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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-16

THE GUIANA MINING BUBBLE.-We re-
ceived call yesterday from Mr.. L. C. Kar-
rick, who returned to Salt Lake yesterday,
one of the victims of the exploded Guiana
bubble. He left this city January 1st, and
sailed from Salem on the 10th. A twenty
days journey by sea brought him to the
South American Ophir, where the golden
sands were to be found of fabulous richness.
Twenty miles from the seaport he, with
anxious miners, arrived at the placer mines.
The oppressive humidity of the atmosphere
quite units the white man for work: all
mining industry is performed by coolies.
A very brief experience revealed to all these
fortune hunters that they had been egregi-
ously sold. The pay dirt, where found.
yielded seven cents to the pan; the coolies
would not work diligently, provisions and
supplies We're enormously high, health gave
way under the noxi0us climate, and home
sickness took possession of all Mr.. Kar-
rick tells us that about seyenty-five of our
Utah boys were tempted from the rich
mines of our Territory TO follow after this
Will-o'-the- Wisp; the larger proportion of
whom had used the precaution to take
means with them to bring them back in
case of disappointment. It required but a
few weeks to sicken them of their new field
Of labor, and one By one they folded their
tents like tile Arab and silently stole away
Al bird i'm tho hand Is worth a whole cnVesy
in the bush.-Salt Lake Tribmaf.
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CREMATION.
The New Practice Inaugurated in
4 Leavenworth.

Col. James n. Burns informs lis that the
new practice of cremation has been inaug,l-
rated i'll Leavenworth. On Thursday q
son of Mr. Miller, {, brotiler-in-ltw OF Col.
G. R. Jenison, died at the age OF ten years.
Yesterday a furnace was built in the back
yard Of the family residence, and the body
was taken and placed in it, and in the pres
ence of two or three hundred persons was
consumed to ashes. Ali the physicians of
the city were present, and the experiment
gave the most complete satisfaction. The
ashes left at the conclusion OF the ceremony
filled pint bottle, and the entire cost OF the
proceeding footed up to a tritle over So.
How pleasant it Is to reflect that the re-
mains OF a cherished friend can SO easily be
disposed OF, and at such low figures; and then
that they can finally be preserved i'll SO small
compass. If a boy ten years old can be de-
Gently "cremated for trifle over 50, and
the ashes put in pint bottle, it certainly
would not cost over $40 to put full
grown person through the process, and
what was left of him afterwards could east
ly be kept in a pint flask for future refer
ence.
Verify, the millennium is approaching,
when people will cease to feel a cold chill
running up the spinal column on meeting
an undertaker.-St. Joe. Herald April 81.
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RIFLE BALLS.
Louisville Courier Journal.

i-VdtsVlle courier Journal
Among the most modern conveniencies in
the latest dwelling houses is the cremation
cellar with self-rotating roaster, odor-escape
flues and comfortable seats for the mourn
ers.
Miss Craker, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, has
been awarded $1,000 damages for having
been kissed by a railroad conductor-not
that she loved kissing less, but money more.
And she is tickled to death, too, to think
that she got both.
The cremationists say they can burn your
body and hand you the ashes neatly done
up in paper bag for the small sum of $2
AS with most people the chief fun of dying
lies in the Buck Fanshaw funeral which
follows, cremation is not likely to be gen.
orally adopted in this country, no matter
how cheap it may be.
DIR. Mary Walker asks Congress to pay
her $40, 900 for her services as nurse dur
ing the late war She must have been val
liable as nurse. Although her mere nurs-
oo ietl tto lIttb NdS COulu
have amounted to nothing, yet the sight of
creature in the image of his mother and
sister, dressed as Mary Walker dresses, was
at least calculated to make sick soldier
feel willing to die.
The ancient right of trial by jury has
received blow in Canada A large and
influential meeting has just been held at
Montreal to consider judicial reforms, at
which resolutions were passed condemning
the present jury system. The present jury
system in the United States is not entirely
satisfactory, and the uncertainty of jury
verdicts has become proverbial. How
jury will find, or who woman will marry,
are problems in human nature which can
not be solved by reference to any well-de-
fined rule of action.
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General Butler Interviewed He Defines
Expansion.

