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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1893)
The New Bread. T) OY AL unf enneuled bread, made without . yeast, avoiding the decomposition produced in the flour by yeast or other baking powder; peptic, palatable and most healthful ; may be eaten warm and fresh without discomfort, which is not true of bread made in any other way. Can lie made only with Royal Baking Powder. Receipt for Making One Loaf. "NE quart (lour, I teuspoonful iuoto or loss according to the brand salt, half a tcospoonful sugar, a heapingtenspoonf uls Royal Baking Powder, half medium-sized cold boiled potato, and water. . SiCt to gether thoroughly flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder ; rub i:i the potato; add sufficient water to mix smoothly and rapidly into a stiff batter, about as soft as or pound cake; about a pint of water to a quart of flour will be required Note. It is necessary to follow, precisely, the above directions, even to the size of the pan. Observe that water should never be added until the pow der has been thoroughly mixed with the flour in a dry state. Perfect success can he had only with the Royal Baking Powder, because it is the only powder in which the ingredientsare prepared so as to give that continu ous action necessary to raise the larger bread loaf. The nutty flavor noticeable in this bread is due to the fact that no acid except that derived from the grape is used in the Royal Baking Powder. Address ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall Street, N. Y., for all farther information. - Dkln'l Like the Weapon. "I came very near having a duel once," said the congressman to a group of auditors. "Tell ns about it," said they as one man. "When I was about thirty," he con tinued, "I bnng out my shingle in a small town in a southern state, and be ing from the north I did not receive at first the agreeable recognition I expect ed. In fact there was one blatherskite of a fellow who made himself so ob Boiious that one day 1 slapped his jaws. This brought all the respectable people of the community over to my side, and I was feeling pretty, good for three orfour days, when the bottom was knocked out of it all by my receiving a challenge from Mr. Blatherskite. If there was anything more than another that Ididn't want to do it was to fight a duel, and 1 tried to get ont of it Bouie way, but couldn't, and finally accepted his chal lenge and chose doubled barreled shot guns at ten paces. I didn't hear any thing from my man for twenty-four honra, and then 1 had a personal call from him. , . " 'I have come in,' he said after a few preliminary remarks, 'to make a state ment about this duel. What I've got to aayia that shotguns are toodoggoned mortuary for me, and if you have no ob jections I'll apologize and call it square.' "Then I became very brave and blus tered some, but 1 accepted the situation very gracefully at last, and ever after Mr. Blatherskite was most respectful, and stood abont as well in the town as he ever did." Detroit Free Press. Tit- Vanishing Couple. A fashion .safe to stamp a young girl in generj society as but ill equipped with knowledge of good form is that of "vanishing" in company with her at tendant after a dance and remaining in unfrequented corners until remark is thereby created. Such is the young wo man whose chaperon is in continual spec ulation as to her whereabouts or else in active exercise to Hud her. She is no doubt often innocent of intention to of fend, bat at large and mixed entertain ments the better part of wisdom in a wo man is to keep in view of her fellows. A witty Frenchwoman, Mme. de (Jira din, once wrote: "Amuse yourselves, 0 young beauties, hut flutter your wings in the broad light of day. Avoid shad ows in which suspicion hides." The "vanishing woman" act should be lim ited in Derformance to a nlutfnrm in f nil view of the audience. The prompt re turn of a young woman to the side or vicinity of her chaperon after dancing is not only a graceful and well bred action, but affords an opportunity to the man, who too often is embarrassed in this re spect, to withdraw and fulfill some other engagement. Ladies' Home Journal. Pale Sympathy. iT IflM ftmmiisv la m. iritis ,U lrtH tf a