Daily Democrat
A JOURNEY TO VENTS.
Dr. C. Robertson in St. Nicholas give
tome Interesting licit touching the extent
of tpace, ai illustrative of which lie sup
poses certain railways to be built ; one
round the world in a perfect circle, others
to yarteus points in the solar system. And
we will further suppose that the trains on
these railways could be kept going at the
rate of 60 miles an hour for any required
length of time ; that their passengers
could da without food or could be supplied
with an abundance of it ; that the bodies of
such passengers could be made capable of
enduring the various changes of air, tem
perature, and other climatic conditions, to
which they would be exposed.
And on our world this kind of travel
would be comparatively easy, and would
take next to no time. In 24 hours the pas
senger could travel 1440 miles, or consid
erably farther than from New York to
Chicago. In 4S hours he could ttavel as
far as from Boston to Liverpool ; and in
2ess than 17 days he could go round the
world. But, as regards the journeys in
space, a difficulty in most cases insuperable
would stand in the way. In order to visit
any but a very few of the nearest bodies in
space, the travelers on our celestial rail
ways would need to have their lives very
greatly prolonged. Were they to set out
for any distant part of the system.they all
would d!e before they had fairly begun
their journey . A voyage to the moon, to
Venus, or to Mars would, under the above
conditions, be possible J to any other body
in the system it would be impossible.
The journey to the moon would be com
paratively short. Our companion Is distant
about 240,000 miles J or.in round numbers,
its distance contains, ten times as many
miles as are contained in the earth's cir
cumference.
Traveling at the rate of 60 miles an hour,
and never stopping, it would take between
166 and 167 days to reach the journey's
end. Compared with other heavenly dis
tances, this is a mere nothing ; but com
pared with the distances actually trave-sed
by the average man.it is very great indeed.
Few ever travel at 60 miles an hour, and
then only for short periods, and at consid
erable intervals. Many, probably the ma
jority, of those who live to a good old age
cover less than 340,000 miles during their
whole lives. A great traveler might do H
in, say, 15 vears. For even a conductor or
engineer of an express train, it would re
quire several years.
Let us now take a trip to the planet
Venus, our next nearest neighbor. This
will be a much more formidable undertak
ing. We have seen that a succession of
the longest journeys over this earth would
form but short and passing episodes in a
lifetime. We have seen that.on one of our
Imaginary railway.!, the traveler could cir
cle the world in less than three weeks. We
have seen, not only that a journey to the
moon is quice possible to the passengers by
our celestial railway, hut that equal and
even greater distances are often traveled
on earth. But a trip to Venus would be a
very different matter. Venus, as already
stated, is about 26,000,000 miles away ; or,
at 60 miles an hour, without stopping, she
is distant a journey not of three weeks or
six months, but of some 50 years. On the
imaginary railway, such a journey would
be possible, for a great many persons live
longer than 50 years. But in real life no
one has ever traveled,and no one ever will
travel, anything like so far. No human be
ing ever has traveled 5,000,000 miles ; and
it is safe to say that no one ever will. To
complete this measure of journeying would
require an average of 100,000 miles a year
for 50 years. Some few, perhaps, in all
their lives, may have traveled 1,000,000
miles, but these are probably very rare ex-
ceptions. So we se tl.at no one ever has
lived who has traveled more than a small
part of the distance to Venus. Yet, com
pared with other bodies in the system, this
star may be said to be almost a next-door
neighbor.
DEPOSITS IN MEXICO EXCELLING
EVEK KNOWN BEt'OKE.
ANY
Although it has always been known that
gold existed in the state of Guanajuato, where
there has for many years been a small, but
regular, production of the yellow metal, the
stories that now come from that stare regarding
the great gold discovery are exciting much atten
tion in mining circles here. A company o'
Cleveland, O., capitalists and a syndicate of
London bankers have been investigating for
some time the resources of the region, where
gold was suspected to exist, and their labors
have, according to reports made by American
miners, resulted in the discovery of enough
gold-bearing quartz to keep an army of miners
busy for a century to come. The ore exists, it
is averred, in such quantities as to make up a
arje part of several monntains, and it crops
out on the cliffs and in the canons in such a
manner as to convince experienced miners that
this is the biggest gold field ever struck. The
country in which this find has been made is
well watered and contains many ranches. The
National railway runs within 12 miles of the
gold regions. It is averred that mining experts
who have gone there skeptical have come away
astonished at the immense extent of the deposits,
which appear inexhaustible; in fact, reports
that have reached here remind one of Sinbad'8
valley of diamonds. If half that is told turns
out true, Mexico has the biggest gold deposits
ever known on this globe. The Cleveland
company will put up a big stamp mill.
STATE LEGISLATURE
Monday, Jan. 28th.
