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;T ti a STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.! OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. ' rsiMim tntr niDir, r . MART. V. BROWN. Office in parrish's block, first street. TBRM3, i!t s.dv4cb: One ycaf, 33 i SIX Month $1 Oat Month, i9 etc; Single Copies, 12ft eta. - G rr.punt.uts wmtnj over annned signature r anonymously, muit make knows their proper asutestothe Editor, or bo attention will he given tt their communication. BUSINESS CARDS. WOOL, HIDES, LEATHER, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, BOUGHT AND SOLDQN COMMISSION. Liberil IdTinees made oi ConsifumtnU. Iff. 818 Battery Stone. TSu39yl SAW rRANCjSCO. CHEMEKETA HOUSE, SALEM, OREGON. P. EARHART, j- PROPRIETOR. HIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOTEL, supplied with" T.ry modern aocommoda- a ia Bw open lorine recepiioa oi jh. saajrltvSn.Wf E. N. TANDY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Ann NOTARY Pl'BLIC. HARRISBURG. LINN COCNTY, OREGON Will oractice in the Court, of Lina and nd- joiniag eunutioa ; and will buy taper at a reasonable discount. good negotiable aie 1 F. A. CUCSOWkTB. Corvallis. - t. X. SUITE. Lina Co. CHENOWETH &. SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , Corvallia, Oregon. JHJ-Orrica at the Court House. v8a27 H. T. TBWBPSOX. C. BKLLIXOXB TH03PS0KL& EELLIIQZE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, No 89 First Street, PORTLAND, - OREGON. Special attention gi 'en to matters in Bankrupt cy and all business in Lotted atates Court. vSoMlf. j. C. MENDSNHAIL, NOTARY PUHl.TC, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT. ALBANY. OBEUOX. Rents Collected and Taxes P .id f -r Xoa-Resi- del. Is and etb.i.. Mafclug Keal Eita'e papers, etc. I JSO0ee in Fim.u s Unefc, up stairs. m-Utf J. QUINN THORNTON, ATTOMET 158 CiEXSELCS AT Office No. Ill First Street, beitree Mor riioM ami AUler. opponle the Occidental U Ucl, PORTLAND ... OREGOX.j Will praetire in the superior and inrerir C-urt of the St.te. and in tbe District and Circuit C-art of it United States. eiviur special attention t the eTIIeeti m of dsbu ia all parts of On-jron. and To vhtaiain: discbarfes in bankruptcy, wbirh. sines tbe last amen la-sat tu the law. may be ob tain -1 frim all debu entracid prior tu January 1st. 1863. without rocrd to the per cceUge which the uU may finally pay. November 23. I87o yl GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT UW, WUl Practice in all the Courts of lite State. OFFICE: ALBANY, OREGON. Not. 11.JS70. JVDGK KELSAT. JOSEPH IAol. KELSAY &, HANNON, JTORXEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW. ' ALBANY. OREGON. Partner for Linn Cuunttf. Office np stairs ia Post Office Building. sialyl OFFICE OF SCHOOL SUP'BINTEND'T fob- Xsiisrisr COUITTY, AT H ARR1SBURG. sc30rn7jl. T. J.STXTES. I G. F. SETTLEMIER, Dru;pst and Apothecary ! raEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, J Paints, Window lilaas, Dyestuffs, Liqao Fancy Soaps, Brushes, Perfumeries, e. Prescriptions Carefully Componnded. All art eles and Drugs in oar line warranted oi tbe best quality. First street, Post Offiee building, Albany. jull5vSn48yl AT. S. DUBOIS, aPI ONSTASTLY ON HAND AND RECEIV- 1 ; a large stock of Uroeeriea and Provi sions, Wodaad Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, i;onfectinery, xankea xnottons, etc.eto. -Wholesale mad RetaiL STOppwit R. bany. Oregon. . Hill A Son's Drag Store, Al ' jnnl0y5n43yl D. B. RICE, MD., pnYSICI.lJT AMD SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. .aSfOIce : On South side of Main street. gtedidonee jTorrjr. Qj Second street, opposite fearee's . sprliv5u3Au. ST. IK. CBAXOB, 4TT0MEI ASD 4 CODSSEILO- AT LAW, Orrica In Xoreress' Brick Building, Bp-stairs ibajsv, Oregon, t ; u JOIIX J. WIIITXI2V, 4TTMJET ASD COCXSELLOS AT LAW r and Ifotary Fablie. Special attentions given to oollections. Owes In the Court House. Albany. Oreg-n. . y3n33tf. Vi. aiLTABIOEL. D. ANDREWS. UILTABIQEL A CO., Bit ALU R3 GHOOEftlES AJfD PROVI sions, Vrr. . and Willow Ware, Coutoetion rv, Tobaeeo, Ctgars, P'pes, Notions, etc. Store tu Maine street, adjoicing tbe Bank building, Al- ni. Oregon. - - ae2Sv3o7tf HNE BLOOD SHEEP. OOTSWQLO HALT BBSESS' FOB, BALK. Apply to B. V. KM- . EltSON. Mountain view, Bunts. : Clara Co., Cal . or JQHN ANDEEtipA, CZZ aaiW i.. vol. vi: ADVERTISEMENTS. . ! eTanieL GABY," ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. SCIO, OREGON. C3-Speclal attention given te the collection' of notes, acoounts. Ac. dcl6v6nl8. JOHNS & GABY, SCIO, OREGON, Real Estate Dealers LAND, IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED, is cheaper in the Fork of the gauliaui 1.4. in any other part of tba State. JSwrlauuir of J. M. Joans, Marion Station. or uf lUxisL U Air, Kcio, Lina eouuty. vonsatr. ALBANY BATH HOUSE 1 TlIE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inrona the eitiaeu uf Albany and vi cinity that he ha taken charge uf this fc.taUi.b- ment, and, by keptng olcaa rooms anil paying I irivt attention to ba.incaa, export tu suit all those eho may favor him wUb their patronage. Uaring heretofore carried on ootbliiK oui v First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, he expects to give entire satisfaction to all. rChildirn and Ladira" Hair tieaily ent and shampooed. JOSEPH WEUBKK. rsn..3tr. ALBANY BROOM MANUFACTORY! THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOW MAKING BROOMS OF THE BEST QUALITY! Which he deiijns sgliinf, AT PORTLAND PRICES!!! These Broom, will not beesecllcd as to durabili ty and quality on ibo raoine coast. BLAII4, YOUNQ V CO, Albany, Ogn Aas.tTa run Okkoo.. W. D. WELDING, Manufacturer, rSnlSjl. Albany, Oregon. JOHN CONNER'S BANKING AND EXCHANGE OFFICE, ALBANY, OREGON. DEPOSITES RECEIVED, SUBJECT TO CHECK AT SIGHT. Interest mowed on Time Drpositct in Coin. EXCHANGE ON POUTHND. 