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Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29

depth of thirty-nine feet near the base of the
hill. In addition to the remains, urns were
also found, which, according to q custom of
that time, were buried empty. At Q later
date the ashes were placed in them. The
excavations are to be continued and inter.
esting results are expected.
The Italians can talk fast, but they can
also fight. In the years 1879 1889 there were
2. .759 duels in Italy, 2,4s9 of which were
fought with swords, ITO with pistols. 90 with
daggers and with revolvers. Fifty duels
resulted fatally, 1.060 severe wounds and
2, 541 in mere scratches. Nine hundred and
seventy-four duels were caused by newspaper
and literary quarrels, $50 by oral quarrels,
$50 by political differences, 1873 by secret
dissensions, 27S by premeditsted insults, 20
by religious discussions, 10 by trouble at
games and 1e2 by unknown causes. The
greatest number Of duels was fought in Au-
gust, 1926, and the smallest number in De-
cember, SO. In 1885. 1855 of the principals
were authors, "a lawyers, 156 officers, IA
deputies, IA professors ani the rest bankers,
judges and one singer.
You can get almost anything insured now
adays. A company has been established to
| guarantee depositors in national, state and
l savings banks and trust companies against
loss by reason of the suspension or failure of
such institutions in which those guaranteed
may have their deposits. In case of the sus-
pension or failure of such an institution in
which the party guaranteed has money on
deposit, the company. upon receiving evil
dence of that fact and a transfer of the claim
with power of attorney to collect, pays the
| full amount due the guaranteed by the insol-
vent institution. The rates are as follows:
For any amount not exceeding $500, 81 per
year; for any amount not exceeding $500
$3.50 per year; for any amount not exceeding
$1,000, $3.50 per year, and $3.50 for every
additional 81 900 guaranteed. It is New
Jersey institution and has been incorporated
less than year.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29

Five Young Ministers Each Sure That
God wiiled He should Marry Her.
h. CO. Arr

Five Young Ministers Each Sure That
God willed He should Marry Her.
From the San Frarcisco Argouaut.l
In the early days of Maine Methodism il
was the custom for young ministers to con
suit their presiding elders before taking @
wife. Once during camp meeting in east
ern Maine a young minister approached the
presiding elder and said he wished to be
married.
"whom do you propose to msrryp asked
the elder
"well," said the young man, "ths Lord
mas made known to me very clearly that
should mary sister Mary Turner"
"I know her well, |" said the eldsr; '-she d
q fine girl. win zee you again before ths
meeting closes"
During the week tour other young minis.
tiers consulted the presiding elder on the sub.
ject of marriage. Each of them gave the
name of the young woman to whom he pro-
posed to offer himself. They had all prayed
over the matter . great deal and each WA
certain that il was the Lords desire that he
| should marry the person named
Neither of the Eve young men knew that
1 any one else had consulted the elder on the
| subject On the last day of the camp meet
| ing, at noon, the elder called the 1--WE young
ministers to his tent to receive his opinion.
/ He said:
ssNow, brethren, il may be the win Of God
for you to marry, but 1t Is not his will that
| ave Methodist ministers should marry little
Mary Turner
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29
ALIVE.

