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Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-06

The most wholesome article of diet
these summer days is Quaker Oats. Ask
your grocer for it. If he does not have
it tell him you want him to. Remem-
ber, ladies, it DOES NOT come in bulk, it
is put up in two-pound packages only.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

II Is delightful to read Of two persons
In the same profession who are happily
married. Identical tastes and pursuits
bring about u certain harmony Of re.
lation which is both rare and beautiful.
Grlsi, the great singer, married the
tenor Mario, and some incidents told
of them and their children prove an
unusually happy domestic life.
The prina donna identified her own
success entirely with that Of her hus-
band, always preferring his advance
ment to her own. Perhaps the clever
reply which she made to the Emperor
Nicholas OF Russia was half serious in
embodying this spirit OF self surrender,
80" said his majesty jocosely,
pointing to her children, these are
your little drisettes"
No sire she returned, they are
my little Marionettes !"
The children themselves tell an anus.
Ing story of their own sensations at one
Of their mothers public triumphs In
Dublin Crisis admirers had dragged
her carriage to the hotel, and she had
sung to them again, ''as II she were
tearing the harpstrings asunder and
singing from the depths of her heart. !"
The enthusiasm OF the listeners knew
no bounds.
They climbed up the lamp post"
said ons Of the children, in after years.
I'VE thought they would come into the
room, and when one Of the speakers
called out, Leave us one Of your chill
drenN our fright was awful In a
chorus of pitiful little voices we begged
mamma not to leave us behind; we
would be such good children. Youths
Companion
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

Mrs. Hayseed- Did ye see any o
them sharpers in the city.
Mr. IIayseed-Not one, Miranda,
not one, But met some old friends
| never expected to see again Do ye
remember old Mr.. Bigcropl Well, |
met a son of his Thought both those
boys was dead an lyin' out there in the
cemetery; but this one said lie was
snatched by grave robbers, and just as
they was selIin' his body to medical
college he came to- Good enough fer
a book, Miranda, good enough fer a
book, and | told him he ought to
write 1t, and he said lie guessed
he would, and he'd dedicate the
book to me as his fathers old friend.
There's one queer thing Niirnnda.
This mans hair Is black. while the Big.
crop boys had red hair but he said it
turned black from fright. He's way up
in society, Miranda, and introduced me
to young men named Vanderbilt and
Astor and Gould and Drexe and ever
so many more, ! tell you, Miranda,
these yoang fellers spend money Some
bills fer cigars and things came in while
we was talking, hundreds o dollars
worth an they whipped out the cash
4. 4
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11
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The most wonderful properties were
ascribed to the chimerical stones which
many creatures were supposed to carry
in their heads Most readers have no
doubt heard Of the precious jewel which
the toad carries in his brain box, and so
called toad stones, which were In reality
the teeth Of fossil fish, were formerly
worn in finger rings as a protection
against poisons, at the presence Of which
they were supposed TO change color Ii
was thought that the best stones were
those voluntarily elected by the living
toads, but as the latter were not addict
ed to freely giving up their treasures in
that way II was necessary to procure
the coveted articles by other means, and
the recognized method was to decapitate
the hapless batrachian at the instant he
swallowed his breath.
The feat naturally demanded consid.
cradle celebrity, such as could only have
been acquired by constant practice; and
1t is not unreasonable, therefore, to as
sumo that although the endeavors to
gain possession of the jewels were per-
haps numerous, they must invariably
have been unsatisfactory, especially to
toads. The eagle stone was considered
an excellent thing to wear during preg
nancy, and the swallow carried in its
stomach stones Of great medicinal value.
Chambers Journal
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

We hope this is true. We should like
1t to be truei to put it on record among
the wonderful doings of Northampton
citizens. This is the story; W. II, Pratt
was fishing in the old bed in about three
feet of water when he noticed fine
pound and half pickerel chewing his
hook. Slowly, carefully he began to
haul him in, when around the captured
fish the waters rolled in wild commo-
ton and huge fish about three feet
long was seen making frantic efforts to
swallow the pickerel. Mr. Pratt waded
out to catch closer glimpse Of the mon
ster, who, with wicked roll of the eye
turned tail and made off, leaving track
as large as the wake Of a steamer. -
Hampshire Gazette.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11
FIFTY YEARS AGO.


