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EBANON VOL. I. LEBANON, OKKQON, FRIDAY, JUNK 17, 1881 NO. 1G. E EXPRESS nnon(xpmu lixacati vrv rmtiAV ) J. II. BTINE & CO Publisher TERMS r 81'BHCRirTIOfC. One Year 2 m.iihIk J a Three Mmitln t ( r)lI- m ailrauoa.) TKKMS OK APVfcUTISlNO. -( lkiiai. ) Oti.aniiAre. fir.1 Insertion . , ,3 1 fcach alU.loual uiarrllun IN (Ltx M.l Local Notice. vr line , 15criit ltejular a.lri'ttbuMwnU tnarttisl ummi liberal tenna. JOB PRINTING. letter Hr K .VxteiA cM ml kwvt tHuig rvcA. SOCIETY NOTICES. t.MUSOX I.OIXSK, iO. 4. A F a A. M : Meet, l their new hall In Masniito Itlork. on atml evening, on or liefor. the (all m-sw J l AssoN. W. M. LEBANON l.OtMlR. NO. 47. I. f. O. r ; Meet. untwjr eTeln. iS en.-h weeV. .1 rVll.m. Hull, Mntn elreet; vision brethren etwItnH) Imttett to .(ttu.l J. J. fit Alt Lit N. !t. a. IION'OR LOPOl? NO. S A. O. V. W . I-I..iim. Orptr.: Mt-ta every ttrt ami tliltt THurett.) eteti. ln In Hi. uitmtb. '. H. HosiliK. M. W. J. 8. COURTNEY, M. O., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LEBANON ORKUON. Office In lr. Powell'. Ke.Menc. F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public and General Insurance Agt. LEBANON. ORKOON. !leetl.n ami other btulue. prouu attended to. f Ntiee mi Main .lievV DR. A. H. PETERSON, SURGICAL. DENTIST, Filling ami Extraction Teeth a Specialty. LEI1AN0X. OREGON. Ciffiee In resMenee, on Main .tree, neit tloor ikw th c . B. M.witamie'a new nsmletiee. Ail or wajnuiUf-L Cbarrfw. rem.lle. C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, T.KBANON. OREGON. SHavlnc Hair Cattln. aal Shampooing tn tha latest anil B3T STYLES. IV Patronage reatssctrally eollcltel. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, LEBANON. OREliON. N. W. Corner Main ml fchwean Street, two Mock fcaat ul R K. Depot. J. NIXON. Prop. Tables Supplied with the Best the Market Affords. Hampla Room, ami tle lv.t Commercial m Accommodatloti. for VJieneraJ Stag. Offi.e. J. O. ROLAND, Lebaaon. Orrgva, mvvm kt axu pkm.rr in Harness, Saddles, Bridles, . Whips, Spurs, Goods in the Saddlery Line. 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Or MANVFACTCKICHa or THE MITCHELL FARM mm i ; ft j a i5 fss atsf ft? swa in 1 1 - i THE MITCHELL WAGON. Loir. Header and Tru.lca: Damn. Hand and Road Cart: Open and Top Buggies. Phactonn, Carriages, Backboards, and Geiwrul Atrcnts for Canton Clipper I'lowa. Harrows. Cultivators. Road Srrajiera. Oalo Chilled lMovva. Ideal Kccd Mill ar.d Wind Mil'.a, Knowl tan Hay ltakcs Howe l'owors. Wood Sawn. Feed Cutter. We carry Die Invest and best assorted atoclc of Vehicle on the Northwest Coast. All our work is built especially for this trade and fully warranted. Scud for new IS?" catalogue. MitcMl & Lewis Co., Limited, 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Oar good arc sold by F. II. ItOSCOE & CO., Hardware Dealers, Lebanon, Or. Gr. E. W ate h maker ....DEALER IX. Waters, Clocis, Jewelry, Silycr . .AGENT ROCKtFORD Quick-TrainnCHES Repairing a Specialty; CtA&xt Bur BL Naval o o o o o o j ftfunnwrst'on ALSO f ' 'frSnSwi iafn'iiTii mi in,. . f r-.t h. II . . yr'v tia are i i f a n is- . -.i A.r7 av -V . it w 3i ar The New Noble Sewing Machine and Machine Supplies. LEBANON OREGON. IN Piislc RF.R IF.. Done at Short Notice. in stork IN. Optical Goods. AiHKTllt?iT or. ROYAL ALLOY THIMBLES, LADIES' Cuff and Collar SETS, Chains, Pins, Etc. SILVERWARE. All W.rW W arranted. lliviiMvillc9 Or AND SPRING WAGONS. and Jeweler- R IX.... Plated Ware and Optical Goods. FOR o o o o o o o All Work SERVICE Guaranteed u TH K BEST. Sold n Diinrtnal dUeadttona, o o o o o o o jeweler.), with xuu nuiulj. agikt roa. SONQ OF THE GROCER. "O nii not," th maiden erleil, Miith thlna t tin di ili', I wl.h yon really wnulil rh wrlph, Ami from jrour kiiic. would rlt-o." I run not lirlp till. eoff l.l, Ki'r tuii have rhllli il m througli; Tliiiili jrmi t tnn liar, (riven tbo lack, 1 No fulrer Ilour e'er itreir. Tim onp ha. nl'piwnl swnjr from mo, 'Hint 1 ciin rail yon mine; Hut If thA lai r-l im r itioiJ 1'lfu.o drop to ma line. "I'll rle the hlffhett (rraito for you, r irrlnrt mjr way an fin: Wh,lirwr plan ftot'a mliiit. tou'H .44 My liunrt will rouml you tarlue. I not atrlye you to nt'la. TlioiiKh till. I. blittrr blow, I .till iiui.t think what mivlit have bran Hail yuu Dot aaUl In. Ho. . Frandtt Him COLLIEIIY EXPLOSIONS. ECTorta Which Have Been to Prevent Them. Made Tli l)y' Lamp and fire I lamp Coal llu.t llaiif era-'-Shot-rirlnt" to Ul riar to Kafrr Method of Kiploalotta. Tim ntmonphcre of every coal-mine probably contain iuori or less mnrvli KA. itlt lioiii; Ii in gome the amount I bo very amnlL Unit tlie air within them could ii'Vr Imm-ihho t".xjiloive tiiulcr or iliniw-y condition. 