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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
by
MABT. "V. BEOW1T
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lilnitle number " 10
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. ANGLE L. FORD.
OVFICK AXI RRSIPEXCK, SECOND
door west of the Court Hou.se, Albany,
Oregon.
Special attention given U tbo diseases of
women aud children. I3tf
ATTORKEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ALBAXT, OBKGOX.
Will practice In all the Courts of the
-uue. iToinpt attention given to colloc
iions and conveyancing:.
JBTXHlice on second floor of Brigfrs's
xuuuing, im qpor to t no left. 7-U
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ALBANY. OBLCO.I-
fi-oniee in tlie Court 1Iiiiiiki.-
Vl3n50
F. M. MILLER,
A TTOHNkY AT IAW,
Will nrartkw In mil tint nr ik. u.u
l'rotuix. attention given to collection., con
veyaucrs ami eiaruiuallou tt Tulek. lrobale
buxinesii a speciality. vr'naiU,
J. A. VAKTIK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
COXIVAIXIS, OBESON.
ill prirl lo In all the Courts of the State
toiiv io the- Court House -a
vlini'JS4yl.
J. iv. iilivi;,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
practiV In all the Court rn the 2d. Sd
and 41 h Judictul lHxtrtrta: In the tMiprcme
...in i iTt-Kon, anu in me id lieu Mai. ma
ri.t and Circuit Court. ntlYre np-tatra In front
ooiu in lurrun brick block. Kind fc.. Albany.
D. M. Conley,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ALBAS Y, OBEGOS.
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FFICE, 57 WEST FRONT STREET.
-jictial attention given to collections.
vl3nlttf
S. A. JOISS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALB A ST, OREGON.
Office in the Court House..
vSnjU.
j. it win i::,
ATTORNEY AT I,AW.
C0R7AXXXS, OSZOON.
Special olt.'ntlwn to collortlnn of acemintii.
VOrfice one door Mouth of Klahrra UricK.'ta
rhjn3uvl.
VilAH. K. WOtVEKTOS,
TT0S.ET 1X0 COHSEIOS AT LAW,
ALB.XT. OREGON. "
la Kroman". brick, npctalr.
D. R. N. BLACKBURN,
inOB!IEY AND COUNSELOR AT UW
Drewaaville, Orefem.
r fVIeotlon a upeclaltr. apH.
J. KTWEATTflRRFO,
(XOTART PVBLIC,)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALCA.VT, OXE4.0X.
AMLL PRACTICE IS ALLTriE COURTS OP THE
If Slat. tfyecud alUgnliua iiicn to txtlUxliaim mild
pruiate auater.
JtOOice in Briffn- Bu'.ldin- JM
EL ARNOLD, M. D.,
Hoiiifopathic Fhtxirinn.
ALB lV, ORCCOX.
OrTlCE HOURS FROM 10 TO 12 AND
from 2 to 4, Chonlc Iwea.iea and Sur
gery a Specialty. nlOtf.
H. J. E0UGHT0N, M. D.,
ALB 1ST, ..... eEECOS.
TnE nOfTOR 18 A CRADUATE OP THE CJfl
VEKrilTY MfJicU Cunve ' Jiew York, and i. a
Ue ninnber ot Cellirvue ilMiitml Medical VuUegt uf
Aifcw York.
Uffice in Dr. Ilcnton' Dm Store. Tl3n7tf
G. W. WILCOX,
Homeopathic Physician,
ALBASV, OBECiOX.
SfOftice over rweedale's Grocery Store.
TlSnfitf
Dr. T. 1j. COLDER,
OCCULIST AND AURIT
SAL.E3I, OBEGOX.
rvB. GOLDEN HAS HAD EXPERIENCE IN
Jy treating the various dixeaaea to which the
eye and ear are subject, and feels confident of
giving enure satMiacuon to thorn: who may
place themselves under hl care. no8tf.
g DR. E. 0. SMITH,
"eT"l1TO''lTgl,ljB
OFFICE IN FROMAN'S BUILDING,
over Blain'a clothing store. Resi
dn, south-east corner of Third and Lyon
xtreetR. 13:31
D. B. Rice, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE at Dr Rummer's Drag Store.
Residence on the street leading to the
pepot, at the crossing of the Canal.
13:29tf
C 0. Kelly, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICK AND RESIDFNCE ON LYON
Htreet, No. 353, near the depot.
AZBANT. OREGON.
Office hours, day and night. 8-m3
J. A. DAVIS, M. D. -Physician
aud Surgeon,
Albany Oregon
Obstetrics and disean of women and children a
.parity. OHice a- Plmiuer's Drur SUire. Kcttiiietut.
oq SlLond street, two duora went of Montgomery.
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W. P. Smith, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Albany, Oregon.
OFFICE IN FROMAN'S BLOCK.
Residence on Third slreetnearly op
posite the M. E. Church, South. 14:4-tf
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VOL. XIV.
OLD,
TRIED,
TRUE.
People are (etttat acqualBted aud IIkm wIm
are not oa.hl to be wtih the wonderful atertta f
that areat Americaa Hemeily, the
: MEXICAN ...
