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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-11

\ large and intelligent audience greet
I'd Miss Ida ClOthcr at the \. NJ {. A.
rooms last evening. The evenings enter
tainmcnt began with piece on the zith
or by Aug. Xillrr. who was heartily en-
cOrcd. I he meeting was presided over
nv Secretary Rca. who introduced Miss
ClOthier. the speaker Of the evening. Her
address was full Of kind and earnest
words. and the audience gave the closest
attention.
President Kaign, on behalf Of tn" aSso-
citation returned thanks ia few well
chosen words.
Several quartcttS were we'll rem
dnrrd by McsSrS. Pim~On, Rob-
inson. Bowman and COLE. Mrs. Pin
son presiding at the organ. The evening
was A very enjoyable one, and the com
mittpc-men are TO BE- congratulated.
Hftrr the exercises were over the entire
audience repaired 10 the gymnasium 10
inspect the apparatus, and w"T" loud in
tLnir DraiSr Of the efforts being put forth
10 develop the man. ..,.
TUa association is certainly DO q W"r
rrI.Derous condition than any time -'n"
it's organization.
-NabDcke hotel bar. Fine Saratoga
,ybisIv wines, imported and dome nc
rig Ears ali kinds Of beer. Free I9nch all
day Polite attention. Otto Fielder, te
o of Turner hall bar, proprietor. I'm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-11
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Corner Commerce and AlanosSts.

Corner Commerce and AlarnOsSts.
Trade @ Their store
filled up with and acknowledgements
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ZEPHYRS 10 --''.No oo' anu up
or - 1EC vo-v handsome Oc and
III nav .hades
,t ~ COuRIN
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~ 42c and up
FISH DRAPERT NETS inches wide 00' anu up
INDIA pOUGEE-A fabric guaranteed fast coo OK
thing cool dress - zoe
INDIA LAWN-Plaids worth 22c, at
fine i---c
r., ,1DEn Ma INSOOK- IS, loo and
Black Lawn Pads and Stripes loo anu up
inch FLOUNCES5O co. TO- % and up
49, ana DOC per va
complete line, from 81 70 SlV
inch PARASOLS Oxydzed handle 55 ms IS one or
II ,DrEs, = sT RACK HOSF-Reg. pair
w. o4nts4 to IA years
YOUTHS SUITS-FrOm IA to Is years %t|1nu up
wIsa you2O against regua. clOthing houses
SCHOOL SFIO15-A every pair warranted Try them
MIL ERY-Vex Flowers Ribbons New Shapes, everything
and Stylish
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
Tn. G.pes,. Of Grace.

''Notice anything peculiar in the
posture of the girls on the stage7" said
4 physician to a reporter one evening
at the Crystal Slipper" pointing 70
the line of pretty girls in pink tights
standing beside the throne of the
prince.
No" was the reply, nothing, un.
less il Is they're uncommonly pretty.
"'Well," said the doctor, ''if you
will observe how they stand you will
notice that their pose is unconscious,
but that every girl of them save one
has her right hand behind her back,
and the exception is girl wearing q
directoire dress.
tsWell7" was asked
The arm behind the waist means
that every one of those girls are laced
too tight. They're so CONSTRUCTED thai
they cannot let their arms hang by
their side, and so unconsciously they
put one behind their back The gir
with the drectoire dress isn't laced
tightly, and you will notice that hel
arms fall naturally by her side. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
one Need Have but Few Frienda.

To exchange calls and dinner invita-
tions; to be members of the same club
or the same church; or to have views in
common regarding the Wagner operas
and Ibsen dramas Is by no means
friendship; although many relations
even more superficial than these mas
querade under that name. There are
plenty of people fitted out with relay
of substantial qualities and pleasing at
tributes, who I'LL well the place of that
extensive outer court of acquaintance
Society requires, for its cohesion, polite
conformity, cultivated taste and pow
ers of selection and self control OF
friends, in any genuine sense, one can
inevitably have but few. Even one is
quite enough to make life beautiful and
redeem it from materialism. And even
one is more than perhaps the majority
of people possess, although they who
least know the higher possibilities of
friendship would be the first to deny
this assertion. That life is rich which
holds one perfect friendship, in which
mutual sympathy is almost mutual
clairvoyance, and lin which sacrifice
would be personal luxury, If done for
the good of one another. Sat
urday Review.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
rhe aranufactur. of celluloid.

