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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
AALE AxB YEllALE YLIsTs.

A ladye fair" writes 70 Causeur
that Airting Is worse in man than in
woman, "because his position makes
him in 3 great sense master Of his sit
uAtien." She sdds:
There is no sta more iutUiArable and
base than to imply, by all the language
Of eye aud touch and intimate atten-
ton, that . man has the most tender
regard for . woman that he has no
thought of making his wife, knowing
all the time that he is awakening feel
ings and heartthrobs TO which be can
never respond. Women have no re.
dress. Men know themselves safe I;
for women can have no real claim until
asked to become a wife. Thus, while
q fondness has become aroused, waiting
for an expected declaration, women
6nd themselves suddanly thrust aside
To be sure, one Is fortunate to be de
serted by such coward with a soul Of
= pickpOcket; but then does it not leave
its mark on her life-pathi
AL very well, sweet my lady, all
very true, perhaps but is there not an
other side Of the picturei If it be the
the prerogative of the man to ask, it Is
the privilege Of the woman to refuse,
and one may well doubt whether one
man in hundred was ever fool enough
70 ask unless he had reasonable ground
to expect acceptance. Certainly there
il no being more despisable than "a
''rnan flirt," but where Causeur has
known one such, he has known twenty
victims of women firts, poor fellows
who have been led on and on, fAscinat-
cd and charming, until it suited the
convenience or caprice Of the objects of
their affections to turn them off with a
laugh. The man whes deliberately
seeks TO win the love Of woman only
to cast her from him is a villain al
heart. Can anything better be said Of
the woman who IS guilty of the same
offence.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
wTOn.sG ysomGn vsrEns.

This Territory, as IL well known, il
the only locality In the United States
whore women vote the same as men.
The idea that led 20 It's adoption was,
first, that Wyoming, being the young
est Of all the States and Territories,
should be progressive, up with all ad-
vanCsment, and never disposed 10 look
backward, and second, 10 threw into
politics IN element 10 aid In counter
balancing the inAusnee of the roughs,
thieves, eut-threats and high.waymen,
who constitute . large share Of
the population. Since that time .
fair trial Of the institution has not de.
veloped sufficient power or importance
In the voting Of the women 10 promote
any OnS 70 movs for Q repeal Of the
Law. / believe only one woman in the
Territory was ever elected " office by
the people, and now no Offices are ever
demanded By the fair Aez, excspt some
aineonrs places in the Legislature, where
the pay can Be drawn and but little
service rendered. In the casting Of
votes the women do not figure extern
sively except on very rare occasions.
There is . eetain class, however, who
always vote, and, being themselves
diHreputabls characters, they always
throw their sufFragss to the worst men
on the ticksts. The publication Of
politics Is not 70 thsir interest. In
other cases, the members Of some GER
tain church or other sSuiety desire one
Of their number elected TO some Office,
and then women ef that organization
turn out and cast their votes solid for
the designated man. Probably half the
women In Cheyenne have never cast a
vote since the 6rst or second election
after the law was past. At first il was
customary for carriages to visit all the
residences on election days, and con-
vey the ladies to the polls in the inter
eat Of certain canhialstes, but that
fashion is now almest . dead-letter.
There Is . separate polling place for the
womsn 70 vote, and they are treated
like ladies, being free from insults or
jostling; 30 that mixing with the mob
cannot be the cause Of their lack Of intsr-
est 10 elections, bu. that politics is out Of
their legitimate sphere. As the adoP-
tien Of the measure here has amounted
70 - little, yoar correspondent can see
little In IL 70 praise or condemn, except
that Il has given the aAscrupulOus poll
ticiAnn . chance 70 Rse women Of the
town." together with the vAristy wo-
mSn, TO further projects and men Of
the worst character. S. Loafis
ReD,slinnn
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
MILITARY ORGANIZATION.
Call 70 Ghe Pesple 81 Ihs Eastern csanatss
81 the state ts Organic military comps-
niea.

