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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

Having opened up shoe and repair
shop in Lebanon, respectfully solicit
ashare of your patronage. warrant
all my work to be first-class, and make
a speciality of fine work and ladies'
shoes. MD. VAUGHAN
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03
nublln,. Mayor ana Cltr roll,le..

The lord mayor is fine looking, about
50 years old rather stout, has curly hair
just turning gray, mutton chop whiskers
and mustache, a ruddy face, and wore a
dark suit. He is here as the guest Of
Chicago and the fair commissioners.
Said he; Il have visited your city two
or three times heretofore and admire it
greatly. / had hoped to call upon your
mayor today, butwe got in too late. No,
I have never had the pleasure Of meeting
Mr.. Gilroy, though he came from County
Donegal, 50 ! am informed, while j was
born in an adjacent county. Ipresume
politics do not figure to any great extent
in your municipal government queried
the lord mayor innocently. New York
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

mined and stately during the c
puc when he saw the star. his stateli.
hess vanished.
santa Claus gave him the star. and
.oia MN IL was a present from the
King. he bowed and smiled. and was
profuse In his thanks. and talked of he
kings great kindness, murmuring that
lie was most unworthy &C such favor.
linen ne went into the next room.
Where he thought nobody could see
MN, and stood in front of the glass to
iasten the star on his breast. Then his
dignity vanished, and he danced about
a little, making a courtesy to himself
ana saying. Now at last | have what
1 nave longed for. That is what we
set Tor being good children"
is he a child?" whispered Vigg. in
Amusement.
Yes, indeed he is" answered Santa
Claus.
Now they went to the kings palace.
which was much larger than even
b last fine house.
Here are a couple of presents for the
prince" said Santa Claus. I'VE will
soon finish here, and then We will go TO
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

Santa Claus. Wen, what of it? So
does a cat.
Never look a Christmas gift in the
cost mark.
A stcolpigeon is not the kind that
makes a good Christmas pot-pie.
The turkeys and chickens are begin
ming to roost high and far of.
With children a Christmas present
beats a Christmas past
Ii is sad to note that the average
Christmas stocking is longer than mos
purses.
II is more blessed TO give than TO re-
ceive. II is likewise more expensive
Christmas is a golden mile stone IN
the path of youth.
As the Christmas tree is bent, so Is
the youthful heart made glad
The Christmas time comes on apace
and charity begins to hum.
If a man sits at a banquet too long
he is quite apt TO become dlsh-puta-
tiOus.
The best kind Of n Christmas slipper
slipper five dollar bin in your needy
neighbours hand.
Many n -Unn lc1lNN WIN AVAh af W.
Christmas in order to ire himself on In
reform resolutions New Years.
When Kris Kringle comes down the
chimney it scots Kris and the children
as well.
Some viii hang up theid stockings on
/ Christmas eve, and others VIII hang up
I the bartender.
Eternal vigilance Is the price OF lib
/ erty, but you better spend your money
I for Christmas presents for all that.
The small boy now puts In eight hours
n day ftattening his O against the
windows Of the confectionery and TOY
stores.
With many people Christmas presents
will only come through the Imagination
which will enable them to exhibit great
presents of mind
Song of the young lady who has sew
eral infatuated beaux on the string
and expects Christmas presents from
all of them-"What shall the harvest
beT"
Ii is one of the paradoxes of life thai
the more a wife keeps her husband In
hot water the colder he grows toward
her.
Never mind. ladies, the Christina:
shopping doesn't come out Of your peck
cts, IL is your annual opportunity Il
got more than even with the men folks
In spelling them there Is only tht
difference of a letter between christ
mas bells and Christmas bills. but IL
figuring them up a ~stupendous di1er
ence becomes apparent
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
ALCOHOL AND SPARRWS
How the demonstrating Birds Were
Captured.

