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STATfl RIGHTS DEMOCRAT v. iMMK) f- 'if m 1 - " "TAKT- , BROWN & STtWArVT. ',-'. publishers nd Proprietors,; pOBUSnEB EVEBT FRIDAY. , .r0LDSST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN . 0REG08, : ' OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET. TBRMR., in snvasoai One ,vear, i f mrintbl. 2i Three months, t i One month, 50 -Wt! Single doles, 12J oentv. . . ccrrosnwiienis ntH or mnnTinniMilT- nnuwl. - ,ow" t ih RHIlnr. or n wtioa will . . , 1 S,Wa a ci I m n ll ll I'll - tVgivea to rtelroon-manlcnliens . ; BUSINESS CAR ,"(118. E. WQI-VEItTOX,. ATTORNEY AND COUSSELOB AT LAW, ALBANY", OREGON. ''';,' rbmca with Or P. W. Harris, owCjVirth .'m'Prug Store. .,. ....,. -". , k!f. 'a "' ... J ' Cbrvallls. " I. N. WITH. J.lnn Co. I.CHENOWETH 4V. SMITH. ATTORNEYS ATt,AW, , Corvallis, Oregon. Jsf-Orrici It the C.rurt H.iuao. . Vn2? -n'n .1:;; JOHN J. WUITKEf'-,.!.' Vim. . 1 s4 Meter Prtta. ' ... ; Speoial attentions given to aotlortions. . Orrios-rVt ,uir' fi' Wrick. ' ... Albany, Oregon.. 1 .' - fSnWlft.-" DR.. T. W. HARRIS, -PHYSICIAN : & , SURGEON, AUANTt ORKGOfi. ' '-''' " nX-e'Offieeon Main street, over A. Cnrothera' Store. -Hesideuoe, on Fourth street. . vtiiil-itl, M'.i.'l I. '.! S. A. JOUilS, .1 I ATTORNEY AT LAW, ,: ALBAHY, OREGON. V,. roffloe in the Court fiouse." . .. vmuu.. ... II' 1! U. J. BOlETO., JM. ., .'i'.',! r ALBANT. OREGON. T ' The Doctor l a (rraduato of the University ' -tfedlMil College of N YrK, and Ik a late "; memberor lio.levue Hospitui Medical College l-'f Naw York. , 1' " WOftioo In Carother"' Pniir Store. Bealdence on Fourtu Street, upJofl; Dr. 'tale's. .5 :j .. .. .! . . . vlunlas.. - , BOOTS "MADE. TO 'ORDER "" AT REASONABLE HATES AT . . . HEiMlY HI.BT'S SHOP, " Albany, Oregon; " v sgrwork warranted to slve satlsfttctlon.'WI r. v8n3otf. . - ; "; A. W. t AMBLE, M. D.. - PnirSICIAI & SURGEON, .,.,,.'. ALB AN 7, 0RE33N. . Olllee on Main street, on" door wt of Wedn i grocery store. Usldhce at tlie. last r''sld"nee i. of Oeorire Patt'.rsou near tlie Star urewry. Jan. mh. Wit. i . f Wr.att. . 1. B. rici:, .11. , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON, Office on Main street, between Ferry nod Bfoadalbin. Residence on Third street., two I. bloolu oast, or below, ttie Methodist Church., is-. ... . .. - vSniStf. . . .. - -.. , r J. W. BALDWIM, .; ATTORNEY & COUNSELOfl AT LAW, WillprBCttwinnntho Courts In the 2(1, d , .'. md 4th Judicial Districts; In th Supn-Jno , . Court of Orfjion, find in the United Stiitrs IfK triot and Circuit Court. OlllOiUip-PtalrRtn frvint :" room In Parrlsh'ji brick block, First St., Albany, r Oregon. vSnlfl.vl. DU. E. O. S.1UXJI. T'tiT ALBANY, OREGON. . OFFICE i TWO doors east of Conner's Bank. - . vDulltt. . .. . . GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practios In all tea Cuorti of this State. OFFICE: ALBASY, OREGON. , Nor. 11, WJ0. ", ... .., , ' 6. F. SETTLEMIER, DrugiNt and AioU;ccarj ! DEALER IN DUCGS, MEDICINES, OILS, Faints, Window Ulsss. byestutls, Liquurs, " s'ancj Soaps, Brushes, Furfuuieriea, Ao. ., . v, Prescription. Carefully Compounded. l.r All art oles and Drugs n our liao wananled '"f lbs best quality. " First street, Fust OBss boilding, Albany. jull5vio4ll)rl ALBANY BATH HOUSE! THE UNDERSIUNEll WOULD RESPECT fully inroriu the citisens ir Albany and vi : sioity tbjt be has taken charge ul this Eslablnb . Bent, sad, by keepiog clean rooms and paymn strict attention to business, expects to suit all 1 these who aiay fayor hlio w.tb their patronage. . llariag heretofore oarried oa nothiug bui Firat-Clau Hsir Dresing Saloons, , a atneets to gisa entire utisfaetiua to all. -Childiea and Ladies' Hsir neatly cut . aaThanipcd. JOSEPH WEBBER. . " rSnUtr. OYSTER SALOON. Chari.es wifsnkr having opened out a new 05 ster-salnnn. In the bunding neat 10 Taylor's saloon. Invites the public 10 .J wive him a call. Fresh oysters and all other 1 atablee aerved upmaovsvyio tuillnary art, on suort notice, neii. y NEW BAKI5EK SHOP! L. B. ROYAL. Proprietor. M' AVISO LEAPED A NEW SHOP ONE door went of Eos slnre, and lt"d K up In a neat and lasty manner, 1 will be pleas. - to have all my old customers emttnue their patronage, and 111 guarantee lallslartlon to Jl new onea. viuiiaju. ST JOHN CONNER'S BANKING AND EXCHANGE OFFICE ALBANYOREGON. DEPOSITES RECEIVED, SUBJECT 10 CnECK AT SIGHT. iitrrtit Allowtd ti Tmt Brpotiti i Coin. BXCBASOE ON PORTLAND, BAN FRAN CISCO, and NEW YORK, for sala at lowest rates. CHUCTIONS HAXc AKO PROMPTLY REMITTED jtir-Bukiag fcowrs, a. a. U 4 r. to II. W. CORBETT. besry miusa, TJk. 1, 1871-wJ . W. 8. LA1D. ' j'nj VOL. X BY FiiiST. HTEF.ViEW WITH fiRTE- 8, J.' CLEMLKS (MAl'.K TWAIN ). t" ; .. I Lad never Been liiiu before. , tie hmnr llf. laatcva fit' inll'tuliii'tiin fennV atutuul lrieiuls iu Sou Iraucieco, andi;,lul totQUi all, ullier,foxces, Avheth bi ihvitittion I breaUnsled will. him. I ?r of l'""' or 1'e,uote "c,'o' so It wM.J,lni,,Kt. l-eli.-inn lluro in ,.h ' silver mincfl, tp precede suih a iueul wilh whiskey cocktails. 