the police"
AS he still had his check for a fifty
cent breakfast in his hand, Mr.. Bah
cock walked back and paid his bill, with
the eyes OF every lady and gentleman in
the place fixed suspiciously upon him.
One elderly lady audibly remarked:
"He don't look like a thief, but you can't
tell by looks nowadays what a person is,
rs good clothes don't cost much. Seat
tie Press.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Crane and Wine Chat.

few words on wine are seasonable. Many
reserve wine for the festive board. 1t should
form part of the diet of those who know how to
use wine nationally.
Oysters are ordinarily assimilated by milk OF
ale. The bivalve obtains greater zest by drink
ing with it glass of cooled Riesling, Mosele
or Sauterne. pony glass of sherry after the
soup adds to its enjoyment. A glass of blood
enriching claret at $50 Fahr, together with the
swallow from the water tumbler, belongs to sub
sequent dishes. California clarets from high
grade grapes and choice California Burgundy
should supplant exotic labels, which are often
deceptive.
Port wine in small doses is a medicine and
restorer of spent energy for enfeebled persons.
modicum of old port is also pleasant at the
dessert. But measure the dose. Port is a forti-
fed Wine
TO top off the meal with glass of sparkling
Wine several native champagnes, having their
oWR carbonic acid gas, are meIitorious substi-
Uutes for expensive foreign fancy brands.
At our Office, III Fifteenth street, we offer
specialties from many California vineyards of
repute, viz: Moselle, Rieslng, Haut Sauterne,
Burgundy, seven grades of clarets, four of
sherry, five of port, several sweet wines, and
two California champagnes,
+. e. PoHNDoRFF 81 Co.,
+. PoHNDoRFF,
III Fifteenth street northwest
Telephone, 915-3.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Ayers
.H air Vig or

not only prevented my wife from becoming
bald, but it also caused an entirely new
growth of hair. am ready to certify to this
statement before a justice of the peace'-
IL. Hulsebus, LewisDurgl, Iowa
"Some years ago, after severe attack oi
brain fever, my hair all came out. 1 used
such preparations for restoring it as my ply
sicians ordered, but failed to produce a
growth of hair. l then tried. successively,
several articles recommended by druggists,
and all alike fell short of accomplishing the
desired result. The last remedy 1 applied
was Ayers Hair Vigor, which brought a
growth of hair in few weeks. think 1
used eight bottles in two years; more than
was necessary as restorative, but liked il
as dressing, and have continued to use it
for that purpose. 1 believe Ayers Hair
Vigor possesses virtues far above those of
any similar preparation now on the market"
Vincent Jones, Richmond Ind
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

Why do 1 drink Tannhauser beerP Because
1t is the best in the market.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Wonders

Are wrought by the use of Ayers Hair
Vigor i'll restoring gray hair to its original
color, promoting new growth, prevent
Ing The hair from falling, keeping it soft,
silky, and abundant, and the scalp cool
healthy, and free from dandruff or humors.
The universal testimony is that this prep
aration has no equal as dressing, and
is, therefore, indispensable to every we'll
furnished toilet.
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for some
time and it has worked wonders for me. ]
was troubled with dandruff and was rapidly
becoming bald; but since using the Vigor my
head is perfectly clear of dandruff, the hair
has ceased coming out, and l now have q
good growth, of the same color as when L
was young woman. 1 can heartily recon-
mend any one suffering from dandruff or
loss of hair to use Ayers Hair Vigor as q
dressing y Mrs. Lydia o. Moody, East
Pittston, Ne.
"Some time ago my wifes hair began to
come out quite freely.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
FASHIONS FOR MEN.
WHAT THOSE WHO WISH TO BE CON-
sIDERED wELL-DREssED WEAR.

New soarfs and the Art of Tying Them
White and Fancy Colored Vests in
Favor-Gaiters Not So Much worn--A
New Thing in Shoes.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Consumption surely Cured.

To the Editor: Please inform your readers that
t saEe e Tse reedy o tof by
been permanently cured. l shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your
readers who have consumption II they will send
me their Express and p. o. Address. Respect
fully, t. A. SLoCUM.M. C..lSl PearlSt. N. Y.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
A Novel Invention.

