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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Nothing seems to burn into the mem
ory and heart Of child as an undeserved
punishment, however trifiing the mat
ter may seem to the adult inficter. In
some children of the sunny, hopeful
type the wave of indignation and help
less, unspoken protest against unjust
correction passes away, and leaves ap.
parently no trace. To other children,
with more sensitive natures or more re-
bellious dispositions, unjust words Of re-
proof kindle fires Of rage, which smoul-
der with sullen persistence under the
ashes Of seeming forgetfulness, ready to
burst out violently and unexpectedly. II
this seems an overdrawn picture one has
only to think backward at ones own
chilish days, and to recall the time when
careless treatment by an elder first
taught us to be bitter, unforgiving, re-
sentful.
A child's sense Of justice is as keen as
his heart is tender, and this is one Of the
qualities most necessary to noble char
acter; quality that must be blended
with truth and honor and self-sacrifce
to give the right balance to dispositions
which would otherwise work harm. A
child's justice is always tempered with
mercy to those he loves, and when in the
home he Is justly and tenderly dealt
with he learns little by little that higher
sense Of Justice toward all with whom
he comes in contact, When his own
small rights are carelessly and continu-
ally thrust aside, he, too, learns to play
the brigand, to invent devices to achieve
the might which he has learned makes
right. --Harpers Bazaar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
a New Use for Matches.

! watched train hand stagger through
the coach with eyes closed and fearful
face--a case Of cinder. He met com
panion, who instantly felt in his vest
pocket, poised himself, made one motion,
and the suffering brakeman at once went
back to his post relieved. How did
you remove that cinderY' | asked. "With
q match, = he replied. Producing one, he
split it to q point with his thumb nail.
"This looks like harsh way to treat SO
tender an organ said he, "but it is en-
tirely safe. Turning back the eyelid,
the speck only needs to be touched by
some dry substance-in this case the
match ito adhere toit. Wehave to help
one another SO dozen times day"
"But why not wait until stopping" /
inquired "Too busy then. Besides,
there is no need. ftis as easy on train
in motion as on the ground when one is
accustomed to it. After raising the arm
for the operation, one needs to get the
swing Of the train. This car runs
smoothly, so ! did quick work. Spring
field Homestead.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Governor Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia, who
is very stout, recently amused some friends
by telling the following story; "a few
months ago friend and I went sailing on a
lake for the purpose of catching few fish.
Whilewe were trying to get bite a squall
came up, overturned the boat, and we were
both thrown into the water attempted to
save my friend, but he sank from sight and
was drowned. Being good swimmer, |
thought Of my life and what Virginia might
suffer if Iwcre drowned, 50 | made for the
shore. While making lusty strokes my
stomach touched the bottom, and, thinking /
had reached shore, turned on my feet, and
to my surprise ! found was still over my
head. | got to shore all right and the coun.
try was saved.n--Chicago News.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
Going higher.

Mrs. Beansoup TO Mr.. Frontroom)- vpu
attended the meeting Of the Independent
Order Of Boarders last nightl
Mr. Frohtroom-l accidently stumbled into
the meeting.
"And you declared in burning words that
the time has come when boarders should rise
above the tyranny OF the boarding house
keeper"
Il may have said something to that effect.''
"Well, as you wish to rise, Eve sent your
trunk up to the fourth floor, back. Next
time you make a bad break about boarding
house tyranny, you'll room on the roof.n-
Time.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

