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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1893)
TOMORROW. Vh, wait," a (trim, "but n UiU ioiutw,' The ynutiK aym kIowIhk Willi Italy lire, "Anil nmn, thruuKb ma, hIirII (jrow uurati ntronuur; My won in mImII eelut, my dewlt tiutpira, Tin UnoU, lite Hwiiiy; 1 (Irunui aiul ulau; VlMtr ooiiitw tomorrow, mid thuii tomorrow, AimI ytt lunturntw, mu) t a man," By llw oil IT wlieiuw the wavaa tbolr urny fllooa borrow Tlw nwtwUMi of aw-at voiced Kohoa lay, Ajulmurmuml:u.Wiurrowl Tuuiorrowl To nMHTilWl1' Waa tliore a thrill on of mooklng laughter. Hounding UtiiK afwr, , Ami ilylikit away? Runwlft ysnntHiwiMl mid till life la Duty) Alt. th ulii tlmu lltflil In ttie eyes Ib duwlt Ml mn fi tli fill Hill I to nty dream of Beauty, Toiiutrruw, tomorrow In mluvl" 1 uUd. By the cillff wbuiioe the wavaa their gray gloom borrow Tint Hwwtf4t of sweet vukiwl Ktiltitni lay, Anil murmured! "Tomorrow la oiliwt Toinor 1 rowl" Wu there a thrill at of nitwit lug laughter bounding loug after, Ami dyliiK awayT lha swift yearn ..pawl and the llglit la failing, The dim oyen turn in the tubity want; Tbe white bead droop, mid be etauda bewail Iuk. forth 'a wearied, dejeuted. dUheartened Htuent. "Too latel" There will be no murruw't greew big Of my grand, great Work but the ruined abell: have alwaye dreamed, an the yearn were fleav lag There la yet u-uuirrowr The dark night fell, By ta oil ft whence ttie wavaa their gray gloom borrow TtteaweeieHt of aweet voiced Kchomlayt "Thate la vel to-morrowl" alia aubiHid, "ta. murniwl" Waa there a thrill at of taudar aadueaa, UhaniR to Klathiemt, And dying awayf -Chat loll W. ThuratouluUvarlaud Monthly. MACK'S ESCAPE. In the town in which I live there is an M frontiersman whoin every one calls "Squire Muck." Is the early days he went to California, and had uiany curl em adventures there which he delights in recounting. At the breuking out of the civil war he waa making shingles uear some min ing town In the Sierra Nevada. The ewe from home tilled hiiu with patriot ic Are, and with eeveral comrades he turned hie faue eastward aud travel ed as rapidly a puaaihle toward the "(states." Arriving at Halt Lake City, he learned that Indians had keen raiding the trail head, tiring upon wagon trains and earning express and stuge stations. This news disheartened his companions. who resolved to stop at salt Lake City til the trouble was over. Mot so with Mack. He was of toe sort ef men who are bound to go through when they bare iwguu a thing, lie pressed on, taking his chances, ou the "Cherokee trail," Mack had been a wagonmaater along this trail, and knew the ground well Be bad heard that the Indians were raid ing about Ureen river, but he knew that Mtbe crossing of the trail over this strain he had a good friend In the per son of Hat Luvtgne. an old trrenoh Cana dian trader who lived here. Lavigne bail a great deal of Influence ssnong the nut-rounding tribes of Utes, Utntuhs. (Jbeyenues and Arapahoee. He was married to an Arapaho woman, aud was reckoned a member of that tribe. He must lie awuru uf the moveiueuts of the ludiaus Ho Hack, riding an excellent oayuae sshI leading a good sized pack mule, poshed boldly ou to Ureen river oroeg tog anil brought up at Bat Lavigne's adobe dwelling one evening at sundown. Lavigue made biiu welcome heartily. The trailer told him that a big war party of Anipnboes bad "mixed medi ans" at Ureeu river two days before, nil bail set out from there upou an ex pedition to the east He had been with tbem during Uie powwow, but did not know whether they bad "excepted white blood" in mixing their medicine or not If they bad not, the trail would be ex tremely dangerous. But there wore no other Indians to be feared at preeent, he said, if one kept straight nHu the old Cherokee trail, which passed over a Hue of neutral ground Iwtweeu the mountain tribes. If the Amimhoea were agaiu to go plun dering and killing whites, as they had done a few weeks before, they would keep to tins trail to avoid other enemies. Mack's Htrlnig desire to get forward spun the way home got the bettor of bis prudence, aud he again took the trail est ward. At about noon on the third day he eaine iim the smoldering ruins of an Old freight or way station. Mack knew very well, from certain signs which lie now la the neighborhood, thai the building hud been tired by In diana. If imiple bad been living in it they had probably been killed or taken prisoners. W lilt her th Indians had gone Mack conlil not determine. The gronnd was aril and linked, and no tracks of any on could be discovered, but the party oulil not lie far distant. Mack picketed his animals among miie Migp brush near at hand, and ate hie msiii lunch while considering whether It wus liwt to go back or go ahead. He bad now an doubt that the building had been burned by the Arapuhoes, and that they had not "excepted white blood" in Staking up their iirotective medicine. As lie ml in this meititative mood the traveler, uituueuing to oast ki Mm hack Um the trull over which he Rail cniiie. saw two horsemen leading pock animals