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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1896)
PHOSPHATE MINING. The Larffe Industry That Sprung Up in Florida. Baa A Nw City B Baan CrMtd br MM ti rowing JBtulnCM In the Fanlnauls Btata-MarkMlna; of th. MatniaJ. The Florida phosphate deposits are of great Importance, yet their exist ence was discovered so recently, and their extent 1b still so uncertain that few persons not engaged in the sale ai fertilizing materials have much knowledge of the large industry which has sprung up in the peninsular state. It has practically created a new city, Ocata, which had a population of but a few hundred in 1870, but is now a thriving business center with modern improvements, banking faculties and ample railway and transportation fa cilities. Engineering; the leading en' K'neering journal, makes the following 'Ntutementa concerning the region, hieh are of considerable interest as aiming from an unbiased source: V; here is no phosphate region in the 1 orld known to-day that possesses so r.mny advantages for successful min ing as the Florida deposits. The grade of material is the highest average that is being worked anywhere. The facll I ties for moving the products to points lor Distribution are good. The aver t tre distance from mines to ports for shipment is about 150 miles. The dis tributing stations for the hard rock !:stricts are Port Tampa, Fernandina, : irunawick and Savannah, the largest .xiniuge being moved from Fcrnan uina, where storage bins are located ind loading facilities are good. Port 1 ampa, the terminus of the Plant bvb- tern of railroads, is constantly adding facilities for prompt handling of car. goes of phosphate, and at present very nearly equals Fernandina in the amount of its shipments. Itailroads are numerous and cheaply constructed when necessary to extend them into new sections. The machinery needed to mine and prepare the material is simple and inexpensive compared with that generally used in other mining -enitions, and the cost of a plant v.-ith sufficient land to work upon is v.i thin the reach of small investors. 1 lie working days at the mines are :i Imut 280 during the year. The climate s healthful, laborers readily obtained t a fair compensation and skilled uper ' lives are at hand who are becoming :imlliar with the business. The min iK camps are generally well regulated, .:d proprietors and employes can re nt; at the mines with safety and with ule inconvenience, as supplies of all uids can be readily obtained at the towns located in the near vicinity of ; II the large mining fields. Telegraph and mail facilities are within easy ac--css of nearly every mining camp in lie state. Florida -phosphates are ostly shipped to European, ports, fl are manufactured into fertilizers ;:i Kugland, Ireland, Germany France, nnd quite recently shipments have been made to the Sandwich islands. Foreign agents of consumers and dealers in phosphates have their oflices near the center of production, and contracts for delivery and prices are commonly fixed at points of shipment, the material being Bold at a price per unit of its contents of phosphate of lime. The Florida phosplintes are all used in the manufacture of commercial fertilizers and superphosphate." Boa ton Transcript. An IrUlioian'a Brilliant Idas. Some Irishmen ore naturally stupid, ut their mistakes at times are so hu urous as to provoke a laugh, which .tkes one forget the more serious part the error, ltecently a son of Ireland nt out rowing on the lake at a fu : i )us summer resort A stiff northwest . wild came up, and, not being skillful with the oars, in a short time his boat shipped considerable water. A brilliant idea then seized him, and, taking the butt end of the oar, he battered away at tae planks in the bottom of the boat, finally knocking a hole in them. For tunately for him a steam launch with a pleasure party aboard came along and rescued him as his boat sank. Upon be ing asked why on earth he drove a hole through the boat he replied: "An1 phwat else would yez do? Sure thi- boat was half full of water, an' no I knocked a hole in the bottom to let it out; but, yez see, there was so muili more water in the lake that the link- bit of a stream in my boat had uo chance to get out. Harper's Bound