The Lebanon express., May 31, 1895, Image 4

Lebanon Express.
FBIDAY, MAY 31, ISSJ5..
STATE AND COAST.
Taken From Our Exchanges Through
out the Northwest.
The settlers on Illinois river
have petitioned for u post' iliee.
The Albany creumery turned out
its first butter last Friday, a prime
article. ,
The machinery has been ordered
for Eugene's new flouring mill, to
be delivered June 15.
Assessor Zuinwaldt estimates the
population of Curry county at 3,
600, double what it was five years
ago.
Emil Schauno has received a
colony of Australian lady bugs at
The Dalles from the California
state board of horticulture
UT US BE CjUrET.
Let uata quiet! What Is then to sain
My tret ami worry in this fleeting tltat
Alas, tor all Iho self-tnflloted painf -Alas
tor all tho self-lnvttad strife!
Letus boiiuiet! Winds and waters wag
In vain tho llercest conflict arer known;
Tiicy cannot ronea a star, howe'er they raire.
Nor touch Luc base or God's eternal throne.
Let us he quiet when oarroes conspire
To do us evil or to thwart our soou;
Whon rrtemls charm1 IU to aU our rluht desire
Ami boit ot motives are misunderstood.
Lot us be quiet when the ghosts arise
, Those phantom creatures ot niaht's fOYered
braiu;
They fly w lien morning's sun Illumes the axles,
And we behold tho world In light again.
Let us be quiet! Passing yean shall prove
Purposo divine upon our welfare bent;
True wisdom, hand In band with deepest lore,
Works out tor ua the will omnipotent.
-H.IL OBord, In N. Y. Observer.
LUCK OF THE ATKINSES.
BX HAHOARET b. ifates.
Nobody ever was poorer than the At-
, kin sea, or, in common parlance, any
more "sltif less." The family consisted
of the old man, Dill by name, a half
blind, decrepit creature, who yet pos-
' sessed a share of quaint humor; his
,, . , . j ... -...wife, Lou-i-sy, a lazy, ramred old
Tne iron ior two anaaiiau uu ' J woman, who had grown fat on nothing
more of the tokeeama mill com- and who managed to keep Iter snuff-
pany's track to be extended further j." even when the coffee-pot wu
r J lamotv. and five or six lank, sallow
into the timber belt, is being deliv
ered along the route now.
Orders for 600,000 feet of lumber
for use in improving the Oregon
Central & Eastern railroad have
been placed with the mills along
the road. The rood is doing a
rushing business.
John Lock, a Chinaman, has just
filed a claim of $294 against Marion
county, on account of damages by
reason of the hop riot ofSeptember,
'93. Took John a long time to get
it through his bead.
empty, and five or six lank, sallow
boys and girls in various stages of age
and dirtiness. They occupied a small
log house on the outskirts of a town in
the mountains ot Arkansas, and then
dwelling was remarkable only for Its
simplicity. It consisted of a single
room which the entire family occupied
without regard to age or sex; the fire
place furnished at once heat, light and
the means of cooking their scanty
food. Three wretched beds, a broken
chair or two, a box which served
as a table, a frying-pan, spider
and coffee pot, with a few broken dish
es, composed the entire wealth of the
Atkins family, for their house was the
property of a well-to-do citizen who
let them live there for very pity. It
was quite prosperous, this inland Ar-
, i l l. AM. .V, aA
,, r. 1 Kansas vuwu, wiuuu wj wugi ..
L.6VI DUlltn s resilience mi i rocUy miles from the nearest railroad;
river burned Monday of last week. ; it was considered by the country folk
Besides the houe, the blacksmith
shop, a milkhouse and all the
farming implements were burned.
The loss is more than $3000, and
there was no insurance.
While riding one evening last
week on the bicycle track at Salem,
Chester Murphy was run into by
another bicyclist and was thrown
to the ground, breaking one of his
shoulders. Murphy is Salem's fast
est rider and was entered for the
races at Independence.
Cordwood dealers who float their
wood to the boat landings in As
toria by wnter chutes, some of
which extend four mite back into
the hills, have completely knocked
the small dealer , who have hercto
f.ire hauled their wood to the land
ings by twin, out of the business.
