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EXPRES VOL. III. Lebanon, Oregon, Friday, octobeu'h, i889. NO. 31. BOL11CTY NOTICES. LEHANOV I,OIHIK. NO, U, A. V . A M l W, at tli.tr iww hall In MwkhiIo Hli.ok, on Saturday re.tal.Mi or MM. lb. I"U 7;"H8(m w,M. LEBANON 1.0H0B, NO. 47, 1. 0. O t.i Ma unlay ilii of li wwk, at Oilil Krlliiw Hull, Mala rt; vlaltlng br.tliri.il '.'n ' .ttuiicl J. J. CHAKI.loti, H. HONOR LonflK NO 3, A. O I!. W Ihannn, Onauui: Mtt ery llrnt nl tlilr1 Thiir.il avail Ing. Ill III. month. t. M. Itl.SUOK. H. W. REUUIOUB NOTICES. k. is. (;nrni ii. Walton Hklnworth, inwtor Hr-rvlee, cch Bun day at It . m. mid 7 r. m. Sunday Buliool lit 10 A. M. uaeu Sunday. rilKHHVTKItUN CIIDIUiK. t O W, Glunny, pHtor Stirvlcm each Sunday at 11 A. u. Hiitiday School 10 . M. Burvlce, each Butiday nlitlit. LTMHKIILtMl rHKNIIYTKIlM a i;ilim M. J. It. KtrkiiMtrlck. vtor--i'rvlw the 2nd nd 4th Hiinday. hi 11 a. m. and 7 P. m. Holiday Hrhmil I'Hi'h nmtav Ht III A. w. K. WEATHERFORD. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offloe over Flnt National Batik. AMItW .... KEUOSi DR. J. M. TAYLOR, i 3E rv 'X? I S T i Will tw In I1anon the first week of every month, second weeh In 8c In: third in Stayton, and the fourth week In JefTriraon to perform all oiwratloiiH appertaining to Dentistry in a skillful maimer. L. H. MONTANYE, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND ' NOTARY 1UI3LIC ALBAXV.ORKUUX. Will practice In all Court of the State W. R. DILYEU. Attorney at Law, ALB.4XY. OKEUOS. t. K X. LAl'KM'llll. OKU, w. waiuar BLACKBURN & WRICHT, Attorneys at Law. Will practli In all the Court, of the Htat. Prompt ttumtion givon to all uuaiuea, en trusted to our ure. Oflloe Odd Fellow's Temple, Albany. Or. O. P. COSHOW & SONS, REAL ESTATE AND INSUKANCE AGENTS, Collection, made, conveyancing and nil No tarial work done ou short uuliue. SPECIAL NOTICE. Graduate of tbe Royal Collese, of London, England aleo of the Bellevue Medical College. nmz uoctok has bimcnt a lifktimk A of atuily and practice, and make, a epuu laity of uhrmiio dlHiiMaoa. remove, canoeia, orofiiloua eiilarKtwiunla, .tiimura and wuna without pain ur tlio knife. Ho alno nrnki-H a apecidly of tieatiiimit Willi tluulrtnity. Ha. Jtraotioxd hi the German. French and fciiKliali loapiUtla. Calla promptly atUimlrd day or liiifht. Hi, mono la. "koihI Will to All." Ollliic and renidoiu'e, furry atroot, butwoun Third and Kuui lh. Alumi)', Uiugou. J. U COWAN, J. M. KALBTON. BANK OF LEBANON, v LEBANON, OREGON. Transacts a General BauiinE Business ACCOl'NTM HKHT WIHJECT TO 411 KK. ExoIihiiko mild on New York. Sun Kranulaco, l'ortlund and Alliany, OrttKim. C'olluutiuiia iiimlo ou fuvoruble terms. J. MYKKH. K. BMKLTON. SCIO LAND CO. SCIO, ORECON. Buy and Sou Land, IXAJY AND . Insure Property, NOTARY PUBLIC. Any Information In rejtard to the cheap er Land In the garden of Oregon furnished POISON IN CLOTHING. Dye, Which Can, Kkln inner, Danger ou. Yellow Hhnff. The Berlin Medicul Society at a re cent nioetiti(j discuHHod at length the effi'Cts upon the skin of tires used to color woarin; apparel. l)r. Weyl, n foneral practitioner of high repute, told about his examination of a dress wulnt which had caunod an obstinate and painful skin dmoaHe to the woman wearing it. He found the red cotton goods with which the collar and cuffs were lined saturated with a poisonous red dye, which came off whenever brought in contact with perspiring skin. Another woman of Dr. Weyl's ac quaintance poisoned her skin by wear ing blue stockings which she herself knit. The first day she wore the stockings her feet began to swell, the second day the inflammation extended to the'calf, and the third day to the knee. When Dr. Weyl was called the woman was in bed with large swell lnci and eruptions on both legs. She recovered after being treated for two weeks. Dr. Weyl said that much of the Tel ret which, for instance, is often worn around the nek by young women. causes irritation of the skin and roughness of the whole face. One piece, which he procured directly from a dyer and manufacturer, pro duced eruptions after it , had been worn but a few hours. Every bit of cotton or woolen underclothing, ac cording to Dr. Weyl, should be thor oughly boiled, soaped and rubbed be fore it is put on for the first time. Colored silk underwear is not so dan gerous as other colored underwear, because the fiber of silk holds the dye much more firmly than the fibers of other goods. ' Dr. Weyl also describes the case of a young man in Munich who had been poisoned by the yellow dyeing matter used in coloring russet shoes. After wearing these shoos for one week the young man s feet were covered with small yellow blisters, which, in the middle of the second week, began to spread to his ankles. Ilia doctor had him give up the shoes, and cured tbe eruptions in ten days. The yellow leather was subsequently examined