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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-29

"It keeps one SO busy making lv-
ing,n said man Of family, ''that don't
perhaps pay as much attention as l
should to the forms of speech, but !
think that my children more than make
up for anything that lack in this re
spect, and I wish they wouldn't insist as
they do upon my conforming in this
matter to what they call the usages Of
polite societ', The latest phase Of this
subject occurred last evening at dinner.
My wife looked across the table at me
and said;
ssNot 'doantchoo,' you understand, but
don't you,' with the don't and the you
pronounced separately and distinctly.
Not being prepared for this, it made me
laugh, but my eldest daughter frowned,
and when my eldest daughter frowns !
don't laugh, SO ] said yes and stopped
laughing.
1--WE been accustomed all my life to
saying .doantchoo' for don't you, and
entail for at all, and things like that,
but the children tell me that nobody
talks that way nowadays, and so ! sup
pose ] have got to give it up.
''They had before insisted that /
should have my clothes stylishly cut
and with the trousers sharply creased;
that / should wear stylish hats and
fashionable shoes, and now they insist
that / shall speak correctly. Take it all
together, / think they are making life
pretty hard for their poor old father.
Still they're nice children, and ! suppose
III have to try to keep up with the pro
csssion. New York Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-29
The pear,v Gates Aiar.

An ancient legend says that the angel
on guard at the door Of heaven was once
asked by an inquisitive passer if more
married or more single women passed
through.
HMlore married ones" he promptly an
swered.
''Indeedr' said the questioner. who wac
man. and who Immediately began to
plume himself. "Their husbands yir.
tines of course admitted them That was
right. The stronger should aid the
weaker
NO" replied the angel, "that is not
the reason
"Then what is it?'
well, If you must know" said the
angel confdentially, 1--WE pass them first
On their own merits. Lots Of 'em get
through that way. Then, when we can't
find any other recommendation for a
married woman, it is written against her
name, These are they which have come
up out Of great tribulation,' and the
gates fly open"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-29
THE cHILDREN's ROOM.

How peaceful at night
The sleeping children Lie,
Each gentle breath 50 light
Escaping like sighl
How tranquil seems the room, how fair,
To one who softly enters thcrel
Whose hands are those unseen
That smooth each little bed2
Whose locks arr those that lean
Over each pilluwed head?
Whose lips caress the boys and girls7
Whose fingers stroke the golden curls2
Whose are the yearning eyes,
And whose the trembling tear?
Whose heart Is this that cries,
Beseechlng God to hear?
Whose but the mothers, in whose face
Love shows its sweetest dwelling placer
Her hopes In beauty bloom,
And heaven sends down Its light,
Which fingers in the room
Where mother saye, Good night"
Soft treading BY the sleepers there,
Her very presence seems o prayer.
buffalo Commercial.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-29
Lebanon Express.
CRY OFFICIALS.

fEn. KELLENBERGER, 4
.,,,y,,, y, ,sr.r !. G. ROLES.
sVelNNi "A ~ a''AnN ti. w. vRUSON.
\. S. 3ALGLElSH.
City Counc meetson the first and third
Tuesday evenings o eacn nlontn.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02

nation rushed into the house and up
the stairs, and caught the little
Doy in the act of making
beautiful cast with his fishing-rod,
which would probably have spoilt a
very important state message; but the
policeman was in time, and he said to
the boy: 81 arrest YOU" This boy was
not at all intimidated, for he looked the
policeman straight in the face and said:
Policeman, where is your warrant?
You can not take me without war;
rant, The policeman was quite taken
aback at hearing this truth, and imme-
diately left the house to go and get q
warrant. The boy did not like the idea
OF being locked up for interfering with
the Pumperniclsel messages; and so he
Immediately packed little handbag
and went to the railway station, and
took train which was just then start
ing for France. In this train he was
soon over the frontier and beyond the
reach OF the Duke of Pumpernickel.
The policeman was very much aston
ished when he came back and found
that his prisoner had escaped, and had
become lost like the electricity.-Wide'
Awake.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
To Fit = Sewing Room.

