The state rights democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1865-1900, October 13, 1871, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSTATE'RiGllTS DEMOCKAT. OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. la I 1 i V A LiMAftluVi BROWN. CFFICE III PARRlSH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. . . . ... - $i Ona Jlonth.iO ots.; Single Copies; 121 cts. Correspondents writing over assumed signatures r .anonymously, must make known their proper names to the Editor, orno attention will be given ta their communication. I IBITSISKSS' CARDS. V I CRASOU V. v HfBPUfcKT. CRANOR& HUMPHREY. Ornc In Parrish'i Brick Building, np-f .tain rhaoy. Oregon., vVTuStf. tJ m'. mccaxx & co; : T;pflL,eIHDES, LEATHER,, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, BOUGHT AND SOLDON COMMISSION. , Liberal Advances made oa Consignments. No. 818 Battery Street ' ,y tattyl a ' ' ' SAW ntAWClSCO. CHEMEKETA HOUSE, SA1L.EM, OREGON. R.P.EARHART, PROPRIETOR. T HtsrixEVj XD ELEGANT HQTEL, applied with, every modern aocouiuioda--tivu, i Bow open for the reception of guests. inajrl2v6n:sf ' E.N.TANDY, ATT O ENE Y-AT-LAW AND ! KOTARY PI BLIC. '- H&URJS&CJ&Q. L1NS COUNTY. OREGON - Will practice in the Courts of Linn and ad joining euuritics ; and will boy good negotiable paper at a reasonable discount. atS'.l I. x. SMITH. Linn Co. ' CorvalfisC L 1 ' CHENOWETH & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Corvallia, Oregon. SS-Officb at the Court House. von2T M . Y. TBH0!l " c. a. EULlSO C(BV BELLINGER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ; V. . No 39; First Street, PORTLAND, - - OKEGON. -Special attention gimn to nil tiers in Bankrupt cy and all business in United Slates Conru. . ' t .l.i.MJ vSalltf. . : . . J. C.-MENDENHALL, NOTARY V PUBLIC,' : REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT. ... ALBANY, OREtJON. Rent Collected and Taxes Piid for Xon-Resi-.denu and other. Making Real Estate paper, etc. rGfiee Panisu's Brick, up stairs. . . .. ,. "m-tltf J. QU1NN THORNTON, ATTOMEI 1XD CflUSSELOR IT LiW, Office 'o. Ill Fint Street, between Xvr . Tfon and Alder, I'ppobUc tie ... Occidental Mold, PORTLAND - r - OUE430X. . Will praetive in the soaerinr and inferior Courts of the State, and in the Isistriet and Cirenit Court of the United States, eivinz special attention t tbe collection of debt in all parts of Oregon, j And to obtaining discharges in bankruptcy, wnicn, inee the last amendment tu the law, may be ob tained from all debt contracted prior to January 1st, 169, without regard to the per caotage which 4be assets may finally pay. : . -. November 2i, ISTU-yl - - ; GEO. R... HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, '.-:.. ! . iff f. ; f - . smit IK-Ki-L SS'nff fl Cirlt t.f Ihr. Stale. .0-. . r. I ' ' - ,arM(v. lrmw .OREfiflV. . kkLsAY & HANNON, : TTDREYS AN 3 COUNSELORS AT iAW. 1' XLBANT, OREGON. ; . ..... 3 ' 'PartMers for Linn GKnty. ' Ofiea p stairs ja Post Office Biukliog.. CFFICELOFaSCHOOL SUP'RiNTENB'T -FOB,. , ,Vr AT jH ARRLISBURG se3v6n7yl."' T. J. STITES. i - r 6.F.SEmEMIER, V , Drugrist ' and -Apothecary! DEALER' IN "DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, Paints, Window Glass, Dyestuffs, Liquors, Faney Soaps, Brushes, Perfnmeries, &e. Prescriptions Carefully Componnded. All art etes and Drugs in oor liae warranted of the best quality. First street, Post Offiee building, Albany.' .7 :.: i ,.. jull5vn48yl ,.:S.DKBOIS, ;;; COXSTANTLX ON HAND AXD RECEIV ING a larga .stock of Groceries and Provi sionit Wood aud Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, t3oufeetianoryr Yankee Notions, etc.,ete. . Waolcialo and Retail. . ,' S-Oppositie R.C. Hill Son's Drug Store, Al . bany. Oregon. junl0v5u43yl , ' -O.. Bl rice, m. d., PHY8 1 CI AN AND SVBGEO X, ;" ; - ALBANY, OREGON. ; ' 35r Offiee : Oa South side of Main street. Resideoee t On Second street, opposite Pearce's Ferry- . aprl5v5nS5tf. '; i JOHN J. WIHTKfEY, ' iTTOMEI iSB COUNSELLOR AT LiW T f't' ana Notary FnbUe. ' Speeial attentions given to collections. Opficb In the Court House. - Albany,, Oregon. "; v8n33tf. , . F(NE BLOOD SHEEP. , COTSWOLD HALF BREEDS FOR SALE. Apply to S. B. EM ERSON, Mouutain View, Santa. Clara Co., Cal. or JOHN ANDERSON, 622 ; Clay Sf., San Francisco. - janl6mtf ' TAKE TI(jJYERYB0DY.t;: TnAT WE WILL PAY FOR GOOD BUT. TER frora 22 te 25 cents' per pound, and 20 cents a dozen for EGGS; in trade. i Large Assortment of Crockery Ware. ' Those who wish goods AT A BARGAIN bad better give us a call at the CASH STORE and aee for. themselves. U. C1IEADLE & CO. vOL.VII. ADVEKTISEMENXS. DANIEL GABY, J ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARt PUBLIC. 1:1'" SCIO, OREGON. JHT-Ppeeinl attention given to the collection of nates, aoeounts, Vo. - ! dee!8v8nl8. JOrMNS & .GABY, - SCIO, OREGON, Real Estate Dealers Iu ANP. IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED, oboaper in the rorks of the lUltlalu tuu id any utuor part at tue ciaie. frlnquire of J. M. Joins, Marion Station, or uf Da.