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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
rnE FREE CURE OF DRENnENSEss.

The following is from oommunica-
tion published in late number of the
Chicago Tribune.
You were kind enough to copy my
article in which l Taade known the
power of tineture of cinchona as cura-
tive agent In alcoholism OF drunkenness:
and, as your journal appears to he of
great Importance as public educator
Judging from numerous letters | have
received since the insertion in its ool-
unns of the matter referred toy, l should
like to say just this in addition to what
has been printed previously: As all
medical men and druggists are aware,
there is large amount of adulteration
in the Peruvian bark Of commerce" !"
many barks which are mixed with the
genuine possessing the same bitter prin-
ciplc observed in 'quinine, but not the
alternative and anti-periodic properties
which the genuine bark alone possesses.
In speaking of tincture of cinchona,
therefore, l should have mentioned that
the bark out Of which it is made should
oe pure Tor IL IS the antI-periodIc prop
erty that cures inebriates.
Besides, many of the drug stores
have on their shelves tincture of Gin
chona four or ten years old, as the aIti-
Gle is little used now adays. This old
stuff viii not do, nor should druggists
palm it off as fresh on people who want
it for the purposeof curing their friends
or themselves of habitual intoxication.
: The pure and unadulterated tincture
Of cinchona, when up to the official
formula, win remove the dread. curse;
and it is this / referred to. Many per
sons are writing me, asking reply. to
their thousand and one inquiries; and,
strangely enough, fouF-fifths of them do
not enclose even stamp, to say moth
ing of fee. In the hands n 9patent
elixir dealer this discovery of mine
would have made his fortune. l, how
ever, have given it to the world to help
the distressed fathers, mothers, broth
ers and sisters of the drunkards of the
land (and the drunkards thenselves),
free gratis for nothing, hoping it may
bring sunshine to their shadowed hearts.
With respect, yours truly.
r. pUSeER. NJ d.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
rHE GOOD FARMER.

/. lie considereth field and buyeth
it He looketh we'll to the title, that
his children may not become outcasts.
2. He fences it around with q strong
wall. His flocks and herds do not
trespass upon the domain of his neigh
Dor, but increase and fatt9n within his
own bounds.
3. He ploweth deep. lie harrows
literally and measures ahundantly, and
feeds the earth with rich food. At the
harvest he reapeth much grain.
4. He dots his land with fruit trees /;
his apples fill his chambers. and his
vineyards run over with pure wine.
5. He riseth with the lark, The
morning sun finds hi;a at labor. He
comeSh FROM his fields when evening
shadows gather, but he resteth from
his labors in the heat of the day.
g. He buildeth barns and store
houses his cattle increase in numbers
and his purse is filed with plenty;
whatever be doeth prospers, for his
labor is directed by experience.
Z. He pays cash for his necessities !;
his name is not found on the ledger of
the merchant ; his name is not familiar
one in the courts of justice.
6. He payeth tithes without grum-
bling he bears his share of the public
burdens; ho casts his ballot as a free
man and seeks no office
9. His home is paradise of beauty.
Flowers and vines in great abundance,
please the senses, educate the taste and
purify the soul.
10. His sons and his daughters are
known in the land They dispense his
charities. The poor, the sick and the
afflicted are sought out and receive
comfort, sympathy and relief.
IL. He storeth the chambers of his
brain with exact knowledge; his hands
are co-laborers he reads the papers
and profits by THEM teachings.
IL. He gives from his fountain of
knowledge to all who ask; he is not
pufed up with vanity or filed with
seif-conceit and arrogance. = Rural
SoestAlaqaa
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
THE RUSSIAN HEROINE.