Table. One Way of Finding a Scotaman. It is related of a successful Glasgow Merchant that, sight seeing in Paris once, he lost his way. For a considera ble time he wandered about trying to fret bock to his hotel. The hours went l.y. He never could speak French, and Ins Glasgow English only brought a mille and a shake of the head. "Oh for a body wi' a guid Scotch tongue in his urail!" he sighed. Then came a happy i hought. By signs he bought a basket, HicoMure and berries of n trim French woman, and, shouldering his stock, went along the street shouting: "Fine grosscts, a bawbee the pine; fine gros Mts, a bawbee the pine." The crowd laughed at the mad Uriton, but the fa- miliar cry soon brought some Scotsm' on the scene, nnd the merchant v.i able to retire from business nnd ir,o! his pipe in the bosom of his family, thankful that he hud found real Scots men in his hour of need. Tit-Bits. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. "Tlary say that Cholly has lost his mind," "Is that so? Does hu know it ?" Boston Courier. "Ho said 1 was his life's sunshine." "I gurss you will find that all moon shiue." lltwtoii Courier. Prisoner "WlmU that man hi go ing to defend me? Why, he couldn't bring mi innocent person through!" riiVgciHle llhietter. "Toll me, guide, why so few people iis-cud that magnificent mountain." "Because no him evor fallen oft it." Plicgende Ulaettcr. -"Well met, colonel!" "I'm not a colonel, sir!" "Pardon mo! 1 was un der the impression you had been in (k-orgia six weeks ' "Atlanta Constitu-lion. Her Choice. "What kind of a tie do you admire most?" ho asked as he made Ins regular cull. "The marriage tie,' she auawcred truthfully, and without hesitation. Detroit Free Press. Hoax "lou worked your way through college, didn't you?" Joax "Right." Hoax "What did you work at?" Joax'The other students prin cipally, Philadelphia IteomL SlobbB "Jenkins told me Miss Benconstreet was an old flame of yours." Blobbs "An old flame? Im possible!" "Why impossible?" "She's from Boston." Philadelphia Itecord. A "When I see you I alwayslhink of the proverb: To whom (lod gives an oflice, to him he gives understanding." B-"Hut 1 have no office!" A "Well, don't you see how that flta?" Flie gende Blaetter. Mr. Spinks-'-Well, Willie, has your sister mode up her mind to go to the concert with me?" Willie "Yep. She's made up her mind and she's mak in' up her face now. She'll be down in n minute." Great Divide. M iss Kostique "Do you know when 1 see yon looking so happy it reminds me of what a great poet once said." Cholly Sophead "Indeed! Pway, what was it?" Miss K. "Where ignorance is bliss." Philadelphia Record. ne "1 have never loved but once in all my life." She "What?" H-J fact, 1 assure you. It Iiob somehow always happened that I never was quite free from the one girl by the time the next one came along." Indianapolis Journal. Confident of It Lady of the House -"I should think you would beafraid to come around in the back yard. I no tice you didn't do it last week on ac count o( our bigilog." Tramp "No'm. lint 1 knew that dog wasn't here anv more." Lady of the House "How do you know it?" Tramp "I let him have that piece of pie you gave me." Detroit Free Press. A Great Blessing My wlto and I have found In ITood'a BaraaparlUa. She had rhaumatlam very severely, with snklai and legs badly srfOllcn,aud hardly able to got up and down stairs without help. Many other remedies failed, but Hood s Sana parllla entirely cured har. Itwai t: only shortly after ';-) that I nai tolioa with the same complaint, affect ing ray limbs and hips, so I Jut triad the same medicine with the same result. My wile and ohll dren take Hood's BaraaparlUa whonevar thay feel tha need of a mad 1dm and It im audiaUly makes them ImI hatter. Hood's Sarsaparilia Bavas m doctor's Nils. I am an eiiztnwr, and wall known In thie locality." (J. W. vVtatt, White Bead Hill, Indian Tar. 1 6 U ' 4 I Hood's Pilla WTto ewrtotaka, . aojy in ' ttuy in sliocL 'lit. Bread Makers, Attention! . . If you want Jlutu'nc ( A- lr' An arrrrtle Tjaxsttvo and Nnrra Totno. Sold by DrurorWa or sent by mall. Bite, Ma, and $1.00 por paolmge. baronies free. Vt Wft Wo ItaTOrlto MOTH TOn For sule ly iN. W, (Smith, Use- .A Bis: White 'Loaf TURNED THE TABLES. Save the Wina. In Toltio a confirmed tippler, having