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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY BY MAET. "V. BEOW1T rrU K. la -tseriliMlB.(aa-slalM leraer Itrsmdalbla aast ktnl Ma. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SInirIt copy, par mi. m m Single copy, six mouths..... no iliiria ctHiv t lir. . u Siii-ls number i"'"'""'""'!''""" 10 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. MRS. S. NICHOLS, LL D Ilomepathic Physician,?-; Offtce and resldenc at Ne. 14 First stt, upstair. - m uv .. imiv UIUVS. , . MStf DR. ANGIE L. FORD. OFFICfi ANI RESIDENCE, SECOND door west of the Court Uouw, Albany, Oregon. ' Special attention -riven to tho disease of nuiiieu sou cnnureii. jstf W. G. PIPER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ALBA.T. BCCOX. Will practice In all the Conrta of the State. Prompt attention given to colleo- jrs-OtHee on second floor of Brifffrs's xuiiuiiig, iw uuor ui lao lell. 7-tf. T. r. HACKLEMAX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. A LB AX Y. ORKtV "Ofllce up stairs In the Odd Fellow's 4 euipie.-tt- TlSnSO F. M. MILLER, ATTORNFA' AT LAW, LKBAXOX OREGON. Will practice In all the courts of the State. r- -- p. - - w roiinwm con vryauces aud exaraiuaUon of Title. Probate - yrvi.im. vixnsutr. J. A. VAA'TIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW COBTAUIS, ORKOON. "lll practice In all the CotirU of the State uujm in me lourt House vlundrvL J. W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, A nt practice In all the Courts In the Id. Id and lib Judicial MstrlcU; In the Ma pre me Com i ol Ure-fon, and In the United States Dia ne and Circuit Court. utSce up-atalra in front " ramana one block. lntUtAlbaa7, D. M. Conley, ATTORNEY AT LAW. iUiT, SIECSJI. FFICE, 57 WEST FRONT STREET. Special attention given to collections. Tl3nl9tf o S. A. J OD.V8, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY. OREGON. s-7"Offlce In the Court House. " rtnat. J. TV. RAl'BUR.V, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CORVALXIS. OREGON. Hpecial attention to collation of accounts. sWOffiee one door Kru( h of Fishers lines." vUmaevl. CHAS. E. WOLVERTOJT, ATTOMEY AID COTOSELOB ATLAW AI.BAXY, OREXK)-. la r ronian's brick, up stairs. D. R. N. BLACKBURN", ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Albany, Oreg-ea. Office Hp stair la the -dd FcUeWs Teas- pie. tar Collections a specialty. apJL J. 2. WEATHEEFORD, (NOTARY PUBLIC.) attorney" at law, ALBANY, OBECOX. TiniX PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OK THE I f State. Special attention giren to collections and probate matter. taroacm in Odd Fellw ' Temple. Dr. 0. L. de Wolfe, .A German Physician, Sur geon and Accoucher, f A RADC ATE OF THE UNIVERSITY IJT of Jena, and of the Fredrie William University of Berlin, and also ef the Col lege Medicine and Sn rgery.of Pennsylvania in regular piactice since 1862, begs lea v e to state that he has permanently located in Albany, an J will attend to applications from this city or surrounding country, day or night. Surgery, Obstetrics and diseases of women and children are his specialties. Office in the Froman brick, over the German Drug Store. Hours from 8 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 in the evening. In general cases consultations will he free from 8 to 12 a. m., and in sur gical cases from 12 to 2, together with Dr. Schlesinger. Office hours on Sunday from 8 to 10 a. m. . n31tf R. ARNOLD, M. D., Homeopathic Physician. ALBAtfY, OKECOX. OFFICE HOURS FROM 10 TO 12 AND from 2 to 4, Chonic Diseases and bur gory a Specialty. nlOtf. H. J. BOUGHTOIS-.M. D.. ALBJL5TY, OKECO.Y. THE DOCTOR IS A GRADUATE OE THE UNI VERSITY Medina! College of New York, and la a late member of fiellerue Hospital Medical Collar, of New York. tarOffice in City Drue; 8tore. Residence on South 'side ol Second St.. three doors east ef tiie main tercet leading to depot. Dr. T. L. GOLDEIY, OCCULIST AND AURIST SALEM, OREGON. DR. GOLDEN HAS HAD EXPERIENCE IN treating the various diseases to which the eye and ear are subject, and feels confident of giving entire satisfaction to those wbo mas place themselves under his care. noStf. D. B. Rice, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE UP STAIRS IX M'lLWAIS.'S brick. Residence on the street lett ing to the depot, at the crossing of the Canal. 13:29tf PATENTS. F. A. Lehmann, Solicitor of American and Fori?n Patents. Washington, D. C. All business connected with Patents, whether before the Patent Office or the Courts, promptly attended to. No charge s made unless s patent is secured. Send or circular. U'12 Slf PHI f VOL. XIV. DR. H. ROZSAS. Physician and Surgeon, Albssjy Oregon. GRADUATED IN ALLOPATHY IN VJT 1847, In Uermany, and In homeopathy In 15, in Austria. Co-isultstlons In either English, French, Italian or Gorman. jBtrotuce wuu nr. urituin, over kou field's grocery store, where diplomas can re seen. vi-iu.uii DOCTOR N. HENTON, Physician aud Surgeon. TTaving permanently located In Uie city JL a. AlWUJj MIU VlllO.vni II , T II II-. thirty-Unit year of his practice, respectfully tenders his profeaaional orvioes to the citizens of Albany ana surrounding "oun- try. xV"r0(Tn at Krwliav A Mason's Driio- ntore. KeHiaence ou rlrst Ktreol. Tlnto iv. ii. now, ira. i., Physician and Surgeon KeaMeaee, St. hsrlr Helel. Orare. for the reseat, at Faaar c Xasea's Dras Hlarr. ALBANY, OREGON. J. O. Andrews, M. D. Ida E. Andrews, M. D. OfLP RESPKCTKTLLY TKSPEIt Til KIR SKR VK'RS to th eitiieiM at Allunv uul vi.