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WEEKLY CHAMPION
MEMS WOMEN.
What They Are and Why They Charm the Masculinr Sex,

What They Are and Why They Charm the Masculinr Sex.
 "What are Mems women'" asked only the other day the most charm ing of her sex. "Men are forever saying of so-and-so, whom, by the way, l detest, that she is a mans woman" Teach me how to be one, please? Wherein lies the charm? Must I smoke like your Venetiansl Must I talk horsel Must I adopt all the other of your dreadful ways!'
 Certainly not, dear madame. Yet 1t Is quite true that while one mans ideal differs most fortuitously from another's, as one star differeth from another star in glory, there are those who are known among us as "men's women" for happy ,com-
 
 bination of qualities somewhat diff cult to describe. "A mans woman,' to begin with, is old enough to know the world thoroughly; yet, though she need never have been beautiful she must have kept her youth. She is in no sense a light woman, neith- CT is she over-intellectual; she would not speak Greek, even if she could. She is a creature of infinite tact, whom every being with the outward semblance of a man interests pro- foundly. With him she always at her best, and she contrives to get out of him the best there is. She listens well, and grows sympathetic as she listens. Has he a special weakness4 She half-tempts him to believe It IS virtue. An adept In the subtlest forms of fattery, she would force the meanest of us to shine, even when he is i'll at ease. And yet, above all, she remains sincere. Her interest in him is real, and survives the feeting mo ment. He is a man; that is to say, for her, the brightest page in natures book. She respects con- vention, knowing well when she may venture to be unconventional yet she is unapproachable and ire proachable. In return he adores her.
 This is all very well, you say, but I don't like that woman. Dear madame, as it never enters into her calculation that you should, she does not take such pains with you She makes dear foes among you, of course. Sometimes, even, she does not escape calumny. But this, having no actual basis falls of its own weight, and in the end, as you yourself will admit, you stand in awe of her. Your question proves it. I have tried to tell you why we like her; and if you must have word of definition, here it is: She is one who has the gift to study men, and who, having studied many finds the process still amusing. If you lack this primal requisite, abandon the unequal contest; you will never become like her by a seryile imitation of her tricks and her manners. In spite of these, which set you so against her. let me entreat you to believe her as de- serving woman indeed ed-Scribner's Magazines,
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Consumption Surely Cured

To THE EDITOR Please inform your readers that have a positive remedy for the above named dis ease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been per manently cured. l shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers whc have consumption ifthey will senc me their express and post office address Respectfully,
 T. A. SLOCUM, M. C.,
 I8I Pearl St.,
 New York.
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branded as in cut; ear marks, underbit in each ear; horses with same iron on left thigh.
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A Peculiar Case.

Dr. H. 0. Edmunds, of Elberton, Ga, writes: "A very peculiar and strange case of blood poison came under my attention short time ago. A gentleman came here from Athens, Ga., where he had been bitten on the hand by vicious mule that he was breaking to work. The hand was in horrible condi- tion, and the inflammation was rayid- ly extending thr, ughout his entire system. Every knuckle on his hand was an ulcer that was deep and slough;ng. Ho stated to me that he had consulted several physi- clans, and taken their medicines without deriving any benefit. l gave him a course of Swift's Specific (S S. S.), and in few days he re- ported to me marked improve ment, and ill one week from the time he commenced taking s. s. s., the hand was healed up and the poison entirely eradicated from his system. It is my opinion that he would have lost his life had it not been for the health-giving properties contained in Swift's Specific. He frankly admits himself that $. S. S. did the work.
 Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis ca es mailed free.
 SWIFT SPECIFIC co. Atlanta Ga
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Harry Lyons Postofhce ad
 dress Williams Ariz. Horses brandedas per cut on the left thigh. Range SD rg Valley
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Rabbit Bros -Postof!ice address, Flag ,taff, Arizona Range, Clark's Valley Mo 1ollon i,euntains Brand as above cut MI young stock branded on both sides with swallow fork and uR derbIt in eacf ear; al.o own the following; Boot. T, 2 II anywhere on the side of animal. Boot cat le, road brand w on right side; T cattle ,5s ol rlgl. sl l.; a1r,. brand L. 0.
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Cattle brand ed as above on left hip belong to the undersig- ned, Ear marks smooth crop of the right and I,n1er SDiit i,,
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Harry Fulton-Horse and mule brand on left hip as shown iu Cut. Sheep: ewes hole in left ear and split in the right. Weth CTS reverse that of ewes. Rams branded r on horn; range near Mormon Lake, Mogol lon Mountains: postofice address, Flagstaff Arizona.
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CtiOnS: ALBUQUERQUE-A. T. & :. F. K R tor all points Easi and South.
 PRESCOTT JUNCTION-Pres colt x Arizona Railway for Fort Whipple and Prescott. BARSTOW-California Southern Railway for Los Angeles, San Diego and other southern California points. MOJAVE-Southern Pacific for SanFrancisCo. Sacramento and Northern California points.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
The New Croton Aqueducs.

