The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
MISSING LINKS.

Seneeas number 2,UD0.
Over $500. GOO worth OF French bon
bons arc exported to Constantinople
yeariy for the ladies OF the Turkish
Hnrens.
IN London one woman In every twen-
IS Is II pauper. one In every thirty Is
illiterate. aud one la every sixty Is a
gin drinker
Mrs. Sehliemann. in addition TO her
other accomplishments, has "A talent
for tapestry that would have made her
iit companion for Penelope.
DR. Jamea Croll. the first to explain
the movement OF the Gulf Stream. has
died at the age of 6s. n distinguished
Fellow OF the Royal Society.
A telephone line about five miles
long has been established In Iceland,
aud Is regarded as Il great curiosity.
being the first ever established on the
Island.
General Butler owns the Craig
Ranch below Pueblo. consisting OF
100 900 acres. He Is also the owner OF
| three-fourths of II 600. .000-acre ranch
10 New Mexico.
Ida Lewis. the famous life-saver. has
been offered "A chance TO go on the
stage as the heroine In a life-saving
scene. but she prefers her station in
the Newport lighthouse.
Animals are kept ON the roofs OF the
\ houses in Linn. Peru. and IL Frequent
/ Is happens n COW passes her whole life
on n root being taken there as II calf
aud brought down finally rs fresh beef.
II is said that when Fanny Daven-
/ ports stage toggery went through the
! New York Custom House II was valued
! at 81, 600. but after IL was reduced TO
ashes in the New York fire the valua-
/ tior rose TO ne;siiy 5000
Cine of the few herds Of buffalo still
4 left in the country IL owned by Senator
\ Peltigrew. lie has twenty OF the ani-
mails pastured near Sioux Falls. where
he has also a thriving menagerie oi
deer prairie dogs aud moose.
The Royal Geographical society OF
England has advanced 81. 600 to Mr..
Theodore Bent for The exploration oi
the ruins found recently in Mashona-
land, East Africa. which. il Is suggest
ed. may be King Solomon's mines.
Mr.. Spurgeou gives but little time to
the preparation of his sermons. He
sits ia his study couple of hoursswitll
his face buried In his hands. then goes
ie his desk juts down few headlines.
aud then he is ready for the pulpit.
Ex-Empress Eugenie declines to help
any more of Napoleon Thirds rela-
tiyes. She thinks she has been toe
good To them, and she Is not able tc
help them now. Ii is limited that she
has lost heavily in financial invest
ments.
Governor Francis +. Nichols, ol
Louisiana. is dismembered TO a remark
able extent He has lost leg and al
arm and an eve. He lost his leg a
Chaneellorssille and his arm was car
ried away by a cannon ball at Win
chester.
Mr.. Justice Brown is variously sale
TO resemble in countenance Senator
Carlisle. Major Mckinley and the lat,
Samuel j. Randall; and when he frs
appeared ON the bench in his judicia
robes there were those who thought o
Edwin Booth rs Hamlet.
Il Prince Bismarck is said TO bear uy
wei! against the neglect into which h
has fallen. finding mental occupation
and diversion as well ia his busines
enterprises. He is especially interested
Ia his new brewery The Princes
takes their changed position far NOR
TO heart
The Russian bandit Kroukouski, WHIT
has recently been sentenced TO pena
servitnde ia Siberia, Is man of excel
lent birth aud education. His parent
belong 20 the circle of the late Prime,
Demidoff. and he ran through lin,
property before essayiug the role o
Fra Diavolo.
Charles King. of Middletown. Mass,
Is preparing to celebrate his Il0tt
birthday He has son 75 years o
age. and at recent reunion of the
family four generations OF thu
blood were represented He IS il
quite lively health. but when lie jump
up high he always keeps one foot OF
the ground.
Rev. DIR. John Hall. of New York
was visited recently by young man
recently arrived from Ireland, who
when the doctor remarked that he di'
not remember having seen him before
said: Indeed. you did. then. Why
you baptized me twenty-five years ag
in the old country. and yet you hav
forgotten me entirely"
AT oAu 9AdfAiits nFdE tAtNNCaHOtLdi
Mex. there resides pure Indian wo
man who is believed to be lis years Q
: age. She owns documents provin
: that she carried on lawsuits with Vice
roy Vinegas while Spain still he'll
dominion of Mexico. The name b
! which she is known is Torres. but he
true name is Ixcahuaxochiti.
Speaking of namesakes. Chauuce
NJ. Depew SAYS he gets an average {
two photographs day of babies sal
f. to have been named after him, and h
adds: My son is named after me. a
so, and tell him that by the time b
, has grown up. if this average contir
I ues. the Chauncy Depew's will till a
the Offices and jails in the country"
Mrs. Stanley's mother. Mrs. Ten
. rant. is in some respects a more intel
i esting woman than her talented daugi
ter. She is neither so tall nor so II
bust as Mrs. Stanley, but in figure an
ia manner she is most attractive. He
; black ewes sparkle with yivacity. an
D though there is silver thread here an
y there in her black hair time has dea
, very gently with her. Her speech
|, concise but melodious. In talkin
! with her daughter she almost invarii
. hlv uses Freach
I The Royal Commission appointed
examine Westminster Abbey in its reli
tions to future bnrials report that ther
/, is comfortable room for forty or fift
l more; but space can be made for Sc,
/, enty-eight more by devoting ever
} available spot for the purpose. III
present rate of Abbey funerals is abol
one year. The architect of the Al
} bev Mr.. Piersou, recommends I'll
{ addition of various new chapels, fC
: which some outside houses would hav
to be pulled down.