A most desirable adjunct to house
where much sewing is done is q room
set apart exclusively for q asewing room.
1t need not be large, and it should not
be carpeted or contain more than the
necessary furniture; but the conven-
ience of sush room where one may be
sure of finding needles and thread,
pieces of gowns, braid and all the ac-
cessories of dressmaking and repairing
can hardly be over estimated. The
floor should be stained and vanished,
80 that its daily brushing up will be
easy to do. The sewing machine should
be placed in strong light by Windows
from hooks on the wall should depend
all the family piece bags, the pieces
carefully sorted; shelves should be put
up to hold boxes of buttons, trimmings,
patterns, etc. A cutting table or lap
board is of course indispensable, as is
low rocking-chair, without arms. A
long mirror in which the full length oi
ones figure may be seen is the greatest
possible convenience, and, If cutting
and fitting is accomplished without the
aid of professional dressmaker, a
dress form saves the time and temper
of some member of the family who
must otherwise serve as dummy
Philadelphin Press.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02

who were accused OF treacherously
leading her into Tibet. The cltiefs told
her that as far as they were concerned
she could go on to Lhassa, but they
would lose their lives if she did, and
they gave her an official and nine SOL
diers to protect her against the Chinese
servant, besides supplying her most
pressing necessities Everywhere she
found the Tibetans express liking for
the English. They had been especially
struck by the fact that the prisoners in
the Sikkim war were kept alive, well
fed, and actually supplied with money
to go home with.
On the return journey the horses.
which haye to be fed with goats flesh,
tea, butter and cheese, euffered SO from
hunger that they were always tumb-
ling down, until Miss Taylor joined
yak caravan, and 200 yaks made way
for them through twenty feet of snow.
On January % Miss Taylor left the
Lhassa district of Tibet, and on April
12 she reached Tachienlu after hard
ships such as it seems hardly credible
woman should have surmounted.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
The Comfortable Corset Cover.

In speaking of the corset cover 1t
may be said that great many women
dispense with it. 1t is claimed that
taking away. as it certainly does, from
the shape of the stays, it tends to make
the bodice less perfect in its fit. Nat
urally, every woman has her own ideas
on this subject, but the correct cover
of to-day and that Of ten years ago are
so entirely different that it may be
doubted as to whether the argument
holds good. In the first place it is not
laden with trimmings, it is made to fit
as closely as possible, and it's seams
are very small ones, done after the
fashion of French hem. Sleeves are
no longer noted, but If a cover is low
in the neck simple band is all that is
necessary, while if it is high and cut out
round, square or pointed, the shoulder
portion forms all that is necessary.
The arms eyes oftenest have simple
hem finish, very narrow and very fiat.
Lace outlines the opening of the neck,
and this may be drawn in with love
ribbon, but anything that will in any
way make "bunchiness" is avoided.
Small pearl buttons are used for the
closing, and the cover itself should be
fitted to be little longer than the
stays.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.

AT a recent special meeting of the
Fellows of the Royal Geographical So
ciety of England, u resolution in favor
of the admission of ladies as honorary
members was rejected by l72 to 1853
votes.
Miss NJ. MERTA MITCHELL, of Salem,
Ind, was admitted to the bar the day
after the Indiana supreme court decided
that women might practice law. That
gives her the distinction of being the
first woman lawyer in the state.
THE English girl seems to LA busy
acquiring knowledge. Miss Mary
O'Brien, for instance, has received q
scientific research scholarship, worth
about $3.50 year. for two years. She
has decided to devote herself for that
period to the study of the nitrogen sup.
ply of the luguminous and other plants.
Miss DUDLEY, an English bicyclist,
holds the record for long distance rid
ing by women. She made the distance
of one hundred miles, between Hitchin
and Lincoln, in little more than seven
hours, or at an average speed OF nearly
fourteen miles an hour. This, too, in
regulation petticoats, not the new style
of trousers.
AN effort was recently made to Sc.
cure the admission of women to mem
bership in the Laryngological associa.
ton in England. Although the attempt
was unsuccessful the women regard it
as an evidence of . advance that the
question should have been debated in
the society. They gained good deal,
anyway, as women are to be admitted
as visitors with power to take part in
discussions.
Mrs. STELLA T. CoNaER, wife of ex.
Senator O. d. Conger. of Michigan,
died recently, and her will occasions
some comment. She was rich and he
was poor To him she leaves the sum
of $3.50 month, and makes provision
for his funeral and for the erection of q
suitable monument over his remains.
She does not, however, leave him any
ready money-no lump sum-only this
annuity of 81, 800, payable monthly.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
ALWAYS BUOYANT.
She Works With q Man of Dry Science
But She Overcomes That.