Most celluloid is made in France. A
roll OF paper is slowly unwound and
at the same time is saturated with a
mixture of FIVE parts of sulphuric and
two parts of nitric acid, which falls
upon the paper in fne spray. This
changes the cellulose of the paper into
pyroxyline or gun cotton. The excess
Of the acid having been expelled by
pressure, the paper is washed with
plenty of water until all traces of acid
have been removed 1t is then re-
duced to pulp and passes on to the
bleaching trough. II is this gun cot
ton which gives it its explosive nature.
Most of the water having been got rid
Of by means of strainer, il is mixed
with from 20 to 40 per cent of its
weight in camphor; second mixture
and grinding follows. This pulp is
spread out in thin slabs, which are
squeezed in a hydraulic press until
they are as dry as chips Then they
are rolled in heated rollers and come
out in elastic sheets. They are from
that point worked up into almost every
conceivable form.-New York Tele-
cram
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08

OF all the specimens of liliputian hu-
manity that have ever found q vel
come in this world of comparative
giants, the little daughter of John E
Miller, of Hampshire county, w. Va,
is the most wonderful. She is % years
of age, cannot walk or talk and is but
twenty-six inches tall. Always lying
in little cradle. she is enabled TO keep
a sharp lookout on what is going on ;
no one has ever yet been sharp enough
to call for an article in the house that
the little one could not point out. Her
memory is most remarkable. A new
song or poem repeated in her presence
is never forgotten. II the same song
or poem is again repeated or sung
with the variation of but a single
word the little prodigy will show her
disapproval by yelling Justify and
frowning frown that cannot be mis-
taken. How such remarkable mem
ory can find resting place in head
no larger than a teacup has long been
the wonder of physicians and savants
who have journeyed from far and
near to test the remarkable gifts of the
little wonder.-J. w. Wright in St
Louis Republic.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
Hs Kep. an Eve On .hs rl.te.

A special collection was announced
for the day in Scotch church, but az
the purse strings Of the old farmers
were known to be pretty tightly tied
the collection was to be taken up ia tbs
old fashioned ladIe after the delivery o1
q stirring discourse on giving and the
excellencies OF the scheme In question
About the middle of the sermon the
minister. happening TO look out OF tbs
window, spied cow wading about in
the adjoining cornfeld. Turning TO-
ward one of the side seats, where sat
the owner of the corn, and presumably
of the cow also, he stopped his sermon
and said: ssRab Stevieson. there's > eoo
vast yonder frae the kirk up to the
horns amang yer corn Tesd better
look after't at once
Up sprang Rab, seized his long haired
lum hat and stick, and made for the
door. while the minister calmly took mp
the thread of his discourse Az Rab
reached the door the minister stopped
again and sang out: by the by, Rab,
yen better jist leave the collection vi
the beadle In case you dinna get back
again It Ia confidently stated that
the ladle profted more by Rab on that
occasion than il would otherwise have
done, and no wonder. Few, unless to-
tally bankrupt, would have had the
hardihood to pass without drawing the
purse after such a hint Chicago
Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
How ne Los. the Cane.

81 was out on the West Side Mon
day night 10 a progressive heart party, y
remarked young attorney yesterday.
Ever been TO a progressive heart
partyf MOI Well. just take my ad-
vice and send regrets to one if you
are invited. You'll feel better the
next morning. Now, / thought
knew how 10 play hearts when went
10 this party, as / had the best sort of
training. Learned TO play il with
men who slide their hats over their
eyes and hold their cards up under
their eyebrows-fellows who play as
though their lives depended upon the
game. So, you see. felt pretty easy.
drew the last table, and started i'm BY
winning a game with good partner
1 moved up table, and there had a
partner who made things pleasant for
me by leading the ace of hearts at the
start When | raked i'm the four big
hearts she looked at me and tinidly
inquired. Was that rightf' l had 10
smile and tell her il was. Have you
ever smiled when there was murder in
your hearth Its awful hard 1t was
my luck to strike that woman for a
partner five times during the evening,
and she kicked big hole i'm my other
wise good record, knocking me out OF
the buckhorn cane, which was the
first prize, and which | had q dead
einch on had il not been for her. And
/ had TO look pleasant through it all,
too. / wonder where that woman
will go when she diesI"-Chicago Her
aid
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08

