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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
Hardening the Brain.

While we were waiting at the depot
IN a small town in Arkansas. q colored
woman came up and asked If any one
OF the six white men was Doctor
One of them proved to be, and she
rolled her check apron in her hands in
fussy way and asked IL he wouldn't
.jist step ober to de cabin an sac what
allied her ole man. He fovad that he
had time. and said that he would go.
and two or three of us want along to
see what we could see. As we drew
near the cabin the woman halted US
and said:
'.Tze bin all de doctah he's had, an,
LIE willin' to allow dat I might her
made some mistakes. When he was
hrst tooken | gin him turnip-seed tea
Was dat right, doetah?r
Il guess so.n
Later on changed to poultics of
wild onions. Was dat right?s'
1T might have been.n
..Den soaked his feet in hot water
wild wood ashes in it, an put mustSr5s,
poultice on de back of his neck
Yes"
Den he allowed he felt wuss an, so
/ changed de mustard to his stomach
an soaked his head. He dun COM
Plalned all the mawnin', an now TIE
got mustard on his feet, q police on de
middle. horse raddish on his neck. an,
he's takin' sassafras tea to warm up de
inside"
..wellir
wall, if dere has bin any mistake.
doan' let on TO de ole man. Jist skin Il
ober.n
We went in and the doctor examined
the patient and found he had . broken
rib. and told him what to do for it As
we left the cabin the woman followed
us out and exclaimed:
'.Fo' de Lawd. doctor, but what q
6lessln' dat you dun come alongi was
dun doctorin' de ole man fur softenin'
OF de brain, an if l hadn't cotched you
to-day l was dun gwine to trv to
harden 'em up by mixin' sand wild his
porridger,-M J. S,sn.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
She Fetched Him.

Miss Hurryup-Ah. George. Won can
not tell what troubles girl has who
is receiving the attentions of a gentle
man.
Mr.. Holdoff-Troubles, Carrie? OF
what nature. praya
Miss H-WcIl. ones little brothers
are always making fun of one, aud
ones relatives are always saving.
when is it going to come off?n as if
marriage was a prize-ight. But this
is not the worst. There's the inquisi-
tiveness of ones parents. They want
to know everything. There's pa, now;
he is constantly asking such questions
as, Carrie, what are Mr.. Holdoff's in
tentions? What does he call upon Won
so regularly for. and stay so late when
he does call?9 And he sometimes looks
so mad when he asks these questions
that | actually tremble.
Mr.. H.-And what answer do YOU
make to these questions. Carrie, dear
est?
Miss HI can't make any answer at
all, for. you see, you haven't said any,
thing to me and -and-of course L
L
Then Mr.. Holdoff whispered some
thing in Carries ear. and the next time
her father questions her she will be
ready with a satisfactory reply.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
A Meal For One Penny.

In Toxic there is a large government
paper-making and money-printing
establishment. where hundreds of labor
ers, and operative are engaged. In
connection with the works there is an
eating house. where food is supplied to
all who desire to obtain, their meals on
the premises. The scale of prices for
a meal is from penny to pence.
The lowest wages paid is pence day.
All the operatives in this establish
ment are good specimens of what
japanese food will do in the way of
sustaining strength and robust health.
No more healthy set of men and women
or youths can be seen in any part of the
world; none more capable of enduring
the strain and drain upon the system
that continuous labor entails.
Very many of the draught coolies in
Yokohama have a calf to their leg
measuring seventeen inches and even
larger, the height of the man being not
over five feet and four or five inches.
1t takes good strong food to put such
muscle into the frame of the human
being, and that of the japanese does it.
Doubtless. had not the long centuries
of seclusion from the outside world
compelled the japanese TO marry and
intermarry among themselve as they
have, they would show Il much taller
re- do.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
Some Bright school Girls.

If there is such thing in existence
as a school-teacher's note book con-
tanning the unintentionally funny say
ings of children, the melancholy man
would do well to borrow it for the
solace of his duller hours. The remark
of "A little girl, that ''the earth is round
like an apple, and the North Pole
sticks out of the top and makes the
stem," should doubtless be included
among its gems, together with the fol-
lowing anecdote, told by an old school
teacher, in the San Francisco EEan1-
iner:
When / was a country pedagogue in
the State of Maine. | was one day hear
ing my class in spelling. and gave out
the word ''cuticle" to big red-haired
girl, Slowly she drawled out:
''C-u, Gu. I'll, cuti. Gle, cn-tick-Le :"
] corrected her pronunciation, and
asked her to define the word. She
looked about blankly, as if in search
for something to spur her memory,
and, after a moment or two of silence,
/ said:
"Why. what is it that covers your
hands and face?n
She looked quietly at each hand, and
her face frightened.
oh. yes, " she replied. ..frecklesi'
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
Requisites for a Theater Party.

