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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

Sir Nicholas Kemeys, Bart. Of Cefn
Aably, was accounted one of the
strongest men Of his day. and a ira
litien Of liim, corrob0rative Of his
great strength. still exists in Glamor-
ganskiFe. The story runs that one
SKINNER evening. as Sir Nicholas was
walking in the Deer park al Cefn
Aably with some guests, an athletic
man leading an ass. upon which was
his WaIle; approached. and. respect
fully sAlaling the company. said he
humbIx supposed that the huge gen
tIenEan he had the hopnr0f addressing
was the strong Sir Nicholas Kemeys
The stranger being answered ia the
Affirmative, declared himself noted
CnrflisIi wrestler who had never been
thrown. and that having heard from a
Welchman, whom he had mel at
Bristol of the great bodily strength Of
Sir Nicholas. had made this journey
10 see his honor. adding that. il Il
were moi asking loo great a favor. he
trusted Sir Nicholas would condescend
10 '.try a fall with him. The hafonet,
smiling. asssnted. bnt advised the
C0rnishman hrst 10 20 TO the buttery
and get relFeshment.
The Cornishnlan declined with
many thanks, saying be was quite
fresh; 80 fheg fell 70 wrestling. aud il
amoment the CornIsl1maD was thrown
upon his back. The baronet. assisting
him 10 arise. asked him Il he was not
satisfied Of bis strength The reply
vas. "no, unless you throw nae over
tie park walilr The tale continues
10 say fhas this was readily complied
With when Che unsatisfed wrestler
entreaied that Sir Nicholas would
throw bis as after him OYER the wall,
which was accordingly d0nel
"a place IS still shown ID the ancient
park wall as The scane Of the exploit.
a fine picture now al Cefn Mably, in
tie possession Of Col Kemeys Tynte,
represents Sir Nicholas as Of great
stature and apparent giganticsiren
Hs was subsequently, killed al Chep.
STOW castle. IN defending It against ihs
troops Of Cromwell, having slain
many Of shs enemy with bis own band
II the sortie in which he fell st.
1ouis Globe Democrat
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

How few people realize the results of
extensive drainage, such as a highly civ
ilized country presents. No ineonHder-
able changes are wrought By artificial
drainage. Much Of surface water, In
stead of being left TO form marshes, sat
urate the soil or be taken np by evapora-
tion. is carried away underground
through drain pipes. Consequently the
Hir Is not 50 moist as formerly, and the
soil, instead of being constantly chilled
by evaporation, is rendered warm and
genial This result has been particn-
larly noticed III England and Scotland,
where very extensive areas have been
artihcialIy drained.
Holland has been, one might say, re-
claimed from the sea. The water has
been dyked out, and many parts Of the
country that were the bottom of the sea
are now dry land, and though below sea
level form the homes Of happy and In
dustrious communities. Years ago there
were along the lower banks Of the Mis-
sissippi drowned lads, subject 10 over
tiow and uninhabitable. covering an area
larger than the state of New York.
Many Of these lands have been reclaimed
by means Of levees. Thus, by mans in
genuity, are the surface, climate and
general physical condition Of the earth
hs.ines f.hane,ad Na,,- Norl. I ..dsrar
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

The game Of cards was first played In
the east, and seams to have had a mill
tary origin. Cards were introduced
from Asia into Europe at the time Of the
Crusades, and were first used BY NEGRO
inancers TO foretell fortunes. They soon
became a popular amusement in the
south of Europe, where the Saracens
and Moors taught the people how 10 use
them, and card playing spread to all
parts of the continent Thestate records
of &ermany mention the fact that Ru-
dolpli |, in 1875. was foud Of the game
and played with his courtiers.
After the invention of paper the manu-
facture Of cards became extensive, but
declined somewhat when card playing
was forbidden BY several Of the German
states and by the English government
ON account Of the supposed immoral
tendency, Before the era Of paper, cards
in the Orient were made Of ivory, papy-
rus and canvas, less frequently Of the
precious metals. and quite commonly Of
wood. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06
al GEORGIA ROMANCE.


