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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1893)
X A PANSY. tj ' A Httl lew, titled mint oM, With ptirplR twoa ntul . buAii of gold, - (' Wrftpia lu karchW wblt m show, , ) t 4 MtxMt today ' ' All withered away ' Wbcfe I placed tt for knuplng yean ago. A torr llvwt in this tannyl dam, '. A story patlifltla with youthful trait, . And 1 woalrt I maid Uv It over again, For It Hpaaka lo ma Out of memory i Of a km that waaawaet, bat waial In wtm. The paney hiw raded, ae did my dream la Uw yearit tliat have ptuwod, and yet I eeaia, , ) Tnroutfh all of life bunylng din, .( To have kept It ifraoa :- In the HI my leoe ! i!. Of the kerchief I wrapNl It in. ; " " -ftric (Jam 1 1 in .W urleana PloayaM, 'TDID BOTII 0 VEREEAR IT? It wu nearly service time on Snndsv morning, and ths chnrcl) bells wen oII-J mg weir cueery welcome on tne Irony ait. Pious souls, clad in fori and vel TetWdotbrprnaof,:modern purplt and fine linen, were hurrying toreach. the scenes of their devotions' " Foster Millard wu not a piou souL and he did najijijryj HftjiaU ncftaure that he waa' going to chnrch at all, and he aauulaied- leiaui'ely alung. Willi Mr hand, in nil overcoat pockety and Jut big collar turned' high1'' arctind hia throat r ' IF What a wortf it jf aa. to be tare, and what srfool but, ,'paawl that waa all over new,apd,he m glad of it ' . At thia moment he became aware of a alight figure enveloped in Xur coming down the cross-street, and tbey met at the corner. Bbe held out ber hand with gesture that bespoke embarrassment and nnoertaintj And he took it gravely. "1 believe." he aaid, "it i quite a year mce I aaw yon last Edith." ,'jifllarj ttl4 an Joiifefl)ier Z beffl walk "And i believe," beoontinued. ";that am very glad to see yon." - - - Mn Arnold-was silent m (big point; " Y era might, perhaps, aay as innctt."" anggeeted Millard, ...... ,i'l i.-:" "Are yon going to church?" asked Miai Arnold. . "Well, 1 don't know, that ia, I will go if yon take nie with you." 1 Miaa Arnold beaitated a moment 1 "Why, of connie, if yon like.'sbe said. ' Why abonldnt he like, wondered Mil lard. A pretty girl, good mnaic and Iota of people? What difference did it make that once stuff' He had forgotten all that, and of conn abe bad. , '"Have yon heard the new rector?" in quired Miaa Arnold, evidently with an attempt at conversation. ! "No," aaid Millard "1 have not been there. I am a heathen Yon are a mis sionary. Perhaps 1 am an angel un awares though." . . -Miaa Arnold langbed. - ' '-'' "That'a a trifle mixed, Isnt itT aha aaid. "Well, perliapa,' admitted Millard. Tm not np in that aort of thing. ' I "Bnt yoa used to go to church?1 ' - "Yea, 1 did when yoa took me, I have degenerated. If yonr theology ad mitt of backsliding;, 1 have baclouided. 1 am now distinctly a heathen." ' : Miaa Arnold laughed again. "On the contrary. 1 think yon nave improved." abe Baid . , "Ahr aaid Millard.' with faint ear caam, "1 really waa not looking for a oompliment." They reached tbechurch and theaaher bowed them to a mat Miaa Arnold kneeled on the cushion and leaned her head on her little prayer book againat the pew in front . Millard watched her ailently, aa he had done ao many timea before. Bbe made a pretty picture dainty, fur wrapped and devout, and the hand that held the prayer book waa very atnall indeed. One little lock of hair had aquiruwd away from restrain ing hairpina and waa curling prettily sou her pink ear, lie telt a curiona de sire toput it in place, and then ha be came oonseiouii of Juki, voices speaking behind him in not inaudible whiapera . "lan't that Kuater UiUard wit dith Arnold in front of us?" aaked aomebody, "Why, aure enough tt ia(" g&ld aome body else. "I thought ah jilted bus a year ago." ' V l" ' ' , " ' ii Hoah. be'Will hear yon I" (' l!l ' , "Tbey must bwve made it np : ; Queer, hntitr ; . ; , The choir began to sing again, and the people all -Millard heard no more. Edith held ber prayer book np to him, and they rend the response out of it Like those flashes of previous exiatenoe that the philosophers talk about, it all came back to bnue-in tangible, indefinil, and yet familiar., ;' floy oftefl;h bad heard that Binootu, fall Voioa, ,rtdmg the same old, sweet words of the Episco-. pal service. He seemed to take up the thread of life a year back, as if the year just paaaed had been a dream from which be was now awakening.'