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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
The rhimnle in History.

Lady, did You ever take the trouble
to look up the history of the curious
little bell-shaped indented piece of met
al YOU wear on your finger when sew
ing and which You are contented TO
call your ..thimble?" 1t is "A Dutch in
vention, and was taken to England in
1895 by one John Lofting. Its name
was derived from the words thumb and
bell, being for long time worn on
that member, and called the thumbel;
only within the last $50 years has the
word -eyoluted" into thimble. All
records say that the tnmble was first
worn on the thumb, but wccan scarce
ly conceive how they would be of much
use there. Formerly they were made
of brass and iron only, but of late years
steel, silver, gold, horn. ivory, cellu-
loid, and even pearl and glass have
been used in their manufacture. A
thimble owned by the queen consort of
Siam is shaped like lotus, of solid
gold, thickly studded with diamonds,
which are so arranged as to form the
lady's name and the date of her birth
and marriage. Queen Victoria has a
very valuable gold and diamond set
thimble upon which are engraved
many historical scenes from English
-
A house at Gold Hill, New. that cost
IS, 600 few years ago was sold the
other day for $500.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
An Exile in Japan.

We were joined at table by foreign
gentleman with high cheek-bones, yell
low face. and slanting eyes. and dressed
in the latest European fashion with
high collar, four-in-hand scarf, and
pointed shoes. He was very courteous.
and managed what little English he
used as skillfully as he dresses. And
he gave me touch of the far East in
the story of his being here; for he is
under a cloud. an amiable exile whose
return to his native land might involve
his being boiled in oil. or other ingeni-
Gus form of death. For well as he
figured at luncheon with us. l hear that
he has been obliged to leave because of
his having poisoned too many of his
guests one day at table. = former
enemies of his.-and because of his
having despatched with the sword those
whose digestion had resisted his efforts
at cOnci.isilion. However this may be.
his extradition is demanded; to which
he objects. and inyokes Western ideas
of civilization, and protests that his
excuses have been merely POLITICAL
John La Fargo, IN The Century.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
A eoYs eHs.
what They See aud Has They spy ous
Reasons for H.

The boy of whom ! write Is never at
a loss To find something to observe.
saws Forest and Stream. Last year a
heavy shower caught him while he was
fishing. From his retreat he kept his
eve out 10 see whatever there was 10
be seen. aud shortly observed the
dragon fiies. great aud little. settling
in the brook grass for shelter from the
rain Before the shower WAS fairly
over he saw the cedar birds come and
drive the dragon flies from their covert
hunting them down in all their lace
winged fiuerF- The great three-Inch
dragon flies. painted with black and
yellow, were too strong for the birds,
but the little slender fellows done up
in fancy coIors-brown. green. blue.
and dusky-became meat for the hunt
ers-
This fall. when padding up CaueoTn-
golnac stream. we saw cedar birds sit
ting ont on the rush beds near the mid
die of the stream. This Was just after
q shower Had they been catching
dragon flies? The boy was not there
TO tell us
Some time ago / demonstrated with
him for throwing stones at kingfird.
but / was told that he was doing il
only to please the bird. True enough
/ it did please the bird. From his perch
on high tree the king5ird calculated
/ the curve of each stone. chatteFing isis
defiance as the missile whizzesl by- ris-
ing a few feet when he s1w that it
came too near. only 10 settle again in
/ the same place
As it amused both bird and boy / al
i lowed it to continue. and for several
/ days the kingbird returned daily 10 en-
i joy the sport
One could not be even the best OF
BOYS and not sometimes enjoy hector
ing other creatures. but frequently the
most distress IS caused by the most in
nocent intentions The boy Is ALWAYS
bringing home .'chippiesn and roGng
robins. leaving the distracted parents
to mourn until their offspring is re-
turned One Door song sparrow doubt
less denounced him rs murderer be-
cause he ehoked one of her Yellow
moutled nestiings by feeding Il Tvi4ts
straw berries against her expressed
wishes. although the jury inpaneled
on the case gave in an acquittal
Once | knew him to catch in his
hands a full-grown yearling common
tern. perfectly able TO fy- Prom baby
hood this boys cry has been for sum
sin live to play wiv." No matter what
the creature was-a dog. a kitten (snv
stray kitten was treated By him ike 4
/ princess in diSguiSe1 4 bird, n young
/ mouse or even a toad
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
The AIserian Women-

