, TO PALESTINE CY -f?AIU
throat ttia Marfttan-aaMUi by Waj of Lafc
lllna ta Hmuwoiii.
If the Turkish Gwernnient consents
It Is probable that Palestine will be in
vaded by locomotives, .and that before
long the conductor will have an oppor
tunity of calling out ''Galilee; all out
for Galilee," and w good Turkish,
"Damascus pussengers vill ploase re
tain their units until the train -comes to
a full stop." Application has boon
raade by Joseph Ellas, formerly Gov
ernment engineer of the Lebanon, for a
concession for a railway from Haifa on
the Mediterranean, about midway be
tween Tyre and Ciesarea, by way of
Lake Galilee, over the Kiver Jordan to
Damascus. Authority for the naviga
tion of the lake and a priority f right
for the extension of a line ever any
other applicant for three years
Is asked for. The line is to
follow the river Kishoa for six miles,
going within throe and three-quarter
miles of Nazareth, and then aoenduag
the valley to the water sheds of the
Jordan. The line will proceed along
the northwest of the lake, close to the
plan of Geneearot, up the Jordan,
crossing It two miles below Merim,
From that point the line turns toward
the east to Damascus, a distance of 103
miles from the coast. A branch line
will go to Naoua, the capital of the
ILaur&n. with an option to continue on
to Bosra, the ancient capital of Bash an.
Permission is also asked to go on with
the Palmyra into Aleppo.
The practical part of Mr. Elias ap
plication is interesting. He estimates
the population to be served at half a
million or about five thousand to the
mile. Damascus has about two hun
dred thousand inhabitants, and there
are ten towns with from one thounand
ko ten thousand inhabitants and about
five thousand and forty villages. Al
though the district is very fertile, only
one-sixth of the arable land is undor
cultivation. There is an abundance of
streams, however, so that the country
could be easily irrigated. Naturally
cereals are the principal produce, hut
cotton can be grown and silk worms
reared. The cultivation of sugar cane j
was undertaken there by the Crusad
era. Indigo grows wild, licorico is i
plentiful, fruits are largely exported, j
and olives are abundant The country
is rich in bitumen, coal, iron and sul-
I phtir, and it abounds in forest of oak,
pine and poplar.- Although it now
costs at least half the value to bring
the cereals to the sea, the ex port is fully
90.000 tons. If the concession is granted
Mr. Ellas will construct the 130 miles
proposed to he buit at first for 610,000
to C80.00O. lie calculates modestly
on 43,000 through passengers a year at
about three cents a mile, or 1 6f. 70c.. or
about $3 for 100 miles, and 30.000 local
passengers at the same rate. Freight
ih expected to pay about four cents per
t ton per mile, or about five or six times
what Western railroad commissioners
consider a high rata Even at this rata
there will be a much larger profit to
the farmer than at present, and the
profit on the actual cost is figured at
17 1-2 to 18 1-2 per cent A consider
able amount of corroboratory informa
tion is given. More than ten years ago
Major Condor advocated the construc
tion of a railroad on this line. Law
rence Olipham says that 4.000 or 5,000
camel loads of grain arrive at Acre and
Haifa daily during the season. Flour
ground at Damascus is of very superior
quality. Even with tills primitive
method of communication 675,352 bush
els of wheat and barley w,ere exported
from Acre and Haifa and 243. 130 pounds
of olive oil in 1877. The proposed line
ill also cross the pilgrim road to Meo-
m 'H a little above Mezarib.
Mr. Julius V. Milingten. of the Iro
perial Ottoman Bank of Constantinople,
is interested in the scheme, and it is
believed that the concession will soon
be put up for sale, in which event it is
not at all impossible that American
capitalists may become interested.
S. I. Mail and Express.
- NOTHING LIKE PRAISE.
Kaja Child U H art-Hungry for War
Parents are too often slow to see the
motive of their children's kindest ac
tions. A little fellow has be n reading
of some young hero who helped his
father and mother in all sort of ways;
and alter racking his brains to think
how be, too, can help, he remembers
that he can fetch his father s slippers,
and take his boots away and put ihetn
in the proper place. Without saying' a
word to anybody, when evening comes
he does it; but the father is so occupied
that he notices not what the boy has
done. The little fellow hopes on,
thinking that when he goes to bed his
father will say how pleased he was tc
see Charley so willing to help; but not
a word is uttered, and the boy goes up
to bed with a choking feeling In his
throat, and says his prayers by the
bedtfidu with a sadness very real in his
.Ssttt't,
Parents often complain of children
BOt being so ready to help as they
ahould be; the fault is with the parents,
who bie not known how to evoke feel
4ith which the heart of every
. ? is richly stored. All words oi
approval nro heiplul and encouraging.
In a large family there have boon dayi
ofanxiuty and care. The eldest daugh
ter by her skill in teaching has earned
a little extra money, and without
word to any one she lays nearly all ol
it out in buying things that are much
needed iu the house. What joy fills
her heart when a fond mother bikes her
aside, and with emotion that can not be
concealed says how thankful she is for
such considerate kindness, and mur
murs: "I don't know what we should
do without you, darling." My friend'
do not be so chary of these wont nf
o'rgemeat Good Words.