-ii.n.-. Mrau Amlratn makes httrirti and dlMM of wo men sad children apix-UHi-. TrmUuant nv-canUnir Ui BMdern eclwUcim. RaidH-a. rurnrr Imt and KJI warth WnU. Olttce, ov.r Sallmalah'i lrug Mora. -SI D. R. N. BLACKBURN. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Albany, Oregon. OfTice with J. K. Wcathorford. aWCellectlea a Bpecialljr. . C. rOW E 1.1, w. K. niLYKU. POAVELIi & IJILYEU, m ATTORNEYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in Chancery, ALBAIY. ... ORKGOV. Collections nmmnilv m a A. n .ii .. i " -'- ' xumi piiMini lans negotiated on reasonable terms. ?umee in Foster's Brick.-r vUnlftf. L. H. MONTANTE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AM Notary Public. Albany. Oregon. Office upstairs, over John Hri!t 1st Mreet. vl4niif RE.1I0VAL. DR. E. O. SMITn. DENTIST. HAS removed Irom his old location in Frotnan'a brink, to the front necond floor of tho Old Fellow's Teiile iwmriuiwr iuu piuue. n.MXf ' Dr. G. W. GEAY DEXTIST Albany, Oregon Ru rexnored hi office farto Fowtcr't trk k M-k (up ptkira) ttntdoor to th nlit, where be will be hy lo meet aH bie old friewls mi trHi, and m inty new ones m may wih to avail Utenuelvea ut hi pro Immtmml m rTitca. Kemetnber tbe km bar rindow in VtpsUsr' brick blue, is where lr. Oni'i new iei.tai Knum are llAli JUNIUSF. WHITING, H OTJSE & SIGN PAINTING. KALS0MIN1NG, PAPERHaNQING, GRAIkING, ETC RELATIVE KICKER BRANCHES and BESIGXIJG A SPECIALTY. Corner Second .And Ellsworth Streets, 4MAVV. U.V4if. J. R. LOMBR. ArcMtect, Contravitor and Bnilfier, ALBAXY, 4KECO. s PECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FITflNO UP stores and omces. Al.' orders, either fnnn city or country, promptly attentiou to. and satisfaction ruaranteed in sli cases, hoop in Ellsworth St.. next deor to Rerere House. U:32U J. A. DAVIS, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SUBGEOK & OBSTEJCIAN Albany Oregon. . . flMn.fc.M Ik. 1 II 1 TY .1, T " ,.t sitjr of Louisiana. Office and residence on First St., opposite BsMters new brick block, over KedflrH's WILLERT & BUSCH. MANUFACTURERS OF Carriages and Wagons. Cer. Secead aaot Ferry Sts. Vhebest carriaires and hufnrlaa In the nt.ta are made at their shops. . Repairing'' and job work done on short notice, arid everything warapted. visnzstr MARX BAUMGART HAS JUS r OFBTTBD OUT A New Liquor More KEXPS OOMTrTAItTLY OX HiKD ' T'xIE FINESt'bRAXDS OP WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO & CIGARS. The Celebrated St. Lonl STONEWALL WHISKEY, The. finest whiskey in the State. Whiskies, French Brandies, Sherry, Port, Claret, and ail other kinds of vriacg, Gin, Ale, Beer, -and Porter. Bitters of every kind, and the hest - brands of tobacco and Cigars. Eri want evrybody to understand tL I nave opeined out a first-class new liq uor store, where city and country deal- era can procure their stocks at Portland prices, was only -Ireischt added. Rooms oa the corner of Front and Ferry Streets,. Albans-, Oregon. 28tf. TIIK BLOODY HORDKIi. The aiory of The Hlrr Maaaarre. by Oae Mae Drew a While IWaa. The .vciiU recorded below took place, Biiyi the Houston Telryram, at Salado, Mexico, March 28, 1813, when seventeen Texous of tho Mier expedi tion wera shot by order of tho Mexican authorities. The story is UU ly a correspondent who signs himself 11. P. It"., of lUiinco, Texas, a brother of ono who drew a white bean: One LuindrtHl ami fifty -ninu whito Ix'ans wore laccc) in tho bottom of the mug, and seventeen bluck ones jiluccd on top of tlirni. The beans worn not stirred. Such was their anxiety to ex ecute Cupt. Cameron and perhaps the other oiliecrs, that first Cameron and afterward tho other oiliecrs were made to draw a bean each from tho mug in this condition. Cutuoron, in tho net of drawing first, said with his usual coo. iwss, "Well, toys., mo liave to draw, let's to at it." So saying, he thrust his hand into the mug ami drew out a white bean. Next canto Col. U'm. F. Wilson, who was chained to him; then Capt. Win. Kyan, and then Judge F. M. (tibson, all of whom drew whito beans. Next came Capt. Kastland, who drew a block one, und then csmo the balauco of the men- They all drew their beans with thut manly dignity and firmness which showed them siiikj- nor to their condition. Some of lisrhtcr temper jested over tho bloody tragedy. One said, "I?ovs, this leaU rattling all to pieces." The knoclin otf tho irons ot the uutoitunates told who t'lev wen-. 