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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06

Never has man been more method
ical in his work than Professor Ruskir,
nor more precise in obedience to tho
rules he has laid down for his guidance.
His working hours have always been
from 2 in the morning until noon, and
on no account whatever would he ex-
ceed the limit. Within those five daily
hours has all his work been produced.
books, lectures and business, public and
private correspondence. Work in the
afternoon has always been by himself
forbidden, unless it took the form of
reading. His earlier works, of course,
were written at Herne or at Denmark
Hill or while on a tour on the conti-
nent. His later ones have been wrought
in great part at the flower decked table
Of his study, overlooking Coniston lake.
A wonderful room, that long study Of
his, with his Turner's upon the walls
and ranged in ranks in the great Turner
cabinet upon the floor, with its book
cases of wonderful missals and manu-
scripts and early black letter books and
the original manuscripts of a half dozen
Of Scott's novels, with its superb Lucca
della Robbia Virgin and Child" over
the fireplace at one end and the mineral
cabinet at the other. With what pleas
ure did Ruskin show them to me on my
first visit-the unriyaled collection Of
agates and the equally perfect collection
Of gold ores and the rest. McClure's
Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06
The Chinese Hunchback.

] am reminded of picture / pur-
chased some time ago. / bought it be-
cause ] thought it was the ugliest pic
ture had ever seen. ! tried to find out
the history or meaning of the thing for
some time without any success until a
few days ago, while studying Taoism, /
found the ugly man was one Of the
Taoist gods. In his early days his spirit
had the power Of leaving his body and
roaming over the universe alone. When
of on one of these trips, wolves came
and ate his body. So when his spirit re-
turned it found only few bones. After
hunting around for awhile the spirit
found the body Of a dead hunchback
beggar who walked with an iron cane
In his lifetime. The spirit crawled in
this body and has lived in it ever since.
Tih Kwalei, for that is the gods name,
carries gourd on his back, which, if
the breath were blown out of it in the
heavens, would bring back his original
body. According TO last accounts, the
breath has not flown out Of the gourd.-
Canton Cor. Louisville COurier-Journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06

A distinguished English scientist, Mr..
William Kinnear, in magazine article
insists that the secret Of perennial youth
is TO be found in the use of distilled
water and phosphoric acid lie says
that death, or disease that produces
death. is caused by the deposit in the
human system Of cslcareOus or earthly
matter, and that the drinking Of dis
titled water, which is itself great dis
solvent, and the use also Of from 10 to
Is drops Of diluted phosphofic acid in
each tumblerful Of water will remove
such deposits and prolong human life
to the very latest limit. In several Of
the great hotels in New York distilled
water is provided at the table and for
the use Of the guests in their rooms, and
the advertisement Of this fact attracts
many patrons. Detroit Free Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06
rAa sIsa po7AToga

sS s-------
-eir VS. Ugh Planted Them NaAr
{ Cor THE People Feared Them.
Sin SAiter Raleigh was an unprin-
ripl adventurer and failed IS an ad-
ministratur and rolonizer, but he hRd
a most commendable taste for planting
and gardening, and in these branches
of effort his influence remains potent.
Three hundred years have passed since
be lived in Ireland, in the county Of
Cork, on the vast estate which had been
bestowed upon him, but the yellow wall
flowers which he brought to ireland
from the Azores still flourish and bloom
in the very spot where he planted them.
Near by, at Youghal, near Cork, on
the shores of the Blackwater estuary,
stands the Affane cherry which he
planted. Some cedars which he brought
to Cork are still growing at place
called Tivoh. Four yew trees, whose
branches have grown and interlaced
into q sort of summer honse, are point
ed out as having sheltered Raleigh when
he first smoked tobacco in his garden at
Youghal.
Raleigh tried to make tobacco grow
in Great Britain, but the climate was
not found suitable to it. He succeeded,
however, by introducing the habit of
smoking il, in making it grow in plenty
in other places.
More important to the world than the
spot where Raleigh sat and smoked his
Indian weed is another spot in his gar
den at Myrtle Grove, in this same
Youghal. This spot is still bounded by
the town wall of the thirteenth century.
1t was here that Raleigh first planted a
curious tuber brought from America,
which throve vastly better than his to-
bacco plants did.
This tuber Raleigh insisted was good
to eat, though common report for long
time pronounced it poisonous. Some
roots from his vines he gave to other
land owners in Munster. They culti-
waited them and spread them abroad
from year to year.
This plant was the Irish potato. Be-
fore many generations it became the
staple food of the Irish people-almost
the only food of a great many of them.
1t was the Irish potato" which
came back to America and became tine
groundwork, so to speak, of the Amer
ican farmers and workingman's daily
breakfast and dinner. Sir Walter
curious experiment in acclimatization
became an economic step Of the very
first consequence, and the spot at You
ghal which was its scene deserves mark
ing with monument much more than
do the places where the blood Of men
has been shed in battle. = Youths Com
paniOn.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06