SEEKING NOTORIETY.
lMls
Who Write Thai Mamas a IV la-
dawn, Fnraltura and Traaa,
What for does a man want to write
bis name everywhere he goes, and on
vwy thing which offers a blank space
large enough for his autograph?
Does .anybody care to know that
John fcmith. of Hickory Creek, visited
Niagara Falls, August 21. 18K8, that
he need to put himself to the trouble
of reeordhag that fact on every bench
and blank wall and bridge-rail all
around the Falls?
No matter what locality we visit we
find the names of previous visitors re
corded n rery available spot Some
times a sentimental verse Is appended,
by way of illustration; and texts of
Scripture and theological warnings are
quite common.
Hotel windows suffer fearfully from
this craze. Every body who owns a
diamond seems possessed with a mania
for writiug with it on glass -we have
even seen the abomination on plate
glass. The idea of scratching up and
defacing windows which do not belong
to you in that way! The man who
will be guilty of such snobbery ought
to be brought into court and fined,
like any other criminal
Railway car windows are peculiarly
subject to this kind of disfigurement.
Not long since we saw written on the
window of a railway car this interest
ing and instructive legend:
We all mut die sad o away
To either hearen or hell to alar.
Tnti la writ with diamond rtOR.
And James U May be own the thing.'
And we hereby give notice that, in
our opinion, the said James L. May is
a jackass, and his mother must be
proud that he lived through the
whooping-cough, and measles, and
mumps lived to bless this world and
the rest of creation with his presence.
He is a credit to her and to all the
family.
Now. what we want to know is
what people indulge in this kind of
thing for? What makes you want to
have your name cut is uneven letters
on a bench? Why do you want to see
your autograph on somebody's win
dow? Why do you want to scratch
your initials on every rock from Maine
to Florida?
What for?
We suppose it is none of our busi
ness, but we can not help asking the
question.
It has always been done, and it al
ways will be. probably; but, in the
name of railway companies and hotel
keepers, we ask you to let the windows
and the looking-glasses alone. You
have no more right to thus disfigure
them than you have to paint your busi
ness card on the frescoes, and thus an
nounce that "Tom Brown Soils Em
pire Soap!"
If you want to leave your name in a
conspicuous place, have some sign
boards painted, and pay a man to pa
trol the streets with them; or have
them displayed on the telegraph
poles, and the traveling public will be
pleased and interested to read them as
they flash by.
No living man wants his windows or
doors or settees defaced by the efforts
of his visitors to secure a cheap no
toriety. You do not buy your land
lord's bouse and grounds when you en
ter your name on bis hotel register, or
when you settle your weekly bill. You
have no more right to scratch up his
windows and walls than you have to
do the same thing in the house of the
friend where you are visiting. If you
must try your diamonds on glass, why
not take a small window along with
you and experiment to your heart's
content? It will afford you amuse
ment, and every body who sees you at
work will know that you have dia
monds, and , so your end will be at
tained. Kate Thorne. in NX Weekly.
An amusing story comet from
Japan of a native doctor who had so
far assimilated his practice to Euro
pean methods that an English resi
dent, being ill, sent for him in the ab
sence of tho only European doctor of
the district The Englishman having
elaborately described his symptoms,
the Jap doctor in his turn made a
long and very vague statement, from
which it was impossible to gather any
thing really definite. "But come, doc
tor," exclaimed the patient at lost,
naturally anxious to know the nature
of bis complaint, "you have not told
ore what it is?"' '"Ah! you auk what
it Is?" returned the native medico, in
what he intended to be his best Euro
pean manner. "Well, I will tell you,
DUMAS ON THE HAND.
I"BS rraonb Mavallat divas an liitcraatlng
Chapter a Chiromancy.
A new and distinguished professor
of palmistry has arisen in the person
of M. Alexandre Dunuis. who contrib
utes to Art and Letters an interesting
paper on "The Hand," or rather
chiromancy, for he discusses the said
memtwr in relation to character.
Even were this article not signod it
would be easy to see that it is written
by a man, for it treats solely of femi
nine hundu just as the fair author
ess of the numorous "palmistry"
pamphlets now so much in vogue
deal mulnly with those of men. But
M. Dumas brings fresh interest to the
subject, investing it with all his well
known verve and originality.
He has "restricted" himself, he tells
us, to five types of hands and has
studied, by observation and investiga
tion, a science which he holds to be
"exact and positive." The worst of it
is that in the outset this science is
calculated to inspire gloomy feelings.
There is apparently only one "really
happy band for a woman," and that
is according to M. Dumns, an ugly
hand large, red and knotty; "a dread
ful hand, like a man's." With this
"happv hand" the wife will be always
busy, exemplary and capable; she will
so henpeck and domineer ovor her
husband that after her death he wiTt
not retain even energy enough to sur
vive her! ISO one can doubt that to
possess such a hand would indeed be
happiness such as is seldom vouch
safed to mortals. As for the other
four types, they have certainly more
beauty to boast of. but, as they are
alternately expressive of a "nie ani
mal." n "Mes"alina," a 'Charlotte
Corday" or a "Montespan." they can
not be said to be exactly enviable.