John Stewart will make his
third big shipment of cattle, con
sisting of 500 head, from Eugene in
it few days, all to goto Idaho. Thus,
while a good deal of money is go
ing out, a good many thousand
dollars is coming in." Stock rais
ing in this villey should be increased.
The last sections of the gates
have arrived at the Cascades, and
these will be put Into position as
soon as the water will permit. The
gates that have been' erected keep
the water out of the canal and per
mit work to be done and the con
tractors are pushing it forward
as rapidly as possible.
Those who expect to get fine
farina ;at little or no cost on the
fiiletz reservation are likely to be
disappointed. The Tillamook
Headlight Bays that alter the allot
ment is made to the Indians, there
tiill be no good land left, and as
for what will be available for set
tlement it will cost $1.50 an acre,
and must be lived upon.
Jes8e Brown was in Corvallis
Saturday aud reports tbat Robert
Jones, living on. Beaver creek,
- killed an elr. recently that dressed
370 pounds. It was started back
in the mountains by dogs which
ran it down onto Pete Riukard's
place, where it was shot. Mr.
Brown claims this to be the first
elk killed in his neighborhood for
.twenty-years.
A pamphlet on Benton county
geology, issued by John Ray two
years ago, has attracted much at
tention. J. S. Diller, chief of the
geological survey for the Pacific
coast, writes Mr. Ray from Wash
ington for the work, and will come
to Corvallis during the season to
consult Mr. Ray relative to a trip
he will make into the coast range.
west, where interesting fossils are
found
around a dashing, stylish place. The
ladies there never went barefooted,
even in the hottest weather, and sun-
bonnets were long since out ox date.
The men, too, wore store clothes, and
some of them wore their coats to meet
ing during the summer; but this inno
vation was by no means popular. It
was a gossipy little community, as an
isolate! place must be, and Its church
end political factions managed to keep
tilings from stagnating. But the whole
town was united upon one thing in
heartily condemning the Atkinses.
Even the Methodists and the Campbell
ites agreed on that, and they did not
often a?ree upon anything, for the
Campbellites had affirmed that they
could simr louder and faster than the
Methodists, and the boast had caused
considerable ill feeling.
The town had to support the Atkins-
I es, so surely it had the right to disap
prove of them, but the disapproval was.
rather out of proportion to the aid they
furnished, and. had the position been
reversed, the Atkinses would have had
more to eat. One lady in the town had
declared that she would never help
"them Atkinses" again. Bhe related to a
circle of sympathizing friends that she
had offered 'Mis' Atkins two bits a
week an' all she could eat' If she
would do herwashingnnd cooking, bui
the offer had been refused. Mrs. At
kins said she had to stay at home and
take care of her "man," as he was
"mitrhtv nnrh bund," and the old man
had jocosely remarked that he '"lowed
Lou-i-sy'd been doin' nothin' so long
she d hate to quit."
Mr. Johnson was proprietor of the
onlv crocery store in the town. Ho
had come from Mew England years De
fore, and had opened this store when
lemons and oranges were practically
unknown and white sugar well-nigh
as hard to obtain. By dint of keeping
these and similar luxuries and selling
them at astonishingly high rates, and
by introducing into the western market
many high-priced novelties, such as
sardines, canned fruits, oatmeal, ABC
crackers, and other articles calculated
to please the eye and palate of the
village customer, he had managed to
amass quite a tidy little sum. On thi.,
gentleman the burden of contributing
to the support of the Atkinses fell
with especial severity. Not that lie
gave more than anyone else quite the
contrary but that his well-known
stinginess made him feel It more. It Is
doubtful if be would have given any
thing at all, but from his desire to
stand well in the eyes of the communi
ty, and especially of the gentleman oa
whose land the Atkinses lived. 11c
was the rich man of the town, and his
influence and importance were wonder
ful in a small way.
One evening a group of men had
gathered in Mr. Johnson's store, as
was the custom, solemnly gossiping
about the events of the day. The pro.
nrietor stood behind the counter keep'
ing an anxious eye on his boxes of
crackers and fruit that stood invitingly
open. He was a slender raiiu, slightly
stooped, with his face and upper lip
shaven and an iron-gray beard adorn
ing his chin, no had small eyes and
a bland smile that was intended to be
very pleasing. It was hard to keep
the smile this evening, though, for a
lank mountaineer was making fearful
depredations upon a box ot "animal
crackers" that stood open on the conn-
tea. He dared not stop the man, for
he was a possible customer, but as he
saw his pastry cows and elephants dis
appearing his heart sank within bim.
