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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
The Jewsharp of the ozarks.

The sun had Just broken over the
tops of the Ozarks one warm morning
IN July. The mist that ALWAYS settles
thlckly over these half mountains with
the nightfall was going TO pieces and
disappearing as the sun rose higher.
leaving the green and dense verdure
heavy and wet with dew In IA COSY
nook on log overhanging the wild lit
tie stream that dashed down from a
gushing spring above native was
seated earnestly playing a jewsharp.
He twanged the vibrant metal with
ms thumb, keeping time by splashing
one of his bare feet in the clear water
below After ten minutes, during
which time the sun had got high
enongh to shine stright in his EYES. he
took the harp from his mouth. and,
wlpIng It on the leg of his trousers,
exclaimed:
Thar Ef thet DON settle 'er whut
will?n
Before he had spoken another word
stranger stepped from behind a big
tree and addressed him:
That was the best tune | ever heard
played on one of those instruments"
The mountaineer looked at the
stranger moment and then, drawing
himself up in knot on the log, said:
Dye mean it, nIister?n
askPn N' ="
Its like this. mister. Yer see |
hev been jest on the aige O. iinnia' til
Simpson ga, over'n th' holler. fer
more'n er var. an when tn poppin'
time KEN she up an SAYS thet KANT
hev 'er less Kin play ther iews'a'p.
j bin practicin' hyar on this loo fer
nigh month now, ] reckon, ev'ry day
in th' mornin' fore sunup, an i wuz
thinkin' ex l sot hyar, ez ef didn't
git tn hang o. it purity soon it'd be
good-by Sal. But yer made me feel
better, stranger, an eff yer roun' these
parts mex week jest drop over on ther
slope 'crost tn way an We kin be my
best man.
As the stranger moved on down the
path the mountaineer struck up his
tune again and played with vim that
was evidence that the stranger had
been telling the truth.
Along with the fiddle the iewsbarn
still ranks high as a musical instru-
ment IN the mountain regions of Ar
kansas and Missouri. A native who
can't play the iewsharp is looked upon
as having very poor prospects.
c0ladG Standard.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
A Good Story.

From happy bride to interesting
widow is not always very long step.
One of the latter who has emerged
from the darkest condition of deepest
grief to the nliltler stage indicated by
second mourning found it necessary to
consult dressmaker not long since as
to the preparation of the wardrobe
which should announce TO the world
that she was no longer inconsolable.
Her early education had been SADLY
neglected, but her lovely face and
form bad attracted the fancy of the
elderly man who had married her one
season aud accommodatingly left her
widow the next. She is not i'm her
own imagination an iuconspicuous or
unimportant person. and therefore
when she determined to engage a new
dressmaker did not consider it necces-
sary to tell her name. When, after
giving numerous directions, she arose
to go and The modiste said "but who is
madam" she replied:
ZIP Oh, l am the late Mrs. John
Smithm
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
Rather sticky.

A certain club man, whose stories
are always todd in the first person. has
at last become decided bore TO mi.
friends, and one Of HEM resolved &c
call him down. Soon the occasion
came. The self-Iaudatory club man
had told a story of being held up by
highwaymen in Kansas. He repre-
sented it as cold. rainy night on a
muddy road in the country, and wound
up by stating that the robbers escaped.
Here was the chance. aud his friend
said: IF it was muddy. / should
think you could have followed them
the next morning. They must have
left plenty of tracks,"
This seemed to be a poser that
would have downed any ordinary man.
but It did not phase our hero. lie rose
to the emergency and said: Il thought
so too. but when | looked the mex,
morning found that tie robbers had
left no tracks. You see. the mud out
there is so sticky that their tracks
stuck fast to their feet. and they car
ried them away with them. y
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
Dlmdult Subjects.