In Algeria every girl born of native
parents is tattooed on her forehead be-
tween the eyebrows, and Just on the
root of the nose. with cross formed of
several straight lines of small stars
running close together These tattoo
marks are a dark blue color. Algerian
women are also considerably ta1tooed
on the back OF their hands. their fore
arms and chests. as well as on their
shoulders. their wrists being especially
adorned with drawings representing
bracelets and flowers strung together.
As rule. women are the operators,
and it is principally on children be-
tween the ages of and that they
have to exercise their art They use
sometimes needle, but more frequent
ly Barbary fg-tree thorn They en-
ploy kohl as eoloring substance. 1t
is kind of fine powder made from
sulphur of antimony. which is also in
great request by the Algerian women
for the purpose of face-painting.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
THE FALL OF A WESTERN EDITOR.
How He Established y Reputation as q
Dangerous Man.

When the first weekly in Washing
ton Territory was established the edi-
tor. who was an Ohio printer. made a
break in the first issue TO establish his
reputation as n dangerous man TO fool
with. He was surrounded by a rough
crowd, and he realized that the proper
thing to do was TO put himself in shape
TO be sized up according to Hoyle. To
effect this he led off with an article
abusive of Col. Taylor. The Colonel
was an imaginary individual and il
was therefore safe to call him a liar
and a coward, and to declare that If he
ever appeared in town he would he
horsewhipped mp and down the streets.
Every issue for two months contained
a hit at Col. TAYLOR. and he was scored
so vigorously and the editor seemed so
anxious for some sort of a sh. oting
match with him that "the boys" treat
ed him with that Difference always ac-
corded to the fearless man.
When anybody inquired who the
Colonel was he was informed that he
was desperate of the worst type and
that he had solemnly sworn TO have
the editors life He was never exact
ly located or identified. but was always
dared to come in like man and have
it out.
One day. just after an issue in which
Col. Taylor was stigmatized as white
livered coyote aud defied to duel with
bowie knives in dark room. stranger
came slouching into the office; looked
about while with curiosity, and then
said to the editor:
''Well, rm here"
'.Yes, l see, but what for3" was the
reply.
'.1'm Col. Taylor"
s4Noi''
.'Him and nobody else. You've been
lighting into me like wildcats for a
long time past, and haven't been say
ing word. I've got tired of it how
ever. and now it's got to stopr'
My dear sir, the Col. Taylor men,
toned in"
Pull yer gunm interrupted the Col
onel as he pulled his.
But, sir, beg TO assure you that
''Git down on your kneesl''
The editor slid off his chair his
face as pale as death, and his hair on
end.
Now eat thatr'
The Colonel took from his pocket a
lump of clay and tossed it on the floor,
and he stood there with leveled pistol
until the last crumb of it was devour-
ed. Then he put up his weapon and
turned to go. saying:
Next time YOU open on me Iii come
in with a whole bag full of it, and /
may conclude to drive the last of it in
with bulletl Go fur the rest of 'em
all you want to, but when you strike
the name of Col. Taylor handle it with
carer'
And inside of week the affair leak
ed out, and SO many came mp to lick
the editor, and so many did lick him,
that he jumped the plant one night
and was never heard of again.-M. Y
] ,SlLlz.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
NimbIe Chinese reporters.

