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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05
JOINTS AND CARTILAGE.
One Of the Wonders Of Nature In the
Human Rody.

une Ot tne Wonuef3 OF nature IN tho
Human Rody.
Why do joints work so easily and
never give us any pain? In fresh
Joint its appearance in life can be
7eadily studied. In the ball and socket
joint, says the London Hospital, the
round end of the bone, as well as the
cup, are covered or lined witha smooth
substance called cartilage" or 'gris
tlep kept moist and smooth with
synovia, Cartilage contains no nerves,
and has no feeling; if it had, we
should have pain when we moved
The bones are kept in place
at the joints by very strong
bands or ligaments, in hinge joints a
number of these bands are fastened
above and below, but in ball and socket
joints they also surround the JOINT,
forming a cap, in which the joint
moves freely. In disease this smooth
cartilage gets worn away and the ends
of bone rub together like those of a
skeleton; the pain is great, because
the bones have nerves, though the car
tilage has none, A bone without car
tilage is like a decayed tooth with an
exposed nerve. In healthy tooth the
nerve is well covered, and gives no
pain, and in healthy bone the nerves
are there, but they are only felt when
tine cartilage is worn away.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05
SOME ODDITIES IN grIouErrE.
What Is Considered Proper and Improper
m Dliiarent Countries.


In Holland lady is expected To re-
tire mecipitately II she should enter o
store on restaurant where men are con-
gregated. She watts until they have
transacted their business and departed
Ladies Seldomris in Spain to receive
a male visitor, and they rarely accom-
pany him to the door, For a Spaniard
10 give a lady--even his wife--his arm
while out walxingis is looked upon as y
violation Of propriety,
No Turk will ever enter sitting
room with dirty shoes. The upper
classes wear tight.titting shoes with
goloshes over them. The latter, which
receive all the dirt and dust, are left
outside the door, The Turk never
washes in dirty water, Water is
poured over his hands, so that when
polluted it runs away.
In Syria the people never take of
their hats or turbans when entering
the house or visiting n friend, but they
always leave their shoes at the door.
There are no mats or scrapers outside,
and the floors inside are covered with
expensive rugs, kept very clean in
Moslem houses and used to kneel upon
while praying
In Persin among the aristocracy o
visitor sends notice an hour or two be-
fore calling, and gives days notice il
the visit is one Of great Importance.
He is met by servants before he reaches
the house, and other considerations are
shown him, according to relative rank.
The left and not the right is consid.
cred the position Of honor.
In Sweden, if you address the poor
est person on the street, you must lift
your hat. The same courtesy is insist.
ed upon if you pass lady on the stair
way. To enter a reading room or a
bank with ones hat on is regarded MS
impolite.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05
NOT TAE RIanT TIoKeT.
The Boy from Far Array GhlAa Didn't
Believe In Bogus Passes.

Iue sSug f1oI1 Enf away 7ssi4s DAuHL
believe in Bogus Passes.
AI.os Arlgelcs lady was recently en-
gagged in drilling a newly.cngaged Chi
nese boy in answering the door.
''Now, Sing she said, when the
door bell riass you go to the eoorholl
out tais ,alyer, man put card on. You
bring card To me. You sayce?7
'tYes. me siiabbec, replied Sing.
So rehearsal was gene through.
The Angelo; lady rang her own door
bell. Sing opened the deer received
her card, inspected it closely tnan fel-
lowca her into parloranArrcsentea
her viii, The c9rd. While TIL, was ,se.
ing on The door bell rang 4gaia. siag
went ID ilte door. A gentleman wa
there, wiio handed his eprd to the Gcrvr
itos. Sing locked atsit closely and
grinned,
You no come in"
The yisitor indignantly demanded
WHY not.
NJ ahal,bee YOU, said Sing; ''you no
fcclSs nc. You no got right ticket.
Nocome in,
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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05

The Digest gives an account Of some
experiments on the effect OF alternat-
ing electric currents on animal organ
isms, described in a paper read before
a recent medical congress at Rome, It.
ally, and which corroborate the views
of D'Asonval, referred to torecently. The
current used was an alternating one,
and it was found that animals sub
jected to from fifteen hundred to two
thousand volts were not easily killed,
and that death resulted mostly from
asphyxia caused by the sudden stop
page of respiration Frequently breath
ing started again spontaneously, and
the animal recovered completely. In
no case was there any physiological
change noted, though in a few there
were mechanical LESSONS, in themselves
cause for death. This further confirm
alton Of D'Arsonvals formula, "A man
shocked by electricity should be treat
ed as If drowned, renders 1t still more
important that the electrician should
make himself acquainted with the prop
er means of resuscitation from the ef.
fects Of electric shock
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05
AMERICAN LUMBER ABROAD.
Il h seld m Every Country -Rsports from
united States Conauis.

