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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1891)
Lebanon Express. H. Y. K1RKPATRICK, Editor - and - Proprietor, K.'ep ont of politics and if yon can't tio uny better, steal hoga. Hold up your brother's hand, bat not w ith a can. The devil is an experienced dem agogue and ought to belong to one of the political parties of this day. The man wbo bothers tie when we are busy to a bore; the man wbo won't be bnthered by oa when he In bus)' la a crank. The snccessful newspaper man must write something the people will read whether they like it or not. Men boast of their independence. We have a few of these fellows in mind that a little flattery will make frisk around like a spaniel. Don't repeat slander about your friend nd neighbor if you will listen to it especially when you believe it to be false. It is a happy thought hit upon bv the Koyal Institute in Great Britain, which is training itB deaf mute occupants as barbers. Some people use their imagina' tion for their own good and that of mankind, borne people s imagina tion use them, making liars, slan derers, and tale bearers. No man or woman is equipped for life wbo has not learned to sav No; but it is to be said kindly as well as firmly, if its lesson is to be be made impressive. Never be afraid to own the truth, let the consequences be what they may. Ever keep truth for your motto and guide, and you will surely be the gainer in the end. Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most voleable for all men who would mount, but especially for those who have to step ont of the crowd. Never condemn your neighbor unheard; every story has two ways of being told, and justice requires that you should hear the defence as well as the accusttion. It is a great mistake to imagine that success without effort will ev er make a man or a woman happy. What we cease to strive for ceases to be success, and gradually be comes more and more worthless. You must be sun- of two tilings. You most love your woi k, and not be look ing over the edge or it, wanting your p ay to begin; and the other in, yi u mu-t not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more unnnroulv to you to be doing something lse- When you have a mind to rep& t some dirty story you have beam about your neighbor, stop, think twice before you speak, and then knep your mouth shut until you reconsider it. You mav not do your neighbor any harm, but you will yourself. Oregon is being filled with new- p: per grave-yards. In the lust ycai nearly every county in Oregon has had a burial, and several mori severe ouien of consumption are reported. Among others Jeflerann, Junction, Drain, Eugene, Hprinefield, and even Albany have bad their experience in this line. Albany Democrat. The people of Lebanon cannot give too liberally of their means and energy and influence in the furtherance of educational interest? here; but they can expend too much money on the snide shows such as visit small towns. They ought to get the kind ot cold comfort that is not refreshing ev;n in summer. The city ptpcni are ail rlitlit If you want them, but it's the local paper tiiat adv.rtiocs your tiueinewi, your acuooln, your churches, your numerous siwieticH; ayiirmlhizes with you in your affliction and rejoice iu your prosicr- Ity. In (short, it i the local paper that meiilieiiH the thnuwmrt and one item In which you are Interested during tin- year, and which you do not find iu the Caaae and Kffwot. Depression and discontent pre vail to greater extent now than for many years in the history of our country. For these there are causes and the effect naturally fol lows. I lie people nave cea-sea 10 practice economy in private os well as public affairs. 60,0U0 expended by congress m tne dwiuj, 01 one Senator, but gives the tax-pavers of this country an inkling of the prodigality and excesses practiced by those in authority, a part of whose statesmanship should be to set for the people examples of reas onable expenditures. When a millionare senator dies his family should bury him at its own expense. This is the practice followed by the families of the pri vate citizen and poor man. The people of this country cannot be justly nor legally taxed for such expenditures and it is an out rage on justice and reason that such are made. If Congress can legally appropriate money to defray the expense of burying one of its members then it stands to reasen that it appropriate for the burial of a private citizen, and if for one private citiien then as justly for tke burial ot all. Mr. McKinley goes before his republican audiences and without blushing boasts that while the last congress. is called the billion dol lar congress that this is a billion dollar country and can afford Buch congresses. These are causes they tend to depression and dissatisfac tion. Appropriations by too legis latures of the several states are, in many instances, prodigal in the extreme, hven in those states whore there is such an array of Alliance members, in whose assert ed platform is economy and reform in private as also in public expendi ture. Take for instance the legis lature of Texas, largely Alliance and reform men, where 15,000 per year is appropriated for a state en campment that a useless and pom- nous militia may have an