A remarkable sight to be seen from a
balloon is the bottom Of lakes and ponds.
While over Lake Erie Carl Z. Myers,
the balloonist, says he saw clearly a
wreck lying under rs feet Of water. 1t
was that Of schooner, sunk 40 years
ago. At height Of half a mile the en-
tire bottom Of a small lake or pond can
be clearly seen, and Mr.. Myers believes
that on a clear day an aeronaut Of good
vision could sec from height of mile
submarine objects at depth of 400 or
500 feet beneath the water.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06

The homely luxury, gingerbread, has
been popular ever since the fourteenth
century. 1t was then made and sold
in Paris. In those days it was prepared
with ryemeal made into dough, and
ginger and other spices. with sugar or
honey, were kneaded into it. 1t wasin-
troduced into England by the court Of
Heury ~ for their festivals and was
soon brought into general use, treacIe
being after time employed In the
manufacture instead ot bOney.--Pcpzt
laE Naszsins.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06
CONCERNING DREAMS.
ehay Occupy Only Few Seconds and Azu
Affeoted by Events.

Affeoted by Events.
Doctors assert that dreams occupy a
few seconds only-at most the SPACE Of
about three minutes, This statement
is startling to those who have not no
ticed for themselves what part time
plays in such connection, The writer
has had several opportunities of prov
ing its correctness herself, and many
might arrive at similar knowledge by
asking to be awakened minute or SO
after falling into a first sleep. All who
dream will do SO Immediately on fall
ing into Inconsistencies. Another reli
able test is to be found in the sleep that
follows upon the morning summons for
rising. A few more moments suatched
for tine tempting after doze will not un-
frequently mean a dream of a very elab-
crate nature-one which implies almost
as many hours as seconds.
Are dreams affected by the events of
our wakeful hoursT is the question that
has been asked ever and over again, but
the result of observation leads one to be-
lieve in snch being the case or not, ac-
coidiug to the Importance with which
we treat them. In connection with such
a question events and individuals can
scarcely fail to require separate consid-
Grafton. Events that are all important
to some do not commend themselves in
that light to others, and this faCt leads
one to express the opinion that, accord
| ing to the intensity with which outward
events occupy our thoughts, will our
dreams be in any way affected by them.
To one woman the exercise of hos
pitality means the entire surrender of
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-04-06

An English paper gives the following
sentence as the perfection Of bad gram
mar: Them Sleeps is yourn." How
about the famous reply Of the Yorkshire
children when "Dr. 6yntax" told them
that their mother was calling themi
John Leech, we think, reported and H.
lustrated 1t years ago: "Her amt a-call.
ing We. Us don't bslong to ahs. "-RN.
taa filgt
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
VIOLA CENTER.
counted,