SA-A~~e> '"SNNN ttfAaaAua
One Of the most valuable publica.
tions ever issued from the state depart.
ment has appeared, 1t consists Of re-
ports from American consuls through
out the world regarding United States
lumber In foreign markets, While in
tended primarily for the advantageof
American lumber producers and ship
pers, the information is Of unusual gem
eral interest, according to the Hartford
Times. The remarkable fact is shown
that the United States sends lumber to
every country ON the globe, and that,
while in many lands the market is vir-
tually controlled by the shippers of
this country, there are still great pos
sibilities Of increased sales.
1t is astonishing to learn that nearly
all the building lumber imported by
Africa comes from the United States;
that Japan buysit, and that no other
lumber enters South American ports,
In Samoa four cents a foot is paid for
rough Oregon pine and California red
wood. Hawaii, by letting. American
lumber In free of duty and charging
ten per cent. duty on Canadian lumber
sirtually prohibits the Importation OF
the latter. Consul Mills, of Honolulu,
reports that all the timber used there
comes from the United States. Even
the island Of New Caledonia prefers
pine from Washington, and pays about
twenty dollars for fifty-three cubic
feet. All the lumber used in Madeira
comes from Maine, North Carolina and
Nova Scotia; while Mexico and the
West Indies rely wholly upon the
United States, Australia buys mil
lion dollars worth every year, and
would take as much more If it could be
bought readily,
The great difficulty appears to be in
procuring the transport OF the Ameri-
can wood. Little is carried by Amer
lean ships. The principal rivals Of this
country in the worlds lumber trade
are Canada and Norway, except in
England, where Russia and Germany
are competitors, and in Austria, which
is supplied by countries on the Mcdi-
terranean, Austria, however, gets her
staves from the United States, as do
most of the other nations of Europe.
More lumber from the United States
than from Canada is used in Great
britain Nearly all the spoolsaro made
Of white birch Of Maine. Even Oregon
timber reaches England, 0ne patriotic
consul protests against selling Ameri-
can lumber in foreign countries, be-
cause 1t may ruin the forests of the
United States, 1t appears from most
consular reports that comparatively
few of the countries have wooden
houses on account Of the great expense
u lumber, and that transportation fa-
cilities alone prevent the substitution
Of wood for stone and similar materi-
ais. This is generally the case in trop-
ical countries, where the woods are too
hard to be proftably used for ordinary
construction. From a business point
Of view it is shown that the American
export lumber trade is still in its infan-
cy, though American timber isprobably
more widely known than any other
product of this country,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05
Europe,s Unhealthy cities,

The most unhealthy city in Europe,
according to statistic recently issued,
is barcelona, Spain, one Of tle lGycli-
est places in that partof the continent.
One who lives in Barcelona increases
considerably his chances of death 0f
every 1000 persons, there die III l9dih-
bnrgh annually 10; in Londoa, ~; in
Stockholm, 81; in brussels, q; Ii Ber-
liz and Paris, 70, and in Barcelona, 81.
The number Of deaths there in every
gtep5 people at hcpresent time exceeds
the number Of births.
The herald., 1894-09-30
sac saxea an ,xnress Train.