Victor Hugo, who told his grand
children some wonderful tales. had
more than one story whose hero was a
faris gdmtR. Victor Hugo ALWAYS
thought the Paris gamin quite the
most extraordinary kind of being in
the world. Everything changes very
rapidly in Paris, and perhaps the street
boys OF that big city are. not such as
they were when Victor Hugo found
them so surprising; but it seems to me
very doubtful whether gamins any
where are more remarkable than the
gamins of New York.
In New York there is surely every
possible kind of boy. Some of these
kinds are of very sad description.
The emigrant children of whom we
caught glimpse in tile steerape find
playmates no better off than them
selves. And they are all in the way.
a few are crowded into the schools.
Whole armies of them swarm i'm the
street. The rest are blacking boots or
selling newspapers.
When newspaper delivery wagon
stops in one of the downtown streets
and there is rush of bows toward the
heap of damp evening papers. the
spectator is able to discover in the
quickly gathered group the curiously
varied nationality of these lusty little
vendors. He is able TO discover also
that the strongest get to the front.
1t is all quick as fash. for the de-
livery wagon only halts a moment,
then starts forward with a string of
boys. like kite-tail, Struggling be-
hind. 1t is easier with the camera to
catch galloping horse than TO photo
graph ION the wing" one of these in
credibly quick and daring boys who
seem underfoot everywhere, tlashing
In and out of street-cars, and mixing
up with the very legs of the horses
Alexander Black, ia 50. Nicholas.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12


dhey bore him on 10 hie grave in the heart OF
the husy town;
And witt furtlvo fo0tsfeps following. watch
-, Cd them lay hiln down:
1le moutnefs many and kad-thourh ffev
=, Wcpt there ono und all,
Inc tears that fell were as uauQllt 20 fnina
that could not fall.
We loved each other dearly. In a dag that Is
distant now; ~ -
But something got TO lis ear and he sudden
" changed somehow
something got 10 Ills earl never could
gather What
And he he kept away from thence. and his love
Tor me was not.
hid my grief in my heart. and bore it as best
might; 80 De'
There WIS never darkness set Tut lad some
relieving light: ~
And found q balm ia the thought that. al
iin,ohSh his love was gone.
1 could follow him secretly, aud In secret st,il
love on. sun
And this I've done though the years that
% have come nnd gone since then
tSo iht lhe love OF woman SURPRISES the love
of ncn);
I've hung on his track TO the last. for only
ceused to-day,
And from his grave ia the town I turned In
my woe away.
Earth now looks lone IN my eyes. yet am not
all east down:
have firm fa;th that ut last / shall some
where grasp Loves crosSu:
1hat when tie cud shall have come yyhuteyer
- Is good and true
VIII receive It's just reward. aud n love like
mine its due.
james Dawson
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
Pushing Interior Nines.

Two gentlemen, one eonnoisseur
IN hne wines. went into a high-priced
restaurant few nights ago and called
Tor bottle of champagne of brand
which. in their opinion, was the best
champagne in the market. saws the u.
l. Tunes. The wine was brought and
served in well-chilled glasses. Each
gentleman lifted his glass expeefantly
to his lips and promptly placed it on
the table after taking sip.
Ihls Is not the wine / ordered. y
SAID the connoisseur. turning to the
waiter who had been lowering about.
This is bogus champagne.
With an apologetic shrug of the
shoulders the waiter quickly picked up
the cooler. and remarking that he
would see about ii walked away. Soon
he returned with Il, fresh bottle. and
after taking pains to display to the
two gentlemen the labels on the bottle
be drew the cork and filled the glasses
again.
1t is common trick among wait
ers. said one. "a trick that is RAPIDLY
spreading in popular and weli-pat-
ronlzed restaurants. You noticed per
haps that the first bottle brought con-
tained no label. The second bottle. as
you will observe. contains the proper
label and no doubt is the genuine
brand we ordered. 1t is much more
expensive wine than the other, and be-
ing well established no premium is
paid the waiter by the American agent
for forcing it upon the patrons OF the
house. The other wine. which was of
decidedly inferior brand. is possibly
being pushed by the enterprising
dealer who gives the waiter 25 or SO
cents for each cork turned in. Had
we asked the waiter nc the outset to
recommend brand of wine he up-
doubtedly would have recommended
the stuff he brought and then we
would have been permitted to see the
label"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
stepped on by a Railroaa.