Very late jmrty the night boforeJ-Oh, it I only bad something fur my head I Her Cold Blooded ami Extremely Derue Friend Why can't you mains over that close fitting little violet boiinet! You always looked so well iu it, you Ituow.Time. and quality of the flour used. Do not make a stiff dough, like yeast bread. Pour the bailor into a greased pan, djx8 inches, and 4 inches deep, filling about half fulL The loaf will rise to fill the pan when baked. Bake in very hot ovca 45 minutes, placing paper over first 15 minutes baking, to pre vent crusting too soon oa top. Bake at once. Don't mix vilh milk. Bfaotfuu Bhaiu. A practical joke was played by an ex Confederate officer. Colonel Aylett, upon some of his old companions in arms. He had a company of friends at his country place, near Richmond, and one evening a display of fireworks was announced. To ward the olose of the evening Colonel Ay lett called me and two or threeother young fellows to him and said, "1 want you to help me fool some of the old soldiers, if you will." Of course we jumped at the chance, and asked for orders. "What I mean to do," he said, "Is to make these veterans believe that 1 am shooting bombsnells from my shotgun. Here an some giant Urecrackers. Each of you take two of them, go down into the Held yonder, spread yourselves out in a line about a hundred yards apart, and listen for the bugle. I shall aim at yon in rota tion, and as soon ar you see the Hash of the gun, the one whose turn it Is mu.it throw a cracker into the air as faiuh as possible, so that it will explode before reaching the ground." We slipped away in the darkness, and the guests were invited out upon the lawn to see the colonel shoot some small bomb shells from his gun. The signal was given, and the gun was fired, in a few seconds n bright Sash was seen in the air. and a loud explosion fol lowed. The shots were repeated until six bad been fired. We could hear the exclamations that fol lowed each discharge, and In a few min utes were back attain, mingling with the crowd and listening to the comments of the veterans. "It reminded them of the war." they said. Some of them could "distinctly trace the flight of the shell from the instant It left the gun until it exploded." We begged Colonel Aylett not to unde ceive them, but he declared that jt would be wrong to leave them under a false im pression. The whole affair showed wii'tt strange pranks imagination will some times play withsober reason. Cor. Youth's Companion. The Resurrect Ioh Hone, Throughout the Middle Ages it wan be lieved that there exisw in man a bone im ponderable, ineotriictible, incombustible, the uecessary nucleus of the resurrection body. Belief in a resurrection of the physi cal body, despite St. Paul's Kpistle to the Corinthians, bad beeu incorporated into the formula made many centuries after bis time, and called the Apostles' Creed, and was held throughout Christendom, "at ways, everywhere, and by all." This hypothetical bone was therefore belli in great veneration, and many anato mist sought to discover it; butVesalius, revealing so much else, did not find it, and was therefore suspected of a want of proper faith. He contented himself with saying inac ne ten- tne question regarding the ex istence of such a bone to the theologians. He could not lie, he did not wish to fight the Inquisition, and thus he fell under suspicion. Tbe strength of this theological point may be judged from the fact that no less eminent a surgeon than Biolan consulted the executioner to find out whether, when be burned a criminal, all tbe parts were consumed, and only then was the answer received which fatally undermined this superstition. Yet in 1089 we find it still lingering is France, creating an energetic opposition in the church to dissection. Kven as hit? as the Eighteenth century, Bernoulli I having shown that the living human body constantly undergoes a series of changes, so that all its particles are re newed in a given number of years, so much 111 feeling was drawn upon him, especially from tbe theologians, who saw in this statement danger to the doctrine of the resurrection of tbe body, that for the sake of peace he struck out bis argument on this subject from his collected works. Andrew D. White in Popular Science