1 Arteiuue', wilb the ti'ue cosmopolitaB iimtinut,1 alwuY deterred to the customs of tbe country he was in, and so he ordered three pi thuse ubtjuiiuotiona. , Uhtg- ekiM was pi-esent. I um a matcufor nearly any beverage you can mention except whiskey cocktail, and there fore X said I would rather not drink ono I said it wwrld go rifh"rti my head and confute me so that I would Jie-in a helpless tangle in ten -minutes., I did not want to adt like a fuiiatic be.Wre staugers. But Arter iuufgepfl; insisted, and I drantj; the treasyiiiible , mixture u der protest, aijirfclt'ulljhe time that I was duing a tlriij' I might be sqrry for. I wait ed in ffrerrt impiety for the conversa tion ; -'to olien, wilh a sort .of vague hiijie that my Understanding woulcl prove cieur, aiier uii, anu my nnegiv- iugs.roundless, ., .-'i, , ! ' 'Arlfciiius opened. An.' unimportant' remark or two,;an3 tlieu assumed a look of siiperhumun earnestness, and made, '.the ' , following astounding speech. , He said: . ' 'JNow, there is one thing 1 ougnt to ask you about before I forget it. iou have been here m buveriana-r hfcre in Nevada- two or thrco years, and of course, your position On the daily nress has made it necessary for- you to go down-in tbe mines and ex1- amine them -caretully in detail, and therefore you know all about the sil ver tinning buitaess. Now, what I want to get at is-r-is, well, the way the deposits of ore are made, you know.1 For instance: Now, ns I understand it, the vein which contains 'I he Bilvcrj is sandwiched in between castings of granite, and runs along the ground, and sticks up like a curbstone. . j ell, take a vein lorty leet tmcif, for example, or eighty, for that mat ter, or even 11 hundred say you go down on it with a shaft, ' straight luwu, you know, or wilh what you call the 'inclines,' maybe you go down five hu:.dicd feet, or maybe you don't go doftn but two hundred, any way you go down, and all the time this vein grows narrower, when castings come nearer of approacu each other, you may say, that is. when they do approach, which of cour.-:e they do hut always do, p.iriio-' ularlv in cases where tbe nature of the formation is such that they stand apnrt wider than they otherwise would, and whien geology nas lanea to account for, although everything in Ihat scient e goes to prove that, all things being equaul, it would not. or not certainly if it did, cud then of course they "are. Do you think it is? ' :I said to myself: ' "Now I just knew- how it would be that cussed whiskey cocktail has done. ' the busi ness for me; I don't understand any more than a clam." And then I said aloud, that is you don't mind, would you would you say that over ognin? I ought -" .. .' ,' ,;, .; .. ', m "0, certainly, .certainly!" You soe I am very unfamiliar with the sub ject and perhaps I dou't present my case clcaily, but I " ' "No,, no no, no you state it plain enough, but lhat vile cocktail has muddled me a little. Hut I Will -no, I do understand for that mat ter, but I would get the hang of it better if you went over it againand I'll, pay better attention this time." ' lie 'said, "Why, what I was after wag this." Here he became even more fearfully impressive than ever, and emohasized each particular point by checking it off on his finger ends. "This vein, or lode, or lenge, or whatever yuu call it, runs along be tween two layers of granite, just the same as if it were a sandwich. Very Well.' Now, suppose you go down ou that, sav a thousand feet, or maybe twelve hundred (it don't really mat ter), before you drift; and then you start your drifts, some of them across the ledge, and others along the length of it whero the sulphurets J believe they call ''them sulphurets, though they should, considering that, so far as I can see, the main depend ence of a miner does not so lie, ns some suppose, but iu which it cannot be successfully maintained, wherein the same should not continue, while part and parcel of the same ore not committed to either in the sense re ferred to, whereas, under different circumstances, the most inexperi enced omonint us. could not detect it if it were, or might overlook if it did. or scorn the Terr idea of such a thins, even thoutrh it were palpably demonstrated as such. Am I not right?" I said, sorrowfully: "I feel ashamed nf rnvtelf. Mr. Ward. I know I ought to understand you perfectly well, but you see that infernal whis key cockutil has got into my neaa, anil now I cannot understand even the simplest proposition. I tol 1 you how it would he. "O, don't mind it, don't mind it; tlm fault was mv own, nououbt. though I did think it clear enough for'' ' "Don't sav a word. ' Clear! ' Why, von stated it clear as the sun to any horlv but an abject idiot, but it's that confounded cocktail that has played the mischief." "No, now don't sny that. I'll be gin it all over again and" "Don't now, for goodness' sake, dou't do anything of the kind, be cause I tell yon my head is in such a condition that I don't beliere I could understand the most trilling question a man could ask me." "Now, don't be afraid. I'll put it so plain this time that yon can't help but get the hang of it. We will be gin at the begiuing." Leaning far acros the table, with determined ita pres&i veraes wrought npon his ery "'jbr.l '.:J til it -:i -i "'if (': feature, and' fingers prf pared to keep i ijlllv of oneli nolivt nu atiilmaentrw? - i I itud I, leaning ;. forward with painful . interest, resolved to comprehend, Or perish. "You know the vein, the ledge the thing that contaius the metal, ;wuero' it constitutes the medi- WoUf-'lit to bear in favor of Ui for mcr ftcumst tde lutter. or tlie latter iiifitiust ihi onner, or hlf, or bOlli, or ecuiiiiniriisiiig as piKsible the xol.i- live differences' existing within. :the ! radiusvheuce culminate the several degrees of similarity to which", ' ' 'I said i '""O"1 blame my wooden head,:it oiul any use to try, I can't understand anything! U'he: plainer; you get it tlierjuore I, vnu't gat tlie Lang uf ir-!