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Lebanon. There is a municipal electric-light plant. lation, in 1890, 1636; in 1900, 1812.

LEBANON. A city and the county~seat of Boone County, Ind., 25 miles northwest of In- diana olis; on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chico. o and glint Louis, and the Chicago and Sout - eastern railroads (Map: Indiana, 0 2). It is supplied with natural gas, and has saw-nulls, ﬂour-mills, novelty-works, grain-elevators, etc. Lebanon, settled in 1824, is governed under a charter of 1375 which provides ior a mayor, elected every four years, and a unicameral oouir oil. The city owns and operates its water-works. Population, in 1890, 3682; in 1900, 4465.

LEBANON. A city and the county-seat of Marion County, Ky, 67 miles southeast of Louis- ville; on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (Map: Kentucky, F 3). It has Saint Augus- tine’s Academy and Saint Augustine’s Colored School, both Roman Catholic. The principal in- dustries are iarruiug, stock-raising, and menu- factures of whisky, ﬂour, lneal, Wheels, carriages and wagons, furniture, etc. The water-works are ownedby the municipality. Population, in 1890, 2816; in 11100, 3043.

LEBANON. A city and the county-seat of Lacleda County, M0,, 56 miles northeast of Springﬁeld; on the Saint Louis and San Fran- cisco Railroad (Map: Missouri, D 4). It is a health resort, well known for its mineral springs, and has a. ﬁne courthouse. The centre of an agricultural, fruit-growing, stock-raising, and dairying district, Lebanon carries on con- siderable trade, and manufactures ﬂour, lum-

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LEBANON. A town and one of the county- seats of Grafton Count, N. 11.; 65 miles north west of Concord; on t e Connecticut River, and on the Boston and Maine Railroad (Map: New Hampshire, F 7). Good water-power, supplied by the Mascoma River, has aided the develo - ment of the town as a manufacturing centre. 1; is the seat of an extensive woolen industry, and has manufactures of wood and iron working machinery, men’s clothing, watchmakers’ tools, rakes, snow-shovels, scythes, doors, sash and blinds, etc. There are also saw and grist mills, a large brick-yard, und greniteworks. These in- dustries employ nearly a thousand persons, repre- sent an invested capital of over $1,000,000, and have an annual output valued at more than $1,- 500,000. The government is administered by town meetings. Lebanon, named after Lebanon, Conn, was chartered July 4, 1761, and was set- tled in 1762. Population, in 1890, 3783; in 1000, 4965. Consult Patterson, Oration in Commemora- tion of the oils Hundredth Anniversary of Lebanon (Boston, lime).

LEBANON. A village and the county-seat of Warren County, Ohio. 30 miles northeast of Cin- cinnati; on the Cincinnnti, Lebanon nnd North- ern and the Dayton, Lebanon and Cincinnati rail- roads (Map: Ohio, B 7). It is the seat of the National Normal University. ltnd bus is Me— ohsnics’ Institute Library of about 4300 volumes. and an orphws’ home. In the vicinity is it set- tlement of Shakers (q.v.). There are municipal Water-works and electricdilzht plnnt. Lehnnon was laid out in 1802; and the celebration of the centennial of this event on September 26-27, <-- column 2 --> 1902, was a noteworthy occurrence in the history of the village. Population, in 1890, 3050, in 1900, 2867.

LEBANON. A city and the county~sent of Lebanon County, Pa., 26 miles east of Harris- burg; on the Philadelphia and Reading and the Cornwall and lebanon railroads (Map: Pe‘nn- sylvania, E 3). It is in the Lebanon Valley be- tween the Blue and South mountains, n. vicinity in which there is an abundance of brownstone, limestone,and hriek—clay,znd it is within ﬁve miles of the noted Cornwall irorhmines, ﬂ. deposit of magnetite, covering an area of about 104 acres and having produced ince its discovery 16,000,- 000 tons of ore, yielding 43 per cent, of iron. The principal industries are iron-mining, quarry» ing, brick-making, and mnnufnctllres of silk machinery, bolts and nuts, boilers, chains, stoves, cigars, and organs. The iron-works, rollingrmills, and furnaces lll'e extensive; the nut and bolt plant ranks among the largest in the World; and the chain-works produce some of the most nlns~ sive chains in use. There are four libraries in the city. Lebanon was laid out in 1753, having been settled some ten years earlier, was incor- porated in 1820, and received it city charter in 1885. The government is vested in it bicnmerul council and in a mayor, chosen every three years, who, with the consent of the select council, appoints the highway commissioner, the boards of health and water commissioners. The board oi school controllers is chosen by popular election. Lebanon owns and operates its water-works. Popr ulation, in 1890, 14,664; in 1900, 17.628.

LEBANON. A town and the county-sent of Wilson County, Tenn, 30 miles east of Nash- ville; on the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railroad (Map: Tennessee, E 4). It is the seat of Cumberland University (Cumberland Presbyterian), opened in 1842. and ot Lebanon College, for young ladies. Thc town is sur rounded by a productive farming country, in the products of which it controls it considerable trade. and has some manufactures. Population, in 1890. 1833; in 1900, 1956.

LEBANON, MOUNT (Lat. Libanus, Ar. Jcbel Libnlin, White Mountains). The wcstcrn mid higher of the two mountain chains of S rill. Tllc eastern is known as Anti-Lihnnus (q or Anti- Lebanon, Arabic Jcbcl csh-Shrzrki, Ensmrn Moun- tains. Between the two is the tnhlolnnd of (‘1- Bukn’s, called by the Greeks Cale-Syria (hollow Syria). The Lebanon chain begins at the stream called Nnhr ol-chir north of Tripoli and extends southward parallel to the must. ll. distance of not quite 100 miles to the point where the Litnny breaks through on its \\'n_\‘ to the sea. not hu- from Tyre. rhrurc the rhaiu is continued by the hills of Palestine—ville IllOlln‘ thins of Nuphtnli, E hruim. and .lulluil of the Bible. The average might is about 7000 test. the highest punks. Jcbcl Mnkmnl nnd Dnhr el~ Kodih, having an elevntion of little mom than 10.» 000 feet. The ensteru slope is uhrupt nnd lmrrcll: the western more gradual. Sevcrnl spurs strike off across the strip oi coast and rud at the sell in bold promontorirs. The formation is limestone, sandstone. and basalt. Deep raviuos and abrupt precipioes are a feature at the landscape and the general nppenrlmre is barren and desolate. The mountains. once well wooded. are now quite here. Of the famous cedars (see for illustration)