Lcbanoa ' Express.
FRIDAY, MAY 17, IR96.
STATE AND COAST.
Taken From Our Exchanges Through
out the Northwest, ,
People attracted to Globe by the
railroad boom complain that town
lots are held too high.
Clams and crabsnre being hauled
from Bamlon to Roseburg, where
they go off like hot cakes.
Only two deeds are said to be
laukiiu(' in Columbia county right-of-way
for the Astoria railroad.
Uainier'slatitstepin metropolitan
pretensions ib to tile a plat of its
boundary lines with the covnty
clerk.
,'f he treasurer of Marion county
has so far this year receipted for
tax money to the amount of $45,
(307.80. Fruit Commissioner Minto is
shaking up the Lit n county orch
nrdists and nurserymen on the
pest matter.
The annual, session of the Uma
tilla County Pioneer Association
will lie held this year at Weston,
June (i and 7. :
Ci.mpa.ny C. of Eugene, is in a
in?jii'i'ii09 condition. Ten men
have been recruited within the last
thr-e wi.'ks, and niiht nwro appli-i-atiiios
are in. This v ill run the
Toll up to about forty-five.
Vmns Wilkins of Coburs, has
i-hort horn anil polled Angus bull
alf, born March 29, 1895, that
b'lats the record about this way:
Woinht at birth, 125 pounds; at
t wecka, 150 pounds; three weeks,
164, four week", 184, five weeks,
204 pounds.
Mr. Boardman's Montana buyer
is in the Harney valley, receiving
several hundred cittlehe has just
bought. The kind purchased ws
young steers, one, two and three
year-olds. Prices paid were tlO,
? 10 and HQ.
David West's house at Westport,
HAM). It. was the finest building
in the little town, and the dwellers
of all sizes and both sexes, turned
out and did noble but vain service
fighting the flames and trying to
save household effects.
The Gold Hill Miner has exam
ined the Black Gold Channel com
pany's property on Foote's creek,
and calculates that the are in eight
is worth $2,983,680. The odd cents
are omitted, but until the ore is at
li-ai't mined these round numbers
ought co be sufficiently accurate.
A train of sixteen stock cars has
arrived at Pendleton over the
Oregon Railway & Navigation
company from Millersburg, Or.
The cars were loaded with 700 head
of stios, purchased by J. L. Burke,
manager of the Burke Land & Cat
tle company of Southern Idaho.
The steers will bo fed on Montana
ranges. V, ;V' '3-' ..,';?-
Dan Kelly's 7-year-old hoy was
drowned at Westuort last Thurs
day. The hoy was playing in a
skiff with his dog, and when the
dog jumped out of the boat it threw
the boy overboard. His mother
saw him as he was going down the
1 st time. She sprang into the
1...I 1..,. l.t U. J
iiuui,.uui n,u i'iic, niiu uau a imiu
struggle to get out.
The reported earthquake at En
terprise is confirmed by the local
paper. It was severe enough to
rattle the windows and dishes and
i-!iai;e buildings as if they would
full, Nearly everybody in toi'D,
whether awake or asleep, felt the
shock distinctly, and bounded out
of bed in terror, thinking the
buildings would fall. The shock
"itcd about five seconds.
i, Circuit Judge!!. H. Hewitt ren
n;d a ue 'ision at Salem, Satur
day, in the Silverton mill case,
lite plaintiff owners of the wheat
, e (liven the decision, and its pro
: .a division to them is ordered,
e revivor deducting from each
a share of the costs and expenses
date, The defendants, j. W.
- A J. 8. Cochran and Harry S.
tanott, are enjoined from inter-
STOEY OF AN OLD MAID,
UT 1CTA AILES FKLLNER.
I am now an old Woman of eighty. 1
heard some one speak of me the other
day as "that old, old maid, Miss La
cell," ana 1 could hardly believe they
meant me, for I had not thought of my
self as an "old, old maid," and yet I
know that I, Marie Lacell, am the only
living soul In llelmont who remembers
the great storm of 1833 and tho wreck
of the fishing boat that was blown
against our rocky coast one night, aud
the loss of the noble young men who
n-out out to the rescue.
Yes, I, the old maid, "old Miss La
poll," as I am called, was once as young
and pretty as the group of merry
schoolgirls who go laughing by my
lonely old house at twilight, and who.
