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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1894)
Lebanon Eipress. METEMPSYCHOSIS. HI were a poor little tippet mink, I think Chat of all kind fates il worjU asrc the bast To rest Boud U slender white throw of eweetltarla, Ah,mel I would bead euaaiaxlf to bar will I'ntU She'd tew tur cheek tenderly down on ma. Marie, TouVt waste each Joy on a poor UtUe mink, I think. -M. D. Hatch In Kew Tork Bra. Trudall'e Imagination. This Instructive imagination for we are not concerned with mere reminis cent imagination here resulting in the creations of the poet and there in the dis coveries of the man of science, is the highest of hnman faculties. With tfaiB faculty Professor Tyndall was largely endowed. In common with iraccesrful investigaton in general, he displayed it in fanning trne conceptions of physical processes previously misinterpreted or minterpreted, and again in conceiting modes by which the actual relations of the phenomena could be demonstrated, and again in devising fit appliances to this end. Bat to a much greater extent than usual he displayed constructive imagination in other fields. Be was an excellent expositor, and good exposition implies much construct ive imagination. A prerequisite is the forming of trne ideas of the mental states of these who are to be taught, and a further prerequisite is the imagin ing of methods by which, beginning with conceptions they possess,, there may be built up in their minds the con ceptions they do not possess. Of con structive imagination as displayed in this sphere men at large appear to be almost devoid, as witness the absurd ystems of teaching which in past times, and in large measure at present, have stupefied and still stupefy children by presenting abstract ideas before they have any concrete ideas from which they can be drawn. Whether as lec turer or writer, Professor Tyndall care fully avoided this vicious practice. Herbert Spencer in McCl ore's Mags tine. fineokeleas Fireplaces. Keit to the man who invented or dis covered fire, the greatest benefactor of the human race will be the man who abolishes smoke. Nothing else will so change the conditions of life in our great Cities. Without saying that this result is already at hand, a great step to ward it is made by the new invention in fireplaces. By this system s fire caa undoubtedly be produced without smoke, and though at present a special fireplace most be employed for the pur pose xosre is no reason wnv every one who henceforth fits np a kitchen range or a furnace shonld not have a smoke less one. I expect to see the time when every householder as well as every man ufacturer will be compelled to consume bis own smoke. In the meantime, how ever, there is the strongest inducement, short of compulsion, far doing so, far the system, like all which are based on perfecting the combustion of the fuel, gives a largely increased heat far a re duced consumption of coal. London Truth. Oar Language. The little leaflet called "Our Lan guage" is still engaged in promoting the reform of spelling. Its scheme of a "digraf alfaabet" is very well illus trated in the following extract: Bai a fonerjk alfaabet a chaild mei bii toat dhi aart ov riiding notfinuen tli, but wel boetb in fonetick and in oardineiri rooks, in thrii months, ai oftn is twenti anrz ov thuroe instrnk shun a taask hwich is raerli akom plisht in thrii yiirz ov toil bai dhi oeld alfabet Hwot faadbuar oar tiichner wil nit gladli heil and narnestli wo ark foar dhis greit boun tno edyoukeishnn dbis paurfuo! maaehiin foar dhi di fiuzhnn ov nolej? Dhis paraagraf kon teiiis oal dhi saondz in dhi Inggliah 1 mn rrfrn oi i KTaw Vnrk Tnhnnii Plaokj Mr. Bishop. lira. Isabella Bird Bishop, the dis tinguished traveler who has started upon another journey, although sbe is now 00 years old, is at present crossing this country on her way to Vancouver, whence she is to sail for Japan. Wheth er she goes farther will depend upon her health. She owns a pretty cottage in Scotland, and there she spent last summer and autumn in thoroughly mas tering the technique of photography in preparation for her journey. She will now be able to illustrate her own books. Woman and Home. A Decided Disadvantage. Teacher Now do you see the differ ence between animal instinct and hu man reason? Bright Boy Yes'm. If we had in stinct, we'd know everything we need ed to without learning it, but we've got reason and have to study ourselves mos' blind or be a fool. Good News. A single match requires from one two hnndredths to one one-hundredth of a grain of phosphorus for its production, yet the consumption of matches is so large that it is estimated that the total of 1,200 tons is less than the amount consumed in Europe in their manufac ture. ' The title colonel comes from the word almost the same in several languages, signifying a column. The colonel was so called because be led or commanded the column. With the exception of tbe Indians two tsngnagee furnish tbe keys to mission . y work in South America Portuguese t . Mazil and Spanish to all the other republics, As lea per the kangaroo is ahead of full. It readily jumps from 60 to 70 feet A horse has jumped 87 fast and "THEM WAS HIS SENTIMENTS." . ! and the Old tTnrecanstrueteu Confederate I Took Fains to Blake Theat Known. Very many of the early settlers of ( Hontr.na were natives of Missouri, Ken ! tucky, Arkansas and the border states i of the war. They eauie by tits Missouri river to Fort Benton or by coach from : Omaha and for many years were in the majority at elections, when they held ! the flag of Democracy to the musthead. The result of this immigration was a ' strong sentiment for the confederacy in the early days, and in Irl when Gen eral Phil Sheridan and sttiif mado an official visit to the northwestern posts, the sentiment had not disappeared. Helena, Hon., was just emorgitig from the garb of a mining ccmp, but a few 1 enterprising .citizens with ei-Govcrnor i fiauser at the head determined to give a fitting reception to the visitors. A delegation met Sheridan and his party in a stagecoach several miles from the town and escorted them to the leading hotel. On the following afternoon a banquet was given in the First National bank, located then in the present gam bling district The menu consisted mostly of canned goods, jack rabbit meat and fresh game, because the town was remote from civ ilization. There was, however, plenty of champagne, since that wine is usu ally found in mining camps even when nothing in the way of food is left but flour. The gathering was very demo cratic. Everybody in town was invited to see "Little FhiV though there wns much grumbling among the unrecon structed Confederates over the display made for a Cnion general. There were lawyers and mining camp 'politicians mingled with gamblers, miners and ex road agents, many of whom wore six shooters at their belts. Among them was one old time Confederate soldier, who had turned bis talents from the chivalry of war to dealing "bank." fie was restless and uncomfortable during the feast, and when the toasts began this restlessness increased. His face darkened and his eyes flamed with an ger as various toasts were given to the Cnited States, the president of the United States and the army of the United States, Finally he conld stand it no longer. Be arose with a wineglasB in one hand and a six shooter in the other, and in a voice hoarse with rage shouted: "Here b to ail mankind, so that no d d fool will be overlooked." With that be dashed the wineglass on the floor and emptied the six shooter into the ceiling so that the room was filled with smoke. The guests reached for their revolvers, but the gambler, with a look of contempt, returned bis "gun" to his pocket and walked oat General Sheridan afterward said that it was one of the most dramatic and suggestive scenes in all his experience. New York Sun. The 9an Who Tired Carlyle. There is a story of Carlvle in his old age having taken the following fare well in bis broadest Scotch of a young friend who had had him in charge for walks, and woo while almost alwayB adapting himself to Carlyle's mood bad on a single occasion ventured to dis agree with him, "I would have yon to know, young man, that yon have the capacity of being the greatest bore in Christepdom." The boredom bad con sisted solely in the rather negative sip of not having been convinced of the truth of one of Carlyle's dogmas, a sin all the more heinons because, instead of standing baldly np to Carlvle and de claring his doctrine utterly perverse, the companion had betrayed his weak ness by an apologetic tone. Now, Carlvle liked disciples, and he respected antagonists, but he could not endnre being merely thwarted without being thoroughly roused, fie felt in that case that he bad made no impres sion at all on his interlocutor? that be had neither won bim nor excited him to resistance. And nothing bored bim so mncb as that. Of course it is only exceptionally despotic minds that are bored in this way. London Spectator. A Clever Girl's Trick. Some of the enormous bunches of vio- lets on the corsage of the Lenten girl will bear studying. Sbe has learned a trick or two which preserve appear ances and shillings at the same time. The artificial violets are a wonderful imitation of the real ones. It takes more than a passing glance to detect the difference between them ; but, as made moiselle well knows, there is so counter feiting the freeb delicate perfume of the real flower. So the clever creature buys every day a 10 cent bunch of nature's production, which she judiciously in terspeises through a large cluster of the handiwork of art. The little leaven of fragrance is sufficient, and by tbiu sim ple and ingenious means is secured a maximum of effect at a minimum of ex penditure. fier Point of View in New York Times. An International Women's Congress. The Hjn. Ettore Socci, a member of tbe Italian parliament, through the pages of The Humanitarian asks it it wonld not be possible to hold an interna tional woman's congress in Borne in 1895 in order to give prominence to the "men's movement, which is spreading its ramifications throughout the world. Be is an ardent advocate of the move-: , merit. The emancipation and higher ' education of women, he declares, would i not destroy in her the feeling of viie and mother, and still less would i': . dermine family life. A Sympathetic Burglar, j " A Marshall county (Ala.) man (An.