8 AN FRANCIS CO, and NEW YoHK. for .ale at lowest rates. COLLECTIONS MADE AND PRCMPTLY REKITTEO. T-Canking hour., 8 a. a. to 4 r. Refer to II. W. CORDETT. IIEMiY FAILING. W. S. LADD. Feb. 1, 1871-yl STORE AT LEBANON! A. tOAVA. 6c CO., rron'a. S. H. CXAUGHTON, Affent. Fresh. Stock Just Received ! 2DI"r GOODS! GROCERIES ! CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS! Beats and Kboes I GLASS AND QUEENSWARE! Iron, Suawwe, Ac H'ii'ei will alt bm Ditpoted at Al'tamy Price 1 a PRODUCE TAKEN FOR GOODS! eJST5ntf. A. COWAN k CO. LADIES' EMPORIUM! MRS. M. A. BRIOGEFARMER, DCALEB IS FASHIONABLE MILLINERY rAJSTC-T GOODS1 DRESS AND CLOAK-MAKING I BLEACHING AND PRESSING IN LATEST STYLES Sohp oo sontb side Main st, tw doors east uf Mcajey's shop. Albast, Oai.coa. v6n45tf. AGENTS WANTED ! CLERGYMEN. SCHOOL TKAtHKKS, . . SilAKT YOUNG MEN k LADIES WANTED Tn oaVASS FOR THE NEW BOOK : "OUR FATHER'S HOUSE," THE UNWRITTEN WORD. Ily Dakirl M vata. author of tbe popular"Nigbt Soenes." This master in tbooebt and language .bows ns nntold riches and beauties in tbeUieat House, with its blooming flowers, singing birds, wariog palms, rolling elouds, beautiful bow, sa cred mountain, delightfui riven, mighty oceans. thundering voices, blazing uesreos and vast universe witb eountlets beings in million of worlds, and reads to us each tbe unwritten word. Hose tinted paper, ornate engravings and superb binding. Send for circular, in wbieb is a fnll description and universal commendations by the press, minteiers and college professors, in tbe strongest possible language. Agents also Wanted for the If PACIFIC LAW ENCYCLOPEDIA." THE BEST X.ATO BOOK OUT! Written exprevsly for ose upon the Pacific Coast. S.iO PAGES! FULL LAW BINDING! TREATS bpob BEABLr 8U0 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, ! To consult a lawyer upon 'any one of which would soft more than the price or the Book. By J. F. COWDERY, Of tbo San Francisco Bar. The above are tbe most sapid-railing and pop ular book, ever upn this Coa.t. Agents are meeting with sucee. everrwhi-re. Send immediately far Circxlurt and Term to A. L. BANCROFT &. CO., ap28m3 . SAN FBANCISCO. CAL. THE JUSTLY BAIN WAGON! CELEBRATED JECOGNIZCD EVERYWHERE AS A FIRST CLASS FARM WAGON, No other Wagon has a Home reputation eaual to '-Bain" make, nnd it is the. only wagon that has been letted and known to stand this climate. In a word it is made of the beet ninterials and is tbe best finished wagon that oomes to this mar ket. We have different styles of Honnds and Reach, ratcm ao, (so called) included BXALX, YOUNG A CO. va43 AesU at Albany. FANNY CHESTER'S DESTINY. Fanny Chester was a fiirt Every one, herself included, acknowled that. ller old guardian, Judge Spofl'ord, watched her perfect recklessness of conduct with an anxious eye. Hav ing no children of his own, he had taken the little orphan left to his care into his heart as well as his home She had proved affectionate, good and everything to satisfy him, save the horrible propensity of llirting, which she had evinced almost from her "baby days." In vain the Judge remonstrated with her; his words had no effect whatever. "If men are so weak," she would respond with a wicked shake of tho head, " I am not responsible. They must bear the consequences." M Do you ever intend to marry 1" Km Ti1.a aoI'AI Viam slsa . She looked at him gravely for a moment. " No," she responded frankly. "My inteutions are to remain always as now. I have wealth, beauty, youth and an affectionate guardian; what more do 1 wantr" " At prccut, nothing," he returned. " But the day may come when all these -may be swept away. Your wealth may disappear, your beauty fade, your youth be but the remem beranoe of the past, and I your guar dian be mouldering in the dut. In that day what recourse would you have lelty" She smiled and then laughed out right. 