The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-02-20
MISSING LINKS.

The Prince of Wales has a colIec-
ton of 172 walking sticks.
The issue of 81 600 Treasury notes is
called the edition de luxe.
The number of Italians in New York
City is roughly estimated at 40. 600.
Cornell University has an endow-
ment of Sc. 000.00 and an annual in
come of $500. 600.
The newest cure for sleeplessness is
pint of hot water slipped slowly be-
fore retiring to bed.
Berliners may be a little slow. but
they have buried all their telephone
and telegraph wires.
There is an old and widespread mo-
tion that the mirrors must be removed
from room in which corpse is ly-
ing.
Indiana now lays claim to the heayi-
est man in the world in the person of
a Hoosier who tips the scale at 907
pounds.
Baron Hickey. a weIl-known
Frenchman. has come 10 this country
for the ayowed purpose of assisting in
the spread of Buddhism.
Justin S. Morrill,. the father of the
senate. is now eighty years of age.
Both in years and in consecutive SER
vice he is the oldest senator.
It is said that in the river approach
to Lake Nicaragua and in the lake it,
self are to be found what are said to be
the only fresh-water sharks known.
The mines along the Union Pacific
Railway now produce over /. 400, 600
tons of coal annually. and the owners
are preparing for much larger out
put
DIR. Brooks. a Johns Hopkins pro-
fessor, says that either dredging must
stop or the Maryland oyster viii cease
to be factor in the market in three
years
Rhoda Broughton. the English novel;
ist has written twenty-five books She
is now a white-haired woman of fifty.
with sweet voice and an amiable
manner.
Tennyson is said to write many short
poems. but his own Judgment is that
the publication of them would not help
his fame. and they are pigeon-holed or
destroyed
Miss Rachel Sherman. the Generals
daughter. is so well posted in politics
that she is an invaluable assistant to
her father in supplying him with names
and dates that have grown dim in his
mind.
Think of living for thirty-oue years as
the guest of the same hotel. That is the
record made by boarder in the New
York Fifth Avenue Hotel. who has been
there continuously since August q.
1859.
Alexel Platscheiew. the poor but fa-
nous Russian poet who was sentenced
to death in 1919. partially pardoned BY
Nicholas aud restored to his privileges
by Alexander H.. has Just become in
credibly wealthy by the death of q
kinsman.
A rug valued at s.. 600 was sold in
London recently. 1t was about thir-
teen feet square. and had about 256
stitches to the inch. The material
was wool combed. not cut, from the
animal.
In China all the land belongs to the
State. and a trlhing sum per acre,
never altered through long centuries.
is paid as rent, this is the only tax in
in the country, and it amounts to but
about 60 cents per head.
At Amherst, n. S., recently Rev. DR..
Hartley lost a valuable ring. He ad-
vertised but got no tidings until a
dream revealed to him the fact that
the ring was under his bed. and he
found it on one of the stats.
The Japanese suffer from many
special diseases. due to a too exclusive
diet on fish and rice and to the want of
exercise. especially from indigestion.
but they escape a great many By their
exquisite personal cleanliness
One OF the largest forests In the
world stands on ice. 1t is situated be-
tween Ural and the Okhotsk Sea. A
well was recently dug in this region.
when it was found that at a depth of
1l6 meters the ground was still frozen.
1t is said by New York writer that
81. 600 a week is modest estimate for
the cost of four or FIVE dinners weekly
for any one who is in the social swim.
But who would be so vulgar as to givs
four or FIVE set dinner parties weekly.
One of the oldest settlers of Brewer
is dead in the person of Simon Wise,
a colored man. He was such an old
settler that he used to keep smudge
of chips burning all the time in front of
the house Ito frighten off the witches. !"
..Wootton, George W. Childs' eeun-
try home at Bryn Mawr. is regarded as
one of the most expensiyely maintained
country places in the United States.
The wages of the servants alone amount
to 1000 month. A new stable is in
process of erection on the grounds at
an estimated cost of $40 600.
German teachers are so poorly paid
that the number is being reduced to an
ineonvenient extent and in the conn
ing session the Prussian landtag will
have to take the matter in hand. After
a preparation of five years the teacher
finds position which paws about $3.50
year less than any trained artisan
may obtain.
In Moscow may be seen in the
streets any day beggar who was, a
few years ago. one of the richest men
in the city. His father left him ST.
800. 900. but he gambled it all away.
He cared literally for nothing but
gambling. and if he had the money
again he would lose it once more in
the same way.
Senator Joe Brown. of Georgia, is
one of the most peculiar public char
acters in the South, as well as one of
the wealthiest men in the nation. His
fortune has been estimated as high as
$50. 600. 600. He is said to look more
like a down-at-the-heel book agent
than senator. but he is one of the
sharpest and skrewdest men in Con-
gress.
In New York it is estimated. accord
ing 10 the output, that the annual con-
sumptionis fifteen whole pies for each
man, woman and child within the
city. There are twenty establishments
that bake pies exclusively. OF these
one company turns out $500 pies a