The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-08-15

eno wy Motner chopped tne nngel
off in time to save him.
"A new paper in Texas starts out
with the announcement that sin re-
ligion we are conservative, and we
intend to adhere to the cash system. .
A negress, speaking of one of her
children who was lighter colored
than the rest, said, 81 nebber could
bear dat brat, cause he show dirt so
easy"
A Boston jeweler has on exhibition
what he claims to be the largest dia-
mond in the United States. It weighs
thirty-two carats, and has q yellow
tinge.
Gov. Carpenter, of Iowa, has de-
cided not to call the convention of
Western and Southern Governors,
to consider the transportation ques-
ton, until the Fall.
An old lady was admiring the
beautiful picture called "Saved." ;"
Its no wonder" said she, "that
the poor child tainted after pulling
that great dog out of the water"
A scientific friend, who has been
reading with great patience an ex-
haustative treatise on the velocity
Of light" says that he now knows
how it is that his gas-bills run up So
rapidly.
A piece Of glass an inch long was
taken from the head of Rochester
man recently, in whose skull it had
bee. imbedded for twenty years.
He had complained occasionally of a
pain in his head.
A Connecticut farmer, who set
out an elaborate scare crow in his
strawberry patch, was disgusted to
find that a pair of robins had built
their nest, and were raising their
young, under its hat.
They found the body Of O boy in
the lake at Chicago, the other day,
with a pair Of skates on his feet. ii
was identified as the remains of lad
who went through the ice, mile
from shore, on New Years day.
From returns lately published, we
learn thatthere are in India 315 differ
ent newspapers, of which 6S are
English, 36 in the dialect which pass
es as English among the natives, and
I'll are in the native languages.
His Holiness Pope Plus TX. will,
it is said, create the Most Rev. Arch
bishop Manning of Westminster,
England, and two American Arch
bishops Cardinals Of the Church, and
forward to each Of the prelates a
scarlet hat.
A Lancaster (Pa.) man had what !
he thought to be a very painful bun :
ion; but on pairing it he found the i
cause OF the irritation to be long c
human hair, which had by some
means become imbedded in the flesh ,
Of his foot.
The libel suit of Miss Linda Gilbert
against the Chicago Evening Post was 7
given to the jury, with instructions !
to bring in sealed verdict. The I
jury came into court with o verdict +
for the plaintiff, assessing the dam
ages at six cents.
A western traveller suggests a new C
sleeping car regulation, which shall "
prohibit porters from extracting a f.
well-polished boots from
under his pillow, and charging
cents for setting them on
the floor in front of his bunk.
A Dutchman and an Irishman once
met on lonely highway. As they
met each smiled, thinking he knew A
The other. Pat, on seeing his mis- \
AXE; remarked, 'Faith, an / at
thought it was you, an you thought c.
I was me, an it's nayther Of us"
A Memphis girl was married the II
other day, and Immediately sold her
piano, bought sewing machine, and
made her husband suit of clothes
md herself two calico dresses, and
low fourteen young men are seeking 10
he hand of her unmarried sister.
The great log raft from Michigan !,
las arrived at Chicago. Not single A
og waslost, no heavy wAather having
'een experienced, save Guring the
ast four hours of The trip, 1t is Fl
that the profit over the old
: nei9Sd soS Of transportation was about
a quaint old gontleh., Of an y
ctive, stirring disposition, lad
ian at work in his garden who was
ute the reverse, "Jones," said he,
did you ever see snail?" Ger
linly," said Jones. "Then" said
le old man, ''you must have met :,
i'm, for you could never have over s
lken him." H y
There is u little railroad at Bayou 8
ara, La, that runs to Woodyille on :
very inaccurate scale. A stranger z
lme in one day and inquired how y
item the steam.c car made trips TO the =
'untry The party interrogated 8
lid: "Tri-weekly.S N"What do 9
ou mean by tri-weelsly2" The S
nswer was ut goes up one week t.
nd tries to come down the next" y
A man who was Boosting OF the 5
nusual height Of his relations was z
nnoyed by one OF the company, who Y
MD he had brother twelve feet
II. "ImpossibleY" snarled the
caster. "Well, two halves make
hole, don't they2n asked the other.
Yes, 2 was the reply "Well, then,
ye two half-brothers, each Of whom
ak feet high, was the logical se-
inder. ~