-"'-:T 'tr r " , ' ' . T- I.-... 1.1. u' j: - 1. i. . ' j x neurit tt nuMpiuiuus xiuie ut'iiiaa mei'Mld tomed in time to see Hiug- bUu' r,dodgiua i behind, a newspaper and, (juaiukiug;, with a gentle ecstusy of laughter, I looked at .Ward again, and be had thrown off his dread solemnity and was laughing also. 1 Then 1 saw that I had been sold,-!-'! 1,'beeij he victim of a swindle,., in the . way of a string of plausibly , 'worded .sentences that didn't mean1 anything under the buu. I i ArtienmBiWord was one of the best ! felknys;in,. the,,: world, and one of ,the most eompa'jiiyna.ble, t,,It has been said that lie was not fluent in conver sation, btiti 'With the above experi' 4nce in'my luind, I differ ; . ' '!; Froin bo Tngo Co. Democrat, Deo. 21, 1S71.J TUK CU1L.D millUICR. r. ......1 1.. ,. ,.:.-r- ' A few days since E-rughe started three of his children to school. Among " theni was a daughter aged about ton years and six mouths. 'ibis -.child, it seems, never had atr tended school .befuie. On Monday eeiiihg Krughe called this child to him and began to question it, to see what ljropfress'it. had made, he says. The little thing had not yet learned the, ulpfiaUet. its .parent tried, to nmke.it reneat. the .ulohabet. how ever, Wit of fipitrse it, could not. At this ferughe ' becaino enraged and sent one of the other children for' A stick, with which he began to beat his child most shockingly. Its ina bility, through terror and puin, to even pronounce the name of a single letter only enraged tne monster tne mere, una hying at tne cuua wuu the ferocity of a tiger, he tore off its clothes and began savagely beating and kicking it.. Then he caught up a stove-lid and Struck the chill a ter rible blow; -Then he seized an iron stdve-liftor, and with it pounded his little victim., All the while he warn ed liii .wile and children that if they interfered With him or attempted to give an alarm, he would kill them. At 'length lie procured a stick of stove-wood; a heavy knotted club, mid again, assaulted the little one, who now lay' crouched, bleeding and broken; tinder a table. Driving it from thence; after many heavy blows, he pursued it under the bed where hs; : .gii'uek it repeatedly, with nil his strength. ' Cue of the blows deliver ed at this'timo, it is believed, crushed in the child's tender skull just above tbe eve. Making u depression large enough fu admit; an egg.- Not yet satisfying b)S ferocity, he iliaggod it freui" under the bed, now already dying, to the middle of the room and stamped it kicked it- beat it again. At lust, from exhaustion, be ceased his ilevilinhv work and. went to bed, curtiug and swearing, most frightful oaths at his little crushed and mang led victim and other cowering, trem bling members of the family. For three lung hours )ia had beat the little murdered- innocent and what terrible hours they were to it, and to its mother and sisters -and brothers ? And out of doors the snow was si lently falling, puro and .white as pinions of aiigels, and softly beating against the: windows, ns if it fain would enter and cover With a spot less mantle what was so black within. 1 As soon, as she dared, Mis. Krughe lifted her little dying daughter on the bed and. bound up her little crushed brow.' In a few minutes the child 'died and its spirit went up through the beuutiful snow-flakes as pure as uuy of them, to a far kinder parent than it had ever known on earth." " . ',' . We are glad, for Iowa's good naniOj that he was taken to a neighbor ing jail in time to save lynching, but we must express our sorrow that there is no chance to hang the low dog, legally. Certainly society will be benefitted when he becomes food for worms. " Another chihl murdif wii sec mini t mitted near Vinton last week but not by its own father. A villain named King, murdered John Kelly, a boy twelve years of age, Wednesday mprning last. The fiend was sleep ing with his victim, both of whom were in a wealthy farmer's employ, and aros at two o'clock in the night to rob the house. The boy awoke, whereupon King knocked his bruins out with an ax, and the noise rousing the house the inurclerer fled. The people are searching for him iu all directions and there are strong thrrsajs of lynch law, Bhould be be captured. . ;- . The wile of Sam Henry, a wilored resilient ol Salisbury. Md , recently be, came the mother of four children. When informed of the fact Sard neenn In make preparalmna lor journey, "l am i ff wine in live in Hi heah t:iulliiry no longer, Saul earn. . The poor ve have always with ye; an Ijanhal'Ii lias an income of $0,UOU a year, Hans Christian Acderaon is well provided fur, and the miprniect ed heathen of the Oauuib.il Ulan. Is aie ihe.r moral pocket handkerchief, mostly for acoop-net. A nhriend,pheeline phnnnily phigo- rauvr, plmrniahea tne pnuiiow log: 4ty 4lnul 4esiert 4tyfyiniJ 4 4lorn 4tres 4cit.ly 4bade 4ty 4niidable 4ianeri 4ratng 4zing 4o. . if li a ALBANY. OREGON, FRIDAY; JANUARY 29, ONR OP TUK CANDIDATES. . looking .over , the pages of my iiuiy, vtuivii vteio uiicu vtuue X was residing in Norway, Me., I found minutes; not at the time, of