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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1891)
' """ k ml a v. . v;-- .. 4 . io 5cr- rnneo. 1.013: Italy. CS; Anstrlii. Mi; Urvnt J,537i KotlicrlnndH. 400; Hpuln, iVihU'H nml Xorwuy, 150H7; rlief, 5i)j Doiiimirk, 87; Clilnn, sort; ffiiW. now J,"'" ''" Hio Oi-nnan nrtll- I of htwl. mid wi'lifliK, without th tIiilt, 810 poiiiuIh, nuliiht the 11 Iflih'N WOO pounds. With carrhitfo It Ihik X weight ox 2,700 jKmniU, nuliiht 3,0K). riio new ntniuuultlon wu'ims woIk'' il.UWJ iKninilH, the olil 1,110. M. Yn:i-l l'-. iiwinltHint u nn invontor of Miiulii'lof pouilor, by moaiihof n iki latio procvHS of nUtratlon flutU that the piYMiuivH ut tlii' moment of liurnhif? pOWllt,T till IH.thllCll thOlllhc'IVfh uni- 'rm .. . .1 - ...... ... l. . i formly VsIuitKtli, lhtiltth (I Vtraimuii 1 ' over Hid U'un iiiniiiL'tioui un hut that n wavo uf pn-khuro ut the Mint of tlu- powder and trannuiU ltul(. .jilBH-tfiitly ahno.st luovltahlo Ufa if MinH fiiui of thi' thlrtv. or ImhiU, iiuwhlniui oinnloyi'd hi W ft f ully-puipvil i,arat join hah rumitlon In Kiiirlaud In favor of r ttun ami of dolnir ii-way with as much imwWmiry iik Hs.slbli'. The Tlmndurer'n liHi-tonuorh havn Ih.-oh t:ilm out nmt replucuil with 'JO-tonncrs, worlii'd tiiitiroly ly hand. ART GLEANINGS. 1 vr.JV.tl.lK) S roil v, Min ol the Amrricai11 i.. 0ME NATIONS : -.. - jit iy tin) two cyiinJor with stool mortars, tho lonib3 In mld-alr. Aftur tho nmolui linn cloarod away, a fluro of Homo sort govs floating oil Into tho uppor air. Two onormous ilrapona twist and turn, ns It In mortal comt.at, until SL Ovorgn, in tho (jtilso of thidr own flory tonguoii, hldH thorn K'imo, mid thoy vanish in a pull of HtiioUo. l'orhapi tho Japanoso goddess of mirth lillarloiiftly waves a UUlo throo-cornrod ttas with a nquaro h(lo in It, and hiiiIIci iKinlgnly down until hIio has Nailed away out of Hltflit Tlio conihinationn proilucod in thcuo day flroworks aro almost inidli'si. Tho flifiiros nro liaa mado of very thin, alr-tlplit paper. Tho explosion of tho lomh Inllatos thorn with hot air, and tho princlplo comns Into operation which wo talco advantaj;o of In "llro balloons" which, hy tho way, aro mado In a iMHvlldorlni; varloty of shapes and colors hy tho Japanoso. Wry beautiful and almost unaccount able olfocts aro prcxlucud at nltflit, also, hy the Japaurso bomb-maVors. Per haps, aftur tho liotub explodes, a (rlan tic cluster of Krapos hangs suspendod In tho sky, the colors changing gradual ly froui a dark, rich purple to a brilliant siltor or gold, and dually fading away, one grape at a time, Tho Japanoso, in olden times, said that when tho grapes wore gono thoy had boon plucked by tho gods; and during titnos of peace and plenty which woro, unfortunately, fow thoy often ollorod thoso flory dollftyjlft t-v ' " d or god- Mirt- GRANT SMOKE. cigars nro simply long rolls vil-smolling leaf and are only okod by tho "moujlks,'1 or peasants. I'.NOi.tslt cigars aro mado of American tobacco, but fall In manipulation. They look bright and "wooden" rather than llko a natural-leaf product. Tilt: Trench cigars aro very poor, but as tho Government controls tho Indus try tho people aro obliged to use them or pay high prices for Havana goods. Tin; cigar of tho native Itorncan living in tho Indian archipelago, Is a black roll threo Inches long, tapering to either ond, tho outer leaf covered with a net-work of gray veins, llko a colt- web. Tin: 1'atagonlan cigar is mado of 'petlhoby" tobacco and Is threo Inches long, quite straight, of a dull gray-green color. It would take a courageous man to try It. yet tho native children smoke them all tho time. Kovrr uses a heavy black