Miss Vera Sassuliteh, who has man
aged to escape frsm the Cars doinin-
IONS, arriving at Geneva a day or two
ago in disguise, related an extraord;narv
story respecting her adventures afte,
her aequittal at st. Petersburg upon
the charge Of shooting Nj. Trepoff. The.
Prefect of the Police. During the riot
which followed her aeuuittai $ 3 was
seized by some secret agents Of the
police, who werc disguised as medical
students, and who persuaded her thev
were friends. They hurried her THROUGH
an unfrequented passage way to a car
riage standing near, and she was-,lriyer
with them to house in the suburbs of
St. Petersburg, where she found her
self detained in sort OF honorable
confinement. At length II was init.
mated to her that she was TO be trans.
ported to Siberia but the same it,for4n-
ant told her that for certain considera-
tion which she consented to give. he
would arrange for her escape. She
was provided with the attire OF a sister
OF charity, and with papers showing
that she was authorized To visit Paris
on mission. With these aids she
managed to cross the Russian frontier
and to reach Geneva. Her arrival was
made known to certain Russian exiIes
now at Geneva, and caused some ex-
eitement. At the supper given in her
honor not long since, at which she sat
at the right of Henri RDchefort she
made speech, in which she declared
that she had given herself. body and
soul; to the cause of the revolution. and
that in her opinion its triunaph was not
distant. The Russian people. she said
were fast becoming enlightened as to the
character Of the Government. The
blood that had been spilled IN the late
war was the last that would be shed in
combats instigated BY the ambition of
princes the next would be that Of the
people against kings. The other
speeches at the supper were Of violent
character. The municipal authorities
here are uneasy at the prezencs ofI
Mile. Sassulitcb, and they have inti-
mated to her that her early departure
would be agreeable to them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
NAKK TWAIN ON TIsR ORIGIN OF mrs.
TREOUS ARN.

John Smith was the son Of his ia
ther. He formerly lived in New York.
but he has removed to San francisco
now. William Smith was the son Of
his mother. This party's grandmother
is deceased. She was brick. John
Brown was the son Of old Brown. The
body of the latter lies mouldeTing in
grave, Henry Jones was the sou Of
sea cook. Edward Jones was the son
of gun. John Jones was the son of
temperance. In early life Gabriel Jones
was actually shoemaker. lie is a
shoemaker yet. Previous to the age of
eishty-fEe, Caleb Jones had never Civ
en- evidence of extraordinary ability.
He has never given any since Pa'rick
Murphy IS said to have been of Irish
extraction. James Patterson was the
aon of n common weaver, who was so
miraenlously poor that in case the
Sriptures were carried out he would
'inherit the earth" He never got his
property. John Davis father was the
son Of soap boiler, and not very
good soap boiler at that. John never
arrived at maturity-diedi in childbirth.
he and his mother John johnson was
a blacksmith, and he died. 1t was
published in the newspapers with a.
head over it, "Dcaths." 1t was. there
fore thought be gained notoriety. He
has got an aunt living somewhere. Up
to the sweet age of thirty-four Ebene-
zer Wilkinson never had any home
but "Home, sweet home," and even
then he had to sing it himself At one
time it was believed he would have
been famous if he had become celebrat-
ed He was greatly esteemed for his
many virtues. There was not dry
eye in the crowd when they planted
him.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

Az intelligent farrner living in Des
Nome county, has invented a heno-
phone, nodded on the principle Of the
telephone, by which one old reliable
hen, occupying central Office in the
hencry, sits on all the nests about the
establishment, leaving other fowls freq
TO lay eggs, scratch and cackfe. A s
fast as q new most contains full COM
plement of eggs, it is connected with
the central office by copper wire and
the business is settled, The only
trouble with the machine is that it sits
so hard that it matches out the porce-
lain nest-egg with the others, so
that one chick in every nest is born
with glass eyes, and the farmer has to
buy and train dog to lead it around.
This makes it rather expensiye.-Ha,ck-
enc -
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
nELEN,s orHER RABr.

