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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

All the criminal returns published OF
late have happily tended to show that
crime is decreasing, The judicial sta.
tistics for the past year bear the same
testimony Whether under the head OF
"criminal classes at large" or sin local
and convict prisons and reformatories," "
the figures show q steady decline, The
same is true Of the houses Of bad char,
acter, by which is meant such az are
the resort of thieves, depredators and
suspected persons. In England and
Wales there are 2,8sS houses of this do.
scription.
1t seems rather odd to be told that OF
these 345 are public houses and 265 beer
shops, because if they are known resorts
of such characters, why are their licenses
not withdrawn; Is it for the reason
once given by a French administrator
that they serve the ends Of the Inv by
providing places where those who are
wanted by the police can easily be
found? The known houses Of receivers
Of stolen goods had declined from 77s
two years ago to 124 last year.--London
Telegraph.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
The wedding Flower.

The Towering Of the Wedding Flow
err" at Kew this year, is an event Of more
than ordinary interest, both to botanists
and horticulturists. 1t is the giant not
only Of the genus Iris, but of the whole
natural order to which it belongs.
1t is found wild only in small island
off the east coast Of Australia, thousands
Of miles distant from the habitant Of any
other Iris. While all other Irises may be
grown out of doors, or with little pro-
lection in winter, this one is happy only
when treated to subtropical conditions.
Its value in horticulture is due as much
to its stature and elegance of foliage as
to the size and beauty Of its numerous
flowers.
The flowers last only one day, but there
are SO many Of them that the towering
season extends over long period.
This Iris is known far and wide as the
wedding flower. London Garden.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

1t is all very well for a travelling man
to be on his dignity but ii he overdoes
it he is apt to encounter the fall before
which, we are told, pride goeth. When
| first went on the road, | had mortal
objection to the word drummer and
resented the term whenever applied to
me. Onmy second journey ! called upon
an old fashioned merchant in a Texas
town whose name was on our books and
to whom my predecessor had alwayssold
large Sills, introduced myself with a
good deal Of dignity and handed him my
card,
"0h, you're IS new drummer, Nre-
marked the old gentleman in some
what patronizing tone, / was nettled
considerably, and correcting him said:
'No, am their travelling man. lam
not drummer.
The merchant was quite as good at
repartee as was, and looking at me
half in pity and half in contempt he
said with sneer, which he made no at
tempt to disguise;
"0h, that's SO, is it2 Well, was look
ing out for IS drummer, but if you
amt he I've nothing for you"
No amount of persuasion or apologize
ing had any effect on the old gentleman,
to whom the representative of rival
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
rhrrr onstlx nnthouaes.

This is the season Of the year when the
great army of gardeners employed by
New YorR's millionaires who have Il fad
for flowers are puttingtheir hothouses in
shape for the winter, lmet Jay Gould's
chief gardener yesterday and he told me
that everything was in excellent shape
at the railroad kings $500, 900 hotkouse
up the Hudson. A lot Of choice plants
and exotics have just arrived from India
and other eastern countries.
John Hoeys difficulties have not de-
tered him from looking after his pet
flowers in his grand hothouses at Holly
wood, N. j. lam told his chief gardener
has had several conferences with Mr.,
Hoey during the past two weeks about
his favorite flowers and their care, Mr.,
Hoey is passionately fond of flowers, and
selects the seeds and bulbs himself, and
at times superintends the work of his
gardeners,
Another man who has n half u million
dollar hothouse is the Standard oil king,
John ID. Rockefeller, who has n palace on
the Hudson. 1t has not been completed
long and his gardeners are constantly re.
ceiving new additions, Mr.. Rockefeller
says he will have the finest flower show
in the world in year or two, New York
Telegram.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

