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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19

A jackson County CIV. ya.) school
teacher of thirty the other day eloped
with and was married to one of her pupils
of the mature age Of sixteen years,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
THE IRISH SITUATION.
ParneIl and the Popular Majority Against
the Priests and Leaders.

ParneIl and the Popular Majority Against
the Priests and Leaders.
The split in the Irish party is complete
and Parnell on one side and Davitt on
the other are appealing to the people of
Ireland for support. The bishops having
decided against Parnell the majority of
the priests naturally go with them, but
In most of the towns visited by the two
leaders of the campaign Parnell has had
the support of a majority OF the people
and Davitt and Healy in many places
have not been permitted to speak. In
some instances Davitt was the favorite
and Parnell could net get hearing.
United Ireland, the recognized organ
OF the Irish party, under the editorship
of men placed in charge by William
O'Brien while he was in America, opposed
Parnell. When Parnell was in Dublin he
took legal measures to seize it, claiming
to own seven-tenths of the stock, and the
sheriff elected O'Brien's editors. These
latter reeaptured the Office and destroyed
several columns of type set under Par
nelIs direction, but Parnell and posse
broke open the door with crowbars, again
elected the opposition, and published the
paper. The Anti-Parnellites then began
the publication of a paper called Sup
pressed United Ireland and the followers
of the two factions amused themselves
by destroying wagon loads of the two
sheets as they left the offices to be mailed
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS.

Only two days until Christmas!
How different this will be from the one
l looked forward to this yearl'' thought
Mr. Romain, as he restlessly paced the
wide porch of his handsome home.
How pleasant the air is-as warm
and balmy as spring! Exquisite, if one
had some one to enjoy it with; but I'm
lonesome. Poor Tom! How hoped
to see you again, to tell you that the
fault was mine in that quarrel; and
you are dead-buried only last week.
they tell me-and l am back in Old
Virginia, with never a child or chick
to bid me welcome"
.'Dood-morRin', Mister Man; will
you please tum to We nauctionPn
AS these words fell on his ear, Mr..
RomaiR turned and saw two little
children standing on the steps. chick
en- held tightly under the arm of one
of them.
They were pretty children, too-a boy
and a girl. exactly the same size.
Blonde curls crowned each shining
head; brown eyes, with long. curling
lashes. looked frankly out from under
straight, clear-cat eyebrows, and two
little pug noses turned up merrily from
the little rosy mouths that were always
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
Gnrrpnf nruB.
COAST DEFENses.

The Out-of-Date Works at the Golden Gate
to be Modernized.
Since the abandonment OF Fort Scott
the artillery at the Presidio has been
greatly in need of suitable place for
testing heavy ordnance and for practice.
Some months ago the construction of
earthworks was begun under the super
vision OF Lieutenant Hamilton for the
reception OF battery for practice, which
are rapidly nearing completion. The
works have a front of ITO feet and a
depth OF so feet, and are sixteen feet
high, except the western traverse, which
Is over twenty feet high, being raised in
order to deaden the concusslon and
sharpness OF the firing, the hospital being
in that vicinity.
The battery consists OF four eight-inch
converted muzzle-loading rifles, which are
the best firing guns 50 far issued to the
service. They are mounted on improved
barbette carriages. which are furnished
with hydraulic cylinder OF bumper for
recon check and are strengthened by
transoms or erosspieces which have not
been in use hitherto. The charge con-
sists OF thirty-iive pounds OF powder and
conical projeetile weighing 1sO pounds.
The guns were formerly smooth-bore
and were converted by inserting steel
tube which serves the double purpose of
contracting the caliber and reinforcing
the gun. They had been mounted on
casemate carriages which would not ad-
NIT Of the use of full charge of powder
hence the change. The earthwork Is a
simple parapet and not built as a per
manent feature OF the post, yet could be
turned to good account IL needed as q
defense. In the center OF the works Ii
located the magazine, fully protected by
thickness of nearly forty feet of earth
Congre has appropriated s26O.0OO fol
enplaeements for 12s twelve-inch breeeh
loading rife mortars and for severn
eight-inch high power steel rifles. which
are TO be placed as a portion Of the de
fenses Of this harbor. The emplacement.
will be so constructed as to accommodate
sixteen of these mortars in a group and
will be made of solid concrete.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 26 1890

