The state rights democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1865-1900, June 28, 1878, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSTATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT ISSUED EVERY FEIDAY BT mr, l "BrBMrarBalMlair, (retain (erarr faraadalbla ana Serosa fct. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Stiur! ecoT. per Mr... .S0 . too :.r.v-:e oHiy, hi mouUis. . , . Sic?ri eopy. tansr swaths. . Siasis wunMr.. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. F. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LEBASfOW OREGON. Will practice to all the courts of the 8tt. veyanoes aud examination of Titles. Probate J. A. YAATIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW ' OORTAUtS) OBBdOH. 0 'ill prlee in all the Court of the Stat. rnrotae to the Conn House " J. W. DMVI, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Will rrutlM In all tha On-ar- tn th l JtH and fen Judicial Districts; In the Suprem w vr'm mi, una in ino iinnm cnwot ri ana -Liretiu yean, utnet nn-flULirs m ironi Dom m mrani onoc diock, r m at., Ainuy, I.Olls A. BAKS - (NOTARY Pt'BUC,) - ATTOMETim CBHSSELOSATLAW, W Vriix practicb ix All the comrreoi th State. Converftnciiup dom. ootlectioti- t-oftde, farms bougfet and suki, bvmmj- kMtnod, mod not- aucuunica. . Office in Coart Boom tiB-eturi. fsti D. IL Conley, ATTORNEY AT LAW. AXSAXY, uX. OFFTCB. 57 WENT FROST RTRF.CT. Special attention (riven to collections. yl3nl9tf n. J. EOXJGHrOJT, II. D.. AMA.TI. KEC. THE DOCTOR IB A ORADCATK OF THE UNI VERSITY M-dicel Ooilece of New York, and is t lata awmber o Selteras Hospital Medical CoUega of Kew York. AsTO) la Dr. Beatoa'a Drag Sum. ' 137tf O. W. WILCOX, Usmeopathie Physician, A LB A NT, OREGOX. SaTOfBee over rweedale's Grocery Store. --- - -" vlSnStf ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALB ANT. 0RKO0S. y Office in Use Oonrt Hosie." jr. XV. RAt ItCRX. ATTORNEY AT LAW. CC&TA1XIS. OSSOOIt. 8rclal attntloo to eoHetitB eT aceooBt, ose aoor South of Ftafaera Briek."a vlOnMrl. CHAR. E. HOLTBBTOS, imiSE! 15B C0U5SILU it LIW, AI-BA.ST. OREGON. Ofltoe In Fromanl bttek. up stataa. D. R. N. BLACKBURN, ITTCRXEY COUNSELOR AT LAW SrewacTille, Oreg-em. 9 Collections asp eeialty. apSL lr. T. t.. GOLDEN, OCCULIST AND AL72I T ALG9f, OREGOX. DR. WOf.DEN Has HAD EXPERIENCE IN trat ng the varloas diwsw to which the yr and r arr nibct, and fe-ls confident of (ivtn; entire aatioraetion to those who may place themselves amter his care, no8U. S CX. L 0. SIhITH, ggg TTsT-I XT11 IPCSgr"-13-" OFFICE IN FROMAS"S BUILDIXO, ever Blain'a clothing store. Ketti deooe, sout h-east corner of Third and Lyon treeta. 13:31 D. B.Rice, LL D., Pbysician . and Snrgcon. OFFICE at Dr Promnaer'a Pm(r Ptore. Reokience oo the Ptreet leading te the pepot, at the crossing of the Canal, ... . lS:29tf " R. 8. STRAH AN. 1 JOHN BURNETT Albany. J Corrallia STRAW AN A. BURNETT, ATTORNEYS AT IAW. Will practice in all the courts in Oregon. y V.12n40tf R. AHNOLD, M. D., Doineopathic Phjsician- ' AUtAST, RECvX. OFFICE HOORS FROM 16 TO 12 AND from 2 to 4, Cbonic .Diseases and ur lr a Specialty. n lOtf. t. . WEATHERFORD, I Souiy PoUic. i w. e. PIPER. ; WEATKERFCRu & PIPER, ATTOHNETS L-A."W, Albaay. wrecaa. Will pmtioe in the different Courts of the State. &rctl stteBtion eiven to eullectiiur. Invents. gmtion of titles, conveyancing and all probate matters punctually attenaea to. rroeeeauigs w j eondacte i. MreBet in 2d story, Briges haildiaK. vlSnS MUSICAL iriSTRUKEHTS PACKARD AKO TABOR ORGANS ! fiilLIIE BROS', HALLE? & DAYIS . -- Hereral other mat'--' of first class instru ments for sale ry Gardner Bros, of Salem, Oregon or Oakland, California. A. I MO YE, Agent. ,3 44T AI.HAVT. . ZBTSS. Contracts, Builder and ItduUd: Albaay, Orcgwai. ALI modern atchitectnre and building of any and all description p.omptly Uended to. Drafts, plans and specifica tions drawn up ea abort nettee. vlenlyl "(ill VOL. XIII. W1LL12RT St IJUSCII, CARRIAGE Afi3 mm ' MANUFACTURERS Oomer Seecod and Perrjr Sts., Alhaar, Ogt Are nrcnaaed to manufacture earrlacot aad vavna at snort notice ana oi me rery BEST MATEBIAU They mnke the Pkmicm CAUXAOS9 Atrr ditix8 ot the state. REPAIRING AR3 J02WCRX done at shortest notice and in the aaoat SKILLFUL MANNER. Their work and material Is wmrrantMi o K. Etaoun. viunwtt ST A H B A KUtt Y PROVISION STORE! CwSA MlKIt, IT.' tViner of First and Broadalbln Sta.. Albany A largy stock of fresh FAMILY UltOCERIES kept constantly on hand. , All kinds of FHE3H VEGETABLES in tuttr senson. Ce4s ateUrereal te amy rart of ike fit) Free mt nurse. : ' Tlilt.Vtf. JAJIES L. lOW A. (vnesasoa or a. cewAa a ee.) LEBANON OREGON. ' DEALER IN GESERiL MERCHANDISE WILL KEEP W.m ON HAND A FULL STOCK or Tia.