The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-01-14
MISFITS.

The Leroie mine at Rossland has paid
another $50, 900 dividend, $725 900 In all,
and it is cold enough at Rosslsnd to suit
The average man.
It cost 1896 tc repair the Gates bridge,
but Marion county will foot hall OF the
bill. The bill must have fallen into the
Santiam and got soaked.
f. T. Talbot, of Portland, sued tho
Pope Manufacturing Co for s2o,0O0 ior
OF character, and recovered
300. Quite q come-down.
Is it possible that the small sa le o
Victor bicycle in Albany had anything
10 do with the failure OF Overman 20.
Perhaps there we're too many towns IKE
Albany.
Ii there is really food surplus In
kIondike, the joke is on the congression.
al relief Observation-Disclosures
Post. The joke is there all right and
The money gone.
Linn county has a new officer, coun-
by physician, who will attend to all the
poor for 500 year, including all surgi'
cal work. This will save the county
several hundred dollars yea-.
President Mckinley has pardoned
every six weeks since he
took the oath of Office. On the eve OF
Christmas he granted psidons 20 six at
one time. The respectable rascals have
q friend at court t.-Pendleton L. U.
Advertising is to business what steain
10 to mschinery-the grand motive
power. - Macaulay
There b bat one way of obtaining bus.
but one way OF obtain
ing publicity-adyertising.
Rev Francis Schneider, Of New York
city, last wear probably married the
most couples OF Pny one in the world.
TIE number Was eeS. about iwo day.
There in such q demand for his services
that he has given up preaching and at
tends strictly TO the marrying business.
There is q vein Of humor in this prize
lighting business. Here is this man
wEo is allowing his parents
to live in q poor house, refusing TO fight
Corbett until he has whipped Maher,
after he had already fought him bef9:e
such an event.
A twig OF willow N full bloom. black
berries in blossom and frogs cr0aking,
warmspring Johnns reports as oddities
for this time OF the year. ii thew mean
anything the DgMotRAT doesn't know
what il is, but there are probably peo-
pie who can figure aimoet anything they
please out OF It,
Some men are declaring that Mr..
Hanna will not be elected. and that is
the wish Of q great many people even in
his oxn party. for the opinion is common
that he is disgrace 10 politics, leech
on the body polite, blot on fair desl-
iugs and it viii be well If he is dropped.
But the DEMocRAT will make . confident
guess iha; he gets the necessary votes
Qdinine Is now worth more than gold
Al Dawson, being $50 an ounce There
Is a big demand for il at that price. II
/. in order TOR Mcbride to get up Aqui.
nine relief measure, as thes are reported
10 be about out OF the stuff up there. II
would be just as sensible as the Other
relief measure.
The cars that arrived IN Portland fol
the Astoria and Columbia River r. r
didn't come empty. They weie lozdeC
with freight .or AstoriA-yAlnAhle freight
in. The cas- are the regular Southern
Pacific styie and xere no doubt manu-
fsctured in the Southern Pacific shops il
the e2si.-News.
An exchange says that when prosper
ity comes /. will no, be necessary Tor ih'
/ papers TO tell you IN order TO know il
You will feel il in The air and will kncv
il xiihout bein tod So long as sher'
is 4 big dispute IL needs 10 be vieweC
With suspicion. though il 10 = TACT tha
some men are prosperous where other
are not aud neTer will be.
On account OF sickness Prof W John
con today was compelled To iorego tn
pleasure OF hearing his classes in tn
! University Of Oregon. This ls the fire
tsne that this has occurred with Pro
| johnson during his twentv-iwo years
connection attn that institution. A lon
record broken.-Goard
I Col. Eddy, in the Plsindealer, tsys Q
his brolher railroad commissioner: Gen
Ccmpson ss looming ur as eandidai
[ for the democratic nomination Tor gov
eruor II nominated The general woul'
make a stubborn fight 5 veral OF th
newspapers u his percussion are sdvo
eating his candidacy. Pennoyer and hi
push are sgains, the old soldier.
There have been fall accounts in tn
/ Engeue papers OF the das arsiiy attemp
oi some one to kill Miss nsisv Dillard.
beautiful young lady Of that city. Sh
was reported TO be shot through . win
/ dow, aud was hit. Now il transpire
tha, she did the sh >o,ias herself, in
! fii OF dependency attempting TO commi
suicide. and thea repenting OF 1t an
laying IL to a third person.
/ Tilmon Ford, Salem lawyer. who
well known over the state, sass judiciou
loans on improved farms 10 Oregon ar,
the best Investments he knows of mex
10 government oonds. He has beel
loaniug money on such for twenty years
and has never lost q dollar or had a tore
closure suit. In contrast with this stand
:he recurd-of ahou. $500. 600 OF the stats
school land funds loaned out on all sorts
OF real estate. in all parts of :he state
that is practically uncoliectahte.-Th'
Journal man.
From the McMinnville T r:
This seems to be dead easy town
for the business directory chart" man,
Judging from the manner he got in his
work here. Why the modern business
man should te caught by such trans
parent schemes is mystery to thinking
men, The most sagacious business men
OF the present day write declaring that
the best mode OF advertising is through
the columns of a live newspaper. Next
to this comes in circulars aud dodgers,
but the main dependence should be
placed In newspaper advertising.