Mustang Liniment)
FOR HAN AND BEAST.
THX llnUnrnt wry KattttftltT orlclMlcnl 1m AnwrU
cm, wierv Katar provide In brr laboratc-ry uth
tarprUing antUotM for th nuU0ittr of IirrrliU
drrn. It faiuo h l-rra ipmullBi fur & y .'.
until bow It crlrclm the babUabl cUIm-.
Th Hex Ira a Miwianc LlnLmcnt U a mutcUlt
rvairdjr foriUlwternalallmwtUof nu ami Uat-
To (uck ovrsm aaj farmers It U InvmlvaUt.
A ftlagle bottla ofttt sarra a hnaiaa itfvcr r
Mure tba lurfaliMwi of an aeralenf feor. in,
cow, or ibecp.
It cares foot-rot, hoof -ait, hollow horn, grub.
K-fvw-warm. ftboaklrr-rot niaocr, lb litr ami
nine of poijonotu rrpllkv antl Iumhi. and rvrry
ftuchtlrau larS; to stork turwMlns ami tuh l;tV.
It caret every external troabto of hoiwt. ru-H
aa lamrnrsx, cTatrhca cwiany, vpntiM". ruulr,
in! -alL, ting bone, etc., etc.
ThaVexIcan Zlastans lJn.meat U tlu tuU-k.c
euro In the warU far aecidenca occnrrUig in Hm
family, la Uao abaeneo of a phyatrlan, sut.-h a
lorns, sralviA, ralna, cnU, et, a4 for r brums
tUm,axul SlfTiteuirnrremlere4 by exposure. I' vr
tlm laxly Taloable to Stlaera,
It Uthdebcopect reinedy In the wnrM, ftr U
penetrates Uu muscle to the Woe. aaJ a ntar1
appltcaUoa Is generally sttCicient to run.
XUxScan Kustaag Unimrot 1 mt tip In thrvw
alzesof tottles,the lanter onea Urins pnMrtUoi
mtmly mac h the rUmp!. tuid eveywh-r.
D0CT0B N. HENT0N,
Phyitician and Surgeon.
If aving nermanently located in the city
thirty-first year of his practice, respectfully
temlurs hl professional fervlcen to tlio
L-itizens of Altrftny and tmrronnding un.
try.
ftrOfTioo at Koabav it Silicon's Drug
Store. Kenidwoee ou First Ntreet. Tl2i40
WILLERT A Itl SCII,
CARRIAGE AuD VVXCOJI
MAlVUFACTUIUaKS
Corner Heoond and ferry RU.. Albanjr, Oro
Are prepare to roanufartore carriar. and
wagwna al abort ooliei and ot the very
BEST MATERIA.-
Ther make the Faaicrrsi CaaaiAajca amp
Buuuiks of the Htale.
REPAIRING m JOS WORK
done at shortest notice ocd In the most
SKILLFUL MANNER.
Their work and material la warranted to be
Brat class. vU)u34tf
STAR BAKERY
AMD
PROVISION STORE !
' BAD MYF.B, PT.p.
Coauerof KJntand Broadalbla fit., Albany.
A large stock: of fresh
FAjflllYl' (aROCERIi:s
kept constantly on hand.
All kinds of
FHE8H VEGETABLES
In tbelr season.
Ceeda Dellrered ta any rart ef the 'ly
Free ef Charge.
Tl3L.Ctf.
MARX BAUMCART
HAS JUST OPENED OUT A
Ney Liquor Store
KXXPS OONSTANTXT OX KAIf I
THE FINEST BRANDS OF WINES,
LIQUORS, TOBACCO & CIGARS.
The Celebrate. St. LooM
STONEWALL WHISKEY,
The finest whiskey in the State.
Whiskies, French Brandies, Sherry,
Port, Claret, and all other kinds
of wines, Gin, Ale, Beer,
and Porter.
Bitters of every kind, and the best
brands of tobacco and Cigars.
want everybody to understand that
1 UBTe vpeuca out ursb-ciwH imjit I
uor store, where city and country deal
ers can procure their stAcks at Portland
prices, with only freight added.
Booms on the corner of Front and Ferry
Streets, Albany, Oregon. 28tf. ,
- PATENTS. '
F. A. Ltfhmann, Solicitor of American and Foreiim
Patents. Washington, O. C. All buainea. connected
with Patents, whether before the Patent Office or the
Courts, promptly attended to. No chargsi s made
nalea. a patent it secured. Send torcircuUr. 14:12
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WAMHIStiTOM LETT KB.
Wahiiisotox, D. C, Nov. 27lli, 118.
Tlio return of tie swallows in npring-
Itiuie ia not hailed with greater delight
than Watthingtonians manifest at the
approach of a new Bension of Congress.
Aside from the material interests which
bontxling-liouae konpors and tnulwunen
have at stake in tlio presence here of
three or four hundred CongrcKnincn and
Senators, with the crowd that follows in
their train, it ia with all residents a
question of entertainment. Congress is
our menagerie. Theaters do not thrive
here because six mouths in the year we
have a better show free of cost. When
Shakcpcare wrote, "the play's the
thing," he had never seen an American
IFouho yf Representative on one of its
lively days.. So here we are getting
ready to greet our returning favorites.