-r - GOODS ! GROCERIES! Bt Ma Sltoea t AH far Sal at Us Lowest Prioea far CASH wfKOUUCE. All aenon ntar A. Cewaa A Co. eaa fettle ay ealiias ea eta at Lefeaaoa. TTiiSW. JAMES L. COr' An. MARX BAUMGART HAS JT5T OPE2tK! OUT A at Wholesale Liquor Store THE FINEST BRANDS OF WINES. LIQUORS, TOBACCO 4 CIGARS. The Celebrated St. Laols STONEWALL WHISKEY, The finest whisker in the State. Wliskies, Freneli BrandiM. Skerry, Pert, Claret, and all other kinds of wines, Gin, Ale, Beer, and Porter. Bitters of every kind, and the best brands of tbaec aid Cigars. want everybody to understand that I nsr. opened oat a first-clase wholesale lKaor store, where city ana country aeai en can procure their atocka at Portland prices, wth only frei ht added. Roman on ibe corner of Front ahd Ferry streets, Albany, Oregon. 2tf. v McIIwain Magoon, Wfcoki to and retail dealers In DRY CCODS, CLOTHING, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, BOOTS &SH0E3, HARDWARE, WACOHS, ETC., ETC., Agricultural Implements Of all kinds. FIRE INSURANCE. Agents for the Imperial, of London, Northern, of London, and Queen of Liverpool, having a capital of ,000,000. I3niS ALBANY GUN STORE ! SCOTT & MOXTEITH, PROP'RS. Customers can always And at this place a splendid assortment of GUS.S. RIFLES m REVOLVERS And Ammunition of All Hindi. ALSO TOBACCO AIVD CIAR, WHOLESALE AND R3TAIL. Baby Carriages, Steamboats, Ganm Mechanical T-j-s, Loooiaotivr, Dolls, Boys Wagons and Slpipbs, in lact nearly every kind of toyfe tuanulacturei. 1 n2tyL JUNIUS F. WHITING, HOTJSE&SIGN PAINTING. KALSOMIN.'NS, PAPfRHANGINS, GRAUINS.ETC the RELATIVE RICHER BRANCHES jmwm 1 SPECIALTY. Corner Second tnd EUsworth Streets, AAA AM T. atKCOS. : i AtX'IBEXTAUI 1.1XOIBXT. ' No lawyer likes coinar into court witi a thoroughly bad ease, yet how can he neip it sometimes! t 1 should have mora patience with the question, " Do you ever think it right to defend a man whom you believe to be guilty!" 'wwe it less frequently put by people Who spend six ilayt in the week seeking to get the upper hand o! thtir neighbors, aud the seveuth in try ing to circumvent their Maker. ; To the honest! inquirer, I commend the mi s' we r of Dr. Johnson onceirtven to Blw well, '-Sir, the lawyer is not the jud." it my place, when (Jeoige iil bert a Littte card worn wile ratue with tears glistening in her eyes, fc twseecb me to do what I could for her jmprta oned busbaud, virtually to turn my back, and leave her tired, troubled heart to break or not. as it njjjbtt . I was neither a priest or a Levitd to find a ready excuse for pas-timr by on the oth er side. " Yet what coul.IJI dot George uuoert had been sent on a coilocUuii tjur and bad gambled a ay tbe money ixeeived tor h i employers. It was a plain case of embeulement and the ieiialty was a term of years iu state prison. "1 am sure he never meant to be .litlioiitdt," pleaxled . tlie loyal little arunian : -he was Umuted by a crafty and designing man, but instead of run ning awav, as ethers would have done. be came back, confessed his fault, oS'er ing to let his whole salary go toward making up the lost money till every cent was paid. Mr. Aleak, the junior partner, wj willing to.be merciful, but Air. Mangle, tbe head of the bouse, who returned just then after a year's ab sence, iuKisted that the law should take its course." I gave her what poor consolation I could, for lawyers, like doctors, must keep their patient s courage up at times. "In the hrst place ill see Messrs. Mangle & Meat," I said. "Mr. Manale may be brought to bear reason, alter all if he can only be made to see bis in terest in it." The pale and despondent face cheered up a little. My words seemed to have inspired a son of iudefined hope that 1 wa tar Trm leelmg mvself. Mr. Manele received me with a stony politeness. "Young man," bis manner said don't waste time in appeals to aenti ment ; you won't if you just look at a. I took the bint and came at once to business, repeated George Gilbert's of fer, and put it as strong as loasible that more was to be gained by leniency than harshness au of which Mangle listened to with a conscientious scowl. ' I cannot be a party to compound ing a felony," he answered, with, a sol emn tutonation. "Jfor have I asked yau," I replied, not a little nettled, I have merely mentioned a plan of paying back your own, leaving it to your generosity to lress or not t j pre&s this prosecution. "Oil! its all tbe sauao, was the con temptuous rejoinder "anybody but a lawyer, with his head full of quite and quillets, could see that. Besides there is something rathe; cool in the proposal to retain your triend in our employ, under preteuse of working out tbe money he has stolen, with tbe opportu nity of niching twice as much in the meantime." 