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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

There is hardly anything so bad that q
wise person cannot get some good out OF
ii. Indeed. it is one Of the principal marks
Of a philosopher that he reaps an advan-
tage even from misfortune
A little Boston girl had for some time
wanted dog. Finally she was taken very
III with pneumonia One day. when she
had begun to get better, she told her man
ma how very much she wanted u dog, and
begged her to ask grandpa to buy her one.
Mamma answered that grandpa did not
like dogs and probably would not be will
ing to buy one. Then seeing the little
invalid Look sadly disappointed she said:
WAIT till you get well, my dear; then
we will see.
''Oh, no, answered the child, whose few
years had taught her little wisdom. 'the
sicksr am the more likely he wsll be to
buy it for me Boston Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

He was doctor Of The advanced school,
He laid his finger on MY pltlss, and with
his watch in nsnd gave il u fair start and
observed il carefully allot the way around
STRONG. ii, = be said III nuruent Then
he cailsaltesi card that was covered with
figures and continued. "That equals Is, y
and he placed that nuniisr on slate
"put out your tongue Goodl That is IA. Y
be said.
''Inchesgn asked.
How is yoar appetitef" he inquired, ig
noring my question.
sEqnal to The supply
THAT makes a0t be replied
Cant You reduce ii n lIttles" asked,
but failed TO get his attention
Cold feesss
YES" answered
Three. z be sGid
"No. two" replied. TO correct him
He set the three under the other figures
He then placed Thermometer In my
mouth, which he afterward consulted in
connection with the card "a good lsS y
be said
'lmpOssiblef' suggested mildly
He wrote down the lsss and asked II !
had headaches
Sometimes in the morning. after being
kept late at the Office, answered
-Four" he said
Isn't that rather lOws" asked
~Do yOu smoker he inquired
Yes"
Ten, he replied
No. two for ten" said
He put down the ten
DO you sleep weilsr he asked
THAT depends upon the baby" ! an.
swered
we WON'T consider that, he said,
~You had heIter call il gs0, /" suggested.
He added together the figures that he
had placed on the slate That make. 80, y
he said
is that the amount Of the bill'" ]
asked -
"BiIlr' he replied. That is the number
Of the prescription | want you TO know
thai meGiicine with me Ii no longer an ex
pertinent, for have reduced it to mathe
matieal certainty Every symptom has its
number and the sum Of these numbers in
dicates the medicine that is needed, have
worked for fifteen years in formulating my
prescriptions and perfecting the treatment,
but / have it now Your bill is ten dol
lors.
understood that number and left the
Office feeling relieved and deeply impressed
by the doctors learning Harry q Fulton
in Harper's Bazar
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

The famous salt lake Of Aalia paakai
near Honolulu. occupies the crater Of an
immense tufa cone whose eiecta covers
several square miles. and are especially n
markable for containing numerous aggre
cations Of crystalline grains III pure ulivine
The lake is just at mean sea level, and Is
scarcely a mile distant from the ocean, hut
there IN evidently no free communication
with the waters Of the sea During the
dry mouths crnsts Of salt are deposited
sometimes six inches or more in thickness
on the bottom Of the lake. and the salt has
al times hcen taken ont for use In th-
rainy season the salt il wholly redissolyed
The crust u salt is 1T the present time
from one to three inches thick, and the
water is. Of courSe. a saturated brine.
II il interesting to note, however. that il
does not correspond in composition with
the waters from the ocean Like the Dead
sea, the lake contains an excessive guam.
tity Of calcium salt. The interior Of the
crater basin In Crusted in many places with
deposits Of carbonate Of calcium, proving
that IL WAS at one time occupied by a high
II caIcareous water. probably Of high tenn
perature have given in connection with
the results Of my analysis, which extends
only TO the constituents present in large
amount, An analysis Of concentrated sea
water from the salt works Of Kakaako, and
an average Of Il number o. analyses that
have been made II the waters Of the Dead
sea
These latter sometimes contain larger
proportion Of solids than the average iig
ure. hat in no analysis that have seen has
the quantity been as large as that found in
the water Of AaIia Paaksi Cor. Mature
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27