Tlio work of cleaning, renovating aud
fixing up, has been in progress at the
Capitol building for some time, until
every tiling is now nearly in readiness.
The subject of ventilation has received
some attention, but no great improve
ment has boon mudo. . Kveiy session
we Lear of Congressmen injured in
health and broken down by tho bad at
niOHphcre in which they live while on
duty. It really does seem that sotuo
means could l deviled to properly ven
tilate this magnificent structure. Yet
with all the ills that may bo suffered
from this cause, there are in my opin
ion other sources to which many Con
greKHincn's aches and aiua may be
traced. The lives which aome of them
live while here render better ventilated
Stomachs and minds quite as necessary
as 1 etter ventilated council chambers.
No doubt more of their ills como from
indulgence in late supoiH, wines, bad
hours, and the lusts of the flush gener
ally, than are due to the causa to which
they are so often ascribed.
Several members have already ar
rived and others are coming within a
few days. Sjakcr Randall took e
svssion of his residence ou Capitol Hill
yesterday. Representatives Stenger, of
Pa., and Henckle, of Md., have been
here several days. The Hon. Win M.
Springer? of Illinois, arrived during the
week. Mr. Springer is one of the most
active Democrats in the llouw, and
has, in a recent interview, expressed
hiruKCif concerning the late elections.
He think they point to a union of all
the elements oposed to the Republican
party in 1K0, and the nomination of a
Weatom man who can carry Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. Senator Von Cam
eron has been here this week, and now
that he has settled his re election, he
proposes to make some changes among
Pt-nniiy Iranians holding office under the
Government. He interviewed John
Sherman aliout Dr. IJndcman, Director
of the Mint, and appears anxious to
know how often the Dr. voted, and for
whom. Don esteems it imjiortant to
have the mint presided over by one
who is tolitically sound, regardless of
his other qualliiications. And with all
the rest we have hail Zach Chandler
here for a few days. Some prejudiced
tcreons always say there is mischief
afloat when the old Michigander comes
about. After the election Zach tele
graphed that "Michigan is now the ban
ner Republican State,'' though its a mat
tor of fact, it was carried only by a
small purnli'y and nowhere near a nm
jonty. 1 h is reminds tho J'omI of a cer
tain historical telegram which read :
"Hayes has 1S5 votes and is elected.
Z. Chundler, chairman." There are ugly
rumoiM afloat touching the object of
Chandler and Cameron's visit here, in
volving a scheme to forcibly eject the
Democrats from control of tho next
I louse on tho ground of unfairness of
elections in the Southern States. I do
not think any such revolutionary at
tempt will be made. Even if it is con
templated, as reported, the public could
not be worked up to the point of sus
taining it by any number of fraudulent
negro affidavits and Eliza Pinks ton sto
ries. Undoubtedly this gang of unscru
pulous manipulators is capable of even
more dexporato and lawless schemes
than this, but they must be well back,
ed up to have the slightest show of suc
cess. Chandler ia rcjorted to have
said that "the Democrats wouldn't
fight," an opinion based uKn the fact
that they did let him cheat them once
when their majority in the Electoral
Collego was greater than their present
majority in the House of Representa
tives. Let the usupers try it again.
Revised returns gave the Democrats
148 members to 133 Republicans and
8 GrReTilwickers.'- majority of 15
nvi-r I lie Republicans and 3 over all. .
Pjiono.
L- J
A M OKU TIT VOB 'TAT.
It is natural
to strike back: but
when and where did "a few" of us
objeet to cleanly tables and dresses f It
is a simple tact that a larmer cannot
keep clean about his work, and if he
changes his suit whenever he approach
es a table, lie ia an exception to his
class.
We, too, sometimes apo the city
folks, and the "hired man" had protect
ed his clothing with a napkin at our
own table before we ever heard of
Martha., But it did not lessen the ab
surdity of the thing.
. Vixen.
Why not strike the mean between
extremes, and require the boys and
hired men to fix up and use napkins on
Sundays, and on the holidays? ' that
would suit Vix and perhaps Martha
too. " Eds.
mm-
Extract from a conjugal dialogue:
Ilunbaad "If I were to lose you I
never would be such a fool as to marry
again." 'Wife '-If I were: to lose
you, I would marry again direotly."
Husband---"My death would be regret
ted by at leant one person." Wife
"By whom?" nusband- "My successor."