an in terview which has afforded me food for many a hearty lauyli, and though I have told the story, I think it will bear repeating in the Lelijt!i At the time alluded to 1 was chair man of the Superintending School Committee of the town,,, and from Jving been several years an incum- bent of the office, applicants for posi tion as teachers were generally directed to me for examination. One afternoon, while busy at my desk, 1 heard a wagon rattle into my yard, and shortly afterwards came a vigor ous thnmp on the door. 1 '1 here' Was a bell-knob hundv, but the aimlicnnt f "her did not see it, or did not know its use. I went myself to answer the summons, and found upon my piazza a specimen of the jfnun homo that Yankee Hill might have copied wiih advantage for stage puqioses. He was, in fact,, a living presentment of the Yankee we often road about, yet seldom see. He stood full six feet in his boots; was lank and slab- sided-i- with sun-burnt face, and an unkempt shock of carrotty hail'. His garb was entirely home-spun, and set "like a shirt upon a bean-pole. "Mornin , aqune, he said, with a sharp nasal twang. it was nearer evening than morn ing, but-1 returned the salutation without correcting him. " leou re the Permittee man I I nodded assent. " ' "Wal. T kind 'a thought as haow't I'd oome an' git yeou tew gin me a sartiferkit, seein' ns they want me tew hev one afore . I begin tew keep skewl in this ere tnown." I It was in the autumn, and as the weather was cool I asked the appli cant to walk in, telling him that he Blight first wipe his feet on the door mat., He gave his thick cow-hides a tremendous wipe, nud then followed me to my btudy. He did not wait to be invited to a seat, but deposited himself upon my loungti, dumped his hat upon the floor, and then drew an old, 'Calf-skin pocketbook from his bosom. V " ' . ; "iif yeou're in it hurry, 'Squire, I don't know 's. there'll be any p'tick'lar need o' yeour 'zaminiii' ino, for I've got a sartiferkit from tlie skewl-kermittee an' selectmen of itoar tuowtt. I kep' skewl thiir last winter, an' yeou'd better b'lieve I made the wool fly, Jes' let me tell ye 'baout it." , i He went on with the most earnest self-assurance, as a veritable hero might have told of some grandly meritorious exploit : "Yer see they've got the all-firedest ugly set o' boys ovct! tllar in Pet' dishun Holler je ever beam toll on. Why they'd licked an' kerwollop'd the nkewl-master ; an' lugged him aout inter the snow, every winter for six year, or more,. , By giuiter-cum-smasher ! it made me mad. Sas I, 'Jes' let me keep that ere skewl one winter.' ' The kerniittee hearn tell of me, an' knowd what I'd said, and they sent for me ter wunst. They gin me a 'zamiuashun, an' gin me a sartiferkit; too, an' sot me a keepin' the skewl. Jerewsnlum, 'Squire ! it was n great thing ! A few o' the big boys tried, once or twiu't, to kick up a row ; Lut, good-sticks on' line handles 1 didn't I wollup 'em ! I don't b'lieve yeoO ever seed sich a s!ewl as I made of it. The folks said as haow't 'ere hadn't been sich a skewl for order an' behavin' for forty year." ,'.,',' The ''siewl-master" took breath, and was evidently expecting Borne expression of approbation from me ; but as I gave none, he went ou, ",'T leenis 'at some of the folks, daown in. the Crooked Kiver Dee - strick hev hearn tell haow I got on over in Perdishun, an' they want me tew take hold o some of their bard cases.", - I remembered, and onlled to mind at this point, that the school agent of our Crooked River District had spo ken to me of a teacher who had proved a physical success in a neigh boring town, and as a fair quality of bone and muscle was required in. his district, he had thought of sending for this hero. Certainly, as regnrded tbe man's frame, I could not doubt his capacity in the subdu ing and thrashing line. "As I was savin', 'Squire, thcr' ain't no pertick'ler need o' yeour 'zaminin' me, 'cause here's the sar tiferkit 'at I was tellin' yer abaout." He handed me a soiled and crum pled paper, which I found to be a lama fide, certificate from two of the superintending school committee of the town of A . But it wns an exceptional document. It recom mended "Elnathan- " (I will call him Dolger) as peculiarly adapted to keep the school known as , etc." "Of con me, yeou '11 gin us a rec konnnenditshun, 'Squire?" "I believe I roust, as in duty bound, examine you somewhat (iriit,", I replied, having a curiosity to see how much the fellow really knew. '"Wal, o course, you ken. Wit; railv, 'Siiuiro, I dono but I may ibe jest a little rusty. Ha'nt brushed up lately, you see. Been t' work all summer on the farm. But I rather (reckon yeou'll find me orn. Haow'll aiyntukeme? Wat comes fustf , "Suppose we try ft bit of (jeograe nhv first." said I. "Jest as veou sny, 'Sfiuirc," he re sponded, lieiraying just the least bit of lack ol confidence But mind, I told ye. -I may need brusinn up a bit. "What is tiie capital of this State?" I asked. "PorL-1 . Let's Portland." see, ya a, "No." I said. "Portland was once the capital, but Augusta now bear t that distiwdion." i "Wal, haow that's kind o'cur'n. ' It must ' been changed secaelstiid- ied jography. Haosumever, '. go1 ahead.' ' "'' 1 .. ' "Cari you tell me the capital of Massachusetts?" ;...i- , "Massachusetts,",, he ,, repealed, slowly and ponderingly, at the same time telling off his fingers as