hut She Overcomes That.
A woman who is secretary for we'll
known scientific man has caused much
secret envy among her sex because of
her abounding vitality she always dis
plays. Some of her less energetic
friends assert that her vitality is posi-
lively irritating. She works all day
and she stays up as late as she wants
to, having the good times which most
women who work hard deny them
selves, saying they simply must have
time for rest" She is always alert,
mentally and physically. This, she
says, is the way she does it: She rises
early. That, at the outset, would
frighten most people out of their desire
to be perennially gay. Her next move
is more encouraging for she differs
from those disagreeable people who
recommend cold plunge for the first
act of the day. She doesn't believe in
cold plunges, but she does dash cold
water in her face, and then eats an
orange or some other fruit in season,
and bathes her face, neck and arms.
BY the time breakfast is ready, and
less resolute people are rubbing their
eyes and saying sleepily: mercy! Is ii
breakfast time?' She has copied her
report of lecture or prepared some
original matter for the publisher. Her
morning meal begins with more fruit.
She is great believer in fruit and
water, but takes the former internally
and the latter externally. Much drink
ing of water, she contends, makes the
flesh soft and fiabby; much bathing
makes it firm and elastic.
After breakfast comes the long pull
Of the days work with the learned
man. He, it is whispered, does not
recognize grammar as his strong point
at least his secretary does not. At
ter pursuing the elusive rules of syn
tax and rhetoric through the labyrinth
of his treaties, she goes home mental
and physical wreck. But she looks at
her haggard face in the glass and
smiles scornfully and inhospitably upon
it. She waves her wand, otherwise her
hair brush, diligently for awhile, and
bathes her face and arms in very hot
water. Finally she heats her hand,
moistened with aromatic vinegar, rubs
the back of her neck well, then looks
in the glass, and, presto! the haggard
face is gone and rosy one appears in
stead.
Late in the evening the superior sec
retary likes to indulge in cracker and
some stewed fruit, and the last act of
the day is her bath. Three times a
week she indulges in sulphur bath.
She had shrewdly observed that at the
sulphur springs even wrinkled old
ladies came from the baths with soft
pink glow tinging their yellow cheeks.
Consequently she tried manufacturing
her own sulphur baths. She throws
handful of sulphur into the bath tub
and the next morning she has as pref
ty flush as three-year-old baby.
She admits that it takes determine
tion to inaugurate this regime, but
claims that once started it supports it.
self by the extra energy it superin-
duces. And then she exults. And her
indolent sisters say she is very irritat-
ing. "Her spirits are almost animal. !"
n Y. Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
ALWAYS Be TRUE.

be true to yourself, In the battle of life.
my iad with the laughing eye;
LOOK tne world In the face with q fearless
gaze,
Neither telling nor acting liel
ne readY TO help friend in distress,
AS you'd have that friend help you;
lie champion brave in righteous cause.
But whatever you are, be true,
fou VIII hnd many dangers along your way.
anu snares that are hid from sight;
but remember the watchword be true TO your.
self
Ana 10 what you know to be right
beware OF mean, underhanded act,
BE honest the whole way through
be noble In actions, In thoughts and In words.
And whatever you are, be true
Though falsehood may wear a bcwilder,ng
smile,
remember your whole life long,
That truth never come in the guise OF deceit
False eolors to knaves belong.
eolet me advise you my merry young lad
To be honest In all that you do;
be faithful friend and generous foe,
But whatever you are be truel
Helen W. Clark. In Golden Days.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
Tho Dandelion's Flight.

Where's Dandelion, who always stood here
In her gay golden gown oil the spring OF the
year?
Oh, she longed so to travel this nice summer
weather.
rha, a wee silk balloon she wove neatly to-
gether,
And one bright breezy day she went sailing
away;
And where she has landed I really can't say.
Youths Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
A Critical Young Lady.

Cosy, the infantile daughter OF a
great artist, was shown some pretty
but very modern spoons lately. and her
opinion requested.
81 don't care for them," she said, de-
murely. mo character Wide Awake
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
Ruined His Hair.

A counsel was examining the plain
tiff in recent breach of promise ac-
ton.
"Was the defendants air." he asked,
when he promised to marry you, per-
fectly serious, or was it one of levity
and jocularity?"
'If you please, SIR" replied the plain.
tiff, ''it was all ruffied-like through i'm
q runnin' lis and through it. "-Drake's s
Magazine.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02

Insanity in every country is more
prevalent among unmarried men than
married persons. Marriage, it would
appear, brings people to their senses
Boston Transcript
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
Wifely Forethoueht.