Love takes some queer turns So
must think Thorwald Winter, who was
married last week to Miss Anderson,
an heiress OF brunswick, Ca Two
weeks before Miss Anderson was to
have be ome the wife of u. W. Bing-
ham oil the anne place.
Aintee was srmmened from Paris.
where he was on o tour OF Europe, TO
act rs best man. and now he has be-
come the principal The sudden ter-
mination Of the engagement was the
action OF bingham in calling on his in
tended the day before the proposed
wedding. while intoxicated, and at
tempting TO kiss his proposed mother
in law The tale OF Winters disap-
pointinents ia his love affairs
with Miss Anderson IS interest
ing. Coming to this country
four years ago, after having spent
years in travelling in foreign countries,
he possessed d style of conversational
powers that was fascinating and in
teresting
Une night at ball he met Miss And
ersnn and II was a case OF love
at first sight He became a frequent
visitor at her home, and pressed his
suit, but was informed Of her engage
ment TO Mr.. bingham. Too honorable
to urge his suit further after learning
tins. Winter took his departur foi
Europe and spent two months there on
, business While in Paris cablegran
announced the date Of Miss Anderson'l
marriage to iiingham, and Winter re
turned home to act as b st man. H,
arrived on American soil In good time
and was soon speeding toward Bruins
wick Arriving there he made al
preparations 70 act his part in th'
ceremony, but was surprised whei
calling for the rehearsal TO learn tha
the bride intended had ieft the city fo
the cause already mentioned u,
sought her out two days later. witt
/ the result already mentioned.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

The largest check ever drawn In this
country was that given by DAY Could
to Thomas Allen for the Iron Noun
tain railroad He paid s.. 900 900 for IL
and handed Allen chick for that
amount upon his acceptance Of the
offer. Allen looked ut the paper that
represented this vast amount and said:
.sIsnt this good deal Of money for
one man TO have in one banlxpv II don't
know, replied Gould. Perhaps II Is.
Let me have the check Allen then
handed the check back TO Gould and
he handed II over 10 his otiice boy. say
ing. Here, boy, take this check TO
the bank and have the cashier certify
10 IT" And the boy went out and did
II
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

Hampstead, L. l., has q myster
which seems to be exciting certai
neighborhood there The other nigh
Precills ana Jennie Wood. aged u an
i6. left their home. The foliowin
morning their mother found two le
tiers ON the center table bidding th
parents good-by, telling them not TO
be anxious about their whereabouts,
as they had promises of better places
than they had at home, which, they
said, had been made very unpleasant
for them Of late. They had packed
up articles Of clothing in satehels and
emptying their mothers pocket book
Of It's contents lett with no further
directions. Thcy are attractive girls
Of good figure. not IN the least for
ward In their manners, and their
acqualntances are unable 10 account
for their disposition to leave home, No
trace Of them can be found.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06
q Doe sIoRY.


imc Ruled,
Il happened in the old erinoline
days Ny aunt, who was theu lIving
III 4 country town. had gone out shop
ping one morning and was standing
III High street. talking to Iaay
friend. q Mrs. GumwortAy. the doc
tors wifs. She tny aunt had on a
new crinoIine that morning. III which.
10 use her own expression She rather
fancied herself Ii was Tremendous
" big one, as stiif rs wire fence. 1t
sci beautifully They were standing
IN front OF jenkins. the diapers, and
my aunt thinks that il lthe crinolinel
Tnust have got caught up in some
thing. and an opening thus left be
tween itand the ground
However tins may be, certain it is
that an abstrdlr large and powerful
bulldog, who wis foeling round about
there at the time. managed, somehow
or other, 10 squirin in under my aunt's
cFinoline and effectuallv imprison
himself beneath it Finding himself
suddenly in a dark and gloomy cham
ber the dog. naturally enough. got
frightened and ar made frantic rnsl,es h : 10
set out But whicbever way he
CHARGED there was ire crinoline n
frs,nt IA him AL ~ fiew he If co,,rse
carried h witt rim ana with the
crlnoline Of course went my aunt
But nobody knew the explanation Mv
annt herself did noi know whai llad
hanueped Nobody ma seen M aoc
+ c,Tep INSIDE the crinoIine
All the people did see was 4 staid
and emineptly respectable middle
ard lsdv Suddenly. ana without aily
snpareni n reason throw her umbreIla
ds,wn n tI,e road az M Hish street
81 tl,e rate of tan miles an hour rush
across Al the imminent risk Of her life
lIaf; down il araia On the other side
rush sideways like al excited crab
int0 rYocer's shop rash three times
raand fhe shon. u,ssettinv the whole
stock in trade come sut Of the shup
mi, ward and knock down ! r,ostn,an
lash into the roadway and snn, round
twice hover for 4 uomeIt undecided
i an tl,e c,,rb and then away un the Mi
again. as If she had only Just started,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

