STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
rVIUIIlD ZYSBT SATURDAY, IT
ABBOTT & BROWN.
U. S. ABBOTT.
I
It. T. BBOWS.
tFflCE IH HAKNCH'S BUILDING. FIRST STREET.
TERMS, ix adtaxcs : One year, $3; Six Months
llj One Month, 50 cts. Single Cople, 12J cts.
Correspondents writing orer assumed signatures
r smonjnionslT, must make Known r.vr
n vrics to the Editor, or no attention will be glrcn
to their communications.
tm.m .n.i Communication, whcthor on
business or for publication, should bo addressed to
Abbott A Brown.
BUSINESS CARDS.
o. p. s. picswiEn, w. d.,
physioian and Surgeon.
ADBANY, OREGON.
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET. OPPOSITE
Settlemier's Drag Store. Residence, on the
. corner of Washington and Sixth street, adjoining
the U. P. Church, jun20v3o44tf
D. B. RICE, SI. D..
'Surgeon and Physioian,
ALBANY, OREGON,
HHANKFUL FOR THE LIBERAL PATRON
I ago received, cootioaes to tender bis services
to the eitUena of Albany and surrounding coun--try.
Office and residence, on Second street, two
llcis east of Sprenger's hew Hotel. v3n37tf
J. QUIXN THOUXTOX,
ATRORNEY ANO COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Will practice in tho superior and inferior Court
f Oregon. Office up stairs in Foster's fire-proof
bri.A. nearly opposite the post office,
Jihaaj, Not. 2. 1867-v3nl2jl
- JOHN J. WHITNEY,
inOMEY IT L1W AXD SQTART PUBLIC,
ALBANY. ... - OREGON.
s-Offiee up stairs in Foster's Frame Building,
opposite the "State Riht. Democrat" Office.
rr T3n-3tf
F. M. TTADSIVOUTII,
. . Mii'iurvrir
SIGN, CARRIAGE Jiu
PAINTER.
Orer McBride'a Wagon Shop, between First and
Second, on Ferry street.
First-class work done on short n&uce.
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X. II.CIXAXOB,
1TT0E5EI A5D COnSELLOR AT. LAW.
Officx In Norcroas Brick Building, np-eUlr,
Albany, Oregon,
TV. BILTABIDEL. . MDr.ELD.
Ill ITAB I DEL t CO.,
X.EAUSR3 IN GROCERIES AND PROVI
11 8iou. Wood and Willow Ware, Conccj on-
Tobacco. Cigars. Pipes, Noti-ns. etc. btore
ouAine street, aJj.miag the ExPwm offie.. Al
bany, Oregon. sc2Sv3a,tr
BEXJ. 1IAYDEX,
Attorney and Csarscllor at law,
Will attend to all business entrusted t bim by
citizens of Polk aai a Jjomingeouui..
Eola, July 26. 1SG7.
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ATTOUXEY AT LAW A5D NOTARY PUBLIC,
ALBANY OREGON.
.J3r OClce in the Court IIoue.
mar9v2n201y
J. C. POWELL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR A T LA H'
AND SOLICITOR IX CHANCERY,
ALBANY, Oregon. Collections i?
anees promptly attended to. ec20nl01y
FRANK DALTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in Foster'. Brick, let street. Albany, Oregon.
feblv3n21tf
.A3BOW8, I BLAW. T0C50.
J. BABBOWS & CO.,
GENERAL & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
TTkEALERS in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods,
11 Groceries, Hardware. Cutlery, Crockery,
jioou ana cooes, aiou. .-.vo
Consignments solicited.
oc6nStf
E. F. BESSELL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Solicitors in Chancery and Real Estate Agents,
Will practice in the Courts of the Second, Third,
aand Fourth Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme
Court of Oregon.
Cffic in Parrish's Brick Building, Albany, Ore
gon. JST SPECIAL ATTENTION giren to the col
lection of Claims at all points in the abore named
Districts. T2n4oyl
O. W. GBAY, D. D. S.,
GRADUATE OF THE C15C1KHAT1 DEMTAL COLLEGE,
up. w , Vould invite all persons desir
l lng f.rst-class dental operations to
Vif r4 : ' Jrt bim a caU The I)ct0'rmke8
MjjLC many new and improred styles of
plates i jr artificial teeth. Among others he would
olicit particular attention to vulcanito base in
connection with gold wire gauze (a superior work
in many respects), and a new improvement (late
ly patented by Dr. Cool), which consists in lining
the entire concave surface of the plate with fine
gold. This style of plate admits of a very fine
finish, Uid in its use 'there is no disagreeable
blacking and roughen'mg by tobacco smoke and
thr d ileferio" agents (as is the case with ordi-:
ynary yi Icanite work). It can be made nmcti thia i
et and adds ve'ry materially to its strength and
'SurabiLty. The extra expense is trifling in com
'parison to the advantages it possesses. Persons
!woald do well to give him a call. Office up-stair
In Parri3h's t Co.'s brick, Albany, Oregon.