1 felt my temper rising, an 1 not car ing to imperil my client'a interests by auoutiiht quarrel, I took a ha-tty reave. iiad 1 been in tbe prisoners place on the morning fixed for tbe trial, I coul.! hardly have ascended the court house nieps with more reluctance than I did. Aud when I entered tbe court room aud found Gilbert aud his wife already there and noted tbe hptul look with which the latter greeted my coming, my heart. sickened at the thought of the bitter disauitointment couiiug. " 1 he x eople vs. uilbert! called out tbe jude; after disposing of some for mal matters. A jury was immediately impaneled and tbe case opened by the district at torney. Mr. Meek was f he first witness. The nervous, hesitating manner in which be gave his evidence would have greatly damaged its elTcct, bad it not evidently arisen from a disposition to do tbe pris oner as little hurt as posiible. But no sofieuitig could break the terrible force of iaets he was compelled to relate. In his pannei'a absence he had em ployed Ueorgo tiiiuert as a cierk ; had found him cometeut and trustworthy ; bad sent him on a trip to make collec tions ; on bis return he bad acknowl edged that afier receiving a considerable sum, be was induced by a respectable looking geiitieman, with whom he bad casually fallen iu, to join a social game of cards; at first they played for amuse ment, thru for iiiijuey, and after losing all bis own, in Loj.-i: of retrieving big loss, vtith tbe fatal infatuation which attends tbe first infection of that dread ful vice whose end is swift destruction, lie had hazarded and lost the last dollar of money he bad iu trust for his em ployers. Mr. Meek's voice faltered as be closed his narrative. He was going to volun teer something about the prisoner good character, when a disppproving glance from Mr. Mangle brought hiia to a halt. Just then the prisoner chanced to turn bis bead and catching a glimpse of the senior partner, who had j ust entered and was standing among the crowd, he started quickly, then whispered hur riedly in my ear. "Turn aside your face," I whispered back. Aud the case for the prosecu tion Deing cioseu "Have you any witnesses f rr the de fense 1" inquired the j udge. "I will eall Hezekiah Mangle," I re plied. A buzz of surprise greeted the an nouncement, in the midst of which Mr. Mangle stepped forward and was sworn. " You have been absent for the past year, Mr. Mangier. I bean. "I have." " Traveling ia difforent parts 1 ALBANY, OREGON, "Yea, sir." "The prisoner was employed by your partner in your absence, and was ar- rested about tbe time of your return! "Such is tbe ease." "Have you ever seen hisal" "Or met him ill your travels!" "If he will turn his head this way I can tea iK'tter. At my bidding, Gilbert turned and faced the witness. Tbe effect was electrical. Mr. Mitngle turned red and pale by turns. "One other question, Mr. Mangle," II resumed. "B you recognize in the prisoner a young man from whom you won a thousand dollars at 'poker' while on your travels!' ' aiid I named the time and place at which the prisoner hud met with the misfortune. The man of iron virtue hesitated worse than hi more amiable partner had done. He was halting between a poiat blank lie, which niiidit enUil tbe penattiea of erjury aud the truth, which won ia cost lnni money. Coward ise iierformed the office of conscience and the truth came out. The hitus money, which Georife Gilliert had lost, had been won by the senior part ner; and the court instructed the iurv tbat, as the turn in question had actual ly been dt-lirered to one of the joint owners, who was bound to account to bis associate, tbe prisoner could not be convicted, "God bless you, Mr. Parkerf fal tered the happy little wife. "I knew you would bring us out all right." It was evideut the truthful woman s nature gave me all the credit of a result in which achievement ray share had been next to nothing. Abe lessoa was not lost oa George" Gilbert. His first false step was his last and the richest fee I ever received a tbe heartfelt gratitude of his noble. faithful wife. WA TI.-A Bim COHFOSfTIO.V. Henry VIII died one day with" great success, lie left three children who did not care to go with him. Their names were' Marv, EliiaKeth and Ed ward. The last was the 'Ed of the fam uy. He was a boy. His sisters were not. Their father also left a will. His will was stronger than all his children. By will Earl Hertford was to boss the atat while Edward was younir. Hewaa only ten years young. Hertford loved the glass so much he became a tumbler and was called the Earl of Snmmerset. He wanted the king to take the queen of Scotland bnt the trick was lost Itecauan the Scotch refused to assist Tbe Duke was called tbe Protector be cause he protected his own family aud put everybody Use awav in tbe tower. The herder men of E.ilnntl and Scot land were those who boarded on the frontier and bored each other almost to death; so tbey had a fight alxmt El- ward marrymz their queen. Tbe Ene- lish attacked them by water, which they couldn't stand. History havs that tbe Scotch ltxr was 10,000 and tha English 200.: Hiatorv lies,- probaldv. Tbe givernment told the people what to be lieve. If tbey did as they wero toid they must pay taxes to supiort their be lief. If they Uldu t do so tbey were roasted. Thinys were red hot. Some body Uid atorira about the Protector and so he was taken to (lie tower and had his head chopped off. It was not much of a head, but he hated to !art with it. Then there was a rimmr of the common eople, but they did not know hat for. Most of them got raised on to trees with roe around their necks. Some vpry fat men were burned, thus making light of their complaints. Now I guess it is time for the little kmc to die. He was only sixteen when he gave up tbe crown