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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER C,
Wo are asked to cite the law and thu
fact for the statement that tho S 20
bonds were first made payable in green
backs and were subsequently, by an act
of Congress, converted into coin loiiils,
in contradiction of tho terms of the
original contract. Tho task is simple,
and the subject ought to be fairly un
derstood. The act of Fob. 2", 18C2,
commonly known as tho legal Tender
Act, authorized the issue of one hun
dred and fifty millions of United Stales
notes, and declared as follows :
"Such notes shall bo receivable, in
payment of all taxes, internal duties,
excises, debts and demands of e t ry
kind due the United State except du
ties of imports, and of all cluiuta and
demands against tho United States of
every kind whatsoever, exept lor in
Irrtxt on lmnJ ami twin, which shall
be jmid in coin and shall also be Utuij,d
mmwy and a legal tender in payment of
all debts, public and privitte, within
the United States, except duties on ini
jMirts and interest as aforesaitL"
Tho f unction, rango and oer of the
greenback are thus fully desciiliod as
"lawful money." The second section of
the same act decline:
"The SiscrtUry of tho Treasury is
hereby authorized to issue, en the cred
it of the United States, coujxm bonds,
or tegiterd bonds, to an amount not
exceeding five hundred millions of dol
lars, redeemable at the pleasure of the
United States, after years, and piyallo
twenty years from date, and Uaring in
terest at tho rate of six n r rent, jier
annum, payable semi annually."
Not a word in the act refers to the
payment of the principal of these bonds,
and the first section above cited clearly
shows that they were purchavtbln and
redeemable in legal tenders. Rut if
any doubt existed on this point it would
be removed by the fifth .section, as fol
lows: "That all duties on imKrUl good
shall be paid in coin, or by notes paya
ble on demand heretofore authorized to
be issued and by law receivable in ay
ment of public dues, and the coin so
paid shall be act ajiart as a s;ecinl fund,
and ahaU be applied as follows : First,
to payment in coin of the tnfavW on
the bonds and notes of the United
State."
This coin payment of intereat was an
inducement which was oflcrol to the in
vestor, though Thaddcus Stevens de
clared it was the Kuind of flesh of the
extortioner w hen tho country was suf
fering. It is certain that coin was pro
vided for interctit on these U n In, and
for nothing else.
The act of June .10, ISOI, authorized
the Secretary of tho Treasury to bor
row from time to time, on the credit of
the United States, four hundred mill
ions of dollars,' under the following pro
visions: "And the Secretary of tho Treasury
may dispose of such lionds, or any part
thereof, or of any bonds commonly
known as five twenties remaining un
sold, at any time, on such terms as he
may deem advisable, for lawful money
of the United States, or, at his discre
tion, for Treasury notes, certificates of
indebtedness, or certificates of dcpot.it,
Ltsued under any act of Congress."
The act of March 3, 1 8C."., gave the
following authority to the Secretary of
tho Treasury:
"To borrow from time to time on tho
credit of the United States, in addition
to the amount heretoforeauthorizil,any
sums not exceeding in the aggregate
six hundred millions of dollars, and to
isHiui therefor lionds or Treasury notes
of the United States in such form as he
may prescribe and so much theie
of as may be issued in Treasury notes
may bo convertible into any bonds au
thorized by this act and the jn-in-eipal
or interest, or both may be made
payable in coin or in other lawful man
ey.
Sea 2. The Secretary of tho Treasu
ry may dispose of any of the bonds or
other obligations issued under this act,
either in the United States or else
where, in such manner and at such ratos
and under such conditions as he may
think advisable for coin, or for lawful
money of the United States, or for any
Treasury notes, certificates ot indebted
ness, or other representatives of value
which have been or may bo bwucd un
dor any act of Congress."
All these bonds were known as five
twenties, the principal of which was
payable in lawful money, and tho inter
est alone in coin. Of the three classes,
the following were outstanding on Juno
30, 18C8: .
Actof Feb. 25, 18C2 $r14,780,f00
Act of June 30, 1BC1.... 125,601,300
Act of March 3, 1 8G5.... 917,502,800
Total.. $1,557,844,000
The Pacific Railroad bonds and the
Navy Pension Fund bonds, amounting
altogether to seventy-eight millions of
dollars, and expressly payable in legal
tenders, were also outstanding at tho
time Fourteen days after (Jen. Grant
became President, on March "18, 18G9,
he signed the "act to strengthen tlio
public credit ot tho United States," by
which all these different bonds, and
other forms of public- debt payable in
legal tenders, were advancod enormous
ly in value, for the exclusive benefit of
the bond-holding class ' and at the cost
of the taxpayer. The shrewd language
ot that artful law is worthy of re-pro-duction
here:
"That in order to remove any doubt
as to the purpose of the Government to
discharge all just obligations to the pub
lic creditors, and to settle conflicting
questions and interpretationsf tho law
by virtue of which such obligations
have been contractod, it is hereby pro
vided and declared that the faith of the
United States is solemnly pledged to
the payment in coin or its equivalent of
all the obligations of the United Males
not bearing interest, known as United
States notes, and of all the interest bear
ing obligat ions of the' United Stales, ex
cept in coses where the law authorizing
the issue of such obligation has express
ly provided that the sanio may be paid
in lawful money or other currency than
gold aud silver."
4B
J lie original bill was introduced in
the House of Representatives bv Mr.
Schneck.of Emma Mine fume. on March
12, 18C1), after the Republican majority
voted down uu amendment of Mr. Thur-
man in these words:
"ProvuM, That nothing herein con
tained shall, apply to tho obligations
commonly called fi-20 bonds,"
This sort of legislation has had much
to do in hastening tho downfall of the
Republican party. .V. Y. Sun.
m tkKTTUK ran La.
