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VIST FBIDAT, .ITER BUILDING, rry and Fir,t SlrttU. iVK CO., PROPRIETORS. JR COLL. VAMCX.KVK. M.3-I' ADVANCE W 50 ."Ty. 1 64 .tiii-- - hut be fnend da file eft Oo jXk V. SwreU Co's Nawspeprtf dS j"1" tn NEW YORK. for tho Keartster. ????"tl5",?..fri5! te in the looalities mentioned: i l-e nil awzti' ,r .uuwntiinjjH t 'lA Crawfordv-ine. , . j ..HiImv. iirkin-... Hnrrisburg j , A Y .JULY .30. 1880. t Patch of "Encltoh Record. In 1858 the Lecompton Constitution 's before Congress for acceptance. It ivas an instrument framed by pro slavery Democrats as a Constitution for the State ot Kansas, then a Territory ; and its purpose was to force Kansas into the Union as a slave State, against the well-known will of the people. Tfc Senate adopted it, but the House refused. In this emergency William II. English ot Indiana, then a Demo cratic member ot the House, now . candidate for Vice-President, brought forward a bill of compromise. It offer- : ed the following bribes to the people 1 ot Kansas to induce them to vote for the Lecompton Constitution and slav- ery:.' , Two sections ot land in- every town- : ship for schools. Seventy-two sections for a State University. Twelve salt springs. Ten sections ot laud for public build . iupC". Five per cent of the sales of public lauds tor roads and internal improve- meats. The bill passed both houses, every pro-slavey Democrat supporting it, , and every man in both houses opposed to the extension of slavery voting against it Had the people of Kansas voted to accept it, the Territory would have been immediately admitted as a State, with slavery buckled on its back. They refused to accept the bribe. The next Congress was of a different political complexion, and Kansas was admitted into the Union as a tree State. English went out ot public lite then, and, as the New York Tribune aptly remarks, 'he now fittingly reappears with the restoration of the class and the men , whose service was his highest honor when all the powers ot the Government were asserted only for the one absorb ing purpose of extending and perpetuat ing hnniac bondage." The Bolid South is now ready to reward him for menial service twenty-two years ago. A Cat's Qnwr Condnct. A farmer in Preston, Conn., who ' was troubled by rats, purchased a cat with a reputation as a mouser, and rats were soon among the things tlat were. But on going into the celler one day he saw rats sharing the noonday rural ot the cat. The cat appeared to be charmed by them. The farmor allow ed the strange friendship to exist tor several days, the rats coming regularly to partake ot meals with the cat. Final ly the farmer decided to put an end to the singular friendship, and, taking a gtin, went to the celler. No sooner, how ever, had ho fired at and missed the rat than the cat jumped upon and killed It. Now the farmer wants to know why the cat did not kill the rat before. Coast JIail : Dean & Co have sent for irou for another crib, which will be built and settled before work will be suspended. This will be the thirteenth crb ma King 650 feet of wall, which is considerably more than was at first sup posed the appropriation would do. This wall will probably have soraw bearing on the course ot the current at ebb tide, but it will be necessary to have another appropriation before prac ticability of this improvement can be tested. Some late sonndmgs made by the engineers on the line of the crib work, reveals j the tact that the rock bottom extends nearly if not quite to the north spit, with a depth of water from 25 30 feet, making the best possi ble foundation for the sea wall so far as it may be extended, with the depth of water requ:red for a good ship channel yast the proposed point of termination Speed l.oco !. '- Professor Marks of Philadelphia stated at a recent meeting of the Frank lin Institute that be bad made some calculations of the maximum speed at which locomotives could be driven be tore the centrifugal force on the tires of the driving wheels would become so great as to cause them to burst. These calculations, which" were approximate on'y, showed that the limit of speed was in the neighborhood, ot 150' miles jr Lour. Competition La Business. An bonorabla rivalry in business is to be commended, but dishonest methods to secure patronage ehuultl merit prompt rebuke. It in natural that competition should fxit, but itdocg not follow that it houId bo ot a base character To sell certain article below cost to bait the public ail then