Two loads of oats have passed this
way to market since harvest.
The crops for any distance east of
Des Moines are one hundred per cent
better than they are here.
Though the days are hot, the morn
ings are cool enough to raise goose
bumps on fellow putting on clean
shirt.
Drouth or no drouth Barnum's show
at Carroll tapped Viola for enough cur
rency to buy a good many oVershoes
this winter.
Wills Pingrey got more free adver-
Using in the papers of the state for his
generous act towards his tenants than
he can well handle.
George Tucker, Jake Garrett and
Phillip Bickelhaupt listened to the pip
ing Of chanticlear Sunday a. M, on
their return from Charity lodge.
DR.. Jewel has been sent for to go to
Poweshiek county to visit patient for
whom he acted as family physician
during their residence in Audubon
county.
A Kansas City firm offers to ship
shriveled wheat to Viola farmers for
feeding purposes at very low rate.
Negotiations are now pending for sew
eral car loads.
A. J. Ridgeway and family had to
return from their visit to A. Us. father
sooner than was expected and did not
take in the fair, as their little daugh-
ter Emma, became sick Oh the road.
Phillip Bickelhaupt pays no atten-
ton to the great drouth but has eX-
tended his landed domain to the east
line of Viola by purchasing the Frank
Mckinney farm now occupied by
"AleX" Dodds.
The Coon Rapids Enterprise slipped
cOgs on history in it's write up OF eX-
Gov. KirkWood's war record by stating
that not a single draft was made in
Iowa to fill her quota during the war.
A draft was made in 1864.
Nothing wrong about Viola land,
yet if it has been little dry this year.
George Wheeler has sold his 100 acre
farm for $3.50 per acre. Geo. Miller
has sold his 100 acres for $4,000, while
H. 5. Jones refuses $4,000 per acre for
200 acres.
The democratic primary on Satur-
day evening sent the following dele
gates to the county convention: p.
Bickelhaupt, w. G. Wager, Ii. S. j ones,
l. w. Reed and Robert Griffin. AS to
whether Viola democrats will support
Weaver for congress or not it remains
question.
One thing is getting to be very no.
ticeable. The average farmer of the
west will catch on to the logic of events
and discuss it till it is a foregone con.
clusion and after the facts are potent
to us all, Bardstreet and Duns' COM
mercial reports will come numbering
in behind with the discovery.
The outskirts of Des Moines are
dotted with hundreds of small tents
and on making inquiry we find that it
is the abode of hundreds of evicted
tenants who are unable to pay their
rents, and the question as to what will
become of them this winter is bother
ing the officials at Des Moines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
THE IOWA FREIGHT RATE.

The Iowa railway commission will
soon have to settle the question of
raising the local freight rates. Iowa
has lower rates than any other western
state and the railway companies re-
Gently petitioned the commission for
an increase. The reduction of rates
caused on the part of the railway re-
duction Of expenses which resulted in
the discharge of large number of en-
plOyes. From 10000 to 15,000men have
been discharged from the several
branches of the railway service in the
past two years. This brings a great
privatiOn on the families of these eX-
railWaymen and has made an immense
difference In the amount of money in
circulation in the state, especially in
railway centers. The railways argue
that a slight increase in rates would
enable them not only to take back
these discharged men at their former
rate of salary but would insure a large
and better railway service, which the
present freight rates will not Justify.
If it were possible for the commission,
by a slight increase in rates, to enable
these Workingmen to again obtain
their positions and at the. same time
not place heavy and CALLING burden
on the shipper, it would seem only jus.
tice that the rates shonld be raised.
General prosperity is the thing to be
sought for at all times and high wages
to say 10000 men is a large item in the
business world. But excessive railway
rates would effect business man. ship.
per and farmer, which class far out.
numbers the class Ofrailway employees
If a happy medium can be found SO
that in the making of rates, the work.
ingmen may have employment and the
shipper may be free from the exactions
of an excessive rate, the commission
ers will have done the people of the
state a great service.
The commission have judicial pow.
ers in the case and the members there.
of are IN position to know on which
side of the question justice stands
Meanwhile every one is waiting to see
what their action may be.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
GRAY GOSSIP.

