Daily Democrat!.
THE BEST EDUCATION.
An exchange speaking of the kind of
education now given in our schools savs
that each rear brings to the general pub
lic, as well as to the educators, the con vie
tion that the present system of education
is inadequate to the demands of the da v.
The great public, which is more directly
interested in school methods than the ed
ucators themselves, are waking to the con
viction that there is much useless expen
diture of time and effort in putting the boy
and girl through the course of study in the
schools. This conviction is not limited to
any class of Intelligence. It is permeating
all classes. With this more complete view
f education comes among the higher
classes a greater respect for skilled labor.
In these days when riches suddenly take
to themselves wines and flv avvav : when
there may be luxury one week and penury
the next, it is necessary for every one to be
prepared for these emergencies. The ex
lgencie6 in business life cannot always be
foretold with accuracy. The laws that
govern the evolutions of commerce are to
a certain extent the same in their tendency
and as unerring in their effect as those that
govern the evolution of nature.
It has long been a great mistake of the
rich to educate their children in the efilor.
esences of knowledge, and to teack them
to view manual labor as lowering in its in
fluences. But self preservation is one ef
the first Jaws of nature and there are com
paratively few people who would rather
starve to death than work with their hands.
The instant of nature is strong with us all,
and there is that consciousness in every
one, at least in nearly every one, that
forces him to labor in order to save his own
life. The complications of social condi
tions and the consequent competition in all
departments of industrial and professional
hfe.together with these sudden disappear
ances of fortunes, are impressing upon the
minds of all, the rich as well as the poor,
the necessity of being forearmed. The man
who is armed is always ready for an at
tack. The man who has a skilled brain
and hand to fall back upon is ready for an
emergency.
If society is to be compactly built and
enduring we must all contribute our labor,
not only to make it so, but to keep it so.
I We have now as much of the disintegrat
ing elements as we need. These are the
criminal classes, the paupers, the insane
the bed ridden, the homeless, the aged, the
infirm. We have in this wide domain
many that are n-edy, but that are not yet
the wards of the public. With the increase
of the population comes an Increase in so
ciety's burdens. The complication in social
conditions must be evident to every one
that will take the trouble to penetrate the
slight crust which envelopes life in the
United States. The only way to put ai
obstacle in the way of this alarming in
crease in our non-producing class , or non
contributing classes, is to educate our chil
dren to become producers and contributors.
The present system of education is good
so far as it goes, but it does not go far
enough.
If all members of society were producers
as well as consumers there would be less
necessity for poorhouses. Practical edu
cation misht, and undoubtedly would, les
sen the tcnuency to crime. An idle brain
is the devil's workshop is a saying ps true
as it is old. Thomas Cariyie's ringing
sentences may be quoted here. Savs the
great philosopher : "Produce, produce,
produce. If it be but the most infinitesi
mal part of a product, in God's" name pro
duce it. 'Work while it is j et day, for the
night cometh wherein no man can work."
It is the bus'ness of those who direct edu
cation to consider these facts dceplv.
In Boston more than $ 100,000,000 ot per
sonal property is taxed, and more than
$563,000,000 of real estate. The Be ston
and Albany Railroad Company pays a tax
of $108,305, being the heaviest tax-payer
n the liit. The actual amount of wealth
in the city is, of course, only faintly indi
cated by the $ 300,000,000 of personal estate
which the assessors found. Vast sums are
invested in untaxable bonds, others are un
doubtedly concealed, while s'.ill other, psrtly
represented by the $100,000, 000, which are
annually paid in dividends to Bostonians,
are invested in other states and taxed there.
How deftly the human spider now and
then weaves its web. An accomplished
young newspaper man was recently dis
patched from Boston to the interiorof New
Hampshire to write up the history of an
old lady of 9S. He was told that she had
never so much as learned her letters. Did
he blurt it out in print ? Not a bit of it. He
merely stated in his finely written article
that "she can read the finest print as well
as she evei could," and sent a marked copy
of the paper to the subject of the sketch,
More recently the lady died, and when her
will was admitted to probate it was found
that she had made the young writer her
heir.
A New Grocery Discovered
AT
Strong's old corner, opposite Stewart &
Sox, First Htreet, Albany, Or,
A full line of
FRESH GROCERIES,
CANNED COODS,
DRIED FRUITS. ETC.
"Quick sales and small profits," "Live
and ls-t live," is onr motto. Flease call
and examine our goods and get prices,
Satisfaction guaranteed,
Produce Taken in Exchange,
.Very Respectfully,
BARDUE & UNDERWOOD.