1t is we'll to make the best of this world,
for you'll never get out of 1t slive.-Great
Darlington News.
Wife-What do you suppose baby is think
ing abouti The Brute-I 'spose he's thing
ing what to cry about to-night-Life. to
Lovers are slow about proposing this
summer. Owing to the high price of the
commodity, they heeitsie about breaking the
ice.-Texas Siftings.
Cumso-Jsysmith is pernurlous, isn't hei
Fangle-I should say he wasI He won't
even laugh at joke unless It is at some-
one else's expense.-Epooh.
A Sure Sign-"Thst must be a Boston
girl" "Why do you think sol" "She is all
ton girii' "welI, you see, she has her
specks on."-Boston Courier.
"Give me teboggan," he said to the BAR
man. "What do you meant" "Why, whisky,
of course. There's nothing like it when a
mans going down hill to make the descent
lively. ."-Philadelphia Times.
droom-A ring around the moon is the
sign of rain. Bride (sweetly)-And a ring
| around woman's finger is the sign of
Groom sadly)-Reign.-New York Racket.
Small boy-There's one thing in the Bible
sis says she'd like to change. Minister
Impossible! What can it be. my young
| mani Small boy-Her age, sir.-Detroit
Fres Press.
studying music, underestimate" Little Girl
-"Oh, no, ma'am, sno doesn't study music u
"She doesn'tf" "No'm. She only practise.
scales an things. York Weekly.
| Gentleman-Uncle ,Rastus, how many
coats of whitewash would you put on tha
fsncei Uncle 'Rsstus with an eye to busi
ness)-One coat fo' summah and two coat
- u =
New York Ledger.
be tween ice and wsterf" "Ice Is frozsr
water, that is all" "There is a greater DIFF
ference than that" "What Is itf' "wate
always finds it's level. but ice is CONSTANT,
going up."-Boston Courier.
$50 you've got married. old man. while
| have been awayr eyes" "Well, I con
gratulate you on having shaken off that she
dragon of housekeeper of yours at last
ooh, don't make any mistake, my dea
boy. she's the woman I have marrisd."-
Chatter.
D.-Your cheek is all swollen up. wha
caused iti E.-I made bet with Jones. II
bet that inside of twenty flour hours a pain
full accident would happen to me, and just q
the twenty-four hours were about up he hl
me a slap on the jaw and won the money
The Cork.
Miss Skinpenny-This cheap butter ain
fit to eat. Mrs. S.-No, It ain'r Run int
Mrs. Goodsoul's and borrow a pound. Sh
J always has good butter-the highest price
, in market. Tell her we'll pay her back te
morrow. Mics S.-Goin' to git butter tC
morrowi Mrs. S.-We'll pay her with this
New York Weekly.
Johnny" said Chenango street gentl,
man to his little boy recently, "you've got
/ little brother this morning." "Where di
he tum fum." asked Johnny iudifferently
"From heaven, my son." answered b
father. "Huhf' muttered Johnny, "dat
where Pm doin' thum day. I'll ave to pea
, to him bout it when det atwsinted wit
4 i'm. m."-Binghamton Leader.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29

A young man of Burlington, Iowa, prompt
ly and effectually knocked down a young
woman who was horsewhipping him. To
be thus treated is not one of the privileges
which men, -aping women sigh for.
The Mexican Gulf railroad isn't to be
sneezed at Its ties are made out of the
finest mahogany, and it's bridges are built of
marble. The waste seems criminal, but the
builders are actuated by motives of economy,
as they find the mahogany and marble along
the track side. The road hasn't really cost
much to construct, but if the materials were
appraised at New York standard of prices
the total would mount up into the millions.
An occulist In Breslau has recently treated
three hundred cases of defective eye-sight
for which there was no apparent cause. The
disease came as suddenly as an epidemic, and
WAS confined to the male sex. Finally the
oceulist thought that the very tight shirt
collars worn by the gilt edged youth of Bres.
Ian might have something to do with the eye
trouble. He made his patient loosen their
shirt collars, and their eyes got we'll. Cases
lara are not very rare.
No wonder there is trouble in the Argen-
gentine Republic. The management of af-
fairs there has been loose enough. The
enormous sum of $415, 100000 up to last
August had been loaned on "cedulas, :"
which are mortgage bonds, or simply govern
ment promises to pay. the chief security
being improved and for the most part unim-
to issue paper currency practically unse-
cured, which amounted to $191, ,160, ,496 In
1886, when specie payments were suspended,
and since that year the amount has been In
creased, We are told, by at least $40, ,0O0, 600.
What's in q namei Among the relatives
of the Earl of Dysart are Lyulph Ydwalle
Ydwallo Odin Nester Egbest Lyonel
Toegmag Hugh Erohenwyne Soxon Es'
Cromwell Orma Nevill Dysart Plantagenet
born 1875; Mabel Helmingham Ethel Hunts
ingtower Beatrice Blazonberrie Evangelins
Wise de Lou Orellana Plantsgenet Toedmse
Saxon, born 1872; Dyonesse Matilda Dor Id
Agnes Ernestines Cursor Paulet Wilbrahan
Joyce Eugenio Bentley Saxonia, Dysar
Plantagenet, born 1874; Lyona Decim'
Veronica Esyth Undine Cyssa Hylda Row
ena Adela Thyra Ursula Ysabel Blanch
Lelias Dysart Plantagenet, born 1878.
The excavations in hill ON the plain o
Marathon by the Archaeological society o
Athens have resulted in the discovery Q
charred bones, believed to be the remains Q
the 1872 Athenians who fell in the famou
battle. Several years ago DR.. Schlieman
made excavations at the same place, but b
met with no success and renounced th
work. The charred bones were found at
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29
A CHANGE IN NIGHT GOWNS.
women ofthe West are wearing GAR
menss More Like the Mems.
IErom the World -Herald1


