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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
QUEER AFRICAN CITY.
Nothing More Oriental in the East Than
Tangier Within Sight of Spain.

Nothing More oriental in the East Than
Tangier Within Sight of Spain.
What is there to see in Tangier and
why do American tourists after 1.-The run
through Spain" think il quite essential
to visit the Barbary coast? l can answer
for one party. A sagacious friend who
recently went from the straits of Glib.
ralter to the Bosporus said to us before
we left home: "You will see nothing
moreipurely oriental than Tangier in al;
your proposed Journey" Certainly wa
have found the place so completely for.
eign to all our ideas that only the old.
fashioned word ''outlandish" seems ade.
quate to describe it. Here is the most
western of all the seaports of northern
Africa, lying within sight of the coast
Of Spain and the rock of Gibraltar,
place of 10000 inhabitants, upon whose
ways of life and thought European
Christian civilization has scarcely made
an impression. Yet more than two hun.
dred years ago this city for short period
belonged to the English crown. 1t is
now the residence of the foreign minis.
tiers who are accredited TO the Sultan OF
Morocco.
1t is in almost daily communication
with France, Spain and Gibraltar, both
England and Spain maintaining post.
offices, with separate bureaus, stamps
and mail-bags There are newspapers
published here in English and Spanish.
The Hotel Continental is so good that
there is current mot to the effect that
the best hotel in Europe may be found
in Africa. The English come here at
certain seasons "for sport" the particu.
lar attraction being the chase of wild
boars, for which a manual of ''hog-stick-
ing" has been deliberately set forth.
Yet, Notwithstanding all this, the
Moors and the Jews go on in their old
fashioned ways as if they we're living in
the fifteenth century. Indeed, it is
easy to believe that we see in Tangier
much of the same sort of life which pre-
vailed in Southern Spain four hundred
years ago-before the conquest of Ora
nada-with one important qualification:
Tangier has nothing which suggests the
learning, the science, the arts, or even
the sacredness of the great cities of
Andalusia when Moorish sway was DOM
inant. The Arabic or Mohammedan
dominion, without the Arabic enlighten-
ment, loses all the charm which is sug-
gested by what is even now to be seen
in Cordova, Granada and Seville.-Cor.
Baltimore Sun,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-He-"Can you keep a secret,
Milly?" She-''Why, have you one you
can't keep"
"A young man writes to inquire
''Does a college education pay?" mo,
it makes the old man pay."-Texas Sift.
lngs.
Husband Ito extravagant wife,
''You have succeeded at last in making
something out of me-" Wife-'I knew
would. What is it, dearest?" Husband
"A pauper. Epoch.
First Physician - ''Any unusual
symptoms about that last case of yours?"
Second Physician-'Yes: he paid me
fifty dollars on account yesterday
Munsey's Weekly.
"A broad hint: Landlord Ito depart
ing guest)-"I trust l may rely upon
your recommending my establishments"
Guest-''I don't happen to have at this
moment mortal enemy in the world"
-Humoristiche Blaetter.
The Medical World says healthy
man changes his brain every two
months. We don't believe it. We have
known some remarkably healthy men
who never change never had any
brains to change, in fact.-Peoria Tram
script.
mo use," exclaimed an impecuni-
GUS debtor to an importunate creditor,
''you can't get blood out of turnip."
81 know that" responded the creditor,
''but unless l get that money I'll have
gore from a beat. "-Philadelphia Press.
What is it, little girl?" said gro
Ger to five-year-old miss, as he leaned
over the counter. Little Girl-"Mamma
sent me for lamp chimney, and she
says she hopes it will be as strong as
that last butter you sent us."-Chicago
Tyre.
Mrs. Wickwire - "Why don't you
quit that stupid habit you've got of say
ing by Jove! What do you know about
Jove, anyway" Mr.. Wickwire-'I will,
if you will stop saying the idea every
time you are spoken to. What do you
know about ideas, anyway - Terre
IIaute Express.
-Customer-"You sold me, two weeks
ago, one of your combination ten-dollar
outfits" Proprietor-"Well- err we
CdH GCHduSe any IlllLS We w Solu' ",
that's all right. There isn't enough left
of the outfit to return. But the linen
collar was really good, and 1 thought
I'd stop in and see if it wasn't mis-
ake."-Smith, Gray & Co. S Monthly.
81 get up at daylight" repeated the
early rising crank, for the 999th time.
81 can't see how any one can want to lie
in bed after they have woke up. Then
/" Get out of the house as soon as
possible, l suppose?" put in the tired
listener, for the sake of saying some.
thing. "Certainly." "What relief it
must be to your family. "-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
"A young versifier, upon submitting
one of his productions to his older and
less dreamy roommate, was asked, the
verses having been read with great
care: ''Did you write this stuff ?"
eyes" ''Where will you send it?' ITO
Mr.. Blank. Hes the editor of the
W journal. 1 send it to him be-
cause he is an old friend of my fathers"
"All right. I'm glad you're going to
send it to Blank. Perhaps, for your
fathers sake, he will decline to print
it."-Harpers Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
The Most Wonderful Kittens.

