The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
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Richard G. Moultan. of Cambridge
University, England is in this country
studying our Institutions.
Queen Victoria has five maids to as
sist ut her toilet-viz.: three dressers
aud two wardrobe women.
There are twenty-six monarehies aud
twenty-five republics in the civilized
world. Sixteen republics are in South
America.
Mrs. Maekay's new house in London
will become the shrine of American
tourists Everybody will want to walk
up the $loo, 900 staircase.
The German Emperor is rapid
talker. When he delivers an address
| in the Reiehstag he speaks ut the rate
of 275 syllables Il minute.
f. Il. Sears, of Boston. has bought
the famous English St Bernard dog
Sir Bedivero, paving for it $1,000:
Rather a costly price of uneonverted
sausage.
.,Commodoren Tyson, of theater
| ticket fame. conceived and carriea out
the idea of running news stands in the
/ leading hotels. Now he is worth half
/ a million.
Mrs. Sehliemann proposes to con-
| tinue the excavations at Sissurlik, aud
/ they will be carried out in conformity
with Dir. Sehliemaun's plans under the
/ direction of DIR. Dorlfeld.
| The venerable James Parton works
| six hours dav at his home in New
burvport His desk is les place of rest
aud recreation for that is what literary
occupation means to hIm.
Bishop Bowman, of St. Louis. has
passed more than fifty years in church
work He is now "A years old and is
I in splendid health straight as an ar
row. with constitution like Hint.
Judge Holmes, son of the ''Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table" is said to be
the only Justice on the Massachusetts
| Supreme Court bench who enjoys writ
ing cut an opinion. His associates
prefer oral utterances.
More than 100 writers in England,
male and female. have written the life
| of Gladstone and have the manuscript
all ready. so that they can rush to a
publishing house with it the moment
his death is announced.
The paralytic condition of the widow
of John b. Cough is pathetic. In the
pride of her vigorous womanhood she
stood bravely at her husbands side
when but for such support he would
| have fallen TO rise no more.
movement has been started by Miss
Frances E. Willard aud Mrs. Zerelda
/ Wallace To secure fine marble por-
| trait bust of Susan B. Anthony. to be
prominently placed in the historic gall
lerv of women at the forthcoming
Columbian Exposition.
1t is announced that the King of
Siam is 10 send six youths TO Pennsyl
vania to be educated as physicians.
His Majesty might send the Youngsters
to at least one of the Philadelphia
medical colleges so they could return
with full diplomas by the next steam
er.
jaw Gould's daily income is said to
be about 81. 500. But this is rather
small compared To Rockefeller. who is
supposed to receive SIS 600 daily, or
Astor, who gets S23. 900 daily. or even
Cornelius Vanderbilt. who has 10 get
along with Sl5. 600 every twenty-four
hours.
Mr.. John Noble. the English mil
lionaire varnish manufacturer, provided
in his will for an annual income to his
son, Mr.. Wilson Noble. the present
member of Parliament for Hastings,
/ with the proviso that $4,000 Il year
/ shall at once be struck off if he should
fail to be reelected
Two men have found near Fresno.
Cal, what is claimed to be genuine
petrifed body OF a man. Ii is remark
ably we'll preserved aud even the lines
of the back of the hand are visible.
The head is OF IA good size aud features
of Caucasian type. The body meas
ures nearly seven feet in length
A Nevada congregation. wishing to
get rid of an obnoxious pastor, hit upon
the dastardlv scheme OF giving him a
donation party. but the plucky shep-
herd pulled n gun upon the crowd, and
laughed long and LOUD to see his sheep
living through the woods, dropping
baskets aud bundles ON the way.
The Empress of Russia is now 43
wears old. Russians say that she has
not the capacity of the Princess of
Wales to look considerably younger
than her wears. TIE chin begins to
double, and the cheeks have long since
taken a comfortable expression Her
figure also grows matronly, though
still she is an indefatigable dancer.
General Wade Hampton's father was
probably the largest Shareholder in the
South before the war. His plantations
were situated principally in Missis>ip-
pi. Wade Hampton inherited these
estates. and was very wealthy before
the outbreak of hostilities. but since the
close OF the war he has depended to a
large extent upon his salary as public
official.
; One of the interesting men of Canada
is DR.. OronIigatcklia. of Toronto. He
is an Indian who in his youth was chief
of the Mohawks. The prince of Wales
urged him to go to England to be edu-
| Gated at the royal expense, and he was
subsequently, graduated from Oxford
and from London medical school. He
is a good-looking, broad shouidered
siX-footer.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague is hard at
work on that much-looked-for life of
her father. She is still young-looking,
, and, with her magnificent manner, taste
+ in dress, and brilliant conversational
i powers a decided favorite in society.
: Meanwhile Gov. Sprague vegetables at
. Canonchet, and is happiest when trad
: ing horses or swapping stories with tbs
, boys on the beach.
G Mrs Potter Palmer the President oi
the Board of Women Managers of the
Worlds Fair has found it necessary tO
E give up many of her social pleasures
t because of the eXacting duties of hel
e official position. She has thrown her
< self into her work with ardor, and there
: is every indication that she will acquii
e herself with distinguished success. HeI
:, extraordinary tact has already, brought
f about smooth sailing on what was
e recently a very troubled sea.-N T.
World.
: j. H Graves, of Nevada City, Cal.
i says: 1T is not generally known that