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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

The postponement of the wedding
oS Mr.. Richard Botticher and Miss
Cronenbold, on Thursday night, was
one of'the most abrupt which ever
occurred in the county. To explain
the matter at all satisfactorily, it must
be stated that Botticher was a young
man whom Mrs. Cronenbold, the wild
ow of Justice Cronenbold, employed
to make himself generally useful
Mrs. Cronenbold has a son, who went
to the Vienna Exposition, and Botti-
cher's appointment was prior to this.
The young man, who was kept at
home, developed talent, during the
absence Of the son, which did not
come within the line Of his duties,
and was quite agreeable to the daugh.
ter OF Mrs. Cronenbold, miss of six
teen, and apparently not disagreeable
to the mother. He made love to
Miss Cronenbold, was accepted, ran
the gauntlet of ma, and made every
preparation for the consummation of
his happiness on Thursday night
The night came, and with il the Rev.
DR., Jones, who was to be made hap
py with fee, and the guests with
cake and wine, With il also came
something else in the shape of stern
uncle, Charles Cronenbold, aud one
f. w. Weber, an employed or agent
of the Cronenbold family, who,
whether from feelings Of duty or ri
valry, was ready to pounce down on
the victims of the old mans wrath
The couple burst in upon the matri-
monial party at the residence of the
widow, Grand Avenue and Chippe-
wa street, and Weber order the Rev.
DR.. Jones and all the invited guests
to leave the place, and at the same
time observed that Botticher was OF a
mercenary disposition and was mar.
rying the girl for her money, and that
he should not leave the house alive
10 give weight to his remarks the
fellow drew pistol and shot at Bot
ticher, the ball lodging in the left leg.
The party, Of course, dispersed The
wounded man was taken TO the office
of a physician, who pronounced the
wound not dangerous He was then
removed back to the residence of his
prospective mother-in-law. The visit
of Weber and Cronenbold is connect
ed with the return of young Cronen-
bold from Europe and to his dissent
from the marriage engagement. The
intruders were arrested, and have
been admitted to bail-Weber in the
sum OF $500, and Charles Cronenbold
S5O0.-St Louis Republican.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

It was about 2 o'clock Friday
morning that Mrs Hennessey, think
ing she heard a noise in. the kitchen
crept out OF bed and to that room tc
see ifit was not Hennessey, who had
been expected in for several hours
On reaching the kitchen she found
her lord and master sitting on the
floor with his new silk hat between
his knees, and in the hat several dried
herrings and about two quarts Of
water. Mr.. Hennossey was syeing
the mixture with profound gratifca-
ton. "John Henpessey," screamed
the lady, "what arc you doingT
"1Me?" inquired Mr.. Hennessey, with
a look Of surprise. "Why, Matildy,
I'm (hicD starting an (hic) Aquarium
for you Christmas"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

"Look here. stranger, that's my wife
you are dancing with" "Well, what
of i'll said Raokensack. "Wby, this:
you dance with her again, and I'll
blow the top Of your head off," "Now,
look bere,n said Rackensaok, coolly,
"do you SEQ that umborela, settin'
there?" swell, s'pose ! dor" swell,
you handle that umbrella, you touch
tbat umbrella, you even look at that
umbrella, and III ram IL down your
throat--aad then PN spread ap
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23
ALBANY BATH HOUSE!

FEVHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT.
fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi.
einity that he has taken charge of this Establish.
ment, 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-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to all.
Na- Children and Ladies' Hair neatly cut
and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBER.
y9n33tf
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

"Your future husband seems very
exacting; be has been STIMULATING for
all sorts Of things" said a mother To
a daughter who was on the point oi
being married. "Neyer mind, nam.
ma, said the aiectionato girl "these
are his last wishes"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23
THE TURN or THE WHEEL.

