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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-04-22

Washington and Southwestern Vestibu!ed Lin
tied, operated daily between Washington and At
lsnta Leave Washington, No. 81, 1910 a. M;
Charlottesville $40 m. Lynchburg 5:35 p. M.
arriving Danville 7.45 p. NJ; arrive Atlanta on
g. m. Returning, leavs Atlanta, No. 80, 1910
a. M; Danville 1925 p. M; arrive Lynchburg
135 a. NJ; Charlottesville 800 q. w.; Washington
653 a. M. This train is composed entirely of
Pullman car on which an extra fare is charged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-04-22

WARRENTON -Trains Nos. 8, 10 ~ and
IS connect daily to and from Warrenton and
No. IA daily except Sunday,
FRANKLIN DIvIsION-Daily,e except sunday.
Leave Rocky Mt. $50 a. NJ, arrive Franklin
Junction $40 q. n; leave Franklin Junction
$40 p. NJ, arrive Rocky st. $40 p. m.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 900 q.
m. and 7:20 p. m.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill 500 a. m.
and 3:i0 p. m, arriving st Alexandria ct 1928
q. M and 5:S5 p. m.
Leave Washington at CPS p. M. and arrive at
Loesburg at $40 p. m. Leave Loesburg at 5:25
a. m, aud arrive at Washington at 1863 q. m.
The 900 a. m. train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge Berry
vile and Winchester and st Lco5burg with stagea
for Aldie and Middleburg.
The 900 g. NJ. train and 4:45 p. n. train from
Alexandria connect at Yionns with stages for
Fairfax Court House
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
Ca trains Nos. 8 and ] 0 Pullman Buffet Sleep.
ers between New York and Atlanta and At.
lanta and New Orleans
On trains Nos. II and 12 Pullman Buffet Yes.
thule Sleepors between Washington and New
Orleans; New York, and Washington and BOT
Springs via Salisbury; and Washington and Au-
gusta.
On trains Nos. 10 and Il Pullman Shoppers
between Washington and Memphis. via Lynch
| burg and Bristol.
Through tickets on sale st the principal stations
to all points. For rates or information apply to
any agent of the Company, or to
US. THOMPSON, Supt, Aleza, Va.
C. II. BORUM, D. P. A., Lynchburg, Va.
W. 81. GREEN, Gen. Mgr., Wash, D. G.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, G. p a., Wash. DC
SOL HAAS, Traffic Mgr, Richmond, Vs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-04-22

IF YoUR CHICKENS ARE SICK,
I TRY
LUNT'S CHICKEN CHOLERA CUBE.
Gold by all druggists and sroceIs. mE31
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
Farnt RptEB.
a substi.ute for the Potaso.

Albert Meyer, a chemist, while in
conversation recently with the editor
of the ST. Paul Globe, spoke quite en-
Enthusiastically of a new tuberiferous
plant which he thought would do ex-
ceedingly well if introduced in the
northwestern states. He said
A few years ago a scientist discov-
cred in Japan a plant resembling the
potato, and sent samples of it TO Ber-
lin and Paris to be experimental on
These experiments have been decided
successes, and the new potato has
been extensively introduced in Berlin
and Paris, especially in hotels and
restaurants. A number of farmers in
our vicinity, with whom conversed
on the subject, are willing TO expert
ment on the plant next season. The
Royal Prussian society of Berlin has
taken pains to make experiments with
the plant The scientific name of this
plant is stachys tuberifera, but as To
their form they might be called pine
cones. Stachys affinis is another
name, and lately they have given it
the name stachys Sieboldii. The cul-
tivation is the same as the potato,
and there have been found over 100
knolls in one hill; some say as many
as 800, but this is probably exagger-
ated. They are, of course, not as
large as our common potato. Ac-
cording to the Garden Flora, the organ
of the society, the analysis of the fruit
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
THE MONKEY AND THE MIRROR.

