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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29
CTRI0Us FACTS.

The BAbyloniAns invented the sundiAl
The banana yields three ami some
times four crops a year.
The Chinese regard it as happy
omen if the lily blossoms on New
Years day.
There are some editions of the Bio!e
called ''TreAele' Bibles, because pass
age in Jeremiah is rendered, "Is there
no treaclo in Gilead %
As late as the seventeenth century
Eaglish smiths believed that If mouse
wort were kept about horse he could
not be hurt as he was shCd, e
Ta6oldest alphabet in existence is
scratched on little ink bottle found in
one Of tho Greek colonies in Italy, and
is supposed to date about 500 B. G.
There is an old superstition that the
wsarer Of silver ring is secure against
the quarrelsoms, and that any one who
is touched by q precious stone set in
silver is Immediately reconciled to its
owner.
Blindness has steadily decreased in
England for the last thirty years, ,ewing,
it is thought, to the improvement of
the opticians aud the almost coul lete
extinction of the smallpox among chill
drsn.
Pills are made by machinery at Dion,
France, and, being coated with sweet
ened gelatine are rather agreeable than
otherwise, SO that French children rath-
er enjoy taking them.
In Japan, babies hair is shaved or
arranged in certain specified ways, so
that its sex can be told by the dullest
observers, and innocent young bachelor
do not say "she is little darling only
to be told che is boy"
The longest runs without stopping
on any British railroad are made be-
tween Grantham and Kings Cross, a
distance of 1861 miles, which is made
in two hours and four minutes, and by
each one of the four trains watch ira
verse the distance in day, within two
hours and six minutes.
In spite of all that has been said
about the inferierity of the education of
the masses in Great Britain, seventy /.
five per cent of the soldiers in the army
are fairly well taught, aud less than
three per cent cannot read aud write.
As the army is not made up from the
higher classes by any means, this is
| significant.
i Recent Investigations made in Ger
many go to show that sleep is very light
lduring the first hour after consciousness
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29

a door with long, sharp knife in hi
hand. Tho door was just then violent.
ly opened, and the blade was driven
into bis body. The wound thus innict
cd would not have proved fatal bul
the pain was great, and the man crafty
stabbed himself 10 death.
A pot hubter, as the term is used, Il
q tnan who shoots out Of season and
pots his birds one who will shoot q
covey OF chickens or bevy Of quail on
tho ground buddled together a man
Who, 50 he bags his game, does not care
how unsportsmanlike the manner in
which be kills 1t genuine butcher
DOT q sportsman. Oregon iH full Of
them.
The ancient Egyptians Of the Nile
bad floating bec-houses, designed TO
take advantage Of the honey harvest.
They were warned when /: was timo 20
return homo by the depth to which the
boat sank In the water under the weight
Of the cargo Of honey. That the bees
might not be lost, they wero obliged to
journey during the night time.
We export TO Sweden pork, lard, pc
troleuni, cotton, corn, hardware, sewing
machines, etc, and import iron orc, q,
matches and immigrants.
Danish butter brings high price in
England : the centrifugal system Il
gathering cream is in vogue. We have
lately received eggs, from that country.
We also import hides and skins. A
great many Danes are settled in Iowa
and Wisconsin.
A resident Of Winnipeg, who has
escaped from that frozen zone with his
life, declared that on three nights, the
thermometer stood at 75' below zero
and sleveA nights il fell below CO... A
Temperature Of 4j' be!ox zero, he Gays,
8 regarded by the inhabitants as mod
crate weAthsr. This is big stsry, but
the cold is very intense All is no. en-
joyable, as Winnipeggers cad avor TO
convince outsiders.
Shipments of mutton from Australia
70 England are large. American sheep
are better than the Australian, and
should drive the latter from the mark
ct.
Charles Nash of S:aPleton, Staten
Island, on a wager of $40, at 800 oys-
tiers, five pounds Of roast beef, and
drank twelve schooners of larger with
out leaving the table.
The Eaglish Par!iamoas has granted
100000 for an irrigation project In
South Africa, storing nineteen square
miles Of water, with an average depth
Of ten feet.
A Thug in La liza has recently been
convicted Of poisoning ninety-six vic
tins.
The Worlds Exhibition, to be held
next December in New Orleans, Is al.
ready attracting great attention.
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ceases, but grows deeper rapidly, and
becomes most profound in an hour and
thres-quartera, Tightening from that
time up to five hours and half, when .
reaction towards deeper sleep occurs,
after which the slhmberer awakens.
A child under instruction la one of
the English board schools recently com.
posed this interesting biography in an
s"or to al examination question
"Moses was an E9iPtshan. He lived
in ark made Of bull rushes, and he
kept q golden calf and worsbipped brai.
zen snakes and ate nothing but kwales
and mama for forty years. He was
caught by the hair Of the head while
riding under the bough Of tree, and
he was kiilad by bis son Absolom as he
was hanging from the boush. Hs
end was peace"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29

