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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

Every bee has two kinds of eyes--the
two large compound ones, looking like
hemispheres on either side, and the
three simple ones which crown the ton
of the head. Each compound eye is
composed of $500 facets-that is to say,
an object is reflected $500 times on its
surface. Every one Of these facets is
the base Of an inverted hexagonal pyra-
mid, whose apex is fitted to the head.
Each pyramid may be termed an eye,
for each has its own iris and optic nerve.
How these insects manage this mar
velous number Of eyes is not yet known.
They are immovable, but mobility is un-
necessary because of the range of vision
afforded by the position and the number
OF facets, They have no lids, but are
protected from dust and injury by rows
of hairs growing along the lines at the
functions of the facets. The simple
eyes are supposed to have been given the
bee to enable it to see above its head
when intent upon gathering honey from
the cups of flowers. Probably this may
be one reason, but it is likely there are
other uses for them not yet ascertained
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

They had quarreled, and the high
spirited girl said as she handed him a
package There, Mr.. Ferguson, are the
presents you have given me. Now that
all is over between us, sir, there should
be no reminders Of the foolish past"
"You are right, Miss Keezer, he said
humbly. land suppose must return
the gifts you have presented to me-
Il never gave you anything, sir, that
| remember. &
''Lndeed yon did,"
"Sir. r. N.
Miss Keezer-Katiel" he exclaimed
with something that sounded like a sob
Il value them beyond everything else III
the world 1t would break my heart to
return them; but there is nothing else
left for me TO do"
will yon kindly tell me. sir, what
you are speaking of?'
II am speaking, Katie, Of the kisses
you have given me! They are not mine
now It's my duty to restore them.
Forgive me, darling but | cannot 20
away without"
"Oh, George!'
When the clock struck eleven, about
three hours later, George was still re-
turning them, London Tit-Bits. @
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

A device designed for the service Of pho.
tographers is an electric retouching pencil.
A miniature motor is mounted on the end
Of the pencil and gives to the pencil point
which is attached to the armature shaft
and not to the holder tube--a very rapid
motion The pencil is suspended by a
spring in the photographers cabinet, with
in easy reach of the negative. The spring
relieving the operator from the weight of
the apparatus, it is only necessary for him
to apply it to the proper point on the mega
tive, and the little instrument will do its
own work. Such an arrangement is also
expected to become applicable to dentists
tools. New York World.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24
Church Chimes Are Common.

| Within the last sixteen years only two
new chimes have been put up in this
city-those OF st, .Alichael's church and
those of st. Andrews. In 1876 there
We're three chimes those of Trinity,
Grace church and st. Thomas. AT that
time writer in one Of the prominent
magazines expressed surprise that there
should be "a chime away off in Eureka,
CAL, three sets in Troy, N. X, one in
Hartford, one in Birmingham, Conn.
and one in Savannah,
There are many chimes now away
off in California, and all the large cities
have them. That there are only five
full chimes in New York is good evil
dence that only five churches care for
them, for a good set can be bought for
less than $4,000, and dollars are not
scarce in the New York churches. New
York Sun,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

Think have read the riddle Alright.
This Is the desolaic end.
An incident told amid laughter bright,
The last hand clasp Of IA frend.r
Oh, lever his eye or his tone spoke praise
But speech would hurry after,
To thrust sting In the honeyed phrase
Or hide the look with laughter.
The air Of the room Is elosel Let m,
breathei
How my heart beats, dull and siowi
The smile Is checked that my pallid lips
wreathe--
Dear God, Is II always so2
Thus ever q glimpse OF the suns swift ray
That hides In the clouds and rain;
But never one long, sweet comforting day
After ioyless nights Of pain.
Was II the wine in my heart and brain
That so stirred a pulse long still2
The sweeter wine Of voice, did drain?
Or ----2 Let II be as 1t will
II has all gone under the clouds again,
The CLINT Of the sun on me-
While all that remain are the drops Of rain,
Through which can hardly see.
Cora Stuart Wheeler in Once Week.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

Friar Conecte was accustomed at the
CLOSE of his sermons to take staff and
go through his congregation battering
to pieces any headdress that came under
his displeasure, Coneete's crusade was
continued in every country in Europe
till, reaching Rome, he attacked the
clothes and morals OF the cardinals, was
accused OF heresy and burned at the
stake st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