Some years ago an aquarium and
menagerie' in Boston came to grief and
was sold under the hammer
After the Sheriff visit there remained
nothing or the premises but q few mir
rors, which had lined q passage way,
and cage filed with forIorn lot of
monkeys which nobody had been willing
to buy.
Misehievous boys broke the mirrors
and threw pieces of them into the monk
eys' cage. And so it befeH that fof
want of something better to do one OF
the monkeys took up q piece of the glass
and held ii refiectively in his paws.
Suddenly the monkey started and his
countenance assumed an expression of
mingled astonishment and rage. He saw
another monkey-or he fhoneht he did
him, as he had seen people look at him
through windows many a time and oft.
Disturbed by the faneied approach Of
this phantasmal monkey, which was
nothing more nor less than the presenta-
tion of himself in the mirror, he chatter.
ed at ii and extended warning paw
To his immense surprise the other
monkey did the same thing, which was
at once construed as an insult The
monkey holding the glass thereupon pui
forth q sudden paw, with view to
grasping the adversary who was derid.
ing him.
But although the paw went around
the side of the glass like lightning, il
encountered nothing. for the simple
reason that nothing was there.
Again and again did the angry mon
key endeavor TO come at the enemy,
which chartered when he chartered and
threatened when he threatened. He
reached over the top of the glass. he
threw down the glass and tried to fatten
the enemy beneath il, bat all was of no
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

There is neither starch nor sugar,
but galactan, a substance between
both. Stachys affinis or tuberifera is
an agreeable tasting vegetable when
boiled in salt water and served with
butter and parsley sauce. Some people
ike them seethed in oil, but that is
merely matter of taste. Prepared
like pommes de terre frites (potatoes
cuti small slices and fried in butter) j,
they are claimed to be a delicious dish.
The taste is at firstlike that of sweet
potato, but one will soon feel n very
fine piquant taste. They do not need
to be peeled, but are only washed
clean in water, which is another bless
ing to the housekeeper. They are
kept in the ground as late as possible,
and preserved packed in sand in the
cellar during the winter months.
Exposed to the air they will shrink
and lose their nice, white, mother-of-
pearl-like color. The plant is winter
hardy, and thrives in any soil. Frost
does not hurt them, and to have them
always fresh they are left in the
ground and dug as wanted. In our
climate it is best to keep them in a
ditch or in sand in the cellar. w.
Perring, inspector of the royal botan-
ical garden in Berlin, informs me that
the production is very large, and that
there are many enthusiasts in favor
of the new plant in that city, which
prophesies for the plant a great future.
The expectations of high prices and
large yields will induce good many
farmers to make a trial with the new
plant. I have already quite a lumber
of orders for seed.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
The Summer Fishers.


Three fishers went sailing out in the lake,
Out into the lake as the sun went down;
Each thought ON the biggest lie he could
make
And the reporters stood watching them out
OF the town:
For fishers win lie and reporters believe,
For twas ever their wont though they seldom
deceive
For we've all been fishing ourselves
Three editors sat in their offices high.
And they made up their sheets as the moon
went down;
And each murmured, 'FI glance at the usual
lie,"
And they picked up the copy with dark
some frown;
For papers must print the fishers tale
Though IL calmy tells of hooking whale
For we've all been fishing ourselves.
Three journalists lay on the Office floor
In the gaslight CLEAN when the foreman
came round,
For each had read the tale from the shore
And each had sunk down In deadly swound,
For the fishers had said and the scribes had
written
That all that eve not a fish had bitten
And truth was stranger than hctioni
-Dnkoka Bell.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

band still lived, as, Judging from Ter
deep mourning, she had thought her
widowed
.sAre you in earnest? Do you really
think whatyou sayF Barbara's 8 whole
soul seemed concentrated in her eager
eyes, ,as she looked at Mark wife ssYou
are an angel, and / viii believe what
you say. 1t is you who have taught
me wherein my welded happiness was
wrecked. / should have given my h11s-
band loving words and caresses, in
stead of anger and neglect. I would
give ten years of my life to see him,
and tell him of my love and repentance.
But it is too late.n
They were interrupted by sudden
sound Of hurrying footsteps
The door opened and Mark entered,
followed by stranger to Alice, but not
to Barbara!
She sprang forward with wild cry.
and was caught to his breast.
s.Oh, Elmer, forgive-forgfveT
MY poor girli It is ] who should
plead to you for forgiveness. Can you
let the past be as a sealed book, and
begin our life over again?s
ssOh, so gladly-so joyfully! If Fou
only knew how I longed to see your
dear face since my wild flight away
from you-anywhere / thought, so as
to relieve you of my unwelcome
presence
s.And I, too. my darlingl Life has
seemed blank since I lost you'll But,
please God, nothing shall again divide
us.
Explanations followed
Elmer Haughton was wealthy; and
| in her wild anger at some fancied neg-
| lect of her handsome worshipped hus-
band, Barbara had thought to punish
him by leaving her elegant home, and
going away from him penniless-
As she had told Alice. her temper
was fiery and unreasonable. Its con-
slant friction had worn upon Elmer
until his feryent love had apparently
merged into Indifference towards the
wife whose beauty and bright ways
had first attracted him
But mutual absence had proved to
each how great was their love for one
another Owing to the influence of the
example which Alice had uneonseiously
held before Barbara. all is now peace
and happiness with the reunited pair.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
Sagacious Horse.