Monthly. " Opposition to Progress. Mr. Edison proposes to transmit kisses by phonograph. AiVra careful investigation of this important issue, we are inclined to be lieve that reform is scarcely needed iu this department of social economy. Washington fust. BILL NYE AT RICHMOND. A Few nuiarks Atwnit flonrge Wantilng tou and Ltbljy lrim. At Richmond we visited, among' other things, the old stone house which wan owu pied as one of the large ejection of head quarters used by Washington. Tim bouwj is shown us by a bright little toy. Kind of a Virginia bright, as the tobacco dealers would coll him, I presume. He is a line looking young fellow, with the mirth mid music of the African tingling in his voins, together with tbe proud and navy blue blood t' his other parent. The mulatto and octo roon are very popular all through old Vir ginia, They are very bright, sonw of them, and what I like brat ahout them is their utter modesty in speaking of their ancestors. The old stone house is a queer structure and would rent for about W m- month, Washington did not care very much for style in bis headquarters, but he wanted pleuty of them. He never wanted to be out of a headquarters. Bo be bad them ctUnb lished in ull tbe growing towns of that time. Frequently be would ssenre beutlqunrters in a town and then not visit them at all. Ii was so in this ante. Washington was a plain man and simple iu his hubits. He whs only extravagant in the Aimilwr of bis headquar-" ten andwecau forgive him for that, now that he is gone. In the back yard tho little boy showed uka big tree planted by Washington himself. Washington, Jefferson and Monroe planted all the large trees iu Virginia, with the ex ception or three. On tbe trunk of this tree are two large iron staples or bandies, now al most buried iu the trunk. . The little mulatto boy says they were probably driven iu there for the English to tie their horses to when they came to Washington's headquarters to surrender; or perhaps iu ufter years slaves were tied to these big iron bandits wheu they were whipped. Possibly Washington used them iu place of a shawlstrnp in bring ing tbe tree down to Richmond to plant it. Li fancy now I can see tbe father of his country, just as be was alwut to Im'oine so. tie gets off the train from Washington, and carryiug in one linud a small portemou naie containing a manicure mt and powtkT rag, while in tbe other h holds by these iron handles the small tree which be purposes plaining in the rear of his headquarters. Uoingtotne hicbaugo hotel be registers and inquires of the clerk in' charge if they have a Washington's headquarter in Rich mond. But all tills is jwt timer, for' George did not, as a matter of fact, have any headquar ters here in llicumowl at alL He bought a site (or one but never built on it. Libby prison is soon to be removed from Richmond to Chicago. We visited It. I do not know what price was paid for it, but whatever the sum I would rather have it than the prison. Tbe work of taking it down, brick by brick, numbering each and putting it back in the same place, taking out tbe mortar, grinding it up and using It over again, numbering each ubiutde, board and nail hole so as to put it back exactly as it was before, will be a gigantic one. Moreover, tb" inner wall is covered with the names of numberless autographs of prisoners, written with pencil orscrutctied into tlio bard bristles by those who are living ttxiay or gone to their reward. It will be almost impossible to re move the wall and preserve these names, which really make tbe prison valuable as a relic. Besides, there are many names cov ered up by repeated whitewashing since the war, and every day a new one is discovered by carefully peeling off the thick coat of urn" which hides the iitnpr wall. Since the war Libby prison bos lieen used as a respository for fertilizers. It now bos a breath which will advertise its arrival in Chicago without loss of time. If the people of the north do not visit Mbhy prison It will not be because they are ignorant of its where abouts. It is a solemn place to visit even for a little while, The three of iw together visited the various floors Mr. Riley, the writer and a large, earuest odor. There are stUl many marks of the old time incarceration, such