[From ths world-Herald.l
Another levy on the masculine wsrdrobei
This time 1t Is the night robe which has
been used ss q model for q severe style of
night wear that has met lmnsnse suo-
cess. While there is no prettier garment in
her trousseau than q femme robe de mutt,
there are many women, especially of limited
means, who win rejoice in the replica. II
means small laundry bills. better service,
fewer holes to mend, and greater comfort.
The lsce-embellished, ribbon run, and yoke
WASTED robe. while pretty thing to look at,
is far from the ideal garment. In the hrst
place, 1t is always ready for repair after the
initial wash, and 1t is not every woman who
can mend lace even when she has the time.
Embroideries wear little better and Ii only
takes q couple of washes of this delicate but
holey dnsry to give a woman the reputation
of being q slsttern. And then the yoke. 1t
rarely fits, and IL too tight binds the shoul-
ders and keeps the occupant in night strug-
gle to free herself.
Now comes the masculine model, with its
deep collar and cuffs, Its roomy pockets. Its
box x-plsited back the stout button piece, and,
best of all, the simple trimming of needle-
stitched braid. Made of the very best cam
brio, these "hat robes" as they are called,
are only 50 each, and one will out last three
fancy gowns befrilled and inserted with
Valenciennes lace or Hamburg embroidery.
Only fine quality of material is used and
only half as much will it cost to laundry
them. This does not signify that no more
feminine night robes are TO be worn On
the contrary, 1t is an argument for better
and more artistic effects, for with the use of
the severe FAT robe for general wear q lover
of decorated divinity viii have better change
to indulge her taste, for the economy In wear
aud tear, washing and ironing viii enable
her to have So robe, where previously abe
wasted her money in buying fancy gowns for
third less.
The woman who travels across the country
is recommended to invest in a couple of silk
robes. With SPLENDID material at 81 and
rs cents q yard. she can readily make the
garment at home and ind in it a world oi
comfort. For the ocean trip q faune
night gown lie as Indispensable as wrap OF
rug.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29
9r1y 9nnds.
Howe & StetsOn
Doe-DAy PRICES.

26 pieces Challies, half wool,
at l2ac per yard. Marked down
from 17c.
5 pieces Cream White Mo-
hairs, 36 inches wide, at 25c per
yard; regular 38c quality.
l6 pieces Plaid Challi Mohairs,
81 inches wide, at 12sc per yard;
sold in May at 2oc.
Black and White Striped Mo-
hairs at 25c per yard; reduced
from 38c.
| Black and White Striped Mo-
hairs, 38 inches wide, at 35c per
yard; reduced from soc.
All our remnants Of Black and
Colored Dress Goods at about
Half Price, lengths from Il yards
to 7 yards.
Sun Umbrellas and ParasOlS
at the Lowest Prices Ever known.
You ought to see the qualities
we are selling at $l.oo, $1.25 and
SLIGO.
Ladies' Silk Vests to close at
5oc each.
Children's Ribbed Vests, all in
large sizes, at SC each.
Children's Warranted Fast
Black Plain Hose, mostly large
sizes, 7, u, 8 and g., at l5c per
pair, reduced from 25c to make a
bargain with.
50 dozen Of heavy Cream Dam
ask Towels, size 2ox42 inches, in
handsome red borders at l2ac
each as a special.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A young man of Burlington, Iowa, prompt
ly and effectually knocked down young
woman who was horsewhipping him. Tt
be thus treated is not one of the privileges
which men. .aping women sigh for.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-29
No. l7S

"0h, Mr.. Smith has gone down the line
are Just signalling the fact down the line"
"Who is Mr.. Smith,"
GWhy, Mr.. 8. S. Smith, the inspector of
the line Ses" he said, showing the iron
bar; give taps with this means be is on his
way down and ak taps are given when be is
going up. The operators send IL on. 80 that
be seldom catches any Of rs asleep"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
The Great Chinese Puzzle.