From an article in the Century, on the
above subject, we quote the following:
.Comparpared with other tunnels. the
new aqueduct is easily at the head OF all
works of like character in the world.
The cities of Chicago and Cleveland
are each supplied with water through
tunnels extending out into lake. The
first Chicago tunnel is feet in dame
ter aud 10, l67 feet long. The second
tunnel is feet in diameter and 81, 400
feet long. The Cleveland tunnel Is
only feet in diameter and 666l feet
long. All of these tunnels were laid
in comparatively soft materials. The
Baltimore water supply includes n rock
tunnel twelve feet in diameter and
seven miles long, and is lined with
brick-work for about two miles. The
old Roman aqueduets were several OF
them longer than the Croton Aque-
duct, but they were all very small. and
were merely masonry conduits a few
feet in diameter. The Liverpool water
supply is conveyed by an aqueduct
about twice as long as the Croton
Aqueduct. but it is mainly a surface
aqueduct, there being only a little tun-
mel work. A portion of this aqueduct
is merely pipe line. The supply is
from reservoir formed, like that at
Croton or at Sodom. by building dam
across narrow gorge in a valley
among the mountains in Wales. The
dam is larger than that Mt Sodom, be-
ing 1876 feet high. while that Mt Sodom
is only 7S feet. Compared with the
proposed dam it will be small, as the
new dam is to be over two hundred
feet high, and will be the highest dam
in the world. The aqueduct tunnel,
when compared with railroad tunnels,
is "a little smaller in diameter than the
three most famous tunnels. but is very
much longer. The Hoosac Tunnel is
only 24,0O0 feet long. the Mont Gents
is 8 miles long. and tn. St. Gothard
9 l-2 miles long. while the new Croton
I Aaueduct, as we have seen, is nearly
80 miles long"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL. /. 1890.
FACTS ABOUT FlNcER.RINcs.
A History of the Use OF This weu-Knowr
Ornament.


The practice OF wearing finger-rings
has been almost universal from an
early period In the worlds history.
There Is tradition which asurihes
their invention 10 Tubal Cain, aud the
Latin authority who gives currency 10
the story speaking of the wedding cir
clet, says: The form of the ring be-
ing circular-thal Is to say, round and
without imparteth this much, that
mutual love and hearty affection should
roundly flow from one 10 the other. as
in the circle. aud that continually and
forever" The first authentic reference
To iinger-rings occurs In the old Testa-
ment. where Genesis xxxviii.) mem
tion Is made of Judahs signet-ring.
That they were also In use among the
Egyptians nj that time is evident from
the 4Ist chapter of Genesis. where we
read of Pharaoh taking of his own ring
and putting It upon Joseph's hand.
when he made him ''ruler over all the
land of Egypt"
The hands OF female mummies. found
in the tombs of Egypt. are profusely
covered with rings; the wealthy ladies
of that country wearing costly ones
upon nearly every finger, while their
poorer sisters had To content them
selves With circles Of bronze, glass. or
pottery. The ancient Chaldeans. the
Persians. and according To Herodotus.
the Babylonians wore rings; aud II is
propable that from Asia they were in-
trodueed into Greece. In the later
Greek legends the ancient heroes are
spoken of rs wearing them, aud at n
more recent date every freeman
throughout Greece seems to have had
one.
The earlier rings appear 10 have
been used not so much for ornament as
for the practical purpose of afilxing
seals; but later on they became merely
ornamental. and were set with precious
stones. The Romans. who are be-
lieyed TO have derived the custom from
the Sabines, wore signet-rings of iron
AS was the case with the Lacedemon-
ians-and every freeman had the right
To wear one.
Ambassadors In the early wears of
the republic used to wear gold rings as
part of their official dress; this jus an
null aurei being afterwards extended To
Chief Magistrates, Senators, and, later
ON. TO equities. Emperors were won't
to confer this right on those whom
they wished TO favor. and the privilege
became gradually more and more ex-
tensiye, until in the time of Justinian
all Roman citizens could avail them
selves of il.
The later Romans used to wear
many rings upon their fingers, some
even having different ones for summer
aud winter. while the height of dan
dyism" was reached by those who
never wore the same ring twice. but
threw it away when once it had done
seryiee.-Aotes and Queries.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
An Indians Memory.

