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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-20

London. July 19-The Lyceum thea
tre was crowded to-day with members
Of the theatrical profession, who pre-
sented Sir Henry Irving with a testi-
monial consisting Of their names ele-
gantly bound in an Appropriate manner.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31

Paddy pulled it off, as if it was nailed
to wall and he was tearing it down.
$50 you didn't remember me-" said
Florence, archly, "but it seems that
you remembered what said to you.''
Remember you!" cried Paddy, in his
richest brogue. can who could forgit
the loilzes av yez?''
"Good, splendid'' cried Florence,
laughing heartily. 81 see you've taken
more than one lesson from the Irish
man you spoke of. Come, mother, we
mustn't interrupt the good work.
She nodded cheerily to Bangs and
Paddy. The carriage moved away.
Bangs rubbed his head with the left
hand catcher's glove, which is the size
of a ham; but it did not produce fric-
ton enough to stimulate his mind in
the proper degree.
Paddy" he said, "let's go home. /
want to think this thing over quietly"
whats der matter?' asked Paddy,
sympathetically. did she t'row yer
DOWN."
Bangs said never word. He led
the way to the rooms. AS they en-
tered young man rose from a chair
and advanced toward them. He was
very tall, and his legs were inordinate-
~ long.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31
VOICES FROM THE PAST.

How many voices come to me.
Sounding across the vanished years.
OF those whose forms no more see.
Whose loving presence no moro cheers.
My mothers voice, in gentlest tone,
In hours of sorrow and of pain
Coming with comfort all it's own,
AS sunshine sweet that follows rain.
My fathers tender words of prayer
Just after little Willie died,
Committing oil to Gods dear care
Whate'er in life, might US betide.
The schoolmate's voice, so faint and low,
Speaking to US his last farewell
Saying: MY earthly end has come, I know,
But now with Jesus shall dwell"
The darling infants plaintive wall,
When her brief life was ebbing fast,
And mother love could not avail
AS to the unseen world she passed.
A voice in whispers, yet most clear,
Speaking of heavenly visions bright,
And loving words to one most dear
While earth was passing from his sight.
These voices come with healing balm,
For though they sound on earth no moro
They speak OF sweet and lasting calm
When cares and sorrows all are DER.
And Faith. by them, her strength renews;
Hope, smiling, shows her gentle face;
But far above all other views.
Is that of Loves own GROWING grace.
&C T. Tracy, in Chicago Advance.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31

Brother Harry said he, extending
his hand. Don't you know me?"
Lawrence! Well, upon my word,
you have grown yard since I sawyou
last. And you've changed-changed
every way"
Your brpdder?" said Paddy. "Well,
say, I'm t'inlSin' he ought to be mine.
Ii he amt a dead ringer for me den I
don't know my own mug"
Lawrence was staring hard at Paddy,
and the elder Bangs gaped upon them
as they stood facing each other.
There certainly is a remarkable re-
semblance between u.s." said Lawrence,
"and if am not mistaken that was
what you intended to imply"
Say, if you'd get your hair cut, re-
sponded Paddy, II wouldn't be dead
sure O meself any of the time. I'd be
t'inkin' it might be YOU"
Harry Bangs sank into chair, and
pressed his hands to his head. He did
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31

more thinking in the next two minutes
than he had done in any month of his
life.
''What is it, Harry?" asked Lawrence.
"You seem to be struggling with some
perplexing problem. Can help you?
What is it?"
81 was thinking" said Bangs, 'swhat
a man for Yale you two would make if
you could be rolled into one. BY Jove,"
and he slapped his thigh, II believe
you can bep'
What do you mean"
Scan you play baseball?"
Lawrence stared hard.
81 never tried" he said. ''It seems
to me that the prominence now being
given to athletic sports is deleterious
to the
''Can you play football?"
''No, indeed"
Scan you pull an oar?"
"No."
"Are you good for any single thing
on earth? Will you be of the least use
to Yale? Will anybody except the pro-
fessors know that you are there or re,
member you ten minutes after you
leave?"
''This is unkind," said Lawrence.
s'We have not seen each other in years,
and now you load me with reproach-
es."
''You mustn't take it that way, Lar
ry," said his brother kindly. II am
only paving the way. am going to
show you how you can do something
for the university"
ITO BE Continued
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31
THE CASPIAN OIL BELT,