1 oor lu.bert lU-ard, who lay upon the ground sick, said, "J'.rother, if yon draw it bluck bean I'll take your place." The brother sai.i, "No, I um stronger and totter able to die than you." Sev eral of the Mexican whoollU-iatedin this cruel violation of their country's faith ex- ptessed great dissatihfactiwn thereat,and some wept bitterly. Soon afterward the fated were placed in a sena-nte courtyard, when about dark they were executed. Several of our men were (wrmttted to visit the unfortunates pre viously to the execution, te receive their dying requests. Poor Msjor Coke said, "Boys, I told you I never fail to draw a prue." and then he said to J udjjo Gibson, 4,4jay to my friends that 1 died in grace." Judge Clibijon waj so aflecUed by this last part ing that he showed it from his tears. The Msjor said, "They only rob me of forty years," and then sat down and wrote a dignified and sensible letter to (Jen. Waddy Thomjson, the United States Minister in Mexico, aud know ing that his remains would to robbed of his clothes after his death, drew off his pants and handed them to his sur viving comrades, and died in his under clothes. Poor Henry Whaling, one of Cameron's liest lighters, said, "Well, the;' don't make much of me, anyhow, lor I know I have killed twenty live of ihe ycllow-tollies." Then demanding his dinner in a linn tone, saying that "they shall not chest mo out of it," ate heartily, smoked a cigar, and in twenty minutes was l:iunchel inU eternity.' Our interpreter, who was Jrn'iittcd to remain with them lo the last, says thut fifteen times they wounded that j iron nerved soul, Henry Whaling, and it would seem that Providence had a special care in prolonging his existence, that he might demonstiate to his ene mies the national character they had to contend with; for he gritted his teeth and defied them in tones of withering reproach until they placed a gun nt his head and blew his brains agaiust Uie wall. Snch was the ellect of the horri ble nias-sacre ujion their own soldiers, who were standing as a guard ujsjii the wall above, that one of them fainted and cany) near falling caught by his comrades. Poor Terry, quite a spirit a giant, said he over, but was youth, but in was perfectly willing to meet his fate: that for his country he had fought, and for her glory he was willing to die ; and turn ing to the officers said : "After the battle of San Jacinto niy family took one of your youths prisoner, raised and educated him, and this is our requital." Edward Eate spoke of iis fate with coolness. Cash said: "Well, they murdered my brother with Colonel Funnin, and they are about to murder me." J. L. Jones said te the interpre ter: "Tell the officers to look upon men who are not afraid to die for their country." Captain Eastman behaved with the most patriotic zeal. He de sired that his country should never lay down her arms until the most ample reparation and freedom was obtained. Major Ilebt. Dunham said "he was pre pared to die, and would to God that he had a chance to do the same thing over again ; that he gloried in the demon stration they had made, which showed Texans without nrm to to equal to Mexicans with tiieiii." James Ogden, with his usual equanimity of temper, smiled at his fate and said "I am pre pared." Young- llobert W. Harris behaved in the most unflinching man ner, am' called upon his brothers to avenge the1 murder, while their flowing tears and bursting hearts invoking heav en for their witness, responded to the call. I have the utmost confidence i that this pledge, so solemnly plighted, will to redeemed. They, one and all, invoked their country to do them and herself justiee. J ust previous to the firing they were bound together with cords, and their eyes being bandaged they were set up on a log near the wall, with their backs to their executioners. Tbey all begged the officers to shoot them in front, and at a short distance; "that they were not afraid to look death in the face." Thib they refused to do, firing at several paces, and continuing the fire from ten to twelve minutes, mangling those he roes in a manner toohorrible fordescrip tion. Can our government and people forget these crimes 1 Heaven forbid. The names of of the murdered men were: L. L'Cash, J. D. Cocke, Rob ert Dunham, W. W. Eastland, Captain Edward Este, Robert Harris, Thomat ALBANY, OltEGON, I Jones, Patrick Malum. James Oi: den, Charles Uoberts. Win, llowsii, J. I Shepherd, J. M. Thompson, JiMiies 1 m in.. -..ii lurrey, JiiniOH 1 urilldlll, J lenry hul ing, M. C. Whig. KTATIftTM'ft At r t'OK CIUI. A young English statistician who was paying court to a young ludy uiougiit to surprise her with his iui- incuse eiudition. Producing his note took, she, thought he was ntout to in- dito a love sonnet, but whs slighty taken hack ly tho following ijnes tion : II. dav'l many lm-iiU ciui you eut every Why three, ol course; but of all the oddest questions Never mind, dear; I'll tell you nil about it in a minute. His eucil wns mpi.llv at work. At lost, fondly liiispiiig her slender waist : Now my darling, I've got it, and if you wish to know how miii'h has pars ed through that adorable Jittlo mouth for the lust seventeen years. I cau irivu you the exact ligurus I lioodiiess gracious hut can you menu I Now jiiKt i;".e:i, says he, and vmi will hmr exactly whnt you have been obliged to ulisoib to maintain those charms which urn to luako the haiM.i- ness of my lift?. Hut I don't want to hear. Ah, you are surprised, no doubt: but statistics aro wonderful things. Just listvu : You are now tfeveuteeu years old, so that in fiften years you have aiMiortod oxen or calves, 5; sheen and lambs, I I; chickens, 327; ducks, 2W; geese, U'; turkeys, 100. gsme of various kinds, S2 I; fishes, I GO; eggs, .1,1 -'0; vegetables (bushels). 