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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
DEAN.fiEAD3.

The following from the pen Of VIM.
I. Tins!cy, of the Lyons IN. Y Re
publican. will appreciated by news
paper editors who have been victims
oil the nuisance oil which the writer
complains:
Ii II common Tor certain classes of
people to look upon newspaper edi-
tors - dead-hea.lsp par e.ccetkence. -
But the truth rs, there is no class. OF
people SO remorselessly aud contiuu-
ousiy filchcd from an imposed upon
by dead-headism in myriad shapes, Us
these very newspaper editors them
selves. We will give an instance or
two, by way OF illustration.
There is the man who patented a
new sort of tinguml,ob for "regnlat.
ing the heat ot stoves. He CONES
To Us with specimen of his tingum
hob, and tells us that il is the greatest
blessing ever invented; IL will save
lots of money for poor people; only
let it get into general use, and the
community will rise up and call him
blessed. lie wants us TO publish bis
invention through our columns for
nothing; be posters MS with it. till we
are strongly tempted to rise up and
call him the reverse OF blessed, and
show him the door. However we
don't; we are too good-natured and
too Overwhelmingly olite. We
don't even tell him he is a dead-hcad.
There are the associations that get
up schemes for benevolent purposes.
OF course the editor must do their
advertising for nothing; it "won' I
cost him anything" to give them a
Tree notice. Perhaps he obliges them
and perhaps he shows them his adj
vertising rates. Some of them, no
donbt, are very excellent people, and
really believe themselves in the right.
Whauyer else they are, however,
they are dead-heads. -.
There are the temperance societies
and missionary associations, and NOR
al-reform agencies. and associations
for the furnishing of the Hottentots
with flannel drawers and cod liver oil.
Can you ask as to pay youtor adver-
tising? "Can you refuse to put in
notices our OF meetings, and so on,
and have the hardlhood to ask us for
money when the poor Hottentots are
perishing with cold?" Certainly, not
dear dead-heads. Fetch on your no
tices, we will print them, provided
theyare not too long; 1butremember
you are deaa-heads. 8 g8
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
AN EXCELLENT LAW.

The San francisco E.ca,niner has
the following concerning law lately
passed by the California Legislature
regarding elections. The law was
generally adopted: ~
One oil the best acts Of the Inst
Legislature was the adoption of TINT
portion Of the Code bearing on elec-
tions, which provides that each tick
ct must be twelve inches long, aud
four inches wide foulded four times,
30 thgt it will be three -fourths of an
inch by four inches. The marking
OF any ticket il n.nde an oifense. No
person on the election day. within
one hundred feet Of the polls, must
gre or receive u ticket, nor within
that distance must he show by open
ing or otherwise how he votes. The
ticket must be free from any mari;
device or anything by which it can
be distinguished.
j Such a provision should always
have been 70 wise one: but ever since
the complete ascendeDey Of Radical
ism IN the land IL has been imperi-
tiyely requested to protect poor men
III the uutruiuneled exercise of the
elective franchise. 1t il well known
that for years past. in this city, thai
Democratic laboring men have been
in hundreds, il not thousands. OF in.
stances driven TO the polls with bal.
lots seleeted for them by their Radi-
cal employers and compelled either
To deposit those false declarations
of their political faith or be discharg.
ed from employment. 4 choice, be-
tween independence in political sen.
timent aud bread for their families
was presented aud ninsty-nipe men
in hundred would choose the la..
ter
The outrnees perpetrated on cleo.
tors at Mare Island by Federal sa
traps at the last elect on are too fresh
iii the public miud to require mar
ration of item now. Under The ap
prehension of Immediate dismissal
from employment, ON puti5c works
hundreds of men were coerced into
hnIniliatiDg positions as. so-called
freemen. walking mp to the election
polls under the supervision Of over
seer. and fepositing i'll The baIlo;-bo,
a piece of pastboari of such size and
pattern that while it Was large enough
Ia contain the names of all the Radi
cal candidates TO be voted for wa,
yet 80 small that. without folding ol
crnmpling. il could easily be con
cealed between the thumb and fore
inser of the hand OF the poor thralli
who were compelled to vote it.
Il ia great misfortune, for the IN
ture welfare of the country. tha
every State in the Union has no
such law upon its statute-book a.
that in our new Code. Ii such were
the case the real Democracy of th'
couatry. the harlftel laborers O
tho land, could attain their right,
and the reign OF Radicalisni woult
be forever ended. .
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31

An Indiana woman, while securing
the country for names to petition
for the pardon of her husband, who
had been condemned for some triaing
manslaughter to imprisonment for
life, met an Adonis who suited her
much better than her incarcerated
lord. She Immediately burned the
petition, and intends claiming the
divorce the law grants in such cases
and becoming the blushing bride of
her adored Adonis. Sic transit fem
inee denlor. .a. 2.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
CUpaD,S DOTaGs.