The English sparrows have proved 4
nuisance in the cotton country, for as
soon as the eoIls open they pick out
the cotton and carry it of, and some
planters have lost, as they claim, hum
dreds Of pounds in this way There l.
one man. however, in De Witt county
that has not lost much. When ne
found the sparrows were committing
depredarions he produced a qranflty or
wheat. soaked il in sweetened WHISKY
and strewed il along the rows. Inc
sparrows found IL and thought they
had a picnic. So they had, hut in III
teen or twenty minutes there was the
ripsiest lot OF English sparrows ever
seen on the face of the earth They
rolled about the ground. falling on
their sides and back, and kicking their
heels into the air like a parcel Of drunk
ards, all the while uttering the most
comical squeaks. They did not have
long TO squeak, however, for the boys
gathered them up and threw them into
bags. The first day they gathered
two bushels OF drunken sparrows.
Three or four days later the experiments
was repeated with almost equal success,
and from time TO time since. They
made excellent potpie. but the survIv-
OTIS have come TO regard the plantation
as hoodooed. for now very few come
about it-Galveston News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

cake. and another cake for you to give
to the sparrows tom orrow morning.
Ard seen here added Mother Ger
trude. here Is a pair Of WOODEN stock
ings. which l have made for you Tor
your Christmas present. They are JUST
what you need. and here Is a pair OF
leather shoes. SO that you need not
wear your wooden ones on Christmas
day"
Vigg had long wished to have a pair
Of leather shoes, and they made him
very happy. He looked at them
all sides, but he looked so much longer
At the wooden stockings that Mother
Gertrude thought he was looking Tor
some flaw in her work. The truth was
that they were exactly Ike those that
santa Claus had had in his chest, and
they made vigg very thoughtfu
He threw his arm around Motner
Gertrude's heck and said
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

Thank ron. Mother Gertrude for
the shoes ard the stockings-many
times yer for the stockings"
Now Mother Gertrude placed the pot
on the fire. and a white on the
table, and the candle was lighted u
Nigg put on the new shoes u the
WOODEN stockings. Sometimes he ran
To the window and looked out on the
wide, snowy moor. and wondered about
last night, how IL was that he got
home. and when. Santa Claus had been
very kind TO him. and 50 was Gear
Mother Gertrude. and Christmas v
was the most delightful time in all
the world
Outside the little cottage the rays OF
the stars strpamed down on the
covered heath. and within the n little
dwelling on that lonely moor reignet
the warmth of the little hearth. n
light and eiadness, and W happy
hearts enjoyed them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

Il would like TO-" said yigs. doubt
fully, but / can't for mother is not
home yet, and IL / am not here when
Il comes, what would she think ~
You VIII be home before n gets
back Santa Claus answered. Come
along!"
Nigg sprang out. 1t was very cold.
and Vigg was not dressed very warm
ly. His little sack was very tight, and
his wooden shoes had made holes in
his stockings. Santa Claus locked the
door and lifted Vigg into the sled. cov-
cred him up with a blanket, blew some
smoke u of his pipe, cracked his whip,
aid off they flew.
Rapp and Snapp, Matt and Latt
dashed over the snow fast as the wind.
end the silver bells rang out sweetly
and musicsrAy, sounding to little Vigg
like bells from heaven.
They ere very G o far away from
the heath, and came to a dark wood.
Mother Gertrude had told Vigg about
this wood; the trees were so big and
high that il seemed to him as if the
stars were on the boughs. Sometimes
between the trunks of the trees one
could catch a glimmer of the lights
from other houses. AT last Santa Claus
stepped his team before a little house.
There are a good boy and girl here
End others who must have some Christ
mas gifts" said Santa Claus.
Behind the seat in the sled was n
chest, which Santa Claus now opened.
and there were many things in it-an
alphabet book, pencils and a knife for
the boy, a thimble and a song-boOk
for the girl, a bunch of thread and a
spinning wheel for the mother. and an
almanac and a big clock for the father.
Also there were two pairs of glasses
| for the grandfather and grandmother.
| And, besides all these things, Santa
Claus had his hands full of something
| else, but Vigg could not sec what it
was, and he asked Santa Claus to tell
him.
These are blessings, my little friend"
said Santa Claus.
Then he went into the cottage, and
yigg went with him. The family were
all gathered around the Christmas tree,
and the father was reading from the
Bible about the child Jesus. Santa
Claus slipped his presents inside the
door without their seeing him, and soft
ly went back with Vigg to the sled.
Then they started again through the
dark wood.
81 like to hear Of the child they were
reading about" said Santa Claus, but
like our old legend of Tor l Trudvaey.,
too"
Who is Tor l Trudvaey?' asked
Vigg.
He was very good. He was a far,
off relation of mine answered Santa
Claus. He was very severe on bad
people, but liked those who were non,
est and He liked the good
farmers who worked hard to cultivate
their land and train their sons to grow
up to be good men. Once there was Il
war, and Tor l Trudvaey said to the
farmers. Up, men. and defend your
homes And they took their swords
and shields and went over the mount
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
The Hygiepic Law of Rest.