A pocket typewriter is shortly to be
offered to the British public, says the
Pacific Slope Patent Office Record. Type
writing instruments now in the market
are of considerable size and weight-at
least a person could scarcely think of
carrying one about with him regularly.
The one under notice is not only mex
pensive, but is so small that ii may be
carried in the waistcoat pocket. The
retail price win be under 10 shillings;
it measures 1-2 inches by inches
and weighs about four ounces. Though
so small il is not mere toy. The in
ventor claims for it that it will turn out
better work and be found more useful
than the larger and more expensive
machines. With reference to its con-
struction, all that can be seen when
superticially examined is a disk about
the size of the face of n gentleman's
watch, in which the type is fixed. and
one or two small rollers. 1t will print
line from an inch to yard long and
paper of any size or thickness can be
used. Anyone can use it, though, as
in .the case of other instruments,
practice is required to enable the
operator to write quickly. Another
advantage is that by means of dupli-
cate types the writer can be used for
different languages. Patents have been
obtained for most of the country in
Europe as well as for America, Canada,
and Australia.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
SAYS oRAWTATIoN DOES II.
A Remarkable Clock that Is said to GO
without winding.


T. G. Farrer. watch maker has in
vented one of the most peculiar clocks
of the nineteenth century. Ii consists
of plate glass dial suspended from
the ceiling. and all the parts of IL that
are visible are the two hands. the pivot
upon which they swing. and the dial.
IL is marked "Gravitation Clock" and
not one person in LOCO who passes IL
has the faintest idea that il is the most
ingenious device of the century. Many
clocks with glass dials have the works
of watch as their motive power. but
this clock has no motive power that is
visible.
Mr.. Farrer worked on the invention
for six years before he succeeded in
perfecting it. He alleges that the only
motive power is the gravitation of the
earth, and that the clock will run on
forever without winding. The only
imperfection is that it loses from four
to i've minutes day by the friction of
the hands on the pivot aud. therefore,
the hands require TO be regulated once
in twenty-four hours.
He showed a reporter something
about the way the clock worked.
When the hands pointed to quarter
past Mr. Farrer caught hold of them
EnGelnef, anu sent Ltenn INlTltuR
around the dial. like the winder of q
wheel of fortune. After oscillating un-
til the momentum had been overcome
the hour hand and the minute hand re-
sumed their respective and proper po-
sitions, still marking the correct time.
At l:20 he did something still more re-
markable. He slipped the minute hand
of the pivot and laid it on the counter.
At the end of six minutes he re-
placed il and sent it whirling around
the dial. When il came TO rest it set
tied at the right place, twenty-six min
utes past o'clock.
The hands are of tin and are hollow,
and perfectly balanced on the pivot.
Mr.. Farrer says they are moved by the
gravitation of the earth. but il puzzles
the spectator to account for the power
that raj es them after they reach $50.
All kinds of theories are afioat to ac-
count for this. Some people say that
the hollow hands are filed with fluids
of different densities that overcome the
grayitation of the earth when the hands
reach that point. But Mr.. Farrer
keeps his secret, and rejoices over the
mystification of the beholder. He in
sists that electricity is not the motive
power Fresno Republican.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
SHOPPING m AMERICA.
According 20 n Description Given by Re-
cent British Traveller.