The racy correspondent Of the
Commercial Adrsrtiser, Eli Perkins,
writes as follows apropos Of the gas
famine in New York: Last night [
went home from DIR. Ewer's with Ju-
liza; / felt great confidence in myself
The darkness gave me confidence. Il
always gives lovers confidence. There
were thirty-six dark gas burners, anil
one talIow candle--one Eighth Ave-
nuc tallow candle in her fathers pal.
latial mansion. I took her hand Ibid,
and / was about to say something
very confidential in the feeble candle
light. when we heard Julia's cousin
Mary in the back parlor with Charley
Brown. Charley was taking adgan>
tage OF the darkness too. We saw
their shadows on the glass door. [
heard him whisper:
Mary, dear. I have something con-
fidenfial to tell you"
"What is it, Charley" she lisped in
a sweet voice.
Then we saw one arm of bis sh&d-
ow enc:rcle her shadow, and some
body whispered:
Il think Mary--I think that love
you'll
Then we beard suppressed sigh.
Mary" continued the voice, do
you love mes"
Yes Charley, LIDO love you,' she
sobbed.
How much:"
"More than words can express
Il am very glad, Mary" continued
the voice, "for l thought you were
iiirting."
"WelI, Charley"
But Charley never said another
word. Young fellows seldom ge.
iakher than tb. nowadays. This as
much as any reasonable young lady
ought to expect. Now Charley is All
honorable, High Church fellow, and
he has gotten so far with three hun
dred aud eighty-six different Young
ladies on Fifth Avenue. 1t is called
by the fellows the sticking point."
"Pshawl Eli, yes, he replied. @tnere
are two other points still. We call
them the awful oath dodge and th.
poverty dodge Why iva coma
these dodges over the Fifth Avenue
girls more than twenty times"
What is the awful oath dodgeg'"
| inquired auxiously.
i The awful oath dodge is where
we get sweet on a girl; tell her that
We love her, get her to say yes that
she loves US. then announce with tre-
mendous soiefnnity that we are COM
pelled to take an awful oath at the
bedside of our dying grandmother
not to marry until the age OF 30 of
course the young lady can't wait So
long as that, and We are out of ths
scrape."
Nv Well, what is the poverty dodge
and how do you do it," l asked, still
opening my eyes at Charley's resela-
tons
Never tell, my boy."
i IN Neverr'
4 SWELL, ! always tell tlls girls that I
love them"
"Yes."
ASK them if they love me"
"Yes?a
"Then they say yes"
"And you"
"Why, then I sigh and say: Alasi
darling, do love you; but I love you
too much to ask you TO marry. You,
Mary, are used to life of luxury. I
am poor aud proud. l would not ask
you 10 leave home OF comfort for
home such as / could give you"
well, Charley, how does this gen.
orally work.
/ "Splendidly, old fellowl That's
what we Fifth Avenue fellows call
the poverty dodge-the very last
ljunpingoff place, you know"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
N. s. DU BOEs e. co.
Wholesale and Retail
ALBanY BATH HOUSE!

U1HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi
entity that he has taken charge of this Establish
enent, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
strict attention to business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him With their patronage
Having heretofore carried on nothing but
First-C Glass Hair Dressing Saloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to all.
Er Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut
and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBER.
y3n33tf.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31

& What is true friend? A true
friend is he who not only shows him.
self SO when the frowns of misfor
tune fall upon US. but even when We
treat him as foes builds friendships
al,el higher and tirmet With the very
stores cast against Him BY our folly
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
A clergyman wished to know

A clergyman wished to know
whether the children of his parish
toner's understood their Bibles. He
asked u la1 whom he found one day
reading the Old Testament, who was
the wickedest man. ''Moses, to be
sure, said the boy. Moses" ex-
claimed the parson. how can that
BET" why" said the lad, che
broke 1.-THE commandments at once. .
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31

