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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
THE BOY.
He fs BsIng Crowded Almost Entirely Out
OF Employment.

What is to become of the boy If the
present tendency to crowd him out of
employment goes on? asks the N. Y.
Tribune. Messengers with boards
seem to be growing more numerous all
the time. and the elevator boy has been
largely replaced by the elevator man.
Cash boys. once common in the city,
have given way TO cash girls to great
extent. The uniformed, brass -buttoned
call-boys at the hotels are little more
than memory. and in their places are
men. 1t is true there are still news
boys about the entrance to the bridge.
and other places where there are gem
orally crowds of people, but news
women and newsmen are competing
with them in ever-increasing numbers.
Uptown the newsdealer has virtually
driven the boys out of the business.
With bootblacks the story is the same.
few of them still pursue their calling.
but grown Italians have seized hold of
the best corners. and with their big
armchairs easily take away the busi-
ness of their youthful rivals. whose Gus
toners have to balance themselves on
one leg against sharp corner OF the
building There are few boy ped
dlers of shoestrings and handkerehiefs
but this occupation is far more appro-
pirate To those who have arrived at
years wher an aInbIe is the natural
gait. On trains there are still many
lads who go about distributing Illus
trated papers. light novels and candy,
and then go about again collecting
them. incidentally selling few of the
articles. but even here the men are get
ting ahead of them. Yes. what shall be-
come of the boy is serious question.
IL the present movement toward his
displacement continues the only thing
left for him 10 do will be to grow up
and become man, but unfortunately
this takes time--N. l.. Tribune
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
How Edison Made a Bug.

| wonder. asks a St. Louis RepsS5Eic
writer. how many of our readers ever
heard the wonderful story of how Edi-
son made a bug? It happened away
back in 1880 or 1881. before the cleo
trician had become count and known
IN the most remote corners of the
world. There had been fne Of three
persons killed by the electric wires.
and people were seriously contemplate
ing some plan to get them out of the
way and still keep the new wonderful
white light.
Edison proposed that the wires be
put in the gas-pipes; but how on earth
was the pipes to be ..threadedn with
the electric wires?
After studying the matter one night
Edison said to fellow Electrician:
w ny, see here. johnson. I'll make q
bug that viii drag a wire through
every foot of pipe in New York city. il
1t becomes necessary
Make bugin exclaimed his COM
panion. thinking the inventor had lost
his mind. What in the world do you
mean?;'
We'll, I'll make bug said the in
ventor. confidently, that will go
where send him. and drag a wire,
too"
A few days afterward he laid a cu-
rlously constructed thing on the table
IN the office before time to 60 to work:
1t was his gas-gipe bug It was e
structed thus: A minute electro
net carrying behind it a fine insussTsd
wire--pawl- Now. observe-every time
the circuit was closed through the mag
net the armature was attracted. the
pawl clutching the sides of piece of
gas-pipe provided for the occasion, and
the magnet behind was drawn toward
the armature about the sixteenth of nm
inch. When the circuit was opened
the armature reached forward ready to
take second step. Thus at everv
closing of the circuit. the little bug
yanced one step. dragging the wire
hind No doubt this description W.
be hard for non-exp perts to understand
but as eyexFh knows somethiD
anouN eiecEl a6iaFS . .oIeTAb
@QenS be
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
Private Gorman's Plan.

We hand in our company a verv
conceited young man named GOrman.
saws a writer in the n. Y. San, and
from the day he shouldered musket
he was anxious to invent a plan to
save the country. He had somewhere
read that private soldier gave Napo-
leon the plan of successful campaign
and was rewarded by being made a
general, and his whole time was taken
up in inventing plans. all of which
were knocked in the head by our cap
tain. One failure after another had
no dampening effect on Private Cor
man, however. The more he was sup
pressed the harder he thought. and his
time finally came. When Burnside
moved up to attack at Fredericksburg
German wrote him a letter. saying
that he had a plan by which Lees
whole army could be driven into Rich
mond in terror or captured without
bloodshed. The letter was put in such
strong language that the general de-
cided to investigate, and Private Cor
man was sent for to explain his plan.
He came back to us a prisoner, and
was kept in the guard-house all that
winter, and it was three months be-
fore we got chance TO find out what
had happened at headquarters.
He explained that he was ushered
into the presence of Gen. Burnside
with ceremony. identified myself as the
writer of the letter. and the neral
wheeled on him with:
well, how would You scatter Lees
armyp"
Easiest thing in the world. general"
was the unbashed reply. Wait, for a
dark night; then let 10000 soldiers
dress up as spooks, put on false faces.
and cross over the river. Each one is
to step softly, groan every few seconds,
and if accosted he is to answer that he
is the ghost of soldier slain at Bull
Run. The sight of these spooks. will
strike terror to every rebels heart, and
he will either fly or surrender. If this
don't work i"
But he got no further He said that
the general booted him out of the tent.
1t was sudden and radical cure. and
he spent no more time planning great
campaigns.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
Dispositions ON Tan.

