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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1891)
"v r WORK AND STUDY, , A SojnrMtt'Mi to MfwhanliHi nnd Other lftorwra Kriuonta Yonnti'lf. Whftt portion of the great army of work men in Una country ever consider this sub joot, or lire willing to tultnit that tliey have time for both. Tlmy argue tint life Is too short, and the tn'OMiwts of advantage too few, to make it eltlior desirable or uw-ftwiwy to ditvote their irt' Hiiip Umtody and kin dred Improvements of the mlml Very few ever ttnd any time to reud, even, except put. tibly enough to keep postal on the result of Iml I gaim-i, prize tight and the mltm-llunnouR ienwitloiw of the day; although upon those Important subjects ouwwill find hut very few who are not thoroughly ported, and rail ex )aln every dotal) very minutely, Auk the average mechanic or other laborer tosuhwritie to a trade pnjmr, the IwiiuflUi of which you have carefully explained, and the iiivurlahle aiitmor will be; 'I shouldn't rend it if I had it; 1 don't get any time to read, and uau'tafFoi-d It anywny; Iwaidtw, the follows that write tho e articles are too high-tom-d for me, and 1 can't understand M-liat they nay.1' This 1m one of the Ininettt argu ineuta possible to think of, and in one of the best reniwns why tht'y fihould rtiud and study, that tlmy may be able to understand and profit by what tium high townl writers say. Burn argument not only tihow their igno rauce, but their willful disregard of their own usefulness and education. There in no totter educator than the trade paper, for it lumps one posted ou what is being done in the world of wiewe, and we think that many or these dlHinterMtod men, if they wi aid siend a small f ractinu of the time they devot n muling trau in looking over a giti trade wr, they would find some thiu.M that wmili .ntortwt and instruct them, and ul o wmiove the prejudice against the coutj'HiutorH. J lie average working day Is ton hours. Now it in wife to say that eight hours MitH'p is enough for any bualthy man, and tins leaves nix itours out or everv day that may be divided up betwwu study and recreation, Cor we wnuld not auk or eipeut a man to devote ml of hi life U the fornwr. Now the aoluai facts in the oane are that nine out of every ten of tbtwe men do not aluep even eight hours, neither do they study one-eighth part of that time; and still tbuy have not time enough to read a Routi, sensi ble article that will ehuw them how to make the Ubor they iwrform, and about which bhev are pretty sure to grumble, much easier and more pitmtuuly atwrnipUHhud, Nuw lei us look at another side of this qutwtiim for a moment, and mw what some of the eitrctri of a Utile time devoted to reading ana muay are. late, lor instance, toe great inventors and prosjwrous manufacturers, juauy of whom have risen from cumrrmn latorer. They have in variably been the most careful readers, even "burning the midnight oil" tu their juinmit of inform tiou, nut of the standing of the League Blue, or of tho latest scandal , but of that which was to Is? the work of their lives. Think you that tliey found such time uninteresting or unprofitable, or that they ever begrudged the link' they aptttit of their hard earned wages In the purcbuae of books aud papers a. a. unme in ttostou fluugot, 4 Newly Hutelmt Oniric. The ostrich eges arv huge affair, as large around an n quart t intuitu re. They lay out in the open field, aud juHt as J was bamriiic over the fence, wickedly waving my jacket tu make the mojeHtic ostrich perform an uti dignified pirou tto, uuu of tlie eggs broke open, and out pottpud a little otai-iuta. im lnedtately there was a great commotion, and everybody rushed breathlessly lu our direc tion. The kweper was told tho news, aud came tiurrying on with efaoulaUan of sur- prlw. He vaulted the two fences at tho farthest distance from the mother ostrich aud mule iu the dirvctioti of the newcomer; but wlum the mother bird took long strides iu ms utroutiuii, ana