The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12
All Sorts.

Turnpike tolls cannot be legally COLI
lected from funerals in Maryland.
Hypnotism lie scientifically studied in
some of the French medical colleges.
A sign Of polilntss in Thinet on meet ,
ing a person, is to hold up clasped hands
and stick out the tongue.
The blood completes iis circuit through
the body in % seconds. Every 3 MIN
utes all OF the blood 10 the body is revi-
talized.
One Of our greatest living physicians
says that the equatorial regions are the
hsalthiest and most enjoyable parts OF
the earth for man to live In.
Drums were first introduced in Europe
by tho saracsnp. The iie was intro
ducrd into the English army by the Duke
Of Cumberland In l745.
The Times of Cuba notes that 1.-The col
ored lady Ainabelle Gugoi wac detained
and taken to the Vivac for refusing to
live in the arsenal ward set apart for
ladies' OF her distinction"
The Chinese are q nation Of cooks.
There is scarcely an Individua in their
vast community " no 10 not more OF less
competent to cooK himself respectable
dinner.
There is q creature known ae the hag-
fen which lie III the habit Of getting in
eide cod and similar tish and devouring
the interior until only the skin and the
skeleton are lett.
Horses have great dislike to camels.
There are many eimilar antipaIhies In
the animal wcrld. Between elephants
and rhinoceroses, for instance, and pee
ceries and bears.
Water is the hardest OF ell substances
TO heat, with the exception Of hydrogen
gas. The easiest two are mercury spd
lead, which stand in this respect on
= nearly the same footing.
At recent sale Of wines owned by the
: Grand Duke of Luxembourg the oldest
dated 1879. brought only sl.50 bottle
/. The highest priced was RudesheimeT oi
1861. Tor which $40 bottle was paid.
There are 90 many languages spoker
in the provinces OF AustriA-HungarJ
that interpreters are employed in lh'
|, various parliaments 10 interpret III,
speeches OF the delegates and make then
irtelIigible to all the members.
A warranty deed for an eighty acr'
: tract of mineral land In Jasper county
No., which vas fled with the records
At Carthage last week bore revenu'
stamps aegrsgaiing ss44. The consider
alton named in the instrument wAs &344,
: 600.
. The following item recently appesreS
: in the local columns Of the sprinRdah
Advocate: Mrs. Mary A. Goodwin, wi1
ow Of the late Stephen Goodwin, wishe
that everyone would obligs her by at
tending to their own affairs, and abe vii
attend 20 hers.
A French naturalist asserts that IL ID,
world should become birdless man eoul'
not inhabit it after ysars time. In spit
of all the sprays and poisous that could
be manufactured for the destruction o
!. insects. The bugs and slugs would elm
;. ply eat mp our orchards and erops-
. Some Of thelLong Island farmers ar
n selling their potato crop before the tub
!, srs are planted. the purehas ser pAylpg s
!. cents q bushel for the estimated produc
aud tAkiug all risks. Now that th'
speculative spirit has invaded even potA
70 raising, there is very little foe it q
= conquer.
}. By the admirAlIy's oEderp. rerles
= models. are made 10 rarathn wax {
y every new English bAttleship before
j. 10 laid down, ard these models are tss,t
+ in tank The models are from l2 I
% "a feet long and The tank i. 900 fee. Ion
and % feet vide.
By means Of valuable tougheninE pro
d cess recently discoversd. glass may Do'
ID be nodded into lengths and used as rail
el way sleepers. Glass rails are A,so pre-
le dueed by this sane toush<ning process
}. It ie. therefore. possible TO have com
plets gass railway.
y All sor:s Of skius have been tiled 10
o boot making. porpoise, white whale
i spFingbok. horss and many others. q
Q ail:these kangaroo hide is the very best
. Il makes. wheni properly tanned. tb
:. finest, whips and gloves imagin
able. Ii 10 extraordinarily pliab!e.
,e A woman in GreeEsboro,S. CHA
q iust won 9 luit against the local vale
% company on the grounds that through
n the negligence of the defendants Their
: was no water in The standpipe shen he
i, home took ERE, and that the ftemsI
i. we're thus rendered powerless.
q The uIe OF picture postal cards abroaC
y is attended Dy one serious disAsvaaiaEe
. Complaints have been made, esp clalll
h in Germany AID in Auztralis, that mani
Of these cards disappear en- route-p pro
!. baby to enrich the collections Of ar
loving postal clerks.