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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24
Masked sIurderers.

stephen Rich and his wife keep way
side saloon about a mile from Bradford's
mine in Lake county and two and one
half miles from Middletown. On the
evening OF Oct. 10 while Fred Bennett
was in the saloon five or six masked
men entered and began firing at Ben
nett. Rich returned their fiIe and killed
one. who proved to be w. r. Mcguire, a
miner. Rich and his wife were wounded.
In the struggle the mask was torn from
one OF the men, who proved to be Henry
Arcarro. another miner. Bennett escaped
through window
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24
Arn,aInr ,riailernen.


An Alameda county grapegrower has
an interesting experiment in progress in
the line OF an effort to establish direct
trade between producer and consumer.
He had a crop of Black Malvoise grapes
which, If sold through San Francisco
commission merchants, would hardly pay
even as much as local winemakers would
pay for such low-quality grapes-say SIS
a ton. Knowing what Is done in the
large eastern cities in the way of bas-
l5et fruit trade he has begun the effort
TO establish such trade In this city
under the name Home Basket Fruit
Company" He secured small stand at
the lower part OF Market street and gave
out several thousand small circulars
making the following offer: Black
Malvoise grapes, fresh from the ranch.
Five pounds for % cents, including fif-
teen-eent lunch basket, and IL you will
bring the basket back will fill it again
for ten cents every day as long as the
crop holds out
This announcement proved attractive
and sales were considerable from the
start, and the trade was so economically
and ingeniously conducted that the
grapes netted . cents pound or $40 a
ton. The experience with the first stand
has led to the establishment of two 9TH
ers at points higher up on Market street.
The experiment is still in progress, and
whether the sale of fruit on such low
scale of prices can be made permanently
profitable remains to be seen. The ex-
pertinent has within it the testing of the
general proposition to extend the sale
Of fresh, wholesome fruit in large guam
titles at rates which are low and yet
yield the producer more than he can
get through existing channels. To at
tempt such an enterprise as is now being
tried requires personal qualifications for
driving close trade and causes the pro-
dueer to put in his own time possibly at
! rather low wages. Consequently many
producers are not personally qualified
for such an undertaking and others can
make be tier use of their time, perhaps.
Thus, while the experiment now under
trial does not offer field to all produe-
ers, it may possibly lead to reduction
of the retailers extortions and open the
way for n much larger cons mption
of fruit, at prices which will pay pro-
ducers something better than they now
usually get. For this reason we have
alluded to the subject and noted the
progress OF the experiment thus far.-Ru-
raj Press, Oct. 4.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24

Nathan willett, a prosperous farmer
of Norwalk, Los Angeles county, Cal,
has been arrested for murder commit
ted seventeen years ago. He had killed
a man in western Texas and fled to An
derson county. There a rival of HI. b.
Woodward for the affections OF a woman
hired willett to kill Woodward. A fugi-
tive from justice already, Willett was
easily persuaded. He took drink with
Woodward and then shot him dead. He
then came to the coast and has led an
upright life in southern California ever
since. He married near Norwalk twelve
years ago and has two children and a
farm worth $4,000 or $4,000.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24

Cheap Sponge Cake-Three eggs we'll
beaten, one cupful OF sugar, one cupful
of flour with ono teaSpoonful of cream
tartar sifted with it, half a teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in three teaspoonfuis
of hot water, dessertspoonful of extract
of lemon or vanilla. Bake about one
half hour in an oven not too hot.
Madame Modjeska gives her opinion
thus: Red worn below the face deadenS
the complexion; worn above the face 1t
hightens the complexion. III, therefore,
the cheeks she should wear a red gown
or plenty of red ribbons about her throat (;
on the other hand, il she wishes to give
her face a certain touch OF color let her
wear red hat or red flowers in her
hair.
1t is a sad fact that every year many
babies are unintentionally starved TO
death. Their nursing bottles are always
full, but the elements of nutrition In
their food are lacking. Mothers do not
understand that arrowroot, cornStarch
and some patent foods will not meet all
the requirements of nourishment. Some
Peach Pudding--A peach pudding made
OF fresh or canned fruit is delicious. For
this is required about two-thirds OF a
can of fruit, and dough. Put the peaches
with a little of the juice in a round tin
mold. cake mold if not too large will
do. Drop the dough over the top in
/ spoOnfulS and set in a steamer over q
| kettle of fast-boillng water. Cover closely
and cook one hour. This should turn
out without any breaking. when the
peaches will be on top. Serve with a
scant half-cup of butter rubbed to 9
cream, one cup OF powdered sugar and
an egg beaten very light, flavor TO taste
This sauce should be soft but not liquid
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24
a Fatal Explosion.

