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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
rCBLMUED EVERT SATCnBAT.BT
BELLINGER, & BROWN.
C. B. BELUtGER. J H. BROW.
OFFICE IN HARMON'S BUILDING, FIRST STREET.
TERMS, is ADVA.XCK: Onycr,$3j Six Months
$2 One Month, 50 cts.j'SingU Copies, 12J cti.
Correspondents writing over ftssuracd signatures
or anon vmous'y, must roako known their proper
nm. t tho nditor. or no attention will be giren
to their comra imeations.
All Letters and Communications, whether on
business or for publication, should b addressed to
Bjllinser Jfc Erown. '
BUSINESS CARDS.
F. M. RKDFIKLD.
P. W. BP1SK.
F. M. REDFIELD & CO.,
CONSTANTLY OX IWXD AD RBCEIV
IXll aliirp? stock of Groceries and tort
tions. Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars,
Coafectiooery, Yankee Notions, etc., etc.
Wholcsalo and Retail.
xe-Opp.K.ito TL C. Hill 4 Sun's Drug Store, Al
bany, Orcn. oc9v3nSyl
J. HANNON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
ALBANY. OREGON.
Office on Main street, opposite Foster's Brick,
vintvl
J. QUI XX T1IORXTO.V,
ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Albany, Oregon,
WILL PRACTICE IN THE SUPERIOR
aud inferior Courts of Marion, Linn. Lane,
lieutoa and IV Ik counties. Five per cent charged
en collections, hen made without sucing.
junl9r4n41jl.
13 EX J. IIAYDEX,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Will attend to all business entrusted to him by
citizens of Pol and adjoin:ng counties.
EoU, July 26, 1567. v2niltf
OFFICE OF mm SCHOOL SrPERIHE.VT,
AT WATERLOO. SIX MILES ABOVE LED
anon, oa the Santiam. Post of5e address,
Lebanon. J- MACK,
v3n4oly Co. School Superintendent.
S. A. JOHNS,
ATTOBXEY AT I A IV,
ALBANY, OREGON.
BTLIGF.NT attention wiil be given to all busi
ness in hia line. jan23v ln2Ctf.
DEISTTISTBITI
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
DK. E. II. GtllFFIX
Proposes to make hi r.ites f r Dental services
fr the year UGJ, as follow, vix :
Full upper an-l lower set of Art. Tcetb, $-10 to
1U upper or lower " " " " $15 to $25
PiTot teeth. $2,50 each. Filling teeth, from $1 to
ea:h civity. Extracting. 50 yinta per tooth,
t'lsansing. 50 eeet t $1.50, Other minor ipera
tins in proportion. Tenas. U. S. coin or itrf
equivalent. -
N. B. 03?s st-er Eestley's shoe ftore. in the
old p st See buildio. opposite Foster' fcriek,
Alhanr. Orera. Dli.L'. II. GRIFFIN.
Dee" SO. 1S3 vla29tf.
S. II. CUAXOR,
1TTQSNEI 1XD COCSSELLOS AT LAW,
Office la Noreroia Briek Building, np-stairs,
Albany, Oregon,
aut
JOIIX J. 1VIIITXEY,
1TT0SXEY A5D COUNSELLOS AT
LAW
aad Notary Public
Special attentions given to collections.
Office In the Court Huuse.
Albany. Orejon. T3n33tf.
G. Y. GRAY, D. D. H.,
GRADUATE OF CINCINNATI DENTAL COLLEGE.
WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR
ing ArtiScial t?eth and first-class Dental
Operation!!, to lire him a call.
Specimens of Vulcanite Ba3 with gold plate
lining, and otUer new styles of work, may be
Kien at his oS:e. up stairs in Parrieh & Co.'
JJrick. Albany, Oregon.
Residence, corner of Second and Raker etrcets.
prll"63v3n3f
. POWELL.
rOTVELL
L. FLI5S.
FLIXX,
ATTORNEYS AXD .COUNSELLORS AT
LA WAND SOLICITORS IX CHANCER Y,
(2 Flinn, Notary Public.)
A LBANY, Oregon. Collections and convey
J ances promptly atiended to. oe20n!01y
IXILTABIDEL & CO.,
BEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI
gions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confection
ery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc". Store
on Maine street, adjoining the Express office, Al
fa my, Oregon. se28v3n7tf
THE EYES! THE EARS!
DR. T. L. GOLDEN,
OCULIST AND AURIST,
: ALBANY, OREGON.
Dr. Golden fa son of the noted Old Ophthalmic
Doctor, S. C. Golden), has had experience in treat
ing the various diseases to which the eye and ear
are subject, and feels confident of giving entire
" satisfaction to those who may place themselves
under his care. aprl0v4u34tf
P. P. RCSSELL,
Att'y at Law.