The value of the South's agricultural products
for iSSS was about $800,000,000 against $571
000,000 in 1879, The value of the South's
live stock is now $575,000,000 while in 1879 it
was $391,4000,000. The production of grain
rose from 431,074,630 bushels in 1870 to 626,
305,000 bushels in 1SS7, an increase of nearly
200,000,000 bushels.
Kasal Catarrh is probably one of the most
disagreeable ailments that a person can bo
afflicted .with . If Dutard's Specific is used
with a douche or even snuffed up the nose,
according to directions, morning and even
ing, a radical cure can in most cases be ef
fected. Sold by Foshay & Mason.
TJOR RENT. The store foroinrlv oo-
1' pied by Monteith A Seitenbaoh, on
First street, opposite S. E. Young's, splen
didly titled up lor any business. For
particulars inquire or
Sunders fc Sternbdro.
FOSHAY & MASON,
V13LI!1 AND RETAIL
Druggists and Booksellers,
Agents for John B. Alden's publications,
which we sell at publisher's price, with
poswgeauaea.
ALBANY, OUEOON.
TIN WARE AND HARD
WARE OK ALL KINDS AT
DEYOE & ROBSO
CLOTHING
For Fall and Winter
-AT-
NEW GOODS
NEW SMYRNA RUGS AND PORTIERRES.
NEW TABLE COVERS.
LINEN TABLE SETS, NAPKINS TO MATCH,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LINEN AND SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEFS.
TRUNKS AND VALISES.
SILK DRESS PATTERNS.
COLORED AND SILK WARP HENRIETTAS.
SILK UMBRELLAS,
Boot and Shoe Department.
LADIES AND CENTS FANCY SLIPPERS.
CENTS FINE SHOES.
MISSES AND CHILDRENS FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS,
FELT SLIPPERS OF ALL KINDS.
CROCKERY' DEPARTMENT
CHOICE NOVELTIES IN'DECORATED CHINA
TEA SETS.
FRUIT PLATES AND SAUCERS.
DECORATED BEDROOM SETS
LAMPS,
SALAD BOWLS
FANCY PITCHERS
FANCY CUSPADORES
CAKE DISHES
AND A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF NOVELTIES IN CHINA
Since the divorce act was adopted by the
English Parliament thirty years ago, there
have been no less than 13,022 suits brought
under it, and in 7,295 more than half
the court has put asunder Close whum the
church alleged God had joined together.
Worse still does it appear when the three
decades of divorce arccompared with each
other. In the first, 1858 to iS67,there were
2,i8S applica.lons for divorce j in the sec
ond, 186S to 1877, there were 3,273, an in.
crease of about 50 per cent ; in the third,
1S78 to 1SS7, there were 4,761, an increase
ot aoout 75 per cent ; in the next decade
the lawyers expect the increase to be fully
100 per cent.
L. E. BLAIN'S.
Rubber Coats and Boots, Shoes
OVERCOATS,-FineAssortment,
Pea JackctS"CIiincIiilIa. Aslraclian
Full Line of Duck Suitings,
AM. GRADE WOOLEN OVER SHIRTS
Big Stock Cardigan Jackets,
HEAVY MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR.
Winter Gloves and
Samuel K Young.
Albany, Oregon
Speaker Smith of the house pursued a very
discreditable course in making u; the standing
committees of that body. The democrats have
no representative at all on the following com.
mittees: Kducition, Claims, Roads and High,
ways, Indian Affairs., Corporations, Internal
Improvements, Agriculture, and Alcoholic
Traffic. Why should democrats be excluded
from these committees? It's using power like
a tyrant.
ALL WEIGHTS LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES.
UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC.
List but not least a large stock 'of
CLOTNINC AND FURNISHINGS
JULIO? GRADWOHL'S
Golden Rule Bazaar.
Ilia stock bas been enlarged so that it equsls any on tha Cms:, and consists of
Roger Bro3. Silverware, French China and Crys
talware, Boys' Wagons, Doll Carriages,
Fancy Goods, and a general
assortment of Crockrey
and Toys.
He buys direct and oarries the largest stock In
has been addod a complete line of
the Willamette Valley, to whicr
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Ts Agent for insnrane companies with capital aggregating 75.O09,00J.
sTIoI on narle Francais. Hier wird deutcb. gesprochon.-.
BIG BARGAINS AT BrowneU
D, R. N, BLACKBURN.
Attorney at Law
OfflceJOdd Fellow's.Temple,
ALBANY, - - ORECON.
& Stanard's.
J. K. WEATHERFORD,
(NOTARY PUBLIC,)
ITTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, OREGON.
WW PRACTICE Itf ALL THE COURTS OF THE
BMW. Special mention given to collections