II shut de door den. By IN by she
come out. all white aud tremblin. but
she tried to smile on de chilluns as she
led dem down de walk.
Dose po' little thingsI Rosy was
huggin' her rag doll an tryin' to hide
1t under her rag aprun. an Romain
was totin' Pickle de chicken. clost in
he arms. De nauctiou man can't take
mammals chilluns. and so he can't
take ours. dey'd keep sayin'.n
''RomainP" repeated her visitor.
Yes. sab, Romain: dat's for fren'
of Massa Toms. Massa not see him
for years. but he talk heap o. Mr..
RomaSn.m
Thank Godi Tom forgave me. -
whispered Mr.. Romain. as he left the
kitchen in response to the business
like tons of the auctioneer that now
rang out clear and cold rs he began Of
fering the parlor furniture.
Great was the indignation of one
spinster when the first bid of tall.
handsome stranger carried the price
far beyond the sum she had mentally
decided on. and he secured 1t without
opposition.
Her feelings we're soon shared BY
most of those present, for n similar
scene took place over almost every
article offered for sale, from Mrs.
Blake's piano to Romans rocking
horse. The stranger outbid every one,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
Harm nnfrB.
, ertinent Paragraphs.

The annual report of the bureau OF
animal industry states that the bureau
has succeeded in producing drug In
oculation with which makes swine inn
pervious to hog cholera. This, Ii true, is
one OF the most important discoveries OF
the age and pretty even Offset, I'm point
OF usefulness, to Koch's discovery OF a
tuberculosis remedy. for IL we can thus
fortify the American hog he will probably
be admitted to European markets again,
and while consumption disappears In the
human race cases of death from eating
cholera-infected pork, as well as those OF
poverty from our inability TO sell our
hogs to the Europeans, will disappear,
and we can all be happy together. Seri-
ously, the statements OF the United
States bureau of animal industry are
worthy of respect, and it seems probable
that the greatest enemy Of the hograiser
has met its match. The report elaine
that substance has been produced
which not only resembles the bacterial
product OF the hog cholera germ in com
position, but which has quite the same
power OF comforting immunity from dis
ease.
The Patrons OF Husbandry are work
ing all over the land for both the Conger
lard bill and the Paddock pure food bill.
/ The Farmers Alliance, which is strong
in the south, approves the latter, but the
former touches the pockets Of southern
members. forbidding the sale as pure
lard OF compounds OF lard and cotton
seed oil, and the alliance is pledged
against it.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
Apple Maggot Fly.

We have not heard Of the importation
into California as yet Of the apple mag
got. which is so destructive in Maine and
other eastern states; but there is a prob
ability of its importation at any time, in
a similar way to that in which the Goblin
moth was brought into the state. The
apple maggot (Trypeta pomonellaD IL
one Of the meanest of fruit pests as Ii
completely ruins the fruit attacked and
every precaution should be taken to pre-
vent its introduction, and no pains should
be spared to eradicate It should it be
found. The following description by
Prof. Harvey will give some idea Of the
pest
:. The female fly deposits her egg just
beneath the skin of the apple by means
of her sharp ovipositor, and the number
she may thus dispose OF are from 500 tq
400. These are placed one In q place
though there may be half a dozen or
more in different parts of the same apple.
These hatch in four or i've DAYS into
minute footiess maggots. that at once
begin to work on the pulp of the apple,
or the part between the skin and core.
In this they differ much from the conn
mon apple worm, for that works round
the core, though sometimes going from
there out through the pulp. As the IarvH
grow and the fruit natures, the channels
made by the larvR become brown. They
often cross each other, and in the last
stages Of the Trypeta work run together.
producing large cavities. Finally they
involve the whole fruit, rendering it
worthless mass of disgusting corruption,
held together by the peel. From this
picture any one can tell easily whether
wormy apple is made so by this insect
or by the ordinary apple worm.
The worms usually attain their full
growth in from four to five weeks, when
they are little less than a quarter of
an inch long. slender, footless, the greater
part of the body cylindrical, tapering
near the head. The color is of greenish
white, With two minute black hooks ON
the under side of the head They usually
come out of the apple when full grown
and go into the ground about an inch
below the surface TO pupate, but they
| may not be full grown till after the
apples are gathered and stored, when
ike the other apple worm their pupss
will be found in the barrels or bins. In
the field they may not go into the
ground, but pupate beneath some rub
bish on the surface. In Maine the per
feet insect does not come out till July,
but it is probable that III it is TO be found
in southern Illinois u appears as winged
insect earlier than this. There appears
TO be only one brood in a season, the
flies not all coming out at the period
mentioned. but Matching from that time
all through the season. The perfect fly
resembles somewhat a related fly that
matches from the gals that are found at
this time OF the year in the stems of the
golden rods The body Is black. the head
Is red. and the two wings have four
smoky bands across each y
The best and most practical means of
| getting rid of the post when once intro.
dueed is to destroy every windfall and
carefully sort the stored apples FROM
time to time, thus preventing its breed.
ling-California Fruit Grower.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
kocl,.s tuberculosis Cure.

