The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-11-28
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10 the W rid Is dGDe III Englsnd.
A colony of 5000 Jews lives near
Jerusalem who have dwtIt there ever
siae the year one. Tbey speak lie
brew and Arabic.
Up The pre-pt W = IIe cbfop-.
troops havs never had m.y nnii"tin
other than suaIl badge worn IN -.
soldiers breast.
An niligaior with two heads AID
four eyes wss fund recently Dcsr
PeIIsacola, F.a. The hs.ds are at
raehed 70 one peck, and sre eacIi ~
perfect AS ,ture can make them.
| A London physician has asccrfsi' ed
that there are six deaths among 1000
married men, Ten among the ,esne
number OF bachelors, end twenty % ne
10 the same number ol wIdower@.
M. n. Fos'er, a fsraaer living nsar
Hay California, has hog which
spends bis time with a A ,ck of gee ..
Every day when the geese go intI
the pond for their accustomed swim
the hog plunges In at the same d,ne
and remains a. long ss the gee do.
He seems 10 enj1y himself In Tn.
pond.
Centuries ago oak twas BY far The
most valued fores tree 10 England, on
account Of scorns fattenIng hogs. In
ancient records II Is put down how
many hogs such aEd such ws,ds
would carry. Pannage was the right
OF feeding swine, and TO this present
day.person'l l,dJoining The New Feresi
have the right Of pannage for six
weeks there on paying small fee.
A tunnel, measuring about 5000
feet long, and constructed at least
nine centuries before the Christian
era, has just been discovered by the
governor Of the Island Of Samos. Her.
odotus mentions this tunnel, which
served for providing the old seaport
with drinking water. 1t Is complete.
ly preserved, and contains water tube'
Of about twenty-five ceniimetres In
diameter, each one provided with 9
IateroI aperture for cleansing purpos-
es. The tunnel Is not quite straight
Mr.. Twynsm, of Winchester, En-
gland, asserts that q single grain o
wheat has produced thirty-uine ear
contang 10 all $500 grains, and thai
three Of the largest of the ears had
respectively l04, I03 and l0l grain
Since 1871 the consumption Of nors'
flesh for ford has mere than quadrH-
pied In Paris. List year there wer'
8, zoo, 900 pounds eaten. Tas meat
OF mules and donkeys Is worth on'
quarter more than that OF horses
which only commands twelve cent
q pound.
The director OF Paris prison ih'
other dry appriSed prisoner that h
had inherited q fortune OF 1000, 90
fraucs and a magnificent estate ]
Switzerland. The authorities of th
locality where Il Is situated forwarde
with the title deeds to the propert
photograph Of the mansion. Ia
Joy Of the prisoner at the inteliigenc
conveyed To him was so great That b
registered vow, Ia the preseiic;'
tha governor of the jsii, to lis~ :.
: honest life hencefnrward. Befur'
however, he can enjoy the wt'dfa
he has three enrs of a prisDn regin
10 undergo.
The body nf The elephant = near
max ed, hut the mammoth, an exit.
: species, had covering Of long wool
q hair. Elephants liye In large herd
4 and subsist on foliage and gras
There are but Iwo living species, 4
= AsIatic, with long head, ,concaye for
9 head, small ears aud short tusks al
: the African, with round head, ,convt
IS forehead. large ears and long tusks.
The hagti>h has n single tooth
: the ro'f nf the ar nth and two Sc
u rated plates an the l',tgue, while y
: mouth of the pike is crowded wi
: teeth. la the shark the teeth are CO..
'e fined to the fare part OF the moui
70 In the carp they are all situated
IN the bones of the throat. In the pa
Of r0t-6sh they occupy both bSck a
front, but In most fishes the teeth
developed also on the roof or pala
and, in fact, on nearly every point
l. the mouth.
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