"You may talk about nickel plated
railroads" said vice president l.. 7.
Stanley of Walnut street, 'sbut what
do you think of solid silver wagon
road3 The Horseshoe mine, in Colo
RADIO, has one, although when it was
built they didn't know il would pan
out that way. They had to have a
road from their mine, distance of
three miles, over which heavy loads
were TO be drawn. They took the rock
that had been taken from the shafts
they were sinking, and which lay
around in the way, and macadasnized
the road all the way through. The
wagons passing over the road ground
the rock down. One day they had a
heavy rainstorm, and when things
got dry again after the rain wind blew
the dust off the road, and all through
the road bed, every which way, they
could see big streaks of silver. Well,
maybe they didn't collar on to the
rest of that loose rock that lay around
those shaftsl They sent away lot of
IL to be assayed, and when the report
came back they found that their road
bed was worth 5000 ton. 1t was q
little expensive TO drive over, but they
had to have the road, and they've got
it yet, If their mines have held out y
Philadelphia Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
Lean Year superstItions.

The ancient Romans considered the
bis-sextile or leap day" critical day
in their calendar, always reckoning it
as being among their unlucky days.
That this belief has not by any means
lost ground is evidenced by the deep
rooted dislike parents have to child
being born on leap day." it being a
popular notion that to come into the
world at such an odd time is ominous
as signifying the child's speedy exit.
A variety of this superstition exists in
Tuscany, and, in fact, in many other
European countries. According to Tus-
can folk lore child born Feb. 90 will
not live to see another ''leap day." or,
If it does, it will be motherless. In
Austria a child born in the forenoon
on Feb. 20 becomes a great parsonage
if in the afternoon, a robber; after
night, a murderer. Other notions of
this sort, modified to suit whims and
fancies, exist in the various countries
of the world. st. Louis Republic.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08

It's nachul dat de higher we gifts In dis life
de mo- trouble We has. De taller de trse
grows de mo- It's shuck by de win.
De bigges' an healthies' chile mighty often
dean grow up ter ermount ter nothin. De
bigges' an mos promlsin' wheat sometimes
runs ter straw.
has knowed many er thief dat could dis
count er homes man in putin up er straight
tale. aint neber yet seed er baby dat could
cry any mo pityful den er painter ken.
sI hope has igion, but / doanf know
hab hearn folks say; but I neber hearn -
man say. 81 hopes I has money. but deans
know" Dat sorter Mgion dat yer hopes yerss
got, but doan' know, amt gwine ter do yer
no mo good den der money what yer hopes
yer's got, but doan' know.
Ef wuz axed ter put er estermate on hov
much er man is wuth ter dis yere WORT I
would fust try to fine out how much he thinks
o his mother. Er man may be good ter his
wife an kline ter his ehillun, but ef he ain,t
good to de ole oman dat give him part o her
life an fust larned him ter walk toward de
success what he hab reached, he amt de right
sorter pusson.-Arkansaw Travelsr.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
$500 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.



Here Ii another Of the stories which
the people of Journalists. In Belgium.
tell at the expense Of their neighbors Of
the prosperous village OF vezon:
At one time-the morning OF ho1f
day-the male Inhabitants Of Vezon
were discovered In q great state Of par
ley and perplcxity in a field close By
the village church They had come
out with strong resolve to play ball,
and had discovered that the field was
too narrow
stAh,r said the burgomaster, ssfer<
comes Peter Corbeau, who made the
mistake of studying to be lawyer. He
is wise In devices; he shall decide whaf
we shall do
Master Corbeau looked over the aitua
ton There is nothing 90 do but 60
move the church, he said
So the villagers all took OF kheil
jackets and threw them down In heaps
and TO determine how fer they must
push the church they measured the dis.
tance from the heap Of jackets to the
church and found il 10 be exactly ten
yards. Then they all braced them
selves against the church and pushed
with might and main
Toward noon they stopped for rest
and to gather strength for further push.
ing. But somebody now measured the
distance from the pile of jackets and
discovered that happily 1t was not nee
essary to push any more. because tbs
measurement showed that the church
had been moved back ten yards
Then they fell to their game Of bah
and did not find out for some time that
while they were hard at work pushing
at the church mischievous inhabitant
of Tournasis, who happened TO pas,
had moved back the pile of iacketsi-
Youths Companion
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
LEBANON. OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 1890


