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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1894)
MID-WINT EI5 F AIR LETTER. t Cai.rroiwu uttinwmriii lirririut-) ' UN at, BX0t . ION DWAIWIUIOT or I'L'BLifirr axo Promotion. ) Th Califotfflin Midwinter Intarnv Dossil Exposition it mow upon the last Bjouth of 8a f-tistroea, flis - grand cloning demonstration of the sxporitlon Will take ploe Wednesday, July , when the city and county of San Fran oisco will unite with thmxposition man agement in the celebration of the na tional holiday, snefc as has never before bean! aeon on the iSaeifio Coast. There will be at least 20,000 people In the pro cession that will march through the Btreets of San Francisco, and that will wend its way out through the beautiful Golden Gate Park into the grounds of the wonderful eipasltion which has been the scenes of so many grand dem 'onstrations during the past six months. Then will be a grand program of out - door exercises at the Recreation grounds. ' As has been stated in this correspond ence, there was some doubt about the dateo? ihe official closing of the exposi tion. The six months from the date of the actual opening will sot expire until July 97, but since the six months legal duration of the exposition expires on the first of July, it has been thought best to let the Fourth ofjuly celebration be the closing official demonstration, though the gates will be kept np, and a 88-eent admission will probably be charged dnr-J lng the month of July, even though the remoYsiof the exhibits and the tearing down of some of the buildings will then lie m progress. Borne of the conoesalon aires hare manifested their determina tion to stay on the grounds as long as there are likely to be any people at all, and everybody will concede that there . will be something of an exposition as long as toe sideshows remain. j What is to become of the magnificent boildinge which haTs proven so much more attractive to the publio than the exposition management dared to hope is atm an open question. Director General de xpung, acting for the executive com mittee, has offered to the Golden Gats Park commissioners the two buildings known as the Fine Arts building and the Administration building. The first is offered to be used as apermanentmu aenm for San Franoisco. It is a durable fireproof structure and will withstand the tempered elements of San Francisco for many, many years. As a work of architectural art, it is conceded to be more than satisfactory, and will cer tainly make a- beautiful permanent monument of the exposition itself. It is proposed that the park commissioners shall use the Administration building as a headquarters for the commissioners, and as a place of public convenience for visitors to the park. An offer has also been made in this connection for the preservation of the Liberal Arts building as a place for the ' holding of big conventions, as a place for the band to play to on inclement oc casions, and as an immense ballroom or assembly hall for gatherings whioh are frequent in cities as large aa Ban Fran cisco, and yet for which there has been no place available. The offer of the Dk rector General of theFine Arts building and of the Administration building pro vides that they shall be given to the pare commissioners free of expense, but to order that the Liberal Arte building ehall be secured to the city and county, under the direction of the park eommis aioners, it will be necessary to raise a fund, inasmuch as the accrued profits will not warrant the executive commit tee in making so munifioent a gift. The other buildings will undoubtedly be torn down tome time daring July, or a start will at least be made on the , demolition. The grand court with its staircases, its pavements, and its land scape gardening will accrue to the park, and all the roadways whioh have bam tutlt will necessarily be nndwtnrbed.J ado Horticultural Building and the Me chanical Arts building were not intended for permanent structures, and will have to be removed. So also with the hun dreds of other smaller buildings in which the concessionaires have made or lost money, as the case may be. The elec tric tower will probably prove to be a bone of contention. Several people are endeavoring to secure it as a perinauent concession in the park, and if the com missioners can see their way clear to en terintoan arrangement the tower will stand, though it must necessarily be shorn of itt electrio lighting and its mammoth search light. There still remain between now and the close of the exposition a number of very interesting days of celebration. The present week has been particularly prolific in this regard, f It began with! Italian day on Sunday, with tirnitm county