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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

She dropped YEARLY into seat in
o Broadway car, and the girl who &C
companied her said sympathetically:
Are you all tired out, dearl It's
awful work, isn't it3'
81 should say So" groaned the
I"dear." But, Helen, you don't know
anything about the misery Of It all.
You aren't engagedr
"No-but Jack is so nice Ishouldn't
think you'd mind choosing him a
present,
II know he's nicei That's the
trouble. He doesn't smoke, and I've
always been glad until nowl But I
can't get him pipe, a acigarette case,
an ash receiver or anythingl He
doesn't drink, and | can't give him a
travelling flask. He wears an incon-
spicuous watch chain made of his
mothers hair, and I always thought
it so sweet and thoughtful, but l
can't give him watch things, you
see. He hasn't a single vice, Helen,
and you can't give Christmas pres
ents to men who haven'tl Why,
even photograph frame would be
useless, for he has only his mothers
picture and mine out, and they're al
ready framedl What shall | dof"
And Helen replied tersely,
Break it at once. New York
World.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

do not agree with 50 many who
pronounce tho genial, pleasant hus-
band myth lie is not. but he is
sadly in the minority. Without be-
ing partial to my sex lsalieve It is
generally the fault Of L husband
that the wife lacks amin ion when
in his presence "A wo an to be
agreeable, charming, delightful must
have an incentive, and there is no
greater one to be found than the in.
nate feeling that the person with
whom you are thrown is waiting
anxiously for your opinion and
watches your every expression and
gesture with loving glances.
Why, have known the harshest
voice and most abrupt manneris1ns
to soften and refine under such tute.
lage. Lovel 1t is all powerful "a
woman needs it; must have it to
grow and develop. What does she
care about politics if she feels thatan
expressed opinion is likely to subject
her to ridiculef What interest isshe
going to take in the current events Of
the day when shemust needs 60 away
from home to discuss themf Strarg-
est Of all strange things, once upon
time this woman's word was law,
and the man who does not now care
a hapenny what she thinks, in days
gone by hung upon her words as if
they were so many pearls Of wisdom
Undoubtedly the women have a
right to complain, for mans indif-
ference to the woman whom he has
chosen for life partner is made to
furnish a background for two-thirds
Of the word pictures drawn. The
stage seems to revel at the fact. Un
wholesome jests are tossed about in
ARREST fashion Poetry and prose
have many a fling at the lllcl1less
being who has wagered her all III
the chance game of matrimony only
to lose Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

The incantations of Apuleis are
sense and soberness compared with
those Of his Christian successor,
Marcelius GA. d. 4s0l. IF mans
nose bleeds whisper in his ear on the
same side, 'socsocam skyma' thrice
nine times, and you may still 90 on
saying it Toothache, if it occurs
on a Tuesday or Thursday aud If
the moon is waning, may be cured by
repeating seven times "argiaum
margidun stargidum. Even his
prayers compare unfavorably with
those Of Apuleis: In ophthalmia
look out for the first swallow, then
run silently to the nearest spring,
wash your eyes and pray God that
you may be free from it for that
year, and that all the pain may pass
into the swallow"
The whole book is full of similar
absurdities, which he defends by the
invariable empire argument that pa
tients have get well after practicing
them.
We must not, however, suppose
that this superstition was in any way
favored by Christianity. 1t was in
deed Christian bishop who intro
duced the disastrous doctrine that
the signs Of the zodiac preside over
the various organs Of the human
body, but the church disapproved
both of the science and the theology
of Priseilhan, and he was executed
as a magician and hereto A. D. 1856,
London Hospital
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23
THE GIRL / Love- All SCHOOL.

