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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1893)
From "New ttrlaana, Our Southern t)MIUI." I Tbe Louisiana lottery twins legalized, ticbois are openly displayed in the shop windows, and are sold on the sidewalks by men, women and children. One ' etore lor the tale oi them tiosett tiears such a legend aa thie on Its sign : Thin is lucky Numher Kleven. More winning ticket Bold here than anywhere else in town. There waa a drawing while I waa in tbe oity, and knowing that the lottery company waa not to auk for a renewal of Its privileges, 1 availed myself ol the op portunity to witness its chief public (mention and the historic characters who have been lndneed by large salariea to figure for it, The drawing took place in a theater called "the Academy of Music," at eleven o'clock in the uiorn- Inu. The Yellow sa-ieta Iwttled leecly with the daylight in the lobby into which the people were pressing wlthont let or quali lluatlon. The theater was two-thirds full at last. On the stage, set with a parlor roene, was a knot of men between iwo wheela. The wheel on the right was a band ol silver, with aides of glass and with door In the metal rim. A bnahel of little black gutta-percha en velopes the sine of dominoes had beeu poured Into this wheel, anda white hoy, blindfolded with a bandkerohief, stood at the handle of the orank by which tbe wheel was tnrned. He bad one arm in the door ol the wheei, and with the band of the otber arm was offering a tiny en velope to (ieu. Beauregard tbe last a irviving geueral who served on either side in our late war. A hue, most gentlemanly-looking man he is, with the features of a French courtier, with snowy hair, a white mustache, a little goatee, and the uinkeet ekln a baby ever Knew, He was lauitleaaly dressed. Across tbe time, beside a Terr much largsr wheel, of parti colored boards, sat Juajor-Uen-eral Jubal A. Early a perleot ty pe of the conventional figure of Father Time ; tall, portly, stoop-shouldered, partly bald and with a long, heavy, white beard. Ha mm dreaaed all in the color of the uniform he distinguished by his valor aa By each general stood a blindfolded boy, taking nam hers out of the wbeela, and banding them to the generals. From tbe big wheel to Major-Ueneral Early came tbe numbers ol tne tickets ; Irom the little wheel to General Beau regard came the numbers oi dollars that formed the prize each ticket had won. By each general stood a crier. Early read out, "Twenty-one thousand one imndred and filtv-two :" and Beauregard, having shelled the guttapercha case off a billet, read out, "Two hundred dol lars," Then the oriera took tbe billets and cried the numbers. "Twenty-one thousand one hundred and nlty-two " from one : " Two hundred dollars " irom the otber, who, by the way, called out two hundred dollars at least two hun dred times. Bnt all the prises were not of that amount. I chanced to bear the capital prise read out. " Twenty-eight thousand four hundred and thirty-nine," eaid Early. "Three hundred thousand dollars," said Beau regard. The effect waa startliig; indeed the stsrtled senses retimed to grasp tbe meaning of the words. The criers re peated tbe tignres. The people in the theater craned forward, a hundred pen nils ahot over nads or bits of paper in men's and women's lane, Then a mur mur of voices aeunded all over the bouse. The routine on the stage was halted, for ttie criers took the two bits of paper to some clerks who eat at tables in the laniiar nut of the Btaie. to allow them t , varifv the important figures. Then the routine began anew. By Julun Ralph in Harper's Magaiine for Feb ruary. An Opening for Inventors. An engineer has written to one of the dallies to advocate the disoxygenation of glass. He iirgues that since steel is made by disoxygenatitig molten cast iron by blowing air through it, by a pro ocss reversely antilogous glass can be softened into toughness and flexibility. He maintains thiit glass, which is not only much cheaper than iron, but much denser and tougher, can be put to any of the uses of iron excepting eloctrical conduction, while for drain pipes and wator pipes it would he unequaled. The champion or uisoxygenatea glass 111. Height RHVMt