The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-03-02

The FIRST mention Of puppes shows in
England II found in "Gammer Gurton's
Needle" which wan written In 1917.
Roman gates wcrc 30 doubled AZ TO
make two passages, one for egress the
other for ingreSs, and were covered by
heavy linsels resting on vertical joints.
MeAdam first discovered that stone.
breakers could do more work sitting
and nsing small hammer than they
could do standing with heavy hammer,
and since his time the work has been
given 10 persons not likely to do other
labor, and therefore diminished It's cost
one-half.
The present form Of tho Corinthian
column first appeared about $50 b. G.,
ia the temple Of olympiAa Zsus in Ath.
ems. IL was built under tho direction
Of Cossutius, Roman. and EoOn after
its completion Syloa carried tho columns
away and used them 10 restore the tenn
pie on the Roman Capitol.
Although the ancient Greeks called
all persons Of foreign birth, barbariAns,
and thought that almost any crime
might be committed against them with.
out sin, yet they were exeeedingIy hos
Pitable TO all travellers, and those who
had ones been their guests were, in a
measure, sacred 70 them afterwards, and
even the children Ofsuch persons coald
appeal to them for fayou.
The Eve chef divisions Of the ancient
gymnastie exercises were running, leap
ing, wrestling, boxing and throwing
quoits. Ttey were prac.iced in the
stadium. which was about space from
200 TO 325 feet lGng, and usually lay
alsng the foot Of hill, 50 as TO give
space for sloping seats IL possible, q
narrow valley was selected, and seats
were erected on both hills and carried
in a curve arouad the goal.
Oxford seems to have been an espec-
tally uahealthy place during those sen-
turies in which the plague ravaged
Europe. In 1850, 1893, 1903, 1907,
1909 and 1914 the plague ragged fierce.
ly in the University /; in 1871 almost all
proceedings were interrupted blythe same
disease during most Of the year in 10
So all lectures were suspended. and in
zoos ithpread from Lsndon to Oxford,
and all university business was suspend
ed during MIchaclmas term.
The Chaldoans used sun.dried brick
for their walls, because they lacked the
fuel to burn thera but they tried to
compensate for their frailty by making
them very thick, sometimes giving thsm
facing Of burnt brick, or using alter
nate courses Of the harder material.
Bitumen ofsclay kReaded with straw
made the cement for their walls. Oc-
caaionally they were also curved around
the other end, and from this arrange
ment gradually grew the amphithsatre.
The practice of sOnding dolls from
France 60 foreign countries began at
very early date. La the royal expences
for 1891 figures SO many livres for
doll sent to the queen Of England, in
l496 another sent to the queen of
Spain, and in 1917 third to the Ouch
ess of Bavaria. Henry Nv. writes in
1000, before his marriage to Marie dc
Medicis: "Frontenac tells me that
you desire patterns of our fashions in
dress. Lsand you, therefore, some mod
el dolls" IS was also the custom at
Venice, at the annual fair held in the
Piazza Of st. Mark on Ascension Day
"a fair which dates from ll80), to ex-
pose in the most conspicuous place q
rag doll, which served as model for
the fashions Of the year. In the reign
Of Louis XIV. the custom of dressing
up great dolls originated in the salons Of
the Hotel Ramboiullet, where one doll,
termed La Grande Pandore, at each
change Of fashion was exhibited in full
dress a second, the little Pandore, in
morning Dress =