If they see me, look at each other and
seem to say: "There is that old Miss
Lacell; I wonder if she ever had a
lover? Poor thing!"
Ah, girls, laugh on and be happy, but
leave me alone in my own home. While
I sit by the window, ga2ing out upon
the village street and listening for the
evening chimes in the old church tow
er to ring out their dear old melody, I
muse and dream of sixty years ago. I
am no longer an old maid, alone in an
old, old house, but I am Marie Lacell,
the pet and pride of Belmont, a village
belle, the only daughter of the village
parson and the happiest girl in all the
world, for I am Ralph Gordon's sweet
heart, and he loves me.
Belmont was a pretty little village
situated upon the rocky shores of the
rreat Atlantic ocean. Unlike most sea
. ide villages, Belmont had on one side
mountainous lands, with hills, woods
and meadows? but on the east was the
ever raging sea, with its white-capped
waves always chasing each other far
out into the ocean.
Our coast was very rocky and was
seldom used, for it was treacherous.
Only in pleasant summer weather did
anyone venture out from Belmont in n
boat. Often in winter and sometimes
m summer after a -squall pieces of a
iishing boat and tackle would be
washed upon the rocks and sometimes
the bodies of unknown fishermen
would be found dead upon the beach.
Kow in 1895 the coast is dotted with
lighthouses, but never can 1 forgot tho
first life-saving station that was built
by our own boys sixty years ngo, and
the noble crew, with its trove young
captain, my lover, Kalph Gordon.
Belmont is a fashionable summer re
sort now, but in 1833 it was a quiet
little place, where every one lived like
the Acadian farmers of old, dwelling
in the love of God and mau, in the
homes of peace and contentment. My
father, the village minister, was much
loved and respected. Our family be
longed to Belmont, and my father built
his house almost in the churchyard
Our nearest neighbors were the Gor
dons, and they were our dearest
friends. The Gordon family was one
of the first families in town. Old Mr.
Gordon, or "the squire." as ho was al
ways called, was the wealthiest man in
the village. The family consisted of
himself and wife and only ton, Lalpli,
the handsomest and best young man in
Belmont
Ralph Gordon was always a hero in
my eyes, and I do not remember the
tiine when I did not love him. When
we were children together lie was al
ways my playmate, and he Uiulit aic
many a childish game, fie wan-so
&trong and brave, and I used to v.-atcii
him with such pride and pleasure as he
rode through the village on horseback
or mingled with the other boys in then
sports.
At school he was the teacher's fa
vorite, and a thrill of pKasnro ran
through my heart whenever 1 heard
strangers praising Ills mar.ly beauty,
his graceful ways or his sunny nature.
As we grew older he was my eonr.t-.nt
companion and my escort from church
and all our parties and 'iHUe soem
gatherings, for wo were very gay in
those old days. The autumn that
Ralph was nineteen and I seventeen lie
left home for college. How everyone
missed him, for no one could sing as ho
could sing, no one could t.ilk us lie
eould talk, but I missed him more
than anyone, for he was all the world
to me.
The evening before he went away he
walked home with me from a friend's
house, and as we were waiting in the
churchyard to say good-by he took me
in his arms and kissed me. Just then
the chimes rang out, and somehow,
after he had gone away, I loved those
chimes and would listen in the hush of
evening for them to ring, and when I
heard their melodious peal I remem
bered that loving kiss and he seemed
to be nearer to me.
When he came home for the holidays
he looked both well and happy. Of
course be came at once to see me, but
not with quite the old-time freedom,
for we were grown up people then, and
I called him Mr, Gordon and he called
me Miss LoceU. :
Three years went quickly by and
Ralph left college and came home to
us. "Such a fine young man." the peo
ple all said, and "proud might be the
girl who could win his love, and 1
was happy then, for I believed that he
loved me.
Then the life-saving- station was
built, the crew organized and Ralph
was chosen captain. All the young
men in town wcra eager to join tho
crew as volunteers, and the git'hi were
not far behind in their enthusiasm.
Everybody was interested and wanted
to do something, for tho coast had long
needed a lifflitlioaso and a lifc-.sariug
station. Fairs and sociables vcrc held
and the money needed was soon raised.