Imagine language devoid of gram
mar or syntax: unhampered by deelen-
sions, moods, lenses. or infections of
any kind; essentially monosyllabie; in
which the slightest change of pitch in
the voice completely modifies the SEN
tence; subject to no rules of logic or
construction; language petrified into
solid blocks, and representing human
thoughts as u MOSAIC represents
picture; a language which once written
can no longer be read. but must be
scanned-and even then you have i'm
agined but few of the characteristic
peeuliarities of Chinese.
It has often been said. it is still said
to-day, that the Chinese speak after the
fashion of children, directly, straight
to the point, with an energy of ex-
preston, directness of purpose. and
a natural logic devoid of the artificial
ity of Occidental tongues. As an ex-
ample of this child-like simplicity.
which we may be parloned for think
ing peculiar, let us take the following
sentence. A Chinaman SAYS TO rs:
TO have-one-(n numerical particle)
widow wife-he-to be-religion-
friend-house- within necessary TO
use-all-to have-although-
rive-bottom-to pass-to obtain-dty
product"
We see at once that in his simple,
straightforward way he meant to say:
There lived Christian widow who
possessed all that she needed; through
not rich, she had enough 10 live upon.n
If brevitv be the soul of Wit, our
children of to-day have certainly i'm
proved upon the Chinese rendering,
though how they might have expressed
themselves fifty or sixty centuries ago.
when the Chinese language was being
invented, we have, of course, no means
of knowing. If the parents of that
time at all resembled those of to-day,
they would have allowed the children
to prattle on unheeded until they knew
better, or sent them TO bed-or-
Well, whoever was right. somebody
was wrong. So much for the vaunted
simplicity of Chinese.-Jotn Heard, Jr.,
IN HdrpeT's Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
a poc As a MAIL.cARRIgR.
The Canine Seems to Realize the Import.
ance of His Mission.

The way the dog became a mail
carrier was as follows. SAYS letter in
the Ohio Farmer: One dav the post
master wanted to send word to his
brother at Bismarck. but did not want
To make the trip. II occurred 20 him TO
try the dog. He wrote n letter and
tied it around the dogs neck. pointing
the dogs nose toward Bismarck and
then told him TO go. He tro:ted off r
short distance aud then turned about
10 see what else was wanted. Some of
the small bows showered stones ut him
and he ran on to Bismarck. Next day
he returned with an answer tied on his
neck and he showed that he had been
well treated The experiment WAS re-
peated. each time with success and adj
ditional dignity on the part of the dog
As soon as it became known that
Dorsey could be depended upon re-
quests were constantly made by the
miners to send their mail by him. The
loads soon increased, and it became
evident that they could not tie on all
the letters. The miners then ordered
u handsome little mailbag and fitted it
to the dogs shoulders. 1t is fastened
aroSnd his chest by one strap. and
around his body back of the forelegs.
by another. He has never missed q
trip for about three years or lost a
letter. Now, when the stage comes in.
he gets up, stretches himself. walks to
the postoflice. waits to have tile mail
strapped on him. and starts of as soon
as he is told all Is ready. He will go a
long way around to avoid meeting a
stranger. seeming to realize the I'M
portance of his mission.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
A skating rnterlnde.

six months ago IL was.'' said he
lit seems century of changes-
Since here beneath this very tree.
We watched the mooniit mountain ranges.
bate this chatterinR. skating crowd,
That so profanes our silent river.
Th sacred spot whore once we vowed
A faith that should endure foreverl"
..And so me meet again. said he.
In the same place where then we parted:
How the old tlme comes back to mel
The words tbga left us broken-hearted."
Swift fell the answer from her mouth:
Speak for yourseif--if you remembcr.
And June dies long before December
"And does woman.s heart" said he
Change like the Mind or summer weather2
Yon moon Is yet the same. yon see,
That shone upon us here together"
"Ah, mol! she satd, that summer moon
Beamed with radiance mid and tender.
While this forgets the warmth OF Juno
In winters fair and frozen Splenccr."
"And does that mean fareweilf'' said he;
rs II n warning TO remember
That dream of June can never re
Which dies in such chill December?
Your very woiSisl' Yet even so
She said. controlling tears ana laughter
DO yon forget December snow
Melts IN the juno that follows after?
"But shall go or stay?" said he
Searching her face with doubt and wonder:
And If YOU care at all for me,
Why play at keeping US asunderf"
Above her eyes their dcep-fTinged curtain
Il did not mean, ut first. hut-wci.
You seemed so odiously cettainr'
Kate Putnam Osgood
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
Worms That Eat Steel Rails.


