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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22
Central American Earshaa.Es..

A peculiar thing about living in
Central America is the ease with which
you become accustomed to the earth
quakes. They do not come without
giving due notice. You ara sitting en-
a piazza of u hot afternoon chatting
with your friends when suddsnlE the
sky seems to grow hazysthe crows stop
cawing and the buzzarsIs quzr lighting
in the street. There Is general riiS;5-
and. though you may not know what is
the matter you cannot help fee.ine IN
easy The old natives say We nre
going to have little shake, aud thea.
the house begins to ruck. the :umblers4
fall off the table. YOU feel tieatiiv sick:
at the stomach. and the thing Is over,
the sky clears. the crows begin their
noisy screams and the brzzarsls re-
sumo their quarrel over the ssreef osfai.
There is something mex prsssiveiy ter
rifying, however. abont the tre1biing
of the earth; the slightest oscillation
will awaken the poplEation Of ths
whole town and rouse 4 drunkafsi out
of the deepest stupnr; but unless some
considerable damage i dome every
body goes TO sleep again as i matter os
course I9tsruiseg i1ifh q 1faueller.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22

Four young men OF 1erryvilie. Conn.
have built kite with the power Of an
air-shlp. At lis first ascension the BOYS
took q trip over swamp aud brush that
was highly exhilarating. The tilmen-
sions Of the kite are: Length of up
right stick, 10 1-2 feet; OF cross stick.
II i-2 feet; Of tail (made OF stout rope
in which is secured large pieces of
saeking aud .'buriaps"), 14o feet; area
of canvas about 200 square feet. A
"clothes linen rope is used for the
.string.n which IS ], 200 feet long.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22
The Princess OF Wales Beauty.

The Princess of Wales is said to be
the youngest-looking woman of her
age in England. and to owe the won-
derful preservation of her youth aud
beauty to her ability to take little
sleep at her will, a power which she is
able TO call to her assistance even for
five or Ten minute interval in the
rush of her many duties. She seems
like sister to her three tall daughters.
and sister but slightly in advance of
them in years.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22

lis Mr.. Murphy good for drinkr-
Has he had iiP'' .He has" He Is. .,
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Briggs While Robinson wns read
ing poem of his the other night nt
the Canyas Club IL Indy in the audience
tainted dead AWAY. Robinson had a
hard time bringing her to' Griggs-
Il don't see what Robinson had TO do
with 1t. should have thought some
of the audience would have helped
her. BrIggs-..They left before 1t
hannenpd ~ Hus.,,e,.'s jfozog.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22
A Romance OF slavery Days.

A colored woman. bent nearly double
with so years and heavy bundle. was
seen 10 board the Cincinnati Mail Line
packet. Approaching the clerk of the
boat she slowly united knot in the
corner of her red bandana handker-
chief and produced enough cash to
purchase deck ticket for Cincinnati.
The wrinkled and feeble old negress
is the heroine of romance.
In ante-bellum DAYS she was slave.
and was owned by a planter near
was married to slave of the same
master. BY him she had several chill
dren. Over half century ago her
husband was torn from her and her
children, and was sold to another
planter. The woman continued to
work on the North Carolina planta-
tion. and in a short time was married
again. Her whole family was then
put on the block and sold TO Virginia
man. When the emancipation procla-
nation was promulgated the family
took advantage of their freedom and
iourneyed northward. finally taking
up their home in Louisville The hus-
band died after the close OF the war,
aud the children one by one left their
mother to seek their fortunes.
The mother toiled and labored to
make livelihood. She heard nothing
of her first husband until about a
month ago. when one of her sous
found that the old man was living at
Newport Ky, The old negress jour
neyed thither and found the husband
of her youth. He had also been mar
ried second time. and had several
children by his second wife. The lat
ter was dead, however. and the re-
united couple decided TO again live to-
gether. The woman returned to Louis
Vile, disposed of her effects and COM
pleted the romance of fifty years by
returning to her husband.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22
The Healthy onion.

