The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-09-01
About Everything.


1895. but not to have come into genera
nee tilll720.
II 10 estimated that at tie beginning
Of the new century England will bav,
$4,000, 900 tons OF coal e:iil unused ant
available.
The average number of horses killed
IN Spanish bull fights eyerv yea. exceeds
5000, while from 600 to | 200 bulls ar,
sacrificed.
There are eighty-eight silk plants In
Pennsylvania. and tue output Of si,k
ibbon In the state has been doubled 10
t0ree years.
A dsr1an government mine surveyor
has entered the service Of the sultan in
order TO conduct coal explorations in
Asia Minor.
Japanese workmen are obliged to wear
on their caps aud back an inscription
stating their business and their employ
er'e name.
In the Sutro 5atis of San Francisco
there are s'xty-aine shower baths, seven
toboggan slides and crossing rooms Tor
l,62T people.
Newfoundland dog made deter
mined and successful attempt at suicide
the other day in lake ia front OF Liza
coin park, Chicago.
OF late there has been noticeable in
crease OF tourists' travel in Ireland. |
People are discovering fiae place to |
spend a va alton.
The population Of the south African
republic consists Of 6s,001 Beers. $1,000
other white, called Uitlandsrs. and 600,-
900 Kaffirs and Zulus.
Paymastere and commssariat officials
of the German army receive special
training in examining the quality OF
food supplied to the army.
4 German army officer estimates that
in the century jnst closing no lees than
31.0l0, 900 men have been killed in warl
In civilized countries.
The aigrette il to disappear from The :
headgsar Of the British Hussars and !,
Royal Horse artillery, ard its place will
be taken BY an ostrich plume.
The latest thing 10 company promot- q
ing comes from Paris, where dogs i
cemetery has heen Hoated with a capital q
Of GI4,000. The promoters are ladies'. A
The results cf recent drilIings in q
Bo.neo have caused many persons to 81
think that Borneo will prove to be the n
richest petroleum Geld in the world. d
Koschichi Tanabe & Co. is the name Of
! firm recently formed in Yokohoma,
Japan, with cspitsl Of ga. 900. 10 build OF
ID electric road in that city. AT
A sst Of maps Of The time Of Ptolemy er
he geographer, has been found in some Ul
eleventh century manuscripts In the vat q
can library, according 10 the Tablet. co
Referring to the recent report shat = ar
sussian florist has succeeded ia raising
Inc roses, Eiayonian gardener declares
ut blue roses grow wild In Servia. as
MustaeLes among women are com ma
loner at the present time than they ed
sed to be. 10 aConstantinople and Mad ba
q one woman out OF every len las Th
lstincs mustache. inl
Offers to serve in the. .Transvaal, should on
ie occasion arise, have been made by
bout 5000 officers, non-commissioned
Ulcers and men Of the new. south Walee un'
sfense force. FI'
About twenty foni women 10 100 are wa
ronger in the left arm than IN the ou'
ght; women, too, are more frequently -
IualIy strong in both arms than men.
An expert has :isen to explain that
age fright really comes from a disor ~ ~
red stomach. He argues from this -
at persons meditating public appsar. -
css should be careful Of their diet and ~
here to regular habits. 80
A French scientist has made SEINE
ants "artifcially Alpine by keeping
em in an ice box all night and exp1s Il
/ them to the full action Of the cum dur ly 81
tDe Gay. pup
it il stated en- German authoritV that peci
'OO. 600 glass eyes are made every year Irat
Germany and Switzerland, while tn Pm
ench house manufactures 100000 or and
sm annually. to b.
Among the latest. collecting fads is IN,
'rch after odd trsde signs and circulars.
. collectors declare there is more fun
it than anything in the collection line Tt
attempted. was
Norwegian legislators propose that girls said
o do not know how to knit, sew, wash DEM
cook shonld be refused permission to feV
riy. Daughters Of wealthy men are all
to be excepted. Is nc
very