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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1894)
MLLET-PROOF SOLDIERS. Conditions Whieh Would Neosaal , tata New Eufilnea of War. Tlw lunation of Tltvr Dowe Would T4 to Hrlsi Out the Athletic rare of Mm In litt If rat Into , Frmetleol I'm. . If we are right in our reasoning, anil if, again, there ia not some latent but fatal defect in Herr Dowe's system, the Tesult on warfare will be a very re markable one. Since the object of war is to kill "to place hors de combat" is only a less crude way of putting the fact new ways of killing infantry and cavalry will have to be devised. The chances of hitting men in the face at long distances with riile tire, says the London Spectator, will not be good enough. But the only ways of killing effectively that will remain open will be artillery fire, close combat with boyonet and clubbed rifle preferably the latter, as the cuirass will malce the bayonet difficult to use withenVct and riding men down by cavalry charges. The first of these, artillery fire, has hitherto been regarded as of comparatively little importance in the matter of killing. It is often declared, indeed, that the chief effect produced by the guns is the moral effect. Though not many are killed, men do not like to be within range of artillery. Pos sibly, however, the effect of artillery fire could be increased. In any case, and since everything is relative, the fact of the falling off of efficiency in rille fire must increase the importance of artillery fire. It is obvious, however, that the chief effect of bullet-proof soldiers on the circumstances of a battle would be to increase enormously the u'ji ,u:;t of hand-to-hand fighting. Hut itaud-to-hand fighting means an adrr.niu to the strongest and most athletic turce. Now it will be seen from the bare enu meration of the changes which seem likely to follow bullet-proof soldiers that a great advantage will be given to England. Bullet-proof cuira-Kta will give an advantage to the naticn which can only bring a small number of troops into the field. But that nation is V.r.g land. It will increase the importance of artillery. But this should be in favor of England, for though we have not the conscription, and so cannot get men in large quantities, we can mumi facture as many guns as we choose. Next, the revival of close' combat ought to be in our favor, for English men are certainly better at the rough-and-tumble of close fighting than their neighbors. The infantry are naturally more handy and more athletic, and the cavalry are, if not theoretically bet ter riders, more capable horsemen. An - Englishman is more likely to get his horse to do the impossible than a Frenchman or a Herman. If, then, Herr Dowe's invention enters the region of practical warfare, the change will be in England's favor. It will give us a chance to escape ' being pressed to the ground by hostile mil lions. In the navy, no less than in the army; the cuirass should be of enormons im portance. During a sea fight a great many things will want doing under a storm of rifle fire, but will hardly be done except dn one of Herr Dowe's jackets. A few bullet-proof sailors would be a godsend to a captain when he was fighting his ship against heavy odds. In the field, too, the cuirass would be of great use to artillerymen. Since they do not have to march, but either ride or sit on the gun carriages, there is no reason why the gunuers should not be very elaborately pre tected by means of Herr Dowe's patent material But if they are they will be able to work their guns iu the open and at close quarters in a way whieh is now often impossible owing to tie fire of sharpshooters. In truth, there are a hundred point on which the bullet, proof clothing alters ull the conditions of war. It will aller, too, some of the conditions of civil life. Insurrection against invulnerable men will become even more impossible than it is. now. Again, the result on small bodies of men traveling in savage eounticj will be very marked. When the cavage cannot wound his white foe. even men so brave as the Aiatabeles will find re sistance hopeless. . Possibly, however, all we have writ ten is destined to be quite beside the mark, not becau:;e of any ilaw 1-j Herr J)owe's system, but for a to:ally di;7or ent reason. Suppose that t jo gun smiths retaliate on Herr Dcwo bj r.'.::!i itig a gun that will send a bv.iljt through hi.-: cuirass? In that e:'.v', i-.i j present conditions will remain. We do not say that they will, b;ti un !-.-tY.-edly they will try. Meanwhile, i'.Il .-.c can say is that, in the great du.