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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
NEATNEss WINS A MAN.
.'Madge" Has just Heard ofa Pleasant In
stance OF the Kind.

stance Of the Kind.
Dearest Amy; A man we know has
Just proposed TO and been accepted by
girl, and he came on to tell us all about
being "the happiest man In the world,
etc, etc. After some portion of his rap
lures had been exhausted / remarked
that as is usual in such cases. the con-
tracing parties were the very last we
should have imagined likely to single
each other out from the rest of the world
for life partnership. whereupon our
friend observed that the first thing that
had attracted him to the girl was her
exquisite neatness. Now, Amy, had
always been under the impression that
neatness, like cleverness and love of
plain sewing, was one Of those respecta-
BILE qualities that are excellent for max
ing cages after marriage, but not of the
smallest use in the manufacture of nets
in which TO secure ones prey before
hand. You see, | was wrong, or else
this case is exceptional.
Our friend proceeded to say that he
WAS blCh anu tlIbu vi uubluN KtEtSs WIFI
nothing dainty about them, and no
white lace, or linen or tape, or whatever
it is called. round the necks of their
dresses. "1dpei" Dead tired of girls
whose gowns dipped into the mud or
dust Of the street at every step. Sick Of
girls with loose bags in the front OF
their bodices. which always reminded
him of pelicans. Weary of girls with no
neatness Of finish either to themselves
or their sleeves. and with hair like hay
stacks. Even If all wrists were white as
snow, and rounded to perfection, he
said, he could not admire them If they
emerged from sleeves that ended in
hard bands OF stuff with no relief from
the color of the gown itself.
Ineyer thought that men noticed these
little things much, but suppose they
do. The lady Of his choice is certainly
one Of the neatest OF human beings
Some people are born neat; others
achieve neatness. Lucy belongs to the
first category, and with constant prac-
tice she has achieved perfection in the
art. She wears her hair coiled in the
glossiest brown folds, with little baby
ish fuT or fringe in Sront. each indi-
yidual curl of which has its brilliant
gleam We have often asked her how
she manages to keep her hair SO beauti-
fully, and she always laughs and says,
"Yelk of egg once a fortnight, and
good brushing every night Hers is
one Of those delicate tinted skins that
convey the idea of purity to the mind
but she is not otherwise pretty. We
often call her Jane Eyre, because She
makes us think of Charlotte Bronte's
heroine. do not know what Jane wore
around her neck, but | am sure that,
whatever the arrangement was, it was
neat almost TO primness Lucy's collars
and eufs are always immaculate, gilt
sering with the CLASSY gloss of ironed
starch | never saw button missing
from her gloves. Madge, in London
Truth.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
A KINGLY EXAMPLE.
How Two American Boys Made the Ac-
quaintance of Denmark's King.

HOW Two american bOFS Nthue inc AC-
quaintance of Denmark's King.
An exchange relates pleasing anec-
dote about two American boys travelling
in Europe. They were skylarking in
the streets of Copenhagen, and one boy
tossed the others hat into tree. While
the victim was trying to dislodge it,
there came along an old gentleman,
with umbrella under his arm and his
head buried in his book.
"Please, sir" said the hatless boy,
"will you get my hat ?" The old gem
tlen1an fshed around with his umbrella
for about five minutes, and failing to
dislodge the hat allowed the boy to
mount his shoulders; and, with the UNI
brella, he finally captured the hat. As
the boy dismounted and thanked the
old gentleman, another gentleman came
along, who saluted and called the one
with the umbrella, "Your Majesty
The boys were astonished to find that
they had in this unceremonious fashion
made the acquaintance of tho King of
Denmark, and they think the King de-
serves the kingdom. In fact he is
capital fellow He loves to mingle with
the people in their amusements, and
there is no fol-de-rol Of royalty about
him.
Now this little incident teaches les.
son that perhaps some Of the 'rroyers
haven't learned; The King of Den.
mark is not the only royal good fell
low among the foreign nobility; there
are in fact a number of Dukes and
Earls VINO have really a more demo-
cratic spirit than some of our untitled
Americans, There are plenty Of people
in this country who haven't the rag Of a
title, nor much else TO distinguish them
Except their manners, and tho fact
that their fathers have managed to
scrape together few dollars ahead of
their neighbors yet who imagine that
they belong to 1.-THE aristocracy,n and
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
nenth Of the Dinner Fol.

