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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
Do Horses Ever Cry?

Did you ever see horse cry9 Many peo.
Die believe that horses do not weep, but
those who have had much to do with these
faithful creatures know that on several oc-
casions they will shed tears, IS well as ex-
press sorrow in the most heartbreaking
manner In the west, where the hardness
Of the ponies causes the riders to almost
overlook the necessity of providing for their
needs, it is quite common when the weather
is extremely cold to leave an unblanketed
pony tied up for two or three hours when
the temperature is nearly zero and while
its owner is transacting business. In this
case the suffering is evidenced by the cries,
which are almost like sobs, and unmistak-
able tears freeze onto the cheeks like icicles.
When a horse falls in the street and gets
injured, the shock generally numbs its
senses 50 much that it does not either cry
or groan, but under some conditions an in
jured horse will solicit sympathy in the
most distinct manner. remember favor
ite horse of my own which trod on nail
long enough to pierce its foot. The pool
thing hobbled up to me on three legs and
cried as nearly like child in trouble as
anything l can describe. The sight was 8
very touching one, as was also the crippled
animals gratitude when the nail waspullet
out and the wound dressed.-St. Loui'
Globe Democrat.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
A successful woman sculptor.

Alice Rideout, a young San Francisco
girl OF eighteen, has received the first
prize IN the contest Of woman sculptors
for designing the statuary that is to or
nament the Woman's building at the
Worlds fair When, three months ago,
the women seulptors were informed that
they might prepare designs for the con-
test, nearly dozen responded, and vari-
ous specimens of designs were sent in,
but none satisfied the committee OF ex-
perts except those OF the slight, pretty
Californian who ought to be very proud
of herself, because when Mrs Palmer In.
sisted that this work should be sub
mitted to women, every one smiled al
the suggestion.
The prlze IL not an empty honor, fol
Miss Rideout gets the contract for ex
ecuting the full sized models, and will
be paid about $4,000 The groups whet
finished will be ten feet high, some ot
them forty feet long, and they will dec
crate the attic eornice Woman is tn,
theme Of each design. The Woman'
building designed by Sophia q. Haden
Of Boston IL nearer completion thar
any other on the fair grounds, and wa
under roof long before any Of the other
were commenced Chicago Letter
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Upon the table presided over by the
pretty university girls" at the womans
suffrage bazaar in horticultural hall are
two pineushions which every woman
will want to see and examine, and one
of which, little square Of dark brown
velvet trimmed with black lace, she will
touch very tenderly, for the little old
cushion was Margaret Fullers, and used
by her until she went abroad to become
the Countess d'Ossoli and to meet her
unhappy fate, Miss Anne Whitney gave
the long time cherished little cushion to
the fair
The other cushion is a curious example
Of the old fashioned "cross stitch" on
one side, with time tinted satin cover
on the other 1t was bought forty-six
years ago at the great fair which the
women held to raise the funds to COM
plete the Bunker Hill monument, all but
the top, which was danced on by Fanny
Elssler. 1t is filled with pins not re-
moved since that fair.-Boston Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

A curious prejudice that some people
have against soap as an application for
the face; this is "a great fallacy. Good
soap is great beautitier, and a great
preventive Of the uncomely looking
"blackheads' which are such disfg-
urement and are so hard to get rid Of
The real cause Of these unpleasant little
specks is not as rule anything more
serious than this; Some people have
much larger skin pores than others, and
the dust collects settles and finally
forms hard, black little substance
which probably would never have had a
chance Of developing if the skin was
thoroughly washed with soap twice a
day and rubbed vigorously with a coarse
towel Do not be afraid Of red nose;
the redness will soon fade quickly away
and leave no trace.--New York Tribune,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

