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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

The contradictory testimony of ex-
perts as to the existence of poison in the
bodies of dead persons has puzzled many
a jury. Now comes Prof. Selmi, of
Bologna, with the discovery that, in the
decaying bodies of persons who have
died natural death, he finds a sub
stance 80 closely resembling well known
poisons as to be readily mistaken for
them. In his explanation he shows how
similar these animal alkalies are to the
vegetable poi ons used by criminals.
His tests to distinguish between them
are hardly less valuable than the dis
covery itself; and il all that Prof. Selmi
pretends to have found be true, change
in the manner of conducting a certain
class of criminal trials may follow.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

SCOTLAND has been considered the
most wary, cautious and hard-headed Of
all lands, and yet the scheme of paying
the debts of shareholders in the city of
Glasgow Bank through colossal lot
terry is to be tried. Six millions of IS
tickets are to be issued, and half of the
proceeds is to be paid to the iquidators
and the remainder is to be apportioned
among the shareholders as prizes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

A PROTEST is going up from the press
Of Prince Edwards Island against i'm
prisonment for debt. The Government
furnishes the incarcerated debtor with
neither food nor drink, and il his family
or friends do not supply his needs he
runs a chance of starving. The Jail is
filed with debtor prisoners who can
neither earn nor pay anything, and who,
in some cases, are supported by strug-
Cling wives, who have also children to
provide for. Many depend entirely
upon what they receive FROM their
fellow prisoners or upon the kindness of
the keeper.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

LAW, physic and divinity are well
supplied with feminine members in the
United States. The lady doctors num-
Der So, and feminine dentists, 40, while
sixty-eight women are preachers and five
practice as lawyers. Some ladies adopt
two or three callings at once. A Mrs
Gibbs, living in st. Louis, notifies on
her door-plate that she is ON elocution-
list, poetess, washer, and ironer."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

IL England the law of the eroad is con-
trary to what it Is here, and the maxim
Ii Keep to the left, as the law directs" I"
An English exchange verified the law
as follows:
The Rule Of the Roads clear ss light
That In driving acsrrisge along,
The man who drives left is all right,
Add the man Who drives right 10 all wrong.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

NNE-TENTHs of the Thousand million
dollars which France borrowed of En-
glsh bankers in order to pay Germany
are now held in the shape of national
bonds by Frenchmen at home. As
fast as the foreigners would sell, the
bonds were bought mp On the Paris
market, and thus, though F-ance still
owes that vast sum, she over it IN bulk
only to her own people.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

A MAN saw a ghost while walking
along q lonely highway at midnight.
The ghost stood exactly in the middle
OF the road, and the wayfarer, deciding
to investigate, poked at it with his UNI
brella. The next instant he was knocked
twenty feet into a mud-hole. Moral /:
Never poke at large white mule when
its back is turned. !,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

A CLERGYMAN speaking at funeral
bewailed the loss of many great men,
such for instance, as the deceased in the
coffin before him, and said that none
like them were left to us. A strong
voiced old Methodist sister startled
both speaker and audience by exclaim.
ing, Bless God, that's iel"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

The Chinese make team two pots. and
decant the one IL is made in into another,
aud they serve their tea from the last
one. Still, strangely enough, the
japanese do not manage their tea this
way. Drinking tea frequently in little
cups, they add fresh tea-leaves to the
pot at every new brew. Perhaps Japan
ese tea being milder and more delicate
flavor, there Is lees tannin in it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

"MY dear" said q wife to her hus-
band, "when we get these old books
home again that we lent to your uncle,
what will be the best style m which to
have them bound9" Homeward
bound is the most suitable thing for
borrowed books, my love-" was his
ro,,lv
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

RussrAS journals are pleased to pre-
dict famine for their country, to take
place in 1880. They base the gloomy
prediction on the fact that one-thirj of
last years crop was destroyed by in
sect. that a cattle plague made thou
sands poor, that drought came near to
impoverishing the other half, and lastly
TO drunkenness, which is too common.
What wonder that the old country poor
people immigrate?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

BRIGHAM YouNa's grave is guarded
against resurrectionists by two men day
and night. The wives Of the Prophet
rarely visit the tomb, and many have
remarked. rrt
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

MISS ALICE BLAINE, the eldest daugh..
ter of the Senator, retains no trace OF
the wound in the face which she acci'
dentally gave. herself last year. She is
atill at school.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

DISTINGUISHED divine to recent con-
vert: "We propose to bnptize you by
the Turkish bath method. It is really
the only means to scrub your years OF
Mn out Of you."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

THERE is an unusual amount Of suf-
fering among the poor in Brazil. Dom
Pedro is exerting his charitable powers
in Rio Janeiro, but the rest of the en-
pire is seeing hard times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

Irisa pity, says the Christian Regis
ter, that some of the large operators
of Boston and New York had not been
brought up to humber business. 1t is
said that the rag merchants Of Paris
prove their honesty by the number Of
articles they hand ove- to the police, and
that for fifteen years not one of their
number has been on the prison lists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03
Trottins Horses...The s::so Glass.

