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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Lacemaking is by no means 80 old an
industry as most persons suppose. There
is no proof that it existed previously to
the fifteenth century, and the Oldest
known painting in which it appears is a
portrait Of lady in the academy ut
Venice, painted by Caspaccio, who died
about 1923 The legend concerning the
origin of the art is as follows: A young
fisherman Of the Adriatic was betrothed
to young and beautiful girl of one Of
the isles Of the lagoon. Industrious as
she was beautiful, the girl made a new
net for her lover, who took it with him
on board his boat The first time he cast
it into the sea he dragged therefrom an
exquisite petrihed wrack grass which he
hastened to present to his fancee. But
war breaking out the fisherman was
pressed into the service of the Venetian
navy. The poor girl wept at the depar-
ture Of her lover and contemplated his
last gift to her. But while absorbed in
following the intricate tracery of the
wrack grass she began to twist and plat
the threads weighted with small beads
which hung around her net. Little by
little she wrought an imitation of the
petrifcation, and thus was created the
bobbin lace. Washington Star.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

In providing for the entertainment Of the
Grand Army in September the executive
committee has kept in view the fact that
lndianapolisne needs tospread herseIf in order
to outdo other cities, in certain lines at
least The Indiana parade and reunion
will be a spectacle for all old soldiers to 70
wild over. Filled with the enthusiasm Of
old times, they can 80 from the biyouacs Of
the Hoosier boys to those Of the corps in
which they themselves served. Indiana
veterans will Of course hold brigade and
regimental reunions Ohio and other near
by states will do the same. Soldiers from
any state wh0served in regiments brigaded
with Indianians will drop in around the
campfire toshake the fraternal hand. Aside
from those chances to meet old friends
there will be the reunionsof various armies
and special veteran societies. The armies
Of the Cumberland, the Tennessee, the po-
tomac, the James, the frontier, the Missis-
sippi ram fleet. the United States sharp
shooters, the ex-prisoners Of war, the
Manned Soldiers league and the Marine
legion have places and days appointed to
meet and soudd the rallying cheers so IA
miliar when Tie gray bearded men Of today
were beardless boys.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

A representative piece of mechanism
occurs frequently on the sculptures OF
early Egypt, II has the appearance Of
and is generally believed to be that of a
portable pump The hydraulic screw is
also attributed to this people, but their
main reliance seems always to have been
the Shadoof, seen everywhere along the
banks of the Nile, an invention so sim
Pile and so well adapted to their needs
that it remains today Substantially the
same as it has through all the centu les
since history began.
The same may be said regarding the
chain pump in China, an invention the
origin of which antedates the Christian
era, This simple machine, which seems
never to have been improved upon, is in
such common use that every agricultural
laborer is in possession of one. Where
irrigation is conducted on a larger scale
the chain pump is made proportionately
larger and moved by a very simple tread
wheel, and still larger ones are operated
by yoking buffalo or other animal to a
suitable driving machine.
The application Of steam to raising
water is Of uncertain origin Long be-
fore the Christian era certain applica-
tions of fire to vessels containing water.
by which effects were produced calcu-
lated to astcnish ignorant worshipers.
were practiced by the priests of Egypt.
Greece and Rome but their knowledge
seems never to have been turned into
any channel Of secular usefulness. En-.
gineering Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