The finest Of all lace is Brussels. Bel
GUM is the lacemakers chosen home.
One-fortieth Of the whole population
ls engaged IN it. The government
supports 300 lace schools, to which
children are sent as young as five years.
BY the time they are ten they are self
supporting. Brussels is pillow lace.
Indeed, Barbara Littman, the inventor
Vi pillow lace, lived and died there.
The pattern, drawn upon parchment is
hxed firmly to the l.llow, pins are stuck
hlong the outlines, and to them the lace
Is woven by crossing and twisting the
threads, each Of which ends in bobbin.
Lace two inches wide requires 200 or
100 bobbins A piece six inches has
sometimes as many as u thousand, The
thread is hand spun from the best Bra
bant fax, in damp, dark cellars, whose
one ray of light falls on the spinner's
hand.
Naturally spinning is very unhealthy,
and experts get high wages. The best
yarn from single pound of flax fetches
oversS,O0O. For filling flowers and leaves
fine soft cotton is used. Grounds, too,
are often made Of it. Elaborate patterns
are made in sections, and Joined together
by the most skillful workers Of all. As
the lace is never washed before it is sold,
the most exquisite neatness is requisite
in everything connected with it.
Still, as months are consumed in max
ing very handsome pieces, the work
turns dingy in spite Of the lace workers
best efforts. To remedy that it is some
times busted with white lead in powder,
and turns dark at contact with gas or
sulphur in way to exasperate the
wearer.-New York Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Did you ever watch the myriad ways
Of eatingl There is the aggressive eat
er, who bites his bread as though he
owed it grudge, and drinks his coffee
with eyes that fairly glare over the
brim of his cup with unappeasable
wrath; the timid eater, who nips his
food apologetically; the preoccupied
eater, who doesn't seem to know salt
from sugar; the hungry eater, who eats
as men have championed lost cause.
] never watch company of eaters but
! feel that the line Of demarcation be-
tween the human family and the brute
grows very faint and dim as it ap-
proaches this common center.
/ have often wondered If the race as
it advances will not one day escape the
bondage Of the appetite. Relief can
only come through methods Of simpli-
fication. When science shall condense
a whole beef into lozenge and the
nutriment Of weeks baking into a
pastil we shall lose much of our present
kinship with the brutes that perish. -
Chicago Herald,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
All Out Of Constitutions.

Senator stoclsbridge, Of Michigan, is some
thing Of a wag. He was sitting in his COM
mittee room the other day when one Of those
fellows who are always demanding docu-
ments came in. The caller had secured
almost every book, pamphlet and bill which
the government magnanimously prints and
gives away But he still longed for more.
Il am very anxious said he, "to secure a
copy Of the Constitution of the United
States. Could ! enlist your help, senatorf'
"Why, certainly; but it would be useless.
The effort will be futile.n
'.Indeed; and whyY'
swell, you see, there were 10 many de-
mands from people like yourself for copies
Of this good work that the supply nearly ran
out. There was only one copy left, and the
president has just sent that to the pope. ~
New York Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Early in the mesozoic epoch there ap-
peared marine reptiles which, rnough de-
rived from land species, became more and
more aquatic through thenecessity of liv-
ing in water, developed on that account
swimming organs, etc, Land reptiles also
began to develope in huge proportions
Why they grew SO big no one knows,
but 1t may have been because they had
no rivals in the struggle for existence;
they had oil they wanted to eat and nat
urally increased in bulk, AT all events
no creatures are known to have existed
in this world comparable in size to thess
reptiles Of ages ago. --Interviewin Wash
ington Star.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Men Are TO Blame for Female Trivoiity.
BY the way, think occasionally hear
u feeble pipe from u man to the effect
that the girls ure responsible for all the
tomfoolery in the world, Don't youknow
that you are the very ones who tend to
make them so-you men2 You follow
after and WOO and wed just that sort Of
girls You won't look at u sensible little
woman who can make "lovely" bread.
abjures bangs, can't dance and has no
style" You laugh at and make sly
Jokes at the expense of our big hats and
our pronounced fashions, but when you
choose your company, and often your
wives, | notice you pass right by the
housekeeping birds and take the pea
cocks II you won't have her modest
and simply gowned she is willing to
make feather headed doll and trav-
esty Of herself to get you and win
heavenl You know perfectly well, you
men, that you don't care half so much
for brains as you do for "get-up," and
the woman You honor with your choice
is selected for pretty face and form
and becoming costume rather than for
clever head and an honest heart.
! am not talking to old fogies who
cling to old fashioned notions, but to
young men who ridicule the customs Of
their grandmothers, who shake their
heads at the salaries Of two and three
Thousand year AS inadequate to support
wives; who rail against woman's extrav-
agance, yet do their best to maintain her
in it. When you, my fine and dapper
gentleman, begin to seek out the mod
estly appareled and the sedate girls, then
shall folly and vain show fly over seas
for want of encouragement and the
grand transformation Of sawdust dolls
into women and pleasure seekers into
homekeepers take place. Cor. Chicago
Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Judge Gary has probably matle more witty
and quaint remarks on the bench than any
other judge in Chicago.
On one occasion, when he was sitting in
the criminal court, he appointed young
attorney to defend a young criminal who was
brought 70 trial and who had no lawyer.
The young man had just been admitted to
the bar and was consequently ambitious to
make reputation, but despite his utmost
endeavors his client was ''sentup' for eighteen
months.
After court adjourned the Young man
walked over town with the judge and took
occasion to say:
"That was pretty hard on me, judge.n
What was hardf' asked the Judge in his
absent minded way.
"Why, my first case. / wanted to get
little start, and here my client gets eighteen
months
That's nothing, returned the Judge, SEN
tentiously MY first client got eight years y
Chicago Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

