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LEBANON, OREGON, DECEMBER 29, 1893. NO. 44.. VOL VII TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fear .'. X 00 (If paid In ulvtim, to per yeArJ As MnthK......... 1 00 Trm mnntf u ,M.nH..M.WH..M..MHf.m 00 In ooilei, .... -.. 00 Saorait oclsrthjs. 1,I!AWONIOI.1IO., 1,0 0. (ery SAtiwday evealmt at Odd Wllowa Hau,t 010C,Pm- A.A.KEFS.N.. W.C.PCTF.WWSret'j- mm-aram- i.onr,E, o.-. 1, o. w.- OImU uloor Bll Hrw and .thlnl WaLn Ta Whom. . g. BOLUE SALTIttRBH, Beefy Liu eUtm No, 44 A. T. k A. M.'-HmIs tfiiturtlk? evening -on or before the full oou Ln aoli mouth. 'E.S. BuhaccK. If, Bawrr UrniOfo. i. A. O, V, W. Mtt vjry ToeidAy trout at a. A . K. HU. . 1. 8. atmii, M. J. . C. A. Ziim, B"C. Gt'DleMW Camp, No. It bit Oiuno Som or VaTa Meet InO. A. K. Hall, Lebanon. Or., every Hauirnay evening, except lire third Batnrdav of a h month, meeting the third Fri day imitoad. All brother of the Hmii of Vet cram, And 4xairult'uf the G. A. R. m oordlallr Invited to meet with the Camp. C. 11. Mo ttirK, 'Cant, A. CEAOU.I, ftnit Best. PROFESSIONAL. SAML. M. GARLAND, ATTORNEY- AT- LAW. LEBANON. OREGON. JOKN M. SOMJEKS, -Attoniey-at-Law- Will jiraetu in all lie counts of Die atat. L&BASOX OM'.QOX. .A. F. STOVE, Attorney at Law, TITLES EXAMINED. CollenimiKsiveii prom, And -eiMi-fal Attention til jinmli In All tie urt ul the mate . onicK in wvntty't nicicx. lliiltANON, OBtOOK. leafterford A Ctoberlaln, ATTOBN EYS-AT - LAW, AIBANY.OBEOON. fl" E B1LYEV, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, ALBANY, OREGON. j. a. wtj.it, Attorney- at- Law, ..ALBANY, OKEOiON. Be Hare and Call ou HOPKJNS BROS.r OK- Albany, Oregon, f'OK HcatingStoves, CookStoYes, &x. BEST GOOPS.jM BEST FRICESe St. Charles Hotel, Uurner MaIo and Sourmmi Dlroeta, BUD THOMPSOH, Proprlelor, First-Class in all Apartments. ripecial attention paid to Com mercial men. Board and Lodging, jwr day, 1 to 12; per week HoVtota Clodhtfpper At the Colli. ' I'll Just be blowedT Elder W Aybat an evolutionist! Well, he always nt s cranky no sign-board. Always Ulkln' tn kflmself slid a imln' nn as If lie had wheels in hi head. He ips around tonkin' fun of his nelgnferm Tor plantln' otaioeii acoordlii' tn the-signs of thenwrn and all sirli. Heaayshe aint aaaperstltinua but he Harilwayi tellintherolatln'of therarth, and the sanmis of Jupiter but no oae else arotrrt Camas Flat ever ex'u 'etn. Nn winder he la au rvolnfiorirs', but I newer-expected to nee the Hay whet; the Wder would an up hews kin to a rum key. NexHtolng am know he ail! 'be denying the ecriptnres, and then we'll be haritT tbein sotvatlnni.Bts right down upon w t convert Elder Way back. Weal, let 'em oome, and suay they atay an long astbe Elder has aacud to his name. 'TwIH serve him rid-lit for bit oragei iicpudenne. HI put Hie writings of'M'wes against all hit scientists au I wW prove them wrong by the Bible. To my way of thtnkin' I'd Jnst as 'leave have an anarchist m an alhesist. The one leeks todeAtcy government, the other Teleglon. Tke Christianity nut of the world and we have hwbtiriKm. Are you a barbarian Elurr? Answer me Itmt now. There ie another thing too. f it Cl. Jewpeppcr l atiffer of dead tilings, I can iptit him ou to a few church members whoare ready for a taxidermist, anyway if they aren't dead they are tint working at their profession much'juMt now. One of them Is pretty well preserved in alcohol now, all he needs is pr(ier mountin'. Yoonni nseared ly. Ezra Ckjdhoppbb. His X mark. aso.aoa Fire Atvtontibun. The pretty town of Wood burn was vlsiled by a 30,(HX lire last Hunday night; the fire originated in Bruoe Bros.' Btore. Shortly after being dis covered a sharp explosion took place iiud before the Jlauies could be gotten under control the principal business block was Iu ashes. The following I is a list of the losers: Bruce Bros., general cierchandise, K. J. Kn Iglit, paints and oils; V. A nder on, harness store; F. A. Ford, toys; express otlloe; O. L. Ogle, shoe store; P. A. Cochran, buililiug; W. L. Tooze, Ibree buildings J. A. Knight and L. S.Brown, burlier shop; aud also two barns burned. For MstbeitiAtlclMis. We ofler a couple of problems for the entertainment of luca! mathematiclaiis during holidayn, fiven us by Prof Mlclituer, aud to the first one who will aolve both or either ot them, tend" iitg us the right answer, we will send the Exi'kkhs for one year tree. The problems are as fol loa's: -.L How many acres hi a sijaare field iucksed by a rail felloe six rails high, the lenitth of rails being II j fret, six IbcIm's allowed for lap of rails; and the uuuilier of acres ineiosed to be equal to the number of rails hi the feuce? 