The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-08-12
Curious Facts.

Oysters are now being sent to Europe
RON New Zealand, being frozen Ia
llo;ks. The oysters are opened aud
then frozen In blocks twelve inches long
ak inches Wide and two inches thick. |
The blocks are wrapped In pAper, and
packed eight in q case. Should the ex-
pertinent prove successful, new indus.
try promises to be started in the colony.
The great vine at Hampton Court is at
last beginning to feel the effects OF age.
IL Is not, perhaps. surprising, since II
has been hourishing since 1859, and has
gone on bearing its two thousand bunch.
90 or 90 OF black Hamburgs Tor the last
hundred years. This year, in its weak.
ooed condition, It IL only permitted to
bring twelve hundred bunches to matur.
ity.
IL has been the fashion to be old fash
ioued In certain ways. Just now we are
returning to the old-timo names for
flowers. 1t is more fashionable 20 cay
"datiadowndillies" than jouquin, and
!onny- iump.ups than pansies. Instead
OF bouquets ve wear "nossgays" and
"posies." Perhaps We shall yet carry
sprigs OF lavender and bergamot or a
handful of carraway to "meetin', /" in i'm.
iiation of our grandmothers.
The famous brown stone monoli,h a,
Wsahburn. Wis.,, ls no more. Il wal
qusrried BY Frederick 4. Prentice in Is
" for the Wisconsin exhibit at th,
Worid's Fair. The labor alone cost ovel
5000. bat the money to transport It t.
chicago was never raised. The mono
nth when completed measured lis fee
In length and nine feet at the baee, be.
ing the largest block OF stone ever quar-
ried. IL has lain in Its bed of sand ant
water Tor elk years, and As there seeme'
to be no probability Of its being mad,
use of in its original form. it WAS cave,
into blocks, and is being shipped t
Aenasha, where il will be ueed in th
construction OF q residence and barn.
According to an English journal. th
Spanish soldier is frugal liver, his com
missariat allowance being two meals
, day-one at Q A n, the other at s p N
/. In some corps coffee and sonp are serve
, out in the early morning. A pound an
. bali Of bread day constitute the GOV
srnment ration any food beyond thi
i. must be bought. by the private at the car
Z teen. He gets little meat, and keep
A in excellent condition on Q chunk Of DR.
. bread, little oil and Glove Of garlic
day. II 20 this he can add pint Of VIE
which tastes like vinegar and water h
feels perfectly happy. There is one thin
be cannot 90 without, and that is b
cigarette.
,sI A curious custom exists 10 Genos
n Many Of the weli-to-do people as we'll I
those in moderate circumstances do NJ
own either horses or coaches; they o~
n only an interest in them. FouE or 81
I OF half dozen great families elnb iS
h getheT and buy . coach sud horses, the
q they arrange among themselves the da,
!. the different families will use il. 1bs
one family uses the coach on Monday
another on Tuesdays aad . third {
a Wednesdays. 80 that an estAblishmei
= that would be impossible for one iami
Il becomes perfectly practicable when Il
q cost 10 divided among i've or ak. Fac
b family has . set OF doors for the coAs
with their own Coas-oi-arms on the pa
els. which are changed according 10 q
of family which is going to use the eoAe
. The builders Of ihese vehicles seldo
?. think Of building . coach without Eve
10 ak sets Of doors. and arrangements .
/. made 90 that they are very easily chan
!. ed.
Certain caves have been reported 1
maintaining . uniiosm tsmperaiuT
- summer and winter. Of 81 degrees
\ They may be said TO breathe twiee yel
-inhallng during the winter and e,
haling during the summer.