Him. P. M. Search, aiioertntenrtent of the pub. lie schools of Sidney, 0., stands 8 feet and 7 Incline tn tils stocklngs-truly a mao to strike terror Into the heart of the truant small lioy Mr Search told a story the other day (tearing upou the question of a mail's height that is worm repeating. I am pretty will," said he, "hut I am glad ol it I owe my life to the fact tuat I am taller than the average man. If I had been ol your height I would have been tn my grave long ago That may sound queer, but It Is a fact. A few years ago I spent a short vacation visiting a friend in New York state, lie Is a prominent man tn tbe little town In which he lives, and owns a large grain elevator and a flouring mill. "In showing the latter to me he took me up stairs where the wheat la carried from the elevator into a large hin in the second story of the mill ' The grain is then drawn from the bottom of the bin into the ma chinery below to tie ground into flour. We were standing above this bin on some tim bers, when suddenly one of them gave way, and I fell Into the wheat. Instantly I was drawn downward. The pressure was so strong that I could not extricate myself. "It was awfult 1 sank slowly, nut surety. In spite of every effort the grain orept up to my kneea, my thighs, my waist, and It seemed tugging at nu feet. My friend was ter ror stricken, and bis attempts to pull me out were fruitless. At last In desperation 1 cried out: 'For God's sake, stop the milll Shut of! the power, or I'll be a dead man In thirty necondsl' Like a flash my com panion darted to the stairway and rushed below. "As 1 sank nearer and nearer to suffoca tion and death 1 could hear his footsteps on the floor below It seemed an age to me. The wheat reached my throat. I ele vated my bead, and placed my hands be- NATIKH'a HllltBHT ALLY. If nature ilia lot straggle against disease, even In weakly constitutions, swill indeed would tie the course ot s rnultuiy to its fatal termina tion. Whlie nature tmu struggles lei us, 1st worse befall us, aid hor effort, wllh Judicious medicinal Help. fciperleltee must be our guide lu tiait'eiwlla Sthesse, and that "lamp to our feel" Indicates Hos etter's wtomaah Bluer as a safe, tried aud thorough ally of nature. 11 the b I od tie lnlecle l Wltn one, u roe onweis aim stomach are Inactive, if the kidneys fall to ex pel Impurities of whlcn they sre the natural outlet, a coarse of the Bltters.ls itie surest reli ance of the sufferer, one, moreover, that Is sanc tioned by professional Indorsement and use for nearly hall a century. r-0Amencuor loieign remedy has earned greater distinction as a rem edy for and preventive of chronic liver com plaint, malaria, uou.ujisuuu, aiuuvj an, iwr matlc trouble and debility. Hood's Cures 4 1 cannot sing the old songs," He said, as the chords vtorated; And those who heard bim wondered Why he discriminated. R0PTUR1 AMD FILM CURKD. We positively onre rupture, piles and all rec tal diseases without pala or detention from busi ness. Mo onre, no pay. also all Mealed! eases. Address for pamphlet bra. Porterfleld A Lossy, S8S Market street, Ban Francises. Mrs. Blecker Bridget, have you turne the iroiifri In tne narlor. as 1 told VOU? Ti,e New Uouiobttc Jewel Yes, mom; ean't yez smell it? flnuirhs. colds and sore throat quickly re- If a whole legion of devils were neveo ny -armm-i jmmanm ir. oeiiis a uoa. . "Money talks," said Parvey New porponsly. "Very true.' was tbe reply " but It doesu t . i ways think Before it speaks." A WOMDKBFTJL MACHINE. Jttre. C. B. Card Oakland, Cat. I If You Think nv kind of ft rnm will do. then Mtv kind uf Kmin will rlo : Imt for thtt bent rwwlw you BiHWld pttuit 1 FERRY'S SEEDS. I Always the beat, they are reoognlawl u Ferrr'" Herd Amwnl to the most lmponaiii oook oi me kiiki sjuij. UfllHXl. ' It IB inVBlUBDIf iu tue planler. we tend it iree. D.M. FERRY & CO. DETROIT, Mica. There is no doubt that man it a fine mechanism, but like every other machine he wears out by friction. It is said that he is born again every two or three years. His body is virtually remade from food. To . . . l Mt.nl ,hu maitinr over l rauii-auv wiuuk. fore my moiitn ana noae seep out tne - - - T th. dfr grain. Suddenly there came a jar, and the J' , that it take, a long time to machinery stopped. It required a quarter r.JUDe'r8t,. xhe process of making anew L..ia Jir.Ki.Aiii nf r.lia irpnin Ann " . i i .