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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-07
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Robert Dale Owen is to marry q
Brooklyn damsel.
Wedding cards are getting smaller,
and monograms upon them are going |
out of fashion.
Mosbv is to marry a Philadelphia
belle next month. She is worth
$40 900 in cash.
A custom. house officer in Maine
seized one nutmeg, and it was sold
in due form of law.
A young lady at Cory, Penn, had
her speech frightened from her by o
runaway team recently.
There is said to be a lower stage of
water in the, Mississippi at present
than at any time for 53 years.
A Husbands Protective Union<is
to he established in Washington as
soon as Laura d. Fair arrives there.
A Buffalo youth revenged himself
on his rival by throwing coal dust
upon his enemy's new light-colored
pants.
At the last execution in Penn
sylvania woman named Cady begged
for permission to adjust the fatal
moose.
At Elmira Female College the fair
'sophs" have interdicted the wearing
of false hair and bustles by the fresh
women.
A lady being asked for o rose
which nestled in a bouquet of violets,
replied: No; l prefer to keep it
inviolate."
Captain Breeze. q. S. N, will, it
is said, be married shortly to o
daughter of Ex-Governor Curtin
of Pennsylvania.
Luda Showalter, a resident of
Terre Haute, is commissioned a
Notary Public, the first woman so
appointed in the State.
A Jackson (AIich) family consists
of eight Furlongs. The head of it
proposes to erect q family monument
and call it milestone.
Fifty colored citizens have returned
to the voting lists of Richmond, Va.
being disappointed with a years trial
OF the climate of Liberia,
Mrs. Fremont is described as hav-
ing grown stout and gay. and never,
in the days of her girlish beauty. was
SO fascinating as at the present time.
4 Minnesota youth of twenty FIVE,
who married maiden of forty-tso,
sues for divorce because the partL er
of his joys and sorrows chastises
him
An Indiana lady is working out
a mathematical lecture on the Con
fguration of Love" It is 10 be
hoped that she will find it ION the
square
What's in a name? Not much in
some initials, certainly. for last
Winter B D. meant Boston Dip"
aud this Winter they mean Burnt
district. =
A Mrs. F. C. Drake has the con-
tract for painting the swords man
ufactured at the Springfield, Mass.
armory, and gives employment to
several girls.
well! we've got her boxed up, -
was the pathetic exclamation of a
grief-stricken husband in Lem x,
Mass. lately as he turned away from
his cofined wife.
Some high-born English lassies
were recently expelled from a hotel
IN Bologne because they went to a
dancing establishment in male attire
and danced the can-can.
In the Massachusetts coat-of-arms,
on the soldiers monument at Pitts
feld-made by LauHt Thompson
the head of the Indian warrior is an
authentic portrait OF Spotted Tail.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-07
THE GREAT FRENCH REMEDY.
DELAMAnFEsEss ll.E J. ssFsks0SggsIsrs! sFk0gEIIr ELLIS. 1

No. iit Ruo Lombard. Paris.
Thesa rfiis arc highly recommended b the en;irs
Msdical FACULTY Of France as the very brst remedy
in all eases Of spermaior-hEa. or Seminal Weak
meas: Nightly. Daily or PTenasars Emissions: Sex
nal weakness or Iapossney: Weakness arisinEffom
Secret ahits aud Sexual Exeesses ofths
Genital 0cgans Weak Spine: Deposits In the Urine.
and ali the chastity train OF Diseases aytzing from
Overuse Krcessss. They cure when all oshtrrern
siies fall. Pamphlet Of Advice IN saeh boz or wiz
Sent by mall seersv sesfea fronn 81 ces<rrafton on
rpceirt Of price. OSCAR G.. MOSES. - CotrLAxpS
eT. NEW YosK. Sole Gsnerai Agent for Ansr1eA-
H. -. A44II 1>Da., agents at -kGLAny.
NsuTyI
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-07
BREED WALKING HORSES.