2. A man has a baru to feet aquare. To a ring In the middle of one elde a horse, is tied by a VO-foat rope. Diuclwpace can lie grass ovtr? JIow Come.in for ob work. Awarded .Highest Honors World's Fair. The otf i'ure Cream of Tauter Powder. So Ammonia; No Aluin. Used i;i Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. Jewpopytr atlll tn th BIdk. Wivo-o-o-hol dod gsat your one. eyed liver!" This sudden outburst of oratory issued from the Hps of a man dressed In brown overalls, a blua jump er jacket and an old slouch hat which rested upon a goodly quantity of shaggy unkempt hair. He was sitting on a rough board thrown across the box bed of a two-wheeled cart which was drawn by an old one-eyed horse long since passed the jsenltli of his earthly existence. In passing my house the man had mistaken the road leading to my pasture for the one he wished to travel onneqnently be came In contact with a clothes IHae which struck him In an offset just below his countenance. "What in the h 1 " "Hold on, strauger," says I, "I had rather you woull not use such lan guage hi the presence of Tubs" Tubs is a nickname for our baby, who is scarcely In his teens and who was sitting on the stoop reading a bound volume of "A Htartling Sensation." "Excuse me Mr." says the man, in a tone which wonld have assuaged the anger of an Oregon populist, "but will you give me specific directions to Lehatiou?" be continued. "Certainly I will, Sir," I said, fully intending tn in vite him to dinner and family prayer. "Won't you alight?" says I, after the desired directions were given, but he did not bear me as he was plying a stick on tbesideof bis hollow old horse. "That's equal to the bass drum used in theHndnville baud" says Tubs lauh- ingly. but I did not laugh as I tvus feeling for the poor old horse as well as the soul behind him. "Your body may stop for a while at Lebanon" says I to myself, "but your soul is rapidly ap proaching a hotter place." "Do you know who that Is, Pa?" asked Tubs as I advanced toward the house. "No, my son, do you?" "Yes that is Elder Wayback," says Tubs, knowingly. "I don't know him," he continued, "but I know the horse It used to belong to Eli Redcliffaud Mrs. Redcliff told Ma yesterday that they had traded the horse to the "Elder" for spuds, squashes aud rutabagas." I was very sorry that I did not know this in time as I was so anxious to talk to the "Elder' f.s Muses talked to the great Jehovah face to face. As I entered the bouse to where Lucinda was sitting near the open door I could see at once that she had heard all; I could see the troubled expression upon her augelio brow partly hidden by the curly bangs, which always reminds me of the old song, "silver threads among the gold." "Elder, is it possible that no argU' ment cau be offered that will change you to stray from the broad and one ended road which you and your kind are now traveling at the rate of about 6X1 abreast? Remember your leaders all have un ax lo grind. Aud now your friend Dr. Brlggs is deviating from the teaching of the Holy Writ just because be has an ax to grind. Yes, "Elder," I will admit that we have ethical (should be ethnical) societies; also lectnrea ou astronomy, geometry physiology, philosophy, njeUipliysiee land all the "isms," from the pulpit. But why is this? It is because we are following in the foot-steps of the "bon : tons" who, living iu affluence aud I luxury champagne and wine) could I not live up to the teachings of the Blbli Baking fomer. and forever secrete the "skeleton In the closet" consequently they had to adopt creeds, revise the Bible and the ooii fession of taith and maintain at a high salary a fop-like dude to do what th,ey call preaching. This is the class you would have us follow; we won't do it at least Cindy, Tubs and I will not. Thank God there are thousands of others who do not rank among the lower class and who still cling to the Holy Bible from where all truth emlnates. I don't believe in such re ligion as is dealt out by the two-for-a-quarter Salvationists w'i ate traveling from town to town and forcing the weak minded to confess that they caught religion on the "fly" or were converted at the flrnt clatter out of the box. I don't know how you would like to have me pitch the ball, "Elder," since you doubt the inspiration of the Bible. Come, tune up and let's try another piece iu the key of B 6 then if harmony ensues we may advance tn something classical. Notwithstand ing your insinuating remarks against the preachers of old, I Bhall forever maintain that Prince Duke Alexis knew as much about an existence be yond the grave as any one else (and so will Cindy), even if his skin was the color of New Orleans molasses. Now, Mr. C. Rank, a word to you. You have been guilty of patting Elder Wayback on the shoulder, thus en couraging the aggressive atheist to hurl missiles at Ihe meek and lowly and he jumps upon the back of his an tagonist as a fierce dog would pounce upon a harmless kitten. Let us sing. Oh! for a thousand tongues to sing our Redeemer's praise. C'al Jewpkppeb. OPEN LETTER BY OOV. PKNNOYKB. The following letter was mailed to the president on Christmas day: Salem, Or., Chnstmax, 1893. To the President, Washington.D. C Sir; The extraordinary circumstances which greet the return of the holidny must be my excuse for writing you. Today is the first Christmas in the history of Oregon when more than two-thirds of the people aie without employment ana more than one-third are withouts'.fllciciit means of support. Business is almost completely stagnat ed, money is not to be obtained, and the