-ukl G abv, S-oio, Liuu couuty. V(5u33tf. ALBANY: B ATH: HOUSE i 1 THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT fully inform the citixuus of Albany and vi cinity that be b taken charge of this Establish ment, aud, by kevprug elcaa rooms and paying strict attention to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him w.tfa their patronage. Having herutofuie carried ou nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, he expects to give entire satisfaction to all. jkdrCbildien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. v3n33tf. JOHN CONNER'S 8ANKING AND EXCHANGE OFFICE, ALBANY, OREGON. DEPOSITES RECEIVED, SUBJECT TO CHECK AT SIGHT. Intrrtst Allowed en Time Deposites in Coin. EXCHANGE ON PORTLAND, f AN FRANCIS CO, and NEW YORK, for sate at lowest rates. COLLECTIONS MADE AND PRCKPTLY REMITTED. 9Banking hours, 8 . . to 4 r. si.- Refer to II. W. CORBETT. HENRY FAILING. Feb. I, 1871-yl W. S. LADD. STORE AT LEBANON! A. COWAIV c CO., Prop's. S. U. OLAUGHTON, Agent. -Fresh Stock Just Received! X S. "5T O- O O 3D S GROCERIES! CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS! Boot and Shoos I GLASS AND QUEEN SW ARE ! Iron, Hardware, &c lllicA wiU all I IHtptmtd of at Alhamy Vices.' PRODUCE TAKEN FOR GOODS! se25rSntf. A. COWAN t CO. FROMAN UILDING ! WHEAT AND FLAX-SEED DEPOT ! Cleaning and Elevating faparity 10,000 Baxhels per Dajrl 150,000 Bushels Wheat 'Wanted in Store! 50,000 Savek) for tbo-e who wish to sell or . . store with as. Ffax-Seed Contractors of Pioneer Oil Co. will call on us for racks. v5n51yL E. CARTWRIGIIT. " INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Front Street, corner of norrhon, PORTLAND, OREGON. , . , H. BLDOL.PII ..Proprietor. THE UNDERSIGNED nAVIKG NEWLY famished and refitted the above-rumed bo tel. will henceforth conduct it on the EUROPE AN PLAN. ', Rooms can fce' bad by the Day, Week or Month, y : - ( A fiRtrictAKT ill' the house, nnder the man-' ageuient of WM. ' ALBR.DGE, conducted iu regular ITcitel tylel ;J ' Suits of Rooms for the special accommoda tion of ramiie. . Board and Lodging at theijiost reasona ble rates. -" ' The Hotel Coach will be in attoodanee at each Train and Steamboat to corner passencers to the Hotel free of charge. M.M'L' LfH, vonsti.. ., . , , rroprietor. THE JUSTLY BAIN ? WAGON! CELEBRATED JJECOGNIZED EVERYWHERE AS A , FIRST CLASS FARM WAGON. .No other Waioo bas a Home reputation eonal to "Bain" make, and it is the only wagon that has been tented and known to stand this climate. In a word it is made of the bent materials and is the best finished wagon that eouies to this mar ket. . We have different styles of Hounds and Reach, Patent do. (so called) included BLAU, aUUAU & CO. vlfn43 . Afccnts at A'.bany. STAR ; BREWERY ! TALLY & HOUCK, HAVE ESTABLISHED AN EXTENSIVE Brewery business iu ALBANY AND CORY ALUS, Mr. Houck keeping the old stand of Tally in Albany and Mr. Tally superintending the E-t tablishmont at Corvallis. Beer furnished to. SALOONS AND PRIVATE FAMILIES " to order, and ' 4 WAEEAHTEDDTO be th VERY BEST ! , ' TALLY A HOUCK. April 14, 1871 v8n35tf. ,r . ;s Attention, Farmers ! - . THE FARMERS' UNION ' WAREHOUSE!! AT,.- SHEDD'S STATION ! W ill be in readfness to receive grain on' and after the l&th of August; will be furnished with CLEANING and. ELEVATING Machine ry of the most approved construction. ' ' Sacks will be furnished, and the - - HIGHEST ALBANY PRICES will be paid in Casb for Grain of all kinds. - TERMS for storage, etc., made known on application at the Warehouse. - au4n51m3 ' ALMON WHEELER, .Lessee, . 1 ; THE LOST RING. !f There wns great excitement in the village of Cornville, over tlresHinj' tho church for Christmas, hist year. 1 nay the church, ns if there was but one, al though the fact in there were xeverul edifices dignified with that name, in different parts of the town. ' Hut among the set of young people with whom my Htory has to do, and who were mostly Episopalian", the Church of St. Simeon was a great center of interest, especially at this time when they were , all more or less occupied iu decorating it for the coming festi val,,, i It waa " lots of fun" for ' tho girls and boys to meet every day, and help at trimming wreaths and nailing them up, and hold long consultations as to .tho most effective points at which to place trees; and it was generally con ceded that more flirting was done in those two weeks before Christ mas' than all the rest of the year put together. The belle of tho occasion was, be yond tloubt, Ik-ssie Miller. SSlie had come back recently from a visit to Xew York, with some new dresses, and perhaps, some new notions; at least, so S"am Fielding feared. Sam had adored Uessie for the last three years ever since thev went to rthe Academv toirethcr: but he was a dreadfully diffident fellow, and could never mauae to indicate the state of his feelings by anything but his silent devotion. lie had no reason to sup pose that Dcssie guessed at the wish of his heart, unless she could see the love looking out of his great brown eyes; ami. indeed, if she could not, she would have been stupider than girls generally are, for all the rest of the village knew his secret. J Jut if Sara had edtertained some faint hope before llessie went to New York, lie was perfectly certain that, since her return, he could never pluck up cour age to ak her to 1 his wile, she looked so stylish; ami that sparkling saueiiiess of manner which had first fascinated him, seemed to be more de fiantly charming than ever, yet she hail been very good to him. 