The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-01-07
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People generally believe honesty is the
best policy-in other people,
A Eugene minister in q stove lottery
had one chance, and drew the $27 stove.
The total product OF wheat in Oregon
for 1897 is given as sS5 per capita, big
showing.
Durrant has less than :hree days more
to live. His days are now literally num-
bered, almost the minutes.
During 1898 the dead beat industry
should be discouraged and the sugar
beat industry encouraged.
A hobo cat rude all the way from va.
quina bay TO Albany this forenoon on
the brakebeam OF the passenger train.
An exchange says that last year the
people were praying for Mckinley, but
that now they ought to be praying Tor
the Cubans.
Kid Egan, who left Dawson on Nov. 23
brought out letter for the Examiner
| dated Nov. 25. This 10 considered great
piece of newspaper enterprise.
A Portland man lost an eye this week
by a shot from an air gun in the hands
of a email boy. These air guns are dan.
gerous playthings. and ought TO be pro-
hibited.-Welcome.
The government is making donke,
OF itself now for certain. IL is going te
relieve the Klondikers with mules. Poo
old Uncle Saml has been greatly foolet
by Mcbride and few others.
The New Years Oregcnian was PROB
ably the finest paper ever issued in thu
Northwest, but it left out the Lebanon
paper mills, the leading factory in th'
county, and people there are reported Il
be very angry about it.
The New York World gives the pic
lures OF q couple who have lived togethe
IS wears and are not tired of each other
People who get tired Of each other in
month or two, should take q lesson ant
learn 10 bear and torbear, the secret Q
the matter.
Three Lane county farmers celebrate
New Years in Eugene. 1t cost then
about fifty dollars in fines and coats. w
will wager that the three didn't spend
| dollar for Christmas presents for tbei
. wives.
:. The ALBANY man continues ready I
let that Ourrant will never be hange
and will put up the red apples. An
Iwet he has less than two days to live, VI
z ,ess something remarkable interyenes.
4 Some mean things have been sal
about the new mayor OF New York cit,
and yet il is said that he has not touct
n ed drop Of liquor for Elk years. and
r q remarkably studious man. He is a
old bachelor, 10 years OF age. doesn
care for society and likes Law books be
ter than anything else.
A prominent New York city actor b
! Just been sentenced to the peniteutiai
Il for six months for vile beating. Tt
!. En- ,ene Guard yesterday reports ca
there. and says tar aud feathers we
y suggested. About the beat punishme
= 10 the whipping post.
n An exact count was made OF the nut
+ Der OF birds and fowls exhibited at Il
i. Lane county poultry show, Dec so al
81, 1928. and Jan /, 1895, with the resu
1t OF total OF 67e In detail there wen
j 10 rabbits, II ducks, geese, - turke,
"a Q guinea hens. II pigeons, pea fow
and $50 ehickens,-Guard. The rabl
y is great bird.
IT E. L. Bonner, OF Montana, former
Bonner 4 Hammond. who has been
Albany several times, was in New Yol
city yesterday on his way TO Italy. T
was considered Of enough importance
be interviewed, and suggested plan
making syery ex- x-president U. s. sen
tor for life. As it has never teen knos
what to do with them the plan NAV 3
,, tract attention.
IL Robert Fitxsimmon's would ke,
bis poor old father and mother out
the New Zealand poorhouse he would
I. million times better man than be /
he keeps pet lion. pet mas,iff al
other luxuries. aud allows his parents
end their days in a government destitu
asylum, end we say, therefore. that Il
= name is mud" no matte. how good
Il fighter he may be-Sydney, AustraIi
Referee. That's what.
On returning home, notwithstandiI
the tact that they had both the uni pi
and referee, the Salem foot bali tea
very unfsiriy made the following exrtls
for their defeat, as given in the Journs
!, which will be very foolish TO those seei.
the game. Members OF the local tea
claim they we're laboring under = dissd
vantage from the TACT tha. they were o
iy prevented from making two souS
downs By the crowd OF hooters tha, cou
b not be kept from off the field. The ioc
r. team was also out weighed"
a A JOKE ie told on Ar. John Hol ma
OF the Iron Works. On returning fro
. his last trip to Salem his daughter a
companied him to the depot, and VII.
the train came in was sanding by b
tide. Just before the train left sl
stepped away for q moment. Mr.. Ho
man being ready to board the train tur
ed and kissed the lady next hiin, thinl
3 ing it was his daughter, as was his Gu
tom, bat it was not, IL was come OF
!. else. 1t is reported that 10 took son
lively explaining to sestie matters, AT
perhaps 1t was we'll the train left at ono
big discussion is being had in Il
Y Aev York World about whether n
Q country 10 going down hill. The mt
e sensible arguments are that there 10
Improvement instead OF q retroxressio
fsw pessimists try hard TO make
% appear that everytbingis going to smas
10 but the weight OF evidence is again
a. them as bad as things are, When ol
:. reads history carefully and inIe. lieentl
!. The trouble nowadays 10 that the b
It papers are full Of stuff that few yea