The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-07-13


Ills, by the way he handles himself, On
or two motions give the whole thing away
The brick mason who knmtuxes his trad
doesn't act as Il he were baking bread, th
carpenter doesn'thandle saw as II he wer
: sewing with needle, and the docto
doesn't cut off a leg as II he were walking
: ON eggs, The men putting down Young
stone walk attract attention because the,
act MS If they knew what they were doing
: lttakcs a sharp man these times 60 "pul
the wocl' over the eyes Of the fifty or six
ty men who superintend public Improve
ments in this city, because they havi
learned the business by years OF patlen
, observation from lumber piles aud DIR,
goods boxes, while their money has In
creased BY drawing les ten per cent. inter
est. This Is an age of Improvement, wheI
4 things must be done right.
MoRE NgRvE.--An Astoria editor thiuk
he has found something that takes NOR,
nerve than tight rope walking In speak
ing of the davidson Brothers he says
"Prof. Davidson called at this office and |,
a very pleasant unassuming gentleman
his calling may be trille dangerous, but
II he wishes 10 find out how nervy he Is, he
should take trip down TO the cape In a
fishing boat on a day like Yesterday, then
he viii understand that the fishermen go
through dangers every day that would
cause tight rope walkers hair 20 stand
upon end like quilts upon the fretful por-
cupinc and the only tight walking they do
Is a few hours after getting fish check
cashed."
THE FIRsr-The rattle of the binder Is
already heard In the land, and about as
frequently as that of the mower, though
the latter, by all rules of at least natural
procedure has the precedence The first
gentlemen reported to the DEMOCRAT Of
flee as having started binders were Moses
Miller and ] w Propst, who began on Fri
day TO bind the golden stalks into bundles.
Never before has wheat looked better.
The meshes are all full OF plump, healthy
kernels of wheat, and there are lots OF
them. Things look remarkably suspicious
for the Linn county farmer this fall, ex-
cept perhaps high prices.
| REMARKABLE VITALITY The boy
Minniee who shot himself IN tne head on
July 3, is still ali2e. Mr.. l.. X. Brooks, oi
Sweet Home, informs us that the ball
plowed through the skull, and that at least
two teaspoonfuls OF braius oozed out, and
yet the boy has been rational most of the
time since. lie says his dog ran against
him and knocked him off the log and that
his head struck the log, which caused the
injury. lie cannot comprehend that he
was shot. Fever has set In and the physi
clan says there Is no hope for the boy.
LUcK.-As an illustration of what |,
sometimes called "luek" Is instauced the
fortunes of Purser Downing of the Idaho
He and two others left their native Massa
chuset;s hills at the same time, and struel
the Columbia river at the same time The,
all got steamer employ. lie happened tS
} Be put on the "Idaho" on the Alaska route
About two years ago he, with four others
put SIPS il venture in the shape OF wha
} was believed to be a gold mine. Las
week the five partners sald their mine 10
93,oooooo, gold coin, purser Downing
share is 100000. The other two are stil
rustling here for so much or so little
} month. That may not be luck, but Il look
; very much like what some folks wouI,
deem luck TO bc.--4AslorfaS.
VIZ WILT-We admit the "corn," Mr
Times, about that foot racing business, anS
without any specks can see that we pm
our foot in Il. You are just about as vir,
uous in Corvallis as we are in Albany II
such matters. We are glad II wasn't tn
Corvallis boys that passed the fast runnc
: off for some one else, and IL the Halse
: man went 10 Corvallis for the sake O
i sweeping things, as he had already don
d with one of Corvallis sprinters il serve
him about right; still of course that way G
doing things Is naughty after all. Naugh
c ~ is very tame sort OF a word, you know
e We've concluded to be on good terms wit
= Corvallis, and, Bob, suppose you join wit
:, Pipes and the rest of US.
n MILITARY CEysUs.--Last year censu
I of call able bodied male citizens bctwee
1 IS and IS years of age not otherwise c,
empted by law" was taken by law, and her
~ is the result of it: Jackson, 1905 Wa
J, lowe, Goa Wasco, II26 Yamhill, Is43
n Douglas, 1885, Linn, 2o2o Grant, 1878
'r Malheur, $50 (; Union, I2s2 MuItnomal
d 1896 Clatsop, S7I Baker, 7ss Colun
t. bia, $40; Tillamook, 3o7 Crook, s4s
e Curry, ass Morrow, 73o; Coos, o3z
Josephine, 46S; Gillian, $50 Washin,
, ton,I4 Lake, 626 klamath, 34T !; Ian
1880 Benton, SIS Marion, 1889 Umi
J tilla, 1903 Polk, 100 Clackamas, (esi
5 40. Total, 33,755. AS the total vote
!, the late election was 6o,7o7 1t would loo
very much as If great many men wei
c missed.
+ A WHEELING CESrERs-Albany is IA
: becoming the wheeling center of. Orego
and it Is fact worthy of note that the c,
lumbia agent, ]. p. Hail, has done more |
J. the interest of bicycling than any otht
/. one individual rider, as he has sold durin
A the last 10 months just 10 bicycles Ye
, terday he sold to Percy Young a new
= inch Columbia Light Roadster and also
: George Henderson 56inch Expert G
lumbia Bicycle.
j. LEBANON ITEMs.--Mr Hardy informs
% that the prospect of the telegraph from he
e to Albany is good. Friends take hold. "
r must boom this . Donaca & Hearing,
% Sweet Home ARE to resume work on the
coal mine. There Is an abundance of
bituminous nature in their mines, says OF
p. of the owners Dick Watkins and Sal
Hearing, bIacksmiths in Sweet Homl
claim that the coal in these mines bur
of better than the Cumberland coal. .--EzSye
'. GoNE.--We neglected to mention Sc
eral weeks ago that the young men wi
- run the barracks had left Albany. Width
. we know not, nor do we care. The advi,
given from the start by the DEMOCRAT,
AT leave them alone was followed, and the
m were obliged to quit living on nothing.
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