He-.Let's go to the theater to-
night, and ask the Bragdon-Ivers TO go
with US. Do you think I'd better get
a box?n
The Bride-.-O, no. don't get box.
What's the use of it? The Bragdon-
lvers are not very salkatise. you know.
and am so hoarse can't talk above
o whisper myself. .m-Llfe.
Vyh.e <ex<
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
What Next.

Bell-~Well. Mr.. Edison, what start
ling thing are you at work on nowps
Edison-..An electrical expert that
knows something about electricitF.n
Belly Wonderful. You are indeed >
wizard ---P Psscs.
Sixty-three per cent of the We
Point cadets fail on mental
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
An Even Thing.

had had big chunk of lead from
Confederate cavalry carbine driven
into my shoulder at Brandy Station.
and was in hospital az Washington for
treatment. when an Ohio infantrvman
was placed on the cot next on the left.
He had been shot in the leg about two
months before, and after every effort
had been made TO save the limb he had
been brought here TO have it ampu-
tated. A surgeon came one dav to
notify him that the operation would be
performed the next dav. and Bill, as
we called him. listened, aud then re-
piled:
Say. Doc. I'm waiting for a letter
from the old woman. / wrote to her
that the leg would probably have to
come off, and | want to hear what she
has to saw"
''But that can't make any difference. -
''Nell. perhaps not. but | kind o.
want her opinion. She's always been
down on one-legged men, and I want
to see whether she's going back on me
or not"
But she won't. of course"
You don't know about that Women
is Gurus. When she begins to- think of
me Gathering up and down with
wooden pin aud realizing that Eve got
to go stumping around for life, she
may feel a disgust. Give me two or
three days more in which to get a let
ter"
The surgeon consented. and in two
days the letter came. Bill was very
nervous and excited, and he asked me
to read the epistle and give him the
news. 1t wasn't from his wife, but
from her sister, and she wrote:
''On the day that you wrote Mary
that your leg would have to come off
we started to drive over to Uncle Ben's.
The horse ran away, smashed every
thing up, and Mary's left leg was so
badly broken that it was amputated
yesterday. She has the best of care
and is doing well. She sends love, and
advises you to have your leg off at
once"
''Whoopr' yelled Bill. in voice
which aroused the whole ward. ''It's
her left aud my right. Two wooden
pins to go Gathering up and down.
Two legs to hang up on the wall when
we turn in at night One of you nurses
go and tell old Sawbones to come in
here and open his butcher shop as soon
as he pleases. and some of YOU boys
write to Mary that we'll be the happiest
couple in the whole Buckeye Stater'-
N. Y. Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16

Ii all the racing associations would fol-
low up the action of the Memphis Jockey
Club, by ruling off tricky Jockeys at
once, a cheek would be put TO thickness
II i duty the racing associations owe
to the public, as il is the latter that pat-
ronize the race-tracks and 90 to the
races 10 wager their money with the be-
liei that the races will be run ON their
merits They have no guarantee unless
the officials of the track prevent pulling
horses and other tricks practised on the
turf
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
EASTERN NEWS.
Failure of Large Clothing Firm at
Lincoln, Neb.
Az ARKANSAS P. MS ACCOUNTS SHORT.
Fatal GasOline Explosion in Omaha,
Nebraska.

The New York house has passed bill
capital punishment
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
Well and HAPPY.

take pleasure In submitting the
following statement Of facts that
you may know the great benefit that
you has resulted from the use Of
your Specific in iho case 1T my little
daughter. ilow ten year, Of age. The
child, when I gn years OF age, had a
severe ssitac.S of scarlet fever. which
Left her with = shattered constitution.
Among other evidences Of impaired
nutrition vas what the doctors cali
ell -oitcniag OF the bones. In her
fif.h year she hhppereti To Z slight
&C jident which resulted in the dislo-
cation Of The hip ioiat. and, from
the irritation shns set up, terrible
Assesses Of the hip ensued. The
abscesses, despite thu best medical
treatment thGt could lie obtained, IT,
NAMED for three years, discharging
continuously. Atthis time, through
the influence of friends, put her on
your :. :. :. When this treatment
was commemorative abSces. WAS very
large, having six perforations, pus
discharging through them ali. Du-
ring this treatment several spicul1
Of bone came out, and by the time
she had finished her NIT Ii bottle the
the abscess had entirely healed, her
appetite and general health had bee II
restored; in short, she VAS we'll and
happy, and so continues.
Mrs. J. y. WTEGNER,
Lower Main Street, Slatington, Pa.
s1y.Treatise on Blood and skin Dis
eases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO..
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Gerr. ia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