An Australian paper said very humur
ousIy. 'sRudyard Klpling landed on this
island at u o'clock and at tells he bad
formulated an Australian policy
''Yes, that is very funny, said Kipling,
but it is not true, This is how il WAS A
young reporter cornered me just after |
had landed, treated him kindly, but /
said firmly that was not to be inter
viewed
"H have no thought Of interviewing
you. replied the reporter with q touch Of
sadness in his voice i ask much great
er favor than that
1t turned ont that the reporter was u
man with theory who had been persist.
emily sat down upon by his superiors on
the press, He had an Australian policy
that be knew would be Of the greatest
benefit to the country, No paper would
Kipling would let him pu; forth his theory
as the scheme Of the young novelist,
.They will print it, be said, IF ! give 1t
as coming from you.
"AlI right" agreed Kipling, fire
ahead
So the young reporter got in four mortal
columns telling the people Of Australia
how to run their country.
II never read the article" continued
Kip!ing, hut there must have been some
amazing theories in it, from the storm it
raised hope that young man realizes
my forbearapce in standing all the un'
merited abuse heaped upon me for it. y
Detroit Free Press,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

Much confusion has arisen from con-
founding he colannn laurel Taurus cera-
sus, or laurel cherry with the famous
laurel OF the Rnrieuts a.. noSilisI. The
former was not Intraiueed into Europe
until i576 isS leaves contain the potent
poison. prussie Hcid whereas the leaves Of
L. nobiiis contain fragrant aromatic oil
used in confectionery It Is to this, the
true laurel. thGg we apply the term bsy,
and we use ii aS II pnctical term for an
honorary crown or garland bestowed as a
prize for amy Kind Of victory or excellence;
Beneath his reign shall Eusden wesr the bays
apparently gel the word bay through
the Latin iaccR, a berry from the French
baye, or, rs Hollands "Plinie" has it,
''The bales or berries tI3aecsel that it tthe
RoiaIl Laurelli beareth" Hence also the
term bachelor" Is supposed BY some to
be derived from the ancient practice of
crowning candidates for honors with bsy
leaves and berries, whence the term bacca-
laureus and laureate. Those who were
found worthy of the honor obtained the
laurel Of bachelor or the laurel Of doctor
Gaurea haccaIsureatus. Lanrea dOctora-
tusl. In the Scotch universities the act
Of comforting degrees is. or WINS, styled
''lanreation, and chaplet was used in
some Of them In the ages Of chiyalry the
bas chevaliers. or men below the degree Of
knight, were admitted TO serve By being
crowned with a chaplet of laurel berries,
snd were hence called baccalsurei Notes
and Queries
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

A first order lamp in lighthouse con
sumes TWO and half gallons Of oil in 8
long winter night. The oil is fed to it by
clockwork. and tine fash is controlled by
similar mechanism An opaque pane in
tine cylinder Of glass revolving about the
light makes a dark interval and red pane
produces red fash. The lens Of a first or
der light is six feet in diameter, and the
light has four concentric wicks, the big
geat being four inches in diameter Wash
=. -.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

An ingenious Instrument is used in Italy
for the cutting of stone cnrnines, holdings
halustrades. etc The general features Of
the machine are very similar TO those Of
the ordinary metal planning machine The
stone 10 BE- operated upon is firmly clamped
on the bed, to which reciprocating mo
tion is impaired by suitable mechanism
This cutting tools are carried on saddle
plate capable OF horizontal movement upon
slide by means OF screw and handle.
The slide is, in turn, capable Of vertical ad,
jnstment On slide pillars by means Of bevel
gearing and screws The machine turns
out sixteen feet of cornice, well finished,
in twenty minutes. New York Telegram.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

When Jones was at Oxford he was q
most excellent fellow, and only had one
enemy-soap. He was called Dirty
Jones. One day the wag Brown went
into his rooms, and demonstrating with
him on the untidy, slcvenly and dirty
stste Of everything, said:
upon my word, Dirty, it's TOO bad;
the only clean thing in your room 10 the
towelir London Tit-Bits.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