We were waiting for the train at q
station in Alabama. and among the
crowd were an old. gray-headed negro
aud his son. the latter bov of Is.
They were sitting on the cotton bales.
when the old man got down and began
walking up the track
What you gwine ter dop" demanded
the boy.
''Gwine ter see de cabs. Moses.n
wall. you git right off'n dat rail-
rode afore YOU was busted all Ter
squash, You hain't used ter railrodes,
ole man."
Il reckon / knows
Il reckon YOU doau't. You hain's
nebber seed a raiIrode but once in all
your life. Come off .
''Doan' you be afeared of YOUR fad
der. Moses. replied the old man as he
walked up toward the street crossing.
He stood with his back 10 the village
and five or six mules. driven by a man
on horseback, came down the sandy
road without noise. They could have
passed to the right or left of him, but
they didn't. They ran right over him.
and the last one had scarcely passed on
when the son aud dozen Others of us
were on the spot.
Didn't / dun tole YOU. ole maur'
shouted Moses as he helped him up.
did the railrodes cum imp
'Of co'se.''
AN hit me in de back?"
''Sartin.''
AN step all ober me an smell o.
mewlPn
Oats it, fadder.n
Wall. Moses. if you'll help tote
your fadder up to Aunt Judv's he'll
stay right dar till dc con is dun
ground an You is ready TO go home.
Ize got too ole to understand desc
yere railrode's, an when I'ze been run
ober once dat's plenty fur me. Be
keerful OF dat arm Moses; dat's whar'
de railrode stepped on me wild his
hind oofi'-DstyoH Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
a SOUTHERN NsoRo.s FORTUNE.
mechanical Genius ana Good Judgment
Enrich "a Former Slave.

In. Birmingham. jefferson County.
Ala, there lives man who, if his resi-.
dence were in the North, would be re-
| garded as phenomenal: but the South
Is fuu of such characters, and they
need only To be noticed in order te be
known. This mans name Is Andrew
Beard; born in jefferson County. he
is Al years OF age. He was n slave In
that county and has risen to n sub
stantial position of life by reason of
the play given To his mechanical abili-
ty. His life is interesting. and as it
VIII commend itself to all he NAV be
allowed 10 speak for himself:
My name is Andrew Beard. | am
II Years OF age. | was born in Birm-
tnghanl. / never went 10 school in
my life, aud all the education that
have Is COTTON bv contact with peonle
in the world. l was n slave. and be-
ionged 10 family bv the name of
Beard. ! was set free mt Is wears of
age. and at l6 was married. farmed
i've years in Jefferson County. and
moved afterwards into ST. Clair Conn
y. visited Montgomery in 1872, with
load of apples drawn bv oxen.
bad fifty bushels. Il took me three
weeks to make the trip. After this
venture ] quilted farming and went in
to millwrighting at Hartlwicks. and
built while there my first fiour-mill. l
remained there about three wears. and
during that time | ran the mill that |
built. l watched how people worked.
and that was the way | succeeded in
building ilour-mills. During nv work
there | began turning in my mind the
making of plows; and in 1881 pat
ented one of my own invention.
sold it in 1884 for 81. 600. and then re-
turned to my old home. where / was
born. and farmed there four wears.
During that time | invented another
plow; on the 10Th of December. 1887.
sold 1t for s., POO: then went into the
real-estate business. With the money
made / accumulated the sum OF 500
900. In 1888 turned niv attention TO
another subject-the making OF fish
plate, and had caveat for Il. Nv in
tention IS TO have some manufacturer
take hold of il. manufacture these
plates, and put them on some promi-
neot railroad at mv own expense for
mile or two. and If they prove success
tni | will sell the patent 10 the highest
bidder.
',In 1889 / discovered the rotary en-
gine. This engine differs from ali 9TH
ers in these principles: it is simple.
costs one-tenth less than other engines.
and saves 20 per cent Of steam and has
no eccentric. There is no danger of
explosion, and every ounce of steam is
used from the boiler This engine is
made wholly under nv supervision AT
the shop of Dennis /. Hood in Birminr-
ham. and is now patented. l have
q Al y IL
intention 10 put II out in order 10 prove
It's merits. aud will then sell it to any
prominent manufacturer. | paid the
workman who worked on the machine
30 cents per hour. l have also an
otherthing in view-a coupling ma
'hine. l propose to couple ears ire
'pective of their height This is a
great difficulty that railroads have en-
the present cars. being of |
unequal height, cannot couple to-
Boston Transcript.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
Cigarettes.

Mr.. Willis G. Tucker, in his report
to the New York state board of health
on the result as his examination of va
rious popular brands of cigarettes
says that careful analysis of tobacco
and paper failed to reveal any poi-
sonous ingredients other than the to-
5acco Itself, and that most cigarettes
contain pure tobacco and good paper
The evils of cigarette smoking are due
% the fact that cigarettes are CHEAP,
cepvenient, and can be used in large
andA excessive quantities, that the
smoRe is usually inhaled. and that
children and immature persons freely
use them.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12

That why intended to travel. ~
y. Heekiy.
Say, pa, Solomon was the wisest
man that ever lived, wasn't hep yes.
my son, he Is so considcred.r ..And
he had three hundred wives. didn't
hep" "Ibeleve that ii the number.n
Say. pa. Ii Solomon was the wisest
man that ever lived how did he come
to get in such iix-you can't live
peaceably with onep' ,.Heml hawl
heml he got wise after he married
them. You so 10 bed "-EDoca.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
The Taxpaxer,s Friend.