The (American) storekeeper never
SAYS what commodity Is really worth
intrinsically or in his particular market.
but places its value about % per cent
over what he will take for il aud which
is in turn about.25 per cent over what
he paid for il. Bargaining which goes
on in all the provincial cities and towns
is extraordinary. The process is called
''Jewing down." aud proceeds some
thing like this:
Scene; Store. Enter prospective
buyer. points laconically to article and
loquitur; "Say. what's this worthP"
Storekeeper-One dollar. and dirt
cheap.
z. b. (who really wants iO-Ah,
waal, it's not quite what want But
I'm in no pertickler rush to-day.
(Pauses.) B'lieye I'll give you 40 cents
for il.
S.-Seventy centsp Why. l declar
it's dirt cheap at 81 !, ,but-spittooning-
I'll let you have it for 90 cents.
p. B.-That's quite ridiklous. How
ever ken jist let un ripi (Turns over
about dozen articles and then pre-
pares TO leave the store.)
S.-Come now. yer shall have It fol
so cents, tharl couldn't make it bet
ter nor that anyhow.
z. b. examining article attentively.
but grunting the while)-No. slr-reei
it won't run it. Now -couiidentially-
I'll tell yer what | will do. I'll give
yer 75 cents--75 cents Cmpressively),
and not red cent more. What sayP
The storekeeper fires a bolt at the
nearest spittoon. shakes his head, and
turns to serve another customer. Pro-
speetive buyer saunters around the
store. aud eventually reaches the door.
At this moment the storekeeper calls
out:
Say. you can take that burned
thing. but come and see US again, will
yerP"
And SD the compact is conchlded.
Both are fully satisfied. and think moth
ing of the ten minutes they have
wasted. for both concluded they have
"bested' the other. This phrase ''come
and see us again" is the usual fare
well. / have had it said To me scores
of times. .-ArthWr Montefore in Temple
Bar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
IN PURSUIT OF SNAKES.
A Collectors Hunt AFTER 3 Rather Usl,
Looking Reptile.


There Is 4 popular preiualice against
even the most harmless snakes. and
few people would carry the collectors
rage So far as to- attempt the capture OF
an ugiy-Iooking reptile with the bare
hands. But the born naturalist ike
the born sportsman, does not mind any
slight risk when his blood is mp. In
Sherman r. Denfons incidents of
Collectors RambIesn is the following
account Of an incident belonging to his
stay in Australia:
Snakes were rather numerous. and
one day. while walking in the thick
scrub. | came across a large. light
brown one. coiled upon the ground.
He was by far the largest specimen /
bad ever seen at large. and was proba-
bis ten or twelve feet long. aud a.
thick as "a mans leg al the knee.
thought at first / would shoot him
in the head with light charge of shot.
and carry home his skin. Then / con-
sidered that Il taken alive. he would
be worth five times as much.
Feeling about in nv pocket and game
bag. al last found leather strap with
buckle. | drew the strap through
the buckle. making a moose. and thus
armed. started cautiously toward his
snakeship. intending TO put the moose
over his head.
As soon as | came near. he partly un-
I coiled. opened his mouth very wide,
thereby disclosing his sharp teeth. and,
Kissing spitefully. struck at me.
dodged behind small tree. and, lean
/ ing out as far as | dared. tried several
f times 10 moose him. He was very saw
4 age. and looked powerful enough to
+ crush me in his folds At this junct-
Al xx.w~
ebb.
After / had teased him for some
time, he suddenly decided to leave my
company. and started of at full speed.
| caught up my gun and went after
4 him. and. by hard running through the
{ scrub. managed TO head him of. He
stopped. eoiled up again. and again L
tried the moose. He was equal TO the
occasion, putting his head under his
coils ia very sulky manner; but as
t soon rs | reached out. and caught him
+ by the tail he pulled away with great
force and started of once more.
This time he took refuge under q
fallen tree;and before | could head him
4 off. he was gliding down the hole of
some wild beast. which was partly con-
cealed by the dead branches. / reached
! the spot just :ts the last two or three
Z feet were gong down, aud SeIzfng his
tail with both hands. hung on dcsper-
ately.
With my feet hraced against a limb
of tree. pulled till the tail cracked
and snapped. as if it would break
asunder. Sometimes he pulled me
within "a few inches of the ho e. and
then | would brace up on the limb. and
drag him half way out.
At last grew so fired that I had to
let go my hold. and. with many regrets,
] saw the last few inches of the tail
disappear beneath the ground
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
rnose GOOD o,d.,rash,oned rolK..