He was the son of worthy citizen and
had Just returned from college. His father
was brusque matter Of fact man, who
had no liking for anything pronounced, and
he noticed with sorrow that his son re-
turned with the latest thing in collars and
various other insignia Of dudedom. The
old gentleman surveyed him critically when
he appeared in his office and then blurted
out, "Young man, you look like an idiot.
Just at that moment, and before the
young man had time to make a fitting re-
ply, friend walked in
"Why, hello, Billy, have you returned"
be asked. "Dear me, how much you re-
semble your fatherl"
so nc has been telling me-" replied
Billy.
And from that day to this the old gentle
man has had no fault to find with his son.
Brooklyn Life.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
Bishop Potter to the Utica Girls

Bishop Potter, in his address to the
Girls Friendly club Of Utica, said: Il
realize how different the present condi-
tions are from those that prevailed when
was boy Then there were only two
kinds Of employment for girls besides
housework-teaching and sewing. Prob
ably there are in this city hundred
kinds Of work for women. They are
doing the things men used to do and do
ing them better. But they need not in
consequence have the manners of men,
talk as men talk, use slang and ciga-
rettes or dress after the fashion of men,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Kate Msrsden, writing from lrkutsk,
in Siberia, says that she has ridden 1000
miles on horseback beyond Yakootsk
among the poor outcast lepers, who are
hunted in the depths Of the forest. She
has supplied them with food and warm
clothing for winter, and is raising funds
to build them a hospital, She intends
visiting other leper regions in Bokhara,
then crossing the Caucasus mountains
to Moscow and St Petersburg to plead
the cause Of the lepers and prisoners be-
fore the empress
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
why win Not Women Rebelq

The mlserles OF the sweeping skirts
Gave never t.sen more fully demonstrated
than during the last fortnight of crowd
ed and dusty thoroughfares. The amount
OF pavement dirt every woman who
wears them takes home with her daily
Is very perceptible Women with maids
turn their clothing over to them and get
speedily into fresh garments. Stockings
and underwear are SO loaded with dust
that they are unfit to wear a second
time without renovating. The women
without maids spend an hour brushing
and shaking to restore degree of clean
illness. The bell skirts act like sweepers
to gather but not hold the dirt. 1t is
common to see women stop in yestibules
and vigorously shake their skirts. leav,
ing cloud of dust in their wake 1t is
expensive untidy, unwholesome and
lots Of other disagreeable things, but
we all do it. Her Point OF View in New
York Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

"orville," asked Mrs. Ardup, "are times
so very tight'"
awful, Rachel! Awfulp replied Mr..
Ardup There's absolutely no money to
ne had"
"Iheh we'll economize, I" rejoined his lit
tie wife cheerily. "You were about to go
to the BARRIERS. You needn't go. Pll cut
your hair myself"
And the wretched man went out and
made an assignment. Chicago Tribune
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
Married and Unmarried.

According to Miss Collett, while we
find 9S per cent. Of the women of White
chapel under forty-hye are married, we
find that only 33 per cent. of women at
the same age are married in Hampstead
There are in Whitechapel only thirty
five unmarried women to every hundred
unmarried men. In Kensington there
are 3TS unmarried women to every hun
dred unmarried men.-London Tit-Bits
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

now he DbChihG u ENCehhusbHs
The goat, the goat, the bearded goat,
The horned, the hoofed, the hairy goat;
AS Pm sinner of some note,
This night rode the Masonic goat.
He was beast of wondrous size,
With heightened limbs and CLASSY eyes,
And beard that swept the carpet clear,
And horns that touched the chandelier.
Ye gods! If there's time we feel
Misgiyings through our noddle steal
'ris when we through the mysteries float
Upon the dark Freemasons goat.
Three times was compelled to ride
The beast around the temple wide,
And when tried the fearful mount
My hearts pulsations all could count.
Twice did make the circuit fair,
With hold on horns, on tail and hair,
Till on the third attempt and last,
When presumed all danger past,
He pitched me clear off horns and head
And left me far below for dead.
But when rose with courage frail
The goat had vanished, head and tail,
And was styled by one and all
The hyeliest Mason in the hall
-Concha County Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

