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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1891)
GIVING TO THE POOR, Jto(mllng I'ITcch nf rnblln Charity (.en. dOU'l AlfMlM Of llft& . Thww wlm are litti'ri'Blcd to famine the snouornlo nwilts of (riving to the poor, In England, Nimtluud and Irolatid, will find plmiljr of books on the mibject. The "Eimydopipdla Ilrltatmlea" contains a Rood article under the hoadlng "poor law." Noo rIho other encyclopedia!!. The Hrotvli are proverbially thrifty and eeonoinicu), and yet they have been de. graded by the poor law of 1815. In tome parte of Ncuihind there Ik ten times the poverty there i In Irohiiidl That law jriv more rellol than liiirland'e, and the money In regarded ae a nice gift. Thoee who had Having In hanks transferred thoin to oihors. Clarelul investigation, and even the labor teat, did not quell the applicai iona In any .Mich mariner as did the Irish workhouse. Matters came to such a puss that the fishermen of Wick could not get their nets mended, their former nsslstants suylng that tboy could gel a living eusier from the parish. In Ireland there is very little out door relief, the proportion of Scotland being Almost roversed live in door to one out door pauper. In spite of Ireland's unjust land system and high rents, the whole number of her paupers does not amount to one half those of London alone. The Irish will submit to every privation rather than let friends go to the work bouse, which Is the legal mode of relief, and is not a ohurlty. In London many people got relief who could do without it, and consider It no disgrace. Industry, noonomy, temperance and self restraint would enable most of ttifiB fo tuk? cure of themselves f they would. Ueuce Clio workhouse is a neces sary restraint, being uncomfortable or veu disgraceful. They therefore shun It. If tney muy eat without wort in omo other wav, they will; If not, many of thorn will work. Why ore these people In such condition? It Is a duty we (Ave to society to ascertain what fire their thoughts, what the motives Hut have led them to such lives, If the result is that the vices and injustices and pro digality of the rich have in part Induced such results, let it be exposed boldly and fearlessly. If injustice iu the wage Bj's tom and in laud tenure is the cause in part, let this also be proclaimed. 'Charles VY. bunJey m 1'opulur rJcience ilouthly, A Omm rtmtrrliil ludlnn Tribe Tlio Ki' Ii,mel MrCoy, Baptiht nils felnnury, who fallowed the IJiamln in b1 their wimderingB from lb 10 to 1850, wlio performed the first Protein ant Clirlstiun jniirritipe rrremony north of Terrell mite and t'limdwl a purmiuieut mission lu the lodlun territory, saw tba tribo whrink to a few iiundrttdtj, Iu 1B73 the writer of thin tketch, curious to see the old Indiana whom) ohiUUiood, like his own, wns rjK'ut m Die Wabash, lmuttid up tlio MIiuuuh iu tho Iudiun territory and wan told Unit they now nundiered no more than lifty fuuiilieu; their tribri oriiuiza tion is merged and tbey oro cioiply Cbur okw citbena. Their nastco are on our bright at reams end ferlila plr.ici EJIinno iHio, Wean. Watweli, r.r.2coaa crock (IJish pwah), Miani, ippatr-iioa, etc but of all the ton tUousa&u cl Lisre ladhiia who oace ratted the Ktftte, not five hr.udrt'd Wipresentttirco remain YieLins of the wuito unii'tt progress mid their own hei of ndr.ptatiou, llicy oro gone end forever. The plow utill tums up oocasioiiailv their touo batclictH end flint c:7:y1:vcIu but evua ihi Biio if Ve-cvMa-no is in dis pute, cud Vipijccr.tiop is "their cS.y battle ground th't vataius wen a t:w of iu origiad wUuuc. ludkiaa Letter, Ue&t WtU-walli for Ecuy Wnlliinrj. It tiny bo iliuuirhi Oat tlio cntertal of which ti ttUUwiilk is cxiatructcd la of no impoi'iiuicw ho louj Uii & el.tiuwf.li; in there. This U a profit aUi'.j:.-. The iulluouco that tho Burr.c3 ' a LlCuwr.il; bus upon the easo with viii-.