r LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. ltwvlacilUsm Rampant Among Tonafs t- )ortlont of t)olty. ' rroTlncialium, then, is the great curse of the Australasian ; and so it must needs bo (or years. Especially unfortu nate, however, is the tendency already existent amongst certain young Austra lasians to feel indifferent towards all Influences from other partsof the world. I heard indeed more of this indifference than I saw. "Many of our young men," people said, "knowing nothing of the elder world, fancy that nothing can be of great value in civilization which has not already been transplanted here. They are intolerant and narrow." I confess that such bigotry is not very noticeable on the surface of things as yet. The Australian newspaper pre serves, on the whole, the sound old En glish traditions; devotes large space to the rest of the world; has correspond ents in England, and often also in America and on the continent of Eu rope; and discusses many of the world's current" social and literary questions almost as much as we do. But the healthy sporting life of the Intelligent young men does not leave them much time or reading or for thinking. Their parents still speak familiarly ol "home," meaning England; but ere long this home feeling will pass away; , and one questions whether that inti mate union with the world's intellectual life, which we ourselves have culti vated with a very warm zeal only within the last quarter of a century, will be possible for the coming genera tion in the colonies. Nothing could be more dangerous for Australia than to "cut the painter" in the intellectual 1 life, whatever may be the result ia 1 politics. And the fact remains that a I land which at best is about three weeks farther removed from Europe than is our eastern border can only too easily become apathetic about so difficult a matter as the course of modern thought Meanwhile, the very tendencies that ,.; make the Australian journals so well edited and to encyclopaedic seem to threaten in another direction the cause of popular education. In early Califor nia days newspapers were almost the only printed matter that the mining population read. Knowing this fact, I was rather strongly impressed by the very first remark that I heard from one prominent gentleman as to the Intel- j lectual condition of Australia. "You must know," he said, "our people do not read books; they devour journals." Against this opinion one must of course put the existence of the splendid pub lic library at Melbourne, the numerous town libraries scattered throughout the colonies, and the very respectable trade of the booksellers in Melbourne, in Sydney, and even in the much I smaller city of Auckland. Yet, after all, there are undoubtedly many in fluences at work in the colonies against . the formation of a strong literary class. I do not think these influences at all remarkable in their results so far; what I fear is the future, when the better part of the people will have forgotten the old home, and when a provincial self-consciousness will tend more and more to fight against the vast industry required to keep pace with the world's mental work. Think how vastly our own intellectual life, such as it is, would suffer if we were two or three weeks farther removed from Europe! Josiah Eoyce, in Atlantic. HINTS FOR MOTHERS. ' ;. i ,jWht to Do When Un of tha Younratara "' V II u tha Earache. , -' One of our little girls has been ( troubled with earache since her baby hood. Jfo sores have gathered, but a .y- cold or exposure to a strong wind is almost certain to cause her acute suf fering with earache. After trying nearly every thing that I have seen or heard recommended, I have settled on this application as giving surest and quickest relief. It is a flannel bag stuffed with hops and wrung from hot vinegar. I lay the bag over the child's ear, as hot as she will bear it, cover the whole side of the face with dry Cannel and change the bop bag as often as it becomes cool. The warm steam filling the child 's ear soon re lieves the pain. Stuffing the ear with the "heart of a roasted onion." tricklings of molasses, wads of peppered cotton and lumps of mutton tallow have never yet in my experience eased earache and such irri tating messes crowded or poured inte the delicate labyrinth of the ear may fio much mischief. Another child is a victim of leg-ache. ; Inherited, possibly, for well do we re-p- member what we suffered with its tor tures In our own childhood. Heat and moisture gave us relief, and, following in our mother's footsteps, we have routed night after night from our warm quarters, in the dead of winter, to kindle fires and fill frosty kettles from water pails thickly crusted with ice, that we might get the writhing jsedal extremities of our little heir into a tub of