A Large Tract Which Has Yielded sill
lions of Barrels.
In view of the recent efforts at s.lli-
ance between the petroleum producers
of the United States and Russia note
on the oil bearing region of the eau
casus may be of interest, says the Cos
mopolitan 1t appears that the font
hills of the Caucasus, particularly
those on the northerly side, show
abundant evidence of the presence of
oil all the way from the Sea of Azof to
the Caspian. The oil belt seems even
to continue eastward of the Caspian;
but substantially, all of the yield comes
from the peninsula of Apsheron, on
the western side of the Caspian, not far
from the town of Baku. The entire
area which has produced oil for ship
ment is estimated at less than one
thousand eight hundred acres, and yet
the shipments of oil from Baku in the
last fourteen years are equivalent to
over one hundred and forty million
American barrels. The Apsheron pen
insula is low, but uneven, and is occu-
pied by tertiary and post-tertiary rocks.
The oil occurs in the more porous
tertiary strata and naturally eff1ux
takes place along lines of rupture
in the folded beds, which do
not seem to be considerably al
tered. AS in this country, q part of
the oil is obtained from flowing wells,
and in 1893 these yielded one-third OF
the product. The Baku oil is very diff
ferent, chemically, from that of Penn
sylvania. Our oil consists mainly of
hydrocarbons, analogous to paraffin.
and known as the ''paraff1n series"
The Caspian oil contains less hydrogen
and is composed almost exclusively of
the '.olefner series" which, however, is
also represented to small extent in
the American oil.
The origin of petroleum is still q
mystery. 1t seems really incredible
that animal or vegetable oil should
so accumulate as to furnish the output
of Baku. A hundred thousand right
whales would be required to supply as
much oil as Baku exports yearly. 1t
is also very significant that the deposits
follow line of profound terrestrial
disturbance, that of the Caucasus. 1t
was to account for these oil fields that
put forward his hypothesis.
He supposes, on grounds which are by
no means absurd, that there are vast
masses of metallic iron within the
earth, resembling meteoric iron and
containing carbon. The actions OF
acids on such iron produces hydrocar-
bons, which are sometimes identical
with those of the Baku oil. If one
accepts the supposition Of the existenss
of iron in great quantities within the
earth, this theory leads to fewer diff
culties than that of organic origin; and
since such iron has been brought to the
surface of the earth at a number OF
points by eruption, the plausibility OF
the hypothesis is great.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31
It is only fair to say that Paddy, prop

It Is only fa1r TO say Cnat faddy, prop
erly dressed, and with his mouth closed,
was good-looking youth. His skin
was unusually white, despite his out-of-
door life, and his face was thin to
match his figure which was like lit
tie man on stills. But his features
were strong and his eyes bright and
steady. Altogether he had a good
head for student, if there had been
anything in it. His great strength lSAt
a certain grace to his movements,
though one would have expected him
to be as awkward as young calf.
1t is impossible within the limits OF
this narrative to describe the educa-
tional process to which Paddy was sub
jected. Naturally he did not learn
much on the first day, but Harry Bangs
did. Those of us who have had the adj
vantages of early training do not real
ize what it's total absence implies
Bangs had never been a student. He
had studied just enough to get an idea
of the vast number of things which
one can know. He had a general no.
ton that somebody knew them all, but
he had never considered the possibility
of the existence of a person who did
not know any of them.
We forget, sometimes, that infnity
is just as long one way as it is the
other. 1t is as hard to grasp the real
meaning of nothing as it is to under
stand everything. K
That was what was the matter with
the education of Paddy O'Toole. 1t
was impossible to get back to the place
where it ought to begin. 1t is all very
well to talk of beginning a child's edu-
cation with that of his grandfather,
but what are you going to do if the old
gentleman is dead?
In the course of week Bangs had
not found anything to teach Paddy,
because there was always something
which he ought to learn before that.
And so at random he started him on
English grammar. Now, a merciful
Providence, which sends the mumps
and things of that kind to us at an age
when we are unable to comprehend
the horror of them, has wisely made
the same provision in regard to the adj
vent of grammar into our lives. There
are exceptions, of course, and every
body must have an idea how very bad
an adult case of mumps would be. I'm
agine grammar, then, at the age of
age when most of us
have had it, and forgotten all about it.
Paddy O'Toole thought that he was
going to die of it. He contracted it
from man named Brown. They say
that Brown in private life was not
worse than his neighbors. 1t is only
when we tackle his grammar that we
perceive how much of the old Satan
was in him. Paddy could read in a
general way, though he had no recol-
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31
PADDY STUDIES BROWN.