aud the ghost. England is not yet done, so I cannot finish tbe history yet. Finis. XC XEW VORbV MILLIOSAIBE9! Here sits Moses Taylor ($20,000,000 they say) in his city bank, ortly but alert. Moves as vigorously- as a steam engine; hut not as he did thirty years asm, before be outgrew his engine. Wonder if he now owns any Cuban su gar plantations! Rise, np C.immndore Garrison, out of 3'onr Bowling Green den. Ah, a little faded, I see. You had some sort of a stroke lately. But what a head; the strangest business face in the city, sinco Vanderbilt died. Great Ciesar, what a lloman nose on the broad, cunning head of Martin Van Buren. You might have hnd Vander bilt's place, but yon are used up; South American steamship lines were too much even for you. Here is old Dan Drew grand combination of foxy, cal culating head and active temiierament. He sits in the saloon of the St. Jnmes hotel, plotting how to put up more jobs en the Wall street boys. Samuel Sloan, massive, impassive, is at his office in Exchange place, wielding the destinies of 10,000 men, and cautiously fingering on the chess-board before him the pawns who represent the officials of bis rail roads and mines, while ever and anon a ghostly hand moves the opposing chessmen, and a sepulchral voice Van derbilt or J ndge Packer, or him of the Reading railroad, as the case may be cries in his ears,' "Check!" The discontented class in the East now complain that the silver bill has not improved their condition in any way, and that money is as scarce as ever. These eople have a peculiar no tion of t!.e laws of currency. They suppose that 'money is kept from the hands of those who earn nothing be cause there is not enough to go around. Let the mints coin an abundance of short weight dollars, or the Govern ment presses run off no end of paper promises to pay, ihen they believe there will be such a currency pressure that a portion will be injected into every household in the laud. Tbey do not understand that money only flows where there is exchange to require its presence. No man gets money unless he has some thing to give for it. Visitors to the Western cemetery, near Louisville, are forbidden to pluck the "flours" without "permiahun," ii FKIDAY JUNE 28, 1878. : - Memphis AraUncbe.l A LirTLB MAI TALK. regealaas lanla Mead It. Drafts in the names of relieious. ba nevelent and charitable institutions are always falling thick and fast about a newspaiier otlice. Other lines of busi ness are deemed worthy of getting value receivmi tor their work, but a newspa lier; bless you, "must do it for nothing," near tbe burdens of all sorts of societies, of every ereed, kiud and condition. Tbe young man who looks after the dollars and cents of the Avalanche, down in the less intellectual but equally necessary part of the building known as the count ing-room, bad a caller. "We want a notice of our lunch," said she (for it was a lady) ; "please write it out." Tbe young mathematical machine turned from his figures and wrote out a few lines, setting forth that tbe ladies of church would cive a eranJ lunch at No. street, for the lame nt of the fresco work on tbe interior. and would be happy to have nil tbe pat ronage they could get at 60 cents per head. . 'It will cost jou $2. auadam;" said the young man. "What! cried tbe lady in expression of holy horror, "you are not going to charge a church! Where is tl.e propri etor 1" ' The business manager stepped polite ly up and explained (hat there were 65 churches in Memphis, each with settled habits of having I uurhes, fairs, and rallies, to nay nothing of the benevolent socio ties, etc., ad libitum, with like chr jnic attacks upon the public ocketH, aud that no newspaper or individual could be expected to give money to all these affairs. "Money!" again cried the astonished ished lady. "I don't ask you for money! 1 only ask you to print this. Ibe is. M. tried to explain how the two wero, as it were, synonymous. "About forty people, including tbe car riers, are connected whblhv Anolntfcie," he said blandly, "and they have a sin gular way of expecting their pay prompt ly, so that tbey and their depeadeuts may be provided with food, clothing. aud shelter. It's sad, but nevcatheless true, he added, with a mehncholy smile. "Then there are such things as rent, light, fuel, liaper, telegraph news, ma chinery, postage, stationerr, and taxes, repairs, etc., wl vnfini(u,.ty to be provided for. It costs no less than 11,200 a week to run the Avalanche, madam. Just think of it, ?200 a duy. Now if we were to do all this kind of work for nothing, there, would be no Avaliticht, or none worth r of the name. aud i a proprietors would be left with an invnense bag to hold. The lady was indignant, and scorned so base a paper, and so base a man ; she would take her tKttrouage elsewhere: slie left. If she were the ouly begging lady who came, that business manager would look less like tbe father of twelve chil dren, and a victim of six mother-in-law s' proverbial attentions, but they come iu Hoops; they want notices for this thing and that, their friends are getting