When the mellow days Of autumn wrap the
hills in purple haze,
And the sun seems all the dearcr for the short
ness 0f the days,
Comes lovely apparlaon through the mIs,s OF
other years.
And don't know why II Is so that my ewes will
swim with tears
For hate to Judge emotions by the textbooks Is
rote and rule,
And only know I'm thinking OF the girl
loved at school,
Of tho deepest, browncst velvet are the sweetly
thoughtful eyes,
And the checks are like the roses that our gran
nies used to prize
Not the pampercd, pinky blossoms that tho hot
house man deals out
At four dollars for dozen md with pasteboard
wrapped about
But the dear old damask roses that would hold
their tints Till Yulc--
Just tho sort used to gather for tho girI
loved at school.
And the lps-no, mol not rubyl for the coldness
OF the milne
Uhills the jewels FURNISHED surface, though the
fiery rays may shine
In the glarng Of the gaslight; filter fur do they
compare
With the warm glow in yon chalioe: tho same
fragrance fingers there's
The same thrill runs through me us when on
the organ stool
My lips first pressed the pllsing lips OF her
loved ut school,
And the form, IL grows distncter as the misty
veil grows thin,
And tho silver belt that linked her, like the scr
pent shutting In
AL that earth retained Of heayen. hisses out,
"Th0u Jealous fo0l''
For parted in my anger from the girl loved
at school
And ] know not If the ilueting Of the purple
autumn days
Brings us nearer to the greeting ut the meeting
Of our ways;
II 1t be may not meet her till we've crossed
the stygiun peel,
Yet think that tAAl greet her as the girl 4
loved at school.
Sioux City journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23
GETTING SQUARE.


cranky AkeiRtpAs
The general public is not acquaint-
ed with the manner in which some
employees are hired for a circus.
Some Of the situations in the side
show are irksome, and in order to
retain the right man in q place he is
hired with what is called hold
back that is, he is to receive, for
instance, fifty dollars a month sal
n1y, but gets only fifteen dollars a
month, the other thirty-five dollars
being retained until the close of the
circus season, when it is always paid
to him in a lump.
Messrs, Hagar and Henshaw, the
managers of the side show of the
Barnum circus, have always had CON
siderable difficulty in getting a man
to stay the season out and take care
OF the living skeleton, owing to the
general ''cussednessD OF all such
Freaks In the case of the skele-
ton he had to be carried to and from
every performance, to meals, ETC., in
storm, rain and hot weather, and the
attendant was compelled to bear all
the grumblings and complaints Of
the skeleton with the added phases
Of i'll temper and abuse.
One season when the show closed
and the attendant of theskeleton had
received all the money due him for
the seasons work, including his
"hold back, he felt as if he would
like to square accounts with the skel-
eton; SO, after the last performance,
taking the skeleton in his arms, he
carried him, not to the sleeping car,
but away off in the fields, and plac-
ing him besidea fence left him there
with the remark; "Therel You have
abused NEAL summer, and now, darn
you, I'll get square. You can stay
where you are until ] come for you
next season.
After an hour or two the skeleton
was missed, and all hands We're sent
in search for him, when at 4 O'Clock
in the morning he was found lying
in the wet grass chilled to the mar
row, as it was an easy thing to chill
him to the bone, owing to the abb
senco Of flesh, New York Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

Friend-What are you working at
now2
Inventor Greatest thing of the
age--a dollar in the slot voting and
weighing machine. 1t collects the
poll tax, counts the votes and so
beautifully discriminates that therell
be no more trouble, no more politics,
no more speeches, no more brass
bands and, best of all, no more
boodlers.
my starsl What's the idea?p
'simple as ABC. The machine
only counts the votes Of those under
q certain weight. Quick as the party
in power begins to get fat on the
spoils Of Office their votes are thrown
out, and the half starved minority
walks in, and when the new party
gets fat it goes out, and SO on. :"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

That New York is mecca for all
America and the resort even of for
eigners must be impressed upon any
man that frequents the clubs. There
is no conspicuous club in town that
is not visited every month by men
from nearly all the states and terri
tories and by strangers from remote
foreign parts. The visitors list of
one club for single week shows the
names Of persons from Boston, New
Orleans, Chicago, Cleveland, Paris
and small cities in North Dakota,
Maryland and New Hampshire, while
one name is that Of Chinaman.-
New York Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