Whether for travelling or for farm
purposes fast even walk is the best
gait for horse, and with such an
idea the Rural World gives the fol-
lowing advice for the production of
fast walking horses:
Breeders should pay attention to
this matter in selecting a stallion to
breed from; by al means select one
that can walk fast. A short walking
stallion will be likely to get short
walking colts; While the stallion
that has a long. rapid, spirited stride,
will be likely to beget colts of a simi-
lar action. Then there is a great
deal in breeding to horses with spirit
and ambition. These cold-blooded
horses will beget cold-blooded colts.
The nearer you can approach the
through bred, even for obtaining a
fast walker, the better. There is
game there, and spirit, and endur-
ance, and stamina, and style. There
are the neat, bony heads and promi-
nent eyes, the small ears, the capa-
cious nostrils, the large lungs and
chests. the well developed muscles,
the bones as dense as ivory. Even
for walkers, then, get the nearest to
thoroughbred possible. and the
same for trotters, and of course, the
same for runners. You have then
horses fit for any company, and for
any purpose-to haul the plow, or
buggy, or carriage, or to carry you
upon their backs. Breed large, fine
mares, to thorough bred horses, and
you will get colts that you will not
be ashamed to have your friends see.
WHY ALEXIS WANDERs. The Wash
ington Capital is authority for this
story: It seems that Fred. Grant
brought something back from Europe
more valuable than himself, and that
Is a bit of Imperial gossip. We were
fatlering ourselves that the Grand
Duke was sent to the United States
for the purpose of studying our insti-
tutions and the character. manners,
etc, OF our people. It was the first
time we were assured that the son of
Gar had been sent to Republic.
It turns out, however. according to
Fred. that this is all a delusion.
The Prince Imperial had become en-
amored of lady, not of the blood
royal by any manner of means, and
wished to marry her. This did not
meet with the approval of the Impe-
rial family, and SO. to get clear of the
misalliance, the young man was sent
abroad. But love laughs at lock-
smiths (when he has latchkey.l and
the young girl, followed her mperial
lover as far as London, the two were
united, on the sly. in the holy bonds.
This coming to the ears of the I'm.
perial father, resulted in Danish,
rDent that will probably last his life
and so the young gentleman will &c
travelling up and down the earth like
l,e Wandering Jew for long time.
]. 1T, forever.
to-A.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-07
Beware Of Counterfeitsl
lnR MnSES' SIR SAmEs !. !. .C,h!;4sEEEEEs j;

are eFfsnsfreiv CousrtkfhirEp DIsho"ssf DTts@
gtsss eHdsapoF 20 seilEhs onss1e greater
pyQsis. The gentaias hare me name Of oh Moses
saeh package. Hofers are teorfhiess snffa!ions
The oHsrtsK Pills unfailug In tho cure Of all
those painful and dangerous diseases TO which the
female constitution 10 subJeet. They moderate AL
exeesses and remove all obssEuetions. foin what
TO MARRIED LADIES
they arc PARTICULARLY suited. They VIII In abort
time bring on tho monthly period with regularity;
1nd although very powerful. eontain neihing hurt.
spinal Affections, Pains In tho Back and Limbs.
Fatigue slight ezs.tien. Pagitaon OF tho Heart.
alf Other means h4xafaiind. Tho circulars around
each package give NIL csiSc:t and advice, o.
will be sent FREQ 70 all writing for them, scaled
from observation
n. BIN all cases where the cEsrrxE cannot be
obtained, One Dollar enclosed 10 tbs koe Proprts.
t1r, JOB MOSES. - Cortizndt ST.. New York, viii
insure q bottle Of tho genuine. containing fihy
Pills. by return mall. seegTsig sealed nom any
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-07
RELIEF m TEN MINUTES.

HRYAy'S PULMONLC WATERS
Cure Cuuons, CoLps. ASTHMA. BEoscHITts. bonu
THRoAr. HoAasEaEss, piyricrLr BaHATntso. ls-
ctrtnxT CossrxPytos AID Luxo DtskAsxs: They
have no taste o! medicine. and any child viii take
them. Thousands have b~en restored To health that
bad before despaired. Testinon: given ~ hnnd..ds
Price 35 cent: per beg. yop MOSES Ps'PFs'-
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
Life and Death.

To obtain the average chance of death
in any given year, the life insurance
companies take, for example, person
aged 40. Their tables show that of
78, LOG persons alive at that age, 765 die
during the succeeding year, or about 9s
in 10000; the chance that any one OF
them will die is expressed by 765 divided
by7S, LOG, or approximately by 9S-10, 900;
and similarly for any age in the table.
If it is desired to find the average
chance that a person aged 40 will sur
vive Al and die before reaching 42, the
process is equally simple. Thus, of
7S, LOG persons aged 40, TIA survive the
year Immediately following and die be-
fore reaching AZ, or about SO in 10, 900
the chance that any one of them will do
SO is therefore expressed by TIA divided
by s,106, or nearly by 100000 and
SO for each succeeding year. The chance
of life for successive years is also easily
deducible. Since person aged 40 has
SO chances in 10000 of dying during
the year, he must have 9,902 chances in
10000, or nearly SO chances in 100, of
living through the first year since he
has SO chances in 10000 of dying the
second year, he must heve 9,901 chances
in 10000, or about 80 chances in 100, of
suriving the second year, etc.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
Mortgaging Wives and Daughters.