1t would be an enormous advantaqa
to humanity if we could buy or hire
dispositions. Millionaires would keen
a stock of all kinds and hang them in 4
wardrobe as they do clothes. When
you wanted 60 to a wedding. for in
stance, you would go and put the ap-
propriate disposition on with your dress
suit. You would have a disposition
for all kinds of occasions. and vou
could adjust yourself 10 anv circum-
stances. iocose or sad But YOU would
have 10 be careful For instance. If
you put on your wedding disposition to
90 to funeral there might be trouble;
1t would not be so bad if you put on
your funeral disposition TO go TO a we'd
ding. People would think you were
sad about the girl getting married. as
result of your own experience, If ron
were married; because she was not
marrying you. if you were not 1t
would not do to go TO a high tea with
your prize-tighting disposition, either:
and Il would wrench Your high tea dis
position to go 70 go prize-tght with
II a great many men would not 90
home and change their disposition
after business any more than they
change their clothes.
There. Mary fellow would say
to his wife when they were settled at
the opera Il quite forgot to change
my disposition. aud have my lawsuit
one on. / might as well go hoIne.sa
WI hat are you home so early for.
John?' the anxious wife would remark
when her husband came home early in
the afternoon.
Got some fellows from Chicago to
entertain. Where did YOU hang nv
iovial jag the last time | came homer,
Il hung it out to air. You'll lind it
in the back yard-still little moist
San francisco Chronie.ie.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
Didn,t Have 20 Sing.

Excuse me-" he said after having
followed young man into an office on
Congress street west, but isn't Your
name Blanke"
Yes, SIR"
Il thought 20. You are singer. are
you notP"
II am"
'-One Of the best in Detroit?'
Undoubtedly. sir"
''Well. my errand may seem strange
to you- ] have an uncle at my house
AN old, old man. who is diving bv
inches. He has the idea that lie can't
die until he hears some one sing a fav-
orite sweet. sad song of his. If |
should want you to come and sing it
would You do so for money!"
Certainly"
VERY well. will take your tele-
phone number and let you know this
evening""
And when evening came the singer
was called up to hear the message:
'Sayl lie died about an hour ago. so
you won't have to sing him TO deathe''
Detroit Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
Success I'm Work.

Sir Andrew Clark. one of the most
successful and distinguished of Eng
hsh physicians, has recently had a por-
trait of himself presented by the staff
of the London Hospital. In his speech
replying to the presentation address
Sir Andrew gave some account of his
life and of the causes of his professional
success His story deserves perusal.
Sir Andrew was born in Scotland, and
went to London thirty-six years ago. a
young man in delicate health. and
without single friend or influential
connection. He had. however, a small
patrimony. and was enabled to pursue
the study of pathology. and to keep
himself quite free from any intrigues
or quarrels. He devoted himself to
work. and before many years. despite
ill health and opposition. he was made
physician to London Hospital. His
subsequent success was slow but CON
tinuous. and was achieved without any
definite expectation at first that it
would eventually be so brilliant Sir
Andrew gave the following as some of
the conditions necessary for success in
medicine:
Firstly" he said. Il believe that
every mans success is within himself.
and must come out of himself. No
true. abiding. and just success can
come to any man in any other way.
Secondly. man must be seriously in
earnest. He must act with singIeness
OF heart and purpose; he must do with
all his might and with all his concen-
tration of thought the one thing at the
one time which he is called upon to do.
And if some of my young friends should
say here. L can not do that can
not love work then | answer that
there is a certain remedy. and it is
work. Work in spite of yourself, and
make the habit of work, and when the
habit of work is formed it will be trans
figured into the love of work; and at
last you will not only abhor idleness.
but you will have no happiness out of
work which then you are constrained
from love to do. The man must be
charitable, not censorius-self-effaei
not self-seeking; and he must try at
once to think and to do the best for his
rivals and antagonists that can be
done. The man must believe that labor
is life. that successful labor is life and
gladness. and that successful labor,
with high aims and just objects, will
bring to him the fullest. truest. and
happiest life that can be lived upon the
earth. .n-Medicdl Record
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
The Piute Father-in-l.aw.