day on Monday, colored Ameri can day on 'Tuesday, state of Maine day mouuokuj. un rnnay, June 8. LOU PARKS' SCALP, Taken by an Indian, Than Grafted Bank la Vlace as OooU M Now. A tall' old man, with hair rapidly changing from gray to white, sauntered Into the Arlington. A peculiar feature about his head attracted the attention of an observer. Shining through his nun loess and forming a semicircle on the back of the scalp was a bright red irregular line, The card that he twirled nervously in his fingers bore the name of Louis Parks, and an old gentleman in the lobby greeted him affectionately as Loo. When he went out his friend talked about him to a circle of interest- ed loungers. "That was old Lou Parks. he remarked, with an indention of ad miration. ' 'He was one of us when we went np into the Hitter Boot oouutry, away book in 1858. Did you notice mat red ring on his headr Well, gen tlemen, the ragged edge of a Black- foot's knife made that soar, aud. all-the tan and hair inside of it were torn from the skull by a. red scoundrel's muscular arm. The event occurred just aoout wnera rocateilo. Ida., now la "Lou Porks and three other white man had gape over in that neighborhood to search for something or other, I for get What, and one day Lou went out from oamp to kill some meat. 'The other fellow heard him shoot once, and after awhile wondered why he didn't bring his game into camp or shoot airain. as the oonntry just swarmed with game. men tney concluded to go out and find ant woat was the matter. "About half or three-quarters of mile away they saw a man lying in some bushes and rode np to find Lou. Be was unoonscioos, and his head was covered with blood pouring from a hole about as big as a tin cup It was easy to see he had been scalped. No Indians had been seen in the neighborhood, and the boys couldn't understand where they hacLgone, because Lou's gun and knife were Btill with him. They looked around for signs, and deeper in the chaparral, about SO yards away, found the dead body of a Blaokfoot Indian. He was shot in the spine, and in his clinched band was a bunch of hair. It was Lou's scalp. "The boys loosened the Indian's grasp and released the thing, and one of tnem suggested the bright idea of stick ing It book on Lon'ahead.' They washed it in water from one fellow's leather bottle and washed their partner's head. Then they fitted the scalp back in place ana oca it on with strips of horse blan ket 'When Lou come to his souses, he said that he was kneeling down waiting far an elk, which he thought he heard oeiow him, to oome along, when he sud denly felt something grab his hair from behind and then null the whole ton of nil neaa on. He sold that before be went off he saw something blank go in front of him and pulled his rifle's trig ger as he himself fell forward on his face. "For months he lingered between life and death, but finally recovered. When the blanket strip bandage was token off, some time after the attack, by on army surgeon at a post 400 or 600 miles away. where Lou was taken, it-was found that the scalp had begun to grow on again. and after several years' treatment It be came as you see it now. Lou would give a cow say time to find outwhat that In dian was doing ent there alone and why he took the chances on scalping him alive when he had a dead cinch on get ting his hair by sticking the knife in his neck first Lou is here from Mis souri, whets be is now living, bnt he ain't after any postofnoe, you can bet" Washington Star. WHY PEOPLE 'BLUSH. swrtlculturaj day was celebrated by the planting of a tree on the east side of the Fine Arts building, the tree being a Hi : mi . . , . . . juunuu uiits oi insouaan.uiegostook, and the park commissioners have under. taken to preserve it as a memorial of ims aay at ue exposition. On Bator day all Saaramento county contracted .to visit the-exposition in a body, and the same day and evening "a day and night in Japan" was eelebrated underthe aus pices or ine- Japanese concessionaires and the Japanese residents of Sao Fraa- ' eisoo. This celebration included a feast of lanterns in whujh nearly ten thousand Japanese creations of light played s prominent part, and in whiah the entire population of San Francisco revelled by virtue of the custom then and there popularised of carrying lanterns in the hand. 4 On Sunday, June 10, itht Germans own the exposition. Dxring the rest of the month there will be the Hawaiian ( day, the Swiss day, the Scotch day, the commercial travelers' day, a Spanish s day, and days celebrated under the aus- , pioesof counties which have not yet eoine forward for recognition, to say nothing of the grand double celebration i by the Chinese contingent on the 15th and 18th of June. The work of these