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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

In England and in many parts of
Europe proper they have for long
time been using for horseshoe u
regular curiosity made Of com
pressed leather, At the factory
where they are made three thick
nesses OF common, cowslSin are
pressed into steel mold, and
while held in position by powerful
clamps are subjected to q bath Of
some chemical preparation which
makes them surprisingly hard and
durable. 1t is claimed for these
shoes that they are much lighter and
lastlonger than those made of iron,
also that split hoofs are unknown in
horses constantly provided with
them. The shoe is perfectly smooth
ON the bottom, no calks being re.
quired, the impact causing the sur
face to adhere even on the smoothest
ice Although, as above stated, the
shoe is hard and durable, it is also
very elastic, thus preventing sprains
and bruises and making the horses
step lighter and surer Straw treat
ed with solution unknown to
American and European chemists
has been used for horseshoes for
centuries in Japan. Perhaps some
American genius will outdo England
and the Japs by giving us a durable
paper horseshoe, Who knows2-
Philadelphia Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

The English people have a deep
seated love for their old churchesand
cathedrals, and they spend money
lavishly for their preservation. In
the last 20 years not less than $685.
04S, 14O has been expended in the res
toration Of these edifces, and this
does not include any sum below g.
800. In London alone no less than
"a, 1O1, GAS has been thus expended.
In addition, $iS, ,03s, 915 has been de-
voted in the country at large to the
erection Of new churches. Another
notable factis that atmostof the money
raised for these purposes has been
derived from private gifts. Boston
journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

In the Franco German war the
German troops lost less than third
Of their dead by disease, while for
merly the loss had been four times
that from wounds. The following
figures gives the deaths from disease
for every 100 men lost in the cam
paign: French in the Crimean war,
70; United States troopsin the Amer
lean war, so; Germans in the last
French war, 20. The small loss from
disease compared with that from
wounds in the French army promises
much for military hygiene in future
campaigns. Lord Playfair.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

Perhaps the reader has days when
nothing goes upward or straightfor-
ward, but downward, backward,
crookedly, spirally, any way but
straight ahead. Never mind whether
these ills come all the same day or
not; we all know well that they
come. "What are the senses, some
old worthy has inquired, but five
yawning inlets to hourly and mo
mentary molestationsl" What else
are they when on an icy cold morn
ing, after hugging your pillow for
an hour after conscience tugged to
pull you up, you arise to find that
the household fires have taken that
zero morning to turn black in the
face and die2 How, when you have
especial and most pressing work to
do Or engagements to meet upon a
certain day, and when you wake to
find yourself in the grip Of an all day
headache, or other paralyzing illl
Or, in an equally important emer-
gency, just as you settle to your abb
sorbing task, or haply dress for your
engagement, your sensitive friend
arrives blandly on the scene2--Bos-
ton Commonwealth.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

The love Of the marvellous in the
thirteenth century was not less re-
markable in this age than in those
which had preceded it. In the old
French account we read Of new won
ders in Palestinenot mentioned be-
fore, and of tho Sinai convent we
learn that there lies St. Catherine,
virgin and martyr, in a very fairmar-
BILE tomb, which tomb is so holy that
a sort Of oil from it heals many ills,
and the grace of God is shown, in
that many wild beasts, which are on
that mountain, live on nothing save
by licking the tomb Of my lady ST.
Catherine and by the mamma which
falls on the mountain.
At Tortosa also was now shown st.
Luke's portrait of Our Lady, and at
Sardenai a Syriac monastery on a
rock north Of Damascus was the mi
raculous image Of the Virgin, which
distilled oil from its breast. By spe-
cial treaty the Templars were allowed
to visit the shrine and collect the oil,
which was in high repute and sold
for a great price in Europe. It is
often mentioned in the inventories Of
churches in France as one of the
treasures Of the church. Edinburgh
Review.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

A down town lawyer borrowed a
book from a friend in the same office,
took it home and forgot to return it.
Several times he was reminded of
this by the owner of the book and
as many times forgot to put it in his
pocket when he left his house. At
length, stung to desperation by his
friends gibes, he sat down, and ad-
dressing a postal card to himself at
his residence he wrote on the back of
it thus: IF you donot attend to that
matter within "a hours, you may ex-
pect the worst" There he said
grimly, IF that doesn't fetch me,
nothing will"
1t did fetch him. 1t fetched him
out Of a late sleep the next morning
Immediately after the postman's first
visit to explain to his white faced,
terrified wife that she was not likely
to be made a widow. He offered ex-
plantations and took the book back,
Z but he is not sure that his wife does
not believe that he has committed
some crime or in some way got into
the clutches Of blackmailer. New
York Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-04

A foreign statistician has recently
compiled figures relating to the bane-
full effectof the unavoidable inhala-
ton Of metallic dust by cutters and
file cutters. Assuming, he says, that
in the case of an ordinary active ex-
istence in a healthy atmosphere the
numberof deaths per 100, ,000artificers
is 100, the figure Of mortality result
ing from consumption and other lung
complaints among the first named
workmen would be 1888, and among
file sharpeners 1906. The death rate
prevalent in the cutlery trade would,
It seems, be much heavier were 1t
not that theallied handle manufactur-
ing trade is included in the statistics.
Altogether the number Of fatal ter
limitations to pulmonary diseases
among cutters and file cutters is
nearly equivalent to the aggregate
deaths among fishermen from all
causes, including accidents, which are
numerous. London Iron.