'What a doleful picture you have conjured up," bhc ejaculated. "If ever such an extremity conies I will teach, or sew, or do aomething to sup port myself. Anything guardie, would be preferable to marrying one of the deceitful dandies of t be nine teenth century." " You are too hard," the Judge re joinded quickly. "Thera are some men left. All are not dreaming pop injays. For instauce, look at John Wallace." The beauty curled her lip disdain fully. John Wallace to be mentioned to her! John Wallace, a poor, friend less orphan, that lutd euterd her guardian's office as an orphan boy, and had studied and worked himself up until he was admitted to the bar, was too much beuealh her in social rank, for even his name to be tolerated. "John Wallace, bhe reiterated. Why, guardie, 1 am surprised that ou should refer to a man like him. One without blood or l.ncage; one but even his very existence may be an ineffaceable disgrace!" "You have too aristocratic ideas for Republican Americans," he responded, and then he longed to tell her some thing of her family, of which she Lad ivel in blisglul ignorance. I- rom that time lorth she seemed to flirt even more desperately than be fore. If she accidentally met John Wallace w hen he came to the house to consult the J udge, she treated him with supercilious contempt. lhc Judge flushed with bhamc. " r anny, tlear" he ventured to say to Iter, alter she had been more than usually frigid in her conduct, "you wound me. What pleasure can you find in humiliating John Wallace as you have done? Why not at least treat him in a lady-like and polite manner?" Because his airs annoy me," was the reply. "He bears everything with cold, calm, unimpassioncd bear ing that seem to say, '1 am as good a you, and do not heed you,' which I consider insufferable insolence from an inferior." The Judge sighed, but made no comments. New year's came at last, and Fanny was preparing for a ball, bhc looked into the mirrors that reflected her with evident satisfaction, and then swept down from her apartments to tbe Judge's library to ask his opinion of her toilet. Voices witmn attractea her attention. I wish to address Miss Chester, and first ask your consent," she beard some one tay. "I be puppy, she ejaculated, as she recognized his voice as that of a young Englishman with whom she had recently been made acquainted. The Judge hesitated for a moment. " Mies Chester must please herself," berstumed; "but as you have men tioned it to me, I ieel in duty bound to correct you in regard to a popular belief. Miss Chester's fortune, as well as my own, has been lost through an unfortunate speculation." 1 he fellow lairly gasped. "Is it really so," he asked. The Judge bowed his head. "But of course that will make no difference with you," he suggested, as you wish to seek my ward through no mercenary motives." 1 be dandy winced. " Pardon me, ho stammered. ' "I have labored under a mistake. Not," he added, "that I wish to seek her wealth, but now that she is reduced, she might be induced to follow her mother s prolession an actress. The J udge rose to his feet. 1'Be so kind as to leave my house, sir," the judge commanded, ana too fellow slunk out. For a moment Fanny stood like one transfixed. The calamity that of loosing her wealth would Iiave . ap palled her ; but the other that her mother could have been an actress chilled her .blood. She rushed into the library. "Tell me is it so?" she questioned agonizingly. "Which?" be asked, hoarsely, her white face appealing to his heart. "My mother?" "Yes," be said lowly. "Child, I did Dot know yoa were there." She beard bin) not. She stood and stared, and at last threw herself upon his fatherly breast, "Do not think I weep for my wealth," said she. "1 can stand that, bat tbe other humiliation; we I was eo-prond of my good family.- " febe ehook off ner rgaeenly robes and hi albany, Oregon, Friday, july ii, i&n. rema'nel at home. The intelligence of the Judge's fail ure flew through that city as if on wings of lire, and the friends who bad admired tho "rich Miss Chester" dropped oft" ono by one. The Judge left his stately mansion and they took rooms in a small, neat boarding house. Ho watched bow bravely who boi e her reverses, and sighed. Fanny insisted upon tho old pro gramme which she had ever dreamed of being reduced. " I will not bo a burden to yon," she roplied to the Judge, when he pleaded with ber to abandon her scheme. She went bravely to tho trustees of the school where she had been educat ed and laid her case before them. They believed there must be sterling quali ties within the girl, that she could so readily face her fate. They gave her the position she desired. The night bofore she was to com mence her labors tho Judgo called her to him. "Fanny," 1 sTid, "in just six months from th3-iy I was to give up your "'property to your own care, and Ljejayour guardian no longer. What can you think of tho way i have fulfilled my trust?" She threw ber arms around bis neck. "Do not think of my loss, guardie," she exclaimed. "You have been a father, a true, good father to me. I have been a butterfly of fashion, but now you shall see that I can be some thing else." He pressed her convulsively to bis heart. " Ood will reward you," he said, "I knew I was not mistaken in my esti mation of your nobility of character." For mouths she hehi her position as teacher honorably, and declared her self happier than she had been her life before. John Wallace visited the old Judgo in their humble lodgings much more frequently than in their, prosperous days. Fanny was very pleasant, and seemed anxious to erase the rudeness of the past from his