official letters hav "X,1??? mplhed the Department of Publicity and Promotion will discon tas his weekly epistle. Artlflotal retrelmna. It is not perhaps generally known that petroleum eon now be prodnoed ar tificially. The process is very simple. being the distillation, in a strong iron vessel, under a pressure of 25 atmos pheres, of the animal fats and oils at a temperature of 800 degrees C. Under fa vorable conditions 70 per cent of the fat ty oils are transformed into petroleum, which is SO per oent of the theoretical yield. The product thus obtained has been found to be in every particular iden tical with natnntl petroleum. Itiasug gsted that, with modifications of condi tions in the process, oils of different grades may be produced. It Is premature to predict theohanges in tue petroleum industry or to say what bearing this discovery may have. At present it certainly appears to be of little practical importance, yet it is not the less on interesting fact, and one per haps not to be lost sight of. The dis covery will doubtlessly be further de veloped, and It is not improbable that it may become of commercial importance. If, as Is claimed, 70 per cent of the animal oil is convertible Into a good pe troleum, it would appear that Degras oil, whioh sells at S eents per gallon, could profitably be converted into a su perior grade of petroleum, selling, say, at 19 oents. It would be no more re markable than many other transmuta tions if at some future time this dis covery should find an important place In the production of lubricants and il luminating oils. Chins, Glass and Lamps. Too Competent. A duchess requiring a lady's maid had on interview with one, to whom, after having examined her appearance, shesaidi , "Of course you will be able, to dress my hair for me?" "Ob,yes,"repliedUiegirL "It never takes me more than half onhonrtodress a lady's hair. V "Half an hour, my child!" exclaimed the duchess in accents of terror. "And what on earth then Should I be able so do with myself all the remainder of the morning" London Tit-Bits. '.A roister. Unless a gentleman Is a ladv'e eeonrt he should never offer to pay her oar fare, as it places her under on obligation h may not desire, and for which 6 cents is a poor remuneration. The in tention Is kind, but the set Intrusive. - contrivance often weighed as much si laoesxauc. . I i pounds. lankoe Wade. Ifenr Is the Trm rnara, uid Old lHopI starely lfc. It, Why do people blush? Certain emo tions oause a kind of syncope. The heart stops for an instant, and regaining strength immediately it acta in a stron ger manner and sends the blood , racing into the arteries. So much for the phys iological portion of the question, but we Wish to know what causes these emo tions. Darwin explained this by saying that when we perceive or fancy that we are being critioised or closely observed our whole attention is forcibly directed to ourselves and is especially oonoentrated upon our countenance. When a particu lar part of the body becomes the objeot of such concentrated attention, its work ing is greatly modified. We see a good example of this in the immediate effect produoed upon the saliva by thinking of a lemon. Our face reddens on the some principle. The veins relax and are filled with arterial blood. 5 This explanation is not quite satisfac tory, and other theories have been nut forward with more of lees success. The latest is that of Mr. Melinard, which is at least original. We blush through modesty, timidity, bashfulnees and oon fusion. Praise makes us blush that is modesty. Now, what takes plaoe within us? Something very simple. This praise pleases us, but we do not wish that fact to be peroeived. Take a case of timid ity. A schoolboy is asked a question whioh he cannot answer. He wishes to hide his ignorance, which may expose him to punishment or the gibes of his fellow scholars. He turns red. It is the same with confusions. We have done something whioh we wish to hide, and we are afraid that It will be come known. In short, the moral state is identical in all cases. We redden be cause we feel that people are finding out something whioh we wish to hide. M. Melinard endeavors to demonstrate the correctness of his theory by showing that when the fear of being "unmasked" is removed there is noblnshing.. In the case of lovers, we find at first that they blush when they meet because they are desirous to hide their sentiment After ward there is no Bign of a blush because each knows that the other is aware of his or her sentiments and is no longer arraid or tneir being known. "A child does not blush. That is be cause he has no idea of hiding anything. As soon as he becomes old enough to understand that it may be to his inter est not to tell all