General Butler, Notwithstanding his pro-
fessional adherence of the newspapers,
allowed himself, in passing through this
city yesterday to be interviewed by
reporter and unbosomed himself freely in
regard to the finances and himself He
said he knew nothing about initiation. No
body was in favor of it. What Congress
wants is to expand the currency. Why
should not a greenback of to-day's issue be
worth as much as one of day before yester-
days issue. If Congress were to issue
5000, 900, 900 of greenbacks, and with them
take up $500,O00,000 of interest-bealing
bonds. the interest would be saved, and the
grcenback, as a part of the national debt,
be enhanced in value. The cry of .'utin y
comes from the holders of the bonded debt.
amounting to about one quarter of total
values of the country. If there could be
such contraction of the currency as would
make it in value equal to gold, all the
property of the country would be deprecia-
ted about ID per cent. actually, and prob
ably 80 per cent, except the debts owned
by capitalists, which would increase us
much. The very men who were, on the
Sunday of the panic, tearing the skirts of
the President to prevent his going to church,
in order to persuade him to issue the $44,
600, 900 reserve, yesterday went to Wash
ington to ask him to veto the bill which
legalizes that issue. He had no means of
knowing, but did not believe the President
would veto the bill. He (Butler) was the
only member of the New England delega-
tion who felt himself independent of The
capitalists of New England, and also of
those who would enrich themselves at the
expense of the interests of the people and
the business of the country, having taken
this ground when he first entered Congress,
and never having. swerved from it. He
was acting according to his best lights and
for the good of the entire country, and,
without claiming infalibility, he must act
according to his best lights, unawed by the
power of wealth, and undeterred by SANDER
and ealumny.-Ne0 Torh Times, April 49,
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A Colorado Editor Interviews a China
man.

The Golden Globe tells the following:
We asked him if he didn't want some
advertising done. He stopped long enough
to say that he charged dollar dozen,
without ironing. We explained that it was
not washing we, wanted, but advertising.
We told him how much his business would
be increased, how he'd be richer than the
King OF the Sandwich Islands in six months
If he'd only advertise. This seemed to be
clear to him, and his face frightened up as
he said: Business belly slow; nobody got
no money" We calmly took out paper
at that We carefully explained to him all
about fifteen cents line-one of these
things clear across here every time the
paper was printed. The people, we told
him, would read this and then come to him
for washing. He took deep interest in
the whole story, and paid marked attention
to our few remarks. g You see, Mr.. Hong
Lee, we said thinking he was getting
along first-rate in English, this paper
this here Quitting finger onit.1 "When
people read they rush off frantically and buy
of everybody whose name they see in the
paper. Do you understand" ?" He said he
did, and wanted to know how many pieces
we had-Whether they were big or little.
We felt discouraged We had worked hard
for half an hour already, and he all the
time thinking that we were talking about
washing. With an inprecation on the
whole face we weflt over the whole story
again even going SO far as to figure out to
hin how many papers we printed and how
many we expected to print. He was all
attention as before, bnt when we stopped
for breath he spirited water on batch OF
clothes through his teeth, aud said, as
eoolly as a mummy, that if We brought the
clothes on Monday he would have them
done Wednesday.
want 70 know whether wa arc going
To keep house OF board, before going into
! this thing s'-Y Ynssng lady at lie altar.
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Parents Paradise.

