The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-01-23
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The original mask of Napoleon, taken
after death, at ST Helena, Is for sale
for E6. 600.
DIR. Sequard claims that his elixir has
cured intermittent fever. neuralgia
rheumatism. insomnia and leprosy.
The five New England states have
built. so far this year. sixteen miles of
railroad North Carolina has built
226.
! A Vermont legislator has introduced
a bill for the punishment and sup
| pression of the persons who carieature
| politicians.
The greatest city park In the world
Is Fairmount Park, In Philadelphia,
containing over two thousand min Q
hundred acres.
In biographical dictionary of Rus
sian authors recently issued 900 pages
are devoted TO those whose name be-
gins with A.
a Jewish boy in Russia who stole a
pear was brutally punished. The
word 'thief'' was branded ON his fore
head in three places.
AT Eichweller, in Germany, lady
left instructions in her will that when
she died she was 20 be batied in splen-
did ball costume.
"0ld Sacramento. the cannon taken
across the plains BY General Fremont
in his first expedition. Is an object of
interest mt the Kansas State Capitol
A miller at Oothcaloga. Ga. found
the wheels in the mill clogged SO that
they would not work, After taking
500 pounds Of eels out the wheels turn
ed once more.
There were 8. 295 houses In Phila-
delphia which were closed during the
summer; 3. Cos were reported TO the
police, and of these fonr only were en-
tered and robbed.
The total length of the streets. ave-
nues, honlevards, bridges. quays and
thoroughiares Of Paris Is set down at
GOO miles. of which nearly 200 are
planted with trees.
That hypnotism is becoming danger
ous is proved by the issuing of pre-
scription for escaping the hypnotixer.
The best remedy would be. first never
become hypnotized.
A. j. Welch, of Hartford. Conn, was
a bootblack not many years ago. Then
he began TO follow the races. and to-
day Is worth $500. 900. all Of which was
made ON the race course.
An innovation in the methods OF
landing green fruit at the port OF New
York is about 10 be put IN practice.
The new arrangement consists OF a
steam-heated wharf. SO by ls4 feet in
dimensions.
The Academic lie Sciences has sub
mitted new system of musical nota-
tion in which twenty-seven characters
replace the 203 symbols now employed
10 represent the seven notes of the
gamut i'm the seven keys.
The British South Africa Company,
IL is reported. has proposed TO its EN-
ployes that any servant discovering "A
mine in the country covered bv the
company's charter will be made a CO.
proprietor of il with the company
OF thirty pedestrians injured on the
streets of Cincinnati IN one month
twenty-five owed their injuries to the
carelessness of female drivers; and. as
a result there is a call for nm ordinance
10 prevent any woman from driving
horses in that city.
An English company with large cap
ital has bought tue petroleum fields
near Payta. in Peru, and expects To
furnish oil enough for the whole OF
South America, Australia. China aud
Japan. Immense tank ships are being
built for the business.
The watercress is "A plant which has
resisted all efforts nj improvement bv
cultivation. Under artificial treatment
Il loses the faint, piquant mustard
flavor that is its special charm. aud
assumes much of the hot, pungent
taste of the horse radish.
The general concensus of opinion
seems To be that il would he better 10
send ireland food than money at the
present juncture. The fear is that IL
may result, if money is sent, in its be-
ing turned over to the landlords in
payment of rent, which is by no means
what is wanted.
Lady Dixie, wife of Sir Charles
Dixie. is taking active interest in labor
organization in England, and has re-
Gently addressed crowded meetings of
women. She urged them to form
unions, but warned them against
deserting the cause as soon as their
wrongs had been righted
The Cost of Drunks'' Is the inter
esting theme to which Toronto news
papers are now devoting some space.
1t is figured out that the 5. All drunken
men arrested in the town last year
represented deficiency in wages lost,
ETC., of $l9l. 6S2. wonder a Toronto
editor deplores the prevalence of
drunkenness lin our midst"
A member of the British South Afri-
can Company reports the discovery of
an ancient ruin in Lundi. Mashonaland.
OF which the race there now has no
record. 1t was there when their fore
fathers came TO the country. 1t is a
circular aud massive building, with
walls of wrought stone, in some places
ten feet thick. 1t is supposed to be a
fort
The Edison Photographic doll has
now got up TO l35 words in speech. For
a long time only 20 words could be
packed into the compact little frame,
and 1t was therefore deferred from
saying a great many things. in course
of time the wizard of MEMO Park may
make his dolls talk as freely as human
beings. 1t is all matter of combina-
ton.
The law office of ex-President An
drew johnson. in Greenville, Tenn,
is still standing, and is used as a stor.
age-room by patent medicine COM
pany. The little shop in which he
worked at his trade is on another
street, and the sign is still on the
door. "A johnson. Tailor" The prom
erty is owned by Mrs. Patterson, An
drew Johnson's daughter.
A young lady in far Western State
recently sent the following inquiry to
some one in Washington: "Will you