The time has now arrived when tlm
fowls that have been allowed the fre.
tlom of tho farm and tho privilege of
looking out for themselves must be
provided with shelter from the rain
and the cold, if the owners expect anv
satisfactory results in the way of. proGt
irom mem.
The advent of cold weather, with
tho aiipioochinir holidays, hrinus in-
creased demand aud bettor prices for
all kinds of jwullry, and of all times it
is me most prolilal.lo to market the
fowls. Tho swrimr chickens, if hatched
early and well fed, aro now full grown
and in good condition, and there is no
profit in longer carrying any except
those to 1e used as brooding fowls next
season. When the time comes when
the fowls must be confined in winter
quarters, the young cocks of most
breeds will quarrel and bully each
oilier. Avoid this by sending them to
maiketattlio finst kimxI opiiortunitv.
Kxiierienon has demonstrated that it is
more profitable to keep pullets than
hens over two years old ; therefore the
old biddies ought to go, as they don't
improve with age.
Do not wait for the local dealer to
come around with his cart and buy
tho fowls at suck prices as her' moose to
pay, but just before Thanksgiving day
select out tho very best pullets for
l.rwiliii!? nurtxtttes. two or tlinti nnrVpr.
els -it is well to have enough and let
them bu brood-breasted, vigorous fel
lows, and then kill off the rest, dress
and pack them nicely, and ship them
lo somo reliable dealer in the nearest
ity, with instructions to sell for the
let price he can. Live Stock Journal,
MOW
A !Ertl UIE
MEV.
Arrears w
The I'ofml'ir Seimes MontJJu remarks
that many of the ills and iliwases pre
valent among women in our day are no
doubt traceable to the sedentary .mode
of life ho common among llii-in. The
progress of tho- industrial art has done
away with 'minli of the household
drudgery to w hich women were former
ly subjected, ami the result is in too
many cases want of mili.-ii nt occiqa
ton for needed Utddy exercise. It says:
"Tho fruits of this stage) of thing aro
strikingly exhibited in certain obaervav
turns modo by the Iato Dr. Roltertsou,
a Manchester surgeon, w ho, in hi prac
tice as a s(ecialist for womens' disioHes,
found that in women who theiuwdres
perform all their hoimehold work there
s'os no trace of certain complaints, that
these complaints began to make their
apcarance in women with one servant,
become more pronounced with women
who have two servants, or worse still
w ith those who have three servants,
and so on. He showed statistically
that the deaths from child-birth were
four times greater in the case of wo
men with four servants than those with
none, tin the other hand, wool-served
statement the other day that since
the snsiieusion of labor in the mills of
Isow England on account of the jouuc,
many of the female operatives have
sought employment as domestic, and
as a consequence there is much more
sicxness among them than there was
previously. This would seem to show
that housework is not as' healthy as
luiior in cotton and woolen mills. -
Troy Times.
ii.
An old story used to go the rounds
with "S" as the initial letter of each
word. Hero is an extract that
will " carry terror to an Englishman's
heart :
Humphrey Hubbard had heard
Hephzibah Huggins humming hymns
hilariously, he having helped Hehphzi-
bah homeward, Humphrey hankered
hugely, harlxring handsome Hephzibab
heurtwi.se. He had high hawthorn hedg
es hiding hi handsome house, harness
ed horses hauling harrows, he hoeing
hills, helping herdsmen, hewing hem
locks, hacking hemp harvesting hops,
hunting hawks, hurting hatching hens.
Hephzibah, hopeful housekeeper, hem
ming handkerchiefs, hoarded honey
hitherto hived, hoeled hose having holes,
handled harpsichord harmoniously; hap-
y llephzibao. Her honest homely
lappinoss hit Humphrey heavily. He
hovered, handsomely habited, hinting
humbly how Hephzibah had harried
Ids heart. Hephzibah . honored his
hearty homage. Hating, however,
haphazard haste, Hephzibah humg her
head, halting, hemming, hawing, hoping
Humphrey had harmless habits ; byt
critical, hesitating Hephzibah 1 He held
her hand hopefully, hungrily humor
ing her. Happily, Hephzibah heeded
her hirsute hero. Hymen hitched
Humphrey Hubbard, Hephzibah Hig-
gings, he hugging her, happily hyster
icall Henceforth husband helped
housewife hop hornpipes, holding honey
moon holiday, hardly hearing harle
quins howling hallelujahs, hailing
house,warming. Ha I ha I ho ! ho !
In Louisiana, the colored people gen
erally voted with the Democrats. At
xsew urleans hundreds of tlie most in
fluential colored men stood at the polls
all day and worked heartily for tho
Democratic ticket The result cannot
be attributed to bull-dosing, as there
was no canvass, on account of the yel
low lever, and those who voted did so
voluntarily. The Charlestown News
and Courier says that many of the
polls in South Carolina the colored
men came up by the hundred and vot
ed the straight Democratic ticket.
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1878.