Tis fifty years aso, dear John, JUS, afty years
ago;
Seems like twas only yesterday heard You
tell mo 40.
DO remember sayin yesl Well. John, we're
gettin' old
And trinity now, and amt sure my mem'ry Is
30 bold
And yet. s'pose | mus, snid thing or two
In play,
For you were rather aassy, John, a goln' home
that day.
Jus, thinkl It's ifty years, dear John. Just iifty
years ago,
senee you and me stood up afore old ParSon
tlanderblow
And said we'd have each other, ahorol for bet
ter or for wuss
Did ever ! got sick Of itf Now. John, don't
make fuss
Bout nothin, for ! low thurs times bad
trade turns 10 good,
When mems wives nliss their patience "A Chris
tian people should,
In all these ups and downs, dear John, scncc
ffty years ago
We Joined our hearts and hands, the Lord alone
can fully know
What sou have been to me, John, or have
been to you;
For He secs, though on we've stumbled, that
our poor old hearts arn true,
And that | will be thinking Of you, John, "a
you will bo thinking OF me
When our f,y years bulnw have long been
lost In eternity
-lirowne Pcrriuan In Yankee Blade.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

Whether Carlyle was a dead failure
or not Is q moot point, but he certainly
did not know how to put up with
bores "I'he art Of being savage to
those people, or such things as he
would have designated then--which
Scott 50 signally lacked, was possessed
by him in its perfection. What he
could least endure we are told, was
being bored. A'rhe anathemas which
he heaped on unfortunate bores exceed
Ernulphus' in exquisite variety
A whole museum might be filled with
Carlyle's bores alone. He obtained
access to the iinmortals, and they bored
him To his acrid humor Charles
Lamb was something less, almost, than
a bore Coleridge, whom he had not
been disinclined to revere, was bore
Of the most oppressive kind. He
hobbled about with us, writes the ir-
reverent Thomas, talking witha kind
of solemn emphasis on matters which
were of no interest. Nothing came
from him that was Of use to me that
day, orin fact any day. Exchange
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

4 recent census bulletin says that in the
territory of Utail there are Z. ~ farms that
are irrigated out of n total number Of TO-
755. The average size oi the irrigated
farms, or more strictly, Of those portions
Of farms on which irrigation Is practiced,
Is twenty-seyen acres Tie average first
cost OF water right Is siO.j5 per acre, and
the average cost Of preparing the soil
for cultivation including the purchase
price of the land, Is &l6.iO per acre The
average present value 81 the irrigated land
4 Of the territory. including buildings, etc,
Il reported as Ss425 per acre. showing AZ
apparent preiit, less cost oi buildings, Of
s57o0 per acre. The average animal cost
ofwater Is soalpef acre, which deducted
fr0mthe average annual yane Of products
i acre. lpi,ygs atl isgerage annual return
et7.19 .peThcre
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11
AMMONIA IN BAKING POWDER.
Discussion Before the American Chem.
ical society.