George, little boy of six years,
says: Mother this book tells about
the angry waves of the ocean. Now
what makes the ocean get SO angry?
Because it has been crossed SO
Often. /"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
There is a man in Buffalo who ba

There is man in Buffalo who has
registered vow never to makea thu
name society"of himself again. He
took off his coat aud leaped into the
canal to saye lady from drowning
when q pickpocket stole ten dollars
from his coat, and the rescued wo IAN
was mad because he pulled her CHG
non off in getting her out,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
Editor Democrat: !:

A pious Irishman, not long since,
in exhorting a meeting, let his re-
marks take an analytic turn. Me
beloved friends, /" said Pat, ''all can
not be parts of the same building.
Some have to be posts, some rafters,
etc., and me friends, if there were
not already too many slapers in this
house, | would be willin to be a sla-
per (Sleeper) meself.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
1t will be seen that the Western
States are entitled to los votes:

California claims votes and Ore
gon 3--making It total of for the
Pacific Coast. The Southern States
are entitled to 134 votes in the Elec.
toral College, being majority over
the New England and Middle States
combined, and exceeding the consoli-
dated vote of the great Northwest.
Here are the figures:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31

An Irishman fell from the third
story of a building in course of erec-
ton. A friend ran to him expecting
to find fife extinct, but instead the
tough Celt raised up scratching his
head aud rubbing his shoulders: his
friend asked, did your fall hurt you2"
when Pat replied mo Sc LASTED
fool. twas the stopping SO quick.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31


A SUIT for a breach of, contract, of
q rather novel character, is now PEN
ding in one of the Vermont courts.
La effect, gentle maiden sues man
for promising to buy her and then
refusing to fulfill his contract. It
seems that the lady had a farm which
the man wanted to purchase. She
offered the property and herself for
so. 900. and refused to sell separate
ly. He accepted the terms. paid the
money, obtained the title-deeds of
the lands, and was SO we'll satisfied
with his bargain that he insisted on
her keeping the rest of the purchase
herself. She did not appreciate his
magnanimity, and insisted on his
marrying her. He declined, and
now she has sued him for breach of
contract.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31
-za~--z-z--e------s-- -
4 FOUL SENTIMENT.

One of the best and trnest feelings
of our nature, is reverence for the
dead. When one of our race, how
ever crr.ng. however sinful, passes
through the shadow, that hoyers over
the gra.e, into the great unknown
eternity beyound, common instinct
tells MS that the voice of harsh censure
should be hushed This thender.
noble sentiment is beautifully ex-
pressed in the Latin maxim. 's De
Dto.1uis nil nisi bonuna.' 'Of the
dead, speak nothing but good, a max
i'm that finds an echo in every true
heart in Christendom. But this
common impulse of humanity has no
place in the cold, unteeling bosom OF
Attorney General Williams In his
speech here Saturday, May IS. he said
OF poor Jack RAIDER, the Jackson
county member. who died in this
city, Of small pox, at the close of the
last session Of the Legislature: "He is
dead and has gone 1 ksoso not ,ohere,' .
and, to the eternal shame of Salem,
the infamous alinsion WAS loudly ap.
plaaded by a part,-thank God, only
part-of his audience. Be il re-
membere,l that the circumstances OF
poor Raiders death were peculiarly
awful. In a strange city, far from
home. with not one friend near him,
he died after horrible suffering of a
loathsome pestilence. Even the rite
of Christian burial was denied him.
Three rough men hired for the pur-
pose, took him IN the dead of night
aud buried him with pesiiience reek-
ing clothing and bedding around him,
hastily covering him up in rude
grave = somewhere near Salem -
God knows where. OF this poor
man whose death and burial were so
terrible. the Attorney General of the
United States uttered the atrocious
sentiment written above. Raiders
only sin was that he was Democrat
For the honor of humanity let us
hope and believe that there is not in
all this broad land another individual
Of the eminence of Mr. Williams, who
would have been guilty OF the ghoul-
like act of digging up this dead mans
memory and making it the subject OF
such a heartless inuendo. = Salem
1Me,cNry. g'
& - II
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-05-31

4. svoyo6t luls.- ddnt stdnbis.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-30
The Grape Sugar Industry