Anarchist tell you, my friend.
things are going to come to focus in
this country before very long. The
taxpayers are not going TO stand the
much longer
Listener-Do You pay any taxes?
Anarcbist-Of course / don't. and /
never will. And that shows that nv
interest in the taxpayers is purely un-
selfish. doesn't it? 1crrc Haute Er-
9resS
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12

II. nj. S. BlenIeim, just launched will
be the king of cruisers. She is of 8. 600
tons displacement. 20. 00O-lIorse power.
TWENTY-FIVE knots speed for four hours.
unarmored, with steel deck 6 l-2 inches
thick. Two 22-ton guns. aud other small
arms.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
Paupers In En.lnna.

In 1860 when the population of Eng
land and Wales was Il little below 90
GOO, 600. there were over 500. 600 nam
pers. Now. with an estimated popula-
ton OF $4,000. 000s the number has
fallen to 685. 900.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
Disguised by Good Looks.

Good morning. Mr.. Fickleby,' said
Miss Fullerton. stopping the young
man on the street
"Ehp By Jove! why, howdy doP
when'd You get back?''
Last week.
My. my. you're looking so well
really didn't know .n-Bae AdLo
ourter.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
The Electric Ligh. and oompasses

The effect of the electric light cur
rent on the compasses of some vessels
is so great that il becomes necessary to
determine how many hours the dyna-
mo has been running before working
art the vessels reckoning.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12

and the French expect IN ten years =.
raise their own wheat. =
The board of lady managers of the
worlds fair has elected the folIowing
ylce-presidents: Mrs. Trautman Of New
fork, Mrs: Burleigh of Maine, Mrs. Price
iaIia7 Mrs. wilkins OF the district IF CO.
niu1moia. 3irs. Ashley of Colorado. Mrs.
Ginty OF Wisconsin. Mrs. Salisbury 81
Tan and Mrs. Russell Harrison OF Mon
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12

Dr. W o. Thrailkill. formerly dentist
IN Sacramento. San Francisco and oak-
land and again in San Francisco and
publisher Of the Dental Jalrus, after
having been driven out OF San Francisco
BY the exposure Of his fraudulent Cali
lornia endowment association, myth
ical concern composed Of himself and
his dupes. went to Ogden and started ID
business as representative Of the Inter-
national endowment association. II
was arrested there Nov. "a and jailed
default OF bali.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12
ELECTRIC LUsTRE STARCH

s.sss p c lots OF work 10c package or IS 50 ea~
80. i.eckets Blue II you have tried YOU stlIl
rant ~ y LOT use or for sale. # leeds al =
II, sOc H. Or > % pox OF nouuds.
empire NrfHger never fails to rIre ,ssttfafs-..<
- i. y y tLe sIIle ~ years ago, price REDUCED
- psssl s. Sasn =, Nneaper Erfngsrs from 81 25 lsr
Lss.Acr V asfers for long Hsa and saflsfae4r,rv
ooldt too Is sure 70 please 81 o. - = 1A.a-
foor mans soap. fun weight yin Isxs Al <,,.<
- purposes, 1850 Per 100 1hs 81 40 a.,
~ over 100 grades Of soap fn store 4- f,sx ~
supply yourself with the above articles aaa
eash day viii be the pieasantest fiav % the
s.Ie. nnoae week You viii smile. the children VII
aa9sn ana the men folks win almost roar - =
oshsht- They are all 70 be had az
SMITHS CASH STORE,
Store 4is Front ST., s. F.. Cal
Ask for fun list Of 500 articles
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-12

Store AIS Front st, s. r. cal
Ask for full list Of 500 articles.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
An Observant Boy.

