The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-07-28
PURELY Personal.

William Deharity, Mayor Of Elwood,
Ind, is only % years old and probably
the youngest Mayor in the country.
The wife Of Parke Goodwin Of New
York, who died recently, was the eldest
daughter Of the poet, William Cullen
Bryant. She leaves four children---two
sons, Harold and Bryant, and two
daughters.
James Payn, the English novelist,
writes: (which Of all the heroines Of
fiction, il you had your choice, would
you prefer to take to dinnerr For him
self he thinks that Becky Sharp would
be his choice.
Thurlow Weeds granddaughter, Miss
Catherine Weed Barnes, the best-known
woman amateur photographer in this
country, willwed Harry Snowden Ward,
editor of the London Practical Photog-
rapher, and live in that city.
No woman fears mouse more than
Lord Roberts, whom Queen Victoria re-
Gently decorated, dislikes a cat. His
nervous sensibilities are such that he
can detect cat'spresence when unable
to see it, and he is i'll at ease until the
animal is removed.
Mrs. Lewis Rice Of Frederick, Nd,
has collected enough money to place a
more imposing monument upon the
grave Of Francis Scott Key, author OF
THE Star-Spangled Banner" than the
flat marble slab which now marks it in
Mount Oliyet cemetery, Georgetown.
Miss Mary Mann Page Newton, daugh-
ter Of Rev. DR.. John B. Newton Of Rich
mond, Va, is being much compimented
for paper upon Colonial Virginia and
Its Part in Molding American Civiliza-
tion," which by request she prepared to
read before the Historical Congress of
the Worlds Fair.
A Spanish Jenkins declares that the
Queen Regent Of Spain is SO fast swim
mer that she often distances the rowboat
which accompanies her when she goes
into the surf at San Sebastian. If this
is true, her Majesty is certainly q re-
marlmble swimmer, or peshaps the men
in the boat are excessively bad oarsmen.
Attorney-General 0lney, who was at
first supposed to be frozen up in crust
Of Massachusetts dignity six inches
thick, turns out to be very genial gem
tleman. He attends all the baseball
games in Washington, and whoops and
yells for the home team as vigorously as
the humblest occupant Of the bleach
ers."
When President Dwight Of Yale con-
ducts services in the college chapel he
usually prefaces his prayer by saying:
"Let us unite in prayer At the close
Of the last term, however, he rose in his
dignified manner and observed. GEN
tiemen, this is the last time we shall
meet for devotional exercises. Let us
therefore unite in prayer and thanksgiy-
| ing.n The Yale men are wondering If
he really meant it.
A successor to Father Damien has
arisen in the person Of Pere Sauton, a
Benedictine monk, who has been COM
missioned by the French government to
study up as to leprosy. He will visit
leprous districts in Norway, Lapland,
Finland, Turkey, Greece and Egypt, aft
erward returning to France to report the
results Of his Investigations to M. Pas
teur. Subsequently he Is to set out for
M0lokai in the Sandwich Islands, where
be will remain for time.
The originator Of the Concord grape is
still living in Concord, Mass. He Is
Ephraim W. Bull, now 81 years old and
one Of the prominent men Of the his
toric town. He was a friend Of Emerson
and Alcott, and has been greatly hon
ored by distinguished visitors to Concord
and BY hortieulturists at home and
abroad. In his garden in Concord he
still shows the old mother vine Of the
Concord grape, which he developed from
| the seeds Of a native wild grape planted
just fifty years ago.