Frank N. IAh, Of. Union, colonel Of
the third regiment Of the third brig
ade Of Oregon State Militia, publishss
the subjoined:
That we win have another Indian
war next spring il the opinion enter
tanned by the military authorities,
both state and federal. That Eastern
Oregon and Washington Territory viii
be the battle field is the opinion enter
tanned by those who are best able 10
Judge. Self.preservation is the Hrst
law Of nature. Holding these epin.
ions, the State military authorities
have determined to raise, organize and
equip as many military companies in
the several counties Of Eastern Oregon
as possible. This Is necessary, from the
fact the federal troops do not furnish
US adequate protection against the rAidS
Of the Indians. Therefore, in further
ance Of this object, I call upon the
people Of Union and Baker counties,
which constitute the third regimsntal
district, third brigade, Oregon State
militia, and of which have been com
missiOned colonel, to meet at such place
as shall be agreed upon and organize
yourselves into companies subject TO
the military laws of the State Such
companies shall organize and after due
notice elect the following officers
q captain, first lieutenant and sec
ond lieutenant, to whom csmmissionS
will be made cut. To all companies
so organized thereswill be issued . fall
complement of arms and accoatre-
ments. No arms will be issued to any
company unless the same be organized
subject to the military laws Of the
State. % 357Htsas aat lia 5nau
In another communication or call
Col Ish designated Saturday, Dec. 81,
as the day for meeting in the precincts
of Baker, WingvilIe, Pocahontas and
North Powder in Baker county 70 or
ganize military companies and elect Of
ticers. m a58uh rer 8ts
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
(PhIlAAsIphIa T'Imss.)
sEsTEn cELHaTH.
How she Rode WIth che GnopilIas Aa One .
Theaa And Lest aler Here tm BasfIs.

Sister Celeste, one Of the heroic Sis
ters Of Mercy who perished along TO-
ward the dying out Of the epidemis,
had as eventftl and romantic history
~ ever written, II the accounts In The
western papers are to be credited. She
was the daughter Of old Andrew Har-
ris, who lived on his rare old homestead
near independence, Missouri. At the
beginning Of the war be ssnt his sons
into the confederate army, his wife and
daughters remaining Ut the farm house.
In 1862 the daughter, Annie Harris,
was II years old, known through = half
hundred counties, as the girl who wspt
because she was not q man, that she
might ride with her brothers In battle.
She spent most Of her time in sewing
confederate flags and In making little
nick.nacks for Prices soldiers. She
was wickedly pretty. Her eyes were
Of dancing black, her form was lis.
some and her hair was q glory. She
had heard Of Quantrell and bis bold
riders, but never saw them until ons
September day in 1862, when the whole
guerilla gang drew rein before her faith.
er's house. The tallest and hAndsOmest
rider among the guerilIAa was John
Mckeene, = bold, daShing fellow, Of
whom Miss Harris had often heard In
story. AeKeene had also heard Of
Miss Harris, and this meeting was aleC.
trio. Old man Harris entertained the
guerillAs with his beat and sent them
on their way. A day after their de-
parture body Of Federal cavalry rode
up TO the Harris house and charged
that the old man knew Of the whsrea-
boats Of Quantrell. The cavalry officer
knew Of the treatment that had been
received by the guerillaa and in imita-
tation Of Quantrsll'a mode Of warfare
shot Harris through the heart, burned
down tho house, devastated The farm
and passed on. Shortly aftsrward ths
federal cavalry overlook the QuAntrsll
gang and scattered the gusrillas right
and left. The gang was Temporarily
broken up McKsene appeared 10 dis
guise several days latsr as the house
where Miss Harris had taken rsfuge.
The wooing was brief. The two went
70 the parsons and were married. The
girl donned male attire, bundled her
long hair beneath the crown Of hat
and started cot with MeKesns. They
were perfect guerillaa. They passed
through innumsrAble bAi,iships and
met with many thrilling adventures un-
Ill June mornihg o. 1868. Thea. At
Less Summit, they we're met by do
tachmcnt Of the Seventh Missouri State
Militia. The light was terrible. Nc
Keene fell dead, and his wife, after be-
ing desperately wounded. only saved
her life by letting down her womana
hair. Ths Union soldiers took her 70
Kansas City. and she was sent themes
10 Memphis ts become q Sister Of Msr.
cy.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
RATES or ApvEnr1srSo.
nBMoROUs.