'Come here, am i- tuldtnjr , she had said, on the very first evening. "You shall help me on this wavy wreath ; your hands are bitrger and stronger than any one else's." And Sam, blushing and sinilinir at the laugh that went round at his ex pense, had hurried to her side, and worked so hard over the prickly ever greens that his bauds, tough as they were, were quite blistered w hen the work was done. His devotion met its reward, for Bessie w ould have no one but him to help her all the rest of the time, ami was so kind to him that Sam s heart was in quite a flutter of happiness. lie Legan to pluck up a little cour age, ami resolved at last that he really would say something to her, for lie felt as if he could not keep his secret much longer; though, whenever he approached the subject, his old ene my, bashfulncss, still afflicted him into dumbuess. Two days before Christmas a bril liant idea struck him; he would buy a ring that would help him when the awful moment arrived; he was sure it would half tell the story itself. In spired by this thought, he went to the nearest town, and returned with just the neatest diamond ring that a good hundred-dollar bill would buy. He felt much happier when he went up to church next morning with that; in his pocket. Bessie began to pout as she saw him. Where were you all day yester day, Sam? I wanted you terribly." : 1 1 had to go out of : town. stammered. Sam, tremendously con scious of the ring in his pocket. "Uut ot town, repeated iicssie. I know you have been nursing your hands yon were, too lazy to come." "Oh, jiessiel how can you say so i Bessie was a great tease, ana per sisted. " "Let" me see your hands, sir; I know you have stayed away just to try to cure them." ' Sara meekly held out his' hands, which were indeed red and blistered with all the toil , of the last fortnight. Bessie put her own little white fingers around them, and Sam blushed to the roots of his hair, a coresponding color, strange to say, flushing Bessie's face. Poor hands !" she said, gently. "They have received all those hurts in my service you deserve some re ward." "Ob, Bessie," cried Sam, giving her fingers a sudden audacious squeeze; " Come away with me a minute, and I will tell you what reward I want." lie drew, her off, as he spoke, to ward one ot the old-fasioned square pews, two oi wnicn sun remained on each side of the old church. Bessie went with him, but the moment she found herself within the pew, the very spirit of mischief seemed to pos Bess hen before Sam could say t word, she sent him away after some holly, to make some bnnches, that she said must be put on the bracket for a lamp, that hung above' them. . Sam went for the holly, but on the way back he managed furtively to take the ring from the box and slip it, diamond inside, on the end ot his lit tie finger. He was positively deter mined that now be would speak. ' ll uvii 4-"-ooiv atrr uiiu a' uuvuin) she seemed to' have an instinctive knowledge bf his intention, for. she called, in almost a frightful tone of voice, for her frend, Clara Ireland, to come and help her. Now, Clara had a flirtation of her own on hand, and would do no more than come into the next pew with the young gentleman who was with her; and chatter noisily with him, This, however, effectually: prevented Sam from saying a word on the subject nearest his . heart, and he and Bessie worked on at tying up tho holly, alt most in silence. He was resolved that he would go home with Bessie certainly, and say his say there,' and as for Bessie, who can tell what thoughts were running throngh her pretty bead i ' 1 m (fm -nW rrlff ALBANY, OREGON, PItlDAY, OCTOBER 13, They were interrupted, after a while, by a sudden exclamation from Clara. , j "I declaro, Bessie, there is your Xew York admirer coming up tho aisle!" , ' ; Bessie started, and looked up. Sam, with a pang at his heart, saw a hand some and very fashionably dressed young man coining toward tlieui,' ami turned away, utterly saddened, as Bessie greeted him with smiles and blushes. , ' i' "This is my old friend, Mr. Field ing, Mr. Stevens," she said, introduc ing tho two ; but Sam only stayed to shake hands very stiflly, aud then hur ried oil", and presently left tho church. She did not care . for him really, then, at all, except as a friend. This iWas.why she was bo anxiotw to escape lrom a .declaration. She liked ht fashionable New. ,Yorkur, mid what wonder 7 He was stylish and hun.' somc. w hile poor Sani Fielding Jiiiflig ined himself to W only awkward, aud'1 countrified.' ' ' . lie was so miserable that it wan not, till he was fairly in lus room that he thought of thw ring, and then ho dis covered that it was gone. Ho had no recollection ot it alter he had put ltl on his linger; it. must have dropped off in the pew. At first ho was so unhappy that he did not feel as if he could go aud look for it, but com mon sense prevailed, and in the after noon he went down to the church. The dressing was all