The Chinese language as the natives
use it has great force, fueney, and di-
rection. 1t is practical as the nation is
practical. and those who use it are too
Independent to abandon the speech and
writing handed down to them through
so long line of ancestors. 1t will be
made the medium of instruction in
science and is very suitable for becom-
ing so. They have contractions for all
their characters which foreign students
do not trouble themselves to learn. but
the use of which in fact qualities the
Chinese to become shorthand reporters
of speeches in their own language.
They do not practice speech-making.
but if they did and. if the native news
papers formed a staff of shorthand re-
porters they would not need to learn
any foreign system. They can report
quite fast enough themselves with a
little practice, and they write the con-
fractions with wonderful quickness.
Their hand muscles are pliable, their
fingers small, and the writing brush
they employ is an instrument superior
in speed to the steel pen or the quill.
The scribes at an imperial audience
probably write all or nearly all that is
said. Scribes who are paid by the
[
copying in a short time. Yet let no
one expect a teacher who is paid by
the month to write fast. He has every
reason to be slow. But copyists, paid
so much for thousand characters, try
naturally to transcribe as many thous-
ands in week as they can. The rapid
work of such copyists, especially if they
are allowed to use contractions. favors
the conclusion that by using Chinese
characters specialists could easily write
all that good speaker says. As to
whether they could compete with the
quickest European stenographers may
4 perhaps soon be brought to trial in
Japan, where many thousands are now
learning to write in the Roman char
acter. The new school will soon pro-
ceed to add shorthand to Romaniza-
ton, and then it will soon be decided
which is the best adapted for swift and
accurate reporting.-North China Her.
aid.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
Health Hints

Don't shake hornets nest to see il
any of the family are at home
Don't try to take the right of way
from an express train al a railway
crossing.
Don't 90 near a draft. If a draft
comes towards you. run away. A sight
draft is the most dangerous.
Don't blow in the gun your grand
father carried in the war of 1912. 1t
is more dangerous now than it was
then.
Don't hold wasp by the other end
while you thaw it out in front OF .
stove to see if it is alive. 1t is generally
alive
Don't try to persuade bull dog -
give up yard of which he is in pc
session. Possession to bull dog is Il
points of the law.
Don't go to bed with your boots on.
This is one of the most unhealthy
practices that a man. especially a mar
ried man, can be addicted to--IexGs
.SIfli9QS.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
African English.

English as she is wrote by native
poientates on the west coast of Afries
is intelligible. If not elegant. A private
letter received here from the French
Congo says that his majesty King MOni
Machindu had been stealing the wives
of employees at the white trading posts,
and otherwise cutting up in an unseem-
ly manner. The French administrator
sent him stern and dictatorial mes
sage ordering him to transfer his royal
person to the French post for a palaveT
and accounting. Thereupon the king
took his pen in hand and produced the
following foreible and defiant answer:
Il save English. me save Portuguese,
me save German, me no save French.
Dem Frenchmen be king for Coango,
me be king for Mayumba. Suppose
them Frenchman get palaver for me,
he better him come for my town.
The Frenchman came for his town
with gunboat and squad of soldiers.
and the king suddenly took to the
woods. with all his people. looking
back now and then to see the smoke
rising from his burning village. AT
last accounts Moni Machindu had quit
letter-writing. and was sadly rebuild
ing his village, convinced that his liter.
ary attainments in this. instance had
been positive detriment to him.-N
H. Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
Paper and Steel Car-wheels.

Talking with well-known railroad
man recently he told me that the paper
car-wheel must CO. and is going AS
fast as possible. lie characterized it
as a Pullman fadn which never had
anything like as much to recommend il
as was claimed. The future car-w hee'
will be steel-tired, as are the loco es;
drivers. the central portion iron -
yore- The tires will be run until they
show signs of becoming grooved. when
they will be planned TO evenness again.
as in the case of their larger eongeners-
Another interesting thing about ear.
wheels (of course those used in the
passenger service only are referred to3
Is that the No 8. or big wheel unc
the Pullmans and Wagners. Is TO
replaced by the No. 8, or smaller 3
Various reasons are given fos
change. greater safety and
sistance to wear and tear beine
cipal ones.-St. Paul Pso1sek
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20

curd is solidiiied in the pores of the
wood aud becomes permanent agent
of mischief ANY aikali dissolves curd
of milk; and after first well rising the
utensils. and especially the ciiurn, with
cold water, a solution of common soda
or saleralns Carbonate OF potash1 may
be yers usefully employed TO complete
the removal of all traces of the sour
milk. Then another rinsing with cold
water and followed by scaldiug with
boiling water aud finishing elashing oi
cold water. always pure. will complete
the work
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
A Dress Grievance.

Queen Victoria ladies-in-waiting are
beginning to murInur about a griev-
ance. They only receive f30O. and
are expected to appear in new costume
at every dinner The maids are COM
PEELED TO trim up THEN old gowns in all
possible ways. for the queen has an
eagle eye for old dresses aud hates
them
A bowling swell-The boil on . small
boys neck
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
spread of Buddhism.