up some sort of a benefit show aud must be advertised gratis, as it would not be a ccesa without the newaintpers, vou know; their society wants to meet ta talk over sending flannels to the )Kr orphans at the Fiji Islands, and it must he announced. These ladies are not alone in these methods. Business men. who ought to know from their own hab its of never running their own business to help on everybody's project, join this lass, iu some it may be pure thought lessness. If so, let these few remarks come like the dawning sun upon their intelligence, ibese impositions upon a newspa)er amount in a year to many thousauds of dollars. Men, women and children seem to think that every mat ter of interest to them should b venti lated, free of charge, because their neigh bors take the paer and they occasion ally condencend to borrow it. People who are always trying to get ftiing squeezed into print without paving for them rarely buy a paer or advertise. If a few of the philanthropists, at the other people's exense, and the benevo lent hands, with other people's money, would only show a willingness to divide the thing by half the time going into their own purse instead of that of the public, it would seem more lovely about here. The Avalanche does not feel itx sphere of duty to embrace assistance in suporting every religious or benevolent society. It would resjiectfully ask to be treated as are other business con cerns, with the assurance that it will endeavor to do its best iu return. A CMQl'E ADVEKTISEHtNT. Everybody has heard the old story of the silent man, who, riding over a bridge, asked his servant if he liked eggs, to which the servant answered, " Yes.'' Nothing more passed until the next year, when, riding over the same bridge, he turned to his servant and said, " Howl" " Poached, sir," was the immediate answer. This story has just been thrown into tho shade in Italy. When Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, A. D. 79, a theatrical representation, as everybody knows, was going on in the Amphi theatre. A curtain Langini, having got permission to open a theatre on the ruins of the ancient city, announced the opening night in the following adver tisement: "After a lapse of more than eighteen hundred years, the theatre of this city will be opened with ' La Figlia del Reggimento.' I solicit a con tinuance of the favor bestowed on my predecessor, Marous Quintus Martinus, and beg to assure the public that Ishull make every effort to equal tbe rare qualities he displayed during his man agement," A MAN may face death with compos ure and adversity with smiles, but the chances are that he will hop and swear when he discovers that a twenty-cent silver piece has been palmed off on him for a quarter. Puck. . ; '' .1 i',.. -. . s , . An honest man is like an under-done steak Very rare. . . wamuctss lEtTEa, : Washington, D. C., June i 6," 1 871' 1 Editor Democrat: :"' The long seasinn of Confrress'hi wind ing to a close, to the great joy and . relief oi tue nation. Vr haps these has never been a Congress assembled that, has ao omplished so little for the people. When our Senators and Representa tives came together last fall they foaud tlyi business of the country paralyzed aira were met with petitions from all sections of the country' asking speedy legislation that tbe nation might.be saved from bankruptcy but up to the present writing the relief so much needed has not been offered. It ia due, however, to our Congressmen to say that they are working with commend able energy to put through certain im portant measures touching the array and navy appropriations and for the r, inning expense8of thesever.il departments of the Government. It is . feared . that the Senate and House will fail to agree on the army bill, the House having cut down the army to twenty thousand men and the Senate insisting on ki eping it up to twenty-five thousand. If there is not an agieeineut or compro mise it may cripple the army appropri ation bill aud thus make it necessary for tbe Piesideut to issue a proclamation for a called session. There have been several bills introduced "this session which if tbey should become laws would very seriously affect the interests of the Union soldiers ia the way of cutting off tba possibility of getting bounties or further increase of pension to worthy disabled men. Senators, aud Represent ative:! have been heard to say that this claim and bounty busities3 must be stopjied. It liiight be well for the men who fought tbe battles of the country tu keep an eye on law-makers. Tbe Potter investigating committee have eot to work aud are developing some Curi ous things in the workit-gs of political machinery. L uisiaua poutieians seem to care nothing for au oath, so that the end for , which they work is attained. Tbe dis reputable course pursued by the politi cal leaders iu that state since the war has giron the nation more trouble than than all the others combined. But the last crime committed in that state for infamy, excels all others. The unem ployed men, Government clerks, and tbe several workingmeu's associations