"What makes that noisel" asked a
little boy ON the train the other day.
''The cars, answered his mother.
..What forl"
Because they are moving"
What aIe they moving for 2
''The engine makes them"
'.What engine q
The engine in front
whats it in front for e.
''To pull the train"
"What train ?'
This one"
''This one?n repeated the youngster,
pointing to the one in which they sat.
s'Yes."
"What does it pull it for =
''The engineer makes it.
''What engineer
'eThe man on the engine.
SsWhat engine p
'HThe one in front
What is that in front for I"
81 told you that before"
''Told who what p
''Told you"
'sWhat for Z"
'.Oh, be still you are a nuisance. >
sWhat's a nuisance p
"a boy who asks too many question" :"
"Whose boyP'
"My boy"
"What questions :"
The conductor came just then and
took up tickets, and the train pulled up
at the station.
The last we heard as the lady ierked
the youngster off the platform, was:
ssWhat condactorW
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

men, waving little stick, after the
manner Of leader Of the orchestra,
while they were chanting love song,
was exceedingly ridiculous. Another
motley division was led by an elegantly
dressed girl. stiIl another battalion
had rallied to the leadership of man
who had basket on his head with his
child in it. c. A s
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

CHINESE SUPERSTITION. The Chin
ese idea of heaven is singular mixture
of spiritualism and materialism. They
seem to believe that the unseen world
is, in a certain way, a counterparb of
things visible, and that the spirits of
the departed stand in need of the same
support as they did when liying--food,
clothes and horses however.
to a state suitable for the invisible,
which they seem to imagine is to be
attained by the process of, burning.
They have curious way of carving
their superstition into effect Having
to provide, not on the day of the funeral
a lone, but in perpetuity, for the com
fort of the departed, they take care that
clothing, furniture and money will cost
them as little as possible They there
fore manufacture limitations of these
necessaries, in paper, the paper money
being covered with tint or gilt foil !;
and on some occasions q paper-house
ready furnished, is burned and passed
entire into the unseen world. The
food Of the spirits is managed more
simply still. The feast is spread, hot
aud steaming, and tho steam and fumes
arising from the ropast appear to form
the nUtriment of the spirits, for the
substantial food is afterwards consumed
by relatives. From this feeling with
regard to ancestral worship results the
strong desire of evory Chinaman to
have a son instead of daughter for,
should the male line of his family fall,
the ancestral feasts cannot be properly
performed, and then not only will his
own spirit be starved, but all his an
oestors reduced 10 a state of beggary.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

captain, we are entirely out of
ammunition" said an orderly sergeant
to his commander on field day. What!
entirely out of ammunition q exclaisa-
ed the Captain. Eyes, entirely out
was the reply, ''Then cease firing,
Perenptorily said the Captain.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

DENTIST, to old lady about purchas-
ing some false teeth s.For mastica-
tion, my dear madam, they can only be
surpassed by nature herself." Old lady:
"Oh, laws, doctor! I don't care moth
ing about mastication if l can only
chaw with 'em.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

One man was found dead on Bear
creek whose name is unknown All
his clothes had been stripped of. And
another was found dead near Spring
Hollow on Birch creek.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

All the crops on upper Butter creek,
in Umatilla county, and portion of
those on Birch creek, are destroyed by
stock breaking in. The dwellings havo
been ransacked and some of them burn
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

A BEAUTIFUL widow of New port,
r. l., having let her chalet for the sea.
son, was asked what induced her to
desert such charming retreat. ''Too
much balcony and too little Romeo" :"
was her reply
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
nArEs OF ADgEnrnIse.

business notices. ia the LacaI Columns
% cents per line.
For legal and tra1islefit advert Iss1nefsls
81 90 per square, for the first Insertion, arid
20 cents per square for each subsequent m
sertion.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

A. H. Robbie, who visited Bernards
battle field ON Silver or Curry creek,
found many cartridge shells which had
been used by the Indians. The shells
showed that the cartridges We're those
used for the so calibre needle guns, and
MIR. Robie thinks the Indians have a
great many of those weapons with
them
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

The strongest of pleas for passing a
bill in Parliament for marriage with a
deceased wife's sister--Only one mother
in-law.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

A CHUNK of witdom from Josh Bill
ings-Don't despise your poor relations.
They might get rich sometime, and then
it weuld be SO hard to explain things.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

IT is said that the human system
changes with the seasons. We don't
believe it. Refuse man free puff in
July and his system turns to December
in two minutes.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

A WOMAN dreamed that her husband
would come home drunk as billed
owl, and woke up at ? o'cleek IN The
morning to find it true. To prevent
dreaming go to bed without any sup
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
JOSH nILLIscs os BlnDs.
TnE QuAlL.