lfive not very far from an imposing brown
structure set somewhat back from the
street and overlooking by a story or two on
its side its more worldly neighbors whose
front doors open on an avenue. In touch.
then, with prosperity this building stands,
but so silent and inscrutable is it that but
Tor some unObtrusiye lettering over the en-.
trance, announcing it to the seeker as Il
place OF refuge, no passer by could pierce
its mystery, How the 0utcast or sufferer
finds the way within is one Of its secrets,
unless one is right in supposing that be-
hind a portal sits some parsonage, with
book of entry, who, after credentials and
all the rest are offered, will allow way.
farer in.
But who these wayfarers are could not
Tor some time discover. grew to believe
they were those who from heart break and
sorrow had vowed themselves to eternal
speechlessness. For even with its windows
wide open in the summer, nothing could
be heard outside never thought to assc-
ciate any of them with another sound
hear, one that Sunday after Sunday comes
up to me out of The streat. | hear then the
creak of little boots, the tramp of many
tiny feet. as a silent throng goes by. Never
voice, nor a cry Of delight, nor half re-
pressed laugh nothing but tine uneven, fall
tering tramp Of little feet, Clean starched
are they. these children, and presided over
by man Of gentle mien, who leads them
into that grim old building beyond. They
are neither deaf nor dumb. Nor are they
MANNED. Yet one never looks at them
without a Tightening at the heart.
1t is their silence indoors and out Of doors
that hurts one. No hoisterous cry could
pierce the ear with greater sharpness. Why
should those who shield repress them so'
For the voices Of children no man can live
willingly without hearing, for they are
part of the worlds best music, and travel.
ers who have gone up over great towns in
balloons tell US that after every sound Of
earth has faded and is lost the voices Of
the little children have found their way
above and touched them in the Clouds
HarDrr's Bazaar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

We owe the hat to Asia. for it was in
that country that the art of felting wool
was first known. and from the most re.
mote periods the art was carried on BY
the orientals. In India, China, Burmah
and Siam hatsare made of straw. of rat
tan, of bamboo, of pith, of the leaf Of
the Tallport palm and Of large variety
of grasses, The Japanese made their
hats Of paper The modern hat can be
traced back to the petasurs worn by the
ancient Romans when on journey. and
hats with brims were also used BY the
earlier Greeks.
1t was not until after the Roman con-
quest that the use of hats began in Eng
land. A ''hatte Of biever," about the
middle of the twelfth century. was worn
by one of the mobiles of the land Frais-
sort describes hats and plumes which
were worn at Edwards court in l34O
when the Garter order was instituted.
The merchant in Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales" had ION his head Flaunderish
beaver hat" and from that period on.
ward there is frequent mention of "felt
hates. Washington Star.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The cupidity Of the fisherman on the
Atlantic coastls RAPIDLY destroying near
~ every kind If sea food upon which the
people have been accustomed 70 RELY.
The complaints OF the men who control
the fish markets are long and ioud that
the supply OF fish is much less for this
season than it was the last. The lobster
factories on the Maine coast are all
closed, and one has to go down as far
east as Prince Edward island to find a
lobster with a shell on his back at fair
price The herring factories have be-
gun to exhaust the immense schools Of
herring that gather around Grand Ma
nan and work their way into the Bay of
Fundy
The nackerel have been so scarce dur
ing the season, from the wholesale de-
struction of schools. that single mack.
erel is today more expensive than a
pound of beef The blneiish are still
plenty. but there are signs that even this
species Of fish Is beginning to be proved
upon By the methods employed by the
fishermen in catching them The fisher
men say that they are Obliged to use
these destructive methods in order to
protect themselves from the encrOach-
ments of those who refuse to keep to the
old methods. and so the wholesale de-
structi0n goes on without restraint.
The time has come when if the sea is
TO yield to MS much longer the delicious
food which makes life on the Atlantic
coast q delight TO the people Of the west,
as we'll as to the natives, different
methods of catching the fish, and pro-
lection for them in the close season,
must be established by law. for which
the proper enforcement must be ar
ranged The necessity is urgent. There
b not q sln4ie species Of fish used for the
table whItil Is not now in great danger
Of extinction The salmon and the shad
have been protected. but protection is
equally demanded for tine cod. the her-
ring. the lobster and the mackerel.-
Boston Herald
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