Mrs. McSwat-Are you going to the
lodge this evening, Billiger?
Mr.. McSwat-Yes, dear.
"Then here's your largest hat
Chicago Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1893-09-02
NeeGs . MAgniner.

Jones-I'm told that your prospecta
are Ane, old follow.
Smith-So fine that can't see 'em
Judge.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23
LESNET'S LEAVE.
He Was Not Murdered, But is Not Apt to
Hurry Homeward.

From Eddy Argus
Frank Lesnet, receiver of the United
States land Office at Roswell, was not
murdered but is alive. He is basking
in the sunshine of Mexico, the south
land, or battling with the chill winds of
the east. He isn't coming back to Ros-
well, not if he has any say in the matter.
These assertions may sound too pocitive.
Perhaps they are, They should be quail
fed, being based on supposition. Now
for the circumstances
A few days ago an inspector was sent
out to investigate the affairs of the
absent official His report has not been
made public. But before the arrival of
the examiner, Lesnet's bondsmen were
feeling very uncomfortable. They were,
or some of them at least, satisfied that
they were liable to have to pay the
government $4,000 unless Lesnet re-
turned and delivered the money or
showed up credits to cover receipts. So
much for that point.
Now, when Lesnet returned to Ell
Paso from Santa Fe he may have i'll
telded to come home, but for some
reason fingered there eight days, finally
telegraphing that he was detained as a
witness, presumably at Las Cruces. But
he was not at Las Cruces. While in El
Paso he was in the company of several
jolly spirits like himself.
That Lesnet got 5000 in small bills in
FL Paso for the Roswell bank, indicates
that he started homo. But W. M. Reed,
civil engineer of Eddy, who is in New
York, met HIM in Fort Worth on the
10th instant, after the banking transac-
ton at Ell Paso.
Certain it is, no one well informed as
to his actions now thinks Lesnet was
murdered. The conditions Of his ac-
counts may have been such that at the
last moment he failed in courage to face
the music.
If he owed a large sum to the govern,
ment he might have been tempted to
disappear.
A few years ago Lesnet was cattle
and mill owner in Lincoln county. He
sold the mill fer a good sum and was
supposed to have $4,000 Much or all
of it vanished before lie located in Ros
we'll, but he is reported to still be the
owner of some real estate.
Lesnet was generous hearted man
very popular personally, and the peo
pie will be slow to believe that he wat
dishonest. or that he is in default. He
was ever ready to share his funds witt
others; he even backed friend in es
/ tablishing a saloon.
Ii the government money has dis
appeared through the hands of the
trusted receiver, along with his owl
funds, the probability is that borrowing
friends and the poker players Of Roswell
Santa Fc and El Paso have had th,
disbursement Of the boodic
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

John Robertson, city engineer and
man highly respected and esteemed for
his many virtues as man. crossed over
into the great beyond at $50 last night.
Mr. Robertson has been i'll only about
two weeks, being first taken down with
severe cold, which resulted in a fever of
a typhoid malarial type. lie passed
away peacefully surrounded by his
family, his two sons and his beloved wife
Tho deceased was a native Of Scotland
He was a civil engineer by profession
and held many diplomas from the British
government awarded for his work in the
field oi science. lie came TO the United
States in 1866 and settled at Scranton,
Penn, where for years he bad charge OF
the Delaware q Hudson Canal company
real estate department. In 1878 he came
west as the manager of coal mines in
I Arkansas and because Of failing health
he left there and came to Las Vegas in
1850. Several years were spent also in
California at Fresno, and some three
years ago Surveyor General Hobart sent
for him to come to Santa 'e and engage
IN government work,
Mr.. Robertson was man OF raro edu.
cation aud superior ability, and was in
the truest sense good cirizen and
Christian gentleman. The world eau III
afford 10 lose such men, and there il gen.
cral regret expressed over his demise
Ills aged was &C years. He leaves a
vile and three s0ns, one in Scranton
the othcc two Mcssrs. John II. and
Arthur Robertson, Of this city. Tho re
mains have been embalmod and will be
taken east tonight for burial ut Scranton
Mrs Robertson and her elder son nc
companyiug the body Ncw Noricda
March 2ist
Mr.. Robertson was we'll known here
being interested in some mining proper
ties ON Baxter mountain. and had man!
warm personal friends in thus city wh,
will be panied to learn Of his death.
The EAoLE Office is now prepared I,
ID t.f.... n ....
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