at tbe Munich Hygienic Institute, and was found to be saturated with a dan gerous yellow dye. Dr. Weyl's advice to his colleagues was: "Don't wear russet shoes." N. Y Sun. FIFTY YEARS AGO. Ureal Stride, Made eilooe That Time la lm.tlc Comfnrte. In fifty years f.ie household has come out of darkness into light There were no machine-made pint with firm heads a half-century ago. There were no envelopes, do postage stamp, no blotting paper and no steel fens fit to una The housekeeper had no canned fruits, meats and vege tables. &he could get no condensed milk, no cocoa and but little choco late. Fire was kindled with the tinder box, and candles and pipes were usu ally lighted with live coals from the fire-place. Tomatoes were not eaten, and neither ice nor refrigerator were know ti in domestic life. No photopraph of any kind had ever boon taken; garden hose and water proof garments were unknown, and overshoes were but just thought of fifty years ago. Cooling soda water and ice cream were not at hanJ, sew ing wns done by hand and household linen was spun and woven at home. There was no pas nor electric light nor kerosene.' Whale oil and tallow candles were- the sole reliance for light'. Coal was hardly known and wood was every body's fuel. Table forks were made of steel, and had but two prongs. Every body put food into his mouth with his knife. and the bandanna was the predecessor of the napkin. No one had thought of an individual butter plate, and stoves were a rarity. The news of the day was a long time in boing dis seminated among the people, for the newspapers were scarce and unenter prising, and published hardly any but political news, and this had to come by slow stage coach, for the telegraph and the railroad had hardly come into being. The good old timos" sounds a great deal better in sentiment than in reality. They were never so good that any one would now want to ex change the present for them; and a good as the present is, there is a fu ture upon wbich we are rushing that offers to the imagination all the splen dors of the fancy. Good Housekeeping. LOOK AFTER THE WELL. It Hhoold Be Cleaned at Leant Once a Tear, Enpeclally In the Fall. Undoubtedly the well on the farm is a source from which come many dis eases. Some wells are never cleaned, When dug, they are carefully boarded over, the pumps made tight and snug, with the ground sloping away on all sides so an to allow the surface water to flow from the epening. There is no well water that is pure. Some thing depends on the character. If sandy, and the water will disappear quickly from the surface after a rain, the well will drain the soil for a long distance around it, and the conse quence will be that a large portion of the filth of the soil will find its way into the well, although the water may vppear sparkling and bright It is contended that the soil removes all the impurities from the water; but this depends upon whether the soil. by long continued absorption, be not already so thoroughly saturated with Impurities as to refuse to take up more. That the soil does not remove all the impurities even from new ground where a well has been recently dug. has been demonstrated by satu rating the surface earth at a distance from the well with kerosene oiL which gradually found its way to the well (having been washed down by the rains), and Imparted its odor to the water. If the soil be of heavy clay the danger will be lessened; but on all porous soil the liability of pollution of the water is great. No manure heaps, privies, sinks or other receptacle for filth or refuse of any kind should be within one hundred and fifty feet of the well; the further off the better. No matter bow tight the well may be. the toad will sometimes contrive to get in. Many wells contain toads that die and are swallowed up in the drinking water unknowingly, under the suppo sition that the well is tight and "toad proof." Wells should be cleansed at least once a year, and especially in the fall. For a distance of ten feet around the well the surface should be cemented, and the pump itself should be cleaned occasionally. Toads, flies, bugs, worms and even gnats will get in the water, while even a few drops of a solution from a filthy drain or sink, finding its way into the well carry bacteria enough rapidly to mul tiply and contaminate all of the water. Roots of trees and vines also serve as drains into the wells, as they loosen the soil, and for that reason they never should be planted near the source of drinking water. Christian at Work. ELEGANCE AND COMFORT. They Are Found iu rap. Intended For Karly Autumn Wear. Cloth capes for light summer wraps are given a new effect by French mod istes making the upper cape almost a ruflle in its fulness, und sewing it on sjlow the collar, beginning on a point low on the bust, carrying it up over the tips of the shoulders and across the back. It is about eight