700; fruit (baskets), CO.'l, cheese, 103; bread, cake, etc., (in sacks of Hour,) 40; wine (barrels), 11; water, (gallons) 3,000. At this tho msiden revolted, utid jumping up, exclaimed : I think you very impertinent, nd disgusting besides, an 1 1 will not stay to listen to you ! U-ton which sh.i flew into the house. He gazed after her with an abstract ed air, and left, say sing to himself: If slio kept talking at thut rate, twelve hours out of tho twenty four, her jaws would travel a dinMl'ico of 1,332,121 miles. The maiden, within two mouths, married a well to do green grocer who was no statistician. t ALituie isw:itiio. ! sboalil Itrarisbrr To seal your ow n le't'-r. Kudo your own drafts. To pay express charges and vt changes. To sign your iiauni w juur order. To keep fish out of tiie keep your tears fie., from dampness. SHU. lllHt To ml lo always cnclo a urn p say you do. That Hiwi!i-r can onlv In shipped iii I a magazine and not wr'.ri oilier ..inI. Visit the mm Let nt winch Von buy at least once u veartwiiv a better. lo examine all ondn on receipt, un.l if imt n'l light, advise tho shipper at. once. , Tinit kerosene oil c.llinlilv be h!,i...,l on certain days, in n uiagiine, ami not Willi Oilier gllOllH. To exciiangc gooiU only for cash r e quires nerve, but it demonstrates prin ciple, and insures safety and success. To exchange goods for promises to pay is extremely hazardous, rind puts a urircuant in tlio attitude, of a beggar fur what tolongs to hilu. T think twice, and cxnminu care fully all goods that don't apja-ar right, before you writo and charge the house you buy from with an attempt to tako advantage oi you. ( Whuuever you ojxui .1 barrel, half barrel or kit of any description of fihU, and it is not all right, to sure to give the name of tho packer of the fish to the house you bought it from. Da You Consider Ibe linpurlnnrr or Doing your own work. Not paying too much rent. Selecting a store in a good location. Never buying more goods than your store may require lor thirty days. Not urging goods except to cash buy ers, or men who pay bills when pre sented. Always insure your stock, no mutter what rate of insurance is, as no man can aHord to carry all tho risk. Making your store attractive, by placing every article to attain this end where it can be seen, and have it plain ly labeled. A FAMOUS lil'lUK. Pike, the famous guido of tho Yo semite valley has recently run down to San Francisco for tho first time in twenty-six years. Ho was born ia Tennessee, but crossed the plains soon after the discovery of gold, being ono of the few survivors of the ill-fated pary that first attempted the perilous passage of the Death valley route. He was an associate of Pegleg Smith, who amputated ins own log with a hunting knife, takinrr nn tli ari.nr!.ii unil ilwauc- ing the stump without assistance. This operation was necessary inasmuch as he had received a wound from a pois oned arrow in a skirmish with the In dians, and illustrated an important operation now familiar to every college student that of sawing one's own leg off shorb Pike first visited the Yose mite in 1 851, the year after its discov ery by white men, and ho has remained in these mountain solitudes ever Bince, this being his first excursion. During re cent years he lias pursued the occupa tion of guido - with thrift profit.' In ascending Mount Whitney, however, he contracted a bronchial uiliction and lost his voice bo that ho cannot now speak above a whisper. He has been commissioned by hotel proprietors in Yosemite to visit Oregon for the pur pose of procuring new varieties of plants and trees lor the valley. EKtDAY, M KCII 21, LAX l fOU TIIK LtMUXSS. Kilitnr Jtrmixrat: Itsrems strange indeed, that, with such resources for people's support in Qii'gon, wo should have so many men who obtain a living by theft, fraud and burglary. We have an area of over 60,000,000 ucrcs tif hind in the State, with only ntout 105,000 inhabitants in it. This would givo to euch one .'i03g hitch of land. And yet more than one hull' of our puoplo follow other lines tf biisiiicKH besides farming. It is known that a very largo proportion of the Iniulsin KuHtcni Oiegon, heretofore for wheat, are our Very bust wheat lauds. Ami the very lurgo districts of brush lands, in Western Oregon, provo to to suKrior t;rnin UiuIm. And us Iregon wheat and (lour prove to bo superior to any other in thn world, it is fair to in fer that they will continue to command good prices ami good sales. The cli mate, fceasous, soils, health, timber, nav igation, water and water, swcr, outlet to tho world's mar kets iuinertlM, fish, and fruits of Oregon are attracting, and will attract thousands of emigrants fro hi l'urojio and tho States beyond tho mount-unit t-rf our State. Tim stato ineuts now from litre, us to what lands luuds can to tought for sr acre, all around our great renters of trade