mamfwiU'4 a lively curiosity as to his purxw the keeper vaulted again over the nearest fence and dis apwai-ud tmm tho scene. It wus qutte mimical to see the old bird with her new born' offspring. At flint she oiMiamou to notice the little thing, which looked about the slseu of a tt-rmmths-uld chicken, and sought to follow the parental guiduuce by miming a few step and theu uite uuex;icct-t!ily tuppiing over, or turning a feeble somersault. I hud quite hntoful foelings aj;ninsL the mother bird, who by tins nme hukki prancing Lwi or us witli lier long, U'uiiLil ul droopy plmm. I think she taw byourexpixiwiiiiis that we did not approve f such spartan motherhood, such unnatural calming of th emotions, for she Immediately turned up her hoe! and bestowed a motherly kii upon Uor solitary gciou. There was a thrill of satisl'uctnni along the whole Hue of sjwetators when she dually sat berself down upon heruest and drew the ugly duckling uud;r the shelter of bur rarely plumagod win:;n. Los Augelw Cor. New Urinous TimiM-Dymocrut, ylngs KonntrltHlilfl Memory, X received u visit from an old school follow, who bud come to see theexhibitiou; they had not met fur the last fllteeu years. "Is that you?" "My very own self." A hearty grip of tho hand and a long chat about old times. "By the by," said the visitor, "do you re member the day we last. mot I lout you ten franosl" . X looked at him In blank astonishment. Then, after due reflection, ho asked him to Walt. A few moments after he uame back with a ten franc piece aud a book, both of which he hauded to his friend. "But I didn't lend you the book," "I know, .but it is a memory prhw which I got at school, and you are' more eutitled to It luau I amf-be Figaro. fauiters of Political Portraits. Sign painters graduated to portrait work turnout from five to seven portraits is twelve bourg, but the rapid aud careless way in which they are doue la illustrated oo tnauy of the bauuors now strung. Two or three men often combine in painting political portraits. One will do the draw ing of the bead and the rough lines of the face. Such Is known as the "likeness' artist, and It is he who Is expected to catch the expression. One or more men fill in the coloring and details of dress. In this maimer the work can be don quickly and to a certain extent correctly, Erovidiug. of course, that those engagod avolmd any training iu portrait puUit luff. Brook Ivn KiurlK. BUMBLETHORPE AND BULL. A rnrmor's SiiEnr-tion as tn How ll ii Might Hmv Brett Clnttg-t, V Gen. Bumblethorpo Is certainly a big man big in stature and bigger still in his own con ceit, brimming over as he constantly is, with hisown importance. (Jen. Bimiblethorpo was never iu the army; he ntrver was even in the militia. But he was surveyor general once, a good while ago, aud has of course worn tho title of general ever since, aud has always liiHlhtjMl upon It. Ho has been a shade more overbearing since he became agmeral in this way, though be was sufficiently overbearing before that. One fine afternoon last summer Gen. Bum bitborpewas taking a walk through theout sklrt of the country town which he had hon ored by choosing It as his place of summer sojourn. In the course of his wunderingK he name upon a pair of bars leading into a graasyana inviting meadow. The bars he let down and walked into the meadow. He had but half crossed the meadow when he saw, to his horror, a great Muck and white I ilolxtttln bull emerge from the dark shade of an apple tree and advance toward him. ; Gen. Bumblelhorpe Is not an active man, but the steady advance of this enormous animal stimulated him for the moment to great ac- tivity. And his own rapid flight also served 1 to stimulate the Imil, who lowered his head and charged furiously, bellowing the while, I It was a mud chase, but Gen. Bumblethorpe had some good rods of advantage in the start and the opusite fence of tho field wus not far , away. The general rati wildly and succeeded , in turning a somersHult over the fence Just in time to escape the