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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

A steamboat on the Mississippi
passed drowning man. The unfor-
tunate man struggled, foundered,
and screamed for dear life in the wa
ter. The pilot Of the steamboat yell
ed to him to 'stand upl" He did so,
and found the water scarcely knee
deep. g0n
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

A Georgia editor describing we'd
ding lately, said the bride looked a
very lily cradled in the golden
glimmer Of some evening Lake.
foam Aecked, snowy, yet sun-Aushed ,
crowning the ripplings Of some soft
summer sea. If that we're really SO.
the bridegroom must have been
puzzled to know whether he wac
wedding submarine conservatory o.
an Aurora Borealis.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12
MARRIAGE MAxINHs.

81 .
The following marriage maxims are
worthy of more than hasty reading
Husbands need not pass them by,
for they are designed for wives; and
wives should not despise them, for
they are addressed to husbands:
"The very nearest approach to do.
mestic happiness on earth is the cult.
yation on both sides of absolute un.
selfishness.
Never talk at one another, either
alone or in company.
Never both get angry at once.
Never speak loud to one another,
unless the house is on fire.
Let each one strive to yield often.
est to the wishes of the other.
Never find fault, unless it is per
fectly certain that a fault has been
committed, and always speak loving
ly.
Never taunt with a past mistake.
Never make a remark at the ex.
pense of another, it is meanness. o.
Never part for a day without Low.
ing words TO think Of during absence.
Never meet without loving well
come.
Never let the sun go down upon
any anger or grievance.
Meyer let any fault you have com.
mitted go, until you have frankly con
fessed it and asked forgiveness.
Never forget the happiness of earth
ly love.
Never sigh over what might have
been, but make the best of what it is.
Never forget that marriage is or
dained of God, and that His blessings
alone can make it what it should be.
Never let your hopes stop short Of
the eternal home.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12
WILLAMETTE
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.

TNROM AND AFTER DATE UNTIL FUR
thernotite, the Company will dispatch .
boat from Albany 70 Corvallis on TUESDAY
and FRIDAY Of each week. h ,.sasrI
Also will dispatch d boat from Albany Tor
Portland and intermediate places on same days,
leaving Comstock Co.'S wharf
Fare at reduced rates. J. D. BILEs,
Dec. I6, 1871. Agent.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12
PosEY COUNTY, IND,

4AuBunV IuoOi 10
UrsolUed, fust, that God made the
wuld fust and Stephen a duglas after
wards, and all this yer talk about
Adam bein the fust man is dam
black Republican lie.
.UrsoIved 2end, that Stephen dug
las are the father of his kuntrY; allus
was, is Eow, and will be agiD
Urs0Ived agin, that this yor meotin
do awl stand up,
UrSolved, last, that this yer meetin
unanimously journ scatterin.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

A teacher in Rockport, Mass, re.
ceived note the other day, from an
indignant parent, which read: 81
want you to strictly understand thai
you hant boss of mi Children if you
keep maria for bein late you will
hav truble you need not think Wee
are Slaves becas Wee hant live in O
land adoo."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

The retiring editor Of a Kansas pa
per "valedicts" himself as follows:
''If / have said anything through the
columns that am sorry forI am glad
of it. To my friends, I thank you
for your hberality, and to my enc
mics, you can 80 to the devil
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

A father consoling his daughter
who had lost her husband, said: 81
don't wonder at your grief for him
my child. You will never find his
equal" "Don't know as 1 can" re-
sponded the sobbing widow; "bui
I'll do my bestr The father went
home comforted.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

A CHICAGO paper has this queer cd
itorial paragraph;
President MacMahon follows the
example Of the ex-Empress Eugene,
and unbosoms himself to q nsWspa-
per reporter"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12
SOMETHING NEW In DENTISTRY
DIR. Il. o. SMITH = DENTIST.

