The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-01-16
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'RIDAY........ JANUARY l6, 1885
cuRIous FACTS.

A'0o Aho"Sh SCAouti9Ao INV ESkhIu
the zodiacal light MS simply a reflect
Ion OF light rom the illuminated
part OF the earth upon an open stra-
tum OF the atmosphere.
In Paris, an electric lamp fed with
a portable accumulator has been so.
lectcd and rendered obligatory for use
In seeking leaks in gao pipes, 1t is
probable that many disastrous expIo-
sions win thus be avoided.
Twelve caret gold Is made of coin
gold seventy-flve parts, further alloy
cd with forty parts copper and twenty
two parts silver. This makes COM
binatlon of good appearance and one
which stands tho acid test well.
A fine lIoness In tho Dublin Zoolog.
ical Gardens has shown q curious
appetite By commencing to devour
herself. She ate twelve inches Of her
tall at one repas., and has since nearly
finished that appendage, aud has
partially devourtd ono OF her fore
paws.
a species OF ant observed in the
Island OF st. Thomas has been do.
scribed TO tho French Academy OF
Science. A large fire having been
klndled at certain distance from the
ant Hill, the ants were seen to pre-
clpitate themselves into 10 by thou
sands, until II was completely extIn-
gaished.
Decen1lng Into the bowels Of the
earth 1t Is found that the temperature
increases at tho mean ratio or / +.
for every forty-fve feet. At this
rate water Is at boiling pitch at
depth OF six miles; while at depth
OF sixty miles the hardest rocks known
to geologIstsiare In flued or melted
state.
An English electric journal has dis
covered the following popular fallacics
concerning lightning, viz: That
chewing the splinters from n tree
struck by lightning will cure the
toothache, that such splInters win not
buro; that the bc dies OF those killed by
lightning shock do not corrupt, and
that no one is killed by lightning whilc
asleep.
julius Rabble, IA farmer who lived
near Somergei, Nv, was instantly
killed by meteor decending through
a tail tree, cutting the the limbs of.
The ball passed through his body
from the shoulders obliquely aud
buried itself In the earth. II penetrat-
ed the earth several feet, and was
dug out by the natives The aerolIte
was abont the size OF a teacup.
Ofihe $4,000 newspapers of the
world nearly $4,000 are published II
Europe and North America, .eavinf
little over 1000 for all the rest OF tho
world. South America only Issue
sufficient To- allow each OF its inhablt
ants three newspapers year--exhib
iting the curious contrast in this, as II
all else, between the great Northern
and Southern continents.
An mronaut csays that no balloon
has ever goneIover Ia second sunset
The moment the sun cues down tn
gas condenses s.ard you get through
the night better than the day. Ba
the next day, In the presence of th,
sun, the gas expands and you noun
to great elevations; but every noun
the balloon makes cripples It's power
and 1t Is only question OF hours,
not minutes, how long you can keel
it up. II an aronaut could hav
forty 'eigntI hours of Enightshe coult
travel a great distance. The highes
rate of speed he had ever attained
with a strong wind blowing, wa
eighty miles an hour.