The inspector-general of police at
Madras, E. Indies, has called the at
tention of government to the practice
prevailing in the presidency of natives
mortgaging and selling their wives and
daughters. He states that in Nellore the
Yercalls or Telugu Koravers, pledge
their daughters to creditors, who may
either marry them or give them away.
When the Yercall goes to jail, his wife
lives with another man of her tribe.
On his return he claims his wife and
children, if any have been born in the
interval. In North Arcot, Koravers
mortgage unmarried daughters, who be-
come the absolute property of the mort
gagee till the debt is discharged. Male
children become the property of the
MORTGAGE, females that of the husband
of the woman pledged. In Madras they
sell the wife for 80 RS. (S25) outright,
and the husband can never reclaim her.
The government, in reply, has called
upon the collectors of the different
districts mentioned to take steps to put
down this irregular practice"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
Down the River.
An exchange in speaking of the grain
trade down the Mississippi river SAYS:

An exchange in speaking of the grain
trade down the Mississippi river says:
The increase in the registered tonnage Of st.
Louis in the past six years has been little
more than six thousand tons and this increase
has been wholly in unrigged vessels, as the
steam tonnage has fallen off few hundred
tons during the same time. It has been esti-
mated that the cost of transporting freight in
barges down stream is only about one-ninth the
cost Of railroad transportation. The steamboat
men Of st. Louis are talking Of establishing a
line of barges on the Missouri, which, il they
succeed in carrying the project into execution,
may have an important influence on the grain
trade of the West 1t is proposed to build the
barges large enough to carry $4,000 bushels
each, ten Of these barges to constitute q tow
for one tug. This would give 100000 bushels
to the cargo. These barges could be distributed
at different points on the upward voyage, say
at Brownvile, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth,
Omaha, and other places, where they could be
loaded and made ready for their destination on
tie return of the tug. BY this means the great
grain crops of Nebraska and other Northwestern
States could be laid down in ST. Louis at q cost
far less than the charges OF ordinary steam
boats, and merely nominal when compared with
the rates charged by the railroads.
There are only three or four serious
drawbacks in the way of st. Louis TAX
ing the grain trade of the Northwest.
The first is million bushels of grain
will flood the market, and make grain q
drug.
1t costs much less to transport wheat
by water than by rail but any grain
dealer who has tried it and paid his bill
for extras, knows by experience that
the extras added down the river are
heavy.
At present grain cannot be shipped
in bulk with any degree of satisfaction
by water from New Orleans to Atlantic
shore ports. 1t has been tried time and
again, and found during its Gulf stream
voyage to heat so as to spoil it. Until
this can be done-until grain can be
barged at up-river towns, and shipped
in bulk in steamers or vessels at New
Orleans, and transported to Atlantic
shore or foreign ports without heating,
the trade of the West must come East
by lake, rail and canal, and all the figures
that can be given will not change the
result.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
The Laws OF Health.

Itis useless for State Legislatures to pass laws
for the preservation Of tho public health, II the
great law Of selfpreservation, which depends for
its enforcement upon the will OF the individual, is
suffered to remain dead letter. There is scarcely
an adult member OF the community, Of either sex,
in this country who has not seen the testimony in
favor Of Hostetter's Stomach Bltters, furnished
over their own signatures by persons OF acknowl-
edged eminence in science, literature, art, COM
merce, and every department Of business and pro.
fessional lifo These witnesses have declared In
the most explicit terms that the preparation Is
safeguard against epidemics, q sovereign remedy
for dyspepsia o valuable anti-bilious medicine, q
promoter OF Appetite, genial and harmless stimu-
liant, good acclimatlng medicine, strengthener
Of the nerves, o general invigorant, protection
against the deleterious effects Of malaria and i'm.
pure water, and that It imparts degree Of vigor
and activity to the vital forces which Is not COM
municated by any other Of the tonics and stomach
les in USE Under these circumstances the self
rational person who, either by reason Of inherent
debility in consequence Of exposure to unwhole-
some influences Is in peril OF losing tho greatest Of
all temporal blessings, health, the Importance Of
using the Bitters rs defensive medicine. Dyspep.
tics who neglect to give It trial are simply their
own enemies. tits guaranteed to cure Indigestion
in nil its forms, and the bilious and nervous will
find nothing in the whole range Of official and pro-
prietary medicines which will afford them the
same relief.
Lung Complaints, Bronchitis, Asthma, &C., are
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
The Cafe Disaster.