-li u f.jue&;rkn wta about can ialy bo rlic-Jl by tlotj obsor Tatlon and esnsriuoai. t uumbor of nldowc&s, tU ul!::!y nuiulttiaff, and txrorlzicut, U v:'.l Is fcund tuut a , polislicd stono clCodi; rct)uirea fully one-btlf cuco txoiiou to truversa thau au equal fciutaaco vt rauito pavouicnt does. A b.'it.; wcli ivcj uueb less faticiie, whilo Oo toa walk, cam with 4tttlo projocuocs, la. by fct the catiiest of uuv to wr.l.s u'oa. IS? utieatioa was called to this v.'hilo L.;.iiiL;v a serien of walking raws with a rauu wao invaluably patwed me la gohiff i.;aio. Do what 1 could, I could uot iacap pace with him on tlio smooth ittoiic. Gun tilit, however, I chonctfd to talzj to Ijo U j.i xkH ;hat was iusldo t:o s;ouc, cr.d U t:y ciU'pritie found that I cuscllod tin in ivpccd, with farlcEtifati-ruo tj r:.y liai'js ll:ca wheu beinj Kgulai'Iy Cittcic-d snuio iootiij. PiidoKtrittu iu Clobu--j;oci'ttt. rjretlmtra o- I3uU:.c California pyrethvr.m, crtnltaeb, still bolda itaown us a pecr:33 aaUiattheeub buo catornillur, 'riierc is not a better remedy. Jdr. E. S. Cui-mutuoportnustlio result of soiiio yoara' esporiouee tiiat this samo buhttch iu r. vporlUo against that serious post of tho ciTimri'.ist, tho wwo ebrtfer, Moerodr, stylus subspinosa. Wo Iiud no opportunity tot3et the vnluoof thlH linwottclCo upon "t liia boo lie, but did try it ou tho blister beetles with marked success. May it udt bj t hat Mr. Cormun'fi anccoss. and "tho wnuv of uucuoss whkh others roport, may bo luy.'xeuincd iu tho ituit that Jflr. Caituua was mote thorough and porsUtcut in his work? It must bo romeuiborod tiiat bubaah i3 efiluobivo bo oatiHo of a volatile bubstance whieh is quick to escape, if 1bo powdor is left ex posed, liomjo, mtUko tho arawiiett, it must bo nnpUed daily. Au appll'-aviun today, while it will kill tho iuwota tot work, muy not do bu to-morrow, 'i'huu f"equeut appiieatious only caa jrivobtio vfy h . Pit) lotisor Cook, Agrlcultui'e Col lego, Michigan. Me Hun Flint. The flopofitLors in a private institution in a Kansas town wore getting ready to mako a run, oh the banker was reported bhort, but betore they could do so he left by way ot the back door, and took all the cash in his carpet-bag. He reasoned that in bis case it was better to run than be run on. Detroit Free Press, NEEDY HUMANITY. DIFFERENCE IN THE METHODS OF THOSE WHO ARE HELPFUL. Moral Coarag of the True Phy.-.rulut A flew Mint Whe Know ThvniMf' veu The ChHHl Heartiil Fellow Who "Will Give llli Lmtt Iollr." A somewhat extetnled experiotioe with men, and an occasional woman, convinces Hie that there f ns great a difference in tho methods of good men who desire to help their fellowti as there Is between tliern and Iwd men who stri ve constantly U hurt their brothers and slitters. Every man hni his own way, It in fo ly far writers In the press, for ministers in tho pulpit, for public teach ers in any forum whatever, to insist noon it that their way is the only way. Effective work Is done by upright engines, by hori sontal engines, by oscillating engines. It is by the quality and quantity of effect pro duced, not the manner In which the work is done, men must he judged. 1 look at doctors with wonder and awe. In my Judgment a doctor needB, first of all, , moral courage. It requires no very great doree of physical courage to stand before a ' man whose itillamed eye betokens the rage ( that roars wlLhin him, tiocause, helng a msu, you naturally liave no feur (or another man I physically. Tho ksuo of the fight must be one of two wuys. You whip him or he whins you, and, of course, you are prepared to take the ohanco. But to go Into a sick room, i where, In the first place, your senses are of ; feuded, you see unpleasant pictures, yon hear j discordant sounds, above all you detect of fensive odors, you are brought in contract 1 with a condition of things abnormal, from 1 which you naturally tuning from any other nuisance that required moral courage. That of itself would determine me. I could no ' more endure the closo confinements of a sick chamber, with its mwoMury annoyance to very senna, and most especially to the sensi tive nerves ot t lie nasal orguu, than I could draw awni-jlit of 10,000 pounds alongadusty highway, But that Is not all. Be it smallpox, diph theritic