The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-12-27
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Il WODldu Is 5tdeiatIN HIpIt GCCho-
mical than q man, because her
"waist" Is smaller.
Leavenworth girls won't go ont
riding now. because the trees along
the road are SO naked.
1t is said that the prettiest tomb in
Pere-la -Chaise is that of Helen Ad-
rianoff, u Russian ballet-dancer.
An old lady in East Saginaw.
Michigan. has given bonds III $500
not to s,.old her neisebors for an en-
tire year.
The grave-an ugly hole dug in
the ground which lovers and poets
wish they were in, but take uneom-
mon means to keep out of.
1t is now claimed that the archi-
tect OF the great Chinese wall was
a woman; but woman wouldn't do
anything TO keep men out in that way.
The Princess Mathilde, who was
extremely partial TO Theophile
Gautier, went To see h m laid o. t
af er death, and wept abundantly Oh
leaving.
Miss Temnerance Anderson. a
resident If Baden. Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, has hair six feet and u
hat long. 1t is quite thick and fine,
and blonde in color.
A gushing poet asks in the first
line OF recent effusion, "How many
weary pilgrims lie?" We give it up,
but experience has taught US that
there are a good many.
The ladies complain that the pres
enG style OF hats are exceedingly
homely, but they buy them, never
theless. They wonld buy u hedge
hog if it had bugles on it.
Phosphorized bronze is now excit-
ing attention as a material tor guns.
Several of the European Govern
ments have been experimenting with
q view to its adoption.
The gentleman so often spoken OF
in novels, who riveted people with
his gaze, has obtained work IN Il
boiler mandatory with extra pay.
on account of his peculiar faculty.
Granny Wilson, well known to
Scotch tourists, has died, aged over
l0J years. Granny Wilson followed
her husband "a soldier) to Waterloo.
and passed through the momentous
campaign.
i Frenchman, writing in the
Journal Pour Tous, says: Respect
for women require Us never to doubt a
word OF what she utters; self-respect
requires US never to believe q word
of what she saysi'
The seven female students in the
University of Vermont. at Burling-
ton, are reported rs holding their
own very well and fully equal in
scholarship to most OF their class
mates of the other sex.
Miss Laura Elan of Someryillr
Tenn, last week received the So
premium ut the Memphis Fair Tor
making the best calico dress, having
successfully competed with the do
mestic skill of more than 1OJ ladies.
Mrs Tozier of Athens. now one
hundred and seven years old must
have a most wonderful memory
since she claims to distinctly remem-
ber the drowning of her father in
the Penobscot river one hundred and
four years ago.
By tie death of Miss Isabella Ma
ther. an old and wealthy lady of
Liverpool. the museum of that city
gets a cabinet of miniatures of
French Marshals and other great
men, formerly in the possession of
the ex-Emperor Napoleon.
Here is a good busines-like cpl
taph: Here lies Jane Smith, wife
of Thomas Smith, marble cutter
This monument was erected by her
husband as tribute to her memory
and specimen of his work. Monu-
ment of the same style, $3.50"
A little girl came into one of our
shoe stores the other day to take
shoes home for her mother to select
from. ''What number does your
mother wear, sissy" asked the
merchant ''She told me to bring
some half-past fours," replied the
little girl.
Miss Nellie, the beautiful, devoted
and accomplished daughter of Mrs.
G. c. Wharton, (whose trial some
time since upon the charge of poison
ing Gen. Ketchnm excited so much
interest, was married as far back as
the Fourth of July to her cousin,
III. 81. Wharton, of Philadelphia.
4 cQlored man was once asked why
he did not get married: tWby, yor
see, sah," said he, 81 got an old
mudder, an hab to do for her, you
see, sab, an ef I didn't buy hel
ahoes and stockin's, she wouldn't gel
none, Now, if I was to get married
I'd had to buy dem tings for my
wife, and dat'ud be takin' de shoes
and stockin's rite out er my old mud