mind. Their in timacy ripened into friendship, and from liricndah p into love. Tho J udge looked on with intense satisfaction. The anniversary of Fanny Chester's twenty-first birthday came, the day on which he was to yield up his con trol over her. " I wish you to tako a ride with me Fanny," he observed, and she prepar ed to do so. They drove to his residence. " Y hat does this mean:" she a.skcd, with flushed checks. " I mean that I have taken a fancy to visit our old home," he ventured. " You know it has been occupied by servants since we left it." She made no response. She fol lowed him up the high brown steps into the house. He led her into tbe library and offered her a chair. He then took a roll of papers and laid them before her. This in your birthday, my dear," he laid, "and I render tip to you all that which was intrusted ta my care. I knew you were noble and good, and had a strength of character which you yourself was unaware of. Loving von as I did and do. it naincd m v heart to see you that shallow creature a woman of fashion a flirt. I know you know not your own heart, and judged your friends wrong. In all things else but this one you were perfect, and before I relinquished all claims to you I wished to open your eyes, .My poverty, your loss, was but a pretense. Can you forgive me?" She sprang from her chair. She buried her lace in his bosom and wept. "I thank you," she said, when her emotion subsided sufficiently to allow her to speak. "You have taught mo a lesson which I shall never forget. I will never again be the useless, foolish creature of tho past." The Judge was satisfied, and he wiped a suspicious moisture from bia eyes. "And John Wallace?" she asked, with a questioning look. "Believed as you did, my dear." She made no comments. The circle in which sho reigned su preme was surprised to hear that her poverty was but a freak to test their friendship; and many of the heartless dandies cursed their stupidity in giv ing her up so easily. A month passed and John Wallace had not called. He sent in his congratu lations to tbe Judge and "Miss Ches ter," but that was all. Fanny wrote him a note. Mr. Wallace obeyed the summons. Six months later Fanny Chester be came Fanny Wallace. Mr. Whllaee is now one of onr most eminent lawyers ra noblo exam ple of what a poor, friendless boy; if ambitious and industrious, can acoom plish and become. The old Judge lives yet, and is con tented and happy. A Neatly Dbebsep Lady. A letter in the Dayton (Ohio) Journal, from Joseph Goiuer, a m Bsionary at Shen gay, West Africa, says: All the lianas about the mteRion have to wear clothes. - One of tbe boatmen has living with him a sister-in-law, fifteen years old, and she is frequently sent on business to the Mission House. Her u.fju.ftl dreas, and ber only dress at home, is several strings of beads about her waist. My wife gftve her enough of calico to make what they call here a "cover sljp." She got Q'lr house-woman to make it for her. When she comes here now she car vies her. di6Bs jn ber hand until she gets tr ft large oleander bush at the corner of the house. Here she slips it on -. when she returns she slips it off at the same place. .They "tote" everything on their heads, except tbeir Lobies, if it js t bottle, plate, or a bar oi soap,' jL UP AND DOWN THE RHINE. ' ' As everything connected with the 3enery or history of Germany Is of paculiar interest to the public just at the present time, we reproduce tho following beautifully written letter, which is from the pen of an old school mate and friend of our boyhood days, and which, we And in the Oskaloosa (Iowa) Umrtdd of tho 8th ultimo : Ox the HniNE, May I0th, 1871. Before having Oskaloosa, two years since, I promised many friends that should 1. ever visit the river lthine, I would write them my im pressions of it. Now, as want of leis ure will not permit my writintr to all. how ean I do better than to ask the JIrald te. publish the- few homely words I have to say. We, that is, wife and I, had spent a number of days visiting some of tho important towns of Germany, with their galler ies of Art, beautiful gardens, Sec. fco., before concluding mst how far to go down the lthine. At Strasbourg, fa mous for its wonderful clock, and trained apostles, who pass in muster every day at noon, and now more fa mous tor its terrible seige, but recent ly ended, we first crossed the Rhine, Strasbourg is still half ruins, and grim cannon almost by the thousands aro piled along its old-time quiet streets, while King Williams soldiers, whole armies of them, pass through its gates with banners flying, on their way homo from poor suicidal France. The great tower on the cathedral was not seriously injured by tbe German ar tillery ; but its tall spire still seems to almost pierce the clouds. Wo both made the ancent to the very to; climbinor on the outside up the litt 1 stone steps that were scarcely large enough to hold the foot. The only protection, even at the highest part, is a small iron rod; winding around the tower at short distances like a rope. To this rod, and his own power of climbing, must one trust his life. Looking dowu