A clever New York woman Of assured
social position frankly admitted to a
horrified Frenchman Of rank that moth
ing Of lower grade than the imperial
or republican head Of great nation. in
his representative capacity. could win
from her bend Of the knee. The
princelets, male and female, were but
everyday folk in her eyes, quite without
social divinity and to them she re-
fused to make obeisance. The lady's
distinction is self respecting and truly
American, and as rule Of conduct it
is commended as an antidote for the in
discriminate courtesy craze. Vogue.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

On the trip to FIJI and back Of the
steamer Oyalau. Just concluded, Cap
tain A. W Cameron and his officers
saw q strange encounter The steamer
was going along at about ten knots in
midOcean, when commotion was OBJ
served In the water ahead and the body
Of huge marine animal or fish. with
what appeared to be great dippers. was
TO be seen rising and falling Captain
Cameron steered direct for the stranger
On approaching close the commotion
Was found to be caused by q whale
over thirty feet long fighting with q
thrasher shark.
The latter apparently was having the
best Of the combat. as the whale Kept on
the surface Of the water comparatively
quiet while the shark ever and anon
threw itself out of the water and
brought its tail down with terrible
blow upon the whale The Ovalau was
20 close TO the animals, which were too
much occupied to heed the vessel, that
either could nave peen touched with q
pole The captain could not stop his
snip long enough to o0bserve the result Of
the conflict. New Zealand Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The one want which civilization is un-
able to supply to order is the hired girl.
Minneapolis has almost inexhaustible re-
sources III all the necessities. comforts
and Injuries for which man and woman
yearn, except in that dire necessity, that
exceeding comfort and rare luxury-the
efficient, neas faithful and responsible
hired girl With an output of clerks
and typewriters equal only to that Of
-four and lumber, profusion Of pretty
girls as remarkable as our possession Of
lakes and parks, and an overflow Of
brainy and useful femininity like unto
that Of onr proverbial enterprise and
water power, Minneapolis must yet con-
fess that in the line of first class article
OF hired girl we have scarcity approach
ing famine.
But the scarcity does not seem to be
confined to this city. Even in the fertile
country districts Of the state. where SEN
sible and industrious girls are supposed
to grow up in prolific plenty, there is
the same sharp demand and pitiable
paucity.
Our country readers even advertise in
the want columns in the faint hope that
housekeeper may be bribed from her
city position to accept station as queen
Of q rural kitchen. In short, the hired
girl famine is general 1t is getting to
be the principal occupation Of the mis-
tress of house nowadays to hunt hired
girls, and necessary qualification Of a
wife that she be able TO successfully
steal, bribe Or persuade away her neigh
bora girls
Doubtless prominent cause Of the
hired girl famine is the fact that the girl
who successfully masters the sciences
and arts of cookery and housekeeping is
Immediately besieged with matrimonial
offers. Girls Of such accomplishments
are never in danger Of becoming old
maids. Women of blood and Drawn
health and domestic capacity will be in
demand as long as the home Is the cradle
Of civilization. Minneapolis Tribune
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
a DREAM.

Idrant tha, over the winter world
The W;tlter winds were signing,
And II ne orioles empty nests
The ils.'es ut snow were dying.
The VINES along the garden wall
With crystal ice were cleaning.
And in the garden dull and bare
The summer flowers were dreaming,
The snow lay deep over withered grass
The skies were cold and gay,
And slowly the dreary nigl4 4came on
To end the weary day
wuSe High up In the orchard h0ughs
A hundred birds were singing.
And in the birch trees pleasant shade
The orioles nests were swinging.
Along the river, tall and green,
saw the PUSHES growing,
And daisy petals white as snow
Among the grasses showing.
The flowers held the sunshine bright
The hreezes were at play,
And swiftly the dreamy nigh, came on
To end the happy day.
Angelina W. Wray in Harper's Bazaar
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
THREE ON A BENCH.
The BOY Had n Future. the Crook Pastl
the yagrant Had Nothing.

