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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-01-20
Weeds as Big as Trees

Sage brush is known TO scientists as
artemisia tridentata. Most persons who
are familiar with it think of it as an
ordinary weed of small size, and even
so high an authority as the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica refers to it as growing
in ''treeless valleys and slopes" it will
astonish most persons to know that it
sometimes grows TO such proportions as
to provide a section of country with
trees Gifts own wood, producing groves
of thick-trunked and comparatively tall
trees, Instead of mere weeds. Professor
Elwood Meade, the State Engineer of
Wyoming, while exploring the northern
and central parts of that State last sum-
mer, came upon a district where the
sage brush thrived thus gigantically.
Many of the sage trees that he saw were
eighteen feet high, with trunks at least
a foot in diameter. This was in the Big
Horn Basin, east of the National Yellow
stone Park and northeast of the Wind
River Indian reservation, where the No
Wood River joins the Big Horn.
Professor Meade returned to Cheyenne
enthusiastic in his praise Of the basin
now little known except to the stock
men whose cows range there. 1t is as
big as some of the older States, and
will provide plenty of water for irriga.
ton from the tributaries of the Big Horn
River. Several very large irrigable
tracts have been surveyed already. No
railroads yet reach the district, but the
Burlington and Missouri Railroad is
building to sheridan in the county Of
that name, and has employed its agents
to "spy out the land" beyond. Profess
sor Meade had never seen such big sage
brush as he discovered there, but since
his return he realizes the truth of Solo
mons assertion that there is no new
thing under the sun, because he has been
informed that at some pc; It in California
the same weed "grows to such proper
tions that the people cut it for core
wood. San Francisco Examiner.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-01-20
The Most Pleasant Way

Of preventing the grippe colds, headaches and
fevers is to use the liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup of Figs, whenever the system needs a
gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefited
one must get the true remedy manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale
by all druggists in SOC. and 81 bottles.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-01-20
RALED BRUSH.

The delights Of an open fire are denied
many because Of the scarcity of fuel.
But thousands live where brush is album
dant. It may be quickly and chea2ly
prepared for use on the hearth by a
homemade hand press, and its disap-
pearance would prove blessing to many
a community. Two strong horses must
first be built. Use plank crossed like
the letter X, and firmly bolted together.
Hollow the upper part so it will re-
semble U rather than ', and do not
have it too far from the ground. Stand
up these horses six feet apart, and line
their upper holiows with heavy boards,
placing one horse one foot from the end
of this trough and the other just at the
opposite end. Or log may be dug out
and firmly mounted. To the foot of the
horse, flush with the end, bolt an up
right board loosely, and attach to this a
lever in such a way that it will come
down closely over the end of the trough.
To bale brush lay it in the press and
bring down the lever. While holding
this with the knee, bind the bundle
firmly with cheap tarred Irvine; then
ship 1t along ana repeat. Tlace the
bands so the long roll can be cut in
lengths to please. To do so will be
easy, and these bundles will be neat,
pleasant to burn and economical. Brush
from trees cut this winter may be all
prepared while green and pliable. Birch,
chestnut, maple and alder are con-
venient, as their branches are not
scraggy. Corn and sunfower stalks and
swale hay may be utilized thus also. To
add variety and zest to the brilliance of
the home hearth, bind few evergreens.
Boys and girls, as we'll as those of
mature years, love to see fire. Who
knows but it rlay help keep them home
and make them love the old farm
better. Surely it will attract social
neighbors who will contribute to the
evenings p1ofit.-New York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-01-20

About a third of the entire popula-
ton of the world speak the Chinese Ian
guage or its allied dialects.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
Tho Era Of Bis Girls.

