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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1891)
1P r ,4 r JLONEL GREENE'S LONG CAREER. ,,f .,- A. Mnn Wh Knew Unjoin and Pnttitteea Ijivt Ht tlt As of NlutyoH, Colonel twine K. Greene, of ltilMvllla, ix ninety-one " years olil, tn firm beultb Ixitly jiml mum, Hnd Ntilt active ikI Kuecf.Mful in the , practica of inw. He enjoys life, loo, mid is a c bam hi im at choker playing. Ail tiiill t f1HMlv lint re chief point of interest In th oi! Kntlemiin it the cliwe pet-sunn! v ftt-qiMimince he etitovwl fcith nil of Keu t ue k y'n jit-eat orators from COLON KL J. R. GItKKNK. 1KA tt ItW.aml when he Isiiiareminiscent mood hiit ulk U more fascinating than poetry or romance. Henry Clay. Hen Hardin anil Tom Mar shall nn Ufa favorites, but he has pleaaant wt ollmions also of S. S. Prentiss, Jo Holt ami Abraham Lincoln. He watt a boy com panion of Lincoln's, and met the future . .Iterator again many years later when both were soldiers iu the so called Black Hawk war. In boyhood he wart often put up to raw with Lincoln, and it was an even tmnjc Oerween them, but when they met in , the "war' he wan nowhere. Lincoln easily outran every man in the command, and in wm?tle there were but few who could match him. He could also throw the iron bat- farther titan auy competitor. "But it wj in story telllnjr." says Colonel Greene, that Lineolu won the admiration of all. Night after night his tent wan crowded, and we all forgot his homeliness when he beizan to talk. We agreed he would grow to oe considerable of a figure in the world, but none of undreamed he would become u great as he dirt or iu the way he did." Colonel Greene was born on a farm near Aibttuv and tilled the soil at various west ern places tn the age of twenty -eight, when he went to Kentucky. When the Black Hawk war ended he engaged in collecting -claims for his fellow soldiers and was o iiwew,fiil at it iliat his friends advised him to study law. The $400 he had turned si a claim agent wan expended iu getting hi law knmviedg and hU library, and iu VSW be uegau 10 practice in liOiiisville, where he has aver since renideii. He taken iong vacnttoiiK, however, he and his aged "wife spending the hot weather with their slaughter io Chicago, NEARLY FORTY YEARS IN OFFICE. A MtuHMiri Hhii WIio Hhs Hen Pit niMter Kln fie run's Time. Probably the oldest postmaster in the United .State is Klijaii Watson, of Rush ville, Buchauan county, Mo. He wax ap pom ed postmaster by President Franklin Pierce iu June, 1853, and has held the office cont inuously until the present time. Mr. Watson is a Democrat, but no objection ELIJAH WATSOS. bM srer li'i-n made tn him on arount of politic, :ilrlirm;li he has served under more liKjMiiiHcnn than Iemocratic presi dents. . Riisliville isa villajfe of less than 8IJ0 in hafttRiits, yet six railroads pas the place, and Piwtmaster Watson, who is now evenly live years olil, "makes" twenty- 'Jmir mail trains dally, carrying the sacks " on his back nearly half a mile. In his thirty-eifrht years' service he has not lost a : afngle letter. Once diiriiifc- tile war hnsh whackers broke into the oftice and robbed It of the supply of stamps, and at another ' time Kiterriilas attempted his life. Mr. WArsmi isof Kentucky birth, as is also his wife. They have hull twelve children, six of whom are living, April 15 last, tn days before their birthday. Air. itson's twin brother Elhtna died. They bad lived in the same vicinity since IS4A Irrigation In Utah, recent census bulletin says that in the territory of Utah tliere areU.TM farmsthat are irrigated out of a. total number of 10, 757. .The average siise of the )ri-igatd farms, or more clrictly, of those .portions of farms on which irrigation is practiced, Is twenty-seven acres. The average first cost of water right is II0..V, per acre, and the average cost of prearintf the soil for cultivation, including the purchase price of the lautl, is 118. Ill per acre. The average pre-nt value of the irrigated land of the territory, 'including buildings, etc, Is reported ax $H4.i ier acre, showing an apparent pmiil, 1cm cost of buildings, of 457.00 per :n'. 'J ho average annual cost of water is JO.ill jer sere, which deducUrd trom.fhe aveiutc annual value of products r acre, leaves iiunverage anmuii return ' 17.1- per acre. M-r Hnaliauil SI ruck Oil. 