We were much impressed lately by the
orderly behavior of q large family of chill
dren, particularly at the table. We spoke
of it to our host and he pointed to paper
pinned on the wall, on which were written
some excellent rules. He said he gave
each child who obeyed the rules reward at
the end every month. We begged copy
for the benefit of our readers. They were
called "Rules and Regulations for Parents
Paradise:'
| Shut every door after you without
slamming it.
2. Never shout, jump, errun in the house.
3. Never cali to persons up stairs or in the
next room; if you wish to speak to them, go
quietly where they are.
4. Always speak kindly and politely to
the servants ii you would have them do the
same to you.
D. When told to do, or not to do thing,
by either parent, never ask why you should
or should not do it.
.. Tell of your own faults, not OF those of
your brothers and sisters.
{. Carefully clean the mud er snow off
your boots before entering the house.
y. Bc prompt at every meal hour.
y. Never sit down ut the table or in the
parlor with dirty hands or tumbled hair.
l0. Never interrupt any conversation, but
wait patiently your turn to speak.
! IL. Never reserve your good manners for
company, but be equally polite at home and
abroad.
II. Let your first last and best confident
be your mother-0tirer Optic lNagaziae.
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THE SIGNAL SERVICE AND THE MrssIs-
srppI FLooDs.-The Signal Service has been
doing a good work recently, in connection
with the present overflow of the Lower Mis-
sissippi, by announcing several days in adj
vance the approach of each of the three
great floods have which successively moved
from Cairo to New Orleans since April 1st,
sweeping away, in their resistless course,
vital portions of the protecting levees.
Special warnings were telegraphed TO the
threatened point and ample time given for
such action by the inhabitants as Judgment
and a knowledge of the danger seemed to
iustify.
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Romantic History of the Lady that Gen
schenck is Said to be Engaged
to Marry.
Correspondence of the New York Sun.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 49,
1t has been rumored for some time that
Gen. Schenck was engaged to be married,
but now it is formally announced who the
lady is that is to be the bride. Your read
ers will doubtless remember the brilliant
and handsome Mrs. Hicks, whose appear
ance in New York society in the winter of
1872 created such a fIlrore; the lady whose
elegant receptions in her palatial residence,
10 West Fourteenth street, drew the elite of
New York together SO frequently during
that winter of gaiety and business prosper
ity; the charming and wealthy widow whom
the gossips declared and announced her
resolution never, never to marry again.
But the papers have contradicted the gos-
sips, and they say positively that General
Sehenck is to be the happy man.
The history of the bride-elect is romantic.
BY birth she is IL South American. Her
parents, North Americans and Northerners,
were living in Brazil when she was born.
Her name is Annetta, but her lineage is
English, not Spanish. She married an elder
ly, very wealthy man, but lived in retire
ment until after his death. Then her New
York real estate increased in value, and she
became immensely rich. She went to Erl-
rope, visited Rome and became devoted
roman CathoHc, giving largely TO the
Church. On her return to America she be-
came queen of society, travelled, visiting
many persons of distinction, and was at one
time the guest of Madame LIE Vert, in Mo
bile, Alabama, in the prosperous days of
that social celebrity. Mrs. Hicks is still
young enough to be called "the admiration
of men and the envy of women," but she
has grown tired Of freedom, and has deter
mined to wear the pleasant chains of matri-
mony again.
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A Stage Drivers Shirt.

A printer by the name of Childs once
edited paper IN a country village, and it
so happened that the times came Oil very
dull, and meney matters were extremely
tight, much like the present state of things.
c. concluded to take q trip around among
the country subscribers and try and collect
q little of the needful.
After II circuit of a number of miles on
foot, without much encouragement in the
way of collecting, weary and foot-sore, he
espied hotel sign looming up in the dis
tance. "This," whispered he to himself,
"shall be my abiding place for the night. -
He found to his agreeable surprise that a
ball was coming off at said hotel in the eve-
ming. The landlord invited him to join,
but he declined, intimating that in his h,r-
ry on leaving home he had neglected to
bring a change of linen. This objection the
landlord met by offering to lend him all he
wanted in that line
After resting a while he concluded to take
up with the offer and participate. He was
introduced to young lady as Mr.. Childs,
the printer from Seneca Falls" and while
going through the first waltz he was start
led by hearing his name called by some one
who wished to know if person answering
to that name was in the room. He ceased
his whirling and advanced to the front, and
announced himself as that individual.
50 Then take off my shirt d--n quick, ;"
was the reply.
1t appears that the landlord had made a
mistake, and loaned him shirt belonging
to a stage driver boarding at the house,
who, on coming in from a trip and wishing
to join in the festivities, found to his cha
grin that the ''printer" had his shirt on.
An explanation followed, and the ball went
on, but poor c. never heard the end of it.
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WHAT BECAME or MORGAN 2-This NJ

WHAT BECAME OF MORGAN ?-IFhis Ma
sonic question is to come before the public
again. An eastern paper says Mr.. A. p.
Bently, Of Mount Pleasant, iowa, is writ
ing a story founded on the abduction of
Morgan, of Masonic memory. Mr. Rently
is assisted by Hon. j. Gill, Of that city. who
was accused OF and tried for the abduction.
The story win give, it is said, q true and
trustworthy account Of that historic and 1T
the time most exciting event.
When Mr.. Bentiy has finally settled the
Morgan question, he can take IL hand some
other mild problems, such as those relating
! NJ ,Iunins, the Iron Mask gels-
ss,,lly Patterson.
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LlQUIDE, ETl