= N-~%N N@A@~ AAeAAAANs
How Marshal Bazaine Once Saved tn,
Life Of the Man who Pronounced III
Death Sentence.
"X" relates in the Norfolk Land
mrk that among other interesting
items to be found in Veron's
"reminiscences, souvenirs, and his
toriet6 of Trianon, is the following
anecdote told by very aged man,
who was once under other regimes
an attache of the place: "It was in
the Spring of 1882" said the old
man, 'Louis Philippe had run down
to Trianon, accompanied by several
of his children. One of them, lad
of ten years of age, tired by the close
confinement of travelling, as soon as
he got well on the grounds, in spite
Of the admonitions of his tutor,
started off in wild, harum- scamper
over the garden, and in his headlong
gait tumbled very unroyally into an
artificial lake. | heard said he, "the
boys cries, and ran to the spot, but
when I reached the lake / found he
had been pulled out by a young
'sergent de service, ;" who had been
taking turn in the garden. The
young prince, shivering with cold
and dripping like q drowned rat,
begged the officer and myself not to
let his flther and his tutor know of
his mishap, and requested me to con-
duct him privately to his apartments.
That boy is the Due d'Aumale, who
presided as Judge over u military
Court convened at the same Trianon
to try the case Of Marshal Bazaine,
who was then simply the Sergeant
Bazaine who saved the drowning
prince"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

A happy nisquotation by young
lady, whose gentleman caller stayed
too late, caused speedy good-by.--
The clock struck twelve, and she re-
marked, "Now is the witching hour
Of night when people yawn.'
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23


A PRINTER, who is not an admirel
of Gen. Grants method OF reforming
the civil service, but who is wei
acquainted with John L. Pennington,
the newly appointed Governor O
Dakota Territory, sends the S,p
some interesting "reminiscences of this
statesman's career, which has already
been briefly described in these
columns, including his remarkable
conversion FROM a secessionist of the
most blood-thirsty though personally
peaceable character TO an ardent
loyalst when the progress Of
events showed that paths of 10y.
atty were likely to prove paths ol
peace, plenty, and pleasantness
Though a printer by trade, Penning,
ton failed to make type setting re-
munerative while he was a journey.
man in North Carolina, and therefore
set up as an itinerant professor Of
phrenology, In the course Of bis
travels he delivered lecture in Hen.
derson ON the CASTOR and Raleigh
Railroad which gained for him con
siderable celebrity, not so much on ao-
count Of the literary merit of his dis
course as in consequence of the fact
that Mr.. Simon s. Hayes, the landlord
of the Henderson Hotel, was COM
PEELED to follow the professor some
distance and make vigorous applica.
tions in order to collect the little bill
for board and lodging which tile fu-
ture Governor OF Dakota forgot to
settle when he silently departed in
the small hours OF morning. The
publication of the details of this affair
led Pennington to seek retirement Tor
a while, from which he emerged as a
secession stump speaker in 1861, after
which he had a hard time as n propri-
etor Of a newspaper at first fiercely se-
cession, and later truly loyal, but he
ultimately reached opulence as q
ofthe Alabama Legislature.
Our correspondent thinks that il Pen
nington has fair chance he will own
a good share Of Dakota in six months.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

Jones mixes little suthin' in his
water, because, be says, ever since the
deluge, fresh water tastes Of drowned
sinners.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23
- - 7'777'77 -
RATES OF ADVERTISING .

BusinesA notices IN the Local Columns, a
cents per line, each insertion.
For legal and transient Advertisements - 81
per square Of l2 lines, for the FIRST insertioul
and 81 90 per square for each subsequent W.
sertion.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

Swiss churches are very peculiar.
In them the men are separated from
the women, and all sit on wooden
benches without backs. People
never cough during the services,
though they cough in one grand
chorus when church is over.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

Amisslng child in Dallas, Texas,
was found in a stable playing with
the feet of a good-natured horse.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

"Oh, Mary, my heart is brealing"
said an Aberdeen lover TO his High
land Mary. SIS it, indeed? So
much the better for you" was her
quiet reply. "Wby, my idol?" "Be-
cause, Mr.. .MacSmith, when it is
broken out and out, you can sell tho
pieces for gun.finls."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23
chopped Hands and Face, d
sore Lips, Dryness Of the Skin,
Ar Igr@

c.,,d Al once by HEGRlLAN's CAMPHoR
IGgWITH GLYCERINE. 1t keeps the hands
IN N al weather. seehat you get HEGR-
MANS. Sold By al Druggists, only 25 cents.
Nsnufseiurod only by HESENAN Co., Chem
I =, snd Druggists, New York ianl5Tlyl
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

How Marshal Bazaine Once Saved the
Life Of the Man who Pronounced Ills
Death Sentence.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23
DIR. G. w. GRAY,
HUGREN g sMINDLER,

pireci Importers and Manufacturers Of every
variety Of Furniture, Bedding. Mirrors, Picture
Frames, and Upholstery Goods. have removed
fheir Warprooms to the corner OF Front and
Alder strees Portland. 9mJ
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
No More Drowning.