and ridiug toward him at a gallop. They proved to be young men who were on their way home Tennessee. They had beard of Mack i Lavigne's three days before, and hail neen trying to overtake him. They, too, were on their way east ward to take part in the great straggle then going forward: bnt tbey Intended to Join tbe sonthern army, while be was going to join the Union forces. "Partner," said one of the southern ers, "let's stick together aud tight to gether through this here Indian coun try, and after we get home well fight each other." "All right," said Mack; "it's agreed. Northerners is northerners and south erners is southerners, but Injins is pizen." : bo them deadly enemies of the near future went on together, comrades in danger. Every man of the three was eonipisid with a stout muzzle loading rifle and a large Colt's revolver. They set out together on the trail and Sad advanced bnt a few miles from the burned station when they sighted a inad of mounted Indians, wbo had just broken camp at a mountain spring be side tbe trail. Tbey were several hun dred yards in advance when they were discovered, and were jost riding oat of the depression which gave rise to the spring Ou account of bis long experience in the country Muck had been given the leadership by the Tenuesseeans. Be came to a halt and told his companions to get otf their horses, hoping tbey might possibly escape notice; but even while they were dismounting the In dium caught Bight of tbem, and wheel ing their smies about came back at a gallop straigbt down the trail. Tbey spread out in a sort of fan shape as tbey came, aud Mack counted twenty-six. "(Jit roady for business, boys, said be quietly. "Behind your horses, re volvers handy, and rifles across saddles!" Tbe Indians came ou at a reck lens pace until within about a hundred yards, when Mack, stepping out from behind bis horse, shouted and motioned them back. They pulled up snddenly. One of them slipped from his pony, and hand ing the rein and bis gun to a comrade cuuie forward on foot, gorgeous in a col sred blanket, a white slouch bat stuck with ravens' feathers, and a variety of brilliant paints daubed upon bis face aud breast Ue was a big fellow and walked with a swinging stride. "How! bow!" said be, as be halted a few paces distant aud grinned hideous ly through bis paiuta. "How do you dor answered Mack. "What do you wuutT The Indian shook bis head in tokea that be did not understand Unglish. "Hablan ustedee lilspanolr" (Do yon speak spanisbr) asked the Indian. Mack, who had picked op a smattering of Bpanish, answered that he did. In this tongue tbe Indian asked where they were going. Mack answered that they were going home to the land where the sun rose. and asked in turn what the chief for such the Indiau undoubtedly was wanted. The Arapaho told bim if the white men would surrender theirhorses, mules, gunB and ammunition tbey might keep their ulanketn and go ou. and be would not let bis warriors molest them. Kor reply Muck indicated, partly in Hpauish aud partly by gestures, that the Indians might have the ammuaition through the muzzles of the guns and the weapons and animals after their owners were dead. At this the Indian grinned, and tried to turn the matter otf as a joke. Be then asked if Mack and his party were going to camp at Big Medicine Bprings that night, aud upon being told that they were, said that his camp was there, and that he and bis braves would keep the white men company. But tbe white men might, he said, travel in advance, since in this way they would escape the dust the Indians' horses would make. Mack declined this courteous offer, but told the Indian that he and his compan ions would follow. They did not mind traveling in the dust at all, especially as there was no dust on the sun baked plain. Tbe Arapaho laughed again, "mighty onpleasunt," as one of the Tenneeseeans put it, aud wheeling about strode back to his men. After a uionient's conversation with them he sprung into his saddle, and with a beckoning motion to tbe white men headed his ouvalcude back upon the trail. Mack's companions looked at him In quiringly. "We've got to follow, boys," he told tbem. "There's no use bucking agin it If we turn tall now we're goners. Our only hope is to go on with 'em fearlessly ami vamp not far from 'em tonight and then trust to darkness to get away from 'in." Without a moment's hesitation they mounted and followed the Arapahoes, Wbo jogged along at a dog trot All that afternoon the three whites rode close behind the Indians, talking and langhing with an unconcern which tbey did not feel, but whichnndoubtedly did mnuh to render the savages more certain of outwitting and capturing or killing the little party at their leisure. I Big MudicUia vas reaohedapout srjg- dowu. The chief had spoken truly with regard to his oainp. for there wore twelve or lifteen lodges near the springs on the lower slope of the hill near the base of which the water came to the surface. As they rode down to the springs the chief dropped back and asked Mack where be would camp. Mack told bim they would picket their bersos among