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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

Frances had gone berrying with her lit.
tie cousin, and as the bars between the
berry pasture and the adjoining field hap
pened yo be down, gentle, harmless COW
had wandered through the opening tills
came quite close 10 the children. Frances,
in describing the scene to her aunt, said
"t,f course, Aunt Sally didn't want
Mary to know was afraid of COW, but |
really thought should scream when |
looked up and saw that dreadful, glaring
eyed creature close at our heels Still
was perfectly calm, and | just walked
quickly but firmly to the stone wall, TAX
ing Mary by the hand, and | said, Lets
climb over this wall Mary; | see some
splendid bushes over on the other sidep
and she followed me right over.
"She asked me little while afterward
if was afraid of cows, but was very busy
picking berries Just then, and the child
didn't repeat her question. wouldn't
have had her suspect was SO frightened
for anything"
That night, when the small Mary was
getting ready for bed, she said, Mother,
do you know truly think Cousin Frances
is afraid of cowslm
"WhyS" said Mrs. Woods.
"Well," said the supposed to be unsus-
pecting child, "you know we were picking
berries in grandpa's hill pasture, and Mr..
Fox's 'brindle' got in there, and she came
close up to u.s. Cousin Frances had been
busy picking, and she didn't hear brindle
till she gave little moo And then
Cousin Frances turned just as pale; and
she grabbed my hand and dragged me
along to the wall as fast as ever she could
and she said, Let's climb over this cow
Mary; see some splendid cows over OIL
the other sidep
at was the very worst place in the
whole wall to get over, and the berries
weren't big at all And" concluded tht
small sage, II asked her if she was afrait
of cows and she didn't answer me; so
presume she didn't want to tell wrong
storyP'-Youth's Companion,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

In these wonderful days, when not only
our written messages but our very voices
may be instantaneously transmitted many
hundreds of miles, it is worth being re-
minded that only half century ago there
was no more rapid means of conveying in
telligence than by pigeon post. and that
even now there are conditions of affairs
under which the birds still hold the advan-
tage over steam and electricity. Denver
RaDlIhliCan
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

t'N ODD lttu, anu iob-
Patrick's cathedral, New York, 1926 feet.
1t will thus be seen that the new building
will rank high among the notably tall
structures of the world, and there is not
even church spire on this continent within
20 feet of its height.
The building will have frontage of 81
feet on Broadway and depth Of 1lS feet
on the north line and l25 feet on the south
line-a rather small base for such sky
,scraper, but considered safe enough by
architects and engineers who have been at
some pains to devise novelties for the
Strengthening Of the foundations and side
walls. Caissons are being sunk down to
bedrock-6O feet below the Broadway level
to secure a firm foundation, just as if it
were for bridge pier These caissons are
great steel tanks or chambers, inside of
which men work at eXcavating the earth,
| which is blown to the surface by an air
pipe. As the casson sinks, brickwork is
built upon it, and when bedrock is reached
the steel chamber is filled with the strong
est kind of concrete.
Another novelty in the construction Of
this bnilding is the adoption in the steel
skeleton which is built within the walls
of the cantaleyer principle fur the equal dis
tribu1ion of the immense weight over the
entire system Of foundation piers. Other
wise the steel construction is like that OF
other modern tall buildings
The architecture of the building rs 10 be
italian renaissance, very much ornament
ed. The Broadway front will be Of Indiana
limestone and that on New street of brick
and terra Gotta, The structure viii be fire
proof and will have the latest improve
ments in elevators, lighting, heating and
ventilation. 1t will take over u year tt
complete it,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29
VOICE OF rAe PINE TREe.

wiou'rt haunted; 1t Is not thyself
Breathing such plalnt of woe;
II must bc some unhappy elf
Whose heart broke long ago.
Now 1t revisits thee alway,
And stlrs thy harp of sorrow;
Wo hear Its tiny fingers play
And shudder for the morrow.
II seems 10 presage grief unborn,
That trembling sigh Of sadness;
We fear to hall the rosy morn
Lest we should miss It's gladness
II Ia aa II from earliest tlmo
No Joy thou hatst felt,
But caught the echoes OF climo
Where only trouble dwelt.
A mystery hovers overhead
And shrouds thee all thy days;
We glance around for presence dread
When that strange music plays
II cannot be thy dlrge of woo,
Thy secret grief unfurled;
There Is 80 deep IN overflow
1t saddons all the world.
II moves us on the windy height,
II haunts us In the starshino;
II follows through the MONDAY light
Tho sighng Of the pine.
Mrs N. B. Morange In Arkansaw Travele
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