It is said that the health fad people
are to work up craze over the onion
as one of the most health-giving vege-
tables in the world. And literary
bureau is now at work getting up
statistics to prove that this is infailibly
so
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22
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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22

There are at least
fibers in the hus.s
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-22
WE QUOTE esPEo'Al'

Pop Corn, sheIied, per 200 Ibs .4.-.--....-.sz IS
Rice, best quality, imported. 100 50
Flour, best family, bbl., fhiRfie<. l.......--...
Silver Flake homfny, 50 ID bb1. b1.-....--..s.s- -
Japan Tea, chest, lots, ID. IOc {, Sc
Cooking rasins, wanted ted-.---..--.-..--6c SC 10 %
Dried Grapes. &c 70 Sc
Eastern Goldfish, EXTRA. SC ID foe
Vermont Syrup, qts- -25c y gals soc, gals %
Rock Candy Drfps fgenuinef. gals, %
FINEST IaDie Butter per roll l---- 80
Table Grapes. finest quality. doz..---..s.s. 90
Table P1uins. finest quality, doz- 70
Axle Greese, best. 50 lbs. 2 Eo
Alfalfa, finest seed 100 lbs. 20
Far West Baking Powder. 5 Tbs. ....-...--..- 0E
astern Bacon, heavy. fine, 100 lbs ...-.ss.. 50
Write for sample copy. free. OF forty-pn&s casn-
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and articles. for family use. Address.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

II the government had not permitted
the Indians to purchase arms, the lives
OF number of white men would not
have been sacrificed because of the
treachery of the copper-colored brutes.
The killing of Custer and his men
should have been sufficient warning.
bui it wasn't and it remains to be seen
whether the murder, for that's lust
what it was, of Capt. Wallace aud his
officers and men, will convince the gov.
eminent of the necessity of putting
greater restraints upon the Indians. It
isn't a question in which sentiment
should be allowed to enter. The In
dian, except in rare instances will not
be civilized-sOme of the leaders were
educated in the Carlisle and Hampton
Indian schools-therefore 1t is incum-
bent upon the Government to keen
him by force from interfering with his
civilized neighbors.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
The Horticultural Society.

We call the attention of the farmer,
and fruit growers of this county r.
the fact that the Fourth Annual Meet.
ing of the Peninsula Horticultural So.
ciety, will be held in Easton. Talbot
county, Md, beginning Tuesday, Jan.
goth and lasting two or three davs.
Last year at Chestertown, every coun-
ty on the peninsula was represented bv
men well versed in the cultivation of
trnits aud vegetables, who discussed
everything relating to them, all the
new things in horticulture, their mer-
its and demerits, insects injurious to
fruits, their habits and the best meth
ods to destroy them. Lists of everv
kind of fruit suited for this section.
were given by men who grew them
for market. We are sure that every
farmer and fruit grower in the county
would be amply repaid for his trouble
and expense in attending this meeting.
and we call attention to it in their IN.
terest.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

The SCIENTIFIC AMER1CAN.-Ths
Home and School, published at Toronto,
Canada, said in one OF its issuee that.
AFTER the moral and religious instruc.
ton Of the family is secured, we know
OF nothing more interesting and in
structive than record of the progress
OF modern science and its marvellous
achievements. And we know of no
medium which presents such a record
in 80 full and readable manner as that
well known weekly, the Scientific Amer-
'cd", established over forty years. It
will promote industry, progress, thrift
and intelligence wherever it it is read.
1t is of especial value to every machin-
ist, mechanic or engineer, but is also
of use to the farming and mercantile
community, on account of its illustra.
ted notes on farming, fencing, farm
buildings, farm implements, ETC., to all
of which we say amen. Price s. q
year.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
DeVOe's Potato Crop, the Winter and
Ice Crop.