- - ?r ! The Te Ueum waa orer and they sat down again. Presently the two women behind began to whisper again. " Edith was intent upon the aervioe. I "Pretty bounet abe baa," aaid one. I "A trifle too high, 1 think.! They aay die threw Howard Uale over too. I don't aes what those men find in ber. Bhe is perfect flirt I "For that reason probably they like bar." 1 "1 suppose Mr. Millard took it too easily, and ' want to dangle una again." ' ' K,i ;i:"' t, "Dangle bimr; ; ',),.:'. r ivtijAAJuw uiaaKeep nun around aaoanuse tuuv." i ii:; Tluahl;., Pa Mti6 be hnrd yoa" "a)&JI-ik,kJt arttaV 1 bei-a good warning to him, anyway. S? ;'. ''il.fi Millard moved uneasily, 7ft the whis pers broke off anddenly. lie wondered if Edith had heard them. Heglanoed at ber, and abe looked so unoonacloua that be concluded she had not The rector had commenced bli sermon, and ahe was giving close attention. Millard listened awhile, but It did not interest him, He seemed to hart heard the same sermon a thousand times, and his thoughts wandered away into other channels. Tbey went back to the days when he had tan wont to read the re sponses out of Edith Arnold's prayer book, and then he thought of the two women be had heard discussing his case. He, looked at Edith surreptitiously as she sat there listening ao intently to the aermon, and he thought aha did not look like a girl who would care to "dangle" any. one,,. a kneyi, he,;migb be mis taken, for he did not claim to know women. I 'Mo ' man J does who has once thought he did. But certainly she did not, look like a girl of that sort He lajftWattehaJatrteti lsBemed so to him, even at the last. Bnt then who could teHTPerbapa she 6uU ulta ioaaagle" him, aa $Jiey.ca.Ued:it. ' 'Be wtMdWed if he would care, and concluded that he would xcat it might even be pleasant Something sntogested m iwui umi ur iuiiii teb dot trjguuu UB favdred' the suggestion M - They rose to sing tBe lastaytan. and then knelt a moment while the rector prayed.- The organist played a low, solemn recessional and the people began to me out " They passed the choir gallery as they went, and the tenor was helping the alto to pnt on her fnrs. "See," aaid the alto, "there ia Edith Arnold, with Mr. Millard in her train Spain. 1 Tbej- tntist halve ulafie nii; iYia're not looking at all." " VJ "1 have something better to look at." said the tetiur ' -J ' - "Oh" said. the afto, and theB atopped. Millard turned his collar up again when tbey reached the door. "Not a long service " he said, for want of anything better to say. "No, said Miss Arnold absently. "Did yon like the sermon." "Well, I don't know. 1 didn't hear much of it lorgot to listen." . "OW aaid Miss Arnold, very much as the alto had said it a moment before. 1 think the soprano would do better if she would leave out some of those trills and quirls." suggested Millard. "Do your said Mias Arnold. ,i"l don't know. I'm afraid I was not listening." "Ohl" aaid Millard. "1 don't think 1 meant that exactly," aid Edith, ,"Meant what" "What you thought when 1 aaid I was not listening." i .'