II. B. Kennels was a county seat Wis
itor Tuesday morning.
G.P. Wiley made drive over into
Viola township Tuesday.
George Gray, Jr, left Tuesday for a
few days visit at Stuart.
Asmus Boysen is building commo-
dious house on his farm near Gray.
A number of our people took in the
Barnum circus at Carroll Saturday.
The boys reported a jolly time at
the dance at CARRIERS Monday evening.
The Lewis boys drove to Manning
Saturday to visit their brother John.
Miss Sadie Forsbeck was quite sick
last week, but at the present is better.
John Brammer is the owner of new
high grade bicycle of the "Club' manu-
facture.
George Gray and Miss Jessie Stow
started last Wednesday evening for
the State fair.
Tom Lewis, of Brooklyn, came
Thursday to visit week with his pa
rents and many friends.
S. F. Garmire is in Audubon this
week attending the September meeting
of the board of supervisors
The Endeavor will give a sociable
at Mrs. Cameron's Saturday evening
September %. All are invited.
Jesse Markly and Miss Stella Gar
Der were united in marriage
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
IOWA's REPUBLICAN PLATFORM-ISo4.

The Republican party comes again before the
people Of Iowa with every promise performed
and every prophecy fulfilled.
The history of the past year has again dem
onstrated the unitneSs and incompetency OF
tho Democratic party to administer the affairs
of the Nation, and has again indicated the
eternal truth of Republican principles.
From the universal disaster that has accom-
panied Democratic supremacy. we turn with
confident hope to the sacred duty OF restoring
peace and prosperity to distracted and dis
ordered country
1 We again declare for a system of protective
duties 50 adjusted that every American re-
source can be developed by American labor, re-
ceiying American wages; and we insist upon a
tariff that will accomplish these ends.
2. We have but to mention the disastrous
results which have followed the mere menace
of free trade as conclusive evidence OF the wis
dom of the Republican policy in the past upon
3. We adhere to the declaration of the Ma,
tional Republican party in 1892 upon its none
4. We re-af1irm our belief that "the interests
of the country, its farmers and workingmen
demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued
by the government, shall be as good as any
other dollar"
s. We favor the largest possible use of silver
as money, thatiS consistent with the permanent
maintenance of equal values of all dollars In cir
culatiOn.
6. We do not want mOnometallsm, either Of
gold or Of silver, and we pledge ourselves tC
continue the work for Dimetallsm to be brought
dDOuI ny all III lucluo Nlkilll tllC pONSl VI tllt
government.
I. The welfare of the laDOrer and the main
tenance of the dignity OF labor have been the
constant care Of the Republican party from II.
birth. Its whole history is an effort to secure
10 the wage worker his just share of the fruit:
OF toll; and it now renCWs its pledge to defenC
the WOrlNngmOn not only against the assault:
OF foreign competition but against the attacks
of domestic avarice.
8. That the honest and industrious Immigrant
who comes to our land with the intent 10 be
come in good faith an American citizen, is al
ways welcome. None other should be permitted
to come. We favor the amendment and NOR
stringent enforcement of the immigration law
so as to exclude criminal, pauper and all Othe
undesirable classes whose presence tends to de
grade American labor and incite disorder.
8. The Republican party, ever mindful OF tn
patriotic services and sacrifices of the veteran
soldiers Of the Republic, re-afirms its position
in favor of liberallty to the Nations defenders
We favor the granting of pensions to all nonor
ably discharged Union soldiers and sailor
whose disabilities or necessities Justly entitl
them thereto.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13

