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I? t i in- 1 STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT RATES OF ADVERTISING : ttn rm asj On Column, $100 j Half Column, $60 ; Quarter Col nmn, $35. Transient Advertisements per Square often linet or less, first Insertion, $3 J each tubaequent inser tion, 51. . s Jt square is one inch in apace down the eolason. connliag eats, display lines, blacks, Ac, aa solid matter. No advertisement to be considered lest than a square, and all fractions counted a full VOL. IV. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1869. t rtn ifqur, au aurertiaements maenea lor a leas ll J, CO period than three months to be regarded as trajt (Sent. STATE TDIPlDFnPQ JiJllliMyiilil-iil V ? .. i -i BUSINESS CARDS. OFFICE OP COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIXTEX'T, A T WATERLOO. SIX MILES ABOVE LED- A 00 SMt-Un- P,VwfllS, r i ' Lebanon. tAwiv V9n451y Co. School Superintendent C- Gk OITBIi, .ATT Oil NET AT I-AW, SALEM, OREO ON: WUl practice In all the Court, ef this' State and will attend the Circuit Court terms In Lina county d tt, atire DUtrict. Office in Watkinds A Co a tbrio'x.up ataira. T3n4Syl 1TIIAIA9I DATIDSOX, C3e No. 64 rront Streat, JLajtinUg tbe Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon. SPECIAL 00LLECT0E OF CLAIMS. Bonda, Promiiaory Xotea, Book Accounts, and all other Claim will be made a Specially, ajd Promptly Collectod. jan30.-T4n24tf S. A. JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT I AW, ALBANY, OREGON. DILIGENT attention wiU be giren to all busi nesa in bia line. jan23v4n23tr. DEisrTisTiersr i PRICES GREATLY REDUCED! DIt. E. II. GRIFFIN Proposes to make his rates for -Dental services for tie jear 1869, as follows rit: Full upper and lower tet of Art Teeth, $30 to $50 Full upr or lower " PiTOt teeth, $2,50 each. Filling teeth, from $ I to 13 eaeheaity. Extracting, 50 cents per tooth. Cleatalng. 50 cents to $1,50, Otber minor opera tiona in proportion. Terms. U. S. com or iU equivalent. . - v n. Office over Bentley a ahoe a tore, in tfte -1-1 fS hnildin?. ODDOBIIO brick, Albany, Oregon. vn. o. Dec. 30, 1S5S T4n29tf. K'" ri T II. GRIFFIN. N. II. CRANOR, :. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Office In Norcrosa' Brick Building, np-stairs, Albany, Oregon, . n C. A. BLACKLEY, FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. w OULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM TIIK chixenaof Albany tlsat he has opened a INUUVt J uvy, ... ' Parriih Block, where he is pnf ared to accom t.i ck r.in- tra4 - two aoori modate all who may desire anjiaing in iu ,.- trial IiriJ Tr. -ffitifr YiU Krrleei can bo bad t any time, with due notice, to CALL FIGURES FOR PARTUS CR BALLS, on reasonable terms. decl24nl7m4 JOIIX J. WHITNEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW and Notary Public Special attentions giren to collections. Off ice In the Court House. Albany, Oregon. T3n33tf. 31. CANTERBURY, 31. D.. Physician and Surgeon, CORVALLIS, OREGON. S-Office, B. R. Biddle'e Drug Store. noTH'63 v4n!3tf G. W. GRAY, D. D. 8., GRADUATE OF THE GHCI5JIATI DEKTAL COLLEGE, WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR ing Artificial teeth and first-class Dental Operations, to ajire him a call. Specimens of Vulcanite Base with gold plate lintnrt. and other new styles of work, mar be seen at his office, up ataira in Parma A Co.'t Brick, Albany, Oregon. Resiienee, corner of Second and Raker streets aprll'68T3n34tf J. C. POWELL. I. FUSS POWELL sfc FLINN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LA V AND SOLICITOUS IN CHANCERY, : (X Flian, Katary Public.) A L3ANY. Oregon, CoUeationa ani convey J i neea promptly attended to. oc20n!01y W. 1. HILTABIDEL. F. K. EEDriELD IIILTABIDEL & CO,, ,EALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI- sions. Wood and Willow Ware, Confection- r. TaWm). Cigars. PiDes. Notions. et. Store n Maine street, adjoining the Expreas office, Al bany, Oregon. ' ttmwiuiu axaaowa, s. k. rovua J. BARROWS & CO., GENE&AL & COMMISSION MERCHANTS T BALERS in SUple,Dryand Fancy Gods, If Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Vrocicerj poota and Shoes, Albanj. Oregon. Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf 'ALBANY BATH HOUSE? mHB UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT 1 fully inform the citizens of Albany and ri cinity that he baa taken charge of this Establish ment, aad, by keeping lea rooma and paying atrict attention to businssa, expects to suit all tbxe who may favor him with their patronage. Haying Jieretofure carried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, ie expocts to- eire entire satisfaction to alL Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and jhampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. - ' " - ' apr4y3n33tf T. T. BTBSELli, Att'y at Law. JAMUS ELKIVS, Notary public. CirmpwaicMU wnuug over ansumou Big r anonymously, must maka known tbelr proper natr ts to t&a Editor, or no attentfoa will be given to Catlr communications. All' LatUra and Communications, whether on business or for publication, should U addressed to Abbott 4 Brown. RUSSELI 4fc ELKIXS, Office in Parrish'a A Co.'a Block. First Street, ALBANY, OREGON. Having taken into co-partnership Junes Elkins, sq., Ex-Clerk of Lina. county, Oregon, we are enabled to add to our practice of law and collec tions, at perior facilities for Oo-iveyaacing, TIxajxiiin'Tig Eecords, ABTD Attending to Probate Dnsiness. . Peeds, Honda, Contracts and Mortgages carefully' drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption papera made and Claima secured. - Sales of Real Estate negoti ated, an i loans effected on Collateral securities on re&saaallo rates. - AH boiiness entrusted to them will be promptly attended to. RUSSELL k ELKINS. Oct. 6, 1568 T2ai6tf ADVE11TISEMENTS. STATE EIGHTS DEMOCRAT JOB PRINTING OFFICE. FIRST ST., ALBANY, OREGON. r: E hare connected with thia office a flrst-elaa JOB OFFICE, and are prepared, at shortest notice, to fill, in the neatest manner, any order that may bo sont us. Executed Speedily, and in a satis factory Style, at Prices CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST! Theatres, Conoerts, and Public Meetings. Accommodated at the Shortest .Notice ilEN SUPPLIED WITH CARDS, BILLS, BILL-HEADS. BILLS LADIS1. CHECKS, LETTER HEAD INGS, Ac. BALL CIRCULARS. ELECTION TICKETS, BALL TICKETS. CENSUS BLANKS. DRUGGISTS' LABEL?, LIQUOR LABELS, ORDERS OF DAN CING. NOTES OF HAND. DRAY RECEIPTS, LEGAL BLANKS OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULARS. BILLS OF FAKE, PROGRAMMES. SHIPPING RECEIPTS. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, CATA LOGUE?, AND BY-LAWS. All Orders Promptly Attended to AMJOTT it IIKOWN, "State Rights Democrat" Job Office. NUMMO.VS. In the Circuit Court of the Siate of Oregon lor the xjounvj oj itnn. Thomas S. Summers t$. Eliza Summers. Suit for Divorce. To EliiO. Summers, Deft. IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON : You are hereby required to arpear in the Cir cuit Court of the Stato of Oregon for the Couuty of Linn, and anwer the complaint therein filed against you by the above uatued plaintiS with tl.e Clerk of eaid Court, within ten dars of the data of service hereof upon you, if lerrcd in Lion county, or if rerved in any other county in tho State of Oregon, then wuho twenty days or tue date of sertUre hereof upon you. And you are further notified that if you fad to nswtr as atore rcquire-J, lor wao; tbereot ttse plaintia win appiT to tne court lor a decree or judgment of Court diuohing the bond of ll & tri llion j now exutiog between you ana said plaimu. and for tbe undmacd one-tbtrd part, in fee, of all your Real Estate. N. H. CRANOR, Fct-ruary 15, Att'y for ITS. By order of Hon. R. P. Boie, Judge. State or Onccos, 'Cocxtt or Lt.tjr, sa. 1. Geo. It. HeSm. Clerk of the Circuit C'.urt of the State of Orezon for the Couatr of Linn, do certify the foregoing to be a true and perfect copy of the original summons of which it purports to be a copy, now on die in my cSice. Feb. 13, 16C9-n276. Gko. R. Helm, Cl'k. Iii the Circuit Court of the Slate of Oregon for the County of Linn. Adeline 31. lllll, VVff, vs. It. T. IUU, D'fH. Suit for Divorce. To R. T. XIUl. Defendant! IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF ORE GON: You are hereby required to appear in the Circuit Court of the fe'Uto of Oregon for the County of Linn, and answer the complaint therein filed against you by tbe above named plaintiff with tho Clerk of taid Court, within ten days from the date of service hereof upon you, if served in said Linn county, or if served in any other county in tho State of Oregon then within twenty days of the date of service hcrsof upon you. And you are further notified that if you fall to answer as above required, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to tbe Court for a decree or judgment of Court dissolving the bonds of matri mony now existing between you and said plaintiff, and for one-third of all your real estate and the sum of $2,000.00, and for the custody of the two youngett children, and costs and disbursements of this suit. N. H. CRANOU, December 1, 1868. Att'y for Pl'tL By order of Hon. R. P. Boise, Judge. State or Obecox, 1 Cocktt of Liss, I, Geo. R. Helm, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the county of Linn, do certify the foregoing to be a true and perfect copy of the original Summons of which it purports to be a copy, now on file i my office. My band and official seal, tbe 19th day of Jan uary, 1869. Geo. R. Helm, Clerk. v4n23w6 noTxcs or final settlement- je II- BALTIMORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF tbe estate of Reuben R. Blount, deceased, having filed his account in the County Court of tbe county of Linn, State of Oregon, praying a final settle meat of the same and to be tdiscbarged aa such Administrator : Therefore, notice is hereby given that said account and tbe settlement thereof will be heard, and determined on Saturday, the tth day of March, 1809, at the Court Honse in tbe city of Albany, in said county. and all persons interested in aajdestate will file their objections to said account and tbe settlement thereof on or boforo said day; By order of said Court, fi. A. JOHNS, Feb. 2, 86'3 n25w4l County Judge, riOTICE or FINAL 6ETTLEITCENT. J, C. WORTH, ADMINISTRATOR, AND Anna M. Worth, Administratrix, of the estate of John Q. A. Worth, deceased, have thia day filed their account in the County Court of Lina county, Oregon, praying for a final settlement of the same, and to be discharged as such Administrators. Therefore notice is hereby given that said appli cation and settlement will be beard and determin ed at the Court House in said county, on Tuesday, the 6th day of April, 1860, and all persons interested in said estate are hereby required to file their objections to said account and tbe rettlement thereof on or before said day. By order of said Court. Feb. 6, 1869 n26w. ' . S. A. JOHNS, . County Judge. iV.il. Cbastob, Att'y for Adm'r. "" - t yUy and cheaply done "i ' this OEce. POBTltY. THE CHILDREN. DT CHARLIES DICKERS. When tbe lessons and tasks are all ended. And tbe school for tbe day is dismissed, And the little ones gather around me, To bid me good night and be kinged : Oh I the little whito arms that encircle My ucok in a tendor cmlraoo t Ob ! the smiles that are halos of Heaven, Shoddiug sunshine of love on my face. And when they aro gone I sit dreaming Of my childhood too lovely to last: Of low that my heart will remember, While it wakea to tbe puUo of the past. Ere tbe world and its wickedness made me A partner of sorrow aud sin: When the glory of God was about me, N And the glory of gladno within. Oh I my heart grows weak as a woman's. And tbe fountains of feeling will flow, When I think of the paths steep and stony. iY uero tbe feet ol the dear ones go ; Of the mountains of sin hanging o'er them, Of the tcmpett of rate blowing wild : Oh ! there's nothing ou earth half so toly As the innocent heart of a cbild : They aro idols of hearts and of households, They are angels of God in dtsguUo t His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses, His glory still gleams in their eyes. Oh ! those tyrant from home and from Hearen, Tbey have made me moro manly and mud 1 And I know how Jesus could liken Tho Kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear ones. All radiant, as others havo done : But life may have just enough shadow To temper the glare of the iuu : I would pray God to guard them from evil; ilut my prayer would bound back to myself; Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner. But a sinner must pray for himself. The twig U so eai!y bended, I hare banished tbe rule and tbe rod ; I have taught them the goodnei of knowledge, Tby have taught me tbe gooductt ef God. My heart i a dungeon of darkness. Where I shut them from breaking a rule j My frown it sufficient correction ; My lovo is the law of the school. I shall leave tbe old htuie in the autumn. To traverse its tbrrtliold no more; Ah! how I tbail sigh for the dear ones, ' ' That meet me each morn at tho door ! I shall miss the "good nights" and the kisses, And tho gush of their tonoceut glee. The group on the green, and toe flowers That are brought every morning to me. I shall mUs them at morn and at eve Their song in the school and the street ; I shall roits the low hum oi their voices, And the tramp of their delicate fect. When tho !ejt, and tasks are all ended. And death says, "The .ohool i dUmisscd !" May the little ones gather around me. To Lid me good night and be kissed. UI.OODED STOCK. iiaruiy any tninr can rcjotcc tuc m- teliigcot agriculturalist inure than cvi deuce that the farmer are taking in creasing interest in raiaing pure and grade stock. We have often said, and say now again, that no sensible farmer, if he can help it, trill use a grade, or tnon grrl bull, as a sire fur stock he expects to raise. The ue of thoroughbred bull pays, even if the calvc te hlau: -ra ;htcrcd fur veal; and it is a hundred times more important if they are to be raised. The question is asked us often, "what sort of a blood bull ought I to buy?" We only help each man to decide this question tor himself. Short horns arc preeminently a beef race ; still among the cows, larire milkers arc frequently found. The grades usual ly make deep milkers but the milk is generally not rich. They require good feeding all the time, and when fed for the market, reed very economically. They reach maturity earlier than any other breed. Ihe Devons are very different. They are an ancient race, and though some what improved in points, have changed little in the historic period. They arc red, with long, white horns, beautiful heads, short limbs, long bodies, and straiglit backs. They will pick up a good living on rough pastures, in the woods, or cane-brakes, where Short-horns would, starve. They give good milk, which is lacking chiefly in water (and this may be added, if desired). The calve3 are small; the bulls reach maturi ty and full size at fire or six years of age, and tbe cows and steers at four or five perhaps. As working cattle, Dovons and Devon grades are unsurpassed, on account, chiefly, of their compact, mus cular frames, intelligence, and sprightli ness. The Ayreshires are the cattle for milk and cheese dairies. The Jerseys, or Alderneys, are noted for their very yellow milk, cream, and butter, as we have stated in 'several re cent numbers of the Agriculturalist, 1 be oxen of neither of these breeds are worm much, but both make a superior beef. -jlmericfm Agriculturalist. During the past year there were 358 fires in Chicago, entailing a total loss of $2,964,745. It cost $300,000 to run the h ire Department last year. The police riiade 29,770 arrests. The property stol en amounted to $270,000, of which $189, 179 was recovered. About $143,000 were levied in fines. The expense of tbe Police Department is $450,000 year. The Empress of the French speaks and writes French quite incorrectly . Whenever sho gets excited she uses great many Spanish words in her conver sation, and, when really angry, she will, at last, only speak Spanish. The servants at the imperial court therefore, when say ing, " the Empress has talked Spanish to iae, mean " he has scolded me." - A New Albany, Ind., paper tells a mar U - elous story of a lady of that city, awak pg one morning totally blind in one eye, hough, evidently, it is as brisht and ealthy as the other optic, and that she nowB no cause for the blinding calamity. e Prussia has lent a number of farmers ear Insterburg from $1,500 to $3,500 acb, to enable them to improve their arms. The Ontario Government asks for an appropriation to ereci an asylum for the , 1,000 Canadian lunatics. A ItlIAItKAIILi: ADVENTURE, Onco upon a time a traveler lie was a He found stepped into a Btogo coach. young man starting in life. bix passengers about him. all gray headed and men. Tho you u crest appeared to havo eeen at least eighty winters. Our traveler was struck with tho ningularly mild and happy" aspect which distinguish ed all his follow-passcngcrs, determined to ascertain the secret of a long life and tho art of making old ago comfortable. lie addrcHKcd tho ono apparently the eldcat, who told him he had always led a i a . regular and abstemious luo, eatiog vege tables and drinking water. Tho young man was rather daunted at this, inasmuch as ho .liked tho good things of this life. lie addressed tho second, who astonished him by saying he had always eaten roast beef and gone to bed regularly fuddled for the lust eeventy years, adding all de pended on regularity. 1 ho third had prolonged his days by never seeking or accepting office : the fourth by resolutely abstaining from all political and religious controversies ; aud the fifth by going to bed at sunset and rising at dawn, due sixth was appar ently much youuger thau tho other five, his hair was less gray, and there was more of it, a placid smile, dcuoting an easy couhctencc, mantled his lace, and his voice was joeuud and htrong. Thcv were all surprised Uj learn that ho was by ten years the oldest man in the coach. I low is it that you havo preserved the frehness of life ?" exclaimed our young traveler. "I havo drunk water and wine, I havo eaten meat and vegetables. I have dab- bled in politics and written religious pamphlets, I have sometimes gone to bed at midnight; and got up at sunrise and noon ;" he, then, fixing his eyes intently upon the young mau, concluded with this remark, "but I always pay promptly for my newspapers !" Then the others chimed in with, " Of course wo always pay promptly, and in advance, fur our newspapers . Then the youni: man resolved that ho also would render himself deserving of a long life, and immediately subscribed for five newspapers, paying for thcra all in advance, lie is living yet at a ripe old age. ADVA X TA ii E.H OF CKYIN'CJ. A French phynician is out in a long dissertation on the advantages oi groan iug and crying in general, and especially during surgical operations. He contends that groaning and crying are two grand operations by which Nature allays an guiah ; that thoe patients who give way to thoir natural feelings more speedily re cover from accident and operations than those who supposo it unworthy of a man to betray such symptoms of cowardice as cither to groan or to cry. lie tells us of a ciau who reduced his pulo from a hun dred and twenty-hix to sixty in the courne of a few hours by giving full vent to his emotions. If people are at all unhappy about anything, let them go in their rooms and comfort themselves with a loud booho ; and they will feel a hundred per cent, better afterward. In accordance with the above, the cry- tng ot children should not be too greatly discouraged. If it is systematically re pressed tho result may be St. Vitus' dance, epileptic fits, or some other disease of the nervous system. What is natural is nearly always useful ; and nothing can be more natural than the crying of chil dren when anything occurs to give them cither physical or mental pain. 1'robably most persons have experienced the effect of tears in relieving great bor row. It is even curious how the feelings are allayed by the frco indulgence in groans and sighs. Then let parents and friends show moro indulgence to noisy bursts of grief on the part of children as well as older persons -'and regard the eyes and he mouth as safety-valves through which nature discharges her sur plus steam. Tho pistols used in the Burr-Hamilton duel are in possession of a gentleman in Xewburg. Burr's is marked with an X. They aro of the old style of manufacture, flint looks, mahogany stocks, the barrels carrying a half ounce ball. The barrels are of tho "double and twist" mark, they bear the name of "J. Uwiggs, London." Tho pistols resemble each other exactly. . These weapons have been used in some ten or a dozen other duels, beside the one which has made them his torioally famous. We are not informed how many lives havo been sacrificed by the use of them. The last owner, the late Commodore Salter; U. S. N., cleaned them and fired them off once a month regularly while he lived, It is said that they never miss fire. A new scries of postage stamps is in courso of preparation by tho Post Office Department. They will be smaller tnan those now in use, but of handsomer fin ish and design. On tho two cent stamps is an engraving of a post boy on horse back, and on the three cent a locomotive under full bead of steam. The five cent stamp contains a head of Washington. The ten cent etamp is said, to be very finely designed, and contains a picture of the Declaration of Independence. This engraving is very finely and delicately executed. On the twelve cent stamp an engraving of an ocean steamship is seen, and the thirty cent stamp is decorated with the surrender of Burgoyne. , The average price of horses in Ver mont is $110; in New Jersey $U0. The value of horses in Vermont is about $4,000,000, and the value of horses in Orange county, N. x., is $&,UUO,000. . " The Dayton Journal tells of a negro, at Brinley station, O., who stole a dressed hog, and had his necfc broicon by the hind legs of the porker, as lie attempted to throw it over a tence. A ISOLD CARUIER. 4 Id tho last number of Harper's Maga. zine we find, the following description of a Wall street carrier and a Wall street load : "All tho bullion and coin of Wall fctrcct is carried about' the streets in com mon open carts, precisely such as aroused in carrying ordinary merchandise. For twenty-two years past one carman. John 0. Barklcy, best known in the street as 'Honest John' whose three carts Ptand at the corner of Wull and IJroad streets, has done the bullion dealers and bankers of tho city, any of whom would trust him in their vaults with treasure un counted. Tall, robust and ruddy, Honest John has in his countenance precisely the expression which wo should expect to sco in the face of ono who for so many years has borne so honorable a namo. He began in the street twenty.scvcn years ago, and, after his fiftieth year, he be came the established carman of tho coin and bullion men. It is his carts that go to tho California steamers and convey their kegs of gold to the vaults to which they aro consigned. His carts assist to restore the fiuancial balance between the two continents by conveying gold to and from tho Cunard steamers in Jersey City. He has occasionally carried for short dis tances, down hill, a million dollars in gold, which weighs two tons; but his opinion is that seven hundred thousand dollars is about as much as any humane man will ever permit his horses to draw over these rough pavements for any con siderable distance. On a busy day he will havo as many as twenty load of precious metals. A load of gold, when it goes across the town, is usually accom panied by a clerk of the house to which it belongs ; but it often happens that Honest John is quite alone when he has as much gold on his car as a horse can draw. For such service he gets higher compensation than when he carries an of fice desk or a load of printing paper; and, indeed, he has the air cf a man who could show a little silver and gold of his own if there were occasion. Artemus Aan s Toast. Artcmus Ward, being present at a celebration and exhibition, was called upon for a speech, when he reported in a "toast to the phair sex ; Indies, scz I, turnin to the butiful fe mails boose present was pcrfumin the fair ground, 1 hope you areenjovm your selves on this occathun,and thatleminaid and water of which you arc drinkin, may not go agin you. 31ay you allcrs be fair as the sun. bright as the moon, and butt ful as an army with Union flairs also plenty of good close to ware. Tu yure sex commonly called the phair sex wo are indebted for borniogs, us well as many other blessings in these low vales of sorro. Sum poor spirited fooU blaim yure sex for the difficulty in the garden, but I have no dowtbut Adam would have rigged a cyder press, and like as not went into a big bust and driv- on ou onawarc. l uro nrst muther wus a lady, and all their daurters is ditto, and nun but a loafin cuss will say a wurd agin yu. Ilopin that no waive ot trouble wu roll across your peaceful breasts, I kon- klude these remarks with thcfollerin cen tyraent : omen she are a good egg. Good Hit at Pulpit Profanity. Some years ago, at the conclusion of a sermon, tho preacher askca some ouc to pass the bat around and take up a eollec tion, a youngman, a stranger in the place immediately jumped up and commenced to circulate the hat in such a manner as to wind up at the door and pass out with the proceeds. The preacher, eyeing htm as be went out. observed, "if that young man runs off with that money, he 11 be damned. A deacon seated by- one o the windows, seeing him make off down tho street responded, " and if he hasn run off with that money, I'll be d- d.' A Servant girl out "West recently tried whisky to kill rats. She mado it sweet with fugar, crumbled in bread and set it in tho cellar. A few hours' after wards she went down and found several rats, gloriously fuddled, engaged in throw ing potato parings and hauling one another up to drink. "Has that gal got fits?" asked an old farmer who had paused to sea a young lady go through with her calesthentio excroisea in the door yard. "No," replied tho servaht-girl, "that a jimmy hastic. "Poor thing," said the farmer in a pity ing tope ; "how long she's had em?" A young mau about jumping from a train while in motion, was deterred by a reporter, who askod for his name, . age, business and residence, for an obituary item. "My dear said a cross grained husband to his long suffering wifo, "do you intend to make a fool of me ?" uNo, my love, nature saved me the trouble." . An attempt to poison a miller in Saint jonesDurry, Vermont, was maue recently by leaving a plug of tobacco in his mill, with strychnine enough to kill twenty men concealed in one end ot it. The venerable William M. Meredith, of Philidclphia, mado his last plea before the United States Supreme Court lately, the case being the old Uirard will suit. Of the six last elected Pennsylvania Senators Buckalew, Cameron, Cowan, Broadhead, Bigler and Scott none have ever served in the lower House. A Christmas goose, sont to two prison ers in a Canada jail, was stuffed with files and steel saws. Ihey appreciated tho stuffing. "Cutting off a coupon from the mar riage bond" is the ornamental j synonym for having a baby, i COllKUFTIOX REIGNING, Mr. Will Cumback has got himself clcctcd United 8tatcs Senator from Indi- ana by a species cf swindling and corrup- ,. L..u ,if tCL i house politician in the business, and ing is a copy: -through an exposure of transactions in- Boston, January 5, 1869. compatible with honor, or decency of any Amdrrw Johssow, President of the United State, sort. II in election follows immediately Snt: lam an humble citizen, whoso upon the expoeuro of his baseness and unfitness, and seems rather to have com- mended him to his party friends. Han- nibal Hamlin is elected to the Senate rom Maine under circumstances that dicatc the same sort of party religion as since you assumed the reins of govern that of Cumback; while tbe loyal of the ment. I am diffident about doing it, lest Mew York Legislature are wrangling over carpet-sacks full of bribes, brought to Albany to buy tho members as a man would buy mules at a lively auction. It may seem singular that men will or can afford to pay such fabulous sums in mon- ey or such monstrous prices in baseness to get to Congress, a position, if honestly one word ot praise lrom an bonest convic filled, full of labor and of inferior honor ; tion that it is deserved. It was my for- out tuc explanation is at nana, ane Washington machine has got to that level that corruption is its only strength if not its only virtue. It is simply a monstrous combination of rings to cheat the people, wnicn it uoes at trie rate oi nvo nunarcaiJ- uave maracu your course witu proiouna millious of dollars per annum. To tret interest, almost dreading lest you should nto one of these rings through a vote in Congress is to be provided for for life. man lias but to vote himself a duke- dom out of the public domain ; a palace out of revenue frauds; pension all his relatives on the Treasury, and retire at tuc cnu oi ins term witn minions; or buy himself back to his seat by a division of his plunder with other rings. This is an explanation of the immense sums ex- pended to purchase positions under the Government, and one of the prolific sources of the wide spread demoralization of the people. Instances need not bead- duced to prove these assertions; they win suggest incmseivcs to an wno read and understand. Indeed, tho facts arc admitted by the ruling party, and are sometimes boasted cf by the perpetrators themselves. Legislation and administra- tion running through such channels, must necessarily partake of the taint : and we have tyranny, despotism, barbar-Uhe ity, crime everywhere rampant, while the victimize! people suffer and sweat and die in the desperate, but unavailing struggle with their heartless oppressors, Columlut Crisis. How Gooi Farmers Save Money. Good farmers take good papers, and read! lucm. I They keep a full account of farm op- erations Thev do not leave their imDlcments scattered over the farm, exposed to rain, snow or heat. They repair the tools and building at the proper time, and do not suffer a subse quent threefold expenditure of timo and money They use their money judiciously, and do not attend auction sales to purchase all kinds of trumpery because it is cheap. ."7 , ".uwa paired, and their cattle are not found grazing m the meadows, or gramfields or orchards. They do not refuse to make experiments in a small way of many new things. They plant fruit trees well, care for them and of course get good crops. They practic economy by giving their stock good shelter during the winter, tl- so good tootl. tikiofif out all that is un-l: sound, half rotten or mouldy. They do not keep tribes of cats and around their premises, which cat more ima month than they are worth in a lifetime. Successful farmings is made up by at- tcntion to little things. The farmer who does it best earns his money with eatKers until the twelfth day f at four best appreciation, and uses it with best results. Such men are the " salt - of earth." National Finances. Senator Mor ton, in reply to a letter written to him by Greeley, says : "Our bondholders understand per fectly well that, whatever may be the iaw on uie question, tne Donas, or any considerable part, cannot bo paid in coin while the currency remains de- predated. It is folly to talk about paying tho bonds ia gold, if the go vl ernment cannot procure gold enough to redeem tne greenbacks. A return to specie payment is a necessary con- dition precedent to the payment of i. 3 . i j , mi i i i v uouus in goiu. xuoy must, iuok mucu more to tne return oi specie payments tne cants or rivmeta, wnere tney nrea, and the establishment of our finances in the Canary, or Dog' Islands of the At on a 6olid basis, than to tho rnero form lantio Ocean. From there they were in- of the contract. As to how it should bo paid then, the gold payments should ucgui wuu tne ueui tuai is uue, wuicu is the currency, not by 6having bonds that will not bo due for fourteen years." 'Tis Smoke, Chew, Smoke ! He sits in a corner from morning to nizhtjl a. ' It TT . a) a 0 w Aif a ahA w 1 11a i paa r ,"a """". ,f "V T a dawn his pipe to light, goes and nhanini nrirh nil his tnirrht till tha hftn, :r.u"b Xx:am:z:? U1 , m, " uc" - w , .V v" -w' Rmntfi. 1 iin fiuiu trocs in wnen lciq ninfl o- ----- r-r- jVJf WW , W.. 1. , 1 1 , ' W .. W . nitn a11 in t emftlrA rm frn. 'lifl v,lT puff; pui Herowls a h L nLn.. -lisT w;h filth thJ013810.110 deve oped into a re. carpet and rug, and his only answer, when I give him a jog, is puff, puff, puff. The house all over, from end to end, is smoke., rsmoke, smoke. In whatever room my way I wend, if I take hi3 clothes to patch and mend, ungrateful perfumes will ever ascend of smoke, smoke, Bmoke. At home or abroad, afar or near, 'tis smoke, chew, smoke) his mouth is stuffed from car to ear, or puffing the stump of a pipe so dear j and his day will end, I verily fear, in smoke, smoke, smoke. . j ; Charles H. Taylor, formerly of the Boston Traveller t has received the ap pointment of Private Secretary to. Gov ernor Claflin. 8IIILLABERTO JOIIXSON. P. B. Shillaber. E&ct.. f'-Mrs. Partinr- toa of Bogt htxn written a letUr t0 n ., .T1 - President Johnson, of which the follow name may have, or not have reached yon, with no favor to ask beyond the wish to bo credited with sincerity,' and am de- sirous of expressing to you tbe admira- in-ltton I feel at the course you have pursued you should interpret it as patronage, but I feel that none of us are praised for our bad ones. And lor all you have qobo, the measure has been running over with abuse and vituperation form malignant foes and tbe faint praise of lukewarm friends, and, therefore, I decide to give tune to oppose your election ironi a wrong impression regarding your position, and I was gratified to find how true you were to the old landmarks of the Constitution, land I have long wished to tell yon so. waver, but found you inflexibly constant. Such fidelity as you have shown, amid inducements to change such as no man ever met with before, denotes a character strong as adamant, and yocr place in the history ot our times will bean illustrations one. x our enemies, ana tne enemies ox our institutions, must admit your fidelity to your obligations. Good men however blinded, must see this, however far politi- cal demagogues, whose hatred for you extends just so far as they themselves hare proved false and dishonest, denounce you. People are slow to think, but the. right thought comes at last, ia spite of prejudice, ana nose wno nave vnmea you through a dogmatic devotion to party will grant you honesty and accord yoa justice. Your forebearance under abuse should assure you a, niche as high as that of Job for patience, I thank you hearu ly for myself, and thousands would do same for themselves, were they as I am. It is not often that men address a waning power thus, hut the one who takes off the armor in tried service is more to. be praised than he who at first assumes it ; you will pardon my presumption in ad-s dressing you, but I could not help it ; (but I presume also upon a tie that makea us brothers, that may serve somewhat as a voucher lor mv sincentv. With tha Iprofouodest respect, I am, dear sir, yours, very truly. P. B. Sin ix able. ABOUT CAXAKIES, The San Franciseo Herald giyes the following history of canaries : Every one having had occasion to pass fl Inn rr lCoamtr ctroot fnncf V n l.nan tr,M u til tt-nA r ,v,.,i,. dreds of canaries, young and old, that are k t there 0tt 8al b bird-fanciers, as it fortas ooe of the pIeasant features of that mucU frequented thoroughfare. The ca, narit, of Xes0 establishment, are mainlv I : r.,. n v .i. uJa :n t?1A TT.rt ' .a; to Hanover. When nurchased for shin. Lnt .uf.UtAn.ii,,.,,!, ,JTa unon,; here in rW condition, are a .-i-.w- fir ArAUnh Th proat upoa lheir imnorUtion would be a:a w:.,j j: l c r.u .- La from Jc?m. but thev ftre a small i ;fM, t .u' Germany they arc hatched in thirteen days, and at incubation the male bird as;sta the female a few hours each day. After bein? viy. tha VQXinr hv L i fcuuu uata utui i a tiiici . auu in. iuui nteusva sins: with considerable strength of voice. V 9 - ' m ' If instructed while young, they can be taught many amusing tricks There are twenty-nine varieties of canaries known to ornithologists, among which, are the lizard spangle-back, jonquil, mealy bird, top knot, white, red, black and golden yellow. Of these varieties, the red is the most rare, ana ox tne greatest longevity, Tbe golden yellow i much sought after, and the black, with yellow brest, white head and tail, with top knot, is teld in peculiar estimation. Irregular, spotted. lor those of uniform brown or grey colors,. are inferior varieties. Uld birds may bo known by the projecting blackish scales an their legs, and by their long.i heavy i mi t i i i ciaws. ine canary Dira was xouna along troduced into Italy about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and from thence spread an over XiUrope. ma domestic state, they flourish in Bussia, Siberia and America.tand are.everywhere prized for the beauty cf their plumage, admirable fSif,!? in StvLJl a ... f in..nMu;M efa I ttUU OIV AUUUU IU UtaliUittS HAkU uvuwU AU 1 the interior of California and Mexico., The canary is of a hrown or gray . - . - - .o. except m midsummer, when it be- comes yellow. The wast beautiful vaxie ues are proaucea oy Dnaiyp i . - 11 1 markably intelligent and beautiful young . lady, is fast becoming the belle of old Virginia, and notwithstanding tho toady- ism of all rebeldom, she refuses to become; the spoiled child of flattery, but maintains a quiet and dignified reserve, becoming , a devout Christian and member of the church. A popular Speaker has got up alee4 ture on " Getting Ahead." Ahead is a good thing to get if there are a.ny brains, iu'it. " : " ',"-t' ; , f - '. It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, the old feller sooner or later palls t their fcai-oat." t