Somehow the pcoi is of to-day aint a. they
Az any rate. I'm pretty sure they're not the
same TO me,
And while thereare many just as good rs those
There re s7s scores N and scores among item that
are only 80 ana 80,
We used 20 always take man exactly ~ he
anid.
but now lie safe to take him just the other
II does my heart Just lots Of good to meet once
Some OF those good olti.fashioned folks SO near
~ out of style.
] wouldn't Say the world In honesty Is slipping
back.
woudn eay That christians hunting grace
have lost tile track.
wouldn't sns tl,nt utcn to-day are less the
friends OF truth. !.
Because they seem 10 differ from the ones
knew In Onth.
Those people please me quite as well AS these
meet today.
Their hearts aud bnnds were honest aud their
lives held little guile.
Did those old.fashioned people now SO nearly
out Of style.
We're wiser than we used 10 be, we may be
weaker, too;
And good old honespun honesty may less our
These later days we are all bent on getting
We haven't time TO think OF things they
Thought OF la the past
Were wildly striving after gold. we rush and
push and crowd.
And after whle we'll each be wanting pockets
In his ahruud.
But none OF can e'er outrank within the
afterwhlle
Those good old d-fashioned people now so nearly
out of style.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
A Noted Tiger.

A tigress in the Nagpur district has
a fondness for the employees of the
Bengal-Nagpur railway. frequents a
tract of country only about nine
square miles in area, and is possessed
of extraordinary cunning and sagacity.
Last year, up to June. she had killed
seven people, beside wounding others.
She lives in rocky and precipitous
spur, in which there is heavy bam-
boo and other jungle. Several springs
of water rise at the foot of the scarps,
and there is cave which shows many
signs of being used by her and her
family. A big stone just outside of the
entrance is scored deep and long with
many scratches of their claws. In
February last in broad daylight she
carried off one of gang of permanent
way men from under the eyes of his
companions. She has been shot at
many times and her cubs killed but
she has got off scathless. Sometimes
the man-eater traverses very long dis
tances.-Losado,a Times.
1t may relieve mental worriment on
the part of somebody to learn that the
way to say Mpwapwa in the true Afri-
can style. barring certain nasal embel-
lishments, is as though it were spelled
Emp>wah-pwah-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
Meerschaum History.

In 1928 there lived in Pesth, the cap
ital of Hungary. Karlo Kowatee, a
shoemaker. whose ingenuity in cutting
and carving.on wood brought him into
contact with Count Andrassy, with
whom he became a great favorite, says
the Giobe-Democrdt The count, on
his return from mission to Turkey.
brought with him a piece of whitish
clay, which had been presented to him
as curiosity on account of its extra
ordinary light specific gravity. 1t
struck the shoemaker that, being
porous, it would be well adapted for
pipes. as it would absorb the nicotine.
The experiment was tried, and Karol
cut pipe for the count and one for
himself.
He would work on them at odd mo-
ments during working hours witho ut
wiping the wax from his hand. He
noticed that the wax gave the pipes a
pretty brown polish and also that they
smoked more sweetly. Other noble
men hearing of the wonderful species
of clay imported it in considerable
quantities for the manufacture of pipes.
The natural scarcity of this clay, known
as meerschaum, and the great cost of
importation m those days of limited
its use exclusively confined to the
richest nobleman of Europe up to 1880,
when it became more general article
of trade. The first meerscaum pipe
made by Karol Kowatee has been pre-
served and is now in the museum 1T
Pesth.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
The other FelIow Coo ,he prop.

He was six feet two inches tall aud
weighed 250 pounds. His face was
purple with rage. and his breath came
in short and quick gasps. He walked
into the office of a quiet little man on a
certain street of this city, and, with a
heavy cane uplifted, he commenced:
''D-n you. I've got you now. My
time has come. aud I'm just going to
wipe up your floor W tn you. You are
a-a-gentleman. sir!' he suffered as
his eyes.fell upon the self-cocking re-
volver held pointed at his heart by the
quiet little man. That's all wanted
to say, sir. Good morning, sir, I" and
he rushed out of the door with the
perspiration standing in beads upon his
forehead. Turning TO the Town Talk
er, the quiet little man said: Don't
say word about this, but that man
is going to meet with sudden death
some of these days" aud he replaced
the weapon in his pocket.-LOutsUilLe
Commercial
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
Likes and DisIikes.