1t is not very difficult to raise mush.
rooms by hand if one will take little
pains intelligently They are grown in
enormous quantities in France in caves,
largely for export being picked while yet
they are only buttons and at their most
delicious stage. Collect a quantity Of
fresh horse droppingsas free from straw as
possible, and lay them in an open shed in
aridge shaped heap While the pile is
heating it should be turned from time
to time, and when the heat has mostly
subsidized it should be packed in very
solid bed, over the surface of which pieces
Of Spawn, which may be bought at the
seedman's. may be put nto holes three
inches deep Two or three weeks later
cover the heap with an inch Of loan,
patted gently with the spade, and the
mushrooms may be expected in about six
weeks, Earth dug from about the roots
OF growing mushrooms will always
furnish spawn for planting. Washington
Star.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24
A Tale of Herolsnl.

y went for q bath yesterday" said an
Auvergnat Il had been in the water some
time when | suddenly perceived an enor-
nous shark advancing toward me with its
Jaws open. What was to do? When he
was a yard off | dived, took out my pocket
knife and ripped up the belly of the mon
ster.o
What! Then you are in the habit of
bathing with your clothes onY" said one Of
the listeners. Courier du Midi
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

The phrase That beats bobtail, : is
not uncommon even now in many parts
Of the country, especially in the south.
Its origin is traceable to race which
occurred about 1S40 or shortly before
that year on the famous Fairfield track
on the Mechanicsville turnpike, near
Richmond. In those days Bob Poin-
dexter lived in Richmond. He was d
sporting man, wore fine clothes and
owned number of horses Among his
animals was one he named Pizarro, a
plain bay gelding, with black name and
tail. the latter bobbed short.
There was nothing extraordinary about
the horse- and nobody looked upon him
as a racer. But Poindexter took d no.
ton that he could run. He used to
drive Pizarro about Richmond hitched
to buggy On the day that be was ad-
vertised to appear on the track a great
crowd was present and excitement ran
high, for a good deal of money had been
put on the other horses. To the aston
ishment Of Everybody Pizarro beat every
horse on the track, and the people went
fairly wild
Bobtailed Pizarro never made much
OF record He won two or three races,
and then went to pieces. For years
afterward, when anything extraordinary
happened in that section it was said Of
1t. That beats bobtail. "" Baltimore
American
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

Are Charleton, Hicks 4 Gormley
liberal with their employeesY
"Very. Why, they had Nawson's
resignation from their employ typewrit-
ten at their own expense and sent to him,
just to save him time, postage and trou.
Bile. - Harper's Bazaar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

what is meant by the bone Of eonten-
tionP" asked young hopeful, looking up
from his book.
"The jawbone, my son." replied his
father solemnly the jawbonep' Ex-
change,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

A German biologist says that the TWO
sides Off face are never alike. In two cases
out OF Iiye the eyes are ont OF line; one eye
is stronger than the other in seven persons
out of ten, and the right ear is generally
higher than the left.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

Under the old blue laws cf Connecticut
ANY man who shall stand by and see two
dogs fight and not try to separate them
shall be deemed guilty ola breach Of the
peace, and shall lie in Jail the length Of
seven days and nights,"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

II we could penetrate the earth's surface
TO distance Of two miles we would find
the place where water could not exist ex-
oept in the state Of steam.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

The overflow Of the Nile begins in June
every year and lasts till August. During
that time the river Is q turbulent stream
twelve miles wide.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

The center of population in this country,
which at the close of Jefrerson's term was
forty miles northwest Of Washington, is
now twelve miles east Of Columbus Ind.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

Suicide is less common among miners
than any other class Of people, and self de-
struction, strangely enough, is said to be
most prevalent among soldiers. 49,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-24