though the solution involved mathematical calculation. "Naow jes' Jet me see : That ere is a State, ain't it?", ' Yes." "Sartin, I know'd it. An' it's way daown by the oshtin. I wa'nt' rioter there, but rhy cousin Joe-Joe Spin dleshauks, we call him he's: dauwn thnr neow. By thunder, 'Squire, Joe'd be rather astonished ef he knowe'd 'at I was a -keepin" skewl, wouldn't he ? Graoibusl he wouldn't b'liove it. Yer ha nevs -had -no skewlin', an' oonsekently he don't know over an' above much. , Haow- sumever, that ain't to the p'int. Go abend 'Squire." '"' ' 11 ,j "Well, said I, believing that he would not enlighten me on Geogra phy, "suppose we try EuglishGraui- mar?" . , , "Jest as yeou say, 'squire, Yer see, I never took much pains ' with jography, 'cause the master idlers has a book, and he ken tell, jest whar them places is when their scholars ib rocitin". I'm ter hum in 'rithmetio, though. "Ovef aour way folks want their boys to lam hggers, 'an know haow ter cypher.". , , i .i : "Suppose you tell me,; , said i, what grammar is?" , "Sattin," he respondod. "Gram mar is the study wat's got the uaowns, nn' varbs, an' the syntax, an' the doxologv in it an' an' sich sort ov Uiiugs. Ye see I hain't quite forgot it vet. " "'" 'No, I see not. Can vou tell me what a noun is r" "Wal raily, 'Squire, I'm afeard yeou've got ino thar. But then, ye see. it's in the book, an' when the scholars recito, I ken find it." ''Well," said I, holding in my laugh ter exceedingly , well, I think you said vou understood arithmetic. (That's yer sort, , 'Squire. , Ye'll find me to hum tbar, as sure as yoiv-rn burn." - - ' ' t'ln-a piece of land," I proposed "ten roils long, and tour rods wide, how ninny cqtiaiu rods are lucre? ' Elniilliiin counted his fingers enei geticully. "Ten rod long, and four ,it..pi guess we'd belter try that by tqiMie rewl, hadn't we Squire'r"' "Any tyay you ilease, ' L told him. He worked upon bis fingers until llie sweat began to stand on his tem ples, uiul finally he broke out! "Look here, 'Squire, I rayllier think that ere sum'll come under. the head ov survcyni,' air I never studied that. I never had one' o1 them ere things what Stands nn three legs one o' litem what dy'e call it 'at ihey siijht through, lint I nieart t' study il if I over, git a chance, Nuuw, gin us sunt It'll o' the common skewl sort." The man was certainty In earnest, nnd I duierniiiied to give hiin a ques tion which lie could answer; and 1 propounded as follows: ,,, . .. , "Suppose a bushel of corn is worth ono dollar, what 'are' ten bushels worth?" ' : i , . i He had recourse to his fingers again. After awhile: , . , , r ",You mean ellcd eoi n I s'posc?" 'Yen," I Biiswered. . "ile-coiMe," he went on, hrighleil ing, ' it makes a good deal o' ilillbr euce 'lieaiini (hat. Corn on the eat'll overrun el' it's good lor any thing. Yu know t they piner'Ly kill kilnltf lew bushel ov ears tew a bushel of shelled eoi'ii. Naow the corn 'at me 'un dud raise 'II overrun three quai ls to the biislicl. So, ye see, thar ain't no tel tin'i'xnctty hnow it's goin l' eotne aoiift arter it's shelled.' I should be naiuk'lnr to 'sulain this to my schol ars; 'cause ye see, 'Squire, I nieHii to ,. . , i10 hisness ov life. Nao ' KOO( mnny skawlmaslers don't do thai; but 1 dew. Ginger an Jerew alum!. Squire, yeou oil r, see me h.in.lle llio big boys when they git oni uly. ' I lell ye thoy don't try il roor'n -wunt. Them fellers duown on Crooked Kiver 'II beliavo when I git holt on 'em now naow yeou'd betler b'lieve." 'Mr. Dolger," said I, as politely as I knew how, "I don't think I could givt 'yon certificate of qualification," "Don' say so 'Squire, Yeou don't mean it?" , "1 cannot, certainly.'" ' " .' ."Not for that ere Crooked Itiver skewl?" - S I shook my head, x ' , ' Look here, 'Squire I ken brush up.' 1 swan ter man! this 'II he n ditappoininient tew me. IVarm 1 am a leetlu rumy naow; lint I've got the books, an1 1 ken liuut 'em over lor these things'" I li.l. I. him lhat when he had "brushed op, and overhauled lliese things" sufficiently, I would examine him again with pleasure. He went' away declaring that lie would t'sartinly brush up," bull nev er saw him again. 1 afterwards learn ed that he really did keep tho school ot a back woods dialfict, in A , known as Perdition Hollow, and that he accomplished the inn pose which he had been hired, namely: ibe throttling and subduing of a uoz 'en hard fisted unruly boy. Do not lliink. dear reader, that this is a fancy sketch, it is ss neatly III erl as my memory will help me in wie it.. Iu lhat fur country place I fjarl some curious experience in the ffcxaminfitinn of ambitious aspirant : for lcclierahip. J. x.JM'jtr. ' ''Everything goea wrong," says n Illinois farmer, wining his eyes. "The Go ahead.t'brashopiere cum, the lured mnn liruku Ins" lei, wito died, the bain burned, and IVe rid for three day and can't Iind a woman who want to marry." Snag' colored hired giri, viewing an epfi plant for the first time, ex idaimed "Hah, moat 'a bip s wallopin' big nigifer hen laid dot egg I" Thus doc even ih loner elm reason. 61. ZouiiJour. "' " J Vi. snriri f: sJ-lil.'H il iji.ill-i' ',' ',' '.. ' Hi r-J r,i:l 1875. 