This is always beset with difficulty,
and the pheasant poacher is usually a
desperate character Many methods
can be successfully employed, for the
pheasant Is rather stupid bird Ow-
ing 10 their wandering procIivity, IL by
no means follows that the man who
rears the pheasants will have the priv
ilege of shooting them. At the time
Of the falling of the beech and oalxen
mast the poacher watches as closely by
the covert side as the keeper himself.
The former knows perfectly well that
the birds feed in the morning, that
they dust themselves i'm the turnip
fields at noon, and that they ramble
through the woods i'm the afternoon.
He, better than any one else, knows
the coppice 10 which the wandered
birds have gone and in which
trees they will roost Is he slow
to use his knowledge9 AT dark he
passes over the land. and lights a bit
OF birthstone beneath the roosting
birds. The powerful fumes soon over
power them and they come Tapping
down one by one. This method has
the advantage Of silence, and il the
night be still need not be detected
Away from the covert time is no OBJ
ject, and the poacher who is content
with brace of birds at time usually
gets the most in the end The poaeher
knows that no bird is more puguacious
than the pheasant, and out of this
trait he makes capital He takes a
trained game cock under his arm, Ht-
ted with spurs, the latter as sharp as
needles Upon the formers Growing,
one or more cock pheasants immedi-
ately respond and advance TO meet the
adversary. A single blow suffices to
lay low the pride OF the pheasant, and
in this way half dozen birds may
often be taken, while the poacheris
representative remains unhurt The
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
One Who Smoked s3 Cigars and Losi
e45e. 900 In Single Night

Bankruptcy appears to be becoming
fashionable among the great princes of
Germany. Within two months Prince
Albert, OF the sovereign house of Wal
deck; Prince Charles, of the reigning
family of Liechtenstein, and Prince
Trautmannsdorff have all three been
declared insolvent debtors and placed
''unter curatelle," and now Prince
Frederick ", of Salmi- Kyrburg, has
been subjected to similar ignominy.
Forty -four years of age, and the pos
that of Rhinegrave and of Spanish
Grandee of the first class, his debts
amount to about s, 600, 600.
During the course of the legal pro
ceedings it was shown that until bis
fathers death he had been forced to
content himself with a paltry allow
ance of 200 per annum, which, al
though possibly sufficient for the wants
of an ordinary mortal, was far from
adequate for a high and mighty prince
who refuses to smoke anything but
Havana cigars at 50 apiece Under
the circumstances ii Is not surprising
that it should have been o tobacco
merchant who first instituted the steps
that finally landed his highness In the
bankruptcy court and resulted in his
being placed 'sunter curatelle.'
This .sunter curatelle" condition ID
one that is exceedingly unpleasant. II
is equivalent to a declaration of per.
petual minority, and the person on
whom it is imposed is not only declared
incapable of managing his own affairs,
but is practically outlawed and de-
prived of the electoral franchise and
almost every other right of citizenship.
No civil contract entered into by him
is valid. His signature is of no account
in point of law, and from the legal
point of view he Is nobody-as unsub
stantial as the family ghost and as ire
sponsible as babe unborn.
Prince Trautmannsdorf was the
president of the Austrian Jockey club
where he lost in single night $3.50,
600 at cards. With a view of retriev.
ing his fortunes he straightaway pur
chased for rise large number of op
tions on wheat and other cereals
which, however, greatly to his dismay,
took downward instead of an up
ward course, rendering him thereby
liable for differences to the tune of g..
900, 900.
Another well known parsonage wht
Is at present ''unter curatelle," an6
whose name is weI known In the United
States, is Baron Victor Erlanger, once 4
magnate of European finance, but nov
an exile residing on the shores of LAX,
Geneva in Switzerland. A suit wa.
brought against the trustees of hi
bankruptcy, in the course of which tn.
whole circumstances of his ruin wer
again made public.-Cor. New Yorl
Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
The smaIles. Editor.