place extra value on other merchandise to make tip the in acre nee is an unfair method to eeUb liWli. It is a species of deception, mean in picijle and disieputable in practice It smacks of the mock auction ulan. and nock auction plan, and is akin to ttv t ' sawdust swindle. It hold out to the unwary the promise of 1 gr eat bargains, which is not ful til led it thir purchases extend beyond the few articles ?oM under value as an ad verti'ire dodge. If consumers would exercise a little common Feue, they would know that a merchant cannot thrive who profewe to fell his wares below cost. It this in the rule of busi ness it lasts but a brif period. A eras'.) follows, and honest creditors are swin dled out ot their money. It is a well establUted tact that a merchant who makes a fair profit on every articlo he places on sale can afford to sell his goods cheaper than the one who offers a portion ot his wares below cost and then puts on additional profit on the re mainder. Selling some articles at 10 per cent belo-v thtir value, and to equalize profits, place 30 per cent on otl en, is a species ot competition that is injurious to regular trade in any com munity. It is a merchant's duty to re alize reasonable advance on every article he sll?, as it is only in this way that he can expect to succeed and. pay his obligations. This of course, does not apply to styles that are out ot season or to stock on haul that may be more or less unsalable, the distribution ot which can only be made through concession- from the regular prices. The competition in the retail trads is more active tlian in the wholesale, and the practice ot selling below cost is therefore more general. There is lfs excuse also tor this course to be pursued among jobbers, as they are men trained 'or business, having long experience in mercantile affairs, and are not ignorant of the sound methods ot dealing. An open, fair competition w healthy, as it breaks up monopolies and has the effect ot placing a reasonable value on com modities. An honest, legitimate man agement of business is the only sure way to permanent success, and money earned through straightforward methods generally May with its rxscsor. U. S. Economist The Indianapolis Journal gives this bit of gossip respecting the Democratic candidate tor Vice-President : "Mr English's sleeping-room at his residence on the Circle, when lie was President ot the First National Bank, looked more like a prison than a room in a private residence in the heart ot a pop ulous citv. The doors and windows were barred with iron. Mr. Eugliih locked hiinse't in when he Tetired' at night to prevent bank robbers from coming to his residence and carrying him off. He was particularly teaiful during the strike ot the workingmen in 1877, and always retired to this prison at an early hour, carefully lock ing himself in. M. F. Bird wri'es from Tualatin : The second meeting -t the Tualatin Garfield Club was held Saturday even ing July 17th. The following is a ,ist ot the officers : President, Isaac Ball; vice presidents, W. F. Hedges, R. Ford ; secretary G. C Day ; corres ponding secretary, M. F. Bird. Hop- R. H. Tyson will address the club Sat" nrday evening, July 31st. Everybody is invited to attend. Dr. Farrar ot Brooklyn says that not les than half a ton of pure gold, worth half a million of dollars, is annually packed into people's teeth in the United States, and that at this rate all the gold in circulation will be buried in the earth in 300 years. The Democracy are crying out for a change when the country is prosperous and stable. There can be no change save for the worse, and the people ot the United States are not stupid enough to desire t!.at. The postal department ot the United States is gradually developing into a tinge institution. For the year ending June 30th the government sales of pos tal cards, postage stamps and stamed envelopes aggregated in round numbers, $31,900,000 a revenue sufficient to carry on a small Government. Yamhill Reporter : It we take the crops between this place and Salem a a sample tor the country, we may as well quit grumbling at once, and peg thirty bushels to the acre. General Hancock wears a twenty inch collar and eats four pounds of meat daily. This accounts tor hi statesman ship. The flight Kind of Wives. The Olympia Transcript says that three or four farmers of Thurston county went east of the mountains last Fall and have not yet returned, leav ing their wives to manage the farms. This Spring these brave women put in the