The following table showing the pu M
Der of heats trotted in Q 80 or bette ~
horses having record of 2:20 or lsss
was compiled by Wallace's MontAb',
and will be found valuable for refer
ence: AfHEzHf
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

THERE'S one melancholy fact about q
calendar; there's no time when its days
are not numbered
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

The St. Louis Globe has a good opin-
ion of Talmage. 1t says his New York
critics are correct in saying that he has
a large mouth; but it is wonderfully
expressive one, and indicates irmness
and kindness. He read passage of
Scripture in loud but husky voice, and
the first impression was not favorable.
In commencing his sermon he had his
arms folded. By degrees he expanded
himself His voice grew more melodious
ard he got the rapt attention of his
hearers in two or three minutes. Freely
he paced the platform, and ne used his
arms and hands in sympathy with his
utterances. He was always eloquent,
and at times he was dramatically i'm
pressive. But there was none of the un-
seemly dancing about and "fiinging his
legs around" as credited to him by his
friend Puck. His style is nervous and
quick, but not jerky. There was an ex-
cellent consecutiveness throughout the
discourse, and the concluding portion
was climax of oratory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03
posed to have been a functionary of
some Roman officer or private steward,
and who perhaps used this stamp to
save himself the trouble of writing.

A STRIKING example of the sanitary
effects on body and mind of work as
compared with idleness, is given from
the records of the New Jersey State
prison. In 1874, when all the convicts
were employed, there were only three
deaths. May 81, 1875, when they were
still at work, only 21 out of 664 were
idle, because of illness, and only five
were insane. December 81, 1875 after
six months of idleness, 30 out of III
we're unfit for work, IS were insane, and
there were 13 deaths in the year. In
1876 only a few were busy, and there
were 20 deaths. In 1877, when 500 out
Of 1885 were at work, there were only
s deaths; and on December 81 there
were 38 unfit for work. In 1873, with
only 270 busy, there were 10 deaths. In
January, 1879, with the same number
busy, there were 107 in the hands Of
the doctor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-04-03

The use of captive balloon, Charles
Reade suggests, would have saved the
English troops in Zululand from the re-
cent massacre. "a very small one" he
says, "would have raised man theu-
sand feet, and shown him in a moment
the shallow secrets of Zulu strategy.
Lateral ambuscades, though in a
Jungle, are no ambuscades to a scout
looking down vertically with powerful
binocular, and sweeping thirty miles at
a glance. The nation, therefore, will
feel obliged to the war office if it will
send out not a great many more soldiers
to be knocked on the hes j, but few
more soldiers, more ammunition, more
balloons, more gasometers: more binocu-
lars and-more brains" And one or
two Charles Reades. When will the
British Government recognize Charles's
superior knowledge and wisdom on all
subjects?
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
ear Csuniy ROarders.

Sheriff Dicksy informs us that no has five
men new boarding with him at the iail-all
bound over to await the action of tho grand
jury at the March term Of court Ed.
Blanchard is charged with larceny; the charge
against Jack Williams is forgery, and, by
the-way. Jack is a hard nut, and has already
served three terms in the Oregon penitentia-
ry; once from Benton, once from Multnomah
and once from Linn, and the chances are very
fair for his representing our county once
more in thatiState edi6es where neither cot
fee. tobacco nor liquor are furnished board
era The name of the third chap We do not
know; he Is red-headed. and is also charged
~ith forgery-two unpardoaable sins Two
Cinnamon complete the number, and the tes-
timony against them On the charge Of larceny
is so strong that Judge Harding viii be very
apt to send them down. to Salem Sheriff
Diekey says he has two mere vacant rooms
n ths county boarding house, which can be
bad by any one Wig viii do some act which
will make him worthy to partaks OF the
cOunty's hospitality.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07

During the past few weeks considerable
wheat has been taken out Of this city, IS. 600
bushels being taken from the FArmers'
Warehouse alone. and our dealers (exeepting
the Touring millsl now have on hand only
about IS, 600 bushels. Still the price re-
mains at from so to 81 cents and no indica-
tions can be seen Of an advance, for the rea-
son that the Liverpool market still governs
US The surplus amount still in out State is
about go. 600 bushels, and We cannot look
for raise in prices until this is reduced
somewhat, aud the mills forced into buying
at fancy prices Truly this has been a bad
year on the farmer; at no time during the
season has he got what is generally consider.
ed good price for his grain, and at the
present date wheat rates lower than it has
done for twenty years at this time of year.
We hope to see them do better next fall.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
The Far,ner.s Friend.