1t is related of horse at GAINESVILLE,
Wis. noted for his intelligence, that
during recent storm finding that his
shoes were too smooth for comfort DUR
ing slippery trip. be pushed the barn
door open and started on steady trot
for the blaeksmith's. Once in the shop
he stood back and waited his turn as
decorously as though .going-a-shop
ping on his own hook was an ever
day occurrence. Finally one Of q
men brought out his tools and beg
tapping on the fourfooted custom
shoes as though putting on a~new
The animal showed unmistakable sie
of approval. and ssIien the hamnIeri
was finished tro4.s;ei out aud made
way home, peri contcnled
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

HOLDING THE MIRROR Up TO NATURE.
To his apprehension there was a mon-
key behind the glass which could make
himself visible or invisible at VIII. He
sat back on his launches and stared
blankly into the glass-the picture of
bewilderment and baffied rage.
At this juncture a small, soft-haired
monkey, who had been observing with
great curiosity the maneuvers of his
elder, descended deftly from his perch to
the floor and slid quickly to the back of
the mirror which the despairing monkey
held. There he sat, cuddled in little
brown heap, blinking and wondering
why he could not see through to his
elder, who was lost in such brown
study.
After few moments the elder mon
keys features assumed an air of intense
decision. He had determined TO make
one more trial for solution of this great
question and if it failed he would own
himself vanquished by magic. No, it
could not be; he would feel once more
behind the mirror. There must be 9
monkey there.
In another instant his paw had de-
scended upon the little soft haired mon
key. His face shone with triumph. He
threw away the fragment of mirror,
jumped to his feet. grappled the little
monkey. and proceeded to give him q
most tremendous thrashlng.
As he few round the cage, wiping up the
floor with the little monkey. it was easy
to see he was convinced that he had been
right all the time. This was the mon
key who had been there and had derided
him, and he meant to teach him lesson
that he would never forget.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
FOREIGN.

Houses were unroofed and trees
torn up by the roots by a storm at
Presburg, Hungary, Feb. Is, and an
earthquake followed which destroyed
two large buildings, one of which was
a girls college.
The shipping federation, organized
to resist demands of union men. now
embraces seyen-eighths of the ton
mage of Great Britain.
Union men, who control the hand
ling of freight in Australia, refuse to
handle goods going to or from ships
loaded and unloaded in England 10y
non-union men.
The Argentine troops have revolted
and taken Cordova.
A stranger snatched 100000 from a
clerk in the bank of Scotland in Lon
don Feb. 16 and escaped with it.
Padlewski, the nihilist who killed the
Russian chief of secret police, Seliver-
skoff, in Paris, has been drowned and
otherwise killed several times in the
Associated Press dispatches, and now
he has been eaten by wolves neal
Phillippopolis and his remains identi-
fled by papers found in the pockets OF
his clothes.
Portugal will borrow $45, ,O0O, 900 from
French bankers.
Smallpox prevails about Belfast.
Troops have been called out in the
Charleroi district of Belgium to pre-.
vent an uprising of workmen demand
ing universal suffrage.
The National League at Cork has
adopted resolutions declaring Parnell
the sole leader of the Irish people.
o. Al
chapel murder, declares that the
police are suppressing evidence in his
favor, being determined to convict
somebody to partially retrieve theil
reputation.
The Cuban government captured a
band of supposed robbers under the
leadership of Domingo MontelongC
and murdered them all without trial
Feb. z, after setting them on board a
steamer under promise of giving them
their liberty if they would leave Cuba.
The Chilean rebels are still gaining
ground. They have captured Iquiqui
After the czar got his debt refunded
by the aid of Jewish bankers, under
implied promises of ceasing the per
secution of the race, the persecution
increased in ferocity and now the
Rothschilds threaten financial wal
against Russia.
A woman whose throat had been
cut and her chest cut open was found
dead in London Feb. z. The populace
said Jack the Ripper did it, while the
police still claimed that they had Jack
in custody and that the woman com.
mitted suicide, until it was proved
that five of the Jack the Ripper crimes
were committed while the man they
now have was at sea.
President Bogran of Honduras
thinks no Central American war is
impending.
Strong forces of police and troops
have been called out to prevent riot
ing by striking dockers at Cardiff
The strike collapsed.
The resolution disestablishing the
church in Wales was defeated impair
lament, 235 to 203.
1 Buenos Ayres is in state of seige
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
0rneraI nrmH.
UNITED STATES.

