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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
snider. the Tireiess walker.

''Do vou remember Snider. the walk
ing pheHomeuou2a asked dime
museum manager Of a st. Paul Pioneer
Press man. Used To walk night aud
day in various museums couldn't sfop.
would die If he WAS OF the track fifteen
minutes. drew immense crowds, proved
the best freak card ever played in this
country Well, let me girs you some
inside figures on tile Sni fake.
..Aion. about three months before
Snider Was sprung ON a .uiieleSs public
I found myself every day running up
against something in the papers about
the wonderful Snider down in Tennes-
see. a man Who couldn't stop walking
long enough 10 eat his meals aud who
had worn a path around his cottage
six inches deep with his perpetual
itinerancy. Every day aud every week
| saw these stories in the papers. Ii
caught all the exchange editors in the
country. and their shears couldn't dig
into paper fast enough TO rip out
something new about Snider, how he
was standing il. how his gait was in
ereasing. how he had refused thousands
of dollars 10 20 10 dime museums. how
he proposed 10 die ON the track. how
badly his wife and family felt and all
tiletA SUI III AhA. hAAoNa W Ctt- a.
the end of three months the museum
got Snidef. All this previous adver-
tisins hadn't cost anything. because OF
the Kindness of the exchange editors.
See? You know how Suider drew. of
course but do you know how the snap
was worked?
No? Thought not. Yes land a
dreamy look erept into the luminous
orbs OF the museum man, half senii-
mental. half speeulatirel; yes, there
were two Snilers = twin brothers.
looked just alike. dressed just alike.
While one was taking his quiet snooze
in the little cottage, you remember, be-
side the track, inaccessible to any in tile
audience, his brother was spinning
around the laps as if he were chased
by bloodho uuds- This is. truly, a
wicked. wicked world
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
No Time For Home Duties.

"Mary, your dress is torn again this
morning. Now step up here and |
will fix it for YOU"
A pin was placed in the offensive
dress and the child stepped back into a
row of scholars, who. books in hand.
stood in IA semicircle around the kind
teacher who had fixed the dress.
Now. Mary" said the latter, as the
pupil took her place in the class, Il
told you yesterday to ask your mother
to mend your dress. Why didn't you
do as | told youp"
The child hesitated moment, then
meekly said: Please, teacher moth
er goes to church every evening and
says that she has got no time to fix
things for me-
The teacher blushed-yes, blushed
for the mother who parades her re-
ligion and neglects her home-but said
not n word.
This $ ory is an actual fact, saws the
Minneapolis Tribune. The incident
occurred in one of the public schools
of this city recently. Are there many
mothers like this in the city, that
boasts of her scholarly preachers, her
churches and schools?
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
Liberality Pays.

On he death of the elder Krupp one
of the first acts of his son and saeees-
sor was to give to the town of Essen
the sum of f15, 600 for public improve
ments. which he followed by another
donation of ESQ. 600 for the creation of
a fund for the benefit of his sick. dis,
abled. or intirm workmen. The inter-
est in the welfare of the employees
which was shown in this and similar
ways has been very beneficial to the
firms interests. The Krupp gun works
has the pick of the labor market at the
ordinary wages aud during the recent
strikes in western Germany they were
in no way affected.
While 100000 workmen from the
majority of the large establishments in
the neighhorhood were on strike, cans
ing an entire suspension of work,
Krupp's works never had to suspend
operations for an hour. though the
total number of persons employed ex-
ceeds twenty-five thousand. -Glasgo0
NT,5J
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The house was full of the most ele-