A most wonderful toy has been on
private exhibition in Paris. Fancy
seven life-sized kittens covered with
real skin, but with eyes of emerald
set in pearly white enamel and each
playing on musical instrument; flute,
either, violin, drum, a harp, a
cornet and an accordion, all perfectly
harmonized and playing the most diff
cult operas, then you have the picture
complete. The mechanism is similar
to that of a music box and the whole
apparatus, kittens ct al, is valued ~
10000 francs. st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
BACK TO sALDWlNVILLE.

] had it all fixed up TO stay
To Car'lins six months anyway:
That was the length o. time she named,
And-wal, do feel kind o. slammed,
But I'm Jest countin' minutes till
can get back to Baldwinville.
thought twould be easy as pie
Ketchin' up city ways. But my!
I've seen more folks minute here
Than folks to home see in year;
But I've felt jest dog lonesome, not
Known one o. the hull lot.
There's stores enough here, high an low !;
There amt no sOciablenesS though.
Amt a nary one I'll be bound,
Where anybody sets around.
I'm &c tin hungry for sight
o. Hen Hills grocery Sat'day night.
Car'line she thinks I'm dretful old;
Dresses me up an let's me hold
The babies. Land! fairly ache
Thinkin' what works the boys'll make;
/ want to git home and commence
Haulin' rails for that back yard fence.
l know it's tarnal foolishness
The way banker for a mess
o. dock-an -dandelion green's;
1 know jest how well Car'line means,
But seems as though / can't sit still
Till they PINT me lack to Baldwinville.
Emma A. Opper, in Judge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
The Fishes Dinner-BelI,

Not far from Berlin is Charlo ttonhurg,
where there is great palace with
splendid gardens. The German fathers
and mothers take their little ones to
see wonderful sight in :nese gardens,
through which winds the River Spree.
Now, in this same river is quantity Of
carp, and it is to see them fed-and to
feed them-that the little Heinrichs and
Gretchens love to go to Charlottenburg.
These carp are very aged, some of them,
and as cunning as possible, for when a
certain bell rings they all come rushing
in shoals, knowing perfectly well that
it is their own dinner-bell; and they are
never disappointed, for the public de-
light in feeding them-Berlin Letter.
1t is announced that the negroes of
Georgia who, twenty-five years ago were
slaves, now possess $40, 600, 900 worth of
property.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
PAY OF LEGISLATORS.
What the Statesmen of Various Nation
Receive for Their Services.

What the Statesmen of Various Nations
Receive for Their Services.
Some curious statistics have just been
published concerning the salaries given
the members of Parliament in the vari-
Gus nations. To begin with, in the
United States of America the members
of both branches of Congress receive the
same amount of pay-namely, S., 900 per
annum. In France it is the same-mem-
bers of each house receiving the same
Ell per day. In Belgium each member
of the Chamber of Representatives gets
e17 month. In Denmark the men,
bers of the Landsthing each receive
about 15s. day. In Portugal the Peers
which is about e67 year. In Sweden
the members of the Diet receive G66 for
a session of four months, but they have
to pay fine of 12s. for every days abb
sence. In Switzerland the members in
the National Council get los. per diem
and the Council of State, the lower
House, IS.
In Norway the members of the Stor-
thing receive 14s. per day during the
session, which usually lasts about six
weeks, but which has been extended to
that many months. In Italy the SEN
ators and Deputies are not paid at all,
but they are allowed travelling expenses
and certain other privileges. In Spain
the members of the Cortes are also I'M
paid for their services, but enjoy many
advantages and immunities. In Greece
the Senators get ego per month and the
Deputies a1O In Germany both houses
receive about los. per day. In Austria
the pay is the same as in France, Ell
a day.
England is the only country where
members of Parliament are not only I'M
paid, but have no rights or privileges
Whatever.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08