along our rivers and railroads, urn doubted by jH-rsous abroad. Tho prices seem too low--past belief provided all things around are us rcptente.. Ami there tire vet hundreds ol thousands of acres of vacant lands in our State ou which good liviugx could to mode. And of tho second hand lands belong ing to tho State, to thn railroad compa nies, to the school, college and internal improvement grants, tho tost of pur chases cau to made at low rales on longtime. On the Western sloims of ihe Cascade Mountains and on the Eastern and Western slojs-s tho Coast 11 ills Micro are thousands of good quar ter section claims ready f.r homeHiead settlers. Thieus rich, well watered and valua ble lauds Weill to invito tho homeless aud landless ones Ut their surface, where they may bccottio iudecndent land owners, and have a deep interest in the welfare of our country. It is grievous to us, that we v cotneilcd to build a strong n i.iw-iiUiv, und ex Ji lld hundreds of lliounurxisof dullsrs lo feed, clolho and gutt'd it, wht-ii each j Hum there sliuuiii to day be to a i iticit land owner lJI our Stale. And the many tramps, bummer s und outlaws who am a terror to our good t-iiiA-n, oiijht, each arid uil, to to land owner, j and liiitkiug lor theluselves good Ihiiii.-. And many pussableyoung men of Oregon t.xi much iijiuH pa and in i fur supjkirl; nnd f.ill t.i str ike ml', and pirn-tiro lands f r tlii liiselvcs wliero they are cheap me) plcnlv. Admitting that Many liii-ir of Mirall Jneaiis miht have pretty iiiird kcrntcliintj tijHni tlieir chums fur a few of tin first years ; yet peihajis ihey have harder Itue-n in iiiiiiiiiiii;4 a living oil of the settlers ; or in homo caet working for thn Slate ten hours iu htricd clothing in Hush's hotel at the State, Prison. With the multitudes of ways and means in Oregon by w hich men nan live well and in good esteem, it does si cm ulr.uige that there should to nc many men who live by fraud, theft and robtory. This is u land of plenty ; the earth never fails to yield, if properly tilled, lurgo returns to the tillers of tho soil ; oirr .water abound in endless quantities of stqicrior fish ; our forests abound in vast amounts ot superior tirntor, and our grassy plains are utmost boundless. Hut our buried and exten sive mines contain in their tosofns bil lions of wealth yet to be brought forth to enter into tho wealth . of our State and Nation. And on most of our lands the tost fruits that grow in temperate zones can be raised in endless quantities. And for butter, cheese, fowls, and all manner of domestic animals, Oregon stands unrivaled. All these lunds, and the products of them ; all that I have enumerated, and much of good here to which I have not referred, send forth a voice of invitation and welcome to many thousands of down trodden ones of the old World, aud to our friends in the old States to come to our shores,. and oast their lots amongst us, and help build up a great, and a mighty State, whose people can to healthy, wealthy and happy ; and whose commerce, puss, ing off to Asia aud the "Islands of the Sea," will help to swoll tho great wealth of the most prosperous nation now -upon earth, whose boast is that of being the "Land ef the Free, and the Homo of the Hrave. DAVID NEWSOME. Amiaxv, March 11,. 2879. Ci:ll H AM KTIIUKU llltlNU DIYOKt'Ll. Tho remark is frequently heard that it is tiie moHt gifted, the "generous fel lows, who are most apt to fall into in temperance. The saying is neither true ....r..i tt i , nor useful. However it mav have been formerly, it has come to pass now that, as Prof. Swing suggests, the temperance reform has reached first the minds that are most gifted. "Many years go," he says, "it was my good fortune to Berve my country us secretary of a tem perance society, and in that official dig nity I addressed letters of inquiry to presidents of colleges and professors to ask what was the quality of tho young men who, in those days, marred their college course by . the use of , strong drinks. Long letters came from Pres ident Woolsoy, of Yale, and from Hor ace Mann, then of Boston, and from Prof. Moffat, of Princeton, and they all bore testimony that genius in their col leges drank less than stupidity that whisky was passing away from the higher order of mind, and was to to found only in possession of tha more i sensual and less bright. s45!r i87'.J. A fHiW 0TITI TIOV. Newspapers of California publish the full text of thn promised new cons'itu tion of the State, just completed by tho convention which has been in session for several months. Some of the jour nals speak of it with uiiquallified praise and others denounce it as a whimsical, crotchet patchwork aflUir. In the con vention there was a strong element winch was swept in on tho wave of that peculiar socialism which is so nun pa nt in California; aud it is quite natu ral that this element should project some of its ideas into the constitution, yet on thn whole there is less of this sort of thing than might have toon ex pecUd, and the instrument is entitled to fair consideration at the hands of the icoplo of California, It contains pro visions well calculated to put restric