aprll'68T3n34tf
J. F. McCOY,
A TTOT.NE Y AND CO UNSELL OR AT LA W,
AKD
JIOTARY PUBLIC,
PORTLAND, - - OREGON
WILL PRACTICE IN TffJ SEVERAL
Courts of this City and State, and of Wash
ington Territory. AH kinds of claims md demands,
botes, liills, book accounts, subscriptions, etc..
collected on commission, by suit or solicitation.
Real Estate bought and sold. Taxes paid
Buildings rented, and rents collected on commis
sion. :--
Tittle!' to Real Estate searched, and abstracts
made. , " . .
; ALSO
AGENT for the principal daily and weekly news
papers on the Pacific coast. Subscriptions a nd ad -Ter.tisements
solicited.
- ztT?J&. collections promptly remitted. '
OFSIOE No. 95 Front ftreet. Portland.
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:
- JlUl.lill DEEDS, of the latest and most
approve I iorm, for sale at this office. ' Warranty
indMoitr'as.
vol. in.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
MRS. DUNN1WAY,
fTiAKES PLEASURE IN INFORMINO HER
I patrons that she Las received her Invoice of
JUL I LL'IIT.B 3R. 752"
ASI
FURNISHING GOODS,
DIRECT fKOBt MOW TORSI
and I am now ready to accommodate ant or too
with the
BEST AXD EAT EST STYLES,
At the Most Reasonable iVice
As Agent for Madame Demurest' Incomparable
EXirror ef FatMons, I am enabled to
furnish gratis a copy of the Magatlne
for one year, beginning with the July
number, to any person who
shall purchase spring goods
In my lino to the
amount of Ten
Dollars 1 !
Send in yonr orders at once, ladies, that I may
know bow many or you win gtve me tne
pleasure of presenting yon a first
class parlor Magatine
as Premium on
your pur
chases. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OK
Very Choice lllUlucrjr Good I
ASB ALL TR
OTHER NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON I
She has also secured the Agency of
Md'me Dcmorcst'i World-Renowned Pattern!,
and all of the many useful and orna
mental article advertised
In her justly popu
lar Magatine.
COME LADIES I "all of you together," and
see if I have not the
Cheapest and Choice at UilUnery Goods!
ITER OFFERED FOR SALE IX ALBANT !
DRESS AXD CLOAK-MAKING
In the Latest Styles !
Perfect Fits Warranted.
BLEACHING AND FRCSSINQ!
In the best manner at the very lowest rate.
NEW STAMPING PATTERN! BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS !
Don't frgct the place. Soothwett eorner
Main nd Brod Albin streets, Albany
March 30, 1SC3 sc28v3a71y
PACIFIC HOTEL
HIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
inform the public that this House
HAS JUST BEEN FINISHED,
A!D IS-
JST O "W OPE 1ST
for the accommodation of all who may
favr htm with Ibeir patronage.
THE FURNITURE
is entirely new in every department,
and is of the latest and
mrst approved style.
THE TABLE
will always be supplied with the best the market
affords, and no pain will be spared
for the comfort and conve
nience of bis guests.
Persons arriving by boats accommodated at all
hoars, da7 or night.
Spits of rooms an! superior accommodations for
families.
A long exp rience in the business warrants the
proprietor in promising satisfaction to all who may
favor him with their patronage, if it can bu done
by bountifully supplied tables, pleasant rooms,
cleanly beds and assiduous attention to their wants.
J. B. SPRENGER.
Albanr, June 6, 1863. v3n42tf
LOOK HEBE1
Patronize Home lndmtry, and Save Money!
The undersigned, having opened s
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT
(On First street, north side, next door east
form Washington), in Albany, takes
this enethod of informing the
public that he is
prepared to
MAKE, JLXT, ASD REPAIR CLOTHING !
OF ALL KISDS,
TJJ TUB LATEST STYLES!
