The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-05-26
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VARIETIES.


Do what you ought, and le. what will
come of il.
What maintains one vice would bring
up two children.
1t is more noble to make yourself great
than to be born SO.
The world is more apt to reward ap-
pearances than deserts.
In jealousy there is more lore Of self
than any one else.
Patience is power in a man, warning
him to rein his spirit.
Benevolcnce is allied to few vices;
sel6shness TO fewer virtues.
Humility is the low, but broad and
deep foundation of every virtue.
Every day is little life, and our whole
life is but day repeated.
The possession of superior talent ere
ates more wishes than it gratifes.
Miss Garduer has been appointed
Chief Engineer the Fire Department
of Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
Next to mitrailleuse, the most kill
ing thing nowadays is druggists NOR
TAR, managed by au inexperienced clerk.
The Rev. r. b. Kay, Of Metamora
has eloped with a young widow, Iesving
wife aud several children to mourn his
lsss
Baez. of San Domingo, is about 50
year. of age, aud has onc-sixteenth negro
and the same amount of Indian blood in
his veins.
James King has gone to the North
ampton Me House of Correction for
seventy days for embracasg lady in the
public streets against her wishes.
Madame Hunter, of Cleveland. clair
goyant, published card 10 which she
fatty denies that she is a..dark aud dam
gerons demon"
Miss Lizzie Van Lew, Postmistress of
Richmond, IVA J has decided that the
frank of a Congressman will no. carry
letter mailed at thar office. when she has
resou to believe the Congressman is
not In the city.
| The Trustees of the Forest Hill Gem
etry of Boston report with pride and en-
thusiasm concerning the new receiving
tomb, that Tits whole inside arrange
ment gives it a PLEASANT aud cheerful
aspect"
Brigham Young has ordered from a
house in Chicago spring outfit for q
part of his family. The order is for
twenty-six velvet cloaks and twenfy-six
dresses: also, sixty suits of male attire
land thirty-six dress coats.
"Shall I help you to aIight?" said
young gentlcinan. addressing bouncing
country girl who was preparing to jump
from a carriage in front of his Office
Thank you, sir" sweetly replied the
girl, "but | don't smoke"
/ A little girl in London, who sold wa
Itcrcresses, had'a Bible given to her by
city missionary. She read it for some
months, and told the minister that she
liked fhe Old Testament better than the
i New, as there was IA deal more fun an
fighting in it"
A linguist at Warsaw. Portland, nam
ed Prescenski, has just completed pol
lyglot dictionary in twenty-threc langua-
4 ges, on which he has been at work for
over seventeen years. It's believed the
Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg
will publish the work at its own ex.
pense.I
In August it is expected that force
of 1000 men. comprising regulars, mi
litia. yeomanry, and volunteers, will
march from Aldcrshot to some place 10
Berkshire, England. where pitched bat
ties will be fought daily, aud decided by
an umpire, after the Prussian system.
An old settler of Berlin, VT, tells how
years ago, after shower of rain had
raised the brook that passes through his
farm, the fish from the pool would run
up, and when the water fell, he and his
! brother have frequently, with their hay.
forks and hands, taken out from fifty to
one hundred splendid trout.