Among the Piutes." SAYS the Vir-
gina City (Ney.) Enterprise. 1T is
always the father-in-law that makes
the trouble. Every married Piute is
always glad of visit from his mother
in-law. He welcomes her with his
broadest grin. The arrival of the
mother-in-law gives him double team
where before he had only one animal.
He halls her appearance with delight,
and piling a jackass-load of wood upon
her willing old back sends her into
town with his wife (similarly) packed
to peddle out the fuel and bring back
to him a supply of money for his favor
ite game of poker. The Piute father
in-law is of no use as a wood-paeker,
nor viii he gather gr eine
nuts g. sh s
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
Turning Taverns Into sohooi-Houses.

The scheme of the Hungarian gov
ernment, already in operation. for buy
ing up taverns throughout the country
and turning them into school-houses
will be watched with interest in all
countries. OF course it comprehends
certain paternal measures which could
be practiced only in monarchical coun-
tries. but it is bold and interesting
experiment in social science none the
less The government evidently buys
up the places for valuation liked by
commission and thsn suppreskss them.
- RnaEn1a .Z1xaAzrzul -
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
odd Furniture.

The latest odd thing III furniture is q
SET upholstered With palm-leaf fans.
A single fan forms the seat and another
fan the back of a chair The Frame
work is of gilded bent wood. Two
fans make cute substitute for the
cushioned bottom OF tete-a tete, and
sven the tabletop is OF fans
The debt of Canada at the beginning
Of the present Year was S2S4, ,5l5, ,s4l.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25
A story About Bismarck.

An advance copy of the third volume
of H V. Sybel's History of the Ger
man Empire has been received. Pro-
badly the most interesting chapters
refer to the relations between Prince
Bismarck and Count Reehberg. the
Prussian and Austrian Ambassadors
respectively at the German (Frankfort)
Diet. Prince Bismarck {then Herr Yon
Bismarck Schonhausen) soon found out
that Count Rechberg was hot-tempered
and passionate, but in the main honor
able and good-natured Count Recb-
berg, on his side, cordially disliked
Prussia and its astute representative.
but did his best all the same to keep on
amicable terms with his colleagues.
Both officially and socially there was.
however, plenty of friction between
the two. On one occasion things came
to such pitch that Count Rechbero.
entirely losing his self-control, passion
ately exclaimed: ''One of my friends
shall wait on you in the morning.
why all this unnecessary delay?p
Herr Won Bismarck coolly replied. I'm
all probability you have pair of
pistols handy. Let us settle the matter
Immediately. While you get the things
ready, l shall write report about the
whole transaction, which, in case l am
killed, | request you to forward to
Berlin Both set about their work.
When Bismarck had finished, he hand
ed the sheet to Count Reehberg. re-
questing him to examine the same.
Rechberg's passion had in the mean
time given way to sober reflection.
After having perused the report he
said: What you say here is quite cor
rect; but is it really worth while to
fight duel for such reasonP" That
is exactly my opinion" was Bismarcks
answer, and the matter ended.-PaIL
Null Gazette.
A New York society lady is said to
have attended dance there recently,
left the next morning to attend two
balls on successive evenings in Boston,
and would leave Immediately to attend
a ball in Philadelphia the next night.
Four balls in three cities in the course
of four days would seem TO be the
height of fashionable folly.
The Russian Winter Palace.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-04-25