Waiter, make good fire at once,
for l am confoundedly wet, and bring
me drink, for am fearfully dry
Leeds Mercury.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03

ANY man who proposed 10 himself
the fabrication of the story of the
wilderness, entered upon most per-
ilous task. III must be difficult for
human genius to contrive a consistent
devil, or to maintain in dialogue the
conscious power of God. On the
other hand, who could historically
write the history of the temptation?
No one was present with pen and ink.
No one overheard the interloeation
How, then, does IL find a place in
history2 1t must have been outlined
by Christ himself in conversation
with His disciples. Many time the
conversation would turn upon the
devil and his kingdom, for the Chris
tian monarchy was set up in opposi-
tion to the diabolieal monarchy
When tire conversation so turned,
nothing would be more natural than
that Christ should relate his expert
ence in the wilderness, and found
upon it many of his most practical
directions. The account is obviously
fragmentary, and in one or two points
must be read figuratively, not liter
ally. Temptations cannot be uttered.
The heart can give but meager ac-
count of its spiritual conflicts; its
wounds cannot be translated; its tri-
umphs are too subtle for words. AT
The same time all Christian hearts
have, according to their capacity and
susceptibility, gone through the very
course of temptation given in the
New Testament narrative. All such
hearts have been tempted to make
bread in an illegitimate and forbidden
manner; have been tempted to risk
their lives and their destinies pre-
sumptuously; yes, they have been
tempted to offer the homage of the
soul as the price of secular aggran-
dizement. Upon such points as these
the whole world has become a wilder.
ness of temptation or wilderness OF
discipline. To-day the great strife oi
the world Is proceeding upon these
very issues,-bread, desperation, SOW
ereignty. Man has been victimized
by the soplIism that the world owes him
living, and therefore it is necessary
that he should make bread either lie.
gi.imately or dishonesty. Man has
also been tempted to risks that are
unlawful, especially ON the pretence
that ne was but acting up to his faith
Man has further been tempted to bid
for great dominion, and in many cases
he has bent his knee before the de.
ceiver. SO man himself has passed
through the series of temptations re.
corded in connection with the name
of Christ, and can understand What
is meant by Christ "having been
tempted in all points like unto his
brethren" showing that Christ took
up the very temptations which had
secn plagueing the world for thou
sands of years, and cid not introduce
Il new and unfamiliar class OF temp
tations which had never troubled the
life of the world, and which, even
when overcome, left the common
temptations of society untouched.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
PLAIN SPEAKING.

Whatever people may say to the
contrary, the fact remains that
plain speaking is neither welcome
nOr appreciated; it is apt to be con-
sidered liberty If not an imperti-
nence, and the recipients of it are
inclined to regard it in an unfavor-
able light. We all profess to adj
Rnire candor, but the fact is, it is
the last thing we do admire, es-
pecially If it contravenes ones own
opinions and prcconceived notions.
We court opinions and criticisms,
but relish and appreciate them
only SO far as they tally with our
own. This is all in theory; for if
it became practice in all probabil-
ity they would end by avowing
preference for the more polite, if
sometimes insincere, remarks of
ordinary mortals. We may be
thoroughly conscious of our short
comings, but this knowledge does
not tend TO make us feel grateful
to the persons who, with slcdge-
hammer logic, draw our attention
to them; for personal remarks on
ones character, appearance, or ac-
tions, is unnecessary, and in the
majority Of cases ill-Iudged. The
candid friend Of retentive memory
and uncompromising speech, is
somewhat trying, even in private.
Everyone has some sore places
which may remain rather tender,
especially when probed, and after
the lapse Of time things are viewed
20 differently that a change of opin-
ION on many matters is almost in
evitab1e. Still, where there is real
friendship, one is not apt to be
hypcrcritical, and will take thing
in the spirit in which it is meant.
without becoming causelessly
angry. A great deal depends upon
the manner in which ANYTHING is
said, for this often carries more
meaning than the words them
selves, or may bear a different in
depreciation. Perhaps relatives are
the most aggravating of all-not
those of the first relationship-but
those more remote. There is a
broad margin for them, and they
are officious, exacting and intensely
critical, very often strongly con-
demnatory in fact and given to
audible reflections and RETROSPECT
tions whenever opportunity offers.
1t is curious to note how sensitive
people seem about personal re-
marks concerning their looks.
Some invite ones opinion, and are
dissatisfied if it is unfavorable;
Others dislike any comment; while
If one tellsssome people how well
they lock. they viii Immediately
reply that they feel quite the re-
verse, lsssssii ty from spirit Of con-
frs-1isstsesfs.. Dress y 2 great subject
for canslaI ssl Tie aart u these Nlas
4 sufficiently lI5gl8sse - remark
Hnt it Is actions that are
more thar anything else;
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
waKRE ARE 7HEYs