inches deep in the back, and very full there and on the shoulder tips, giving an ef fect of greater breadth to the wearer; it then becomes more scant, and slopes almost to a point where it meets on the chest The lower edges of this frill and of the cape proper are pinked. Bright red cloth capes are made in this way for soa-side, mountain and country use generally, while beige and tan-colored cloths are for more drefsy capes for driving, visiting, and later in the season for city streets. White cloth and even white velvet capes. with gold or silver braiding, are made for evening wraps. French models have side pieces inserted in those capes to make them very high on the shoulders, pufling them up like mutton-leg sloeves, then adding a rolled wired collar that is very becoming. A bright rod cloth shoulder cape has its high wired collar covered with black lace set on flat, and below the collar the laee takes a yoke shape; the sides of ttiis capo are held in place by straps inside that puss under the arms. Black velvet braided with gold is used for the high rolling collar of other red capos. Worth has improved the Irish peas ant cloaks used as driving cloaks by malting them loss voluminous, dis pensing with the mass of shirring on the shoulders, putting there instead a yoke of silk covered with lace, and adding a double cape or singe frill of pinked cloth like that just described. Thus a very drossy cloak is made of beige or Suode-oolored ladies' cloth, with pinked cape, and a rolling collar and pointed yoke of j-epped silk en tirely covered witn irisn guipure lace, Such cloaks ate long enough to cover the wearor from head to foot, and are. a perfect protection from dust A friar's gown like the monks' cloaks al ready noted, to be worn as a traveling cloak, Is of dark blue serge with ecru silk lining, and monks' heads carved in ebony posed in front instead of but ton Harper's Bazar. How to Clean Black Silks, The most satisfactory way to cleanse an old black silk, or any dark silk, is to take a dark glove that is worn out, but not too much soiled, and toil it down in water from a quart to a pint, or till the glove is shrunken to a small piece and becomes a mere pulp. Add a teaspoon ful of ammonal and sponge the silk on the wrong side with this liquid and rinse it off with clear water. Take out grease spots before beginning with gasoline. Wipe the silk as dry as possible, then hang it ap to continue dryinr, then press it as dry as possible with a thin'cloth laid ever it N. Y. Trihnn - Spain furnishes nearly a third of the world's production of lead. The deposits are extremely numerous, and the ore is of exceptional purity. A curious use is found for molasses by iron founders. They mix it with sharp sand or gravel to -make the cores for certain kinds of work. Electrical coal mining machines are being introduced into English mines which can do as much work as four men. Electricity is also used to haul coal out of mines. A thermographic printing press, capable of turning off 4.000 impres sions an hour from hot type on wood, is a new French production. It is said to yield results equal to lithograph. The practical results of the appli cation of electricity to tempering steel are said to be very satisfactory, both in regard to the cost and also uniform ity of the product as well as its ap plication to tempering lower grades oi steel into good spring steel. The Electrician reports a rumor from Berlin to tbe effect that a meant has been discovered of using electricity for ascertaining tbe true north, instead of the magnetic needle; that In short the new means will be superior to the compass, and is likely to supercede it There are 5,747 central stations, with isolated electric light plants in the United States, showing an increase of 2,067 plants in a year. There arc also 2,504,490 incandescent lamps ir use, or 754,990 more than twelve months previously. Experiments again made in Lon don with carbo-dynamite, one of th latest explosives, would seem to show that it possesses some important ad vantages over ordinary dynamite, among others that of considerably greater power, and the generation ol much less noxious vapor when ex ploded in confined places. It is com posed of nitro-glycerine absorbed by ten parts of a variety of carbon and is claimed to be entirely unaffected by water. It is well known that oil or fat It an important ingredient in the food oi the Esquimaux to support the animal .heat. It is not so widely known that oil is quite as essential, though for a different purpose, for the native races of the tropics. Among other possible functions it supplies an oily secretion in the perspiration necessary for the protection of the external horny layer of the skin when exposed to strong sunlight and heat The new sugar produced from coal, called saccharine, has been condemned by Paris doctors, because it seriously Impairs digestion. They