The origin Of the Camorra and Malta
murder leagues ceases to puzzle travel
ers who have visited the rural districts
Of southern Sicily. Nearly all the real
estate Of the coast plain from Syracuse
to Cape Bianco is in the hands Of few
Rristocrats, who have deprived their ten
ants of their panes as well as of their
circenses, of the right to hunt, to fish, to
train fighting cocks, without special
license, as well as of the more urgent
necessities of life. The streets of the in
land villages generally resemble the gull
lies Of parched out mountain river, and
the houses are mere mud piles, rooted
with fiat stones and wattles of broom
corn, and surrounded by rubbish heaps
where NANCY ours and sore eyed chill
dren compete for scraps of animal re-
fuse.
Laborers, returning from days hard
work, sitdown to u meal of maize paste
and salad, washed down with the water
Of the Shiny village cistern. The profits
Of little truck farms barely satisfy the
demands Of the tithe collector, and in
dignation meetings are promptly sup
pressed, but midnight conventicles are
less easy TO prevent, and the starving
villager would as soon defile the statue
Of Garibaldi as to betray a Capo Mafioso
who has befriended him at the expense
Of an oppressive landlord. Felix L. Os-
wald in Philadelphia Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Miss Waller-oh, Mr.. Bartlett, whenever |
hear the strains of Waldteufel's waltzes, and
SEQ the couples gliding over the floor like
this, do so much regret never having
learned to dance Can't you offer me some
consolatory thought
Mr. Bartlett-Plenty of them, my dear
Miss Waller Why, If you had learned, you
wouldn't have good excuse for not being
taken out.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
Like Bir. Gallagher.

Grandmamma has been explaining to
the little girl how our earth is kept from
flying off into infinite space by the at
traction Of the sun. which is constantly
trying to draw the earth toward itself,
while the latter always keeps Its dis
tance. "Grandmamma," said the little
girl, Il should think the SUP would get
discouraged after while and, like Mr..
Gallagher, 'let her 80. N"--Providence
Journal
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

The most interesting object In the
whole of Great Britain is, perhaps, the
famous "Stone OF Scone,n which forms
the seat Of the English coronation chair.
This extraordinary stone was brought
to London by Edward from Scotland
as one of the spoils OF the campaign
after his defeat of the Scotch. 1t had
been used in Scotland for centuries as a
throne, on which the Scottish kings
were crowned. Indeed, legend carries
Its antiquity back to the days of the old
patriarchs. and asserts it to have been
the identical stone en- which Jacob
slept at Bethel.
Curious to say, 1t was predicted as
early as the Fourteenth century that the
Scottish kings, if they kept this sacred
stone from being profaned, would in
time have their revenge by becoming
kings of England, prophecy which
was literally fulfilled in the beginning
of the Seventeenth century when James
vi of Scotland became James / of Eng
land. Edward / had wooden chair
made, in which he inclosed the stone of
Scone, this chair being the one still to
be seen in the Abbey Of Westminster.
Every subsequent monarch of Great
Britain down to Queen Victoria has
been crowned while sitting on this his
trionic stone. biologists who have
given the stone professional examina-
tion doubt the legend connecting it
with Jacobs dream and the Holy Land,
declaring it tobe composed of the com
mon red sandstone SO well known on
the coast of Scotland. st. Louis Re.
public
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Gen. Sherman has received so many re-
quests lately for autographs and locks Of hair
that be has had reply printed that reads
like this: at is impossible for me to comply
with all the requests for autographs, and +
cannot send any more locks of hair because
have discharged my secretary, whose hair
had entirely disappeared under constant ap-
plication Of the scissors, and the orderly who
now serves me is entirely baldu--Boston
Transcript.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