AND AT THE MOST REASONABLE RATES !
v2n44tf II. W. FARMER.
IDA A. MILLER.
A. P. MILLER.
MILLER & BRO.,
(SueeefonXo Philip Miller,)
MARBLE WORKS ,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Shop on T7ashingrtoa, bet. 1st and2dSt's.
THESE GENTLEMEN BEG LEAVE TO IN
frm the public at large that they are now
prepared to furnish ! ' ' ,
HARBLE MONUMENTS
G B A V E - S T ONES!
OF EVERV STYLE AND PATTERN,
At the Hlost Reasonable Friees.
TOMBSTONES CUT TO ORDER
. On the yery shortest notice. , . ..
Mar7v3n2tf MILLER? BR0-
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1868.
POKTUY.
From the Charleston (S. C.) Gatctte.
DEATH.
Out of the shadows of sadncts
Into the sunsblne ot gladness
Into the light or the Blest
Out of land very dreary,
Out of the world of tbe weary,
Into tho rapture of RosU
Out of to-day's sin and sorrows,
Into a blissful to-morrow,
Into a day without gloom
Out of the land filled with sighing
Land of the dead and the dying
Into a land without tomb.
Out of a life of commotion,
Tern pest-swept oft as the ocean,
Dark with tbe wreck drifting o'er
Into a land calm and quiet;
Never a storm Cometh nigh It
Never a wreck on its shore.
Out of the land is whose bowers
Perish and fade all the flowers
Out of the land of decay
Into the Eden where fairest
Of flowrets and sweelent and rarest
Never shall wither away.
Out of the world of the wailing,
Throng d with tbe anguished and ailing.
Out of tbe world of tbe ad
Into the world that r Jolccs
Werld of bright vision and volee
Into the world of the glad.
Out of a life ever lorafut.
Out of a land ever mournful,
Vlere in bleak exile we roam
Into a joy land above ut,
Where there ' a Father to love us
Into "Our Home Sweet Home."
MINE PIPE AND CUP.
Vco clouds ure plaek above,
Und mud i pluck pelow,
Ti then that i do.vo
A jIuuJ of schmoke to blw.
I takes mine tucrst buuni down,
I take nty lager op.
And care not who do frown
Upon my pipe aud cup!
Mine frow, she scold a bit
When mine old j it I ecn.
Because sometime I phit
Upon the floor so clean ;
But that is like tbe rain,
It doe not last alvay ;
She ooo gets pleaded again,
Und so I scbuioko away.
Oh ! pics mine pipe and cop,
Und pie ray coIdng frow,
Der sebmoke gee curling op.
Almost a while a tbnow ;
Utd down tbe lager (cblips,
Yust like a loving ki;
Yen lingering on der lip;
It Is der ul of blU.
Billing on the Crauoict
The Bible sex ' The trrasaliouper is a
harden." aud I never kuu it tevrhjy any
thiur that wasti'i no.
Wheu i ho trraashor'pcr be"in lew live
they are very ttuall, hut it n little while
there gets tew he plenty of them.
They only Iiv one year at once, and
then back and bcin nuin.
Their best ait U a hop, and with
the wiud on their quarter they can make
fum jruod time.
They are a nure krop to rjise, but gome
years they raise more than othcru, I have
hteu gome Gel J so full of them that yuu
couldn't stick another grasshopper in,
unices you hharpened hitu to a pint.
When they j:it m very plenty they are
very apt to start, aud then they tecum a
traveling famine, and leave tho road they
take as barren ax the iusido of a country
church on a week day.
Grasshopper don't ceui to bo actually
Decenary fur our happiness, but they
may be we don't even kno what we
want most.
I don't want praAJdioppers to trtve en
tirely out, not if they are a blessing, but
I hive thought, (to myself) if they
would let jraM and cornstalks be. and
pitch intOKac bruh and thistles, jist to
encurae the fiht, I wouldn't care a
cues if they both got finally licked.
Hut my best judgment woula be tew
bet on the grashops.
e
What a Climate Dau Marble was
ncc atrolliC" aiong tlo wharves in Hos
ton, when he met a tall, gaunt looking
figure, a "digger" from California, and
got tuto conversation with him.
Healthy climate, I (suppose?
Healthy ! it aiu't anything else. Why,
stranger, there you can choose any cli
mate that you like, hot or cold, ard that
too without travcliu' more than 15 miu
utcs. Jest think o' that the next cold
mornin' when you get out o bed. There's
ntountaio there, the Sary Xavady they
call it, with a valley on each side o' it,
one hot and one cold. Well, get on the
top o' that mountain with a double-barreled
gun, and you can, without movin', kill
either winter or summer game, jest as
well as you will !