The house was full of the most ele-
CANT people in town.
The curtain rose upon the unim-
portant characters who always usher in
play, aud finally the door 1T the back
OF the stage was Hung open by SER
want aud Madame - entered A
roar OF applause greeted her. She was
handsomcr than ever. Her role was
one tp call forth all her art She did
uot fail.
As the play proceeded noticed, how
ever, that she occasionally glanced in
the direction of one of the side-scenes
in way | did not like. And rs the
curtain rose upon the last act there
seemed to me a longer wait than usual
ut the time when she should have
entered; however she came.
She advanced 10 the footlights. The
part she played placed her in that scene
in the midst of bowling mob who
threatened her.
She turned and faced them. They
ilourished weapons in the air. She adj
dressed them. her tall form drawn to
its full height.
My memory of the play was that at
this moment succor arrived. but il
occurred 10 me that the scene was
LioHi illt ftllU>t OI the liOI
strange wild figure rushed forth.
/ saw it but for moment. 1t threw
back the collar of its coat and revealed
a red cash across its throat. and Hung
out its hand toward her. | saw it but
for a moment, wondering what con
nection it had with the play, then saw
Madame -- fall forward on her face.
The curtain fell. The house was i'm
an uproar of excitement. A moment
after call was made for doctor.
was the first 10 answer il.
A little group of physicians gathered
about the beautiful form that they had
lifted TO n sofa; but we saw at a glance
I that we looked upon dead woman.
For my part horror beyond that
which sudden death inspires possessed
\ me.
did you notice the moment nj
which she fell?n | asked a prominent
F physician who stood near me. and
whom knew well.
Yes" said he. .'as he spoke the
last words of her defiance. Her friends
were about to appear"
Il fancied one OF the populace
one who touched her. who had blood
upon him -fris htened her. | said.
( oh, no one touched her. my dear
fellow, he said There is nothing OF
the sort in the play. She awed them
by her manner. You know Good
heavens. what sad thing this ISL
1T is horrible!' ! answered.
think so still. No one but mvsell
had seen the man with the blood upon
his throat unless she did. aud unless al
that l am bound fs medical man to
/ disbelieve IS true there are such thing:
as ghosts.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
A Hot Day In India.

The hot winds set in early like a
consuming fire. SAYS a writer In the
Contemporary Rrfe1C. The large
double windows stood open all night.
and were shut Gp tight in the earlv
morning. the heavy venetian doors out
side the glass doing their best to her
metiealiv seal the interior from the
glare and heat. We had to start for
our gallop by , O'Clock or not get 1t 1T
all exceut at the risk of a sunStroke.
The courts and public Offices opened at
Z, and closed for the day before noon.
Then each man drove swiftly through
the furnace of shimmering air to his
darkened and silent home. A lin@er-
ing bath and n laneuid breakfast
brought the hot hours to Io-cioek. The
slow combustion of the SuiTocatinr
afternoon was endured somehow un,itr
the punka. with the help of the endless
bundles of papers in ones Office hoN.
read by chance ravs which fiercelv
forced an entrance through every ehink
in the double windows of glass and
wood. About we all met at the
racquet court. whose high wall at that
time cast = sufficient shadow a couple
of four-handcd games {the doctor was
grown too stout TO play) left us steam-
ing at every pore and marking at each
step a damp footprint through our
tennis shoes on the pavement Then
the delicious plunge in the swimming
bath in the judges garden the one mo-
meut OF freshness looked forward to
throughout the long. exhausting dav.
\ cheroot and an iced drink as we lay
famed by the servants on long chairs
at the top of the mount-and presently,
almost in minute. the sun had once
more hidden his malignant face. and
the binding glare of day had given
place to the sitting stillness OF night.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
Mystery of a Photograph.

A well-known photographer viii
vouch for the following facts a told in
the London Tablet He Was called in
one day to take the photograph of a
Young girl of about twenty who had
died a few DAYS before The corpse
was laid ont upon bed with the hands
clasped over the breast Death had
come very gently to her. and. except
for the stiffness, she lay there as if in
sleep. Some flowers bad been strewn
over the body and on the floor BY the
side of the bed, and standing out in
black relief gstinst it. was the coffin.
The photographer silently adjusted his
lens and took the photograph. During
the ten minutes needed for the expos
ure the photographer paced up and
down in the long corridor outside the
room where the dead girl lay When
he returned he saw on the lid of tine
coffin a flower. which was not there
before. How did that flower c>me
there? No one had entered the roon
the windows were closed. and there
was not breath of air stirring. WHY
was the flower now lying on the coffin,
when q few minutes before it WAS on
the bed between the hands of the
corpse? The photographer listened.
but he could hear no sound except the
beating of his own heart. In a few
minutes. however. he determined To-
dismiss the question from his mind and
busted himself with packing up his in
strument. Then he paused-possibIv
the falling flower had left trace on
the negative, or, as the day was
gloomy. the photograph might not be
quite successful He would try again.
A second photograph was taken and
the artist returned home. That night,
sitting mp late in his studio. he develop
Ell the two negatives. The position of
the corpse was not the same in the two
negatives. The photographer strained
his eyes, half disbelieving the evidence
of his own senses. but there were the
two negatives before him, telling him
in their silent, unmista6able truthful
ness that between the taking of the two
photographs the arm of the dead girl
had distinctly moved. The mystery OF
the flower on the coffin was solved, but
it was succeeded by a mystery more
terrible still.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
FOOD ANo FORTUNE.
The Relative Importance of Cooks,
Authors, and Politicians.

