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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1896)
bMUGGLLN'G I'lIA'f PAYS. How Chinamen and Opium Art Spirited Into This Ooontry. A lorfe MnMbar of hnw Aottvelr EacCO I Bringing lood Over TnMtt Caaatta Without ) lag DnUn. Smuggling is an offense of great an quity and one that many of the revo .itioniirv fathers and early settlers of he couutry.priorto the historic Boston a irty, were wont to commit as fre quently as the opportunity presented tseif, and the excessive duties made it profitable. As late as the latter port of the eighteenth century the smug gling of wine, liquor, tobacco and bul lion wns so generally practiced in Great Britain as to become a kind of "national tailing," and the smuggler was often regarded as a popular hero. The maximum penalty for bringing into the United States dutiable articles, with intent to defraud the revenue, is five thousand dollars fine or two rears' Imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court, and for aiding Mid abetting the importation of a Chr ' union one thousand dollars, or one ; ear's imprisonment. The degree of punishment an offender gets depends upon the circumstances oi tne case, ine smuggler also forfeits his goods. There is a large body of men system- atically engaged in smuggling China- men and opium on the Pacific coast and the Canadian frontier. The men who successfully engage in this business must be peculiarly adapted to it The first qualification is ingenuity enough to invent ways and means; second, dis honesty to the degree of defrauding the government, yet with sufficient in-; tegrity and honor to justify the import- crs in intrusting to their care hundreds and Bometimes thousands of dollars i worth of opium. It is a popular fal-i lacy that any man who is dishonest enough and will assume the risk can make money at smuggling. If he has suflicient capital he can buy opium in ! Canada and possibly get it across the ' border, but it is practically impossible f to sell it without detection. The deal ers in the United States will not buy it, nor receive it, from anyone save their; trusted agents. According to statistics there are; about one million human beings in the ' Tf nited States, principally Mongolians, I addicted to the habit of smoking i opium. It is prepared in Bong Kong by a syndicate under the surveillance! of the Chinese government. Prepared opium has the appearance of black i molasses. It sells in China for about i seven dollars per pound, and the duty ' under thc present tariff law is six dol lars per pound, formerly the duty! was twelve dollars per pound; it was then that the smuggler reaped a harvest. The methods of smugglers are too numerous to relate, but suffice it to say that the government has to main tain an army of detectives and spotters to suppress them. The detectives who lender the most valuable service are those stationed at the places from whence the goods are imported. They speed the parting guest and give the "tip" to the detectives at the object ive point, who welcome the smuggler whenever the opportunity presents it sesf. Conviction speedily follows, as the United States statutes place the burden of proof on the smuggler to show that the opium was not illegally imported. The Ketroit river is one of the moat favorable points for smug gling on the frontier, but, thanks to the efficiency of Special Agent Wood, one of the cleverst officials in the serv ice, it is practically broken up. Thc smuggler usually crosses the river in row boat and drives by conveyance Zj .r . . ! So wonder that nature rebels frequent Yrhtf lm 1,-andm.in.thatthemi.nliveongruel . .f,6!:! for whole days at a time. That is na- profitable, but difficult The Chinaman will gladlv pav.one hundred dollars to be safely landed. Chinamen were for some time successfully imported by bringing them over in the state rooms of aleeping cars; woman's at tire and black faces have been resorted to, but the pigtail usually discloses the Chinaman's identity, and this he will not part with, owing to the supersti tious belief in it as a means to get him intoa better world. Detroit Free Press. CLOSE QUARTERS. n