It was not until be had safely maneu-1
vered the box out of the man's reach
that be was able to give his attention
to the chat that was irolng on.
Abe Lewis bad the lioor, and he was
tellinir something' that was truly
astounding. "Hate you fellers beerd
that olo Bill AUsias is fold' to draw
some money soonr"he asked. Tin
sensation the news oroduMd U fully
up to the speaker's expectation. "Yes,
that man that was here awhile back
looking out for pensions 1b goin' to git
a pension fer Hill," he continued.
You all know Bill fit In the war, an'
he's blind, you know, an' he's goln' to
git his money now soon. I reckon his
back pay 11 be sov'rul thousand dollars.
It'll be two or threo months before
he'll git it, but they say it's sure to
come." Well, well! would wonders
never cease? Bill Atkins a moneyed
man I The uowb must bo true, for the
whole party remembered the pension
examiner who had visited the town,
and two or three men testified to see
ing bim go to Atkins' house.
The news spread like wildfire
through the little town, and created a
variety of emotions, A few skeptical
souls pretended not to believe it, but
they were in a hopeless minority, and
the subjeot was discussed in all its
bearings. The Atkinses had suddenly,
and by no effort of their own, become
very Important cltizeus. Mrs. Smith,
the wife of one of the ministers, told
the ladies in the sewing society
that she thought It a shame that none
of them ever went to see the Atkinses.
"They've got souls to save if they air
pore," she added, judiciously overlook
ing the fact that report said they were
no longer beggars. Mrs. Kelly, the
lady who had avowed her intention of
never helping them again, looked quite
abashed, and secretly resolved to send
Mrs. Atkins a pitcher ot buttermilk
that very evening.
Next morning Mrs. Atkins herself
set forth for a visit to Johnson's store.
entirely unaware of the rumor that
was abroad. She entered the placo
rather timidly and in a very apologetic
tone asked for a pound of bacon, a lit
tle coffee and a box of snuff, adding, as
was her invariable rule, that she would
pay for the things as toon as "berries
gits ripe." As Mrs. Atkins had made
this same promise every time she had
entered the store, there was no reason
why it should have particularly im
pressed Mr. Johnson; yetho seemed de
lighted, and hastily produced the things
she wished, but in much more generous
quantities. "How would you like a nice
ham?" he asked, holding up the article
in question. Mrs. Atkins hesitated.
Bhe was as honest as her limited
means would permit, so she shook her
head, saying he would get tired of
waiting for his pay. "Ko, indeed, ha
insisted; "take your own time to pay
for It I don't mind waiting a bit on a
good customer." Thus urged, Mrs.
Atkins took the ham, and added several
unaccustomed luxuries to her list Ilo
would not allow her to carry the
things, but sent them in his delivery
wagou. and gave her at parting a po
lite "call ugara." Mrs. Atkins went
home in a truly astonished state of
mind, routed her remarkable auveu-
turo to the old man and the children.
and wound up by declaring that "Jim
Johnson's been converted, and I know
it, else he never would have did it."
The Atkinses enjoyed a square meal
that morning, the first in many
weary day.
The two churohes-ithore were only
two in the town seenjed to vie with
each other in paying delicate atleiv
tious to the hitherto negtucted family.
To be jut, the two niiuistura and tliirir
wive3 had endeavored to induce the
Atkinses to "join tho church," but
their cftorls had not been crowned
with success, largely, it seemed, be
cause Mrs. Atkins and Mandy, the
oldest girl, had "nothin to wear.
But now the other ladies of the church
developed a sudden Interest in tho
matter, and upon receiving the usual
reply ono of thorn boldly asked
"Well, why don't yon git a dress at
Boo'.hbyV? He II wait till yon git the
money." Mrs. Atkins, who wasgetting
a little accustomed to her unexpected
turn of good luck, plucked up heart
to go to Boothby's, the largest "dry
goods and general merchandise" store
in the place, and, though somewhat un
certain of her reception, managed to
express a desire for a certain purple
calico toward which her heart had in
clined, but which she had nevor
dreamed of possessing. Mr. Bootllby
was most affable; certainly aha could
have the goods, and anything else she
wished. A pink calico for Mainly
was added, and the enterprising mer
chant 'Succeeded in pressing upjn tho
bewildored woman various articles of
adornment entirely unsuitable to her,
bu t of which he bad found some trouble
in disposing,
Thus it went on. Mandy and her
mother became regular church goers,
arrayed in their elegant new eulicoes,
and even the old man had a -now suit
ot "store clothes" sold him on time
and somewhat against his will by an
accommodating merchant of the town.