The dinner bell has long since suf-
fcted ] decadence, and it is rarely now
that il sends its merry tinkle through
the corridors Of aristocratic houses. lit
has been the custom to hayemeals an
nounced by the butler, or by neat
aproned ana capped "Phyliscs But
the latest is the Japanese gong, 1t is
a succession Of three bronze hemis-
pheres, graduated sizes, connected by
chains The gong is suspended usp
ally in acunycrient curve Of the stair
way and. when dinner is served, tho
family is musically summoned 70 the
banquet hall by strokes upon the gong
with Il small hammer One artistic
wife know VI bassucceeded ia teaeh-
ing her maid the notes of the sisters
call from Die Walkure. ard three
times daily do tho Wagnorian tones
echo through the house, Table Talk.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
A TOOTH EPISODE.
The Gas Was Low But 1t Deadened the
Patients Pain.

Patients Pain.
1t was about two o'clock OF chill
morning when Mr.. X. presented himself
at the door of doctor in the village Of
W., after series Of laundering knocks
at the door with a good deal of vigorous
exercise upon the bell handle, succeeded
in bringing that gentleman to the win
dow overhead.
What is it?' asked the doctor.
''Do you pull teeth?" Mr.. X. de-
manded.
Eyes, when | have to- was the reply.
''rhen want tooth pulled"
''All right, Come back in the morn
ing and I'll take it out for you.'
Come back in the morning. eiacu-
lated Mr. Y. What do you take me
for. Here I've been in torment for
these two days, and for the last two
hours I've been hunting all over this
confounded town after dentist, and
now I'd like to have the job done at once
if there is any way to fix it."
The dentist at first demurred, but at
last he consented to come down and get
the tooth out at once; and after due
interval in which he made his hasty
toilet, Mr.. X. was admitted to the
house The chill of the night was
everywhere but X was too intent upon
getting rid of the troublesome molar to
mind that, and he was duly installed in
the operating chair and an examination
made.
Hold on there" X said, as the den
tist, having satisfied himself which was
the troublesome tooth, took up his
forceps and prepared for work. 81 want
to take gas. This tooth has given me
about all the pain | can stand from it,"
"Well," the dentist answered, ''the
gas is little low, but, if you insist will
give you what there is. 1t will deaden
the pain, though very likely you will
feel it some."
The conventional breathing tube Of
black rubber was produced, and pro-
ceeded to inhale for dear life. For
moment the dentist allowed him to
pump his lungs full from the gas reser-
voir, and then, taking the breathing
tube away, he quickly whipped in his
forceps and whipped out the tooth.
Il did feel it some," X. observed,
when he was able to set his mouth in
condition which allowed him to speak.
'Did you?" the dentist asked sympa-
thetically. mot mucn, | hope?"
Not so very muca," \. replied "Still,
| knew when it came"
When, moment later, X. prepared to
pay his BILL and asked the price, he was
surprised to be told sum which was so
small that it seemed that a mistake must
have been made,
"But is that all you ask for admins
tering gas?" he asked,
"Oh, bless you" was the smiling an
swer, there wasn't any gas there. l
only let you breathe into the tube
little to satisfy your imagination
\. did not at first know whether to be
vexed or amused, but wisely concluding
that the latter was the better policy, he
wended his way home ehuckling, and
got himself to bed as the first sreaks of
the coming dawn began to show in the
sky. Boston Courier,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
:. j. M'cAusTLAND,
CIVIL ENGINEER And SURVEYOR

Draughting and Blue Prints.
once with Oregon Land Company. Albany.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
S5 PER
MONTH";.
INSTALLMENT PLAN

After all, though, it is better to crawl
before trying to run, and we may yet see
designed, layed down. and built by ma.
tive talent in United States navy
yard, that crnx of naval constructions
the "battleship Of the future. London
Army and Navy Gazette.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
WHERE MAN THRIvEs.
A Maryland Town In which Nearly All Are
Giants and Methuselahs.