| the NnErant HAD Nothing.
1t was O'clock in the morning. The
electric lights were still blazing in the
silence of Madison square. A number
of shabby figures slumbered or moved
about on the seats beneath the trees OF
the park. On a bench beside the littlo
fountain sat a group that arrested my
attention. Three figures were reclining
here with their heads and shoulders al
most touching one another. One was
but little more than boy. A bundle
done up in calico handkerchief was in
his hand. Ills sunburned face and his
sturdy shoulders gave evidence that he
was from the country--probably farm
hand who had trudged in to try his luck
in the city. Ills boots were covered with
red clay. He was leaning against thin
figure clad in somewhat shabby gar
ments
This man possessed dark and sinister
countenance, He was restless, and his
hands, which were thin and white,
twitched nervously in his sleep,
His lips moved spasmodically, His
was an evil conscience There was
plainly shady side to his past life.
Here were deceit and honesty side BY
side. Next to the dark man slumbered
very old and decrepit one. He was
clad IN linen duster, A battered gray
hat sat on his head, and his toes were
peeping out from the tips of his worn
shoes. The face of this old fellow was
scanned with deep and careworn wrin.
kles. His hair and beard were snowy
white. He was possessed of palsy
that made him tremble constantly as he
lay dozing. 1t was youth, manhood and
old age-typical of life.
These three reclined here in stolen
sleep, A park policeman came gliding
along from the distance through the twi-
light of the trees. He crept along like
gray ghost on the lookout for those
weary souls who were transgressing the
law by surreptitious slumber. His eye
lighted with satisfaction as he beheld
the three figures on the bench. You see
that seedy fellow in the middley" he
whispered. That's Tony McElroy, who
cracked three safes over in Jersey City
last summer, | spotted him at once BY
his mug. He just come out of the pen
last Tuesday"
The officer seized the crook by the col
lar and shook him till his teeth ratified.
The noise awakened the boy, who grasped
the situation at once Seizing his bun
die he skurried like rabbit across the
grass toward Twenty-third street. Once
feeling himself safe he stretched his
limbs and began to whistle cheerfully.
The crook arose and stood in sullen
silence few moments until the police
man pushed him on. Hethrust his hands
into his pockets, bumped up his shoul-
dcrs and shambled up the avenue. The
old vagrant tottered to his feet. lie was
dazed. and it took him quite awhile to
collect his senses He shuffled across
the square with bowed head. He scanned
the buildings and the streets about him
with hopeless, helpless glance that was
pathetic to see. Then he, too. vanished
in the gray of breaking dawn.
The boy had life of hope before him,
the crook had a past behind him, but the
old vagrant had neither past nor future,
New York Recorder.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
No Law Against Removing Dead Body.l

Where in the world, asked the law
yer who volunteered information with.
out a retaining fee, did people-espe-
ciany people in the country-get the idea
that one cannot touch or remove body
until the coroner has arrived That is
almost general belief in the country,
and there never was more ridiculous
and absurd piece Of nonsense than this
/ have seen q body lie in everybody's
way because the people thereabout
thought that it was unlawful to touch it.
This foolish tradition amounts almost
to superstition, and you may be sure
no coroner takes the trouble to enlighten
stupid ignorance upon the subject. The
coroner is only too willing to aggrandize
his influence and power, and therefore
rather encourages than discourages this
silly superstition. New York Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

It from the rootlets or small fibers
Of o tree or plant that its subsistence is
obtained. and in the performance Of its
duty nature has given these delicate.
tender parts wonderful strength and
persistence when exerted within rules.
In their search for food supply they win
sometimes even penetrate soft rock to
reach favored spots.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

He--Is there anything can do to prove
my affection 50 that you will not doubt iti
She--There Is. Marry sister She Is older
than !, and mamma Is determined not to
let me marry till sister Is disposed Of
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

Old Lady go druggist,--I want box Of
canine pills.
Druggist-What is the matter with the
dogi
Old Lady findignantly)-I want you to
know. sir, that my husband Ia gentle
man. druggist puts up some quinine pills
In profound silence. )-Boston Home Jour.
nal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