-l be tween attack and defense, tho l.i ttor, after lyioj hopelessly beaten f-r two .centuries, has revived, er,1 a;)j:oi;r?; to have givon her .antagonist a heavy blow. Time will show whether ve have to wait fifty yeart or only six months for counter-stroke ' NOT THE RIGHT TICKET, Tho Hot from Far Awtv7 f.'hljan Didn't X!eiittve la Bopis ' A lios A jurcles lady wu;i recently en gaged in drilling a newlyenirajcd Chi nese fcoy ir. answering the door. "Kow, fcin'j," she said, when the door bell rint'.;.;, you go to the tlw hold out tuis salvor, man put card on. Vou briiig cf.r J to me'. You saveo?'' . . "Yes, me chibbee," replied Blny. t So a. rehearsal -was g';;ie through. The Angeles lady rang her own door bell, ijing opened the tk'rr, re'.'eivl her cur l, in jected it closely, Una f al lowed her into the parlor urd r-r.'sen ed her wilii the c:rd. While thi.i vuw j-o-iutf on the door boll rung r.a'n. fcir.f? went Ui ilte deer. . Agesilemui tvai there, who handed his surd to the ! itor. iiin? , looked at'lt closely anil grinned. "You no come in." ' The vUitor indignantly demanded e st. . - "I ihiibbee you," said King; "you no look- no. You no got right ticket. Xoconie in." , ijV SOME ODDITIES IN ETIQUETTE. What U ttowilitril f roper jul Iftnaropor In IHU'twnt CountrtM. In II jl lurid a lady is expected to re tire precipitately if she should enter a f .tore or restaurant where men are con gregated. She wails until they have lrui.Micled their business and departed. Ladies seldom rise in Spain to receive ti male visitor, and they rarely accom pany him to the door. For a Spaniard to give a lady even his wife his arm while out wulkiug is looked upon as a violation of propriety. No Turk will ever enter a sitting room with dirty shoes. The upper classes wear tight-fitting shoes with goloshes over them. The latter, which receive all the dirt and dust, are left outside the door. The Turk never washes in dirty water. Water is poured over his hands, so that when polluted it runs away, In Syria the people never take off their hats or turbans when entering the house or visiting a friend, but they always leave their shoes at the door. There are no mats or acrapera outside, and the floors inside are covered with expensive rugs, kept very clean in Moslem houses and used to kneel upon while praying. i In Persia among the aristocracy a visitor sends notice an hour or two be fore calling, and gives a day's notice If the visit is one of great importance. He is met by servants before he reaches the house, and other considerations are shown him, according to relative rank. The left and not the right is consid ered the position of honor. . In Sweden, if you address the poor est person on the street, you must lift your hat The same courtesy is insist ed upon if you pass a lady on the stair way. To enter a reading room or a bank with one's hat on Is regarded as impolite. JOINTS AND CARTILAGE. One of tho Woniton of Nstaro Is the Humnn Body. Why do joints work so easily and never give us any pain? In a fresh joint its appearance in life can bo readily studied. In the ball and socket, joint, says the London Hospital, the round end of the bone, as well as the cup, are covered or lined with a smooth substance called "cartilage," or "gris tie" kept moist and smooth with synovia. Cartilage contains no nerves, and has no feeling; if it had, we snould have pain when we moved. The bones are kept in place r,t the joints by very strong bands or ligaments, in hinge, joints a number of these bands are fastened above and below, but in ball and socket jsints they aha surround the joint, forming a cap, in which the joint moves freely. In disease this smooth cartilage gets worn away, and the ends of bone rub together like those of a skeleton; the pain is great, because the bones have nerves, though the car tilage has none. A bone without car tilage is like a decayed tooth with an exposed nerve. In a healthy tooth the nerve is well covered, and gives no pniu. and in a healthy bone the nerves tre there, but tney are only felt when the cartilage is worn away. ' The (iuod Tuat Remains. Ilow many are there who are valu ing themselves by what they have, and not by what they are! What they may have be talent, or money, or position; it matters not what, but It is not their very selves. True worth cannot be separated from a man's real self. Mono". position, even tntelleot, may go; but -the sterling, 1. e., the moral, worth -will remain. A sultan of Mo rocco is said to have discovered that one of his viziers was becoming too powerful. He therefore summoned him to tea, and complimented him on his great wealth. The vizier becoming vain, boasted of the number of his houses, wives and slaves, and the sultan rebuked him saying that he was too rich.' To show the man exact ly what he was worth, his majesty had him taken by the soldiers to the slave market, where he was put up for sale and received only one bid of eight- pence. All his property was also taken from him. The price whieh we put upon ourselves and our fellow men put upon us are two very different things. Death