Everybody in Smyrna, it is stated,
knew that the cafe was unsafe, and
might topple over into the sea at any
moment. The municipality knew it;
the quay authorities knew it; and 80
did all the residents in the neighbor-
hood; yet no steps were taken to pre-
vent 250 people assembling in the DOOM
ed building, which with hardly any
warning, leaned forward and disappear
ed in the sea. A correspondent of the
Levant Herald, writing from Smyrna,
gives the following account of the
tragedy: "On Sunday night at ten
o'clock we heard what sounded like the
report of cannon; it was the kivoto
giving away. The people living near
the scene Of the catastrophe say that the
sounds were most appalling. First one
loud crash like the firing of cannon,
one long wall, then deep silence, soon
broken, however, by the screams of
those who got their heads above water.
Some had clung to the ceiling Of the
cafe and could not draw themselves up
until the hands which held on to their
legs gave way. It is said that most of
the boatmen who volunteered their as
sistance first rifed the pockets of the
sufferers and then drew them into their
boats. Sixty-seven corpses have been
found, but many more still remain in
the deep mud, which the quay stones
have forced up in great quantity. The
clown of the acrobat troupe was saved
and rubbed dry, dressed, and ran back
to seek for his wife and daughter, the
latter aged twelve years. The former
had been got safe into o boat, when,
looking around, she screamed out, "My
husband and child cannot have been
saved" and jumped into the sea. She
had expired before they brought, hel
up again. Her daughter and the actres.
ses were all to be seen at st. Antoine's
Hospital, lying dead in their stage
fnery. A Greek who escaped says he
was awestruck at the moment they rock.
ed right to left by the scene which was
being acted by the acrobats at the time
namely Death running after some
one and causing great laughter among
the spectators. At that very instant the
cafe gave way.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
4 Chapter on Ice.

Every one will remember the great
ice panic that occurred during the sum-
mer of 1870, when in New York City
the article advanced from its regular
and ordinary price of So per ton, whole
sale, to $15 and 500, while for small
consumers and families the article was,
perforce, abandoned. The effect of the
scarcity during that year, though en-
barrassing and annoying at the time,
has been gain for the public, inasmuch
as it called attention to the whole sub
iect OF the supply and resulted in the
requirement of strict accountability
from the ice companies, besides the es-
tablishment of several new companies,
thereby increasing the competition in
the business. The total capital at
present invested in the several compa-
nies, employed in cutting, storing, and
meeting the supply for New York is
about 81, 900, 900, exclusive of the horses
and carts used by the retail dealers.
The amount of ice now collected is in
the vicinity of 1,0O0,00 tons yearly, of
which about 40 per cent. is lost by
breakage and melting.
The main supply is cut and stored on
the Hudson River, the lowest point at
which it is cut being few miles below
Newburgh. Beyond that point the diff
ferent creeks and lakes-notably Rock
land Lake-besides the body of the
river, are all worked for successive
crops during the severe weather, while
navigation is suspended. The past
season has been very successful one,
as far as quantity is regarded. The
quality Of the ice also is good, though
the expense of collecting it has been
far greater than usual. The alterna-
tions of freezing, thawing, and snowy
weatherhave been frequent and sudden,
thereby increasing the labor and cost
of housing. 1t is said that there is not
cake of ice now stored that has not
been scraped one or more times. Take
for example field of ice 100 acres in
extent, covered with fall of snow q
foot in thickness. This has to be
sclaped off below it will be found per-
haps five or six inches of "snow-ice -
that is, snow which has partially melted
or become saturated with water and
then frozen. This is not marketable,
and must be removed, which is done by
scraping it with an "ice-plane," taking
off about two inches at each round.
After being cleared the ice is marked,
cut, and stored, if renewed descent OF
snow or q thaw does not necessitate the
repetition of the whole operation. The
increased cost of the gathering of the
crop this winter is estimated at about
35 per cent. above the usual rate.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
A Texas Murder Trial.