A correspondent in The American Ma
chinist says that one thing which spoils
many leather belts is habit indulged in
by some who claim to be mechanics of,
when belt slips, putting on powdered
resin, or running for cake of soap and
holding that on the belt-either one spoils
the belt When a belt slips take it up;
then if it slips put on wider belt, aud in
the end it is money in your pocket.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

The pine tree has a longer life than
trees of other species and qttains an age
of from 500 to 700 years; the silver fir
comes nextwith 425 as maximum, then
the larch with s75, the red beech next
with 245. The maximum ages of the
aspen, birch, ash, alder and elm vary
from slO down to 1870. The oak begins
to decay when about 800 years old,
though one particular variety Of oak, the
holly, attains greater age than this
New York Recorder,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

The most distinguished ghost OF all ap-
pears to be the Black Lady of the Castle of
Darmstadt In deep mourning she comes
to announce the death of some members
of the families of the grand dukes of
Hesse or of the Bavarian royal family
The apparition of this lady has from time
immemorial produced sort of panic
among the troops of the garrison. The
boldest sentinels are afraid of her. One
day young officer of the Grenadiers So
licited from the Grand Duke Louis l the
favor of acting as sentinel at the door of
the chapel through which the mysterious
visitor was expected to pass. "lf it is not
a genuine ghost" he said, 81 will cure the
practical joker OF his nonsense"
1t was agreed that the officer should
order the phantom to halt, and, if it did
not obey, fire upon it. The grand duke
and few courtiers posted themselves in
the vestry of the chapel, from which they
could see the path that, according to the
legend, the Black Lady always followed
As midnight approached, the gayety of the
royal group decreased The clock struck
] l~. Delore Uhc sounu Vi Out ldsb SIFOkt
had died away they heard in the distance
"Haltl Who goes there'" Then there
was shot.
The grand duke and the people of hi,
suite came out from their hiding place anG
ran into the courtyard. The brave young
officer was stretched on the ground, dead
Beside him lay his gun, the barrel O
which was torn from the stock and twist
ed like corkscrew. There was no wound
of any sort on the body. Shortly after
ward Louis died suddedly in the duca
palace e-Galignani Messenger
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29
A Genuine House warming.

Mr., Wayback The next time go to one
of Brother Stumpland's house warnings
he'll know it, What dye think the mean
cuss didS
Mrs, Waybaek-rm sure don't know.
Mr.. Waybaek he waited till all
the guests had assembled, an then led the
way to the back yard and set us to chopin
wood, New York Weekly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

Take saturated solution Of alum. and
having spread a few drops of it over plate
of glass it will readily crystalline in small,
flat octahedrons, scarcely visible to the eye.
When this plate is held between the OBJ
server and the sun Or candle, with eyes
very close to the smooth side of the glass
plate, there will be seen three beautiful
halos Of light at different distances from
the luminous body.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

Railroads and machinery are largely re-
sponsible for the aggregate of accidents A
year In which there Is great deal of rail
road building Is sure to be fruitful Of acci-
dents.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

Camolus composed his verses with the
roar Of battle in his ears, for the Portu'
guese poet was soldier and brave one,
though poet.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

New street and
will be l6 stories
high on the Broad
way front and II
stories on New
street. From the
Broadway side
walk to the main
roof line will be
242 feet, and the
roof on the New
street end will be
1858 feet above the
sidewalk, On the
Broadway front
the flomed joWer
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29
rALLesT IN THE WORLD.
A New 0fIlce Bnilding In New York Higher
Than Trinity Steeple.

The tallest Office building in the world
and one of the tallest buildings for any
purpose is now in course OF erection in
lower Broadway, in New York city, for the
Manhattan Life Insurance company. It
will extend through from Broadway to
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29

at the end of half an hour, partly for
the purpose Of learning how the wounded
man was getting on and partly to shield
himself from the cutting wind which
lashed his face. the young sentry again
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
A TurkiAll Romance.