CosT OF Il NARRow-GAUGE RoAD.-A
narrow-gauge railroad has recently been
constructed in Iowa from Des Moines to
Ames, distance of thirty miles. Adetailed
account of the cost of this road is given as
follows:
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Rum was what killed young Breckinridee

Rum was what killed young Breckinridge
in Lebanon, Tenn, few days since. He
was q SON of the late Rev. DIR. Robert j.
Breckenridge; his murderer, ]. L. Anderson,
Is almost as prominently connected The
two, with other companions, had got into
squabble about an umbrella, played billiards
together, and We're drinking in saloon,
when Anderson drew his pistol, placed it at
Breckinridge's forehead and fired At the
muzzle of the pistol the bar-keeper then
served him with wine and cigar, before
he left the saloon and went out Of town.
Breckinridge died after a few hours ofuncon-
seiousness. On the whole, 1t win do for a
total abstinence fermon.
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WEIGHING WITHOUT SCALEs.-The fol-
lowing tables will very materially aid those
housekeepers who do not have scales at
hand to measure any article wanted. AL
lowance should be made for extraordinary
dryness or excessive moisture of the article
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Cost per Nile.


1t is estimated that So, 600 additional per
mile will equip the railroad for business,
which viii lie 1900 per mile.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-08-14

WHERE THE CoTToN Co.'s. Eng
nd has now 36,00O,OOO spindles in
Aar mills, with nearly 400, 900 looms
md $4,000 workmen. Next comes
he United States, with 5000, 900
spindles; France, 100000; the
ierman Zollverein, 1890, 900, of
which Alsace possesses / ZOO, ,O0O;-
.ussia, 100000; Switzerland, L.
100000; Austria, l 1,400,OOO; Spain,
100000; Belgium, 100000; italy,
100000, and over 100000 for other
ountries. According to the report
u M. Alcan, made in 1867, the
number Of spindles used in cotton
'pinning was 5S, $50, 900, which num-
Ter has increased now to 63, 100000
Estimating the amount of capital in
ested at $40 in gold per spindle, we
ind that $637 900, 900 is invested in
ne industry, and some $16O, 100000
3 annually paid to 1,2OO,O 900 work.
aen.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-08-14
An INaunsT ON AREL.


Yesterday afternoon an excited in
vual, with his hat standing on two
lirs and bis eyes projecting from bis
Aad like the horns Of snail, rushed
nto the office of Coroner Holmes,
he Coroner is by profession den
tgt, and bis first thought as he
need at The man was that he was
all-n.gh distracted with toothac he. i.
9 was soon undeceived, however, as
le frenzied individual cried out, as
5on as be could catch bis breath after
ming up the stairs: "Been a man
aufderedia
eAman rnurdered?' cried the Cor
ner; ahow?s whereY'
,tIHa gardenI / believe; with club
As rock.n &@A#@ oa
'tHowlong agofn cried the Coro.
aar seislug his hat and cane.
TBedn done d good while, and no
polIce nor constaBles hasn't never
ode Hotbin' about It. Never been
10 Coroner set on the body, nor
iqtbin Of the kind; no yerdick-p
k.What's the dead mans name?
Tho was he? cried the Coroner.
His name was Abel"
"Abel9 Abel whoP"
g!Don't know. Never heard Doth-
ing but his first name" ~
"Well, what is the name of the
Ian who killed bimP Do they know?
my one suspected"
well, I've heard that a fellow
uamed Cain put out this light. Cain
Fas the brother of Abel, and"
Coroner smells mice and, flour
hing his cane, cries, "You git down |
en- stairs, my fine fellow. Git, and
lon't you show yourself here againn
slth loud gufaw the fellow went
lown the stairs three steps at q time,
he doctor calling out after him, "How
ARE you trifie with an officer in this
Hay, sir?p Virginia City (Neu)
Enterprise.
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THE CATTLE SUpp1Y.-Circum.
stances are evidently tending to-
ward large decrease of Texan cat.
tle production. The rapid settlement
IF Texan lands is greatly interfering
With the range for stock, and we are
eredibly informed that in conse-
llence Of the lessened range and sup.
ply Of grass, the stock is falling off
10 production and weight. The re-
suit must certainly be to reduce the
competition which Texan cattle have
hitherto had with our native and
Grade cattle, to the benefit Of the lat.
ter. The cattle business must grad
ually grow into the hands Of farmers
instead Of ranchmen, and beef.stock
viii become an all important element
Of general farming in connection
with grain growing, This will happi.
y lead to the greater perfection Of
our agriculture.
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A Chicago parson who Is also n
choolteacher, handed q problem to
q class in mathematics the other day
The first boy took il, looked at L n
while, and said, II pass" Second
boy stared at it and drawled out, II
can't make it," Every we'll, bows f"
said the parson, 1--WE will proceed to
cut for new deal, and with that
remark the leather strap danced like
lightning over the shoulders Of those
Deprived mathematicians.
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a loaded gravel train on the D. L.
Y. "A, railroad, near Iona, Michi.
gan On the 18th inst, was thrown
from the track BY q burning tree
that fell across the road. siS men
were killed outright and IA danger
ously injured, oneof whom has since
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-08-14