complete, and the sexton was sweeping out the building. "What sort of a ring was it?" he asked, when Sain told his errand, as people always do under such circum stances, a if' he had several dozen on hand. But Sam was non-committal. "Have you found any ring at all V "Well, no, I hain't. I found one old steel breastpin; I guess that ain't it, is it r Hardly, Sara thought ; but he made no more fuss after he himself looked in the prw ; it was no use, and he did not care to make the matter public; if he said he had lost a diamond ring, the whole village would be wonder ing what he had bought it for. The next few days were perhaps the most wretched of Sam's life, lie never w ent near Bessie, and Stevens was with her constantly at Christ mas Kve service, at the t hun h the next day, and at the party at tho Ire land's iu the evening perfectly devo teL Sam stood irlowerint' iu a cor ner lor a little while, and then went away. It is true IJcssie did look -alter him very wistfully. As he went out, he caught a glimpse of her face, ut he fancied that it was only be cause she was sorry for him, and so weut oft miserable enoii'Mi. The next Sunday, Sam again went to church, because he thought it his duty, though it cut him to the heart to see Steven in the MillerV pw with Bessie. He would not look at them if he could help it; and so it chanced that his wandering gaze rest ed on a bunch of holly over the old pew where he and Bessie had been that night. How bright and shiny the leaves were, to be sure! They seemed absolutely to irleam. thev were so smooth. In one wt in par ticular, a ray like lire appeared- to shine out from them. As Sam look ed, a sudden conviction came into his mind that it was the light from his diamond ring that he was gazing at. ISy some accident it had been lied up in the holly, and was there shining down on him. It was possible that it might be so, at least, and he resolvsd to satisfy himself about it in the morning. ' Accordingly, the next day he went to the old sexton, and, merely saying that he had left something in the church, got the key and let himself in. He walked up to the old pew. and then discovered that even when stand ing on the seat he could not reach the holly bunch; of course the ladders, etc., used in decorating the church were no longer there ; but from the gallery he saw that he could easily touch the bracket. lie went down the aisle again, up into the gallery, and was crouched down in tho corner, over tho lamp, where the noiiy nung, when he was arrested by hearing Bessie's voice. "Why, who has left open the church door ?" and at the same moment Bes sie's pretty figure appeared in, -'the open entrance. ' , "lift us come in and see, said an other voice, and the inevitable , Mr. Stevens appeared by her side at the door. " i here does not appear to be any one here," said Bessie, coming half way tin the aisle, and then pausmsr with a look of surprise and some an noyance. Sam crouched down : it would "be too absurd, he felt, for him ' to loom up suddenly and say: , . ,, '.'I am up here on a wild-goose er rand." " "Don't go out yet," said Mr. Ste vens, coming close up to Bessie. "Yes, I must," she replied quite has tily. ; . . ' .;; ' "No!" urged the young man, and now he laid his hand on her arm ; "you must hear what I have to say first You know well enough why. I came to Cornville you must know that only came to ask you to be my wife ; you have avoided every opportunity ot late, but I am forced to return to New York to morrow, and I cannot go without pleading my Buit. Bessie I what is my answer r" "" ';, irlis voice was firm but very ear nest. Sam could not see 'how Bessie looked, but her tones were tremulous as she answered : . - ', "i "Oh, Mr. Stevens, I am so sorry yon have said this." -; - "Why?" : ":'S " - : - "Because because oh, I did hope you would not say any thing." . "Do you mean, then, that you do not like me ?" he asked, almost fierce' ly. "I like you, of course, but not that way." . "That is you vjill not marry me ?" Low, but very distinct "No 1" "Then there is no hope ?'! ' ' "f think not."' ' "But, Miss tJessie, I have not known you very long perhaps in time you might learn to love me." "Oh, no, I could not!" This' was said very quickly. -. .. 11 "Why not?" Then after a pause, ho asked, suddenly, "Do you love any One else?" ; . Sho was silent for a moment, and then she spoke, in tones that did not falter now : ' "Yes, Mr. Stevens, I do; it is kind er to you, to tell the whole truth, l uivp been attached lor years to ono 1 wive, known from childhood" and then,' with a little' sob, sho added, There, I have toJd vou iify secret now you had better leave me. , " Vuu aro right, Miss Bessie,' Ik; said slowly ; ,"! will not inflict what nitrst have been my unwelcome atten tions upon you any longer. I will nd vou srood mornmr. lie went quickly down lite aisle, and out : into the sunshiue. Sam ventured to jeep out. Bessie was sitting in one ot the lews, crying silently. Somehow, ho never exactly knew how, he got down from the gallery and to her side, and almost before she heard him approach iad her in his arms. "Bessie, Bessie, do you care for me ? Oh I my darling, I love you so