To The Editor Of The Tribuns.--T have
Just seen the report in your issue Of Sep-
temher 3, OF the discussion at the Wash.
ington meeting OF the American Chem
ical Society, August IS, relative to the
use Of carbonate OF ammonia In baking
powders.
This report is incomplete and incor
rect in many particulars, and as the pa
per which precepitated the discussion
was read by me and was based upon my
own experiments, | desire to make GER
tain corrections in the interest Of the
truth and for the benefit OF the large
number Of your readers to whom the
question is one Of great moment.
The paper as read before the society
related that ammonia in baking powrer
is retained in the bread by reason OF its
affinity to the gluten. The concensus
Of opinion as expressed during the dis
cussion was against the use Of carbona q
OF ammonia in baking powder with the
only exception Of DIR. McMurtrie, who is
now an employe OF baking powder
company which uses carbonate OF am
monia in it's baking powder.
0fthe other parties mentioned as hay-
ing taken part in the discussion were
Professor DR.. Barker, Of the University
OF Pennsylvania, who is the President
of the society and one OF our highest
authorities. In answer to pleading hy
Professor McMurtrie that only small
Quantities OF ammonia were used in bak-
\ ing powders, he stated: "No matter
how small the quantity, l must decline
to be dosed medically without my con-
sent when taking my meals"
| d.. Il. II BARLEY, formerly chemist
Of the Brooklyn Board OF Health and
Professor OF Chemistry at the Long Isl
and College, likewise named, did not,
believe, take active part in the discus.
sion, but is already on record as stron, "
opposed to the use of ammonium car
Donate in baking powders.
llr. Richardson volunteered only the
question whether the -four used in the
Experiments was OF good quality, Of
which assured him by stating that it
was the best and the -four used in my
family.
Professor Mallet was not present.
Your artcl is misleading in so far as
III gives the impression that ammonia
disappears on baking. My actual tests
agree with those made by others, show
ing that ammonia remains in the bread.
My investigations simply assign new
cause for its retention.
H. ENDRMANN, Phi. d.
--New York Tribune, September ~, 1891,
NorR,-Dr. Endemann, the writer OF
this communication, is well known in
scientific circles, and was for twelve
years chemist OF the New York Board Of
Health.
The baking powder company above
referred to is the Royal Baking Powder
Company Of New York, and the EN-
ploye DR.. William McMurtrie, who de-
tends that company's use Of ammonia,
is their mnch-advertised government
authority. There is no such office known
under our government as that Of govern
ment or United States government
chemist.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

Office Boy-Stranger at the door;
says hesa newspaper man, and knows
you, and wants to borrow some money
Of you.
Great Editor Pretty storyl Some
fraud, Of course. How much does he
want,to borrowl
'rcn cents.
"oh! lie does know me, guess.
Give lin this dime, y Good News
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

has ever been made to him on account Of
politics, altliough he has served under
more Republican than Democratic presi.
dents.
RushvilIe il b village Of less than 800 in
haBitants. yet six railroads pass the place,
And Postmaster Watson. who Is now
sevenrsg5ye years old, 'makes" twenty
four mail trains daily, carrying the sacks
on his back nearly halfa mile. In his
thifty-eight years service he has not lost a
single letter Once during tine war bush
whackers broke into the office and robbed
II Of the supply Of stamps, and at another
time guerrillas attempted his life Mr..
Watson is OF Kentucky birth, MS is also his
wife. They have had twelve children, six
OF whom are living Aprill5 last, ten days
before their birthday Mr.. Watson's twin
brother Elisha died They had lived in the
same vicinity since 1872.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

The other day | heard prominent
merchant say that the building of so
many elegant hotels uptown would lead
trade to follow them, and that the day
was not far distant when Fifth avenue,
below the Cathedral, must be given up
wholly to stores and club houses. II WAS
with this thought in mind that went
into the Plaza hotel and looked at its
parlors and dining rooms, its cafe and
restaurant While wandering about /
came 10 the conclusion that American
women are fast becoming, indeed that
they have already become, indolent.
The new hotels afford beautiful resi-
dences for people who can pay for tho
high cost Of living in them the man;
agement at the same time taking upon
itself all the cares Of housekeeping.
Fashionable women, rs a rule, detest
housekeeping, for it interferes with their
society duties, and thought, while re-
flecting upon this subject, that the time
may soon come when there will be hotel
cliques composed u rich families that
belong to the same set. Snch family
hotels will hayeno transient custom, but
will be constructed solely with the view
Of meeting the needs Of rich, indolent
women, with 4 ballroom and private
dining romns their disposal In such
nhotela q family could maintain pri-
ablislnnent aud pay only one
which individ-
.ay vet invent n
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11


