The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-05-15

se atsnnd an urgent ease on the ground
than AN bad previous engagement has
8Aeh sinpd We.
A novel written by Haytian negro
has na.io lis appearance Ia Paris, and
81 said TO show considerable ability and
areAt originality.
Yhe University Of Pennsylvania Is
Agaon> 10 establish national school of
American history as one of the depart
nepts Of the Institution.
A 0e Chandler Harris s.Unele Remus, I"
na# SIXTY years OF age. is a great
pedestrian and Is said TO have walked
lAsrtyssix miles in one day recently.
a young woman In Genesee County.
M4cAiNan, who had obtained 81 600 iu
n bTaMeh of promise suit, has reward
Ell hef ebiaf witness by marrying him.
The fonehc Springs In Colorado are
all on the sides OF a mountain, and hot
and cold water flows from the ground
Iii places not more than three inches
lsiam Winter has dedicated his
asshcomina book OF verses. Gray
Days and Gold TO Augustin DAILY,
Remembering friendship of many
years
A llfteee=y year-old boy has just died
1n Brooklyn Of too rapid growth. At
The time of bis death he was feet 2
Inches tall. but did not weigh 100
pounds
Sands Carpenter is Port Huron
character. ninety years old He sup
ports himself on $50 year and one of
bin nccentficities is TO chew tea as he
Npuld tobacco.
An Important gastronomic question
hhs arisen ia Baltimore. Shallthe size
o. the guests mouths be taken into
served III dinnerp
picture BY Peter Meets. an old
Dutch master. has been stolen from the
Detroit Art Museum. Ii represented
tAa interior OF d Gothic church and was
yAlued at $i5. 600.
There Is nothing which will squelch
an oif-fed fire in It's ineipiency more
quickly and etfectually than sand-and
there are 40 after-claps in the way of
water damage either.
A Scotch terrier is reguler dead
head on the West Shore Railroad. and
will only ride on first-class train. He
spends his whole time travelling and is
we'll liked by railroad men.
4 Japanese has invented a dying
machine which it is claimed can be pro-
PEELED at the rate of ten miles au hour.
Il has six wings like those of bird,
watch are moved by a wheel.
Some thirsty people of Steubenville.
Ohio. got into saloonkeeper's celler.
bofed . hole through the ceiling into a
barrel of whisky, took what they want
ed and allowed the rest to go TO waste.
The negroes of Terrell County,
Georgia. are steadily increasing in
prosperity and acquiring real estate.
for which they have an especial liking.
They own some of the best farms in the
county
Al Oregon man claims 10 have a
heH that has established nest in the
center OF his Aower garden. in the most
conspicuous part of his front yard and
deposits an egg regularly every day
except Sunday.
la England in the seventeenth GEN.
tary. there WAS renowned hangman.
named Derrick, who erected gibbsss
and attended executions by hanging.
ing. took his name.
Many explosions in Touring mills
are said to have been caused be elec-
tricity generated by belts. Even ordi-
nary belts are found to generate suffi-
ciently strong currents to perform the
common experiments for which electric
machines are used.
A relic of Marshal New, Napoleon's
famous general. in the shape of brass
bound rosewood jewel or toilet box. is
10 the possession of Lancaster drug
gist. It's history is said to have been
authentically established.
A parrot in Atlanta. Ga, deyoured
In little less than six weeks two
horses. two men. six dogs and whole
forest Of trees In other words, he ate
q painting representing those objects,
and is now looking around for some
thing else to satisfy his artistic appe-
tite.
Curious persons may like to test the
accuracy of some observations by an
Austrian physician. He asserts that
persons stung by bees are exempt for
further singing. protection being
afforded in the same manner that
vaccination protects from smallpox.
use have queer origins. Nickel was
first obtained as a metal from Germany
over century ago but the ore had
been previously known to the miners
as kupfernickel. or Old Nick's copper.
because. although it looked like copper
ore. they could obtain no copper from
it.
A Roman doctor has discovered in
many of the skulls found in Etruscan
tombs. as well as in those de-
posted in various museums. interest
ing specimens of ancient dentistry
work and artificial teeth. Some of these
skulls date as far back as the sixth CEN
tury before Christ. proving that dent
istry is not modern art.
A gun to fire under water has been
invented, and one for the United States
ship Destroyer is in course of con-
struction at Bethlehem. Pa This ex-
perimental gun is to be thirty-six feet
long and throw a projectile twenty
i've feet in length. containing 400
pounds of nitro-glycerine. 1000 feet
through the water.
A Russian physician has found that
microbes are always present in great
numbers in the fasting stomach of
healthy person. During the earlier
part of digestion they are always quite
numerous. The gastric juice. how
ever. tends to destroy the microbes,
though no effect on digestion appears
to be exerted by them.
Recent Investigations go to show
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