The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-26

boards or saw.mill slabs. With 3-incl
auger bore holes in slabs eighteen in,
ches apart, alternating from one side G
the slab to the other. Place tho slab
some sixteen inchos apart, and the
with trowel or dritble set the straw.
berry plants in tho augur holes. Oul'
tivate between the slabs. The board
will retain moisture during the dry, bo
weeks Of Summer.
IL is stated that q Chicago oyste
dealer has not less than $4,000, ,00l
capital invested in that bnsiness, anC
ordinarily buys about 10000 bushels o
biyalves daily, half Of which are pur'
chased 10 New York City, the balanc'
in Baltimore. He 10 the largest dealer
in the world, aud furnishes aboat TO-
900 bushels per week for the Englisl
markets.
4 farmer 10 Mississippi has asld o
$50 acres devoted to the raising Of pep
srmint.
In view of tho many accidents frou
Grearms that have lately occurred, i
seems strange tha. parents should leay'
loaded revolvers within reach of chill
dren. A little girl of four years va
lately shot in the head by an older child
at Parkman, Me-, while playing with .
revolver. Hopes are entertained OF th'
child's recovery, but tho sight Of on,
eye will probably be destroyed.
The demand for Paris green this year
has not been 90 large as in former years.
Prices, which three years ago were Al
high as thirty-two cents per pound, in
the busy season, are now cnly sixteer
to nineteen. Paris green is properly
an arsenate Of copper.
The cold wave signal displayed by
the Government officers will be = whit,
flag with black centre.
Advices from the interior Of Indil
aud Bombay says that there has been I
general failure Of the crops for the lacl
Of rains. The distress among the na
tives consequent upon an actual anC
prospective lack offOod supplies is YER.
great.
According TO the late advices Iowl
promises the largest yield Of potatoe
ever known Illinois gives Al average
while the yield of Michigan, IudianI
and Wisconsin Is below the average
The reports from the Illinois aud low
cornGelds are extremely favorable, Will
the hop crop of Wisconsin is very poo
and discouraging.
Some idea Of the capacity Of CAIifoi
MIA as a honey-producing State can b
found from the fact that in = peak i
San BeTuardino, Cal, mass Of homo
estimated 10 CONTAIN at least 500 barrel
has lately been discovered.
Report says that New York partie
have bought about 100000 worth c
pictures in Paris during the past 6v
years.
A Chicago dealer and speeulstor hs
lately cleared about s2,600.000 b
successfully engineering q corner i
pork.
Chicago has population Of 6l0,32:
among which are 209,6S2 individual
of German descent.
The post-mortem examination Of
COW which died in PennsylTania, nc
long since revealed the fact that
large darning needle had gotten Int
her heart, and had become lodged j
the wall OF the left ventricle, where
had evidently been for some time, as
4
had caused considerable erosion of th
parts. A large abscess had forme
over and around the point of the needl
on the outside of the left ventricle.
was in cutting into this that the need
was found. How the needle found il
way into the heart must ever remain
mystery" 1t is not unlikely that
was first taken into her stomach wit
food.
England imports annually about
hundred million dollars worth of butts
and cheese.
Report says that one Of the most e1
tensiye shipper. Of live stock fro
Montereal to London, Liverpool ar
Glasgow has lost nearly a million do
lars during the past three years.
The standing redwood timber in Ca
fornia is estimated at 1850, 90
Railroad ties of redwood last elev'
years.
Last year the valueiof fish caught
Scottish waters was about SIG ,00o, ,0C
while few short of 10000 men a
boys were employed in the $4,000 bot
engaged in the fishery. A million a
half barrels of herring were taken.
There are no cats, rats or mice
Leadville, Col.
Northern invalids in Florida are CT
ed "evergreens" by the natives.
In the national treasury there
nearly $20,0c0,0O0 in Government &
curities which are uncalled for. So
of them have been due fifty years. w