With whe glury cemcs and gees she year-
The hats ii spring, th0se beautiful harn'uacrs
0f Sunny skies aud ciondaess tsmrs. enioy
tite's ne~ness and earth's garnilure spread
ant:
And when the silver hahii o; the clouds
Comes down upon the autumn saA. and with
A soher glhilness The old year takes up
Eiis bright inheritance of golden fruits,
A pomp and pageant fill the splendid scene.
-Iongsel0w.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27
Plpekv L,p.tI,au.. Keepers

In February, 1851, the Sharp's island
lighthouse was carried away by ice in
Chesapeake bay The keepers tended the
lamp to The las, and chung to the structure
when it was swept from it's foundation,
finally saving not only themselves but a
great part Of the valuable apparatus. -
Washington Star
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

As an Indication Of advancing civiliza-
tion among the red men, 1t Is announced
that the Yuma Indians Of California are
shout to build theater Of their own II
will he devoted. doubtless, 70 Yumarous
entertainments. - Boston Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

As 70 the number Of persons speaking
The western languages, it Is estimated that
over 100 000. 900 people now speak the Eng
Lish language, over % 900. 900 the German.
4I, 100000 che French. Al ,OOO,0fO the Span
lab and d. .O00. 900 the Italian language
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

1t il well enough for the politician 10 be
an early bird, but it is q good thing to BE-
careful and not come across the worm ut
its pEgverbiaI turning point
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

The city Of IsUndOn proper is only one
mile square, but 80 valuable Is IFS real es-
tate that it prOsiucss rental Of sT.O00.600
. gear.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27

Eaad0lIe. The Investigator, says that the
health of dark eyed persons is much supe-
rior 10 Ehat of The light or the blue eyed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12
A NEW FRUIT CRATE.

A new fruit crate invented in Cali
fornia is thus described by the San
Francisco Chronicle: In using these
fruit carriers no skilled labor, no paper
wrapping is needed. Each tier in the
crate carries at least four self contain
ed pastebOard boxes. These boxes are
closed over top and bottom. The
lower portion is perforated and the
upper portion is not only perforated,
but there are from four to six circular
or oval depressions which are slit ra-
daily so that the wedge-shaped pieces
of cardboard hold the fruit as soon
as it is gently pressed into place. By
thus keeping each pear, apricot, peach,
orange, lemon, apple, etc, in de-
preston Of it's own bruising is impes-
sible, and no amount Of shaking can
displace the fruit. Between each tier
Of boxes there is Il thin perfOrate ted
cardboard tray, so that air can circu-
late all around each piece of fruit in
each carrier as we'll as though it hung
on the tree. The depressions which re-
ceive the fruit being of different sizes,
the fruit ia graded at once according
to the carrier it fits. The upper surface
Of each box can be decorated for use
in retail trade, and for foreign mar
kets this is essential as the package
itself must be attractive, no matter
how fine the fruit may be. The paste
board box is of such size that it makes
a neat parcel. The fruit need never
be touched by the hand from the mo-
ment it is taken from the tree and put
in the box until it is placed on the
table to be eaten. In this way the half
dozen landings are done away with
and the fruit is in just SO much sounder
and fresher condition. The fact that
the boxes are all collapseable is well
worthy Of mention, as when collapsed
they take up little room and so can
be shipped in large numbers to the
growers.
The style of crate required for these
cardboard filters weighs one pound less
than the old style Of crate of the same
size, thus making a saving Of 1,3OO
pounds to the car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12
MOROCCO'S MUFFLED WOMEN.
An American Writer Who Finds Them
Interesting

