The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-08-01

In umaiilla county where they are report
cd scarce.
Too many cities have proven themselves
like the eireuses, great part OF the show
on the boards.
Albauy's population, 6,s7a. People
have their eyes on Albany a. city show
Ing up what Il claimed In the matter Of
population.
a tramp was run over few days ago
at Wilbur Very little notice was paid to
It. Perhaps one day lie had as bright
prospects as any boy In the land but he
died and was bueled without his name be-
Ing known.
There ls an old say log that figures never
lie yet some even now declare they do
when applied 10 the censna. Nevertheless
Il will be the record. and twlthstandlng
the squirmlng and twitching and loud
waillng OF some local pEpers, SO far as the
world Is concerned the census figures will
rule, and as well, be believed
In II Dakota town where woman suffrage
prevails, In recent election, out OF 1900
women who were entitled 10 vote less than
100 voted They were reader to wade
through blood 10 obtain the light than
they arc TO wade through mud TO exercise
It, and that Is about the result generally
II doesn't take much TO give some men
In this world the blues. The DEMOCRAT
got the name ot l. Hoover mixed up
with the editors of the Salem Journal :,
who spell their names lIoier. and II made
them feel remarkably sad, nearly as badly
as the census returns.
Bathing suits are In great demand In
Albany and the sport Is becoming quite
popular, as 1t very properly should. The
Willamette IL nice stream in which 10
bathe during warm weather and cannot
be surpassed anywhere. Everybody
should take swim; and why not the
women here as well as at the sen shore.
The following from mouth OF the
Columbia paper Is self-sugeest've Once
more the pcTlls OF the entrance TO Puget
Sound are forced upon the notice OF mari
ners by The r.cklng oi the Geo. w Elder.
Capt. Hunter IL AN able and experienced
| navigator, hence II IL safe 20 Aay that he II
In nowlse responsible for the disaster.
II you want TO know how fast you are
travelling In railway car, II IL the easiest
| thing IN the world 10 do. You have only
TO know frat that every time the car passes
over rail there ID a distinct click Count
the numbe. Of clicks IN twenty seconds
and YOU have the number of miles the
train Is golng an hour.
Frank Bailey was boarding at the Cen.
tral House. lie became cnamored ot the
waiter girl. She apurned him. TO spur
his courage he filled with booze and re-
turned to the attack. lie indulged in
language to her that does not look well
In print. Next day Justice fouts called
him TO account for his reckleasness.
Frank plead guilty and paid $40 fine
Or. City Courier.
We get specimens Of cheek IN Oregon
but nothing that suFpasses Louisiana. a
leader oi the lottery gang In that state
took occasion In u public apcech 10 demand
the Impeachment OF Governor Nichols
for his veto OF that measure, aud was
gravely lndorsed by one of the leading
newspapers Of New Orleans, which refer
red 10 the executive ne "our usufplng and
fsetidnal governor" and called upon the
legislature TO "hurl him from power.
An English pny slcian has been dlseoY,
cred who divides the day into two periods
of rest and two periods Of labor. lie
works twice and sleeps twice, iastcad o
forcing all the time for aiecp In ,. hours
into one spell lie dimes at 7:3o Ia the
evenins,goes to bed at 0o'eiock and sleeps
I'LL J in the morning. lie gets up, works
five hours. takes q II hit breakfast and goes
10 bed again, rising at II aud resuin!ng hi'
iabofs.
An abandoned cabin In Lake count,
marshes, which contained about so
pounds of flour at the beginning Of win
ter, attracted many head Of cattle durin,
the deep snow. and they piled pelmel
into the building, which proved deati
trap To more than 50 Of them ~ the,
crowded and stamped one another q
death after breaking into the same. TIL,
-four was scattered about badly not doini
the desperate stock any good.-Times.
The Border Signal has run across
jewel Of man. II says: "Now the kline
OF man We like IL Bent Courtney. III
comes into your place Of business with
smile tina. suggests flush times and says
"How much money do you need in you
business ?" After receiving the request
ed information, lac proceeds to "iill
long felt want" and gives you both en-
couragement and facts about the pro
spectiye abundance, finally bidding yol
good day without having given you 10
Of unsolicited gratuitous misinformatiol
about how % edit n newspaper, and w
have lots Of patrons just like our frien'
Courtney"
About thirty years ago, during th
, dreary rainy season the writer was visit
ing with a friend in the wilds OF Yamhil
county. Hearing that there was goin
10 be religious services at the house Of
neighbor, on the Sunday, he walked owe
TO attend them. Among the auditor
: were three little boys, the youngest child
rem Of the family, little country shaverE
whose ages ranged from 10 10 6 years, ,wh
occupied seats in the corner OF the room
and seemed unintereated listeners 10 tn
words of the speaker. As time progress
ed, and these little boys grew towar
manhood, they left the farm and eac
/ struck out 10 make his own wav in tn
world. How well they succeeded may b
known from the fact that one OF them
learned physician in one Of the larges
cities OF the East, another is prominen
lawyer and prosecuting attorney OF III
fifth judicial district OF this state and tn
: youngest is the present secretary Of stat
Of the state Of Oregon.-Cor. Statesman
Another Life Boat launched Mt Lebanon