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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
ANOTHER eoY.s COMPOSITION.


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The cat lives iii the house what time
she does not live over to Jones' barn.
She Is real handy to throw stones at
and to pull her tail and make her
squawk. / make our cat squawk ten
or six times every dav, and the backs
of my hands is drawed ont in lines like
a map. where her toe-nails has got
hitehed
II hnd invented cat 1 should have
made her without them nails. Cats is
full of music They have concerts
every night in our woodshed. and no
ticket to pay for. The rich aud the
poor alike are welcome to hear 'em.
Cats live on mice and what cream
and becfsteak they can steal out of the
pantry. Sometimes they catch chick
ems. and that makes the old hen mad,
and the old woman that owns the
chickens nIadder. And she goes for
the cat with II broom, and the cat
climbs tree aud sits there and lafs at
her. and goes to sleep aud dreams she
is in kitchen again. till it comes
night. and then she climbs down back
end fust aud goes off 10 concert to
see the other eats. ThomsIs cats has
the best voices and can sing bass and
tenor both mt once. 1t is nice to hear
'eni. but when You sleep alone and
wake up suddenly by hearing of 'em
there IS something or ruther about it
that makes felier's flesh creep and
the cold shivers run down his back
bone.
Cats can climb telegraph poles and
set on the ridge poles of fonr-story
houses without being dizzy-headed,
and they can sleep with one eye open
and lay awake with both ewes shut.
aud they can walk as soft as a feather
and they can run like chain light ming.
They don't like to swim, and they
never do except it's an old cat that you
want to get rid of. and you do her up
in bag with some bricks and throw
her into the mill pond off the bridge.
and then she'll burst the bag and swim
ashore and kite for home. SOS to be
there to welcome you when you git
there SOS you wont feel lonesome.
Cats like to get on the spare bed.
among the shams and .hings. and paw
| 'em all down into a nest. and they like
to go to sleep in your best coat. / ex-
pect they enjoy the fun of hearing you
swear the next day when you brush it.
should If was u cat
Kittens is eats when they are first
born and there is an awful sight of 'en.
They keep coming right along without
regard to wind or weather.
They are dreadful cute aud can un-
wind more thread aud tear up more
fancy gini-craeks that the girls make
than any other known animal.
It ami lucky to kill a cat. / don't
know why 1t is good luck to have
one come to you if you keep her. You
get rich right away, or poor, 1 forget
which. Every cat has nine lives, and
they don't never die If let alone unless
they have Its, which most of 'em has.
A cat in lit will beat Il whole circus
all to nothing. and the first thing you
know she'll come right out of It and
go to eating milk just as if nothing
had happened.-N 4. Weekly,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
seven Qneer childrsn.

People of Munson claim to have
among them the queercst family as to
physical peculiarly in the whole coun-
try. jacob HERS, farmer in nloder-
ate circumstances. has seven children
The oldest is 16. a bright boy. but hav-
ing thirteen fingers and thirteen toes
seven on one hand and six on the
other. his toes being similarly divided
Next to him is another boy. IA years
old. As long as this boy is quiet mo
one would suppose he had any peeu-
liarity. but the moment he opens his
mouth to talk he loses all control of
his hands, arms. feet and legs. and
they jerk and thrash and kick around
as If they were hung on wires.
The boy is as slow OF speech as his
limbs are active, and in answering a
simple question it is no uncommon
thing for his legs to have carried him
a rod or more away before he is able
to articulate yes or no. The boy does
not seem to mind his affiiction. and
not only does not hesitate to respond
or try to when he is addressed. but is
always ready to begin conversation
on the slightest exense. He can be
seen almost any day arguing with or
explaining some point to some conn
pauion, who is kept constantly busy
either in avoiding the involuntary
kicks or blows of the boys sprightly
feet or hands or in following him
briskly to keep the run of the subject.
The third child is girl. who is a
hunchback and a dwarf She is IL
years old. A boy next to her is deaf
and dumb. The fifth child has n
bright red birth mark encjrcling her
neck like piece of red flannel. 1t is
an inch aud a half wide. The other
two children are twins. B months old
boy and girl. The boys head is
covered with hair enough for grown
person. while the girl twin hasn't the
sign of hair upon the head. the little
poll being as white and shiny as bill
lizard ball. The girl is fat aud the hoy
lean. When the boy laughs the little
girl cries Justify. and when his little
sister is merry the boy sheds tears and
yells.
Every one of these seven children is
handsome aud mentally bright. Mrs.
HERS is fine looking woman, and her
husband is sound physically and mem
tally. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
Hints for Parior EIocation.