Tkrtllhuj ASnataro ot a PaatlM. Hoater. CoL Barras, in "India and Tiger Hunting," says that during a pause in panther hunting, he and his compan ions were about to take luncheon on the borders of an impenetrable covert where thc animal lay. He adds: The "tifttn-basket" stood just on the other side of my friend Bandford. I stretched across him to reach it with IS E.S?' f SY? i tyhaa 8il0rt' o- -- ,a.i upuu our ears, mingled with the wild shoots of the na tives, who were evidently being chased by that ferocious brute. At this time I felt that my hat would probably do more for me than my gum so I crushed it down on my head, seized the gun and faced the enemy. The panther came at me with lightning bounds. Owing to the beast's tremendous speed, I could see nothing but s shad owy form with two large, round bright eyes fixed upon mc with an unmeaning stare, as it literally flew toward me. I raised mv gun, and fired with all the care I could exercise at such short notice; bnt I mied, and the panther bounded light as a feather, with its arms around my shoulders. Thus we stood for a few seconds, and I distinct ly felt the animal snuffing for my throat. Ueckanicallv I turned mv head so as to keep the thick-wadded cape of my ! helmet in front of the 'creature's mms. I sle; but I could hear and feel plainly the rapid yet cautions efforts it was making to find tmapegiag, so as te tear ta feat TMoei tall hi in Ca 1 had do wecnon tout my (ran, which was uselessTChite the animal was chw- ly embracing me: bo 1 stood perfect!; still, well knowing that Sandfoi,i would liberate me if it was puuible to do so. As may be supposed, the panther did not spend much time in investigate j the nature of a wadded hatcover. and before my friend could fire the beust pounced upon my left elbow, taking a piece out, and then buried its long, sharp fangs in the joint till they met. .l the same time I was hurled to the earth with such violence that I knew not how I got there, or what had be come of my gun. I was lying on the ground with the panther on top of me, and could feel my elbow joint wabbling in and out, as the beast ground its jaws, with a move ment imperceptible to the bystanders, bnt which felt to me as if I were being violently Bhakon all over, in a few seconds the loud and welcome sound of Sandford's rifle struck upomnyear, and I sat up. I was tree, and the panther had gone. He had bounded away, shot through the body, into a thicket, where he was afterward killed by a spear thrust. EAT TOO MUCH MEAT. amwIralM Too Prone to th Consumption of Flesh and Fowl. We eat altogether too much meat. .nranf Bftiri IV (Vmift KniKon. the ,,ealth commissioner. "I venture to y ttat m09t of the ilhs we are heir to TOme rota ba bitual ,,ating of much I tac prewnt era of high prices o beef wiU onlv compel people to .. nth oou. nch Hsh or - , , - il :.. - :n . i oiuuuie, u , U1C UllCUlUiClU.-, 1IU.U UUIt-Ub Ul UUU1 U vast amount of good. "Fish is much better food for city .people than flesh raised on land. It iocs not contain as great a proportion I those stimulative uutrient.fi ti:at do much to produce nervousness, indi- ntion, constipation aud the host of .endant disorders to the' humuii O.y for which thc medical proicssioi. so continually called upon to piv ribe. Wage-workers who earn their nving by liavsicai exertion ;ai-n kj shovelcrs, ditch diggers, etc require solid foods, such en beef and :ork, but men and women v. ,io taiie ut ile exercise, whose employment is se dentary .calling for no continued physie .i strain, fish is eminently miretatis actory as a regular diet, I'isli is tat liming food. Long nftrr oa: ina-i has .'come denuded of those properties aat nourish animal life in the field, the waters of the deep will be teeming with fish. "The scientific culture of carp has shown conclusively that one acre of water will produce more edible and wholesome flesh than three acres o' iand, and some of these days we will awaken to thc importance of preserv ing our land-sustained animals by the systematic and biPthodical cultivation of our fish. "As to the quantity of meat that a man really needs people seem to be norant. The United States govern nent allows thc