The Jewish synagogue at Brighton is
stated to be one Of the few places Of wor-
ship illuminated by the electric light,
The New South., 1893-08-19

liquors than there are Ia the preaching
Of the Gospel and In all the depart
mentN Of edncstion the country
through. while the sad story that over
81, 600 are annually destroyed, lso, ,o0g
men and women sent % prison, and
200. 600 children sent 20 the poorhouses
and chiritahie institutions. Is enough
70 melt heart Of stone and 70 cause
Gods children 70 cry night and day 70
Him for courage and strength 70 meet
10 formidable and destructive foe
With the knowledge not only Of the
national foea that defy our God; but
also Of the personal enemies Of our
souls, shall we not seek from His own
hands the artnor which win make as
equal 70 overcoming every form Of en-
emy2 God grant that NJ we become
acquainted with the magnitude Of the
foe. we may also become equipped with
spiritual weapons which will bring him
low
~ have myself been into rooms where
Ave and seven families lived hnddled
together. ] have visited courts, alleys
and tenements where sanitary laws
were utterly disregarded. and the very
air brcathed pestiience. have seen
hundreds of people who had no place
for shelter during the cold Of a wintry
night, but some entryway or doorstep,
and / have heard that cry which no
wotnan's heart can ever forget~--the cry
of starving children Mrs. Ballington
Booth. IN The Condueror.
The New South., 1893-08-19

PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES.
A Young Mans Chances When He Sits to
Play with Satan.


There is celebrated painting by
Retsch, in which, with wondrous skill.
the artist has portrayed a game Of
chess between Satan and Young man,
who has stalSed his soul on the issue.
The truth and vivid power Of the rep
resentation; the different expressions
in the faces of the players; the gay,
Needless look Of the young man. all nm
conscious Of his peril; the cunning.
hellish leer of the fiend, as the chances
seemed to turn in his favor, can never
be forgotten by any who have ever be-
held them.
The picture is only too true. And
only too true is it that every young
man who trifes with sin stakes his
soul in an old game in which Satan is
more than match for him. TO the
man the game is new, maybe very
fascinating for time, but sure as the
world he is in, he win lose. Satan has
played the game so long. is in such con-
stant practice, understands the moves
so well, is SO unscrupulous and unfair,
and withal shas won so many, many
fines, that no one can hope to sit down
with him and win.
But some would give the matter a
much more innocent aspect. They call
il by the euphonious title OF sowing
wild oats They mention ii as ..hav-
ing little fun" They think they will
taste only a little of the wine at Satan's
banquet .'just to try But of all the
mad delusions there is none greater
than the one that young men must
SOW their wild oats If they would
have harvest of pleasure. EQUAL
folly is it TO think that sin and Satan
can be trifled with. There is a lerend
of an abbot who wished TO buy a GER
tain piece Of land. The owner refused
to sell. The abbot hired il, bargain.
ing to have il for one crop, He 50 we'd
it with acorns-a crop that lasted three
hundred years. So Satan only asks us
for the first crop. But, oh, how very
often the wild oats" are acorns, and
their deep-rooted growth claims the
field for not only this life but the next
Young men. you and have lived long
enough to see something of the harvest
Of such sowing. Have we not
seen the blear of drunkenness in the
Redeemed eye? and the restless twitch-
ing of the shattered nerves. Have we
not heard the hollow cough, the sigh
of remorse, the words OF despair? Ii ali
came from sowing wild OATS .sBe
not deceived, God is not mocked, what
soever man soweth that''-just that
shall he also reap There is nothing
The New South., 1893-08-19
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

MuLrirupHs starve in Great Britain
because their food is made into strong
drink.
WnEN a young man takes his first
drink he gives the devil nm iron-elad
mortgage on himself Rams Horn,
WoRKrNeMSN have many burdens.
but the saloon men, who follow them
up and seek to prey upon them, are
chief among their worst enemies
THH Indian government owns two
great distilleries which are managed
entirely by government officials. So
fiery and poisonous is the liquor that
the soldiers are forbidden to touch il,
LADY HENRY SOMERSET states the
fact that in one district in Liverpool, in
which are no saloons, there is but one
pauper to every 1000 inhabitants. In
another district in which are 200 sa.
looms, there is one pauper to every as
inhabitants.
THE presence Of many working peo-
Pile, industrious. sober, honest. is a
valuable help 70 any business; but by
as much as any of them patronixe the
dran-shop, by SO much their value as
citizens viii be impaired, the commuu.
ity pauperized, and every interes. Of
the people demoralized. .-Demorest
DR RICHARDSON. an authority ON
such questions, says: II know Of no
such person as a moderate drinker.
Those who take nominal amount ot
aleohol daily are the sirens sitting on
the rock of intemperance and Turing
the weak to their destruction. When.
ever person, however moderate, bs.
lieves that 10 him alcohol is a peces.
sity. he is in az least the Srst stage oi
alcoholic disease
The New South., 1893-08-19
THE SOCIAL GLASS.
A sad fIetnrs OF Misery Produced By
Drink.