But "the hand is the ideal of the
human soul." says M. Dumas, and
though people "whom we have an in
terest in knowing con, by their coun
tenance and skill, often mislead us.
their hands betray their real selves."
The hand can not deceive.
"From no one who is willing to take
pains to be attentive, can man orwom
an.however reticent they try to be with
their eyes, their mouth, with their
features, whatever mastery they may
have over their physiognomy, hide any
longer even the profound!,, the most
mysterious, part of their inner being."
A woman must be careful to observe
the thumbs of the man she marries. SL
Dumas insists. "Concern yourself
above all, with the thumbs; one al
ways has to come back to the science
of the hand to the study of the thumb.
Upon its length depends a man's
reasoning faculty and will; upon the
protuberance from which it springs
depend his power and energy. Fits of
enthusiasm, of discouragement, im
pulses, regrets, mighty resolutions
not to give way, sudden relapses, such
is the character of little thumbs.
Notice, then, very attentively, made
moiselle, the hands of those who
aspire to yours. When the wooer is
lining at your house, or in the even
ing after dinner, do not move your
eyes from thut ambitious band, and
make your prognostications accord
ingly." Type No. 2 is the "happy hand" be
fore mentioned the ugly, healthy
hand, denoting a well-balanced mind
and an iron digestion. It is "a rather
large hand, white in warm wenther,
red in cold, whose fingers, longer than
the palm, have very plainly marked
knots at the joints and short nails.
The little is almost as long as the ring
finger. The palm is bro:id, and the
whole hand is somewhat hard, aU
though the skin is soft and alwnyi
c-ol. With a hand like that, madame,,
whatever the hand of your husband
might be, it is you who would be the
man. because you would add to the
Influence of your sex, even if you were
not very pretty, the power of reflec
tion, will and invincible perseverance.
May God give a hand like yours to
our mothers, our sisters, our daugh
ters, our wives, our housekeepers, our
servants!" '
Type No. 3. This is "a short hand,
with a highly developed palm, the
size o.f which will be altogether out of
proportion with the other parts; this
hand will be. so to speak, square, the
finger being nearly all of the same
length. With gloves it seems quite
small. A child's hand only when it
Is bare, and you squeeze it, it warns
you, by its resistance and hardness, ol
the danger you may incur, if you
are one of those who can take a warn
ing. This hand, a kind of vice,
denotes brute instinct, egotism, cruel,
even in the midst of pleasure. Let
men with little thumbs avoid this
hand; let men with big thumbs try
and exterminate It! It is the hand of
Messalina of Phaedra, of Sappho."
Glasgow Herald.
SooHrthlBa That Wenlda't Maka Much.
Managing Editor Did you prepare that
article on "Tba Intellectual Attainment of
the Four HuudredT
Reporter Yes, sir.
Managing Editor About how aiucb spaos
will H oceupyl . '
HUGH THE NEWEST,
Nobbiest and Largest Stock of
CL
In the County, is now to
Of Albany, Oregon.
fXT" When you want to "drosHitp," we would be glad to show you
through and make the right prieo.
Merchant Tailoring u gpecialty. XI it. K. A.Sohki ki.i:k is an expert, and
has charge of this department. We guarantee mUifaction.
'mmiM y:5aii;i
VvVf
:li0
P. COHN
Declares that he will again pay
MORE fOR
WOOL, EGGS, BOTH,
Oil
Any kind of Produce, than any
other house in Albany
Wm Sell Goods Cheaper
If you want to Make Maney,
Call on Him.
.T. COTTON,
PEA LEX IN
Groceries and Provisions:
TOBACCO CIGARS,
SMOKERS ARTICLES,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
C.O NFECTIONERY
Itaeaaware fcilaaawar.
Lmpm m4 Ummp KUtarra.
Main MC lictHM. Orrsan.
LEBANON
Meat Market
Ed Kellenberger, Propr.
Fresh and Salted Beef and Pork
MUTTON,
PORK,
SAU8ACE,
BOLOGNA
and HAM.
Bacouiand Lard Always on Hand
Main Street. Lebanon. Or. .
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be Seen on th u liu i!
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limit In ta world. '.lamina hi
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For Sale by C. C. Hackleman.
J. M. Keene, D. D. S.
Dental Parlors
Office: Breyman Bros. Building,
MALKM.OMEiiOX.
Hours from 8 A, M. to 6 P. M,
OKKCsON
Land Company.
ft. F. ASHBY and CEO DICKINSON.
Albany, Lynn Co., Oregon.
Buying and Sulllng.
Heal Estate on Coiisii,
And Oolax a (jioaeral Krai Km tat
fiaalnoas.
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LAND SOLICITED FOR SALE
ASHBY & DICKINSON;
ear; ft is five shillings. -
liejurrWa" Auojjt , six , fill
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