held a monster mass meeting June 5tb, at the City Hall, where speeches were tntuie, and resolutions were adopted calling on Congress to grant relief to tb workinc classes in the " District. They had a long procession at the head of which waved the old stars and stripes tinuer wlneli Americans seek to redress tbeir grievances, aiid the laboring classes throughout tho country would do well to follow the- example set by their brothers at tbe National Capital, an ! demand their rights under the old fl.ir. Your correspondent never saw 8) large a body, of men " where sucli splendid order prevailed. , There plead ing motto read : "Clear the way. the people are out to night." There' was not a communistic sjieech nor threat nia lo by any one, either in public or private, but a plain statement of facts. and an earnest appeal to Congress for reijui, cnaracteiizcd the eitire proceed ings of tbe convention. biuce our last letter. Decoration day Came and with it the floral offerings to the notion a dead. Tbe National Ceme teries around Washington were visited by thousands of people with their an- naul tributes to tbe slam. The Presi dent, with several cabinet officers, went to Gettysburg.the Waterloo of Amenea, to witness and take part in tho cere monies of the day at that battle field. In our next letter the final action of Congress on important measures during the last week of its session will be re viewed. J. K. S. !! ANA BiVft. A candid man the confectioner. Waiting to be whipped is tho most uninteresting period in boyhood. An Indiana man stopped his paper because it had not contained a circus advertisement for three years. A wicked cotomporary says : "The ordinary idea of hell is a place of intense heat; tbe Hottentot's a place of ex.reme cold ; the Boston man's a place where there are no codbsh and beans" Two wealthy wood carvers in Massa chusetts have founded a home for desti tute members of the craft. Why dou't Bonie of our wealthy poets found a home for (lest it u to poets. This could be done by roofing in ono or two continents. Since Edison invented tho telephone and phonograph he has more orders for new inventions than he can attend to. One party wants him to invent a bone less shad; another asks him to turn his attention to a gas meter that won't al ways lie in favor of the company; a third desires a pocket book that will always contain a dollar or two; and while he is about it he might as well infuse some of his inventive genius into a flight of stairs that won't creak like all possessed when a man saeaks into the bouse at midnight. ( A lady writer in the Washington Capital has not a very high opinion of her sex, if we may judge of her feelings by the subjoined: "One woman's hand is always lifted against another, if she thinks the other is getting along. If I was on trial I would not be tried by a jury of women, for if my bonnet was a little more fashionable, or my face a lit tle mora attractive, then the twelve in telligent jury women would sit down on their sister womea instantly, if not sooner." "Thb boy stood on the burningdeck" but be only succeeded in saving the jack of clubs, the nine of hearts and four of spades. The other 67 we be lieve there are 70 cards in a deck, but we may be wrong were irretrivably ruined. Piitdmrg Commercial. ,.: V .- : ' ; Ir a hackman drove around the world could he fairly be" called a "Wandering Jehu! NO. 47. TCK CAHBLUe. "Toby Candor" writes from San Fraocisod to the Boston Journal: "In vestments in saining stceks for legiti aaato purposes are not made here. Divi dends are never thought of, and are of no ort of consequence. u Those who in vest "depend uuori ilm' fl,-fi, .,(; . taake their money. The Stock Board w composed of brokers who buyand sell for ethers on commission.-. They are the only ones who fie sure of making any thins, for they mate Wh no matter whether stocks an down. You in the --w Ul jxu- mense fortunes made out here ia stocks, but you never hear of the nuwerou disasters which occur. It is not one man in five hundred whogoes into stock gambling that ev.r makes a dollar. Ruin is sure to be bis fate sooner or later. Durinsr tbe nans oas financial disasters which curred in thfaritj Lave all been broiiffbt wut, uauuiiug III BtOCES. dlUilODH and - - - " v "VOM AU9t. Nearly all the. failures of mercantile houses are traceable stocks. Last week was ona of iprri Lit Wreck to Stock nt vaj j viTjaj in Alta. Six or seven months ago thi stock sold for 1 a share. At that. S. ure it wasouietlv Ivunrrit A m. i regarded as a wildcat, notwithstanding it ia a mine situated near the Comstock lode, under skillful manipulators it be gan to advance. When it reached $10 and $15 there were several bad breaks, uui. iui tne reports ot rich develo; -tuents of ore, nn it want, in till .-J then tumbled back to $15. Then came an assessment of $2 a share, but neither this levy ner the fact that the title of tbe mine waa questioned dampened the ardor of those crazy to bur it Km what with the rennrta nf nf m elnb-aa rich ore everybody seemed mnm wo wuj nia sioca man ever, and it bounded up to $29 a share. Now wa the fpolden nnnortunilv fnr tli ,;..., d i i J -- vuw ui,ir labors, and they availed themselves of : . 