A Maryland Town In which Nearly All Are
Giants and Methuselahs
"Back in Montgomery County, eleven
miles from Laurel, on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, is the little village Of
Sandy Spring, a Quaker settlement,
whose population is but seventy-fve
persons, yet which is noted for the
length OF time its inhabitants live and
the stature they attain" said Robert II.
Moran day or two ago.
Now am not what you would call a
little or young man. am N years
old, six feet tall, and weigh 200 pounds,
yet can not hold candle to some of
the chaps who live there. The old
people there are dying off, though.
Now, there was the Penn family. Mary
lived to be 1O9 years old. Edward died
at 1O4. Lizzie was 103 when she died,
and Joseph was 101. Joshua lived to
be 80 and 10 months. Mary No. 2
was 9S, and another Mary was SO. Will
lam Thompson was one OF the
oldest men in town. He died at
11S years. The Bell boys were triplets.
They were Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego. Every one Of them was over
100 years old and the smallest Of them
was 6 feet 4 inches high, Both the
others were 6 feet 5. Then there
were two men, one named Davis and the
other Thatcher, both of whom we're over
100 Isaac Moore lived to be 1O2. Mrs.
Russell died at 1O4 Mrs. Kirk was iOl.
Billy Matthews and Will Mccormick
were each 1O1 when they died. Billy
Simpson was 100, and Mahlon Chandice
is now living at 100. Cornelius Sullivan
was "a, William Brown was 90 when he
.eft us, and Jimmy Whiteside is still liv-
ing, hale and hearty, at SO. Now there
is raft of men over so years. Among
those who are dead are William Thomp-
son, Randall Thompson and Joe Thomp-
son, Joshua Lewis. Ephraim Murphy,
Henry Stabler and Edward Stabler.
Caleb Stabler, Richard Tucker, Perry
Lizear, and JEFF Higgins are still living.
There is such raft of boys over so that
it isn't worth while to mention them.
"Now for the big fellows: Ed Penn
was 6 feet 4, and Josh was feet 2.
Robert Sullivan was 6 feet ). He had
two sons, VIII and George, who were
feet and 6 feet 3 respectively. Mahlon
and Nelson we're brothers, and each was
6 feet 4 inches high. There was Richard
Sullivan, whom we used TO call Long
Dick. He was feet 4. He had two
sons, Ed and Perry, who are still living,
both 6 feet 2. DIR. Artemas Riggs was a
daisy. He was feet inches tall,
weighing 26O pounds, without an ounce
of superfluous aesh, and was one of the
best men in the county. There were
three men who were named William
Brown, and we had to nickname them
to distinguish them. There was Big Bill
Brown, feet g. Long Bill Brown was
feet 5, and Little Bill Brown was feet
2H. Isaac Moore was 6 feet 2, but his
son Nathan went him one better and
was 8 feet 3. Perry Lizear is still liv-
ing. He is over so years old, is 8 feet
2 in his stockings, weighs 220 pounds,
is straight as an arrow, and one Of the
best men in the county. / tell you what
If you have any children and want them
TO live long and grow big, just send them
to Sandy Springs. Baltimore Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DIR. w. &. NEGUS,
oreduate OF the Royal College. Of

Graduate OF the Royal College. of
London. EnglanN. also OF the Bellevue
Medical College.
THE DOCTOR HAS SPENT A LIFETIME
Il Of study and practice. and makes spec
ialty OF chronic diseases, removes cancers
ecrofulous enlaTgements. tumors snd wens
without pain or the knife He also makes a
specially Of treatment with electricity. Has
practieed In the German. French aud English
hospitals Calls promptly attended day or
night. His motto is good VIII TO All.
Office and residence, ferry street. between
Third and Fourth. Albany. Oregon
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14

Sewerage System and watei Supplies spec
ialty. Estates subdiyided. Maps made or
copied on short notice
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
ono for John L.

Teacher Can any boy tell me who
is the grand llama Of Thibetl
New Boy tan adorer Of the manly
artl Please. sir. | dunno. But y
know who Is the grand lammer Of
these United States. It's Mr.. Sullivan
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-14
SOCIETY NOTICES.