as the checker boards scattered on tho floor mid the fox and geese diagram, bill Hyein New York World. Hlvk Life In tho Nitwhtnlh (.'eutnry. Millionaire Have you completed tbe plant I ordered? Architect Tea, ir. "Where have you put tbe dining roomr "Front A bedroom will 1 above." "With the study facing north?1 "Yei. ir; and the library just behind It." "Of course. And you have put the labo ratory where I directeaT "Yw, sir." "What will tbe total cost ber "A trifle over tW,ux, anil a very'nloB-pri-ato railway car It will be." "Is tbatalll What will my new house cart)' "About $20,000." "Whew! lo you take me (or a Croesus?" Time. The Small Roy Goes Head. Young Teaciier (closing a talk to a school) Now, scholars, in what way could I rise lilgnest in your estimation? Toot's Boy (on a Isiclt seat) By sitting down on a bent pin, sir. Time. Her FeeiiliarUf. 4 Kate Sophie to.ns you soy. a very attractlvegirl; but don't you think there Is something masculine about her? Harry (looking attentively) Well, nothing eicept Mr. tipmuer's arm. Life. I Was Tlio New Tlilrtl iU'tult. "And hero in a m:m who bop Las to bo ' ti towering rngo, Have his libertioa btum threatened?"' 1 . "Alas! tuoy have, and be says be will dio In the last ditch." "Who has dared to menaro bis snored rights f1 "The police. A patrolman found him lu .an alley, with a bunch of skoloton Itcys in one baud and a burglar's jimmy in tho other, and asked if be wouldn't please walk down to headquarters and explain whether ha was looking for rats or getting reuJyto mark goods for a quarter off sale." "And he went!" "Yes, but be said he would make it hot for tbe patrolman. He expluiued to tho chief that be used the jimmy to crack railroad saudwiches; and that tho koys Itolougnd to his oat bin up homo, and thus cleared him self. " "And will the patrolman have to go?1 "Of course. Personal liberty is a sacred thing to monkey with." "Poor monl Why domm't bo look In the rogues' gallery aud see If tho mau's photo graph is not then?" "Ho has, and ho found it, but the citizen will bring bis two brothors-iu-law to prove that it gut there by mistake for Jew Bill's photo. He must go. lie should have bad morediscretioii." "Does tbe man shiver with tbe coldf "He does. He has no overcoat, and his clothes are thin. Htulso hosa hungry look." "Does he waut work, that be may buy him self some warm clotbiugf" "Hot hard work. If ynu know of a vacant treasurership of an ice conuwny paying about $5,000 a year, ho would smile at the iuformntiou, "Detroit Free lYesa. The Welfare of Children. There is a distinct advance in Intelli gent grownnp interest in child life. Mr. Howells, Mian Larcoui and Edward Everett Hale have all given ne iutermt ing books eiulxHlying their own reuolleo tionn of childhood. Mrs, Dc Land la writing a charming novel whose main interest is in problems of childish psy chology, and Mrs. Burnett promises a similar volume. During the recent meeting of the Association of College Alunime it was evident that one of the most interesting brandies of work taken np by college broil women is systematic and scientific stndy of the development physiologic, psychologic and ethical of very young children. This recogni tion of the interesting pointa of the young human animal is significant. It not only promises better things for the child, but lietter times for his elders Kate Field's Washington. Why Milk l)lfl..rs In Uualltv. Milk is more susceptible to changes from the normal condition than any other food product. The first class of changes haa been brought about by the action of breedors. By many years of attention to breeding for fat production, it is now possible to get milk which may be twice as rich as the normal. On the other hand, , other breeders have paid especiul attention to production of large quantity, even at the expense of quality, until pure milk is sometimes produced having as low as 10 per cent, of solids, when the normal is in per cent. A second set of causes which influence the quality of milk grows out of the ig- norance or carelessness of tiie proilucer or seller. Where the persons held, the exploded idea of tho value of one cow's milk for children anything in the treat ment of the cow which ullecta ita nervous temperament may unlit it for food for very