TTAs LOCATED IN ALBANY - Z
and has tho new Invention a.
in plate work. which consists in 1IIIp
inserting teeth IN the mouth without covering
the whoIs roof, as heretofore. II gives the
wearer the free use Of the tongue to the roof Of
the mouth In, talking and tasting. It is the
Smith a Purvine patent, .,.. d. ..rs gH
zs-feeth extracted without pain. Plates
mended, whether broken or divided, Office one
door east Of Conner't Bank, up stairs.
v7n45tf.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

'Who are the meek?" was asked
OF little boy, to which he replied
Those who give smooth answers "
rough questions.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

A drunken fellow wandered into a
Sunday school and took seat with
the primer scholars, when the teacher
thus accosted him
FWhy, james do you know what
condition Yeu are in ?"
Eyes, mn; in the gall Of bit'ness
an bonds Of 'niquity. Ask me some
hard quesh'ns."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12

An Iowa Judge sentenced man
to SIX months imprisonment for spit
ting tobacco juice in horse's eye.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-12
RESOLUTIONS OF ,so.

The following resolutions, engraved
on hickory bark, are said to have been
exhumed recently in Posey county by
a party of explorers who were hunt
ing for coal:
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
How lie Got into Business.

A matchmaker OF Florence, Alabama,
once told us how he managed TO get
into business there. Ho settled in the
place q stranger, Just after the people
had started q new town.clock in the
tower OF the court house, but nobody
came to give him q job. Aweek or
two passed on without improving his
prospects, when in kind Of despera-
tion he determined to make q bold
strike for business. Everybody sworc
by the town.clock, Of course, q fact
which our matchmaker knew, so after
nigh. he made his way into the tower
and changed the hands q few minutes.
Heard nothing Of It on the day follow.
ing, and so changed them the next
night. On the morning after the second
change had been made, q man called
on the matchmaker and spoke Of EN-.
ploying him to regulate the town clock;
bRt the matchmaker told him he
thought no regulation was necessary,
as he had noticed that tho clock was
running exactly with his time, and
drawing forth his watch. he compared
il with tho clock, and, sure enough,
they were exactly together. Next
morning the clock and the watches
OF tho place were further apart than
usual, and the gentleman who had
called at the watch shop the day before
now again presented himself, accom-
panied by several friends. To their
great surprise they found the watch
makers regulator and watch still ex.
actly with the clock, aHd that settled
the question. They all left their watch
es to be cleaned, remarking that they
would rather have no watches at all
than watches that did not keep time.
Tho news spread : other irregular
watches came in by the score until, be-
fsre the day was over, the matchmaker
had the windows hung entirely full Of
work.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
A Model Farm.

have already mentioned the farm Of
Mr.. Stillson, says o New York Tribune
correspondent, writing from Oshkosh,
Wis, which I visited the other day.
Besides other land which he owns and
culhvates, he has in one piece adioin.
ing the city $50 acres OF Us beautiful
prnirie land Us ] over saw. II slopes
gradually toward Lake Winnebago,
which Is visible from oil parts Of II, and,
now that he has blind.ditched the por.
tions where there arc depressions, there
is not on tho whole farm ten square
yards Of waste land. Mr.. Stillson drove
me out into one field OF 100 acres, just
half a mile square, opposite his house,
part OF which bore o crop Of hay this
year, while the remainder Of 1t had been
in wheat. It was the finest field / ever
saw.
Mr.. stillson raises about 140 acres Of
wheat a year, and has sent to market in
the last % or "a years more than 0,000
bushels Of that grain alone. think he
said his average crop in % years had
been more than % bushels to the acre.
He keeps between 100 and 1890 head
OF sheep, and has now in his barn 200
pounds Of fiAe wool Of this years clip.
II is not for sale until the price is bet
ter than IL Is now. He has about 150
head OF cattle and horses, and these,
with his sheep and pigs, consume MI
the hay and coarse grain that the farm
produces. His herd OF shorthorned
stock isa very promising one, although
now only year or two old. his barns
are, 1 think, the largest and best in the
entire West, and contain ample room
to house about all the grain and hay
that he raises, 80 that very little Of II Is
stacked out. I am told that when Mr..
Stillson came here he was not rich, and
that his lands, 10 use q Western phrase,
"were plastered ail over " with "a per
cent. mortgages. He has raised him
self to his present position as one Of
the first, il not the very first, farmers in
Wisconsin by IN intelligent atteAtion
10 his business, by high cultivation Of
his land and by not raising, two years
in succession, any crop which did not
pay profit.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
NO. 90.
How Pianos are Injured.