-I.. ,!th Dtt.v- if i hurt in., hut Nix rwt tall I would bave ntiu4l P.1.1 . that a ntw man. as it were. been a corpte long before help could hava may be made in two or three months, and raached me.M Chicago MalL thf change in the mechanism 1b eucn mat the worn-out pan 11 rrmam. vy mw ho .:.l... tU. .......I eiinniiiv Hnu'tl flf t h etl- DeiteaM Moibnn ol the Throat. machine. You don', have to stop for tin.! eon avup kimV " UtlH B Wftll bnOWD ..natH P.irtTA nwav with BaAVDBETH B peotaliHUaa be deftly Iniwrted a looking ?aw the old, dieaed and worn out body, slam into the roof of a nufferer'a mouth, ' They are purely vegetable, abttolutely harm- . i. iUUs. and ubTa ti takfl .t anv time. "i.hnt. t,hi t.nrout oiu Drain ui nm owuri'"""""" Made Over Anew Chronlo Headache Cured-Weak Lungi Made 8trong and Well. For years I had sick headaches every day, and I also had very weajt 1MB. Hlnce 1 nave been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, I have been eatirely csrss ot beailaclies, and my lungs are strong and well. Friends often say How Well You're Looking. I ten them It Is due to Hood's Sarsaparilla. I am small In stature never weighea over 100 pounds before taking Hood's Sartapa- rilla, and at the time I began taking It I bad run down to 8K pounds, but now I weigh 111. My friends thought I would be ttm leaf aga, but I am perfectly well. I am unable to express my thanks for the good Hood's Sarsaparilla kudoneme." Ma. C. B. Cuu, HIS Adeline Btrett, Oakland, California. Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills, Bilious. ness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Heaaacne. Not 1 suppose few of the laity do know it, but it's a fact. There Is a small gan glia which exercises direct control over the muscles of the throat and act. as lu brain. Of conn it Is subservient to tbe genuine brain, but at the same time does I n l..an..nlant.hltiliinir for t Jf( I, i. vrr timid and susniciousof noticing the remarkable offerings advertised any strange objects that come near tbe In another oolumn by the Sherwood Hall throat, r or tnis reason it is very unucuii nursery uo. ol Memo rarx and Ban men tor a physician to operate on the throat- 6jB00i wn0 , lead,,! on the coast in fur First Cltlien-How is It that so many En' llsa men figbt shy of home rule? aecond Citizen I fancy because il begins with the letter "b." Our readers will serve themselves by "Before anything can he done in this direction It la necessary for tbe operator to gain the confidence nf the little hralo that dominates It. It frequently takes weeks before this confidence can lie secured, and until it Is secured It Is impossible to oper- Dishing everything for the farm and garden. JK-.w.- r" "in iiflntsis" mr' boss cmss Will out Dry or (tree Bones, Mest, Grlntle and aU. ureen uui urK.ts wm double the number of ejnpi will make them more (er- tile will carry tbe heni safely through the moUinf period and put them t conditlou to lay when em command theblcheitprloo and will doTe.ope yow chlcki futer thaa aor otber food. reed flraen Bone 4 ue Creoiosan to kM the lice, and yon will maka fifty ptr om more prout, Bend for CatalogM m price. rTTAlim IHCDBaTDB COIH, miLCTFi, CM. - FISHING TACKLE Ertr FOR Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Leaders Etc., of the Finest Quality. -SEND TO- - Sets. KictiHand SLOOper Oneoentadose. "ftnt Ohbat Ootma THE . T. 03 First St., Portland, Or. f-Send for citalogoe. FRAZER AXLE GREASE Best in the World! Get the Genuine! Sold Everywhere! Tramp Pleas", mem. I ma'!'' a solemn vow twenty years at-o tnat I'd nevcrdo another stroke of work till women was paid th' same waxes as where all ot hers faiL Couehs, Croup. Son Throat, Boareencss, whoopinff Coueh and StUins, ror kamunpuwi u, ins uu i'toi. ate. V ueu tlte little nruin is nnany maue , mwu. to understatill thut no harm Is Intended it, The UM "f E, Cmm mm ,nre ,, but that the physician Is actuated by Jm rrb and cold in head, is attended friendly motlvea, it will submit to almost , n0 pain) inconvenience or dread, any treatment, however painful. which can be said of no other