'e iiH' not always ashamed of the ' their wealth. Witness the ease .iported fiiiui Pennyrvania, mi who rose from poverty to ' the discovery of coal oil urmn was a family named AfcCiine, ntsiile of Pittsburg. When btiJ.h'f ,,U'. exeniled more ' (ilct and its decora '...v. f, monumcut AMMONIA IN BAKING POWDER. Dlscnsslnii llernre the American Chem teal anolety. Cieiigo SYibsns. To On t'rfifor of The JVinurur. I have just seen the report in your issue of Sere temher 3, of the discussion at the Wash iiiKton ineetinn ot the American Chem ical Hociety, A must 18, relative to the use of carbonate of ammonia In bakiug powders. This report is Incomplete and incor rent in many particulars, and as the pa per which precepltated the discussion was read by me and was baaed upon my own experiments, 1 desire to make cer tain corrections in the interest of the truth and for the benefit of the large number of your readers to whom the question ia one of itreat moment.. The paper as rand before the society related that ammonia in baking powder is retained in the bread by reason of its affinity to the gluten. The concensus of opinion as expressed during the dis cussion was apiinst the use of carbons e uf ammonia in baking powder with the only excepiion of Dr. McMurtrie, who is now an employe of a baking powder company which uses carbonate of am monia iii its baking powder. Of the other patties mentioned as hav ing taken part in the discussion were Professor 1r. Ilarker, of the University of Pennsylvania, who is the President of the society and one of our highest authorities. In answer to a pleading hv Professor McMurtrie that only small quantities of ammonia were used in bak ing powders, he stated: "No matter how small the quantity, I must decline to be dosed medically without my con sent when taking my meals." Dr. E. H Hartley, formerly chemist of the Brooklyn Board of Health and Professor of Chemistry at the Long Isl and College, likewise named, did not, 1 believe, take active part in the discus sion, but is alreadyon record as Strom ly opposed to tho use of ammonium car bonate in baking powders. Itr. Kiclmnlsou volunteered only the question whether the flour used in the experiments ai of good quality, of which 1 assured him by stating that it '" the best and the tiour used in my family. Professor Mallet was not present. Your art ele is misleading in so far as It giv. s the impression that ammonia disappears on Iwklng. My actual tests agree with those made by others, show ing that ammonia remains in the bread. My investigations simply assign a new cause for its retention. H. Endkmank, Ph. D. AVw York Tribune, fitplemhfr 17, iSiil. Notk. lir. Endeuiann, the writer 01 this communication, is well known in scientific circles, and was for twelve years chemist of the New York Itounl of Health. The hiking powder company aliove referred to is the ltoyal Baking Powder Company, of New York, and the em ploye Dr. William McMurtrie, who de fends that company's nse of ammonia, is their much-advertised government authority. There is no such oftice known under our government as that of govern ment or United riiat-s government chemist. Carlyle anil Bores. Whether Carlyle was a dead failure or not is u moot point, but he certainly did not know how to put up with bores. "The art of being savage to those people, " or "such things" as he would have designated them which Seott so signully lucked, wus possessed by him in its perfection. What he could "least endure," we are told, was being bored. "The anathemas which he heaped on unfortunate bores exceed Emulphus' in exquisite variety." A whole museum iniglit be tilled with Curlyle's bores alone. Ill) obtained access to the immortals, nod they bored him. To his acrid huiuor Charles Lamb was something less, almost, than a bore, Coleridge, whom he had not , been dismchned to revere, was a bore of the most oppressive kind. "He hobbled about with us," writes the ir- reverent Thomas, "talking with a kind of solemn emphasis on matters which were of no Interest. Nothing came I from him that was of use to me that day, or in fact any .day. "Exchange, Hotels and HfiimekeepliiE. The other day I heard a prominent merchant suy that the building of bo many elegant hotels uptown would lead trade to follow them, aud that the day was not fur distant when Fifth avenue, below the Cathedral, must bo given tip wholly to stores and club houses. It was with this thought in mind that I went into the Plaza hotel and looked ut ita parlors and dining rooms, its cafe aud restaurant. While wondering about I came to the conclusion that American womeu are fast becoming, indeed