Commence by reading aloud. To
do this well is in itself worth good
deal of effort, and you need never be
without an audience. Read the paper
to father. in that half-hour just before
tea. when he has come home .'all tired
out" Read to mother while she sews;
she will be glad to hear anything good.
and you will perhaps find in her what
every young elocutionist aeeds-a just.
but kindly critic. And while you read,
think. Be sure you are bringing out
the authors thoughts correctly. If not
quite satisfied with the way you have
read passage. put a mark on the
margin. and when you reach the end
go back and try it again till you are
sure of it. In reading. the voice shonld
be pitched moderately low. but every
word must be enunciated distinctly.
Unless you are on your feet while read
ing sit well back in your chair, and
keep the back straight, which will
enable you to breathe slowly aud deep
ly. In reading and elocntion. as in
singing. it is important to take breath
in such places and in such quantities
that the voice will remain full and
round until the sense is complete. No
gasps must occur in the middle of a
sentence, and there should be nc hur-
rying toward the end because the
breath is nearly out. As to where one
should take breaths while reading there
is no rule but the infallible rule of
common sense; your hearers should
never know just when you do it,.
Choose for public reading or speaking
pieces suited to your voice and ability
Many a young elocutienist has come to
grief and failure merely on account of
a mistaken ambition. 1t may be in
your power to keep an audience rip
ping with laughter, when you would
be dismal failure as a portrayer of
deep passion and high tragedy. 1t is
far better to do simple things well than
to SOW disappointment for yourself by
attempting selections to which you
cannot do justice. Edna Wara0ick, in
The LADIES' Home Journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
.sena,ns a Gamp,er.. Eyes.

You ask me for the most remark
able thing that ever occurred in my
experience. said Col. George Deyol,
of Forty Years Gambler" fame. and
then. after moments reflections:
Probably the strangest episode of my
long and somewhat adventurous career
took place on Mississippi steamer.
way back in the days when they were
floating palaces, devoted to gambling.
l was making regular trips then, doing
the best | eould. tossing monte. and
frequently playing poker.
Il had met an odd character in
Memphis at the gambling table. in
Mike Blessings famous house. aud
found him to be very shrewd player.
His skill. or luck. was phenomenal,
and even my harness was Intellectual
against him. At play he always wore
Deeaiiar pair of spectacies or gog-
giles. The light, he said. hurt his eyes.
These goggles projected half an inch
or more. The singular thing noticed
was that he invariably selected the
man opposite him for his opponent.
usually passing out when any of the
others fingered. tried the best I
could, but failed to solve the secret,
though knew it had something to do
with those goggles
a trip to New Orleans and back. Ny
partner-he was Frenchman and his
name was Jacques-got full of wine
one night on the boat and piled into
his bunk in a drunken stupor. MY
eyes began to hurt me while we were
playing. and I thought / would try
jacques goggles. He had let them
fall on the floor of his stateroom. l
put them on. aud made most surpris-
ing discovery. They were. in fact, a
pair of minute but Very powerful spy
glasses arranged so that they could be
easily focused. This | founl out after
few efforts TO tix them. My own
cards could see by Io"kirg down with
my natural sight. The man opposite
me made some remark. which caused
me to look squarely at his eyes. Judge
of my surprise when / saw mirrored
there in the pupil II tinv hand of five
cards. 1t was the reflection of the
cards he held, which the powerful
glasses enabled me to distinguish in
his eyes. OF course the scheme was
useless except as to the person sitting
directly opposite. as only then could
the exact angle be caught. 1t wasn't
SO very long before broke that man.
When Jacques sobered up l let him
know that l detected his secret. ]
offered him S. 600 for those eyeglasses.
but he would not part with them. nor
would he trust them out of his posses
sion SO that / could have duplicate
pair made. You often hear Of gam
blers reading a players face, but this
is the only case on record where q
mans eyes were actually read. ~
Cincinaati Enquirer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
our Beau BrummeII.

