The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-02-28
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

to the memory of three twins" iAf :
"A kitchen table with as many
drawers beneath it as q writing desk
and having high back like side
board. full OF pigeon holes for kitchen
utensils. is recent addition to the
hired girls comfort. 'fA
The average annual death rate in
this country from cholera. yellow
fever. smallpox. typhoid fever, diph-
liberia and scarlet fever, all combined,
does not reach the enormous total OF
deaths from consumption.
"A California paper reports that
several bee-keepers Of San Diego
County lost both bees and honey re-
Gently. The weather was. SO warm as
to melt the combs and drown the busy
little workers in their own.sweets. ),
"A correspondent of the New York
Tribune writes: mo wooden craft OF
any account disgraces this enlightened
aye in carrying human beings across
the ocean. Steel vessels have super
seded the old-style fleets of wood"
Mrs Elizabeth Faith, who died
recently al Louisville. had her coffin.
made under her own personal direc-
ton more than three years ago. 1t
was made Of solid walnut lined with
zinc. and trimmed with white silk. 1t
was inclosed in strong cedar book,
and this in still another box made OF
thick oak lumber. tsff
The Baltimore Baptist strongly
condemns the practice of extending
sympathy and friendly aid to men
whose sole claim to such attention is
based upon the commission of some
terrible crime. 'Such things.p it
says. "are a blot upon our civiliza-
tion. and it is time good people
frowned this maudlin sympathy out
of existence.
The Religious Herald, of Hart
ford. thinks the custom OF darkening
the rooms of house where people are
gathered to attend a burial service
ought to be abolished The surround
ings at such a time it thinks, ought to
be bright and cheerful, ''in harmony
with the sentiments suggestive OF the
resurrection, the life and the blessed
ness OF the heavenly home to which
the departed have gone"
The rapid growth of Italian bar
Der shops in New York City is alarm
ing the old-time BARRIERS. The Italian
fiye-cent shaving shops are.now to be
found not only in Little Italy, and
other quarters in which swarms Of
Italians have taken up their abode, but
also in other localities up town, down
town and on both sides of the city.
For many years great part OF the
trade has been in the hands Of German
philosophers, who now find it hard to
compete with the Italians, even when
they charge dime for using the
lather brush and razor
There have been big gold nuggets
found in various countries. but the
largest that was ever discovered. the
Silver Dollar states, was found in New
South Wales. Australia. 1t was un-
earthed on May 10. 1872. It's weight
was c40 pounds, height four feet nine
inches, width three feet two inches,
average thickness four inches, and il
was worth $l48. 800 1t was found i'm
bedded in thick wall of blue slate at
a depth OF 250 feet from the surface.
An interesting feature of its history
was that the owners of the mine were
living on charity when they found it.
"A man at Covington. Pa, who was
fattening a twenty-pound swapping
turtle, was aroused early by the noise
of a scuflle in his yard. Repairing
there he found the turtle hanging
to the nose OF 300-pound
bear. Bruin was near the fence, en-
deavoring to get over, but his efforts
were interfered with by the turtle
Eventually the bear reached the next
yard but the man followed and shot
him dead The turtle all the time re-
tanned his hold, and refused to let go
until the dead beasts nose was cut off
Then it crawled off, carrying the piece
of flesh in its mouth.
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DIR. Julius Weissner has made the
discovery that linen rags were used in
the manufacture Of paper as early as the
eighth century. And at that early day
the paper was 'clayed" like the modern
article.
- regret to say, gents" said Mr.,
Johnson, stopping the dance in part
ners to the center, de ice cream mans
here, but he won't leave de Wand till
he's paid, an as all my cash uz los in
the mex room on de dice, Of 1t is do
wish y do comp'ny dat dc ice cream be
lef', it'll be my iuty to collec . small
sum from each gent. New York Sun
The Sandwich islanders pipe is
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