Irvine Introduced a memorial asking that
veterans of Indian wars in Oregon be al
lowed same privileges as those of Mexican
war i Hilton that the land grant of the N.
P. Portland to Wallula be declared forfeit
ed. Numerous House bills were read first
time in Senate, among others the Halsey
charter bill ; relating to survey of public
lands ; asking government to purchase
locks at Oregon City, Dawson bill In ref
erence to execution of deeds ; Portland s
Bull Run water bill. In the House reports
from committees were heard. They were
favorable on bill for satisfaction of mort
gages by affidavit ; on bill providing for
Court reporters ; on repeal 01 vagrancy
law ; on bill creating Harvey county ; n
bill providing for payment of stock killed
bv cars, and others. Several bills were In
troduced, ene providing for buying land for
Agricultural College, one tor bounties on
scalps, etc.
A Boston inventor claims to have per
fected a process by which ice may be man-
ufactured in an ordinary refrigerator. He
has exhibited his invention to a gathering
of capitalists. In the room was a refrig
erator. There was a stove, and the tem
perature of the room was 72 degrees, Fah
renheit. In the locked and sealed depart
ment of the Ice-chest was a small tin case
filled with the "mixtures." There was no
ice in the chest. The temperature of the
rest of the chest was 25 degrees. All was
clean and dry. A gentleman placed a
tumbler of partly melted ice in the chest,
and in fifteen minutes it was frozen solid.
The Inventor claims by his process to be
able to produce cold from any degree down
to zero. The annual cost to an ordinary
household would be about $7.
For rand madeharness 110 to K L. Tower
BIG BARG
A few days ago Senator Blair, of New
Hampshire, was caught without an um
brella by a severe rain storm in Washing
ton. He took refuge from the shower in
the nearest friendly doorway. People
passing were amused to observe that the
Prohibition or death" Senator was seek
Ing shelter from one of the most notorious
rum-shops in the capital.
ft New Grocery Discovered
AT
Strong's old corner, opposite Stewart A
Box, irai ntreet, aiuauy, ur,
A full line of
FRESH CROCERIES,
CANNED COODS,
DRIED FRUITS. ETC.
"Quick Kales and small profits," "Live
and iflt live." la onr motto, r lease uu
and examine our goods and get prices
Satisfaction guaranteed,
Produce Taken in Exchange,
Very Respectfully,
BARQUE & UNDERWOOD.
CLOTH
For Fall and Winter
NEW GOODS
NEW SMYRNA RUGS AND PORTIERRES.
NEW TABLE COVERS.
LINEN TABLE SETS, NAPKINS TO MATCH,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LINEN AND SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEFS.
TRUNKS AND VALISES.
SILK DRESS PATTERNS.
COLORED AND SILK WARP HENRIETTAS.
SILK UMBRELLAS,
Boot and Shoe Department.
INDIES AND CENTS FANCY SLIPPERS.
CENTS FINE SHOES.
MISSES AND CHILDRENS FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS,
FELT SLIPPERS OF ALL KINDS.
CROCKERY DEPARTMENT
CHOICE NOVELTIES IN "DECORATED GHINA
TEA SETS.
FRUIT PLATES AND SAUCERS..
DECORATED BEDROOM SETS
LAMPS,
SALAD BOWLS-
FANCY PITCHERS-
FANCY CUSPADORES-
CAKE DISHES
AND A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF NOVELTIES IN CHINA
L E. BLAIN'S.
Rubber Coats and Boots, Shoes
O VERC OATS, Fine A ssortment,
Pea Jackets-Chinchilla. Astrachan
Pull Line of Duck Suitings,
ALIi GRADES WOOLEN OVER SHIRTS
Big Stock Cardigan Jackets,
HEAVY MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR.
Winter Gloves and Mittens
ALL WEIGHTS LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES.
UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC.
Last but not least a Urge stock of CLOTNINC AND FURNISHINGS
3E3
flT Brownell
Samuel E. Young.
Albany, Oregon
JULIUS Gradwoiil's
Golden Rule Bazaar.
Ills stock has been enlarged bo that it equals any on the Coast, and oonMsts of
Roger Bros. Silverware, French China and Crys
talware, Boys' Wagon3, Doll Carriages,
Fancy Goods, and a general
assortment of Crocktey
and Toys.
has been addod ft complete line of
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Is Agent for lnsnrane companies with a capital aggregating $75,000,003 .
fBIcl on parle Francais, Hier wird deutch gesprochon.-W
D, R. N, BLACKBURN,
Attorney at Law
Office, JOdd Fellow's Temple,
AlBAHY, - - 0REG3H.
& Stanard's.
J. E. WEATHERFORD,
(NOTARY PUBLIC,)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. OBECM.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS O
BUt. 8wcUl attention jWen to collwti ' TB