from tbe top, a distance of five hundred and forty-five feet, men and horses seemed but pigmies, while the fair Hbine wound away off into the distance of forest like a silver thread. I will say nothing of the Cathedral itself, one of the three finest in the world. All have read of it ; besides, it could uot be described in a single letter. From Strasbourg we went to the Roman baths of Baden Baden ; thence to Darmstadt, Frank fort, Mayence, and then took the "Crown "Prince," a lthine steamer, and started for Cologne. The lthine river, from its source among the Alps in Switzerland, down to Mayence, is not remarkable, scarcely beautiful; but below Mayence it widens aud in creases by the German rivers Nectar and Main, it grows in volume until at the Mouse tower by Bingen it nar rows, concentrates its strength, and breaks off through the hills and moun tains, a deep, wild, and rapid streamy And hero at i:ngen commences me Khino scenery proper; so wild, so beautiful, so historic; every rock a legend, and every hill a tale. The Rhine waters aro more green than blue; are very rapid, and often deep. At the whirlpool, under tho rocks of Lurctei the water is nearly eighty feet deep, and was formerly very oigerous to descending crafts. The river is net much above six hun dred miles long, bnt in that distance makes a descent or fall uearly xto thousand feet from its source in tbe Alps. Tho Khine steamers are little single decked beauties, and the fares from Mayence to Holland reasonable. Uf course we stopped over at Bin gen,' and wandered about tho little town, so full of legend and song, for nearly a day. . We visited the hospital and found some of King William's soldiers there, who were wounded at Gravelotte and Sedan. We encour aged tho patient fellows while we thought of the Bingen soldier of the legion who onoo lay dying in Algiers, and of whom Mrs. Norton so sweetly sang: Take a message and a token In some distant friends of mine. For I was bora at Binjcn, iweet Bingen en the Rhine." Here, too, at Bingen, commences the famous lthine vineyards, tho wine of which surpasses all others. We tried it, of course, as who docs uot ; and were pleased with its remarkably pleasant flavor, sweeter, better than any we had known. ' It is free from the oily taste of the Spanish wines ; the disagreeable acid of nearly all the Swiss, and some of the French, and contains none of the alcohol or cog niac so often found in American wines. These wines are usually cheap, some of the rarest, howover, bring immense prices. The vineyard of the Austrian prince Metternicp, produces what is known as Johannesburg wine, which sells as high as' twenty-fivo dollars a bottle, even when new, and then only to be had by royalty itself. The Mo selles wines are often as low as one franc per bottle, but a good ordinary wine costs about four francs. Great sums of money are required to man age good vineyards,' and much labor, too. Fabulous prices are paid for the stony .steeps where a man can scarcely climb.- Stone walls and terraces are Wit every few feet, from four to sis feet high, from the water up to the top of the mountain, presenting to tho viey a series of stone steps leading from tho water up. The vines are cut very low, and close, and trained on little wooden stakes, but two or three feet apart each way and not .over four.feot high. N wires, no posts, do .trellis work here, bnt simple sticks,'and vinos close trimmed; the result is grapes, and not stovewood. 1 ' ; .These rich vineyards ..are owned mostly bv wealthy men who Uv& ia pities on. toe Rhine, or in some of these old castles, which they have restored fey an enormous outlay of 8tey, arid employ peasants, whiv, male and fe male, may be seea by tops of .thous ands, diggW Wd pruning on the ptejpp hill sides from one end of the ill in rii ill ill in hi. Rhine to tbe other, . From Bingen on, the scenery is truly grand. The green mountains and rocky cliffs on either side rise grandly up, and cast their shadowi on the waters. Almost ev ery one of them is crowned by some old castle or fortress, from five hun dred to a thousand years old. and these castles and ruins are rich in historic interest. Many have been the abode of poets, statesmen, warriors, kings and emperors, and scarcely one of them but has, as well, its strange le gend of the olden times. Everybody this fair day ia on deck and the inter est of our party, made up from many lands, is wonderful. "Wie shon, O ! wie sehon!" (How fine, O I how fine) exclaims a German on our right, and a pretty French girl chimes in."Magni fique, 0 1 magntfique I" and even tbe burly englishman sitting by with his eye-glass and pale ale, who seldom finds anything bearable outside of England, grunts "ah, yes, fine, but nothing to England." Of tho castles, a thousand of which sit like watchmen along the whole length of tbe Rhine, I will mention but two or three. Many of them are ouly ruins made so by the thirty years' war, while hundreds of others are re stored in a style that is palatial. The castle of Stolzenfels, not far from Cob- lentz, built in A. D., 12f0, is one of tbe handsomest on the view. It is