According To appointment manuiactur-
er, there are more pianos injured by i'm
proper tuning than by Legitimate use
and the consequent natural wear Of the
instruments. The frame Of o good
piano, fully strung and tuned, is made
to resist q tension equal to about seven
tons. This severe sErnin relaxes as the
strings recede from tho pitch, but is
renewed when the piano Is tuned and
II is frequently discovered, as result
Of the repeated process, that the frame
is bent or bellied; and at the hands Of
IN ignorant tuner, or one lacking good
Judgment, an instrument at this stage
Is soon injured beyond remedy. With
reasonable use, piano is expected to
remain in good condition for seven
years, and the best makers will SO guar
antee their instruments; but the incom-
petence and malpractice OF certain SO.
called tuners set the seal OF destruction
on thousands OF instruments In from two
to five years. The piano manufacturers
advise purchasers TO have thoir instru-
ments tuned by representatives OF the
respective factories from which the pi.
amos are sent, as they are aware OF the
terrible ordeal through which the in.
strument must pass at the hands OF tun.
ers Of every degree Of intelligence and
ability. II Is but fair presumption
that tho makers OF an instrument
ought TO know how to tune 1t
properly and without injury to
It's most important parts, yet there are,
comparatively, very few persons who
profit by the well.meant advice, an i'm
preston prevailing in some minds that
the suggestion Is not entirely. disinter-
ested. as the makers charge 50 for tun.
ing, while professional tuners and the
music stores ask but s1.50, and some Of
the Bohemians but 81. But were the
matter fully and generally understood
by the owners OF pianos they would
consider It greatly TO their interest, even
in the light Of an investment, to have
their instruments tuned by parties in
whose hands therei Is the least possibili.
ty Of accident or injury.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
nrdronhohln.

On Oct. II inquests wero held ut Sal.
ford, England, in two cases oi death
from hydrophobia. The FIRST was on
the body Of little boy, aged FIVE, the
son OF Samuel Dean, n coal dealer.
The child was bitten on Sept, 8 by q
bulldog belonging to his father. The
wound, which was severe one, was in
the thick part VI the forearm. II was
bound in flint, and dressed on the fol.
lowing day at the Salford Hospital.
On Oct. Q the deceased complained OF q
pain in the back OF the head, and at the
end OF the week shuddered at the sight
OF liquids. He died on the following
Sunday in the hospital. The other
case was that OF Fanny Wros. aged
seven years. She was bitten by her
fathers retriever on August 20. The
wound was dressed by q druggist, and
aiterward by q surgeon at Saliord
Hospital. She was admitted to the
hospital on Sunday, Oct. 12, suffering
from hydrophobia, aud died the next
morning. The Coroner said that the
application Of caustic to q wound caused
by the bite Of q dog or cat was the
worst thing that could be done. As he
had often before observed, the best
caing that could be done was 10 suclI
the wound, or TO wash II well, 10 as 10
cause bleeding.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
The Squirrel Pest:

To an Eastern reader, says the San
Francisco Call, it will sound strange
that squirrels should exist in sufficient
numbers to become pest They will
hardly be able to realize that there are
certain localities in the valleys and on
the side.hills in California-in the grain
fields and adjacent thereto-where there
are colonies comprising thousands and
tens OF thousands OF these pests. They
have multiplied rather than diminished
since the Americans occupied Califor-
nia. which may be attributed TO the fact
that, as farms are opened up, their sup
ply Of food is more certain and abun-
dant. In sections where they are most
numerous II is calculated That they are
capable Of destroying from one-third to
one.hali q crop. The squirrels burrow
in the ground, which renders their ex-
termination oil the more difficult. Their
depredations in past years were so'seri.
ously felt that law was passed by the
Legislature authorizing the counties
most afflicted 10 offer bounty for their
scalps. This plan was tried, and found
not only to be too expensive but to effect
very little in getting rid Of the evil.
Besides, II was complained that those
farmers should not be subject to o tax
whose fields contained no squirrels in
order to extsrminate them In sections
where they deprecated. The necessity
OF law OF different character is felt.
A number Of farmers held convention
in this city on Tuesday to devise some
plan for getting rid Of the squirrels
more sertainly and in less obnoxious
manner. Another bill Is 10 bo drafted
for Legislative action.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