What ! have you ever tried it?
Tried it ! often ; and should have done
pretty well, but for one thing.
Well, what was that?
I wunted a dog that would stand .both
climates, r The last dog I had froze his
tail off while pintin' on the summer side.
He didn't get entirely out of the winter
side, you see true as you live.
Marble sloped.
In a certain family a pair of. twins
made their appearance, and were shown
to their little sister of four years. It
happened that whenever a rather prolific
cat of the household bad kittens, the
prettiest were saved, and the restdrowncd.
When the twins were shown to tho child
by their happy father, she looked at them
earnestly, and, at length, puttiug her lit
tle finger tip on the check of one of them,
looked up and said, with all the serious
ness possible : 41 Papa, , I think we'll
save this one 1"
What Uutler does with his
Spoons. The extravagant distribution
of spoons and silver plate, by the numer
ous Gift Enterprises throughout the
country, can be accounted for in no oth
er way, than that they are "in with" tho
Boss Impeacher, and receive their sup
plies from that quarter. r ,
A Dutch woman desired' to advertise
her pony which had lost himself mit a tail
frisky ver much, und strike ver hard mit
his hind fists.
I2hleuburg-A Legend
On a high rock, overlooking the
Ilhine, tho river of legends, utood tho
half castle, half fortress of Ehlenburg,
which, with its high and gloomy battle
ments, seemed to pierce the very clouds.
Its dungeon and keeper were said to be
the strongest in Germany, and indeed, it
was so, for it could be only accessible
from ono point, which was a narrow path,
whero but ono man cnuld walk at a time.
The owner and Governor of this castilla
tcd fortress was Sir John Virrinich, a
haughty, overbearing man, subject at
times, to fits of tho most violent pastdons.
which at one time, led him to commit a
crimo of the most horrible nature, which
formed Iho legend connected with the
old ruins that now staud gazing gloomily,
as U were, upon the passing steamboats
bearing parties ol tourists up the Hhinc.
Sir John was a widower, his wifa hav
ing died of a broken heart, after giving
birth to adaughter three years after mar
riage. This daughter, tho Lady Inadorc,
tl.ough treated severely by her father,
grew up with all the beauty which en
hances the fuir pox within mau's eye.
aha had a lover ; what young girl of sev
enteen has not 1 He was Captain of the
Guards belonging to the Castlo; a young
man of low birth, though gifted with a
fine education and some personal beauty,
which together with his skill and powers
in the time of war. had won him the
name of The Falchion." He was in
deed worthy of the maiden's admiration.
Murce. Vu Hchrottcr, forfuch'was his
name -with his laurels fresh m his brosr
was invited to Court, and while th.re,
saw and became enamored of the Lady
Iadore. who was then with her father,
aiienomg v;oun. lor trie urst time, fttr
John pleased with Marcel, offered him
t' aft . A . . ft
the captaincy in his guards, which was
then vacant, and he, to be near the Lady
of his heart, accepted the oCBce, and he
was soon tustallcd within the castle walls.
Tho iady Iadure, after hearing her
father spcr.k of his feats of arms, be
came interested in him, and having by
chauce met him several times while tak
ing her morning walks upon the parapet,
the interest ripened into love, and thev
silently betrothed themselves to each oth
er and were happy. So things stood.
Iwhcn, one evetimg, Sir John invited
.Marcel to take supper with them. The
meal was spread within the left wing of
the castle, in a lolty hall, the waJU of
which were decorated with ancient suits
of arms, while the panels between were
all hung with the well dressed head and
horns of a sturdy deer. At one end of
the hall, ct deep within the wall, was a
caacious fire-place, well filled with oak
en logs, which, as the nights were chilly,
Sir John had ordered the l-crvants to
light, and it now threw a cheerful light
upon tin) table and its surroundings.
At a bountifully spread. board were
Haled Sir John. Marcel aud the Lady
Isadorc ; the uppcr was over and the
wine circulated freely around. Ladies
were not so chary of its ue in those;
days. And the old knight, made mcrryj
by tho copiu draughts of Khcnieh he
had used to wash dowti his food, cracked
his jukes, sang and laughed as only an
old man and a soldier can laugh. At
last, perceiving that the fire, which ere
now was burning cheerfully had nearly
disappeared, he asked Marcel to roue it
up; he, willing to oblige, aroc, but find
ing nothing wherewith to rake tho ashes,
drew his sword, and with it coaxed the
stubborn fire to blaze.