cigar, (ihai.d llko n barrel, not iillto three Indies long. It looks strong enough to draw a load of wood and has thick whlto veins upon Its wrapper, which look llko pieces of Hiring rolled uround It. I'osMM.v tho most orpenstvo cigars ever made were tho UO.OXK) Havana mado for Spanish Marshal 1'rim as a present for Naoloon III., each cigar being stamped with tho imperial X In gold. They aro said to have cost Sl'J.000. Tin: Italian cigar is a National insti tution. It Is eight Inches long, with a straw through it, and is remarkable for tho fact that tho manufacturer exhausts all the fertile resources of his nature In making It so that It will not light. I.s Hindustan tho konds have for ages allowed their hair to grow to a groat length, which they twist round and round tho head and fasten Into a knot In front, In which they carry a few cigars mado of tobacco rolled in a groen leaf. 0" "ijntv aro bad. 1'rom qr d,own jMrr . COUNTY HEWS. COUNTY, 0. It EG ON, THUltSDAY, FFIUIUA11 V 20, SOME SUPERLATIVES. Tin: height of tho highest pyramid is 4MI feoL r.MKMOUNT I'nrlc, Philadelphia, is the largest park in tho world. Tin: largest library is the Imperial of l'nris, which contains over two million volumes. Tin: deepest coal mine In the world Is near Tourney, Belgium; it is 8,54i foot in depth. Tin: KHTel tower in Paris is the high est structure, in tho world, nearly 1,000 feet high. Tin: highest active volcano In the world Is l'opocatapctl, In Mexico. It Is 17.7SI feet high. Tim longest suspension bridge Is tha lotwccn New York and llrooklyn. It Is n.OSO feet long. Tin: deepest hole ever Uired Into the earth is tho nrtehlaii well ut l'otMlam, which Is fi,5O0 feet deep. Tin: longest tunnel is tho St. fiothard on tho railroad between Lucerne nnd Milan nine and ouc-hulf miles iu length. Tin: deepest ocean In the world is the I'neillc. Near the I.ndrouu Islands u depth of 4,17ft fathoms, or over live miles, wiik found. Tin: largest specimen of tho bovine species ever recorded was tho 4,000 pound ox raised by Samuel llarkley in Pennsylvania and exhibited at the cen tennial exposition In Philadelphia. Tin; largest ship ever built was tho (Sival Kastecn, which was recently broken to pieces and sold to junk deal ers. She was commenced In IbSI and launched hi ISM. Her total length was 600 feet; breadth, 118 feeL Tin: largest Republic In the world nnd the only one that has ever lived a century on a purely democratic basis is the 1'nlted States of America, which contains H.'JOO.OOn square miles, In-ing almost equal in extent to KuroiH-, which has llfty-ulue kingdoms, empires, prin Ing. I'ditors and compositor?, make the corrections, and save many n repu tation thereby; but how is It with the private oorrehsindciiee of such blun derer?.? Such correspondence oxpo-cs one to criticism and severe judgment, for the charity and amiability of print-Ing-houM-s is seldom rivaled in tho out side world. ABREAST OF THE TIMES. A iii:ci:asi:i) Iaim Angeles paper Mink $lf.0,ui)0 during tho four years It was published. A Maim: Iceman estimates that the amount of ice cut on tho Kennebec this winter will bo nltfiut SSO.OOO tons. A citAii wan caught in tho hnrlmr of Victoriii, It. (.'