All summer the carpenters p.nd boys
worked to build the station, far It wuj
to be a club house ulso, and a big room
was built for parties and social enter
tainments. .
A watchman was to lire there and be
In charge day and night, and an Im
mense alarm bell was hung on the top
of the boat house, which was to be
rung when necessary to call the cap
talu and hU crew from their homes In
tfe village. Two beautiful bouuwaro
uu.u i ! the crew ana early in tieptu,.:
ivi ,i; sumi ut swuon with it outu
av.B tw-jvlt'te.!.
A v Uoution party was to bo heldiji
(ho club house, and everybody in Bel
mmit was in joyfnl anticipation of that
ir, mailt ovont
Yousrr ladies with their manly escorts
rocaau too hillsides in search of a
w l-"ves and evergreens for tho
i.vi'-ratiouft and tiie boys who were
members of tho orow trimmed the club
I-.jiisc with many bright colors. The
. VKvn;; before the day of tho party I
Ic-lbacn to the boat house with Ralph
i i see. iiic neeorations. we were look
ing forward to the party with so much
jneasanj. As we wended our way
iiomo-.vara irom tne station that beau
lii'iil, calm September evening I felt in
my heart that he loved me and I was
blissfully happy.
As we entered the parsonage gate
-.ml stood together in the moonlight he
out his arms around me and asked me
.0 becooio his wife.
My darling Ralph, how much I loved
him; but I told him to wait for his an
swer until we met at the party the
uext evening.
Kow happy I was that nlghtl Ah,
too happy. I went to my wardrobe
and looked at my dresses. There was
the lovely white one I had made for
the party. I would wear that dress
when 1 gave him my answer, which
should bo: "Yes, my love, I accept the
lua.t sacred gift a man can bestow
upon a woman the gift of his love, his
name and his honor."
After awhile I went to bed and fell
asleep. It must have been near
' a;; when I was awakened by a terrible
cimsU of thnnder and a vivid display of
.The house itself seemed to rock to
and fro, for the wind was blowing a
tremendous gale. I got up immediate
ly and ran downstairs to my parents
room. 1 found them both up and
dressed.
!"This is a fearful wintJ," my lather
exclaimed. "God grant that there are
no GMiermcn near our coast to-night,
!.:r r. boat could not be manned in a
tamupot like this." ' '
"ih;t we have a life-saving station
and crew mow, father," I cried, but
the:i a shudder of fear ran through my
hain't when I remembered that my
lover was the captain of that crew.
ar..l mlit have to go out In such a
: torn: as this. My father and mother
thought also of Ralph, and for awhile
r.-c were silent 1
UarLi What was that? The alarm
from the Ixnthonse. Was there a fish
ing boat with life in danger, or why
was the watchman calling for the
crew? Thfl alarm beU rang on.
"It mast be the wind that is ringing
Urn bel!," my dear mother said. "Our
bo-.-,. c"iH not go out in a terrible
st-jrui.L'io this."
"Dii, lather," 1 orled, "let us go
there and see, for Ralph I know will
to there.
My father commanded me to becalm.
and said: "it would do no good for ns
to go out in the storm even if Kalph
and the crew were out
Aguin the alarm bell sounded, and I
cried oat ti despair: "Father, I must
and I Wiall go!"
I rushed to my room and dressed, and
going downstairs! entreated my father
to hurry. . As we opened our house
door the wind blew in and extinguished
the light of my mother's candle, as she
str.otl near the door and begged us not
Almost every moment the thunder
would peal and the lightning won If!
end lUht up the village and coo . I
or mik-i, and the ram poured down i:
torrents. It was a fearful struggle.
but clin'iug closely together we at
last reached the boat house.
There was the old watchman and
two or three members of the crew, but
where were the captain and the others','
Over the water came the faint erlei.
of two fishermen, whose boat had been
shattered upon the rook, to which they
were clinging, and the shouts of the
brave boys could be heard, who nan
gone out in a small boat to save them.
Oh, why had they attempted such a
dangerous thing in this awful storm?
Would they succeed?