soi-e tit rout, yellow fever, any one of a s'jore of contagious diseases, the doctor must lw so dauutleHH in the altitudes of bis , moral t'ourago that he not only feels no fear, but is HtiHulutely regnant with joy at on op l portnuity to wrestle with a foeuutn worthy of bis pills, A true physician is a veritable hero, I I have come to tho conclusion that intelli gent men do know themselves. What folly it is to imagine for a moment that a well balanced mind doesn't fully, accurately, ab solutely estimate himttelf. Could you oon vimw Biiiiutu'ck, as he sits in the calm seclu sion of his innui'iuost study, smoking the fra- 1 grant pipe of happy reflection, that he bos not Iweu a BUCCCMHfui diplomats j You're a merchant. Continuity of en doavor bus brought you, step by step, from the humility of un oflkw sweeping $1! a week lud to the proud pre-eminence of a merchant priuce, with an income, net, of $1,000,000 a year. .Your credit stands regal in the marts of cfjiurucit, your name is a synonym for solidity throughout the world of trade and dicker, Could anybody convince you that you are a failure! Don't you know, as you look at your bald head and wrinkled face and shrivfdod neck in the too faithful mirror that, though you are decaying physically, you are a superb success along the hue of mercantile endeavor and commercial enterprise? Of course, you know yourself. And pre cisely as you, a success, know yourself to be a success, so you, a fizzle, know yourself to be a lizzie. Every man is a type. Why it is a fact that we are all, iu certain lines, unique, peculiar, individual, it is equally a foot that we all represent great bodies of similarly orgauised, identically developed men or wo ineu here, there and everywhere, Borne people say, 'Oh, he's a good hearted fellow, he will give his last dollar." Well, yes, but is it a good heart that gives its last dollar, but would hesitate, eveu if be didn't refuse to givt literal, personal, indi vidual, hand to hand, heart to heart, body to body eomiortsf Kecurring to the doctor thought a moment, I don't believe it would be a physical possibility for me, who have pretty good control of my physical organs at that, to make a practice of visiting hospitals, of coming into personal contact with disease, of upsetting my stomach by annoying my nose. It is one thiug to draw a check and end it by mail or messenger; it is auother thing to go about doing good, visiting the sick, helping the friendless, uplifting the be reaved, attending to the literal, physical necessities of jwor, dirty devuls in the very gutters of humanity. Talk about giving money as an evidence of generosity. That's all nonsense. It all depends upou circumstances. What suit of generosity is it when you have $100 iu your pocket and somebody comes along asking you for five or ten, that you give it, without re gard to unythiug under heavens except the particular 1 00 you have in your pocket I That $100 ntny belong to some creditor. You may owe that money to some mau to whom its payment would be a positive relief, You don't think of equities, you dont care the turn of your bund for your creditor; you let Browne walk all over creation rather than deprive yourself of a moment's comfort, peace, happiness, luxury; yet because you give live or ten dollars to some poor devil who happens to wuut it, you are credited the world around as being a generous hearted, free handed mau, who would give his last dollar to help a oreature in distress. You buy a paper of a newsboy. Yon hand him a dime. Kather thau be bothered to wait for the change, or to have his dirty little fists pawing over a handful of coin to find the change, you Bay, "Oh, keopit. Nover mind that." Why do you sny it! Are you touched with pity for the boy's necessities! Is it the logical sequence of any careful thought, esti mute, judgment of the little chapi Do you evou go so far ostotbiuk that it would please the boy! Not a bit of it. It is, nine times out of ten, an inchoate desire, au unthought' of impulse to be rid of the annoyance of the boy and the unpleas antness of his