a German farmer was on trial in
one Of the justice courts the other day
for assault and battery and had pleaded
no. guilty. When the cross-exanina-
ton came the opposite counsel asked
Nov, jacob. there was trouble be
tween yol AMI the pIaintilf, wAsn's
taere 90
81 oxpect dero yhas."
Gle seii s9me:hing about your deg
being sheep killer and you resented
it, eh ~
"Vheil, calls bin liar"
Exactly. Then he called you some
hard names %
ale calls me a sauer-kraut Dutch
man"
"Just 60. That made you mad"
"Of course. 1 yhas 80 madt shAIa
all oafsr."
81 thought 50. New. Jacob, you
arc a man who speaks the truth. 1
don't bsiicyo you could be hired to tell
a lie"
"Veil, l plief l was pOoty honest"
"Of course you are-of course. Now.
jacob, you must have struck the FIRST
blow. You seq
The other lawyer Obj4ctel, and after
a wrangle the defendant turnsl to the
court and said:
81 doan' oxsc.ly made oudt hsw it
vhsr. Ike to own olp dot / struck
1rst, bu. haf paid my lawyer s5 TO
prove de other vhay. doan't like TO
tell lie, bit feel badt to lose dsr
p,oy,or -
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29

Key c. mo home very late the other
night lnl was creeping upstairs in b .
s;octing feet, when suddenly one Of
tae shoes in his hand slipped from his
grasp and wens rafting down to the
entry below. Key looked after It in
an unsscaly WY by the dim light of
the noon, and then said with an idiotic
smile to the Indignant Mrs Key, What
doth it profit a man il he gain tte top
stair and lose his own sole"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29
mUMoRoTs nArTERs.

Il E (. @e-~~-a-~-@s- sa..-...
HUMOROUS MATTERs.
b Contribution boxes arc generally
nickel plated. aaA.5t 81 h.#a @t
\ Hoegish. BanIshing American porh
from the markets OF Continental
Europe. @ 7.H t 81 1851
Bsar meat Is said to be popular
food In the West. Dyspoptlcs, how
over, avoid II for fear OF bruln trouble
In their stomachs. Bog
When woman Is In love she turns
TO- tho poets cornor first on picking
up tho local paper. After she u
married, she turns flrst % tho ad-
vertIsemonts Of the dry goods stores.
"You cannot make your figures
come up 10 the scratch by constant
ly using tho Inkeraser," Is what the
bank examiner said 10 the cashier,
when he discovered heavy defaica-
ton.
Il Is an old saying that TO mako a
goose mature requires considerable
time and large number OF quills.
Not so with a man. He can max @
goose Of himself with ono gall 10 u
short time.
I bought somc stock Ia the -
Railroad" said r. c. Eastman, yes
tsrday, because my bro,ier said 1t
was a good buy" "And wasn't Il? "
eyes" replied Mr.. L ,strnau, good
by to my money"
DR.. Richardson OF England says
that "when the air Is driest the
drlnker Graves alcohol tho most. "
This may be the case In England, but
In this country II Is when the drink
er Is the drIest no Graves alcohol the
most. -t
Miss Winnie Hall Of Temple, Tex
rs, Is 100 years old. Sho has plain
ly wasted her time. How many
husbands sho might havs buried
II she had not chosen O life of single
blessedness IL l. never too lato to
mend, however. This T. leap year.
"You gave my wife thn wrong
medicine" exclaimed .xin, enter
Ing drugstore. al bups no harm
has resulted, ,"Ereplied the draggist,
tromulously. "Oh no, she'- ali right.
"How do you know II was the
wrong aisL!eina?p IVY, bccaase
1t helped her Immediately"
al see you We got colortd strYaa,
glr," said man to another the
other day. "Yes,p was the reply.
"Yuu zee my wife's sister has just
lost her husband, 50, as We had
to get into mourning, we discharged
our white girl and hired n colored
one. She harmonizcs with the
mourning, rs II were" la seeabaa-
A lady and gentleman were at the
glassblowing counter In the museum
last night They were apparently
newly married. "Ohl look here, ("
cried the lady, there Is o ship with
sails and spars all Of glass It is Ia
beled brig. Did you ever see q glass
brig before?" INO, my dear, said
the gentleman, ttbut I have used q
good many glass sohooners.n '. e,. j
A prominent aud prosperous farm
er OF Michigan Is quoted as saying,
recently !; "When | was q boy, and
trudged along TO school, i was taught
10 take of my hat and make obei-
sance .wheneverI I met grown per-
son. How lsruit now =? Why, q
man Is fortunate II he can pass by q
| schoolhouse without being SNOWFALL
ed" lHsa gzs9a iao7 jad' ga-3 fa9sa
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29