JAUK8 HLKIXS,
Notary Public.
RUSSEEL & EEKIXS,
G3c la ParrLsh's & Co.'s Block, First Street,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Having taken into co-partnership James Elkins,
Esq., Ex-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, we are
enabled to add to our practice of law and collec
tions, superior facilities for
Qonveyaacing, Examining Becords, .
A5D
Attending' to Probate Business.
Deeds, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully
drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption papers made
and Claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti
ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on
feasanable rate s.
All business entrusted to them will be promptly
attended to. RUSSELL & ELKINS.
Oct. 6, T2n4Gtf
SAMUEL DENNY,
TJ 3SI 3D IE RT A E IR ,
A5D DEALER IX
ALL HINDS OF CABINET WARD!
ALBANY, OREGON.
Store on First street, under the Democrat Office.
Albany, Oct. 1, 186S v4n7tf. ,
JOB WCUI Neatly an,4 cheaply done a
this OfHce. .
VOL. V.
FRANKLIN PIEROE.
- Memorial, 111 October, 1869.
II im no more shall malice wrong,
Hato nor envy's shafts corot nigh him.
Sorrow, that he boro so Ions,
Nevermore its pangs shall try him.
He's at rest now with the blest
God, who called him He knows best.
We have marked the course he ran.
Seen him scale the heights of honor,
All that truth and virtue can
Giro the State, be lavished on her,
Re the sure return that caiuo
Duty followed, praise, or blame.
Time, ehaugc what It will, shall ne'er
Change nr chill the love wo bore him.
When he walked among its here.
And our hearts went out beforo him,
WhiUt there fell a tnagio spell
0 er them, none could weave so well.
Sleeps he now where he would sleep,
Lite's eventful story ended.
Near the grave whose shadows keep
Her who life his own so tended.
And whereby the dear ones lie.
Snatched from childhood's morning sky.
Hallowed bo his peaceful ret
'Till the holy angels wake him I
With bis life our lives he bleU
With our tears the gtave doth take him.
Hark, the bell, its cloning knell ?
Heart of love, farewell, farewell !
, R. S. tyoffW, Jr., I ;Ioh W.
From Tinlcy's Magaiine.
VOICES.
Said the lily to tho bee,
Come, rover, lodge with me,
And I'll distill for thee
Rare sweets to make bonie;
And the bve, harp and wie,
Plunged into Paradise.
To the lark upon the lea.
The cloud haited, '-Fly to me,
And I will breathe on thco
All dews of harmonic;"
Aud the lark jubilant,
Uoc heavenward with a chant.
Sighed the white mwo, pcnMvelic,
Sinjf. nightingale, to me,
And I will tpe to thee
Clear well of eetaie ;"
And sweet the nightingale
Thrilled all the nooky vale.
Moaned the lover by the tree,
"Hate, beautiful, to me.
And 1-ending on true knee.
Pure heart I'll give to thee ;"
And, mooning in her charm,
She glimmervd to bi arms.
saccash ox tiii: htowi:
1SYROX SCANDAL.
The cartoon in the London Tomahavk
for last week represents Mrs. IScecher
Stowe rifling the grave of Lord Hvrott.
It b entitled Uncle Turn's New Spec.,"
and cwbelltshfd with this quotation from
the poet:
Truth ! pu.e some genuine bard ana guide Li
ban I.
To drive this pestilence from out our land."
On the next pae we find the follow
ing: OUR COLUMN FOR LITERARY UUOL'LS.
The real reason of Urlingbroke's re
tirement into the count y during his
early youth ha been discovered at last.
In a private letter which has recently
come to lifrht, one Dennis Lroke Bays that
he heard from one Margaret Kburn. who
heard it from some one else, that he wish
ed to find a not to bnrv the limbs of n
servant girl, whom he had reduced when
a child and then murdered.
Pope's deformity was caused by a fall
he had when he Was a child. He tried
one day to strangle his mother, and in
the struggle he was thrown down and
h rt his spine.
Addison's relations with Steele are well
known, but not the intrigue he had with
Lady Steele. This is proved by the cor
respondence of a housemaid in the serv
ice of Lady Steele, who makes frequent
mention of this scandalous connection.
The secret history of ' Prior's wife will
shortly be published. It will prove very
sensational reading. She was, as is well
known, a woman of very low character.
Swift confessed on his death-bed that
he had tried to poison Stella some fifty
times, but unsuccessfully. lie was a
horrid monster. His secret memoirs will
be ready soon.