young children. Uncleanliuess or neglect is often a grave source of trouble in the handling of milk, not only on ac count of the possibilities of the addition of visible tilth, but because milk is pe culiarly susceptible to odor, various kinds of bacteria and disease germs. Epidemics of scarlet fever and typhoid fever have been traceable to the milk aupply, unclean cans and other utensils, and particularly to propagating bacteria. Boston Transcript. FROM l!S will IK HIRED ioHt ynu 43 Cents and 10 cents pmUiua. Cntn- jmrfl our 4H ntnlilrt with any you Imvt; tMHJKiit wlmrv you have betsii ll-HflillU- II u H IDT extra full cut, made of WI1.UhuI.ijik "oft-liii- mnvu miiBiin. lias a inrec-niy net on linen bottom, double cuff and collar hnmU, relriforeud front, double. back, uAttjiit con titiimun strip In back npenhig,looks(.uhMwcdtuiiI felled neaniH, Well-fill lulled bllttoll-ltnltw Mini mviIIu It iu shirt made to tit untl wenr, Jt will show you iui jmir imuiuy yuu unil RUl HI HIC rlfcht Dlai'O. Bund Mize of rnllr wm I in i- HprinK Caul mr ne titu 100 patfes of such values. IV SB Kill, I IKK HI rtlUtHH. OLDS i KIIIS, Portland,, Oregon. Looking Better feeling better better way. in every T he re's more consolation in that than well people stop to ponder. To get back flesh and spirits is every thing. Scott's Emulsion of pure Cod Liver Oil With Hypo phosphites is prescribed by lead ing physicians everywhere for ail ments that are causing rapid loss of flesh and vital strength. Scott's Emulsion will do more than to atop a lingering Cough -It fortifies the system AUilKI coughs and colds. Propsrsrl hr SonU . Bowns. M. Y. All dnimkiu. mm THAT THE COST OP RlothhiR la tt'jiulHlml by tlto (pmiitlty ho I it, Nu wo, null inn the InrKcttt Amount, run give tho HKSTftir the 1.KACT MONKY.Hni.il ihmhhI .Mini for rules for Holf'tneaHurt'imuit suit fonlcMcrliittou at Hulta friiiu fH to f 17 te EVERY MAN A. B. Steinbach & Co., One-Priee Clothiers, Oet. Flilt and Mormon, Portlind, Or. It's Just as Easy To grow Choice Flowart as It Is to pa common ones II you SUM RIGHT. Rltht'r nnftrtrthefnllowlnseollfctlrinii Ins fn)B In tUMtif. and your ffttrtcn l" not cuinnlnU' wltlioul thtmi. Tlmy nr nil lietmunil anrl itvOilomtbio nw- frHtuiil tlif plant ant all troi.t. tmaltliy and m( growit, and nmt, uiitat(e fret, lor tbe trlou uanied. THE TIMOTHY H0PK1HS CQLLECTIQH 01 SHEET PUS ComprtiUw tt IHtiinet VarieUnt. A Large Pwiket t)NeuititahJortiMtQt Paektt a tkAo the torn varieti mixed or only to emit. a Rosea tl.00 S'"t 3 Carnations 1.00 "vaistiis ia Pslargonluma il.00 ia Ohryaanthemuma 11.00 Flower or PrrnPKCIiolw Vsrletlaaol Kltlisr vegstible uLCUd (roar owa or our MlaoUoa) ton ONE DOLLAR. SHERWOOD HALL NURSERY CO. I ti, fa, Smut I Da; Sit, - Sin beta, U, PrUNlDER'S. reqqn Blood Purifier -OUHCS- .KIDNEY OLIVER OIBIASfS. DYSPEPSIA. PIMPLEH. blotches ANnSKlM nnrscre I IRtHEADACHO COSTlVCNfSS "German Syrup" Justice of the Pear. Omw Wit. kinson, of Lowville, Murray Co., Minn., makes a deposition concern ine a severe cold. Listen to it. "In the Spring of 1888, through, ex posure 1 contracted a very severe cold that settled on my lungs. This was accompanied by excessive night sweats. One bottle of tlnsrW. German Syrup broke up the cold, nignt sweats, and all and left me in a good, healthy condition. I can give German Syrup my most earnest commendation." a Hi Mr..T.C.Jono8,ot Fulton, Ark.,sttynof fcftjBjJ "Auout ton yearn ago I eon- poison. Loading phyHlciuns preHorilied nuxlioine ntitir niudiniue, which I took wit.hnut. ftnv mllt.r T nlui, tt.in.1 mni. rial aud potush remedioH, with uimuo RHEUMATISM orswf ul results, but which broncht on an attack of nierouri 1 r onmatinm thnt made rny life oiin of agony. After suf ering four years I gave up all remedies and commenced ning 8. 8. 6. After taking several bottler), I was entirely enrnd nnd able to resume work. Is the greutext medicine for iMIsy blood poisoning to-duy ou the market." . Trentls. on Blnnd nliirBkln Duoosm msltal nw- Bwut Snojllrio.Co., Aetata, Ua. HAVE YOU GOT PILES PPOnTNO TTT15B known by tnolititl Ilka (Mraulrailuii.oaiiiolRtAiisHi Itohlit when Wrinn. Tutu' form umt BLIND, UiiEKULNO or 1'UOTii.UDLNO PLUWl YItxn AT O.'H'KTO Ofl. 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