For the last two years the German
government has been making inquiries
into the life, history, and ravages of
one of the most remarkable worms
known to exist. saws the ST. Louis Re
public. This wonderful creature. whose
gluttonous appetite is only satisfied
after a feed on common steel, was
brought into notice by an article in the
Cologne Gazefte in June. 1887.
For some time preceding tile puhli-
cation of the account mentioned the
greatest CONSERVATION existed among
the engineers employed on the RAILWAY
at Hagen. on account of the accidents
which always occurred at the same
place. proving that some terrible de-
feet must exist either in the material or
the construction of the rails.
The government became interested
and sent commission to the spot for
the purpose of maintaining constant
watch at the spot where the accidents
one of them attended with loss of life
had occurred. IL was not, however.
until after six months had elapsed that
the surface of the rails appeared TO be
corroded, as if by acid. TO the extent
OF over 100 yards.
The rail was taken up and broken,
whereupon it was found to be literally
honeycombed by a thin, thread-like
gray worm. The worm IS said 10 he
two centimetres in length and of about
the bigness of a common knitting
needle. 1t is of gray color. and on
the head it carries two little sacs or
glands. filed with a most powerful
corrosive secretion. which is elected
every ten minutes when the little de-
mon is lying undisturbed. This liquid
when sqlirted upon iron renders that
metal soft and spongy. and of the color
of rust. when it is easily and greedily
devoured by the little insect. There
is no exaggeration. says the official
report. lin the assertion that this crea-
ture is one of the most voracious, for
it has devoured thirty-six Kilograms of
rails in q fortnight
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
Tie Timber of Maine.

Five hundred million feet of logs are
cut in the State of Maine annually.
The name Pine Tree State was acqufr-
ed years ago, but Spruce Tree State
would now be more appropriate. Al
though shere are millins of pine yet
standing. the palmy days of that tree,
in a commercial sense. long since de.
parted, and the spruce. prolific and
hardy, is the mainstay of the lumber
trade Whatever the case may be in
other States Maine has nothing TO fear
from the denudation of her uplands.
The spruce is a prolific tree. renewing
its growth in a few years, thus filling
up the gaps made by the lumbermans
ak. and soon producing a second
growth or aftermath. Many townships
on the Penobscot have been numbered
over twice and some three times. while
in Hancock county there is more tim
Der standing to-day than there WAS
twenty years ago.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
Honored.
Old Elder 7

Old Elder x was one of the "odd
sticks" one often heard of in the Con.
necticut valley half century ago. In
his younger days he preached the
gospel with great vigor and in a man.
ner calculated to strike terror to the
hearts of all eyil-doers; but as he grew
older his mental vigor waned with his
physical forces, and it began to be
whispered around that Elder K
wasn't exactly right" which was a
polite and indefinite way of saving that
his mind was going from him. He in.
sisted, however in filling the pulpit he
had so long filled until his friends were
compelled to keep him away by force.
One Sunday morning, when his sue
cessor was about to begin his sermon
Elder x surprised the congregation
by marching down the aisle and up to
the pulpit, where he began haranguino
the congregation. regardless OF the
rights and presence of his scandalized
successor.
Here was a dilemma. The foul
deacons and others of the brethren
hastily consulted together and Elder
K was gently demonstrated with,
but all to no purpose. He fatty re-
fused to leave the pulpit, and kept right
on preaching a terrifying sermon.
Finally the four deaeons, vigorous
men in spite of their years, walked in
to the pulpit. seized the struggling and
rebellious elder, and started out with
him on their shoulders. When hall
way down the aisle, he still further
scandalized the congregation by bawl-
ino out satiricaily:
How much better, after all, am ]
treated than my blessed master, for he
had but one ass on which to ride, whilo
have four! Halleiooyer!"-De Detroit
Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
Farming in Spain.

In Spain farming is conducted in a
very primitive way. Grain is cut with
n small reaping-hook aud thrashed as
in the time of the Caesars that is. by
tramping about with asses hitched to 4
stone-boat. The plow is crooked
stick, pointed with iron. In the towns
are to be seen heavy wooden carts
drawn by oxen. Most of the carrying,
transferring, ETC.. is done by donkeys.
Sand, brick. lumber-in fact almost
everything that has to be moved-is
carried on their backs. These animals
are used all through Spain. and for
every purpose, III the same way in
which we use them in the almost inn
passable canyons of the Rocky noun
tainS.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
A Big Wildcat

Peter Skiff. a veteran hunter of North
Kent, Conn.,, Recently shot a wildcat
fiye feet long that weighed forty
pounds. 1t was the biggest wildcat
that has been shot in the state Skif
killed the animal IN the air as it Ma
springing 1t him.
A farmer living between Mareefine
and Brooktield, Mo. found thirty-seyen
bee trees during last summer and fall.
and Us a consequences has on had more
than barrel of strained honey.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04
Australian Railway.
One of the great feat,

One Of the great feats of the railway
engineering of the time is being per-
formed in nor,her Queensland. A
line is being constructed from Cairns to
the tin mines of Herbertstown. 1t is
costing 100000 TO $3.50, 000 per mile.
A whole range of mountains has to be
crossed, and the trains will pass over
perilous precipices and yawning
chasms.