Unprecedented floods were caused
In Virginia, Pennsylvania and south
ern Ohio by heavy rains Feb. IL.
Riverside, w. Va, a town of 1000 in
habitants, was washed away The
people escaped.
Last summer Federal Judges Phil
lips and Foster enjoined the state
authorities of Kansas from prosecut-
ing criminally persons charged with
violations of the liquor law in that
state. On the final hearing Judge
Caldwell has dissolved the Injunction
to interfere with criminal prosecutions
in courts of law, because the act of
congress expressly prohibits United
States courts from enjoining proceed
ings in state courts except in cases of
bankruptcy.
Two prisoners, one colored and one
white, were taken from the jail at
Gainesville, Fla, Feb. II, by mob
and hanged. They had been arrested
short time before for completely in
recent crimes committed thereabouts.
A gang OF sympathizers with the
Farmers, Alliance wrecked the Office
of the Wichita Kas.) Advocate, de
stroyed its contents and threw the
press in the river pieeemeal. They
attacked the Echo office but were
driven away by the use of firearms.
Charles Foster, governor of Ohio,
has been nominated secretary of the
federal treasury.
Barrundia's widow says she will sue
the United States for 81 900, 900 in
demnity for MINERS letter which
caused the death of her husband.
The free coinage bill has been
Soualpbe6 in ppUap1itfpp
The steamer Sherlock struck a
bridge pier at Cincinnati Feb. II and
was wrecked and four or five lives
were lost.
The ealaboose at Schell City, Mo-,
burned Feb. Is with John Trout, a
drunkard, in it.
The attempt TO graft piece of bone
from a dogs leg into that of Johnnie
Gethins at the New York charity hos
pital is now reported to have proved
a complete failure.
Gottleib Jacob was being lowered
into a well at Oswego Feb 10 when
the windlass broke and he fell to the
bottom and was fatally injured.
Secretary George J. Gibson of the
whisky trust, who was arrested by
United States officers for conspiracy
TO blow up the antitrust Shufeldt dis
tillery at Chicago, has since been in
dicted in state court for the same
offense.
Captain Francis l.. Norton, his wife,
his neice and crew of seven started
from New York for France in a life
boat Nov "A and are believed to have
perished at sea.
Spain is trying TO get Blaine To ad-
init Cuban tobacco free.
The strike at the Chicago steel
works has collapsed after three
months struggle.
Leursseh, who modelled the bust OF
Garfield, died of apoplexy at Berlin
Feb. 30 and his wife died of grief the
same day.
Resubmission of the prohibitory
clause in the constitution of South
Dakota has been defeated in the sen.
ate, is to u.
Joel S. Jones, a Tacoma saloon
keeper, tried TO get divorce from his
wife on the ground of cruelty but she
disproved his charge and proved thai
he had deserted her and he was or
dered to pay her $50 a month. He
then went TO Chicago and sued fol
divorce, swearing she had deserted
him in 1888, and now he is in danger
of prosecution for perjury.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06
EAST AND SOUTH
Southern Pacific Route,
THE MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE.

THE MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE.
EXPRESS TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND DAILY;
90 P. NJ. Lv Portland Ar 9is5 A. N.
iSs iOis RM sM saS SaPg Francisco AT T % % r. M
Above trains stop only at the following stations
woodburn salem. Albany, Tangent, Shedds,
HRlsey. Harrisburg, Junction City, Irving and
Eugene.
Roseburg MaIl-DaiIy.
500 A. NJ. Ly Portland Ar 400 P. NJ.
e SsS 20 P ~ hdssSsrs AsSng AZ AZ iSS go
Albany Local Daily Except sundayJ
SSS SS F 4 L Essay ES5sisPa A A ssS g 4 4 N
Local Passenger Trains Daily Except
IS F n \ tsssassn ttlsssns hF hT SO ss 4 N N
sss g 1 \ h lsSsRSn a1Ssn5 n AF saS e F. \ n
PULLMAN BUFFET sLEEPERs.
Tourist Sleeping Cars
accommodation OF ccCOuO-NAdSS ftAS0c0BeES.
attaceed 20 Express trains
WEST SIDE DIVISION
BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS.
Mail Train Daily Except sunday.)
7soAMILy Portland Ar sseP.
la1O P. N. Ar Corvallis Ly u 50 n
Al Albany and Corvallis connect with trains Of
Oregon Pacific Railroad.
Express Train Daily Except sunday.)
40 p NJ LY Portland Ar 30 A. N.
IS P. N. Ar McMinnville Ly 5:45 A. NJ
RS-Through tickets 20 All points East and South
For tickets and fun information regarding
rates, maps, etc, call on Co.'S agent atIebanon.
X. KOEHLER, r. Il. ROGERS.
Manager Asst q. F. < p. Agt
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