A Hartford or correspondent, re-
ferriag to the recent remarkable sun-
sets, says that they are very common
in Norway, where, if very red, they sre
taken TO, indicate rain J but if Of light
or hue and clear, the D weather. there-
astor is likely to be fne for. many days.
DR.. 9. II. Yelyington asserts that the
co pperhead never bites when colied mp,
bat will throw the middle Of his body
into long, almost rectangular curves,
and with his head and an inch or so OF
the neck slightly elevated above the
ground is ready to defozd himself.
A writer Of mathematical bent, says
the Scientific American, finds from the
census returns that there are about
1900 dentists in the United States,
who, he estimates, pack into, the teeth
of the American people q ton ofpure
gold annually Continuing his spsou'
lations, he predicts. that in ths twenty
FIRST century all the gold in the country
win be buried IN the graysyards. os4s
The height and velocity Of clouds has
been determined in England by means
of photography. Two cameras, placed
about GOO feet apapt,are proyldeafy.th
instantaneous shutters simultaneously
released by electricity. The observer
measures the angle Of inclination .efiths
cameras and the ppsition Of the cloud
as photographed on the two plates, aad
from these data trigonometric caleu-
lation gives the distance and height Of
a cloud with great accuraeydiid gddfd
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29
AYERS
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e- Nearly 100000 vPsople receive
charitable sid in Great Britain, where
ono out Of every seven of the inhabi-
tants is . pauper. daltgp o xiiIspe3
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29

Keeps the best brands Of imperial and
domestic cigars. Also the
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-29
FINEST AND BEST BRANDS OF
TOBACCO, P0CkET-KNlvES
AND ALL KINDS OF NOTIONS.

Keeps the finest billiard hall in the city.
I will also sell real estate, mercha adlse
household goods, ETC., at auction for any
one In tie cityoF county Store opposite
Revere House, Albany, Or. e
6f n SAM COHEN.
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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
III THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

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SAM COHEN.
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dred dollar lunches, white kid gloves,
sashes, and 80 on down tho bill rem
dersd by the sergent-at-arms. + :.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30
TFor the Observer.

There is a Village Library al
Bridgehamp,on. at the eastern end
of Long Island, which is a remarka-
BILE one.
Tbis Public Library has four
thousand we'll selected books. and is
situated in q country village "f a
population of about FIVE hundred.
Yearly tickets cost $3.50, and abou,
200 volumes are loaned per month.
1t is open daily from 9 a. IN. 10 II
M, and from l p. IN. TO 5 p. 10 and
also on two evenings in the week.
About $4,000 per annum is spent
on new books.
There is Just such another library
in Leonardtown, ST. Mary's county.
Md, a small village of about the
same size, and where there is very
little wealth
Why cannot Hiilsboro, with its
larger population, and with its high
degree Of intelligence and c%uItue,
take pattern by these places and
have its public library? We have
much here 10 be proud OF. but let us
have more. ADVANCE.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30
OUR NOMINEES.

A largo and enthusiastic Conven-
zion Of the Democrats Of Orange
County met at II court house last
Saturday to nominate candidates for
the Legislature and county Offices.
A. w. Graham was recommended
tor the Senate G. w. Johnston was
nominated for the House Of Repre-
eentatives d. +. Morrow for Sher.
IF; John Laws for Register OF
Deeds; d. Nj. Laws for Treasurer
James 0. Webb tor Surveyor, and
Or. a. G.. Jordan for Coroner. All
good and true men, and every one
Of them we'll qualified to fill the va
rious Offices for which they were
nominated. The most importan,
question now is, can the ticket nom.
mated be elected?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30

IL y. G.. DIVISION.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GONG NUKrH.
Date, Aug. 3, 81. No 81 No. 50,
Daily Daily.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30
The philadelnhia Times