Margaret Macdonald, 19-year-old
girl, station agent for the Lehigh Valley
railroad at Warrior Run, Pa, few
weeks ago saved an express train from
being telescoped by runaway engine
on down grade by her quickness and
presence Of mind. The train had stop
ped to take on an invalid passenger
when she heard the noise of the ap-
preaching engine Supposing it to be
train, she ordered man to run back
and flag it, but at the same time or
dered the passenger train to start at full
speed without waiting for the passen-
ger. The latter order saved the train,
for, although the runaway engine over
took it at the foot of the grade, the train
was then under such headway that the
shock was almost imperceptible
Miss Macdonald applied for the place
as station agent when her brother who
held itresigned a year ago. While wait
ing to get man agent the company al
lowed her to run the Office, and so well
did she attend to the duties that she has
since been made the regular agent The
station is a most important one, being
at the foot Of the heavy mountain
grade, where the single track oonverges
into the many which lead to this city.
--Woman's Journal
The herald., 1894-09-30
The Three "'Tentions.s

81 was some time since" says a GER
tain writer, sat a railway station wait
ing for train. On the platform, seated
on form, were ali old gentleman and
two little children. could not help
hearing the remarks which he was max
ing to them, which were spoken in a
pleasant and loving manner.
BE sure, said he, you do not for
get the three tentions-intention at
tention and retention. -
We might apply these 'tentions"
with much instruction in various ways,
but children at school in particular may
profit much by remembering them.
Let us take Intention" first. IF a
hOV has a +e, ~trnr1r o--+ M, a Iasson
to learn by heart, he will not be 1fRe1y
to succeed unless he goes at it with a
will or unless he ''intends" to do it.
Secondly, attention." If he is to
succeed, a boy must withdraw his
thoughts from tops, balls, kites and
such like. He must not chatter with his
schoolfellows, but he must for the time
give his whole mind, or "attend," to the
lesson before him.
Thirdly, retention - 1t is of but lit
tie use to learn anything unless we re-
member it or ''retain'' it in mind. -
Christian Work. Observation-Disclosures
The herald., 1894-09-30
Should Women Vote?

The Chicago Advance, leading rep
resentative Of orthodox Congregational
ism in the west, is liberal on the wom-
an suffrage question. In an editorial
entitled "Should Women Vote?" it
quotes Lord Rosebery's definition of
politics as "a living and ennobling ef-
fort to carry into practical life the prin-
ciples Of a higher morality, and in widen
ing the franchise we have hit on the
conscience of the community" and asks,
"What if in this country in lifting the
ballot to the hand of woman we should
also hit on the conscience Of the people
to the decisive advantage Of every hu
name and good cause?"
The herald., 1894-09-30
DEFEAT OF WOMAN. SUFFRAGE.

Mrs. Stanton Discusses thsiAct of tho Now
York Constitutional Convention.
ain asked how / feel about the &C.
tion of the constitutional convention on
the suffrage question.
Suppose had had a fine estate left
me with executors who, as prodigals,
were in extravagance, dissipation fraud
and corruption rapidly depriving my
children and myself of the means of fu-
ture livelihood. Then suppose I had ap-
piled to the courts to vindicate my
rights, to appoint new executors or to
allow me to Administrative estate. Then
suppose my appeal was made to q small
body composed mainly of very ordinary
men, who said they could do nothing;
that the case was not Of sufficient con-
sequence for the consideration Of SO
august body or even to submit it for
adjudication to a more ordinary body,
the people.
In the nature Of things how must
woman feel under such circumstances
Depressed, indignant, humiliated, anx-
ious and apprehensive for the future
That is as feel now
The condition of our country, the dis
graceful proceedings in Washington
the strikes, the terrible revelations of
the wholesale corruption in our metrop-
oils and in every department of govern
ment as we'll as in the business world,
brought to light by investigating COM
mittees; the rapid concentration Of
wealth in the hands Of the few-all
this fills me with apprehension as to the
safety and stability Of a government
composed Of men alone. Women and
children have equal rights and interests
in this heritage left us by the fathers,
and I am not willing TO trust our fu-
ture welfare in such hands as admins
ter our government today.
If we stand parleying with such
classes in power another half century,
the mass of the people will have nc
rights. privileges or immunities for
which to contend We must prepare at
once for political action and inaugurate
a peoples party. Rejected by Republic
ans and Democrats our political aris-
tocracy, we must cast our lot with the
laboring masses, of whom many thou
sand joined us in our petition for the
right Of suffrage.
If we are to save anything from the
wreck Of our national fortunes, we must
try some new methods Of action at once
When 81 men can play football with
the rights of half the people in the state,
and that half meekly accept the abject
condition of mere subjects in SO called
republic in direct violation of every
principle Of our government, the wom-
en- of the Empire State might as well
be under the czar Of Russia as the Amer
lean flag. We have pleaded our cause
in congress and courts and the halls of
state legislation, but failed thus far at
every point What next? The excuse Of
the 97 men who voted "No'' was frivo-
lous to the last degree. They said "the
majority Of the women Of the state did
not make the demand. "
Have the majority of lawyers of the
state asked for the proposed changes in
the Judiciary article?
Have majority Of the people in New
York city srsiAod for the proposed
changes in the method of governing nur
tropolis?-Elizabeth Cady Stanton in
New York SUN.
The herald., 1894-09-30
JOHN BULLS HUMoR.
It Is of the Fat witted What Amer
leans Think OF 1t.