TBSI-UT FALLACY.
the late elections have pronounced
most unmistakably against tha fiat and
irredeemable par fallacies which, at
one" time, seemed to bo taking a strong
Hold ujKm tho minds of our j-eople in
certain section of the country. There
1 no J lower on earth that can legislate
vaiue into paper which does not actual
ly represent value of some kind. We
might just as well attempt to legislate
up or down tho value of wheat or cot
ton. The markets of the world al wava
I. . ... I t .
" iway wiu raruiata the vain a
oi merchandise Tbo assertion that a
government, by merely writing uwn a
piece of paper, "This is a Dollar," can
make it a dollar, is all moonshine. The
idea is only a hollow fallaev il.at tha
Ieoploare beginning to comprehend,
anu upon which most of the Htate of
toe Union have already stamped their
disapproval.
A gold or sdver dollar is wot Lit a ,l.d.
lar because it actually costs dollar's
worm oi labor to tlio- it out of tha
earth. A piece of naiier which actual
ly represents a gold or silver dollar, or
anything of equal actual value, is a dol
lar because it will always aud under all
circumstances command dollar's worth
of labor.
Col. Ingersoll ha well nWrK,l "If
the government can make money, why
doesn't it make all it wants, instead of
gaing round with a bayonet and collect
ing taxes of poor men J It is
like the sun going round to borrow light
from a iwiuiy candle."
Have the irredeemable ureenbackcr
forgotton the history of the Continen
tal paper' money of which it took a
whole handful to buy a trood dinner.
The ieoplo of Ruenos Ayrt-s, in South
America, have just been trying their
hand at fiat money. A uewsHiier
published at the capitol city of that
couatry advertises iU price at $30 per
month paper monoy fiat script. The
same paper tells us that it takes from
$jU0 to $300 of their money, at the
present time, to buy a suit of clothes.
The following advertisement, from the
column of a late number of the Ruenos
Ayres Herald speaks for itself :
A Purs Ltssoi'Cau.Bam's Bena u. Slut .J
varda. Kit aad rkoies iWrH la aavau al t -O
aefc. (Mian at J0 par ana I adarebxhia- at
Irota M0 to raw par suit.
The same naier quotes gold and sil
ver dollars in its financial columns at
$31.95 in currency. Money is money
the world over, and the price of every
article of merchandise, everywhere will
be regulated by the relation which it
bear to some gold or silver unit, which
is known and universally acknowledg
ed in the markets of the world. A
man cannot get something for nothing
any moro than he can lift himself by
hi boot' strjts. .V. . Journal of
l vminrrce.
A rtUTHIl1! riBMiau.
It i hard to tell why a politician
khould talk politic at on agricultural
fair, and yet talk agriculture on hi
own farm, but it aeems to be the way.
hx -Secretary Chandler was visited bv
a lot of politicians recently on his ewn
farm home, and be took the occasion to
say a few things to them they do not
often hear. A cor rest ondent who was
present, say that be bad something wise
to ay about farming, a well as some
thing significant about politics, when
ho addressed hi neighbor at hi farm
in Michigan not long ago. He declares
that farming is not only the oldest, but
the most restiectable occupation known
to man. "If I had a boy to-da ," he
exclaimed, "I would rather put him
on an eigtity acre lot that, bad never
had a plow or ax upon it than place
him in the best government office in
the land!" Agricultural papers will
pi nose copy the remark, aud formers'
lad who are growing up dissatisfied
with country life, and who eannot
overcome a restless desire to go to a
city and enter a profession, will do well
to remember it. "Make your homes
pleasant," continued the ex-Secretary,
make them so attractive that your sons
and daughters will love their homes
better than any other place on God's
earth. Make this business of form
ing so agreeable that your sons will see
that it is the most healthful and profit
able occupation in which they can en
gage, liuud good houses and buy good
implements. JJon t get an old cracked
cook-stove, but put in a good range. In
lact, have every convenience that you
can, so that your wives and daughters
will deem it a pleasure to jierform their
household work. In this way you can
bring up your sons and daughters on
the farm, but when you make the home
repulsive, you drive them into clerk
ships and other mental positions, when
they ought to be Uod s annointed lords
of creation. These are rdain words but
they are crammed with good sense.
NECESSITY OF LEISCBB TO BI SIXK MB..
For the man of business, I hold that
along with the ooarago which makes
him refuso to do what he cannot do well
there should be the element which is
but the spirit of order and courage
combined, of resolute reserve of leis
ure. It is a necessity for every man
of business to have a city of refuge) to
have and guard jealously some period
of each day which shall be consecrated
to leisure the leisure of books, or of
gentle society, or of nature or of wor
ship. The last ia essential, the others
are grateful aids. In this shelter he
has a chance to set his watch by the
heavenly bodies, and when he issues
forth, into whatever thicket of men or
affairs he may plunge, he will at any
rate be himself and not the slave of
necessity. Saturday Afternoon.
A North Carolina paper says of an
omumi: ja.ia muie lurew mm, uiag
ged mm some distance, and but for
rotten saddle-girth would have caused
a vacancy m the omeo ho now so ac
ceptably fills."
s .-
"Is that marble?" said a gentleman,
pointiug to a bust of Kentucky's great
statesman, recently in a New York
store. "No, sir; that 'is Clay," replied
the dealer.