infuriated animal And theu it was Gen. Bumblethorpe who was iufuriated. From the safe side of the fence he stormed and raged at the bull, and, seeing a farm bouse not far away, be stalked over to It The farmer was ehorlng around the liarn when the general rushed up to him, "Is that your bull over there, sirf" ex claimed Gen. Bumblethorpe. "Wai, 1 guess 'tis," said the farmer. "Do you know what it's been doing? "(JhaHhV ye, mebbe." "Yea, sir, chasing me; and it Is an outrage 1 will not tolerate an outrage, 1 tell you, that I should be pursued and humiliated in this way I" "WaV'says thB farmer, "It's a thing that bulls will do; he can't help it, ye know." "Help It!" said the general, black with in dignation; "do you kuow who 1 amT "No, 1 don't." "Well, sir, 2 am Gen. Bumblethorpe. "Isthat sof" said the farmer with great deliberation. "Is that sof Why la thun der didn't you tell the bull, gen'ralf Boston Transcript. - Mt Only la Swlety. Mine. Chaperon Is Mr. a professional man f MlwPrue-Idontknow, Mme. Chaperon Is he a man of braiiuf Miss Prue I don't kuow that, either. Mine. Chaperon Why, aren't you ac quainted with him I Miss Prue-Yes, but Tve met him only in society, BcMtou Post A Siiriirlfte. The Young Man (as he wipes the perspira tion from his brow) This asking the parents1 consent is a trying ordeal. If Arabella wasn't such a prise, and I didn't love her so dearly, I would uever have the courage toattemptit. Arabella's Father Waut to marry Ara bellut Yes, young man, yes, take her1, and may the Lord have mercy on you. Sit down aiirt I'll write von nut h liMlt fnr I.YOIM) tn start housekeeping on. Life, How He Paid the Lawyer. "My first cae in San Francisco," said At torney James JC Wilder, to a reporter, "was the defense of a young fellow charged with stealing a watch belonging to a Catholic priest. I was appointed by the oourt, be cause the primmer said be had no money. "The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, and as the defendant was leaving the court room I culled hhn back, and just as a joke bunded him my card aud told him to bring me around the first $50 he got. "Next day he walked iuto my office and planked down two HJ0a and a $10. "'Where did, you get all that moneyf I demanded, as soou as I got over my surprise enough to epeak. " 'fciold the priest's watch,1 he replied, as he bowed himself out." ban Franoisco Exam iner, Identified. A couple of friends were returning home on a dark night when they were attacked by a band of mill ana. A general melee ensued. At last they muuuged to escape from their awailante. When compariug notes after ward, one of them said: "1 mauuged to get one little stitf fellow down ; I nearly strangled him and iu ttie scuffle his scarf came off In my bands." "Let me seel" said the other friend, put ting his huud to his neck, "why, it's uiiue!" Le Hoir. A lUttcr Revenge. Mrs. Semper Well, if that is the kind of a man he is and you disliked him before you were married I euu't see why you got wedded to him. JJrs. Temper 1 did It to spite him, I hated him so. ' I Mrs. Sempor Quite a revenge, I oee.- Kitows PiurorMi to a T. Yellow I y That's a fine picture yon have rot there, lirnwnly. Bi own ly Well, 1 flatter myself that It Is, yon know. Y. Is it one of the old masters, do you thinkf B. Well, I alnt exactly sure, but I am go ing to have the opinion of a friend today on the matter. Y. Indeed I Aconnoiswurt B. Why, I should say anl Pshaw, man, he's been In the tea business for twenty years and knows everything about pictures Bos- fon courier. ' Keeping Vp A piMranec. The Maiden Claude, dear, hold th' nm berelly more over me or else th' people'll think we're married. Life. Poor PInm for Stamps. An amusing incident occurred in the post- omce recently, Stamp Clerk ijemcke had just sold a natty old gentleman a dollar's worth of "3s." The obi man was wondering where to put them, when be accidentally put his damp fingers on the sticky side of the stamps, and they began to stick together. "Bay, how do you keep these