Goldsmith's cheqnrcd career has often
furnished food for the moralist; but we
may expect shortly some revealation as
to his nightly debaucheries which will as
tonish the admirers of the ' Vicar of
Wakefield."
The real reason of Churchill's. quarrcl
with Garrick was that on several occa
sions the post forged the actor's name.
" Little's poem" will shortly be pub
lished, with copious notes, and a key to
all the allusions both to persons and
places. This will- throw much light on
the character of the author of the ' Irish
Melodies."
Beauty is Ugliness. A beautiful
face is one of God's beautiful works; but
lie has made more beautiful things. We
shall see, it mav be in our travel to mor
row -you or I some augular faccd wo
man of youthful but uncertain age, in
gold-bowed glasses, perhaps, and shall
say at the first cruel glance, (you or I)
''Good gracious what a woman to live
with !" An old gentleman her attendant,
goes haltingly to the place beside her,
and there is such touching and delicate
attention on her part to every want of his
such grace of action such tender, ea
ger, yet not officious or presuming watch
fulness that you carl not keep your eyes
from her, ugly though she be; and the
face of the old genteman grows so radiant
as it turns toward her, and you perceive
him to be under some abiding charm, as
her low musical voice falls on his ear,
that, little by little, even as you look, the
angularities seem to melt away into fine
flowing lines, and the homely text of her
face, hour by hour, and feature. by feature
grows luminiou8 with a sweet deep mcau
ing, that is as subtile and penetrative in
its influence as beauty itself. And if an
hour of on-looking can work such trans
figuration and makes one blind to any
possible crabbedness of text by reason of
the sweec meaning it carries, how shall it
be with the reading of a month, or a year,
or a life? Donald G. Mitchell.
S3T Subscribe for the Democrat be
fore the campaign opens.
II I inx 1 rC: M m Ui 1 R F
ALBANY, OREGON, Fill)) AY, NOVEMBER 12, 1869.
From the WillameUo 'armsr,
ANNUAL AIDKi:$S.
BY HON. A. J. Til AY EH.
(Concluded.)
Heretofore, tho peoplo of Oregon
have labored under many inconveni
ences in consequence of a want of la
bor, and tho agricultural interests of
tho State have been seriously neglec
ted for tho want thereof, but by the
aid of machinery this difficulty has
been mainly removed within tho last
few years. Labor, in Oregon, either
by male or female, has. ever been held
in high estimation. This is as it should
bo in every land. Tho poor laborer
here stands on tho same footing with
him who is worth his thousands. He
is as free to cost his vote, as ready to
express his opinion, as independent in
all his thoughts and actions, as tho
rich and wealthy. The hireling here
is a freeman in every sense of the word;
he entertains his own views, and exer
cises his ownly pride, as independent
ly as his employer. Every Oregonian
should earnestly desire a continuance
of this independence of thought, free
dom of speech and action on the part
of the lalwring classes. It enables each
one to feel that he is tho peer of those
with whom he associates- thut by his
honest labor, economy, and persever
ance, ho can and will maintain an equal
standing with all. Ho has the resour
ces within himself; hence, we need 110
foreign wri-ik rare to till our soil or
lalxr in our workshops. Tho sweat
ami ton 01 mo Angio-axon race,
prompted by freedom of thought, is
sufficient to satisfy nil the wants of
society.
The arts aud sciences have hitherto
prospered under the fostering care of
labor. It is said to 1k5 "the great ele
ment which spreads the sail and impels
the car of commerce, and moves the
hands and turns the machinery of man
ufactures."
But, fellow-citizens, Oregon need
more inhabitants. Largo portion: of
our Suite remain unoccupied and uu
lnliaoitea, wnicii are capable 01 sus
taining a dense population. Each citi
zen of our Stite should feel it his
bounden duty to use even" reasonable
effort to accomplish this desired result.
But, in doing so, when he iivits his
friends and relatives to leave the land
of their nativity, the homes of their
fathers and the sr-enes of their youth,
to emigrate to this far-distant State,
they should be informed when here, a
well as there, in order to acequire an
honest livelihood and a competency for
themselves ami their children, they
must toil and lnlor, and le econom
ical, and untiring in their pervcvti
ance. The avocations followed by them
when here, require their own watch
ful vigilance and forethought, iu order
to prove successful; that wealth niul
plenty are not arcquired here by any
ilinerc-nt process man elsewhere, me
kind of people that are willing to sup-'
port themselves by honest industry, is
the kind of population that will be the
most useful and-the lest qualified to
convert our unoccupied lands into pro
ductive fields, and aid us 111 building
up useful institutions for ourselves ami
future generations.
