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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1894)
i!i"",wFPirl v r tl S IIBIIII -sv m ii 11 u ei n r m The United States Government reports ROYAL a pure cream of tartar baking powder, highest of all in leavening strength. "The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder of fered to the public." . Late United States lH, P- Q, tt Government Chemist. i ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. CHIPPER CHESTNUTS. "What is the proper way of addressing the admiral of thofieetf" ' Your warship." Tit-Bita. ABiddeford peanut man says his busi ness is "at a standstill." Lewiston Jour . nal. As with others, the "hum of industry" also means work with the Jersey mosquito. Philadelphia Times. "Say, Dick, do you really think Tom Is in love with Fannie" "Well, it looks like it. He goes to church every Sunday." Boston Beacon. A cyclone iaone of those things thatmake a mau feel blew. Binghamton Leader. Facetious Friend If I should ask you to lend me 5, what would happen? Pros pective Victim (tersely Oh, nothing. Tit Bits. , "Civilization is ruining my business," said the museum keeper. "The supply of wild men u getting bo low I hardly know where to look for them." Harper's Bazar. The Debutante (aside) How many verses shall I singf The Professor Bo you want an encore? The Debutante Of course. The Professor One. Boston Budget, v He Wifey, love, I am taking part in a balloon ascent tomorrow, HheI have no objection, love, only don't forget to bring me somet hing nice when you come back, Fiiegende Blatter. First Dear Girl Charley gave me such a lovely stnug of pearls yesterday. It was my birthday, yon know. A pearl for every year. Second Dear Girl Dear me! How awfully expensive! Philadelphia North American. "That remains to be seen," as the boy aid when lie spilled the ink on the table cloth, Loudon Answers. "Humph!" grumbled the clock. "I don't know of any oue who is harder worked than I am 24 hours a day, year in and year out." And then it Btruck. Tit-Bita. Two Stories of I Broban. One day on leaving the stage Augustine Brohan happened to hear two fellow artists discussing a subject which seemed to be ex tremely engrossing On questioning them as to the topic of conversation: "We are speaking of the creation," they aid. "I was not living at that time," she an swered, smiling, and then added, with a very serious face, "you had better ask Mm& Allan about ft" This lady, who was one of her rivals on the stage, was often the object of her jokes. Of course Augustine Brohan had many adversaries at the Comedie Franca is. The nnsparing nature of her wit and her brilliant Buccal aa an artiste were sufficient to give rise to petty quarrels. 6be used tier power of repartee to rid herself of her assailants. On one occasion one of them came to her - and said laughingly, as if she had a joke to tell: "My dear, let me tell you some stupid thing to make you laugh." "You have only to open your mouth," aid Augustine, with an assumption of calm indifference. Chicago Post. - a Where He Worked. The prisoner was before the police judge for the greatmanyth time. "Well," said bis honor, "you hereagainf" "Yes, your honor," responded the pris oner. "What's the charge? "Vagrancy. Same as before, your honor." 1l seems to me yon are here about half your time." ' "A little upward, yjur honor." "Well, what do you doit fort Why don't you work? "I do, your honor, more than half my time." i "A w, now,"bak1.&U honor good natured ly, "if you can tell me truthfully where t you have ever worked, I'll let you off." . .. "At the houseof correction, your honor," ' mi led the prisoner, and the court kept its t word, Detroit Free Press; O 0 0 The Xntlietle heme In Animals. Animals possess iu an appreciable moil ner certain tastes indicating an elemen tary sense of the beautiful. This sense is not present in all animals, and those who do possess it manifest it in different degrees. But it is sufficient to know that its existence can be recognized. Birds are particularly gifted in this manner. They have a taste for bright colors and melodious sounds, and most frequently the male subjugates and fascinates his mate with the beauty of his plumage or the flexibility of bis vocal organs. There are besides other birds who show this esthetic sense in a singular manner. One of these is the bays. He has a passion for brilliant and variegated ob jects, and he has a habit of ornamenting the entrance to his nest, which is built with infinite art and elegance, with a variety of objects, gathered by bits from all quarters, which lutppen to strike his fancy. Among them are brilliantly col ored feathers of other birds, bright bits of shells, bits of staffs, and the bird struts about in the midst of all this witii evident pleasure. Insects also possess a marked eestfaetic sense. They prefer certain colors, and the plants which depend upon them for fertilization enow an entirely differ ent variety of colors from those of plants whose fertilization is affected by means of the wind. Musical sounds also affect different animals in a marked manner. They have their preferences and their antipathies. Review