Buddhism is spreading to a consider
able extent among the female graduates
AZ the universities and other young
people of culture in Europe, and the
fact is being laid at the door OF Max
Muller, who is charged with having
first brought that religion to the atten-
ton of the Christian world. bis de-
tenders say that the converts are made
chiefly by Hindoos who come from In"
dia to attend the universities.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
London Fogs.

It is proposed to light up horses
heads with electric light during fogs in
London
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20

Leave Portland Monday, wednesday, Friday.
a. m.
Arrive Salem, Monday wednesday, Friday ,7:rS
D. m. Leave salem. Tuesday. Thursday, Satur-
day 6 a. m. Leave Albany, I:5o p m.
Arrive Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday Saturday.
40 p.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
NORTH BousD.

Leave Corvallis Monday. Wednesday, Friday,
6 a m Leave Albany $50 a
Arrive Salem, Monday, "Wednesday, Friday,
p m. Leave Salem, Tuesday, Thursday Satur
day s a.
arrive Portland, Tuesday, Thursday. saturday
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20

For particuIars-apply TO
c H HASwELL, c. c HoGUE,
Csen1 Ft,& Pass Agt. Acts Gen F. &rP. Agt
Oregon DeveI'pn mt Co o p. R r r Co,
zoz Montgomery st. Sorvailis.
San Francisco, Cal. oregon
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
CUT THIS OUT

10 ttTiIs aIIH FrtcINe ItH salHTlF.s IIlaI
will make yof more MONEY IN a wfek
than anything ever offered Something
new, durable and profitable. Send at
once to NoRTHwKsTERS SfpFLY Co., No
3z5 First Street. Portland, Oregon
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
For particulars apply 70

Passenger and Freight Rates
Always the Lowest.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20

o. & c trains connect at Albany and Corvallis
The above trains connect AT Yaquina with the
Oregon Development Company's line of Steam
ships between Yaquina and san Francisco.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
SAILING DATES

Passengers from Portland and all Villa nette
Valley points can make close connection with the
trains Of the Yaquina route at Albany or Corval
lis and If destined TO san Francisco should ar
range 10 arrive.at Saquina the evening before the
date of sailing
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD
TIME seEDULR. tE4eept sunaaysl

" Albany no p m I.v Yaquina Gas a n,
Iv Corvallis 4ao o m I.v Corvallis IossS a m
Ar Yaquina $50 p. m. Ar Albany 1870 a m
, 1890-03-14

States entitled to vote his right to cast
his vote and have it counted. Whenever
congres rises to the dignity of passing
such a law that will be uniform through
out the United States, affecting Massa-
chusetts and Ohio, as well as South Caro-
lima, every man will feel that it a lust
and fair law and that there will be no
further ground of complaint. Congress
cannot exercise any control in the local
affairs OF the Southern states, but what
we insist upon Is that there shall be a
law that will protect the right of suffrage
and that that law shall be executed with
such power that no man dare expose
himself to its penalty.
Butler followed Sherman. He spoke of
the exclusion of colored men in the
Northern states from all political offices,
and said that on the contrary there is no
such discrimination in the South. This
verv day,and for the past week the news
papers have been teeming with accounts
OF white men in Oklahoma, and Repub-
llcans among them, announcing to the
world that if the colored people dared to
assert their right to control the territory
by superiority of numbers they would
drive them out at the point of the bay
onet. He had seen accounts of outrages
on colored people in Ohio and Indiana
and yet had heard not one syllable of pro-
test. He would tell the senator from
Ohio hat whenever he attempted to
carry out his attempt of another crusade
on the South through supervisors and
United States marshals, for the purpose OF
dominating the elections there, he would
have fire in his rear from the men in the
North who had carried their money and
their industry into the South. When
ever he attempted to re-establish in the
South those reconstructive governments
which had left in their train the black
mark of spoliation, disgrace and humilia-
ton, there would be a protest ill his own
state and country that would cause him to
hesitate before lie carried it out. He
(Butler) would not exchange one hour of
good order in the South for all the polit-
zeal power that negro suffrage bad given
the South. He appealed to the senators
and people of the North to believe the
Southern men when they said they were
far more interested in the orderly, hu
nan and honest settlement of the ques-
ton than the people of the North could
possibly be.
, 1890-03-14
News Gathering in America.