Fellow-citizens, we need a more ex
tensive market, and as we increase in
population, so shall we also increase
in the excess of production over ami
alovo the home consumption. The
Oregon fanner, while carefully studv
ing (as he should never fail to do) the
necessities, the wants, and the tastes
of all classes of consumers in his own
State, should not limit his researches
for a market here, within those narrow
limits. He should extend his observa
tions along the avenues of commerce,
as far as the commerce of our country
extends, or can lo extended, and in
form himself as to the , necessities and
wants of the peoplo of other countries,
and the productions which would most
likely satisfy their wants and demands.
He must study attentively tho direc
tion of trade, and the causes best cal
culated to exert a favorable or unfavor
able influence upon it. " He should ac
commodate his productions, as far as
possible, to the probable demands up
on the . market, and learn how to pre
pare them for the particular place for
which they are designed. It is said
tho production of the best article, at
its least expense, and its jjresentation
in the best order and the true rules,
they rarely fail of compensating both
the seller and buyer.
. Again, , fellow-citizens : no State , or
country can be prosperous and secure
1L.. il-l.fi. i... J... 1 111. 1
ior iu juuauiuiuu material weauu anu
i.x um..ur-
ports are equal to, or exceed, its im
ports. If it be otherwise, tho coun
try will be continually drained of all its
ready money, and the people will bo re
duced to want and bankiuptcy. We must
build up and sustain our manufactur
ing interests. , No State or nation has
ever filled any prominent position
among other States or nations, unless
it was able to manufacture at least suf
ficient to' satisfy all the real wants of
society. Thus far in the history "of
Oregon the people have shown a com
mendable zeal in sustaining and pat
ronizing home manufactures.
It will be useless for me to talk about
the necessity of building railroads
through the State. Every one is sat
isfied that it is the only way whereby
the expense of transporting from one
part of the country to another can be
reduced. The people throughout the en
tire State know and feel there is. no
enterprise so well calculated to bring
out the hidden resoucres of the State as
well as railroads. Hence, we must and
will have them. ,
The exhibition of various kinds of
stock during this Fair sufficiently de
monstrates the fact that Oregon will
eventually produce as good in quality
and as many, in numbers as can , be
grown in any part of tho habitable
world, on tho sarao amount of territo
ry. That Boction of country lyintf ea.st
of tho Cascade range of mountains, in
peculiarly adapted to Btock-raining. I
am informed by highly rcHpectod in
dividuals living there, that thoH high
table lands which formerly only pro
duced Hago brushnow grow fino luxu
riant wheat, and of tho lirnt quality.
If they continue to do ho, and rawing
wheat there proven to bo a hucuchh,
that portion of the State will eventual
ly have inoru advantages than any
other part.
IJut, fellow-citizens, in conclusion,
when wo regard our nituation and all
our varied roKourccs, when properly
developed, we connot but congratu
late ournelven upon tho felicity of our
condition. We are happy iu tho poH
Hcgrfiou of a salubiotiH,' pleasing, and
abundant laud, rich iu all the cOudi-
tionn of natural wealth ami individual
health, happiness, and longevity. If
we apply a reasonable amount of ener
g in tho development of our indus
trial pursuits, ami olwervo properly
the rule:; of iwuitniil ccouomv, wo shull
advance iu the path of enterprise aud
empire. When our husbandry shall
have been reduced to a science ; when
the resources of our extensive territory
shall lo brought into full use ; when
the soil upon our very mountain tops
shall be compelled to germinate our
cereals ; when the iron track is laid
ulong tho avenues leading to our Hen
board, and our harlsu-s crowded with
ships to iK'ar our vut productions,
then, and not till then, shall we have
attained our full stature. Thi gor
geous picture is port raved bv no idle
fancy. Ah sure as any result depend-!
ing upon human actions and human
wisdom, will follow cause, so sure will
the State of Oregon eventually lceome
one of the great prtlucinijt inunufttc.
turitt'j, and coiinin'ixinl Slate of this
Union. Enervation and lethargy may,
for a time, retard her advancement,
but cannot control her destiny. She
has the elements of wealth ami great
ness, and, if wcessary, n new genera
tion will bring them into practical use.