immense in proportion and sits on a rock 600 feet above the water. It is filled witb paintings by the old mas ters, Reubens, Holbein. Van Dyck and Rembrandt. It is the property, and a summer resort of the new emperor William, of Germany, and is refitted at tbe trifling expense of a million and a half of francs. Not far below it is the beautiful city of Coblentz and its wonderful fortress of EhreinbreiUtein, ten years in building, at a cost of eight million dollars. Sitting at the junc tion of the Moselle and Rhine it is a German Gibralter. It, was never taken by force of arms, and probably could not be by any army as it is al most entirely inaccessible. From Coblenfcz we went to Bonn, and were soon down cldse by the sev en mountains, and under tbe old castle of Dragonfels, frowning down upon the Rhine with its burden of crapes and corn. Ihe legend tells bow Count Scigfried, from the low coun tries, once slew a mighty dragon here, and having bathed in its blood be came invulnerable. Tbe castle stands on a basaltic rock 910 feet above the water, and commands one of the finest views imaginable. It vivididly re calls Byron stirring lines. The ea.tled cralgs of Drat-onfe! Fruaas o'.r the wida a d winding Rhine, Whose breast ..f.w.l.rs bredl awclls Dctwwn lh banks which bear tbe vioo A"4 hills all rh with blsm'd tr.. And Acid, which premise corn and wine j And scattered eitk-s cruwnine; thr. Wbus f sr. wbita wjI's al-.a; tbent shine. Have strewed a scone which I rbould see Witb di.obU J'.y wert lieu with me." Many of these castles, though grey with centuries of time, are still well E reserved, and their long walls and attlements,and towers remain almost as good as new. Generations of men have come and gone, and war has rav aged them by siege and storm, and yet they stand the eternal guardsmen of tho Rhine. Still numbers of them are only ruins, with arches, towers, and broken gateways, covered Kith wild moss, and creeping vines remain ing. Old crippled soldiers these, with out even a pension, and like real old soldiers they toll many a tale of love and "war. By evening we reached the city of iOiogne, famous ior its Cologne wa ter, drty streets, and wonderful Cath edral. The latter attracts the admira tion of everybody who visits the city. Though founded six centuries and more ago, it is not yet quite completed, and tbe scaffolds still cling to Its lofty tower. Its proportions are in deed grand, and the harmony of its architecture complete. The body of tbe church covers an area of some seventy thousand square feet, and an idea of the cost of the structure may be had, when it is said the magnificent south portal, alone, which is 234 feet high, cost not less than half a million dollars of gold. After a short stay in Cologne, we took the same steamer, and returning up the river, pnssid again tfie objects of interest, and-impressed them more firmly in our ialnds, satisfied, too, that thoughthefe are longer, and greater and deeper rivers, ndne are so deeply interesting in beauty of scenery, art, and history, as the "free, the Ger man Rhine." Is this letter a little long? Have I trespassed on good natured Editors? If so, forgive, I don't do it often, and now with Car lyle, I will say, "adieu, good readers, bad ones, too, adieu." S. II. M. Btees. The Man-Woman. The effemi pate man is like a weak poultice. He is a cross between table-beer and ginger-pop, with the cork left out. A fresh-water mermaid found in a cow pasture, with her hands filled with dandelions. He is a tea-cup full of syllabub; a kitten in tr owners: a siok monkey, with a blonde moustache. wy W , ... ... tip IB a vine without any tendrils ; a fly drowned in oil ; a paper kite in a dead calm. He lives like a butterfly nobody can tell why. He is as harm less as a penny worth of sugar candy, and as useless as s shirt-button without- a hole. He is as lazy as a slug, aqd has no more hope thap a last years summer-ny.- ue goes tnrougn me on tip-toe, and dies like cologne water spilt over the ground. ' A youno lady of Cleveland, Ohio, received a letter on the eve of " her wadding saying tbat her lpyer had a wife and two children in a neighbor ing town. The poor girl read the letter through, turned her faee to ward her mother,' who was iq the room, ftnd explaining, "(J,. mal" dropped dead upon the.iloor 'Three Iowa .boys tried tp whip' a school teacher. She .made it warm for them with a red-hot jwkjp , and they hauled qff.f?r repairs. . ' ; NO. 48, An Ohio journal sayi f hat quite a number of odd and amusing' scene freooentlv occur with - oartiei. who visit the Probate Court for the puf; pose of securing necessary documents other day a Touns man', about 21. ac companied by - one of the opposite sex, equally as young, ascended tbe main sleds of thro court house, and then, being directed to the Probate Courttook up their line' pT march for its hallowed precincts. Reaching,, he refused to enter. ; . Ills band did quake, And trembling like a leaf of a.pen frees And troubled blood thruagb hi psle faae w . sa A it a running messenger bad been. The rustic maiden, who was ex tremely anxious to see the manage programme