.if. "1 bad no idea you did." -They walked along awhile without saying anything. "Edith." said Millard at length, "did yen hear what those women behind us were suymg during the servicer Edith looked up seriously innocent "What women?" she asked. , "U the pew behind us." ;1 waa listening to the service," re plied Miss Arnold with dignity. "Except when the soprano Bang.' commented Millard. " ' Presently they reached Miss Arnold's home, and he opened the little iron gate for. her ' "You bad better come in and see mamma." ahe aaid. "Well, perhaps I had," aaid Millard. He wondered if be waa beginning to be "dangled." Mrs, Arnold and the little sister looked a trifle surprised aa the two entered, bnt each received tiiui cordially in ber own way Little sister slipped ber hand into his and gave it a comfortingaqueeae. That was her method. They were alone when she did it. for Edith went to take d8 her wraps and Mrs Arnold went (omewbere after a few words with Mil lard. The latter reflected that he had come in to sue uiamma, but he did not say anything -"Art' yoo Kdd Edith spoons againr .aelted little aister. Millard laughed 'helplessly and won dered what to Say ) J Little sinter relieved the situation. , , , I . - "Because," she continued, without waiting for a reply, "because if you are, 1 am glad. 1 don't like the others near ao well as I do you." "Don't your I'm so glad." "Are you, reallyr Say, will you keep till if 1 tell you something?" "Like the grave," said Millard. ' 'fAfld never ,tU any one 1 told youP .''Nyer,' 'iv.?,1 WHot even Kditnr "Mot even ' Edith," said Millard sol emnly. ;' vty' ..'Well, .then,' said little aister, 'Til tell you. Edith's last beau doesn't come here any more, .and i guess aha wants another' one.". "Oh," said Millard. "Yes, and 1 thought perhaps if yon knew you would ooine soma more. 1 do wish you would. - You, don't snub tne like the rest "What on earth are you two talking about?" aaked Edith, coming into the room at this point "Don't you tell." whispered little sis ter. "Of course not," aaij Millard gravely. . "We were talking about the weather," he continued to Edith. "Your sister says it la not as cold as it was." " 1 Little sister slid out of the room. "That was an awful fib," she said to Millard as ahe went out , A : couple of hours later Edith lifted her head from Millard's shoulder and looked np at him a trifle uncertainly, "Foster,' she aaid. "did you hear what those odious women behind na were saying during servicer '' 11 "1 did, but yun will remember that you did not , You were attending to the ervice, ,.,, . ... ,, :. .,. "Hushl I am in earnest, Fosterl" ' .'"Wbatlsit?' " '" "What did 'my sister kay to you in here?" - ' " '',' ' :' ' i promised hot to tell.'1 -l: '' . "Never mind, then. Did yon : believe those womeo'i am i -.i'ilii-.! '',"NoEdith." ,,, ', .,.,,., , , "Did jjon believe, what, mjf. sister., told yonf1 ' ' " ''Partly.""Klot as she meant" ''' "' 'You are a good boy. ' t shonld hate believed them if I had 'been iti: yriiir qp4ee,r(!.:' o '.ii .fn'i .'v.. ii "WhyT-,-.'! '!!.' ic .!tmill;i :i :: , 'Becauaa,? said Edith slowly,, OSw aiie. 1am iiotaniaa.;"-J,. T,lewcomb .lostonoiob.;., ,n .., :v;,; Carlyla and Soma Toung Man. . When we think of bores we are tempt ed to wish thattlinen had something of Carlyle'sj-cfirjtaesa. The mighty Thomas wasijgljlood day" to a veryccmceiU-i 'ouh man who had fa vored him witfwpi'sVrinon on things in general. Hsu politely to tut door, and then Jfs "Well, Mr. 4a!K. ''olived ye for the sake of your faffeK ' 3?Bw goodby: and 1 earnestly tfopaJl'tjlfAever see ye againr JVjjX On anoiW5t5Xuf)yle looked in a passionless way at a visitor who had Wei;hol ding forth for ever ao, long, .and "Man, but ye re a puir creeturer The , anecdote, recalls one ,of a cobbler who once got rid of a tiresome caller by putting! his hands ion', his lapstoae'and peneipely Hazing at the. talking nuisance. Finally he saidi t'l tappos udivV ttheyl telli.yoiiltha't God made you?" f . The terrible rnsinnation was too much for the bore, and he fled;, utterly routed Irish Times.' CarlMltles About rtvaas. Of all edible pods, it is believed that the bean has been the longest known and most widely cultivated. It was used as food by the ancient Jews and considered sacred by the Greeks and Ro mans. A temple dedicated to Kyanetes, the god of beans, formerly stood on the sacred road near Eleusia. Kyanetes was called the god of beans because he was the first to cultivate them for foort The bean feast, which the Athenians cele brated in honor of Apollo, waa charac terized by the excessive use of beans. The 'Egyptians, contrary to .the na tions above mentioned, considered beans unclean, and would not venture to touch them. Pythairoraaadnionished his schol ars, "Abstain from beans." The natives of Egypt and most all oriental nations look upon the black speck on the wings of the bean flower aa the written char acters of death. St Louis .Republic. North, tin NltraM King. Colonel North, the nitrate king, has a daughter Emma, to whom he gave 500,- 000 and told ber to marry whom she liked. All the young sparks in Chili used to laugh about ber, but she will probably end by being at least a duch ess. He has one son., Harry, or, as he used to be called when 1 knew him, '"Arry." He was then a small boy go ing home to school, and on landing at Montevideo came off with a box of com mon grass as a curiosity to take to Eng land. He bad never seen a blade of grass at Iqnique, where nothing grows, and the boy could not understand our laughter at his greenness. North gave Harry $50,000 on his twenty-first birth day, and told him to have a "jolly spree." 1 believe Harry is now in the army. Sao Francisco Letter. : Sate and Dangerous Railroads. With the exception of the Chinese rail ways, with their prejudiced crated wrecking mobs, the unsafest roads in the world are those of Spain, whose landslides and inundations wreck a train every few weeks, not to mention the risk from bandits and insurgents. The safest are those of northern Germany and England. Statistics prove that in 1886 and 1890 only three out of 63.000,000 North Ger man passengers lost their lives by causes which could in any way be ascribed to the neglect of precautious on the part of the railway officials. In Great Britain during the same period the ratio waa one fatal accident to 19,000,000 safe trips. In America three out of ten fatal casualties can be traced to the disad vantages of the one track system. New York Telegram. A Bad Bluudw, "Visitor (in jail, to prisoner) What art youherefor? , Prisoner For stealing. Visitor What,did you steal? i-J Prisoner 1 stole a girl's affections." Visitor Well, that is no infraction of the law. Prisoner Hem; I carried 'em off with her father's horse and buggy. New York Epoch. WHERE SHE SOMETIMES: FAILS, In tbs Domain of Woman Man Vnry Fro- qunntly Bxnnls, as la Shown1 'Hero. ;' Of course, It is rank heresy' to men tion it, but does' It ever occur to the advanced woman that, while aa yet she has failed to demonstrate her su perior ability In any of the 1 professions or industries of man's province, when ever the man Invades ber domain be invariably excels her in skill and suc cess! : The woman doctor takes second place to the man, yet the, mart cook is the greater, the better paid, the more lucceasful than the woman, ,.,,', The greatest lawyer Is the worli is not a woman, but the greatest milliner is a man and the most famous, , dress maker Is also a niaii,',!, The fest, tailors for women are men, the greatest de signers of house' ' iedoration, ercliiteo tur&arid furnishings' are : nieii,' and lie best houfcekeepers'are men'.'1'1 ,' '" '" !l Of 'courne tlie Women Mil rise np 'lb their" wrath, but Jrou ak arly marl w)io lives ftt a firtt fcla'eiiib;'-nmnagwi eri tlrely by imeui'lf he cn ifiave'the' same oomfortj -the same eiceHerics' of cook ing and variety of menu, thHnsame alb soence of (notion:! and annoyances for the same aipuotnpti money;: provided v7 ;tl (aot tl(ougitfu), (painstaking Trirrottawr4.il m m Imw ' ifft a"V,i'10eni3Id,l!(f ftiH'afl Ift.ftv lowed ,tp(1ove jdominipn over;his ,pwp )ic)ar.apartpeiitI(if .heMerejsbjs Own mibiaserj tastft in jurnisjung a)d mat the loan s room Ts the ; favorite place In tie'Jrroiise, aii'd hat rarely is the man permitted to enjoy in it peace ful leeelualon. IWlryi' ''..Hill .'