George T. Downing. the keeper of
the congressional restaurant for many
years. and man of considerable
wealth, was an orator of no mean abil-
itv. SAYS the Americda AnaisSt Many 5
the lecture he delivered. for each OF
which he got round 5000. That he
should have devoted the major portion
of his time TO providing food for mems :
stomachs when he was well fitted 10
dispense intellectual pabulum excited
much comment among his friends, one
of whom asked him pointedly why he
did not renounce the kitchen for the
library. Il seek the dollar. and there
is more money in the restaurant than
in the field of literature. was the
answer OF this cultured African And
then he added that men of all degrees
of culture, aS well as those lacking il
altogether entertain higher opinions
of their cooks than of their law-makers.
Every man is gourmand in degree.
Nv popularity is due solely TO the fact
that | can prepare aud serve palatable
dishes. The world is full of litterateurs
and orators. but good cooks are not
easy TO be found.
Adirondack Murray, the versatile
Boston preacher-who in the palmy
DAYS Of his pulpit sway was termed the
'-Beecher of the Hub''-after his retreat
south went to Montreal and engaged in
the same business as Downing, being
in no sense ashamed of his calling, de-
claring that eating is the chief necessi-
ty of life. and that there are honors for
the caterer as well as for the author aud
statesman. However. the hero of the
New York mountains lacked the latest
requisite for the management of first
class cuisine.
AT Washington there lived for many
years. aud finally died. a bookseller
named Taylor. Mr.. Taylor had a son
in the army and another in the navy.
both of high rank and most estimable
gentlemen. The bookseller, a man OF
high literary tastes, placed eating at
its proper estimate, rightly declaring
that the good eater is the happy man.
He wrote book. his only published
writing. in which he recited all he
knew of table anecdotes. The volume,
now very scarce, abounds in charming
little stories of great mems table weak
nesSes.
All viii recall the hope expressed by
Mr.. Pickwick's friend that the jury in
the Bardell breach-of-promise suit had
had a good breakfast. One of the most
successful lobbyists who ever lived
said. after twenty years of contact with
senators and representatives at Wash
ington. that he never talked with a
hungry man. al take them mt dinner
or Immediately afterward. Your hun
CRY man is savage and little disposed
TO grant favor.n
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
STAR COMPOSITION CO.,
-ManafactuFers Of
Printers ROlleIs,
AND -
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PEu1INE CEMENT ETE.
Roller Casting a Specially
1907 Fourth St. East Portland. Or.
FooT-REsoINc.
Telling woman,s Character by the Ap-
pearance of Her Pedal Extreanitfes.

..8fadge'i of London Truth has re-
ceived the following letter from a
friend in New York: The newest idea
here is to tell ones charcter from ones
foot I've had mine done. of course
Corns are translated into bad temper.
Small feet mean that their owners are
quick. energetic. and given TO filtration.
A long foot indicates aesthetic tenden-
cies and a reserved disposition. The
foot-reading woman gave me n bad
character She saws / am a dangerous
fiirt. that nv temper Is hasty. and that
l am too fond of candy. | asked her
If she could not throw In some allexia-
ton in the shape Of small good quail
ity or so. Giving my best corn an
extra tweak that made me feel sick she
said she thought nv curves indicated a
latent susceptibility 20 soft influences
You mean that might make fool
of myself some day. There's not much
balm in Gilead in that suggestion. any
way" The angles about your heel
prove that your common sense will al
ways be IN excess OF YOUR emotions. !"
was the reply It's a comfort any way.
TO know that nv head is stronger than
nly heart, for | should so despise my
self if ever / married poor man for
no better reason than that l liked him.
The proper thing to4do is TO have 4
plaster east taken Of your right foot.
aud then get professor OF chIroposly
to tell you all about yourself. Large,
weil-forIned. symmetrical feet indi-
cate breadth of mind and iirmness of
purpose. Broad-soled, fat-heesed feet
show grasping disposition The
New York girls foot is pink. and
white. and beautiful. but really strong.
though it looks delicate. The foot OF a
southern girl has a small ankle. high
instep. curved like bow, and has a
delicate tracery of veins all over the
surface Spanish and Cuban women
have the most perfect feet.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
white chrrsanthemnms.