-.: ered a burglar in his room onenigii:. fie watcbed tbe man ransack eveiy drawer and trunk in the house, know ing that be wonld find nothing, Then, when tbe disnpjiointtd burglar wes about to depart, be called to bim and asked bim to lend bim a dollar. Tbe bnrglar, though taken by surprise, threw him a dollar and left the hones. Philadelphia iyedgur. HUMAN DEFECTIVES. Methods of Treatment guggeetsd For Cer tain Classes of Public Dr-pendente. Dr. James W. Walk, in a lecture on "Defectives" before the University of Pennsylvania, defined the detectives as those UKuniiere of society having serious mental or physical defects, either con genital or acquired. This group com prised six cittsses first, the blind; sec ond, the deaf mutes; third, insane; fourth, the tcshle minded, ur idiots; fifth, the inebriates where drunken ness has become a disease and sixth, the epileptics. Dr. Walk took up each of these class es and stated what he believed to be the best way to deal with them. Of the blind and di.tf he said: "Blind, deaf and feeble iniuded children have as much claim to an education as others, and since their defects prevent them bem receiving it in the ordinary pufalio schools it is only just that they should be instructed in schools especially adapt ed to their condition. Such schools are also a most economical investment of public money, for by means of the train ing they give tho great majority of the blind and deaf mutes become self sup porting in adult lite. "To fit blind children for self support it is necessary that their discipline while at school should be rigid, so ss to impart thoroughneaj in the practice of the few industries, such as weaving and music, which are Open to them. The managers of the best schools for the blind now insist upon this rigid train ing, and in this way sometimes incur unpopularity among those who do not understand their leal motivo. "For those of the adult blind who cannot maintain themselves in open competition with normal workmen there should be founded in each state industrial homes where they may reside and labor, the deficiency in their earn ing being snpplied by benevolence. Where such homes are well condncted they are nearly self supporting. "Under the stimulus uf the popular interest excited by the eloquent ad dresses of the great philanthropist, Doro thea Dix, Pennsylvania many yours ago undertook to make adequate provision for the insane at public expense. The first institution tor their care in the commonwealth was the insane depart ment of the old Pennsvlvania hospital. We have now many aaylunis for these people, but not enough yet to accommo date them all. Asylums should be so regulated that the inmates can work and be self supporting. ' Dr. . Walk thought that idiots, or the feeble minded, should not be permitted to marry. Of epileptics he thought the same, as their defects are hereditary. Inebriates should be confined for a long period, during which tbey would be forced to abstain totally. This treat ment, he said, results often in perma nent cure. Philadelphia Press. The Man In the Moon. According to Pratorius, the man in the moon is the Patriarch Isaac, carry ing tbe bundle of sticks which were to be lighted to sacrifice his own body on the mountain top. Dante believes him to be Cam, carrying a bundle of thorns, the meanest offering bis lands uffurded, as a present to God. In Iceland the peo ple claim that tbey can see the face of Adam in the moon and that of Eve in the sun. Among tbe Frieburgers there is a superstition which says that the maras and spots on the moon's face are the outlines of the traitor, Jndas Iscar iot, holding his hand over hiB face while sneezing just prior to hanging himself. This last belief accords with the old Frankieh legend, which says that there was no spot on Luna's bright lace until after the time of the crucifixion of Christ. Still another story tells us that in the time of tbe creation God threw an offending angel against the face of tbe mocn, while another is to the effect that the moon witnessed the creation of Adam and Eve and took an impress of their features on bis surface, intending to people his own land with similar be ings. When he essayed to imitate God's works, be made nothing but a slimy ser pent, which since that day bas contin ued to fold and unfold its mighty coils in full view of the descendants of the God created beings. St. Louis Bepub lic. Mll!r:C!ta. The little creature wbicb possesses tbe distinction of having more legs than any other animal is that wbicb belongs to tbe family of insect known as mille pede, or thousand footed. There are several different species of these, but they all possess the common character istic of baring segmented bodies, each segment of wbicb is provided with its own pair of feet. These are set so close ly along tbe body as to resemble bain, and when the' move one after another with perfect regularity the effect is pre cisely the same on a small scale as that of a Bold of oats undulating under the inDnence of tbe wind. Some species of millepeds have as many as 800 separate and distinct legs. They are all per fectly hatuiless, unlike the centipede, which frequently have tbe power of in flicting poisonous wounds. Brooklyn Eagle. The Old aad the New. Powerful and large as are the great est of modern Cnited Mutes warships, tbey are all of low stature compared with the towering structures of 60 or 70 years ago. The United Stutes steam ship Pennsylvuina, built about 1888 and supposed at the time to be one of tbe largest worships ever launched, was 8S0 feet long and Gtf broad. She carried 220 guns and towered aloft with five decks. Her complement of men was 1,400. Detroit Free Press, ! Bard to Plitlvgalsh. 