by Electricity. The Digest gives an account of some experiments on the effect of alternat ing electric currents on animal organ' isms, described in a paper read before a recent medical congress at Borne, It aly, and which corroborate the views of D'Asonval, referred to recently. The current used was an alternating one, and it was found that animals sub jected to from fifteen hundred to two thousand volts were not easily killed, and that death resulted mostly from asphyxia caused by the sudden stop page 01 respiration, FrMuently breath- ing started again spontaneously, and the animal recovered completely. In no case was there any physiological change noted, though in a few there were mechanical lesions, in themselves cause for death. This further confirm ation of D'Arsonval's formula, "A man shocked by electricity should be treat ed as if drowned," renders It still more important that the electrician should make himself acquainted with the prop er means of resuscitation from the ef feet of electric shock. 4 Momentous Proooodlnf. in ur. Montague's "Tales of Nomad" he says that in the old days the Boer seldom used his pen, but when be did were was a regular com' motion in the house. "Hush. Be quiet all of you. Drive out the ducks and the geese, and the pigs and the fowls. Father is going to write his name.''' And then the old gentleman, with el bows squared on the table, would seize the pen with a flourish, and put ting on a determined look, as if he were going to tackle an adversary, would bend down his head until it nearly touched his left arm, write bis name with many a splutter, and then. throwing down the pen and pushing the chair, would look round with an air of mingled pride and resignation ana say:, "t nave none It. .- AMERICAN LUMBER ABROAD. It It told s Bvorr Ooannr-Kopora tn United SMee Consult, One of the most valuable publica tions ever issued from the state depart ment has appeared. It consists of re ports from American consuls through out the world regarding United States lumber in foreign markets. While in tended primarily for the advantuge of American lumber producers and ship pers, the information is of unusual gen eral interest, according to the Hartford Times. The remarkable fact Is shown that the United States sends Inciter to every country on the globe, and that, while in many lands the market 1b vir tually controlled by the shippers of this country, there are still great pos sibilities of increased sales. It is astonishing to learn that nearly all the building lumber imported by Africa comes from the United States; that Japan buys it, and that no other lumber enters South American ports. In Samoa four cents a foot is ;paid for rough Oregon pine and Cnltf ornia red wood. Hawaii, by letting American 'umber in free of duty and charging ten per cent duty on Canadian lumber irtually prohibits the importation of the latter. Consul Mills, of Honolulu, reports that all the timber used there comes from the United States. Even the island of New Caledonia prefers pine from Washington, and pays about twenty dollars for fifty-three cubic feet AU the 'lumber used iu Madeira comes from Maine, North Carolina and Nova Scotia; while Mexico and the West Indies rely wholly upon the I'nited States. Australia buys a mil lion dollars' worth every year, and would take as much more if it could be bought readily. The great difficulty appears to be In procuring the transport of the Ameri can wood. Little is carried by Amer ican ships. The principal rivals of this country in the world's lumber trade are Canada and Norway, except in England, where Russia and Germany are competitors, and in Austria, which is supplied by countries on the Medi terranean. Austria, however, gets her staves from the United Mates, oh do most of the other nations of Europe. More lumber from the United States than from Canada is used In llreat Britain. Nearly all the spools :iro made of white birch of Maine. Even Oregon timber reaches England. One patriotic consul protests against selling Ameri can lumber in foreign countries, be cause it may ruin tho forests of the l.'nited States. It appears from mo.it consular reports that comparatively frw of 'the countries have wooden houses on account of tho great expense uf lumber, and that transportation fa cilities alone prevent the substitution of wood for stone and similar materi als. This is generally the case in trop ical countries, where the woods are too hard to be profitably used for ordinary construction. From a business point of view it is shown that the American export lumber trade is still in its Infan cy, though American timber is probably more widely known than any other product of this country. OLD SOL KNOCKED OUT.' the Photographer list No Longer Any Howl for Ills fierrlrei. Old Sol has long been unnecessary in the taking of photographs. Up to the present