the sagebrush on the side of the hill above the spring. This seemed to satis fy the Indian; he turned away and rode with the others down to their camp. After watering their animals and bringing a pailful from the springs the white men moved up the side hill some SOU yards above and picketed their ani mals in a little depression out of sight of tbe Indian camp. A sentinel, however, whom they could see posted npon a rock upon tbe opposite bluff, bad them in full view. "Now. hoys." said Mack to his com panions after tbey bad lighted a tire, "git out your Uutoh oven and I'll git out mine and my self raisin flower, and wbile you take tbe hatchets and cut a big lot of sagebrush for a bonfire 111 mix and bake bread enough to last us three days. "Then after that's done well eat a big supper and light a big tire, and behind the blaze of it we II crawl to our horses and get out of these diggin's. It'll take us three days or three nights to reach Fort Collins, and those fellows 11 fol low us clean through unless we can dodge tbem somewhere on the trail." In three hours everything was in read mess for departure. No Indians had ventured near tbem. Evidently the Indians were trying to throw the white men otf their guard by a show of indif ference. It hud grown quite dark. Mack re- lived to trust in a not unfamiliar rase. He first allowed the tire to sink low, and then gathered a quantity of sagebrush and wrapped it up in three of their ex tra blankets. These bundles were then placed near the fire so that they should look at a dis tance like the figures of men squatted before tbe blaze. Then Mack and his comrades piled on brush until the flames leaped high; and behind this blaze tbey crept away to the horses, monnted them, and leading the repacked mules rode straight up the side hill until out of range of the firelight They then turned and rode several miles parallel with the trail, guiding their course by faintly seen stars. By and by they struck into the trail and urged their aulutals forward. They bad beard no sound of Indians in pur suit Before daylight they turned off and rode about four miles to the left, where Ihey hid their animals in a tittle pocket which had grass and water and betook themselves to a quaking-asp thioket uear at hand for rest and, by turns, for sleep. Here they proposed to remain all day aud to go on again at night Uue of them kept guard at tbe edgo of the thicket, overlooking the route and the surrounding country. Late in the afternoon a squad of In. dians were discerned in the distance looking for their trail. Crowded behind tufts of buffalo grass, they watched this band closely and auxiously. At sundown a signal Are about three miles away announced that their tracks had been discovered. But it would yet bean hour or more before the Indians would overtake the little party. As soon as it grew dark enough to cover their retreat. Mack and his com panions started. They crossed the trail. and rode until midnight on the other tide. Then they crossed back again, rode two miles out to the left and camped until daylight Rising again, they took the trail di rect, and rode at as rapid a pace as their ammals could be expected to sustain. Mack thought they had gained a lead during the night which would make it impossible for the Indians to come np with tbem; but at about 10 o clock they discovered a signal tire upon a hill not more than a mile off at the left and somewhat in advance of them. The building of this tire was proof that the party ahead were scouts, and that the main body of the Indians was behind. Mack kept his men to the trail, and they urged their animals forward. All that day they rode, but the In dians who were signaling kept steadily in advance of them. During the day they counted no less than seventeen fires, all built at a great distance from the trail; but during all the time not an Arapaho was seen. That night, when their horses and mules were almost exhausted, the white men made out the dim forms of two mountains a few miles in advance. Mack knew that these marked the pas sage of the trail out upon the open plains, within a three or four hours' ride of Fort Collins. Hidden in the mouth of a canyon they escaped observation. They rested and fed their horses, took food and before daylight were again in the saddle. "If we have any trouble it will come in th pass between the mountains." Mack told his comrades. "If we don't run against a party of 'em there, we're out of the woods. If we do, it'll take a good bunch of 'em to clean us out, for there's no cover only open ground." As they rode into the pass they saw Ave Indiana in the distance, seated upon their horses near the trail. These were undoubtedly the scouts, who, riding the swiftest ponies in their band, had kept ahead and were now stationed in the passhopuag ts hold, tbj whits men in check until others of their party came up. "Nothin to do but brush em one side, boys," said Mack. Tightening their girths and looking to their weapons, the little party charged forward at a stiff gallop. The Indians slipped off their horses and made a show of standing their ground: but as the white men pressed straight on and came nearly within rifle shot they lost their courage and fled. Five honrs later Mack and the Teu nesseeans were in Fort Collins, where a strong detachment of regular troops was stationed. - The Tenneeseeans looked qneerly at Mack as they rode np to the fort. They seemed to be satisfied with his look, and said nothing. Nor did Mack say any thing to the officers at the post concern ing bis companions' rebellious inten tions. Frank Welles Calkins in Youth's Companion. Bsvag-e af ths Influenza. Emperor Francis Joseph is sufforing from la grippe." "Mine. Modieska is prostrated from a severe attack of in fluenza. "Justices Brown and Lamar, of the United States supreme court, are confined to their rooms with severe at tacks of la grippe." "King William, of Wurtemberg, is seriously ill with influ enza, "seventy cadets at Annapolis are down with la grippe." "Alfred Cellier. the composer, died today from influenza." "Major McKinley is ' con fined to his bed with the grip." "Eliza beth McLaw cnt her throat today while crazed with la grippe." "Mme. Janauscbek is confined to her room with influenza." "The hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, his wife and daughter, are suffering from influenza." 'sir William Arthur White, British em bassador to Turkey, died today from in fluenza." "Archduke Ernest died in Vienna of influenza." "The influenza is raging in the South Sea islands of the Pacific, says a Melbourne dispatch. "At Windsor. N. Y., while suffering from la grippe, William Trost commit ted suicide. "Archduke Sigismund died in Vienna of influenza. He was a cousin of the Austrian kaiser." "Von Bulow, the great pianist, is serious ill with influenza. So run the telegraphic dispatches from all over the world. An Antleora Law Leader Dead. Mr. Peter Alfred Taylor had so long retired from public life that the an nouncement of his deatb will recall an almost forgotten name. But in his ac tive days be did Bplendid public service. Be was an aggressive Radical when Radicalism was unpopular, and the weak and downtrodden bad always m him an ardent and active fnend. As a member of the Anticorn Law league, a defender of Mazzini, a cham pion of the northern Btates during the American civil war, a determined op ponent of the game laws, compulsory vaccination and grants to royalty, he did much to stir up public feeling on these subjects, aud when, after a parlia mentary career of twenty-two years, he retired, owing to ill health, the cause of reform lost an honest and outspoken champion. Mr. Taylor was wealthy, but gave uberally, and he deserves to be held in grateful remembrance as a man who singularly sincere, unselfish and of earnest purpose, did much for the pub lic weal. Pall Mall (Jazette. Did Mere Than Wu Uxpeeted. For hundreds of miles in the vicinity of Lake Austin, western Australia, there has been such a prolonged drouth that crops of all kinds have suffered. A number of farmers combined to bear the expense of rain producing experiments and 000 was subscribed. Walter Mur- chison, a chemist, was engaged, and after a fortnight's preparation a series of explosions were followed in less than four hours by drenching showers. The atmospheric concussions not only produced copious fulls of rain, but had an utterly unexpected but equally desir able effect upon the rabbits. The thun dering explosions killed tens of thou sands of rabbits, which had for years preyed upon the crops. Yankee Blade. Couldn't Hear Him. An English rector, in an agricultural parish, found his own sermons accept able enough to his congregation, but not those of his assistant "Why don't you come to hear Mr. Jones?" be said to the leading farmer; "he's an excellent fel low, aud preaches far better than 1 do. "That may be, sir." was the grave re joinder; "but we ve been inquiring and inquiring about your curate, and we can't find as he's got any property; and we don't like to be told of onr sins by a person as hasn't got no property." San Francisco Argonaut A Gentle Hint Sheridan gave rather a shrewd inti mation to a spinster who insisted upon accompanying bim in a walk after a summer shower; "It has cleared np enough for one, madam, but uot enough for two." New York Home Journal. Don Pedro's Garten Dom Pedro was a Knight of the dar ter, having been invested by the queen during his visit to Europe in 1071. His death did not create a vacancy in the order, as, like other royal persnnagos. Ue was an extra knight It is probable that the Comte d'Eu will come to Cnglamt in a few weeks in order that be may person ally deliver up his father-in-law insig nia to the queen. Loudon World. Several Vnetul Aprons, A convenient and pretty bounekeeptng apron is mmle uf Htriped blue and white linen, with all the edges on the bib, belt and pocket of bis bindings of dark blue cambric. The apron is made long enough to nearly cover the dress and the skirt nearly meets In the back. The wide sua high bib is fulled into a tsmd at tbe top, and is held In plaoe by a bias shoulder strap, piped with blue, that begins at the belt in the back and fastens