Saturday and on Monday evening
dancing party was given in their honor
at j ohm CARRIERS.
L. II. Gillette, known by the euphon-
ious title of "IIeifer Calf" Gillette. is
billed for speech at Gray Friday.
j. III. Brammer, of Loudon. Cedar
county, was in Gray Thursday, as the
guest Of his son, j. T. Brammer.
John Brammer returned Thursday
of last week from Boone, where he
spent few days visiting with friends
In runaway accident near the Gem
etery Saturday, Mr.. Garland OF Man
ming, had his jaw bone broken and re-
ceiyed number Of severe bruises
WIS Wakefield spent Sunday with
his family at Gray. Mr.. Wakefield is
now working extra" for the Green
Bay Lumber Co., and is at present in
the yard at Irwin.
The city marshal of Manning was in
Gray Tuesday morning and recovered
some of the stolen property taken from
the Miller and Reimer store at Man
ming, a couple of guns and some tools
were found, the guns having been hid
den under bridge on the Lacey farm.
The discovery of these articles will
probably furnish evidence to convict
the parties now under arrest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN.
CENTRAL STATION.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. II, 1894.
The daily temperature of the week
averaged about five degrees above nor
nal. The drouth has been effectually
broken in all parts OF the state except
in some OF the northwestern counties.
Pastures and meadows have been great
ly improved, and a fair crop of late 20
tatoeS is assured with exemption from
killing frost the balance of this month.
Following is a summary of the Sep
TEMPER reports OF the crop correspon-
dents Of this bureau:
Inc average condition of corn is
rated rs per cent. This indicates an
average yield of ll,88 bushels per acre.
The present acreage is 6,73S,000 acres,
and If this estimate is borne out by the
tinal returns, the aggregate for the
state will be about eighty million bu-
shells. In the southern and central dis
trlcts large portion of the crop has
been cut, and the balance is mostly be-
You'd danger from frost In the north
ern districts cutting is rapidly progress
sing, but portion of the crop is still
immature, and would be materially
damaged by killing frost.
The amount of corn that win this
year be put into the farmers cribs will
be very light-probably less than forty
million bushels. But under stress of
necessity the larger part of the fodder
will be utilized; and this added to the
grain will give in feeding value a total
corn yield OF about 60 per cent of an
average, if it is cut and cured in good
condition.
Other crops are rated as follows:
Flax, 50; potatoes, 80: pastures, 33;
apples, go; grapes, 80 per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
LITERARY NOTES.

The famous musical composers have
taken hint from their literary breth-
rem, and securing an advance maya
zine publication for their compositions
just as the authors publish their novels
in serial form. The Ladies' Home
Journal, which was practically the
first magazine to offer this outlet to
composers of repute, finds all the mus
ical men rallying to it, Sir Arthur Sui
livan announcing that the new song
which he has just finished will be pub
lished in that magazine. PATHS vet
eran conductor, Arditi, has given his
new waltz to the Journal, while
Reginald de Koven's new song goes
also into the same periodical. Strauss
has sent his new waltz to the editor,
Sousa new march, and Mascagni, of
"Cavalleria Rusticana" fame, is writ.
ing piano score.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-13
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.

AtIOlHOy 49,. w III. w Ouu
Supervisor, .......... Peter MathiSen
Surveyor, ....P. L. Whitfield
At 2:15 this afternoon the democrat.
ic county convention was called to or
der by Chairman Mcclure. S. A. Ora
ham was made temporary chairman
and j. G. f. Wicker temporary secre-
tary.
Tyler, Armstrong and Bickelhaupt
were committee on credentials; Noon,
Hensley and Griffin on organization
and Jones, Cozine and Hoover on reso-
lutions. Thereport on credentials was
accepted. The organization committee
recommended that the temporary Of
licers be made permanent.
The committee on resolutions failed
to report
The first candidate nominated was
clerk. Informal ballot showed Garrett,
Cozine, Wicker, Foley and Audas in
the field. Garnett was nominated on
the second ballot.
For auditor j. f. Mcclure was
LAUGHED for his second candidacy by
reclamation.
For recorder, Beason, Larsen, Scott,
Lair, Fish and Audas were named
The fourth ballot gave the place to
Scott with four votes over Ed Beason.
The balloting for county attorney
started for Wonn, when the Extra dele
CATION named Ike Jenkins, j. X. Evans
and J. NJ. Graham. Then Mr.. Graham
arose and moved the nomination of
WOnn by reclamation which motion
prevailed.
The nomination of Peter Mathisen
for his second term as supervisor was
moved by. reclamation and lost. The
ballot however, gave him so votes over
his nearest opponent.
. +. /. Whitfield was named for survey
or.
Then, just as the convention was
breaking up II. S. Jones Of the COM
mittee Oh resolutions arose to remark
that the resolution committee could
not reach an agreement.
The convention was very quiet
one. No one except The various can
didates showing much interest in the
proceedings. :.
&. a. Marlin was named as county
chairman for the ensuing year.