If we would Imden a happy consum-
mation, we must opeu wme me doors
of industry, and unhesitatingly enter
its portals. If wo desire to forward
the progress of events, we should
place our own shoulders to the wheel,
and not stand idly by and invoke the
aid of OmniHjenee. I repeat, perse
vereance ami energy should be our re
liance iu a land of republican institu
tiotm, where no prestige from birth
or royal favor is acknowledged where
all, in the race of honor and distinc
tion jUart from the mine common goal
h'tn' fUj and industry i truly mtfste. I
am aware that this sentiment is not
universally endorsed, nor i.t it gener
ally practiced. I know there is a de
sere to shirk the burden imposed upon
un, but stK'h notion are poorly suited to
those liv;ng under a Democratic form
of government. It has never been
disgraceful to toil in Oregon, beside,
it, even where, in every clime, and in
ever nation, brings its own reward to
the individual as well as Wnefit to so
ciety. I5y it, tho hidden treasures of
the earth and the elements are made
to contribute to the wants of man. The
mountains, the valleys, tho waters of
the deep, by toil, are made to yield to
our wants and luxuries. It brings to
the individual strength of body and
vigor of mind. It enlarges tho heart,
and fits man for enjoyment of all the
grandeurs and harmonies of nature,
which the great Architect of the Uni
verse has ordered for the delight and
exultation of all. Therefore, labor,
that vour hills mav bo covered with
flocks, your fruitful valleys with home
bred plenty, the rich owner s bliss,
and rural pleasures crown your hap-
piness. lour gamers win men ic
tilled with golden grain, the vernal
fields will infuse delight into the hearts
of voun-elves and families-fiowei'H will
Ireathe their fragrance for 3 our enjoy
ment, and the Biuiles of your wives and
children will make summer in your
hearts : and oft as each succeeding
j'ear rolls round, will Ceres's faithful
messenger lavish upon you a bounte
ous supply of corn and gram.
The Beautiful. Place a young girl
under the care of a kind-hearted.
giaceful woman, and she unconsciously
to herself grows into a graceful lady;
Place a loy in the establishment of a
horough-going business man and the
boy becomes a self-reliant practical
business man. Children are sus
ceptible creatures, and circum-
stances, scenes and actions always
impress thorn. As you influence
them, not by arbitrary rules, nor by
stern example alone, but m tho thous
and other ways that speak through
beautiful forms, through bright scenes,
soft utterences and pretty pictures, so
they will grow. , Teach your children
to lovo tho beautiful. Give them a
corner for flowers ; encourage them to
put in shape the hanging baskets ; al
low them to have their favorite trees,
learn them to wander in the prettiest
woodlots, show them where they can
best view the sunset, rouso them in the
morning, not with the stern "time to
work," but with the enthusiastic "see
the beautiful sunriso ;" give them pret
ty pictures and encourage them to dec
orate their rooms each to his or her
childish way. The instinct is in them.
Allow them the privilege and they will
make your home beautiful.
- ' ; 1 1 . ' ''"-":-',
X A lady was urged - by her friends to
marry a widower, and as an argument
spoke of his . children. "Children,"
replied the lady, "are like tooth-picks
a peraon wants her own." . '
Billings says: "Whenever I find a
hansum woman engaged in tho ' wim
min's rights bizziness,' then I am go
ing to jine the procession.".
tiii: iAiti:i: i,kttkkn.
No, 12.
To Horace Greeley .
Saiuu: I went homo reflecting upon
tho present dilapidated state of steam-1
shin-eh.rmo buildimr in tho United
States.
My mind dwelt so much upon' this
subject that I could not sleep. Some
thing struck mo that either I or Koach,
sahib, made a mistake. I returned
next morning to tho Morgan Works,
foot of Ninth street, and saw Koach,
sahib, whom I addressed thus: "I
cannot reconcile tho statement you
gave mo of tho cost of tho engine in
the Olympia steamship with tho cost
of tho engino von built in 1H58. You
stated to mo tho following, viz: 'The
engino in the Olympia I contracted for
10,000. I lose $5,000 by the con
tract.' This would make the engines
to cost $15,000. You say that, owing
to the differences in gold and green
backs iu the high tariff and inermw of
wages, materials ami wages togethe r
amount to an increase of 100 per. cent.
Mell, then, ' I said, you also
stated that the engine you built in
1858, which was a perfect fae-nimHe,
you sold for $23,000, which, less your
profit, i, sav, in a round sum, $20,C00.
Now, if I add 100 per cent, on $20,000.
it would make $10,000. I therefore
find a discrepancy of something like
$5,000.
lou see, Koach, fv'ihib, I contin
ued, "1 write to a great political econ
omist, who naturally dindains to go
into figures. Jle would certainly not
notice this, but I do ; ami I would
no! ior me world ronvov information
to so great a prop of American imlus
try which cannot lie homo out by the
strictest investigation."
'Eriend Curiosibhoy," nnwered
Koach, ahib, "you are a bright man
and see things with a proper eye.
Come hero and I will show you a mel
ancholy and strange fact, which will
explain all you ak."
