The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-07-19
LOCAL RECORD.

A New NoyRL.-"c "cleopatra"is the name
of novel just out, By Rider Hagard, Un.
like llagards other novels Il Is founded on
fact II tells the story of Antony and
CLEOPATRA SO familiar to Shakspere readers
and weayes plenty OF funny fiction into the
business among other things Cleopatra
and llcnarchia 90 TO the center OF one OF
the pyramids, encountering bat as hig as
an eagle, aud rob the grave OF famous
mummy King, securing several billion
dollars worth OF rich stones from the breast
OF the lanentcd gentleman who had passed
away centuries before Some OF these
CLEOPATRA sold TO rich lew traders, and the
money enabled her to spread Il on before
Antony. A couple OF them she dissolved
In vinegar and drank IN order 10 show An.
tony that she dldn't care cent for money. |
That would ruin u woman's chances now {;
but Antony fell Ia love with her, and the
story Is full Of such solid facts, based on
history.
PROMPT PAYMEST.--The Farmers and
Merchants Fire Insurance Company at
Albany. Or, has adjusted and paid the full
amount OF damage we sustained In the late
Gre Of the Rspie,g office Without waiting
the 20 days. This Company has paid every
dollar of their loss In the great Seattle fire,
hieh was quite heavy, and are to-day do
ny greater business than ever before.
This Company indulses no qulrks or quIb.
bles, but pays at once the full amount OF
all losses, hence their increasing business.
This Is one of the most responsible fire In.
su:ance companies on the Coast, aud does
business In the most satisfactory manner,
We write the above "without hope OF fee
of reward" Ne recommend the above
named Company to all who may want fire
MISUNDERSTANDING h'sTTeH
SOME Coon ADVICE Nearly every
newspaper that comes To thi, office has an
account of local fire, and In many the
narrative shows that at the alarm, and
while there was a chance to put Il out,
Snmtt thing was wrong the hydraut, or the
hose, or something.--and great loss was
the result rhe moral TO us Il to be ever
ready, to have all necessaries In goSd con.
dition and be able to put the fire out be-
tore Il gets headway.-Asfoyids. This sug
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lnguisher OF good capacity. II does the
work when u Is needed. In one city that
had thirty alarms In a year every fire was
extinguished by the extinguisher before
the engines cot TO work.
PAvEMESrs.--An Albany gentleman has
handed ia zoe following on . subject that 10
Of interest 70 tho city Of Albany; "protes-
sor Newbsrry. Of Columbia college. has been
studying ths subject Of p.vsmsnts for cities,
both in this country and In Europe. Hs has
iound that the asphalt pavement. made Of
the Trinidad asphalt, is the best Of all, He
declares IL to be the pavement ~ the future,
and says; Its excoilencirs. cleanliness, si-
lence and salnbrity are so apparent that no
argument is now needed 10 enforce them. and
to these may be added, and placed tirst on
tho list. economy; for u costs a. little aud
lasts a. long a. any other goo q pavement, and
human nerves.
PATHoSIEE HoMR INSTITUTIONS. - The
young men who were in Linn county ssyesal
months ago, representing the Wrought Iron
Range 90. Of 81 LoHis. are now doing uma
tilla county. Tho Eaa Or,gOAiaH says they
are sharpera aud swindlers; bat are dong q
big buainsaa. The DEMOCRAT would like TO
hear fTom some Of The many in this eounty
who invested when they we're here as 10 the
merits OF tho range and the price paid. The
safest way always Is TO patFonizs home mer
chants, not only in bnying ranges bat every.
thing else. Don't be taken tn by every
stranger that comes along.
RKcRxTLY ~ MoS1 ASA.-Mr Roy
Raber, Corvallis mining expert, has been
in the city. Mr Raber has recently been
In Montana and reports everything dried
up, and no work being done In the mines
Where there was an output OF S4o.oooooo
last year, there viii be practically nothing
this year An old miner, who had been
from Lower California TO Montana and
done the whole business, very knowingly
remarked that II n mine Is a good one II
needs no "blowIng up" II Is the poor
mines that are shouted about. Mr. Raber
has invented a mining machine which Is
said TO be 4 fine thing.
DIDY'r SUccEEp.-A day or two ago
Mr. Jacob Zimmerman, wealthy East
Portland rancher, tried, In company with
a bunko sharp, to beat another bunko sharp
out CT $4,000 which he claimed 10 possess
resulting In Mr. Zimmerman's losing 5000
IN hard cash. Old citizens who haye lived
quite pcaceable lives should not try to beat
bunko sharps. II Is naughty business.
Several In Linn county always think they /
are sharp enough when the circus Is here.
CONE TO ALBANY Col DeCashie, OF
Cortland, N. Y, Is in Salem to day look
,ft takf t,.Ha Tor far.
tory lie las spent some time travelling |
on the Coast and since looking over Salem |
he is greatly impressed with its desirabiliy |
a. site for such mandatory as he pro- |
poses starting From here he goes to Eu-
gene and thence East, when he will de-
eide as between the different sites visited.
Salem JORYgdi.
DoS'T SoUEAL. The man who paid
$40 for a $Ioo bill when the circus was
here and found 1t TO be only ST. bill, tried
10 have the cheat arrested; but when the
district attorneys complaint included his
own name as a defendant he concluded he
wouldn't squeal. This item, though late,
contains moral that Is always fresh.
Coon CRops.-Mr Ralph Ohling, who
has been putting up binders through the
county, says the general outlook for good
crop in wheat is fine, and the yield vii!
probably be larger than that of last year.
In the Forks particularly crops look WELL
Farmers generally are pushing their bind
crs with all possible speed.
Now
'Tis the summer prime, when the noiseless
air
In perfumed chalice lies,
And the bee goes by with lazy hum,
Beneath the sleeping skies
When the brook Is low, and the ripples
bright,
As down the stream they go,
The pebbles are dry on the upper side,
And dark and wet below.
GIVE US SALEM ALoNR.-Salem is to be
illustrated In the West Shore in a month or
two. We suggest that ibis be Salem
number and not a state building edition.
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