tions upon hasty or incoiisideriito legis lation; it reduces salaries and emolu ments hitherto extravagant; it prohib it the loan of thn credit of the State; it reduces the frequency of elections, prohibits cororations makiag fictitious increase of their capital stock, provides ohock iiMin fraudulent transfers of property to iwcajio taxation, gives the (jovemor tho jsiwcr to veto any item in an appropriation bill while approv ing tho rest, and prohibits appropria tions to all descriptions of sectarian and religious institutions. In providing for less fXMmsiyo government and intro ducing methods for toiler protection of the public against various kinds of job bery in legislation and oppressions by corporate power, the new instrument contains much that will prove accepta ble to the, jieople of tho Slate, and they will to disposed to excuse certain fea tures, evou though they have some thing of tha stamp of dcmugogisiri Um them. There urn other features which are admirable if any way could to found to enforce them, among which wo may in stance that against lobbying, which is to to pronounced a fulouy. Iu defin ing this offence it is declared that "any iierson who seeks to inlluetice the vole of a member of tha Legislature by bri bery, promise of reward, intimidation, or any other dishonest means, shall 'to guilty of lobbying, which is hereby de clared a felony." This sounds well, but we do not see that it makes any rsal advance toward the correction of an ac knowledged evil. In every State there are already laws which make it a fel ony to influence the vote of a member of tho legislature in any of the ways above indicated. It is not readily seen how this abuse can to more effectively prevented by calling it by a new name and prescribing M-nultie in the funda mental law. The difliealty in these cso is in ascertaining the fact con-' cerniug a crime which all parties en gaged iu it hs.o the strongest of rea sons for keeping in concealment. There is nlo an attempt to prohibit specula tion iu iiiining and other stocks, which it may to confidently predicted will prove quim futile. A requirement that unimproved hind shall to sm wiI t the same rate us improved is so man ifestly onjuht that no enpe will en force it, even though it be commanded by their constitution. These and simi lar crudities aro noticeable; but it may to arrswered that in aim st every con stitution there is more or Itws matter which is practically a dead letter. The intractibin element in a constitutional convention will insist on its whimsies, and tho work of such a toy, w hen this is the worst that can to said of it, is to to pronounced fairly good iu pro portion to the absence or harrolcssucss of this class of notions. In examining the article on educa tion wo find that the sentiment against high Bchools, supported at public ex pense, has taken form in a provision which reserves the use of the school fund fer primary and grammar schools nly that is, for common schools. This is in accord with a growing public opinion throughout the country. The Legislature is prohibited from having anything to do with the subject of text books, a provision which will . remove another fruitful source of legislative jobbery. Text-books are to to selected by the local boards of education, and after such, selection has been made they cannot be changed for four years. It is evident that, much as this conven tion has been denounced, it has pro duced a constitution which contains many excellent features. It will to voted on by the people in September next. Uregonian. A COI KTSMH BISTED. A young man and his favorite com panion sat near the front at Burdett's lecture tho other eveninrf. When the llavokeye man jiad just finished convul sing his hearers with an account of a youth's firsb shaving encounter with a baiber, the young man leaned over and whispered: "That's true to life, I can tell yeu." "How can you tell me ?" inquired his gin. "How?' he replied in a whisper; "why that's just the way I fait when 1 nrst got shaved. "When was thatl" she asked. ' "Oh, before I raised my 'mustache," he returned. .. "What mustachel" Bhe inquired a little surprised. "What mustache do you suppose V he retorted, turning red. "Why, Charly," whispered the girl.I never saw any mustache. Do you mean , ' - , "Never mind what I meat hissed the young man between his clenched teeth.. And he stared very hard at the lecturer all the rest of the evening, but somehow couldn't see anything to laugh at. Sunday night he went to see a new girl. , . Thomas H. Powers, who lately died In Philadelphia, was not only rich, having accumulated $10,000,' 000, but a great philanthropist, who delighted in aiding . deserving chari ties. Subscribe fok tub Democrat.' ass- r NO. 33. THK rillSKSB KKSTKH'Tie; KILL, Be it enacted, etc., Thst no" master of any vessel owned in the whole or in part by a citizen of the United States, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel at any place or port within the Chinese Empire, or at any other foreign jtort or place whatever, any number exceeding 15 Chinese passengers, whether male or female, with the intent ( to bring such