Tweed is to remove to more com.
modious quarters. The new room 4
70 be made strong by bolts ana bars
and ton BY twenty feet in size
Tweed is now assisting the physicians
as orderly. He usually eats ordinary
prison fare.
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Two trains collided on tho Erie
railAay near Canasarga, New York.
On the 18th inst. Both engines were
destroyed and The baggage master on
one train killed A number u Pas
asngars we're injured, but mono
fatally.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-08-14

IA destructive fire occurred at Osh-
kosh, Wis. on the l4th. Ii origina-
ted on Main street, near the Beck
with House, and proceeded north
ward on Main street for half a mile.
and westward to the lake and some
buildings on East Main street. The
buildings destroyed are mostly
dwellings, with some stores and fac
tories. Loss estimated at d million
and a half.
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Shedd- d--Peoria,

THANKFUL TO AN APPRECIATIvE PUB
lie for their generous and unfaIlng support
in the past, and hopeful OFFS continuance and
enlargement of tho Same in the future, we de-
sire through this medium to call the attention
of consumers in Linn county to our will nssort.
cd and carefully purchased stocks Of goods at
the above points, comprising full and complete
lines of all classes OF goods usually kept In
country store. Lack oftimo and space preclud0s
an attempt to specify, but we are determined
to maintain and add TO our reputation for keep
ing the most complete country store In Linn
county, and will only say In conclusion that
our houses at shedd Will bo found to contain at
all times more nearly everything nocdcd on n
farm than ever bcforor As we have not been
past, nelthor will we In tho future be undorsold
by any honorable doaler.
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OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.

Happy relief for young men frOm the effects
o. Esrofs and Abuses In early life. Manhood
hesloted; lmpediments TO Marriage removed.
New method OF trcatment New and remark.
able remedies. R00ks and circulars sent free
~ sealed envelopes. Address, HOWARD AS
SVtlAIlON, No, 2, South Ninth ST, Philadel.
ansa l,sa fa,,,an ~, lnsitnsion havingR high repu,
let,ion ior honorable conduct and professional
shts Vlnllyl.
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METzLER'S
RAW, HIDE BOTTOMED CHAIRS |

Can be had Al his manufactayy Al .Tatyav,,r
q Ms Old place Of business IN Albany Al graf
4 Collars, Albany II Sam MAYS sf6rN, Hars
rlsbnfS smith q RrAssneld, Junction. Ktrk 4
hnme, hrnwnsNillei '. ~, Morgan, Halsey =
y u AioWh, sclos y, ~, Johns, Marion. n96lf.
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NOTICE no RUILnrRa.

WN. ORDER 10 COMPETE WITH ALL orr.
n side competition, and keep some n our
money m oresonf we have reduced our prices
!e ~ oEAhsets rs.ies and are prepared 70 furnish
Doors, sash, MONldlnes, and Seasoned inlsh.
ing hlmber, ard 20 do all kinds 0f WnFiv IN the
planning mill itne At bedrock pricfF for eash -
On short time. Give US q cali ana enennpssss
home trade. ~
ihe Saw-nllll and Foundry, Albany
Nenkh ELI. CARfER 4 CO.