My father and I fell on our kaeea and
prayed to Ood to guide that boat and
bring them safely back, but the sea
was too angry that night and the wind
and the waves too high, and soon the
cries of the perishing fishermen were
hushed forever by the roar of the
aiiij'ry waters. ...
lucre on the shore we waited and
A-'.iycil, while the waves dashed furi
i:ly on the rocky beach. The min
utes seemed like days to ns, until al
most half an hour had passed away,
while we watched there and prayed,
but our boys did not return from their
errand of mercy,
At (last there was a momentary lull
In the slorm, and we went nearer to
the water and peered ont over the angry
sea.' ;
A flash of lightning revealed to u
for a moment the beautiful new boa,
tossing empty on the foam, and I sank
npon the sand unconscious.
When 1 came to myself the aun was
shining brightly and I was in my own
room at home. My father, mother and
many of my friends were with me, but
they could not comfort me,. for I knew
that my lover had pariabed.
Ah that fwo sixty years ago, tad I
have lived to bury all IP? friends, and
all things bAvechangeg since then, and
1 am an old, old woman now.
People wonder why I do not sell this
old house, for it does not compare with
the modern architecture of the palatial
homes tnat are now npon tne street
They wonder, too, why I love to sit and
listen to, the old chimes In the old
church tower, When I hear rumors
that the people of Belmont are going
to tear down tne old eburca and build
a fashionable new house of worship I
grow pale to think that J may yet have
to endure life without tbot da old
ehimea,
Uark! they art rteftor turn. . J love
them, for they hava helped tut to live
for sixty jretn, Tb hUarss tre
right. I am now aa.ald wiaoai ef
cichty "that old, 4 I- i fet
A Clubbing Offer,
. A great many of our renders Llnu
county like to tukc the weekly ()niron
Ian, We have made arriiiigenii'tilB
whereby we can furlilsh It nt reduct
ion from the regi'lur price to thuec w lm
want both the Kxi'Him niul the
Oregonlaii, The n gulnr price of the
Oregonlan Is 51.80 or yi ur, anil of the
Ex'RES8$1.50 when In advance, We
will furnish both f r tl. par year In
advance a saving of one dollar to tlit
ubacrlper. Tlie Uiegnnlii'i glvis all
the general news of the country onae a
week, and the Expkk.ss given all the
local news once u week, which will
make a most excellent nevis service
for the moderate sunt of 12, peryt'ar.
Those wlin are st prewnt subserlluiiv
f the Expkkss must puy In nil arrear
ages and one year In advance to oliluiu
this apeelal price.
Notice or Expoutrlx.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern, that, by an order of the
County Court for I. inn County, Mute of
Oregon, the undersigned has been duly ap
pointed and is now the duly qiislilleil and
aetin Executrix of the last will and
tutanient of Eugene II. Ulm, deceased.
All parties indebted to said estate ure re
quested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned, and all parties bavin?
claims against the ' estate are lierchy re
quired to present the same properly veri
fied, within six months from the 5th day ot
April 1899, the Hrst publication of jhis
notice, to tho undersigned at the oltlue of
Ssm'l M, Garland, Lebanon, Ore.
k. J. I'lm,
Ex. of the last Kill and testament of
Eugene H. 'Ulm, deceased,"
. Sam'l M. Haiiland,
Ally, for Kxecutrix.
Adinliistrator's iSullw,
Notice is licrehy given that ilio under
signed has been duly ai,nt! by the
County Court of Linn comity, Ureimn, the
administrator of the etatu of A. V.
Garontte, deceased; and liu tlnly qiulltieil
es such sdminiatraior, All pumnis hav
ing claims against the estate are hereby
required to present tiiein, Willi ror
vouchers, within, six nionllu from the
date hereof, to the unilcrsigneii, at the
ottlceof W, M. Brown, in Lebanon, Linn
county, Oregon.
Dated this Zttui. duv of January, 183.5.
Phil Hitter,
W. M. brown, Administrator,
Attorney for Administrator.
LIYEBINE
THE GREAT
LIVER, KIDfiCT AND CONSTIPATION
CITIM3.
Pleasant to take by old or
young, Ho griping.
rnt .. . r , , , ,
ine rooi oi tne .uvenne
plant is exteiiBivuly lined in
Norway for tho cure of Piles.
Sold by all first class drug
gists.
Wholesale Manufactures.
Anchor S Chemical Co.
Lebanon, Oregon
The Yaquina Route.