This is the era Of the heavyweight
athletic young woman, who walks
abroad with the swinging tread of q
grunadier. shoulders erect, chest ex-
panded and head held high, young
woman who thinks nothing Of ten
mile walk, and is altogether new type
of American independence
She is the evolution Of the modern col
lege. Higher education has done it ALL
and before we know it we shall have
raised a race Of amazons, and the girls
Of Laselle and Wellesley will be chal-
longing the boys of Yale and Harvard
in rowing and racing and football ath-
letics.
Professor Bragdon. Of Laselle semi
nary, is authority for these facts: Since
the opening Of the seminary in Septem-
Der up to date forty-two young women
have gained nine pounds or over; three,
fourteen each: two, sixteen, one, nine
teen: one, twenty; one, twenty-five, and
the record breaker has gained twenty.
three pounds in little over four months.
The featherweight of them all weighs
eighty-one pounds, the heaviest plump
1877. and they are the healthiest set OF
girls in all New England
So much for calisthenics, athletics,
physiology and hygiene in the curricu-
lum Of higher education, for Laselle
specializes health and avoirdupois even
above Greek and Latin as important
points Of culture 1t is to Laselle we
must look to controvert all lingering
prejudice Of the debilitating effects of
higher education. Boston Post
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The matter Of having gravy ready when
wanted is very important part Of the
household economy, and many dish
which otherwise might be fiat, stale and
Improbable" is made nutritious and pal
atable by the addition of half cup of
strong gravy, Make your cook keep all
the scrapings of gravy from the beef
steaks or any made gravy; season well
with salt and pepper and keep in the re-
frigerator. 1t will always be wanted in
the next days cooking
If you have no gravy ready when you
want it, you can always make it by taking
some bones Of cooked meat, cracking them
and putting them in saucepan with any
bits of meat or gristle. Cover them with
cold water and stew slowly for two hours
and you will have cupful Of good gravy
This should be done daily with the bones
and bits Of meat left over. New Eng
land Homestead.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Breakfast being the plainest meal Of the
day, the arrangement of the table should
always be simple. The cloth should be
spotless. At each persons seat place a
knife, fork, teaspoon or dessertspoon, tum-
bier and napkin, and if fresh fruit is to be
served IA finger bowl, if there be no serv-
ant. If you have waitress, she will place
the finger bowls on as you finish with the
fruit If fresh fruit be served there must
also be placed at each seat fruit knife and
plate. The knives and spoons should be
placed at the right and the forks and nap
kins at the left, the tumblers to be at the
point Of the knives There should be
space between the knife and fork for
breakfast plate
Have the dish of fruit in the center Of the
table. Have tray cloth at each end of the
table. Spread little butter plates at the
top of each plate. If individual salt and
pepper bottles be used, place them at the
side of each plate If large ones place them
at the corners of the table, Put four table
spoons on the table, either in two corners
Or beside the dishes that they will be used
in serving. Put the carving knife and fork
at the head of the table, and the cups and
saucers, sugar and cream, coffeepot, hot
water bowl, ETC., and the mush dishes at
the other end.-St. Louis Republic.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

us that from the large classes Of girls
who took the course Of sewing none
could be found willing to 60 to the homes
Of their benefactors and perform their
housework Their plea was that they
wanted their evenings to themselves.
Yet those same girls when they left the
school and found clerkships, working
for $3.50 or $S a week. would come to
evening classes from the stores--often
not even waiting for their suppers-and
spend their evenings in earnest work.
Evidently friyolity or wish for dissi-
patton was not the foundation OF their
objection to housework, The explana-
ton may be found in the desire for re-
taxation from restraint or wish for per-
sonal freedom that is inherent in human
nature, and which is necessity for con-
tinued effective service; but more po-
tent reason, believe, is that they were
not trained for homework. except, per-
haps, to look down on il and to do as
little as possible of such degrading work
Chicago Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