Experiments conducted at Munich
have shown the wisdom OF the divine
decree that man should rest on every
seventh day. and have made the rea-
sons Therefore clear. 1t was demonstrate
ed that the system loses oxygen to the
amount of several ounces as the result
of a hard days work performed. n
that under fairly good hygienic ono
tions the laborer does nc receive dur
ing the night all of the oxygen he has
oyerdrawn, the net loss being about
one ounce, but that an occasional day
of rest coming just at the right time
will completely restore the equilibrium
and make him as good as new. LII he
does not have this rest at regularly re-
curring intervals his health will deteTi-
crate. his power for work diminish, ana
he will age p~rematurely. Moreover,
the intervals OF rest must not be TOO
far apart. This was shown during the
reign of the age of reason in France In
The last decade of the eighteenth cen
tprv. To obliterate the idea of the Sab
hath 1t was ordered that every tenth
day shouldb G observed as n season OF
rest and festiyity, instead of one day In
seven. But in a very few years II was
noticed that there was an evident de-
terforation both in working animals
ana working men. Every seventh day
of rest was proven 10 be sometime
more than a dogma of the Church. II
was also the fiat of nature. The Mu
Mich experiments now show the physi
%, basis OF the Sabbathical day by de
m~onstrating that the amount OF exhais
ton of the oxygen Of the system by n,
DAYS OF labor is the amount n a vaI
be supplied by Il day OF complete rest
-Albany Express.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

ain and valley, and no enemies coul
stand against them. You shall De d
good man. too, Nigg.'
"Of course / will" said Nigg-
And then" went on Santa Claus,
'Tor laid his sword down at the feet
of the Child Jesus, and he has V
had TO fight with it any more.
The next time Santa Claus stopped
was at a farmers barn. From the
barn came the noise of threShing
wheat. as loud as the rushing of Il river
nIoving with stones and the roots or
trees Santa Claus knocked at the
opening in the shutter, and the door
sprang open. Inside were TWO FUNNY
little dwarfs. with bushy eyebrows ana
round cheeks. They had on red caps
and little gray coats. They peat tne
wheat so that the dust flew IN clouds
over their heads. Santa Claus nodded
and said:
Brownie. brownie, brownie man
are you still at work.
And the brownies answered as they
slung their fails:
The fail makes plenty of noise, and
we have a big pile of wheat here;
You might take 1t easy on Chrlst-
mas Eve" said Santa Claus.
But the dwarfs replied:
w have a great deal OF wheat mere
70 make into bread, and every minute
is worth gold ~,
well / hope you know where n
when our meeting is 10 be- said SANTA
Claus.
The dwarfs nodded and said:
ayes a little while hence, with the
Great King in the mountain. Now rare
we'll. dear old Santa Claus, TIL then;
After n while Santa Claus stopped IN
front of n biz building. from every WIN
| dow OF which shone a bright light lie
found many presents for this nous
when ne opened his chest, so many ia
| yigc wondered and marveied al uleiI'
There were bracelets, necklaces, Nei>,
and buckles, and silk, ana VeiNetr @ u.
gold. and silver, and all soEes "a
| precious stones.
"What are all these forg' he asked,
.'They are for fishes, sara SIN"
Claus. with a wink. For the So1hr
ladies to catch fishes.
"But what is thatE' inquired VIZ
pointing TO a large golden star
That" said Santa Claus. rs TOT "a
master Of the house TO wear on az
hreost II Is for the fishers, too.
Wig was puzzled, and could not uh
darstand AT all what IL meant. lie Eae
never seer fishers wear sucn ulll
Then Santa Clans gave ~ so
f~ruit,stones to put in his pocket III my.
made them both Invisible anu ue'
walked up the broad staircase.
The father was sitting IN 4 iarse aln
chair, with his hands folded oelol'
him. and mis- eyes haif-shuI tnihhIl
what a great man he was and nov
much he knew.
santa Claus distributed his presenss
and the old gentleman was ver! us
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

way, h|
more |
Else, Nd
lately |
rs. |
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