A new invention has Just been tried
in Paris which is pronounced to render
drowning thing of the past. 1t con-
sists in the employment of pneumatic
India-rubber tube, rol ed around the
body with a sufficient numbar of folds
to contain the necessary smount of air.
This tube is placed concealed in double
, envelope forming shirt. 1t terminates
by mouthpiece which shuts with the
aid of a simple cop er button. The
operation is simple in the extreme, and
the swimmer or immersed person has
enough air for a whole day. When the
apparatus comes to diminish in volume,
it is easy to expand it again by the prin-
cipal tube in deep water without any
difficulty. The trial was witnessed the
other day at the Henry the Fourth
Baths, when the inventor, M. Gosselin,
showed its properties. He stood up
right, the hands raised above the head,
when the water did not come above the
shoulders he then hoated on his back
with arms crossed. The apparatus can
be worn under the clothes like flannel
waist coat. It extends from the neck
to the knees, fastened in front by a row
of buttons. It is composed of double
flannel, in the midst of which an India
rubber tube circulates, starting from
the top of the chest, ascending the left
side of the neck. and following the Gen.
trail line of the back there it divides
in two branches, encircling the thighs
as far as the knees. From the central
part of the principal tube twelve to fif-
teen lesser tubes diverge to make the
round of the body, and meet in front
where the row of buttons is. This i'm
provement Of the life belt is said to be
certain to supersede all existing appli-
ances in teaching swimming or saving
life from shipwreck.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
The Burial " Service" in Paris.

The burial Of the dead In Paris is
performed by chartered company, that
includes all interments under nine
classes, everything supplied the hrst
costing over 1000 francs, and the ninth
about 10 francs. The city pays the
company five francs per body inferred,
and out of the receipts the company al
locates fifty-six per cent. OF its profits
10 support the various religions recog-
nized by law, or one and three-fourths
millions OF francs per annum. The
company is also bound 10 bury gratui-
tously the INDECENT, which In 1873
amounted 10 $4,000 cases, against 49,
600 nearly who paid. The rich thus
bury the poor, and the dead defray the
religious rites of the living. The com
pany has in its employment $50 agents,
b7O hearses and mourning coaches and
270 horses, and supplies master OF the
ceremonies. IL is the government fur
nishes the officer with the three cor
nered-hat; he takes charge OF the body
at its domicile, heads the procession
through the streets, and retires only
when the last spadeful has been thrown
into the grave. The mutes do not like
10 be called crogueDlOrfs, and they
classify corpses as salmons, herrings,
and Writings, representing respectively
the rich, the poor, and children. Ihey
are not sad employees, though silent :
many are very gay, do duty In the pan
tomines and chorus scenes OF theatres,
and some lead the dances in the public
balls.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
Land Leeches.

A traveller in Assam, Mr.. T. T. Coop
er. describes as follows the land leeches
which abound in the forests of that
country: SIN length they are about
an inch, while their thickness does not
exceed that of an ordinary sewing nee
die. Their mode of prog ess on is very
curious. Fixing one extremity, by
means of its bell-shaped sucker, firmly
on leaf or on the ground, the leech
curves itself into an arch, and the other
end is then advanced till the creature
rese mbles loop, again to expand into
an arch, but the movement is quicker
than words can describe; the rapidity
with which they get over the ground is
quite startling. As they occasionally
rear themselves perpendicularly and
sway about from side to side, taking a
survey round them in quest of prey,
the observer cannot fail to conceive a
dread of the bloodthirsty little Great
ures. I could never resist watching
them whenever took a seat. At first
they would hold themselves erect, then
suddenly as though they had Just discov-
cred my whereabouts, ..they..would throw
themselves forward, and with quick,
eager strides, make toward me. Another
kind of leech found in Assam is the hair
leech, so called from its great length
and extreme tenuity. 1t lies in wait in
the grass, and as animals feed enters
their nostrils and fixes itself firmly in
the interior, where it takes up perma-
nent quarters, causing the poor beasts
great irritation. It does not appear to
attack human beings"
The Assam land leech is not so for
midable a pest, however, as the horse
Ieech of Ceylon. According to Sir EN-
erson Tennent, the Ceylon land leech is
about an inch in length, and as fine as a
common knitting needle, but capable of
distention to the thickness of a quill,
and length of nearly two inches. 1t
can insinuate itself through the meshes
of the finest stocking. It is always
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17