1 Auntie Well, did Uncle George toll you an interesting storyr Little Niece (from Boston) Yes, auntie, it was full of delightful won ders, but some visitors called, and I hadn't time to inquire whether it was fairy tale or a thouiophicul hjputbeais. UvsdKtws, 1 MIDWINTER tKXK LFTTRR. I CAi.ir-ouxu yriwrOTr.ii iymtKi) tionaj, KxroaTioN DErARTiuarr I ; or Publicity and Promotion. ) j tWevkry Circular Letter- Ko. &. j The hotels and boarding houses of Sar Francisco are full to overflowing. The influx of eastern visitors to the Mid ; winter Exposition during the present I month has been very large. One train I loud coming in over the Santa Fe rants ! took three locomotives to draw it, and on tbe following day it was estimated that B,000 strangers arrived in the city. The result is that the exposition grounds have presented livelier scenes on days when no s)ieoial effort has been made to draw a crowd than on some of tbe special days earlier in the history of the exposition. The attractions offered to visitors, aside from the standing attraction of the stale and intentional exhibits, are being continually augmented. The fruit shows at least those mads in direct connection with the citrus fairs of the state of California are now a thing of the past, though there are permanent exhibits of citrus fruits maintained in the Southern California building, in the Northern California building and in others of the county buildings on the exposition grounds. The flower shows are now beginning to play a prominent part in the exposition program. The first of these was "Almond Blossom Day, " when tbe Alameda county build ing was turned into a perfect bower of almond blossoms; when one could not walk without the blossoms brushing against bim, and when the air was almost heavy with the delicious spring fragrance. And now come tbe roses and all the other beautiful flowers which bloom in rose time. The town of Ber keley has prided itself for years upon the great variety and the general excel lence of its roses, and on Wednesday, April 11, there was a "Berkeley Rose Day" in the Alameda county building, and the floral sensation created by the almond blossoms a month before was more than duplicated in this particular. April 11 was also "State University Day, " and it is worthy of meutios in this connection that the entire day wns celebrated without any literary exer cises whatever. This was probably tbe first time that a university celebration utterly dispensed with tbe literary feat ures. The university of the state of California is a wonderfully rich and a wonderfully comprehensive institution. It has the most magnificent exhibit in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts building that was ever made by any university in any exposition in tbe his tory of the world. About tbe only feat ure of the university not displayed in the exhibit above referred to is the military feature, and perhaps this is tbe reason why the outdoor celebration of University Day partook so largely of a military character. About 500 of tbe students of the university make np the university battalion. This battalion paraded around the grand court of the exposition in the morning of their day, and had a grand drill and sham battle on the recreation grounds in the after noon. Early in the evening there was a university banquet and later on a grand display of Pain's fireworks, with uni versity features. The same week also included a Gran gers' Congress. This congress held the attention of a great many people in Festival Hall during four sittings, two each on Friday, April 18, and on Satur day, April 14. The exercises have con sisted of addresses, literary exercises and music, with discussions of subjects particularly interesting to patrons of husbandry. This congress has elicited more attention from people outside of ban Francisco than any other gathering thus far held in connection with the ex position. The people of California art growing more and more to like to think of themselves as a great agricultural state. Their gold and their fruits an better advertised than is their agricul ture, and they seem to have seised upon this exposition as a means of emphasis ing to the world their prowess in this regard. The past week has been one of partic ular interest also to music lovers. Ever since the arrival of the Bousa Concert Band there has been more less friendly rivalry between that organisation, which plays on a music pavilion out of doors, and the Vienna Prater orchestra, which plays afternoon and evening con certs in Franz Joseph hall. In the hall the audience sit around tables and drink and smoke as they see fit, yet tbe Soma Band has more than held its own in pop. larity by virtue of the great excellence of its music. There has been great desire, however on the part of the music lovers of San Francisco to hear these two musical organizations play in uni son, and on Tuesday evening, April 10, this desire was realized. On that occas ion there was given in Franz Joseph hall tbe grandest concert ever heard in Ban Francisco. The Sotua Band play' three numbers of Mr. Sanaa's soleo -J and the Prater Orchestra played " 'wm', its best pieces. Tbe fluegeJV -nr ' o th mhatfn onrl th. S MTa SOlOISt 1st of Sousa'eBand he Br,mboe of their otptiZZ mit tJLt, jmla addition to v w.- 0 """nbsrs were played by both basis in tmbjon, Mr. Sons, leading oj,e and Herr Scheel, director of the orftiastr. 1-1 ' r UI Sand rendered the overtures "Tann- hanamn anil n """ On Friday, April 14, there began, also to Franz Joseph hall, a three days' Baeagsrfest, in which mora than sand singers, representing the Gorman singing societies in aad about San Fran cisco, took part. This was the largest gathering of the kind ever seen on the Paciflo Coast and has been hailed on every hand as another one of the many grand events which have been rendered possible by tbe exposition. There are over attractions in preparation for pro duction at and early date, and thus ths Dan win tie kept rolling during ths re maining two months and (half. The next thing immediately on the pro gram is ths grand carnival which bs- Sns on Tuesday. April 17. 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