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NO. 18
OIB flOUTI BK.
Editor Democrat:
Cf ...
oir, a we live in a country which
ha the reputation of being moist, to
sieak mildly, and which refutation i
held up a a drawback to emigration
w tin state, I herewith send you an
extract from a work on "Ifonse Drain
age and Water Service." by a Mr. Rav.
leas' of New York, which, I believe,
very nearly prove that the moist rep
utation oi uregon should be it great
est recommendation :
"Water is an almost universal ar.l.
vent. A it falls throueh ft. s.
u involves uie gasses that are in the at
mosphere. Rain water is the nearest
approach we have in nature to r.ure
.i: t .i . o "
water, but itennerall
. 1 ws w attw MWU
raroonw acui, and has been found
. uw in solution even sulphate of
iime anu organic matter of animal and
vegetable origin. In Paris it ho been
found to contain trace r.f l,wi;n-
phosphoric acid. Rain water collected
near the sea alwav iW. ,.t
chloridos. In cities and their vicinity
rain ival.. f ... 1 1 . -
. , unuany more impure than
in other places. Th f,r.r
that fall during a ittnrm i.
O - - - - iHUlD ,11-
puro than that which fall afterward.
ince the fitst washes the impuritiea
out of the air. Dr. Dana .i.t ..
after longsontinued observation and
analyst he ho become assured that
nearly all the salt of the ocean are
found in rain water of course in min
ute quantity. The amount of .solid
matter in rain water I.a ,i;m.iu
1.C03 grain per gallon. This is a
very small quantity, but from this
basis lie estimates that one inch of
rainfall yield about one grain of solid
matter per square foot, which ia equal
to 6.-'C8 pounds tier acre, Theae fig
ure mount up rapidly when he states
mat at. me rat of 30 inches annual
rtinfall on the district included in the
12,0u acres of Lake Cochituate and
lU drainage land, there are deposited
2,2i 0,959 pounds of salt. Thru the
trifling quantity of solid matter in the
rain becomes a very great estimate in
the aggregate."
With such a showing as the above.
of which there con be no doubt of iU
correctness, of the amount of fertiliz
ing agent which are deposited by
every shower of rain that falls upon
the earth, what an immense amount of
fertilization is going on in our valley of
is ...
n etyoot or illomette, whichever you
lease, evy winter. Instead of being
frozen up a thev are so frmnonfla- f.
months ou the Atlantic seaboard, and
the Slate of the great Northwest, we
are, at it were, enjoying a continued
fpring from the time of the first fall of
rain to the end of seed time, and all
that ia needed to render farming the
most pro fi table employment a man can
follow in this valley, is a proper sys
tem of fallowing nd tbo rotation of
crops, with an intelligent ' system of
drainage, Visx.
BIB TICKLEBS.
Joint education Gymnastics.
Country seat A milking stool.
An actor ought to be a hannv man:
his work is all play.
.uoes a man consider a woman a
poem when she is a verse to him.
W bat State is hiuh in the middle
and round at both ends t O-hi-o.
Y hy is your nose in the middle of
your facet Because it's the scenter.
A modern surgical oDeralion To
i-t- .i - , , .
vaae me cneea out ot a young man.
Why cannot a medical man aver l-o
"wideawakef Because he' alwai
dozing.
"Why is the earth like a aehrml
black-boardr "Because the children
of men multiply upon the face of it."
Why are the pimples on a drunkard's
lace like the cuts in a witty London
newswaper? They are illustrations of
punch.
Somebody says. "A wife should be
like a roasted Iamb tender and nicely
dressed, a scamp adds, "and without
any sauce."
William Rowe was arrested in
western town the other day for beating
his wife with a hoe as if a man
hadn't a right to hoe his own Rowe.
If it was not good for Adam to live
single when there was not a woman on
earth, how very criminally guilty are
old bachelors, with the world full of
pretty girls !
Hi 1 where did you get them trousers?
asked an Irishman of a man who hap
pened to be passing with a pair of re
markably short trousers on. "I got
them where they grew, was the indig
nant reply. "Then be me conscience.
said Paddy, you've "pulled them a year
too soon.
ABB TO PLEASE.
When a greenback: dollar bill was
worth just 37 cents, the Republicans
said it was honest vwney, and de
nounced the man who declined to take
it at 100 cents as a disloyal copper
head. Now, when that greenback dol
lar is worth 99 h cents, the same Re
publicans affirm it is not "honest
money" and denounce the man who
says otherwise as a repudiationist.
Some people always were hard to
please, anyhow.
"iiv aear, wnat snail we name our
babe V said Mr. Smith to Mrs. Smith
the other day. - "Why, huz, I ve set
tled on Peter." "Peter 1 I never
knew a man with the simple name
of Peter who oould earn his salt !"
"Well then call him Salt Peter."
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THE Tt BATH OP JASOM.