!.... ''Because, it la. ifUI'W'colbrirlg'aiia has ino i igtaring'contrests'bf Uili. '"Tile chairs. :are i ROinfortablei when yotf tiW ih thsto1 and aren't:, donuiup with' vrtta tious .sashes. nTlianMglits are aarranged aq, yftUuCantseeitoread priwriteiifj yoh like, aridiareipot so buried: In Irills.and UfSWtffij and p-ou, f rou that, their: orig inal purpose is loal, There, are we(. come snace effects in the .njap's roouiTr! happy, "contrast, 'wtb.he cluttere, crowded coniiiision p..tjh.e woman's room:'' ' ' '' ' " Things are exactly where you can put your , bands .on them when you want them without any forethought. Nothing ia in the way of. something else. There are no knickknacks to fall down, no traps to.trip your feet, Every thing , baa purpose. The pictures are hung where you can see them and are worth looking at. The books are where you can reach them and are books you want to read. . i The bits of bric-a-brac have a pur pose as well as a history. The whole Idea of the man's room is in a word comfort. Of the woman's room the idea is effect. In searching after his ideal the man frequently attains the woman's ideal as well. The woman often misses both in striving after the one of lesser iniportance.New York Sun. . What tlie Mlnltr Said. It is a tribute to the basis of real dig nity that there is in the American girl's character that a well bred foreigner will take simply as they are meant the constant surprises she affords him in the way of daring escapades, any one of which would at : once destroy his re spect for one of his own unmarried countrywomen. A transatlantic mar riage which was started by a practical joke was that of the young minister from , who asked liis lively neighbor at dinner how he should make his adieux to his hostess, as she did not speak French and his own knowledge of English was of the slightest. Quite seriously she taught him to say, "Golly, Mrs. A., I have had a bully time;" and be repeated the absurd and dreadful little speech with great distinctness to bis hostess, who at ouce detected the source of the poor man's blunder and naturally greatly resented it. M. de F., however, had a sense of humor and, for from harboring a grudge against the impertinent young lady, was greatly amused by her audacity, and thus lu this instance began the "wooing o'n't." New York Tribune. KoKulnra Off Duty. . , i'l want to show yoH,theieffect of con. atant training," said a local military en thusiast. We were standing on Whitehall street. "You see those two regulars from Mo Pherson barracks coming this way," said he, pointing toward two private soldiers from, the .barrack. They were walking TSfjr Jsplidly, fciijt (wi$ as' karif p is though on dress parade. "Now watch them, 1 will give a com mand as they come up and I'll bet a cigar tbey instinctively obey it" "It's a bet." , . Just as they passed ua my companion, in a deep, commanding voice aaid: "Fours left; march I" Asquick as a flash the regulars wheeled to the curbstone.. . Then they caught themselves, looked around, smiled and went on. Atlanta Constitution. One of the south' most successful evangelists is William Evander Penn, who has just finished a great revival in Mississippi. He is a man of sixty-three, and has been constantly preaching day and night for sixteen yean. " HE SEEMS TO MAKE IT PAY. Thn "Iilsalit" Is What a Plunder la a "Nw Calling", Styles HlmMlr. The day of the eccentric man has been long delayed, but It seems to have overtaken ua at last. . If til signs of vents count, the ''crank,1', the man with ideas, the odd chap are to get a little nearer to lifo's figurative clover field hereafter than, they are , at pres- V,-'.' .',, ; In a neatly furnished room on the ilrst floor of a quiet hotel, up town a nervous,' diffident young man, halt burled In papers and books, was found, who makes a very good, salary by the rather odd 'occupation' o!f , originating ideas." Sedoes'iiotilihg etscj nor has he for niore tlla'A a'year, antf ' has been dnririg' that tiiB VatliiV well cbinperi snted for the ideus He lias sold in fact he has no notion of ever1' abandoning the work oiTaccblilit oITtsnioney side. He is hew to New1 York1, Waving been a, Chicagoatf Until qttife recehfly1.''' He is cGemian-Yankee.'iwitU a"very pnyi aonnced nervous: Iteuiperamerit and Of queer history, liabirs imd notions.:1: He Was, as an eridnrfce