1
The quail IL game bird about !
size bigger than tho robin, and SO snd.
den that they hum when they hv.
They hav no song, but whistle for inli-
sic, the tune is solitary and and sad.
They are shot on the wing. and man
may be good in arithmetic, fnstrato at
parsing, and even be able to preach ac-
ceptably, but if he amt studied quail
ON the wing he might as we'll shoot at
streak oy lightning in the sky as a
quail on the 60.
Bflled quail, properly supported with
Jelliesanda Champaign Cibarlie,is lust the
most difficult thing, in my humble opinion.
tow beat in the whole history Of yict-
uals and something to drink.
am no gormand for 1 kan eat bread
and milk FIVE days out ov seven. and
smack my lips after git thru. but If /
am asked to cat Drilled quail by friend
with judicious accompaniment, blush
at fust, then bow my head. and then
smile sweet acquieseiace-in other
words, ! always quail before such re
quest.
THE PARTRIDGE.
The partridge is also a game bird.
Their game is tew drum on a log in i.he
spring ov the year and keep both eves
open, Watching the sportsman. Par
tridges are shot on the wing and are
as easy tn miss az a ghost IL. II is
phun enuff tew see the old bird hide
her young brood when danger il near.
This must be seen, it can't be described,
and make ennybody believe it.
The partridge, grouse and pheasant
are cousins, and either ov them strad
die gridiorn natural enuif III hav been
born there. Take couple Of young
partridges and pot them. down, and
serve up with kind Of chorus. and
they beat the ham sandwiches YOU buy
OF the Camden and Amboy Road s7I
per cent. hav eat these lamentable
New Jersey ham sandwiches, and must
say that prefer couple of basswood
chips soaked in. mustard water.
and stuck tu gether with Spaldings
glue
FHE GosLIN.
The goslin is the old eooss's yung
child. They are yeller all oviir, and as
soft as bali of wosted. Their foot IL
wove hole, and they kan swim as easy
az drop of kastoroil on - water.
They are born annually abont chs 18th
of May, and never WIS known to die
naturally. If man shud tel me he
saw a goose die y natral deih,I wouldn't
believe him az ler oatlLaftrr that, not
even if he swore he had lir.l about see
ing a goose die.
The goose are different ia one nesl,ect
from the human family, who are sell
tew grow weaker and wiser, v hcresss
goslin aiwus grows tufer and more
phoelish.
/ have seen goose that tliev sed
was SO years old last June, and dijns
look au hour older than one that vas
only II.
The gOsiin waadles when he walks
and paddles when he swiins, but never
dives like duck out of sight in ahe
water, but only changes ENDS.
The food NV the goslin il. rye, col
oats anu barley. sweet apples, habty
pudding, suecotash and billed cabbage,
cooked potatoze, raw meat wine, jelly
and turlips, stale hred, kold hash and
buckwheat cakes that are left over.
They aint so particulars some pholks
what they cat, won't git mad and quit |
if they kant have wet toast and lam
chops every morning for breakfast.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

1t is easy to preach, but when it
comes to practicing what you preach
ahl there's the rub.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

It's no wonder, as the critic recently
remarked, that 'Tho Raven" savors Of
ancient Greece. It's Poe-made.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02
rARIs LErrkR.

