The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-17

1 ~seeft~J1 Was9 WsW1 tN1uuetI Was tuuoe
60 weigh 6fty-six ounces, Tho same
size AS that Of the first Napoleon, and
lof Daniel Webster. =. .
No other country In thaworld drink
- much o1iise a. the United filateI
does, and In only three or four do ID,
lpesple coasume 80 much per capitts|
Psctassor Van den Borg Of Batayia. I
| good authority, estimated that in 1875
the people Of tho Netherlands eonsuml
cd l7.9o pounds Of coffee aplsee those
of Belgium o.f5, thoes q Norway s.7S,
those Of ths UAitsd States s.27 and
those Il cape coiony 7.72. The other
essntri~ WIKI which we are intimate
" connected use little, compared with
these Ggares--the French only 3.o4
pounds, and the English but 90 OF .
pound.
/ In France ll3 pounds Of bread can
be made from 100 pounds oi -four.
One hundred pounds of four can be
produced from l33 pounds Of wheat.
! According to a scientific authority,
an instantaneous remedy in ease Of
poisoning consists Of heaping tea
spoonful OF salt and tho same quantity
Of ground mustard stirred Ia teacup
Of warm or cold water and swallowed
instantly.
The stealing Of her .faoe powder by
her husband TO shine up his big brass
watsh chain waa the extreme cruelty
which caused an Indiana woman recent
y to apply for divorce.
The Apashss are out again whipping
Mexican troops aud killing Mexican
settlers. The. Apaehes seem to need to
be carefully wiped from the face Of the
earth.
John Sparrow, living ia Iredell coun.
ty, \. c., had been At work on top Of
= straw stack recently, and, aiding
rapidly down 70 the ground, encoun-
tered . pitchfork, the prongs of.which
passed through bic left thigh from side
TO side. The pitcLfork was so firmly
driven into bis leg that il required the
full strength Of man 10 pull 1. ont.
Mr.. Sparrow win probably die.
| Dr.. skalweit, the analyst Of the lO-
cal board OF health Of Hanover, Ger
many, recently detected in two samples
ef aoar. Il per cent IL opc. aud Ia
per ccn. in the other. Of plaster Of
Paris.
Boston has 779 policemen. and the
cost ofthe force last year was s900,-
669.
| Tho chief tin.prodlcing countries are
the following EngIand, ABOUT 10000
tons year Mslacca, about $500 tons
Australia, abont COCO tons Baacs,
abou. 1000 tons and Billion, about
5000 tons. Both Of these last.named
places are islands Of Dntch East Indies
i A conaectieat railroad has an ordeI
that dogs shall be carried only in tho
baggage cars. The rich women going
10 the country are angered. One o.
them rode on broken-down chail
among the trunks with her pet rather
than leave it.
A Pinte Indian killed his sqnaw il
Butte Valley, White Pine Co, New,
recently, and the tribe lynched bin
after q style Of their own. They lasso
ed him with ropes, and after drsgginI
him around for awhile. hitched the rop
to horse, and dragged the murdere
around over the mountains until hi
body was mangled beyond recognition
A disagreeable sensation has bee
created in Montreal by the publica'io'
Of the Governments analysis of th
soda water sold there. Most Of tn,
samples were found to 0e dangerousl
: impregnated with copper and lead
] Toronto soda water was found TO be {
]. Esomewhat better quality. OF cours
z the quantity Of copper and lead in
single glass is not sufficient 10 produc
: any bad effect, but the danger lies !
. habitual use.
England, with 100000 Of inhab
D tants, has only 10000 residence 0
: foreign birth Germany, with $4,000
900, only 100000 !. while France, wit
81 ,400,0 900. has more than l,000,00t
Q In France there hasJbsen an increas
y Of 200,0O0 in the last five years.
II TIE Pennsylvania Legislature b.
2 lately passed a bill allowing destrut
tion Of the English sparrow, and a
ready farmers are complaining Of
] great increase ia the number Of insect
upon wheat and other crops As ii
3 Microscopical Society carefully investi
8 gated the matter and found that NJ
] more than one sparrow in a doze
among those killed had any insects
its stomach, while all were feedir
upon grain, seed, fruit buds, and 9TH
vegetable matter, and as the destru
q tion of spawows has been going {
but short time, 1t would seem th
the increase Of insects must be attribu
ed to some other cause