Lebanon Express.
H. Y. KIRKPATRICK,
iiditor - and - Proprietor
LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT.
Bmdstreet's, Deo. 25, said; "The
arrival of the holidays, the close of
the year, and the period of annual
Btock-taking have further checked
the volume of wholesale trade.
Only filling in orders are being re
ceived and trade is slow. Retail
demand for holiday goods has been
active, but it is for cheaper grades
than in previous years. In other
lines the distribution of merchan
dise has been Bnialler at a number
of distributing centers. Failures
of important banking institution.
at Northwestern points tend to un
settle confidence in commercial
and banking circles. Few sales
, men remain on the road, but most
of them are preparing to go out
within a fortnight. ' The moderate
trade reyival which followed the
last presidential election has been
disappointing in that, aside from
Christinas demand, business has
been more unsatisfactory for a
month past than for a like period
in many years. There are A2
Dusiness tailureB reported in
the United States this week, 12
less than lost week, and 11 more
thin in the corresponding week
year ago. There are 45 business
failures reported in Canada this
weec, against 39 last week, and 30
in the week a year ago."
The municipal election held re
cently in the manufacturing town
of Lynn, Mass., resulted in the
surprising election of a Bryan man
for mayor. This was brought
about largely by tho cut-downs in
their local shoe factories Btnce the
national election. The citizens of
that city evidently didn't like that
kind of prosperity.
The Oregon legislature will meet
January 11th and soon thereafter
will follow the senatorial election
jangle. Until senators are elected
by the people many good and just
laws will he unmade and many of
the evil and radically wrong ones
will go unrepealed. Medford M a:l.
NOVEL JMlUlWItAMIS.
Some I'rosh Wonders Performed
., . by the Oauxora.
Kxtrmonllnftrjr Combination! Froriuee.1 by
AH Ingenious Amn)cniont of
Mlrrori Home t'arlout
Kmuple.
That President Cleveland has a
warm spot in his heart for bonkers
there is no question. The day the
Bank of Minnesota failed he ap
pointed one of its chief owners,
Robert A. Smith, postmaster of
St. Paul.
Col. Wattersqn thinks that Pres
ident Cleveland will want to be
the candidate of the democratic
party "for the presidency in 1900.
Col. Watterson is one of the most
astute of the democratic editors of
the country, and prooably guesses
very near to the mark as to what
Mr. Cleveland may desire, on the
line of his own feeling on the sub
ject, but he will find he is not
much of a prophet as far as the
democratic party is concerned. Al
ba ny Herald.
. Cleveland stands a better show
of being the republican nominee I
in 1900, than he does of being
nominated by the democrats. His
financial views are similar to those
of the republicans, and it is prob
able that he could easily "flop" to
a profession of belief in even as
high a tariff as the most ardent
republican could wish for, as he is
rich enough to buy everything he.
wants even if the the manufactur
ers should demand an exorbitant
price under cover of the tariff. As
for the laboring people, it would
cut very little figure with him how
thoy would get along and that
seems to be another principle of
the republican leaders.
Senator Mitehell, of Oregon, is
vigorously fighting to pass a bill
in congress that will elect United
States senators by a popular vote
and in this Mr. Mitchell is voicing
the sentiments of his constituents.
Medford Mail.
Suit has been brought to fore
close a $108,000 mortgage on the
Perkins Hotel, Portland, indicating
that prosperity is not yet sweeping
full blast through Portland. Al
bany Democrat.
Here's a good resolution to make
to-morrow, and keep: "Resolved,
1 hat 1 will atteud to my own
business, and pay my debts as best
I can, so help me God."
Hermann, the wizard, recently
performed one feat there was no
magic" about he died.
The Jackson county judje has
discovered something to the credit
of the state railroad commission;
he says it cut down one bull pine
in that county. He does not state
whether the act was beneficial or
not, but it is to be presumed that
it was; also, that there are no other
bull pines that are a menace to the
public weal. Having, therefore, at
an expense ot some $75,000 during
the past ten years, gotten rid of
that tree, might it not be" well to
relieve the state of the expense of
the commission lor the future
Welcome.