LEBANON LODGE, NO a. A. Fk A. MI Meets
Al their new hall IN Masonic Block, on Saturday
evening on 0r before the fun moon.
j WATSON W. NJ
LEBANON LODGE, NO ~, l. q q, VII Meets sat
urday svdNing ef each wrsk, at odd Fellows hsiL
Main street, visiting brethren cordially Invited 10
attend J J. CHARLTON n q
HONOR LODGE NO - A. o " W. Lebanon.
Oregon. Meets eyefy first and third Thursday even
inrs In the ruenth " n ROSCOE NJ W
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
N.R. CHURCH.
Walton skipworth, pastor-Ser,ices each sun,
aay III ii 4. NJ aud Tf. NJ. sunday School ut ~
A. ~ each sunday
rRKsByrEHIsS CHURCH.
a. w. Gihony, pastor services each SUNDAY
ARIA NJ sunday school 10 A. N. Services
each Sunday night.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
j. X. kirkpatrick, pastor Services the 2nd
and All snndays at ii 4. N. and r. N. Sunday
school each sunday nj 10 A. "
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
AN EXODUS FOR HOME.

Department Clerks at the Capital Hus-
Ting to Get in Their Votes.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 20.-There has
been great political activity among de-
partment clerks here for the past twelve
months, and the probability is that 1000
or 5000 of them will 60 home to vote at
the coming November elections. A score
or more of Republican state associations
have been organized. and their members
will probably go home en- masse to vote.
Never was greater activity and energy put
forth in getting every qualified Repub-
lican voter home for the November cleo
tions, and the exodus promises to be
something unusual.
Railways Reduce Their Rates.
Thousands of votes will be polled in dis
tant states that have not been cast before
in years. So great does this exodus prom
Use to be, that the railroads hav'
reduced the rates for one round tril
to half-fare rate to all points east
New York and west of Chicago, thes
rates being allowed only to voters holding
certificates of membership in some stat
| association.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
A DECISION IN IOWA.
Perpetual Injunction Against interfer-
Ing with Original Packages.

Perpetual Injunction Against Interfer-
ing with Original Packages.
i.EDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Oct ls.-Judge
Stbneman. of the superior court, OF this
city, yesterday rendered decision In
three liquor cases. Last June the An
heuser- Busch Brewing company, OF st.
Louis, opened an original package house
at Marion and appointed JoStph Coenen
as agent. II. II. Abrams, pastor of one
of the churches, instituted search pro-
ceedings and the liquor was seized.
The Anheuser- Busch company began
proceedings to enjoin Abrams from setz-
ing the goods and also commenced action
i'm replevin to recover goods already
seized. Defendant demurred to the petit
ton. holding that under the state laws
writ In repevin would not lie to recover
beer i'm the state OF Iowa. Judge Stone
man after hearing the facts in the case
overruled the demurrer of the defendant,
hold that n writ in replevin would lie TO
recover under AN unconstitutional stat
ute. --ssea q ff."
The Wilson Bin Permissive.
As to the injunction proceedings insti'
tuted by plaintiff the court held that the
| act of congress approved 1890, known a.
the Wilson bill, was not retrospective Id
its operation, but it is simply permissive
| to the several states to legislate in the ex'
ercise of state police powers on sub
ject matter, and declaring that since
the supreme court had subsequent to TN
passage of the Wilson bill decided the
| Iowa law as regards the sale OF liquors II
original packages null and void, therefor
the law is still null and void. He there
fore granted perpetual injunction to re
strain Abrams from further interferin!
with the business of the plaintiff In sell
| ing liquors.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
MAXWELL. HANGED.
The Murderer of Charles Decker Receives
His Reward.

The Murderer of Charles Decker Receives
His Reward.
NORRIS, Ills, Oct. ls.-James Maxwell
was hanged at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The trap was sprung at 9:5S, and at
1912 he was lowered to his coffiu. He had
professed religion and was confident that
he would be saved, and his last visitor
was a young lady who had nue.
to do with his conversion - Mis-
Gordon. After the visit ceased he
asked for cigar, and as it was
given him Sheriff Schroeder entered the
cell with his shroud. Maxwell said: Say,
John, can't you give me time to smoke
this cigar?o Schroeder consented, and Max
we'll remarked III wish it was four feet
long"
A "Nervy" Prisoner.
While being dressed he slipped knife
into the deputy's hand, saying that ne
would have committed suicide with II
had Mis- Gordon not reconciled him to his
fate. When his trial had ended short
time ago and sentence had been pro
nounced, he was taken back to his cell
and as soon as he was locked up he danced
a liz, remarking to his keeper that M
was luckier than most people, as he knew
when he was going to die. Maxwell
would never tell who he really was ant
his antecedents are entirely unknown.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
SHOW to Cure all Skin Diseases"

Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment" No inter:
nal medicine required. Cures letter, eczema, itch,
all eruptions on the face, hands, nose' &c.' leav
inc the skin clear. white and healthy, Its great
healing and curative powers are possessed by no
other remedy. Ask your druggist for Swayne's
Ointment.
"And so Jimpson read his poem to you
Yesterday? How did you endure it?" II
Just fixed my glass eye on him, and went to
sleep with the other.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
Reed and AIger In McKinley's District

MEDINA, o., Oct. 2o.-Speeker Reed,
Gen. r. A. Alger, and the Hon. George
Baldwin, Of Canton, addressed mass
meeting of 5000 people here Saturday.
The crowd was made up of farmers from
the surrounding country and delegations
from adjoining towns. Twenty car loads
of people came in from Massillon and
towns along the live of the Lorraine and
Wheeling railroad. There were dozen
bands and drum corps present, marching
clubs paraded, and salutes were fired by
cannon.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
Hueklen's Aruica salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts bruis-
es. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter. chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
ALI skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. II is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Parkill
q Son.
Mistress Finding man in the kitcheD)-
When | engaged you, Kate, you said that
Won had no beau. Kate-Yes. nam, that is
true: but this young is not my beau, he only
wants to be.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
An Extra Session I'm Iowa.

MASON CITY, Ia, Oct. 2o-A gentleman
in this city, who stands in close relation
to the state administration, says that II
the supreme court of Iowa, In its APP
pealed original package cases, holds sim
liar to the Kansas United States circuit
court, which it doubtless will, the gov
ernor is prepared to call an extra session
of the legislature. The Legislature would
be Prohibition, but not strong enough to
mass n bill over the governors veto.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
cArARRH
Catarrhal Deafness, Hay Fever, n
Home Treatment.

Catarrhal Deafness, Hay Fever, New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites In
the lining membrane of the nose and Gus
tachian tubes. microscopic research, how
ever, has proved this to be fact and the
result of this discovery is that simple rem
edy has been formulated whereby catarrh'
catarrhal deafness and hay fever are perma-
nently cured in from one to three simple APP
plications made at home by the patient once
in two weeks.
n. B.-This treatment Is not a snuh or an
ointment; both have been discarded by rep
utable physicians as injurious. Apamphle'
explaining this new treatment Is sent free
on receipt of stamp to pay postage, by A.
III. Dixon & Son, 337 and 339 West King
street, Toronto, Canada.-Christian Advo
cate.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
Death of an Iowa Judge.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Oct. ls.-Judge Austin
Adams died yesterday morning at 4:3O
o'clock at his home in this city. Judge
Adams was born In Andover, Windsor
county, VT, May "a. 1926. He was grad
nate of Harvard, and came to Dubuque In
1854. He was justice OF the state SUI
preme court from 1875 to 1887, and had
been for years member OF the board OF
education and regent Of the State uni
versity.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

When men are as good as their obituaries
and the women as good as the men think
they are, the recording angel in heaven can
take long needed vacation.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
THE LELAND HOTEL HORROR.
The Known Dead Number Only Four
with Two Missing.

with Two Missing.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. lS.-The actual
number of persons lost in the Leland ho-
tel fire is either four or six. Four are
certainly dead-Annie Cummings. Will
lam E. Harrop, of Elizabeth, N. j.
Bridget Doyle, Rose Schwarz. The first
and the last two were servants and the
third q commercial traveller. If the dead are
six, the othertwo are Mary Doyle dlMary
Padden, both servants, and their bodies
lie close to the brick elevator shaft, which
is still standing six stories high and a
dangerous menace to any one who should
attempt to recover the bodies. All the
injured are improving and expected to re-
cover.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
Hold It to the Light.

The man who tells you confdentially just
what will cure your cold is prescribing
Kemp's Balsam this year. In the prepara-
ton of this remarkable medicine for coughs
and colds no expense is spared to combine
only the best and purest ingredients. Hold
a bottle of Kemps Balsam to the light and
look through it; notice the bright clear look;
then compare with other remedies. Large
bottles at all druggists SOC and 81. Sample
bottle free.
A famous artist once painted an angel
with six toes. whoever saw an angel with
six toes?" people inquired. whoever saw
one with less?" was the counter question.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-31
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