In vain the Atkinses protested that
they did not know when they coal !
pay for all these luxuries; these gen
erous friends smilingly wuved :.:iiui
all such scruples and protested thai
they were perfectly willing to w:iit.
Thus the winter passed, the Atkins"
daily growing in favor. It had been a
hard season, but, thanks to the indul
gence of their now numerous fricnib,
they fared well, and the oldest boy had
a position that enabled him to earn a
little.
During came, and with It the pen
sion officer came to the town ntfiiin.
He stopped at Johnson's store ono day
to purchase some cigars, and timt
smiling merchant took occusiun to
question him a little. "When is ol.
Bill Atkins goin' to get his pension?"
he asked.
"Atkins Bill Atkins? I don't re
member anyone of that name. Oh,
yes, yon mean that old half-blind fel
low that lives at the end of the town.
Why, he won't havo any pension at all.
He applied, and I examined the case
when I was here before. His blindness
has nothing to do with his wur ticrviec.
There is no reason in the world why he
should have a pension. He has known
ever since I was here last full that ho
wouldn't be allowed anything."
So saying, the pension-man paid for
his cigars and strolled out of the store:
but the silver lay unnoticed on the
counter. Mr. Johnson stood with his
mouth wide open and his eyes staring
at vaosnoy. l.lpplMOH't AlafsMinti
A Clubbing Offer,
A great many f our readers Mun
county like to tufct I lit- weekly OrcKnii
1u li . We have mud? urriingemeiils
w lit"- ' , v.i' inii.fiiriiMi It nt n ruliii'l
Inn in iliv n-uvtur pilcelo Ihiw wlm
win I until tliv- JCxi'iufe untl the
OiVKiiiiiiiii. Tliv cgular price of I lit'
Oivgiuihm Is 31. "id j.T yiiir, mid of the
EisvhkhsJI.Ni when In inlvuiinv We
will furnish l..n i: f r $A ier year in
advance savin;: el one dollar tii the
aliWc Iper. The Gh'uiiiiIii'I gives all
the jii'iierul ncwMiif N.e country once a
week, ami llw Kxi'UKSB glvt-s all the
locul nova once a week, which will
uiulte a most exeelletlt lievis service
for Hie moderate sum of t'i. per year
Those who are at priwnt subscrllieni
f tne Exw.liSB mind pay In ail arrear
ages and one year In advuuee to obtain
tills special price.
IVotioo of XCxoontrlx.
Notice U hereby given to all whom It
mav concern, that, by un urdur ot tno
Comity Court for l.lun Comity, Slate 01
Oregon, the undersigned has been duly ap
pointtd and is now the duly qualllled and
acting Executrix of tho last will aud
testament of Kugene II. Vim, decease
All parlies inilel'ted to -said estate are re-
iiueatcd to make immediate payment to
the undersigned, and all parties having
claims against the ostate are hereby re
quired to present the same properly veri
fied, within six months from the 6th ilny uf
April 1885, the tlrst publication of this
notice, to the undersigned at the ollluo ol
Dun'l M. (iarland, Lebanon, Ore,
It. J. Uim,
Ex. of the last will and testament ot
Eugene II. Ulni,' deceased.
Ham'l M. iSauland,
. Alty. for Eiecutrix.
PANSY.
AYER & KIMBROUGH
' Have just received tho finest line of CROCKERY and
GLASS "WARE ever brought to Lebanon, which they in
vite you to call and inpoct.
Their price are an low, if not lower than anywhere oIbo,
in the valley.
.Highest Prices Paid for Country ,
Produce.
AdmlBlHtrntor'H IVotioo.
Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed has been duly appointed by the
touaty Court of Linn county, Oregon, the
administrator of the estate of A. V
Oaroutte, deceased; and has duly qualified
as such administrator. All persons hav
ing claims against the estate are horehy
required to present them, with proper
vouchers, .within six months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned, at the
olUcoof W. II. Brown, in Lebanon, Linn
county, Orenoii.
