The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-09-07


that nearly ended the life Of one small pas.
senger. An emlgrant who was travelling
with Vs wife and baby, hoggishly
pre-empted the lower berth, at bed time
compelling the partner Of his joys and sor
rows to climb In che upper berth with the
baby. The woman thoughtlessly placed
the baby OH the outside, and about the time
he fell asleep the infant tumbled out and
Il on the floor with bang that called the
attention OF several passengers and brake
man TO the spot. The child was knocked
senseless by the fall, and when the brake.
man picked Il up and showed u to tho
woman she tainted. She was shortly
brought 60, but II was not until the train
had passed Albany that any signs oi ami
nation appeared In the baby. There was
considerable growing amongst the pas.
sengers at the husband, whose selfishness
had caused the inishap -- Pfaeife.
SfoRgn powKR.-Mr. \. IL. Allen, OF
the Electric Light Co, Is investigating a
matter that Il probably one Of the greatest
things of the present generation. Il Is a
storage battery. Power II stored In bat.
terry 80 that II can be used entirely separ.
ate from the source Of the power. Il has
already been used to run street cas- and
machinery of different kinds. The idea Is
one 70 stagger one. You store your power
away and use II when you wish, and are
not dependent on any main force. II Il a
splendid thing particularly for running
electric lights, as IL can be uaed with
greater availability In residences, stores, In
fact anywhere and can bc operated at high
noon II desired. In the matter OF small
machinery IL Is particularly desirable, as IL
Is not necessary 10 get up steam or wait for
the evening water gate TO be lifted. Mr..
Allen expects 10 get quantity of these
wonderful batteries in time, and they will
prove big addition TO hls already fine
plant, and will also bring out divers new
uses for electric power In the city.
Wrsr SIpE.-Thc idea Of extending the
West Side road 10 Junction City Is being
revived. The following Is from the Indepen.
dence paper 1t will be good news, II true.
that preparations arc being made to extend
the West Side railroad through TO Junction
City. Reports have IL that this Is to be the
case. and they arc based upon the fact that
the Southern Pacific railroad has several
hundred tons of steel rails at Junction City,
and Is bringing more. When all the I'm
which passes through the valley
goes past our door instead of over on the
East Side some chance will exist for Act-
tling up Polk couaty with settlers on small
farms Now don't go and draw all your
lands frot1 market on the strength of this
report, but still, II you want 30 sell, do 20,
and so and buy some one else's farm.
OREGON BEAUTY roR SALg.-The cur
rent number Of the New York Cliffer, con.
taius an advertisement for the sale or lease
of the famous mare, Oregon Beauty, which
was killed by lightning on Coney leland
on June Is,h last, and,whleh has since been
mounted for exhibition. The proprietor,
NJ, y. Reed, states that her value before
her decease was $4,000, but he does not
say how much he wants for her now. The
mane OF the Beauty Is now claimed 10 be
ten feet in length.
MS IMMENSE cfAsM. The discovery Il
announced of another natural phenomenon
near the Rogue river falls. Residents Ia
that vicinity have long been familiar with
the beauties Of "blue canyon," through
which the south fork flows for consider.
able distance; but il has only recently been
announced that that picturesque canyor
merges into far deeper gorge or rift In the
mountains through which the south fori
finds It's way to the main stream. There
are no roads through that section, and bu
one trail, from which travellers seldom stra,
through the heavy timber and dense un
dergrowth, and this marvel OF the uppe
country has hitherto been unnotlced. Th'
deepest portion of the canyon Is about 10
feet, sheer descent, and the chasm at tn
top Is but about twenty feet across.--Jaek
sonvillc Times
practically demonstrated by Mrs. E.
Ramsdcll," says the Grant, Pass CoKrie,
''that number one syrup can be mad
from watermelon cider, she having expert
mented in this way. From two gallons Q
cider made from the pulp of two or thre
small melons, a pint of rs fine favore
syrup was made as one could desire. Tha
from which syrup can be made will ais
produce sugar, after undergoing the usua
process, and melons, II Is authoritative
stated, will produce about four times a
much saccaharrine as that from the sugar
cane"
Or CouRsE.-Thc latest authentic infor
nation concerning the mooted question
from a weIl-known hatfirm of San Francis
co, which writes to ] M Rosenberg & Co
of Salem, that the pearl hat with the bl4c
band, is positively the only genuine Harr
son hat. and all others are counterfe:
They say that the San Francisco republ
cans, headed by Mike DeYouag, and In
Guiding the famous Lirigo and Harriso
clubs, have adopted the black band, and tha
ought to settle 1t which 1t probably won
do.--StateSmaa.
DETECTIVES. Postmaster Roby and tn
postal inspectors at this place say they ar
continually botherd by applications fro'
would-be detectives, who want employ
ment in hunting upthe lost $4,000 regis
try package. All kinds of tramps, from til
gilt edge street fakir to spirtualistic med
ums, call at all times of the day and nigh
with "dead sure" schemes to catch tn
thief, One young man said he could la
his hands on the money in a few days, bu
as he was so willing to tackle the job on
small salary and large amount of notorie
ty, his application was laid on the table,
Telegram.
For HEALTH. There is more truth tina
fiction in the following, from the Pendle
ton r. o., when applied to summer trip
generally: "It has been noticed by a sta
tistical Individual that about one-half tn
people who went to the mountains thi
season were brought home sick. He ha
also noticed that a majority of the unfor
tunates who have been or are now iii /
Pendleton from typhoid fever or other di'
eases had spent week or two in tn
mountains, while those who stayed at hom