Interesting
Writing about Moorish women, Rich
ard Harding Davis says:
''There is something continually in
teresting in the mutfied figures Of the
women. They make you almost
ashamed Of the uncovered faces of
the American women in the town; and,
in the lack of any evidence to the con-
trary, you begin to believe every Moor
ish woman or girl you meet is as beau
tifu1 as her eyes would make it appear
that she is. Those of the girls whose
faces I saw were distinctly handsome;
they were the women Benjamin Con
slant paints in his pictures of Algfers,
and about whom Pierre Lott goes into
ecstacies in his book on Tangier. Their
robe or cloak, or whatever the thing Is
they affect, covers the head like a
hood, and with one hand they hold
one of it's folds in front of the face as
high as their eyes. The only times
that / ever saw the face Of any Of
them was when I occasionally eluded
Mahamed and ran off with a little
guide called Isaac, the especial protect
or of two American women, who
farmed him out to me when they pre-
ferred to remain in the hotel He is
particularly beautiful youth and I no
ticed that whenever he was with me
the clOaks of the women had fashion
of coming undone, and they would
lower them for an instant and look at
Isaac and then replace them severely
upon the bridge Of the nose. Then
Isaac would turn to me with a shy,
conscious mile and blush violently.
Isaac says the young men Of Tangier
can tell whether or not a girl is pretty
by looking at her feet. 1t is true that
their feet are bare, but it struck me
as a somewhat reckless test Of select
ing a bride.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12

Tents who have successfully braved the
errors OF the examina ton room, for
t was customary for them to adjourn
90 its hoSpitable bar and duly inscribe
the names Of the fortunate medicos
II a register kept IN the house for that
purpose. Among the signatures to be
seen are those of james Paget and
Andrew Clarke. together with many
others who have since attained celebri-
y.
The death Of the Black lack. adds
)ne more TO the ghostly taverns which
laye abounded in the immediate vicin-
Ity. The Spotted. Dog" the White
Lion of Jack Sheppard notoriety;
the Bulls Head" where Hogarth met
his brother artists, and the ''Spiller's
Head" the Savage Club of those days,
all stood within a few yards; while
the Angel" another house, claims i'm
mortality as being the place whence in
1854 Bishop Hooper was taken to meet
his death at Gloucester. At this inn,
so late as 1779, a negro girl was sold
The Public Advertiser Of March % in
that year had the following advertise
ment: "To be sold, a black girl, II
years OF age. Extremely hardy.
Works at her needle tolerably and
speaks English well. Inquire of Mr..
Owen at the Angel Inn"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12
A FREAK TURTLE.
Has a Narrow Escape from the Great
Storm.

A freak turtle in the back yard of
Robert K. Idler's saloon, on Delaware
avenue, was within an inch of death
during the storm on Tuesday morning,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
turtle is such a peculiar creature that
even the wise men Of the Smithsonian
institution have been unable to prop
erly label him. He has soft, leather
like back, spotted legs and five toes
and three dog-like claws ON each foot.
His head is shaped like that of pee
cary, and when he opens his mouth
his snout-like nose curls up and one
inStinctively listens for him to grunt.
Instead of crawling along he takes
quick jumps like frog.
This remarkable curiosity is highly
priced by Mr.. Id-er, who has refused
his weight in gold. During the storm
he jumped into a tub which was be-
meath hydrant. Hardly had he got
there when a chimney on the adjoin-
ing house toppled and fell, two Of the
bricks crushing into the tub alongside
the turtle with such force as to break
the tub. The bricks barely grazed the
turtle, but the next moment he bound
ed out Of the tub like an india rubber
bal and in three Jumps cleared the
yard and frantically climbing Mr.. Id
ler's leg hid his head under his mas
ter's coat.
Yesterday he had recovered his equa-
nfmity, but he could not be coaxed
into the yard until the wind had sub
sided. T hen he cautiously approached
the tub, and after casting a quick
glance aloft to where the chimney had
been, jumped into the tub and began
to cav Ihe brick which had so nearly
crushed him. He wasn't satisfied until
Mr.. Idler removed the brick, then he
resigned himself to complacent en-
joyment Of a bath in the tub.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12