., that was three feet six inches around the waist. It was pre sented to the Museum of Natural Science. A ni:w variety of seagull bus made its apjK-arance on the New Jersey coast. It Is darker than the old kind, ami tho most remarkable peculiarity is that its tall is narrowed to a sharp Kilnt. A max iu Jnekwin County, Ore., has been plowing this fall with a steam en gine, and has found that it works quite successfully. He pulls eight plows with his engine, and turns over the soil at tho rate of sixteen acres per day. The cost of running the outfit is not over five dol lars per day. Tiii:i:k seems to Ik good reason or the increased interest in athletics and various kinds of physical culture fuds. It Is reported that out of twenty appli cations for enlistment ut tho 1'nlted States rendezvous iu Portland only one has lieen accepted, deilclent chest belnjf the main trouble, (lr..i:iiAi. lli:itiiA.v has proposed n novel solution of tho silver coinage problem. Ills fcohe.inivjbri make udob tar oi gop? - ; eoniliiuu' . " ' , - ' ISO I. DOINGS IN MANY LANDS. In IK'.m It will 1m one thousand years since Hungary lx-cumo an imlcix-mlcut government, ami it Is pnqxHod to cele brate the anniversary with great pomp. Al.l. of the (xxit-ouico In Italy receive loney on dcpot.it, allowing Interest at the rate of three ami one-half per cent. er annum uml u dividend paid every live years. Tin: Can- has decided to forbid any of his hitbjeeU from entering the principal ity of Monaco mi m-eount of the large uumtorof wealthy KuhmIuiis who huve been ruined ut the gambling tables. PltoiiAlil.Y the. heaviest stag ever killed In Scotland or Ireland 1ms been shot at Muck rush, near Killaruey. It hud horns of, fourteen tynes, ami Its clean weight was nearly a ton and a half. Tin: Swiss railways Intend to Intro duce the zone taiiir for passengers, now that the system proves so succe H.iful in Austro-llungary. During the first year of (he zone tariff in Hungary the vari ous lines curried over lfi.OOO.ooo passen gers, against fi.000,000 during the previ ous twelve-mouth. Accoimi.NO to tho new assessment lists, Berlin has four citizens whose an nual Incomes range from 3.100,000 to S.i.10,000; ono with Sviiift.ooo; four of S'.'OO.OOO, and four of SKWi.OOO. There arc -JO0 residents each with an Income oi ulxMit S.10,000 a year, and 1,0711 who have alsiul 9l-,'M a year each. Tilot'SANDS of goldcrcfcto annually cross and recross the North son at the wildest pt-rlisl of the year, and, unless the weather Is rough, generally make their migrations In snfuty. And yet this is the smallest and frailest llritish bird a mere Hull of flKltlllJ weighing only scventv. The Paper for Die Farm, the Workshop and the Home. Number .,'.S Thn itnrr I toM of a mill, wlio t i thn kmi-ti of til cluck tJ Itrn inkki-r u hu Ition tlil, Ix-ofxiiv thor OiJ I 't kwp prlr tluiB, Of i-oiirv, ttii eiiick makrr i!ni4iiio1 tlm uvirkn. uh la them tlm IrnutiK 1: it mid Mniehi J. ( 4e nml nthiT rruiitl 'in im tha riterlur t-ll nf 1noril-rr. cou l II Ion of tha M.-l nlttuu. If run h.u Hu-no lnclictliiii. I- wlwt In Umt, ni'l takn llr. J-mren (1 lli-u Hot lrl Ilucnri-rr. It puts Um tit rr nml h 1.1 ci'T III K'-Ml working orJ-r, purtflM th tiliio, rl-4 iva tlm n;trm from til liu-u-rltls.1, from iitutcter enuio srulu.-, u.t toiwuj up tha fuurtlnna ernrrall. "Oollcn Hwllml Dlscnf err " rhcrW tha frlzhtful Inroaila of Hi reditu, an I, if lakm In time, r.irU tho uiarrh of (Vnsuinptiun of tlm l.uncs (which li l.unr--.'rluU), purlflM nii(f rnrlchcH IU IiI.ksI. thonlir uurlii all Ukln and tkilp rl-v. I'lom, Horoi. Sulliiiri ami klndrnl lumunU. It li tonla mi "J1 na altriutlTa, or IiI.kmI clraiHlnir, In IU ctTocti, hrncf it trenzth ent thu trttcin aoil rtnn lUlltr. thrrr ty ithptlllns oil the, laniuul, "UrM fwillnit" oimrlencvl tif tho il. hllltnLM. Itwctallr lit It mnlfrt-l in p tniitr In eurlnr Tflur, Rilt-rhruoi, Kijmiih, llry sliKiloa. Ilolli, (rfitmoliK, 8iro .trt, (luU trt, nr Thlok Neck, and KuUirirrsl illtivU. "Oohlcn itfOlcal Dliuotrrj " l th. Mood snd lunir n-mwlr, flitJ. ana owinst4d"' tn. to ito alfc." ' 1 cipalities and republics. FACTS ABOUT THE u. vtyi:iu: uro nineteen mlllloiiji U'ii niutes .-senate w lltll flKltM lip M