time, however, he has probably exulted in thinking that his uncertain services must be had to print the photograph. Hut again the old chap has been given the go-by, says the New York Advertiser, and he is not now a neces sity at any stage of the (feme. He may Milk and hide his face or pop it out lrom behind the clouds momentarily as much as he pleases, but with pho tographers he no longer "cuts any ism." Electricity has scored a victory over the old chap, and it is practically a knock-out in this particular line. Before pictures have lieen token in the daytime by the aid of electric light and at night by flash light, but to get a proof printed one had to wait until the next afternoon anyhow and some times longer, all according to (lid Sol's humor. Now one can go to his photographer providing that gentleman has the proper apparatus at any time, even at midnight, and sit for his photograph. Not only that, if he is willing io wait half an hour he may receive a nice, soft print from the negative. The apparatus consists of an ordina ry camera, a forty-five hundred eandb power are light for tho taking, a (.1:: thousand candle power arc light for the printing. Instead of sitting in the open room the subject sits in a sort of canopy, the sides and top being white and at the back the ordinary background. Instead of having the light shine di rectly on the subject it shines away and is reflected softly baek from the white sides. Watches were held for the test, and a six-second exposure was made. The plate was then developed ni:d dried quickly, coming out good and clear. It was then taken to the printi.-i;; i'.:o:;i,, and after ten minutes undor tlie m;lu cneeof the powerful arc li.-rlit tin: pa-p-;r and negative were taken from the box. The print was remarkably soft, clear and accurate. All the time taken from the snap of the camera until the print war, finished was thirty-two minutes, and "ordinary materials only wcro used. ." This relegates Old Sol to the rear a back number as a potographer's assistant. Kvjrope'i VahealthT cities. The most unhealthy city in Europe, according to utalkliw rcumCiy isaueii, is Barcelona, Spain, o.ic of the loveli est places In that part of the continent. One who lives in Barcelona increaurs considerably his chances of (bath. Of every 1,000 persons, there die iu Edin burgh annually Itl; in London, 20; in Stockholm, SI; in Erussels, la Ber lin and .Paris, S3, and in Barcelona, 31. The number of deaths there in every VOU) i-'toplo ot the present tlme exeeeds 'the number of births, STATE AND COAST. trottlniir-ilfrnin KIM T.ijtv.) Mint of the wheat throughout Qillluiii county turn been , Ihreshod, mid the yield Is enormous, Mug from one-tlilril Inone-lmir greater I hull was .iiitloipulnl. "It will take almost a year," snys Ihe Condon CHolw, "for our farmers to haul (heir wheat to the railroad." !.-. The grand Jury at Astoria discharged Henry Pitts, the young negro, who married a white girl and was brought b;uk from Taeonia with such a flourish ot sensation. The Budget says the ohlef offender Is Burton, the girl's father, who should be punished for being an Idiot. The Salem bridge seems to need' repairing, and the eonfl'ot Is on as to how much, If any, Polk county should bear of the expense. The D.illua Ob erve deprecates "codfish economy, " whatever that Is, on Pulk county's part. About a year ago the Southern Pao lllo dispensed with the baggage men on the local trains, a. d the express messengers have been doing double duly. It is now reported they will do the same on the overland trains, In which ease nineuieti lietweeu Portland and San Froucisuu w ill ho laid oil'. ' Several farmers lit the vicinity ofHilvertnn are now making prepara tions to cut the second crop of clover this seanoti. Clover Is a pnilltublc crop. From tho llrst culling It yiefds a heavy crop of llrst class hay, and from the second growth from loo to 300 pounds seed per acre cull he pro cured, which aelli pfldlly ut from 10 to 16 cents per pound. The Corvallls papers says that the lieople of Albany "haw tried to shield the fair name of the city us a peewnule community by concealing a crime of murder behind the verdict of a cor oner's jury," referring to the suicide of E. H. Burnham, whioh they Insist was a cold blooded murder. Several months ago Fred Hess, a blaoktn'lth, was taken to tho insane aiylum from Albany. He gradually grew worse, and became bo wild and unmanageable as to require his being pluued iu a stniightjacket, in which he was kept live mouths. Lost week he d ed. Strong drink had played an important part III his downfall. Kvery body likes the new P Mat Corvallls, but the uewaiiapem can't help giving hlru a lluk because he Is not handsome. The Pendletan E 0 hutches the following: With Bob Johnson as postmaster of Corvallls the people of the town will run some risk in determining whether