things from ticking?1 be asked. "Rub tbem on your bead," the clerk re plied. "Ah, that's a new scheme," said the pur chaser of the stamps, and be removed his hat and began to rub them over bis ball head. "The longer we live the more we learn," he said, smiling, as he allowed the stamps to re main ou bis bead while he paid for them and put some papers back into his coat pocket The stumps stuck. "There, now, that's" he said, as be reached up and tried 'to remove the stamps. They were sticking closer than a brother to the shiny white scalp. He tore one of them off, and be said it brought the skin. The clerks could not contain themselves, and the bald beaded old gentleman slapped his bat over bis bead and hurried off to get a sham poo. Savannah News. Tli Buokcases Were To Large. A story is told of a gentleman who Is now and has been for some years past engaged in rearing an elegant mansion of stone a dozen miles or so out of Boston. Much care has been taken aud no expeuse spared iu its erec tion. The other day be went out to see bow the work was progressing and visited the library. It is a noble room, aud it had been surrounded by elegant bookcases of carved oak hi elaborate design. The owner gaveone glance about the spacious and beautiful apartment and then exclaimed to the con tractor: "What made you build the book- eases so-high f Cut them down two feet and put Cupboards underneath I Do you think I am gomg to buy books for oil those shelves?1 Boston Advertiser. Must Han Died Hurriedly. A small Iowa kid stood lu the Capitol grounds on the east side one morning and held his father's hand. "Papa," he asked, pointing to the ball draped statue of aMimgton, wws tuatf "That's George Washington, my boy." "Hay, pa, George Washington's dead, ain't her "Yes, my boy, he's dead." "An' that's himf" "Yes, Kupert, that's George Washington," "Hay, pa, he died before he could git 1m close off, didut her f red rye in ashing ton Critic. Punctual (try, "You've beeu writing poetry to slster,r said Willie. 1 "Yes," admitted the youth. "What kind of a poem was that last one you sent her?" "Oh, it-was a sort of apostrophe!" "Well, if you'd a seen tho way pa acted when he saw it you d a thought it was a whole lot of exclamation points." Washing ton Post. After Palling Three Times. "Beeu skating this year, old manf "Yes; I went out the other day for aboul five minutes." "Why didn't you stay longerf "I stayed until one of the small boys asked me if I had skated before for a good many years, and theu I thought it was about time to give it up." Lowell Citizen. Eaxy tu Plense, Tramp Haven't you got something for me to dot Farmer No, I guess not ; there Is not much work just now. . Tramp I don't need much. You would be surprised to see with bow little work I could worry along. Texas Sittings. ; ' Crushing. . He had asked her the momentous question with great warmth. "You kuow," he said, after a pause, "that a soft answer .turnerh away wrath." . "That's very true," she replied, with a sar castic tinge iu her voice; "but a soft question daWt. ""-Washington Post Slightly Mixed, " Jones How these papers do get mixed Uf souietiuiesl Brown What's the matter nowt Jones Why, ihere's a story of a miner whe was killed by a lump of coal striking him iu the lumbar regions. Biug bam ton Leader, What Was Wauled. Tobey Wedd (nervously, just Wore the oeieEuony)--Say, Fred, see that everything goes off all right, I'm so afraid there wilt be a bitch in the proceedings somewhere. Best Man A hitchU Of course. I'll set that there is. Lawrence American, The Twlliition of the Ohio river is h. Ing investigated by the Htste Board of Health. Dr. Probst aaya that his report will be very unfavorable as to the use of Ohio-river water for drinking purposes. An interstate agreement woul I be neces sary to prevent further pollution. A "robbers' roost" has been unearthed at Chicago. It was fitted up with under ground passages in various directions to facilitate the escape of the robliersin case of a police raid. The