They grew by the gate, In the nmher days
Soft SHOWS of the autumn weather
And they loomed In the red October haze.
With its wine OF sunshine and crimson blaze.
And we watched them there together.
You leaned on my heart and ]. whispering.
While the shadows heightened around us.
How the stars stole out of their purple bed,
ana he blossoms crept up to your feet IN
And lifted each fragrant. dew kissed head
To olisien TO all the words said.
Where the night and the white moon found
us.
Aud low mid tile brown leaves iyings
Too sweet for sorrow. too pale for pride;
Like sisters OF mercy, trilo and tried,
They were dead. and still set dying.
OH took your hand. and softly said
But your face WIS hidden from me-
How the nisht winds rocked the pines DER
head
Thcn paused to listen. and onward spedl
Ahl you trembied then, and you would have
But love had conquered. and passion shed
Her dreamfui madness ON me-
They rivaled tho white OF your bosom. There
NV own fond hu DIS had placed them;
And fell ia shower from your sold-brown
hair
To kiss the snow Of your shoulders. where
The shndowy moonlight traced them.
OH told you then tcrcely said
As I closed on the path before us
Alas how the flush from your sweet lips fed I
There was dew on your brow and sun-crowncd
And the flowers at my feet lay "a and dead
Killed hy the words your lover said
And the morning stars rose O'cr us.
Aye dead Mt my feetl They we're lying where
In the pathway 5 curve we parted
Cold, pale and crushed and whitening there,
With sweet eyes closed, like 4 saints In prayer,
Rich hreathed and golden hearted.
] stretched out my hand; they seemed TO
criugc.
And dcsolate wind blow round me:
They had lost their faiutly sun-kisSed tinge.
Their curling edges and snow white fringe;
They wero bruised and broken. and browning
where
j ad clutched them I'm mad despair
Oh 7 clasped them close. and / kissed them
there
TIE flowers that fell from your breast and
hair:
That fell that night I'm the stili. sweet air,
Ere the cruel daylight und me.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
Freaks of the St. Lawrence River.

1.-The st. Lawrence river" said a
Clayton member of the Cogburn club
last evening. sis a most erratie as
well as beautiful body of water. You
have probably noticed several items in
the newspapers of vessels sailing on it
running aground because of low water.
just think of it-low water with the
almost continuous rains we have had
the last spring, summer, and fall! But
such is the fact. And in some other
generally dry seasons the St. Lawrence
has been unusually high. 1t is said
that the grand old river has one of
those low spells-sinking fits. so to
speak-ever seven years, but | can't
youch for the truth of that. The fact
remains, however that it is unlike any
other body of water / know of, and
when other streams and neighboring
lakes are high the st. Lawrence is apt
to make a contrary showing, ~ Utica
Observer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
Look at Your Nose.

A somewhat singular fact has been
observed with reference to the shape of
the nost. or rather the setting of it in
the face, so to speak. To be strictly
correct. from the artists point of view.
the nose should be exactly in the mid
die of the face and at right angles with
a line from the pupil OF one eye to that
of the other. As matter of fact. it is
rarely or never found thus placed: it
is almost invariably little out of ..the
square, and the fact of it being so is
often that which leads a peculiar ex-
preston aud piquancy 10 the face A
medical writer points out that t.sere
are anatomical reasons why a slight
deviation from the true central line
may be expected. and that the sose
which is found to be centrally To-
Gated" and accurately straight hetweea
the two eyes may, after all. be consiti-
cred an abnormal one; the only abso-
lutely true and correct organ being. IN
fact, that which deviates little either
to the rj0ht or left
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
Easy SIeicht ofHand.