During one year alone Philadelphia
has devoured 1s5,475 slaughtered and
dressed calves, 51l, ,142 sheep, 54s,94O
hogs and $1,000 barrels and 81 1890 boxes
of poultry. The hens who were spared
from the hatchet had TO lay for the city
10, ,9s4 800 dozen eggs. Over 312, ,ls3 bar
rels Of apples had to be shaken from the
trees and 1908 carloads of potatoes dug
up from the ground. During the twelve
months the city made havoc of II, ,11S
packages of dried green peas, 1881
packages Of dried fruit and 355,337
packages Of berries. The cooks con.
gumed 16, ,4S9 tierces and T5,03l tubs of
lard, and in the kitchen and on the table
disappeared from view the tremendous
amount of 256,591 tubs, 33,Ss4 frkins
and 81 ,S46 boxes of butter. A huge heap
of crackers must have been swallowed
along with the 226, ,459 big boxes Of
cheese.
During one year Philadelphia con-
5ulitu uttA41 O,ovO,uVU Dustltio VI gram,
including nearly 100000 bushels of
corn, SIT ,50S bushels Of wheat, 9s, ,425
bushels of rye, 1,056,300 bushels of bar
ley and 203,600 bushels of malt. Ont Of
these 77,50S bushels of wheat were
manufactured 195,002 barrels Of flour,
and from this -four We're baked 52, $780,
$40 loaves Of bread. Most Of the -four
used by the bakers and the good house
wives is shipped from the northwest, al
ready barreled. This manufactured into
bread would easily swell the total to
nearly 150,000,000 loaves, or their equivi-
lent to certain extent in rolls, buns
and bakery.
Philadelphia eats daily an enormous
barbecue of $40 calves, ,410 sheep, 1910
hogs and 1850 poultry, besides huge
banquet Of at least 100000 oysters,
525, ,528 eggs, $50 barrels Of apples and 8
carloads of potatoes. Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
Wrecked by q Mirage.

A mirage in the Caribbean sea was the
cause Of the total loss of the new Amer-
can barkentine Steadfast, while bound
from Port of Spain to Philadelphia.
When the Steadfast sighted the lofty
peaks Of st. Croix the atmosphere as
sumed peculiar light color, and it be.
came impossible to detect the sky from
the island, everything assuming sim
liar shade and color resembling the cir
rostratus clouds, hiding the entire lower
portion of the island, The peaks and
mountain appeared to be twenty miles
away.
The tops Of the mountains seemed to
be inverted, the tall cocoanuts appearing
to grow from the sky to the earth. The
sugar grinding mills were pouring their
smoke downward, and the workmen
working upside down. The Steadfast
was kept under easy sail and perfect con-
troll. Everything went well until a
grinding sound was heard, and a sudden
tremor went through the ship. The yes
sci crashed over the reefs and was soon
fast on the rocky shore, where her wreck
still remains. The mirage made the
island appear twenty miles away.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

One end Of the apple bears the name
of "basinn and contains the remnants
of the blossom--sometimes called the
eye Of the fruit, This part of the apple
is deep in somevarieties and shallow and
open in others This is the weakest point
in the whole apple as concerns the ques-
ton Of the keeping quality of the fruit
If the basin is shallow and the canal tc
the core firmly closed, there is much less
likelihood Of the fruit decaying than
when it is deep, and the evident opening
connects the center Of the fruit with the
surface. Professor B. d. Halsted in
Populaf Science Monthly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

Jopn Shorger has been paying his at
tentions to Miss De Smythe. He has
come very near proposing several times,
but did not dare risk it for fear she
might refuse to accept the nomination.
He got around it very nicely, however.
while escorting her home from church.
He said:
Miss De Smythe, If there is anything
in the world dislike it is to have d
young lady refuse me. ! wish you
would tell me If you would say yes in
case were to ask your hand in mar
riageS'
She suggested that he try it, but he
thought he had better wait awhile until
he could see his way more clearly =
Texas Siftings.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

She had been away all summer The
mountains had felt her stately tread;
the sea had taken her to its ever chang
ing bosom and folded her in its billowy
arms.
She had flirted from Old Point to Bar
Harbor, from Mount Mitchell to the
Adirondacks.
She had tasted the sweets Of hope; she
had drained the bitter cup of disappoint-
ment.
Now she is at home again.
Home, the Mecca Of the weary pill
grim; the Canaan beyond the wilder
ness: the altar around which we all
kneel in thankfulness; the dear walls
which take us to their loving embrace
and hide us from the comfortless world
without.
Home again, and peace had come to
her she had never known since she had
gone out in June as the birdlet from its
nest.
At the front door her dear old father,
who had been at his desk ten hours daily
all the weary while she was away, met
her.
my daughter" he said, holding out
his arms to her.
Like tired wanderer, footsore and
heartsick, she came to him.
Trustingly, confdingly, restfully, she
laid her soft white face, in its frame of
golden hair, upon his bosom.
SAT last" she murmured, sat last l
have found some one to be a pepper
to me-"
And the dear old father, in the tumul-
tuous joy Of having his darling child
again, didn't catch on.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
Hawk Noses a Very Old Feature.