crops, attended to the stock, and how may be seen driving their own teams into town, marketing the farm products. One of the number is a young wife, ambitious, and possessing the pluck that would put in the shade the efforts of many of our young farmer friends, can be seen "slashing" down brush on her farm. She has. bv her own hands, laid Jow some eight acres of brush, and will in a few weeks touch a torch to the heap. This land will be ready for the hoe and plow this Fall. Just imagine the glee of her heart as she leads the "lord of the crea tion" to the clearing, and, without any presentation seech, points to the eight broad acres at his feet !. ' -Sfc The terms ot twenty tour Senators expire on the 4th ot March, namely : Booth, ot California ; Eaton, of Connec ticut ; IJayard, of Delaware ; Jones, of Flurida; .McDonald, ot Indiana; Ham lin, ot; Maine ; VVIiylc, ot Maryland; Dawes, of Massachusetts ; McMillan, of Minnesota ; IJruce, ot Mississippi ; (Jock rell, of Missouri ; Paddock, of Nebras ka ; Randolph, ot New Jersey ; Ker nan, ot New York ;Thurman,of Ohio ; Wallas, ot I'enDsyl vania ; Burm-iile, of Rhode Island ; Bailey, ot Tennessee; Maxey, of Texas j Edmunds, of Ver mont ; Withers, of Virginia ; Hereford, of West Virginia; and Cameron, ot Wisconsin General Bui nside has been re elected for another term of six years General Mahona succeeds. Senator With ers ; General GaitieM has been elected to Senator Thtirmaii's scat : and : Demcrot has been chosen to succeed Ser.otor IJruce, Republican, of Missi--sippi, leaving twenty States to elect Sen ators next Winter. ot reliable. A Detroit belle some time since re ceived by express from an Eastern city a very handsome iooking umbrella, and she had it out the other day tor the first time Taking a Woodward avenue car for a shott ride, l e reached i he handle of the umbrella up to pull the bellstrnp, when she iesired to get off. As si e pulled down the unibielia liegan to lengthen, and her feelings may le imagined wl.en she found the umbrella in her hand and a swordcane ai rai'gemcnt about two feet long dang ling to the strap above hei head. This new idea in umbrella handles didn't seem to strike lic-r favorably, and as the car halted she left both portions be hind her, and seemed a good deal con fused when a man called after her : "Can't never depend upon them things in a row. You'd better get a derring er i" A bright little boy two years of aae, a son ot Mr. Austin, of Seaside, was drowned on Saturday. The chi d, in company of a companion a few years older, went into a small creek near the hoii!-e to ball e. The older child, after a time, returned to the house, and search being made some i tme after, its body was discovered in a lifeless condi tion. Its parents were absent on a strawberrying excursion when the sad event took place. W. S. Newhy is remodeling and en larging 1,18 warehouse near the McMiuo- ville deiHJt, a'most to co!lo-nal dimen sions. 1 lie new tiuililms covers about 100 feet square, and is said t be one of the largest in the Mate. Mr. Newby has i enlaced the engine he run last year with one several limes its power, and increased the elevating capacity of his store room in porportion. lie is get ting ready tor a large busiuesa the com ing season, and his' enterprise deserves the reward ot success. Thirty-nine railroads have made a report ot the earnings for six months past and show a gain over 1879 ot S4, 794 350. Thirty-three roads report a gam ot about $17,000,000 m their earn ings for the past 12 mouths on the pre ceding 12 month". An old-fashioned South Carolina duel wa fought the other day. The only thing settled was one ot the com batants, lie was kilted dead and leaves a large family unprovided for. It is more chivalrous for a man to pocket an insult than to leave Ins children can. didateufor the a'mshonse. English stalesmeu seem mora inter ested now in the affair" of Turkey than in those of their tight little isle. Hut then John Bull always did hanker after Porte. The Creenbackera of Texas are in earnest in claiming the electoral vole ot the State foi Weaver. Jt is painful to observe that St. Louis manifesto a disposition to go behind the cenEU8 return ... In answer to the statements that he had declared himself in favor of Gen. Hancock, a note from Gen. Grant has been published in the Chicago Ad vance. Following is the note : I havo nothing to ray against General Han cock. "I have known him for forty years. His personal and military re cord is good. The record ot the party which has