A Twenty-third street dealer in wom-
ems shoes has felt the influence Of the
tall girl. I'VE have customers now to
whom we cater with low heels, he said.
1.-THE tall girl differs from man in not
being proud Of her height. She knows
a little girl is more likely to be esteemed
affectionate and loving by the men than
is tall girl So she tries to get down
to the loving level. Then, again, they
know that the little girls have more
chance of securing beaux. for the tall
girl must restrict her hopes to the aver
age sized or tall men. Short men do not
like to go out with girls several inches
taller, and 80 fall back on the petite,
So, where men are having their heels
made extra high, girls and women are
having theirs lowered. What is true of
all girls shoes is equally true in regard
to their hats They are lowering them,
too, and the fiat hat is as sure to come
in again as it is that the tall girl is here
today."--New York Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
No Harm Done.

"Mary Ann said Mr.. Quattle, 'ifyou're
determined to let Josie marry that long
legged squirt Of Pete Lockwell that comes
here three or four times week, by gum,
wash my hands of the whole business"
SIT won't hurt your hands any, George"
was Mrs. Qualities hearty rejoinder.-
Amusing Journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Housewives will hail recent inven-
tion in furnishing which is intended to
take the place Of cumbersome window
screens. This invention is window
screen which rolls up and down Ike an
ordinary window shade, and, it is said,
offers complete protection from flies
and mosquitoes, as it screens the whole
window. Exchange
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

The following will beappreciated by Den
yer people who are familiar with the white
conical shaped ash receptacles the city law
compels them to have; Fiye-year-old Henry
brought home from Sunday school the les
son paper on which was depicted Job of
fering up sacrifice His mother asked
him what the picture was. "Oh, nothing" "
was the prompt reply, but Job standing
by his ash pit."-New York Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
neroism of Indian women convicts.

utFbihlu VI Soh'HAo'
A signal act Of woman's heroism is re-
corded in connection with the loss Of
the Indian government marine steamer
Enterprise during the terrific cyclone
that recently swept over the Indian seas
in the ueighborhood of the Adaman
islands There is penal settlement for
India on these islands. and band of
women convicts, opposite whose prison
the wreck occurred, rushed of their own
accord INTO the storm tossed water,
formed chain by joining hands and
tried to assist the shipwrecked crew,
numbering eighty-three persons Six
lives were thus saved by these heroic
indian women, but the other seventy
seven members Of the crew were
drowned London Tit-Bits.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

"Yes," said Cawker to his youngest, "the
teacher was quite right in saying that heat
expands and cold contracts. That's what
makes the days so much longer in summer
than winter"
'"Then, papa, was the enext query, what
makes the nights in winter so longp-
Truth.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13
He Was Color Blind.

Gushngton Did you give her the poem
you wrote about herr
Chum-Yes, and she has never been at
home to me since.
"How was that2n
81 made mistake in the color of her
eyes. n-Texas Siftings
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Cholly Fweddy, we can't get through
this crowd.
Fweddy-Wait minute, Cholly. Here
comes lady with parasol. We will fol-
low her. Truth.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

81 hate hunting with Dawson, he's SO
parsimonious"
How so9"
He never shoots at second bird until
he has extracted all the shot from the first
to use over again Harper's Bazaar,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Wee Miss--We couldn't eat all the cake
you gave me for my garden party.
Mother--You said you had invited 10.
Wee Miss Yes, but eight of zem were
dolls.-Good News.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Freddie Ma, didn't the missionary say
that the savages didn't wear any clothess
Mother-Yes, my boy.
"Then why did pa put button in the
missionary box"-Life.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