lection of having learned. An account
of baseball game in a newspaper was
moderately clear to him. But Brown
was not nearly so lucid as a modern
sporting writer.
'Just read the first part of this till
you get an idea of what he's talking
about" said Bangs, laying the book
before his pupil, ''and when get back
you can tell me about it.
And Paddy honestly tried to do it.
He worked his shirt collar off in the
first ten minutes, and his coat and
waistcoat soon followed.
''I1l take fall out o. dis gillie," he
said, apostrophizing Brown, if it
breaks me back"
At the end of an hour the dryness Of
the subject had impaired thirst to
him which water couldn't quench. And
there was nothing else to be had.
Bangs was liberal in every other way,
but he would not hear of mixed ale or
any other deleterious beverages. He
had given his man James strict orders
to deny Paddy all such things. Paddy
had not suffered from this absti-
hence until he encountered Brown. He
was quickly convinced that. he would
never understand Brown, but he be-
lieved that with the aid of pint of
beer he might be able to endure him.
He had some money in his pocket, but
he dared not go out for fear that James
would tell Bangs.
1--we got to rush der growler," he
said to himself ''I'll die if DON'T
In desperate emergencies such as
this there is always a means of saliva
tion if one only seeks it. Paddy sought
and found. There was large ball of
cord in the room, and an ordinary
small coffee pot which had once been
used when Bangs was sick in his rooms.
This had been thrown into cupboard
where it had sustained serious injury.
But it was still water tight. Paddy
put some money in it and lowered it
out of the window at the end of the
cord. By and by boy came along.
Paddy stuck his head far out of the
window SO that James could not hear,
and bawled his errand to the boy The
experiment worked well, and Browns
Introductory remarks seemed some
what more lucid afterward. Thereaft-
ter Paddy mixed Brown and beer in
the proportion of pint to page, and
when Bangs returned the beer, at least,
had found it's way to Paddy's head.
He was asleep, with Brown for pill
low, and the empty tin beside him.
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31
CHAPTER Nv.

LAWRENCE BANGS rs URGED TO DO SOME
THING FoR THE UNIVERSITY.
It was evident that Paddy O'Tcole,
who had been accustomed to an active
life, would not thrive without exercise.
Therefore Bangs was in the habit of
playing ball with him on vacant lot
in the Back Bay district for two hours
every day in the week.
The result of this practice more than
confirmed Bangs original opinion.
Paddy as pitcher was certainly a
wonder. How he had learned the art
was mystery to Bangs and no less
to Paddy himself. He said that he had
Morris tribune., 1895-07-31

I'm 1878 the complete success of wa
ter gas as an illuminant was made ap
parent
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
Mexican Exposition.

Governor Lord last week appointed
seven citizens Of Oregon to consult and
cooperate with the American Mexican
Exposition company of San francisco
in formulating plans for proper rep
resentation of the state at the Mexican
exp sition in 1896. Following is h list
Of these appointed: Henry Railing,
prominent citizen and banker Of Port
land; ]. I. Appenon, well known
lawyer and politician of Oregon City;
j. B. Waldo, ex-supreme Judge and
legislator and wealthy farmer Of the
Waldo hills Of Marion; B. B. Beekman
prominent lawyer Of jacksonville; J.
w. French, banker and business man
ofThe Dalles; Nathan Pierce, extensive
farmer, late populist candidate for
governor, of Umatilla county; Samuel
Elmore, canneryman, newspaper man
and capitalist Of Astoria. The pOsit-
ions are entirely honorary with no EN-
oluments. Of other attachments except
some work pnssibly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