The Philadelphia Times, an
Independent Republican paper, says
Of Governor Cleveland's letter of
acceptance Governor Cleveland
has been employing his time in bis
sylvan retreat to admirable purpose
in %condensing his letter Of accept
anc within snch reasonable limits
that ordinary people will have time
TO read it in full. The document,
which is what might have been ex-
pected from a man with such an adj
mirable public record, is worthy of
the most careful perusal. The let
ter, as a whole, ia a modest, sensible,
straightforward document, advocat.
ing the soundest principles Of gov.
ornamental policy, and is highly cred.
liable 10 its author. 1t can be un.
derstood by the plain people. There
Is no double meaning in it any.
here.
The war between China and
France has begun in earnest. The
French have destroyed the whole
Chinese feet at Foo-Chox, with s
loss TO the French of FIVE men, in
Guiding al American pilot.
The Primary Fair OF The w
n. c. Fair Association, was held a,
Asheville, August Goth and 9th
We return thanks TO our forme,
coun.yman, Mr.. +. N. Waddell, fol
a complimentary ticket.
The New York World say.
tia, the Tammany leaders are de
claring their allegiance 10 Cleve
land, aud that the organization viii
tall into line at the next meeting.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30

- Pay your subscription.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30
For the Observer.
SANITARY PRECAUTIONS.

mr.. Editor: In view Of the unu.
sual prevalence of sickness in our
midst this summer, allow me,
through your columns. TO suggest to
the citizens of 1Iilishoro the use of
more fiytd attention TO the heahh!ful
condition OF Their respective premi-
seq. That in The absence at c.tanli
ness lie the germs OF disease, Is an
ackno" lodged tact, aud tina, he at
mosphere acts as the receptacle and
conductor OF sach germs, III ;he form
OF impure aud poisonous ga>ses,
everyone must admit. Cleanliness
Is a duty which we W no, nEly TO
u individual selves, but TO our
ncighbors and te!"~.ci,izeus a
little more care N ;l,is respect vii,
doutt'e~s, 90 tar t""arus restoring
the town To its uor,ra. condition Of
hta~lthjulneSs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-30
STATE NEWS.

Raleigh, n. c., will have free
mail delivery Oct. 1st.
The Danbury Reporter says, that
an intoxicated man tell 800 feet
down the Sauratown mountain a few
days ago withou, sustaining a brulse.
A match game of base ball was
played in raleigh last Monday be-
tween the "Monumcntalsr OF Balti
more, and the "Swiflfoot" Of Raj
eigh, resulting in a score Of 1 Tor the
former and 3 for the latter.
Raleigh News-Observer One OF
the good signs in the campaign is
that the people turn out on horse
back to meet aud escort that brave
soldier and spo,less statesman Gen.
Scales as he moves from county to
county. That's the way to do it.
Asheville Citizen Captain Tom
Johnston is out on bis campaign,
with horse and saddle bag. He has
begun 1ell.-"A large wolf was
killed on the, Nantahala mountains
last Monday."--A vote was taken
On the excursion train from Sails
bury on Thursday to test the sense
of the passengers on The gubernato-
rial question. None but bona fde
voters we're admitted to the privil.
eye of a ballot, ladies, minors and
non-residents being excluded. 275
votes were cast for Scales, and II
for York.
Hickory Press While at Mo-:
canton last week we visited the
Western Insane Asylum, aud are in
debted TO the officers of that %institu-
ton for kindly showing US through
the various departments Of this i'm
mense building. There are now
about ITS patients under treatment.
who from al; appearances receive
the very best attention. The brick
work on the north wing has been
nearly completed to the third story.
The entire building is OILS feet long
and when finished the cost will TALL
not far short of 100000.
Charlotte Observer: We under
stand that in Lexington yesterday
morning an ugly affair, involving
two we'll known young men Of the
place, occurred. Baxter Shemwell
B.. met and severely assailed Chas. L.
Hoffman with a cane. The affray
occurred in the court house.
From the farms around Us come one
long, loud and general cry for rain,
for a very distressing drought is
now prevailing throughout the coun-
ty. In some sections of Mecklen.
burg no rain OF any consequence has
fallen within the past SIX weeks.
Lenoir Chronicle In the discus
sion at Kings Greek on Tuesday,
DR.. York had the wind completely
taken out of his sails by a Wilkes
countryman. The "~muleback" can
didate was abusing Hendricks with
all bis power, pouring out walls of
wrath and vituperation on the In.
diana statesman, when a little
Wilkes county Democrat back in
the crowd asked him if he didn't
vote for Hendricks in &c. York
was completely nopplussed. AT
first he attempted to deny voting
:or him but after squirting and
twisting said he "reckoned if Hen
bricks was on the ticket With Til
den he maybe voted for HIM