At one time about 1883, The Key
West fFla-l Democrat was under the
editorial management of the smallest
man who has ever used the pencil and
paste ITO give to airy nothings local
habitation and name"-Ar. A. l.
Sawyer, better known as Cen Saw
yer, although Gen. Shorter would -6<
far more appropriate. On the Begin
ming of Mr.. Sawyer's connection with
the Democrat he was % years old, SOB
inches high and weighed 80 pounds
Dwarf In body, but giant in mind, this
prodigy dictated the politics Of the
southern end of the Florida peninsula
for years, and when he did at last re-
sign his position in favor of a larger.
but not better man, it was not because
his fountain of bright Democratic
ideas had run dry, but because he had
been rendered more lucrative posi-
ton al the head of large wholesaI
house. A remarkable personage,
deed. Is Sawyer, the midget polit
~. W. Wright Inst Louis 3
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
Her Physician 5000 Miles Away.

Mrs. Ogden Goelet, of New York,
was at one time treated for typhoid fe-
yer by cable from Paris while lying in
her sleeping chamber in her New York
residence. Miss Oracle Wilson, Mrs.
Goelet's sister, while In Paris had been
successfully treated by a French physi-
clan who had never lost case of ty-
phoid fever, and when Mrs. Goelet was
stricken with the disease this physician
was communicated with by cable He
consented to treat Mrs Goelet, and
every day until her recovery bis direc-
tions were flashed over the 8, 900 miles
of wire under the sea and were carried
ont in the sick room IN New York.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08

One evening was returning from hunt
with that dog. he had enjoyed the hunt 50
much that not quail had remained in the
county. Suddenly he plunged forward; there
was quick rush and a ascrabble, and beheld
huge wildcat poised ON the limb Of small
tree just out OF the dogs reach. Emotion
swelled visibly in the cats tail and frenzy
ruled the dog. Istepped back rod, extracted
most of the shot from one barrel and sprink-
led the cat In the region of the jumpers. He
came out of the tree and came suddenly, and
next minute there was whfrlwind of.fur
and agony under that tree, and mingled
sounds informed me that both the cat and
the dog had ascertainsd that something was
wrong. There was cuUbination OF ciawing
and yowling. splitting and swapping, re-
volving and rough and tumble excitement
which lasted about minute, and then 9
peaceful hush succeeded, during which the
zephyrs blew away the cloud Of dust and
hair and disclosed what was left of the dog
lying serenely at peace with the trivial re-
mains Of the cat, and both so mixed as to be
inseparable.
The trouble with that dog was that his
pedigree was contradictory. His setter in
stinct prompted him TO let go the eat and
run, and his bull terrier instinct prompted
him 10 hold ON, lie down and chew, and be-
fore he could make up his mind whether he
ought to obey his father or his mother be
died
There Is nothing so necessary to q sports
man as a thoroughbred. well broken dog
Always purchase a pedigree with the dog.
A full blooded dog with reliable pedigree
costs about $50, which allows s149. so for the
pedigree and fifty cents for the dog.
The best dog for hunting purposes In this
section Is pointer.
Some pointers are very expensive heard
the other day that Cyrus Field once got a
pointer from Jay Gould which cost him
$50. .0O0.-Henry Guy Carleton in New York
World
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
A CHANGE Of SCENE.

'TThat is that, motherY" ''The rink, my child;
The year it was built all the people went wild
They crowded its walls and to music's glad sound
On furniture casters they slid themselves round;
But the fool killer came, with his two handed
club,
And he s1note all the sliders, from gray beard to
cubs
And the building so silent Is used, as you see,
BY the Mourners' Embalming and Shroud COM
= pany.o Robert j. Burdette.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
A Big city.

Omaha Child ION eastern railway trainl-
Oh, mamma, there's a policeman walking
through corn field.
Mamma without looking ou1-Is he chas-
ing any onel
'No; he's walking along just as they do in
the street,
"Dear mel Get your things on. We are
within the city limits of Philadelphia
Omaha World
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
Editorial KindIiness.

The manuscripts of contributors to
the Century Magazine are always re-
turned in plain envelopes If they are
rejected If they are accepted. the no.
tice of acceptance is sent in Century
envelope In that simple rule is be-
trayed q degree of thoughtfulness, deli
eacy and consideration that it Is not
easx. To match --Chsttan
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-08
A Foreirnerss Mi.t.ke.

Distinguished Foreigner-Yes, have travzz
eled great deal In this country and cannos
help wondering why your governments does
than up.
American-Have you met train robbersf
"Plenty of them; they're everywhere, Is
seems to me, but I must say they are very
polite for highwaymen.n
ssPolitegn
.'very; and notice. too, that they are Al
colored men,
'4Oh, those are not train robbers; those are
porters sr1Omaha World