At the moment he heard his name
called in tones of thunder by Sir John ;
forgetting that ho had been called, leav
ing his sword still in the fire, he ad
vanced toward Sir John. There he
stood, clutching his daughter tightly by
the arm. his face all distorted by passion.
Sirrati!" he cried as Marcel ap
proached, "doft thou love my daughter?"
Marcel did not reply, but looked at
Lady Isadore. She, alas ! Ioor girl hav
ing never teen him in a merry mood be
fore while Marcel was engaged . in ar
ranging the fire she told her father of
his love for her, and asked him to give
his consent to their marriage. The re
sult was mentioned above.
"Sirrah!" shouted the enraged lord,
"canst thou not speak? Answer me;
dost thou love my daughter?"
Tho young man, boldly confronting
him replied :
" Sir, I love your daughter wo are
betrothed."
All tho fury that ever entered into the
soul of man was combined in Sir John's
doul. He felt at his belt for tho dagger
ho usually wore, he had laid it aside
when about sitting down to supper; lie
looked around for some weapon with
with which to kill Marcel; his gaze rest
ed on Marcel's sword, which rested in
tho fire, the btado of which was nearly a
red hue; in his blind fury ho thought
not of its heat, but Tushing upou Marcel
was about to plunge it in his body, when
Isadore threw herself before her lover
and received tho fiery blade ?n her own
pure breast. Sir John gazed but for one
moment on tho scene, aud then, with the
blood gushing from his mouth and nos
trils, fell to the floor.
When the retainers entered about an
hour atcr,they found father and daughter
dead, and Marcel a gibbering maniac.
Tho servants removed him to a safe asy
lum, where he shortly after died. The
bodies of the father and daughter were
buried among their ancestors in the chap
el, and masses wera said for tho repose of
their soul ; but yet they did not rest, for
often at night they are seen, tho daughter
pursuing the ' father, and making the
most hideous lamentations. Such is the
legend of Ehlenburgh. If you go there
.i.
now you wih find remaining of that once
lofty pile but pld gray ruins. V
Let cynics say what they will, man
is not vindictive. Hero for years we
have been subjected to the dailv tor
ture of wearing the hat, and we
havn't even preserved the name of tbe
wretch who invented it. .
A Floating City,
Ono of tho most wonderful cities in
tho world is Hankok, the capital of Siatn.
Did you ever witness such a sight in your
life ? On cither side of the wide, msjeg.
tic stream, moored in regular streets and
alleys, extending as far as tho, eye can
reach, aro upwards of 70,000 neat little
houses, each house floating on a compact
rait of bamboos, and the whole interme
diate srate of the river presents to our
astonished gazo one denso mass of ships,
junks and boats of every conceivable
shape, color and sizo. As wo glide
amongst thcue wo occasionally encounter
a stray houso broken looso from its moor,
ings, and hurrvintr down the stream with
the tide, amidst trie uproar and shouts of
the inhabitants and all tho spectators.
Wo also noticed that all tho front row of
houses are noatly painted shops, in
which various tempting commodities are
exposed for sale t behind these again, at
equal distances, rise the lofty, elegant
porcelain towers of the various watts, and
temples. On our right hand side, as far
as tho eye can see, aro three stately pil
lars, erected to tho memory of three
defunct kings, celebrated for some acts of
valor and justice; and a little beyond
this, looming like a line of battle shins
amongst a lot of cockleshells, rises the
straggling and not very elegant palace of
the King, where hi Siamese Majesty,
with ever so many wives and children,
resides. Kight ahead, where the city ter
minates, and the river, making a curve,
flows behind the palace, is a neat looking
fort, surmounted with a top of mango
trees, over which peep the roofs of two
houses and a flagstaff, from which floats
the royal penant an the jack of Siatn
a flag of red uroundwork, with a white
elephant worked in the centre. This is
the fort and palace of the Prince Chou
Kuu King Siam, and one of the most ex
traordinary and intellectual men in the
Kast. Of him, however, wft shall c
aud hear more, after we have bundled
our traps on shore and taken a little rest.
