The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-10-17

Il W. WSob VI Ib1-
cinnsti. beqneathed $4,000 to the Old
Mems Hone, Of that city.
Capt. wsbb's widow has closed ber
engagement at the whirlpool Rapid.
Park, and IL now Connected with one
Of che "Isdian" bszaars al Niagara
FalIs
The Rev. DR.. Prime says that Ia Al
bany, the subject Of signing petitions
being under remark. nan bet that be
could get the signatures Of ten highIy-
respected residents to q paper sskipe
Gov. Dix 70 hang one Of the leading
clergymsn. He won, without difficulty,
ss not one Of the sisners Insisted cu
reading the document.
De Nittis, the Italian painter, who
died recently In Paris, was told bv King
Humbert few years ago that "ItaIisn
artists should work a. Rome on Romas
sabjscts." Sire" be replied ''hAd I
remained in Il me l surely should not
enjoy the reputation I have. Il Is 70
Paris tnat l owe the pleasure Of being
claimed By Italians a. compatriot."
The Hon. w. T. WeIcksr, Califcrp-.
las State Superintendent Of public
schools, has recently decided that Chin
sse children cannot become pupiIs Of
the public schools, public education
heing intended, under the constitution
Of the State, only for those who can be-
come citizens. There are nearly 1900
Chinese children in San Francisco
alone.
Jouffcy, and not Robert Fulton, was
the inventor Of the steamboat according
70 the French. They raised q statue
70 his memory ct Beaancon on the 18th
Of August, Ia which he is represented
a. standing thOughtfuI, with one band
on bis 6rst steam engine. The Minis
ter Of Public Works, who unveiled the
statue, coupled the names Of JouGroy
and De Lssseps. the one the inventor
Of the steamboat, the other eulargsr Of
the sphere Of its use.
The late Duke Of Wellington, son Of
the Iron Duke, says that the famous
words attributed TO bis father, "Up,
Guards, and at them," were really ut
tsred By Lord Saltoun or rather that
The lattsps correct wolds were, "Up,
Guards, and Gre low" The Iron Dukes
horse Copenhagen came from Spain, and
was ridden by the great soldier during
all his Spanish campaigns. When the
animal was buried in StratbEeldssye
Park, England. the old Duke, ther
very in6rm aud feeble, surprised his
family and servants by appearing At
the ceremony. He had one Of his
hoots made into an inkstand.
Prof William Wagner has made an
other addition to bis endowment Of the
Wagner Free Institute Of S;ieuce in
Philadelphia, by the construction Of
thirteen dwellings, at a cost of $685.
900. The houses are part Of the per-
manent endowment of the institute.
The gifts Of Prof Wagneros to the insti-
tuts are, il is stated, valued at more
than $500, 200. The houses are nearly
oil rented, and the income from them
adds large revenue to the institation.
NJ. Chevreul, the French chemist
Who il ninety-ive years OF age, SAYS
81 have never besn . pessimist, and
have cautiously kept mysalf frem being
too much Of sn optimist. Let us not
trouble ourselves about tomorrow.
Let us enjoy the present. / had Q
model Of wife, the mother Of mos,
exemplary family. She has left me .
posterity that love, and BY whom ]
am loved. Why, one of my little
great-granddsughtcrs, she Is three
years old, salutes the bust of her Ole
great-gandfather every morning. ]
have always put in practice the sdage
4
Seek and ye shall 6ud.' 1 hav'
sought and l have always found some
thing at the domestic 6reside as we'll a
in the laboratory This is his secrel