How long is it, once asked one
of these Northern Crees. who as guide
was directing our steps as we were
struggling along in the bitter cold in
the wild Nelson River country north
west of Hudson's Bay. .ssince you trav-
eled through this land? You seem to
know every portage and crossing and
you strike the points you say you will,
although for days have not seen the
least vestige of trail or pathway or
the slightest evidence that human be-
ings have ever penetrated these wilds
before. y
Missionary" he replied. Il never
made this trip but once before, and
that was many winters ago, when /
came this way with my father. T"
Great indeed was my astouishment,
as for DAYS / had admired his skill and
judgment, as with never failing accur-
acy he had cheerily led us on through
that unInas cd wilderrcsssse
over three
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
Dolls, Drums and swords.

The doll is thousands of years old;
ii has been found inside the graves of
little Roman children. and will be
found again by the archelogists of a
future date among the remains of our
own culture. The children of Pom
peii and Herculaueum trundle hoops
Just as YOU and | did; aud who knows
whether the rocking horse ON which
we rode in our young days is not u
liueal descendant of that proud charger
into whose wooden flanks the children
of Francis /. Is time dug their spurs.
The drum is also indestructible. and
setting time at naught across the CEN
turies. it beats the Christmas-tide and
New Year summons that bids the tin
soldier prepare himself for war. and
shall continue to beat as long as there
exist boy arms to WELD the drumsticks.
and grown-up peoples ears to he deafen-
ed by the sound thereof The tin SOL
dier views the future with calm; he will
not Law down his arms until the day of
general disarmament and there is, as
yet, no prospect of universal peace.
The toy sword also stands its ground
it is the nursery symbol of the ineradi-
cable vice of our race-the lust for bat
tle Harlequins, fool ol's-cap-crowned
and bell-ringing, are also likely TO en-
dure; they are sure to be found among
the members of the toy world as long
as there are fools TO be found among the
inhabitants of our own. Gold-laced
knights their swords at their sides,
curly-locked and satin-shod princesses,
stalwart musketeers, mustached and
top-booted, are all types which still
hold their own. The Chinese doll is
young as yet but she has a brilliant,
future before Biack1Uood'S Magd.
ai7le.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
Asleen In a Churchrard.

An old man who sleeps by the road
side wonder. and upon whose tomb are
the familiar lines beginning "Remem-
ber me as you pass by" spent the
greater portion of the last ten years of
his life by his wife's grave. He came
in the early morning, and after remov-
ing any microscopic weed that might
have showed itself since the previous
evening. would light his pipe and sol
emnly contemplate the stones in his
vicinity. He went regularly to his
meals, and as regularly took his after
noon nap on the grass by the grave
side. Shortly before his last visit to
the cherished spot he requested me
to decipher for him the dates upon sew
eral of the gravestones; and we con-
versed about many whom we had
known in life and who had passed
away. l remarked that the church
ward was very pretty place and his
face lighted up as he rejoined: 'tAh,
mester, | have always thought that
| should like to be buried here, for, "
looking around. syou see, there's such
a splendid view from here" This was
uttered in good faith and the old man
seemed convinced that neither coffin
lid nor churchyard clods would obstruct
his view. Perhaps they don'tl In a
few brief weeks he came to his favorite
haunt to stay. Poor old William,
the flowers on your grave have run
wild long ago and no one seems to re-
member you as they pass by.-Chdne
6erS' journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04