put him in nomination is bad." This is a forcible way ot putting the case, and is a full and complete diag nosis of the case. "The record ot the party which put him in nomination is bad." No matter what Hancock's re cord may be, the record ot the party, tor which lie simply stands as the fig urehead, is infamous ; and although the effort ot the party is and will be to stand behind Gen. Hancock's record as a soldier, the man is not large enough to cover the countless stains of wicked ness left "by it across the pages of this country's history. It is not Hancock's record but the record of the party that placed him at its head that is to stand the trial, and the eople have utteily condemned it, and Hancock and Dem ocracy will go to the wall forever in November. There is a gaMety of Presidential portraits at Washington, and ali of the nation's chief rulers are represented in it with the exception of Buchanan and Johnson. Buchanan might have pre vented the civil war if he had ben a man of the caliber and style ot Jackson; but he was not, and tor this reason his portrait has never been included in the collection. There have been partisan objections to Johnson, and he has also bf-en ignored . Very wisely it has been determined to make the collection com plete, and portraits ot both of these Presidents are to he painted. The number of portraits will then be nine, teen, constituting a feature of great his. toiical value to future generations. Sera n. The City Hotel ul Flint, Mich, burn ed down; loss, SKD.OOO, ail3 ,l0 iIlsr. anee. The steamer Jisou7c had arrived at New York with Egyptian Obelisk on board. Cash Davidson got dr.mk and killed another negro, near Louisville, without cause. - The Stockholders of the First Nation. al Bank, New York, have been assessed 100 per cent. A severe earthquake at the Phillipine Tslaud have destroyed some Govern ment htuldingM. It. is reported that ("Jen. Grant will soon move to New York to accept a good position offered him. Justus Hoffman, a German shoe maker of Pittston, Pa., killed his wife and baby after a drunken spree. . Mrs. EdwMi Calvin arid son, seven teen years old, wre ki'led by lightning five miles from Des Moines, Iowa. Russia will not prohibit the exporta tion of corn, and asserts thfft the repeatJ ed failure of crops has been exaggerat ed. There is rumor that two companies ot the 7ih Cavalry have had a fight wilh hostile Sioux, but it is not believed. An excursion train from Toledo to Indianapolis was ditched on the 19th, (. and one person was killed and twenty j wounded. j A clerical imposter has been "doing" j the peop'e and preachers of Cincinnati, lie calls himself Rev. Thomas James, ot Oxford, England. In the !Ioue ot Commons, England, the Compensation act pas ed through Committee of the Whole, li opposing amendments beijig defeated. A woman of the town, at Victoria B. C, named Ruby Edwards, alias Edna White, committed suicide in her house on Broad street, with and num. The last city council meeting of Vic toria, IJ. V., was entertained by oi e ot the councilors who spoke from 10 at night until S in the morning against time. He finally fell asleep when the rest of the com cilors rushed through the business and went home in broad da light. The Northern Pacific engineer party, in charge of J. Tillou Sheets, oivil en gineer, to examine the Natehes Pass ot the Cascade Mountains, ha just heen heard from. The summit was crossed j about 40 miles southeast ot Wilkeson at a latitude of less than 4.80J feet. The ascent fiom this side is without difficulty until reaching the backbre near t he summit, where a one mile tun. net will avoid 800 feet ot elevation. The descent into Yakima Valley is much superior to the approach from the west. The report is favorable beyond expectation, The location is most tbrtn- f nate, as it secures a direct line on the 1 eas tern side of the Cascades trom Ains-1 worth to the Sound. The snow prob. j lem is also said to le solved. In this ' pass little or no shedding will be reqnir, ' ed. How our hearts beat with loyalty when the bunting gaily floats in the i breeze ; and now the Tad if a have : taken to enfolding themselves in bunt- ' ing suits we are more fiuely loyal than I ever to bunting- and. all that's in it, ' HAFFE MDEN TOiolesals and GROCERIES) FOREIGN & DOMESTIC FRUITS, FANCY GBOCERIES, CALIFORNIA CBACEEBS, CANDIES, 2TT7TS, In fact I lie Largest, GROCERIES THE ONLY la Fireproof Brick, First Over OHE TEOUSAKD in Use in Linn Gountr. 