01 working. I Ihtc it no doubt 1 1) At en friMiucntl v escape. dctct-Hoii owiiijl lo t he InijitM-ffcthni of tho inenii" niloyti for it ifconitioii If pri'seiit in ffHuin jrojMit'mti tho tiuu-.h pus Is pcvcnlwl by Iho ftoiiga tion of the ft nine of the !:ifely-Iiitiis or by the appearance of what i known as it Vhii" nimn tho flume. An experienced eye enn determine pret ty accurately the relative amount of the lire-dump from the size and character of the cup upon a properly trimmed ft dine; but the left altogether f;til when the pmpoition of ga fulU Indow two per cent. This animiut, small ns it may worn, mny, under eertiiin circuin stauce. pitv highly danjierons. The minc-maiiacer and the firemen" re tptii-e lo use some more delicate methiHl of detecting; cniiili ipiantilica of liro dniiip thnn that usually employed. For titniitcly such mt'tholHre not unknoivii. Mr. I.ivciiir has det isi'tl a very indent on indicator, by which tho exl-dcnee of iniii'li pa can be detected and it ntnouut estimated even when tho cpiim lity I a low n a tjimrter per cent Two lirecifdv "imiliir pieces of thin platinum wire are simoUaneoualy lioated to bright retlneM by the action of a small uiaxucto-clectrie machine worked bv hand. One of the wires contained in a Miiall tulie filled with pit air; the other can lie fturrotiiidcd at will, ntul in a minute or two, with nir from any part of the mine. If fire damp U present it burns round the hoi wiref which is thereby inereaed in temperature and emit a more brilliant 1'tjlht. It y comparing the intensitie of Iho liht emitteil by the two wires by the aid of a very eimplo photometric arrangement the percentage amount of HVo-dHtnp present may be at once de termined. The apparatus i iiortable and easily worked, and is well adapted for use under ground. Seventy years have elapsed since Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp which is associated with hi name. It is almost impossible to overestimate the influence of that invention in the development of coal-mining in the de velopment, indeed, of our national prosperity. It ha unquestionably saved thousands of lives and has en abled millions of tons of coal to bo raised which, without it, could not pos sibly have been won. It is related that when Mr. Huddle, whose name is well known in the history of coal-mining for tho improvements he introduced into tk ly.itjm of ventilating collieries, took down one of the first Davy lamps into a fiery pit and beheld the tire-damn "cap" playing round the light and np- paretitly imprisoned within the wire irau.e cylinder, he exclaimed exult ingly: "At lat wo have subdued this monster!" Not a year passes, however, without tho monster' showing us that he is still very far from subjection; and, strange to say, the Davy lamp itself and the very system of ventilation which wo owe to Mr. liuddle, as de veloped in these later times, have con spired to aid the 'monster' in his work of havoc and disaster. How this has come about may be told in a very few words. When tho lamp was first introduced the ventilat ing currents in mines seldom exceeded a velocity of three hundred feet per minute in the air-ways, and they were usually very feeblo in the working places. Nowadays the enormous fans and other mechanical ventilators which tre employed cause the air to travel at velocities approaching two thousand feet per minute in the air-ways, and cur rents of more than four hundred feet per. initiate, are not unfrcquently met with at the working places. Under these conditions tho Davy lamp and, in a lesser degree, two other 'well-known forms of safety lampr-the Clauny and the Stephenson lamps become abso-' Intely unsafe in an explosive atmos phere. Indeed, tho ordinary .Davy tamp will ignite gas outsido