His work shows that he is of thai
true dandy race who are born with the
manner and the air. says the London
NetCs. and who call to one another
through the ages, as deep might call
unto deep.
We doubt if any such man has ap-
peared since Brummell or AZ any
rate since Barley d -Aurevilly. who but
the other day finished his noble career.
There is a placid and self-contained
coxcombry in such natures which
passes the pride of kings. Kings they
are by diviner right. and the author
of Society as Found Il" is the peer
of the best of them in spite of the ac-
cident of his birth under the stars and
stripes.
His chapter on fashions in stationery
is said to be the most complete thing
in our language and of our time His
theory of the bordering of mourning
cards is n very anatomy of melancholy.
He teaches SO finely because he is moi
ashamed to learn. There is something
beautiful in the way in which he owns
his obligations TO British dandy. who
gave him the law about the tails of a
dress coat.
You must never be able to see
them yourself said the British dandy,
meaning that they might elude all at
tempts to discover them by a glance
over ones shorlsie..
Here. evidently. we touch principle.
and we feel that the British dandy is
right. 1t is the law of gravitation of
the coat. There is a sense of loneli-
ness. of course. in this conception of a
fellow creature who has never beheld
his own coat tall. but That loneliness is
in the dandy nature. One other thing
of deepest import was said by the
teacher from the old world:
II can tell "A man from the provinces
simply by his hat"
A meaner man than our author
would have tried to believe that he
had himself uttered this monumental
truth. But Ward McAl1ister is not of
that stamp. He has SO much to say on
his own account that he eau afford to
give honor wherever it is due.
He is, in one of his functions a
'.launcher' of pretty girls. and wealthy
parents themselves often get moved
off the stocks into the sea of fashion by
clin ging TO daughter whom Beau Nc
Allister has shown how to lead the
way. But this subject is too vast for
the fag end of an essay. and we must
reluctantly leave. with the hope of re-
turning to it another day. 1t will al
ways be timely. for writings such as
these can never die.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29

The women are as tall as the men,
much more fully developed. and fire.
quentlv quite good-looking. But the
iron rule of fashion forces them to
hide their rosy cheeks under thick
coating of teu;ja. black. sticky paste
made of catcchu. This is to preserve
their complexion from the cutting
wind-so say those who are matter-of-
fact. but others tell a different tale.
More than u hundred years ago there
lived at Lh'as;l Il great saint named
Demo Rinpocll'e. who did much to re-
store the purity of monastic life. which
had greatly suffered under the licen-
tious rule of the sixth pontiff of Lh'asa
Ts'angyang jyats'o. Canon law says
that when monk goesitbraad he must
keep his eyes fixed on the ground some
little distance ahead of him, looking
neither to the right nor to the left; but
the rosy cheeks and bright eyes of the
women caused the lamas to forget this
law, and great disorders ensued. Demo
Rinpoch'e then commanded that no
woman should go abroad unless her
face was well besineared with black,
and soon this became fashion
throughout the whole country.
Time and again l tried to induce
girls in the houses where l was stop
ping to wash their faces clean, prom
ising them beads and other ornaments;
but in vain. They said they washed
only when the feasts came around
some four or i've times a year. The
Century.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
The Care of The Brooms.

The rapidity with which brooms
ordinarily wear out is surprising. This
is partly due to leaving the broom
standing on lis brush end when not in
use. but more to carelessness in hand
ling. A piece of strong cloth. or. bet
ter yet, of old woven under-Ilannel or
stockinet. should be drawn on over
the handle and down below the place
where the broom splints are stitched.
A few stitches with strong cotton yarn
should fastea this cover both at its
lower edge and gather and fasten it
around the handle, sewing the stitches
through and through. This cover
tearing off of the banding of broom
which repeated striking against doors
and mop-boards and reaching under
heavy pieces ef furniture does. - Har-
Per's BazGr.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
what They Can Accomplish.