eoidicrs but three juarters of a pouud of meat a day. ;ow many New Yorkers, do you sup .se, get alon with so small a ration of :ieat? The government, through its .hysicians, haa learned that soldiers, icn on the inarch, do better on that .wmingly small allowance than if they were permitted to gorge themselves in discriminately on the flesh of steers and aiieep. Sew ork city allows for its hospital petieuts but one pound of meat a day, and that pound in untrimmed. When cooked and ready to be eaten that pound represents realfy less than the army ration fur able-bodied men. The average energ-nic well-fed New Yorker consumes from one and a half to three , lunds of meat every day that be is ubie to eat. It is altogether too much. ' man is sick when he can't eat meat." K, , Press. HYPHtPiM i NAMES. Cte of the Kjphdn la lrfloailj fioco fiooi,brr. divided into two categories namely: those wherein the hyphen is a men piece of snobbary and affectation, and i-uiu iiwj ur those wherein it is consequent upon a leijal obligation. The lotter are in the minority and are borne almost In variably by legatees and their de scendants, who have inherited pro-wr- j ty. usually real estate, contingent upon their tacking the name of thc testator i.n to their own. Or else they arc men j who have married heiresses and bn ! a.rcepted as hn ibands for the latter on j the condition that they should append I the family name of their wives to their j own patronymic. People in thc other category who use the hyphen merelv with the object of ereBtin? the "Pion 1hat theV are of more ancient lineage than isrealiv the case invariably prefix, instead of appending, thc aduitional name. And it is this that enables one to dis tinguish the "bona-fldc double-barrel." as Lord Randolph Churchill used to call them, from those who arc not. For you have only to ask Mr. I'onsonby Jones for the name of his paternal grandfather hi order to find out that the old gentleman was a simple Jones, devoid of the aristocratic Ponsonby; whereas in the case of surnames adopted In deference to testamentary dispositions one will invariably find on b'juiry that the paternal grandfather and ancestors bore the first of the twp patronymics. The persons who make use of hyphenated names without being corn Killed to do so are usually thc owners if patronymics excruciatingly plebeian, who hope, vainly it is true, to redeem liie commonplace character of their name by prefixing thereto one cal culated, they trust, to create thc im pression that they are connected with some of the great houses of the nobili ty. Thus it is quite common to find I Montmorency - Smiths, Piaotageaot- i Robinson, tut Van dt Vm-Browtt, WITH LIME. om. Newtna Iwmd a iw U u ln- i diana stooo Quarry, Apropos of the late Gen. Newton's death is a little story he told twenty years ago, wheu his work at Hell Uate mad,, him a uinch-talked-oi man. ,.i was jn the quarry country of In- diana," he said, "where they take great blocks of oolytic limestone without the use of a pound of powder. 1 had heard of the process, and I took a team at Greensbnrg and drove down to the quarries to see. The superintendent was a Welshman of unpromising ap pearance. He wae ccrtaiuly an uuedu catcd man. so far as colleges went, but be knew his business. "I asked him how he managed to blast snch huge blocks of thc rock, and how much dynamite was required to the ton. Be said he did not use dyna mite or any other exploaivo. He simply used unslaked lime, it astonished mc. but before he took me to thc quarry he set np a piece of pine board an inch thick against a wall of rock, brought -..-A lw..tt anil 41wu1 at tit A Ivmvil out a revolver and fired at the board. "The bullet passed through, flat toned against the stone aud fell to th' ground. Then he set up the boon again, and, taking the flattened bulk", threw it against the board with aston ishing skiU, striking it each time in th, same place, and after the fifth cast tin board was split from top to bottom. " 'I didnx use as mucn lorce when I threw as when 1 shot, did 1 7' he said. 