"In 1858, when I built the engine
for $23,000 which was a fae-nmiie of
the one in the Olympia, I finished it
in 2,323 davsthat is to rav, I paid
wages for 2,323 days while for the
engine in the Olympia I paid wages
for 3,538 days, or 1,215 days more
wages, which amounts to over $1,000.
Tho other differences can easily le ac
counted for iu higher rates of interest,
fluctuated in gold, a t I have to buy
liotlor plates for gold for which I paid
it 50 premium, which now is 33 pre
mium, and you will see that even,- cent
can be accounted for; but here nYe rnv
I looks, look at them yourself."
What! cried I. "do vou mean to
Yes, friend Curiosibhov," howud.l
'I do, and that is the melune
mv
story. Oar and trurf workmen,
who had superior skill and were trust
worthy, we lost. In spile of what our
upholders of the tariff may say, a skil
ful, good workman who 'does not live
like a pauper, but is used to have
everything comfortable for himself and
family, cannot live with twenty-two or
twenty-four dollars a week now, par
ticularly if he ha to pay no less than
seven dollars a week rent out of it for
a respectable floor to live in. Such
men can turn their hands at anything
in our great Western world, and, if
they only earn ten dollars a week
there, they only pay two dollars a
week for rent, and get their eatables
for less than half what they cost him
in New Y'ork. This useful class of
people have left us long since, in spite
of the double wages they can earn
now. They have found out they could
not ttv for the xcaye. We have left
hands who, even if honest enough to
do a good day's lalxr are comparative
ly new to the work, and drive them as
we may, tho result is shown by my
statement of fact viz: that I required
1,215 day's labor more to build an en
gine in 180D than I did in 1858."
"You have cleared uj the discrep
ancy," said I to Koach, sahib, "and,
somehow, I begin to see that your
trade, at least, is in a chronic state of
decline, and will have to bite the dust."
"Not at all, sir!" cried tho stout
hearted old boy, Koach, sahib ; "give
us fair-play, only give us fair-play,
and you shall see whether within 0110
year I will not fill your sugar-mill or
der, and compete with the Clyde
people."
. "Oh! Koach, sahib," said I, "I
wish I could, I would do it at once,
but still I will d something for you,"
and I abruptly left him. And now,
O Greeley, sahib, let mo me intercede
for Loach, sahib, and all the. iron
founders. Just order Congress to give
them fair play. After all, he does not
ask for anything so unreasonable.
When I was in Bombay a little boy
my English teacher used to read
your paper, and applauded you for
demanding from Congress and the
peoplo fair play for tho negroes.
Surely, Koach, sahib, should be as
good at least in your eyes as one of
your colored proteges. In mine, I
confess ho is as good as any man in
the United States, and particularly as
he only ash that which parsees in
Bombay would demand fair-play.
Respectfully, A. Curiosibhoy. v
Parsee Merchant of Bombay.
No. 13.
To Horace Greeley ;
'. Sahib: I have taken a great liking
to Koach, : sahib ; he reminds, me so
very much of my late coreligionist,
Sir Jamsetje Jetjebhoy, who roso from
a mere bottle-gwallior, that is, a deal
er in old - bottles to become not only
a baronet,' but the richest man and
greatest philanthropist in Bombay and
India; I, therefore, like Koach, sahib,
siiy IKiU after eleven year of experi-!,h:ui "V1 c wages, and they will
to build a tim . it-mo than, vou di I "-auc xvo -ould not live on the
eleven M ir ft'-o ''" j really high wages we earn.'
in
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NO. 13.
as I can learn something from him.
Ho talks reasonably, and always cor
rectly. I again went to the Morgan
Worku, foot of Ninth street, to have a
talk with my friend Koach, tsahib.
, mc. "d "suppose the
W on pig iron were reduced from
?
ton to $3, would that relieve you
and could you retrieve the lost trade'"
"iriend Gunosibhoy," Haid Koach,
Kahib, "tho outragcoiis duty of ) a
ton on pig iron is only one yore in the
body generally diseased; -that particu-
larsoro might no removed by it, but
the rest of the body would remain oa
full of blotches as before." You see,
O (Jreeley, sahib, that Koach, sahib,
will speak always metaphorically.
'Wo mtiht remove," said he, "those
high duties on all and everything that
my workmen wear or consume, al
though it is not imported, but which,
nevertheless, through the aid of the
tariff, 1 ecomes a monopoly. W'e must
do this, and allow the wages of our
workmen to procure for them the
real, and not the enhanced value of
necessaries."
'It is a singular coincideifc," naid
Koach, Hihih, "that you and I should
both wear a Melton cloth coat. Now,
will you inform me where you bought
yours, ami how much it cost vou ?" '
"Of course," said I. "1 bought
mine in London, of Nichols, in Itegent
street, and I paid twenty-eight ;bil
li.ngs for it, or seven dollars gold ?"