The manufacture of grape sugar
has assumed large proportions. In
Germany there were, N 1868, sixty
establishments in operation, which
produced that year 22,OOO, 900
pounds of syrup and 5000, 0CO of
sugar, Since that time other and
more extensive factories have been
established, and the cultivation of
potatoes for the purpose also cover
ing a large extent of territory. The
potato plantations are usually in
sandy districts adapted to their
growth. The method pursued in
nearly all of the refneries is identi-
cal, The wet starch is first put into
a large washtub, where, under con-
slant stirring for an hour, it is en-.
tirely dissolved in water and dilute
acid. From the washtubs it is run
into watts where it can be boiled by
steam-here it remains for sugar
four Or five hours, for syrup two OF
three hours. It is hen put into the
n~eutraIizing tanks to be treated
with carbonate Of lime and left unit,
the sediment, chiefly composed o
gypsum, has settled this usually
requires six hours. The sweet
liquid thus obtained is evaporateG
in vacuum pans, filtered, and left tc
cry s%talize, if sugar Is to be made, OF
manufactured into syrup. The pro
cess does not essentially differ from
that pursued in the United States
where corn starch is chiefly EN-.
ployed,
The great increase in the wine.
, growing districts of America ha.
occasioned an enlarged demand fol-
glucose, and the manufacture of thi!
article appears destined to assume
large proportions in the United
States, where corn can be obtained
in unlimited quantity,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-30
Homo. Farm and GardHn.

Water in which potatoes have
been boiled is said to possess a poi
son fatal to lice on cattle. Wash
freely with sponge or wooden cloth,
choosing a sunny day or a warm
stable for the operation, and as their
hides dry rub down with a curry
comb.
Every family should provide a
barrel or box for receiving chicken
bones, hsh-bones, and bits of bones
which accumulate in the kitchen. A
hundred pounds may be saved in a
few weeks. Such bones are valuable
for grass land, and for burying
around all kinds of fruit trees and
grape vines.
The Grape Culto3st says that a
large yineyardist in Illinois keeps
not less than one hundred ducks
constantly among his vines. He
says 1t is wonderful with what dill
gence they will dart after all kinds
of bugs, thrips, flies, and small snails,
and he considers them among the
best of insect exterminators.
The following will be found one
of the best cures ever used Tor CALLED
shoulders On horses. Take sheet
lead, such as lines the inside of tea
chests, and after smoothing it, fit it
to the collar, so that it will fit on the
chased place. 1t will seldom fail of
perfectly curing the CALLED surface.
Western Rural.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-30
The Matter of Size.

If q greyhound were as large as
an elephant, and had the power and
stride would correspond with his
size, he would kill himself in run
ming a mile, The material of his
frame could not stand the strain,
The draught-horse is never a race
horse, Beyond a certain weight
the loss Of the power of heetness be-
gins. Nature puts her materials
into the best forms for securing her
objects. The swallow is swifter
than the swan. Ship-builders have
found, to their sorrowiul and dis,
astrlus cost, that above a certain
size a ship is prohtlcss. Taking
into consideration the material Of
which ships are made, the modes Of
handling them, and the needs Of
commerce, two ships, possessing the
aggregate capacity Of the Great
Eastern, 7 worth twice as much as
she. The statement will doubtless
be good for all time. There is a
limit, fixed by nature, in this matter
of size. on all the iustrumeotalitios
of human commerce of every sort,
beyond which results arc uusttislac.
tory. There will never be a railroad
with A twontv-fye feet gauge there
will never he another Great Eastern;
and there will never be another
Boston Jubilee, of the magnitude of
that which closed its performance
of the Fourth of July.
The great gathering of musicians
which Mr.. GiIlmore's enterprise Sc
cured was without q precedent in
the world. We doubt whether any
man but Gilmore could have done
what he did. We doubt whether it
could have been done in n other
city but Boston. The undertaking.
was gigantic, and it was carried
through with marvellous efficiency.
The monster experiment was not a
failure except in the fact that its
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-30
GOD.