1t is q mistake to suppose that the
hawk nose is confined to Hebrew own
ers, though the persistence of the quail
tiles which it indicates makes it most
frequent in the race which it principally
adorns. A pictorial addition to the his
tory Of these noses was recently discov-
cred in graphic caricature drawn by
the clerk Of the court on the edge of q
fifteenth century record Of plaintiff
whose nationality the least expert mas
ologists" would have at once detected,
without the legend, Aaron filius dia-
boh,' which the artist had been at pains
to inscribe beneath it. But the "hawk
nose" is at least equally the possession
of the Syrian and the Syrian Arab, as ii
was Of the phenician of old-all shrewd,
money getting races.
Vespasian possessed 1t in perfection,
and though it is news to us that when
young he retrieved his ruined fortune
by horse dealing, science always no.
torious for its INSCRIPTIONS dealing and
sharp, dishonest practice" he was de-
scended from o thoroughly business par
ent and bequeathed his carefulness in
money matters to his son Titus. Lon
don Spectator.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

The Scotch dialect has peculiar use
Of vowels, which is as unintelligible
to English ears as the cooling Of the
wood dove, but which seems to be easily
understood by those accustomed to the
yernacular. Here are few specimens
culled from "reminiscences Of Scottish
life and character.
The conversation is between shop
man and customer, and relates to a
plaid hanging at the shop door.
Customer Gnquiring the material -OoH
(WoolD
Shopman--Ay, 90. Yes, Of wool)
Customer-A' 90? (All woolD
Shopman-Ay, 90. (Yes, all wool.)
Customer-A ae oo2 (All same woolD
Shopman--Ay, a ae 90. (Yes, all same
wool. )--Detroit Free Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
The Cost of Italian Opera.

Talking of money reminds me that
Signor Vianesi says he left the Paris
opera, where he has been conductor for
the last four years, because the salary
was not large enough and the work too
exacting. He received s., 400 year for
ten months work, and very hard work
at that. He comes to America and gets
5000 for seven months. Mr.. Abbey's
salary list is a formidable one. Miss
Van Zandt gets $1,000 performance,
Miss Eames, $500; Lasalle, the French
baritone, $500 Nine. Albani, 5000, and
five other singers from $i0O to $500
There is a chorus of eighty, averaging
$50 a week, or 81 800, and an orchestra
costing 81 900 week.
The expenses of giving opera with
such company cannot fall below 81, 1000
aperformance, so that even at five dollars
for parquet seat, the price for the
coming season, Mr. Abbey may not
make fortune. The average cost of
the German performances at the Metro
politan last season was $1,000. New
York Epoch.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

! ask for information. | have been
reading lately u very clever novel about
English artist life and English smart
society. Twice over in the story smart
young woman is made to describe GER
tain articles Of costume in brides
trousseau as quite too awfully trotty
for words" ! have never to my knowl-
edge heard the phrase "trotty" used in
that sense. sit an epithet Of London
smart society If SO, what is its sup-
posed derivation? Is it imported from
America, as most Of our slang phrases
lately are? Any information on this
point kindly supplied will be rewarded
with the best thanks Of this writer who
feels a considerable interest in slang,
but likes it genuine when he can get it.
Justin Mccarthy in New York Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

One Of the largest tombstones in the
world is to be found over the grave Of a
Georgia hermit named Scarlet, who be.
fore he died selected d monstrous gran.
ito bowlder, 100 by 250 feet, and directed
that he be buried under it. A small
cave was excavated beneath this minia.
ture mountain, Scarlett directing the
work. 1t remained thus for some years
and when he died he was entombed
there, and the bowlder remains as hif
headstone. e.-New York Recorder.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
Duties at Home Neglected.