You have greatly yentured, but all
must do SO who would greatly win.
A distasteful duty should receive our
first aud most careful attention.
It is not alone the amount Of evil We
do, but the good we leave undone, that
will be oHr condemnation.
II we waited until it was perfectly
convenient, half Of the good actions ot
life would never be accomplished.
Life is a short day but it is work.
ing day. Activity may lead to evil but
inactivity cannot be led to good.
Prosperity is a great teacher; ndyer-
sity a greater. Possession pampeIs the
mind, priyation trains and strengthens
it.
Tho temperate are the most truly
luxurious. By abstaining from most
things, it is sirprisinghow many things
we enjoy.
A pure soul acts in simplicity and
without certainty, being persuaded that
what Is good comes frsm God, AID what
ID NV BVVu lIVh pe4A'
Skepticism has never founded en-.
pircs, established principalities, or
changed the worlds heart. The great
doers in history have always been men
Of faith.
An elevated purpose is a good and
ennobling thing, but we cann.t begin
at the top OF IL. We must work up to
II by the sften difficult path OF daily
duty.
To be bodily tranquil, to speak little
and digest without effort, are absolutely
necessary to grandeur Of the mind or
Of presence, or to proper development
Of genius.
Turn over new leaf All, those
new leaves II half Of them were turned
over that aro talked about what gigan.
tic volume would they form in the Life
u every one OF us.
Work is the only universal currency
which God accepts. A nations welfare
will depend on rs ability to master the
world that, on power OF work that,
on its power Of thought.
The faithful, patient performance Of
any duty which is distasteful to us is
great achievement, ne matter how igno.
minious II may appear, and 1t always
brings rich and unexpected reward.
Put that idea OF knowing all things in
heaven and earth outof youc heads. It
Is very little that we can ever know,
either Of the ways Of Providence or the
laws OF existence. But TINT little is
enough, and exactly enough.
Words, chose tickle daughters Of the
earth, are the creation Of a being that
is finite, and when applied to expiate
that which is infinite, they fail; for
that which is made surpasses not the
maker, nor can that which is immeasur-
able by our thoughts be measured by
our tongues.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
Critical Periods of Human Life.

From the age of forty to that Of sixty
man who properly regulates himself
may be considered in the prime Of life.
His matured strength Of constitution
renders him almost imperyious 10 the
attacks Of disease, and all the functions
ore in the highest order. Having gone
year sr two past sixty, however, he
arrives at a critical period Of existence /;
the river Of death flows before him, and
he remains at stand.still. But athwart
this river Is yiaduct called "The Turn
OF Life" which, il crossed in safety.
leads to the valleyoi "old Age" round
which the river winds, and then flows
beyond without doubt Of causeway to
effect It's passage. The bridge Is, how
ever, constructed OF fragile materials,
and Il depends upon how 1t is trodden
whether Il bend or break. Gout, apo
ple1y, and other bad characters, are
also In the vicinity, TO waylay the
traveller and thrust him from the pass !;
but let him grid up his loins, and pro-
vide himself with perfect composure.
To quote a metaphor, "the turn Of
life" has turn either into prolonged
walk or into the grave. The system
and power having reached their utmost
expansion, now begin either to close,
like flowers Of sunset, or break down ut
once. One einiudicious stimulant . sim
gle fatal excitement, may force It be-
yond its strength, whilst o careful sup.
ply OF props, and the withdrawal Of all
that tends to force o plant, will sustain
1t in It's beauty and yigor until nighthRs
nearly set in.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
A Mexican Tragedy.

A young officer in the Mexican army
fell In love with q lady in Puobla. She
promised him her hand in case lie would
resign his commission. He did so,
bought o hacienda, and then returned
TO claim the pledge. She, in the mean.
time, had been wooed and won by an
other. Upon tho first visit o{ her first
lever, she informed him that her heart
had undergone change. The passion
ate lover became frantic, andupon leay.
ing told her that he would call the next
day, and II she persisted, ho would kill
himself in her presence. he called the
next day, was persistently refused in
the presence OF her mother, wliereupon
he drew revolver, md exclaimed that
tho love which was not for him should
not be enjoyed by another, and fred OF
her heart, but she rose and received the
ball In her abdomen. He then shot him.
sen. The insane ASSASSIN died the same
afternoon, and his victim closed her
existence on the third day.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
Nelly.