OREOON PACIFIC RAILROAD,
Chaa. Clark, Receiver,
Direct Line Quick Dispatch
Low Freight Rates,
Connecting with steamer Ho
mer between Yaquina and San
Francisco.
For freight and passenger rates
apply to any agent,
Chas. J. HuNDRva, Sun & Co,
Nos, 2 to 8, Market St.,
San Francisco, Cut.
Chas. Olark, Receiver,
Oorvftllis, Oregon. ,
Bay you tickets Emt over the N, P.
Ii.WvV. U' Vwhu-suu, lumi ttgusiti , ;
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PANSY,
MAYER & KIMBROUGH
Have just received tho finest line of CROCKERY and
GLASS WARE ever brought to Lebanon, which they in
vito you to call and inspoct.
Their price are an low, if not lower titan anywhere else,
in the valley.
Highest Prices Paid for Country
Produce.
JftiiAftAftfVi
BBWAlOt
f IsBltattsa tnsle
SMrkssad isbsss,
b the whale stay
about
m jp miu sopa
ftetrfflflts umm thin other package soda never spoils
Isl yaWLIC3. iMMMUhmiOriitaairie
Itaite tmlr tj QTUKCI fc a Re
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To Advertisers.
If you wish to obtain the best
returns from your advflrtisemonts
Don't Forget
the important fnct that
The Lebanon Express
will give the desired results, us it
Is The Best
Advertising Medium
in Linn County. ' '
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Jteafc of tsalaakto Mtelpf-rsJSK.
. East and South
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THE SHASTA RODTE
-OF THE-
Sonthcrn Pacific Go.
Express trains leave Portliuiil dully:
8:lf r. K. . l,v...l,nrtlaiid Ar.
10:H r. M. Lv...Alli(inv.. ..Ar.
4:26 a. u
7:00 r.
Jr.Nan Francisco Lv
1 lie above trains stop ut nil mailoii rr'nni
Portland to Allsniyiieliisive:aliH)'l'aiiieiit,
Shedd, llalsuy, lliirrinliiirK, Jnnctlmi t'itv,
Irvine, KnueneBiiil nil .unions irom lime
Iwrg lo Aslilund ineliulve,
Hoselmrg tnnll ilnlly:
TiiS) . m!T Lv.;."pijriliind ,,.AT:20 r. i,
I2:i6 p. m. Lv.,.AIImny Ar. 12:80 p. M.
i"liAr...Hosolitirg., Lv. 7:0fl..
litM.nl miu.nt.imp t.l I..:,.. , ...
Stindav. ' " ' llLt"
:2nA. H.
:I1U. M.
4:W p. st.
:) r. m.
I.v...Alljmiy Ar. 10:40. a.
Ar...Mlianon,.IiV. 8:40 . m.
Lv.AIbany Ar. HMr. u.
Ar,..U'l,niioii .Lv, ft:S0 p. h.
Dining Cars on Ojjden Monte.
Pullman Bi.'fi.w Slkepekh
AKD
Second-Class Bleeping Cars At
tached to all Through T riiins.
Wt Hide UlvlHloit.
Bctwk Tobtukb and (Joiivauis.
MullJrniii dully (cirapt Sunday):
.7:sri Tl.v' ' ti.Hiiuii i;t.t.:
12:16 r. M. Ar..,()orviillis!'.'l.v.' 1 lm ' u'
At Albanr snri rvtrvnlll. nnnat
trains of Oregon Pacific railroad.
Express train-dolly (except Sunday):
4:41) p. M.
7:36 r. M.
LvTTPnrtlniid ...Ar. !
Ar.MeMinnvlllcLv
8:26 a.m.
6:60 a. m,
THROUGH TICKETS loM i'"1" "'
v.nsiern (nates, t;an-
oila and Kurope can be obtained at lowest
raws from I. A. Bennett, agent, Lebanon.
,. K' KOHHLIiH. Manager.
K. P, R00E1I8, Asst. O, If. it Pass. Agt.
Albany Steam Laundry.
RICHARDS & PHILLIPS, Proprs,
Albany, Oregon
All Orders Receive Prompt
Attention.
Special Rates for
Satisfaction Guarnnteed or Moiiev
E
neiunaea. i
J, F. HVDE, Agent)
4toattsl 0si.u.