The huge Winter palace at St.
Petersburg is, with the exception Of
the Vatican and Versailles, the largest
palace in the world intended for resi-
dence, and though tasteless and rococo
has certain grandeur from its immen-
sity. Like all the Russian palaces, the
Winter palace is a mixture of splendor
and shabbiness. luxury and discom-
fort. In going over it visitors see
everything gorgeously adapted for
state ceremonia!s, but wonder how
and where the imperial family can
live. The whole of the splendid
interior was consumed by fire in 1887,
hut speedily stored. 1t is said that
not less than 900 persons have fre-
uently had a. abitation in the Winter
,ElaRa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23
He NaS Cautions.

''Be you the photograph taker?' in
quired man Immediately after shutting
himself inside of st. Paul gallery.
Eyes, sir. Can we give you sitting?"
GA which,"
''Can we take your picture?" answered
the artist, seeing ut once that this was a
person to be Modified only by pure and
undefiled English, devoid of artificial
and technical toilet.
"Wall, tibet depends. Eff you kin give
me satisfactory assurance p'raps you
may. Otherwise not
"What assurance do you want?"
cts this way: I had my picture took
a couple of months ago, and Their next
week | seen it in newspaper with the
statement that I was down fiat on my
back nine years with salt rheum, cara
sipuius, yaller janders, liver complaint,
hives, ring worm, gallopin' consumption,
paralisys, lock jaw, scald head, infam-
matory rheumatic, catarrh, falling sick
ness, brownchitas, cholera morbus and
smallpox. They said took eight bottles
of medicine. and gained twenty pounds of
flesh with every bottle. Now, if you
won't ring any such snap in on me 1
might chance her agin. I've raised a
beard now, and if the picter won't look
like the medicine soaker, an you kin give
me the assurances, you may pint the
cammerer.'
The assurances" were given. - St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23
Littell's Living AGE.

The numbers of The Lifting Age for Febru-
airy Sth and 18th contain personal Recol-
lections of Thomas Carlyle" by Professor
Tyndall, can Eighteenth Century Mystic -
and "a Sequence Of Sonnets on the Death
Of Robert Browning" FortnighHy; 1.-TWO
New Utopias," and 1.-The Position of Wo-
men among the Early Christians" Contcm-
pordrY; "Mr. Stevenson's Methods in F'ic-
ton, National; The Romance of History
Casanova" and "A Poets Friend,' %
Joseph Severn" Temple Bar; "Robert
Browning" by Edmund Gosse, Ne,o Reuie,O; ;
dutch Girlhood, "EngliSh Illustrated; 1.-The
Home of Charlotte Bronue, 'Longman's
IAN International Census of Hallucna-
tions," M,u7dy's; 1.-THE Secrets of Cata-
logue," Chambers; with Marcia" and
"The Mound by Yellow Greek, and poetry.
Littell 81 Co., Boston, are the publishers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23
Frank Les,ie,s Ponu,ar Monthly.

Frank Vincent, the well known trav-
eler, furnishes an elaborate leading article
on ''The Republics of Central America"
in the March number of Frank Leslie's Pop
Uldr Monthly. Guatemala. Honduras, Sal
vador, Nicaragua and Costa RIGA are
graphically described, with numerous and
and beautiful Illustrations. Other illus
trated articles offer attractions in variety
of Fundamentally Frederick Daniels
charming description of Richmond, Vir-
ginia's historic capital 1.-The Music of All
Nations" as exemplified at the Paris Elk
position; Where Garfield was Canal
boy" an account of a leisurely voyage on
the Ohio canal; Ostrich Feathers" from
the bird to the bonnet; 1.-The Photographic
Autobiography of Sioux Chief,n etc
Alfred H. Guernsey begins series of his
torical papers on Frederick the Great. The
serial and short stories are always a spe-
cial feature in the Popular Monthly, while
its pictures are more numerous and excel
lent than ever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23
NOTICE

