The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-25
Current Notes.

SlTr6uU NOC0Ss
Malaria is not confined to low lying
districts. In Italy it rises to the
height of four to five hundred feet, in
California 1 900 feet, along the Appa-
lachaln chain 5000 feet, In the West
Indies fourteen to eighteen hundred
teet, IN India 2 ,OOOfeet. On the Andes
1t Is sometimes found at the height of
ll,OOO feet. Under ordinary circum-
stances moderate altitude will be
found comparatively free from ma
laria.
What would some of our good old
forefathers say if they were able to
step down to the station along about
lO O'Clock in the morning, and see the
Two Boston expresses whizzing by at
not much more than mile a minute,
or between 4 and 5 in the afternoon;
or more startlingly surprising still,
could catch a glimpse of the evening
expresses into New York. At night
there is a terrible whirl and rush, a
lightning-like flashing of light, and in
an instant the train is out of the cut
and away out of sight. 1t seems a
frightful rate of speed, but the people
IN the car do not appear to realize
how last they are going, SO perfectly
do the trains run. A yank around
the curve however, in the rear car
must slightly strain the equilibrium
Greenwich Conn., Graphic.
The strong coffees, Rio and Santos,
are mostly grown in Brazil. The West
and South are the principal consum-
ers of Rio. A very small amount of
Mocha is brought into this country,
that sold under the name not being
Mocha at all. The most important
of all mild coffees is Java. tits raised
on the islands of Java and Sumatra,
and ranks first in the estimation of
the coffee drinkers in the United States
Ceylon is the rival of Java, but we sell
donl.get any plantation Ceylon coffee
here, as it is sent to England. Mexico
raises some coffee, and there has been
a wonderful improvement in the varie-
| ty grown there in the last five years.
Between 5OO,OOO,OOO and 100000
900 pounds of coffee is consumed in
the United States yearly.
The camphor sold in this market
comes chiefly from Japan. Formosa
| and Borneo furnish some. It is OBJ
tained by cutting up the camphor
plant, leaves and all, and distilling
| them. There is another kind, found in
the heart of an enormous tree which
grows in the mountains of Borneo.
The trees are cut down and split open,
and the gum is picked from the centre.
Sometimes Jumps yard long and
three inches thick are found, but 20
pounds is a good quantity for the
average tree. The Chinese have a
great liking for this quality, and have
been known to pay as high as $50 a
pound for it though the difference be-
tween it and common camphor is
mostly imaginary. The crude cam
phor has to be redistilled before it can
be used.
The Charleston News and Courier re-
cites the following as reasons why the
people of South Carolina should be
contented with their State and not
seek homes elsewhere: "Several black
bears have been seen in North Carolina
recently. There was a shower of tur-
Ties as large as silver dollars in Raleigh
a few days ago. A bolt of lightning
struck pond near Asheville and kill
ed q number of fish the week before
last. One hundred and sixty-seven
snakes were killed in an old fort near
Beaufort in one day, and a ghost has
been seen near Rockingham. In Georgia
a man living near Athens dropped a
spool of thread into a holefrom which
a locust had just emerged, and the en-
tire spool unwound without reaching
the bottom of the hole"
According to the London Times the
price of diamonds has steadily fallen
from SIS to $3.75 per carat. Of old,
the world received each year new dia-
monds of about $25O,OOO in value on
theaverage. But suddenly from South
Africa comes new supply, exceeding
$2O,OO0,OOO worth each year for ten
years. 1t is true that recently in Aus
tralia, North America, and other extra
European centers of European civil
ization, new population has come in
being, numbering over 70, ,OOO, 900, the
upper ten thousand of which are es-
pecially prone to diamond ornaments,
and no doubt at the first there was a
great void to be supplied. But now
the limit has been reached, and the
world thus supplied seems hardly
likely to take more than $4,000, 900
per annum.
Mary HOwitt's Father and Moth