To make honey vinegar gallon of
vinegar, pound of honey and gallon
of water is required. That is, 29 pounds
of honey will make (water being
added to it enough to fill regular so
gallon barreI) 1 barrel of the best
vinegar. Use common alcohol bar
rels; saw out one of the barrel heads
and paint the outside to prevent iron
hoops from being destroyed by the
vinegar. Keep it in a house cellar, so
covered with burlap as to keep the
dust out and let the air in One year
converts this water and honey into
the choicest vinegar.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

A bill has been introduced in con-
gress to improve the channel of Snake
river from Lewiston, Idaho, to the
mouth of Burnt river, in Oregon.
The population of the state is S49, 800.
w. G. Cunnington, San Francisco
faro dealer, committed suicide with
poison at Tacoma Feb. 90.
The record-union., 1891-02-10
How to Draw Nails and Spikes.

When nail or spike has been driven
into live tree or into timber, after wear
or more the tibers of the wood will have
contracted so tightly about the metal that
1t Will be exceedingly difficult to with
draw the iron. But strike nail or spike
sharp blow with u hammer and drive
1t i'll trifie. so as to break the wood fibers
around the metal, and a nail can be with
drawn with only little force. Iron
gate hinges are frequently driven into a
living tree. When one is not in posses
sion Of a large and strong claw-bar. bore
a hole close to the hinge on the under
side, and the hinge can be easily crowded
down into the hole and withdrawn.
When large nail has been driven head
and all beyond the surface of the timber.
bore hole close to the nail, and with d
nail-set crowd the nail into the hole.
When nails have become rusty, they will
usually break in two, leaving portion
OF the iron in the timber. But strike
rusty nail sharp blow, and one can
sometimes withdraw it with his fingers.
In tearing down an old building, if it is
desirable to take Off the boards or castings
without splitting them, place a nail-set
on the head of each nail, and with ham,
mer start it inward about an eighth of an
inch. One blow will break the hold of
the nail so that most of tho nails will
come out when the boards aredriven Off.
The record-union., 1891-02-10
SALUTING WITH THE. NOSE.
The Practice as it Exists in Differeu
Countries


The junction of noses is so general, and
described as so forcible in Africa and
Oceanica, as to have given rise to a fanci-
tui theory that it had occasioned the flat
tenlng of the noses of the peoples. But
IN the accounts of many of the tribes of
the Dark Continent and of the Islanders
OF New Zealand, Rotouma, Tahiti, Tonga
Hawaii and other groups the essential
action does not seem to be that of either
pressure or rubbing, but of mutual smell
ing. 1t is true that tho travellers gener-
ally call it rubbing, but the motion and
pressure are sometimes no greater than
that OF the muZZleS of two dogs making
Or cementing acquaintance. The pressure
and rub are secondary and emphatic
The juncture only means the compliment
You smell very good.'' 1t is illustrated
in the Navigator group when the noses of
friends are saluted with long and hearty
rub and the explanatory words, Good! !!
very good; am happy now ~ The CAL
mucks also go through suggestive pan
tonime OF greeting I'm which they creep
on their knees to each other and then
join noses, as much, as possible like the
the two dogs before mentioned.
In the Navigator Islands only EQUALS
mutually rub their noses. The inferior
rubs his own nose on and smells the su.
perior's hand. The respectful greeting of
FIJI is to take and smell the hand of the
superior witout rubbing it, In the
Gambia when the men salute the women
the put the woman's hand up to their
noses and smell twice, at the back of it.
In the Friendly Islands noses are ioined.
adding the ceremony of taking the hand
OF the person to whom civilities are paid
and rubbing it with degree of force
upon the saluter's own nose and mouth.
The Mariana Islanders formerly smelled
at the hands of those to whom they
wished to tender homage. Captain
Beechy describes of the Sandwich
islanders: 1.-The lips are drawn inward
between the teeth, the nostrils are dis
tended, and the lungs are widely inflated;
the face is then pushed forward, the noses
brought into contact, and the ceremony
concludes with a hearty rub. ."-Gaarick
Maltery IN The Popatar Science Monthly.