A romantic affair has happened in
the Turkish army. A short time ago
the discovery was made, quite acciden-
tally in Pristina, that young girl
named Hanko had been serving for
three and half years under her broth
ere name, Ali Redscheb, in the Fif-
teenth Regiment there, and had dis
tinRuished herself by specially good
conduct The Sultan was informed of
the unheard-of case of a woman nous
ing with men for years unveiled.
When he learned that the young girl
had taken this daring step in order to
free her brother, who was the only
support of his mother, from military
service. he bestowed the Chefakat Or
der of the Third Class on her, and has
given her a life pension of five Turk
ish pounds a month. She was, of
course, sent homo at once, and her
brother remained free from serving.
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butt. Upon selecting tree gang o
men is set to work digging trench
about it. This trench is about 81
feet wide and 4 feet deep, and is l..
or 20 feet in diameter The gang then
dig hole where tho tree is to b.
plafitedrEain, and tins hole is about i
feet deep ard 20 inches in dilmeter.
Rich earth and large quantity o,
fertilizer are put n. the hott in, an it
is ready for the ZEE
The earth inside the trench dug
about the tree is now removed, and
the immense truck built for the pur-
pose, which is onstructed so that the
back frams can be rem we'd, is biclzcd
up SO that the tree stands in the mid.
die of it. Chains are now put under
the roots of the tree, and large quanti
ties of bagging are stuffed in abou,
the roots and the chains so as to pro
tect the roots from being stripped OF
bark or otherwise injured. BY means
of four powerful geareu windlasses or
the corners of the truck the tree is
raised, and by means of guy ropes is
kept perpendicular. The truck Is now
drawn out of the hole by means of q
powerful arrangement of blocks and
pulleys, and when it is on the level
from sixteen to twenty horses pull it
to the spot where the tree is to be re-
planted.
The roots of the trees are kept we,
until it is in its new birth. After the
truck is removed and the guy ropes
are fastened 80 that the tree stind
straight, the work OF filling the ho..
begins. This is delicate Job and is
done by special men. Earth is put in
little at a time, and is packed about
the roots as carefully as If each little
rootlet was the only one on which the
tree depended for substance. 1t takes
about day for three or four men to
fix up the hole az 1t has to be done
Water is used constantly and when
the ground is levcled off, salt hay is
spread about to protect the ground
from the sun and to retain tha mois.
ture. The tree must be watored for
two years after transplanting to in
sure its living. With the best of care,
however, only 2 per cent of these
transplanted trees live. Rut thcs
that fail to live are replaced, of course,
AMI success must come eventrally
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
KNOWLEDGE

Bsing comfort and Improvement and
tsuds TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live Bot
~ than Others and enjoy life more, with
Len expenditure, BY more promp'l ~
adapting the worlds best produc' A ~
the needs Of physical being, will. att.st
the value to health Of the pu IA Hand
laxative principles embrac ed In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence Ia due A In nre.ent,ns
in tho form most acc -ptable and pleas,
ant tothe taste, the, refFeshinr and truly
beneficial prope ties of perfect Lax.
sAve enectu lily cleansing the system,
dispeiling .Aids, headaches and fevers
: and perr AAnently curing constipation.
u es given satisfaction to millions and
nst With the approval of the medical
P.ofession, because it acts on the Kid
heya Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it Is perfectly free from
!, livery Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
yists in '5Oc and 81 bottles, but 1t is man.
ufac.ured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
roi.tor. Opinion of Poetry.

Count Leo TSlstoi has received In Moscow
4 visit from an Inspiring Young Russian poet,
who had previously sent n cop- ri his produc-
tions to the great romanclst and philosopher.
AT this interview the count said. II haze
read your book, or at least the greater part OF
II. But must tell you at once, and frankly
that entertain Il general dislike To all poetry,
and for this reason-that 1t prevents one from
giving clear, Intelligent and comprehensive
expression 10 one's thoughts and ideas Why
should we laboriousiy strain to conform our
expressions TO the rhythmicai ard metrical
rules Of verslfication, when we can the better
and more clearly convey our thoughts In sim
Pile and lucid prosei 1t Is as II, instead OF
permitting me the free use of my limbs, you
tether my legs, and make me hobble around
the object OF observation. In order to he
succinct. concise and comprehensively ex-
pressive always strive so to construct my
language that every reader, even he OF the
scanticst Intelligence, can, without the slight
est trouble Of reflection, at once grasp ms
meaning. II | wrote In verse my primary hnd
distracting labor would be TO conform to the
| liws and rules OF vcrsiiication, and my read
ers would he left TO sift out for themselves
the thoughts and ideas wished TO convey. l.
may be perfectly frank with yOu {" said TIT
t5uut, with a peculiarly bitter expression %
his face, 81 would say that verses are general.
4 the production Of literary wantonncss. litcrar.
frivolity and literary insolenoe. .n-Lond9'
| Dni{U Ne1rs
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
He Had No Revelation

Archbishop Robert Leighton, who died
June 26, 1854, was never married. While ht
held the see Of Dumblanc he was one day The
recipient OF visit from one of the middle
aged single ladies of the neighborhood. Her
manner was solemn and from her embarass
ment 1t was evident that she had something
important to tell him. The bishop spoke to
her kindly and finally she Informed him that
it had been revealed to her through dream
that she was to marry him. OF course the
good man, who had long ago given up
thoughts of matrimony, was considerably
astonshed, but with true courtesy he con
cealed his surprise and gently told the lSds
that such intimLtions were not 10 be dcsplsed,
As yet, however, the revelation was imper-
feet, having been made TO but one u .hc par
ties. He would, he said, wait to see II ANY
similar communication should come to him
self and whenever it did he should be sure TO
let her know. With this the woman was sat
Isficd and She went away.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
Ancient Artillery.

In 147s Moha.-red II, in forming the siege
OF Scutari in Albania, r-tplcycd fourteen
heavy bombards, the lightest OF Sti"h threw
stone shot OF $40 pounds weight, two scr,
shot of 500 pounds, Two of 80 pounds, two OF
$50 pounds, one of 200 pounds, five OF / 800
pounds, and one of the enormous weight oil
! 900 pounds, enormous even in these days,
for the only gun whose nhct exceed the
heaviest of these are our eighty-tou gun,
throwing ] LOO pound projectile; our 100
ton, throwing one of .0OO pounds, and the
ll0.ton, throwing an l,s0O-pound shot With n
high velocity. The stone shot OF Mohani
med's guns varied between thirty and thirty
two inches In diameter, about the same
height as dining table; 1884 OF them were
fired on this occasion, weighing, according TO
= calculation of Gen. LEROY, about l-0U
tons and we're cut out OF the solid rock on the
epot Assuming tweniy-f6ur inches as the
average diameter Of the shot fired at this
siege. the total area of the surface dressed
was nearly 80 900 square feet. At this siege
the weight OF the powder fired is estimated by
Gen. LEROY TO have been $50 tons. IT the
siege of Rhodes In 1850, Mohamned caused
sixteen basilsks or double cannon to be cast
on the spot, throwing bal's two to three feet
In ndiameter-Chdmber JonFy.G.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
ANrIcRlNoLINE LEAGUE

Good Work Accomplished By John
Strange Winter. tho Authoress.
John Strange Winter MRS. Stan
nnrtl), who is at the head of the mo
Crinoline" league in England, states
that over $1,000 pledges have been
secured from women who say they
will not accept the crinoline under
any circumstances. The members of
the league are mainly ladies of posi-
ton and include a great numb ber of
the best-dressed women In Europe.
The Princess of Wales lost no time IN
emphatieally e ,l3I refusing to coIntenanes
expressly ordered that all her new
dresses should be made without any
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
AooMiA.

