The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-04-16
CURIOUS FFACTs

cuRrousfRACrs
| Mexicans have q passion for mir.
rors, and traveller says that the In
terIor Of some Of the city houses look
like steamboat cabins. lie remarks
also that mirrors are among the com.
menest articles In tho pawnshop
thsre.
A new gold country Is said to have
been discovered by q shlpwrecked
Fronch ssilor.in Patagonia, between
the Straits Of Magellan and the river
Gallegos. Tho man bad collected
from The sand little fortune when
taken of the coast by steamer.
Great rivalry as TO speed exists
ameng the sailing ship that annuity
take grain and -four to England frem
Oregon and California. The distance
u $4,000 miles, and three crack ships
completed this year, the winner,
Lucknow, making the voyage TO
Southampton In 100 days, and the
second best resching Queenstown 10
10 days.
The amount Of coal 10 the Pitts.
burg region IL estimated by Prof.
Lesley OF the Pennsylvania GeoIog-
Ieal Survey at $4,000, ,00o, 900 tons.
About II 900, 900 tons are now taken
annually from this bed, Of which two
thirds are bIlumIno0s coal and one
third anthracite. Prof. Lesley b.
lieves that the oil and gas supply will
practicslly cease ten or twenty years
hence.
Corea, according 10 Percival Low
slps sketch Of Chocon, Il the land OF
hats. There are indoor hats and out.
door hats, rain hats, military hats,
wedding hats and variety of eere-
monIal hats--few Of which are wern
for other than Ornamental purposes.
The ordinary outdoor hat has conI-
cal crown and hrlm foot and :
half broad. IL IL made OF kind OF
stIif gossamci or silk or horse-hair,
dexterousIy worked In with finely
splli bamboos. Another extraordl-
nary form Of hsad.gear Is the mourn.
Ing bat, an immense structure OF
plated straw, resembling sn invert-
ed bowl some two or three feet Ia
diameter, and sfFeciuaily eoneealing
the wearer's features fe.,m view.
An effort IL at last Icing msfe TO
dlslnlsr The Sphinx. The w"rk Of
exhulna.ien ls Intruned 10 Brugsch
Bey, brother Of the distinguished ar
chaeologlsl, who viii carry out a
plan formed by sig Maspero. About
90, 900 cubic metres tf sand must lie
cleared away. To expedite this task
little tramway has been construct
ed, and $50 laboreFs engaged for the
more mechanical portion Of the toll.
Abont Easter the work l. expected
TO be completed. Then, when the
rock out OF which the statue has been
hswn - laid bare, broad circular
walk viii be constructed around 1t,
and high wall built 10 guard against
future encroachments Of desert sands.
A highly interesting piece OF work
i,at present being executed At the
Berlin Royal Academy, under the
direction Of medical and artistic ex-
perts, the wax model of carefully
prepared human BODY .oi life size.
From Il cast In zine Is to be made,
showing with rigid exactness the
muscles, arteries and veins. An idea
OF the nicely Of tho work may be
formed from the fact that thus FAR
fifteen months have been spent upon
upon the head alone, which II not
expected to be finished under three
years more. The Importance Of the
work for Anatomical studies, when
completed, will amply compensate
for the trouble, time aud money
spent upon It, which. when finished
will be exhibited and bought by the
governmet.