that they have already become, indolent. The new hotels afford beantifnl resi dences for people who can pay for the high cost of living in them the mnn: agementat the same time taking npon itself all the jares of housekeeping. Fashionable women, its a rule, detest housekeeping, for it interferes with their society duties, mid I thought, while re flecting upon this subject, that the time may soon conic when there will be hotel clique composed of rich families that belong to the same set. Such family hotels will have no transient custom, but will be constructed solely with the view Of meeting the neeils of rich, indolent women, with a ballroom and private dining rooms at their disposal. In such hotel a fumily could maintain a pri ;tiliiihment: aud' pay ouly one . which individ ' ay yet invent a flrlsl's Oliliilren. It Is delightful to read of two persons in the same profession who nro happily married. Iilentlcnl tuaM mid pursuits bring about a certain harmony of re lation which Is both mm and beautiful, Orisi, the great singer, married the tenor Mario, and some Incidents told of them and .their children prove an unusually happy domestic life. . The prlmn douna idontllled her own success entirely with tliat of her hus band, always preferring his advance ment to her own. Perhaps the elever reply which she made to the Emperor Nicholas of IliiBsia was half serious In embodying this spirit of self surrender, "Bo," said his majesty Jocosely, pointing to her children, "these are your little firisettesl" "No, sire," she returned, "they are my little Marionettes." The children themselves tell an amus ing story of their own sensations at one of their mother's public triumphs in Dublin. Orisi's admirers hud dragged her carriage to the hotel, and she had sung to them again, "us if she were touring the hurpstrings asunder and singing from the depths of her heart." The enthusiasm of the listeners knew no bounds. ' "They climbed up the lamp post," salt on; of the children, in after yeurs. "We thought they would crane into the room, and when one of the speakon called out, 'leave us one of your chil dren I' our fright was awful, in a chorus of pitiful little voices we begged mamma not to leave us behind; we would be such good children. "Youth's Companion. Didn't Meet Tlieol. Mrs. Hieyseed Did ye see any o' them sharpers In the city. Mr. Hayseed Not a one, Miranda, not a one. Hut I met some old frieuds I never e)ecfed to see again. Do ye remember old Mr. Higcrnp? Well, 1 met a son of his. Thought both those boys wits dead an' lyin' out there in tho cemetery; but this one will lie was snatched by grave mblntrs, and just as they was scllin' his body to a medical college he came to. OikxI enough fer a book, Minmda, good enough fer a book, inn! 1 told him he ought to write it, and he said lie guessed he would, and he'd dedicate the book to me as his father's old friend. There's one queer thing Mirnnda, This man's liuir is black, while the Dig. crop boys had red hair, but he said It turned black from fright. He's way up in society, Jliraiuia, and introduced me to young men nnmed Vauilerhilt and Astor ftful (toukl and Drexel and ever so many more. 1 tell you. Miranda, these yoring fellers spend money! Home bills fer cigars and things came In while we wus talking, hundreds o' dollars' worth, an' they whipped out the cash like a. breeze. One of 'cm happened to run short, mid so I lent him all I hud, but he said he'd send it by express to morrow. 1 ti ll ynu what, Miranda, a smart man like me is just as safe iu the city us iu the country. liood News. New I for the f.lectrle I.ljl.l. Home of the new conditions to which the use of tiie electric light gives rise havo a grotesque phase. In a town in Connecticut u new industry has sprung up. It appears that I lie strong light of the arc lauis hnsthe ctfect of attract ing worms out of the earth. An ingen ious boy conceived the idea of turning this peculiur phenomenon to account, and scooping up the worms into a bas ket nightly, he started a trade with the local fishermen lor the bait which they are always glad to get. The youngster was in it fair way to fortune wheu the secret of his quiet little business was discovered, and now groups of boys with tin cans can be seen every night at work uuder the electric lights in the development of this new branch of commerce. New York Commercial Ad vertiser. I'rnot nT Acquaintanceship. Offlco Buy Htrnnger lit tho door; says lie's a nowspner uiiiii, and knows you, nnd