The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-12-28
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2s, 1883
RICUoUs FACTS.

the indian Archipelago, according 10
the latest estimates.
Japan produces 100000 tens Of
dried sardines annually, accor--
ding to the latest Official returns.
A Frenchman has made q paper
which Is perfectly incombustible, and
Spring poets who wish to make their
work absolutely useless will invest In
It.
Indian story tellers very often
give their variations entirely In sign
language, and the laughter OF their
hearers;will often be tho only audible
sound for an hour.
The bread-frult tree Crews very
slowly. The specimen at Kew Is bnt
foot and half high, although IL Is
eighty years old. Some OF those
found In the tropics are forty feet
high aad thirty feet In diameter.
The Burmans believe that when
a man is critically sick the best thing
to do Is to give the patient a mixture
of everything In the medicine chest
The result ef this theory Is that pro-
tracted illnesses are not common In
Burmah.
There are 500, 900 ParIsIans engag-
ed In trade, 1880 900 are artisans,
and only 100000 arc Ia professions,
and OF these the larger half will be.
found In the public service, only
about 100000 being engaged in work
which requires good education.
IL has been found that cities are
really much warmer than the open
country y near them, and that il IL not
altogether fashion nor the influence Of
imagination which sends persons into
the county In tho Summer and calls
them back TO town In the Autumn.
"old O." the Duke OF Queens
bury, during the later years Of his
life, kept servant mounted on a
pony at the curbstone. Alta signal
from Old O." when any one passed
that he wished to see and talk with,
or wished to know mere of, the men,
lei cantered Off In pursuit.
Recent experiments In German
schools have shown that the difiiicul-
~ Of reading black letters on q white
ground compared to that of reading
white on black ground Is as 42I to
400, and, therefore, the slate and
the blackboard will probably fall intG
disuse In the empire.
Near the mouth of the Little
Chey enne River, In Dakota, is q rocl
with curious indentations. II 4
twelve feet long by seven or elgh
wide, and rises aboye the surface o
the ground about eighteen inches
Its edges are angular, its surfac'
fiat, and IL shows little effect Of ic,
action. Il appearsstoabel magnesIa'
limestone, and Its whiteness make
ita conspicuous object. On tho sur
face are several deep and perfect foot
prints, as though made by the lef
moccasined foot OF q woman or boy
It Is known TO the Indians AS re.
lIgious rock, and they worship 1t.
According to q recent authority
IL ducks ty but short way afte
shot, violent gale may DO conf,
IDENTIFY expected. snipe, like duck
will rest and feed In prospect of
disturbance Of the elements. Whel
the sale comes roaring down, perhap
accompanied by rain or sleet, these
birds will rise from their retreat, ant
wbirl about like dead leaves in tn
murky sky. An arrival Of wilC
swan intimates severe frost
they leave suddenly as they came, tn
weather will turn mild again. Her.
ons will break away from their fishinI
when 1t Is coming on to blow from
certain quarter; for they dislike beat
ing homeward Ia the teeth Of tn
wind.