Rackley, Secretary; postoftice
Way Cross
Mingo Acade my, No 229, y
NJ. Eason, Secretary; postofhce,
Giles Mills.
/ Mt. Gilead, No. s73, J. b. X.
Merritt, Secretary. postofice,
Clinton.
Clinton, No. SO, J. 4. Oates,
Secretary; postoffice, Clinton.
White Oak, No. 333, Edw. l..
Crumpler, Secretary; po4totfice,
Clinton.
Beulah, No. $40, j. +. Moore,
Secretary; postoffice, Clinton.
Holiday, No. 1918, NJ. J. John
son, Sec'y; postoffice. Dismal.
Clear Run, No. 927, T. J. Her.
ring, Sec'y; postofiice, Clear Run.
Maple Grove, No. $50, ]. c.
Parker, Secretary; postoffice,
Timothy.
Six Runs, No. 926, Jno ". Nc
Cal ,p, Sec'y; postoffice. Clinton
Coharie, No. GA, Geo. High
smith, Secretary; postofiice, Co
harie.
Halls, No. 6lS, T. W. Barbrey,
Secretary; postoffice, Hobton.
Reddick, No. 1920, NJ. J. Riv-
eul ark, Secretary; postoffice,
Magnolia.
South Rive, No. S31, S, b.
Page. Sec'y; postoffice, Glenn INT.
Laurel Hill, No. 653, NJ. NJ.
Killett, Secretary; postofiice,
Salem. No. 600, S. A. Howard,
Secretary; postoffice, Huntley.
Straw Pond, No. $50, J. d. Nc
Lamb, Bass.
Piney Grove, No Gil, A. W.
Amen, Sec'y; postotfice, Faison,
Keen"r, No. 57S. J. II. Packer,
Secretary; posi- office, Keener.
Spring Hill, No. 355, J. G..
Draushon, Secretary; postoffice,
Mingo.
Hermon, Nv. 747, T. W. Britt,
Secretary; postoffice, Clinton.
Perdom, No. S32, d. W Will
liams, Sec'y; postoffice, Clement.
Bland, No. S72, NJ. J. Moore,
Secretary; postoffict, Bland.
Andre vs. Chapel, No. 517, B.
r. Owen, Secretary; postoffice,
Maitland.
Delta, No. S74, w. II. Russ,
Secretary; postoffice, Delta.
Red Hill, No. 925, Jno. j. Vann,
Secretary; postoffice, Clinton.
Browning's, No. 5Sl, J. E. Bry-
ant, Secretary; postofiice, Dob
bersville.
Cedar Hill, No. $50, Fountain
Jackson, Secretary; postoffice,
Hawley's Store.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

The pension list, it should be
remembered, is a continuing ex-
pense. There are now on the
rolls the nimes of 1857 pen
sioners ON account of the war of
1912, which ended seventy-fi
ago. The cost of the pension
list in 1878, thirteen years after
the close of the war for the
Union-a period when it would
naturally have reached it's max
imum-was only $26,00O,O0O.
Next year it will be $780, 100000
an increase in twelve years of
$7O,OOO,OOO, or 100000 more
than the entire cost of the gov
eminent in 1860. Subsidies can
be repealed but pensions "go on
forever Yes, the surplus is
doomed, but we can't help hav-
ing a preference as to the going
thereof.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
Inherited BLOOD Poison.