tils OrHglnality; . married at, eighteen to a young lady who waa -armost-Tur-utter stranger tohim,.;undeiiK)iiite' roiiiantlo circum stances. ASfhen aceiu the Mideast" was sticipiUrfig yerj;e!erly thc arrlyal in New prk;of hisilittlefamily-fliife an4 , lpee-year;o)d girij if itheriof ' whota , .Tidi. wWW,ilf SlftTiito;004. were it not.a )iiimoppacBjthing.to do, ' ''I plan to remain in New York, at , least a year," he explainer! "X have contracted to devota,my wpj)fl time for that period to' thinking torran'd making estions to one ' of your greatest ou'ses! Ii; is i nidrk of' nniir- age MfBttHhager1,' to doclu'de luat thd firm aJi afford to 'pay S2,(jf)t) a yeaf'for the privilege of'' fiai'fri'g1 ailodtf -soW df fellbw ' )ti the- alert! (constantly ' to see' uncommonplace phiaseU 'of' the' business,' r to scheme and plan newTeatures of it, to look'Sfkifroui bdd standpoints' and . to think of it in! tlie attitude of ah idea maker. (Yet that is ijust what 'la shrewcT businessi.wan : ham concluded for1 his Ann hi my case, and it emphasizes the trend ofallonrsivilization-towardthe' , this-ope-thing-lKlo' meq;1' m -..i "Is this calling of jthe I'ldeaist' serr numerously represented - as yet in New York?' .,. . ;,, ., ;,.,,.: ' "I think not-indeed, there are few who depend entirely upon their ideas for a living. We have a number of bright men, artists, designers, advertis ing solicitors, writers, etc., who make a very good tiling of selling their ideas, as a side issue, to whomsoever tbey seem to fit." m i !'! :n,i. .in : "What pay, for example; can these people command for a good ideaf -.; "Ii it is anidea for advertising some thing in an original -way, the gay.. will, vary frmu ,ne dollar tp.fftlOO asingle,, idea. A bright man may think of twenty excellent ideas in a day, and then fail to strike one $ood ope in. twenty days, it being largely a matter of mood. Soma call it inspiration, but it is hard to com-, mercialize 'juspiratjon,' or " 'mood,', either, for that matter. At times when I have particularly wished to batch a good Idea at an opportune time;' or when the' pursestrings have begun to: desuetudlze, and need to again rehearse their parts in the social swish, the mood has utterly failed me, and all the fret ting and worrying I am so magnificent- ly capable of have failed to have their effect upon this elusive mood quality.": "What would you advise a man to do with an idea if he gets one a man, nopversed in marketing such, tilings, to advantage?". . , ,,.,, ,.,.,.,( "If, a boy or girl or iuan,oi; ,wpman ever catches an Idea tiiatj seems gooq for some special tiling ! would advise him or her to develop (t tiling of a special fitness it may have to some business, and then briefly write' of it to auch business house, usually leaving , the matter of compeiisiition to file cus tomer, iti this manner1 a' sale will eventually be sure, if the Idei la'realljr novel and good,1 and Instead of airing tlie scheme for guying friends and then forgetting all about it and earning the reputation df a dreamer or crauk,. the idea maker can earn a good purse of aide money.'VNew York World. ,: , How to Ifio Aiaaranaa, . There if just one thing in tlie latter part of this , Nineteenth, cenjuty tal never fails, to .bring. success,, and that, is , assurance. If you, desire tp luake, yourself : kupwni. tipi't gj,,ia the. trouble of doing good work. Just buy a trumpet and blow a blast to shake the stars." The time lias1 gone' by tor quiet,"nnpretcntioii8 adherence' to flnty' to inake 'any' show. "The louder you are,' the more blatant and1 vociferous, the sooner you "attain the goal of achievement, if It 1 notoriety' yoa are nfior. '' Hut" if you still have a honger ia'yourmml forithe appMval of: youi' : oWn conscience i and ; the i icuiUH mendation of that high and holy one; who some future day shall bid yon enter Into the reward laid by for the faithful, and the pure, and the tender hearted, just go on hi the quiet way you have chosen and let your trumpet lie un heeded on the shelf. Chicago Herald.