Messrs. Banta and Wirk, who
went on the Curry county beachers
several months ago, to try their
new Inventions on good black
sand property, are said to be maxi
ing good snug sums Of gold aud
platinum at their property--the
zumwalt claim above Port Oxford,
which they purchased. Their pro-
cess consists mainly Of chemically
charged sluices, which save not
only the glittering gold and plati-
mum, but a black coated gold
which has much the appearance Of
black sand.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

Hiram Baker buys all kinds Of
f'Ars
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
Circuit Court.

Judge Hewitt last Thursday after
noon and Friday cleaned up the bust
ness of department 2as follows:
Assignment w II Graham, continued
z" FC Ayers, ("
Lucille Stowe vs. AT Stowe, divorce
granted.
Ellen + West VS. Emma Harvey.
Continued.
Assignment Oriental Tea Company.
Continued.
Gaines VS. Ramsey, Demurrer over
ruled aud continued.
I NJ ] Anderson VS. S Anderson. Ap-
plication to open decree refused.
TJ Coffman assigneevs JT Smith
ct al. Continued.
! George Gerhard at al vs George I
Warner. Sudgment for plaintiff.
FIN Jack ct al vs. Loren Hale ct al
Report nf referee confirmed.
I WI Vawler VS. William Beedler ei
al Judgment for plaintiff.
I John Conner vs. John Isom OF al
Foreclosure. Demurrer overruled. De
fault as to Hay & Senders and decres
on pleadings.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
Simply Business.

DIR. c. H. Mack. Salem dentist,
runs a half column advertisement ii,
each Of The three daily papers Of that
city, and he is having his hands more
than fdll The Journal says, in speak
ing of the fact The professional man
wants business the same as any other
business man, and he wants IS much
as he cab handle. yet many in the
medical and dental profession deprive
themselves ofthe much coveted prac-
tice by undue modesty. DIR. Mack Ia
to be congratul tied upon his courage
in adopting this correct business
theory, even though he stands high in
his profession. II will not only bring
him fame and patronage, but is Will
bring relief to many a sufferer who
would otherwise have continued in
distress.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
Hops Contracted.

Articles of agreement has been filed
with County Clerk l. w. Ehleh where
in W. f. and James P. Feller Of But
terville, Robert Whitney & Son Of
Hubbard, George w. Case of Cham
opes, and n. +. and j. L. Cook OF st.
Paul, this county, have contracted to
sell certain number Of pounds each
Of their hop crop for the year 1895 to
Eilienthal & Co., Of San Francisco.
The Fellers agree to sell 5000 pounds
each at len cents per pound. Whitney
4 Son, 1900 pounds atnine cents, Mr..
Case at ten cents, N. F. Cook 5000
ut eight cents and J.L. Cook 10000
pounds at nine cents. The dates Of
delivery are fixed at not later than
October Is, and %, and the bales are
to be about 1s5 pounds each in weight.
Tire conditions are that five cents
Hpicking money" Is to be advanced
Salem Statesman.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
More New Goods.

Prices the very lowest. Calicos and
sheetipgs 20 yds 81. Satteens 10, l2i, Il
and Is c. per yd. We have reduced
the prics Of cashmer, now selling SOC
goods for 26c. and 25 c. goods for % c.
These are our regular 50 c. goods We
have jet bead dress trimming at
the usualprice. Fineinitial scarf pins
l0c Brownie pins6c Fine silk tlei
10 and zoe Silk Brownie ties 20 C
Fin kid shoes slh0. Oxford ties fine
Sl10. AT the Racket Store.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been duly appointed by the
County Court Of Linn county, Oregon, the
administrator Of the estate OF A. v,
Garoutte, deceased; and has duly qualified
as such administrator. All persons hav.
ing claims against the estate are hereby
required to present them, with proper
vouchers, within six months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned, at the
office Of W. NJ. Brown. in Lebanon, Linn
county, Oregon.
Dated this 22nd. day Of January, 1896.
Phil Ritter,
w. NJ. Brown, Administrator.
Attorney for Administrator
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

First publication, Feb. %, 1895.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
in Linn County.
Notice.