1 ; ; A mtiUTbiis decision. , I We are 'pleased' to 'see tSat 'ilur able cotemporory : the Oregon City j Enterjnsn perfectly ttgrdes with the DEMOcnAtin regard to the "decision of the Supreme Court in' the case of Simon fs the State Treasurer,' to which we alluded last week.'1 The Enterprise submits the following per tinent and unanswerable' 'remarks upon that important question:'1 " r( In our opinioti 'this is' but A jtist and proper conclusion to arrive at. In ; the - general . appropriation - Act pnsied by tho Legislature, there was appropriated but a . little more than the indebtedness of the' State at tlie commencement of the present? fiscal year, and to interpret the act that it applies to the doticit warrants -would simply defeat the objects of appro priation for the following two' years from the second Monday of last Sep tember. While it will be unjust to some who hold State warrants issiied prior to the second Monday of Sep tember, there ct.n be no doubt of the soundness of such a decision in point of law. The Legislature which was sworn to provide for the payment of deficits which existed at the time o'f their meeting, is responsible foif this neglect. "Iheli1 plain , duty was to provido niouns for the payment of tho State indebtedness anil also" raise funds for the estimated expenses for tho ensuing two years. This thoy neglectod to do, nud with theih rest the responsibility. The present rev enue of the State will not be nitlcH more thuii enough to piv the current expenses, and hence tlie old debt will have to take its chances before the next Legislature. Tho cry that this debt was created by the Democratic administration is false. The State administration has no power to create iudebtednos or n;suo warrants not previously rtu thorizod by act "of the Legislature,' The Legislature of 1872 was Radical, and that body brought into existence the present, indebtedness, and it was their plain duty when they appro- priOled so muco more than the revo uue of the State for the two ye'ars following September lolls, to nmko provisions nt that time to meet their extravagant tlppiopriations. But that body feitrmg that tho 7 people would find cut their extravagance had thev increased the State tax, and hence they tailed to raise the money, and now wa have the outstaiK.i ig warrants created by them unpaid nud th last Legislature, desiring to keen up an iipncarance of economy, appropriated barely sufficient to meet the actual oxnonses of the State for tho two years from September last.: That this debt should bo paid, no gobd citizen will deny, but that both State and warrant-holder1 are injured by the negligence of tne LegiBluturi) is beyond onestion.' ! 1 " " The decision of the (Joui't will have some very beneficial ellecta on our State finances. The warrants which will hereafter be issued, Will be paid on presentation, and the State can now go into tho market as a oasii customer. Heretofore the State has been compelled tq pay the discount ou its paper, and consequently paid from It) to 10 per cent, mglior lor her necessities than private individ uals. This is as contemplated by our Stot.i Constitution. 'The. framers of that instrument nover had in view the creation of any debt that could not be paid on presentation, and so far as the prusent liscul two years aid ooncerned, we shall be on a Consti tutional basis, and all warrants issued will bo paid on presentation. This will result to the benefit of our State. It makes but little diffef cnc6'(witli tlie excoption of tho war rant speculators) whether the State pays interest On old or new warrants. Had the decision gone against the StuU. Treasurer, the State. warrants would have been at least 20 percent, discount, und tlie State would have had to pay this sum, as thoso who furnished anything to the State would havo added this discount to their proposals. Now tho interest will havo to bo paid on warrant which have already heed discounted. Somo have charged that this will leave a surplus in the State Treasury unused.' Wo are reliably informed Unit is not so. Whenever there is any surplus in 'the Treasury, it is proposed tq pay out tlie same on old warrants, in the order they have been issued. Tho Treasurer will ouly keep on hand such sums as he may know will be called for prior Jo his receiving other funds to moot them. We regard the action oj the State Treasurer in this matter as most ben eficial to tho State finances, and whatever stock-brokers aud thoso in their interest may say, it was tho only oViurse left for liirn after the failure of the Legislature to make the necessary appropriation, and if any have fault to find, -let them place tho responsibility where it belongs, to the model Legislature of 1874. A yoiixo lady in the east end, who has just returned from completing her education in Boston, Wanted hor old lovor last week, nnd her mother objected. Tho daughter drew up her queenly form to its full height nnd exclaimed: "Mother, terrible, tragical and sublimely retributive will no tne coune pursued ny me li yon refuse to allow him to place his alabaster lips to mine, and enrapture my immortal soul by imprinting an gelic aenmttions of divine bliss upon the lndispensible mcmlie of my iihvsioL'noinv, nnd thon kindlv allow ing mo to take a withdrawal from his beneficent pronenco." The mother feebly admitted that her objection were overruled. Andrew Jaekann Davis savs thnt the Summer Land is 65,'WO.0 10,000, mile' from tlii cnrih. Spirit who would come back all thai distance (o write ungrammatically' . nvict have been confirmed oarpat-baggeri. ' NO. 25. i . t . TUB EMKI1HON BOY. iut Who was tho Ineariiatloai of ' ' Mlsehlel ! ;, . That Emeraon 'boy Js dead, 'and there isn't any one about that house to make fun. He was a cheerful. lively boy, and .he did his best to make that houaehole put on a man tle of. joyf ulness. Emerson often remarked- that Bob didn't seem ever to sit down and think of death and the grave, and he probably never did No, Uob wasu t of that make, lie wanted to have fun. Both his ears were nearly used up by being cuffed So much, and it 'required a whole row of current busheB to furnish whips to dust his jacket for the summer. 