Xow, bo careful how you step out of the
boat info the balcouy of tho floating
home, for it will recede to the force of
y.iur effort to mount, and if not aware of
this, you lose your balance and fall into
the river. ow we are safely tranship
ped, for wc cannot as yet say landed ; but
wo now form an item, though a very
small one, of the vast population of the
city of liankok. We take a brief aorveyj
of our present apartments, and fiad ev
erything though inconveniently email,
clean, and in other respects comfortable.
Fird we have a little hilcony that over
hangs the river, and isabout twenty yards
Ion;;, by one and a half broad. Then
wo have an excellent sitting room, which
serve us for a parlor, dining room and
all ; thiti we have a little idc room for
books and writing, and behind these, ex
tending the length of tbe other two, a
bed. room. Of course we must bring or
make our own furniture; for though
those houses are pretty well oil, on this
score the Siamese have seldom anything
besides their bedding materials, a few
pots and pans to cook with, a few jars of
stores, and a few fishing nets. Every
houe has a canoe attached to it, and no
nation detests walking so much as the
Siamese ; at the same time they are all
expert s-vimmers, and both men aud
women begin to abquire this most ncees
sary accomplishment at an early age.
Without it a man runs a momentary risk
of being drowned, as, when a canoe up
sets, none of tho passers by ever think it
necewary to lend any aid, supposing them
fully adequate to the task of saving their
owo lives. Canoes are being hourly up
set, owing to the vast concourse of vessels
and boot plying to and fro; and owing to
this negligence or carelessness in render
ing assistance, a Mr. JJcnham, an Ameri
can missionary, lost his life, tome twelve
years ago, having upset his canoe when
it was just getting dark, and though sur
rounded by boats, no ono deemed it ne
cessary to stop and pick the poor man up.
fST The "sacredoess" of the ballot
box in the South under the political con
trol of the carpet-baggers, is illustrated by
tho following which we take from the col
umns of the Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer :
"Another poll for tho city was opened
in tho uioroig, and Col. A. W. Stone took
charge of it. Boxes being scarce in this
city, the gallant Colonel kindly permitted
his pockets to bo used as a receptacle for
qualified ballots. Rather than permit
such an outrageous procedure, Colonel II.
S. Fitch procured a cigar box, had it
scaled up, and a hole cut in the top in
which to insert tickets. Such a thing
was never before heard of a judge of
election putting tho tickets in his pocket I"
The plan of concerting thepoe&efs of a
judge of election into a ballot box would
not have been considered exactly orthodox
before tho days of Badic&lism ; but under
the dispensation .we suppose it is comme
ilfaut. '""
Socrates lived beforo his time and
perished in conflict and error. Ono of
his prayers, which is left us, beautifully
illustrates tho character of tho man:
" Father Jupiter, give as all good, wheth
er we ask it or not; and keep us from
all evil, though wo may not pray thee
so to do. Bless all our good actions, and
roward them with happiness and success."
A descetidaut of Natal having put a
crown-piece into tho plate" in an Ed
inburgh church, one Sunday morning, by
mistake, instead o a penny, asked to
have it back, but was refused. In once,
in forever. ..." Well, well,", said .he, " I'll
get Credit for it in heaven." " N 00 "
said Jeems, tho door keeper, M you'll get
credit only for the penny you meant to
give" " . :.-.- :.
The Manassas Gap Railroad willbo
completed to Harrisonburg by this 1st
of October. " ; " . '
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A ton of collar paper, it is stated,
is made daily at one mill in Pitsfield,
Mass, v
NO. 46
Was) It not Providence 7
About forty years ago, in the Western
part of New York, lived a lonely widow
ed mother. Her husband had been dead
many years, aud her only daughter was
grown up and married, lmng at the dis
tance of a milo or so from the family
mansion. . ;
And thus tho old lady lived alone day
and night. Yet in her, conscious inno
cence and trust in Providence, she felt
safa and cheerful, did her work quietly
during the daylight, and at night slept
sweetly.
One morning, however, she awoko with
an extraordinary and unwonted gloom
npon her mind, which was impressed with
the apprehension that something was
about to happen to ber or hers. So full
was ho of this thought that she could
not ptny nt home that day, but must go
aorq to it. unbosoming her.
in -7
8 1 14
sHnt, however, that she was not aware
of being startled at all, but heard, as soon
as she awoke, a sound like the rising of a
window near her bed, which was io a
room on the ground floor.
- The dog neither barked nor moved.