it if ex posed to an explosive current traveling it less than four hundred feet per miu- ulo The Royal Commissioners, as far back is 1880, directed the attention of the Home Secretary to the fact "that the smployment of the ordinary Davy lamp without a shield of metal or of glass, in in explosive mixture, when the air mrrents exceed six feet per second, is attended with risk of accident almost amounting to certainty." Indeed, merely attempting to blow out the flame within the lump may cause it to! igniiean inflammable mixture. Happily invention has not liecn long behind necessity, and there are at least half-a-tlo.en forms of lamp which are safe under current velocit ies exceeding three thousand feet per minute. Everybody will agree with tho conclusion of the 1 loyal Commissioners Unit whilst it would lo unwise to make a particular lamp compulsory on the ground Unit difficulties might thereby lo thrown it; the way of introducing improvements In future. It is nevertheless desirable that soiiio control shoutd l exercised lu reference to the kind of lamps to beem- Siloyed In coal-mine, and that only those amps should be used which nre author ized from tlmo to time by iho Secretary of Stale. Fire-damp, however, i not tho most foriablable f the causes of colliery explosion. It is doubtful, indeed, whether a single on- of the more dis astrous explosions of modern times can be directly and wholly attributed to its action. It is significant that violent explosions seldom occur nowadays in very wet pits, although the air in them frequently contains lire-damp. More over, when explosion do occur tn such pits they rarely extend over a largo area, and the loss of life from them is comparatively small. Such catastro phes as those of Aliercarno, ltisca, Seaham and . IVtiygraig, where hundreds of men and boys are killed, and where evidence of the ex plosion is to be met with in nearly all part of the pits, almost invariably happen in dry and dusty pits. It hardly admits of question that explosions of this kind are dependent upon the pres ence of this dust. Dut explosions in flour-mills have long Iwcn known, but it is only within the last few years that Iho action of finely divided coal-dust in initiating or propagating a colliery ex plosion has received much attention. The atmosphere of a deep dry mine is always imiircimated with more or less dust. Jt settle everywhere, not only in the woi kiuir places, but in the intake and haulage roads. It is not only on the fli Mir, but hanrrs from the roof and limber, and is heaped up on the edina. A violent movement of the air dislodge it in clouds; if naked flame be introduced into such a cloud it in flame with explosive violence and the concussion f air i fallowed by fresh clouds of dut through which tho flame is propagated. the .muttjr rrain With .udjrn Ware rtiftu. d Inflame the air. Milton said this of jnmiiowder; it is even truer of coal-dust. Now there are many conditions in the l ordinary working of a coal mine which may occasion incse vioiem movements , 1 .1 ! oi mo air, aim ciin i amon litem is the prevalence of what is techni cally known as "shot-firing that is. blasting by means of gunpowder. I.un- powder is used in the mine either for bringing down the coal or for removing stone, in order, for example, to make roads for the passage of horses, and for enirine planes, etc A hole is driven or drilled into tho coal or stone, into which a certain quantity of powder, to gether with a fuse, is introduced, and tho rest of the hole is "stemmed" or tamped" that is, tilled up with small stones and earth or, too frequently. with small coal itself. Jlio fuse is 12- nited and the workmen retire either in to a "refuge hole" or round a corner until the blast is made. Occasionally it happens when the charge of gun powder is to larsre, or when it is mi perfectly stemmed, or when the rock is unusually hard, that tho powder blows out the stemming and there is a violeut concussion of air, and from the month of the drill-hole there issues a flame tho length of which will be greatly increased if small coal has been used in the stemming. Indeed, it is not necessary for the shot to be "blown out" to produce either the flame or a I concussion vf air sufficient to dislodge