1885 to 1890, and when he is in reminiscent
mood his talk is more fascinating than
poetry or romance,
Henry Clay, Ben Hardin and Tom Mar
shall are his favorites, but he has pleasant
reenllectons also Of S. S. prentiss, 10 Holt
ami Abraham Lincoln. He was n boy COM
panion of Lineoln's, and met the future
liberator again many years later when
both were soldiers in the so called Black
Hawk war In boyhood he was often put
up 10 racewith Lincoln, and ii was an even
thing between them, but when they met in
the "war" he was nowhere. Lincoln easily
outran every manin the command, aud in
q wrestle there were but few who could
match him He could also throw the iron
bar farther than amy competitor. but it
was IN story telling. says Colonel Greene,
that Lincoln won the admiration of all.
Night after night his tent was crowded,
and we all forgot his LONELINESS when he
began to talk. We agreed he would grow
TO be considerable Of 4 figure in the world,
but none o. Us dreamed he would become
as great as he did or in the way he did
Colonel Greene was born on II farm near
Albany and titled the soil at various west.
ern places to the age of twenty eight, when
he went 10 Kentucky. When the Black
Hawk war ended he engaged in collecting
claims for his fellow soldiers and was SO
Successful at it that his friends advised
him to studylaw The 800 he had earned
as claim agent was expended in getting
his law knowledge aud his library, and in
1884 he began 10 practice in Louisville,
where he has ever since resided He takes
long vacations, however he and his aged
wife spending the hot weather with their
daughter in Chicago
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11
NEARLY FoRTY YEARS N oFFIcg.

A Missouri sian Who Has Been Pest
master since Pieree's Time.
Probably the oldest postmaster in the
United States Is Elijah Watson, Of Rush.
vile, Buchanan county, Mo. He was APP
poinced postmaster by President franklin
Pierce in June, 1858, and has held the office
cantinuouslyunti the present time. Mr..
Watson Is & Democrat, but no Objection
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

THAT court hoIise Of yours ia a credit
70 thetown,' remarked the stranger In
iBoonopolis,
"Hnmph!" returned the man-who-
couldn't.get-away, ''if you was payin'
taxes here ye'd think it was i consarned
sight more Of debit~-Puck.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

Some Of the new conditions to which
the use OF the electric light gives rise
have grotesque phase, In a town in
Connecticut Il new industry has sprung
up, 1t appears that the strong light Of
the arc lamps llas'the effect Of attract.
ing worms out Of the earth Aningen.
ious boy conceived the idea Of turning
this peculiar phenomenon TO account,
and scooping up the worms into bas.
ket nightly, he started trade with the
local fishermen for the bait which they
are always glad to get The youngster
was in II fair way to fortune when tile
secret Of his quiet little business was
discovered, and now groups of boys
with tin cans eau be seen every night
at work under the electric lights in the
development Of this new branch Of
commerce. New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

'e s;lenot always ashamed Of the
their wealth. Witness the case
ported from Rennsgivania.
u who rose from poverty 70
the diseageryof coal oil upon
was 4 family named McCune,
utsiiIe Il Plttsbnrg Whcu
led tli,fyie expended more
pIdt and il ilecora.
@esAH monument
i.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11

u body AMI mind,
md still active
and successful in
abe practice OF
law, He enjoys
life. Too, and is a
I i ampiou at.
checker playing,
All this is good,
hut the chief point
oi interest in the
Oil gentleman is
the close personal
Atxlnaintance he
enlcyed with all
Of Kentucky's
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-11
aLoNsL eRsENg,s LONG CAREER.

A Man Who Know lincoln and Practices
Law at the Age Of Ninets.one.
Colonel Isaac K, Greene, Of Louisville.
is ninety.one years old, In firm health
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-03
Fort Worth. Tex.
on THE MUSTANG GRAPE