LEBANON PRODUCE MARKET.
rcoanged Every Week.
Wheat 70c.
Oats 30 to 38c
Hay $5 to $7 per ton.
Flour $1 001.10persaok
Chop $1 (10 per cwt.
Bran 80c per cwt.
Middlings 085 per cwt
Potatoes 25c.
Apples Dried, 7c per lb
Plums Dried, Be.
Onions ljc.
Beef Dressed, 4$ to 5e.
Veal 34c.
Pork Dressed, 8. ' '
Lard 9.
Hams 12 per lb.
Shoulders Sc.
Bides 8c per lb.
GeeBe $3 60 $5. per doz.
Ducks M $o per doz.
Chickens tl 502 50.
Turkeys 8c per lb.
Eggs 22c nerdoz.
Butter 12 15c pr lb.
rlldes Green, 3c; dry, 5e.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
A French photographer has pleased
Paris, always charmed with a novelty,
by producing extraordinary photo
graphic combinations through an in
genious arrangement of mirrors. Tho
results ho attains are novel, surprising
and sometimes sensational, ns, for in
stance, his bona fide photograph of a
well-known Parisian being ridden in
the street by his ham. UroU'sque eom-
i), nations such as tilts are, of course,
familiar to us all, for photographers
have long been able to produce very
curious effects by embodying figures
from several negatives in one print.
The beauty of this last photographic
novelty is, however, that the prints do
not "give away" the process, as the old
fashioned built up photographs invari
ably do by the stilted postures and in
congruous discords of the composition,
but appear to be single, Instantaneous
glimpses of real scenes of an altogether
impossible nature. They are clever
enough to deceive an expert, or t make
a superstitious person almost believe in
miracles.
All Paris is enthusiastic over one of
his pictures in particular. It is a pho
tograph of a gentleman in evening
dress, with the face of his fiancee
daintily poised on his Immaculate shirt
front. The girl's face seems to be as
much a part of the man's figure as is his
head, and not merely a piotureatamped
on the white linen bosom.
This ieat is accomplished by posing
the figures in such a. way thnt'they are
reflected from the maze of mirrors di
rectly into the eye of the camera. Some
times the woman's face is reproduced
in a smaller form, and in tho shape of n
heart, and is so arrauged as to take thr
place of the organ in which the god of
love is popularly supposed to dwell.
Photographs taken by the mirror
process show people in every conceiv
able position. For instance, two broth
ers are photographed to appear as one
balanced upside down on the other's
head. As both are in evening dress.
Irom patent leather pumps to crush
hats, it is difficult to decide when one
has the picture right side up. Pictures
of airimals in all conceivable positions'
are a fad of this photographer, whose
art often takes a humorous turn. A
very small snake in the. act of swallow
ing an unusually large elephant is a fn
vorite with those who have a sense of
the ridiculous. Other pictures, how
ever, lean to tragic rather than the
comic.
A pyramid of babies, to the number of
a score, is another picture which at
tracts a great deal of Interest, for,
though the tots are still in the long
clothes period of existence, tliev appear
to balance themselves with all the sang
Irani oi professional acrobats.
One large photograph which the Pa
risian camera jug-Her lately exhibited
at an exhibition of pictures, noted inore
for their oddity than the popular char
acter of their subjects, Is probably the
most grewsome of any he has yet, taken.
This photograph portrays an exceeding
ly beautiful woman dressed as for
ball, through whose body the bare arm
of a man is thrust, tho hand rfayping
the handle of a sword that is dripping
with hlood. The woman's face is dis
torted, as though with pain, and she
seems about to fall to the ground. N.
Y. Herald.
e openers.
TO THE LADIES:
The following prices Regardless of Cost:
. Sixty Tails of French Kid Shoos, sizes 2 to 5, retail price ,.$4.00
To close them out we soli thorn now for., ,. 2.00
Saving to buy thorn now $2.00
288 Pair Dongolas, sizes 2 1-2 to 0, retail prico , $2.2"
A Groat Bargain at , ,' : 1,75
: Fifty Cents Saved ; $ ,,50
29 pair Fine, Worth., ,'. , ji.q
To close out , 10Q
Another Fifty Cents Saved $ ,50
A line of Misses' and Children's Shoes
out at Low Prices.