A correspondent from Hannibal, Mo-,
gives the following anecdote OF MIR.
Ewing. one of the counsel for the prose-
cution in the trial of Coe for the muir
der of Miss Abbie Summers, on the 18th
of June, 1870. The press and jam in
the courtroom to hear Mr.. Ewing was
simply fearful. A great deal of curiosity
was excited to hear him on account OF
quite romantic story of q case in which
he figured as prosecuting attorney, and
which story has been the theme OF
everybody attending the trial when 1t
was known that he was in the case.
Thinking the case not out OF place
here, q brief history of it runs as fol-
lows Two young men left Adams
County, Illinois, for Texas, and, after
the lapse of some time one Of them
returned and reported his companion as
having mysteriously disappeared, and
supposed to have been murdered. He
remained some time in Adams County,
and then returned to Texas. After his
departure circumstance occurred
which pointed to him as having com.
mitted the deed. Search was. instituted
in Texas, and what was left of the re-
mains-the skull-was found in chap
pareI. This was identified by some Pc
culiarity, and the companion of the
murdered man was arrested for the
crime, and search among his effects re-
vealed portion of the clothing which
the murdered man had on when last
seen. When the trial was called in
court the counsel for the prisoner asked
for continuance, which was granted.
At the next term of court the sam e
thing occurred. Ewing, thinking their
aim was to wear out the patience OF the
counsel and witnesses by the long jour
ney from Illinois to Texas, at the next
term of court left his witnesses within
q few miles of the town, and, Disgusting
himself, went into the courtroom.
When the ease was called the defense
answered that they were ready for trial,
supposing Ewing to be hundreds oi
miles away. Their astonishment was
unbounded when he also announced
himself ready, and sending for the wit.
nesses, the trial commenced. In his
argument before the jury he held the
skull of the murdered man in his hand
during his entire speech until the clos
ing, when, walking up to the prisoner
he hurled epithets and invectives down
upon him without stint, and then, as i
by accident, dropped the grinning skull
into his lap. He had the satisfaction
of seeing him hung before he left
Texas.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17
A Terrible Cruise.

The attention of those contemplating
dime novel writing is called to the fol-
lowing item: From Melbourne, Aus
tralia, news has come of Captain Ar
lington, who has been cruising about in
the South seas for three or four years
with the good ship Althea. His crew
consisted originally of forty-fve men,
but in the course of time seventeen
died. The remainder, however, were
destined to meet q more horrible fate.
For when the vessel was near NADIA
gascar, one day, the watch suddenly
noticed a dense black cloud approach
ing. 1t soon enveloped the ship, and
was seen to consist of myriads of black
flies as large as bees, which settled
upon and completely covered the deck
and masts and stung the sailors until
they were almost crazy. So heavy was
this chronological load that the ship
well-nigh foundered, and it was found
impossible to sweep the intruders off.
At last an opportune gale carried them
away, and few days afterwards the
Althea found herself ploughing through
miles of their rotting carcasses. A
loathsome stencil filed the air, and
eight of the crew were Immediately at.
tackled with the smallpox and died,
Touching at the adjacent port of Solala
the inhabitants were found to be also
suffering from the same disease, and il
was reported that the interior of the
country was swarming with the same
description of fly. 1t was thence con-
cluded that these pestilential creatures
are the cause of smallpox. They de-
YOUR all manner of filth, particles Of
which adhere to their hooked claws, and
are thereby conveyed into the systems
of such persons as they may honor
with their attention. The Althea made
sail again in a hurry, but afterwards
went through one or two experiences
similar to the preceding, and fnally J
arrived at Melbourne with bakers
dozen of miserable invalids.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-04-17

THE BEGINNING AND THE END. -
Chiccory is said to contain properties
positively injurious to the health. Yet
ground coffee, as sold by grocers, is un-
usually adulterated with this substance,
and many persons insi st that it improves
the flavor of the coffee. We are i'm
formed in a recent work on coffee that
the coffee dealer adulterates his coffee
with chiccory to increase his profits
the chiccory dealer adulterates his chic.
cory with Venetian-red to please the
eye of the coffee dealer and lastly,
the Venetian-red manufacturer grinds
up his color with brick-dust, that by
his greater cheapness, and the variety
of shades he offers, he may secure the
patronage of the trade in chiccory.