One of the pages in the house of repre-
sentatives had a faculty for drawing. His
sketches of the members were fairly good
carlcatures The easiest mark for his pencil
was the statesman from Massachusetts,, and
the caricatures of Ben began to float around
the house pretty promiscuously Thematter
coming to the attention of Mr.. Butler, COM
plant was made to the doorkeeper, who had
charge of the pages The offending boy was
kept after adjournment to be reprimanded.
He was taken before the statesman, who had
waited to hold court on the little criminal
$50 You are the boy that has been making
these picturesgn
"Yes, sir
"Huml How old are your
'Twelve, sir"
swell, 60 to the cloak room and get my
hatn
The boy scamperefl off on the errand, glad
even for the momentary respite, but evolv-
ing in his mind the possible character of the
impending punishment, which was such that
the judge needed his hat before going to the
place Of execution. When tho youngster had
returned and tremblingly yielded up the tile,
the general, who has an enormous head,
threwthe hat like a candle snuffer down over
the tow head and flaming face Of the boy,
1t covered him like second mortgage.
"My SOM said the hero Of New Orleans,
when you can fill that hat you may carica-
ture Benjamin r. Butler Now go.n-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Poet-What can get on this poem siri
Managing Editor latter glancing at the Of
fusion md baggy trousers ut the knees to
make sure he is speaking to a poetl--Well,
cannot give you all that you ought to get, for
Ihave rheumatism in both feet and am uu.
armed, but You can take that door and chase
yourself out as quickly as you have mind
to--New York Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

One Of our clergymen married rawyoung
felowirom the country the other day, and
afler The ceremony the youth mquireii ~
swell, mister, how much for the jobin
The clergyman laughingly replied "0h, 1t
iscustomary Is TO leave thatto the bridegroom, =
swell, III tell ye, Mr., Minister, said the
youth, conlldentially., e'Ilve got just dollar
in my pocket The hackmans got to have
ilfty cents Of it, and If you want the other
fifty, bgcsh you can have itn-Burlmgton
FREQ Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

''Poor boil Your father disinherlted you,
Ihear.n
"Yes. Dear old dad, he always looked
after me-"
"What do you meanp'
why, the old man lied head over heels in
debt All that went to my brothers liar
pers Bazar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

When the experts in handwriting
meet on the witness stand and swear
hard against one another the Jury has
a difficult task. Nevertheless, there
have been remarkable cases of identifl-
cation of handwriting.
An English gentleman offered a large
sum of money for the discovery of a
marriage register, the production of
which was necessary in an Important
lawsuit An officer in a country church
wrote him that the missing register bad
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Husband textricating himself from the
wrecky-Emilyl Thank God you are safel
Heavensl isn't this awfull
Wife-Dreadfull Hear the poor people
groan Dearest
Husband-What is it, lovei
Wife-Is my hat on straightl-,Burlington
Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

DIR. Peabody's Contribution to Holmes.
One of the few failings that accom-
company DIR. Peabody's serene old age
is his occasional observation-disclosures. 1t
is told Of him that one summer day,
coming in from Cambridge, after hav-
ing alighted from the car at Bowdoin
square he turned a sharp corner and
collided withan elderly gentleman who
was standing with his hat of, wiping
the perspiration from his forehead, but
who held his hat in such way as to
give the appearance Of begging. DR..
Peabody, seeing the hat dropped a
quarter into it with his customary kind
remark. DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
who was holding the hat put the
money in his pocket solemnly thanked
his old friend, the giyer, and passed on.
Boston Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
An Insult to New York.