In Nay, when nSadS arc studded With fair
flowers,
Our baby cano
Gods gif., an angel sent to cheer the hours,
Nelly her name
Hearts throbbed TO greet the HtaO stranssr'
birthj
All nature wore
A brighter aspect, and seemed round onr
hearth
Arichor store.
Winter HIS fingers held In Icy grip
Tho woe white hands
His chilly breath passed Ger tho rosylp'
And the Arm hand
That knit three loving souls together
snapped.
It's mine 10 toll nii
Tho blow Death dealt when in bis robe h'
wrapped
Our darling Nell.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24

"and infuriated that we did not go with
them. What arc We TO do nowf"
"Ring again, Of course" I said,
thoroughly disgusted with him.
Catch me take IN underground bass
abroad again. or all the speotacles oil
eiEete stupidity He tried to ring the
bell, bnt they interposed, and gesticu.
lated more iuriously still. They would
mot allow him to touch it even. It was
growing serious. Ny mamma began to
cry. Suddenly q gentleman pushed
through the crowd. Istood at tho win
dow. With what Joy recognized him
as our travelling companion, the starched
Briton
at saw you were in some difficulty"
he said, $50 / followed. Can l assist
"oh do, kind sir" ! said, in despair.
"Get rid OF these wretches."
He spoke to them in German, and q
dozen voices, including that OF the cab
man, answered him. The wretohes
used their arms TO point excitedly at
the walls and gate, the coachman fol.
lowed suit with his whip.
at seems" he says, that the pro.
prietor Of this hotel died last week, and
il has been shut up. His heirs are not
carrying on the business. It is going
to be pulled down, and re-opened as
the Grand Hotel Of the Golden Stork.
A cry OF despair broke from the inte-
rior OF the cab. The coupons
He spoke again to the porters. Again
geSticulations.
town." he said. "The Grown Prince
arrived this evening 10 open the new
bath.house. All tho other hstels are
full to bursting"
"But we have our coupons, said Mr.
Blowman, in his idiolio way. "The.
are money cheques; they must take
iI fear net, said he.
What was to be done2 We hai
coupons, but not n farthing OF money
nothing that 1--WE could jingle on {
tombstone"
"Look here" said Mr.. Blowman
imbecile to the end, Here is break
fast coupon, with or without meat
dinner ditto, q bed ditto"
"I fear they would be OF no use tc
you," said our rescuer. The only
thing that can suggests this, / tele'
graphed to secure n room at the Eagle
which Is quite at the service Of the two
ladies. The gentlemen must rough it.
What gratitude we ieltl Our rescuei
satisfied the porters, and We drove away
from the closed Stork 10 the Eagle, Mr.,
Blowman being turned out on the box
seat to mike room for our noble pre-
server. We spent miserably un'
comfortable night OF the Eagle, buI
wer0 told that we ought to consider
ourselves lucky. And, indeed, we wert
grateful.
The next day, however, things bright
ened q little. The Grown Prince was
going away in tho evening, and com,
Portable rooms were given us. And
such was tho esteemin which the worthy
coupon.issRer-who was not responsible
for tho accident-was held, that his
little drafts were promptly honored by
the proprietor Of the Eagle.
We shall never travel, however, will
Mr.. Blowman again.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-24
ThatBOy.


Is tho house turned topsy turvsyi
Does Il ring from stree. to roofi'
Will,the racket still continue,
Spite OF all your mild reprootl
Are you often In a aulterf
Are you sometimes thrilled With Joy
Then / have my grave suspicious,
That you hare at homO-that Boy.
Ar. .hs walls and tables hRmmeredi
Are your nerves and ink upssti
HAyo two eyes, 60 bright androgulAh,
Made you every care torgeti
Have your gardsn.beds : proWler,
Who dsllghta but to destroyi
These arc well.inown indications
That you have at home-thas Boy.
Have you seen him playing circus
with his head spon tho mat,
And his heels In mid.alr twinkllng-
For his audience, the eati
DO you ever stop to listen,
When his marry pranka annoy
Listen to a voice that whispers,
You were once Jus. like-that Doyi
Havsyou heard Of broken windows,
And with nobody to blamol
Have you seen a trowsorOd urchln
Quite unconscious Of the SamOi
Do you love a teasing mixture
OF perpls1ity and joyi
You hRyo a dozen daughters,
Bu.1 know you've Sot-tlat boy.