'But the board would never split along the grain by shooting at iu 1 could tear that board into pieces shooting. but if 1 want it to break in long see - tions on the grain 1 dont want to use f such a sudden force. ,That,B how , blB8t with lmie,, That's And then he took me to the quarry They had drilled a series of holes in the place he had marked, his judgment and trained intelligence telling him where the dividing line should run. Then thev tamned these holes full of unslaked lime, poured water on It, keved them shut and waited. In twelve hours the mass of rock he) wanted would begin with groans and cracklings to separate. In sixteen hours it would be free, and the force of the lime would be spent. 'If I used powder or dynamite,' said he, 'I would rip out such a mass as that in fifteen minutes; bat it would be! chipped and cracked into a hundred i pieces. Or, more likely, in a large blast the powder would simply tear out , ... .i. , . ..a.-,, a wav along the least resistance, shell hig out a lot of spawls and leaving my big rock as solid as ever,' "I thanked my Welshman," said Gen. Newton, "and told him he was much of a philosopher." A BRIOCHE- Bow to Katt the Soft Foot 1 iihtrai That Wore Ooee Popular. There seems to be a renewed interest in brioches, the soft foot cushions that were onee popular. I urge that they arc to enjoy a revival, like many otlier luxuries, and think that readers may be glad ot a rule for knitting them which has the merit of being an oft tried one. The foundation for the foot stool is s leather-covered disk of mill board about nine inches in dismeter; to this the knitted stripe is sewed, and stuffed with hair,and pulled down to make a deep depression by taking some stitches through the board bottom with carpet thread and a sailor's fieeiUe, A large furniture button or a short cord and tassel tied in a bow is sewed over the gathering. The brioche, which originally won its name from its resemblance in the shape to the French rake of that name, is knitted of double xephyr wool in stripes, 16 of them being narrow and 16 wide, the latter narrow ing to a point at the center of the cushion. Cast on 40 stitches in black wool and knit seven rows of the narrow stripe: then with an old gold color knit two stitches and turn, knitting back to the end of the row; continue to knit back and forth with the old gold, tak-l mg each time two more stitches of the 1 1..1, ...m wi.1 . t i T black untu within two stitches of the top. Then knit down and commence arain with black, making another nar- row stripe, knitting in the two black j stitches at the top in their turn. When i me lam stripe is nmsneu it snouia be : sewed or knitted to the first stripe. xhcm airectioiiB ore contributed bv a BLASTING knitter who has had as experience ol I sl01'PJ ' loan. A limiti d amount over sixty-five years, and they ought to of nniiiey to loan nu good farm secur bereliable. But I should advise anyone ; ity. (.'all upon or write to ri. S. who thinks them complicated to cut a ! Hleele A Co., Albany, Oregon, pattern of thewide or gored stnpe,muk-' - , j , ,, . ... ing the top like a melon piece and, in 1 r"' ' JT' '"' knitting narrow, by taking up two "" inavl,lta l" us " ulTi -stitches together till the shape corre- "r "h,'r"'i. tn call and settle J sponds with the pattern. II the brioche ". WV will lake win ai, ohIk "i liny is to be Btufied with down it must be "I the hiifliHit market piicv. made with an interlining of ticking or t ,1UV, ,,, v , iOHn at g Lvlt stout unbleached muslin, else the fi 1- a i , ingwiUcoatinnallybeescapinginflulIy """7 "" ""' "r rM,Ial partlcles.-Harper'sIiaiiar 'jurity, J. M Kawivn, 1 ' r..jt,... ui-.fc. ah .. MICROBES IN CLOTH, Jerms aoS BuUll uavo Bora foaaa la Mow Stoeklas oaS Glovoa- "ficrohia,'' or the science of mi crobes, is becoming more and more an exact study, and theories which lacked confirmation a few short months ago have now become medical facts. Per haps, says the New York World, the latest discovery in the realm of bacteri ology is regarding the enormous quan tity of bacilli that are to be found is cotton and woolen clothes. Herr ttolte, a savant and physician of Munich, has recently made a scries of careful in vestigations of bits of cotton and woolen goods, and the result of the re searches, as he gives it