to the corners of the bib in front with buttons aud button boles. The skirt of the apron, inetead of being gsthored into the ueual band, bas a band that Is shaped like a pointed yoke in front A charming little afternoon apron Is of brocaded white China silk, with an ap plique border of heavy white lace acroee the foot and sides of tbe aprun. The lace is carried np to a point in the middle of the front of tbe apron and gradually nar rows on the side; at the top the silk is turued in and shirred, with a beading an inch wide, wniteorcoloredribbon isused to faHten the apron. Thisapron is nuitess dreeey and useful when made of black China silk. . A bathroom apron, tbat a mother bas found most serviceable when giving her little ones a oath, constats of a large square of flannel, heavy and twilled. The deep hem is feather stitched with silk, and. has a spray of flowers in silks worked in one comer. Tbe top is flniahed so that the ribliou run in it for a belt can be easily taken out when it goes to the laundry. A daintier apron is made from fine white lawn ties, with embroidered ends set to gether with tierman Valenciennes lace. A pair of tbe ties are used for tbe strings. New York Poet LUU of People! Name, 'We frequently have demands made upon us for list of names that weareabse lutely unable to fill," said a member of one of tbe buMneM address companies of ths city recently. "It is, of course, an easy matter for un to supply the names and addrewtes of nearly every man engaged in any particular pro fession or calling in the country. We esti mate that we cho furnish abont 600,000 name, if any one should want tbat num ber. It has, of course, been tbe work o yearn to collect these, and tbeo they need frequent revision to bring tbem up to date. 'The ordeni tbat we are unable to nil are such as these: One day a man came in here and asked me calmly enough for the address of all tbe redheaded men in tbe country. Of course I was unable to help kim, for there is no means kuown to me of collecting sucb information. "The man's reason was tbat be desired to send circulars recommending a hair bleach that be claimed would, without in jury to tbe capillary growth, act chemical ly upon the pumient and turn the same a - dark browa He aiwumed. of eourse, that - red haired men were all sensitive of tbe fact and would, if they could without ii jury, change its natural shade. "Thai is hut one of several cases," con tinued the man. "For instance, we have had auappiication fortbe names of all men having suffered amputation of the limbs. This came from a dealer in a newly pat ented composition for artificial limbs. A manufacturer of glass eyes once sent In for the names sud addresses of men blind in one eye. We have had other requests of a similarly ridiculous nature." New York Herald Bow Sullivan Wat to Fraese the Cream. "Have you heard how Sullivan is go ing to freeze the cream'" asked a J., T & K. W. man. Now everybody knows John Sullivan. He's an engineer, and tbe most phenom enally lucky man that ever grasped a throttle. Whenever there's an accident or a train robbery John has some other man ou his run. He's not only lucky but he is sn expert engineer and an in genious mechanic "Well, how is John going to freeze the creamr asked the reporter. "The cream I'm alluding to," replied the railroader, "is that which the 8,000 people on the big picnic to De Leon springs are going to consume. Right in front of the engine will be placed a flat car, strapped to the floor of which will bo twelve immense freezers. These freezers are to be connected by rods with cogs working with similar wheels on the freezers. These small wheels will be turned by a larger one on the side of the car. This larger wheel will be op erated by a rod connecting with one of the big drivers of the engine. Under stand?" "Yes." "Now you know how John Sullivan is going to freeze the cream. If th train stops all of a sudden yon will know that the cream is as hard as a vit rified brick." Florida Times-Union. A Monster Trout Mr. John Williamson, who is in the employ of F. M. Warren in the salmon canning business at the Cascades, brought from there on Saturday a trout measuring three feet in length and weighing twelve pounds. It was caught in one of the fish wheels there. Mr. Williamson, who has been in the fish business for over twenty years, having been for a number of years in the trout batching business in California, says he bus never seen or heard of a trout of this size and weight. It was a very pretty one, being covered with large red spots on both sides. This is doubtless what hi known here as the Dolly Varden trout Once in a while a lot of these trout come to this market from some stream over uear St Helen's, and a few lots have come from the npper country, Cosur d'Alene or Pon rl'Orutllo At Iniijit fha miLrbutitiAn I said the fish came from these places. But fishermen sometimes do not tell where they catch their trout Many Dolly Varden front have been seen here weighing from six to eight pounds, but 'ie one canght by Mr. Williamson heats all previous records. -Portland Uregoo ian, .' .... (