Dated this !nd. day of January, im.
Phil Hitter,
W. M. llriiau, Administrator.
Attorney (or Administrator. :
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Uses a small amount of Frint
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vertisinz matter, and us i
consequence his business divs
Away and he is then like the
man whose picture appears
above.
UTERINE
THE GREAT
LIYER, KIDNEY AND CONSTIPATIOI
CUItE.
Pleasant to take by old or
young. No griping.
The root of the Liverine
plant :i8 extensively used in
Norway for the cure of I'iles.
Sold by all first class drug
gists. Wholesale Manufactures.
Anchor S Chemical Co.
: Lebanon, Oregon,
East and South
VIA-
THE SHASTA ROUTE
-or TiiK-
Sontbern Pacific Co.
Express tniiii leave I'lirtlmiri iluily:
0:15 F. M. , liV.-.I'DrLliiiiij Ar. S:ft. M
10:20?, m. Lv...Allmny ..Ar. A. K
10:16a. m. I Ar.Hwi FrundiicuLY 7:00 g M
Tliv nlxm) l mum Htop itl all I nUtmiin from
Porllitmi to Albiniy iiKiliirtivtfjiilio'lftiiKtfnt,
HI ii'tl il, Hulnov, llttrrlsbiirK. Junction Uty,
Irving, luifdMie iiiut ull muiIioiu from Row
Unry, to Ashland infinitive.
KoftelmrK mull dully:
"HjSO a. iU ljv7.Piirth.mn
12:46 c. m, Lv...Allmny.,.
ftifiop. n. ! Ar.Iionelmrj!.
Sunday,
4:20 p.m..
12:H0 r. M.
7.UDA.M.
)iaiwiigur train b dully (except
BARBER SHOP
Beat Hhaves, Hair Cut or Shampoo at
B. F. KIRK,
Shaving Parlor.
NEXT DOOETO 8T. CHARLES
HOTEL,
Elegant Baths.
Children Kindly Treated..
U11 Hair DruMing i R)mUU;i
Tne Enterprising
Business Man ,; .
H:20a. h.
H:IIU. H.
i-.m p. m.
6:11) r. M.
! Lv.,.A1Ikiiv Ar,
Ar.,.jliaiiuii.,..l.v,
I.v...Altaiiy Ar,
Ar,..ljulmnoii .l,v.
10:40 A.M.
V-.4ln.it.
0:4. t. M.
6:51) r. m.
Dining Cars on Og&m Route.
Pullman Bdff.st Sleepehs
AND
Second-Class Bleeping Cars At
tached to all Through Truinl.
Ubcs a ereat amount of Adver
Rising matter of all kinds.
Consequently his Business In
' creases and he becomes as
happy as the individual who
is represented by the picture
Just above.
-Wont Hide DlvlMloii.
Uktwebn Pohtukd ami Covai,m.
Mull train dully luxropt Sunday):
"7:30 A7rrtv.y.ft7rtUiidArT M a. .
12:16 r. x. Ar,,.Curvnlli.,l,v. l:Wlp. M.
At Albsnv mill ('iirvullls connect Willi
trams ot Oregon fsi'illu railroad,
Kxpresfc train iluily (except Suiulity):
Toriinml ...Kt.
4:40 e. M.
7:86 r. .
l.v
Ar.McMiiuivillel.v!
8:26 A. M. '
5:6 . t.
THROUGH TICKETS Ton" '",inU'
Eastern Bluts, n-
ada anil Kuroiwi tjfin be obtained at loweat
rurK from 1, A. llonneit, hkoiiI, T.oliRr:nn.
11. KlIKHI.F.K. Maiiamr.
K. P. HUORIIH, Asst. I). F. k l'ass. Aft
Job Printing
of All Kinds
T dune at this Office in
Workmanlike Manner, and at
Prices to Compare with the
Times. Your Business will be
Increased by having Your Job
f tinting uone at wis uuiuu.
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Albany Steam Laundry
RICHARDS & PHILLIPS, Ptoprs,
A.lbaiiy, Orrjgou
All Orders Receive Prompt
Attention.
Special Rates for
Family Washings.
Satisfaction Gimrnutoed ot Mouey
, Refunded.
J. P. HYDE, Agent,