opportu nity of displaying to the public gaze a red tape inutility; and 4,000 expended for one picture. These are causes. Then nine-tenths of the people, regardless of their vocation or IT IS TIME About FALL and WINTER CLOTHING; and while you are thinking about it dont forget that Is the place to get it. We are now receiving daily large Shipments of Fall and Winter clothing For Men, Boys and Children, From the Largest and Best Manufacturerers in this and Foreign Lands. Not being Brilliant Writers we can hardly do these Grand Garments we are offering THE JUSTICE THEY DESERVE. We are Sh wing the Very Latest Effects in Everything that is new It matters not whether you want to buy or not. We are Always Willing to Show our Goods, And if you use your Best Judgement you will Bay that for RICHLY TAILORED CLOTHING That's Made Well and at Reasonable Prices, We are the People. T. L. Wallace & Co., JsTRAHAN BLOCK, ' Many .Oregon m-ans, coa'a tv wo p'scuce u economy reduce their annual ex penses VIS per cent. To many people economy is a stranger they seem to be ignorant of the first principles pertaining to it. Many expend money recklessly, buying things on a credit that are absolutely Useless, and ot necessa ries they often'buy more than the demand requires, and waste much after getting them home. They are recklosB in the use of articles after so purchased. Tnesc are causes. The effcits are depression, dis content, scarcity of money and hard times, such effects as natur ally follow such causes as water seeks its level. There are a great many men born in tle world who imagine, they were born with genius and lie down on the sofa and wait for an inspiration until some other fellow who thought himself a dunce rises bv hard knot to a competen cy, buys the Bofa and leads the waitine ccnius out by the ear. ThiB iB not a joke; it is a fact. The people's party of Kansas ex pended 1100 in a campaign which resulted in the election of five congressmen, eighty-four legisla tors and one United States senator. This party has decided to expend tlO.000 this fall and if success keens pace with the money expent" ed the party will elect every officer in the state. Compared with other nations In size of debt the United States stands eighth on the list. Fracee heads the great International procession with a debt of 16,427,000,000, or over four times our own. Italy's debt nearly trebles the A- merican, and amounts to Hw2,non,000. Itumla, with adebt of $3,781,000,000, and Great Britian with 3,440,000,000 are not far behind. As enmpared with European nations the United Suites Is one of the most economical govern ments on earth. In wealth, popula tion extent of territory and moderate taxation It excels all others, and as no nation compares with It in the extent of its resources, none can equal Its ca pacity for annihilating Its debts. Lebanon people know the Express has a good job printing office and should give it all of their work. TO THINK The Prices, The Prices! Not the man that brings the INCREASSING trade at the One-Price Cash 'Jtore. We d not claim to sell "at cost." . Every man is worthy of his hire; hut our Cash System enables us to get down to BED ROCK PRICES. .Our Boot and Shoe Department is Complete and none better for the the price. We make this line a seci<y. We have bought largely in Eastern markets, as well as on the Coast, and can suit all. . In Our Dry Goods . Department we endeavor to carry whatever the trade demands. Our main object is to get what the peo ple wanU We are daily receiving goods. We cany a line of GROCERIES, TINWARE and Crockery. Hiram Baker's One-Price Cash Store. BOARD OF REGENTS: Tuition In the Virtual and lliwinem rilaet Board of Education; ex-offlcin. Ilia department. Iibh been reduced from w Excellency, Kylveetor IW.oyor, Clover- ?'&Z'; mii ""' Ml-N"rl""i nor; Hon. O. V. Ncltride, Herniary of '"""WUiiai. Hit,.-w, F Tt Mi-.'!rov Sum-rililend- tllm'1 ,or lli0 "I" . ; n Vi i . T'n..- fn ii Tmtioii-Nornl and Bum e.(i Sneer ent of 1'uWlc liiKtruotioii; ii- iijninln Mi u,rw (rf Ml WMk) Sub.:;rlmll , w Ifteld.Preiudent; J. B. V. liutli-r, hecretary. twm j,(llml , ,lrll, .jimi.e: hall, EXWTTIVB Hoahu Hon. J. J. Daley, so a week ; (uminhed with liitht and Hon. P. W. Halev, J. IV V. Butler, I'olk; lire, 1 per went Hoanl in prirute !w Jacob Voorhoce, Marion; J. C. White, Polk; Uica, $.1 50 wr week. Firnt term nn Alfred Lacy,Cla-kaiuiui; A. Noltner, ilul- Sept. ffind, mi. Student, may enter tnotnah; VV. H, Holmin. Jlaaloii. "J' Ul"e' For Catalogue, Addreea, P. L. CilPBELL, A. B., President, or J. S. PfiSELL, A. I., Yice-PresldcnL AT Dry Goods at cost, at the 3Iammoth Store. othin at cost at the ! Mammoth store. Groceriesat cost at the Mammoth store, I The whole stock of the Mam moth s(o?e at cost for cash or produce. MflWACOES MAI1TI SWEi OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, Mwnmoatb, Orerna, The Lending Normal School of th Northwest. Beautifully and Healthfully Located. No Hnlouna. New building, new apparatus, full fiicntry. liprht exiuie, and large attend ance. ' Normal, Advanced Normal, iiutti neaa, Art nnd Munic Department. Hl'iiil attention given to pliyairui p'tltuni. Voluntwr military orgumza. ...in. Thow reviving diploma are anlhorixed to teach in any county iu the suite without further examination. city papers. ,