At the February meeting of Sorosis in
New York the question Should wom-
ans training for a business career take
into consideration that she may become
q wife and mother" was discussed by
Mrs Ada NJ brown, chairman of the
day, as follows.
Woman's function in the world is de-
terlnined by nature-she is made to be
the mother Of the race, Accepting the
scientific fact, 1t does not follow that
motherhood absorbs all her energies
Amelia Barr has been the mother of fif-
teen children, yet her books are accepted
by publishers and readers. Train a girl
as we will we cannot convert her into a
mere sexless machine Physiologically
we must take into consideration that she
may become wife and mother, though
practically we ignore it. 1t is mistake,
then, TO train girls precisely like boys.
No true womanly woman wishes to be a
man. she is quite satisfied to be . good
specimen Of her own sex,
Women are handicapped in the race
Of life by having to tit themselves for
two careers-primarily, for trade or
profession, contingently, for the home
and family that may come Women
students or wage earners must sew,
cook, make and mend, wash their hand
kerchiefs and take infinite pains to look
pretty to attract the men. How many
men students make their own trousersi
The same qualities which make a
successful business woman are necessary
in good wife-promptness, punctuali-
ty, method and exactness. In this age
has been evolved woman with equal
powers for being and doing, with wom-
anly instincts and masculine skill
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
For Girls VINO wIsh to Study Art.


A woman most familiar with the advan-
tages offered to girl art students in both
Paris and New York advises those young
persons whose motto is Art for moneys
sake" to do their studying in America
Even for those with higher motives she be-
lieves that almost as good advantages are
to be had at home. "There is no pot boil
ing work to be had at Paris" she says,
land even If there were American girls
could not compete with the trained French
artist artisans. There are no pupils to be
had for obvious reasons. In America there
are pupils to be had everywhere, and there
is pot boiling art work galore for any girl
or woman with pluck enough to strike out
for herself, and to read the newspapers,
advertisements. art notes and labor inter
est columns
ut is not absolutely necessary that every
girl who studies art should do so with the
idea of becoming an easel artist. tits just
as socially respectable to be successful
artist artisan, making two Thousand
year, as to sell pictures to the extent Of
five hundred and scheme to get yourself
invited to dinner to make out your liveli-
hood. do not hesitate to say that, with
its various technical art schools, New York
offers superior advantages over Paris for
women for the study Of applied art-that
is art of remunerative sort out Of which
good livelihoods may be earned by wom-
en."--New York Post
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The constantly increasing nearsighted-
ness among school children, and the very
general need and use Of glasses, ought to
suggest to us whether or not we are sufflci-
emily careful of the conditions affecting
the eyes Of the young. Do we see to it
that the books they read and those they
study are Of Il clear and large type, re-
quiring no straining or forcing Of the Wis
ion, and do we encourage a large and open
script for their handwriting2 Do we see
to 1t that our school houses are built with
view to the falling of the light in the
right way for the children's safety'
Do we have the lights at home so regu
lated that no blaze shall produce blindness
and no dimness make sight difficult' Do
we make sure that the child holds his book
at the distance which gives correct focus,
that he holds his body properly in relation
to his book or work, that he looks off fire.
quently, thus changing the character Of
the demand on the eye, and that he is not
allowed to continue long in any effort re-
quiring the too intent use Of his eyess
Do we keep ourselves on the lookout, too,
for the first indication Of feebleness or
strain, in order that artificial aids may be
resorted to in season to prevent any posi-
tive evils That precaution In all these di-
rections is wise is evident from the fact, il
we look for it, that in those living what
might be called the natural life-thatis,
without books or fine work-there is very
little trouble with the eyes where the con-
ditions Of good bodily health otherwise are
maintained. -Harper's Bazaar
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
THE SUMNER YOUNG MAN.

Oh, summer girl, summer girl, blushing and
sweet.
Our b0soms with rapture you thrill.
And nature herself grows more balmy TO greet
Your coming to seaside or hill.
But, farest and rarest Of beauty's domain.
'Tis time that another began
Some notice to gain in lyrical vein,
SO here's TO the summer young mani
For who has inspired all those delicate furls
That rayish our eyes as we gaze,
That garments light swirls and these soft
fluffy curls
That futter and charm and amazel
Is It not for the youth who comes out for q
week
That these dainty illusions you plan
Come, lift up those lashes, my fair one. and
speak
Is 1t not for the summer young mann
Wheneer we are singing a summer girl song
Let's think Of the credit that's due
To the masculine person for whom she may
long
To be gentle and lovely to view.
He may be unworthy such treasure to find.
His features unpleasant to scan,
Yet he Is u boon. you'll admit, TO mankind
So here's to the Summer young mani
Washington Star
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