dirt; yet-some benevolent old lady, looking over her BpectaclM and her stomach, seeing you let the little boy go off with five or six cents more than belong to him, smiles all over with cherubic gleam, and tolls her fuiuiiy, whom she joins iu hum ble home that evening, about "the generous man who gave five cents too little newsboy." Joe Howard's Letter iu Boston Globs. Consult common sense, and if you ninke an attempt to think oik, the process will be less puinlwl the next time you try. It will lead yon to the irresistible conclusion t hut. thhiiTH and imtitutunis and nrot'esMtons are not necessarily good because osialtliclicd in the remote past. They did not know everything in those days. They are monu ments of ignorance with their faces turned to the past and t-heir backs to the future. S'ou cannot stay the hands of time. He who hesitates to advance with the world's progress in thought and action is hopeless ly left behind. Doctors form no exception to the rule: the old schools of medicine belong to the dead, buried past; all hope in centereu in trie newnisiogei.eiieiay&iem oi Medicine. Hkattmc, June 27, 1891. My mother was taken with la grippe last spring in its most violent form, whn-h rap idly developed into consumption, fche had a most terrible cough, rained pus constant ly, and we despaired of her recovery. Wc sent lor my brother in California, as we did not know now long she might live. When we realised her condition we sent for Dr. Jordan, and at once began giving her his prescription. In two weeks she wos out of bed, greatly to the surprise of .every one who mos acquainted with the case. In two months she is better than site has been in two years. This and other experiences with the HistogeiK'tic Medicine convinces us that it is the only medicine to use. Any one wishing to know more of this case may inquire of. Mm. L. Tuck, 718 Sutter Street. North Hrnd, Wash,, June 12, ln, TV. J, Supine Jordan, Seattle, Wth. Dbar Sir: I am happy to say that two weeks' use of your medicines has done me so much good that I am going to start out prospecting to-morrow. The pain in my eyes lias almost entirely vanished, Yours truly, Hkrhekt U. Powers. Dr. Jordan's office is at the residence ot ex- Mayor Yesler, Third and James. Consultations and prescriptiotisahsolute ly free, fiend for free book explaining the Histo genetk svstem. UAunoR.The Histogi Hic Medicines are sold in but one agency in each town. The label around the bottle bears the fol lowing inscription: "Dr. J, Kugene Jor dan, Histogenetic Medicine." Kvery other device is a fraud. Home men tire bom grunt. Home men senile Krciitiifttk, mid Ntiue men ire not wurth a ciaiti nuiitul. For the cure of a cough or sore throat "frow'ti's Jinmrliiul Trwfat" are a simple remedy. A man never wnntft iinvthiiitr so bn1 as when he Is lld he will Lave U ilfrai for it to get It. RUPTURE AND M1.E8 CIKKD. WejKisttlveijfflireniprure aniall rctal dis eases without pain or detention irom business. Nooure, no pav; and no pay until cured. Ad dretw for pfcmphtot Urs, Porterfleld A Lotey, SSit If trket street, Han FtrhcIhoo, " Wiills Wh11, Wiinh.," If painfully suggestive f a hng'u iM'tbiH of juakluK iiiw toilet. UseEnomellne Btove roltnli : no dust, no snn U. A Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. Superior to every other known. Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. Delicious Cake and Pastry, Light Flaky Biscuit, Griddle Cakes, Palatable and Wholesome. No other baking powder does such woik. "German Syrup" Martinsville, N.J., Methodist Par sonage. " My acquaintance with your remedy, Boschee's German Syrup, was made about fourteen years ago, when I contracted a Cold which resulted in a Hoarseness and a Cough which disabled me from filling my pulpit for a number of Sabbaths. After trying a Physician, without obtaining relief I cannot say now what remedy he prescribed I saw the advertisement of your remedy and obtained a bottle. I received such quick and permanent help from it that whenever we have had Throat or Bronchial troubles since in our family, Boschee's Ger man Syrup has