nelghlwrs had been so terrorized by the gang that no one dared to inform the pqlice of the doings in the vicinity. VI It TUB IV IIRANDKKTH'S PILLS. CHAWOEM Of CLIMATIC Kill more people than In Kenerslly known. Par ticularly Ik ihi the cm in iubtHiires where tho cniiHtltutioii U ilcIlcHle, and ameno. our imml gnmt population wekliig new hemes In those portions of the WeM. and where immImMhI bikI typhoid fevent prevail ul oertiiin setiHons of the yenr. I he Jml preparative for a change of eli mHte.orofdlet mid wster which thntclumire no coMltates. in Hotiteuer's Htomach Bitters, which imt nn y fortifies the system eilnst imilaria.a vsrlHble temperature, damp, and the debllltatlna eftertauf tropical heat, but Is hIbo the leiulliiir remedy foi ; constipation, dyspepsia, liver own. pin bit, bodily troubles specially apt to sttack emlirnmte and visitors to regions near tho equa tor, mariners Slid toiirUta. Whether lined its a si.remisrd by sen voyatrera, travelers by land, miners, or of aarleulturists in newly popiilnted dii-trlcta, this fine speclfiu has elicited tho most favorable testimony. t" ARwnsefarm nun been started In Mlehbjan It will be mauaired by a Mlchbntuder. There Is more virtue in one Bkandbktk I'ii.j, than in a bottle of the beat Sarsapu rilla. The solid extract of Sarsuparilla con tained in Brandhetm's Puts, In combina tion with other Vegetable Extracts, makes them the strongest blood purifier known. One or two at night for u week will remove all pimples, and eruptions of the skin and make the complexion fair us an infant's. llKANiiftKTii'e Vium are purely vegetable, absolutely Imrmletw , and safe to take at any time. fold in every drug and medicine store, cither plain or stigur-couted. "Where i that black cloud going to?" Aitked the boy of hla grandma dear; 1 Aim the old lady said, an niie shook her head, "it's going to thunder, I fear." 81TKB CITKR FOR FILES. 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Funny, isn't it, how some Eeople prefer sickness to ealth when the remedy is positive and the guarantee absolute Wise men don'i put money back of " fakes." And " faking " doesn't pay. Magical little granules those tiny, sugar-coated Pel lets of Dr. Pierce scarcely larger than mustard seeds, yet powerful to cure active yet mild in operation. The best Liver Pill ever invented. Cure sick headache, dizziness, constipation. One a dose. OUTING. The onlv llbiHtmted mwirnXw nf Mnirl Tmvil and iteereation. Itegnlar features of Owfnr? are articles ou Amateur Photography, Hunting, Fish lug, Canoeing, Bicycling, Athletics, Football, Tennis, UeroBW. Price, 25 cents per copy; ja.OO milium, emu pi? ropy, iu cents, nifc vvi 1M( CO., Limited, New York and London. Faber's Golden Female Pills. ForFemsle Irregular tttesiuothlngliketheia on the market. Never fail Saccesif ully used by prominent label , monthly. Guaranteed to relieve suppressed menstruation. SURE1SAFEI CERTAIN! 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We are not afraid wow would not psv, but some body would certainly netdect or refuse, and we would lose dollara and dollars: miri ihPi vmiand others who did pay would have to make It up, or nciiyiiiuueurneiiuuiui ousniesH. e preter to well for dish at even 2 or 3 per cent, net profit. We have one line of Hhirtinif and Apron (Jinir. hams, Kod width and fuir qualHv, at (M cents ueryurd; on this yu wive about one-half. Wo have the best Hue of Domestic Drv Goods In town for family use, aud all very cheap, indeed. Bend for our July list, now ready. It will be sent free to nil Inquirers. Hhoes, Drv floods, No tions, Wearing Apparel, Canned Goods, Dried fruit, Tinware, Hardware, Crockerv, (jlunsware, Provisions. Groceries everv thin ir vmi wuitt. quoted at lowest caBh prices. uuHiguraeiiisreceiveu. Aaaresi SMITH'S CASH STORE, ! I !1 'ront St., Sn FranoUpo. Cl. HAY FFVPR CURED 10 staV cured: llrtl I LI Lll We want the name and ad. dressof every sufferer in the AxTUiU! a U. and Canada. 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