Some mouth prior to the unfortu
nate accident in the rolling-mill, where
by Uncle Jason wo so suddenly and
unexpectedly launched into the mys
terious beyond, Spiktn waa at hi desk
in the mill-ofiice, when a great noise
and controversy wo heard out-side, as
follow ;
"Is you gwine to 11 de contracT
"Who you call con trap t I done
block de shoe." .
"I ax, is you gwine to carry out de
'greement ? You h'ar mc 1"
"Uo way, old man. I tie got no time
to fool wid you. Ef you hab dat shoe.
shine up you lto to pay extra."
JJov, ef you rouse de lion in Jason,
he cotch you by dem ear of y'ears and
brush de ground wid you."
"Who kinr
"Dat's me ; dat's who kin."
"You kinT
"Jes h'ar dat W'ginny Simmon talk
to Jason oh de blue grass 1 I ax yon,
boy, fur de las' time indi waleob tears,
in you gwine to shine de shoe V
"1 done shine de shoe
"I ax you once mo', ef you's gwine
to com til y wid the understaudinl
Kase Jason's pizen, an' ef he lay dia
ban' on you, it waxinato you so dat
you mudder 'low she's no 'lation wid
you. Dat's my song."
hat reply, if any, was made to the
threat and peroration was not audiM.
A Hcufllmg ensued, followed by a sound
similar to that produced by a street
sweeping machine when in motion.
And when Spikes look el out, he saw
Uncle J von apparently busily engaged
in examining the ventilation beneath a
pile of pine boards which tttood insula
the mill, near the door, and heard him
mutter:
Ef dar pol ice stan' cl'ar fur fo'
minit mo' dat iert boy's mudder was a
widderles orphin, an' de coromer hab
ctu.li jb to find out what ticular
misery spod de chile, o" my name ain't
Jason, and 1 ain't no Baptis'."
tPhilulelpaia Enquirer.
A riCCK OF ELEPHASTISB STBCEBT.
During
the blow on Wednesday
morning,
a large lantern on top of
of the elephant house in the Zoological
Oorden wo demolished, and piece of
the heavy gloss fell into the cage occu
pied by the elephants. The female
elephant in walking around the iuclos
ure trod onone of the fragments, and,
being in her bare feet, received a pain
ful wound. She set up a howl that
made the roar of the storm seem the
sighing of a zephyr by contrast. Her.
companion was found to be comforting
her as well as he could by trying to
roar louder than she did, and by letting
a half pint tear of eympc iSy now and
then roll down his trunk, which was
wound tenderly around the wounded
leg of the prostrate beast. Dr., Henry
Chapman, surgeon of the Zoological
Society, was summoned. She wa se
cured by ropes and thrown on her aide,
on a bed of straw, treatment which
evoked from her some extra effort in
the roaring line. When Dr. Chapman
began to probe softly around the
wound with a lancet,, however, she
showed anlephant's instinctive respect
for a fnond by ceasing her bellowing
and holding the injured foot per
fectly still. Dr. Chapman successfully
removed the fragment of glass, stopped
the flow of blood from the wound, and
in a few minutes the huge beo&t was
again on her feet, looking as amiable
as a lamb.
MFFEBEXT
FOt'LTBT.
BBEEB OF
Fanny Field a lady correspondent of
the Ohio Farmer, says fofter repeated
experiments with different varieties of
fowls, and comparisons with Others
who have experimented m the same di
rection, I have concluded that the lay
ing capabilities of the principal varie
ties are about as follows :
Light Brahamas and Partridge Coch
ins eggs, 7 to the pound ; lay iou per
annum.
Dark Bramhs eggs, 8 to the pound;
lay 120 per annum.
Black W hite, and lun Uochma
eggs, 8 to the pound; lay 125 per an
num. Plymouth Rocks egg's 8 to the
pound; lay 150 per annum.
lioudons eggs, 8 to the pound; lay
150 per annum. '
La fleche eggs, 7 to the pound; lay
150 per annum. .
Black Spanish eggs, i to the pound;
lay 140 per annum.
Leghorns eggs, 7 to the pound; lay
160 per Milium.
Hamburg egg, 9 to the pound; lay
150 per annum.
Polish eggs, 9 to the pound; lay 120
per ammun.
Bantams eggs, lb to the pound: lay
90 per annum.
I regret very much that I did not
keep account of the cost of food con
sumed by each variety. t
SOME PBACTICAL BEXAKKS.
A girl that is never allowed to sew.
all of whose clothes are made for her
and put on her until she is ten, twelve,
htteen or eighteen years of age, says the
Lady's Journal, is spoiled. The moth
er has spoiled her by doing everything
for her. The true idea of self-restraint
is to let the child venture. A child's
mistakes are often better than its no
mistakes, because when a child makes
mistakes and has to correct them, it is
then on the way toward knowing some
thing. ' A child that ia waked up every
morning, and never wakes itself up;
and is dressed, and never makes mis
takes in dressing itself; and is washed,
and never makes mistakes about being
clean ; and is fed, and never ho any
thing to do with its food ; and is
watched and never watches itself, and
is kept all day from do ng wrong
such a child might as well be a tallow-candle,
perfectly - straight, and
solid, and comely and mrital ; aud
good for Bothing but to be barned up.