Under the date of September TX,
weather Prophet DeVoe writes as fol.
lows to the editor of the Bergen Ender 4:
nave noticed several comments reg.
aFaing the potatoes which I planted
last fall. And l find that a great ma.
ny people are laboring under a falls.
impression regarding my experiment
so Will give the facts. Last spring
Doticed a number OfpotAto plants com.
ing out of the ground, which had been
in the ground all winter. I saved ona
hundred hills and carefully cultivated
tnem' the result was that from the first
otJuIy till October, we had all the nota-
toes we could use in our family and
they were much larger and better than
those planted in the spring. I there.
lore reasoned that if potatoes wouI5
grow by accident they certainly ought
70 grow If carefully planted. Last Octo.
Der planted my ground and then fur
ro"ed 1t deep, and planted a barrel Of
round Early Rose Potatoes. I exnect
to have the first potatoes in New Jersav
the next Fourth of July. Manv ma.
pers of late have been giving the far.
mers much advice about what to plant
how to plant and when to plant but
every farmer knows that, although he
may have the best seed and altbouoh
ne may have planted it in the most an
proved way, yet if the weather is unfa-
voraoie ne cannot obtain a full crop.
every farmer knows that summer wea.
Iner does not always begin when the
Almanacs say summer. Summer wea-
'ner varies, sometimes early and some.
times late; this season it will come rs-
early. Spring weather will
enter about the middle of January. and
'ur simmer months will occur in April
Nay and June. The rainfall in tbis
'ectiou from the first of July, will be-
exceedingly light. If our farmers do
lot plant very early there will not be
uthcient moisture in the ground to
tart their crops. But west of Ohio
here will be floods in both Nav and
une.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
WHOLE NO. 1867.

chair and undoubtedly feels awkward
mere dis voice inclined to weakness.
although it will increase in volume az
his duties become more familiar. He
mas probably never had much expert.
ence as a presiding officer, although
n'S successful business experiences
proves himto be a man of good
executive ability. He will nm
uouOtedly give satisfaction and wear
well with his fellow members
These hurried pen pictures of tho
statesmen at Dover were mentally
sketched on the opening day of the
General Assembly. They are but out.
line drawings and may be treated to
revision and retOuching after a better
acquaintance with the subjects.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
SMYRNA DEL. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY "A 1901
a Candidate who Wouldn't Be Frigh.
fanaH

|
L. Z. Crawford, the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Tribune
relates the following incident in refer.
ence 60 the Junior senator from Della.
ware:
senator Higgins, of Delaware. is
one OF the most alert and energetic of
Cne new Senators. He has had great
fortune in obtaining favors. The other
uay ne succeeded in obtaining the ap-
pointment of a chaplain in the armv.
uhder circumstances which at first did
not look favorable. Secretary Proc
tor Lad at least 100 clergymen after the
place. The good men were proyerbi-
ally long-winded, aud taxed the pa.
tlenoe ofthe secretary to the uttermost.
When Senator Higgins came in upon
MIN In the midst of great mountain
VI work, and presented another candi-
GATE for the chaplaincy, the Secretary
turned about, determined to nut an
END to any prolonged discussion
0'ahoing up to the full of his six feet
IN height, he said in the lowest kew of
MS solemn bass voice Il have come
70 70 resolution concerning this matter.
ne new chaplain who is to be appoin-
'eu Is TO go to the bottom of the list
ana expect no favOrs. If there is anv
perfectly GOd-fOrsaken post in the ar.
N.Y. that post shall be his. Now we
are Just considering the establishment
d a post on the Yukon river in Alaska.
II VIII probably be made, and if made.
me man who is to be appointed chap.
am Will be Immediately sent TO the
Vllds of Alaska" The secretary
and then looked with an air of
aim benevolence for the first time at
ne candidate who accompanied Senator
higgins. The Senator himself was
empletely set back. He had not a
'ord to say at the awful prospect of
ne wllds OF Alaska, opening up before
is candidate. ut the candidate was
young, plucky, energetic looking
lan' He stood up aud gravely salu-
'd. "Such an appointment said he.
would meet my hearts nearest de-
re. | have long wanted to go to AL
SKA and will 90 there or anywhere
lat am sent" The Secretary was
'ught. He had at last a candidate
no could not be frightened, aud he '
as only too glad to settle the contest
giving the place to Senator Higgins t
an. The latter has not yet been or t.
red to Alaska, although he is perfect +
willing to go if ordered. Il
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
THE HOUSE.