ITO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE UTAH
Il Western Railway company is hereby given
by the owners and holders of more than one third
OF the capital stock of said company and also byj
order of the board OF directors of said company
by resolution dated January 2S. 1890 that there
will be q meeting of the stockholders of said
company on the 9th day of March, 1890 at the
hour OF o'clock p. m. of that day, at the com ]
pany'S Office at the corner of the block at the
conjunction of South Temple and First East
Streets in Salt Lake city, Utah territory for the
purpose OF amending the article of association of
said company by changing its western terminus
extending Its lines southwestern, nOrtherly and
easterly; also by adopting new lines and routes
OF way; and also the propriety of consolidating
the said corporation with the Salt Lake & Fort
Douglas Railway company and the Salt Lake s.
Eastern Railway company, under the name and
style of the Utah Central Railway company.
JOHN W. YOUNG, President Utah Western
Railway Company.
JOHN w. YOUNG, Stakeholder Utah Western
Railway Company
ISAAC NJ. WADDELL, Stakeholder Utah West
ern Railway Company.
DANIEL HARRINGTON, Stakeholder Utah
Western Railway Company.
b. S. YOUNG. Stakeholder Utah Western Rail-
way Company.
WILLIAM A. ROSSITER Stakeholder Utah
Western Railway Company.
CHARLES w. HARDY, Stakeholder Utah
Western Railway Company
JOHN NJ. WHITAKER, Stakeholder Utah
Western Railway Company.
JOSEPH GODDARD, Stakeholder Utah West
ern Railway Company.
DAVID ]. WILLIAMS. Stakeholder Utah
Western Railway Company.
JOSEPH II. YOUNG, Stakeholder Utah West
ern Railway Company
BEN. w. BRIGGS, Jr Stakeholder Utah
Western Railway Company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23
MR.. WEBB PREDICTS.

AS so much of our winter has gone,
retrospective glance and future discern
ment may not be without profit, or, at
least, interest. The continuous stormy
weather of the past few months corrobo-
rate my statements of the past summer,
and it is far from over yet. Notwithstand-
ing the drought of last summer-atmos
pherically stormy skies and conditions
prevailed and sailed forth above US, and on
reaching the humid atmosphere in the east
condensation and heave precipitation gave
them dire and disastrous floods, while
with US the absence of snow in
our mountains, our parched and dried
up soil were operating influences
against precipitation. Thus these very
same stormy conditions, failing to con
dense and fall, brought to US greater heat,
increasing our temperature This wear we
have immense deposits of snow in our
mountains, thoroughly saturated ground
throughout plain and valley, and with
year again OF phenomenally atmospheric
stormy influences aud conditions i look
for an unusual rainfall and not less than
ten to twelve inches excess over the aver
age for Utah, and it may even reach the
enormous figures OF twenty to twenty five
inches excess. With the present
aoA iA-1OASA SINS 10 AedNy Squalls
of snow and some hail which
will become heavier, accompanied
with high winds and gales, cold and frosty
the month will go out with an excess of
precipitation not less than between one
and two inches for this month. am salts
fed that the three coming months-March.
April and May-will still add to our noun.
tain-top snow supply and excessive wintry
precipitation for the valleys. Our next
coming winter will also be noted for heavy
excessive snowfall, but not so frequent as
this winter. There is no storm, care not
what its character, but what is fore
Swallowed and also warning of its every
possible feature given of more or less
duration always, and never less than
several hours before its occurrence.
THOMAS WEBB.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23
LEGAL NOTICE.

N THE PROBATE COURT IN AND FOR
Il salt Lake county, territory of Utah In the
matter OF the estate of james Baldwin, de.
ceaSed-Notlce. Notice is hereby given that
EDWIN A. Davis, administrator with the will an
nexed. OF the estate of james Baldwin. de-
ceased, has rendered for settlement and filed
IN SAID court his final account of his admins
distribution of the residue of said estate among
the persons entitled thereto. and that Tuesday,
the 4th day OF March, A.. d. 1890, at 10 o'clock
a. M, at The court room of said court, in the
county court house, Salt Lake city and county,
Utah Territory, has been duly appointed by the
luege OF said court for the settlement of
SAD account and hearing said petition for distri
terested in said estate may appear and show
cause II any there be, why said account
should not be settled and approved and final
dlS SIri 10 made as prayed for
Dated February g. 1890.
JOHN G. CUTLER,
Clerk of the Probate Court.