The role of the American press in the
growth of journalism has been distinctly
the development of news gathering as a
business, leaving to the work of COM
ment only a subordinate place, and, in
fact, one might say a comparatively in
significant one. In American news,
too, the field in which news may be
found has been greatly enlarged; a
much larger class of facts is drawn
on for letters and dispatches. News
been clearly defined. Taken literally,
news is everything that a man has
not already heard; but no journal under
takes to supply him with new of this
sort. The line has to be drawn some,
where between news which may be use,
fully and l~egitimately served up to him
On his breakfast table and news which
would either do him no good or to which
he has no fair claim.
When enterprise and buoiness compe
tition are allowed to trace this line with
out the control of either law or morality
1t is sure to ave as many zigzags in il
as there are journals, and it is equally
sure that the commercial result vii
largely determine the question of legiti
macy in the public eye. In a CONNER
cial country it is inevitable tina the ac.
QUESTION of money should be the gener
ally recognized, as it is the most easily
recognized, sign of success. AS a conse.
quence of this, the modes of acquiring il
which only offend against taste or dis
erection, and are not legally criminal, are
treated with considerable indulgence, Oh
even, in some cases, call forth admira.
ton. Nothing is more unreasonable, in
truth, thar the Impotence of the Amer.
lean public with the excuses of the new
gathering department of American jour.
nalism, considering the enormous re.
wards in money and in social considera.
ton which it pays and has paid to those
who work this field with least regard to
the conventions L.. Godkin in North
American Review.
, 1890-03-14

DENVER, March ia special from
Alamosa, Colo, says that the Rio Grande
railway has $50 snow shovelers at work
opening the snow blockade across the
San Juan rauge. At Cumbres, on the
east side of the divide, the snow is re-
ported to be sixty feet above the tops OF
the telegraph poles, and for miles on each
side of there it is from twenty-five to forty
feet deep. This is the deepest ever
known to be in this locality. The cold is
very severe, this morning being 90 below
zero, This is the third time the pass has
been showed up this winter and it will
probably be ten DAYS before it is opened.
, 1890-03-14
The McCaIIa Investigation.

New YORK, March 13.-The third
days session of the McCalla inquiry
opened today. The first witness was
Lieut.. P. j. Merlich. He told about the
men being put in oanva jackets and of
men being ironed together; also how an
apprentice named Graham had been con-
fined in double irons FIVE days. The
apprentice was released by order of Com
mander McCalla, and the man had been
ironed through some misrepresentation.
The men we're ironed two and two and
kept on deck under guard of a marine.
John Dillman, captain of the maintop,
and a coal HEAVIER and others we're chained
at night to the starboard bow, or chained
on the deck and covered with a tarpaulin.
This was while the ship was at Rouen,
France. In the case of Fireman Swag-
Itch, tie witness considered that the man
had been confined uniustly. The enforce
ment of discipline was not In accordance
with tie rules of the navy. At Cron.
stadt much liquor was struggled aboard.
and the men became drunk on duty. A
number of the crew sent ashore for target
practice got drunk and threw away their
arms. A seaman named Sutherland at
tempted to jump overheard to escape
punishment. He thought the men had
too much liberty. At Plymouth liberty
was given to thirty men at l O'Clock 10 the
morning.
Surgeon G. G. Herndon was the next
witness. He told Of the cutting down of
Walker. A little before midnight he
went on deck, and was told Walker had
been cut nv the commander. Witness
dressed the wound in Walkers head,
which was about an inch and a half long.
The same man became noisy and was
given morphine. This was repeated at 2
o'clock. Witness did not see the gag in
the mouth Of Walker. The wound was
not dangerous.
The witness claimed that McCalla
treated the officers and crew with every
courtesy, and that the sanitary condition
of the ship was good.
Assistant Paymaster Mudd told of the
Walker incident, and said Walker was
very drunk and it was necessary to dis
cipline Walker, and he was glad to see
McCalla reduce him to submission by cut.
ting him down. Things were getting
serious, and the commander asserted his
authority at the right tine.