The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-09-07

The toniB Uf TheodoFId hasa cupoI.
cut out Of q stone weighing zse tons.

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IA The toraB of 1heodorId has 4 cupoI.
cut out Of q stone weighing zse tons.
Among the s1scurioslgea in. the
great caves Luray, Ta, is q hir4s nest
containing three e2giike pebbles
rounded by the action OF wafer.
LiyeD ostrich feathers repeI sand,
and the dealcrs5 test Is to rub tire
feathers over looss sand, which cIfngs
tethef feathers u IL be plncked f1ospFa
ieaa ofsffom a tame bird. o. 6f.s<s
In the German Empire there are
sixiy manufactures Of playing cards,
which .yrodpced during the last nscaI
: year S,ae4, ,s49 packs Of lees than
thirty six cards each, and ,05s, ,s2Ss
psczsof more than thirtyreix cards
eaeh. = #1 fs ess
IL is found at the antlers Of the
British deer are growing smaller,
rEowIngito the pratice Of killing The
finest specimens, 50 that even dsstAx
Of ten Is not oficn found, although On
fhs contIDs8t sizsy pancheas are Of
ten seen on antIefs. ssss 49,
The number Of coins Issued by q
national mint Ia ascentury Is stupen-
dous, considering the durable nature
Of a coin. Between 1856 and 1882,
the mint Of France sent out s,esI,-
2o4 $40 france In gold, and 5,5l0, ,e46.-
el7 francs IN silver. s
Il In 1876, while digging on the site
Of Fort Recovery, At which Gen. St.
Clair was defeated In 1891, the dag
staff set up BY Gen, Wayne In 1898
was discovered, and now e has been
taken to cslaa1bus to be put ID the
, relic-room Of the Capitol. tzs1asy
The tumbIe-weed derives fts name
? from the circumstances that when
: ripe the wind tears II up by the roots
and sends IL over the fields rolling
7 hither and thither, 50 that - seed is
soon thrashed out. Il Is sometimes
: seen piled fences high on me prairie
farms. 80
y The forests Of Ravenna has been
2 partly destroyed by = railway. The
stbne pinescomposing II lives on the
q moisture that percoIates Though
J" light soil rather than on the soil itself
= The railway has eut deep into this
. ridge, intercepting the underground
e filtration.
According to the census the army ,f
n Man appears to consist of thirty-nne
J. officers defective and retired) and
10 twenty-three non-commIssioned off,
r GERS and men. MILITIA, eomanry
and volunteers include fourindividu-
te ais, while there are thirty-ons army
D. pensioners.
O. 4 .scaninn" recently exhibited in
>. London, Is an instrument called
'e musical by courtesy, and producing
y its tones by dogs who sit in box and
to growl or howl or bark, as 'iis their
ut 20, when struck on the ehead by wire
OF connected with key manipulated
by a player. 90 81 p -
,e' Six fossil human bodies, those of a
OF mans two women aud three children,
ed have been found in cave in coal
mine at Bslly Grenay, Pas de Calais,
be and eleven have been found ia an
lis adjournins apartment, with arms
q. and utensils In petrified wood and
stone, and precious stones. The wall:
be were decorated with picture and com.
y, bats between man and animsIs Of
be great size. .a
lie An odd example OF the clssages
which the popular tongue makes ia
sc the names Of places is seen In the
. church Of Lauehton-en- Ie- -Marthen,
he Yorkshire. The names Of the towr
le, means the lawtour OF the Mor-lhinl
but the churchlhappens 70 stand OF
hill where its spire shows very dis
I'm tinctly against the sky wken the SUI
Of shines upon IL, and hence it Is knows
as "Lightning In the Enornlng.n
sts Different tribes of indians US,
ID, different sortsa Of poison for -ihel
arrow points. The ccmauchess Ms,
the juice Of the Spanish bay onei; tn,
Apaches bruise the heads OF rattle
,.r snakes with bits Of deer liver, ALLOW
: 1t to puterfy and dip their arrows. il
: 1t. The Moquls irritate railesnak,
- until he bites himself. and moisten
.sf their darts In the blood Poison
n made from the stings OF ices an<
No lfrom ants are used BY other tribes.
=, According 10 The ssAhnuaire de l,
~ Win de Parisn for 1881, just publish
Ilv ed, of every 1000 inhabitants in thai
~ year S52 were born in the city
:. thirty-eight 10 other communes o
tof the departments, sos in the rest =.
70 France or her colonies, And snveniy-
of Ave in foreign countries. No other
Ak Continental capital contains SO man,
TO foreigners, Berlin sheltering& oni,
,ce thirteen to every thousand inhat I
i'll tants. Atthe time of thslcensus 0
-ofI1Ss1 there were in Paris. 1921
:, Belgians, 2l,l8O Germans. el.s7