1 ...Lmerson didnt know what , inn was until Bob was eight years, old. Then the boy began to launch out. He would bore gimlet coles in tbe wuter-pail, put cartridges in the coal- stove, unscrew the ; door . knobs, fill the kerosene lamps with water, and a good threshing didn't burden his mitul over live minutes, sometimes his father would take him by the hair nnd yiiuk hi in to the , sofa and sit down and ask: , , Robert Paruthon P.merson, what iri blazes oils ye.'' .if.'It'H tlie'yuller jiirindert; I guess;" Bob would meekly reply.; , ; '" "Kobert, don t you want to be an angel?" the old man would continue. "And have wings? t "Yes, ; my Son " ; " ', "And fly higher'n kite?'' . i ."Yes," ' f. '.''.And fight hawks?" ',."."; "Y-e-B I guess so.", ' "Bet your beef I would whoop! bully. lot the angels!" -' , "Thuf sacrilege, that is!" the old man would . remark, , and he would jork Bob's hair soiiib more and de clare that the young rascal was bound for the gallows. 'After lying under the pear tree six minutes Bob would recover from his sadness and go over to the barn, and run a pitchfork through the Btraw cittto'r, harness up the cow; and stick pins iiito the fam ily horsed " I ' . .'": ;'! '- ' :' ' Ono night he brought home a wolf trap aud set it iu the middle of the wood-shed floor to catch a l'ut. He chuckled a good deal this evening at the thought of what - would happen to that rut,, and he fell- asleep and dreamed that he was a band organ, nnd thnt some one stole the crank to him so that he could not be played on. Just before going to bed old Emorson went, out after a scuttle of ooal, and stepped hii bootless foot into tho U'ap. He made u mighty spring and uttered r. mighty yell, iind it took two mon ten minutes to spring the trap oft his leg. fit's that boy's work!" , he groan ed, hs he nursed his font, and he took tip the boot jack, liiiiped into the bedroom, and gave Bob an aw ful clip junt as ttie boy .was dream ing of playing base-bull with a mer maid. , . ,t ; , ' ,, , . "I'll pound ye to death, if ye don't stop this fooling!" cried the old niarl, but he hadn't been out of the beedroom ten miutito; before Bob was planning to stop up the chimney jiextAlay anil smoko everybody out of the house. It wasn't many days before, he fixed a darning needle in liilt fnthor'a iirm 'liatv nml linnnend the old Irian three feet high; null his licking hadn't got over smarting be fore he exploded a tiro-cracker in his mother's snuff-box. That night his father said to bun Us he took him by thn ur: ; , ; . Robert Parathon Eiuersofi, do yoii ever think of whero you will go?" "Yes, sir," he answered, "I'll go to bed purty soon." Then he got another mauling, and went to bed to dream that he was a throe tilled pitchfork and that a man was using him to load hay with. Poor boy! Even three days before he died! and While on bis dying bed, he managed to slip an eight ounce tnck into his father', left boot and got up another circus. Detroit Fi-ue I' rem. I'M Aii in HEUEiipriON. The new currency, party,. juat organized at In dianapolis, hroirose In go it on the general dries ol , an old. .Georgian of whom General Robert Toohibs told the President lost Spring. ' During the hrttd times ot 117, when money was sua res and the State bunk was ai its wil'sjend,. this aslule fiiinnciur of the rural districts came to Mi'ludge- ville and aoiiglfl his represetiitlvti in the Lviiinlaiiiie. "Mr. Toombs," ays he, "we must have more money. We re obleegod lo have more money." "Welf," said Toombs in hi brusque way, "how in the are you going lo get Hr , "Out of the Slate Bank," say th financier. ' "But," ny Toombs, struck by th earnestness ni ni coiisiitueni, "lion is the Slate Bank going lo get fl?" , "Stump it," says I lie financier, V "Xlantp 11," roared Toombs; "and how in ilio -Is it going to redeem the money If alamos'" '"Why, M r; Toombs ," says ha , "that's just whatl'iu s coming-lo. Yeu seo. Mr. Tooinhs, I'm ayia reticmptiorfi' Courier-Journal. J Tho extraordinary contorlinn of B ms.ii who aitempls lo croa a few Yoilt iireet on a rainy ilay are only equalled by lht sickly misery depict ed on Ins face when lie flop down in the gutter and finds he ha made a mistake, ' ' Recent experiment wilh est havo proved lhat a well developed tnbby can successfully evade the approach of two bricfcli.it, bar ot cnmtile nan. a paif of No. I'd boot.i, a erold watch, a blacking brush aud a horse- pistol. . , . . , ' It now turn out that oat men! doesn't make brain ailer all. and the Philadelphia editors who laid in do barret iiiece for winter nae will be almpat mud enough- to give it to the poor... RATES OF ADVERTISING, . ' '. i 'jwy Ml M I irooh, 1 00 3 ou j 00 l la. V J 00 . 01) 7 00 sin,,. 