The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-11-16
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~ Julss Verne Is ilfiy years old
Ils hair and heard are turning white
and be "a growing ut.
Vanderbilt Ii worth about four
Thousand times his own weight In
gold o. about fifty thousand times
bis own weight Ia silver.
s Pref. Burt s. Wheeler or CorneII
University, aays that stndent should
never sleep less than eight hours
nor study directly after meals.
The MIsseb Longfellow, the daugh-
ters Of the poot who have gone To-
Newton College, England, for two
years study are receiving very pleas
ant sociaI attention there.
II is repeated from London that
Mary Anderson did actually refuse
to recelae no Prince Of Wales on ac-
couat Of his immetalty and hls gen-
eral low estimate OF stage favoritaa.
John W. Mackay and James Cor
don Bennett have contracted Tor lay
Ing OF two new Atlantic cables and
the promise Is given out that when
they are complete ocean telegraphy
win be made as cheap as land SER
vice. sn
Writing OF Aifonzo ia Paris Mr..
Labouchere records that shortly after
Queen Victoria came to the throne
she was hIssed and hooted at Ascot
not BY the mob bat By lords and. ladys
dukes asd duchesses. who called here
Mrs. Melbourne.
The king OF Siam, who Il only
boy twelve years, has allowed his I'm
gernaIls II Is said 70 grow until they
are more than foot Ia length.
This deformlty reduces the monarch
to . state Of absolute helplessness, aud
for that reason probably the slamese
regard long nails As one Of the pecu-
liar attributes of sovereignty.
We hsd pleasant cali last week
from MF. Charles anderson Of Scot
land proprietor OF the North British
Agricultural who with Mr.. waltcr
DankinIof London OF B-lI's Weekly
Asssesigsr have been making a. ex-
tended tour In Canada and In our
Northwestern States with view OF
sbserving the extent and progress ri
American agriculture. -c,4itisato !
Gen. Sherman has received houses
and other presents worth CSC, 900
since he tecame general Of the army
exclusive Of the so 1000 worth oi
diamonds given BY the Khedlve "a
MrA Fitch and since divided amoug
the generals daughters. For the
past fifteen years he has been paid
et7 see year, and no viii draw
this salary until his death.
| An autograph letter OF Lord Bea-
consfield TO Mr.. Francis Georg.
Health Is prefixed to q aew edition
ofhis handbook TO Burnham Beschel
In which tho author ofa Isothair.
having mentioned that he passed
part Of his youth Ia the shade ol
Burnham Beeches, added, 81 am no
surprised that the ancient worshId
ped trees lakes and mountains how
ever glorious, in time weary Sylval
scenery never palls."
Pref Won Hoist has given III
weight Of his authorIty to the pre-
dlction that the Mormon probIer
win be solved by the sword. In lecl
ure At the Johns Hopkins Uniyerslt
he argued that as the two opPoisu
: systems Of freedom aud slavery pr,
duced an irreprcssIblc conflict, endIn
IN war, 30 he thinks that as the Mo-
mon community Is enclosed moi
denseIy by q population hating poly
gamy and its fruits the demand 4
armed interference by thss Govern
8 meut Will grow norellmperntIve.
$ Among the royal personages WI
bore the honorary title Of colon
In Prusslan regiments are Alexand'
. Ill OF Russia, Francis Joseph
Austro- Hungary: Humbert OF Ital.
: the kings Of Holland, Belgium ar
{ RoumaDla, the Prince Of Wales an
. the dukes Of Edinburgh and Ood
' naught RudoIph, archdukelof Austrl
$ Prince Amadeus Of italy ex-king
. Spain and the Princess Alexand
b Of Hesse and Alexander Of Bulg'
d ria. The Eev York Tribuns believ
4 that France will have a happy tin
. Ifshe treats all these as she did A
fonso. N