0 Thou Eternal OneI whose presence bright
All space doth oceupy,-Ull motion guide
Unchanged through lines all devastating
Thou only God there is no God beside,
Being above all beings, mighty onel
Whom none can comprehend and meme
explore!
Who hli'st existence with myself alone.
Embracing all. supporting, ruling o'erl
Being whom we cau God, and know no
more
In its sublime research, philosophy
May measure out the ocean deep,-mny
count
The sands, or the suns rays,-but God for
thee
There is no weight nor measure. None can
mount
Up to thy mysteries. Reasons bright spark,
Though kindled by thy light, In vain would
try
To trace thy ~counsels, infinite and dark.
And thought is lost e'er thought can soar
so high,
Even like past moments in eternity.
Thou from primeval nothingncss didst
First chaos, then exiStence,-Lord on thee
Eternity had its foundation all
Sprung forth from thee,-of light, JOY, har-
monN.
Sole origin,-aIl lie, all beauty there:
Thy word created all and doth create
Thy spleudor fills space with day divine:
Thou art, and vast, and shall he, glorious,
Ltf6.gtving, DEMONSTRATING potentate.
Thy chains the sumeasured universe sur
round,
Upheld by thoe-by thee inpsIred with
breath,
Thou the beginning with end was bound,
And beautifully mingled life and death
As SPARKS mount upward from the fiery
blaze,
So SIMS are horn md worlds sr,I,,, C,rth
from thee;
And as the spangles in the sunny rays
Shine around the silver snow, the pa
geautry
OF heavens bright army glitters in thy
praise, -
A million torches lighted by thy hand,
Wander unWearied, through the blue abyss.
they oWn tiny power, accomplish thy com.
All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss
What shall We call them? Piles of crysta
Aglorious company of golden streams?
Lamps Of celestial ether burning bright ?
suns lightning systems with their Joyous
beams?
But thou to them art rs themoon to night
Yes, as the drops of water in the sea,
All this magniiCenCG in thee is lost:
What are ten thousand worlds compare,
And what am I, then? Heavens unnum
bered host,
THOUGH multiplied by myriads. and array,
In all the glory of sublimest Thought,
Is but an atom in the balance weighed
Against thy greatneSs-is q Cypherb rough
Againsttntinity Whats am 1, then? Naught
Nothing! but the %efluence of thy light divine
Peryading worlds, hath reached my bosom
Yes; i, my spirit doth thy spirit shine.
AS shines the sunbeam in a drop of dew
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-30

1t does not seem to be generally
appreciated as the fact ought to be,
thatit pays just as well to manure a
crop OF grass as any other crop. He
would on no account plant potatoes
or corn without a liberal dressing OF
manure, yet Will risk his grass crop
from year to year without either any
manure at all, or else the most
m7agro dressing imaginable. We
have said that pays as well to man
IRE 1t as any other crop F.; but we
thiuk We might go farther and say
that, as a rule, it pays better to ma
nure for grass than for anything else.
1t is very rarely that mauuring for
the generality Of farm crops Will
double the product, but we have
seen cases where fully a double
crop ofhay was the result of a liberal
supply Of manure.
Theproper care of grass fields is
yet but imperfectIy understood in
many quarters. 1t is quite unusual
for many grass fields to yield more
than three seasons before it requires
to be broken up and put down with
some other crop. 1t is found that
the most valuable species die out
for want of nutrition, and coarse
heritage which thrives On poorer
ground, grows up aud takes the
place Of desirable article and thus
arises the necessity for a new begin.
ming or a new crop. Much of thi.
might be avoided by judiciou5 ma
nuring. We have known many
fields Of greer grass continue fol
years as productive as they were the
first season, by simply giving them
a top dressing Of any kind of com.
posi- or manure that was readily al
hand.-F0rneyS Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-30

sweet milk or cream enough to mix
it. Have the dough rather stiff, roll
and bake in a sheet. As soon as
baked, split open the whole cake,
spread one piece quickly with butter
cover with well-sweetenod apple
sauce, pour over some thick sweet
cream, CRATE on nutmeg place the
other half on this (orust side DOWN
spread with butter, cover the apple
sauce, cream and nutmeg.
FARMERS FRUIT GALE,
Three cups Of dried apples, wash
aud cut each piece into three pieces,
then boil in Il syrup made of two
cups Of sugar, half Il cup of water,
two tablespoonfuls of essence OF
lemon, until preserved through and
tender, Be very careful not to let
it burn, When cooked sufficiently,
take eff ana cool then add one cur
OF aried cherries, three cups of raj
sins, two cups Of sugar, hat a cup o
brandy one cup OF batter, six eggs
one teasl @oonful of cloves, nutmeg
and cinnamon, ~puNerized and mix.
ed, flour to max a stiff batter bake
one hour,