tho inflammable oust. e nave Here a condition of things which may be high ly dangerous in dujty pits. It has been proved over and over again that shot tiring has been the immadiate precursor of some of the most disastrous colliery explosions on record. The influence of dust in at least propagating an explosion is now generally recognized by mining engineers and colliery malingers, but it is still a moot point with some whether it is capable of initiating an explosion or, indeed, of propagating it in the absence of fire-damp. There is, however, a considerable body of evi dence to show that whilst the explosive character of a dusty atmosphere may bo greatly augmented by the presence of fire-damp, dust alone may be suffi cient to bring about the most disastrous explosions. It is known that explosions have occurred simultaneously with the firing of shots in stone, and certain of these sliots havo been fired in a dusty main intake-road, and at poiuts where, currents of air of over 20,000 cubic feet per minute were passing. It is almost inconceivable, except on the theory of the sudden outburst of gas at places where it is in tho highest degree improb able that such outbursts could occur, that such air could contain any sensible quantity of fire-damp.. The concussion of air would certainly dislodge large clouds of dust from the roof and from the floor, and this once ignited, wottld cause an explosive wave which would travel throughout the pit or so long as the ignition was maintained by fresh clouds of dust. Of late years the use of explosives in coal mines has been considerably re stricted, and some people have gone so far as to demand their absolute prohi bition. Explosive agents are, however, much too powerful auxiliaries in colliery working to be readily given up, and in deed if they are used intelligently there seems no reason why they should be discarded. Ia the case of gunpowder much may be done to minimize the evil by watering tho roadways and roofs, aid by preventing as far as iMtsgible the accumulation of dust. In the haulage ways and enjfine-plane tho dust is largely duo to tho action of the air cur rents impinging against the broken coal in the tubs, which frequently run from ten to fifteen miles an hour alonz the roads. A variety of methods have been suggested for keeping down tho dust. but nothing hociiis to have been at tempted on a sufficiently largo scale. I his much seems certain; if the continu ance of shot-firing by'menns of gun powder Is to be permitted, this quest ion of lust wll hare to be more seriously grapnled with than it lias been hitherto. The Royal Commissioners have rejiorteil that they are convinced, from extensive practical experiment carried out by themselves and others, that the abolition if the use of powder in dry ami dusty mines will not generally involve any formidable inconvenience. There are other methods of getting conl than by the use of gunpowder, and some of these ai'o quite as efficient ns, and scarcely more expensive than powder. llhiting by means of lime has of late years licen extensively practiced. In this process the expansive eflect which follows the slaking of quicklime, fmely powdered and pressed, by hydraulic power into small cylindrical blocks, is nitdo list? of. It is the opinion of the Commissioners that in some coal seam tfce lime cartridges will perform work quite equal to I hat accomplished by powder, at no. greater cost and with absolute immunity from risk of explo sions. Dynamite, tonite. and explosives of this class can also safely bo used in conjunction with water for blasting in stone, or shale, or coal, even in dusty air containing lire-damp. lucre are also various mechanical appliances which will do efficient work both in ooal and stone, and in which blati3g is altogether obviated. The limits f this paper will not allow os lo go into these matters at greater length. It will bo sufficiently evident, however, that wo are rapidly dispelling much of the obscurity which has hitherto surrounded the origin of many colliery explosions. There is gfd reason to hope, therefore, that the time is not far distant when in the light of this fuller knowledge and with the more intelli gent supervision which should follow from it, the frequency