Some Of the hardships resulting from
the fall Of the rupee to persons with
fixed incomes are inevitable; some, on
the other hand, seem to be due quite as
much to red tape as to the condition Of
the currency. For instance, daughters
Of deceased members Of the Bengal civil
service whose fathers contributed to the
pension fund are each entitled to pen
sion Of e1O0 year. Ii they reside in
England they draw their full e10O q year.
II, however, they reside in India, it is
paid to them in rupees, which work out
of the present rate Of exchange ut the
value Of forty-fve pounds year. The
loss is SO great as to be almost ruinous.-
London Truth.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

The forgery Of antiquities has been
a recognized industry in Europe for
many years but it is little known
that the famous English flint jack
has his counterpart in this country
in one Burnett, "a small, dull, yellow
man, as neighbor described him,
who lives on the French Broad river
in North Carolina, For a long time
he was in the habit Of riding to the
towns and selling fake arroWheads
to dealers and visitors, as we'll as
mortars and pestles that had the ap.
pearance Of having been long buried.
But he lost one customer by taking
him a mounted figure Of pottery that
he said he had unearthed from an
Indian mound He had made the
mistake Of putting shoes on the horse.
New York Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

All bacteria feast upon organic
matter, and develop in great num-
bers in fernenting solutions of it.
Their number is generally approx
mately proportional to the impur-
ity, and therefore may represent the
relative danger Of potable waters. A
water that contains large number
OF them should not be used for drink
ing without first being boiled. By
boiling polluted water for half an
hour all the infectious (but not the
harmless bacteria in it will be de-
stroyed. Ii it is then filtered to re-
move the vegetable substances, and
aerated to render it potable such
water can be used with perfect safety
for drinking,
Since the infectious bacteria are
the agents of all filth diseases, it
should be the aim in all sanitary
analysis Of water todeterlnine wheth-
er they have actual existence in the
water or, what answers the same
purpose, to determine the conditions
favorable for their development.
Whenever a chemical analysis re-
veals the presence Of sewage in a
water its use should be discontinued
for drinking. = Engineering Maga
zine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

When the engines Of the big liner,
the City Of Paris, on her way from
New York to Liverpool, broke down
several hundred miles off the Irish
coast on March 25, 1890, the little
steamship Ohio, although unable, by
reason Of a shortage of coal, to tow
the big ship into a harbor, stood by
her for eleven hours, until the
freighter Aldersgate, from Galveston
to Liverpool, came along and made
lines fast to tow her to Liverpool.
In the award Of salvage, amount
ing to $40, 500, the Ohio received $3,.
600, although she had really rendered
no aid. The balance was given to
the owners and crew of the Alders-
gate, the owners receiving $30,695,
the crew 81, G25, and the master ST..
$50. New York Evening Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

In the evening a young society
man should don his best suit Of
clothes and most attractive bouton,
Mere and go to call on some charm
ing young lady friend; arriving at
the house and making himself thor
oughly comfortable upon a divan
bolstered up by artistic cushions, and
as the result of an active day of
business life which he has left be
hind he should yawn, 'twould be bet
ter to so well disguise it us not to be
seen. But having felt all the relief
one can feel from having a good
old yawn," and having been OBJ
served by bis hostess, then he
should, with all the fortitude born
OF an emergency, yank himself from
the too comfortable divan and re-
solve himself by all the gods not to
yawn again. Not having done so,
perhaps the aforesaid charming
young hostess would conclude she
had made Il greater success at enter
tanning him. Galveston News.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23
When a Disabled ship Is sarea.