When a woman gels cross II
cross at every ybodS
How soon : girls capital become
little after marriage.
Smile ut some women and they
tell You all the troubles fhey ever
That for which = woman should
consoled she is mosI eften ridirffis
her homeliness.
When woman San wash aanne
they will not shrink sIle kBews enough
TO get married.
4 woman il never 10 has7Iv Fm lore
that she does not try t0fsnzl ollf the cost
of her engagement ring
As soon as a man gets the sfFs built
and the room warm. hfa vile comes
along and wants to .sair tire hnnse
One OF your delicate women win
never admit that she is hungry; she
will say that she is feeling little faint
The devil has particular hot fire for
the mother who wants TO send her
daughter husband hunting at 16.
You occasionally find woman who
thinks she il intellectual because sine
has large number of correspondents.
There is only one thing that pieases
woman more than to be referred to a.
a dove. and that il TO hear a man re.
ferred to as hawk.
A woman never becomes so inteIIi
gent that she learns that Il Is n
pleasure TO others to hear her coax he.
children to speak q piece. -
The question with the women: Is Il
better to marry man who is thought
less. and leaves the door open bes1Inf
him, or to marry man wtso thinksw
close the door. but forgets 70 leave oil.
the slam ?-Atchis0n Globe
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
LITTLE woMEN's PENS AND PENCIL
MANY eblidrea May be Artists if Ths
Make Triaf.

Jules Goodfnan. the artist, and hfs
wife (who writes as well ~ liz designs3
are well-known people III the world oI
letters and art. What child who loves
a good old-fasiiioned circus. with ff&
daisies growing All, about tire fres
made ring aud the grass carpefing Ii
ground. oTer which tiers Of seats hat
grown like Aiaddin's palace. does ul
delight In ssseh stories ms that which
the Goodmans made with pen and
pencil a week or two since III Herpsfss
Weekfg-a story OF the old-fashionsd
country circus In all lis glory2
These talented folks have little girl
who already. az the age of I. makes
pictures Of people aud good pictures
too. Not long ago she sat down i'm her
mothers parIor while her parents wefe
talking TO & friend Of irs. and drew
on sheet Of white paf> likeness ef
their friend which was so hue Il seemed
TO speak. She sent ii to him In 4 letter
and he sent her book In return. This
Is her answer:
-wEDsEspxx.
my DER MR FLoKEscE
read tss ss s Fs zszs sh gs H2r iss Esly e
an going % see the rivals. ngge % see =
Gladys may make
after q while She draws
thar she writes. Her frie#
j. Florence. the popular
plays with Joseph JeiIers<
When Mrs. Cles@sls.z1d. Wn9 ss@szzzz.
the white house before Mrs. Harrison
went there. was . little girl named
Frances Folsom she wrote little story
called Little MoII. Of which this was
the plot:
A young writer on d famous New
York paper has 10 write every day III
the criminal courts. The ferrating ouE
of crime and the arrest of criminals
and their daily punishment are hour
by hour reported bv him. Stories OF
crime black and foul as we're ever
written are unroIIed before him until
bis belief i'm human nature nearly
perishes. But bis faith Is preserved
through meeting poor newsgirl whe
comes aud goes daily to the Office for
copies OF the journal on which he
serves. The sequel can be imagined.
The reporter stepped rs he IL In visions
OF the worlds iniquily aud 10 daily
danger of his life (since : sss-'ssssfi
the enmity OF criminal ciasses1 i, ssas "a
life saved by AMoll.n In return he
places her at school and ultimately
marries her. after which he leads . life.
of happiness
pictures ana write stories II they vii
only try.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
Reserved Seats in Mexico.

You don't have to bother securing
reserved seats in some of the Mexican
theatres, for there are no seats at all.
You just send your servant ahead with
one of your own chairs and he does all
the hustling necessary to secure Il good
position. Ii you don't have a servant
or a chair available, you can hire a
chair at the door for 6 cents from an
old woman who. as you pay her. will
murmur. Give me cigareg senor.
for Gods sake. in liquid
s. doesn't mean to be irres
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
A Boys Composition.

The following is an extract from q
real composition written by small boy
in New Jersey. The subject given by
the teacher was the extensive one of
Man" Here is what the small
boy wrotea a wonderful
animal. Hds eaers, NOR
His ears are
in and hss
Z is f.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
Sleep i'm Paiamas.