"Good," said Koach, fsahib; "Look
at my coat ; it is not any better than
yours, Perhaps I like the cut of mine
better than jour English coat but I
think tho cloth, trimming-sand bullous
on yours are luilter. Now. I Um-'ht
mine at Devlin's, a noted store iu this
town; I paid $10 dollars for it ; I be
lieve it is as cheap as can be got.
Now, liihold," said Koach, f-ahib, fur
ther, "why should my coat cost me
12'J per cent, more in New York than
yours docn in London ? Stop! stop!''
cried lie, &n I was going to open my
mouth, "currency and gold."
"Well, let us ee. Suppose we take
goia a
10 per cent, premium, which
on f " only $2.80, therefore, to turn
your $7 gold coat into greenbacks, it
would cost $D.hO. Where are the
other $0.50? Where are they 7 Ask
Devlin and ho will tell you, and show
you, as I can show yo'u in my busi
ness, that he makes less now by sell
ing a $10 coat than he did when he
sold that coat for $S or $U twelve years
ago.
"Ak the tailors who i&klc the coat,
and got 00 or 70 per cent more wages
than they did twelve years ago, and
they will -assure you, with perfect
tnuii, thftt mey could live tetter then
,'Jut' u1,ve to the Melton
cloth manufacturer, as my coat is made
of American Melton, ami he will tell
you, with perfect truth,-too, that his
trade is ruined ; that never before was
tho woolen trade in such an unsatis
factory state.
"Go still furtner, to the wool raiser,
and he, too, will assure you that he is
going to kill his sheep for mutton and
tallow, as wool-raising docs not ray
him.
"Wo can go no further," said
Koach, sahib, "but where is the leak?
Where can wo find the $0.20 differ
ence, and who is the better for it?"
"Alas, Koach, sahib!" said I, "you
remind mo of one of the most myster
ious affairs which happened in India."
"In Boroda was a Hindoo w oman
who hail a cat, which was her great
pet. The Hindoo was anxious for the
cat to get in good condition, and she
kept weighing it every day to see how
much tho cat either gained or lost.
She, one day, weighed the cat and
found her to weigh exactly eighty to
las, or one seer, or, in your weight,
two and a half pounds.
"Tho Hindoo woman had bought
that very morning -40 tolas oi'yhee (or
melted butter), which she left uncau
tiously on the shelf unprotected. The
cat jumped on the shelf and cat up
every grain of ghee. The poor Hindoo
woman, after her anger was over, con
soled herself with the idea that, any
how, the cat would now we'gh 120
tolas. Sho at once put her in the
scales, when, lo and behold, the cat
only weighed 80 tolas, as before.
" In the namo of Brahma, Vishnu,
and Siva,' cried the i6or Hindoo wo
man, 'where is tho cat, and where is
the ghee ?' "
"Ha! - ha!" cried Koach, saliib, "you
have hit the right nail on the head."
At that time ho had to go into his
workshop, and I went away. But I
said to myself I will write to tho great
American political economist; he will
not only forthwith explain tho mystery
of Koach, sahib's Melton coat, but he
will .bo able to solvo the still greater
Indian mystery of the cat and ghee.
Ah ! Greeley, sahib, expound these
two mysteries to your always great ad
mirer, A. CuraosiBiior,
Parsee Merchant of Bombay,
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ting up with tho girls" done in that
region since tho society went into ope
ration is "not worth speaking of." An
agitation in favor of "suspending the
rules" for two evenings Hn a week b
expected. ' ;"
Apr-Irishman who was drinking the
health ff a bishop, gave this toast:
"May our Kiverenee live to eat the
old hen that crows over vour grave."
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TifAT XONK.
B rTIl K I'AT roSTBlBUTon,
Snyder kept a beer saloon tome year
ago, "over the Kbine," Snyder was a
ponderous Teuton of very iraseible tern
per--'"sudden and quick in a quarrel"-
got inad in a minute. Nevertheless, hi ;
saloon was a great resort for boys partly
because of the excellence of his beer,
and parily because they liked to chaff ,
"old Snyder," as they called him for,
although his bark was terriffic, experience
had taught theni that he wouldn't bite. '
One day Snyder was missing, and iff
wa explained by his '-fraa," who "jerk
ed" the beer tint day, that he had "gone
out fishing luitdcr poys." The ncxtdayr
one of the boys who was particularly fonrl -of
"roasting" old Snyder, dropped in lo
get a glas of beer, and discovered Sny-
der's nose, which was a big one at any
time, fewollen arid blistered by the surf
until it looked like a dead ripe tomato.