NO" said yigg, "but 90 you know
who / amp
n old man took off his cap and
made the boy q low bow.
4 ha'A the honor Of talking TO Vigg,"
said he. 'You are the great fighter
oi the country, and have just put on
you first pair of trousers. You are
not afraid Of the largest whiskers in
sne world. You are yigg, and | am
santa Claus. Have / the honor OF being
known to your
Oh, you r Santa Clausi You must
oe a good manr' cried Vigg. Mother
mas often spoken OF you. or course 1
Know who You are"
Thank you for your compliment.
laughed Santa Claus. You can't tell
much about me from hearsay. WIN
o so out with me for n rider"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21
A Humbug.

He-what shall / get my dear little
girl for Christmas?
Shc-On, darling, anything that my
boy chose for me would be beautiful
and precious i'm my sight.
And when her boy e her six rose
buds and a box of bonbons she said:
well. that's what l call pure gall Ia
that fellowr'-Smsth. Gray x Co.'S
Monthly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

Harry De Witt spent the evening
Of Christmas at the F1ypp's.
Joe Coes-I suppose the mistlet0e WIS
hung up?
Harry De Witt-No; but then II was
not needed. There is a dark corner In
the conservatory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-21

Mrs. Newlywediow love - hear
the merrv Christmas bells!
Mr.. Newlywed-l1 Exc To hear them.
too. IL Christmas BELLS were n 20 con-
foundedlr suggestive Of Christmas blAs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04

duty under Gen. Busil In the following
MareA h assumed The commend a the
seventh division Of the Army Of the Ohio.
with which he Has ordered 70 occupy Cum
beriand Gap. He was with Gen. w. T. Sher-
man q vickshur9. and afssfward. having
been assigned 70 the Thirteenth Army
Corps, commanded at The capture Of Fort
Human. Ark. In 1855 he resigned on &C
count Of III health. Two ysars later he
ran for the sovsrnorship q Ohio On the
Democratic ticket, but VAS unsuccessful.
In 1855 he VS. elected to congress. and
served O the committse q tosslsa a6aifA
Columbus Dslano defeated hin In 1861,
but in the following year be was reelected
and served until ls7A being member a
the committees on foreign affairs. military
Affairs. and reconstruction. In 1876 ~
wss . dalegate q large 20 the National
Democratic conventtoo &C So Louis.
Il d announced o. good suthority that
Nina. RheA. the actress, hn married her
Leading man. W. y. Hart, in PARA Mr..
Hart 10 . pears old. or about twenty pears
the junior Of his wife. He i compare
lively nee In the theatrical business He
has been with Nina Rhea's company
about one year. He was formerly with
hobart Dow ming
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04
THE PASSING THRONG.