wants to borrow some money of you. Great Editor Pretty story! Hume fraud, of course. How mucli does lie want to borrow! "Ten cents.!' "Oh! He does know me, 1 guess, Give him this dime,"-Mood News, AO Unfair fai. Manville (very . much excited) He ruined me hi business. He siuimhed uiy good name, lie Niched from me the girl 1 loved, but at last, ha! Iiul I am revenged! Jones Good gracious! What did you do? . Mitiivllls (hissing through his teeth) Lost week I taught him to smoke cigarettes. "ficw York Truth. llottoul l-'aels, "That court house of yours is a credit to the town," remarked the stranger in Booniopolis. . . "Humph!" returned the man-who-conldn't get-away, "If you 'was payin' taxes here ye'd think it was a consanwd sight more of a debit!" -Puck. FIFTY YEARS AGO. TIs fifty yean ago, dear John, Just flftr rsafl awn Bsoms llks Hwas only yesterday 1 hsard von tell me so: 1 Do t remember layla' yes' Well, John, ws'rt . gelllu olil And trimly now, and I tint sure mjr men'ry Is to bold; Anil yet, I s'pow Inwi said a tljlhs or two tn play. Tor you were rather sassy, John, a goiu' home thai day. just thlnkl Us fifty years, dear John. Instltftr years wto, Bence yon and me stood up afnrs old Parson ' Oantlerhlim- And said we'd have each other, shore! for bet tor or for vniiet. Did ever 1 get sink or ttf Now, Jehu, don't make a Tuns 'bout nothin', for I 'Inn thur's times a bad trade turns In wast. When nam's wives iiiihs their patience as Chris tum people shouhl. In all these him and downs, dear John, ssacs fifty yearn aao W Joined our hearts and hands, the lxrd atone can fully know What you have been to me, John, or I have been to yon; For lie sens, thniish oft we've stumbled, that our poor uhl hearts am true, And that 1 will he thinking of you, John, at you will uethiiikiimof me When our llfly yuan, lieluw have long been lust in elerlilly. -Ilrowne I'urrluian in Vankse Hlade. titteer Hiiperslltlons Alinnt Stones. The most' wonderful properties were ascribed to the chimerical stones which many creatures were supposed to carry i in their heads. Most readers have no I doubt heard of the precious jewel which the toad curries iu his brain box, and so called toad stones, which were iu reality the teeth of fossil tlsh, were formerly worn in finger rings as a protection against poisons, at the presence of which they were supposed to change color. It was thought that the best stones were those voluntarily ejected by the living touds, but as ttie latter were not addict ed to freely giving up their treasures in that way, it was necessary to procure the coveted articles by other means, and the recognized method was to decapitate tiie hapless butrachiun at the instant he swallowed his breath. The feat naturally demanded consid erable celerity, such as could ouly have ; been acquired by constant practice; and it is not unreasonable, therefore, to as sume that although the endeavors to ! gain possession of the jewels were per : haps numerous, they must invariably have been unsatisfactory, especially to touds. Tiie oagle stone was considered an excellent thing to wear during preg nancy, and the swallow carried in its stomach stones of great medicinal Value. Chambers' Journal The Kdltor's Hope, We hope tluB is true. We should like it to be true; to put it on record among the wonderful doings of Northampton citizens. This is tho story: W. H. Pratt was fishing In the old bed in about three feet of water when he noticed a fine pound and a half pickerel chewing bis hook. Slowly, carefully he began to hanl him in, when around the captured fish the waters rolled in wild commo- jtion and a huge fish about three feet long was seen making frantic efforts to wallow the pickerel Mr. Pratt waded out to catch a closer glimpse of the mon ster, who, with a wicked roll of the eye, turned tail and made oft, leaving a track as lurge as the wake of a Bteamtr. Hampshire Gamtte. Mildest, iurest -and best smoking tobacco made. Does not bite the tontnie. Mastiff gives more solid comfort in one package than you can get out of a dozen others. Packed in canvas pouches. J, B, Pace Tobacco Co,,. .Richmond, Virginia. IN.THI (CLCCTION OF A CHOICE CIFT or of mi ii'ldltloii tii iifn's liiuwy, clfgHncc nnd jiffiilu.;H will Iwlound ''wliibiiicil in NUOOKSSOR (IF Tilt; UN AIIK11KIKI), Tn yr revlslna. lull editors emiileveil, Orihcsl f'KuiniiiAtlim Invited. Gel the Bell. Held by nil llnnssellerr. Fkftiphlst dec. . C. A C. 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