Next there was another sound as if some
one was in the room and stepping cau
tiously on the floor. The woman saw
nothing, but now for the first time, felt
the dog move, as he made a violent spring
from the bed, and at the fame moment
something fell on the floor, sounding like
a heavy log. Then followed other noises.
iikc me pawing 01 a dog a leet ; but
soon all was still again, and the doz re
sumed his place on the bed, without hav
ing barked or growled at alL
This time the widow did not go to sleep
immediately, but lay awake, sufferiag, yet
not deeming it best to get up. But at
last she dropped asleep, and when she
awoke the sun was shining. She hastily
stepped out of bed, and there lay the
body of a man, extended on 'the floor
dead, with a large knife in his hand,
which was even now extended.
The dog had seized him by the throat
with a grasp of death, and neither man
nor dog could utter a sound till all was
over. The man was the widow's son-in-law,
the husband of her only daughter.
He coveted her little store of wealth, her
house, her cattle, and her land ; and, in
stigated by his sordid impatience, he
could not wait for the decay of nature to
give her property up to him and his, as
the only heirs apparent, but made this
stealthy visit to do a deed of darknesn in
the gloom of the night. A fearful retri
bution awaited him. The widow's ap
prehensions, communicated to her mind
and impressed upon her nerves, by what
unseen cower we know not, the sympa
thy of the womam who loaned the dog,
and tho silent but certain watch of the
dog himself, formed a chain of events
which brought the murderer's blood upon
his own head, and which are difficult to
be exclaimed without reference to that
Providence which number the hairs of
our heads, watches the sparrow's fall, and
"shapes our ends, rough-hew them as we
will." Harper's Weekly
Get Into Your Hole. During the
"late unpleasantness" there was a cool,
unquenchable sort of a Yankee, named
Gunn, who ran a stage in Western Vir
gina over a rout much infested by bush
whackers. We frequently told Gunn that
ho would someday get smashed up and
gobbled, and he had better give up his
job; but all to no purpose, for he kept
on driving stage and pocketing green
backs. So three of us concluded we
would give him a good scare that he
would accept as a warning. In coming
from his . stables late at night, -he
always took a short cut across .an old
buryiug ground. To this point we repair
ed. One of our number, wrapped in a
sheet, lay down, stark and stiff on the
newly made graves, while the others
dodged behind tombstones, and impatient
ly, awaited Gunn's arrival. Soon he came
along, whistling aid swinging a pair of
heavy bridles, when all at once ho was
confronted by the ; spectre. There he
stood for a few moments with his arms
akimbo, and cooly eyed the object from
head to foot,1 then raising his bridles be
gan to ! give it a tremendous thrashing,
bawling put at the same time : -
"Consarn your old picter, what are you
doin' out here this time 0' night ? Get
into your hole.": :i-:' v '!1 ' f
,We concluded to let old Gunn alone af
ter that. Southern Stories. r ; :
The grading contract of the Union .Pa
cific Railroad from the head of Echo Can
on to Salt Lake, has been let to Brigh&n
Young.- - ' ; ' ' -
! A woman's heart, like the xaoou, should
have but one raso in it "
RATES 0? ADVERTISING tm tbar j 0n
Colom -J, $100 i Half Column, $50 ; Quarter Col
umn, (35. 4:
Trasslent Advertisements per Square often line
or less, first insertion, Z ; each subsequent inser
tion,! I. ,
A square If one Inch In spae down lie column,,
eonntirg cats, display lines, blanks, Ac, as solid
matter. No advertisement to bo considered
tban a square, and all fractions counted a fair
sqaare. All advertisements inserted for a less,
period tban three month to to regarded as tratr
flent. . ;
On Minute.
Will our Republican friend stop one
minut'3 and read this article ? One min-,
ute is a short period of time. There are
sixty of them in an hour. Now each
minute of time costs the government one
tJumtand dollars. Your minute is up
and our friend needn't read any further,
unless he might be interested to know
who it is that is spending this thousand
dollars a minute.
Tho government is in the lands of the
Republican party. Not one hundred of
the ten thousand Federal ofScc holders,
voted for Lincoln and Johnson. Tho ex
ecutive sees the corruption and rascality
of his servants, but he is powerless to ap
ply the remedy.' A Republican Senate
has tied his hands and shorn him of his
removing and appointing power, and all
he can do is to look on and .view the ru
ms.
ut if the thousand dollars a minute
all. the case, though bad enousrh.