Profits from Charity Entertainments.
There was time in the history OF
eharity entertainments when the charity
fnd OF them did not get tnuch. but time
and experience have taught the good
women how To conduct these affairs so
as TO make them pay handsomely. A
facetious critic says THE ladies who
manage church fairs usually manage to
buy low and sell high" Now the ladies
do great deal better than this, for they
don't buy ut all, they simply ask for ev-
erything they want for their fair or en-
tertainment, and nine times out OF ten
they get the things they ask for, No
wonder the charitable institutions here
about are in such fiourlshlng condi-
ton
Last spring the lady managers Of the
Consumptives home paid the $4,000
mortgage with the money they made at
the series Of entertainments in the Pouch
mansion The Venetian" ball, recently
held IN the Academy of Music for the
benefit Of the Homeopathic hospital,
netted the snug sum Of $1,000, The
Evening OF Music" in the Hotel St
George u few nights ago, cleared ovei
$500 for the Working Girls home, fol
whose benefit the musicale was held. By
all means. let the good work go on
Brooklyn Standard Union.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

and the jacquard brocades figured with
overshot figures in color, will be popular
for house dresses to be worn at parties
and on high dinner occasions The prin-
cess effect is given to all these gowns
which are made up with Il Nmbination
and trimming Of black lasp lr dark vel
vet though ny a rule velvet is not so
much used III combination with silk this
season rs it is with cloth
A new oyerdress similar to the straight
Directoire poNnaise Of years ago is made
up TO wear with bell skirts, and in such
ease this straight overskirt is OF differ
ant material from the underskirt. Prin-
ceas dresses. made up with spreading
bias back seams below the waist line, 80
as to give the effect OF u bell skirt vt the
back, are much more desirable for wom-
en- who are OF medium height than the
bell skirt with second overdress. The
use OF two skirts in the present style OF
dress requires considerable height and
elegance of carriage, and smaller women
are advised to adhere to the simplest
style. Helena Rowe in Good House.
keeping
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-13

He-Ifthe devotion of a lifetime
She-Say no more. Ikin never be yourn.
am simple Duffy, an you are De-Ho-
venden. The world is censorious an would
say 1 married above my station Col | kin
respeck you as brother; that is alll-.Life.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-25
THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS,
There's Lots Of News in Them for the
Well-POsted Man.

"tl-Iosteu MAN.
The advertising columns OF news.
paper are among the most important;
for no man really becomes acquainted
even with the news OF the day until
he has thoroughly perused the ad-
Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
Perhaps some men may smile at
this statement Women will not
They all read the advertisements,
and are both entertained and in
structed by the praiseworthy habit.
Many men also examine the adver-
Using columns patiently and regu-
larly, and in this way keep well in
formed of movements in business and
financial circles. To the practiced
eye short advertisement often af-
fords wealth of suggestion: it is sig
niicant-a straw showing the direc-
zion OF the wind. II one concern is
frequently advertising for additional
help, and another seldom or ever does.
the reader easily infers which is the
more prosperous.
We contend. however, SAYS the
Troy Press, that from a news stand.
point the advertising columns are
important, interesting, and instruc-
tive; they disclose the trend of the
times with remarkable accuracy. The
trained reader of current advertise
ments can tell without reading any
thing else whether things are boom
ing or bursting; whether crops are
heavy or light, and whether a COM
munity is stagnant or energetic.
We defy anyone who is not an in
corrigible prevaricator to read the
advertisements daily, fully and regu-
larly for one week without indorsing
every affirmation herein submitted.
The experiment is worth making. 1t
will quicken the dull mind to the in
comparable utility of advertising; it
will open up wide, varied field OF
new information to person who is
not an habitual reader Of advertise.
ments.
Harper's Monthly is right. To be
thoroughly posted men and women
must read the advertisements. There
is no escape from this conclusion.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-25
TALKING ABOUT SPORT.
He Has Made Pretty Big Haul rs q
Rat-Cateher.

lie mas MADE Pretty Big Haul as q
Rat-Catcher.
Talking about sport" observed
the man in the macintosh, II had
the luck once to catch fifteen full
grown rats all at the same time"
81 caught fish once" said the
man with the green goggles on,
"that measured"
"Never mind what it measured, "
interrupted the other "You can
tell yOdr fish story after get done.
The curious thing about those rats
was that | caught them in an old
cistern"
"Did you set an old cistern out
somewhere so they could run into
it?" inquired the man who had his
feet on the table.
at doesn't make any difference
how the cistern got there. The
main fact is that | caught those fif-
teen rata in it without any bait and
without making any special prepa-
ration whatever for catching rats. y
"How did you do it'"
81 pumped the water out and
found them at the bottom
"Did-you rescue them?" asked
the man in the SLOUGH hat, after a
painful silence.
Mo- said the man in the
macintosh, reAectively. "You could
hardly call it rescue. | was too
late. They had previously died"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-25
S5O,OOO,COO.