dear- M' i here is no need to dwell on all the details of the scene ! Suffice it to say, that for once Sam forgot to be bash ful, and that when the first raptures were over, he and Bessie went togeth- r to the gallery, where, sure enough. they found among the holly leaves the out ring. The best way to humble a proud man i-4 to take no notice of him. lleraember that recreation must not be your business, but u preparation, for it. Fly in all haste from the friend who will suifer you to tea jh him nothing- I hey who "pino in their youth can never look "spruce in old age. Never an-iwer a culurnriintor. If you will only give a rattlesnake time enough , be will sting Liint-lf and die of his own venom. Politeness is like an air cushion; there may be nothing solid iu it, but it eases the jolt wonderfully. Sir Peter Lely made it a rule never to look at a bad picture, having found v experience that whenever ho did so LisVM'bcil took ft tint from it. Ap ply the same rule to bad company. llesignation is an exalted christian virtue It i a plant that grows not from nature's soil. It is a grace that must ba cultivated like tho rose-tree, that it may llourish aud shed forth it sweet fragrance amid the passing scenes of life. Good actions, though they dimin ish our time here an well as lmtl ac tions, yet they lay up for us a happi ness in eternity, uud will recompense what they take away by a plentiful return at last. The aecret of one's success or fail ure in nearly every enterprise is usu ally contained in tho answer to the question How earnest is he? Natural wants are few and easily gratified; only those which are artificial perplexed us by their mul tiplicity. A man is healthiest aud happiest when he thinks least either of health or happiness. To forget an ill is half the battle; it leaves easy work for tho doctors. lie who resolves frequently is apt to spend all his energies in his reso lutions. It ia better toad vapce upon the journey whichyou have proposed, even though the baggage be left be hind, - ., Women govern is; let us render them perfect. The more they are en lightened, o much the more shall we bo. Ou the cultivation of the mind of women depends the wisdom of men. It is by women that Nature writes on the hearts of men. ' Value the friend who stands by you iu the storm; swarms of insects will surround you in the sunshine. there are many doublings in the human heart; don't think that you can find out the whole of a man's real character at once. . WOMAN LECTURERS. A powerful illustration of the growth of the lecture business in the past few years is given in the average annual incomes of the two more prominent women lecturers of the day Anna Dickinson and Olive Logan . Miss Dickinson states that her income has averaged $7,000 a yeag since she began to lecture, which was,, we be lieve, eleven years ago. , Until Miss Logan made her appearance as a lec tiirer, Miss Dickinson stood unrival ed in her sphere, and it was feared by the mends of toe latter, that Jmss Dick inson's business would suffer. The contrary has been'the case. Miss Dick inson's income last season was $19, 000 larger than ever before; Miss Logan's income has averaged $14,000 a year, sinc6 she began to lecture, three years ago exactly double Miss Dickinson s average. These facts speaks volumes in proof of the recent growth of the lecture business, for Miss Dickinson had the field almost to herself as a woman lecturer for some eight years of her career, while Misa Logan's triumphant success has been the signal for the entry of more than a hundred women into thn field of effort, and many of them are suc cessful also. Miss Logan and Miss Dickinson still: lead the procession, so far . as popularity and resultant dollars are concerned, but there are fully a score of women lecturers, of more or less ability, who are success ful to the tune of $3,000 to $6,000 a year. - . ' An African giant eight feet high is on his way to America. 1871. 'rilENOHLKKEVEKGE. The coffin was a plain one a poor misrable pine coffin. No flowers on the top; no lining of white satin for tho pale brow; no smooth ribbons about the coarse shroud. The brown hair was laid decently back, but there wa no crimped cap with neat tie be neath the chin. The sufferer from cruel, poverty smiled in her sleep; she had found bread, rest and health. "I want to see mother," sobbed a poor little child, as the undertaker screwed down tho top. . , , v "You cannot; get out of, the way, boy .why don't somebody take the brat?" v U "Only let me see her one minute!" cried the helpless orphan, clutching the side of the charity box. and as he gazed into the rough , box ' agonized : imirs HircmuHii uowu me cueees oa which no childish bloom ever linger ed. Oh, it was painful to hear him cry the words: "Only once; let me see mother, only once!" . t ' Qriekly and brutally the heartless monster struck the boy away, so that he reeled with the blow. For u mo ment the boy stood panting with grief and rage his blue eyes distended, his lips sprang apart with fire glittering through his eyes as he raised his little arm, with a most uucbildish accent. and screamed, "When I am a man I'll kill; rou for that!" There wan a coffin