Any gross misconduct on the part
OF the salvors, and especially any EN-
bezzlement of the property saved,
forfeits the whole claim to salvage.
The responsibility Of salvors respect
ing the preservation and protection
of property continues as long as the
property is subject to the decree Of
the court. a4,
Salvors in possession have a quail,
fed property in the ship or cargo
Eaved, and they cannot be divested
Of this interest until it is taken from
them by adjudication. 1t is not nee,
essary, however, that they should
remain in actual possession in order
to maintain their rights. New York
Evening Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

Just west Of the Hudson and above
Weehawken is region as rural and
antique as any $50 miles from New
York. Although this region is almost
within rifle Shot of Riverside drive II
is sparsely settled and difficult of ac.
cess. Its inhabitants are descended
from Dutch settlers, who found their
way into the region after better and
more accessible lands had been occu-
pied TWAS mart Of this district+bat
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23
smallness of Historic Places.

The strongest impression made
upon the American travelling in
Europe for the first time is usually
astonlshment at the small size Of the
historic places which he hasso longed
to see.
The royal chamber where the
grande monarque received brilliant
crowds Of courtiers, foreign diplo-
matists and mobiles before rising is
too small to satisfy an independent
Irish-American cook who knows her
rights in this country.
The apartment Of Mary, queen Of
Scots, at Holyrood, still garnished
with her mirror and bed draped
with gold embroidery, is still more
cramped, while the supper room in
which Rizzio was murdered is but a
narrow, dingy closet, reached by tiny
winding stairs such as usually lead to
a garret.
The dwellings Of the great Scotch
dukes and earls in Edinburgh in
ancient times were reached for the
most part through dark, steep alley
ways or closes not three feet wide,
and the homes Of the great races Of
Hamilton, Moray and Eglinton were
smaller, dalletand more uncomfort-
able than those Of an American me
chanic today. Youths Companion.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

Countless young men who coveted
everything Of the late Jay Gould ex-
cept his coffin may be surprised to
learn that Mr.. Could generally want
ed and needed money quite as much
as they. Property isn't money, as
many able business men have often
learned to theirco and misery. The
larger a mans operations and the
more frequently he wants to make
quick turn" or big strike" the
oftenur does he feel poverty pangs
quite as keen as those Of the young
man who longs to sport a trotting
horse and buggy, but has to content
himself with a secondhand bicycle.
Chauncey NJ. Depew is credited
with the statement that the late
William Il. Vanderbilt, one of the
three richest men in the United
States, was always poor and in debt.
Many business men can understand
this strange statement, though the
young men aforesaid will take no
stock in it until they become business
men themselves. -Ha1pe1's Weekly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

Do not criticise the writer who be-
sprinkles hiscomposition with French
phrases. 1t is easier to hide ones
ignorance in foreign tongue than
In language with which all people
are familiar,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23
TOLD BY DETECTIVE DauMMoND.