carried to a successful issue, looked npon him with pleading eyes, and then, taking him by the band in the most tender manner, be seeohed him to go to the Court and obtain the license. . "Oh! come along Jake; what's the use backing out?" lell in dulcet tones upon Jacob's ear. "Melindy, I can't. The old man will give me fits if I marry you." "Haven't you told me a thousand times that you would marry me in spite of the old man?" "Yes' yes! but there " Is what?" -Why, the farm." "Plazue take the farm.' "Yes, but Melindy," reasoned her lover, "hadn't we better wait till the old man dies, and then 111 have tbe farm lure?" "Dod rot his old soul, hell live fifty yean yet; there's no die in him- Come along now aud git that 'ere li cense ; I ain't a-going to be put off any more." "I ll tell you whatni do, Melindy." "Well, spit ber out." "If the old man holds agin my having you till Christmas, 1 11 marry you then, farm or no larm. "Sure?" "As sure as my name's Jacob." "Well, let her go then till Christ mas; but if you back out then, Jake, look sharp." " I'll toe the scratch then, by jingo, if the old man runs me off the farm with a double-barreled shot-can. cer tain," and Jake looked as if he would. Being thus assured that she would be married by Christmas, she turned upon her heel, snatched Jacob by the arm and started for tbe door, remark ing to him : " Now, Jake, remember, Christmas and no fail; for I'm. on it, you bet; uu j uu uuu i, we me iiira on uae x it snatcn tne ciauoin out n your cracks, cmnkin an all." SirrERSTITIOM OF THE MID. OLE AGES. Antichrist was suDDOsed to be born in Babylon, and the Jews were ready to recognize him as tbeir Messiah. The year 1000 was fixed upon by the most learned doctors as the time of his appearance and tbe end of the world. W e bave a terrible picture gi-en by a cotemporary of tbe deso lation which reigned throughout Eu rope at the approach of this fatal term; there were fearful signs in the heavens and on tbe earth eclipses, comets, meteors, flood, tempests and plagues. Superstition aggrava ted the realeviU of publio misery; the people spoke of frightful mira cles; the dead was raised; the living struck with sudden death; specters and demons came from the abyss. Men thought of nothing but bow they should appear before God. Tbey gave up their wealth to churches and convents ; they thought it use less to till the ground and occupy themselves in their daily tasks; their fields, houses and shops were desert ed for the altar. At length the last day of the year 999 arrived; the whole populace, in tears and prayers, crowded the churches, aad waited in trembling expectation the sounding of the seven trumpets and the ap pearance of Antichrist; but the sun rose bright as ever, the stars fell not from heaven, the laws of nature were uninterrupted. "It was only post poned," said tbe credulous; they counted the days, weeks and month with indescribable anxiety, and it re quired many years of anguish to re store calmness to tbeir minds. Thb question as to whether New Jersey is a part of the United states or not, will soon be settled in tbe negative if things go on there as tbey started in Thursday. In War ren county the earth is disappearing, and the people fear that ' the whole county will sink out of sight. It s to be boded that the humorous tele graph was not correct in declaring that "the bottom is dropping out of tbe State of New Jersay." We can easily believe, however, the statement that ' price of real estate has a nat ural downward tendency," when we reflect that real estate itself is going in the same direction. Sacrtmonta Record. Davt Crockett used to tell how he was once treed.by a herd" of prairie wolves and ho he rid himself of their unwelcome company: "'I shot away all my ammunition, ajid. threw away my gun and Ijnife among them, but it was no use. Finally, I thought J would try the effect of music, and be gan to sing 'Old Hundred Before X bad finished the first verse, every wolf put his ore paws to his ears and galloped off. "Modestt," asks ua, What is the best method of popping the ques tion? 11 is a good, deal nice cnam-pagne-if it don't pop.itaelf, there is wimeMjig wrQng aoo.t u. TT-. I IS, 1' . . j.- '. The last ease of indolence is thatof a man namjed John Hole, who is so lajpy that in writing his name, he slm jplv uses tbe letter 3 and than punches ) jjole thnjugh the paper. niaiaawsaaaaaaaaaawti, -ni bmb ftAiraDf AftVEfcflSIirOi ra sl Ut ! 