1 t 1- tTIX . m ii, uj umuauing. Anousanos ot shares were put on the market, and then the crash, when in three days Alta fell to $7 a share. As the result hundreds were badly injured and many were utterly ruined, while over $1,200,000 were pocketed by those who nut nn ln- job. Tbe tricks and curious transac tions in stock gambling here weald make an interesting chapter.." - TAUTE F SLEEP AS A TOVK. The beet possible thine for a man to do when he feels too weak to carry any thing through is to go to bed and sleep as long as ne can, ihis is the only act nal recuperation of brain force; becaase, during the sleep, the brain ia ia a state of rest, in a condition to receive and ap propriate particles of nutriment Irons the blood, which take the place of those which have been consumed by previous labor, since tbe Very act of thinking burns ud solid narticlea. .vcr, tnm of the wheel or screw el the Steamer is the result of consumption by fire of the fuel in the furnace. The supply of con sumed brain substance can only be had Iroas -the nutritive " particles in -the blood, which were obtained from the food eaten previously, and the brain is so constituted that it can best receive and appropriate to itself those nutritive pa ticlea tlanDg m State of rest, ef qniet. and stillness of sleep. Mere stimulant supply nothing in themselves; tbey goad the brain, and force it to a greater con sumption ot its substance, until it is so exhausted that there is not en ujrh pow er ictt to take op a new supply. A CMAJf SKEXETOX I.1MBB OF A HvKSE. A miner in the Black Hills, writing to a friend in this city, tells a horrible reminder of the fearful snowstorms of last winter, and of the perils of those who were caught out and lost their way on the plains. He says recently, while he and two ethers were crossing the country, they came upon the skeleton of a horse, within which was the skeleton of a man, with the grinning skull look ing out at them between tbe ribs of the animal, like a prisoner looking through tbe bars of his cell. The two skeletons told tbe whole story. The man had killed his horse, cat him open and crawl ed inside of bim, but the flesh of the animal froze solid, and tbe man was now as much of a prisoner as if he had been shut in by walls of iren. Tbe wolves and carrion birds had stripped the greater part of tho flesh from botn skeletons. The miner concludes bis de scription by saying: "It waa a sight I shall never forget. I can see it now whenever I close my eyes." Vitginm City Enterprise. A womas who had spent tho greater part of the day in going to auction "sales concluded she would attend service at a fashionable church in New York on her way home. Wearied and worn out, she soon became oblivious to her surround ings, and was only awakened by the rustling of the congregation as they arose to receive the benediction. See ing the minister's hand raised in the air, sho waved her handkerchief at him and said, in a firm, clear voice, "I'll take the green washstand . if - you will throw in the bowl and pitcher." - Acquitted. Bdly Bangs is the ter ror of delinquent debtors in Philadel phia. He collects bad bills, and has invented a very ingenious device to aid him. He wears a very high hat with the legend "Bad bills collected" painted conspicuously on it, and tbe "debtor class" are naturally not pleased to see him hanging around their doors very much. One indignant debtor made complaint of him before a Court of law, but Billy was acquited, the Jadge deciding that Billy could wear a hat with a town clock on it if he wished. . It is yery true that George Washing ton never told a lie, but then bis wife never made him say he would spade up the side flower beds and the verbena mound in the front yard, before he went down to the office. llatckty. In the midst ef debt we are, in. life most of US. RATES OF Ali vip.TlIlKO, " lw I 1m I 3m IrfcHj. It it t Inch 2 In. 8 Inl -4 In. a coi , a ci X. Col . 1 Col 1 to 3 00 I 5 00 I s m i .i. oo 2 00 8 00 4 0i 6 00 7 60 10 00 15 00 5 0 I 7 00 I 12 W) 15 1U 00 27 t0 8-", 00 44 m 100 00 ;ooe io o t u w 7 00(12 .r04 18 to 0; lajuj 5 fi 12 00 i CO I 20 00 A SOU ii Oil i iO 00 20 oo i 4fi i o m W Busines notlces 'tu (lie lyx-al Columns 20 cents per line. For leiral and transient aTvert!ienients l 00 per square, for the first inertirB, and SO cents per aquare for each subsoq ueut in sertion. . . S . -'.,, ;jf. J ;-j U WASTE TO MEsCMSZ. We got a new subscriber Wednesday. When we answered hH knock at the door, he sidled in, took off bis hat aad asked: f , -x , , , . - j.jwJH "Is dig de Bewspaer sho-jV. . ', We told him it was. " "An is you de boss fi'man,' ob, ie wnksr - Vi We satisfied our. coloreA- visits n that point, and be continued ? ;j . "I fotch in some .'baeca. t9-ttVj an' t promised Lbenezah data Ar oldea' ebile promised ddt ' ttoy I'd 'prescKoe for a paper ' He kin reaJ.'her- km, an' he's alters sterin' the ' ole ooasanr !an' me for books an' papers; v J, . rfpose ; we orter cnnilga .de , cLi'e's -disjpeaity. How d'ye sell yo' papers P '" . "Three dollars a year. i4 ;Tl "All de same price?'