scription from among the richer mem
bers Of the commMity But, with the
,Dnsent of all interested, part OF tins sum
was used thoroughly to iii the college
with all the necessary aids 10 teaching
IN all branches, and now oul 9a0 students
have the choice Of full CURRICULUM IN
arts, sciences and medicine lhe staff be
ing n highly qualified one indeed, in
several instances identical with that OF
the university
Qneen Margaret IS the solitary college
for women in Scotland really on the lines
Of a university, and leading the students
10 the university degrees rs soon as thess
are thrown open. Girls from all parts
remote counties in England, small towns
in Ireland, as well as many parts Of Scot
land are to be met within the halls. fit
ting themselves for various careers in
life, as teachers, medical women, nurses,
and last, but certainly not least, for that
sphere Of general usefulness which falls
10 the lot OF most women, and for which
no education can be too wide or too
thorough
AS before mentioned. Queen Margaret
college has yet to complete its endow-
ment, and a movement is being inaugu-
rated among all classes TO bring this
about by means Of a bazaar, to be held
uext November in Glasgow Bazaars
may not be ideal means Of raising money
but they have this advantage, that they
may enable all to help according to their
means. and it Is to be hoped that women
in England. Scotland and ireland may
send their quota to the college which is
now offering such benefits to no many
and which requires only to be known to
confer them on many more. London
Queen
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Very romantic was the story of the
Baronne de Charette, the mother of the
well known general who has just died
after few days illness at the Chateau
de la CONTRIB, in the department of the
Loire lnferieure, at the advanced age of
eighty She and her elder sister, the
Princess de Lucinge, were the daughters
of the Due de Berry and Mrs Brown.
While the duke was expiring after the
stab inflicted on him by his assassin
Louvel, as he was leaving the opera on
Feb. l3, 1920, he recommended the two
girls to the care of the ducbesse and the
king, who took charge Of them,
The elder, who afterward married
the Prince de Lucinge, was created
Comtesse d lssoudun. and the younger,
who has just died, received the title of
Comtesse de Vierzon The Baron de
Charette, whom she married, played a
prominent part during the rising in the
Vendee Paris Cor London Telegraph
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
A Use for old Mosqulto Nothing.

A good suggestion is use for mosquito
netting after it has done duty on bars or as
bed canopy. OF it excellent wash and dish
cloths may be made. The netting should
be folded several times, six or eight at
least, and the square made considerably
larger than desired, as the material shrinks
great deal The thicknesses are then to
be quilted in long stitches and at wide in
tervals with white darning cotton, the
edges turned in, where they are not folded,
and the article is ready, II the netting is
colored, toss the cloths into the boiler be-
fore using and boil out the dye, The wear
ing quality Of these netting cloths is al
most unexcelled, while the loose mesh
makes them very satisfactory to use. Her
Point Of View in New York Times,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The parlors and ballroom of the Hotel
Brunswick were filled Saturday with
pretty girls Of the Vassar Alumna asso-
citation Those same roonls see many
gay gatherings-portly gentlemen farm
ers' Of the New York Farmers club,
jolly members Of the Coaching club, and
all sorts Of entertainments to the great
and good but energetic little Abe
Godchaud, who looks after that sort OF
thing sand that he didn't remember ever
having heard 80 much musical feminine
laughter bubbling through the hotel,
and he was certain he hadn't seen so
many pretty girls since he took off kills
There were $50 Of them-enough to
insure the eternal prosperity of sum-
mer resort--and they all seemed SO en-
thnslastic about their alma mater and
so energetic in the transaction Of the
associations business and withal 80
happy and athletic, that il was very
strong argument IN favor of the higher
education OF women Business was at
tended to first They held two business
meetings one for the general associa-
ton 10 which the Chicago. Boston and
Washington branches sent delegates,
and one for the New York branch, and
II was not until those were over that
luncheon was served
There was an informal discussion of
the quotation. 'Shall women have the
same wages as men for performing the
same work. in which Mrs Elizabeth
Howe, OF Boston, and Mrs Ellen Rich
ard. Of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. took prominent part. The
immediate outcome Of the discussion
was the passage Of resolution to In
crease the Marie Mitchell fund, the in
come Of which supports the chair Of
astronomy from 100000 10 $4,000.
thereby making the salary Of the astro-
noinical professor equal to that paid to
men in the great universities VI the
$50 $lg,0 is still TO be raised mostly
by subscription. New York Recorder.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
Modest Purchases by Rich People.