How many people there are whose dis
tress from sores, aches, pains and erup-
tive tendencies are due to inherited blood
poison. Bad blood passes from parent
to child, and it therefore is the duty of
husband an wife to keep their blood
pure. This is easily accomplished b. a
timely use of b. B. b Botanic Blood
Balm). Send to Blood Balm Co., At
lanta, for book of most convincing proof.
James Hill, Atlanta, Ga, writes: MY
two sons were afflicted with blood poi
son, which doctors said was hereditary.
They both broke out in sores and erup-
tons which b. d. B. promptly control
led and finally cured completely"
Mrs. s. NJ. Williams, Sandy, Texas,
writes: my three poor afflicted child
rem, who inherited blood poison, have
improved rapidly after use Of B. B. B.
1t is a Godsend."
J. r. Wilson, Glen Alpine Station, n.
c., Feb. Is, 1885, writes: 'Bone and
blood poison forced me to have my LEG
amputated, and on the stump there came
large ulcer, which grew worse every
day until doctors gave me up to die.
only weighed 100 pounds when l began
to take &. b. b., and II bot les increas-
ed my weight to $50 pounds and made
me sound aud we'll. l never knew wha
good health was befOre.n
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
How is This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by taking Halls Ca
tarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Tole-
do, 0.
We, the un lersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney for the last IL years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and tinan-
cially able to carry out any Obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAN, Wholesale Drug
gist, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN Il MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O.
f. II. VAN HOsEN, Cashier Toledo
National Eank, Toledo, o.
HALLS Catarrn Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucus surfaces Of the system.
Price Toe. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
TO THOSE WHO OWE US.

We believe that every man,
TO VIII ON we are now sending
this paper, intends to pay u9.
II we did not think so we would
mark off such name before this
paper is sent out. But, while
your accounts ale good, they
will not answer the place of
money. We can't use your ac-
counts to pay our hands, nor to
buy paper, ink and a hundred
other things needed i'll running
a newspaper. We know that
money is scarce, but a good
newspaper we are bound to run,
so let everyone help by paying
a part now and the remainder
as soon az he can.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

Major McClam my, who the
other day introduced a bill pro
viding for the free coinage of
silver, has now offered another
defining what is lard, and regu-
lating the importation and ex-
pOrtatiOn Of the saLe. Maj.
McClanmy is an agriculturist
who Las the interest of the peo-
pie at heart, and we do not
doubt his bill is good one
News and Observer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
Is Consumption Incurable 4!

Read the following Mr.. G. H. Nor
ris, Newark, Arkansas, says: "Was
down with Abscess of Lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an Incurable Consumptive. Be
gan ticking DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee
the work on ), y farm. 1t is the fin
est medicine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: "Had it not been for DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
ton would have died Of Lung Trou-
bles. Was given up by doctors. Am
now in best Of health" Try it. Sam
pie bottles free at DIR. r. H. HOLLI.
DAYS Drugstore, Clinton, n. C..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

Continued from first Page. !

both Of them were on Ore They
were making good head way get
ting off their wearing apparel,
so | was satisfied they could save
then selves. | wanted 10 save
the house. | took the axe, got
on the house, knocked in one
side Of the roof. By that time
the boys got there; one fell in
the well trying to draw water
fast. and it took the other one
10 get him ont. | tainted beat
ing III the roof trying to get to
the fire, fell off, sprsined my
arm. Well, my girl Was up
stairs. She heard such a clatter
she came down, saw the sitna-
ton. Mad deg, wild cat, drown
ing people and lunatics, fire.
blood and murder. She put out
for the doctor. When he got
there. | was on the back ~teps
cussing. My oldest boy had a
supply of water, enough in him
to last him on q journey across
Tie Saharah dessert. By that
time Jim had got there-he had
been down in the clay-hole wal
lowing off hornets. | had to
whistle like a partridge to get
the old lady. When she came
she was distressed to death about
jim because he was muddy, the
baby. | told her to let him
alone and attend to me. | could
breeze better by any where.
| had rather do that than to I'M
dertake the job of cleaning
him. We all got sorter straight
about the house. We went to
look for aunt Dinah. She was
out to the tobacco barn and
looked like a priZing machine.
She had her Stockings stuffed
full Of tobacco leaves. her hands
full, her mouth full, and she
was chewing and splitting SO we
could not get in ten feet Of her.
She said, "go away, honey; there
is trials and tribulations in the
little end of a hornet"
AS soon as my arm gets well
Pll be WITHYO' Prov.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

Chicago is hsppy-it has Sc
cured the worlds Fair of 1892.
The vote on the eighth ballot,
in Congress last Monday, stood :
Cricago, l57; New York, 1O7; st.
Louis. 54; Washington, IS. Nee
essary to a choice 154. Chica-
20 has worked hard for it and
probably deserves it, but we
would have preferred Washing
ton or New York, though one
objection to Washington is the
federal expense necessary, while
the other places are able to foot
the bills.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
A FORUM OF PUBLIC OPLN-
ION.
The Opinion of THE CAUCA-
SLAMS Readers OH the Various
Topics Of the Day.