The-the apparition," / faltered
entered the room between two anC
three o'clock, and went straight to tn
cabinet. In few moments the note
were purloined and deposited where yol
just now found them"
But the secret compartment, nAon
sieur," interrupted madame, excitedly
"Was it opened without difficulty !?
Yes, madame"
Strange! most strange !" she ejacu
lated, in perplexing tones, adding the
next instant, "Go on, monsieur"
That is all, madame"
"All But what did you do, mon
sieur ?" she asked, sharply.
Nothing, madame, but stagger asid,
and gaze like an imbecile after tn,
retreating form I had extended my hani
to SEIZE"
"Oh !" exclaimed madame, in low
awed voice: "Was it-you called it al
| apparition recollect, monsieur. Wha
what did it resemble?'
1t was a woman. A small, pallic
woman clad in a trailing crimson
| robe"
4" A crimson robel" echoed madame
and mademoiselle. both evidently aghast
Yes, and with silvery white hair
White hair !" again ECHOED both
looking at each other with faces of con.
sternation.
Mademoiselle De Gray recovered her.
self first.
"What else, monsieur?" she queried
impatiently.
Nothing else, mademeiselle, re-
piled, except that this singular appa-
rition carried bronze candlestick and
yonder bunch of keys"
Mademoiselle gazed at me moment
in silence, and then turning, suddenly
flung her arms about the madame's
neck, and kissing her on both cheeks
exclaimed between tears and laughter /:
Oh you naughty, naughty thief ?"
Madame stared from mademoiselle to
me, the picture of bewildered dismay :;
then dropping her eyes to the floor she
resolved, apparently, some perplexing
question. Presently she looked up.
"Ten me, Antoinette," she MUIR
INJURED doubtfully, "why did you drug
monsieur's coffee %
"I ?" exclaimed mademoiselle, flush
ing with astonishment. 81 did it no
more than stole the money. I knew
not that monsieur was here, much less
that he took the coffee. But, perhaps,
she roguishly added the next moment,
as she again showered kisses on mad
ame's roseate cheeks, "but perhaps
you can plead guilty"
Again bewildered dismay widened
madame's eyes, and, after little, she
faltered
"Oh, Antoinette, LIVES, I GER
tainly did Monsieur slept we'll and 1
slept poorly. Yes, monsieur got my
powders I never thought of it TIL
this minute"
"What powders ?" laughed Made
oiselle de Gray.
Themorphine !" exclaimed madame,
more composedly. "I felt sleepless and
excited, and put it into a cup, intend
ing to pour my coffee over it ; but I
must have given monsieur the wrong
cup"
Then, suddenly snatching the keys
from the table, she thrust them into
Nademoiselle de Gray's hand, and ex-
claiming, tearfully:
"There keep them, my poor,
wronged darling. have played La
long enough"
And I, looking at madame's brown
curls, roseate skin, and faultless figure,
amusedly:
"What miracle of French art |"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
Barking up the Right Tree.

Although farmers are sometimes dub
bed with the cognomen of grumblers,
yet methinks that as a class they accept
of their situation with as much sang
froid as those engaged in other pur-
suits. The Patrons of Husbandry, if /
am rightly informed, are laboring zeal
ously to educate the farming communi-
ty, and elevate their calling to an hon
orable and profitable position as COM
pared with other pursuits of the conntry.
They aim, as all honest, intelligent
farmers do, to break up, or put check
upon moneye1 monopolies, cheaper
transportation, and regulate the manu-
featuring interests of the nation. In
short, to regulate the laws of trade, that
the farmer can receive as fair a percent
age upon his productions as that of any
other calling or pursuit. Is it grum-
bling to make this modest request
Does Justice demand that the farmer
shall give two bushels of wheat to sell
the third ? Does common sense teach
us that it is right and just for a farmer
to pay $125 for a mowing-machine that
costs only $50 to manufacture? We are
told that IL costs round sum of money
to advertise and get agricultural imple-
ments into the market. If manufac-
turer has a good tool which the farmers
need and must have, it takes but little
time to introduce it, if sold at reason
able percentage above cost. But should
the farmers be called grumblers because
they ask manufacturers of agricultural
implements TO sell at profit of twenty
five to thirty per cent, when farmers,
as a mass, do not realize over three or
five per cent. on the ca ital and labor
invested in producing the necessaries of
life for man and beast2
Who, we ask, are better entitled to
fair remuneration for their labors than
those who labor, both mentally and
physically, to produce the life-sustain-
ing elements for countless millions II
these are grumblers, thank God that
they exist, and may they increase and
multiply till they reach from the Allan
tic to the Pacific, and from the lakes to
the gulf, or from Maine TO the Rio
Grande.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
The Comet.