remedy. "But woe lie to the man who attempts I feel it my duty to say a few words in rounb treatment to the throat lie.fore gain , regard to Ely's Cream Balm, and 1 do so lug the little hrain'a confidence, and in e Jitirely without solicitation. I have used X of to P, Hisoratiouswil. Yilt be resented with violent paroxysms. Hrst of tbe wort kind ever since I was. little of tbe throat, then of the diaphragm, and, and j never hoped foroure, but Cream If the onerator still neraiala, the patient ulm awma to do even that. Hanv of mv will be thrown into convulsions, rjtlll acquaintances have used It with excellent more curious la the fact that this little results. (.lacar Ostruni, 45 Warren avenue, brain has a memory, and If once fright-, Chioaa-o, 111. , ...... ened In this way it Is Impossible to ever I Apply Balm Into eacn nostril, it is Price, 50 cents at druggists' or by mail. Klt Bbothebs, 68 Warren street, New York. i gain tta confidence, uo matwr how gentle she operator may be. "I dou't know whether Its diatrust would extend to other operatora than the one who frightened it or not. I think 1 will try tbe exuerimeut some time of see ing whether It cau remember faces.'' Philadelphia Preas frTa or Ohio, crrr or Toudo, ( Faiftx J. Ciunby makes oath that be Is the senior partner of the firm of F. J Chknby A Co., noiug business iu the eity of Cnleuo, county ana blate siore-aiu. ana nisi sam m m w,n vn iMniim nf (INK HUNDRED DOLLARS for eaci and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured cured thouaanda.and Will CURS TOO If taken In time. Bold oy Druggist, on a guar antee. For a Lame Back or Chst, use BHILOH S BELLADONNA PLASTER JBc HIL0H'S kCATARRH Remedy, aaTOyoucawrrh? This wmedyiejruaran. teedtoourayou. Price, 50 eta. lniectorfroe. r?MARK BY NOT aiDDW THE RI6NT BICYCLE (tm nst ofs fsioous-Itu5 K" u.at KORTH PACIFIC fYCLE (10. WCYCLES OF EVERY DtSCRlPTION."" Maiww Buitpma -POffTlAND OreoON.1 AFTER TO-MORROW Yon iboald writ to A. FKLDENMKIM&K, AFTER TO-MORROW Portland, Orenoo, Iht iendiiiaT Jeweler oi tne AFTER TO-MORROW PaclQc Norlhwent, for pricofl on Bupenor i ver Dd Plate Tableware. He will save yl money. It coiU nothing to ask lor nil price. . YOUNG MEN I The Specific A No. I. Cam, without fell,, ewes of Ckmrr fctjt uad CtltMtt, no mattfr of bow long sUunJltiff. Provents stricture, It belnft an In ternal remeily. Corel when everyiliius Dtv,falIL SoldbylDniKKlsU. Utuiufacturen: Tbe A.BctioenheIMta1olDa prisF. as.oa. Co., Ban Jose, 1L INVALID GOODS. Rollins Chairs RerllDlnt Chain ' Bsik Beau Commodes. Bend for Catalogue. W, SCHROEK, ?1 Hew MontgaiaeTSl Sf- rrTHE COST IS THE SAME. 1 looking out for the uamesof tnestreeu leat he make a wroiw call, ano iwo w one he will do it oftener tliati he makes a right call. All this aonrehension makes him maintains that it oould lie nsed instead fidgety, and that makes him cross, and he . .. , u I,h. a row w th some uerrous woman or tin aim oopir u , - her chUi. He Iron for visging and fencing, etc., as it 31fnll,,!dead av.ay w the passenger, poseeanea ttlmost throe times the tensile ( hQ hava ma traVeinK on the line any etrength of the best wrougnt iron; tur thermoru, he regards it us not improba ble that vessels built or glass beams and plates will eventually replace onr pres ent steel ships, as they would be strong er, oheaper and one-half lighter. Pitta burg Diapatob,. 1 The New Conductor. ,.nt.- . .l..n,A ..'( l.tHa tht, 1f that he Is new." said the old man at th. ,y euof Hau.'. Cst.s , aa . barn aa he saw the new man on his car. 8nro to before me and subscribed In my "The pnsaelinera get onto him before he pnoncc itbis tltu day of December. .A. IX UN. thinks they do He ia louking all the time 1 l""sJ A iMam. as if he waa expecting somebody to cheat Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and him or aa If he expected to make .mistake acts directly on the Mood and mucous nirface on himself about change. He is always - "'"""XcHKNKY 4 CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists; Taoeuia. Use luamellne Store Follsb: no dut, no smell. Tar f.aws toe hrearfaat America. Inventions In Spain. An American traveler in Spain says that Yaukee notions mid the ingenious little inventions sold by our street ped dlers are