Ed Grant, Louis Banks, VIM. DELIVERY,
Guy Hoffman, John Walker. Perry
Harris, John Baker, Eli Peters, Allen
Peters. Phillips Peters. Elijah VII
iams. George Scott and two young men
from New Orleans, all colored one
Of the last mentioned is supposed to
be named Manuel Munroe, and is a
cigar maker by trade.
The Marine quarantine station near
the Rigolets came in for Il share Of the
general loss and was battered up Sc
vercly by the hurricane.
Appeals for aid have come in so
swiftly from the stricken portion that
it is impossible to render the necessary
assistance. The Red Cross society has
taken the matter in hand and issued
the following cali:
ITO the Public-The Red Cross So
ciety, of Louisiana, of which Miss
does hereby issue a call upon the pub
lie generally for subscriptions and con-
tribut:onS in aid of the sufferers from
the recent storm in southeast Louisiana.
who are at present wlnout food or
shelter. The society requests that all
subscriptions and contributions be
made to John NJ Coos. treasurer, at
No. = Tchoupitoulas street tSigned)
J. B. Vinet, president; E. X Skinner,
secretary"
The Commercial club will meet today
and take steps to raise subscriptions.
Gov. FOSer has been called on and
will arrive in town during the day.
Twenty three deaths have been re-
ported this morning by the relief and
searching party which is securing the
devastated section of the country in
the vicinity Of POinte a Ia Hache.
The local Austrian and Slavonic so
cietieS have sent committees into the
settlements to attend TO the wants OF
their countrymen and relieve the dis
tfeSs. The dead were buried five or
six in a trench except where relatives
or friends took charge of the remains
and gave them a Christian burial The
dead had to be inferred as soon as pos
sible, and collins were unobtaina bic.
The appeal for aid for the storm
stricken country has met with a ready
response, and large shipments of sup
plies went by rail today to Pinot Ia
Hache and Bellaire.
The crops are not as badly injured
as the first reports indicated. The
heaviest loss will be on the orange
crop. 1t is estimated that fully 80
per cent of the fruit has BEEN blown
from the trees.
Reliable news has come today from
Grand Isle and Chemeie. The loss of
lie at Grand Isle is not more than
twenty-five, all of the dead being ne
groes- The property destroyed is val
ued at nearly 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12
THE HAGUE.
Formerly the Hunting Grounds of the
Counts of Holland

Did you ever stop to fisk yourself
or your knowing friends the meaning
of &'The" in the place named The
Hague? If you are looking for ONE
thing that will knock the abOve-men-
toned knowing friend off his feet, just
ask him the significance of the three
letters quoted. When he fails to ans
wer the question, tell him that the
The" as it occurs in the instance cited,
is simply an Anglisized form of the
Dutch word IS GravenhaaZ," or IS
Grayenhaze,' either Of which in the
Dutch language means the counts
hedge" or the counts grove or
woods" Originally the location now
occupied by the city of The Hague was
hunting grounds for the counts of HOl-
land. About the year 1910 a palace
was built in the grove. Presently 4
village sprung up around the palace
still it was called 1.-The counts hedge"
and finally, and lastly a large city
which in the Dutch language has it
original Specification, but which in
modern parlance has been evoluted into
The Hague. st. Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12
FIGHTING FOR PRINCIPLE.

indianapolis Journal: Some Of these
fellerS that Isl so set on their principles
reminds me very much of an old fell
Ter that bought mule / knowed once"
said the man on the cracker box.
That is, / knowed the feI'er not the
mule. He bought that mule from the
street car company, and the fool mu4
wouldn't work WILnOut . - hi
neck. Well, a bell to suit the mules
idea of things could be bought for about
10 cents, and any sensible man would
have bought it and put it On-On the
mule, that is. But this Teller wasn't
that kind He said he'd be doggoned
il he would be Out-did by mule, and
he started out to conquer that beast or
die in the attempt. He died in the
attempt The mule kicked him so high
that the coroner's jury Wrangled an
hour over whether he had died from
The kick or from strikin' the earth.
Died happy, though, cause he had died
for principle, and hadn't been outdOne
by a mule. Then I bought the mule
ard put a bell on him, and ann working
him yet, and don't feel as if I'd lost no
great amount Of self-respect, either.
Sometimes I think the people in giner-
al is a good deal like that there mule
They won't drive at all 'thout a bell on
O. some kind, and the fool reformer
that thinks it would be a sacrifice Of
his principles to let 'em have it gifts
kicked into the middle Of next week,
while the politician is willin' to pervide
the bell for 'em, and they git down and
hump themselves while he sits in a
spring seat and rides. An I don't
doubt I've ben a mule myself many a
time, an shall be agin."