The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-08-18

New York'a net debt 10 t2lO,OOO,VVO.
/ A rifle ball moves 1000 mlles per
hour.
Eaglish collieries emsloy sSStOo pep
Erle.
Germany has about $4,000 physicians
and surgeons.
There are 900 cells In a square loot Of
honeycomb.
British India now has lao colleges ana
~ 600 students.
rhe receipts Of the Snez canal 10 lSOS
were els. ISL 200.
The Transvaal Eas seventy four gold
mining companies.
Partisan eourmands devonr 100000
pounds OF snails daily,
Four tons Of geld from the Klondike
will be exhibited at the Paris exhibit
on.
About lT5 Congregational churches
have adopted the individual communion
cup.
Music boxes for bicycles are now mar
uIactured by f,m in HaGburg, Ger
many.
The telegraph wall be extended 1000
miles south of Khartoum by the end q
the year.
The Rr safest distance to which wire-
ess telegraph has been seat il rty-
three miles.
In the vicinity Of Norfolk, Va, about
J 500 acres are devoted 20 the cultur1 tf
radish.
In Madagascar silk is the only fabric
used in the manufacture oi clothing. II
is cheaper than linen in Ireland.
Among the 600, 200 inhabitants Of Ma
plea 50. 600 never know today wherewish
they shall buy their meals tomorrow.
ButfaIo's new Unien railroad station
to cost "a. 600 900, is said to have wait
70 ON SOX2s5 feet, sid to be the
iIg4ss in the world.
In certain parts Of Africa. crocodiles.
toads and spiders are eaten. Ancient
Romaus ate caterrillars. and come Afri'
cans do the same today.
A large dog and horse had a fierce
battle at Hacksnsack, n. T., few days
ago in which the latter came of victor
ious, the dog being killed.
Austria is the country most leniens to
murdererp. In ten years oVer 500 were
found guilty Of murder. Of whom only
twenty-th:ee were put TO death.
Warrington (Englanc) town council
has just issued an order penalizing the
delivery OF milk later than l0a. m. on
Sundays. ihe order is under the Lords
day act Of 1915.
Gov, Joseph d. Sayers OF Texas owrs
the first federal flag captured BY the con.
fsderates in the war OF tine rebellion
Hs intends presenting 1t 70 the State
Historical society.
The latest test for sobFiety is word oil
tweLty three letters. It i, electropho-
tomicroerapby, and the mes1iDg given
is "photographing By electric light OBJ
iects magnified by the microscope.
The Bank of England destroys about
35O, 600 Of its notes every week to replace
them with freshly printed once. One
evening in each week is set apart for the
making Of this expensive bonfire.
A Chicago paper, having kept rec;rd
of crime for ten years, declares that The
saloon business Of the United States is
dire:tly chargeable with total of $, ,436 !.
during that time.
SauFrancitco has raised some S32, 200 :
Of the desired $1OO, 900 for monument to
Dewey to be set up in that city.
Now it ask the rest Of the state Of Cali
fornia TO help make up the fund.
The fecundity OF microbes is prodigous !
30 much so that il fifteen drops Of water
polluted with barteJia are allowed to fall
into cup Of froth the germ population
W ould have increased in twenty four
hours to $4,000, 900.
In ten years American life insurance
have doubled their assets The
amount rising from 1867, l2s. .642 in 1888 |
TO .344, ,9o1 19s 10 1898, TIE increase has
been decidedly :hs greatest since:prosper
ity returned 10 the country.
In China carrier pigeons are protected
from birds Of prey BY apparatus consist
ing, of bamboo tubes fastened to the birds |
bodies. As the pigeon flies the tubes pro-
duce shFill WhistliDg sonDd, which |
keeps the birds Of prey at distance.
Eighty-'ourper cent, Of the entire state
Of Idaho is still public land, amounting |
20 more than 44.0OO, 900 acres. OF this
area it hse teen estimated by the'govern.
mcnt geological survey that 7.Oc0. 900
acres can be successfully Irrigated.