37"03n. AT.TTi 23"3T Albany, Oregon. McFARLAND & HARVEY. M THE BEST OF ALL FOB HAN AND BEAST. For more than a third of a century the Mexican Mustang- Linlmeut hnsboen known to millions 1 1 ovi-i- tlio world u the only sale reliance lor tho Telief or accidents and pain. It l- a meoicinc abovo rieu iokT pmisp the lct or ifa kind, i'or every toiiii ot external pain the Mustang Liniment ! without nn equal. It ueuetralM fir-.li aud intiscla tn the cty lioue nmkii.ir the commii.t inier-ot ).iin i ml infliimali'-.M impr-sibcc. S3 1's -necii upon lluinim Klct-li a"il tlioil Jlrnii Cri-ntiou aro equally wonderful. ;3 xuo Alcxicuu OUSTING Liniment Ja rcoded ly somebody in -viry house. Every day hi 1KS news of the mouy or an awful scald or bum subdued, of rhenmatio martyr re store I, or n, valuable liorse or ox aved by tlio beulinn yower of thU which speedily cures suck ailments of the HUMAN IXESK na Khenmatlira. Mwelllngs, StlfT ouiracna juamet, itarua and S.-ald, Cuts, It mines aud Kprnlus, Poliouom Bites and SUnffm. Stiffness, LnnunrM, Old Sores, TTleers. frostbites, :iilltlalns. More Nipples, Caked Ilreast. and Indeed ery form of external dls cne. It heals wit hont sears. For the Bbute CkkatioM It ores Npralus, Snrinuy, StlfT Joints, Founder. Harness stores, Hoof ls eases, Foot Itot, Serew Worm. Scab, Hollow Ilnru, Scratches, Wind trails, Spavin. Tbrnsh, Ittngbone, Old Sores, Poll Evil, Film npon the Sisjht and every other ailment tn which the occupants of the Mtnble and Stock Yard are liable. Tho Mexican Rfnstamg Liniment always cures and never disappoints ; and it is, positively, BEST OF ALL F03 MAN OS BEAST.' LSySidliJTS BRO.'S, Retail Sealers in OVISIOMS! , best Assorted and most Varied Stock of in the .country. EXCLUSIVE GROCERY IN ALBANY. Strast, Albany, Oregon. The Great Carriage Manufacturing House of the Worid. EMERSON, FISHER & CO., CINCmNATI, OHIO, ' IJcst Slatcrfal, Good Wo kmanslilr. Handsome Stylea, Strong aul UnrnMc 1 chicle In Every Respect. 7000 EGARRIAOES MAMTAtTl Rl P IJV K7Ii:RM-. F1SMKB & CO-, ABE SOW IN Vsm IS ETEBT I'AliT OF 1HE AMERICAS COSTISptT. Thpv ive nnffti'lnr watu-faetton. All thlr work is warranted. They have received teattmo. rtmls from all rwrtxof t lie t-ountry of purjiort oimijarto thefoUofring, hundreds of which arc on file subject to inspection : - Mor. Emkkhon. Fisher A Co.: . ' Gai,ta, Ills.. Jnly 18. 1S79. ' I have nl one of vonrTop Itna-atlt-a three years, and three of them two years In my liver stable, and they have aiVn aie perfect aiifaction and are In constant use. Oscab Smalliy, . Mosar. 0"MWK JtS8 X t .Nkwbkrry. S. C, July 17, lHmr Sir I have been nsin-r fie Emerson & Fisher Bnsrsfy I botutbt from yon as rosssrhly.I fminwo as any one wall. ' hul a H? bor-. drove him at futj speed, tomellme with two la dies Bnl mvsoif in tho busrv. and it is t--dsy worth all the motiey i paid for it. I say th Eia erson A Ftelior BngKte" wlil do. . ...... : . ;.,, .V i VM- Tbaove, Fat-Boer. . . The fivvOTOble renntat ion tho Carrtes hove marte In loraditlpsjvriere they have been u?l fo everai vearn lv l.ivfn-vnien. lli vstehm.an(l others rnqnirin harUml constant oe. bns led t an Im-ravviil demand from thoac localities to meet wliirh tlio liianiuavtnrinur fnei'.ities ot thri! niami'iiot U estaUHshinent lia e iHrcp esteiKtct, enabling tbem now to iiiro out in good al j e. 360 CARRIAGES A WEEK. EtJERSOH, FISHER ft. CO.'S CARRIAGES -ARE THE CEST, TITUS BROS. Jewelers, Albany, : Oregon. X EGU I., ATIiiG TIME-PIECES Rt fAlf rTxf K--Trirr,Tra mi- lng jewoirj'ispeciimy. i Agents for "Sew H me chlnea. Cull. TlUil7 Sewing Infallible Indian Remedies. . 4. Sure Shot For " FEVER & AGUE. DTJItING A LONG KKSIDENCE AMON'O the Indtan triesof theonust andthe Inte rior, I hav ha - the ifood fortune to disc-over, -rrom the "Me lu-ine" men of the several tribe. Ktid from oilier sources, a nnmher of rcmedlee for diseases incident to this country. oonslM irnr of roots, herbs and bark, and having been solicited by many people of thia valley, who have tried and proved the efficacy of them la disease, to procure and offer the same for sale, I take t his mean of announcing to all that, during the past st-aswm.I have made an extend ed tour Mirongh the mountains and valleys, and have scoured certain of these remedies which are a sure cure for Fever unci .A-gue. Those suffering from Ague who deolre to bo sure l.ciin leave orders a Mr. Strong's atore on First street, where I will famish the remedies, wurranting a radical cure or I will demand no pay. W. Jt. JUH.M. eayRemedies done up in 1 packages. RANGE v