The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-05
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without frientfS.
A failure of the potato crop Is
threatened in Ireland, and famine will
follow if it happens.
A hunter. Of Chepallis, WASH, re-
Gently killed d cougar which measured
feet s inches ia length
Mrs Gladstone always attends meet
ings Of Parliament when either her
husband or her son Herbert is TO speak
The wine product Of California this
year Is expected to reach eighteen or
twenty million gallons, the largest for
several years.
The fanlous Physick Garden In Chel-
sea England, whose preservation is
now 4 matter af discussion, has &c. 900
different herbs and plants.
Charles Norihof. Washington CORE
spoudent of the Hesd}d. has been placed
by M Bennett on the retired list of
that newspaper on half pay for life.
A negro baby. three months old,
down IN Hopkinsville. Kv, can talk.
lt somewhat lessons ones wonder.
however when we add that it is q girl
baby.
William Angus. who recently died In
London. was ut one time publisher Of
the London Times. He kept the posi-
ton until 1889, when he retired on a
pension.
The fashion for young New Workers.
is to so TO London to have the weddino
ceremony. where it will be convenient
Tor dukes and eountesses to run in and
honor them.
The German Empress occupies three
at 4
very simply. They inst suffice 70
accommodate only herself with har
sons and the necessary retinue.
Browning had marvellous memory.
He always could tell the exact place Of
any quotation or fragment of quotation
referred to him. and was vexed greatly
whenever ne heard his own lines mis-
quoted.
Domestic servants are so scarce in
Montreal that women in want of helm
are said to visit the jail with view to
engaging young women TO work for
them At the close of their terms of
Imprisonment.
L IS said that on the Mexican Gulf
Railroad IN Mexico the ties are made
OF the hnest mahogany and the bridges
built OF marble. These materials were
the cheapest to be had, since they were
found along the track
A Detroit man who drank a quart of
embalming finid IN mistake for liouor
became as rigid aud as white as mar
bic half an hour before his death. aud
when death came finally he looked
more ike mummy than a corpse.
The effect of gum-ehewin@ has been
studied carefully BY an expert. In
gum-chewing the maSseter muscles !
which move the Jaw are abnormally |
developed, and the fatty substance
which produces fair plump cheeks is
deteriorated.
A writer upon birds saws that in the /
helds and groves there are many old /
maids and bachelors who apparently
never had any inducement TO marry. /
There is no doubt that the rivalry in /
bird courtship is extremely keen, and /
the choice is a deliberate one.
The largest apple tree in Ohio is in /
w Washington county, and was planted T
in 1T9l or 1892 The trunk. where il
Is smallest, girths u feet ? inches. and
the largest branch girths feet. Il is
a Seeding. which bears a large yellow
apple of excellent quality for cooking.
The largest saw mill in the world is
at ChrssIiana IN NORWAY. and * owned
by one man. 1t runs thIrtv-six gang
saws From forty TO fifty ships load
At one time at its docks. The same
man owns two large Hour mills The
lumber yard Of this mill extends more
than a mile.
Ihe newspapers are now TRYING to
Ind the man who spent the most davs
n rebel prisons during the late war.
30 Tar as heard from yet f. W. Ware. !
d Bangor Is ahead. he having suffered
10o days IN Charleston, Columbia,
charlotte, Raleigh Goldsboro and
prisons.
An Auburn. Ne. business man was
surprised the other day to see an old
customer come into his store and pay
AIM bill, with interest, which was
contracted forty years ago, when he
vas doing business in another town.
L was small bill, aud the one to
Ehom 1t was due had forgotten all
lbout it.
The Baroness Klara Won der Decker
u Ilfiis has issued a circular to the
beautiful women of the world . ask
ng Tor their photographs in order to
oiace them before a committee of artists
Vhich shall choose those to be placed in
N album entitled Types of Female
5eauty in the Latter Half of the Nine !
eenth Century, +,
The Hudson's Bay Company is sell ,
ng OF its lands and dividing the pro- |
'eeds among the stockholders. Mild 2
vlnters and changes in fashion have f
lepreciated the value of the furs in its
.oInaln and dealers have large quanti- a
les on hand. The eompany's lands, I
lowever are increasing in value be- l
ng IN demand for settlement. t
Women's heads. says London writer t
N fashion. have been growing very 1
apiaIy OF late. Il have seen several 2
normous heads within the past week. g
ne great bunches of curls and French I
oils now worn at the back of the head I
re anything but attractive. 1t is to g
e hoped that they will disappear be- o
erious.' I
The labor question in New York e
ity IS still full of unpleasant possibili- =
les. The immense mass of new COM !.
rs, like the Russian Jewish cloak = =
makers. seem anxious for a disturb e
nee The manufacturers have already :;
oneeded almost everything to them, =
nd still they cry for more. 1t is sup :,
osed that the anarchist leaders keen y
hem constantly stirred up. L
1t is proposed to use the electric
rotor extensively in military opera
ons in England. One of the latest
leas in carrying on active warfare is r
build railway at the scene of hos n
ilties for the transportation of ord +,
ance. 1t is highly desirable that the j
ans used for this pzEpose, which are r.
'mor-plated and armed with gatlinr II
Ills SuO0Au De as raDld and iOc0u- + D.