It Is of the Fat witted Kind--what Amer
leans Think OF 1t.
Hawthorne, observing Englishmen in
England, speaks of them as "heavy
witted y Emerson alludes to their
''saving stupidity" Howells has intro
duced to us some typical specimens Of
English respectability and rank bafded
in their chase after American humor,
but on the scent and arriving at the
point of appreciation after considerable
silent thought, sometimes lasting into
the next day, and here is the testimony
of Lowell from his recently published
sIetters. !" In letter written in 1883
from England to Professor Norton he
thus explains the warm reception given
to Buffalo Bill by London society:
'But / think the true key to this
eagerness for lions-even of the poodle
SORTS the dullness of the average
English mind never come back here
without being struck with it. Henry
James said it always stupefied him at
first when he came back from the con-
tinent What it Graves beyond every
thing is sensation, anything that will
serve as Worcestershire sauce to it's
sluggish palate. We, of finer and more
touchy fiber, get our sensations cheaper
and do not find Wordsworth's emotion
over common flower SO very wonder
full. People are dull enough on our side
of the ocean stream also God wot, but
here unless know my people 1 never
dare to let my mind gambol Most Of
them, if I ever do, look on like the IA
nous deaf man at the dancers, wonder
ing to what music am caperihg. They
call us superficial. Let us thank God,
dear Charles, that our nerves are nearer
the surface, not SO deeply embedded in
Fat or muscle that wit must take pitch
fork to us. '--Outlook.
The herald., 1894-09-30
Mrs. Pepys' Temper.

Being at supper, my wife did say
something that caused me to oppose her
in. She used the word devil, which
vexed me, and, among other things, I
said would not have her to use that
word, upon which she took me up most
soornfully, which, before Ashwell and
the rest of the world, l know not nova
days how to check, as would hereto
fore, for less than that would have
made me strike her. So that / fear
without great discretion shall go near
to lose, too, my command over her, and
nothing do it more than giving her this
occasion OF dancing and other pleasures,
whereby her mind is taken up from her
business and finds other sweets besides
pleasing of me, and so makes her that
she begins not at all to take pleasure in
me or study to please me as heretofore.
diary of Samuel Pepys-
The herald., 1894-09-30
Mrs. Rartlett's Distinction.

One Of the brightest women in Wash
ington is the wife Of Mr.. I. S. Bartlett,
who is Representative Coffeen's private
secretary and we'll known politician
Of Wyoming. Mrs. Bartlett enjoys the
distinction of being the only woman in
the United States to be voted for in a
Legislature for United States senator.
She was given the house clerkship of the
Wyoming Legislature, and when that
body engaged in deadlock over the
senatorship about a year ago the five
Populist members cast their votes for
Mrs. Bartlett amid great applause from
the galleries. She is an intelligent
advocate of woman suffrage and has
contributed to the press articles on pol
itics, sketches, short stories and trans
lations, has made several political
speeches and has recently published a
book on the Wyoming cattle war. -
Washington Post.
The herald., 1894-09-30
An Uniuciry Shot.

''I am not very good shot, said r.
B. Coleman, land this fact gave me a
great deal of trouble at one time. / bor-
rowed valuable dog from friend and
went hunting. The animal became rat
tied when he found that I knew moth
ing about hunting. Rabbit after rabbit
was started up, and missed them as
fast as they came. Finally the deg grew
tired and concluded to catch them on
his own hook. He soon started another,
and as it jumped the dog jumped after
1t just as l fired. The shot went into the
head of the dog, and he died without a
groan. The rabbit ran short distance
and then stopped and looked back, as if
10 mock me. OF course paid for the
dog, but my friend has never forgiven
me, and have not gone hunting since. !"
--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The herald., 1894-09-30
A Little Musician.