and a heap of earth between tho mother and the poor forsaken child a monument much stronger than granite built in the boy's heart to the memory of the heartless deed. SI The court house was crowded to suffocation. '.Does any one appear as this man's counsel?" asked the judge. I here was a silence when he had finished, with lips tightly pressed to gether, a look of strauge intelligence blendeu with haughty reserve upon his handsome features, a young man stepped forward with a firm tread and kindly eye to plead for the errning and friendless. He was a stranger, but at the first sentence there was silence. The splendor of his genius cntrauced convinced. I he man who could not find amend was acquitted. "May God bless you, sir, I cannot, said he. I want no thanks," replied the straugers. I I I believe you are unknown to nie." "Man, I will refresh your memory. Twenty years ago tbisday, you struck broken hearted little boy away from his dear mother's coffin. I was that boy!" The man turned livid. "Have you rescued me, then, to take my life?" "No. J have a sweeter revenge. I have sived the life of a man whose brutal deed has rankled in my breast for the last iwenty years. Go, then, and remember the tears of a friendless child." The man bowed his head in shame, and went from the presence of mag nanimity as grand to him as incom prehensible. Guaxt's Great Crime is New Oklk.vxs. Another liadical mag nate has turned his back upon Grant. Theodore Tiltou in the GoUlen ' Aye, gives the "Government" the following back-handed slap in the face : ' All accounts go to show that Gen eral Grant reached his official arm in to Louisiana and shamefully interfered with her local polities. , T. be adminis tration feels its weakness, and tries to prop itself up by cash and cannon. l IV .1. J -.1.. - l noviTuor n annouui uouuis me ex pediency of renominating General Grant in 1872. : He questions whether Grant, can carry tho . reconstructed States if he should be renominated. That is his crimed And consequently Collector Casey, the President's brother-in-law, backed by a . retinue of Federal officers and Federal troops, practically broke up a convention which, had it not been interfered with, would have renominated Governor Warraouth by an overwhelming ma turity. But the cash and tue cannon - , - ... . .... -. of the administration carried the day It is said that General Grant disap proves of the rash proceeding of his friends. AVhy then did he not show his displeasure by their immediate re moval ? The fact that they have been continued in oihee without public rep rimand, is proof that they were acting tho part assigned to them, it they are removed now, it will be in consequence of tho storm of, popular indignation their conduct justly excites, and not because their conduct is condemned at the White House. "1 Why Califorsia went Repub lican. Mrs. Fair, who is hoav inj prison in California, under a sentence of death for the murder of Critten den, claims that tho result of the elec tion in that State is a popular. verdict in her favor. She claims that sympa thy with her has caused the defeat of Haight, who refused to pardon her. Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony have been stumping the State in her behalf, and she assumes that they have secured the victory. There is certain ly logic on her side. If there is any thing that Radicalism sympathizes with, it is crime, but how the party that hung Mrs. Surratt is to sympa thize with Mrs. Fair we do not see, unless it is upon the ground that Mrs. Surratt was innocent, and that Mrs. Fair is guilty of the crime of murder. If the position of Mrs. Fair is correct, of. course her pardon by Booth is cer tain, and she may come to the surface a formidable candidate for the vice presidency on the Grant ticket. A military expedition is fitting out at St. Paul, Minnesota, to escort the engineers of the ' Northern Pacific railroad while they are making the final location of the lines through western Dakota and eastern Montana and to repress any hostile demon strations of the Sioux in Yellow Stone valley. 1 ' ; NO. 9. (iltfXLEY OS GRANT. The philosophic Greeley has been interviewed, recently, by a reporter of the New York Sun and discourseth on tho political situation, thusly: TLere ia no doubt that there is a very wide-spread feeling of dissatis faction with the Administration among Republicans.. My judgement is, that General Grant has made too many enemies to run that he in not the candidate that can be elected. ' There fore, it is necessary to nominate an other candidate and I arn quite ready to consider wlo that candidate should be. Time must determine that ques tion. If we do not make a new de parture, the Democrats are very like ly to do it. I shall have an article in tho next number' of the Galaxy on the One Tertri principle, and there you can get my full views on the sub- "The Republican party," continu ed Mr. Greeley, "has been eplit up so in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and other sections by unwise management that we are very likely to be beaten, notwithstanding our large Republi can majority, uules.n we take a new candidate. Too many persons think