Wh9 50 Aeligts \ assolaAA
X8A hsbs y 6SaFthrown;
Nd WAs6 tie hsArt must bsaR ~ weight
0f fts swH love Aions;
AAA whsn the soul whose thouzhts are deep,
MUG guard them unfsvealsd
And feel that Il u full, but keep
That fu1nAss calm and scaled;
Wh<a loves long Tiance 10 dark with pain
With hfas to mest ct. cheer;
And wsrds of woe are wild In vain
For those who cannot hear;
When earth 10 dark and memory
Pale In the heaven shove
Tho heart can bear to lose Its joy,
But not TO cease to love.
But what shall guide tho choice WITH
OF guilt or ayony--
when 10 remember Is to sin,
And to for-et-to dicf
John Ruskin
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ing now finished is creditable.
The building il the third on the
street of States from tho Fifty-seventh
Street or South Park entrance to the
Fair grounds. 1t looks out upon the
great art gallery and tho reproduction
Of old Fort Marion at ST. Augustine,
which is Florida's State building, is IN
It's shadow. The gum and Spruce
building of Louisiana. as inflnmmab BILE
as q box of matches, is next door to it
and the State buildings OF Minnesota,
Norsh Dakota, Kansas and Arkansas
are within q stones throw.
The prettiest room in the building is
the gold room, for Gov. Stones private
use The room is SO small the gov
ernor will have to open the windows
when he wants to stretch, but there is
$40 worth of hand hammered gold on
the walls nevertheless. The ceiling
and walls are of gold picked out III de-
signs OF silver and green.
The elliptical dome Of the building is
40 feet long and 80 wide. At its apex
few little gold stars twinkling there
to get the credit for the rays OF light,
which are really furnished by con-
cealed electric globes. The border is
of terra Gotta and gold.
There is balcony or promenade at
the front of the building which will be
completely shaded from the afternoon
sun. II Ia 30 feet long and 22 feet
wide and has floor of Florentine
mosaic.
The rotunda of the Missouri Building
is one of Its attractive features The
floor is of Florentine mosaic with a
plain figure in the center, and the
beautifully frescoed ceiling is sup
ported by ten columns with caps and
marble bases. The rotunda is clip
tical like the dome, and all the rooms
on the first floor open into it as all the
rooms on the second open into the
auditorium
This State is first in the Union in the
production of zinc and second in that
Of lead; consequently the ores of these
metals are the feature. They are
shown most prominently in pyra-
midal structure containing about four
teen tons of these ores, one chunk of
ore alone weighing $500 pounds. Mis-
souri, gave to the arts In 1899 10000
tons of zinc and 81, 900 tons of lead, a
feat of which she is proud. OF speci-
mems of small size there are from
1000 to 10000, most of which belong
to the State; others are mainly loans,
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08

MliS. EShU l.Eh WIFI IIC bTlJlsh
HAMILTON. warship Serapi 5.
A battle followed. the flag was shot
away and fell into the sea. Lieut..
James Bavard Stafford jumped over.
board, recovered it, and nuiled 1T to
the mast. In appreciation of his gal
liant conduct Congress presented him
with the flag, and it has remained in
his family ever since. When the flag
was hoistcd, the first pull of the hal
lizards was given by Mrs. Stafford,
member of this same family.
The fagpole was erected on bluff
in front Of the twin lighthouses on the
Navesink Highlands. MIR. John Win
field Scott, master of ccrctn onies, made
brief speech and was followed by
Mr.. Mcdowell. A veteran bugler,
with only one arm, gave the signal
Salute" and twenty-one guns from
the Miantonomoh greeted Old Glory as
it rose in the air. This old flag was
too old and too precious to be left to
the mercies of the elements,s so dupli-
cate was made and hoisted in its place.
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson was to hevo
raised this flag, but In her enforced
absence Mrs Schuyler Hamilton, Hon
orable Regent of the Daughters of the
Revolution, willingly performed the
duty. This selection of the represent
ative of two historic families was most
appropriate.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08

He learned to speak. oUEz.
read and write English at school for
boys in Flushing, l.. /. He is said to
have acquired considerable standing
among Now York financiers at that
time. He got his introduction there,
1t is said, through the house of Grace
Brothers, with whom he got &C ,ua inted
when Minister to Peru. lie hls trav.
eled extensively in Europe an, speaks
English, German and French fiucntly.
In personal appearance he /, like a
prosperous business man, extremely
we'll groomcd. His hair md side
whiskers are iron gray. His manner
Is easy and his speech very frank. He
is most agreeable companion natur-
ally and by cultivation, and there is
not q better informed man OF the world
in Central America than he is.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-08
August.
Flower

81 am Post Master here and keep
. Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. / think it is
. splendid medicine" E. A. Bond,
P. M, Pavilion Centre, NY.
The stomach is the reservoir.
II 1t fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. It assures good appetite
and a good digestion, Q