been our favorite remedy and always with favorable results. I have never hesitated to report my experience of its use to others when I have Jpund them troubled in like mauV-r." ' Rav. W. H. Haggarty, of the JJewark, New a safe Jersey, M.E. Confer-j ence, April 25, '90. ' Remedy, I G.G. GREEK. Sole Mao'fr.Woodbury.N.J, N. P. N. U. Ho. JT. N. U. Mo. 474 1 P'fe Baking Powder HOW' THIS ? We.iilffow Hmulrrt IMliilV wwhM fur w euro of entnrrh ttitii CHiinot be etiretl by biking nun i,jiunni -tire, V. J. CMKNKY A OO., Prorw .Tolpilo.O. We, the nmlcrimnird, have known F. J. Cheney for the )HKt 15 yeurii, and believe him xTifctly iioimriiblt' la nil buNiiiet tniitHiictioiiti mid (i i mu cin llv ble lo curry imimiv oliltvntlojiti nimie by tiit'ir firm. WKT A TKI'AX, Wholennle llriiKglhtH, Toledo, O. - WALlHNtt, K INN AS A MAKVIN, Wliolfmile PrtifrKiMf Toledo, i. II- U'b Cutnrrh Ctm- la tiiken hiu-nmlly, Mcttiig dhtsaly iiimhi the Mood mid imiromt iirfnceu nf the Hyutfin. TiKtiniimltilB Hunt free, i'rite, "ix Ir bollk'. hold by nil nrugylist. Bnb Mmnme, hut Is n anlmwl 1 " Oh, any thing ttiHt goeii on Ickh," "Htoeklngn?" l'lI.KSt PILES I PILES! Dr. W lllann Tndian Pile Ointment will core Blind, Rlwdfii(t and Itching PUen when ill ether ointment navu failed, ltabeorw tho In mors aJlaysthe itching t mice, an h poultice, KWon lntant relief. Dr. Williams' India Pile Ointment in prepared only for Plies and Itching of tiie private part, nud nothhur eiae. Kvery box in warranted. Hold by drtittglhtit, or lent by mall on receipt of price, wc, an 1 11 per box. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO., Proprietor, Cleveland, O. Do yon want to sell your burliness, or do you wHTit h pflrtinT with money, or do you want a elerk ? Write WkstkrN Buhinekh Agency, Mill Utiiipolin, Minn. Mkbchant Hotel, Third and D streets, Portland, Or, FirMt-class accommodations. Kates, $t to $1.50 per day, Jacob Hus, prop. Try Osrmra for breakfast. ONC JJJf JOY Both the method and results Then Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to tlio taste, and lets gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head iches and fevers and cures habitual constipation-permanently. For sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all druggists. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. iak mncisco. cal. louisuuc, nr. mw rosx, t.r. ST. HELEN'S HALL, Portland, Oregon. A It'iarfHns and Iay Nrnnol for Girls; FuuiKlcd 1Mi; the I itrlit Kv. B. Wlfttar Moriix, U. It., Unctor. Thopwiirli int met Inn; a large and enreftillyfte lfctert eorps of tcaclurH; Rttidfiitu pri'Oarcd for rah Ifice; new ami cIckuiH t)u!Wln In the most com mumlintt iuid hc-iiutitlil p;it of the ciiv. For cuttt lWiiieHitddiThH the MOKK R- iDNEV. uncuun rcnun o'l icnj, 11 uiKfii nrcoraiiiK to dir,-ctiiiis, in unexcelled hb h kidney and liver cure; a positive preventive for In grippe, Try it Hiid be convinced. All orders, aceoiiipuiiied with 7."tt for 1 do., will be pnmiplty attended to, H. KIrt,inniiiifHCturerHiid pitteutce,AuniBYille,Or. BKOOKLVN IIOTKI . Biub Hl.het. Mont p'liwiT k BtMtomv, 8. F.: coD(luoUd ui both tlx Euriltu titd AuirkD plan, 'f his Hotel It nndei tbo nutDftnieat nf t'liaries Montgomery ind it th bunt i'tttutir Mud Buiiii5w IIpu'i HuM id Sao Fntn oi40o. Hume oomfoits, cuisine unexcelled, fiift-clw aenrioe, titjcbtm tundara of mpecubifity umnteMi Uoai-d and rouoi rr dav. J1.36 to 82.00: AD trie room, fit nent? to fi.w per aighi. fre ou ooacb Ui and from tht Hotel. "THE SPECIFIC A NO. I." Ourw all unnatural dlsehargesof men, yflllljpltiomaiterorhow long landing. Pre I IJIIlll vL'iiU Ktrlciure, It beliiK it'i Internal i w wnw m0)1y c,lrn w pverythlng else MEN! Iian1atlid. l'rU't.l!S.H. ClrcnlHron apilU-at Ion. bold by Driiggtuts or wilt Ion rtc Ini of price by Th A. Schoeu Itielt Mvdidne (Vi , Kan Josp, Cal. J. McCRAKEN & CO., -UEALKKS IN Roch Htrbor Lime. Portland Cmnt, 0ol tfen Gatl and Utah Plaslar. Hair, Fir Brick and Firs Clai. lND PLASTER. .60 North Front Street, Cor. U, fOKTLANU, OB OR REN ONLY! 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