suspending business-the hangrnan's.
Song Of the family hotel-"Home
Suite Home"
Aim high; but not so high as not 10
be able to hit anything
No vices are 80 incnrable as those
which men are apt to glory In.
A refined gentlemau---one who gets
fined for the second ofense.
The Chinese say there is well Of
wisdom at the root of every hair.
Now is the season when the sturdy
wood-chopper viii be judged BY bis
Ak tt tElt9a 90 M aa
Swho Mrs once to take kiss,
Has Mr.. thing he should not Miss"
What riles country postmistfesssi
to have a postal card come b. the office
written in French or short hand.
Can you notice similarity between
ten years IN the penitentiary AMI religi-
on We can. Both are the result Of
conviction.
ColIoquy between new acquaintl
ancs: 81 once sat on the Judges
bench in Texas" That SOL Where
was the jadgeT
Medical Observation-Disclosures Is
there besides ether and cIlioroform to
produce uneongci3Gsness" Visiting boy :
4 club. e
Why must man who hss been shot
through the head necessarily have bat
little hair because he's balled about
the head.
It is well known 70 archseolegists
'sand sich" that Boston was 30 called
by the original inhabitants because
they considered isTthe -s3sAs Town"
She asked him Il her new dress
wasn't as sweet a. srring RISE, and
the brute said II was, even to the
minor attraction If having a little due
upon it. Ha,
"What do you want to shoot quail
on the ground for bewls sporting
journal. On the ground that we can't
hit 'em anywhere else. M
Yesterday policeman arrested boy
who had an onion tied In the corner Of
his handkerchief The charge against
him was carrying concealed weapons.
A hospitable farmer at Jewell City,
Kansas, gave an orphan boy a supper
and nights lodging and charged the
traveller his only shirt therefor.
The Parisians have introduced square
umbrellas. They'll be just as bad as
the other kind-never round when it
rains. a. .szf-
"I'll not compromise my honor" said
loud-vOiced politician. "No, and for
the same reason will not close the
eye in the bac1 Of my head" said his
opponent.
The small boy who babe goodbye to
Sunday school just after the picnic :
now making desperate eff 1T 70 regain
his standing in tms for the coming
Christmas tree.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
BROTHER GARDNER MAKRs SOME RIe-
uRgs on Tine FENCE.

"Dis mawnin' ez war walkin' out
'mong de sunilowers in dc back yard"
began Brother Gardner, at the last
meeting of the Lime Kiln Club, as the
janitor finally got through sneezing,
"Misser Darius Green, do white man,
came long, an dere was n powerful aad
look on his face ez be leaned ober dc
ienco an said, 'Misser Gardner dis suf-
fcrin hez got ter come TO a ccasef Hex
you got de chills and shakes 7 axed.
'Wuss dan dat, Misser Gardner. Izs
workin' all de long week for ten shillin'
a day, an whar dc money goes l can't
tell. De ole woman wants new clothes.
do chillin' wants dis an dat, de rent
runs benin an Ize gittin desperit ?
'Shool now, but let's make SOME figures
on de fence | tole him. Now, den,
you chew terhackeIf Yes, | chew
bout ten cents wort day OATS sew
enty cents a week. An you drink
lagerf Well, of course, drink glass
now and den-maybe fifteen elAasea =
week. Oats seventy-fve cents noah,
sab. What dye do on Sundaysf 'Oh,
50 up to do beer garden An You
spen' dollar at leastf 4 guess so
maybe two Of EN-. Say twelve shil-
Inns, an dat makes two dollars an
ninety.iive cents per week. reckon
you frow away at leAa' free dollars ebery
week, sab 'Frow il away yes,
sab, Dat money would pay your rent
an'buy your flower But Teller mus
hey some comfort DE same. sab.
De greatest comfort in de world am to
sec de rent paid up, de family dressed
up. de table loaded down an de ole
woman able TO 20 10 church. You
frow away free dollars cherry week, sab,
an den you go roun' cussin' de times,
de Wcdder an de man who hez saved
his money. Gem'len. dat white man
called me an ole black fool an dog
stealer. but dat didn't alter de case a
bit. lie il frowin' away one-third Of
bis waskiy wages. an d~n blown rnun'
dat he's gittin' desperit an ready 10
head . not. Doan' let me heah any
member o dis club spinnin' dat yarn,
kase if he does dar's gwins to be- = com
mittee Of investigash,in, an Iat com.
mittee won't whitewash wurf a cent. "
Detroit Free Press
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03