atmreciated there, While walk ing in Malaga he saw women shying across the etreet to get away from some thing. Making baste ito ascertain the cause, he saw a man with a string tied to a tiny mouse, which sought in vain to get away from its tormentor as it glided over the walk. He ropeatodly jerked it back, however, and the tourist was shocked until lie hoard the man (tailing eut, "Raton mechanioo Anierioano" (American mechanical mouse). ilew Vork Sun. The Vegetation of Mara. The red glow of the planet Mars has nustled everybody but a French astron omer, who gives it us his opinion that the vegetation of that far away world is orimson instead of groon. He also says that he hasn't the least doubt but that HOW DO THE HARTMAN STEEL PICKET FENCE Costa no more than an ordinary clumsy wood picket affair ttiat obstruct, the Tlew and will rot or fan "Mar TKHTIMON I ALB MAILED FHEtt. (Always mention this paper la writing.) .Dart in a Hhort time. The ' ceallua them aim Is practically kvkblastino. ILLUSTRATE! HARiMAN MFC. CO. BEAVER FALLS, PA. David M. Clarkson, Jr., Portland, or. Holly, Mason, Marke dt Co., Spokane Falls, Wash. length of time. V'our voteran conductor never wastes any time with a oroas woman. "In the first place hegalnauothing by it, and in the uext plaoe he loses the reapeot of his paasengers by it, aud a conductor never knows what minute he will want the friendship of a passenger to help him out of a bole with the company. If a con ductor shows that he has the oomfortof his passengers at heart they will always take care of htm, even at the expense of the company, tne nean oi tne puuuc u . iio.j w,f,,nH tL rightlf you treat it in the right way. Th. you're no : Mtlsfled, , they II ref und the ?a.a conductor learns this In the oourse money? Why not do the tame wnen irnftee? ta 5K ' .ZL Medical Discovery nMZ t,mMbe,orebelMa ilssoldontliatplan. It's the only blood- L(3 - may, YOU DO when you buy shoes or cloth lng f Don't you go to the v place ( if you ' A can find it) where they tell you that you may wear the particles out, auu bueu, u nnrldar an oertjtin and effective that it Th. Owl and farmer.' P..U. I It must be remembered that Britain is "" ' ' eeaentially au agricultural country, and Jt,j not ,lk, ordlnary spring medl- that If Its fauna' is a dlminut ve one it is cmMor,,raaparilla8. All the year round, none the less formidable. We have ten u ,., K,,ii,ir, .nd lnvfaorat.es the tiny Held oreatttrea, oonatltuting an army ..(. m vou.,., bilious, run-down or u ZT dyspeptic, or nave any oioou-wuui, uviai- would quickly devastate our Belda. These tnVoan eoual it as a remedy. tea apeuico wmwi . auWf and three nbrew. Individually ao tiny "DON'T BORROW TROUBLE." BUY SAPOLIO 'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END. RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF Moore's Revealed Remedy. Astoria. Obkoon, January 10. loan utate with pleasure that by the use oi MOOKE'H REVEALED REMEDY my husband was relieved irom an old oamat RHKUMATISM aud my youngest boy cared entirety of 1HKLAMMAT0KY K11KV 14 ATlaM when the heat doctor I oould get did him no good. Yura in gratttwda, Mita N. V. STEKUfi. 8OL0 BY YOUH DKUGQI8T. a Simonds Crescent Ground Cross Cuts. And All Kind, of MILL 8AWS. Also Saw Repairing. CSV StlMnaif). SAW CO.. 7ft Vrant Btrmt. Purtl.rlH. Or. " From 10to40PER CENT DISCOUNT TO AGENTS. Agents wanted in every town in Oregon and Washington to Bell the leading "(here are single Itowert on the war god's surface whioh are as lawe as the incor porated limits of Paris. Bt. Louis Re- m WOom he may devour. Oornhill Mag- public I alne. tl.RB that any one speoie. oould com fortably ourl itself up in the divided shell nf a horae chestnut. But farmers well snow that If these' things are small they are by no means to be despised. Now that the corn crops are ,it and the hav boused the field vole and aummdstolterU In all grades manufactured in America. Niw and second-hand machines from $20 up. Cash or on install- perfeotly aware, and at evening he may be ments. rVrite for catalogues and terms. ' FRED T. MERRILL. sweeping iow over in. , , 1'ioneer Dealer of the I'acific Uoast. 326 Waskiueton Street. I'ortland, ur. Free 'Cycling Academy in west wing of Exposition building.