debtors are powerless to avoid the seizure of their property and their homes, to satisfy, at a small percentage of their value, the claims of the cred itor. Repented appeals have been made to me as governor of Oregon to assemble the legislature, In order to alleviate the condition of affairs and avert the impending calamity. The redress is, however, not In our Hands, butiu yours, and hence my earnest appeal lo you; The laws of congress, which have discriminated against sliver und made gold ulone full legal tender money, giving to the money lender the privilege of refusing both the silver dollar and the silver certificate, thus rendering unavailable more than one-half of the national currency os absolute debt-paying money, are the sole causes of the de cline of values, the paralysis of busi ness, and the consequent Impoverish ment of the great army of wage-earners and of the Impending starvation of their wives and children. If, when you stood upon the eastern portico of the eiipltol on the 4th of last Maroh, you had announced to the people that you would speedily convene congress In extra session to carry out the pledges of the platform to which you gave your assent and upon which you were elected, which declared for the "use of both gold aud silver as standard money without discrimination against either metal," this widespread revul sion of business, which has diminished the valueof the property of the nation by fully one half, would never have occurred. And, if now you would give such advice to congress, the future downward! leliilclicy would bcJieckeoT, . 8n(V with favorable congressional '.sls'lnn, huslnew would again re new and prosperity would again visi our laud. And whv would you not do so? Ilia' honorable to carry out the pledge of- party to the people, and is it fiol m.t s' dishonorable not to do to? This re sponsibillty lies entirety with yon. The complete obedlettte of the lower house . . of congress to your wishes hat bees observed throughout the wide world. It would obey your beheBt, and In tWa the senate would give you support. The burden therefore rests entirely upon your shoulders. The power lies . with ynu, by carrying out the pledges upon which you were elected, to restore business to its accustomed activity, and again to give employment to the unemployed, thus imparting comfort and hope to many a cheerless home, or by a continued refusal to dor' tn Indefinitely prolong and in tens' the present most disastrous conditli " of affairs. i You are a father, and you no doubt feel grateful tn Jod when ynu, upon retiring to rest, look upon your sleep- ' ing babies, the picture of health, cou- , sequentupon their having a sufficiency .' of food and clothing. 1 pray you, 'j however, to enlarge the scope of'jDur , 'i vision, and behold, as you pan, i in many and many a cot, children, loved as much by their parents as yours are by you, weak and sickly from insufficient food and clothing, the innocent victims of a most vicious financial policy, whose sleeping forms are bathed by the scalding tears of mothers bending over them in sorrow and despair, and then resolve, as you should, faithfully to carry out the pledges your party gave to a coiifldiugT' If you will do so, God will bless you and a grateful nation will applaud you. Very respectfully, Sylvester Pennoyeb. M. A. Miller carries a complete line of paints and oils. H. Baker Is how agent for the cele brated Douglas shoe. Preaching at the Baptist church every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sundry school at 10 a . tn. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. C. R. Lamar, Pastor. On Deo. 19th, the executive com mittee of the Pacific Insurance Unlou passed the following resolutions! 'Re solved: That the rule published by "Circular No. 179, Second Series levving a tax of 10 ner cent on the premiums nn buildings located In the state of Oregon Is hereby suspended until March 1st, 1895, and members are permitted to refund to the insured such tax as may have been collected." All who paid Insurance on the 10 per raise should call on agents for tho excess. "' ' . There is a cave in Josephine county which Is more Wonderful than many are aware of. 0(H) chambers have al ready been explored, the largest being 300 feet in diameter, In the "Lord's Supper chamber" there Is an almost poifectfac-simile in limestone of the famous painting. "The fairy cuamlrer" is In a strata of California diuruouds. The "tornado chamber" is visited by a wind storm every 24 hours. In the "rain ohamber" there Is n perpetual drizzle, and tne "steam chamber" Is constantly filled with steam from an undiscovered source, A coffin resting on stalagmites is the feature of the "death chamber," and the "bridal chamber" is ornameuted with a solid stone four-post bedstead unoccupied. Then there is "Sullivan's chamber " so oalled because of a mighty arm ant) fist pendant from the celling, (thi chamber Is quite near the mysterious wind orifice,) and others to nuiuermu to mention, much less to desnribo a effort is being made to have one of the onambers reproduced at the midwinter fahv-Ex. ) V 1 J r J! I - t .1.