passengers to the United States, and leave" such port or place and bring such passengers to any number exceed ing 15 on one voyage within the juris diction of the United States. ' Sue. 2. That whenever the master or other jxirson in charge of any vessel takes on board the same at any port or place any greater number of Chinese jMissengers than is prescribed in the first section of this act, with the intent to bring such jmssengem to the United States, and leave such port or place, and bring such passengers to any num ber exceeding 15 on one voyage, within the juriidiction of the U in ted States, he shall to deemed guilty . of a misde meanor, aud shall, for each passenL'er so taken on board and brought within tne jurisdiction of the Uinted StaUm. exceeding tho number of 15, to fined 8100, and may also to imprisoned for not exceeding six months. Ufa;. 3. That the master of any vessel arriving in the United States, or of any of tho Territories thereof, from any foreign place whatever, at the same time that lie delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there to no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of tho vessel, pursuant to the law, shall, in addition to the other matters requir ed to to rejsrrUsl by law, deliver and rerort to tho Collector of the district in which such vessel shall arrive, a sei- arate list of all Chinese passengers ta- iten on board the vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passeneers on board the vessel at that time. Such list shall to sworu to by the master in the same manner as directed by law in relation to the manifest of cargo, and refusal or neglect of the master to com ply with the provisions of this section shall receive tbo same penalties, disa bilities and lotieitures at are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo. Skc. 4. That the amount of the several -tensities irn'tosed by the fore going provisions shall be "liens on the vessels violating those provisions, and such vessels shall to libelled therefore in any Circuit or District Court of the L:nited States, where such vessels shall arrive. Set. 5. That nothing herein con tained shall to held to repeal r modify' any law forbidding the importation of coolies, or ef females for immoral pur jMes, into the United Stats; provided that no Consul or commercial agent of the Unitd States, rVwiding in any port from which any vessel taking Chinese imssengers shall take her departure, shall grant the certificate provided for in section 2.1G2 of the Revised Statutes for more than 15 Chinese passengers, on anv one vesil. Sec. C. That this act shall not ap ply to ieroiis officially connected with the Chinese government, or nny Em bassay therwof, or to persons rescued by shipwreck during the voyage of and by the vessel -seeking a harbor in stress of weather within the jurisdiction of the United States, or to itersons who may only seek a temporary residence for ed ucational puqmses, and who shall have a certificate from the Chinese govern ment for thet pur-iose. Sec. 7. That this act bhall take ef fect from and after the firs day of July, ISiU, and the President of the United States shall immediately on the approval of this act givo notice to government of China of the abrogation of articles five sad six of the additions' articles of the treaty of June 18, 18Gt", between the United States and China, proclaimed February 5, 1870, common ly called the Burlingame Treaty. MARRIED VOm A CUARTL-t OF A DOLLAR Yesterday forenoon, while a Detroit Justice of the peace sat warming his leet by the stove and his nose by a ci gar, a stranger entered and presently enquired : "J udge, how much will you charge me to read over about fifteen lines of printed matter from a book I have T" "Why can't you read themf replied his Honor. "I can, but I want to hear how the lines sound when read aloud. I'll give you a quarter to read tbem to me. 'All right," replied the Justice "I can't earn two shillings any quicker. "A woman opened the door at that moment, and the stranger put down the Look on the desk and clasped her hand and said: "Begin at the pencil mark there, and read slowly." . His Honor's chin, dropped exactly 18 inches by dry measure as he saw that the reading matter was the usual form of marriage but he didn't back down from his word. It was the cheapest marriage he ever attended, and he didn't half enjoy the chuckles of the bride and groom . as they went out. ' Anna Dickinson used to be era ployed in the mint at Philadelphia. She was turned out, she says, for telling the truth about McQlellan when she made her maiden speech. When you hear a man say that he is perfectly contented with his lot. take him by the shoulder and lead him wucio wm uou gev run over. Whitehall Times. It is said that a herring lives hut one year. It is almost incredible that he can develop such a wilderness of bones in so brief a time. . The young man who wrote and asked his girl to accept a "bucket" of flowers, became a little pail when she laid she wooden ware it.! - .-.' . HATE Or AJVKTWI. 1 Inch 2 In. 8 In. 