hot water as quickly as possi ble. But lately we have learned that all this work and exposure are need- less. We simply wring a towel from ealtecl water a bowl of it standing in our elecping-room, ready for such an emergency wrap ine nmo in it trom ankle to knee, without taking the child from his bed, and then Bwath with dry flannels, thick and warm, tucking the blankets about him a little closer, and relief is sure. A croupy cough can often bo loosened and prevented by swathing the throat with dry, warm flannels; a thick pack of them to sweat the tnroat and chest that often helps so speedily it is not necessary to sicken the child with ipecac, or to wake the house kindling fires and preparing hot packs. - SOME ODD EPITAPHS." Tombatona Inscription! Found la DIBM nt Part of tha World. There is always a mysterious fasci nation for most all of us about grave yards, tombstones, monuments, and any thing appertaining to the dead. The word epitaph is derived from two Greek words meaning an inscription and a monument The Greeks, the Romans and the Egyptians raised splendid tombs over their noble dead, those of the Egyptians being probably the oldest although in many cases it is entirely impossible to approximate the date of some of the immense mounds raised in honor of the dc id in our own country. If what is written on tombstones were strictly true the world would scarcely have need of other history; but unfortunately such is not the case. The tender feelings of the survivors influence them to forget the wrong and write only the good, and in most cases expand the latter as much as possible. One of the best and most epigram matic of epitaphs is that cf Alexander the Great It is in Latin, which, translated, is as follows: Here a mound suffice for one for whom the world was not large enough. The following has the virtue of brev ity, but contains the now tabbooed pun. It is on the tombstone of Charles Knight of England, and is simply; Good Knight Here is one from a headstone in Cornwall, England, and can be read both ways: Bhallwealldler We shall die tlL AU die shall wet Die all we shall. This one is on a London cooki Peat to hit H'thetl A great deal of libelous matter has been written on tombstones concern ing wives; the following Is an example: Within this grave do lie Back to back my wife and I; When the last tramp the air shall flu, If the gett up I'll Just lie U1L The next one breathes a spirit of de vout resignation: She onee wm mine ; And bow To Thee, 0 Lord. I her reilgnt And am your obedient, humble servant Robert Kemp. Lawyers have always come in for their share of post-mortem abuse. The following is taken from the tombstone Of Lawyer Strange: Here lies an honest lawyer. And that's Strange. This is the epitaph of James Straw, attorney, Lincolnshire, England: Here lies James Straw, .Who forty years, sir, followed the law And when he died the Devil cried: J immy. give at yer paw." The epitaphs of the great in West minster Abbey are as a rule too long to be quoted here. There are some ex ceptions, however, of which the fol lowing to Ben Jonson is one: 0. Rare Ben Jonson. That is all of it but it speaks vol umes. In Denver, Col., is the tombstone of a policeman which bears this inscrip tion: More on. Mister: move on. In a rural graveyard in Massachu setts is the following: Here UesEzeklel Sounder, who was aeeldenV ally killed in the M year of hit age. This stone was erected by bit grateful family. This appears in a Southern grave yard: The Yankee hosts, with blood-ttalned han ds, Came southward to divide our lands; Tbit narrow and contracted ipot b all that this poor Yankee got. At San Antonio, Tex., in the mili tary cemetery, on a large board that resembles a railway guldepost is written the military command: In Place Rett I Besides the trail which leads from Fort Concho to Fort Davis, Tex. , is a lone grave. At its head is placed a rough limestone slab, on which are scratched the Spanish words: Qulvn tabef (who knows). A passerby has scratched beneath them: Dlos sabe (Oodjknowj). Can any hlgh-sounuing phrase on sculptured granite compare in pathetic grandeur with this simple little epi taph over that solitary grave on the sandy Texas plains P Chicago Tribune. Lemon juice Is useiui m removing tartar from the teeth, anti-febrile, etc. The roasted core of an onion will sometimes act like magic in an aching ear. Dampened newspapers torn in bits and scattered over the carpet will take up dust better than salt or tea-grounds. Ice-cream, flavored with extracts, is usually the kind that creates the af termath of interior physical disturbances. I L Mil (Successor to C. II. Harmon.) BARBER & HAIRDRESSER LEBANON. OKBUON. S HAVING, IIAin CIJTTINO AND PIIAM ponlug lu the latest ami best stylo. Bpoclal attention paid to dnaalng Ladles' bair. Your patronage respevtlnlly solicited. T. H. WLLSBURY, .TEWELRV, llltOWSMVIIXK. ORVCiON Orepian Railway Co. Limited Line, C. M. BCOTT. Receiver. To Take EftVrt Jane K3, 1HM9. 