occasion to send his scrrunt, u country trirl to buy some snkc. Ki.k'.i is a native 'ilk, said, placing the cmply bottle in i t hands: "Now be very enrefnl and i-e thnt you don't fall in coming back. I f you fall, you know, you will be mire, ' pulled the revolver from his pocketand ne way or nnoiuer, to spin the wine. laid it down before the magistrate, It 'f course, if you lire obliged to fall, I was nothing but cologne atomizer impose you musti but In that case put fashioned In th sbapa of a revolvar, i IS VIE i?,Vlf '1'"" 00 1" W wMwrf-n writ). (I'M Uliefl fhl!,'i-Jlrnf, , 1 fcaartpwrtar,',-b,nlUriuH, How a Sharp Urn turner Hot the Bast of a Mexican Bandit. "From some of the reports circulated in thoenst," said (lerman P. Tetuew.of Galveston, Tex., the other night, "one is led to believe that the western, par ticularly the far southwestern, citizen is a pretty bad man, whose chief amuse ment and means of gaining a livelihood consist of highway robbery. But I think the finest piece of 'holding up' I ever heard of was accomplished by a young New Yorker who traveled in our state and Mexico for a druggists' fancy articles manufactory. Ihisyoiingniuii,"hecontinued,"waB traveling in the state of Coahuilo, Mex ico, about two years ago and went one night to Saltillo, the capital of the slate. It was the first time he had been in the town, and, after transacting a little business, be started out to see the sights. As he entered an isolated street he was suddenly confronted by a brig- amlish-looking fellow, who, In glib mongrel Spanish, demanded his valu ables, with accompanying gestures that made his meaning perfectly intelligible to the intended victim. The highway man held in one hand a long, siuister looking knife and waved it about in a suggestive manner which implied the necessity of ready compliance with his wisnes or a tragic result, "But the salesman was a man of quick wit and ready resources. Instead of handing over his property he thrust his hand into his pocket, and a moment luter the cold, shiny barrel of what seemed to be a revolver was pointed at me woitia-ne robber's head, " 'Excuse me,' said the young man, 'but this is my game.' "Naturally, the surprise caused by the unexpected production of the sup posed revolver produced a change in ine confident manner in which the rob ber bad confronted the New Yorker, and he started back, Instantly the salesman knocked the knife from his hand, stooped down, picked It up, took ine nignwayman by the collar before he could escape and marched him before the police authorities. At the prelim inary trial of the would-be robber the following morning the guilt of the pris oner was already established, and hie commitment was about to follow when be asked if It were not an offense for strangers in the country to carry con cealed weapons. He was told that it was. Then he demanded the arrest of the young salesman, charging him with carrying a revolver, The native Jus tice asked the salesman if the charge was true. This was admitted. He was then asked if he still hod the weapon concealed on his person. The young man said he had, but pleaded that its possession had the night before pre vented a robbery and possibly murder.' He was informed that such a circum stance did not alter the cose and that he had violated the law. "The prisoner smiled sardonically on beholding the tight place into which the authorities were seemingly draw ing the New Yorker, but his mirth turned to disgust when the young man ...Lebanon Flour Every Sack Guaranteed First-Class For sale by all the lead ing grocers of the city. ali lor it LIYEWNE In Pretty Girl Bloomers Price- The and 70 Cents per Sack Cheapest the Best. Is Your Child Going to College? Have him fitted at the SANTIAM ACADEMY Thourough preperation for all collegiate courses. Certificates admit to the leading Colleges on the coast. Normal Department gradu ates obtain Stale and Life di plomas. Music, Art, Book keeping. Specialties, health and outdoor life, small clas ses and instruction for the in dividual. Winter term opens Sent 23. Tuition $6.50 and $10.00 per term. Send for catalogue. S. A. HANDLE, A. M., Princir.'al. THE (IKEAT LIYER, KIDNEY AND CONSTIPATION Pleasant to take by old or young, iso griping. 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