Mrs. Leland Stanford, wife Of the mil.
lionaire senator from California, recent.
ly called at Washington carpet store
and asked to be shown something that
would be suitable for her dining room.
Would you like Wilton or a mo.
quette?" asked the clerk
"Show me some tapestries that sell for
a dollar yard. replied the millionaire's
wife.
Mrs. Philip q. Sheridan has laid down
ingram carpets in all her chambers, and
the daughter Of one Of the rich Philadel.
phia Drexels has nothing butingrain car.
pets in her halls. Many Washington
parlors are covered with filling in carpet,
which sells for ninety cents yard, but
costly rugs are laid on il here and there.
Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Apropos of the difficulty even their fair
owners experience in locating ladies' pock
cts an English paper tells story of a lady
who, arrayed in a new frock, took a han
som the other day and on alighting hunted
vainly for the entrance to the pocket where
she had confdingly placed her purse The
quest was so unduly prolonged that at last
her charioteer, who was not man of re
iinement, remarked from his perch, Now
then, marin. when you've quite done
a-scratchin Of your back will you pay mt
my fare"-Argonaut.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Two women were discussing the ques-
tion Of tips to walters in cafe the other
day, one maintaining that the wages Of
walters were pay enough and wondering
how much the men got in fees Their
waiter, u very good natured colored man.
stood by, and the woman said:
"Im going to ask him." So she said to
him:
'Say, John, how much do you men get q
day in feesS"
The reply came at once
"See that boy over there' Well, he makes
pile. He has luck, he has. Always gets
big fees He gets men to his table nev
er has no luck. always has women."-
Boston Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

"Hello." he called to an acquaintance
whom he had not seen for two or three
weeks; been away"
"Yes."
Take your fishing tackle alongi"
"Yes."
Have good timer"
"Yes."
"That's nice. Where'd you goi"
"Up north"
What was the weight of your largest
fishf"
Didn't catch any,"
"Was the wind wrong"
"No."
"Too early or too late in the season9"
"No."
lose all your tackle before you got
there~
NO"
"You got few bites"
'Not bite"
"Other fellows caught fish up therei"
mo, not fish"
"Uml That's queer Why didn't you
catch any ishf"
Because | was in the pine woods, Is
miles from the nearest creek In fact. the
well at the hotel was almost dry"
But you-you had few nibblesi" per
sisted the man.
mo, didn't have my tackle out at all .
"Humphl Fifteen miles from the near
est fish"
"Yes."
well, there are some mighty queer peo-
pie in this worldl Not even nibblei Good
day, sirP'-Detroit Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Great Scott" exclaimed the worried
looking man with a tooth marked lead
pencil, cant you keep that baby quiet2"
Pm doing my best" answered his wife
Hes only laughing"
u can't help that It's noise, And I've
got to finish this poem about What Our
Darling Prattler Says for The Cherub's
Own before night or they won't use it"-
Washington Star.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Any one whose nerve force Is deficient
and blood impoverished may take, with
benefit, the yolk Of IN egg, well beaten up
In glass Of milk. each morning. The
iron and phosphoric compounds are In
such condition as to be readily assimi-
lated By the system, although ANAL In
amount New York Journal
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Guide-l have brought you to this point.
miss, in order that your first view of the
great Manufactures building may enable
you to grasp in some measure its stately,
magnificent, yet simple, grandeur.
Young Woman lin wheeled chair)-Oh.
isn't it nicel- Chicago Tribune.