out, contains information that is startling and wortny ot earernl attention. Herr Heitz's exDcrimentin. w i, done with pieces of cloth about one-1 lne l,,B,,,'n mill this year will re eighth of an inch across. In the aver-1 c-ive Alliany prices for same when age bit of woolen goods of this sise he I thev wish to sell,' Hve ad. of the discovered nine hundred and flfty-eix j iiamnii, Mill. microbes. ud cxumineo were uui. kuiu n wooien stocKing. in a i piece of like size cut 4rom a cotton i stocking he found an average yield of i seven hundred and twelve microbes. j These bits of cloth had all been worn, j But Herr Bcitz's experiment did not ' stop here. lis oarefully tested bits of j flora that was gaits asw sna grsife, I and had never yet been upon any u.-.n-: In that thirty-three microbes wore covired on the average, nil the pioet examined having been of the abovi siie. Other experiments quite as in tenstiug Uiia German physician nmdi . with the result of formallyestahlishiii; the theory that microbes exist to t greater or lets extent in all wearing apparel. It mnst not be supposed, however. Herr Seitx contends, that all the vari dies of bacilli found in clothing art breeders of dangerous diseases. Komi of them have been proved by science to bo quite harmless, but the mere fact that microbes can and do exist, in clothes, and grow fruitful and niultiph there, is an alarmiug one. Willi ihi theory made into a fact, thc pzeuliai spreading of contagious diseases etin bt traced much more easily and procau' lions more readily taken. Accepting the fact that nearly all clothing is th t ot some type of bacilli, it k no; ;iiekuit , uow dis. .,-; I ... One especially valuable bit of medi- al data has come to light through I hem TTlf,ril-ilt mnA hit Id 1,,. fht the baeUli of ti-phoid fever can b: pr,.,! , wool, olutor ordinarv Cl)n. Aitious. for twentv-flve days. A "vg.ir- OT8 application of "this knowledge nov do mucn toward off typhoid lover In future. Bow lo ftoep riatoB Hot, One of the latest adaptations electric heating is the electric "hot plate," for keeping food hot during ! dinner. The metal plate is electrically heated before being brought to the table; but should it be necessary tc renew the heat a plug is inserted at the side of the plate, connection in made with a socket on the table and ! the eurrent is kept on as long as ! needed. A new form of hot plate for kitchen use nas tnroe aiaua nttea in a row into a stand, electrical connection being established by a socket nnder each plate. The stands are nickel- plated and the plates are each eight inches in diameter. ft. x. Bon. The Arab's foot is proverbial for its nign area. The Koran says that stream of water can run under the true Arab's foot without touching it. The t00t ol the (scotch is high and thick; tna 01 Irish flat and square; the English short and floshy. When Athens was in her aenlth the i waa ut most perfectly ' fnniuJ anil o.utl trnJ 4 formed and exactly proportioned of that ot any of the human race. Swedes, Norwegians and Germans have the lar-t f.'t't4 Americans the smallest. Bv .i.mt jcs are "webbed" to the first ,;mU 'larUuaa tool are all ths lont-ta. Doubtless Alaska will before long be come a favorite h lasting ground for iportamen that are content with noth ing less than primitive nature. The journey to the court of Alaska Is no! longer a serious matter, and, while the int riorx4 still difficult to reach, it has an agreeable summer climate, and is no worn region for eamping than many another frequented by hunters anil fishermen. The Indians are good and faithful guides, though they have a wa.y of eating up at a sitting the sweets provided by trrvelaos for a long isumsy, To The Mothers. , You have nice children, you know and untiling plt-asw, them better than a nice nobby suit of dm lies that keeps them warm and healthy. Baker lias tkem and for but little money, tan you stand $1.00 for a suit of clothes, or up to W OO? All thise low prices you ill find at Hiram Baker's. Kiilwrllw for Ihe Express. During our closing out stile no goods will lie sold except for pot cali. I Rkad, I'KaCotk & Co. ,)r. c,,P1)(llt. , llld , w ,e ' , , , ,, . , ,,' .children and exam their l?tb. - , He ,"!