Chauncey NJ Depew in recent in
terview said: "A college friend of
mine translated from the law 10 rail-
roading. rescued bankrupt corpora
tion from ruin and placed it upon q
prosperous basis. and then admins
tered its affairs with consummate abil-
ity. When he returned many years
afterward to his country home and sat,
as of old. upon the nail-keg of the cor
ner grocery, the wise men of the neigh
borhood gathered about him and one
said:
.'Is it trew that you air getiin' a
salary of more than $4,000 yeara'
MY friend said: 1t is.
WALL said the local oracle. that
shows what cheek and circumstances
will do fur MAN,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
The Boys one Great Desire.

There is a little boy up-town who
was years old few days ago He
has SO many things more than any liz
tie S-year-old needs or wants that his
induigent mamma finally said 70 him
in perplexity: Harold. l really don't
know what to get you for your birshf
day. and l think ! shall let you CHOOSE
this time what il shall be- Now YOU
may say just what you would like most
to do or have and you shall have it,
Harold.
Yes. for this one day
Then I don't want to have any
thing. mamma; but do want to do
just one thing.awfully, if yol'lI let me-
I want to put on some, ragged clothes
and go all alone out in the $treets and
lick Nick / know can.
Aud he did--N Y. Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
The sound OF Il.

The young man down in the par1or
had been talking and talking and talk
ing. and the old man upstairs was be-
coming venomous. At last he went
out into the hall.
Mary" he called to his daughter.
isn't it about time to turn off the gasp
why, papa" she replied. tenderly.
Henry aud have had It turned of
for two hours
We'll. it didn't sound like it, be
growled. and EeEa past TO his den.-
Washisasoa Star.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
CelluIoid Is Dangerous.

The possible danger in the wearing
of cheap combs and bracelets na,le of
celluloid was most curiously illustrated
recently in Paris A young girl sat
down before the fire 10 study her les
son. She had on what is called a scrop
comb" As she leaned forward the
comb heated and burst into hame. The
girls hair was partly burned off. and
for long time afierward no hair
would grow. as the skin of the head
was much injured. Celluloid must be
at 1870 degrees Fahrenheit before it will
burn.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
OhInese In Java.

The Chinese are no more wei
come in Java than in many other coun-
tries. They introduce the consump-
tion of opium. to the impoyerishment
of the poorer classes. Chinese money
lending also works untold mischief a.
mong the poor. who have to pay such
high interest that ruin and misery be-
fall most of them when they once take
to borrowing. and this results in an
increase If crinle.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29

Irate Patrea-.Y on advertise to cure
consumption, don't you?'
DR.. Quack-t.Yes. sir. | never fail
when my instructions are followed. y
Irate Patron-..My son took your
medicine for year and died an hour
after the last dose.n
DR.. Quack-"My instructions were
not followed. | told him to take it
.6wo Years. ''-.IurH
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29
<An Automatic Liee-save.

An - o-ssss..- &ing belt has
bes les. l. an be
y sid iirsd from .
hand, s..e belt
pei with tAe water.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-29


Market FOL
Table Peaches
Table Aprieets
Table Grapes.
Table Pluns.
Table assorted !.
Pie, gallon tins,
Pie, q
Pie fruit assoa.fa
Pie Grnpes Flu
Pie Squash
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02


dam. 1t Is an old saying that "the bull
is half the herd" In my own expert
ence I find the influence of the dam on
the offspring TO be greater than that OF
the sire.
You often hear II said that like be-
gets like" AS rule this Il true; yet 10
Is ON the deviation from this rule that
our hopes depend. Some OF the offspring
will be better than their progenitors;
others not so good. Breed only from the
best. III you breed from a good dam.
and sire whose dam Is good, you have
q strong point I'm breeding. Donct make
the mistake OF trying TO breed for the
greatest yield of milk butter. cheese and
beef In the same animal. Breed for
purpose. There is no such thing as a
general purpose COW, horse or hen. The
COW that produces 900 10 Of butter In
year makes very modest showing In
milk. and the horse that can trot a mile
in 40 would make very poor showing
at the pillow.
Mr.. Rutherford gave an instance
where neighborlng farmer, by breed
ing TO good Jersey bulls for fifteen years,
had increased the butter product OF his
dairy over one hundred pounds per cow,
and received last year 1875 more for but
ter from seventeen cows and heifers
than his neighbor did from twenty-nine
common cows.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02
THE POULTRY-YARD.
Rreeds and Incubntor..