II has been demonstrated that the
farmers of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Michigan, Missouri, Illinois and Wis
cons,n would receive $4,000, OOJ more
money for their wheat crops, pro-
viding tn v would seed their land to
Salzer's Worlds Fair Winter Wheat
This variety has the quality OF wi h.
standitg any kind OF weather, as
droutbs, les, frosts, and makes the
acre produce from ten to thirty bus els
more than it now yields II is not
uncommon to have farmers report
from thirty 10 sixty bushels per acre.
His fall catalogue tells all about 1t, as
also what grass and clover seeds SHOULD
be sown now. Cut this out and send
AGENTS in stamps to-day to the John A.
Salzer Seed company, Lacrosse, Wis,
and receive free n package Of Worlds
Fair Winter Wheat and catn logue.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-25
ter, when standing, and was supposed

ter, when standing, and was supposed
10 have reached the patriarchal age of
1900 years. A part of one side Of the
tree had rotted, and, after it had been
telled, iii urning up the surrounding
brush, still more of the tree was de.
stroyed by fire, so that the width of
the plank represents less than ha OF
ihe original diameter of the tree. t.
entire height of the tree was 800 feet;
the plank being cut from a sec.
ii n of the trunk IS feet from the
ground. The plank is the largest
in the world, its dimensions being
as follows: l6 feet ) inches wide, ~
feet inches long and 5 inches thick.
1t is highly improbable if tree will
ever be found that will yield a larger
plank; so that the mammoth piece OF
timber here described may certainly
be termed the sight of lifetime"
Among other Of the specially in
teresting exhibits is block of mshog-
any from Cuba, which is feet square
and Is feet long. In the exhibit OF the
Argentine Republic is shown an oc-
tagonal block of wood which yields IS
per cent of tannin. In Paraguay's ex
hbits are precious woods of colors APP
proxima ing to those of jewels. These
are polished to a degree that is sur
prisiDg, and make beautiful show
ing. Kentucky-at the eastern side of
the hui uing-shows a section, hol-
lowed out and placed so that visitors
can pass through it, of sycamore
from the birthplace of Jefferson Davis
1t is II feet in diameter. Near the
north end of the building are shown
cross sections of trees from Oregon.
There is a yellow fir log 6 feet in
diameter, The yellow fir grows all
over the northwest coast range noun
Tins. 1t is of superior excellence for
ship building and spars 1t ranges
from to 10 feet in diameter. A cross
section Of a trunk of tide land spruce
is shown. II is . feet 9 inches in
diameter. The butt was 16 feet in
diameter, the tree being 3Oj feet high
and 300 years old. Great slabs of noble
fir, spruce, lovely FIR, and yellow fir
are shown.
Japan, almost ever present at the
Fair, shows the distinctive woods Of
the country in a pavilion formed Of
bamboos near the northern entrance
of the building. The extreme neat
ness of the people is nowhere better
excmplified. Everything is of exquis-
lite freshness and cleanliness. On the
exterior of the booth are pictures illus.
trative of forestry and its pursuits.
Within are shown, among multitude
of other things, baskets and other fine
straw work and mating. At either
side of the entrance are fine slabs of
wood and descriptions of the method
of distilling gum camphor from the
wood of the tree it comes from, and
the collection and rectifcation OF
lacquer so lavishly used in the arts OF
Japan.
midas exhibit is chiefly OF carving
in the distinctive woods of the coun-
Try. A doorway is shown, carved in