u
Concerning the recent death OF the
widow Of The widely.known Arctic ex-
piorer. Dr. Kane, wrecked by drink, a
correspondent sends us.the following
Perhaps few young girls Of the
present day who sip little wine or
champagne occasionally could excel IN
beauty or attractigeness Of the young
girl In her teens who won the feryent
love Of the famous Arctic explorer, DR..
Elisha Kent Kane.
Eve quote this following from one Of
his letters to her; One of the very first
things that drew me toward you was
your lady-lilxe manner and department,
very emile and quiet, and
modest and retiring, as lady's should
be-
another letter contains the playful
caution: Tell Katie TO drink no cham
pagne, and do you follow the same ad-
vice. 1t is a bad custom for young la
dies, unless in the company Of medical
men or grave preachers.
'erhe newspapers Of March 8, 1898,
contain the following items:
urhe widow Of Or. Elisha Kent Kane,
the great Arctic explorer, Is lying III
and destitute in nearly deserted
apartment-house.
'sThc woman has been notified that
she must leave by the sth. All the
other tenants, including the janitor,
have moved from the house, which ID
TO be given up to colored tenants
IAN old friend who is trying to
awaken sympathy in her behalf, says
that she Is insane, and has an uncon.
trollablc thirst for liquor
.IIer death occurred few day.
later.
Dear young people who, like thii
poor woman, disregard friendly warn
ings, and warnings which, in these day.
of enlightened temperance sentiment
are far more serious and forcible, caI
you be quito sure, II you continue th'
moderate social drinking, that the fu
turc holds no such sad fate in store 70
| yon?n- National Temperance Advocate
The New South., 1893-08-19
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
Some of the Rams Horns Rare Bits
Truth.

Some of the Rams Horns Rare Bits of
Truth.
The good never lose by being perse-
cuted.
If you want to get happiness, try to
give IL.
All churches have some members who
talk too much.
God doesn't measure prayers by the
yard.
Hell is where love is stagnant and
hope is dead.
It's remarkable how wet the rain is
on Sunday morning.
The smallest sin is big enough tohide
the face of God.
Self-deception is one of the most
deadly of all dangers.
The religion that has no joy in it does
not come from God.
The man who makes his own god has
one that is merciless.
Torment begins when sinner finds
out that God sees him.
There is as much love in warning
as there is in promise.
God is robbed whenever ,one man
gives another light weight
The man who has the kings word
commands the royal army.
When you bury an evil habit the an
gels bring flowers to the funeral.
As well expect tree to live on last
years sap, as soul on old experiences.
Nothing is so certain as that the meek
shall inherit the earth.
The great question is not how long
we are going TO live, but how.
The yoke of Christ is easy. The way
of the transgressor is hard.
There is no commandment of God
that does not begin with love.
The man who never prays for any.
body else, never prays for himself.
When you look for window in
Heaven, look through Bible promise.
A discouraged man is one of the sad
dest sights angels ever have to look at.
Man in travelling back to God is sim
ply triumphing over the human beast.
Until we are willing TO have sin put
out of our hearts, Christ will not come
in.
Wherever Christianity goes, the devil
viii be found both before and behind
it
When God Furnishes, it is only be-
cause there is nothing else that He
can do.
The nation has no better friend than
the mother who teaches her child to
pray.
The devil agrees with the man who
says he can't see any sense in being re-
ligious.
Any fool can repent of thing after
it is done, but give us the man that re
pents before it is done That is the
kind Of repentance that needeth NOS
to be repented Of"
The New South., 1893-08-19