Cortez mining company's powder mag
azine at the Garrison mine at Beowawe.
New, exploded Oct. 10, and the building
and the air compressor engine-house
were blown to atoms. H. Taylor, who
was In the magazine at the time. was
killed and several other men were hurt
by flying debris. J. B. Dougherty's
boarding house and several other build
ings were considerably injured.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24
Cruel Robbers.

Two men seized ex-Assemblyman JOS
selyn as he drove up to his home at
Monterey Oct. 10, beat him brutally and
then tied him with ropes while they ram
sacked the house. They took $50 i'm
cooked dinner, which they asked bim to
join in eating. but he declined. They
tormented Josselyn until 3 o'clock the
next morning, when they left. 1t was
daylight when he managed to free him
self. Tho brutes took the morning train
and left it at San Jose.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24
A Heroic Engineer.

The boiler OF locomotive exploded
two miles west of Huntington, Ind. Oct
II. The fireman, George Kirby, was blown
from the cab hack on the track and
burned and scalded 30 that he was ex-
pected to die. Engineer Edward Muir
ply was badly sealded but jumped or In
time to escape fatal scalds. In jumping
he broke his leg, but when the first
neighbor arrived ON the scene he found
Murphy crawling up the track with a
lantern in his hand to stop a passenger
train which was due in a few minutes.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24
Harm nnfps.


The experiment OF an Alameda county
fruitgrower in marketing his grapes with
out the Intervention OF middlemen be-
tween himself and the consumer, an ac-
count OF which we copy from the Rural
Press. ought 70 succeed. The enormous
prices at which good fruit retails In San
Francisco are out OF all proportion to
the prices producers get and the cost OF
transportation and handling. We do not
agree with the Press. however. In attrib-
uting the trouble TO retailers extor-
tions." The greatest gap into which
percentages fall Is between the producer
aud the retailer The commission inan
gets them. Retailers labor under many
disadvantages which commission men Go
not encounter. Tho commission men OF
San Francisco have close organization
and no retailer buys a pound OF fruit
that this organization does not fix the
price upon. II the retailers do not take
the bulk of the consignments at that
price, so much the worse for the grower.
What is left on the commission mans
hands Is sold to Gamers at next to moth
ing and the price evened up Tor down
in rendering account OF sales so that the
man whose fruit was taken by the re-
taller at cents a pound gets no more
than he whose shipment went 10 the
eannery at / cent.
The result Of all this Is that the retailer
sells only half as much fruit as he would
II he got it at or 3 cents and IS com
PEELED TO charge twice as much profit 20
cover expenses and losses on damaged
.-o,ds, a,1 tt,a CO., I.o,..fs,x, ,,,,,,s.,,,,.,. -.
while he is paying or 10 cents a pound
for fruit, sees the canneries getting as
good an article for l cent and jumps TO
the conclusion that he Is being robbed by
retailers extortions. !" supposing that
his fruit vender Is making from 100 10
800 per cent profit The commission
men and Gamers get all the profit there
Is In this kind of trade, the grower finds
it hard to pay help and taxes and the
poor go without fruit in the metropolis
OF the grandest fruitgrowing region the
sun ever shone upon.
remedy for this state of affairs can
not be expected from the commission
men. Their profits are sure and theii
work easy. They do not want a change
The fruitgrowers and consumers can, II
i LHcA hll4t CutC 1tt ctn- II VIII AOt X
found practicable for fruitgrowers IN
general TO retail their own products. as
the Press has pointed out. but number
can combine, hire a room and have con
signments OF fruit auctioned on every
morning to the highest bidder by th,
single box or more. Retailers and con
sumers could thus buy at prices some
where near as low as those the growers
get after paying transportation charges
A steady retail trade might perhaps, b
conducted in the building after auction
hours. and probably a cannery woulC
soon be added which would work up al
unsold fruit while yet fresh and who's
trademark would soon become known q.
a guarantee of first-quality goods.
Here IS a chance for the grange o
some similar organization. City buyer
might take stock In it, for they woul,
really be the greatest galners by it.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24