there is no chance for them that everything has been parceled out and divided up among a certain set. The fact is," said "Mr. Greeley, with mel ancholy tmbhasis, "there is a gener al feeling that the Grant family is too large. "With a new candidate we should outflank tbU generul dissatisfaction, and bring forces to our aid that can not Ihj rallied under the Grant banner. We have a very large and most re spectable party of Old Whigs at the South, who hate a Democrat as they hate a rattlesnake, but who can't and won't come in under those carpet-baggers who are running the Southern governments. Give us a new and clean ticket, and thousands of them will come in and work for us. They have assured me that they will. The State of Virginia can be carried by their votes, if we have a satisfactory candidate. I know them. But they won't vote for anybody whom they believe to be running the old ma chine that is now running down there." TRIBUTE TO VVO.UE5. The following excellent extract is from a fcpeech delivered bv the Hon. Pierre Soule . 'When I reflect on the conduct of many married men m California their faithlessness to every vow which they made at the altar how complete ly they fail in the performance of their duties bow virtuous and in dustrious, faithful and patient women are imposed upon by worthless brutes of husbands, as great tyrants at home, as dauukards and debauchees abroad, my respect for the sex prompts me to do all within my power to protect her rights and secure her happiness, I love woman; I have loved ber all my life, through boyhood, youth, manhood, and mature vears. i ex pect to love her all my life, and dy ing, to be found faithful to tue same high inspiring sentiments. For amid all the varied scenes, temptations, straggles and hopes of existence, one star brighter than all others, has lightened and guided me onward if ever I had any high and noble am bition the exciting energy: has been in the approving smile coming from the eye of woman. And I judge her affection is this upon others. ' "Gentle in her affection, vet migh ty through her influence, her medi um of rule is as powerful as the bul lot-box, and she only needs the pro tection of law against those who have no law in their habits and propensi ties. She has ruled me from my boy hood with the soft and winning influ ence cf her virtue, not her beauty, I remember' my first love; my baby affections at four vears of age. have been in love nearly every month of my life siuce, save the dark and ravless davs and vears. which succee ded the desolate heart and made the heart too desolate.' And never, sir, while I remember mv mother, long since in her grave I remember the night she died never, while I recol lect my sisters and the abuse that might have been theirs; never, while I hold in my memory one other, and her memory is all that is left me will I refuse to give my voice and in fluence, and vote in favor of measures necessary to protect and cherish the fairer and better portion of creation, against the passion, neglect and abuse of my sex. I nope the bul may pass. The C. & O. Railroad. The craduisr is completed to the south side of Red . Bank Creek, . and the track laid to within about three miles of the above point, nere the heavy work commences. From the high bank to where the piling is drove for the bridge, say a distance ol one nun dred vards, an embankment one nun dred feet wide at the base and sixteen feet on top, and fifty feet high, will have to be built. With the exception of those employed on this embank ment the entire grading force are on the north side of this creek. The creek will be crossed 1 by a bridge, nearly fifty feet high. Considerable of an embankment is obliged to - be made on the north side of the same creek. From there to the Bluffs will be a continued string of cuts and em bankments, the deepest of wluch wiL be in BrearcliflTs field, where a cut about half a mile long and averaging a depth of about twelve feet'will have tole made. At this place the ad vance graders are at work. The whole line of the work is now very heavy and necessarily slow. It wil probably be six weeks before the road is completed to Bed Bluff. Bed J5luf Independent bept. 21st. The National Educational Associa tion of St Louis were of the' opinion that an indispensable qualification for a good .primary teacher was the abili ty to.subsist upon a very small salary. RATES OF ADVERTISING : fan tbar: On Column, $100 Half Column, $60 j Quar ter Column, $35. ; ' Transient Advertisements per Square of ten lines or lens of this sized type, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent insertion, $1. A square is on inch In space down the col umn, counting cuts, display lines, blanks, kt., as solid matter. No advertisement to be considered less than a square, and all fractions counted a full square. All advertixemenf s inserted for leas periodthan three months to be regarded a raosieat. ,;. ' ' .' ; j . (Coctributed to the State Rights Democrat.) THE FIRST AND LAST PRAYEB. 