There aived come twenty or thirty
years ago In the Eastern and MIDI
die states, "a race Of men--if we
unn believe our parents and the
icor9a 1T these tiines-American
born, I'D @he having gone through
Il eAosAiiftefe' course of district
adMWca ciphorinR and rcading, be-
eAnae elre gssast indefatigable and
lsaEiuxA 81 farm workers Their
AUesua Ssas q sleight Of hand; they
could make an OK yoke or an AK
helve tn rainy days; by adroit
manipulation, they could relieve q
choking COW, or as deftly hive q
ewarra of bees. Their burrows may
not have been the straightest, but
their control of long team Of
Oxen was 4 miracle of guidance.
They may have carried bat Of
Cavendish twist in their pockets;
they certainly did not waste time
nc lavNtions; but MS farm hands
they had rare aptitude. No tool
eazzle 9aniss 10 them; they eradled,
they whnFnesl, they chopped and
Maa@d their three cords Aof wood be-
Ew&en san and sun. BY . kind of
Intuition. they knew the locality of
every tree and of every medicinal
herb chat grew in che woods.
RArest vi oil which they possessed,
wae an a1nfehess Of understanding,
which enabled them to comprehend
IN order before it was half uttered,
and 10 meet occasional and unfore-
neen diIReNlties with steady as
saranee az if they were an accepted
part of the problem. Il was pos
sible 20 send such a man into the
woods with his team to select a
stick OF timber, or chestnut or oak,
that should measure q given
amount; he could be trusted to find
sucl-to cut il, to score il, TO load
st; III the gearing broke he could
mend IL, If the tree lodged he could
devise some way to dislodge it; and
Anmlly, he could be trusted for its
sure and prompt delivery at the
apoint indicated. The Irishman, on
THE other hand. balks at the first
turn; he must have q multitude of
chains; he needs a boy to aid with
the team, and another to carry a
bar; he spends On hour in his
sleubeful estimate of dimensions,
aud ne cuts into the bark three feet
from the ground so as TO leave a
Hsnaten Irish stump. He chops and
Rweats. splits his AK helve in adapt
5ng il for lever, and comes back
about noon for three or four men
aesaive him boost with the tree.
Foreigners have in a measure re-
placed the men of whom we are
writing, and we have lost by the
exchange. Certain it is that very
Few native Americans can be de-
coyed into farming, unless they can
assume full control. American
blood is fast, and fast blood is inn
patient with hoe among small
carrots. 1t is we'll, perhaps, that
blood lie 80 fast, and hopes so tall.
Tlhese tell grandly in certain direc-
1ions, but they are not available
for working over heap of compost.
The American eagle is-or was-a
Gae bird, bat he does not consume
Rrasshoppers like turkey.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
sopsR rHouoArs ron solsMn pEoplr
.rnE lloLY spIRlr.

THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Some men are of SO slow and
doubling tendency OF mind that
they cannot believe thing unless
made tangible to one or more of
the senses. There have been some
who have denied that we can form
any distinct and rational idea OF a
spirit; and consequently some have
been bewildered on this point in
not knowing how 10 conduct their
thoughts and inquiries in regard to
this subject. Our ideas Of spirit
come in the same way that we form
our ideas of matter. We know
nothing of either bat by their
properties or attributes; and by
these we know as much Of spirit as
We know of matter. To illustrate
this, | take stone, and my senses
inform me that it il hard, and ex-
tended, and colored. But hardness,
extension and color are not matter,
but as the terms import, the prop
critics or attributes of matter.
Neither can you snow me, nor tell
me, what the stone is, separately
from its properties. OF matter,
then, it is plain you know nothing
besides it's attributes, except that
il exists. You see at once that YOU
know exactly as much as this Of
spirit-and we admit that you can
know no more. You ere every whit
as certain that you think, choose,
and refuse, as you are that the
stone is hard, extended and colored.
Thinking, choosing and refusing,
are not indeed spirit itself, but the
acts or attributes of spirit. We
grant, too, that we cannot tell what
spirit is, separately from these acts
or attributes. But of this imma-
terial substance we affirm that we
are not more ignorant, than of the
material substance called matter.
Our ignorance and our knowledge
of both, are exactly similar and
equal. We can define neither mat
ter nor spirit, except by their sew
eral attributes; and by these we
can define and conceive of both
equally well. If anyone will tell
us what matter lie aside from its
properties, we will tell him what
spirit is aside from its attributes.
If. he, cannot do the former, he
ought not to require us to do the
latter; and if he believe in the ex-
istence cf matter, when it is known
only by its attributes, he ought tc
believe in spirit, which is known
in precisely the same way. We ars
no more ignorant Of spiritual
than of material substance. Spirit
is that which thinks, which Judges
which deliberately approves or dis.
approves. These certainly are not
among the known properties Of
matter, let materialists reason as
they may, but they are known and
acknowledged properties of what
we denominate mind or spirit.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
EXECUTORS SALE.

