Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-07-31
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lost pc, ,UU0 III cattle anu from roaaS
burned. Fifteen or twenty families
lost their dwellings, together with a
large amount OF stock.
Thr canal across the Isthmus OF Cor
inth, which bafiied several Of the Ro-|
man eml,erors, and was favotite Of
Julius Caesar's, is approaching within
measurable distance of completion.
The largest bridge in the world
crosses Lake Poi chartra,n, at New Or
leans, and IS twenty-five miles II
length. 1t is trestle-work on piles, aud
is made Of cypress wood Which was
first saturated with creosote oil, whicn
renders it mpervious to moisture and
p oof against the attack of barnaeles.
Young ladies at certain Western
college ale taught how to make bread.
Whea they graduate they are known
as cole ge-Lread women, and are in
great demand With house-keepers.
Ta,sus, the birthplace of St Paul,
now boasts OF a Young Mems Christian
Association vigorousl, at work, and Of
a native Blble-wcman successfully en-
gagged III teaching her sex from house
TO house.
The Virginia tin mines are producing
oxide of tin carving from 40 to 60 per
cent, and the best ore pays profit Of
500 per ton for shipment tc England
The Emperors of Austria and Ger
many will meet at Gastein OH the 7th
of August.
| 1t is not very important to pronounce
names correctly, but it is just as well to
do SO. Most people in speaking of
Monsignor Caple and Mr.. Parliell put
the accent on the last syllable. 1t
should be on the first.
There is on hand in the United
States sub-treasury at San Franciso the
nice little sum of 500, 900 in gold,
silver aud currency 1t is estimated
it viii require twenty men nearly two
months to count the money.
1t is horrible to learn that 22l chill
dren under five years of age died in
this city in the month of June. Who
is to blamel Are our houses and sewers
so faulty, our doctors so inefficient, or
are the mothers so earelessl-San
Francisco Ex.
! eve have got to practice the most
rigid eco romy at such times as these,
remarked man to acrowd on the side
walk. q have stopped all the papers
for which / formerly subscribed, and
don buy candy, toys and such trum-
perry for the children. Times are hard.
Come in, boys, and take drink
| The Marquis Of Salisbury, who sue
eeeded Gladstone as premier, Is the in-
eal descendant and namesake of Robert
| Cecil, the first earl of Salisbury, Queen
! Elzaheth's famous secretary of state
aud the enemy of Essex and Raleigh.
| The United States has 163, $40 miles
Of telegraph line, or three times as
much IS any other country in the
! worl l. Russia comes next with 53, sc
miles. France, Germany, Austria and
Australia all rank ahead of Great Bri
tain. The United States has double
he number of telegraph offices ane
ferW ards twice as many ,elegrabs an
nua " as any other eoantry on tn;
globe
Il A Northern Pacific express messen
ger reports that the excitement ovel
the Pine Valley mines continues una
, hated. Four pounds of rock were re
Gently sent to Baker City and reduced
there, and SCI. 40 worth of gold taker
from it A man who took up Il claim
there few weeks ago recently sold i
for $4,000, although he had dcne bu
S comparatively little werk upon II
{ Miners are going into this section
every day. and it is claimed that th
district is the richest that has been dis
4 covered for some time. New finds ar
e being reported daily.
f 1t il easy enough to reduce can
d sugar to glucose, but to reverse til
process is problem which has defe
: the skill of all the chemists in the worlG
It may be solved sometime-pr probsbl
!. willard the fortunate discoverer G
this great secret of nature will fin
himself in possession of source c
e wealth which will make the income 0
: RGthschild or Vanderbilt d small
! flair IN comparison.
= The civilized world, at a moderat
Il astimate. consumes annually 5000, 0,00t
e 600 pounds of sugar. Were there
n process discovered for the alti6ci;
i. manufacture of cane sugar, the CROWN
of beets and cane would have to /
: abandoned as Improbable At a TO,
l atty of ] per cent. per pound, the for
i tunate ,liscoverer, fortified with b
e patents, would oct an annual incom
: of 5000, 100000 per annum. Or eve
at the modest royalty of one-tenth pc
: cent per pound, his income would /
is s60,000,000. With such golden on
II lcok, is it any wonder that chemis'
:. dream and inventors lahor for the Ike
which shall unlock natures guarde
secret?
= Flags were placed at half-mast j
"a Victoria in honor of General Grant.
le The members Of the journalistic frs
st ternity of the northwest have had the
hands full this season entertaining Vi
& iting brethren land sisters) from low
). and Colo, ado These press excursion
= seem to be pleasant affairs Now, wh