John Boyle O'Reilly used TO say Z
he had found the true fraternal 4
to exist at its best in eonvicts. soif
and journalists.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-24

buildings of Matthias Gadnon at St.
Pierre, Que, slid into the river Oct. Z.
Mrs. Gadnon was killed and Gadnon was
badly injured, but their nine children
escaped.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-08
The Crocooile's Rich Feast.

Better far to bear the ills you know
thar fly to those you know not OF. If
The seventy-five Kaffirs at the cape who
Dolted from the May Queen reef to rid
themselves of daily toll had borne the
old adage in mind the bulk OF them
would have been in the land Of the liv-
ing to-day. Instead of that some of
them are in the land of the leal-per-
haps-and others in much warmer
place. This is how it all happened:
When said natives bolted pursuit was
hot. Black men jumped into a river,
but only four out of the lot reached the
other side. It was case of crocodile
first, and natives next to nowhere.
The crocodiles had 4 high old time of
it with seventy-five plump Kaffirs to
feed upon. In race for liberty a
policeman may be outstripped or
outmaneuvered-a crocodile never-or
scarcely ever.-Cape Town Argus.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-08

Two nervous duelists having dis
sharged their pistols without effect, one
Of the seconds proposed they should
shake hands. The other second de-
clared this would be unnecessary. as
they had been shaking for half an
hour
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-08

Clerks in the postal service say:
Never use square envelope. Women
are more in the habit of using them
than men. A square envelope, large
or small, but especially large, is anath-
ema in the eyes of a postal clerk.
He likes an oblong envelope of a mod
erately large size-a government num-
Der Al or 5. corresponding to the sta
TONERS number 6.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-08
Not Very Flattering.

mighty fine woman saw you lift
ing your hat to back there. old boy"
''Yes. rather"
''Some mash of yoursP"
Yes"
Couldn't introduce n Teller, chr
might. if you'll come up to the
house some evening"
"Oh! your wife?"
Yes"
"Pshaw! l supposed it was your
cook!"-Detroit Free Press.
The advocate., 1890-08-27

best Of his ability, and permit his neighbor
10 do likewise, he would lind n better and
safer way out than he will ever find through
resolutions, conventions and public meet-
ings.
Now, n word 10 some Of our journalistic
neighbOrs without, over tho border from
whence cnme the hOrdes who pitched their
tents 40 Oxford and KickapO0 In days gone
by. Their good intentions, know, are only
excellod by their zeal Ia behalf Of the well
fare and prosperity Of the people. But a
superabundance OF zeal and good Intentions
sometimes rebounds aud strikes whore least
expected.
So long as these "personal liberty" adyo-
Gates cOnfne themselves 10 the domain Of
politics and public matters Of interest, we'll
and good. But when they 90 beyond that
limit and undertake to meddle with private
interests, thOy place themselves outside tho
domain OF respectable journalism.
The affairs OF the Kansas Farmer do not
concern political papers In Missouri. II h
non partisan and the prOpriotOrs are en-
deavoring 30 make IL IN agricultural paper
that can bo road with profit by every farmer
in Kansas, regardless of his political Opin-
ions. SAMUEL j. CRAWFORD.
The advocate., 1890-08-27
REPLY ny JOHN DAVIS.