Worlds Fair Enthusiastic tell you, sir, in
settling this question there must be no par.
tiality shownl Chicago and New York must
be placed on an equal footing.
New Yorker-Impossibe unless
"Uules whatlo
"Unless the Chicago girl is exterminatedp
Lawrence American.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

"Chollie is in great glee today"
"Why?"
''He owed his tailor 1865 for five years,
and the tailor got mad and put the ac-
count up at public auction"
~ should think that would make Chol-
lie mad
"Oh, no. He went to the sale and
bought it for eight1s-aye cents."-Har-
pers Bazaar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Patient Ito physician)-I came to inquire
about cancer
Doctor-Where Is it locatedf
Patient-Twenty three and a half degrees
north Of the equator. 1t is the tropc of Can.
cer,--Lowell Citizen.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

'Nice dog you have there" said one trav
cling man to another.
"Yesn
whats his namefn
Scrip"
"Why GripY"
because he was so easy to get and so hard
to get rid Of. Merchant Traveller.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

Professor-Research shows us that in some
countries It has been a popular fallacy that
man was originally without teeth.
Pupil don't think it fallacy, sir
Professor-And whyi
Pupil-All the babies ever saw were with
out teeth. National Weekly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
Cheap transportation.

Dnmpsey- Hello, Blobsonl Going over ID
Winooski this morningl
Blobson- Yes, Eve an errand that will
rafrs me there
biiinpsey You're a lucky dogl I've gottc
so aieot. Burlington Free Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

The records say that there were in all
l3O,7l1 regulars and 184OsO volunteers,
or so4,7ih soldiers in the aggregate, on
the American side in the war for indie
pendence. The figures as to the number
Of sailors In that struggle vary within
wide range.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28

WAY, Ar. Banks, since when lave you
BEN wearing cyeglassesfs
We'll, Miss Edith, the truth Is you always
seemed 20 distant To me that j thought glasse.
snleht bring you little nesrer.'--New yorh
H@Alfl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-10
PAID IN HIS OWN COIN.
"AIIee Light In China, but NO Sooa IN
Melica-No Takee."
Nav York sun.


A vorng man who seemed TO stand very
much in need of clean shirt and collar
walked briskly into a Chinese laundry IN
Yorkyille, and. presenting to the mead
washermana ticket bearing the ,weil-known
hieroelyphics, he said laconically:
Gimme them"
The Cbinaman scrutinized the ticket
carefully 10 assure himself, possibly that
his customer hadn't forged 1t. and, AFTER
passing a minute in intense renection, ne
went To a shelf, and. extracting a small
marcel from a closely.buIlt wall Of similar
bundles he gave 1t TO the young man. :,
"Tven-fiye Gems" he SAID guttura!ly'
and he alternately extended snd closed the
fingers of one hand five times to illustrate
The customer drew from one Of hls
nnckets A handful Of bright brass circular
pieces. with square hole cut IN the centre
Of each and strange characters IKE those
on the wash-ticket stamped around tuelr
EDGES. He counted twenty-five OF them
and, Offering them to the Chinamah' no
said; cI,ioo -
They were Chinese coins, but forkvilie
ia a long way from the celestial empire,
and the laundryman's almond eyes con
tracted until they almost closed as be saw
" No usee here" he said, as soon az he
had recovered his power of speech: Alice
light in China, but no good IN Melica. NO
takee."
You'll have to 'takee,'" was the reply.
lyon brought 1t here. It's your money
and you'll get no other from me-" =,
He scattered the Oriental coins upon the
ironing board, cluched his bundle hrlnly
and ran into the street. The Chinaman
with his IRON in his hand, attempted to tol
low him. but be tripped at his doorstep
and fell on his face. Perhaps regarding
his overthrow az an evil omen, he aban
doned the chase, and, going, back into hi;
laundry, he gathered up the ,puncturec
coins and locked them up in drawer.