1he Caiaeenabs and lAe Fete. The bones sf
Three y Aiillons OF Persons exposed 20 view.
Thelr TassefuI Arrangement. The Great
Allanainniloa. Temples 0f Fire. The Vol.
aeiie abandon eta Happy Mad Democratic
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

THE Koran forbids pork. Why,
then, call its followers Mo'ham- edanal
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-02

CARYERs Of their own fortunes :
Butchers
, 1878-08-03
A woman put herself in the

A woman put herself in the
hands OF n Boston dentist to
have her teeth rcorganlzed. He
found them in very bad plight
and asked her why she had al
lowed them to become so decay
ed without coming to him or
some other dentlst. She replied
that she had not had time.
"But," he insisted, ''it would not
have taken long, and you could
have come in almost any time"
She saw that he was bent on an
explanation, and she fired this
at him like a cannon ball: swell,
l guess if you had had a baby
every year for the last ten years
you would think it was about
anough TO tend to-" He ac-
kGowledged that he should.
President Jefferson's grave
will soon be marked by an ap-
propriate monument, the Con-
gresslonal appropriation for the
purpose having been spent by
Secretary Evarts in the pur-
chase OF neat one.
Miss Beckwith, who astonish-
ed London some little time
since by swimming ten miles in
the Thames before she was Is
years of age, will shortly try to
swim twice the distance. Should |
she succeed, she may try the
passage from Dover to Calais.
For smoked halibut picked hall |
but, napes and fins, go to J. r.
Bean, Front street.
According to the Oil City
DerWch, an Oil Citizen, formerly
a sea captain, shook off book
agent by yelling, "Man over
boredn'
The grasshoppers have ap-
peared in Central America. La
test advices from Honduras
state that crops have entirely
in day, and the
sparsely populated localities are
entirely at their mercy.
, 1878-08-03
General News.

New YORK, July 29.--The Times TO-
day adds to the criminal record an ac.
count of one of the most audacious
crimes perpetrated in the country.
Some months since married lady OF
Boston, of great refinement and beauty
and occupying a prominent social posi>
tion, had been visiting friends in the
interior of this state aud when leaving
took drawing room car on the New
York Central road for Albany where her
husband awaited her. Two villains fol>
lowed her into the car, probably at
trac;ea by the valuable jawelry she
wore. and when the conductor approach
ed the lady for her ticket they informed
him they were her friends; that she was
deranged and they had unfortunately
been selected 10 convey her to the
Utica asylum. In spite Of protestations
and appeals fer protection the scoun>
drels succeeded in convincing the con-
ductor and passengers OF tie truth OF
their story and removed the lady from
the cars mt Utica, she swooning as the
train moved away. She was then lifted
into coach. chioroformed, taken to
house of ill-repute, outraged and rob-
bed of her jewelry and clothing. Her
husband learned OF his wife's alleged
insanity when he arrived at Albany,
and procuring special engine started
for Utica without delay. Upon arriving
a few inquiries enabled him to find the
disreputaole house where his wife had
been taken and there he found her
lying upon bed almost stripped OF
clothing and heI mind seriously injured
by the terrible experience. Her hus
band made every effort consistent with
privacy to discover the tiends, but SO
far without avail
HELENA, July 29.-Lient. Wallace
overlook and fought the Indians who
committed the recent murders at the
mouth Of Bear and Rock creeks on the
north fork cf Clearwater Sunday the
21st, killing six and wounding three. |
Among the killed was Iababor their /
chief. They also killed twenty-three /
head Of their stock and captured nine
teen Indians consisting Of II bucks and
two squaws. Lieut.. Wallace's command I
numbered thirteen soldiers and two citi- t
zens. No casualties on our side except /
the wGunding of few horses. The /
fight lasted two hours.
BosToN, July 29-The committee on
reception to kearney met to-day to ar
range for the opening meeting. Kearney
said he wished to rest but would be
ready to begin work after next Sunday.
1t was finally decided to hold the open
ing meeting at Faneuil Hall on Monday.
SAN ANTONIO, July 29.-O Official infor-
nation from the border says: The Mex
lean government is organizing the in
haHitants, both Indian and Mexican,
1mpanie@ operate against
~ions char
Mex
torious /