Blacksmith wanted, one who under
stands general blacksmith work and
especially horseshoeing also can d
wood work for repairing Of wagons
and machinery, will furnish shop free
Of charge for one year. Can furnish
quite anumber Of tools. For further
Information write
A. h HAMILTON,
E5alei <,ssess,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between +. NJ.
Smith and G. NJ. westfall known as Smith
d Westfall, and the partnership heretofore
existing between P. NJ, Smith and G. NJ.
Westfall and A.umphrey, known as Smith,
Westfall Umphrey, both partnerships be-
ing engaged in The Livery 4 Feed business
in Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon, were on
the 18th day Of February 1896 dissolved, p
NJ. Smith with drawing from said firms
GIN. westfall and A. umpbrey will con.
tinue the same business at the same places,
as Westfall 4 umprey. all parties indebted
to the old firms are earnestly requested to
settle at once. r. ii. SMrrH.
G. NJ WEsTFALL,
a. uMPHREy.
First publication, Feb. %, 1895.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

deliver OF one George \. Chamber
lain, murderero ofJames George, near
Sparta, into the custuday Of the
sheriff Of Union county.
James Young, Of Heppner, was
out hunting coyotes with the Mat
lock boys one day last week,
When the hounds caught coyote
he took hold Of the animals head,
with the result that the brute bit
off one of his fingers.
H. B. Nevins, who lives on the
Hewitt land, below Wheatland, is
getting out $4,000 feet Of hard
wood logs on the island for |. It.
Powers, Of Portland. He will also
get out 100000 feet of balm for G..
Spaulding, Of Newbetg,
The Corvallis Times says it is
estimated that there are over 35,-
600 prune trees in Benton county
tnat will bear fruit this year, being
five years old, at least, and in add
ition about 5000 trees in Linn
county, just across the river from
Corvallis.
John 0. Fox and Montey Lyons
came over the mountains from
Eastern Oregon last Thursday and
report q hard time getting over the
summit, being four days mating
the trip from the Matolis to De-
troit, the snow being about II feet
deep ON the summit.
A protracted fight has just been
brought to close in the Empire
City town board as to whether
stock should run at large. The
ehorse" ordinance, as it has been
known, was put to rout, and do
mestic animals Of all kinds viii
have the perfect freedom of the
city.
Speaking Of old pensioners, the
Eugene Guard recalls Joseph
Spores, who died six miles north Of
Eugene, November 2S, 1896, at the
age of 50 years and 8 months. Mr..
Spores was born in the state Of
New York in 1875, and was en-
gagged ii the fight with the British
at sackett's Harbor, n. Y. in 1914.
He was a pioneer Of lS47.
Miss Emma Smith, stepfdaugh-
ter Of Mr.. Pate, living at Cornelius
who works III the family Of Nj,
John Sewell, living three and a
half miles east Of town, was seri-
ously hurt last Saturday By O
gunshot wound in the thigh. shc
and Sewell's 12-year-old boy were
target-shootine, and the gun went
off accidentally in his hands
The bullet has mt been recovered
The Oregon presbytery Of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church
met at Woodburn Friday. Rev. G
A. Blair, pastor Of the First church
at Portland, preached the opening
sermon. A good delegation wai
present and reports show aggress
i've work is being done. One
special feature in the reports from
the different churches was th,
large number Of conventions
Rev. w. a. Jones was elected
moderator.
From The amount Of fish that
was shipped on the Gatzert Wed
nesday morning for down-riyei
points, the st. Helen's Mist think
it would not require many weeks
fishing to place the average fisher
man in rather independent circum
stances. One fisherman shipped
2500 pounds, for which be received
5 cents a pound or $125 for tht
shipment. The fishermen up anC
down the river are greatly encour
aged at the outlook.
Will Moore started from his
place, near Chetco, last Monday
to fell some trees, and when HI
had gone about 300 yards from