How He Protected Bascomb from Green
Goods Man Iio Could Not Arrest.
Chief Drummond, OF the United
States treasury secret service, tells a
good story. A man named Bascomb
came up from Tennessee. He had
received green goods circular and
had determined to trap the swlndlers.
Drummond was detailed to go with
1 him.
" put on flannel shirt" says
Drummond, IAN old pair Of trousers,
a rough pair of shoes and a soft hat
and followed Bascomb to the meet
ing place. He was accosted by a
man who took him intoa BUILDING. +
followed and stood upon a stairway
where Icould watch the door leading
into the office Of the swindlers. After
awhile the door opened and Fowler
q noted green goods man who was
then employed by the Davis brothers,
stepped half way into the hall. He
had valise in his hand and was
neither in the Office nor out Of it, but
stood in the door. Bascomb had his
eye on Fowler all the time, as I after
ward learned. While Fowler was in
the door a colored boy darted across
the hall with valise in his hand.
The exchange was made SO deftly
that Bascomb didn't see it.
Ina minute Bascoinb came out and
he and Fowler started for an express
office. | followed They took stage
and ! took one too Their stage
stopped quite often, but mine didn't,
and at times | found / was abreast Of
them Fearing that Fowler might
recognize me, would lie down fiat
upon the floor Of my stage whenever
| ! got near the one was following.
The passengers were amazed, and
thought, | suppose, that / was an
escaped lunatic Fowler and Bas-
comb left their stage near the Adams
express Office and ! alighted from
mine Just as Fowler was in the act
Of handing the valise to the receiving
clerk ! tapped him on the shoulder
and told him that / wanted him, and
that, too, : pointing to the bag.
"Bascomb was delighted I've got
himl I've got himp said he. The
valise, he continued, is full Of coun-
terfeit money
My friend, Ireplied, they grow
smart men in Tennessee, but there
are smarter ones in New York.
Then Fowler put in: Look here,
said he to me, let the jay have tho
valise If you do I am a century
ahead and you will get fifty cases.
What did he mean by that" asked
Dlummond.
He meant that the Davises were
to pay him 800 for the part he had
taken in the swindle, and that they
would give me $50 il | didn't inter
fere."
lied Fowler and Bascomb into a
hallway next to the express Office
continued Dlummond, 'and cut open
the valise. 1t was filled with damp
paper and block Of wood. III be
teetotally goldarned, said Bascomb
How did you doitT he asked Fowler
And youarrested FowIera" saidI.
No | let him co. Dlummond
replied. There wasn't a point to
be made against him under the law.
There was no counterfeit money in
the bag. On the other hand, Fowler
could have had me arrested for high
way robbery, buto course hedidn't.
He was glad enough to make his es-
cape"
"And Bascomb"
"Oh, he returned to Tennessee
with his comb cut. y Cleveland
Leader
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

People do not at this age of the
world go for amusement to arenas to
see men and women put to death, as
they did in ancient Rome, but some
times this is what they see.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

The cellular prison system in Hol-
land, where the offenders are COM
pletely isolated, is asserted to be most
effectual in repressing crime and re-
forming criminals.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

Pennants, the great traveller, hated
wigs and got into innumerable broils
by snatching off the head covering Of
every man he met who wore a wig.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-23

The American people are descended
from, economically, the most effect
i've race in the world. They settled
in the States, taking with them d
highly developed civilization and
habits Of law and order confirmed
through many generations. They
have half continent at their COM
mand, there is even yet a vast
amount Of unoccupied soil, there Is
diversified climate, there are re-
sources almost limitless, and there Is
absolutely no enemy they have cause
to fear, Except to maintain internal
order they are free atthis momentto
dlsband their army and navy, certain
that no foreign foe will attack them
The world has never seen a peopleso
happily circumstanced, with such
marvellous opportunities for progress
and Improvement, London Statist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
Il CRAZY MAN WITH 4 GUN.
He Shot at q Coal Dealer OF Bridgeport and
Them Marched On.

He Shot at q Coal Dealer or bridgeport and
Then Marched On.
BRIDGEPORT. Jan. 28.-Richard Dundon. o
coal dealer OF this city. had o thrilling expert
ence last night with Henry Somers. a crazy
hermit. who lives in q hut Just outside the city
limits. 6omers has been the cause OF anxiety
for some time to people passing his hut.
Complaint was made to peace officers. but
Somers armed himself with a gun. several pis-
tolls. and a Ratchet and deled the constables
OF the own Of Fairfield to take lin. Several
attempts were made. but at last the effort
was given up.
The crazy hermit sleeps during the day. but
Is around al! night. His cabin is brilliantly
lighted with a variety OF lamps. and passers
by have seen often through the small window
tho old man dancing and singing.
or late Somers has been prowltng out OF
doors at night armed with o rife to defend
himself against q mar who, he says. has sworn
to shoot him: Last night he mounted guard
on tho Fairfield. road. and marched up and
down with a loaded rifle over his shoulder.
Somers passed the coal oface q Nj. Dun.
The bullet winged over Mr.. Dundon's head
and buried itself in the easement. After the
shot was fired somers brought his gun to carry
arms and marched on.
Mr.: Dundon telephoned to the. Central Po-
lice Headquarters. and the patrol wagon and
a posse OF officers went out ana captured the
crazy rifieman.