The consumption Of tea in England
dnring 1862 reached the highest point
ever touched since Its use has been gem
orally diffused among the masses, the
total quantity used being 207l0OO.OOO
pounds.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
German
Syrup"

am a farmer at Edom, Texas. I
have used German Syrup for six
years successfully for Sore Throat,
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Pains in
Chest and Lungs and Splitting up Of
Blood. ] have tried many kinds Of
Cough Syrups in my time, but let
me say TO anyone wanting such a
medicine-German Syrupis the best.
We are subject to so many sudden
changes from cold to hot, damp
weather here, but in families where
German Syrup is used there is little
trouble from colds. John r. Jones.s Q
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-05
FLORIDA.

Joseph wilkins. sheriff Of Escambia county,
died suddenly at Millview, near Pensacola,
sunday.
Raphael Campbell of Alachua county
Killed $50 cat squirrels last week in the
sWamps near Gainesville and sold them at 10
cents each.
Miss Lizzie Pasco, daughter of United
states Senator Pasco, who has been visit
ing Mrs. Charles Marvin. OF Jacksonville,
leaves shortly for Monticello, her home.
A Primitive Baptist church was organized
near Plnemount, in Suwannee county last
saturday. Among the elders who composed
me presbytery we're Levi Startling, LucIus
Neglster, David Johns and Jack Johns.
Inc Farmers f. change and Loan Associ-
StloH with capital stock Of $4,000, is the
lalesI incorporation for Ocala. 1t is to be
engineered by colored men, and Its object
Is LOT the material benefit Of colored people
Inc jury in the case on trial at Ocala
against the lorida Central and Peninsular
,"'t0aQ Tor damages sustained by Mrs. Mary
a. ak, reached a verdict Thursday, the
snfY awarding her verdict for $1,000. The
''I.Ioad Will appeal from the finding
9herlH Charles Pons, of Macclenny Baker
NTInItI arrived at jacksonville Friday from
t%ollet key, having in custody Willis Hodges,
cue young man who is wanted by the Baker
Iuuty authorities on a charge of two muir
Sflo' ana VINO was arrested by Sheriff l Ons
Cr4Ial Ihe middle of last month in Havana,
ha IVA, ana brought back to Mullet Key where
WAS was held by the state health authorities in
bayo" anime for period of fifteen days which
ave Just expired.
to t' Is reported that Richard X. Fox has writ
"a u resident OF Jacksonville that if the citi
fc is VIII raise $4,000 the Cortett-Mitchell
l., NV VIII be held in that city in December.
citizo,Hts o reported that several prominent
ny. lens whose financial responsibility can
nTord Le doubted) have telegraphed 10 the
mrs. parties a guarantee Of a sufficient
COMA, but 1t is with the promise that the
prile. fv must be a boxing match and not
ougnt to bloody finish
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-05

capt Sloan. commander OF the little
steamer W. L. Stockton. has his steamer at
teTnandlna. II was thought for some time
10 have been lost during the storm of last
month. The Stockton was towing a lighter
Ioaued with turpentine from lOaderS' Hill to
savannah. and the storm struck them near
81 GATHERINGS Island. where they were de-
tanned by the quarantine authorities. When
the storm came up Capt. Sloan had to let go
of the lighter and put into a little cove a short
distance further on. The lighter was blown
ashore and almost wrecked.
wildwood Vidette: On last Sunday even
ing Just before shutdown negro sneak thief
entered the residence of Mr.. j. T. Galley 5.
ana after tearing up things generally and
scattering them all over the house. appropri-
ated number OF articles and skipped out.
A posse was started in pursuit and succeeded
IN running upon him just this side of Sum
merheld. The articles were all found and
brought back, but the negro made good his
escape by running into a cane patch The
posse hred several shots after him but as il
was dark the shooting was done with no de-
gree Of accuracy.