/
Taken as q whole the members o
the House present a good appearance.
There are several very good looking
members. 1t is q tOss-up betweeen
Representatives Smith and Cranston S.
to which is the handsomer. Mr..
CranstOn is the younger and wears q
close cut beard and mustache of the
Grant pattern. He has the appear
ance Ofa well-dressed man. Repre-
sentative Smith has long, WGvy beard
of irOn-gray hairs, and his head is well
covered with curly. bushy hair. He is
perhaps the most striking memberf
with the exception of Mr.. Marvel, who,
while only 81 years of age, appears
much older. Mr.. Marvel's hair and
beard are nearly white and almost
completely hide his features. He and
Representative Attix, who has not yet
been qualified, were born in 1929.
"The oldest member of the House is
E. ]. Morris, of Lewes, who was born
in 1925, but he looks younger than he
is. The youngest member is Horace
J. Hickman, who was born In 1860.
The tallest man is Thomas J, Day.
He and John s. West and William II.
Chapman are each "a years of age.
Representative Elkinton is the fiorid
man ofthe House. He is well-built, has
shortcut blonde mustache and is a
man of business. He will not prove to
be a talker but when careful work is
necessary he will not be found want.
ing.
Daniel NJ. Ridgely is probably the
lightest and thinnest man in the House.
He sits to the right Of speaker and will |
no doubt have great deal to say dur
ing the session. He Is ambitious and
bis ambition has been been hattered at |
times. He is a pleasant fellow.
"JOhn o. Higgins has a stubby iron
gray mustaChe, thick set figure and
an incisive manner Of speaking. He
has strongs intellectual face and q
frank expression which attracts straa.
gers as well as those who know him.
He is student Of men and measures
and will make q good legislator. As a
delegation, the New Castle county one
Is the strongest of the three.
"JOhn A. Tindail Of Sussex county is
SS years Of age-not SAhont co." as the
Morning Nes0s has said-and was born
In NantioOke hundred. He has been
q farmer nearly all his life, but for
three years he taught school. At one
time he ran q small saw mill in connec.
tlon with his farm work. He is mar.
ried and has three children.
Speaker sirmAn Is probably the
heaviest man in the House, He is Of
aOrid complexion, has . sandy mus
tache and sCaRt supply Of hair. He
bnot YET ct home In the speakers
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

AS will be seen, Willard Hall suf
fered defeat, while Mr.. McLane, VIII,
for two terms before had been his col
league, was elected. This was the las
of Willard Hall as a candidate fo,
Congress.
In 1922 Louis McLane received 4.11O
votes, Daniel Rodney, 1884: James
Derrickson, 1858 and Arnold Naudaip
3,466. Messrs. McLane and Rodney
were elected.
In 1924 Delaware was cut down to
one representative in Congress and
Louis McLane and Arnold Naudain
were the candidates. The first receiv-
ed 1887 votes and the latter g, ,163. and
three were scattering. McLane. with
his usual good luck was elected.
In 1926 Louis McLane and Arnold
Naudain were again opposing candi-
dates, the first getting 1880 votes, the
latter 1891 votes. This made the sixth
time that McLane had been elected to
Congress. He was never defeated
After his election, he served one wear.
when he resigned to accept an appoint
ment as Minister to England. This
necessitated a special election in 1897
at which Kensey Johns, Jr., and James
A. Bayard were opposing candidates.
Mr.. Johns received 4,769 votes to 4347
for Mr.. Bayard. This was the first and
last time that Mr.. Bayard appeared as
a candidate for the House of Repre.
sentatives. Prominent as is the name
of the Bayard family in the annals of
National Legislation, none of that
name ever served in the lower House
of Congress.
In 1880 John J. Milligan and Henry
M. Ridgely were opposing candidates.
the first received 4, 1867 votes, and was
elected, to 1888 for Mr.. Ridgely; scat.
tering votes.
In 1882, John J. Milligan received
4,267 votes to 4,142 for Martin w.
bates and was elected by 115 majority,
In 1884 John J. Milligan and Martin
w. Bates were again pitted against
each other, Milligan receiving 4,779
votes and Bates, 1929, the first being
elected by 15O majority,
In 1886 John J. Milligan and Martin
W. Bates for the fourth time were op.
posing candidates, and for the fourth
time Milligan was elected, he receiving
4,7O5 votes to 4,247 for Bates.
In 1888, Bates having dropped out
of the race for Congress, Thomas Rob-
insOn, Jr., became the opponent of
John J. Milligan aud was elected by a
vote 4,4S7 to 4,s79 for Milligan. This
was the last of Milligan as candidate
for Congress. He afterwards became
an Associate Justice of the Superior
Court,
the sI oppossas rssS, @s9f. The u.on, os''n' 5l.
and defeats >ee votes
to 4,s7s Smyrna, Del. ;i2I7
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