'sr srs. t. Bf.ss:r.i,js mosT. ' y Pray for me mother, pray that no Might it come on my bopes and prospects bright Fray that my days may be long and fair. ree from toe eankerinz touch of ear. , -. Pray that the laurels I frrsss at now. May lire ere lonif arunnd my brow And pray tbat my gentle Judy love . - May prove t jud as the nightingale, true as tb The mother knelt by her own hearth rtone. W itb ber band on the bad of ber ml ton And lifting up b;r glistening eye, . . Prayed for all bteiosr fervently nd tben sbe took one lock of hair From bis manly forehead, smooth and fair; o 1 he kisxed ber cbeck, end left ber side . With a bouncioz step and a sinife of pride. Pray for me, mot' er, pray that ere long My smijtmay Te free as tbe wild bird s seaf Which away on the wio of tbe wind is driven, nd -eo 4 rent with tbein in Heaven, ' ' '- 1'ray l'r if, mother; nay., a a not ween- , Thou wast wont te bless mf infant sleep, nd bless me now with tby eentie breath , Ere I sin, away in tbe slepp of Death. Tbe mother knIt by his fide again. On ! ber firt prayer bad been all id vain ; His lady love bad boen fal.e te.bim. His fame in slander's breath was din. She looked at bis altered ebeek and eye, And sbe fclt 'twas best tbat be should die : Then she prayed fur bis death in ber fond despair. And b soul passed away with tbat last wud . prayer. ftt'ISSORIXGS. Stealing nutmegs is a small crime, but may lead to a greater. . Beauty is worse than wine it in toxicates beth holder and bebolher. Cleanliness is next to godliness. and it is soap that is next to charity. ' A landlord complains that an ejec tion will not move bis tenant. Why not try an injection. A t Georgia girl gently hit hr swain s arm, and was shot in the jrnee riw hia rAvAlvfir Watchel, the German tenor, waa once a hack driver, now he is on the stage. The question is now asked whether a man feels girlish when he makes his maiden speech. When a Kansas City saloonist taps a fresh barrel of whiskey, he calls it erecting a new elevator. The North Carolina Supreme Court has decided that for a lawyer to call a witness a "Pennsylvania Yankee," is gross abuse. - At the watering places they call the match making mammas "herridans." Their daughters hope to be the "mar- ned-uns. A Kansas Judge angrily dismissed case because the complainant, a widow of fifty, stated her age was twenty-three. . - - An Irish magistrate censuring some boys for loitering in the street: "If everybody were to stand in the streets how could anybody get by? A passenger on a Southern railway train attempted to commit suicide a few days ago because he did not have money enough to pay a favorite dog's fare. The gentleman who pui chased the new book, "The Coming Races," was disappointed in finding nothing about trotting in it. He declares the title a oare-sacea swinaie. - . . Horrors accumulate. A comparv ion piece to "Cut off my Curls with your beissors, Mamma, entitled "Rip my Chignon with your Jadt knife, Papa," has just come out. - Rochester is full of guilty people. One day last week one of the city papers made some charges against an individual without giving his name or residence. The office of the paper has been full of men ." since ! then. asking if anything was i insinuated against them. . - A Nassau gentleman said to n oli. lady, who had brought r up a large family of children near the river;' "I should, think you would have lived in constant fear that some' of them would have got drowned." "Oh no, re sponded the old lady "we only lost three or fjur that way. - ,,- A .Wyoming husband advertises himself as a nurse, his wife having retired from the business to enter politics. It is to be presumed that the gentleman proposes to enter into the dry branch of the business. The Norwich advertiser selects the following important advice to farriers from "What I Know about Farming:" Catch your butter-flies late in August. Select the deep yellow ones if you would get good, sweet saleable but ter. " This is a possible result according the 2?ation: "Before long, man will gaze at woman with the same emotion with which he gazes at a land scape or a field of wheat; while woman will look on a man as she looks on a grain elevator or a locomotive." . Noble Women. Just as soon' as it became evident that the small-pox was upon us, the Sisters of Charity tendered their services to wait upon the sick, and have been ready at any moment to go wherever danger call ed. In the case of Mr; Wm. NeaS's family, where the father; mother and only child were taken down with th disease, the Sisters at once volunteer ed their aid, and are now rendering this unfortunate family all the atten tion their condition requires. In the case of Mr. Sneed, the painter, who when prostrated by the disease, and with no one to care for him, the Sis ters at once went to hi3 relief, and are rendering him all the gentle atten tions so soothing to tie ; sick and afflicted. When ; full ' of life and health, we are too prone to forget these ministering angels, but when pestilence and death stalk abroad, we realize the depth of their self-sacrificing spirit. In the pest-houses and hospitals of the world these Sis ters find their noblest field of service, and in all lands they are ever found ready to face any danger if thereby they may minister to the sick and dy ing. ; AH honortothese noble woman. Walla Walla Statesman.