Rev. Mr.. A., in Felin's Grove, Pa.,
had just commenced his sermon one
Sunday morning when boy some s OF
o years Of age got up, and walking
straight up to the minister asked in q
voice loud enough to be heard by the
congregation: May | go homer Iforgot
to feed the pigs" Consent was given,
but the effect upon the minister as well
as upon the congregation was far from
serious. Chicago Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
Three Great Nayigators.

To review the work of Columbus
without referring to that Of Vespucius
and Magellan would leave the story of
new sea and world discovery discon-
nected and incomplete. This will be
patent when it is remembered that,
though believer in the rotundity Of the
earth, it was not Columbus but Magcl-
Ian who first physically demonstrated
that fact by circumnavigation And Ma
gellan might have failed but for the pre-
vious work of Vespucius. The latter
had explored the Atlantic coast of South
America farther south than any of his
predecessors, and the south Atlantic
ocean eastward to the islands of South
Georgia, nearly to the parallel of Cape
Horn.
By this journey Vespucius demonstrat-
ed with considerable degree of GER
tainty that the strait, which had for some
years been looked for, leading to the
elusive unknown sea that bounded the
eastern coast Of Asia, was not to be found
through the new lands of the west north
of 54 degrees south, at all events. The
mouth of the Amazon, the bays Of Rio
Janeiro and of the La Plata had been
explored and were found to contain
fresh water SO that through none Of
these could an entrance to the unknown
sea ON the farther west be found.-
Thomas Magee in Californian.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
A Prospeet Of a Lively Time.

"Will you apologize for blowing
smoke in that lady's facep
apologize nawthin.
every well, / intend to thrash you,
and before ] do l think it only fair to
tell you that am Tranjan, the heavy
weight rusher Of Harvard"
"Thats all right, young feller Pm
Liver Gilligan, the middleweight cham
pion of Hoboken. "-Harper's.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15
4 oolIege presIaent,s chase.

Harvard men who attended chapel one
morning last week were very much sur
prised tosee President Eliot pursuing one
of the students as the men were leaving
the building, Those in the immediate
vicinity heard o very short but animated
conversation. fYoung man" said the
president to the individual in question,
who turned around surprised, young
man, excuse me, but you have my hat .
II was indeed trne. In the confusion of
leaving the chapel the student had picked
mp the wrong hat and was making away
aSith the presidents Best tile. Boston
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

Robert Shaw, Of Shows Falls, Me-,
went to sleep in field the other day, and
when he awoke he was minus good pair
Of trousers. Field mice, which swarm
in Oxford county, had gnawed the gar
ment into shreds and carried it away.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

Recent experiments upon the electro
lytic generation Of pressure from gases
formed in closed space have been very
successful, and q pressure Of 1900 at
mosDhereshas been obtained.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-15

The work Of excavating the ancient
ruins at Pompeii still continues, and five
more rooms containing many curiosi-
ties were recently opened near the old
forum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09

At the second annual meeting Of the Long Island
Odd Fellows Home Association. held at Everett Hall
Saturday evening the following officers were elected
Francis T.. Pouch president. Harry Walker. vice
president; sidney l.. Rowland. treasurer Charles A.
Vail. secretary: managers, Edgar Whiilock, A. W.
Reynolds. George l.. Tiy, Thomas J. Percival. John
W. S;vrrs. Thomas Reuse. Philip T. Williams
Laurence Powers and William Thomas
The Rev. Father sylvester Malone. rector OF SITS
Peter and Pauls Church, IN Wythc-ave.. was sew
entyt years old yesterday. The birthday OF the
priest Is always celebrated by the people OF the
parish. and yesterday he received many tributes OF
the loving regard Of his parshoners.
James Van Vakenberg OF No. 2O2 Fifecnth-st.
made foreman Of the May Grand Jury yesterday.
In the suit Of Charles u. Redhead and Frank ".
Suydam TO recover $1,000 commission from the
Parkway Driving Club account Of the purchase OF
the site for the clubhouse and track OF the club In
GTavcsend. Judge Osborne gave Judgment In favor
OF the defendant Yesterday. SIyGam a member
OF the club al the time the purchase was made and
was on the committee TO select the site the agree.
ment being that the commission should 60 TO the club.
Robert Curran. SIX years old. OF No. 2S3 Fifth.
ave. was killed in TirSt-st yesterday by the fall OF
small derrick used In lowering ga>pipc into trench
The derrick struck Robert the head. fracturing his
skull
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09
A LECTURE BY HENRY CHADWICK