34' Trsatiwnt AdrertUemewts per Sqaare if tea line or Ut at this sUe4 type, rst UaettwB, M oasa sahtaqsestiaseaiisn L. . - A Maare it iash io spe down -the eol- Bma,eoantig eaU, display lines, blank, A i olid matter, tfo sreHisetneat to bo eonlldere a lets than a square, aad all fractions counted fall sonars. ' Ait advertWrnsaU taserte't for less period 0ree iaoath W be regarded a 4 tranilent. - ....... ""fflSTptO TIME.. When lb hay was ej'.wo. Mi ggle, . Ia the eats Ion ago. . -And while tba Western sky rich With st' rosy glow,- a. Tbn band la band close linked we fassea. The dewy rick, between, - , And I was one-aad-teenry, Sfagv " And o were seveaUca. ; Tour vffee was J.w and effect, Sfaggi ; Toar waff hir wm bmwu j Toa.' cheek wa like the wild red rose ' That fhowered M petei down) -Yonr evol tre like the Mae specdwelV WHb dew v Blirtor shren, When I was eae-aaJ-ewtnty, Ifsf , , Aad 70a weie scvedwen- The prioff was in cur heart, M.jgU, ' Aad all it hnpe were oers ; And we Wore children ia tbe Suldf, . Among the opening lowers, ,n Ay. lif wa like asamater iaf ' ' Amid the wood !aaU green, For I Was one-aed-twentv, Msj, And ob were seventeen. . Tbe years have c.rne and gone; Sfage, W th snnabine and with ebadw, . And silvered W the silkra hair That o'ar ear shoulders strayed. Io maay a soft aad wayward trs- The fairest ever seen " " When I was one aod-tweoty, id;, ' Aad job war aeveateea. . , Tboagb gently changing Time, Maggie, Ha toacbed yoa in his light. " Toar voice has still the eld sweet tone, Yoar eye tbe eld love light ; , t ad years eaa a.ver, ner ebaage Tbe heart yoa gave. I weaa, , Whan I was oae-and tw-r.ty, lSg, Aad yoa were acrenteea. LIBEBTT. The most terrible of crimes ' are committed in the name of Liberty. Gesler's cap set up in the public pla ces, is respected as tne cap 01 liber ty. The Tyrant's sword, wielded with bloody execution,' is the scroll of justice in tbe hands of Liberty. The gallows, the guillotine and gar ote, running red with the blood of martyred patriots, are the diadems in tbe bead-piece of Liberty. And so all that is bad, all that is cruel, all tbat is mean, is concentrated into one word, and that word is Liber ty I It is the cloak which hides the tyrant's deeds of infamy the tcreen which hides the corruptions of polit ical tricksters tbe subterfuge which blinds the eyes of the people to acts of treachery and darkness. - ; This is tbe desecration to which this grandest of political blessings is subjected. This is the eril to which it is prostituted. This is the infamy to which wicked men have lowered it. And still tbe people throw up tbeir hats and shout bosannas to such a Liberty I It is such a Liberty which exist? ia the United State a Liberty which gives license to political demagogues and knaves and traitors to commit in its once sacred name the most violent outrages license to trample on the Constitution of tbe land, ignore Ito rights of the citizens, and enact laws which oughf to mantle the cheeks of their authors with shame. It is.such a Liberty which Eng land guarantees to Ireland a liber ty in name only, and without any of its benefits or blessings. - - It is such a Liberty which the Communists propose for France a Liberty which sanctions . all manner of atrocities give power to a licen tious rabble destroys religion mocks at holy things sacks churches and edifices even to the level of fero cious beasts. - ------ It is such a Liberty which makes good men curie its very . name, and sigh for a Royalty whose strength is tempored with justice, whose . attiv butes are respect for private rights and a desire for the public welfare. True liberty is a blessing which few know how to appreciate until they are robbed of it a blessing which all men crave and yet so read ily abuse when they get it. It is the Liberty which was born " at .Runny mede, baptized at' Lexington and Bunker Hill, and confirmed at Sum ter and its battle successors.; l it is such a Liberty that our fathers of the Revolution fought to give rs. It is such a Liberty tbat the people of the South struggled through four years of war to maintain. It is such a' Liberty that we want now, - Will the people sacrifiee this liberty for that other licentious abuse of it which characterizes the present Govern ment of the United Sta tes. Feeble though our voice may be, and-weak our influence, such as they, are - we give them to the . cause we love! so well. We trust that they may be heard. We hope that they may be felt and that the people of this broad land will bestir themselves. in the cause of Right, in the causa of Con stitutional Liberty. " It is none too soon, : It is a duty whiob they owe to themselves, to posterity, to the world to maintain tbe xugnt. Aet them see, to it that they fail not, Augusla (Ga.) Banner. ' The MeGregor (Iowa) :Titar eays that 108 men passed through that city last week n route to a- mountain of cola, professed to have been dis covered some yeat a ago by a man named C. A. Bobson, while on his way home from California. ' Each man bad paid Ztobson $200 in consideration of his piloting tbe company to the new 1 Dorado.. . , - . ... The cleanest city in the world' is Broch, in Holland, where no horse or carriage has ever been permitted: to entdr, and where everything is kept with m08t scrupulous neatness. J3e f qre entering nny of the houses, you are required to remove your shoes. It ia. said that eya the Emperor; of Busia as cpmpelled. to comply with tbi3 custom on his visit to that place. "LnraBB hot, darling, but gel up and, get my breakfast, dn yoa," 14 what a fond Portage Lake hubhj says to his soul s del Kovea blaQIa ictoj beanticifl be stowed thtir bands and hearts cn. colt oped brideootn iAst Jrear. :- - - : '! 1 . t" - - s The assembly ftt Versailles ha adopted the -entire treaty s'ced at Fraak&rt.-