The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-10

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and mica in great masses. The latte
comes ont in shapeless lnmps Otter
weighing hundreds If pounds, is spill
up into sheets about the thickness O
cardboard, and then trimmed int.
squares, made AZ large as possible.
| 1t is claimed that eggs can be pre-
served fresh for several months b,
carefully packing them in dry WOOD
ashes. Get box large enough to hold
the number to be put away, cover lbe
bottom TO the depth Of an inch with
ashes, then put in layer Of eggs,
placing them so that they will not
touch each other, cover this layer with
ashes, using enough 80 that the next
layer Of eggs will not come in contact
with those below put IN another layer
of eggs, then more ashes, and 80 proceed
till the box is Sled. Re careful to see
that the top layer is we'll covered with
ashes, and keep in dry place.
Advices from the cattle centres indi.
cate that the drive from Arkansas this
year win reach 100000, sgaipst $50.
600 last year.
The richest men in Newport, who
have not inberited their fortunes, are
the real-estate dealers, many Of whom
commenced operations without a cent.
The old Newport real-estate owuers,
who sold out their ancestral estates 70
those specuIatsrs for a "mess Of pot.
tage," indulge in many sad reflections.
Much Of the tea now brought to lhis
country is grossly adulterated. The
ingredients chiefly used for this ,,urpose
are sand, gravel and exhausted leaves,
also dirt aud paste mixed into pellets.
One lot lately landed consisted entirely
Of wild leaves Unfortunately collected
and dried.
1t costs Paris every year 5,243,000
francs TO clean her streets. The work
is done by 2s00 sweepers, under the
supervision of ls6 overseers. The re-
pairs OF the streets est s,502, 900
francs per annum OF the sidewalks,
,265, 900 francs.
A farmer in Oconto county, Wis,
claims that the horns we're knocked
from one Of his yearling steers by hail
during late shower.
The New York Milk Exchange has
declared the price Of milk from the Erst
Of the month TO be q cents per quart.
The price agreed on during the late
milk war fer July was three cents, and
il the dealers attempt to eVads it it
will certainly result in another milk
war. The price isf@w enough, aid the
farmers cannot do business on any
lower figure. Most Of the milk is CON-
tracted for on the association price, and
all dealers who have not contracts will
doubtless be notified at once that they
must pay the association price OF get
no milk.
Prof. ]. c. Greenouga has resigned
the principalship of the Rhode Island
State Normal School to accept the
presidency of the Massachusetts State
Agricultural College.
The loss Of life aud destruction ol
crops and other farm property fOH
food, cyclones, tornadoes, hail anG
lightning have been unprecedeutedIJ
large during this season. During th,
first of tbs Summer these disasters wer,
confined chiefly to the West, but latel!
no part of the country is exempt. a
Loudon, Ont, on the morning of III,
llth inst, tempest Of eight hour
duration caused an immense rise O
water, which swept away large nun
Der of dwellings, drowning about TWEEN
ty persons. The loss of property wa
very large. On the 10Th inst. 200
acres Of growing crops in Bonhomm
and Hutchinson counties, Dakota, wer
Totally destroyed. Indiana, Missouri
Nebraska. New York, and nearly q
the New England States have sutiere
from destructive storms during ths pas
week. In New England several pen
; sons in different localities and
number of farm animals have bee
: killed by lightning. On the 18th ms
J. G. Derby Il Son, Tilton, n. H., lol
, seven cows by lightning and J.
Clark of Franklin, N. H., lost an equl
a number.
Glass is beginning to take the pla,
+ Of wood and iron in making railros
: bridges in England. The inventC
makes blocks of glass, which be hardel
i by special process. In solidity it.
said they leave nothing to be desire
{ The experiments already made ha'
!. given surprising results, and the co
!. is below that of bridges of wood
: iron. The glass cannot be injured |
i insects like wood, nor rusted iii
if iron.
Sixty head of Jersey cattle oonsign,
Is to firm in st. Louis, No., we're late
n shipped from Liverpool TO New Orlear
During the passage f;ftv.one head we