REPLY BY JOHN DAVIS.
This beautiful day. August lG, Is the
anniversary Of the battle Of Bennington,
which was the first Of series Of battles
and maneuvres leading TO most impor-
tant, brilliant and encouraging victory In
the great war for American liberty. The
enemy consisted Of Hesslan mercenariee,
who, said the hero Of the occasion, must
be beaten or "Molly Stark sleeps a widow
o-nightw / will celebrate the occasion
by replying to the letter from Mr., s. j.
Crawford, who, like King Georges Hes
SLAMS at Bennington, seems willing 10
fight on any side for pay. Or, like Bene.
dict Arnold, was once brave, patriotic
and poor, but having changed sides, is
now rich and in arms against the cause
which no formerly deemed sacred.
In order TO save labor for myself and
space in your valuable and widely circu-
lating ADVOCATE Of the rights Of the com
mon people, / will, by parenthetical fig
ures, indicate my replies TO particular
parts OF Mr.. Crawford's "outburst Of saw
aRery."
(l) His defense Of his military record
is mere subterfuge on the part Of Mr..
Crawford. did not refer to II, either
directly or remotely. But l did refer
directly and most positively to his cow
ardice in failing TO be present in the EN-
poria court house to attend a discussion
in which he claimed TO be very earnestly
Interested! To this charge he does not
reply, but tries TO divert attention by re-
ferring TO other things. And since he has
brought up the subject, II may be re-
marked that the bravest men and the
purest women are not, usually, the ones
who prate the loudest In the public
prints concerning their courage and
purity. May we not, therefore, set down
this uncalled for bravado Ns suspicion
number one concerning a reputation that
was not now under dlscussionY
(9) Your statements as TO the resump-
tion OF specie payments and the end of
the greenback party in 1879, are both
historically false. There has been no re-
sumption of specie payments in this
country in 1870" nor since that time, In
any true sense. The resumption law con
templated the cancellation and retire
ment of the redeemed paper. The law
of 1878 forbade that, and cut the entire
case out of the resumption law as a con-
traction policy, Nor have we had
exchangeability Of coin for paper, except
in New York city, and for people hold
ing at least fifty dollars, Rich men liv-
ing in or near New York have enjoyed
the privilege Of asking and receiving
coin for paper il they chose to do 80, but
poor people and remote people have had
no part In this sham, called resumption.
But, even the rich spurned II as sham.
President Hayes, in his message of 1879,
tells us that up to that time there had
been very little paper presented and coin
asked; but, on the other hand, there had
The advocate., 1890-08-27

cloud Of blackest grief a "silver lining,"
yielding comfort The old woman aOw
had IA grievance that would not die. And
that II might be handy when wanted, she
obtained possession OF the child, bought
Il a new cradle and domiciled II in the
best rooms Of her home. Then, when
words ran high between the republican
wife and democratic husband, the old
woman, shaking her fist in the old mans
face and then pointing 10 the cradle,
would blurt out in wrathful tones, "You
old devll DO you see anything Of that|
With subdued voice and downcast eyes,
the old fellow would reply: "Yes madam,
but II was you that brought 1t into the
the family" The democratic party, no
doubt, was the same from which sprung
the southern rebels. But by several de-
liberate and unanimous votes, the re-
publcans brought them into the family.
.(Appletons annual, 1876, pages iS2-3-4.)
(5) Mr. Crawford is right in saying
that "the spirit Of nullihcation, intoler-
anCe and rule or ruin will not always
dwell in the SOUTH The old slave
holders Of the south pronounced the
great charter OF our liberties, known as
the declaration Of independence, "eXu-
berantly false and arboresCently falla-
aciousp Our attitudinal United States
Senator, Mr. Ingalls,, calls the same
document "fallacious rhetoric" The old
shareholders said, "Free society has
failed, and that which is not free must
be substituted" Our atttudinal Senator
scouts and disputes the doctrine that
government rests upon consent" lie
calls 1t "poltical dogmatism"
There are men in the south who con-
troll the negro vote with shot guns and
and threats Of violence. Corporations in
the north do the same things by threats
OF starvation; and enforce the starvation
policy by importing pauper labor in de-
6ance of the law, and in employing
Pinkerton's thugs, who shoot down men
and women with no fear of the law. This
has been done in East ST. Louis, Jersey
City and more recently in Albany and
scores Of other places. Corporations cut
down competing telegraph lines, as in
New York; or capture the poles, wires
and offices by force, as here in Kansas.
Here in the north we have appoll0gists
and sympathizers with the bomb throw
ers Of Chicago, One Of these is now en-
ployed in the state house Of Kansas, as
clerk in the labor bureau, by the present
republican administration. He is an
avowed anarchist and an alleged dyna-
miter. His name is O. A. Henrie, and he
draws salary Of $1,000 year, paid by
the alliance farmers who are warned to
turn the cold shoulder to Ralph Beau
mont and President l.. i. Polk. Verify
Mr.. Crawford is right when he says the
spirit Of anarchy and notification does
not all dwell in the south. In the south
1t takes the shot gun direction. In the
north il attacks the foundation Of free
government, after the fashion of Senator
Ingalls,. It captures or destroys proper
ty, after the fashion Of Jay Gould, or it
throws or justiRes the throwing of bombs
for the destruction of human life, like
the anarchists of Chicago and their de-
tenders in Topeka and other places.
The advocate., 1890-08-27