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 00 6 00 7 60 10 00 15 00 3 00 6 00 6 0 1 7 00 0 00 10 00 8 00 U 00 18 0 22 00 'jn oo M 00 48 00 00 00 100 00 12 00 16 00 18 00 i 00 SO 00 40 00 00 00 4 In. 7 00 son 12 CO V Col 1W IS 00 26 00 40 00 W,Col Vol 1 Col 12 00 lft oo 20 00 Euslnes- notices in the Lncal Coronim 20 cents per-llne. I For legal and transient advertisements 1 1 00 per square, for the first Insertion, and 60 cents per square for each subsequent in. sertion. MESaTOK CROVKB TUB CMIKESE. Senator Grover delivered a very ablo speech, February 14, on the Chine question. We wish we had room for the whole of it ; but as we have not, we cull a few extracts as follows : We are now confronted on the Pa cific by the Chinese Empire with it four hundred and fifty millions of po ple, embracing one-tbird of the world's isjpulation, and occupying a region bat little larger than the United States, in cluding Alaska. Here a-e find the old est nation; the oldest arts, the oldest customs, unchanged from the toginnino; fixed as if by laws of fate. We find here a type of man unchanged through all ages of tradition. His gods are yet made by human hands, and he bows down and worshii idols. He speaks a language having no elements common with outs. He writes with characters drawn from hierogylphics older than all other written tongues. His forms are facts, and his governments are ap solutism. His industry is unceasing and in all his peculiar products ha lays the world under contributions to his treasury. China has not to-day what we would call an army. She has not what we would call a navy, bhe sends out her rotlucts upon trll seas, but never builds nor sails a ship. This is the Mongolian. V hen he comes among us he brings with him all he has and all he is his gods, his government, his language, his hieroglyphics, his unchanged customs, his clothing, his chopstics, and, as far as possible, his food. He is a man among us but not of as. He is not bone of our bone.nor flesh of our flesh, and never can to. Hut he brings also a ceasless.machine-like, untiring indus try which, though apparently unobtru sive, works into thej recesses of. overy employment, at wages a little lower than Americans can live upoi, and carefully hoarding every eent of his earniiigs, ships it away to China on ev ery available steamer. II never adds to, but subtracts from, the resources of the countrv. He never builds np but hastens to a common decay every place Inch be inhabits. . He has become gardener, cook, laun- dryman, cigar-maker, shoemaker, and adept to many other industries through out the i acitic stated, and wherever he goes he defies competition, absorbing the places of our -Miopia and driving them away, not by force, hut as locusts drive herds from the rich pasture to starve. res and srissoK. A little five-j ear-old daughter of one of our prominent business men, in of fering up her evening prayer recently, uttered the following : "God bless mamma, bless papa, and make him buy me a dog a great big one that'ill whip the "devil out of all of W SeXAToa-elect Call of Florida is a grand-son of Colon's John Lee of Vir ginia, a revolutionary soldier and a member of the same family to which General Robert E. Lee belonged. General E. Kirby Smith happened to to in Jacksonville when General Sherman arrived, so the latter invited the ex-confederate to run -over to St. Augustine with him. General Smith accepted. B. F. Jones, the newly-elected United States Senator from Louisiana, will to the third Isiraelite who has oc cupied a seat in the forum. The others were David Yu!be of Florida and Judah P. Benjamin of Louisiana. Notwithstanding the memorial of our last Legislature, asking for a mili tary post at or near Bs-ker City, the Secretary af War reported against it and the request was denied. ' The Grand Master Workman of the Order .of Workingmen of California reports that one-fourth of the deaths in that Order during the past year in Cali fornia was caused by drunkenness. Coal oil discovered near Yreka, and now coal oil and gin is the favorite cock-tail among the Yrekaians. One "lady" at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, comes down to breakfast speckled with anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000 worth of diamonds, and another one sports a $50,000 pair of ear rings. ..-.-. Brevet widow, Brigham Ann Eliza Young, is lecturing in Central New York. W. J. White, who murdered Dr. Mehring last September in his wife's bedroom, at Vasalia, and - who was bound ever by the last grand jury te appear before the present one,' was in dicted en the 17th nit. for murder in the first degree. kits r rnr. :, Blessed is the tramp, for he Bhall in herit the county jail. -Camden Past. The man who goes often to his ante eventually finds his way to his uncle. Even the 'moon keeps eut of sight for a while after getting full. Tulare Times. " " , When a pickpocket pulls at your watch, tell him plainly you have no time to spare, .4 A town in Arkansas is named Tombstone- but this is too grave a subject to joke about. Seven schooners went down (in a Market street saloon) during the storm last week. Some tramps are good singers until they strike cord of wood. Syret case Sunday Times. '