Henry ChadW ick. the veteran writer and cnthusi
a,Ic friend of honorable sports. delivered striking
lecture at the annual meeting Of the society OF Old
Brooklynitcs last Thursday. Mr.. Chadwick Is 4
champion of all honest sport. especially Of baseball
and cricket In fact he has been called the Father
OF Baseball" Mr.. ChadwIck's lecture was entitled
" Brutality In Sports and his remarks called forth
frequent Outbursts Of applause from his hearers.
Mr. Chadwick among other things said: There
Is but daily paper in tie mctropb1, which
does give aid and comfort to the prize fighters and
pool gamblers, and help to pronDtc brutality III
sports and That exception is The Ncw-YOrk Tribune
all honor TO Mr.. Whitclaw Reid for II, say l."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09
NETWORK CITY.

Controller Myers will give hearing TO morrow TO
the managers of the Ladies' Deborah Nursery. against
which the Gerry Society has brought charges of lax
methods.
A Mother. Rhinebcck y. Y."-The best place f
boy OF fifteen WHO Is getting beyond control Is nj
Burnham Farm. Apply to W. VI. F. Round. Chatham
Four Corners. y. y.
Cash" sends 80 this Office for Isaac Zuberkowitz
at No. - Orchard ST., whose unfortunate condition
was reported in The Tribune.
W. j. Harvey. of No. King.st.. has been appointed
stenographer and typewriter In tho Mayors Office.
Fl 200 "A year. lie chosen from the Civil
Service list.
Tie sale OF tho celebrated Brlnklcy collection Of
Oriental porccaiD will begin this afternoon at the
American Art Galleries, Madison square
One of the employees OF the Barge Office noticed
the odor Of escaping gas yesterday morning, and
hunted for the leak with lighted match. He found
ii. \ sheet OF fame flashed before him. and he hastily
lef, the building The gas had from leak in
PIPE in the large shed ut the Of the Barge Office
BY the Of couple of hand crenades and BUCKET
Of water the fire cX'ncu, he'd.
General O'Boirnc. the Assistant Comm.s,o ncr Of
Immigration. yesterday received a large crayon por
trait OF himself II presented to him by num-
Der OF labor organizations The committee In charge
Of the affair consisted Of John Rohdcrback, J. Il.
Murray d. l.. Allen and f. Mobiles. The committee
in Their address S3ld the portrait gwen III recoe
milton Of General Oeirncs services IN excluding
tract labOrcrs.
Charles W. Dayton, representing the Twelfth Ward
Bank In East One-hundrci and twenty nth ST.. has
filed plans In the Department Of Building, for
story. stone front Office building on ihe northeast
corner OF LcXngtonave. and One hundred and twenty
ffth-s, 1t will cost $4,000.
The sale of Part Of the library Of George II.
Moore for many years superintendent Of the L"nox
Library and librarian Of the New-lOrk Historical
society. begun Yesterday at the auction rooms Of
Bangs a Co.. NO 40 Broadway and will De continued
to-day 10 80 a. IN. and 80 p. m.
The tenth annual reception drill Of the Columbia
Institute Cadets will he held in the 22d Regiment
Armory, Boulevard and SiXty-cghthst., this evening.
The exercises OF the evening include battalion and
company drills sabre drill, bayOnet drill. sirmish
drill and dress parade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09
MAY CLEARING SALE
OF
DRESS GOODS.

The second Of our series of May
sales begins i'm the Dress Goods
Department this week.
ScaSOnablc dress goods of every
description Scrges, HOmcspuns,
Tailor Twills, IiOp-Sacking, Silk
Mixtures and all lines. broken in
assortment, at marked reductions
in price.
High Novelties. Rich Changea-
Bile Effects, Shaded Grcnadinc
weaves, and choice styles i'm Ben
galincs. specially itemized for this
sale, which will continue until
goods specified are all sold.
JAMES cCREERY & CO.,
Broadway and 18th st.