1t is singular coincidence that Lieu,
tenant E. w. Casey, who was killed
on Wednesday, in South Dakota, by a
Bruie Indian, was shot in the back of
the head, and that Lieutenant Bayard
William Weir, who was killed by the
Indians during the Modoc troubles,
was shot in the front of the head.
Lieutenant Casey was brother of
General Thomas L. Casey, chief of en-
gineers, and Lieutenant Weir was
General Casey's brOther-in-law. Both
men were killed instantly, and both
men were killed when no fighting was
going on.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

More has already been said against
the Mckinley tariff on tin and tin.
plates, than will ever be said Ggain,
The tariff on tin plate does not &c
into effect until July next, and by that
time the country will be stocked with
tin-enough to last another year. By
that time also there will be several tin
and tin plate manufactures in opera
ton in this country, and tin is prom
ised from these factories cheaper than
is now paid for imported tin.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
"The world grows weary praising men.
And wearled grows of being praiSed-T

buL never WeaTled grows the pen
"hlch writes the truths that have amazed
the thousands who have been given up
by their physicians and who have been
restored to complete health by using
that safest of all remedies for functional
Irregularities and weaknesses, which
are the bane of wOmankind. We refer,
of fcOurse, to DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scriptiOn, the only guaranteed cure for
all those chronic ailments peculiar to
women. Read the guarantee on the
bottle wrapper.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

The third party moAement is not
making very rapid progress, owing to
the difficulty of getting the Southern
members of the Farmers Alliance to
withdraw from the Democratic party.
This obstacle is formidable one and
may defeat the whole movement or
postpone it until after '92.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

Mexico seems to be getting ahead Of
us in reciprocity ideas. Her president
has just approved bill passed by the
Mexican Congress admitting corn from
the United States into Mexico free of
duty. This means a great deal to the
corn producing sections of the United
States, as the Mexican duty on corn
has been heretofore about one-half
cent per pound. In reciprocity lies
the salvation Of the American farmer.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

Ice palaces are no longer monOpol-
lied by the great northwest. An enter
prising ice manufacturing company has
erected one at Newark, New Jersey,
which the cold wave has strongly CO.
meEIted with natnre's frozen bonds.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14

The Democratic anti-lOttery State
Executive Committee has sent circu.
lars all over the country, to all the
newspapers, asking the moral aid of all
people in securing a Constitutional
amendment, prohibiting lottery gam
bling in all the states of the Union.
We are with this Democratic commit
tee, as it calls itself, in this and every
other moral reform.
Smyrna times., 1891-01-14
EQUITABLE
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N. W. Cor. 9th and Market Sts,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
CAPITAL, s5OO,OOO.OO.

It Is more satisfactory and desirable in everv
way to employ well organized and reiiebio
Irnst Company for the settlement of estates ~ :,
II Is to entrust such business to an individuai
who may die before his duties are comnleted
The life of Trust Company is virtuaiIv nor.
petual, and It is therefore able tOcomplete ali
such undertakings P0'0 al
This company was chartered for such purposes
~ acts as Executor. Administrator, Trustee Gusr,
dian' Assignee Receiver, or for any trusts of du
clary character. It receives deposits and M W
checks just as any bank, except that il allows
Interests on such deposits as follows: per cent on
daily balances, payable on demand 2I% per cont
on Deposits payable after ten days notice nor
cent on Deposits, payable after 80 days' NOTICE
Special rates on deposits made for n wear ~
longer Any letters of inquiry win SeceiSa
prompt and careful attention
WILLIAM W. BUSH Prest OHIO NOWLAND
Fhho ~, dUS LEA vice Fres. Sec. and Treas
DIRECTORS
VIM Bush, Wilmington. VIM. DUPONT. WiIuipg,n
Preston Lea, Thomas Jackson,
willard SALISBURY, Jr VIM 7. Porter
VIM: swift. Joseph Swift,
Saml Bancroft, Jra a" VIM G. Pennvnaoker
II. II Carter, " J Smith Bre6bon q
Dr. Jas. A. Draper, w. W Pusey,
Edw. BringhuTst, Jr. " A. p Robinson Ceora.-
Geo W. Bush, town Dei 's0
Christian Febiger, q" Geo v Wassev Dovor
II. M. Barksdale. H. A. Richardson