OUR school board has decided to
hold an election, as required by
law, on the 22nd day of April to
vote bonds for the construction Of
a public school building, and we
hope by the commencement Of the
next term, White Oaks will be
graced by as fine a school house as
there is in the Territory.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

The secret mission of Commits
sioner Blount to Honolulu would
indicate that Mr.. Cleveland is not
fully satisfied that Hawaii should
be annexed and proposes to be
thoroughly posted on the situation
before taking any decisive steps in
the matter. That's characteristic
of our Grover.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

Our post-office has been adj
vanced a peg. On April lst, this
Office will be rated as third class, a
Presidential office; and it is due to
the enterprise and persistence of
our respected postmaster, Mrs.
Timoney, that the change has been
brought about.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

The Carnegie Steel company re-
Gently gave an order to Whitworth
q Co., of Manchester, England,
for an enormous press for their ar
NOR plate works in Homestead,
Pa, to cost over $l,O00,000. This,
in the face of tariff reform adj
is suggestive.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

J, Reynolds, banker Of Ell Pdso, who
was in Washington, ID. c., a few days
ago, writes that the latest news in state
hood admission matters is to the effect
that a move Is on foot to unite Arizona
with New Mexico and admit them as
one state. But there are no prospects
that anything Will be done in the matter
during the present session Of congress,
EddA Citizen.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

LAST month Dal Hawkins killed
William Miller in prize fight in
San Francisco, Hawkins and six
others were tried for manslaughter,
but the court very properly held
that the killing of a pugilist was
no crime. Oh, most wise Judge!
Boulder Tribune.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

A. schuzug in the Iustire's court. Pre.
tH rinct No. A. Lincoln county,
A ~ Coruhl.hs. NcN Mczicu.
Tie aid defendant, 4. y. Cufnelias is hereby
notified that @ auit in asumpsit by attachment
has been eummenccd against you in saii county
hy said plaintiff. that writ has bsca i-sued
AGAINST you and your property attached damages
claimed, Forty nine dollars anG ninety a,c cents.
tlPMl. that unless you euter your appearance
iu said suit on She io.h day II April. isgl ai
80 O'Clock a. ni.. ~ suii day, judgment by do
fauls wili be- rendered against gou aud youi
rfol ef'y soid 10 saiisi, same.
J re iANDsfoS. Constable
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

PRINCESS KAIULANI, of Hawaii,
received a thorough education in
London, and possesses many ac-
complishments. She is a natural
and plays the violin in a
way to charm any savage breast,
She also paints.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

OVER 1000 families are assem-
blcd along the Cherokee strip
awaiting the rush, and if the land
isn't thrown open for occupation
soon there will be much dcstitu-
tion and suffering amongst the
settlers
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

THE cntcrprising people Of Sill
yer City are already preparing for
the silver convention 10 be held in
that city in July.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

Here is what Peter Cooper, who died
worth many millions, said of a news
paper; "In all the towns where a news
poper is published, every man and
woman should advertise in it, if nothing
more than a card stating the name and
business engaged in. 1t does not only
pay the advertiser, but let's people know
at distance that the town iu which you
reside is prosperous community Of
business men. AS the seed is sown so
the seed recompenses. Never pull down
your sign while you expect to do bust
ness
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23
LAST Saturdays RocLg Mountain
Ners contains an excellent descrip-
tive write up Of Arizona.

Notlcc of Meeting for the Examination
OF Teachers.
Notice is hereby given that there will
%, q meeting Of the Board Of School Tx
amincrs of the County Of Lincoln, on
the lO:h day Of April, 1893 Each ap.
plicaut iof certificate should be pres.
cut as early us @ O'Clock a. m
): r Gray, supt, goo-d q,
NJ. a. Sisnor0s, ti -. A. VI
II $. Smith, HA"''''''''S'
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

Adviccs from Las Cruces state that
John Roper, the cowboy murderer of
yourg Sam Steel, has been found guilty
Of murder in the first degree, as charged
in the Indictment. The verdict was no
surprlse.
The old Abe eagle., 1893-03-23

IT IS predicted that Gen. VIM.
Il. Cox, of North Carolina. will be
chosen secretary Of the senate and
K. J. Bright, Of Indiana, will be
scrgeant-at-arms.