When Wm. Miller, founder of that
branch of Second Adventists known as
" Iillerites,p died in ls49, it is esti-
mated that he left behind him from
so, 600 to $4,000 followers. He was a
plain uneducated farmer, and the
preachers who labored with him were
generally strong, but uncultured men,
who knew good deal about tho script
ures but little Of anything else. The
dates which this sect have from time to
time appointed for the second coming
of Christ and the end of the world are
1912, 1847, 1s4s, 1857 and 1861. In
some localities the Millerites have more
than once attired themselves in white
and stationed themselves In graveyards
and on the roofs of houses. In spite Of
the failure of their many predictions,
they still hold that the coming Of Christ
is very near, but they do not fix any
precise daee. fe n sci taln
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03

Mr.. Alfred Ellis, of Leicestershire,
England, has been carefully protecting
tho white or barn owl upon his own es-
tales. He has attracted the birds by
building rough stone towers, in appear
ahces as much like ruin as may be !;
putting up hollow trees in the coverts
and covering them with ivy, and some
times con6ning a pair Of owls therein
for few weeks in order to aocustom
them to use thess abodes. His efforts
have been very successful, as the owls
have bred freely; and almost any even
ing the birds may be seen leaving their
safe retreats to take their nightly fight
in search Of mice, beetles, etc. Rabbits
abound there, but they take no notice
of the owl as she flies silently over the
meadows seeking food, and they show
no alarm as they would if preyed upon
By these birds. Sometimes an owl may
be seen beating freshly-cut bayfield,
for mice as regularly as pointer would
for birds. They are perfectly harmless
to pigeons, and have used the same loft,
and only wage war on the mice and
young rats, which are well-known des-
troyers of their eggs and young The
owls have been established some years,
and during that time Mr.. Ellis has ex-
amined great quantities Of the pellets
which they eject from the stomach ;
these consisted entirely of the bones and
indigestible remains Of rats, miee, and
small birds.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
[ciaeinnau Saturday Nieht.l
AMERICAN WOMEN DEGKSgRATING.


don't believe in the women Of our
day, writes contributor TO the Amert-
can ATt Journal. / went to a ball the
other night, the first one in five years.
wanted TO see whether the women
made any progress. ! found that they
have. .
Yes, and it's in the wrong way.
They formerly painted their cheeks,
now they paint their face, neck, shonl.
ders and arms. II was hard to tell af
ter enc Of those wrestling .fnatehes-I
believe they call IL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ths women's faces OF the gsntIemen's
Coat sleeves had the most powder on
them. ! would suggest to the "boys"
that they put on white silk snits when
they dance with thsse powder boxes.
was introduced to one Of them III
wager she wtOuldn's weigh more than 95
pounds. In conversation Of ten min
utes she informed me that she bad been
twice TO Europe, three times in love,
once blown mp in = steamer, twice in
jured in . railroad accident, aud once,
she added, the heroine in real novel,
which was too lovely for anything. At
supper I watched her cIosel, she ate
twelve fried oysters, . plate Of chicken
salad, some boned turkey three plates
Of ice-cresm, besides drinking cham
pAgns, black coffee and ice.w water. At
N. 1 left the ball room she was
still dancing. Her dress Tor rsther
what was left Of it) was now held to-
gethsr by fifty pins. which she bad
skillfully inserted here and there.
At half-paSt two A. N. she passed
close by me and cried out "Celo-
mel, it Is delightful r Next day ]
met her father and be said something
about "sis not being very we'll this
morning"
American women, sir, are degenerat-
ingl Where are the families Of nine,
twelve, or fifteen children Of the "once
upon = tifne7" Where are the rosy
checked, robust, hale and hearty meth
euS Of forty, forty.fve and City that
once grueed our lsndl The race is run
out; they don't exist any more. If an
American mother raises one or two
children, she thinks it enough.
In q few years we'll be ont-voted; the
foreign element will rule the land.
They increase ten TO our one; they
swarm about US; we're doomed. The
mothers of '76 saved our land, the
mothers Of our day have ruined it. Too
bAdI Too bad
Women rule the world for good or
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
ANOTHER sToET OF LINCOLN.