The climax in golf has come in Eng
land. 1t is nat simply men who work
chiefly with their brains judges, clergy
men, artists. Journalists, members u
parliament and noyelists that have
taken to it almost en- masse. and are
never weary Of singing its praises as the
SOLE perfect cure for dyspepsia. the mea-
grims and worry. Young athletes are
abandoning cricket and football for golf,
and are competing with each other as to
who can adrive the longest ball "-Ex.
change.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

a boy with moving machine called
at house on Second avenue the other
day, and asked the woman IL she wanted
the grass cut.
Mercy. nor ahereplied. mo oone cuts
grass ut this season
'1ll contract for next spring. ? contin-
ned the boy.
But may be dead by that time.
"Then III contract TO see that your
grave is kept greenl'' - Detroit Free
Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

Professor Albert Boehn, Of this city, il
an enthusiastic naturalist Hehas large
collection of birds and animals, and
makes practice 81 exhibiting them ct
fairs. The professor was 1t the Winona
fair. and had his museum in tent On
the grounds. One day a gentleman
stepped in BY the tent and looked at Q
couple Of coOns which were tied toa stake
near the entrance. He did not know
what the animals were and asked the
professor, vino told him they were coonE,
and said: IF sou Will give me ten cent?
and come inside lie tent, when you comf
out you VIII know more absut natural
history than any of your normal profes'
aors.r The offer was good one. but the
gentleman refused and turned away.
Professor Boehm asked . bystander wht
it was, and was told, Professor d
the Winona normal school. LA Cross
Leader.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

A wise parent thinks twice before an.
swering bright boys question.
Papa" said Johnny, who had re-
Gently joined debating society, SIS It
correct TO any, The noes has II, o. The
noes have In
II depends, my son, on whether you
are talking about vote or about cold
in the head. = Youths Companion.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

IaaFa-Did YOU eyaF know q any
one quite 50 wise as Constance Weedi
Edith Wiser Why. she's a widow
again. ii deep mourning.
Laura That's just Il She found
Pat she looks besL IN black. 50 she
airfies freight brakeman every
ae Hasn't been cul Or black crepe
en years Pitisburg Bulletin.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

In the Unitsd Kingdom oO,DOO, 900
hens lay on an average ninety eggs each
psr annum, Of which ten are reserved
for Matching. 1t follows that the home
product is 1000 ,OeO, 900. which added
10 the number imported gives 2, s,7OO, ,OoO,-
900. or ssventy-thrse per inhabitant.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06
HARRY JEwETr.


ssmlnx Championship.
As The time for the National cham
pionship games frsws mar, specula-
tion is riie as to who will win the sev-
eral events As usual, grent interest
is centered in the lU0-yard dash. This
event promises to he as close and ex-
citing as it was iHst year, when John
twens, lr.. OF the Ietroit Athletic
club. beat L. II. Cary, Of the Manhat-
tan Athletic club. by six inches, break
ing the world amateur record oil ten
seconds BY one7htth Of second.
Owens win not run this veisr, hut
the Detroit Athletic club will send q
worthy succe ssOr to him in Harry
,lewett, who they expect and depend
on to defeat Cary. Jewelt is twenty
ONE years old. / feet 10 inch high
and weighs IN running costume lHs
pounds lie has WONDERFUL amount
If natural speed, and there can be lit
tie doubt that under the able tuition
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

The granting Of permission to the
starving Russisn peasantry TO use the
Imperial forests has led 10 many burg
Iaries and depredations on the fmpeF-
ial farm, the iamisning people lighting
and IN SONS caaes shedding blood over
the spoila
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