Success continues to attend the use OF
Koch's lymph for the destruction of the
tubercles which, when they make prog
ress on the lungs, produce consumption,
when on the skin lupus. etc. The injec-
ton of the lymph, as has been stated be-
fore in these columns, causes the affected
tissue to slough of, carrying with 1t the
bacilli.
A quantity of the lymph has been Sc
cured in New York and is being used
with success in the polyclintic hospital.
and, on the request Of Koch's assistants,
an agent-an expert chemist, Richard
Benzinger-has been recommended as
agent In San Francisco to receive
supply.
The lymph, injected into person sup
posed to be healthy, reveals the presence
OF tubercles If they exist, and removes
them. 1t is reported also to have favor
ably affected victim Of leprosy.
The French government has analyzed
specimen. Of the lymph and reports
that it sis composed of ptomaines Of
tubercle bacilli, glycerine and one OF the
cyanogen compounds Of gold.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

smiling beneath. No, not always; for
there was a frightened little quiver
about them now, rs their owner looked
up timidly at the stern. handsome man
who was so earnestly regarding them.
Come to your what?n repeated Mr..
Romain.
To our nauction." the boy explain
ed. '.Papa's gone 10 heaven. and we's
goin' to have naueiion; it's to Diet
morey. You see; ives goin' to sell all
our sings. Mamma says ye more ye
folkes come ye more we'll Diet money;
and if dere's enough. we's not going to
sell my wockin-horse. fse dot Pickle.
dis here chickie. safe-ne and Rosy
take turns holdin' her-but we tan't
hole ye horse. dess we'll go now"
Did Your mamma send you?' asked
Mr.. Romain.
.s0h, no! she's cryin', an We dus
fought we'd help ask folks. Please
tum, Mr.. aian.n
And smiling in a friendly. but half
frightened fashion. the children trot-
ted down the walk. As their little
figures vanished. Uncle Peter came
around the house.
Who are those children, uncleP'
questioned Mr.. Romain. gazing after
them.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
To clean q sink Spout.

eff you want a point or two about
cleaning waste pipes without sending for
a plumber, said a retired member of
that fraternity to a New York Telegram
reporter who was complaining of the
trials of house ownership, "just listen to
me. II 1 were still in the business /
would not give away what l am going
to tell you now, but as 1 am out of 1t /
do not see why 1 may not help a friend.
One of the most frequent and trying
annoyances, he continued, "is the OBJ
struction to the free, quick outlet of the
waste water of the washbasin, bathtub
and kitchen sink. This is caused by a
gradual accumulation of small bits of
refuse material, paper, rags, meat, bones
or grease, which check and finally stop
the outflow of waste, and then the
pit Lmber is called in to remove the STOP
page with his force pump. Sometimes
this is accomplished, but often the pipe
has to be cut, and there is great incon-
venience and expense. Just before re-
tiring at night pour into the clogged
pipe enough liquid soda lye to fill the
trap" as it is called, or outlet. Be sure
that no water runs into it until the next
morning. During the night the lye will
convert all the offal into soft soap, anG
the first current of water in the morning
will wash il away and leave the pipe as
clean as new. See? This is practical
chemistry, yet few chemists would evel
think of IL -
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Summary of the Platform Adopted at the
IlraIa Session.