The old-faslioned night-shirt is be-
ing rapidly supplanted by pajamas, and
this is a very sensible revolution, says
the n. Y. Sun. The sudden change
from complete street or house dress to
a thin sheet of linen or Gotten or silk
was productive not only of colds, but
ofrheumatism aud often of pneumonia.
Draughts strike the legs of a person
who wears a night-shirt, and the legs
are very sensitive because they are at
all other times heavily clothed.
Then. again. such is the fiighty ma
ture of an old-fashioned night-gown on
restless sleeper that it is always apt
to work above his stomach and expose
il 60 sudden chilling, and that is often
fraught with serious results. If you
will wear the old-fogy night shirt,
wear a flannel band about the waist.
The paiama not only insures COW
ering for the legs the night through,
but it guards the bowels. too. And it is
iucomparably better in case the sleeper
should be called suddenly to get out of
bed In suit of pajamas man can
always be called "clothed." to GER
tain extent. In night-gown he is al
ways an MISUNDERSTANDING fright
and uncompromisingly unpresentable.
Physicians do not think it matters
much TO a healthy person whether
paiamas are made of silk or flannel OF
linen. But those who are in poor
health or advanced in years would
doubtless do well to wear none but
/ flannel.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
NoRrH rorNp.

Leave Corvallis Monday, Wednesday, Friday
a. m. Leave Albany c 90 a m hf
Arrive Salem Monday, Wednesday, Friday
?. m Leave salem, Tuesday, Thursday, satur
day S a. IN.
Arrive Portland. Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday
$50 p. m
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SAILING DATES.

This company reserves the right to change sail
ing dates without notice.
Passengers from Portland and all Wiliamett,
Valley points can make close connection with ths
trans of the Yaquina route at Albany or Corval
lis and If destined to san Francisco should ar
range TO arrive at Xaquina the evening before th'
date Of sailing
Passenger and Freight Rates
Always the Lowest.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04

Leave Portland Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
6 a. mi
Arrive Salem. Monday Wednesday, Friday:
p, m. Leave Salem, Tuesday. Thursday, Satur-
day, "a. Leave Albany, 1880 p m.
Arrive Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday, saturday.
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The Progress of Languages.

The progress of languages spoken by
the differeut nations is said to be as
follows: English, which at the COM
mencement of the century was only
spoken by 22.000.000 of people, is now
spoken by 100. 900. 600; Russian is now
spoken by 6S, 600, 600 against Sc. 600, 900
at the beginning of the century. In
1901 German was only spoken by 3d.
100000 of people. to-day over 10000
600 talk in the same language that
William III. does. Spanish is now used
by Al. .000,000 of people, against 80, 600. :
900 in 1900; Italian by 32.00o,000 in-
stead of 13, 900. 900; Portuguese by 49,
600, 600 instead of 5000. 600 This is
for English an increase of 3l2 per cent;
for Russian, 120 per cent: for German.
20 per cent; /, I Spanish. Sc per cent,
In the case of French the increase has
been from $4,000, 900 to 46.090, 900. or
81 per cent.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-04
In Old View MEXICO.

The language of most OF the people
of New Mexico is the Spanish language
of the time of Ferdinand and Isabella.
The people still thresh out their grain
with sheep and goats. and tread out the
juice of the grape WIS., the naked feet
They plough with wooden plows. AID
until within the past ten years had de-
parted in hardly any respect from the
customs of the first eelnniSts. who were
only generation or two later than
Cortez aud his eonquistadozes.
The country reminds one Of PaIes-
tine, saws a-zxE~tsT in current perodi-
cal. Patriarchal customs prevail and
the wealthy Mexieans constitute an an
titled aristocracy. who are followed i'm
plicitly by the refainers living ON their
great domains. The country il q pas
toral one, the wealth of its people con-
sisting mainly of sheep and cattle. al
crops are raised by means of irrigation.
and in the valleys surprising results
are obtained in grains 4nd fruits. ant
particularly in the grSpe- The gress
artery of the. country Is he Rio Grands
river. which diffuses fef4szi1y through
out its wide. sandy valleF.
Unlike the other frontier settlements
of the United States. the New Mexico
towns are quilt compaetlF, each about
q plaza, so that the houses form q
| strong wall of q fort The principal
i house in such a settlement IS usually
/ that of the owner OF the great Spanish
i or Mexican grant on which the town is
built. This method of construction
was rendered imperatiyely necessary
by the continual war m de against the
whites by the surrounding savage In
dian tribes of the plain and mountains.
and which has only ceased in the last
live years.
The hidaioo. or wealthy Mexican
| SnarfSh ssgst aims all tn