f these disalers will be very greatly diminished. Walter C. Smith. J). I)., in Oood Word. NOBLE ANIMALS.. Th tntaaatil I'lark aal Iocllitj of Arab aafl feralMn Itor.ea. Ihc ceneral run of Araus nre, no doubt, lirst-rato horses, so far s they go, for military "piirises, but they are too small to mount satisfactorily any but native cavalry. There are, of course. exceptional nin.Tials which have nzc and power enough for any thing, but they are so few What that they may be left out of the general estimate which we take of the race. For any soldier whose wciirht is such that he can w mounted on an Arab he will be foumi the hardiest, soundest and most docile of war horses. Ho will do an enormous amount of work on very little and Terr indifferent food, and will always bear himself well and handsomely. In ono iMiint only is he, nre than other horses, susceptible of disease, and that is his eye, which is liable to cata ract. His great characteri .tic is Lis un daunted pluck, which is never more clearly shown than when by any chance he is ill, when all veterinary surgeons will allow that he is a most admirable patient, resisting and throwing off the effects of illness or treatment in a way that no horse of another race can equal. Persian horses have always been found among the most generally useful re mounts in India, and they take their place both in the ranks of cavalry and in gun teams. They have more power and size than Arabs, with much of tho same constitutional good qualities, and a matter of great importance to iho State they are generally cheaper in price. VUickwood' s Maqazine. BOGUS MAPLE SIRUP. IS? The Heat Way for Farmxra to Fight Dealers lu Adulterated Oooila. Prof. A. J. Cook points out the fact that while comparatively little genuine maple sirup is made, it is well-nigh im possible to go into any of the thousands of grocery stores in this country with out finding plenty of jars marked "Pure Maple Sirup." It is a story of fraud anil adulteration as wicked as that practiced by tho oleomargarine people. Glucose sells for less than 20 cents per gallon. Mixed and doctored with a little maple flavoring, it is sold for 11.00. This glucose is made from corn. The grain is ground, the starch washed out anil heated with sulphuric acid. The acid is afterward removed by the use of lime, out tho consumer never knows how complete this removal is or whether any of the acid remains in the rlucose he is called upon to cat. When poorly prepared and the consumer never knows when tins condition oc-. curs glucose contains a virulent poison which will surely injure the system Makers of pure maple sugar must con vince their patrons of their honesty The sweet they prepare in its pure state will always command the highest price. for it is a delicate luxury. The best way to fight the bogus dealers is to war rant every can as strictly pure, to ob serve the most scrupulous honesty and to advertise in an attractive way. Rural Atw Yorker. The New York Sun enthusiastically Indorses Hannibal Hamlin s suggestion that Lincoln's birthday should be a national holiday like that of Washing ton. - THE FLY-TRAP OF VENUS. A f'rrtljr riant U lilrli Attfart anl faptl- vaU-s r.Vfrj Tiling ThntAjfroa hr It. One of the best known of these jn. sect-entlng plants found here, as well as in Lapland and Scandinavia, is the Sun-dew (lJrofcra), discovered ii'ut a century ngo. Another plant, the so called Flytrap of Venus (l)ionrrn) of America, which was brought to Eng land ono hundred and twenty vents fgo, has received the name of Venus for tho reason that, like the Goddess of Reality, it attracts and captivates every thing that heedlessly approaches it. At the bottom of the plant tho leaves flus ter like a rosette; from the center of Ibis arises the flower-stalk. The edge f the leaf, which is nearly circular, is over-jrrown with strong bristles, while ts surface is covered with small glands. at either side of which aro three long " hairs. A fly approaches; carelessly it settles on the leaf and perchance it touches one of the six long hairs: sud denly the leaf folds, tho bristles inter lace, ami the Insect is caught. Often times the whole tragedy takes bill ten second. The sensitive hairs have r formed their duty; now begin the