of Reviews. Early American Sculptors. It is worthy of special notice that when Bush began to model in clay not one of the artists who have given celebrity to our native sculpture bad seen the light of day. Frazer was not born until 1790, nor Ezekiel Augur of New Haven until 1791. The latter was originally in the grocery trade, but failing in that took up modeling and wood carving without any guide except his natural instincts; but like the majority of our early sculp tors, with the exception of Bnsh, his ef forts are interesting only as evidence of what talent entirely unobstructed can accomplish. It was not until 1805, long after Cop ley, Weflt, Mulbone, AHaton and Stuart had demonstrated our capacity for pic torial art, that Hiram Powers was born. The same year Horatio Greenough first taw the light of day. In the remote wilds of Kentucky Hart was brought into this world in 1810, and Clevenger, Crawford and Mills followed in 1812, 1818 and 1815. Thus we see that, with out hereditary genius or predecessors from whom to copy, Bnsh achieved his artistic results, and succeeded in win ning for himself a European renown which made him the equal of some of the leading foreign carvers and sculptors of his age, and at the same time well earned the title of "father of American sculpture. " Lippincott's. Virginia' Only Slave. The state of Virginia once owned a slave the only one probably the com- monwealth ever did own. He was known as Ben the Bell Singer of the Universi- ty of Virginia. The university only had $200 left over when it was endowed, and i ,t was BffpMdto buy a newith that amount and keep him as a bell ringer. They bought Ben, and in his time be be came a great character at the university. Be knew everybody and was very useful to everybody. Ben used to get very drunk on the liberal and constant fees he received from students. He died in the Albemarle poorbouseat an advanced age. fiichmoud State. A PEACEFUL NIGHT. A Remedy For SeMicltneu That Worked Like a Charm. "Some people," said an old Rett captain the other tiny, "are afraid of urasicknewi and hesitate to travel by wator because of this fear. A friend of mine came on board the steamer Plymouth the other evening in a very buppy frame of mind. He had been troubled for a long time wtacu off South ampton by a feel i n k of nausea, but now he was positive that be had found a way to avoid It by going to bed as soou as he came on board and remaining there until he ar lived at his destination. "On this occasion he bade me a hurried good uigbt, climbed into his berth and in a few minutes was fast asleep. He slept like a top uutil 7 o'clock the next morning, with never a qualm of mal de mer to disturb his slumbers. lie arose delighted, satisfied that he had at last found a remedy for the disorder which had caused him so much misery. He went down Into the dining room and ate a hearty meal, though some what surprised that so few passengers were stirring. Going on deck with a satisfied look on his face and a toothpick in his mouth, he met me. "Say, old man he exclaimed, that sleeping racket of mine worked like a charm. Never had a touch of it all night.' "1 smiled. ' 'What are you grinning for?' he asked in surprise. ' 'Because,' I answered, 'the Plymouth has been tied to her dock all night. Hlie has not moved a foot. There was something the matter with hor machinery, and we had to transfer the passongers. No one sus pected that a man would go to bed at 6 o'clock, and so you were overlooked in the tnuiafcr." TU-Bita. Interested, IT. -Truth. Felt Better For the Bide. The fuueral was over, and a few Demons! friends were taking dinner with the be- naved widow, "Won't you have some more of the roast kPKftVMh T lw1,. , u back bu given me an appetite." Texas Sittings. Kothlng Surprising. Mm Ekidmore (readinzl Phllisna Faw- tett. who won such great distinction as senior wrangler at Oxford, Is still unmar- tied. . nr. Detroit mr. BKiamore rtowonaex. iwrouf raw Press. EUGENIE. A triple crown, O living Nlowe, Wait thine: rare-set with priceless Rents Unknown tu mlno nr mart the illatlema Of beauty, mutherlioml ami royalty; But with the (lays of empire waned thy bloom O flower of a throne anil hearts a. won. To Pmnuo the hour of destiny befell Ami thou wert left alone beside a tomb. When he, last scion of thfo kindly line, Perished by sword of rutblem Zulu slain. Thy tnnlhor heart could brook no further pain. But refuge sought In the all love divine. Where faith and conaeoratiun walt.to.ee The lifted veil of immortality, Isadore Baker lu SprlflKlletil Homestead. What Chinese Kplourns Eat. A Chinese mandarin litis forwarded the nitron of a gplradid lianqnet given at Peking to the foreign diplomatists., which follows: First came four classic dishes namelv, swallow nests with pipeon eggs, shark fins witli crabs, dog fish with wild ducks, duck unci cauli flower. Then succeed delicocies served in cups placed before each guest, swallow Hints, shark fins, plain morels, vegeta bles, nmshrooms with duck feet, fried purtridge, pigeon in slices. Then there appeared four dishes namely, ham in honey, a puree of pens, vegetables and dogfish: four oido dishes, haricot