Summary of the Platform Adopted at the
ocaIa Session.
The national Farmers Alliance at Ocala
Fla, on its closing day adopted a plat
form demanding the abolition OF national
banks and the establishment of sub
treasures in the several states to loan
money on land and farm products at {
per cent, the prohibition by Congress OF
dealings In futures on farm and meehan-
ieal products, free coinage OF silver, pro-
hibition of alien ownership of land and
the acquisition by the government of all
land owned by foreigners or by railroad
or other corporations in excess OF what
they actually use, "the removal OF the
present heavy tariff on the necessities
OF life that the poor must have, grad.
uated income tax and government con-
troll or ownership of railroads and tele-
graphs.
motion to reconsider the protest
against the Lodge election bill was de
eated, 56 to %. Illinois, Texas, Indiana
Michigan, Pennsylvania and North and
South Dakota and portion of the delega
tons from Arkansas, Missouri, West yir-
glnia, Florida and Kansas voted for the
motion.
A memorial approving the Paddocl
pure food bill and protesting against tbs
Conger lard bill as discriminating against
the cotton oil of the south and the bee
fat of the west was adopted unanimously
The next meeting will be in Washing
ton, d. c., the third Tuesday in mex
November.
This arrangement does not compel tn,
support of alliance measures or the ad
vocacy of alliance demands on the par
OF these newspapers In their editoria
columns, but does compel a certain de
gree OF friendliness on their part, ant
amounts to an absolute boycott of al
newspapers which do not come up to tn,
| i..,.r,,ss Of th.. rasnl,,tinI,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
The women surragists.

Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon psided
at meeting of the California State
Womens Suffrage society at San Fran
CISCO, Dec. 12. Among the ladies present
were Mrs. Jennie Phelps of Modesto,
Mrs. Emily Pitt Stevens, Mrs. Addie NJ
Ballou, Mrs. Z. G.. Edholm and Mrs
Maria Harrington. The report of the
committee on the revision of the con-
stitution and bylaws was received and
adopted. A resolution was adopted en-
powering President Gordon to telegraph
the American Federation of Labor in
session at Detroit, urging the delegates
to adopt the resolution favoring women
suffrage before the convention.
Mrs. Gordon was authorized to repre-
sent the society before the legislature
and to obtain what aid she could to adj
vanee-the cause of women suffrage in
this state.
The Federation of labor adopted the
desired resolution.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
Lime. salt and sulphur wash.

The spraying OF deeiduous fruit trees
for the San Jose scale will soon be in
full blast. says the California Fruit
Grower. 1t should be unnecessary to
urge thoroughness in the spraying of
trees, but some fruit was noticed the
past summer, covered with scale, from
trees which had been sprayed in SLOW
enly manner. If the work is not done in
a thorough manner, it had better not ba
done at all, as both time and money are
wasted. Fer the benefit of those who
have new orchards or have occasion tn
spray for the first time, we give the
formula of the lime, salt and sulphur
wash, as recommended and most success
fully used by the Sutter county board of
horticultural commissioners:
Take 40 pounds unslacked lima.e :,
pounds sulphur; 10 pounds common stock
salt; water to make SO gallons Boil ten
pounds of lime and the twenty pounds
of sulphur in twenty gallons OF water
for half an hour or more, or untff both
lime and sulpkur are dissolved. The
sulphur must 69 thoroughly dissolval
and mixed with the lime; the mixture
will then be Of an amber color. Than
slack IN an empty half barrel forty
posnds OF lime with soft. hot water.
using enough water to thoroughly slacken
the lime and keep it in a LIQUID form.
After the lime is Stacked, add fifteen
pounds of common stock salt while the
material is still hot. When the salt is
well dissoi,sed mix the Two lots together
with sufficient water 30 make sixtvs pal
Ions OF spraying material, wrbi. II wiz
then be thin whitewash. The nlateriaI
should be strained after being Thoroughly
mixed through a fine wire strainer.
Apply the wash, milk warm or warmer.
with spray pump. Use either New
Bean Nozzles or San Jose nozzle. If
the latter Is used, the usual brass disc
accompanying it should be replaced with
a rubber disc to prevent the material
clogging the nozzle- Use oaly wher
foliage Is of the tree.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
A Scientific Diagnosis.