' ' W www
d not be so very bad. We must add
pis sum lull as mucu more stolen
In 4tA rl'... mitr T'a. vv.Amnr.An 1-i
lh tbe sun can stand so extensive a
erv Ion 2. To steal one thousand dol-
a minute and spend another thou-
A a minute in administering tho af
p of the government, would swamp
nation in time, evei 11 dollars grew
rees.
wo thousand dollars a minute taken
a tbe pockets of the people, are the'
ts of Radicalism. And the people are
It asked to continue the cartv in tow-
if bicb squanders the larger part of one
psaod dollars a minute and makes a
blesale thing of boldly stealing anoth
lboa?and a minute. We don't blame
HC who have their fingers in this rich
i laboring to prevent the pie being
cu Jtvw iucui, uuv Yfv uo uiaiue iuo
pie who furnish the ingredients, for
plaining at the thieves, and then al-
ing them to continue their stealing.
people can save one half of the thou-'
1 dollars a minute and prevent the
iling of the greater part of the other"
psand by going to; the polls and
I a "ticket of leave" notice 01
scrv--
on tbe
tent incumbents of
the government'
3 ICthc people don't want to do
it t-, it -1 i ti 3
1 11 iv t f 1 in.m sit t in T net r 17m m n nn f. -i twi
allow th3 stealing and extravagance to gof
on unimpeded- Iowa Age
White vs. Colored Petticoats.
G. Washington Brick, of the Louisville
Journal, gets off the following :
If there is anything cn earth, in the
way of staple or fancy goods, that I abso-'
lutely adore, it is a white petticoat a very
white one of course; and if there is any
thing in the same line that I absolutely do
not adore but "so far from it on the con
trary, quite the reverse," it is a colored
one. I have always thought that a snowy
petticoat and a pair of snowy stocking?,
with a pretty girl concealed in them, pos
sesses more gilded and sugar-coated en
chantment for the refined and poetic soul
than any other object upon which the sun
shines, or has ever shone. Of course
this presupposes a pretty foot and ankle
with gaiter boots not slippers to match.
Not one in a thousand of heaven's last
gifts can, in the presen.ee of an artistic or
critical taste, wear slippers with any de
gree of safety. The foot and ankle must
be the perfection of symmetrical beauty
or the slipper is a nuisance, which should
be abated, if it connot be done otherwise,
by legislative enactment. When my ap-
petite is unimpaired, I can take a drink of
well advertised bitters not such as every
vagrant plank fence and vagabond wall
constantly call upon me "try" and enjoy
a good dinner very comfortably upon a
colored table cloth ; but if I were to marry
the lovliest of girls and should detect her
in the act of wearing a colored petticoat,
there is not the slightest doubt, especially
if we happened to be living in Chicago
that we would find ourselves involved in
a divorce suit before we were ten years
older. A girl who is habitually addicted
1- it. t ? 1 P it! it .
10 me naoib 01 weanux a imo" 01 mat
sort, would, on going to housekeeping,
have all her plates and cups and saucers
of a coperas color to hide dirt. No j as
I have already intimated, I wouldn't give
a canceled two cent postage stamp for '
better grounds for a divorce, if I were in
want of such grounds than the introduc
tion info my family of a colored petticoat 1
and a pair of blue, gray, or lead-colored
stockings. They are a part of a young
lady's wearing apparel which neither gods
nor men are said to permit, and girls
should be educated to know it. There is
not a more beautiful accomplishment,
when it is known.
Who Pays the Taxes? The radi
cal papers argue that the laboring men
are no worse off on account of the greatly
increased cost of living occasioned by
taxes. If the cost of living is doubled, so
is the prica of labor, they say. Will some
of these astute financiers be kind enough
to inform the people how it is that the'
government contrives to collect five hun
dred millions of taxes in a year without
making somebody that much poorer 2
The consumers pay nearly all of it, andV
the laboring classes constitute the great-;
body of consumers in the country, and if'
what they pay in taxes is refunded to
them in the way of increased wages for
labor what class is it that really pays the
taxes ? Does it all come out of the man
ufactures aad producers f ... If so, why not
levy the tax directly upon them and save
the trouble and great expense of sifting
them through the consumers ? The truth,
is, the laboring men of the country are-
aying nearly all the taxes, and. accumu
ated property is exempt, and it is only
for the, purpose of deceiving that the
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rauicai aemogOgues assert uio euuwrary.
And the. worst of it is, that the poor,
white, workingmen of the country are
bound to pay onerous and oppressive tax
es for the f outh in idleness and crime.-
Atchison Fatriot.
JOA Rtdical exchange says Ben. But.
ley W3S born in Kinderhook, New York,
His habits have always been of the Kiad