first eleven months Of the socaled
"specie payments" there had been forty
millions Of dollars more coin presented
aud paper asked than there had been pa
per presented and coin asked. The peo-
pie preferred paper 10 coin at the rate Of
nearly million dollars per week; and
yet II Is boasted Of AZ "specle redemption
OF paperp Plainly, II was "paper re-
demption of coinp II Is like man de-
string TO drain a swamp on his farm. lie
cuts ditch TO the river and the water
runs in the opposite direction from that
In which ii was expected TO run. Yet,
like an idiot, he glories in his wonderful
success in draining his swamp And this
is the false logic and stuff unrayeled
from the gall Of an alleged old line green
backer
As TO the death or disappearance Of the
greenback party in 1870, IL may be said
that its vote for General Weaver nearly
two years after its alleged decease, was
four times as large AZ for Peter Cooper in
1875, when Mr.. Crawford considered itin
good shape and prosperous.
Mr.. Crawford opposed the national
bank; opposed contraction Of the cur
rency; and opposed the payment of gov
ernment bonds in coin; yet he has for
over Cen years been voting with party
of opposite sentiments and practices. Az
the beginning OF that ten years he was
comparatively poor and in search Of office.
At the end OF that time he has Il lucra-
tive office and Is rich! Men can draw
their own inferences.
(3) The republican party has been in
power in all branches Of the government
most Of the time since the close Of the
war-a period Of twenty-five years. The
south has been the sick man. The re-
publican and democratic parties have
been the doctors. Crawford says the pa
tient has continually grown worsel How
would 1t do to change doctors? Suppose
we discharge the two old phlebOtamists
and employ men OF the stamp Of Tom
jefferson, Ben. Franklin, Peter Cooper
and General Weaver, who favor a fuller
flow of money rising prices, and general
and equal justice between man and man.
(4) Mr.. Crawford never tires Of shak-
ing the bloody shirt over the yawning
chasm of hate which seems TO exist in
his fervid imagination. Suppose the
chasm to exist. Suppose the presence Of
''rebel brlgadiers" in Congress to be a
menace TO somebody How came they
therep The republican party of the war
time shut them out Of Congress, out OF
the southern legislatures, out of all places
OF profit and trust in the entire country,
by constitutional amendment. Then how
came the "rebel brlgadiers" in Congress,
In the southern legislatures, on the su-
preme bench, and IN a thousand places
Of profit and trust in all parts of the
United States? Who gave to these dan
gerous (P) men their power for harm in
all parts Of the country, If it be fact
that they desire TO harm the country
which they own in common with us, and
which must be- transmitted in common
TO all Of our chil1renY The true answer
is plain and unmlstakable. On January
10, 1876, Mr.. James G. Blaine, speaking
from his place in the American Congress,