J. f. Wheeiock. . former resident of Sc
attic in the early EOS, but now residing in
Florida. has been paying q visit TO friends
in the city. He still has some interests
here and feels very much siated at their
enhancement in value during his long alb
sence. Before leaving for his return to
Florida. he told Posr-lSrEILIsEScEa re-
porter some OF his experiences in South
America after he left Seattle. Among
other adventures he related the following:
I'm 1879 was in the mining region OF
Guiana. about l5o miles cas-, OF Bolivar on
the Orinoco river. An Italian by the
name OF Patroni also resided in that sec
ton. lie happened to become aware
of tho fact that had some
money with me. few hundred
dollars in gold. He laid q plan to
ex,ors some Of it from me. He accused
me of robbing him of 100 and had me
taleaidel a coal-hisck negro. in order TO
extort confession from me. as is usually
done with prisoners. tied my arms behind
my back and raised me up and hung me
on . peg by my arms. The pain was ex-
cruciasins. but when on the poin. of be.
coming insensibie I was lowered and
asked to confess. Then this vas repeated
several times. Then rope was stretched
across the room with siinnoosc i'm the
middle and was raised up and my body
passed through the slipnoose all my whole
weight bore on il ana the moose became
tight around my stomach. could get only
less than half breath and the agony was
great. When Vas actually sirangling Was
lowered and told TO confess. This was re-
peated half dozen times. Then the fun
began in earnest. | WAS hung up by nv
ankles. head downward. and hung ,ha,
way till became unconscious. then
lowered and spr.nkled with water till I
recovered. Then told to confess. The
operation was repeated for over two hours
In the meantime l had completely weak.
ened and told them would confess any.
thing. but v hen asked 70 state where the
Italians 81. $40 was, I was unable 10 do so.
tor did no. know. AZ | knev he had no
money At sill After the first part Of the
torture the Italian had come TO me and
offered ,o withdraw the charge if I
woaid pay him 500 Indignantly
repulsel him. hnt after being iortarrs, I
begged 10 see the Italian, in order 10 give
him the $50 in order 10 be released. Blu,
that the negro aleslde would no, allow
and sinking this an admission OF railt on
my part. ker, up the torture from sbou, Q
Q. IA 10 } r, m. Finally. after being com.
pietely exhausted. was carried 20 a iau
and placed III II. A fes DAYS af.erwar,
The Judge of the district held an inyext:ra-
ton and rroves. conelnsively that tn.
Italian had ne money and had never les,
any, and | Was at once released: While
suspended BY gny ankles the rore had co,
through 20 the hone. and was unable TO
move for many days. laid the matter
before congress. and afser six years hard
nght get 81 90, damages.
W. L. Rice, whose legal residence IL in
Fort Payne. Ala. but who has practically
lived as Everett for the last two years. 10
At tie Arlington on his way to the latter
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04

w. T. Rice, whose legal residence IL In
Fort Payne. Ala. but who has practically
lived at Everett for the last two years. 10
At tie Arlington On his way to the latter
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04

ssssnsssiy soothing bus the ranksss Kind
OF sswindiing socialism In govrs1Esns.
h esssns ciass iexisissicn. confsseassoo snd
fs5s prescription Of your peighbor for the
isssient enssgy and tmpudenf thnn se
las sscesssfuI,y pssctieed ~ order 20 sss
raa- The Democratic party = Trspon.so'e
fSs the industrial paralysis OF is1. sen
wsso svn anything sxeeps the sss o.
So ouslas have seen the ssumng shaken
css Of vslues since Cssveaaad's eascsaon'
ssis they are not anxious Tor fevosusaon-
s-s lsgssistion In the matter Of the taf'H-
Tasy have seea 1900 men idis In the IRON
iaaassry % Michigan and Wisconsin sney
hsss ssen sop persons forced irso sdie-
fssrs by the closing Of single New Hsmp-
sisEss manufacturing establishment. they
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04

In 1876 Sir Robert Peel announced his
conversion to the principle Of free trade
ehsn he proposed the repeal Of the corn
Jaws, bat ne did not apply il in extrsms
severity st oncs TO the situation. saying
taat IT. Introduction into oil departments
8! Eng.and's legislation Was . question Of
sims and convenience. So slowly did the
change take place in England that il was
ssx years after the repeat of the corn Laws
.nst the house Of commons consented to
s,ass Lord Palmerston's resolution pIsdg-
lag parliament 20 'ths policy Of nm
restricted competition firmly maintained
and prudsntly extended" As late - 1880
shs paper manufactures fought Glad
stones repeal Of the duty on paper. A
late - 1870 the British average tariff vas
~ per cent. and Il vas 1850 before the
isritish average vas recorded - low ~ So
pss cent. With the single exception. We
sslievs. OF the tax on plste. the tariff Of
England 10 today wholly for revenue. but
gngland did not prseipitstsly in 1876 en-
act evolutionary legislation, and Demo
usattc free trade theorists can fairly OPP
pose. under present conditions. any pre-
Sipitsts action today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04

II the purchase clause Of the Sherman
law 10 repealed Internationally the coin
age act Of 1873. the Allison act. would not
be revived. The statutes Of the. United
States provide that when an act which
repeats former act is itself repealed. the
former act shall not be revived unless ex-
press words for that purpose are used.
Consequently repeal Of the Sherman set
would simply stop silver purchases alto
gather