In the great range of climate and tenn
perature I'm this country, we can find
climatic conditions similar to those from
whence certain breeds were imported,
and where their peculiar excellence was
developed either as meat or as egg-pro-
ducers. We cannot expect the Leghorn,
which comes from Italy, TO lay as well In
Dakota as in the ''Sunny South" or it's
native cline. Langshans, which origi-
nally came from China, would naturally
do better I'm cold climate than at the
South. In all breeds, their habits,
amount Of plumage, etc, must be care
fully considered II one would have as
good results from the bird as is claimed
for It on its native heath. The past ten
years have brought marked change In
the class OF people who are raising pure
bred poultry. Men and women of thought
and culture have engaged In IL, and arc
bringing up the poultry interests of this
country. ThSnks to the many good
poultry journals in circulation, farmers
are becoming a thinking, reading and
practically demonstrating class OF peo-
pie. The sitting hen Is 'delusion and
a snare" She breaks all the eggs she
possibly can, brushes the chicks when
they are out of the shell. and her
first gift to them is 'vermin without
number" The care of several sitting
hens at this season of the year means
something, and II they foul the nests.
which they so frequently do. they are
simply Ioathsome, In these days, when
simply constructed incnbators OF 100-egg
capacity can be had so reasonably, IL Is
a matter OF economy, especially II pure
bred eggs are to be Matched. Letters
come TO US from all parts OF the country
with grevious complaints about the sit
ting hen, so she surely must 60.
Newly Matched chicks should not be
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02
THE VINEYARD.
Grape Growers. MaxIms.

Grape Growers Maxims.
Prepare the ground in fall; plant in
spring.
Give the vine plenty of manure, old
and well dccomposed, for fresh manure
excites the growth, but does not manure
it.
Luxuriant growth does not insure
fruit.
Dig deep and pillow shallow.
Young vines produce beautiful fruit,
but old vines produce the richest
Prune In autumn to insure growth, but
i'm spring to insure fruitfulness.
Plant your vines before you put up your
trelises.
Vines, like old soldiers, should have
good arms.
Prune spurs to one developed bud, for
the nearer the old wood the higher
favored the fruit.
Those who prune long must soon climb.
Vine leaves love the sun; the fruit the
shade.
Every leaf has bud at the base, and
either q branch or tendril opposite IL.
A tendril is an abortive fruit bunch
bunch Of fruit productive tendriL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02
ThE sTOCK-RANCH.
Cattle Iireeslinr.


Mr.. w. ID. Rutherford, successful
breeder of Jersey cattle, spoke in sub
stance as below, at q meeting OF The
Farmers Institute, in Canton, N. Y:
1t Is the live stock that keeps up che
fertility of our farms, and upon the quail
ity OF the stock depends the margin of
profit and loss. Every farmer should
have a purpose and system in breeding;
yet careless and aimless breeding is the
rule with too many farmers. Test your
cows and weed out all below the profit
line. III you arc breeding for butter, nse
bull from on extra butter COW of n but
ter breed. Avoid in-breeding; it tends
to delicacy and enfeebled constitution,
while by using a bull from another fam
lly, possessing the butter qualities in the
same degree, You retain the butter tend
ency and increase the capacity by add
ing vigor 70 the offspring.
In selecting breeding stock sec that the
dam Is individually good; that the sire
has an unbroken pedigree and Is of good
strain, and especially that he has good
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

laborers are at work making the we'll.
Having decided on the diameter Of thu
well, cut boards of uniform length (usuS
ally about four feet,) cutting or notch,
ing in each end as shown in the en-
craving, Dig the well square, placing
in the boards upon all four sides; as it "
deepened two short strips are nailed ove2
each crack to hold the boards i'm place
After water is reached, or at any time,
corner pieces are firmly nailed at each
angle to hold the whole firmly and solid.
when the short strips may be removed.
1t is also we'll to make a ladder, by
simply mailing to one OF the corner pieces
strips one foot apart. They will be one
inch from the curb and make firm and
secure hold for both hands and feet in
making the ascent and descent.-An,er-
lean AgTicultITtst.