The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-30
ALL Sorts.

All SOTtSs
BALTIMORE boasts of 1000 oyster
boats.
NoAH's ark was SAT English feet long,
81 broad, and 81 high.
PRESIDENT MACNIAHoN, like President
Grant, refuses to make speeches.
REASONABLY good race-horse drivers
are paid $500 a month. Let us turn
horse-drivers.
OF the eight pounds of meat and
drink that the average man consumes
daily, at least five pounds are given out
through the skin.
The manufacture of the 81-ton gun
at the Royal Gun Factories in the
Royal Arsenal, Woo1wich, Eng, is slow
ly progressing. It excites great in
terest.
The cotton crop of this year is esti-
mated at'4 170, ,388 bales. This is larger
than any crop since 1861, with the
single exception of the crop OF 1870,
which reached 4, 347, ,0O6 bales.
In Texas justice is sometimes almost
as quick as lynch law. A man named
Blythe committed murder on June 16,
was arrested June Is indicted June "a !;
found guilty, June 80; sentenced July
4; hanged, August Z.
UNITED STATES TREASURER SPINNER
lately received letter from Bristol,
VT, inclosing a certificate of deposit
for So, 900 willed by II. F. Day, de-
ceased, to the United States, to assist
in hquidating the national debt.
TIE last fraud in the way of adulter-
alton is the putting of salt into ale in
order to create thirst for some. A fine
of e32 As. was recently imposed upon a
| beer-seller in London for putting $50
grains of salt in every gallon of beer.
THE following are the number of let
ters in the alphabet of different nations
English, %; French, 25; italian, 90
| Spanish, 27 /; German, 26 /; Slavonic, 42 ;
Russian, 36 Latin, % Greek, "a !; He
brew, % Arabic, %; Persian, 81
Turkish, %; Sanskrit, A i; Chinese
radical characters, PA.
THE present crown Of Great Britain
was constructed in 1888 with Jewels
taken from old crowns and others fur
nished by command of the Queen. IT
contains four large pear-shaped pearls,
273 small pearls, 147 table diamonds,
1878 rose diamonds, 1868 brilliant dia-
monds, 5 rubies, IL emeralds and II
sapphires.
SLKwoRMs' eggs are now sent from
Japan to Italy and France by the way
| of the United States, on the Pacific
railroad. Japan exports over four mil
lion dollars worth annually. Hitherto
they have been shipped by the Red Ses
route, but that has been abandoned OIL
account of the heat of the climate anG
the time required in transportation.
THIMB1Es are made from coin silver
hence the business is much affected by
financial variations. The dollars are
melted, rolled into the required thick.
ness, and cut into circular pieces OF the
nodded around bar, and the sides arr
welded. The polishing, decorating, anc
indentions are done upon lathe.
SOME of our contemporaries have beer
misled into saying, since the death O
Gen. Foster, that Gen. Doubleday il
the only survivor of Fort Sumter. Th'
truth is there are four officers left of tha
famous command. They are: Mai.
Gen. J. G. Davis; Maj.-Gen; S. W
Crawford, Maj. Gen. Doubleday, an,
Gen. Seymour. There were original,
ten officers in the work, six of whom ar
dead.
ACCORDING to the Mohammedans
Abraham began ear-piercing. In on
of Sarah's jealous fits respecting Haga,
she declared she would not rest unit
she had dipped her hands in Hagar
: blood. In order to quiet Sarah, an
| enable her to redeem her promise will
5 out further upsetting her household
Abraham pierced Hagar's ears, an
: drew rings through them. From thf
y y time earrings became the fashion.