-- : . -- i .: "Yea." ;!-s.Tf i-eme "Let me observe onjyf yon' fl&iit." We handed him a paper anibwa folded it, npside down, ScaiifiiisgS crit ically on both sides. . '- ' "- - ."Looks like dar'aa sigbtV lettefia' in dat. I don't gotlWiry- SfrectacSea) idis morn in' an I cau't 'prvsadtiy t!l if It's de de 'Merican language w-it We assured bun that it mra.i. 'In de Democratic or Ra?rVac.n branch, sab!" r..i.r : j .uc-'xrymif s ' "Democratic." - fr "Dat's d kine ob a book EWuejuh iradjurated in, au' I a'posa -diSJaper ud suit bin. Threexlollars a .Vear, you. say, sab t How much is dat a mantLf "About 25 cents." -w - -"It's not de rata to "tohelj.1! .e wbar de proppa .. eduaatln.' oH.mv,iaijill- un is cousarned. I, bol' dat u's-ebbery pusson's duty to cultivate his ontspring to de 'stent ob his ablenes. - Prescribe de name ob Ebcneozai' Snow-0a" yo books., Dat'ait.' JSf you'd jes ut a fetf4cters-ia bts paper : it fad please ie cailiam mightlv.;.IJ.eres: buV,8aa, 'Send de paer .'long, an if it gibs sas- seiaction, i 11 come in an prescribe ie a full kaonth. Good mo'nin f"w" irw - - m -.,-:'! .-; -v- --j. 2 LIFE AT TBE CAPITAL. The season begins-- i Washtoftoa with the opening of Congress, aitdVwx- tends to the brghmirig of Lent, growing gayer as it goes along; but seldom being very active till after tbe holidays, .when, it presently becomes fast and 'firioo, ith ' entertainments sometimes seven deep, and it usually winds p wrtfe (;s gayest rout oi all nl the; nighfesacf Shitne-Tuesday, the ur re velera having often barely time to tear oSf their jew els before they hurry to thefearty service of Ash-Wednesday, f bat ' &vnbe Catholic ladies, who have asbea . stare wa upon their head where tbe flowers and jewels were, the Protestant la-Jies go to bed, and "get up comfortably fivo tr six hours later to a less exactinjf-s-or-sLip. All the oiBei4l receptions ekd with the stroke of. the , leil, and thai o U a little pause tc recuperate tb$.wsst ".nersKea. During Lent, &iir a brenth or anTtli ff n i ' i mi' i a r ta- kA -1 : 1 , frequently tinderathin geiseVof el2trty. But after Lent, during the long aeesum of Congress, there, is ; a . lurl , aeqond season. Then comes parties- joa the Potomac, horseback, excursions, and drives into ths beautiful sarnroMiEJ country, strolls to hear the muste to the Presidential grounds, gar.iea pAriies. and marlimrz dantatUes, witli openr win dows throngS which one sees "the mel low daylight pouring over capital dome aad piilard colonnades, glancing Mver and far Virginian bills, all bathed in a gleaming azure haze peculiar , tOjtbe place on every sunny day j. and ..life .at any rate to the young,- seems like ono long scene of enchantment." " v " m a. .w A a.BA11C rEIE&T.. Kearney tbe- uetorions- agitator of San Francisco, who was lately the iead of the Communistic forces there, and who has been deponed, heade l ' a deputation recent ly to the Roman. Cuaitu- lic Archbishop, who after listening tq a worJy harangue, addressed Kearney as folio ws: "Mr. Kearney, I understand that yon wish me to mind my own busi ness. Very good ; perhaps you know what my business is better than I do. But, Mr. Kearney, there is only one person who is at present authorized to show me how to mind my own' busi ness, and that is the Po;'e of Rome. Perhaps, Mr. Kearney, if yon writs to bim he will transfer that power , to you. And now let me ttM you a JitUo story, Mr. Kearney... I Lave lived here a great many years, and J know the temper of the eopIe of California pret ty well, and a long time ago before you hail come to America, I - went Ja bed one night leaving everything going on in the city as usual. Well, Sir. Kearney, after a comfortable nigtfs rest I arose and looked oat of the win dow, and there on the street was a poor fellow hanging by his neck, dead, sus pended from a lamp post.. He was a poor fellow who did not know how "to mind his own business, Mr. Kearney, and that was all. You iuind-your business well, Mr, Kearney, and L will mind mine. Good moruing." , fTbgt archbishop, is,, undoubtedly, a pret ty good specimen of the muscular Chris tian, and a thorough bred Paciiic sloper withal. ; . . " PatSTTT AS Tvl'CiUXC XCU atsKTV A carload of mules en route to tMi fornia from the far East were unloaded herelast Wednesday for a rest One of them sighted the green sage brush, "and rushed hungrily toward it for a luscious feed. He nipped off a mouthful of tc fragrant bush, chewed it a moraeafa, spit out, bit himself and kicked fef sea it he was dreaming, .fook another bite, and then, with quivering lip, and the tears coursing ia torrents down bis ebeeks,be lifted up bis voice and brayed a bray of undisguised emotion. A peculiar brand upon the animal was recognized by the Indians cs one used, by their ancestors hundreds of years ago, and his deep emotion was do doubt' caused by unexpectedly finding hirasei once more amid the scene whesviiio had whiled away tbe joyous, innocent hears of childhood. Xec.,Pmat.