A search for the oldest Clergyman in
England shows that the Rev. John Eli
oft. vicar Of Randwick, win be 100 In
three months He preached up to the
age Of 95 regularly, and occasionally last
year. He goes to church now regularly
every Sunday. and occasionally visits
parishi0nerg
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

Data Of the trials Of three large steam
ers, showing the comparative merits Of
large and small screws, show that pro-
pellers Of small diameter have ID each
ease proved the more economical and ei-
fsctiye. both increasing the speed and do
creasing the coal consumption
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

Olives by common consent aretaken IL
tic fingers, and it is also permissible 10
help ones self to cut sugar with the dig
|iis, although ths nse of the sugar t0ngs
u preferable.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

Miss Bond-~Alas, Comte, papa says /
shall never marry you.
Cornte dc aanasou And did mademoi-
selle show monsieur ze proofs zat ] am
ze Coiuse Dc sanssou:
Miss Bond-- Yes, and lie said II you
could have proved you were an iEnpostor
he might have given bis consent-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

The 9Th Of November, which, even in
the memory Of those who do mot CON
slider themselves old, was generally OBJ
served in England as 'Gnnpowder Day,
Is said 10 be now almost ignored, even in
London.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-13
A Great Eleotricinn,s Mobile Aot.

The suicide of Nelson E. Swartwout in
New Orleans boarding house recalls q
most interesting story concerning him.
In 1877 Swartwout was cashier for the
Etna Life, Dearborn street, Chicago.
One fine morning Swartwout failed to
report, and shortly afterward q shortage
of SIS, 900 was discovered. He had fed
the country, leaving his wife penniless
and comparatively stranger in the city.
She finally secured employment in the
home of Professor Elisha Gray, the noted
electrician. AS the years passed Profess
SCR Gray became enormously rich. Ho
noticed from time to time the habitual
look of sadness in his employees face,
and one day be took her by the land and
fathcrly way, said: "Tell me what
troubles YOU" This evidence of sym
pathy caused the poor woman to burst
into tears and finally to tell the story of
her husbands sin. "Have you your
husbands address, Mrs. Swartwout2" he
asked. eyes" was her reply. s'Hc is
in Australia" s'Then writo him at
once and tell him at once to Chicago. I
have settled in full with the insurance
company. Don't thank me"-for Mrs.
Swartwout had sunk to her knees-eI am
rich now, and it is very little for me to
do for one who has suffered as much as
YOU" Well, Swartwout returned to
Chicago and was at once given, by
Professor Gray, position as private
secretary to the great inventor. Here he
remained until three years ago, and,
thanks to Professor Gray, the sin of his
youth was forgiven and forgotten and
fortune smiled upon him. He joined the
Union League Club and was highly re-
spected. About two years ago Swart-
won't went to California, and at the time
he took his life was in the employ of the
Postal Telegraph Company.-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-13
Curious Food.

Tho lion is eaten by some African
races, but Its flesh is held in small esteem.
The Zulus find carbon 80 much to their
liking, that, according to tho late Bishop
Colenso, they apply to food peopled by
large colonies OF larv@, tho expressive
word "uborni," signifying in their uu-
couth jargon "great happiness" David
Livingstone, that keen and accurate OBJ
server, reminds us that the aboriginal
Australians and Hottentots prefer the
intestines of animals. SIT is curious, %
he says, "that this is the part which
animals always begin with, and it is the
first choice of our men," On this point
i may remind the civilized reader that
the woodcock and the red mullet, or sea
woodcocl1, arc both eaten and relished
without undergoing all the cleansing
processes which most animals used for
food among us generally experience to
fit them for the table, so that our aver
sion to the entrails of animals is not
absolute, but only one of degree. The
hippopotamusi is q favorlte dish with some
Africans when they can get this unwieldy
and formidable river monster. and when
young its flesh is good and palatable,
but with advancing years it becomes
coarse and unpleasant. The Abyssinians,
the amiable people to whom, according
to the Italian Prime Minister, his coun-
trymen proposed to teach wisdom and
humanity, find the rhinoceros to their
taste; so they do the elephant, which is
also eaten in Sumatra. Doctor Living.
stone describes the elephants foot as de-
licious, and his praises will be Issued by
many travellers in lands where that sa-
gacious monster still fingers in rapidly
decreasing numbers. "We had the foot, IS
wrote the doctor, cooked for breakfast
next morning and found it delicious. It
is whisish mass, slightly gelatinous
and sweet like marrow. A long march
to prevent biliousness is a precaution
after meal Of elephants foot. Ele-.
plants tongue and trunk are also good,
and after long simmering much resemble
the hump of a buffalo and the tongue of
an OK, but all the other meat is tough,
and from its peculiar flavor only to be
eaten by hungry ."-Annals Of
Hygiene.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-13