The Biblical Land OF Pierty'' was act IL
- with Texsz the Rrzndest State tn the
Unicn. An invitation ~ extended 70 all 70
come and ace, for to see a to believe. You
Rrs assured Of q hearty welcome. and an in
expensive trip, for cheap railroad rates viii
be made from all points IN the Southeast
70 Texas Round trip tickets Will De sold on
August 2nd and 3rd Tor tive harvest excur-
sions and can be purchased 10 xny place in
Texas, good 70 stop on al any point on The
going trip, within fifteen days from time
ticket is purchased. ard you nave thirty
days In al, 10 make the journey and get
back home. The rate IL enc fare for toe
round trip There q no question as 70 the
route over which you should travel. fer there
10 but one railroad entering tue state of
Texas, which offers the Home Seeker, y
choice Of thrce routes. either via Memphs,
Shreveport or New Orleans, and that "
the Texas a. Pacific Rziiway, which crosses
the State from East 10 West pa sing through
it's most fertile Lands. Correspondence 80
licited by tes undersigned, who viii give
full Information ~ to rates, tickets aud
routes, forward folders, showing time OF
trains and connections, and pamphlets de-
scriptiTe OF the country. IL you contem-
plate going 70 Texas. il viii pay you 70 write
Us, aad your wants will be given prompt AL
tention. ]. II. Worn. Tray. Pass. Agent
Sc Wall ST.. Atlanta. Ga. A. A. GALLAGHER
Southern Psss. Agent, los Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn. BfssKfL WILSON, South
ern Travelling Agent, a34 West Main ST. q,
Louisville. KY
The New South., 1893-08-19
A BASIN cur.

reere ~ssn', ssy barber st shs ssaasrosta
Fev u osiy had i~s houses. In . funny, ssfss
alag row
whns on dasy oornsr stood sas queer osa.
faehioned store.
Whose ssll vssi ting s.iirsis fuiifniause o'ef
the door.
And ias little man who kept II made 10 great
prsseusiors. bai
Hs'a give ene ser 8 sirpenss whzs he called >
hsaia cut
when grinHins srahin shafnsa IN. he'd sea,
Ana ~ N sptan round Ma nsss 70 catch ~
failing locks
ghen hs'a ma small In taslu % ne torbsad
for guide.
Ard ssip oz rith precision All ne hair that
Was ouiaidei
And. 81 the boy vas restless, he would cheek
him uiiti Tut ,vil
9ea shpuidn't sqaifm ara wriERis Ehen you
get b4ash evtlss
II ~ mistake b nippss a. ear, he hastil,
Wnaid stop
To shove into thf parkeFfi mouth monstfoai
ioiipopl
Ana, waIie. ssins rrisf sna ioy. me liius soJ
Noald sufk RNaYt
iIe'd isli him ishi hs hsfsa % a.s BIN prssi
dest soale days
.why. Abrsm Liesoiu,p hs Noald add, ewas
born IL lea hat
AMI like net when he mas young ns bad :
bAsih eutt"
They have now modern barber for ihr plAec
sinea then hsH grown,
Ans tts boys who once haa basin cata have
youngsters n iheir usHi
while ihr Ola nan "a 20 feeble tsat hil working
days ARE dsuf
aud ~ likes "a al doing IN a warm spot tI
tht suHi
Ths littis store, The queer old store, has henn >
long lime shut
Ard he rguldn't trust his trembling hand 70
give a hssiu rutl
Malcolm Douglas, n YOUTHS Companion
The New South., 1893-08-19

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yestibuled trains direct TO the Worlds Fair
Grounds and stopping at the Exposition.
Gates
Positively THE ONLY LINZ making connec-
tion in Central Union Station, Cincinnati.
with trains Of the l.. & N r. r., Q. q c.
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agreeable transfer necessary via other lines.
POSITIVELY THK ONLY LINE landing passen-
gers at Suburban STATIONS In Chicago con-
veuient TO all Worlds Fair Hotels and
Boarding Houses. No transfer Of pasRep j.
gers or baggage.
Ask for tickets via THE Bio FouR ROUTE
and be sure you get them, d. b M1kTIs,.
Gen'l Pass. Agent, Cincinnati. G.