In the County Court Of Linn County. Oregon.
In the matter o. the estate
George II. LigRett, Deceased.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ undersigned. the duly appointed, qnalined
and acting Executor Of the last win and tesla
n ei sns eae q Ss S 9ss Term. IL hsss hs & s and
testament of said deceased, and In further pur-
si@.,ce q az qras. q ths asoyeentisles Court
entitled cause On the 9th day Of January, 1899.
vim sell q auction At the court house door In the
city Of Albany, IN Linn county, Oregon, on
Saturday. the sth day Of Oetober. 1890,
A. the hour Of O'Clock 2. n. Of said day, 10 the
highest and best bidder for cash In hand the fol-
n,,es,nersIss !, slt m ~ est ,, ~, ne,
north of the southeast corner Of lot In block
iii the city 81 Lebanon, ~ Linn County. Oregon,
and running thence enst 100 feet, thence north 81
feet thence west 100 feet, thence south 81 feet to
the place uf beginning.
Also the north half of Asa ~. Peterson aud
Susanna Petersoh's donation land claim No. 6s,
Notification No. gt19 situated IN township No Il
south of range No weSi of the willamette Sic
ridian, IN Linn county, Oregon. excepting that
portion of the said north half Of said
land , claim heretofore decided q follows:
deed % which e found recorded on page 2is
Of Book of Records 0f Deeds. also NJ acres 70
s eoried on psre 70 of book Of Records q Deeds
also 10 acres 90 l. J. Peterson, deed Of which Is
Of Deeds for Linn county. Oregon. This includes
a strip Of land az feet wide heretufore reserved,
across the ntve- mentioned tract Of 20 acres deed
70 T.. y Peterson, that Is now decided 10 the said
Geo. u. Ilggett for the purpose OF q roadway.
Also the fOliown tract for the purpose
Of roadway. decided by Nrs. Eliza Denney 10
Asa n. Peterson, to-wtt. One acre being strip OF
land about p feet wide acF3ss the west end of the
land claim described as follows. Commencing at
the northwest corner u claim No. Sc In township
IL snath. range west, thence east 1921 chains,
thence south 2 "a chains thence west =. p
chains thence north p 81 chains 20 the place OF
beginning. 20 have aud TO hold the said premises
roadway. All being situated In Linn County.
and sfttaiuinn len gr
Also the east half OF The northwest quarter and
lots and Of SECTION 10 IN township III south Of
range west Of the Willamette Meridian, in Linn
Couty, Oregun, containing i29 II acres.
X H. LI8GETT.
Executor OF the last will and testament
and estate Of Geo II. Llggett, deceased
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03

m omission, a triEling dereliction
of duty, something done or undone
that Is of no moment; IL Is ell
these that one is often taken to
tnsk for, and retaliation only i'm
creases the argument. Az q gene
eral rule plain speaking is apt 70
be Objectionable, and we may rely
upon it that it is generally unwel-
come md very rarely appreciated.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
Boots and Shoes.

Each and every pair OF Boots and
Shoes in the two large establishments
owned by Montague are manufactured
expressly for him. Every pair fully
warranted. These goods we do not
Import from Missouri, as has been al
legged by would-be competitors, but are
made up from the very best stock by
white labor emrloyed by Buckingham
4 Hecht and Calm, Nickelsburg & Co.
When you want anything neat and
full guarantee on every pair, you viii
assuredly buy your footwear OF MON
TAGUE.