work of the gland. These discharge a arge quantity of a colorless iicid sliino tho digestive fluid, pepsin and tho closed leaf changes at oneo into a stomachic organ. After a lupso of eight or nine days the leaf reopens. the infect lias disapjiearcd, tho prey has leon consumed. The aliove-ineii-tioniil facts constitiita the main features of the process of digestion, but in con nection with it many questions arise. What hapieii, for instance, if a non- edible object irritate the hairs, perhaps a stone or a piece of wood? 1 lie leaf close with the jrreafest. possible swift ness, but soon discovers its mistake. and docs not discharge the digestivo juice; after n lapse, of twenty-four hours it again unfolds, ready for another capture.' This does away whh the. mark of distinction (bus far generally accepted, namely, that "plants live, animals live and feel jilinlt rtvunt, nnimulia rtvunt tl entiunC). for the Diotiica distinguishes quite readily, by taste and feeling, that which is digest ible from that which is not, I5y exjeri menf, it has been ascertained that nitro genous nourishment is preferred by the Diomra; hence every kind of meat (beef, pork and veal, either raw, fried or stewed) is digested by the plant; also albumen and cheese; the latter, however, causes disturbance during digestion, and the leaf easily ails. Dr. IJ'uhl, tit 1'miular Science Monthly. HOT A NEW FOLLY. Slorr of Home t aster. XVftnao Feat One Astonished the World. The fasting feats of Succi and Mer latti had their rivals in the fifteenth century. An ancient lxk, by one Panoriuita, quote Ta faster named Picentini. or Picenta, who died blas pheming Christ and the Virgin. This Antonio farted for forty days, and filled Italy. Sicily and Spain with the fame of his sanctity and abstinence. He was shut up in a cell and guarded. It was thought that angels brought him food and coirversed with him every day. The truth is that he had in his cell some large candles. These consisted of an outer coating of wax only, which cov ered hollow reeds containing farina, bouillio and a mixed hash of pheasant and caiion, seasoned with aromatic ex- ract and herbs. He is also said to ive had in his girdle a tube contain- ng hyppocras. .x.neas Sylvis, in his commentaries on thisltook, cites a woman of Padua who listed forty days and nights. He also itesa priest who came to Rome under Nicholas V. from the remote part of aul, and who was said to have eaten nothing for four years, except at rare ntervals, when his Bishop forced him to swallow a morsal. He Hayed for a long time in Rome and was. regarded as a saint, but was finally beaten with roils and exiled; since every prodigy is suspected. The Canon of Noyon is stated in the Novon Chronicles of H10 to have ab stained from food for three years. He. dabbled in astrology and alchemy, scraped skulls of the dead, boiled lizards and adders and distilled poisons and made a "liquor" ' to stave oft hunger. He was summoned to Rome by the prcdecessorof Nicholas V., Pope Eugen IV.. who confided to biro, the charge of his kitchen. He reduced the expenses in that quarter ninety-five per cent., but finally the servants made such an outcry that the Pope had to send him back to I ranee. He was an agreeable guest, and talked pleas antly while others ate at the dinners to which he was invited, but on his return home he complained of stomach ache to his servant, arising from the smell of the viands, like the Mussulmans, who think that they break their fast by inhaling perfumes. The legend says that the Canon of Noyon got so thin at last that there was nothing left of him but bones and skin, and that he was blown away one gusty winter evening and never seen again. StberLand urul Mcer. Pertinent Brevities. ; Just out The spring chicken. Visibly affected A blind mao- A gentleman of polish A boot-blaeK- An active member A circus acrobat. A marked change Trading for a branded horse, . A stern-whccler An austere person- age on a Ijlcyele- - - A parting injunction "Right down the middle, barber." "A soft answer turneth away wrath" Few of us care to kick a fool. Hard to discourage the banana peel; the public has always sat down on it. Detroit Free Press. 4 j vv . V.asaawgfeafc W ;v-s3 v v v A V 1 sivtv;,!, a. ;v .-w ar. -