While | was in congress, during the
four years, I had frequent Interviews
with President Lincoln, and never, dur
ing all that time, did he utter an un-
kind sentiment. was told hy Seere-
tary Stanton that at the first csbinet
meeting after tho surrender, the ques-
ton as to what should be done with
the confederate leaders was under dis
enssion. Some Of the cabinet were for
hanging. some for imprisonment, and
so on. During the discussion the Pres
ident sat at the end of this table with
his legs twisted up, ana said mot
word. At last SONS one appealed to
him for his views, The Presidents
reply was: "Gentlemen, there has
been blood enough spilled; not another
drop shall be shed, if / can help it"
Said Mr.. Stanton: "This reply was
like a thundeTbolt ithrewn into the
cabinet, and not word of opposition
was offered" A man who could use
such language as that at such time
could truly subscribe himself: '.With
malice toward none and charity for
all. - 5 ii R
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
A ClRCUMxAVIG1TisG POSTAL CARD.

A postal card has Just been around
the world from Chemnitz, SaxOny, in
III days. The card contained six diff
erent addresses of the German consuls
at Alexandria, Singapore, Yokohama,
San Francisco, New York and that of
the sender at Chennitz, besides polite
request that the card be SAINT on with
out delay, and the exact time of receipt
and dispatch neted on the card; an ex-
PLANTATION Of the circumstances of the
case being at the same time given.
The instructions seem to have been
promptly fulfilled, and the card made
its appearance again at Chemnitz III
days after it had been dispatched, COW
cred with the stamps Of various sta
tions. 1t is stated that It would have
gone around in 96 days it it had been
posted an hour earlier, and probably if it
had been an American instead of Ger
man card it would have made the cir
suit in much less time. =. 'ef1
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
FARmKKs sa.UL. .HExK.


There is no business with which l
am acquainted which affords greater
scope for thought, or which is more
provocation of reflection, than farming.
The careful farmer must be daily meet
ing with subjects which challenge
thought and require the nest profound
study Farmers ought to be the nest
thoughtful class of people il the ceun-
try. The balancing of cause and eject
in a business wherein =. thousand
causes are more philosophical mind
than any other business whatever. Il
is possible for farmers to get into the
rutS and 60 in the beaten track year
after year, without Thought but such
farmers are not successful, and each
year are becoming less So Whsnever
q farmer gets out of the ruts-ceases
to do things because it has always been
the practiee-he necessarily has t.
think. 1t is pretty safe to say that
such farmers ~ill-Ise saRe-to want all
the agricultural books they can get.
And as thinking men ultimately must
always supplant those who do not
think, the problem how farmihgis to be
made successful and the hon
ored, will be settled. as so many like
problems have been, by the Darwinian
law-"the survival Of the fttest. =
Country Gentleman.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03
eERnAx coTsr EEleUErrE. Il.

The following anecdote is told to
show the informal and domestic man
ners Of the Grown Princess of Ger
many and the rigid etiquette of the
German court: One day, at ball in
Petsdafa, the Princess could not find
the Prince, and, meeting the Empress,
asked where her husband could posi-
bly, be. II do not know where your
husband is, said the Empress, shut 1
can tell you where the Crown Prince
is" The Princess made no reply but,
soon afterward, seeing her husband,
she complained Of the rebuko she had
received. The Prince bit his lip, and
walking up to the Empress, said,
" Mammas win you be good enough to
tell me where my wife is :"
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sorbed with. the battle as to be uncon.
soious of himself. 1t was not until
after he was dead that his true great
ness appeared to tho world. Then the
country, comprehending the magnitude
and sagacity Of the movement which it
had distrusted and assailed, awoko to =
sense Of its loss. In comparison with
him, other commanders Of his time
seemed small and unimportant He
had Sherman's dash, regulated by a
discretion aud knowledge of war which
Sherman never had. He had the to-
nacity Of Grant. =" He was" says Mr..
Davis, "the ablest soldier and greatest
man, civil or military, confederate or
federal, then living in the land" and,
taking all the circumstances and possi-
bilities into the account, we believe
him.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-03

The arrival in the Dominion Of the
Marquis of Lorne and his regal wife
brings to mind the fact that when the
Queen admitted the Marquis within the
circle Of her ewn family Is . suitor
for the hand of the Princess Louies she
made an innovation upon ; ceurtly
custom which required an alliance for
her children with some royal house out
side Of her own country. Thelady had
the courage to accept the suit and take
husband from amsng her own people,
and her royal mother felt free tS uphold
her daughters choice. ParlimaSt did
not object, and at the wedding the
bride was given away by the Queen
herself, who after the ceremony, kissed
her daughter with q matronly warmth
of affection which was accepted BY ell
present as unmistakahle proof Of the
great qualification which the union Of
forded her Majesty.