Take pack of cards. having ar
ranged the nine of Clubs, the ten tli:l-
monds. and the ace of hearts in the
middle of tie pack; then present the
pack 10 your audience. inducing OF
forcing. rs it is called. one To draw
the nine of clubs. one the ten of siiss-
monds, and third the ace of hearts.
which. having Inspected they return 10
the pack. which is then slluflied.
An assistant next produces a sword.
the blade OF which has been thrust
through three similar cards which are
attached to an elastic cord fastened 10
the point of the sword and the cards
are drawn down to the hiIt. behind
which they are concealed. while the
tension af the elastic is held taut By be
.ng fastened at the same place. I'll
operator then throws the pack of carss
into the air and thrustS the swotk
through them, ut the same instant II
iestsiag the elastic cord. with the +
suit that the three e;lfsis are dr~h l.
TO \ position near the poiassEs - Ilsst
blade, thus giving the impress
they were pierced by passing
the flying pack
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27

believed that wheat. corn. and potatoes
will grow equally ~ well. Ouiy two
things were necessary 10 accomplish
these results: First, the ground was
pulyerized deeply 10 make { plble Of
holding the water that falls in rain;
second the planted surface was covered
after the sowing OF ihe first crop with
matted straw to keep tie loan from
blowing away aud with it the seed.
Subsequent crops will require no straw
for the reason thH the matted roofs
will keep the dry earlil from being
blown away by tine high winds.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
A Few sun I4ert.

Since the war closed it is probable
that 90, 600 men '.who were shot in the
leg and the surgeons said it would have
TO come off, but were prevented from
carrying out their wish, have passed
over the river, but if one IS TO credit
the little stories still floating about at
least $4,000 others are left--Detrof9
Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
French Civil Service.

The French civil service costs more
now than it did twenty years ago. In
the budget of 1871 the amount demand
ed under this head was 4l0. I20. 700.
In the budget of 1890 the same estimate
figures for within a triiie oil Ell ,000.-
300. Aud there is said TO be noth1I. z
whatever to show for the Increased ex-
penditQra
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
CUT THIS OUT e: e: /: =; + i

10 cents ana receive ten samples that
Will make yoH more moneE in a week
than anything ever offered Something
new, durable and profitable Sessd al
once to NoETHwE wEsIERS SUFPLY Co., No.
3Z5 First Street, Portland. Oregon
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27

A Springfield CO., b;lggag
roughly jostled an elderly 49,.
and basle him yet out of
The elderly man was the
ent OF the road, aud whe,
around the baggage
hiad q trunk aud kicked
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
Passenger and Freight Rates
Always the Lowest

NORTH BOUND.
Leave Corvallis Monday Wednesday, Friday
8 a Leave Albany $50 a
Arrive salem, Monday Wednesday, Friday, :
p N. Leave salem. Tuesday, Thursday, Satur
day, sa m.
3:5o D
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27

Leave Portland Monday, "Wednesday. Friday,
a. m
arrive Salem Monday, "Wednesday, Friday ,7:I5
p m Leave salem, Tuesday, Thursday, Satur-
day. a. Leave Albany, I 80 p III.
Avr5ve Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
$50 P. m
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD.

rIME scEprLE. lEsesp. snnaaysl
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27

" Albany 100 p m ~ Naquina 645 m
AT Yaquina $50 p m Ar Albany II.Io N.
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. aquina and san Francisco
SAILING DATES.
steam-r. Fin. ) F. steamer Fsm- Yal na
Faralion May 5 willamette Wy May
Willamette Tal'v Nav 9 Farallou May
Farallon MayI4 Willamette Wy May -
Willamette Wy May 20 Farallon Nav
This company reserves the right to change sail
ing dates without notice.
Passengers from Portland and all Willamette
Valley points make close connection with the
trains of the Yaquina route at Albany OF Corval-
lis and if destined 10 san Francisco should ar
range to arrive at Yaquina the evening before the
date of sailing
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27

1t was more than a year, however,
before | saw upon the walls of thb city
the announcement of Madam Us re-
appearance. She was to PLAY her
favorite role, and the papers we4 full
of paragraphs concerning her.
As | had my fortune yet to mike /
felt that was somewhat extrafagant
to attend on the first night, butN did
so, nevertheless.