cheese with bamboo buds (a kind of asparagus), roots of bamboo, chicken, shellfish, four hors d'opiivres in duplicate, ham and chicken, fish and gizzard, pork tniw and vermicelli, dnck and pork outlets. Each guest had also placed before him plates of almonds, pistachio puHte, pears and oranges. Finally the following were the roast and boiled meats: Bucking pig, roast duck, boiled chicken, boiled pork. There was a profusion of Eu ropean and Chinese wines. No opium was Bmoked, for ofiiciaJ China is not yet reconciled to the drug which it owes to the East India company. Asiatic (juar tcrly. Has Its Good I'oliita. In some villages in Japan rubber are tried and convicted by ballot. When ever a robbery is committed the ruler or the hamlet summons the entire male population and requests them to write on a slip of paper the nume of the jier son thev suspect as having committed the crime. The one receiving the largest number of ballotB is declared duly "elected" and is accordingly hanged. This system, like all others, has its peculiar advantages. It insures the punishuieut of somebody for every roblwry commit ted, whereas under the system in vogue in moHt civilized countries in nine coses out of ten no punishment is inflicted on anybody for the crime. Of course they may not "elect" the guilty person, but dispose of some other character equally as bad. There is much in the system to commend it to other nations. Pomona (Cal.) Progress. An Emperor's Strange Faney. Strange fancies have tukon hold of some men regarding the manner in which their bodies were to be disposed of after death and the ceremonies to be obsorved at their funerals. The great Eniperor Charles V had the curious idea of celebrating his own fu neral. Shortly before his death he caused a tomb to be made in the chapel of the monastery of Estremadura, to which be bad retired after his abdication, and on its completion he was carried to it a though dead. Placed in a coffin and ac companied by procession, he was borne along, while chants were sung, prayers said and tears shed. After the solemn farce was over he was left alone in the chapel, where ho rumained a short time before rising out of the coffin. London Tit-Bits. Curling by Electricity. The electric curling iron is very sim ple. The wires conduct the electricity into the little stand into which the tongs are thrust. The latter are made the proper temperature by heat, which is generated by the resistance of the wires to the current The stands are about two inches high and are usually nickel plated, although some of those manu factured by a firm in Berlin are plated with gold and have handsome handles. Is traveling the iron and stands occupy only a very small space in a satchel At tached to the stand is a silk cord, which may be adjusted to an incandescent wire after screwing ol the little globe. New Turk Telegram. Why Fish Should Be Cared For. Migratory fish are hatched and partly matured in fresh water. They feed and grow in the sea, but they are never caught there, so that their protection and preservation should be in the hands of those who are so deeply interested in making them a salable commodity. Be sides all this there must be some consid eration for the sportsman, who without question spends in the neighborhood in which he fishes 10 times as much money as all the fish be catches, if sold, would fetch., -Fishing Gazette. Thre is a tribe in central Africa among whom speakers in publio debates are reauired to stand on one let-while sneakinir and to sneak onlvas Ions- as they can so stand, , ' The 'air we live in is gaseous at and near the sur ace of the globe, but if M. de FouHelle is right at an elevation of a few miles above the ground air is either liquid or solid or both. It has boen calculated that the annual income of the London Hebrews is nearly 6,00t),0OQ, whioh means that they i e H tiineje?char than the Gentiles, m KIDNEY, BlHdder. UrinurT and Lifer PIiomm. Dromv ttrftvul and lit.betei tre aured by HUNT'S REMEDY TMI BEST KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDIOINC HUNT'S REMEDY Cum Bright ' DIhwuw, Retention or Non-retention ol Uriue.r'ttim lu the Buck, Lultu or Btdo. HUNT'S REMEDY Curw intempflranoe, Norvoim IMfletiwt, Genera Debility, Kumule Weaknou ami Kxuuhhm, HUNT'S REMEDY Ouret BtllnuaiieM, Headache, Jnunrtifw. Hour Htomach, DyMiHiiteia. Cuuatlpatlou and Piloe. HUNT'S REMEDY hVT T OtWLKnn thPKI.ln.Tti, liver and Howrlio resiortiiK them to a hoalthy a lion, mid i t KKH when all other niediciiiee lail. Btiiidrodn bare been tavud who have ueea given up to die by Irieudi and phyi.ti.ani, Mt.l BV AIX IIHIIUUIMTN. August Flower" " For two years I suffered terribly with stomach trouble, and was for all that time under treatment by t physician. He finally, after trying everything, said my stomach was worn out, and that I would have to cease eating solid food. On the rec ommendation of a friend I procured bottle of August Flower. Itseem ed to do me good at once. I gained strength and flesh rapidly. I feel now like a new man, and consider that August Flower has cured me." Jas. . Dederick, Saugerties, N. 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