All of this at H. BAKER'S.
closing:
Tlios. F. O.ikes, Henry C. Pay no, Henry C
House, Itaeeivers.
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Tacoma has been wont to call
itself the "City of Destiny,'' but a
more appropriate name would be
the "City of Distraction," and if it
keeps floundering in financia
swamps much longer it may be
known us the "City of Destitution"
or the "City of Destruction." There
appears no end in sight of its
wretched story of mismanagement,
negligence, malfeasance, embezzle
ment and litigation, with regard to
municipal finances. Welcome.
Only a few weeks ago, the man
agers of these recently bursted
banking institutions were telling
depositors that the election of
Bryan meant that they would be
paid off in fifty-cent silver dollars.
Now these same depositors will be
lucky to get ten-cent dollars and
'f that, too, in spite of the fact that.
; the "advance agent of prosperity"
was elected. Roseburg Review.
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lininj! of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets intiamcd yon have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever: nine cases out of ten arc caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflam
ed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused hy catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh j
Cure. Bend for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO,, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Hull's Fandlv Pills are the best.
Ripans Tabules: gentle cathartic.
fa SI I P P1 Um 'tatements of lea
WdlCJI jug druggists averywherc, show
that the people hare an abiding eouftdeuce
in Hood's Sarsaparllla. Great
Qitppo V'mi by tie voluntary tato
W U I Cis meats of thousands of men and
womcu show that Hood's BursapariUa ac
tually does possess
Pft Wr 0Ter "MaM hf Purifying, en-
Vti riciiing and Invigorating tin
blood, upon which not only hoalu but Ilia
Itself depeuds. The great
W14tVS.33 curing others warrant.
you In believing that a faithful use ol Hood's
BarsapariJta will cure you if you suffer fxota
ny trouble owned by Impure blood.
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Ti the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. .
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BALLROOM BICYCLING.
A Musical Bide at Lord and Lady lira.
ley's llouse.
The all-conquering bicycle Las bad
many triumphs, but its InW conquest
in Its greatest.
It has invaded the ballroom and when
Lord and Lady Brassey gave their bull
of the seasonat government house, .Mel
bourne, some weeks ago, a musical ride
on bicycles was an important item in
the programme. It was an adaptation
of the musical ride of the Household
brigade.
The ladies wore cycling costumes of
piiie oiouses, with dark blue ties and
dark blue skirta, The dress of the men
was a return to knee breeches aud
stockings, and in color harmonized
with the dresses ol the ladies,
Some days before the ball a rehpnriml
was held in a large suburban drill
room with peculiarly appropriate en
vironments, lor a, ball had been held
the night before. The floor was so
highly polished that French chalk had
to'be used to minimie that dread of all
cyclists, side-sliding. Both the figures
and the commands indicated a blend of
uic cavairy rme and the quadrille. Al-
tnougo one lady in particular same
down several times, she did It so deftly
that there was barely an interruption
to the movement. Another lady in a
Holland costume, turning sharply too
near the wall, was unseated, but re
mounted so quickly that only an ex
pert cyclist could detect that the move
ment, was not part of the rehearsal.
We have not yet heard how the real
ride went off, the mail not having
brought the account to hand, tendon
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A Shower of Ants.
A correspondent Jescrlbesaremarka
ble phenomenon witnessed in Jerusa
lem at the beginning of July. Aawarra
of flying ants settled wpon the city and
filled the air from sunrise until nine
o'clock. Visitors to the Holy Sepulcher
were obliged to use their handkerchiefs
constantly in order to keep the insoct
out of their eyes and nostrils, The na
tives asserted that this extraordinary
flight of ants was the precursor of an
earthquake. Whether there was nnv
real connection between the. two phe
nomena or not, as a matter of fact two
slight shock of earthquake were felt
In Jerusalem on the waning of tlu same
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