1 0'Clork. p. m. Between Portland and Coburg 123 Ml lea. 8:00 a. m 12:10 p.m 2 A. p.m 8:45 p.m .V01 p.m :fjO).m lv. Portland (Mo.l'ac.C'o).ar ttllverton WeatBcio ...Hpioer ..Brownsville ar Coburg.. lv :.' p.m l'J:10 a m 10 00 a. m filtta.m 7:42 a. m 6:00a.m BETWEEN rOKTLUXU ANI AIUME, 0 MILKS, foot of V Htreet. 7:D0a.m lv. Portland (F. A W. V.).ar 6:'J0p.m 9 ?i p.m Ijifayette 9:'!.n 12:10 p.m Hhvridau 2:IHp.m 2:11 p.m Dallas ... Um p.m 2:.Vtp.m Monmouth ll:'ila.ni 8A5p.m ar Alrlle lv lO.-r.a.m Commutation tickets at two cents per tulle ou tale at stat'ons having agent. Connection at Mt. Augel with stages (or and from Wliholt Mineral Hpriuga. Ticket" for any point on this linn tot sale at the United Carriage anil HaKKage Tranafer Company's oflice, Becouil and l'lue streets, and P. & W. V. Ry. CHA8. N. BCOTT, Receiver 0. Ky, Co. (Ld.) Line, Portland, Urefcon. HRNKY W. GODDAM D, SuptO.By. Cv, (Ld.) Line, Dundee Junction. General Offices, N. W. Corner First and Pine Streets, Portland, Oreifon. THE YAQJINA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. mm Ds?5lcDieit C3 npaays steamsUiD Line. itiS Hhortrr, " Hour lrnt Time Tuaii by any other Kuutu. First-Class Through Pamtenger and Freight Line Krom Portland and all point In tlie Willamette Valley to and Irom San Francisco, Cal. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. TIME SCHEDULE, (Kxeept Hiindays.) Lv Albany l;uo p.m. Lv Carvallis 1:40 p.m. Ar Yasjiilna ft:flU p.m. Lv Yaiiilua : u.ui. Lv Curtains 10 :;f n.m. Ar Albany 11:10 a.m. 0. & C. trains cuuuect at Albany and Corvallls. The aliove trains couuect at Yaiiuiiia with the Oregon Development Company's line of tsteam hips between Yt'iuiim and Una Francisco. BAILING DATES : STEAMERS. FKOtTsT t. Fill VHi;iNA. Willamette Valley Willamette Valley mUametta Valley July U, July 21, July 31. July lfl, July a&, August 6. TIiIk company renervea the right to clinuge oalliiiK date without notice. PHBBeoera from PorUauit and all Willamette rallev points can make close connection with the t'rolna of the Yaillua route at AUianyor Corvallla, and if destlued to Hun Krmiclwio should arraiiKe to arrive at Yaquina the eve ning before the date of sailing. rai4nM- null Freight Kate Always the Lowett For Information spply to C. H. HAH WELL, Gen'l Fr't k Pass. Act. OroKAi Devel'pm'nt Co 804 MonUfoineryBL, ban Francisco, Cal. P. C. HOfiHK. Act'g (ieu. F. & P. Agt. O.V. U.K. it. Co., Corvailiw, Oregon. Remember the Oregon Pacific popular sum mer excursions to Yaauina. Low rate ticket are now on sale, (rood every Wednesdry and Saturday from Albany, Corvallis and Plillo inaUi. NORTH BOUHO, Leave Corvallis Monday, Wednesday, Friday, t a. n.; leav Albany V M a. m. Arrive Balem. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3 p.m.; leave Bttlem, '.Tuesday, Thursday, Salur oay.Sa, in. Arrive Portland, Tuesday. Thursday, Satur day, 8:D0 p. m. SOUTH BOUND. Leave Portland, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6 a. in. Arrive Salem, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 7:15 p. m.; Icavu 6ula.i, Tuesday. Thnrsdny, Bat unlay, 6 a. m. Ijcavelbnuy 1:80 p. m. Arrive Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 1:30 p.m. MUCH THE NEWEST, Nobbiest and Largest Stook of CLOTHING! In the County, Is now to be Seen on th u id! d . . L E B LAIN j. . Of Albany, Oregon. When you want to " dress up," we would bo glud to show you. through und make the right price. Merchant Tailoring it specialty. Mu. E. A. Sciikfflku is an cxjiert, and lias charge of this department. We guarantee satisfaction. TONSOltlAL 1'AltLOlt. KOK A IV1CE II All! CUT AND A CLEAN SHAVE, Call at my Shop on Main Street. I also hone razors. 1 have In connection with my u) op, a line BATH JIOOM, Where you can get a Bath at any time. Tickets, good for One Shave each, eight for 91. I. R. DORUM, Main Mtreet, suanon Oregon. E. J. M'CAUSTLAND, CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, Uranshtlnc and Bine 1'rintsj. Office with Oregon Land Company, Albany. HtmtT&g Bystem and Water Hupplles a spec ially, luiatee subdivided. Maps made or copied on snort notice C.T. COTTON, DEALER IN Groceries and Provisions, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SMOKERS' ARTICLES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, CONFECTIONERY (tneensjware unit dilrtMHwure, l,linipN and l.ninp Vlxtnvi', 1'AVK ;ahii 'FOB KUl.M. Slain Mt., I.liuiioii. O rr no ii. LEBANON Meat Market, Ed Kellenberger, Propr. Fresh and Salted Beef and Pork MUTTPORK BOLOCNA and HAM. Bacon and Lard Always on Hand Main Street, Lebanon, Or. ffanvaaaAtr aavs he haathn W. t.. 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