A scientific New Yorker thinks ths
comets tail will strike the earth about
the Goth Of July. He says What
will be the effect upon the earth
dare not predict the effect upon the
minds Of men, especially the ignorant
but / do not anticipate any appreciabls
physical effect further than possible
electrical phenomena like the anrora.
II will, of course, leave ms a portion ot
its atmosphere when IL departs, bui'
probably, not enough 10 Affect tho pa
ronaeter. or 10 come within the cogniz-
ance even of the scientists. But there
may be, by possibility, one permanent
effect 10 scientihc interest and cunF
oeity. N the earth should not entirely
escsoe. the moon will also probably DC
involved. and IL will also retain a y, a
tion of the comety substance. az We We
amount of the Atmosphere su,PVg1s we
moons surface is now so fsaA,, u, ln-
deed. there is any at all, thals ~ ls "a,
reooguizable hy the incest a..-oIollllcA y y
scrutiny, perhaps after the a,sssto arassto,.,h W
the comet we shall find thai nehoelorin
the moon will have an atms l'eS, -, M
Greater or less density, whio- vi mt
ferialIy modify the phenomeai% oi os,
cnItatiopg and solar eclip8oe. = Wil
add that Venus is safely out 81 fnt ~a,fl
a. that the transit expedited Hill nsh
be interfered with by the great com'N
of 1874"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
The Virtue of Silence.

Keep thou the door of thy ylips.-Bi6le.
Silence never yet betrayed any one
RiU0roI.
Speech is of time. Silence is of eter-
nity.-CGrlyle.
We speak little, if not egged on by
vanity. - Roche fOuc0utd.
None breaches better than the ant,
and she says nothing. g.-FrGnttin.
If thou desire to be held wise, be so
wise as to hold thy tongue.-QuGrLes.
Not every one who has the gift of
speech understands the value of silence.
-LGVateT.
Learn to hold thy tongue. Five words
cost Zacharias forty weeks silence. =
Fuller.
Talking and eloduence are not the
same thing; to speak and to speak we'll
are two things.-Beu JonSOgl.
Those who have few affairs to attend
to are great speakers. The less men
think the more they talk. --MontesQ1tieu
A person that would secure to himself
great Difference will, perhaps, gain his
point by silence as effectualIy as by
ANYTHING he car speak.
Takers and futile persons are COM
monty vain and credulous withal; for
he that talketh what he knoweth will
also talk what he knoweth not.-BGcO11.
Brisk takers are usually slow think
ers. There is, indeed, no wild beast
more to be dreaded than communica-
tive man having nothing to communi-
cate. -Sseift.
There are many who talk on from ig-
norance rather than from knowledge,
and who find the former an inexhaustl-
kIe fund of conversation. .-HdzLiH.
The talkative listen to no one, for
they are ever speaking. And the first
evil that attends those who know not
how to keep silent is that they hear
nothing. PttstGrch.
The man who talks everlastingly and
promiscuously, who seems to have an
exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds
SO many words into his thoughts that
he always abscures and frequently con
ceals them. - Washington LrUing.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17

ready to assail a passing traveller or
quadruped. The coffee planters are
obliged to wear leech CATERS" of close
ly woven cloth for protection. son
every twig and grass blade, " says Wood,
the land leeches sit, stretching out
their long bodies toward the coming
prey, and fastening after the traveller
with direful speed. Instinctively they
make for the unprotected parts. They
crawl rapidly up his clothes, they insin-
uate themselves into his neck, his coat
sleeves, and his boots; and wherever a
patch of bare skin can be found, there
a small colony of leeches is sure to
hang"