(lra,te leii-pontry I't lli fr I cl'l'dre" 'ree. Turn O'siliantere for Minn and children in all Ihe iwent doll s and ..!, Bnd frm , w ttt Miss IlUDlOlld'l. YttTHifm, sMeiilloiti no )oi furgM Hint Pugh Mu hey are always in tin lead on gnvrries, Imots and shove. Inns sod ('!, genu' furnishing gnodi dec. rjee thi-ui for p 'ices. Glove's Taalelrss Chill Tmile is a perft-ct Malarial Livt-rTonicand Blood puriflt-r. Rt'Uioves iiilimiwneSM without I lUruii'H. As ph iihihiI h L.iiioii .Syrup. It it- if lurg' hs hii dollar Ionic and retails for ntfe. To set tiu-gemiliic usk for drove's. The liefltdreMM-d men in Linn oounty ure thiiee ttlio b ly their clitthing ifiom Hucii & Buhl. GiM,d units fur J low prices. fnrmera Who store their wlicat at HoC ke!!! What Is Hoe CW-? Hi Cake Hoop, ht on earlh. - i.'.ipans Tabules cure nausea. I Inans Tabules: nt druggists. kipans Tabules cure headache. Ripaaa Tabules ; ploasaM laxMfvs. 11 win yt i&jm$rZPi 4 1 ,' T"ff ' Too will Bad one coupon J l'nS!$(ty If hisloo each two ounce baa ."'""; i l 1 I anatwoootiiiuinlnBideeaoh I nothing BUT THE GENUINE CKWEltS j j -VJi) J' 1 Durham. Buy a bag of this I C13 -J '4'" ostobralsd toeaeao and rwul I Albany Furniture Co" , (INCOKl'OKATED) BALTIMORE BLOCK, Albany, Onjgo '. Furniture, Carpets, LinoleuniB, niattiiifr, etc. Pictures and Picture molding. Undertaking Specialty. Victors Are Best. 2Saji.ii;'if Victor Non Punctural'le Tire, So, 103, is the hghii st running wheel on earth. The lest in the riieaitt in tlie end. Largest stock of seconci-hiind wheels on the coast, Everything as represented. Write for list. Headquarters for sundries and athletic goodr, 130 Sixth Street and 311 Alder Street, Portland, Oregon. OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY. . W. B. Kerkan, Manager. o regon Central & Eastern, 11. II. CO. Yaquina Bay Route. ronneellnn at Yaqnli-s llov "iili the Hun Kraiiciiwo siul Yaiiiiua Iter bieaiiisiiM ikiiiiatiy. Steamship arallon" Bail" from Ysiiiiiia ltav everv eielit 'lays f.ir San Fraiicbcai. I llov. Purl Oriord, Trinidad and lluinlfliMt Hay Passenger ' Accommocla tions Unsurpassed Hliorlent Route It"t" erii the Willamette Vullfy and ('atif'trnia. Pareironi Allianv and Points Wt-itt hi Han Francinco: Paliin B Oil Hlremiie 4 00 To Coos Buy and Port Orfurcl : Cabin I 6 00 To IlunilHil.il Hay: Cabin I 8 OU Konml TripOiiod for 60 DaysBjifciul. RIVER DIVISION. Steamers "ALBANY" ami "WM, M HOAO." uvwiv furnilM!il, iRBve Aldaoy dailv, excepi Hattiniavn. at 8 a. m,, urrivin at I'tirtiaml tla- huiiic- duy al i p. m. lieiurtiinif, .MintA loave Fort land sunn du vw av atmve at (J a. n., arriving nl A lUany at 7:46 k m. J. .J. Mav i, KmiffHtoHr, Htip'f Kiver liivi.tiou. H, L. W'Ai.Df , Afr't. vi lltvere lluwu A nent, iHjfMit Altmny. When in Waterloo call on City Drug Store for headache cure. Oo lo A. E. Devis for soda water, Coco cola, anil milk shukes. H. 4 B. are the initials of Bnch 4 Buhl but their groceries are A J. Ripans Tabules cure dizziness. Ripans Tubules cure flatulence. Ulpans Tabules cure bsd breath. Ripana Tabules cure biliousness, lUpaal Tabulaa curs torpid livar, ff. S VroUV . i 1 I ftMirntmKAluuFnrHlunlrtt-fiU'fl I f : 'VaJ llstorvuluubleprefouuaud I POPULAR SCIENCE Nntnre, Inventltin, News - Health. Formerly Boston Journal of Chemistry Enlarged and Improved l iiiitiiiiiKa hirg,' iiuinln-r of Riorl, Knsy. I'rm-tlinl, Imerinlilig mid I'up. ulnr, Scl..iiiiH. aniclti., Unit en-; lie Appreciated and enjoyed bv anv Intel, liitfiit riiiilnr, even ilmugii he knew little or iniililiig of Wcn-nei'. Profusely Illostrated and Free From Technicalities. Newmlenlera, Jo ceiita. II on pr rear -Muiilinii lliln impur Tiir r rnitnjile copy.-s Lar;et Circulation of any 8' intl(to Paper In tha World !! BI.ISHEP SIONTHI.r V JIuJ. Lillard, Mew YorJk. Albany Steam Laundry RICHARDS I PHILLIPS, Proprs, Albauy, Orogoii All Orders Receive Prompt Attention. Special Rates for . Family Washings. SutiHfactiun Guaranteed or Money Rtifutided. J. F. HVDE, Agent, l-iuiiioii, . orcicoii. Wiinied All girls to know that ' line Cake" i not uiuke llielr liiindu rwl line I'oMiinon snap. Save Hie wrnppi rs. Tiny are worth a cent apiece.