The boy of whom write is never at a
loss to find something to observe. Last
year heavy shower caught him while
he was fishing. From his retreat he kept
an eye out to see whatever there was to
be seen, and shortly after observed the
dragon flies, great and little, settling in
the tall brook grass for shelter from rain.
Before the shower was fairly over he saw
the cedar birds come and drive the dragon
flies from their covert, hunting them
down in all their lace winged finery.
The great three inch dragon flies, pointed
with black and yellow, were too strong
for the birds, but the little slender fel-
lows, done up in fancy colors-brown,
green, blue and dusky-became meat for
the hunters.
Some time ago l demonstrated with
him for throwing stones at king bird,
but was told that he was doing it only
to please the bird. True enough, it did
please the bird. From his perch on high
tree the king bird calculated the curve
of each stone, chattering defiance as the
missile whizzed by, rising a few feet
when it came too near, only to settle
again in the same place.
As it amused both bird and boy, for sew
eral days the king bird returned daily to
enjoy the sport.-Cor. Forest and Stream.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
Thrown from nm Iceboat.

| remember the first time / ever
Saugerties, on the Hudson, about thirty
years ago. Three other passengers were
there, too, but was the only novice.
was horribly afraid of air holes, for
had heard great deal about them. See
ing one about fifty yards in front of us,
and directly in our track, nervously
drew the steerman's attention to it.
''Do you think am blindl' he replied,
angrily, for l had bothered him that
way once or twice before. A second
later he shouted, Hold on, all.' and /,
who had not held on fast enough, as the
boat spun away on another course, was
shot out of the craft and went sliding
along over the ice at wonderful rate of
speed. There was splash, and felt
the water close over my head. thought
we were all lost, for, in my fright and
confusion, had not noticed that l had
left the iceboat, but when l rose, splut-
tering, to the surface, | saw my com
panions 200 feet away, and quite safe.
1t was | who was in the air hole, and |
was there alone.
1t was a quarter of an hour before
was fished out, half drowned and two
thirds frozen. Since that day 1 have
never attempted to offer suggestions to
the steersman, but have devoted my at
tention exclusively to my own business,
and chiefly to holding OH when lie tells
me.-New York Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
win the Earth Fall to Piecesa

Professor Jones, the English scientist
and other "F. r. S. s." 81. b. AS" and
"B. C. DIS" are discussing the dangers
our American gas well drillers are sub
jecting the whole population of the
world to by tapping natures great gas
rctort5. Jones thinks the earth gigan-
tic balloon, held up, in part at least, by
internal heat and gases, and believes
that continual drain on natures great
gas main will eventually exhaust the
supply and cause the earths crust to
break in and perhaps fall into millions
of pieces as it collapses prior to falling
through space everlasting. 1t is reason
able to suppose that there is some founda-
zion for the alarm this prophet has been
sounding for the past two years, The
steady belchinG forth of millions of feet
of gas every hour in the day is surely
causing great vacuum somewhere not
far beneath the surface That the COM
parative thin archway over this fast
emptying cavern is more than likely to
break and cause great havoc on the sur
face there is but little doubt.-St Louis
Republic.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
lacked AntlerN.

"Locked horns are becoming quite a
fad with some of the swells at the me-
tropolis," said a gentleman the other day,
"and some of the Adirondack hunters and
guides are making nice little sums by
occasional sales of the curiosity that is
demanded. You see, the old story about
the bucks that fall to fighting, and in
some manner get their horns locked so
they can't get apart and then starve to
death, has taken a strong hold upon the
romantic natures of many people and if
they can only get set of locked horns
mounted they are happy.
$50 the hunters select nice horns that
correspond as to size, and by the use of
a twisted cord and case spring them to-
gether as if locked in their death en-
brace by the maddened thrusts of fight
ing bucks. Then, on account of their
great rarity and the difficulty of finding
them, they are sold to the rich curiosity
hunter for big price. His friends look
in wonder and envy at them, while he
recounts the story told him by the guide
who found their skeletons held together
by the horns and the earth all trodden
down around the place SO solidly that
vegetation had not grown there iii years,
ETC., and the guide goes back to the
woods and fixes up another pair for the
next curiosity seeker. Utica Observer
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-18
4 VaNiug Question.

There can be only SO many drivers, so
many clerks, so many statesmen. 50 many
young lads in Offices. The end of that
employment trther is very soon reached.
and the rest. what are they to do; and
what are we, their guardians and their
teachers. to do for them? Nothing is
more wearing upon Il thoughtful nature
than the recognition of its inability to
answer with common sense the question,
Nv hat would you advise me to do?' II
occurs and rccura daily. and daily the
heavy foot Of disappointment desccrds
the stairs, walks upon the hardened
pavements, whose stones are less hard
than the hearts of ordinary men toward
their fellows.-Howard in New York
Press