A writer in one of the agricultural pa
pers expresses the opinion that we have
agricultural colleges enough, but that we
greatly need agricultural teaching in our
common schools. He claims that farm
ets' boys do not learn anything at school
: to interest them in their homes or their
home work, and believes that this is one
reason why 80 many boys leave the farm
as soon as they attain their majority.
{ That the elementary principles of agri-
culture, the treatment of live stock and
various matters pertaining to the dairy,
might proftably receive attention in the
country schools is unquestionabiy true,
admits the american Dairyman. But VIC
fear, it adds, that this would not entirely
remedy the evil of which complaint is
made. The boys must be interested ct
home as well as instructed at school, and
the farmer can do more to accomplish
this result than any or all of the schools
which his SONG can attend. Education
in schools shon!d be looked upon merely
IS an aid to home instruction, aud moi
as something which will take from the
fasmcs ali responsibility for its methods
auaiss results.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-13
VapOr. Baths In Finland.

Massage, which has worked 80 manv
prodigious cures of late years in Europc,
has been known for centuries to tho
Finnish peasants, who practise 1t in their
vapor baths. The bath of moist vapor.
generally known by the name of Russian
bath, of temperature that mono can en-
dure except those who are accustomed
to it from childhood, is one of tho capt.
tai features in the life of tho Finnish
peasant, and procures him the highest
imaginable pleasure. The "Sauna,h tho
place where the baths arc taken. is n
square house, built of wood, like all the
houses in the land, only it has no Chin
ney; the smoke passes out through hole
IN one of the walls. In a corner one dis
Germs, in spite of the intense obscurity, a
large furnace, and opposite the furnace u
sort of loft or shelf, which is reached by
means of a ladder. The vapor is pro-
duced by pouring buckets of water on
heaps of burning hot stones placed on
the top of the furnace. The Finnish
peasant, with his family and his servants
and everybody belonging to him, from
tho octogenarinn down to the newborn
paDc, takes these baths every night in
summer during the haymaking and the
harvest, and once or twice a week in
winter. Such is the simplicity of these
populations, and such the respect for the
Sauna, considered as sacred place,
that the promiscuity of ages and sexes
never has any bad result from the point
of view of morality. A crime committed
in tho "Sauna" is hold to be aggravated
tcnfod by the holiness of the ground
where it Is committed. Each one, with
out troubling himself about his neghbor,
enjoys the atmosphere charged with
smoke and vapor, beats his flesh with
lcafy ORANGES of birch, and rcfrcshes
himself from time to time with little
cold water. Sometimes during the win
ter the mon rush out of this temperature
of $50 degrees and roll themselves in tho
snow, their bodies being red as raw beef
steaks. They maintain that these en-
ormous chnngcs of temperature render
them less sensitive to cold and heat. All
Finnish children arc born in the "Sauna, -
where also the women doctors exercise
their art.-Ha,per's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-13
Bear Shooting in Tibet.

AS I drew near saw large bear stand j
ing in the river feeding on the carcass of
yak. Taking gun from one of my.
men fired at it, breaking its shoulder.
When my men saw what shot at thew
turned and beat hasty retreat, shouting
to Inc to run, that the "wild maui might
not devour me. Another shot, better
aimed, put an end to the bear, but not to
the fright of my Mongols; who even then
would not approach. Our failure to skin
my prize nearly broke my Tientsin SER
wants heart, for by it he lost his chance
to secure,the gall, much valued medi-.
cine in China, and worth eight or ten
ounces of silver in any drug shop. Mon
gols and Tibetans attack bear only
when they are strong, well-armed
party. My having killed one Of these
dreaded monsters alone seemed a feat Of
great daring, and the story was told to
every Tibetan we met afterward as proof
positive of my dauntless courage.-.
CentuTy -