1 01 1 oi 10 00 4 In. 4 ,00 T 00 12 50 ii Col. e 00 s co li on 'A Col T 50 12 00 18 00 M.Col. 10 00 15 00 !5 on 1 Ooi. 15 00 20 00 40 00 iii i va i oo is eo it no IS 00 n on .10 oo a oo 60 oo 15 00 IS 00 n oo 2J 00 6 41 0 a on m oo Baiiness notices in the Local Columns, Si cents per Una, each ioseitloii. : - , ; i , r ,, For legal and transient advertisements $3 &$ fiersqnnmot 1 lines, for the Brit Insertion. sndSl 00 par square fr :eech lubseo,uajtt la lei'tion.. ... ' LOVEANOtAUOR. ; ; We die not all, for our doBds remain . To crown with honor, or ciotbe with stalui. Through endless sequence of years to oomo Our lives shall spoasvwhon our Hps ana dumb. What though we porlsh, unknown to fame,' Our tomb forgotten, and-lost buf naroe,' 1 Since nanht te. wasted In. heaven or earth,' And nothing dies' to which God gives tort h.' ThoOfth llfebe Joyltss, and death be cold.; . And pleasuresjaU aa the world grows old' Yet God has (nilCed our bearts relief, ' For Love and Labor can eoncfuer grlef.. ' fiove sheds a light oii ihe gloomy way,' ' r And Labor hurrlee the weary dtvyr . . 1 .Though-death be fearful, and fife be hardV Yet Love and Labor shall win reward. ; ...f.. i l ... ! '...:..,: i ?';t ' If Lor. can dry una single Icavf- , ,t : If life-long Labor aval ..to clyor A single web from before (tie truo,' " Then Love and Labor have won their doc Whnt though we mourn, we eanconi'fori palal What If wo ols, so the truth be plain i ' A little spark from blgh flastro : , . Shall klndleotbcrs, and grow a' flfe. . We are not worthy to work tho whole ; . Wo have no strength which may have a soul i Enough for ua If our life begin i .s -' .i Buecessful struggle with grief and sto,' . . Labor s mortal, and fades away, : But Lovo shall (rlumpH In porfoctuayi , , " Labor may winter beneath the sodh . ' But Love lives over, for Love Is Uod,' Flowers open, smile Aad'dla, ; .' ' C filopes af ln'e,.begul e - -, ' AndfijN , ,' ,. . ' Both have :beauty'a might--., , rAnd wKne; , r ; ; , Both ore gentle, bright . '. '.-And vain. ,-i ' ''. ri '' . ry .SCISSORINOS. r,. ,.. - There is ad luck like p-lnok. . Getting 1:IW -getting "high." Blind jnstite a' judge asleep. The butcher is mightier than thai' pen,., i r ; ,t King Coffee ot Ashaota, has , I'aet-' tied.",, , ,, ... ' The fourth ot a man A quarter master. ' A scar nobly got is a good liver of honor. . , , Even the laziest boy oan catch whipping." 1 .' ,' ''..'; ' 1 Our gin' mills continue to run oil full tin.e. ' 1 ' '.'' ' ' The' bored of educatioh ohildren who bate school. ' . -t i Taunton perpetrates the following! Teoemenl 2 let."., ; , i Dr. Mary Walker pabtl fof the improvement of her tea. , Why ia it thnt at tlie snidest seatort nature take off her duds? Old Beelzebub must he s tailor; for he is alwaj sowing trfros. ' 1 " An armless Milwaukee Woman boxes her husballds ears with' her feel. ; .-: . . ;l .' ."v :' When a nfan ain'l Sood for any thing else lie's about right to sit on a J"IV- - ''.' ,'r.M ' . ; ;,..', . . . Voluntary abduotion" is what a western newspaper calls' an elope ment. :, i " '" ' ' " 1 We want a fire engine! ' Thore'i a! matsh peddler in ; town. Armenid When a man call you a lia'r lake him by tho hand and call him a gentleman. ... , , , Fire is said to le a dissipated ele ment, because it goes out almost every night. . ; . - i When a hoy becomes bent on going. to sea be should be straightened be fore the mast, i r- .,-.' r fcan sny of our exohangea inforrd n why it I that Louisville gill al ways have a mole between the shoal ders?). ZouitJditr; ' A Mictitrrori wbman has1 fust made her ninth husband the happiest mad in the world for a month. : -. Henry Clay describes a mule as ad animal "that has oo pride of ancestry and no hope bf posicfijy." . . , ; Si. Louis will oticn her sonn-honsea shortly. She will take another cebsus that will make CLioSgo howl." t " A livo'v froa'insidS. bf a ffroWinriv turnip is the lattwl product of jonrna-1 lisliu ingenuity at Bull L,ake yny. ; A roan of ''cbnstderabte, bapacity'' . in Cincinnaii i a man whd can eat hi six or seven pound of pork tt ilav. .,.'.:.' J :i ; i Two horfi's will last in o a1 I'lfej time, but many a man wants .that' number every moruing before break last. . The man who ang, "Oil! fcreatiia) no more that simple air," went into' the smoking car where it was morel mixed. '; ' , Warning the young man who ad dressed tbe young lady a Ihe priest ess of his soul, began life as a clard gender.-; ; o A French preacher describe hell-., ns a place .where ihey talk politics all day. W hat they do at bight be doe not tte r The Emperor Frsnois JoicpK has deonraled all lbs member! of the Aastiian Polar Eiipediiion. They will be upholstered aud carpeted next 'wok." ' ' . ; . Mr. McFarlnnd-Rio!mVdoiT is teaching Ihd Vnxflower'"1Hslncs lit Chicago, iilJiaiiiel, so far, as the' public i luiormco; aas gosia to itg tnefit. ", - . ti "What have von been rtoihg," asked a hoy of Ilia playniaie1; whom he saw coining out of Ihe hotisirwlih tear iri his eyea. "I ve been chasiii a Diren d around my father," was thJ amatling reply, t A party of Sionx Indiana stole n ice-cream freefer, IhififciiiK it was a liand organ, and nil lhi big medi. iu men tilrued ihb crsnk a week, beforey ihey concltldcd there was no aiusio in it. The tog wa so thick lo. Troy -'? the other nioining that tlm 1 snlenliily avers one could not ilis tiugiiisli a inliecnriti from innM.-., post across the street, it he iliil'u't know that bitchin-pomi mvtt l