they are standing before the delivery wlddow or Hob Johoston's mouth. Bob has a big mouth and along wltb it a great big heart and a generous soul. A few days ago a young man asked to inspect the Interior of the Jail at Jregon City. The sheriff granted him the palvllege, and when he was ready to go asked him If his name was not Btnwell. The young man replied In the affirmative, and the sheriff there, upon informed him that he hud been looking for him two days, ami that he was wanted in Jackson county. He then turm-d the key on tho young man und left him to Inspect the Jail to his heart's content. A correspondent of the Cmvullis Times in Portland met Messrs. Stone 4 Bonner, who Inspected the 0. P. with a view to purchase last week. To him they said they were surprised to find tho road In us good condition and the prospects ,ts favorable for n future successful business as It Is. There are only three men in the synrllcute and the correspondent learned thut either of the three was uIoik: able lo purchase and extend the road beyond the moun tains. Thoy already own a line iu Montana. The Dallas Observer has a funny bear story. One day last week It says while drilling in a field near Alrllc, Asa Htaats saw a small black beur mid wllh Asa to see was to have. So he immediately gave chase, and with the aid of Tom Gross and Jup liagley, soon ran bruin down. Asa held his mouth, Tun his hind legs anil Jap his fore legs, and Grandma Blaats tied him. He was placed in it box for safe keeping, but shortly afteward they found him choked to death by the rope which hud been used iu tying him. The bear weighed nbo.it 00 poiiuds. $ioo Reward, 8ioo. The readcrwol this paier will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded din two that science has been able to cure hi all Us stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's I'alnrrll Curo Is the only positive cure known lo the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, rerpiires a constitutional treatment, Hull's Catarrh Care Is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous -surface of the sys tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the ihweitw, anil giving the patient strength by building up the comlitulion and assist ing so much faith in Its curative powers, that tiiey oiler One Hundred Hollars for any caan that It mils to cure. .Send for list of. testimonials. Address: .P.J. Chihiky Co,, Toledo, 0, ffiCSold by Briuflrlst,7l5c. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder " World's Fair HigawtMwIiltnil WploDM. 1854. Santa Academy l Fall Term Commences. September 24th. Normal, College, Preparatory, Business, Primary and - Music Courses. Circular Containing Full Information regarding Tuit'on, Courses of Study, Text-Books, Etc., Cheer fully Mailed on Application. S. A. 'RANDLE, Principal, LEEiANON, - - - - - OREGON. Wheels! Wheels!! Tho Two Lcadora of tho World ! VICTOR and RAMBLER Sond for .catalogues. Write for bargaiiiB iu uucond-haud and '9? whoeln. 01 IAS. A. SEARS. Albany, Oregon. Ako see Chas. M. Andkkson, .at. the Exphkhs Office. A. H. CRUSON Hanging To Advertisers. If '-u wiBh to obtain thn best returns from your mlvertisomanjB Don't Forget t)ie important fnot that The Lebanon Express will gwa tlie (Wired results, us it Is The Best Advertising Medium iu Lin's County. 1894. rrr and Graining. East and South -VIA ' rrun nninmi nAnmn inr Ml AM A K I IK OK THE'" ' Southern Pacific Co. Kxpraw trains loovu I'oi'tlciiifl (Hv-f 1 :1ft ?. i'.'i I.v,,Jmto7i(t7r!Al in-.i 1. u i. in ' 8:20 A. H 4:28 a. M' 10:16A. M, Ar.ijun l'iiiirK'oJ,v 7:00 r.H -fhi oT.,V..'in",;rLi''TrTr-,--.-n 3 .. ...... ., ,...n ,,lu(, , nuuiojiN iroin , Tort lain! to Albany liicluWo;lioTmiiit,; 8lilil, tlulmiy, lliimslHirn, Junction City, rvlny, lupous ami all station Iroin Uoi burg to Anlilnml liirUmive. Jtoiwlmrg mnil dally: H:ijo W. v. TjirKifttoiTJ.Xr. I iatt.M. '., 12:46 1'. M. I.V...A initv a. Jio.ut.. U 6M r. u. I Ar...HnineIa.j7 ioo a', m! . Local iinnson,nr tinlniv dally (except Siinduy. V. I M 1: M. 2:0I v, m. K:lll A. M. 0:1X1 A. H. I.v... Albany Ar, Av,..l.c!lmnuiiI,v, l.v.,.AIIany....Ar. Ar...Ubninii,,I,y. 10:21 a.m. I:30 A, H. :2nr. X. 2:80 v, m. Dining Carson, Ogdm Euule. Pullman Bui'fw Slkkpbks -AND- Second C'laRS Bleeping Cans At-tncln-d to nil Through Truing. VoHt MUlot DlvlHlon. lll.TWBKK I'OKfUND AKl) CORVAU.IS, , Inil train dnlly (oxropt 7 !". m. 1 i.v... r.irii.imi z'k t. f'alrv t8:16-g.'M. I Ar...tntatte-.- .U. m 3! At Allnnv and CurviiltlH rr.niii.it n-iti, -triilaa of'Or.'Kn l'ncdic rail,,, , ' ' EiniwMraln-dally ((.jr-Lpt Hominy) r 4:40 r. ii.l iiv.i,ni7i'.:-;ATrr-fi- 7ay. . I Ar.McM(hiville.Ly -- 6:60 a! m. THRODf-H TICKETS T,"11 iiTe Kmtnn Stain. Can ada and iSiiroimcan bo oMainod at. lowest, roresfrnii I, A. IWim'tt, njjout, Lebanon. E. P. 1.0GMI8. Ami. (i, K. I'ans, Agt mi cam oaumg I'owuer