Afiinities and repuIsions are queer
things Sometimes they allow analysis
or explanation but just as often they
don't Our likes aud dislikes do not
appear to be under our control, any
more than that very powerful emotion
al impulse toward a particular one
which is called love. 1t may be said
generally that where there is esteem
there can't be any strong dislike,
though there may be no attraction.
Yet. curiously enough, there may be
love without esteem. Women have
been known to love the most worthless
characters. for whom they could not
possibly have any esteem It is su
enigma after all.
The loss of faith in one might seem
to shatter affection i'm one but il doesn't.
Affection survives confidence. People
are drawn together, whose tastes and
pursuits widely differ, by some one
stroug trait which they hold in COM
mon. and persons of wonderful identi-
ty of taste and psychological resem-
blances never contrive heartily to like
each other by a collision revolving
around some point of radical moral
difference which makes all the Joint
and kindred qualities go for nothing.
And so the queerest marriages and the
queerest friendships are contracted on
the one hand and the apparently
strongest antaoonisms kindled on the
other hand. No Balzae has ever sound
ed this depth with his plummet. There
are instructive forces which allure and
repel, despite reason, philosophy, and
circumstance. 1t still remains true.
however, that there are few magnetic
people whom all love. It seems as
natural for them to be sovereigns of
hearts as for Cesar or Napoleon to
command the enthusiasm of legions.
No one inquiries into the secret of their
witchery. and all acknowledge it,
young and old. men and women alike.
Ihis Is perhaps as great puzzle as
all the rest Pstts6arg Chronicte.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
Old Chairs.

Two chairs that have been handed
down four generations go to help out
on the furniture used in the late Abram
SIMPSONS house in Coleman. Mich.
The oldest one was bought in Boston,
Mass. in 1749, and has now reached the
ripe old age of 140 years They also
have flour barrel in the house that
was bought in New York in 1889. has
been in twelve different states. aud 10
good for twelve more.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
Three-story Wagon.

A three-story wagon was captured
at MartinsviIle. Nd. few DAYS since
The first story under the running gear
was coop of live chickens; the sec
ond. sandwiched between the firs nd
third and hidden gs5fas. view.
voted to s.moonshibi -itss
vas laden with tof
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
sAuING nArEs

steamer WILLAMETTE VALLEY will sail.
From xaquina-Juiy 18th, August eth. Angus
roth. August 26th
From san Francisco-Aug,st Ist, August nth
August aIst, August sIst.
REMRNBER the oregon Pacific Popular sum
mer EXCURSIONS. Low Rate Tickets are nov
on sale from all Valley Points 20 Ia4uina and
return.
This company reserves the right TO change sail
ing dates without notice.
Passengers from Portland and all Wiilamett,
valley points can make close connection with ths
rains Of the Yaquina route az Albany Corvai
lis and If destined TO san Francisco should ar
range to arrive at Taquina the evening before th'
date Of sailing.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
Passenger and Freight Rates
Always the Lowest
For particulars apply to

7 FoT paFticulafs apptN 70
H HASwELL c. (. HoGUE,
Gent Fl & Pass. Agt- Act x Gen. +. n T. AEt
Oregon Devel pm'nt Co o r X. r. r Co,
so4 Montgomery 81. Corvallis,
San Francisco, Cal. oregon.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01
EAST AND SOUTH
VIII
Southern Pacific Route
Shasta Line.

Express Trains Leave Portland Daily
400 p. " Lv -. Portland ~ Ar $3.50 u
9:2s p n Lv...... Albany. 49,. Ar 6.it A. n
7:f5 A. N Ar...-. san Francisco LV 800 p.
Above trains stop only AZ following stations
north of Rosebnrg East Portland. Oregon city,
Woodburn. Salem. Albany, Tangent Shields.
Halsey. Harrisburg. Junction City. Irving aud
Eugene
Roseburg Mail Daily;
500 A. " Lv.. Portland Ar 400 p. n
1920 p. u Lv Albany. Ar 1900 "
6.eo p. ~ AR .Rnsehure. Nv 900 A. n
Albany Local. Daily lExeep, sunday.
5:ooP " Lv Portland Ar 900 4. y
800 A. n .Ly Albany. Ar 800 a. n
Local Passenger Trains Daily
Except sunday
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-01

IranS q<arer says he has the w. +. Douglaa
shoes Without name and price Btamped Oh
tha bottom, put him down as q fraud.