Van Doodenbocker Gin front of mon-
keys cage at Central Park)-.'S Say,
1 don't take any stock in
this twash some of those beastly old
invented about these cwetaws
being our gwandfathaws, do oyou?"
Chappie (gazlng vacantly at the in
tense faces of their monkevships)- -
NAV, thawt don't; too lem'd much
for a gentleman's gwand-
fathaw. don't chew knaw."-.JstdQe.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
JOHN ROMAN"
Out of His Head.

Guzzleton (ahout to depart after a
Christmas dinner at his club) Shay,
are you sure thish ish my hatP
Waiter-Yes, sir, there's your name
in it.
Guzzleton Cooking in the mirror) -
Well. then. / wonder # l hain't bor-
rowed some other feller's (hic) head!
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

The high Brazilian officials havz
ex-Emperor Pedro return to die ia the
republic. So many signat- ees W. OBJ
tanned to the petition for permissSph for
the exiled monarch to return that the
officials became afraid he was Too popu-
lar for the safety of the rep, JIG.
William Joplin eloped WI Hiss Miller
father o1ertook them ftf9FTe they could i
be married and took ehsf,irl. Joplin got
a shotgun and startsT back to Jenny
Lind on foot. 4 .snaaf on horseback over
rode the heSn h far as it could CO. 60,
took posi-, ef another team and
hurried tcss ea az Lind, where he killed
DIR. StevufV' <gho he thought had some
thing % dofwieh fustrating his marriage,
and then killed Miss Miller, her father
end mother and himself,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

Smc' ~ should be smart enough to
know the genuine Seal of North
Carroll lug CUT costs them no more
thanI Tobacco, which some dealers. try
to f0rt a them.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
CHRISTMAS GUESTS.
An Australian Poem.

The loneliest night of all the yeari"
The sick man murmured with weary moan;
And shall spend, withe ut u creature near.
Another drenry Christmns-tide a.one!
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

A wooden shanty, common, rough. and bare,
Rude shelter offered TO a suffering mn;
Its door flung open to the warm night air.
Courting, in vain, breeze his cheek to fan.
His brow. and those scant locks which DER
il hung:
One who had LOST, he had been heard TO say.
All that he had lived for while he still was
young.
A world-worn wand'rcr on the face cf Garth.
Whom De tn and s rrow, in an evil time,
Had driven from the country Of lis birth
To lonely labor in an Austral cline.
Where .tofling without heart. 10 keep alive
A life he did rot cherish. lie had failed,
As hopeless tnilers fail mid those who strive;
For sorry life alone his gains avaiied.
Half-iressJ d, and flung upon his restless bed
He. burnin eyed, gazed ont upon the night;
shone bright.
Full many kindly souls he muttered low.
Fl asting and laughing on this Christmas
Did they my dire extremity but know
Would gladly seek my sun rings TO relieve.
And Y no am J. TO wrap me in nv pride
Scoring TO ask what would be freely given?
Yet no. cannot beg." he feebly cried
Help. TO be help for me, must come from
Heay'nT'
Zen as he spoke, high in the vast dark blue.
Across the star-how red 4, les of ether few
like some grand nre-winged bird of para
disc.
Its trailing Iusire shed transient CLEAN
Upon TWO figures AT the ops n dor,
Whose facFs brightened with tender beam
The lonely hut that WIS so sim efore.
A woman and a childl Was he iislaught.
That neither fer nor wonder he'd him
To we:eome beings who, his reason taught.
4HFsr We in ET1ar1 list
ground?
Why should he fear them? Were they not his
own
The wife. the child-with whom his heart
had died?
What wonder if, when he was sick and lone,
They left their heaven for service at his
side2
Hand clasped in hand they crossed his
threshold now.
Smiling upon their loved one as they came;
They spoke no word, but kissed his pain-dewed
brow,
And coolness fell upon his frame.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

rxpnrss TRANS LEAVE PORTLAND DAILY:
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

THE MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE.