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Tk,Jf ' I 4 I STATU RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. lBUSBlD KVBRT SATURDAY, BY Abbott & brown Jf. IJ. ABBOTT HV TV M9W, CT'flSE IH'HANNON'S BUILDING, FIRST STREET TERM'S', n adyascs f On year, $3; SI Months $2 On Month, 50 cts.fr Singlo Copies, 121 els. Correspondents writing oyer assumed signatures r awjiioufljf iHfmt make known their proper aames to the, Editor, or no ttentk will w given All LetSoft rml CoimnifnieaCions, whether on btferoes or fo( publication,- should ! addressed to JLMrctt A Brown. BPM " ' .... L.J ... -' J BUSINESS CARDS. C, H. RAFFETY, M 0., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, . - BUENA VISTA, OREGON 'liarth iT.'lSCg, Tln32m3. DEN J. HAY DEN, tfoney a&d Counsellor at Law Will attend to all business entrusted to bim by tllitex ef Polk and adjoining counties. EolH Jaly is:. v2n51tf office of conn school superixtex'T, A T TTATERLOO, SIX MILES ABOVE LEB A toon, on the Saatiatn. Tost office address, fibanon.' J. W. MACK. T9n l51y Co. School fcupenntcnucnt. .y. O- O-- CURL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALEM, OREGON : "Will practice In all the Courts of this State and will attend the Circuit Court terms In Linn county ami U entire District. Office in Watklnds A Co's Vriek, a p stairs. , xr3a4Syl S. A. JOHNS, j vATT O R N E Y A T LA IV, 1 .-, ALBANY, OREGON. ILIGENT attention wiil bo given to all busi ness in his line. jan23Ttn23tf. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED ! " " DR. E U. GRIEriX - Vfpnta to make his rates fur Dental services fr the year 1S63, as follows, vis : Full upper and lower set of Art. Teeth, 5 -0 to $-.0 YM upper or lower 4 $15 to $25 Pivot tieth, $2,50 each. FUHn-r. teeth, fptn 1 to $$wbtaUy. Extracting, 50 cents per tooth. Cteansln, 50 cents to $1,50, Other minor opera tions ia proportion. Terms, U. S. coin or it oHtvaleiit. . NB.-03ee over Bcntley's shoe store, in tho Id post office building, opposite Foster's brick, Albany. Oregon. DR. E. II. GRIFFIN. r Doe. 30, m$ t In29tf. N. II. CRANOR, 1TT0HEI A5D COUNSELLOR AT LAW, .OrriCE In Nercross Brick Building, up stairs, Albany, Oresn, aa4 C. A. BLACKLEY, fashionable barber and hair dresser. WOULD RESPECTr . LLY INFORM THE citixens of Albany t- at be has opened a Barbor Shop, on Main stre; , tw doors above Parrish's Block, where he is friared to accota taodate all who may dej-ire anytaing in the tonso Hal iine. 11a also states that his service can be bad at any time, with due notice, to , " CALL FIGURES FOR PARTIES OR BALLS, b reasonable terms. dcc!2r4nl7mt JOHN J.VIIITXEY, JTTORXEY A.D COnSELLOR AT UW Notary Pnhlic. . Special attentions given to collections. QrftCE In the Court Houae. Albany, Oregon. vSn33tf. I SI. CANTERBURY, 31. O., Physician and Surgeon, CORVALLIS, OREGON. i . , E2T Office, B. R. Biddle's Drug Store. ' norl4'63 v4n!3tf G. W. GRAY, D. D. S., Graduate or the ciscihsati destal college, WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR ing Artificial teeth and first-class Dental Operations, to give him & call. Specimens of Vulcanite Base with gold j-late linings, and other new styles of work, may be eon at his office, up stairs in Parriah & Co.'i Brick, Albany, Oregon. : Residence, corner of Second and P.aker streets. aprll63r3n34tf . e. rowELL. L. FLI5X. : POWELL & FLIXN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LA WAND SOLICITORS IN CHANCER Y, , , (Zb Flinn, Notary Public.) ALBANY, Oregon. Colfections and convey ances promptly attended to. oo20n!01y W. 1. HILTABIDEL. - . F. K. BEDFIELD. IIILTABIDEL at CO., DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI- sions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confection cry, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store a Maise street, adjoining the Express mce, Al bany, Oregon. se28v3n7tf - ALBANY BATH HOUSE! " rpnE UNDERSIGNED WOULD REfJPECI- luuy inform h9 eittieni of Albany and ri wZl ft.im Mm with their oatronaze. Havin SUVI ta I tn . eretoftr.e carried on nothing but First-Classf alr Dressing Saloons, t exp-JCta to give entire satisfaction to alL " ffiChildien and Ladies' Hair neatly out and jiamfooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. ' apr4r3n33tf f. r. srssEix, Att'y at Law. JAMES ELKISS. Notary Public i,riT at r.f.icixs. a,ufm . w effie. ia Parrish'. & Co. Block, Btrec,, ALBAXY, OREGON. TaHj that lo haa tken oqargo vi m the various diseaaeg to which the eye and ear amnntr nrllfr remarks, made tllCSO mnt,ad,b7 keeping clean rooms ana PinS bject and feela confident of giving entire " , lt tt " fasa! !7.t:i?.i-ininthnsinegB.eiDccti! to gmt all those "r.'...-w t)..mMii ncDt ones: "bee in ine lasui w..5.. ttn into eo-oartnershio James ElkinsJTowniftip l, od, xv.n, E.q..i:x-Clerkofl.uin county uregon, "H-''- . nablad to add to our practice or law HIlll UUUbV" tions, luperior facilities for 'Oanyeyancing, lg Eeoords, ASD Attending" to Probate Business. ti'. i. vAk nnnlrat and Mortaarea earefullT drawn.1- Homestead and Pre-emption papers made fiUims secured. Bales of Real Estate negoti ated. i4 loans effected on CoUateral securities on viiiLsiB.ni.ble rates. All business entrusted to them will be promptly attended to. " jwjdojuuu a jiuaiiAo. Oct.-e, 1868 v2n46tf ' ; V W ANTED ! W . T'ANT 20,000 LBS. OF GOOD BACON - B .ln Butter, both of wuich the highest mar- pt price will be paid, B, BRENNER- - v3r 33tf : STATE VOL. IV. ADVEUTISEM ENTS. STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT JOB PRINTING OFFICE. FIRST ST., ALBANY, OREGON., E have connected with this office a first-elass JOB OFFICE, and are prepared, at shortest notice, to fill, in the neatest inanucr, any order that inny bo sent us. Executed Speedily, and in a satis factory Style, at Prices CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST! Theatres, Concerts, and FUDllO JVIeOtlnffS. Accommodated at thC Shortest .0tlCe MEN SUPPLIED WITH CARDS, BILLS. BILL-HEAD. BILLS LADlX'i. CHECKS, LETTER HEAD INGS, ic. BALL , CIUCULARS. E LECT lUX TIC K KT.-. BALL TICKETS, CENSUS BLANKS. DItU(;t;lSTS' LABELS. LIQUUR LABELS. ORDERS OF DAN CING, NOTES OF HAND, DRAY RECEIPTS, LEGAL BLANKS OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULARS. BILLS OF FARE, PROt .RAM M ES. SHIPPING R EUEIPTS. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, CATA LOGUES. AND BY-LAWS. All Orders Promptly Attended to AJJIsOTT fc JSIIOYvN, "State Rights Democrat" Job Ofiicc. V (JOOD ROOK FOR AGENTS ! RESOUBCES or TME- pQIPJQ SLOPE!! A F Ut'utscal and Derrittire Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, T!p'grapby, Agri culture, 3Iaaufacture, and Commerce of the Pa cific States and Territories: including LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, BRITISH COLUM BIA and ALASKA, BY HON. J. ROSS BROWNE, Complete in One Larc OcUto Volume cf 874 paes, Price, $4,00. This is the Cheapest Work ever offered in thi market to Subscription Agent., and it is compact with useful informattn, INVALUABLE to MER CHANTS, FARMERS, 31 ECU A NICS, Etc,, aod is of deep interest to ALL CLASSES t Pulluhcd by H. H. BASCROFT CO, S&a Francisco, Cal. rlt'jirj. CHURN ! CHURN!! CHURN!!! Something for Everybody that ha a Cow! TE TAKE THIS METHOD OF INFORM-1 f f ing the pcojde of this Stato that vra are now manufacturing and have fur sale (cither county right or single Churns), the Celebrated HOLLOW DASH atmospheric ununx: Patented by H. C. Bell.ofllls., March 24, 1868. Persons wij-bing for a Churn that will operate easily, churn cream in five minutes and milk in ten iniDutcH, and that cannot easily git out of or der, will do well to address' the undemgncd, at Scio, Linn county, Oregon; or, what i better, come and see the Churn fur yourselves. Where this is not convenient send for a sample Churn. Persons wbhiDga County Right will do well to call soon, as the territory is being rapidly taken. DORRXS & THORP, Scio, Linn Co., Og'n. P. S. The IIollcw Dash Churn is endorsed by the following named persons, residents of Scb aud vicinity : J.A.PENNEBAKER, W. C. 31 1 L LER, TIIOS. DONAH 00, P. MUNKERS, T. SHIELDS, B. F. SHIELDS, C. CLYMER. Scio, April 10, 1869. T4n3Hf THE EYES! THE EARS! DR. T. L. GOLDEN, OCULIST AND AURIST, ALBANY, OREGON. Dr. Golden (a son of the noted Old Ophthalmic I under his care. aprl0v4n.34tf 8IIEKFFS SAIiE. N OTICE IS -.nnnn-rr T.-TOT ntllir D-tr ivrw Ttr a t kv iiJSt ofthc c J- of Oregon, for Linn virtue of an execution cuit Court of tho Stato of Oregon, icr i.inn ountr. and to me directed anddelivercd, in favor Af P.. . Mooraand J. Korcross, tjlaintiffs, and ' tta iani Aa.v of Anrii. A. I. 1869, levied upon l8 unuiv.ueu -:r Morton in tUC lOUOWinz uecnuu wuw, W1ts : Knrth-East corner of the South-East quarter of Section 27, i . itm rn r t 1 1 iriv i auua uvmvm w lace of be. I . ' - v.l e-innine. lvinsr ana Demg in tu- couui v Stateof Uregun; ana.onj. . Saturday, the Voth day ay, iou between the hour, of 0 o'clock A. u. and 4 o'clock p. jr. of said day, in front of the Court t iiouseaoor. in thacitv cf Aibany. Linn Co., O'en, I will sell the T noil the above.: described property for cash ia.&&na " nublic outcry, to the highest and best bidder. . ... . J c A :l A Ti TO AO iiatea tnis icsa uay ut atu, v. . It. A. IRVINE, T4n35w4. . Sheriff Linn county, Oregon. NOTICE. mmSISTOKOOTir Ai. r? . J- totrustorijarormywt fU'h my aeeout, u ne scounarei Dy meuauxo . Brownsville, Oregon, Apni a, xoo. I W VV ItS VP -T- 1 W . - I - - . Twtii. s n nniapn. has haa experience mircat- nics Ol luuruiuuuuiu ALBANY, rouTity LITTLE DROWN HANDS. They drive homo tho cows from pasture, Up and through the long shady lane, " ucro tho uuails whintlo louJ in rim h(.ntf1,.1,l. liiai ore yellow with tho ripening grain. They find in lUo thick waviiiL' irrngitc. Where tho nuarlctdippod (rwburry grows; They alher tho curliest snowdrops, And tho first crimson blood vt the rose. They toss the new Imv in tho meadow s They Rather tho elder bloom whito j They find whoro tho duky grape purplo. In tho soft-tii'ted Ootubcr light. They know where the ntmlus hattir rli.oaf . And are sweeter than Iuly wines; ey unow wnere mo Irut hangs tbo tkuAtst, Ou tho long thorny blackWrry vines. They gather the delicate ea-wced, And build tiny castles la tho suad s They pick p the bsnutiftil aea-shclJ Fairy barks that have drifted to land. They wove from the tall rocking tree-top Where th oriole's hammock -next swim.'- And at nlht time are folded in slumber Uy a sons that a fund mother siues. Those who toil bravily are strongest: Tho humble and pure become jjreat i And fromthoio brown-handed children .Shall grow mighty rulers of tiit. Tho ooblo and wie of tho land The sword mid tho rhisel and t.alrtto. hball bo held io tho little brown hand. FAYMALE SUFFRAO E. r PcxMis o'.urrtnTr. Och, he is a baato who ui i i.et the rljrLt Of a faimnlo to voto wht-tiivcr bo idates. For tneilf I look forth to tho dav wid dcliebt. When tho poles will appvar Lie a meadow dai.'ies. tit I said to me Kathleen, when from tho convention rue came wid n beautiful nui'e on Ler fat-o. Y'e'H boon bo a lady, and ivory nttentiun wniuw,i ftcj iiy t!io? ulio have towcr and place. Mr. GiiDnvbar thin on vcersllf will !, dot'm And nxin r' up btr houf. never fear: 4-1.1... . -. . . n -T carriage, w!cn laytua'c are vot.o Yv'U sit by etr i It, och I Kaihicca, mo dear. It U aid that this Itfe, after all. 1 a bubble. J.ul not no to me. a thrue ton cf the cod : Fur the year hae been joyous, and free from all tl rouble. While i;iiiiu the mortar and carrying mo bod. And I am not jeaU.u, oh no, not at all. But welcome trom Erin each strong-minded daughter, To climb u; Ibo ladder and wal'4 n the wall. And share all the jo) t of the bricit and the mor tar. WoMAx'a Ixri.UENCE. Karneit and powerful are the words of a true woman. lien arou?eJ by call ol Utiry or sympa thy, fche cau do great deeds and upcak Uecp - mcaUllig WOrUa. lliCQ Her UobiC thoughts touie forth claJ iu the simple lauguae of nature. Her tearful eye and awect toucd Toicc ctiipluytJ iu behalf of thuhC !o loves have incited the Mout hearts of war worn veteran, and tuoved kings to deal of jnercy. When the fire of religious love Luroi upon woman' heart it dues nut expire with tran.int blaze, tut flashes up iu perpetual bright ness toward heaven. The word of pray er and prai.-c which she then utters arc the warm emanations from her heart of love. Minim, the prophet.', stood upon the .horc of the lied Sea, and san the pVathCn of the deliveno" Jod. Kcvcr bc- forc wa,j words so eloqucntty echoed among the will mountain. Good uew., when borne uncn a glad and sweet-toned voice, i. the truest eloquence. Never was mortal permitted to Lear tiding more glorious than the news which Mary bore to tho desponding disciples : "Jc- sus i risen iroru tnc ueaa . lue elo quence of these simple word moved men and angles. The ttrongest eloquence which the world has ever heard has fal len from woman's tongue. Historians have recorded gome of her burniug words, which will make their volumes brilliaut forever. Encourage the Young. If a young man deserves praise, be sure you give it to him, else you not only run a chance of driving him from the right road by want of encouragement, but deprive yourselves of the happiest privilege you will ever have of rewarding his labor. For it is ouiy the young who can receive much reward from men's praise ; the old, when they arc great, get too far bcyoud and abovo what you may think of them. You may urge them with sympathy, and surround them with acclamation, but they will doubt your pleasure and despise your praise. You might have cheeied them in their raco through the asphodel meadows of their, youth : you might have brought the proud, -bright scarlet to their faces, if you had cried but once, " V ell done!" as they dashed up tho first goal of their earlv ambition. Uut now their pleasure is in memory, and their ambition is in heaven. Ihey can be kind to you, you can never more be kind to them. ir . wricrnam xouuic tunsiv 'v education, and and perti- . . ionablc world, the education given to a young la- dv! It consists mainly ot now to now M ,.tcir lmw tn meet a eentlcman. I UUU VU4. .;,,, ...... ana curisuv, i.yw n ; how to bo graceful in a ball-room how to get into and out of a carriage, how to get ii, nn l1ft streets, how hich her clotllCS , , . v, mnv foot tliov frt tx.:a tn thrnm on the piano and have a smattern ot kronen or uatiau. xiiubo , - , lfrt,a ? 1" "Za i iiiiu ii iij mi i ' i ii ii l , A .t . . Thr cannot knit their own nnderclothins nr Hnanvthin- useful." . i .. Suppose piepneu " J r; -" ; tlJ i miQtnpsa man over iivuu. uavu w bj - 1 1 i A,Tar',a',nrr liKor- U. olTOn-csi onnsidered advertising llDer allv and Ion" to be. the great medium Ot L..: nrolude to wealth. in Vinelnoss. and Dreludo to wealth. buncos m wuojuv, - : r - , . AQU A I1UVB lUiiW m ' . - J T t. !f on inr-nriflh G rule tO L.i nllot times as w611 as ibusiest.long experience having taught mi ri i inr i 11 l iiu xav " - --ww . spent is well , laid ime ttiat monev inua p jwuu ,.v... continu. t has secured me uciuiu " . , I many SairS luait A ituuw . , - , OREGON, SATURDAY, THE JOCKEY'M TRICK. BY EMKRSON BENNETT. ilia liittiA vi li.i (rm .r it ; ni. O" V M i ill ptar was in a high Mato of excitement, for 4 I . ' . were wa gotuy icr uo a norno-race on the following day ; aud a crowd of strangers nau coneciea Here trotu unknowrt tjuar tcrs gentlemen, joekeyu, sporting men iraniblcrs. rick-nockcts and thieves nl honing to profit by an occasion of o much public importance. Tho two inns iu the place were doing a tremendous business in their small way, and tho landlords were secretly rubbing their hands and chuck ling over the prospect of getting rid of a largo quauttty f bad liquor at an im meusc profit, to ay nothing cf crowded tables, two in a bed all round, and nura- bera on the floor. Late in the afternoon, when tho.piazza of one of theso inns ?as filled with a miscellaneous crowd of all the different ci ties named some discussing tho qual itics and merits of tho entered horses. others booking beta, and others devising! and perfecting plans for flecemtr and rob bing the inexperienced and unwary the attention of all was attracted to a f'reen looking countryman, who was mounted ou a skinny, long-ncckcd, sharp boned, rough-hatred horse, with an old toiruled up saddle under him aud hempen ttrings for bridle rem., who was shouting land ord at the top of his lung, notwithetand ug two negro boys were ready, as hey expressed it, 4,to gib dc gcrn man's aa m ioss ue beit tccl uat dar amuttlo had ever saw." A loud and general laugh from the amused spectators was heard in response to the stentorian efforts of "coun try," as veral had already dubbed the rustic stranger, and in the inidjt of the new excitemcut the inn keeper made his appearance and inquired what was want ed. ' l'ye eco this ycre ho.s?" said coun try. 'lleckon I docs pco so'thing as has a hossy lovk," facetiously replied the land lord, with a sly wink at the spectators, who responded with a regular hout. Wall, landlord," pursued country as he deliberately dismounted, MI don't keer nothing at all about myself: but this yere critter must be took keer on, and the Let keer that can bo gin him. bekase I'm ngwine to put him on tho race-course to run agin all the scrubs to morrcr, and I want him rubbed down beautiful, and fed up to the lion's strength, I don't keer a dern about myself I ain't nowhar alongside of this hosa; I ken cat any thing, from a biled tatcr to a turkey I ken sleep anywhar, from tho cellar to the garret; but I'm ugwine to go my pile on this ycre hoss. aad I wants him to have good kecr." Thceo injunctions were given in a tone loud enough fvr all to hear, and were re ceived with shoutsand screams of laughter. Country merely cast a contemptuous look at the spectators, and then an!y re marked to I.ot that he would goalon I with his boys aid tseo justice done to his hos. The main race of the following day was to be succeeded by a scrub race, in which any one could join on payment of the en trance fee, and this Country was prompt to do. to the great delight of those who were bent on amusement as well as specu lation. Considering hira a fit subject for sport and ridicule, quite a crowd collected around him in tho evening, and tcated, nuizzed and bantered him in all sorts of ways. "How much is that animilo of yours worth?" inquired one with a very serious, speculative look. "1 don t know I ve never set no price onto him !" as seriously replied Country. "Don't you want to cll him ?" "Kaythcr 'spect I don't." "How fast can he trot, or run V in quired another. "Don't know that but I guess about as good 'a anything you've got in theso parts." "Couldn't go a mile in a minute, could he ?" "Don't know 'bout that!" answered Country, with a look of serious calcula tion ; "that's purty fast ain't it V "Itather." "I never tried him thatquickthat fur," pursued the other j "but I spun him over a hundred rods onct, on a straight road, and I tell you I thought tho sculp was a comin' right off the top of my head, I did !" "Do vou expect to win tho race to morrow ?" inquired a third. "Wall, yes, that's what I 'spect to do ef I didn't, what did I pay my money and go in for r "Sure enough 1" "Mavbiy Wi IIU to let something I . ! ' ' ' .'V.nQfnr tnln nrJBaaaiC, 110 l" nt r amn nr. n wnn nun Lifc i nnrt in the conversation. It . . . n t 1 " 4 "Wall. ves. 1 don't keer, it i Kin get, fiVen tinner." replied Country 1 " TO' . . ... u "What do you call an even thing r "Why, you sec, stranger, my hoss '11 Lr.vA tn take his chanco agin all tho toth- . . . . 1 ! 1 avu -o- cr bosses-say thirty of 'em-and et I bet he'll win, I ought to hev thirty to ono ney v htc ..... knrc.f wnrn nn ordinary OHO. nthr. "but a beast that can run your 2caip on m a nunareu ruus, ..v . f!mintrv ! "vou'ro risrllt thar and, atween nnA vnn. bo's a-'WlUO to dO It but lnnlr minor frcen I0r mo io ues oveu I J w J . ,nUn'Huhw " ., ' , T ofTc: vou Adds ?-Say tWO to 0U0 7" "F ., - - - .... 'For how much V "Hli na mnch as VOU like." " lleckon it wouian i pay, repucu , nJmilo;ny. nrtimt. . . . n iiXT- , i 1- UOUUtrV. Ulier U Bwuwua w.vumiwu, vv- ins up on his nngers. -xo, ;tw w i - " K .l 1 "I J L J o I'd want as much as five wouian c uo to one. - 1 4. ..it,.v" " W ell, supposo we say uve iu . reioined the other; "anything tor a Dec i -uT,WA nt a thousand dol ars I'll PUt.U -1 . .. - ,,t- ni at inai i Diiiu vvuuu;. iWM0(PI! AT MAY 15, 1869. "Done then V. cried the other, highly delighted that ho had secured what I rcgardod as a safe bet, where ho had only expected to have a little unprofitable bad inage. "Perhaps you've got another thousand to bet in tho same way t eaid another o tho rmrtv. 'No, I haint!" replied Country; "that's about all I fetched with mo, 'ccpt a little puss to pay expenses out ef I lose." "I'm almost al'ays in for one agin five.' poke up another country-looking fellow "and I'll put up a thousand agin fire on Country s boss V "Have you any more to bet?" askc. still another. "Yes, I'vo got five thousand dollars was the reply, and I'll stake the hull cn't in tho same way. The whole five thousand was wagered in a very short time, tho owner receiving tho heavy odds wo have named thirty thousand dollars being thus staked against six tnousand, that Country horse would not bo tho winner of tho scrub race. This gavo considerable importance to the rustic strangers, and afforded atnplo ma tcrial for conversation and mirth during the rest of the evening. o pass over tho first raco on the fol lowing day, which by a large number of thoc present was regarded with mud lesa interest than the scrub affair which came alter it. When Country, among others, rode up to take his place for the start, both rider and horse looked so un gainly, awkward, and rcdiculous in ap pcarancc, as to excite shouts of laughter and dcriftion from the whole body of spec tators. including even tho iudecs. The man was Jong-haired and long-legged, and sat on his i-kclcton of a beast, that every body expected to see tumble down, with about tho same uneasy grace as a boy on sharp rail ; and as ho urged the animal up to the starting point with a kick, a slap and a jerk, it became a question with the ookers-on, whether he would ever be able to get him into a respectable hog. allop or not. "Whoa! dern ycr '" he cried, at length. jerking up the ftlira head of the beast with his tow lines; "now stand still . will yer?" Then glancing around him with the air of one wholly unconscious of being an ob ject of universal attention, mirth and rid icule, he added in a loud, clear tone : "I've got five hundred dollars ycre that I'll bet cgin five thousand that I'll win this yere race and take the prize !" He had scarcely done speaking when a gentleman stepped up and took tho bet. A lew minutes afterward the word was given, and away bounded thirty or forty horses on a four-mile heat. Country, as everybody expected, was the last to get his skinny beast under full headway ; and then, notwithstanding his kicks, slaps and jerks, he gradually lost ground against all! the rest; and when the majority paed the judges' etand, miking '.he first mile. he was alone, penoding away for dear ' - . 4 -.t - 1-4 me, ana just entering on me iasi quarter. When he, in turn, passed the judge's stand, there was one universal laughter; and some men, unable to keep their feet. actually rolled on the ground and held their sides. "Who bets again Country winning the prize ?" said a little, queer-looking man, edging himself in among the sporting fra ternity. Odds of a hundred to five were now freely offered against the greenhorn, and all were instantly taken by the queer lit tle man, in any amounts proposers chose to name. Meantime the second mile was made, and Country appeared to hold his own. The laughter was still general and hearty, as he came kicking, jerking and thump ing past the judges' stand, but it was a good deal less wild and boisterous than before. The queer little man still kept on tak ing all the Ict3 ho could get, at whatever odds the 'nt parties chose to name, even goii rom five against a hundred to five ag-.-t "fifty, thirty, tweuty and ten. A few who remarked his confidence in the final success of Countiy, began to look grave, and mistrust the wholo affair for a cunning trick, though tho suspicion was excited ..too late to bo of any value to them. . j Tho third mile showed the horses well strung out, with Country quito near to tho hindmost, and not any farther from tho foremost than during the first mile. But as ho passed tho judges' stand for the last milo, a marked alteration was ob served to como over him, Ho lifted his hat and mado a dignified bow to the judges' and waved his hand majestically toward tho spectators. Then settling himself into an easy position in his old I . i I J.Ati .. 4 Via itna fCfM lt r !. j M i.: manner of finished equestrian, gave his beast ono or two friendly pats on tue necic, spoke two or tureo cueering worus m ms ear. and flew away liko the wiud. To tho unoounaea astonishment oi tne pcctators in ceneral, and tho utter cua- crin of those who had staked their money . . 11 . J. 4t- - I ll. I ll at heavy ouas on ino jssuo, mat mm, awkwardt slabsided, hog-gailoping beast, now displayed the graceful speed of the thorough-bred racer j and passing ono al ter another of tho horses m the rear, ho gradually camo up to tho foremost, passtd him wun ease, sieaauy increaseu mo.uis- tanee between them, and finally drew up alono, at tho end of thrace, amid deaf ening cneers auu vuo uiuau uproutrious excitement. , It was a terriblo blow to tho sporting fraternity of that reetfon, and many of them had reason to remember that day through the rest of life. Moro than hundred thousand dollars changed hands, and there were several who lost all they cossessed. betting at foolish odds. 44 I've heerd tell that them laughs best who laughs last I" said Country as he cooly pocketed tho ten thousand dollars which had been staked against his fifteep hun- dred. "I've cot money enough; now to buy another hoss when this crittor gins out and 1 hope the next time you want to larf, you'll jest think of what you'vo NO. 39. mado off of mc, and you'll find it'll ticklo you a neap." n turned out that Country, and the two men who had bet on his side, were three noted jockeys from Texas, who had previously arranged tho schema Lv vihifh they so suddenly amassed a fortune on a email capital. From Ilia Brandon (Mi.,) Republican, U'1XI I!I2AftTM OUT FOK A HOI IDAY. Several days previous immense posters wcro pasted on an the walls in town, an nouncmg that Kcynold's Great Mexican Gymnasium and .Menagerie would cxhih- it in Forest on that day. Early in the morning all tho roads lead were throntrcd with r,ror,l r.f ll sczch and colors, and by ten o'clock Ihc whole town was alive with visitors await- ! .1 . I A log iuc arrival oi the menagerie. At eleven the fine brass band announced the arrival oi tnc fciiow and by twelve the canvass was stretched and the carea of the animal arranged. lho huge cJepliant Hercules the lar- bv7vvwi uijjufn;u io mis country was nrAtif 4t a a f f . chained to a stake, and by way of caution to thoae entering the canvass, Mr. John Alston, his keener, slated that ho h.irl fur several days manifested a diffrjoiitinn of insulordfuation, and begged that no one wouia approach EuEciently near to receive a Llow rom his trunk. .Mr. M Kite, from the northern part ol the coun ty, coming in after Mr. Alston's admoni tion, thoughtlessly handed him a T,ioco of tobacco, which so enraged him that he struck at hi m with such violence a in dislocite his shoulder, although it ;lancing blow. lie plunged with such orce lhat he broke his chain, and al though his keeper uicd everv effort to subdue him he was entirely uncontrolla ble, aud he would fctrikc and kick at ev ery object near him. Jy this time the scene was beyond description. The vast crowd fiew for life. He flew fit liia ccper and pursued him from under the canvass. The eleven o'clock freight-train, bcinj? behind time, and not having any frei"ht ur i orc&i, ana the engineer not intend ng to fctop, came rushing along at the rate of twenty miles an hour. When it had approached within two hundred -ards ie looked up the road and seemed doublv enraged. He immediately ran toward it with great speed and met with such a shock lhat broke one of his tusks and was immediately killed. The engine was detached from the train and thrown from the track, and Mr. Wharton, the engin eer, having failed to thut oil steam, it un- V4 4.1. ' . ' onunaicjy ran into the canvas and mashed the lion's cag?, killing the lion ess and releasing the lion. The lion finding itnsclf uninjured and at liberty, and be ing frightened by the ttcam and whistle of the engine, started at full speed down the Iloniewood road roaring tcrrificallv. lie had gone but a thort distance when ie met Mr. George W. Shcppard and gave enssc. Mr. fcheppard finding that he was gaining on him rapidly and that he would certainly be overtaken, attempt ed to climb a sapling. He struck at him with his paw, as he ascended, but fortu nately did no other damage than to tear off his coat tail and carry away a part of his pants. Mr. John banth, cf Raleiah, who was dn his way to Forest, riding his fine pa cing horfe, with his little son behind him, met him four miles from here. As soon ts his horse aw him, he neighed, when the lion rushed at him seized him by the throat and threw him upon the ground. Mr. Smith with his little son escaped to the woods aud made their way to Forest on foot. While he was devouring Mr. Smith's horse, Mr. James J. Hitch, who was on his way to Forest with a load of chickens, drove up. As soon a3 he saw him he reared on his hind feet, lashed the ground with his tail and sprang at him. Mr. Hitch eluded him by jumping from the wagon, when the lion mounted and began to tear open tho boxes containing Ihc chickens and turned them out. He then seemed to loose sight of everything in his efforts to catch them. When the excitement in town abated, about twenty mounted men, well armed, started in pursuit with all the dogs be longing in town, as well as many that had followed their owners. Mr. Reynolds, the owner of the lion, begged them not to kill him, and sent several nicu with the crowd with instructions to capture him if possible, but no doubt the citi zens will kill him as soon as they over take hira. It is reported that he killed a freedman in Smith county, uear Mr. Thomas Hus band's and that when last heard from he was going down Ocoha. The news that a lion is at largo spreads like wild fire, and the citizens are greatly excited. Tiie ''Social Evil," tn correspondent of -Tho Washing tho Chronicle writes: The " social evil " prevails to a greater extent in Washington than ever before cnown. The halls of tho Capitol are crowded with the painted frail ones, who aro cultivating the new members with an ovft to business. Penusvlvania Avenue f.iir dav can undoubtedly boast of more of this class upon its pavements j . . , than any other thoroughfaro m any city m the world. The gorgeous aresses anu flashing diamonds displayed by many of thftsft is evidence of being liberally pat rnn ,a,i Kv the highest and wealthiest dignitaries in the nation. Thix liifrlifxst mountain in tho world is the Ivv Gamin. 20,459 feet. The high est peak in the world is Mount Everett, 29,002 feet.; The highest permanently inhabited place in the world is Ledak, 15.117 feet. The greatest mountain height visited by man is beyond Ivy Ga min. 22.B59 feet. .', Tbo highest point at which a man can ascend, without having his health, seriously affected, is 16,500 feet. Tho highest balloon ascent ye made is 40,000 feet. RATE3 OF ADVERTISING : m tjs ar; Orfe Colnmn, $100 j Half Column, $C0 ; Quarter Col umn, $35. . . . -j Transient Advertisements per Square often liaer or less, first Insertion, $3 each subseaent Inser tion, $1. , A square Is one Inch in space down th colnmn, counting cuts, display lines, blanks, Ac, as solid5 matter. 2fo adrertisement to be considered lesr than a square, and all fractions counted a fall' rquare. All advertisements inserted for a less period than three months to be regarded as trail sicnt. POINTED AND ELOQUENT WORDS. During the debate in the Pennsylvania , Legislature upon the resolution to ratify tho Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, Mr. Itodgcrs, a Democratic member, said: I am free to say, and I challenge con tradiction, that not a single member of -the Congress who passed the Amend- mcnt or of any Legislature now in' ges sion was elected on this issue. Every newspaper of your party, every orator at your hustingg, every candidate, every platform, from Chicago down or up, ex prcssly disavowed negro suffrage and con cccdcd that the subject belonged to the States loyal States and the people thereof. It may be as the gentleman from Lancaster says, that this was owing to the fact that the Republican party was weak-kneed: but whether so or not it was the plea under which you craved an extension ot power, and the people, be- . licving your plighted word, your boasts of patriotism, economy and reform, and your hackneyed charges of disloyalty against ; us, trusted you again and to their destruc tion. Your pledges were written in the ; sand of expediency only to be washed' away by the waves of success. Submit the question now to them. All power La inherent in the people, you say. Try them we defy you. Yeomen of the ola Keystone would regpotd in one hundred thousand majority against negro suffrage. and not a man of you who was returned by less than five hundred, majority will come back next January. Ihe ratification of this Fifteenth Amendment violates the Constitution of our Commonwealth and the present wish es of our constituents. That while everv protection to life, liberty and property should be freely accorded to our unfortu nate colored friends, yet suffrage will be to them not a blessing, but an evil in dis- uise, and not only tend towards a degra dation of the white race, but ultimately end in a war of extermination of the blacks ; a war more frightful than that ' rom which we have just emerged, a war which may destroy the fabric of our gov ernment, and break our Union into petty republics, the one warring with the other. Oh, representatives of a glorious Com monwealth, with such contingencies star ing you in the face, will you pause iu . your schemes of party ? 1 appeal to you as Americans, as Pcnnsylvanians, as men, to save me neruage oi our ioreiamers from the danger of destruction, and . snatch from the jaws of civil war the safety of a State and Union. Citawls Sumner. Donn Piatt, the "Washington correspondent of the Cin cinnati Commercial, says of -ccnator - Sumner : I have no love for this gentleman. In deed, to confess the truth, incontinently, I dislike him. He is unpleasant, being a type of a ch3 that Divine Providenco ; sat on end to be disagreeable, as a punish ment for our sins. In a land where caste is cs firmly founded as their rock-bound coast and barren soil, Chawls is a snob, a . social flunkey, a genita Yellow Plush. Treating with haughty contempt an un known white man, he bumps his Sena torial head on the floor in the presence of a wealthy New Englander or an Englislx Lord egotistical a3 sin, he makes his very shame a source of pride, and the blows of a stick that would make a sensi tive man shrink from the public gaze. are to him a crown of laurel. It is relat ed of him that during the war, and short ly after a terrible disaster that thrilled, the land, a gentleman met Mr. Sumner; walking slowly along the streets of Bos ton. He rushed hurriedly aud in great excitement to the Senator : "Mr. Sumner," he cried, "havo you any news for us?" "Yes, sir," responded the national in valid, m his deep voice j "ye3, sirj 1 am much better 1" Accidental Insurance.- Betweei Kenosha and Milwaukee, afcagent of the Travelers' Insurance Company entered the car, and having issued tickets to sev erel passengers, approached an elderly la dy, who, it afterward proved, was deaf. "Madam, would you like to insure against accidents?" inquired the agent, at the same time exhibiting his tickets. ' " I got my ticket down to Kenosha," she said. "lam going to visit my dar-. ter, who's married up there, and has just . got a baby." . . The agent raised his voice a little. "Would you liko to insure your life against accidents ?" "She's been married two years and a half, and that's the first child ; it's a gal." A cent, still louder: "lam an insurance agent, madam: don't you want to insure your life against accidents f " ' . . "She's got along first rato, and is uo- : mg as wen as couiu ue ci.pwwvc. Agent, at the top ot his voice : T'm nn insurance agent, madam ; can't I insure your life against accident ?" " Oh, I didn't understand you ," said the old lady. "No, her name is Johnson; 4 my name is Evans, and I live five miles from Kenosha." Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of New York, celebrated the coming of age of her son. by furnishing Mr. Brace, of tho Children's Aid Society, with the amount reqmcow u provide cue hundred orphan boys with homes in the west. Philadelphia has a "Last Man Brother hood," consisting of thirty-three printers. They hold annual festivals, to be kept up. until the "last man" has to sit at the ta- ble alone. r ... ..'r-. William H. Seward has been presented' by a ShcfSeld cutlery firm, with a pen knife, a gold star for each State in the i Union gleaming from the ivory handle. Carpets aro bought by tho yard,, and worn by the foot. , - no I n