recommend that its use as an article of diet be for bidden by law, and an ordinance t that effect is said to have been enacted. The good old cane sugar seems likelj to retain its place for a while yet, iir spite of new inventions and artificially high prices. it Is well-known that in observing transits, and other delicate astronom ical operations, the operator stretchc a spider web across the inner surface of the glasses because no thread c;in be manufactured fine enough. Bu even the web of the common spider ii too coarse, and as it is really a rope ol eight strands, it has to bo untwisted a very difficult and delicate operation and only ono strand is used. But a variety of spider has been found in Melbourne, Australia, whoso thread has only three strands, and the precious creatures are considered a great treas ure. They are brought up very care fully, fed and taken care of. and not allowed to come in contact with their pleblan cousins. . . ' ALL TAKE A REST. Some Sensible and Nome Aonaenatcal 1'o.t-KlecUon Thought,. There are a good many things that can take a rest, now that election, Is over. First and foremost are the candidates; then the campaign orator, who has been shouting and gesticulat ing from platform, stump and barrel heads for lo these many weeks. His throat is raw and inflamed, his eyes weak and watery from the smoke of campaign torches, and he is carrying his voice in a sling. The campaign song singer is simi larly worn out and needs a long rest He has sung in every kind of key, not excepting whis-key, and sounded all the notes of musical electioneering. He and the campaign song writer can go off and recuperate together. The campaign editor can rest, too, from the exhaustive task of exposing and thwarting the tricks of the enemy, and inventing and flooding the market with roorbacks of his own. If it be his candidate that is defeated he will write an editorial showing how it was done, and then throw down his pen in disgust and go off and soak his head. The man who plays in the band is resting, too; and the torch bearer of the procession, and the fellow who hurrahs, and the army with banners, and the horses of the parade, and the boys who follow processions and yell for all candidates with cheerful im partiality. Then the people who do not march in processions, who do not attend po litical gatherings and who take no spe cial part in a campaign, are glad of a rest too. They tired of the whole thing long ago. They could find noth ing in the papers but politics, politics, and their ears were stunned by the clash of music in the streets, the crash of processions and, the general wild hullabaloo. To them the rest is doub ly grateful. And come to think of it we will take a rest ourselves. Texas Si flings. WHITE HOUSE PETS Creature, Dear to the Heart, of Id!ee of the Executive Man. Ion, Nellie Arthur had a spotted Indian pony for the apple of her eye. Mrs. Pierce was very fond of the black nag that her husband rode. Mrs. Monroe brought the first white rabbit to the National premises. Harriet Lane had a large stag- hound that was presented to her in England. "Dolly" Madison's particular pet was a fine saddle nag. At Montpelier she bad a pet sheep. Mrs. Adams had a great goldfish and one of a bluish tint sent her by a New England sea captain. Mrs. Ha'es had a magnificent im ported Japanese cat that was presented to her by a naval officer. Martha V ashington's chief pet was a beautiful green parrot Mrs. Wash ington was also very fond of a fallow deer. Mrs. Grant had a "strawberry roan" cow that was a superb milker and sup plied her table with milk and cream. Mrs. Bliss, President Taylor's daughter, who presided over the White House until her father's death, had a splendid white owl. t Miss Cleveland's pet while at the White House was a beautiful rose which she found in the conservatory and which now bears her name. 1 An eagle occupied a cago at the mansion for a part of President FI1 moro's term, a gift from a political admirer, and the noble bird was often fed by Mrs. Fllmore. Mrs. Jackson never presided at the White House, but a largo black and white coon that had been caught when young and trained by one of her faith ful slaves had the run of the household. N. Y. Ocaphic A ' Natural Inference. Talking about dogs of keen scent, I have one that will compare favorably with any of them. " llemarkable dog, ehP" " 1 should say so. The other day he broke his chain, and though I had been away for hours he tracked ma and found mo merely by scent What do you think of thatP" " I think you ought to take a bath." Lincoln Journal. There is, probably," says the Chicago Mail, "no more hopelessly homely man in Chicago than Prof. David Swing. He is so homoly that he positively attractive. He is a teach er greatly beloved by his congroga-. tion, and a man whose ability com mands respect even from those who differ I ""-Ma ideals oi thaolo, . r I