The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-06

An Austrian factory makes 2.500. Co.,
000, 900 matches aanually'

way OridRein the United States, IL no
> in the world.
London policemen have been forbidden
10 wear tau shoes on the grounds tina
" u. they are "too stylish
Millions OF dollars are TO be expended
b in developing the now proved value o.
!, Niagara as water power.
re There are four large rabbit farms in
Indiana The largest Que is located at
d Wabash and covers sisxy acres.
= A carload Of dried canned potatoes con.
tains 5000 bushels, but would hold only
500 brshels in their natural state.
The total quantity OF diamonds found
in 1895 in the Transvsal was % S44 car
, ate valued at SIS, $50 (S2l2 .Sl2.O4).
Ne7er in the history Of the Big Sandy
valley in Kentucky have so many cattle
heen shipped to market as this season.
The University of Pennsylvania has
many students iron South America aud
has issued catalogue In Spanish.
Coffee as beverage had slight start
OF tea in London, for the frst coffee house
was opened about the year 1852.
An attempt on large scale is soon to |
be made to stock the abandoned farms
OF Maine with cattle from the west.
Today more than 81 par cent OF the
cost OF running this government is caused
by ware, past, present and prospective.
Builders while excavstiug In Brussels
recently unearthsd boat which 10 sup
posed to be nearly il notqu!,e 1000 years
old.
The foreign commerce OF the United
States during the month OF August was
the most profitable in the history of the
country.
An Indiana man planted tweaty acres
offormer marsh land in cabbage, and at
present market ratesheWill receive 5000 q
for bis crop. :,
The minister otforeign Affairs at Rome
has recently sent instructions to prevent L
the immigration Of Italians 10 q central
American Republic. o.
For many years the farmers consider
weed obnoxious and grub -
bed them ont. Today there are three big .,
peppermint farms in Indiana. 81
On many OF the church doors in Lon
don are notices tackled up telling when re
aad where the excise board will meet to -
grant license to sell Intoxicating liquors.
Russian explorers are now busy in sew
'ral sections Of Siberia. Large stretches "
II that country are still practically un- 90 90
.no%n to Europeans. res
The great Siberian railway is to be re- I'M
uilt even before it is completed. The
eafon is the enormous increase in the
usiness. no
gar
The Italian cruiser Garibaldi, recent It 4
! launched at Genoa from the yards OF n
he Ansaldo'e, was launched months A
tier the keel was laid. -
A machine tool trust has been formed
Germany, mainly. /. seems 10 con-
let an organized campaign for the ex. 4
usion by tariff OF American itools. ~
Whales teeth form the coinage Of the
il islands, They are painted white
d red, the red teeth being worth about
enty times as much as the white.
According to the Canadian bank the
I'D Of gold from the Klondlke this Fes-
i 10 about $4,000, 900, which is one
rd less than the output .last season ~
The cultivation OF land on vacant lots Va
DEL, by poor people,
der the supervision of the Associated Ehos
arities, has been very successful this adm
mar
We only
'ba tiuhay IN IN non acvaa ~ baxd. no n
" ing
cd at Alboma, w. Va, is about TO be ner1
at the rate of IS 900 feet per day. 1t or or. q
stimatsd that five years will be speut is a
finishing the tract. disc
'exas:makes nearly one-third OF the susc
ton crop OF the United States, and SSr;e Srh;s
{ state is almost destitute of cotton vigo
Ia and Avkarsss .rothav ,,,oa, M. form
iSS anu AIAauSeob auObHSi kteob Cot- conn
state, has no mill at all. nerv
won
IesIoent AIugeI malntains DIS 10 hood
tic establishment on an allow ance OF "v
100 Of what is called "coffee money" MrS.e MSise
of which he also acquires Mrs. Krn- al, Al
to sequestrate her pin money. bly, at
/ the year 1890 the approximate area e w
the British empire was 2,0l2, ,182 were
are miles. In 1899 tho approximate mont mont
! Of the empire had grown to IL, $780, q Pr
square miles and the population to walk ". K
10000. s% sesn .
inning race horses are generally sef
}, ehestnuts or browns, and for every Sens. g. :
bays among them there are fifty ed co
tnuts and thirty browns. There 10 "a'ii
ecord Of an important race being -
by q piebald.