We offer this column to our
readers in which to discuss top
les of interest and profit to
them. To put the ball in mo-
ton we will make a statement
and ask a question:
STATEMENT-Statistics show
that the total wealth of this
county is greatly increasing each
year. The same statistics show
that the farmers and laborers
have been growing poorer each
year for quarter of a century,
yet agricultural prosperity is
the basis of all prosperity.
QUEsTIoN-Then how is this
wealth produced?
We have our opinion. We
would like to have yours. q
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
Not One in Ten

OF the people you meet from day TO day
has perfectly pure, healthy blood. The
hereditary scrofuleus tamt at1licts the
large majority Of people, while many
Others acquire diseases from impure air,
improper food and wrong indulgcnces.
Hence the imperative necessity t a re-
liable blood purifier like Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which eradIcates eN cry impurity,
and gives to the blood vitality and health.
1t cures scrOfula, rhcum, humors. boils.
pimples. and all other affections caused
by impurities or poisonous germs in the
blood. All that is asked for Hoods Sar-
saparilla is that it be given fair trial.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

Incendiaries tried to burn the
town Of Rocky Mount last week.
Several i.ouses were destroy ed,
among them the warehouse of
the oil company and the buggy
factory OF Hackney Brothers.
The latter'a loss is between $I5,-
900 and $4,000 with no insur-
ance. The flO:al hall at the Fair
Grounds was also burned. This
was probably done to draw at
tention from the town SO that
the fire demons could add to
their crime that of theft.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
TO the SHb-Alliances.

| know that 1t is my duty to
go to every Alliance, and espe-
cially where invited to do so
but it is sometime impossible,
and hope that the lodges I am
forced to refuse will not take
offense but decide on some 9th
er day. Don't ask me to 20 on
Saturdays, for l have no one to
leave in my Office when absent.
l can leave on Thursdays pro
badly better than any other day.
Very truly and fraternally,
MARION BUTLER.
County Lecturer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

Eureka, No. 32S, Mrs. S. J.
Copper, Secretary; Postoffice.
Owenville.
Ingold, No. 656, J. w. Green,
Secretary; postoffice Ingold.
Ryes' Ridge, No. 5S3, D. w.
Tew, Secretary; postoffice, Bea-
mans Cross Roads.
Poplar Grove, No. GIG, L. M.
Lewis, Ssc'y; postoffce, Faison.
Franklin, No. 74S, l.. X Tay-
lor, Sec'y; postoffice, l1arrelPs
Sto,e.
Honeycutt's No. $50, R. c.
Fam, Sec'y; postoffic, Hnntley.
Oak Ridge, No. 329, H. }. Coop
err, Secretary; postoffce, Clinton.
Hickory Grove, No. 1929, D.
L. McLamb, Sec'y; postoffice,
Bass.
Kings No. 677, Henry Her.
ring, Sec'y; postofice, Clinton.
Bluff, No. SIT, W. J. Craddock
Sec'y; postoffice, Hobton.
Newton Grove, No. 357, James
Rouse, Secretary; postoffice, New
ton Grove.
Boykin, No. 615. R. 0. Antry
Secretary: postoffice, Dismal.
Snow Hill, No. l 332, A. R. Her
ring, Secretary; 2-'stoffice, Tay
lor'S Bridge.
New Hope, No. S66, W. F
Hines, Sec'y, postoffice, Warsaw
Woodland, No. 1886, j. D
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE EDIToR-Please inform
your readers that l have a positive
remedy for the above named disease
By its timely Use thousands Of hopeless
cases have been permanently cured.
1 shall be glad to send two bottles
nay remedy FREE to any of your read.
ers who have consumption if they will
send me their express and post office
address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM, M. c.,
lS1 Pearl ST., New York.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27
ORGANIZATION.

President-W. E. Stevens;
Vice-President-R. NJ. Crum-
pier;
Secretary-O. F. Herring;
Treasurer. r. Beaman, ST.;
Business Agent-G. a. Cute;
Sergeant-at- Arms B. S. Pc
terson;
ChapIain-Dr. G. ". Moseley;
Doorkeeper-W. J. Faircloth;
Assistant Door etpeI-D. "
Williams;
decentralization Butler;
Assistant Lecturer-P. e.
LOckamy;
Executive Committee-J. A.
Oates, Chairman r. NJ. Cru n
pler,M M Killett, W.K Pigford,
G.. r. Daniel.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

The color of the trade card
for this quarter is green and no
other color should be used. \
different color will be used every
quarter.