The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-07-29
MISFITs.

MISFITS.
Will Congressman Tongue spend his
holiday at Yaquina Bay Is q iestion the
Journal man is asking
The Journal boasts that Benjamin
Fran kiln Bonham is the han Jsomes post
master Salem has ever had. 1t does not
dare to include the whole valley.
An exchange boasts that Hood River
is the most wonderful country In the
world. Perhaps next to the Willamette
country. 1t leads.
"Let me in, dearie," he said rather
unsteadily at 8 80 a. m.
Repeat the sentence, sSchley simply
swiped Cervera of the sea- first" she
replied from the upper window.
A councilman in Heppner was fined
$50 the other day for exploding fire
crackers In the streets. He had been
instrumental IN passing the ordinance,
and was the fret one to violate it.
In remembering the Maine nowadays
one has also to keep ones thinker very
active to remember the war tax which is
on almost everything. It is hardly safe 10
wear clothes that are checked for fear CT
a demand for stamp on them.
Curing the recent Antelope fire hard
work Was done by everybody removing
goods fr,m the burning buildings. One
OF the incidents was the finding OF bot
tie OF whiskey In the pocket OF Rev,
Leach after the work was done, the work
OF some wag.
The men on the Brooklyn cheered
Schley long and loud, but Mr.. Schiey
said: THANK you boys but I didn't dc
it. You are the boys who did it. Lei
the officers cheer the crew, and they did
| it with will. This 10 the characteristic
of Schley, he and his men are on intim-
ate terms, and it is said Sehley ever
knows the birthdays Of the boys updel
him.
Fred S. Dunn has been chosen profess
or of Latin at the university OF Oregon
to work in conjunction with Professo
]. w. thomson. Since finishing his coll
ege studies, Professor Dunn has filed tn,
chair OF languages and ancient histor,
at Willamette university, at Salem. HI
is a Eugene boy anda graduate of tn,
university of Oregon.
A student recently asked the presi.
dent of oberlin college, II he could no
take shorter course than that prescrih
ed by the institution. 'oh, yes." wa
the reply, but that depends upon wha
you want to make OF yourself Wne
God wants to make an oak he takes
hundred years. but when he wants 3
make squash he takes six months"
Watson hiss again put of his trip ,
Europe. He has evidently gone as ID
as he ever intended TO go. The thres
has served its purpose and brought Can
ara back TO Spain. So far as the DEgs
cRAT is concerned il hsd as son as n,
have seen Camara go on to Manila tbs
we might have had third big fleet d,
stroyed.
Z. Benjiman Andrews, a prominer
Chicago man, is attracting attention t
predicting big European war, INF
which the United States will be draw
J The prophet OF today generally maks
himself ridiculous He is simply CUES
er and may hit il and may not. In an
event he doesn't generally show yer
/ good sense,
One OF the extravagans stories tin
. come from Dawson is how an old Ge
man made some money las: Decembe
He arrived at Dawson from Skagwa
Just before Christmas, and one OF h
A possessoins was fine turkev stuffed al
cooked ready 10 be eaten. This he n
fed OF st $3.50 a chance, and some too
rs many as ten chances, until that In
= key brought the owner over 5000. A
old dago too stingy TO invite any one
eat It with him got the turkey.
b Baker City Democrat IAN ca.
bound passenger yesterday over the o
D 4 \, TO his home in Huntington was E,
ward Darby, who is on his return dire
: from. Dawson City, n. W. T. There Al
upwards OF 60,000 people at Dawson an
vicinity according to Mr.. Darby's stats
ment, and two-thirds OF them wonl
leave il they had money enough 10 ge, .
way. He says few men have mad
money, but big majority have put d
with every hardship imaginable ami al
now in distress. He is glad to be bae
home and ii he is forgiven for going h
promises never TO be 80 foolish again.
"Soapy Smith was feet inches Ia
and weighed 146 pounds. He wa
slouchy in appearance and made n
pretensions 10 dress. He wore n yer
stubborn, full black beard. His ches
was covered with thick mat of bIac
hair. He had dark, expressive eyes, an
his features when closely inspected CAV,
Que the impression that he knew thin
or two."
The Eugene Guard man in an aecoun
OF Sundays excursion gets humorous a.
follows:
Forty four went from Eugene an,
they brought back trophies in the shan,
Of shell and water agates to say nothin,
OF two shoes apiece full Of sand. Will,
none OF the excursionists went ont owe
the bar it is said a number OF then
| walked up to the bar. These short tim,
excursions will likely be repeated durins
the next month. No sea serpents hay.
yet been reported off Newport which at.
tests the excellent quality of fluid ex.
tracts dispensed at that resort.
From the Telegram:
skagway is in the throes OF full
fiedged moral wave. The movement was
inaugurated Immediately after the kill
ing OF "Soapy" Smith. Some of the re.
suits have been the driving forth from
the confines of the Klondike gateway
city large number OF hard Characters
and the arrest and binding over to await
the action of the grand jury OF other hard
characters, and the end is not yet. TIE
iaw-abiding citizens Of Skagway are thor
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