Only 5& years old, Edna Grace Hahn
with her tiny fingers can bring 80 diff
ferent airs out Of piano. She has
learned them all in the last seven
months. If key invisible to her be
struck, she can instantly sound the cor
responding key OF another piano. Let
the entire keyboard be covered with
muslin OF cloth, not too heavy to muffle,
and she still makes good music by strik-
ing keys which she cannot see. Her first
stroke on the unseen ivory may be
mistake, but in moment she hits the
right key and then proceeds unerringly.
She cannot read music or words, but
thoroughly understands the scale, quick
ly distinguishes half notes and keeps
good time. If she hears a strange air
two or three times, she can make, her
piano produce it. Philadelphia Record.
The herald., 1894-09-30

40 vile vish to put Us? Will the griev-
Gus groans of the country not move you
Will you, with serene brow, see de-
stroyed the fundamental pact OF our
sacred and our dear institutions?
Mol mol Far from the every such
suspicion It is not believed, from your
patriotism, your blind love Of country.
that you will permit the benedcent and
fruitful tree Of sacred liberty to be pro-
famed. The North American nation can
never be our friend. She has laws, re-
lieion, language and customs totally
opposed to ours. False to the most
loyal friendship which Mexico has law
ished upon her, to International law
and to the soundest policy. putting in
execution her piEatical schemes. she has
stolen the department of Texas and
wishes to do the same with that OF Cali
fornia, thus iniquitously to dismember
the Mexican territory, to tarnish the
flag Of the tres ga antias, and raise her
own, increasing the number OF its fatal
stare.
Fly, Mexicans, in all haste in pur-
suit Of the treacherous foel Follow him
to the farthsst wilderness Punish his
audacity And in case we fail let us
form cemetery where posterity may
remember to the glory of Mexican his
tory the hefoism OF her some, as is re-
membered the glory won by the death
OF the little band of citizens posted at
the pass of Thsrmopyle under General
Leonidas. Hear their motto: "Strsn-
ger, say to Lacedemonis that We have
died here obeyin her laws"
Shall we not initiate this noble exam
pie? Shall we consent that the north
arn republic bring to our soil of liberty
the horrible slavery permitted in its
states? Shall we suffer human blood
sold at price for vile gain? And.
finally, must we see protaned the august
image of the Crucifed and the dogmas
OF our sacred religion?
Foreign citizens who tread this soil,
department. governor considers you
under the protection of the laws and
treaties. Your property will be respect
ed. Nobody will modest you, and as you
also are interested in preserving peace
and security. the government invites you
to the punishment of the bandits who
have invaded the north OF this depart
ments
Compatriots, run swiftly with me to
crown your brows with the fresh laurels
of uniading glory. I1the fields of the
north they are scattered ready to spring
to your noble forehesds. Respond gladly,
Mexicans, to the desire of your fellow
citizen and friend. Pro Proc.
The author of that document lived for
more than 40 years loyal citizen OF the
United States.
The herald., 1894-09-30
Ideal and Real.

''I love all that is beautiful in art
and nature" she was saying to her @s-
thetio admirer. ''I revel in the green
fields, the babbling brooks and the little
wayside flowers. I feast on the beauties
Of earth and sky and air. They are my
daily life and food and'--
"Maudiel'' cried out the mother from
the kitchen, not knowing that her daugh
ter's beau was in the parlor. "Maudie,
whatever made you go and cat that big
dish of potatoes that was left over from
dinner? / told you we wanted them
warmed up for supper. declare if your
appetite isn't enough to bankrupt your
pa. ."--LondcpTitl Bits
The herald., 1894-09-30
wonderful Singing Baby.

Little Marion DUNCAN, the beautiful
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. DUNCAN
Of Pottsville, Pa, surpasses any record
yet as a singing baby. She is but II
months old, and her repertory is quite
a lengthy one, consisting Of 'Little
Birdie In Tree, - sMy Nellie's Blue
Eyes," "The Minuet, - Sunshine Will
Come Again" and many more. Though
unable to pronounce many words, she
sings the tunes perfectly and keeps per-
feet time. Philadelphia Press.