"Why, Snyder, what's the matter with
your noe ?" aid the caller.
"I pcen out Khing mit tcr poys," re
plied Snyder, laying his hand tenderly
against hi probocis. "The nun it pese
hot like tcr tifel, nnt I purns tny nosev -Nice
nam, don't it?" As Snyder viewed
it with a look of comical sadness, in the'
little mirror back of his bar, it entered
at once into the bead of the mischievous
ftlbw in front of the bar to play a joko?
upon Snyder,' so he went oat and collect
ed ha1f-a-dzen of his comrades with
whom he arranged that they should drop;
in:o the saloon one afier another, and ask
Snyder, "what's the matter f that nose?"
to ee how Jong he would stand it. The
in-iu who put up the j b went in first
with a companion, and seating themselves
at a table called for beer. onyaer
breught it to them, and the newcomer
exclaimed as he saw him
Snyder what's tfic matter with your
nofe?"
"1 yud dell your frint here I peea out
fidwig mit tcr poys, unt ter sun he prnt
'tin zwi tajrer den cents all right.
Another boy rushes in. "Hallo, boys,
you're ahead of me this time, s'pose I'm
in, though. Here, Snyder, bring me a
glass of lager and a prct (appears to
catch a sudden glimpse of Snyder O0cr
looks wouderingty a moment, and then
bursts out laughing) ha! ha! ha! Whyr
Snyder, ha ! ha ! what's the matter with
that noi-c?" '
Snyder, of course, can't see any fan in
having a burnt nose, or having it laughed
at, and he says, in a tone sternly emphat
ic: "I've pin out fishing mit tcr poys, unt
ter sun is shut ash hot like ash der tifel,
unt I purn my noce ; that is all right."
Another t irmcntor comes iu, and i
si'ts on "setting 'em up" for the whole-hoa-e.
"Snyder," says he, "fill the boys
irtassc. and take a drink yourself hoi
ho ! ho I ha ! ha ! ha I Snyder wha ha I
ha! ha! what's the matter with that
nose
Snyder's brow darkens wilh wrath by
this time, and his voice grows deeper ami
sterner
"I peen oat fishing mit dcr poys on der
Little Miami. The sun pees hot like ash
hail, unt I purn my pugle. Now, that is
more vot I don't got to say. Yot gind
of pees 0 ess ? That is all right j I pura
my own nosc, don't it ?"
"Burn your nose burn all the hair off
your head, for what I care; you needn'i
get mad about it."
It was evident Snyder would not stand
more than one more tweak at that nose,
for he was tramping about behind his bar
and growling like an exasperated old bear,
in his cage. Another of his tormentors
walks in. Son.e one sings out to himr
"have a glass of beer, Billy ?"
Don't care about any beer,"" says Billy,
"but Snyder you may ?ire mo one ot
your best cig ha-a! ha! ha! ho! ho! hoi
he ! he ! ah-h h ha! ha ! hat Why why
Snyder who, wh ha-a! hai ha! -what's
the matter with that nose?"
Snyder was absolutely fearful to behold
by this time. II is face was purple with
rage, all except his nose, which glowed
like a ball of re. Leaning his ponder
ous figure ever tho bar, and raising hia
arms aloft to emphasize his words, h
fairly roared .
" I've peen out fishing mit der poys.
Der sun it pecs hot like ash iai7-seuiaa-tion.
I purnt my nose. Now, you no
like dose nose, you must take dose nose
unt wr r-r-riug your tarn American fin
gers mit 'em. That's the kind of mar
vot I am." ; : ,
And Snyder was right. , ;
The Cincinnati Commercial says that
there was' so much repugnance to tho
"ring" rule in that city that it was im
possible to bring Republicans to the
polls, though their presence was nec
essary to save the Fifteenth Amend-",
ment. That seems to be an authentic
concession that the ;15th Amendment
was defeated in Ohio, at the late elec-r
tion. We suspect, however, that those?
Kepxibiicans w ho couldn't be induced
to go to the polls to save the amend
ment, really did not think ' much of
that measure, and .were pretty well:
disgusted with, tho party that supports
it.
So goes the amendment,
A man in Cfiiro, Illinois, has invent
ed a spring to bo attached to the feet,
by which a person is relieved of the la
bor of walking, to a great extent. - Ho -claims
that his invention will enable a,
man to walk ten miles an hour -with.,
ease.
Tho Oreaonian, alludes as
a sig-
mhcant fact, to tuose counties m
Pennsylvania, where the Democrats. ,
losj; h-eavily in the recent election.
Grant's majority in the State was 28,r
808, while th 3 Republican majority "
last month was between four and five; :
thousand.
What is that fact significant of 1