that he has done or all that passes in his mind he begins to redden. It is the same with idiots. The fear of being unmasked does not exist, and there is no blushing. Fear, then, is the cause of this change of countenance, according to M. Meli nard. We are more likely to turn red in front of a number of people than when we are face to face with one or two only. Old people blush very seldom be cause they ore not troubled with the fear that other people will find them out This is a novel theory, with some good points, but there are several objections to it It is a fact that we blush invol untarily; we blush when we have noth ing at all tohide in the presence of peo ple oonceniing whom we are quite in different Girls and boys will sometimes turn red when one inquires about the health of their father, mother or little brother. That old people do not blush much is owing not to the foot that they have nothing to hide, but because they know better how to dissimulate. According to M Melinard's theory. all old people must be paragons of vir tue and all young ones just the oppo site, wmcn we beg leave to doubt Nevertheless there is some truth In this new theory, uud a study of this in connection with the Darwinian theory mentioned above will lead tosome posi tive explanation of the psychology of blushing. Atlanta Constitution, Slave Catching In Ton quia. While in most parts of the world, ex cept Africa, slave oatching is becoming a thing of the past, the practice is still carried on to somo extent in Tonquin in spite of the efforts of the French to put on end to it The practice of exporting them as slaves came about In this wav: In 1885 the Chinese soldiers who in vaded Tonquin, which was in revolt against China, found themselves encum bered by prisoners, but at last deoided to ship them to China and See if they could not soil them It was at this time that' emigration agencies were recruit ing in China thousands of workmen to toil on the guano Islands of Chile, The hundreds of male prisoners were easily disposed of to these emigration agents, and the women and . children who were among the unfortunates were sold to well to do Chinese. ,,- . This opened a new trade, although at 1 first it was not easy to sell the women, because wealthy families did not wish to have servants with black teeth. caused by their practioe of chewing the betel nut Bo small a prioe was asked for them, however, that all the women were finally sold. Today these women are in demand in some parts of western unina. as sorvonto they ore gentle, obedient and laborious and are so high ly esteemed that they oommand good price. Exchange. GREATLY REDUCED made RATES' TB;E ' SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. 1 . FOR THE ' : :Jf ' U It. ' CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER FAIR v- 1 will call your attention to the GREATEST ROUND TRIP TICKETS GOOD FOR 30 DAYS Lebanon to San Francisco AND RETURN $27.55 I3X.OTJBHI.ON TRIPS FROM BAN FRANOISCO to other points lu California will be allowed purchasers oi special Midwinter Fair tickets at the follow ing round-trip rates: j. ... TO STATIONS UNDER Jl MILKS FROM SAN FRANCISCO, ONE AND ONE-THIRD one-way fare. TO STATIONS loo MILES OR MORE FROM SAN FBANCIBCO, ONE AND ONE-FIFTH one-way fare. ' For exact atett and fu!, informntion, in quire or I. A. BENNETT.agentat Lebanon Oregon, or address the underaiunod. KIOH'DORAY. T. H. GOODMAN. Gen. Traffic Man'g'r. (ien. 1'oss, Agt. 8a Fbancisco, Cal. Morns' In Dry Goods and Clothing, Hats Caps Etc. Boots and Shoes. - St- f- As I win actually sell Lower thun bofortj for tho following reasons, ht. 2nd. 3d. more Hjmee. I have bought out my jiartnor cheap, I have been getting new good very cheap latyjly. To make room 'in the store because there, is, 4th 5th. Oth. In order to make room to get more goods. I am buying dh t and am uble to do it,. , ' I have nobody to keep Hies hard times 'but myself. . ' Yours Truly, ' M. J. BENJAMIN. Romoniber the olnce. in t!n n,ii Tr,.nr.. .: Main street. ' Mu.mmgon Lebanon, j OREGON E. P. ROGERS, As't Uon. K't & Pass Agt., Portland Or. 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T1,a ilnmnl.. ne ur r i a ... nn. nni . , MAn. give bettei guarantees their value, tavoa II, n,,nn, l. n'r hh " V"ce Dealers who puah the tale of W. L. DourIoh Klioes , y t0 ,ll0,e whP wear them. 0 Mn.ulvlnf Wit(i;n neips to M Jfloril to sell at a leaa profit, our fotwrar of tl,a iZlZ lnr... .h. .'.1 ...,, , T. f ndw Inline mn eon tve nionn h- i,..!.,. ua Uwalugu fne vuu auiMuu" ji 5' HIRAM BAKER UOUUIAH, llrooktou, Mth LEBANON, OR. -.?' Santas Academy Summer Term Begins April 30, 1894. . For information-, auk f address, . ",0 Iust-0Ic S. A. HANDLE, Prificipal,. .tbANON, - - - . , t)r