The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1900-02-16

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ON the wheat proposition,
There 10 liable to be trouble In Oregon.
The startling news comes irou Salem
; that the nav Captain OF X Co., Walter
Lyon, 10 Kentucky man.
A big amelter 10 the proper thing Tor
Portland, whose location dsmands such
an institution. II 10 time that city
showed the world that II 10 not aaieer.
. There are kopoa Of Kentucky yet. Thou.
sands OF people have recently eald that
} you couldn't hire them to live In that
state, and yet there are indications that
the natives there are coming to their
senses.
The man across the river who was ar
rested for stealing tho team OF China
man and held for the circuit court, tho
DEMecRAr 10 informed by Soap Creek
or was simply playing joke ON tho CO.
lestial. Rather serious joke. Worse
than sitting on pin.
In the intense Interest," taken In tho
South African war the Philippines are
almost lost sight OF, hat there ls the
same old kind Of bush whacklng lighting
on the part OF the Filipinos, who bob up
aggrayatiugly from almost all quarters.
An Albany man eayS person doaan't
have any show at Dawson agaInst the
avaricious otilcials. Cape Nome will
soon leave the Klondlke In tho shade. II
10 very gratifying TO know that tho
Beers passed some pretty strict laws
holding the English In check.
Miller, tho New York man at the head
Of the syndicate that was going TO pay
10 vca.oFs ten per cent peE week, haa
been arrested and 10 Ia jail. Tho inves.
tors who pot nearly million dollars In |
10 the businsss ought a.so 10 DO arrested |
or put Ia the insane asylum.
There isto be greater aiilIction In
San Francisco than that ci Frankfort,
Ky. The Jetfries- Corbelt dRht 10 70
como oil there. This means wind storms, !
hascoes, ink shoss, loud hoaatings, eta. |
Let the reople come down from the bills |
before it 10 Too lAse and put stop 10 lt.
A spinning top constructed OIL scienti
&c principles has boon made by Prof.
Charles Jacobus. who for many years
was principal OF the schools At New
Brunswick, N. j. In the presence Of
the Bopton Society Of Engineers recent
ly II spun for nearly an hour. What
boy could wait that long.
FFom.the Corvallis Times;
Browneli's best Recommendation for .
nomination 10 congress 10 that the Ore
gonian publicly and pointedly called
him "a miserable liar, and gave fullest
specifications, to all OF which Brownell
pleaded guilty by making no reply or
defense. Thus recommended by the
chief republican paper, BFownell woaid
cut beautiful figure as the standard
bearer OF his party.
A Swiss inventor has patented . clock
which:lights and extlnguishes gas jets
automatically at prearrangcd periods, an
auxiliary hand on the clock being set al
the time Il IL desired 10 light the jots,
when the mechanism turns on the gas
and operates an igniter. That's nothing,
au Albany man has his alarm clock at
tached to an electric light in such o
manner that when II Coca of in che
morning Ii puts on the light which
awakens the sleeper.
Several pamphlets received by the
DKMocRAT are very suggestive Of the
spirit OF the day and the titles alone
mako pretty good sermons. They are
Protective taxes favor trusts.
Trusts and tariff.
The tin plate trust.
Trusts and remedies.
The window glass trust.
Tariff responsible for trustSs
Printing paper trust.
A steel trust episode.
The tariff the mother Of trusts.
Baker City may be booming city, but
IL IL antiquated on the light question
The Democrat says:
The Baker City Gas and Coke comp
any has IS improved Welsbach gas
lamps on the streets OF this city in filling
the Eve years' contract made with the
city. In lighting the lamps one Of the
gas company's employees, JEFF Perry,
uses horse and II requires about one