My attention has been attracted by an
article on the mustang grape, appearing in
a recent issue of The GAZETTE. | must
say that in the eastern and central portions
OF the state 4 native grape that would prove
rot-proof and mildew proof would certainly
be a valuable factor in Texas grape culture
On the Staked Plains, and particularly
this section of the Staked Plains. where we
can grow the finest of varieties grown in
California. and do it as well as grapes can
be grown in the best grape countries in the
world, we do not so much need the mus
tang. But the thought has occurred TO me
that the mustang presents fine field of
operations for hybridizing. Crossed with
other varieties or species the mustang
might produce something very valuable
For instance. we have the Triumph. which
is cross between the Concord and golden
Chasselas. In vine and leaf it bears strik-
ing resemblance to the Concord. but in fruit
the punches and berries are larger than
those of the Chasselas; in color of fruit
manner of ripening and flavor it resembles
the Chasselas most. being entirely free
from the foxy taste of the Concord. In this
locality it is thriftler grower and more
abundant yielder that the Concord.
Now, if the mustang grape was crossed
with some of the California grapes, as the
Muscat Of Alexandra, the Malaga. Nusca-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-03

tel, Seeding Sultana, Golden Chasselas,
etc, white grape might be produced that
would prove not only i fortune 10 the orig
inator, but a very mine Of wealth 10 much
of the state Of Texas.
In the list of crosses with some dark
grape, as the Black Hamburg, Roumania
and Cornechon Violet we might get very
valuable table grape. 4 cross with
the Zinfandel, Magdalene Noir or Teinturier
would doubtless give US an extra fine wine
grape.
With the varieties named and such North
American varieties as will grow in Texas,
il would seem that there are immense posi-
bilities Of making something extra good by
hvbridizing with the mustang grape. Its
vigorous growth and entire adaptability 70
Texas climate and soil admirably fits II 10
be one of the parents Of q new grape that
viii not only be extra good in qualities but
also ''ironclad" against phylloXera. rot. fun
gus growths and mildew.
J. W. OTTERNAN.
Odessa. Tex.
Many of the very best things we have in
the fruit line have sprung from no appar-
entity better openings than are offered by
our wild mustang grape of Texas
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-03
APEAR BLIGHT PREVENTIVE

Mr. c. II. Grain, a well-known fruit
grower at Monterey, Butler county, Ala,
thinks he has discovered an efectusl pre-
ventive 10 pear blight. Thirty years ago
his pear trees began 10 be affected by
blight. He dug about the roots and placed
in u liberal supply Of hardwood ashes and
common salt, mixed half and half. His
trees speedily recovered. He has kept up
the practice every year from that day TO
this, and has never seen another trace of
pear blight on his place, though trees of
some of his neighbors who did not resort to
his preventive have been affected from
time TO time-many of them entirely des-
troyed. The application imparts great
vigor to his trees, he says, and It IS his
opinion that this vigor renders them insult
able subjects for blight. While it is now
pretty generally believed that there IS nei-
Their preventive nor remedy for pear blight,
one must admit that a test which has stood
for thirty years without failure would
surely seem TO have in it something more
than mere theory.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-03
PREPARING LAND FOR WHEAT.

The American Cultlvator says more i'm
portant than large acreage TO wheat is j
thorough and intelligent preparation OF the
land for the crop. Clay land is always bet
ter for wheat than is u land inclined to
sandy. Winter wheat wants rather com
pact soil; that IS, soil not porous from
either sand or very large amount of vege-
table matter in its composition. For most
other crops an abundance OF well decom-
posed vegetable matter is OF the highest
Importance, but not 50 in the case of winter
wheat
OF course Z compact soil is not 10 be I'M
derstood as soil unbroken. Deep break
ing and thorough pulverization is abso-
lutely necessary for best results, but the
soil with a close natural texture is best
suited 10 the crop.
If manure is used for wheat (snd there
are few lands that manures would not help,
1t should be put in very near the surface.
If put deep the rains of winter will carry
most of 1t down beyond the roots of the
wheat at time when the crop is in no par
ticular need of it. If put near the surface,
the rains will work it down to within easy
reach Of the roots by the time the main
growing season of the crop is fairly on.
One of the most important points in pre-
pairing for wheat sowing is to plow early.
This is necessary IN a majority of seasons
TO make moist seed bed in which wheat
shall germinate quickly. After sowing run
the roller over the land to press it down
upon the seed, which is thing of much
Importance.