"WhO is it;'' you probably inquiro, and We
answer, "who is it il it is not s. E. Youngi"
He has been supplying the farmers of this
and adjoining counties with agricultural ma
chinery and implements for years, until he
has established reputation for the limo he
carries second to no other in the State. His
establishment is old and reliable and the i'm
plements to be found there have boen tried
and tested SO often that nothing we could
write would add to their popularity. He is
permanently located hero and owns the
building which he occupies, so Of course he
cannot afford to carry any piece of machinery
or implement shat is not the best Of its kind.
He gives us large advertisement this week
which enumerates the articles in part which
he now has On hand, and our readers ought
by all means to read it. John Althouse at
tends to the ware-room and viii take pleas
ure in showing up the implements to all who
may want to inspect them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
4 ssanns.l E.,asll.Amens.

We this week happened to stroll into the
agricultural warehouse Of Ncwbury, Chap
man & Co, in this city. and were really sur
prissd To find it such largo and extensive
establishment Everything in the line Of
agricultural implements. from garden rake
or pitch fork up to a steam threshing outfit,
can be found there, and the sales must be
large. The manager of this Albany branch
Of tho firm Of Newbury, Chapman Co. is
Ar. Eugene BuchAnan--a fair, square man in
all business transactions, and as he got his
''fotehin up on farm ho has the experience
to enable him TO bring TO this market just
the implements that agriculturists need. He
first showed US l6.ineh plow. of the eele-
brated Morrison Bro. manufacture, which, in
= contest before n committee Of farmers last
week. came out frat best. In tho contest it
was set at eight inches deep. and drew only
$50 lbs. being the lightcss draft plow on the
ground by 100 lbs. He has all sizes of them
from 10 to l6 inches. and they are perfect
models Of beauty and strength Tho next
objects that took our eye were several of
the Whitewater hacks and wagons. In
point Of construction and finish they cannot
be excellcd anywhere Another implement
which is q general favorite with oil who have
inspected it is the Esterly seeder and cult
vator combined. We predict that great
many of them will be sold during the next
few months. We also noticed large coil oi
Scutts steel barbed fence wire. It is new
thing here but has been in use and given the
utmost satisfaction for several years in tho
Western States. Although it has only beer
on exhibition hero few days, several Of oul
prominent citizens have already concluded Il
use it in enclosing their lots. Many othe
articles were being displayed in the building
but we have not the room to mention then
this week.
Mr.. Buchanan informs us that they expec
to keep full limo Of everything pertaining
to this branch OF trade in stock, or subject t
order on short notice, and that they will no
be undersold. As their trade comes almos
entirely from the farmers, he wants them t
call aud sec him whether they wish to bu,
or not, and if they live at distance an
want anything they can rest assured that OF
ders by mail will be promptly attended to.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07

Is a l6-psge monthly agricultural paper, and
Is as jull OF departments Is the government
at Washington. and they all bear evidence Of
unusual skill anI industry in their manage
ment. Besides its agricultural articles it
gives great deal of miscellaneous reading
and sOre splendid stories.
It and the DENOcaAr viii be sent one gear
for onlyS3.
Remember that ". cannot make these Of
fers to any one hut new subscribers vino pay
In advance, or 70 old subscribers who square
up and pay one year in advaaea-
Il isn't every day that such an opportunity
Is offered to get two papers for the price of
one, and you would DO well to improve it.
Eshsw This 10 Tour NeIghboF.E4
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
Tlle 9culorrat.
FRIpAY,.-... FERRUARY !, ls70.
charoh directory.


u. P. CHURCH. -PrOaehing every Sabbath.
at II A. n, and p. II. by Rev. 8. G. Ir-
vine, u. d. sabbath School at ESQ P. N.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening
EVANGELICAL. CHuRCn.-Preaching on Sab.
hath at n A. a., and Z T. a. Sabbath
School l2:l5. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. ]. Bowersox, pastor.
CALVARY Church. Services every Sab.
bath at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ. Sabbath
School at 2:30 Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening of each week w, b.
Floyd, pastor.
NJ Z CHURCH, SoUTH.-Services every
Sabbath at St. Paul's NJ. f. Church, South,
at 1850 A. NJ. and ?. N. Sabbath School
at TO- Prayer meeting every Friday
evening. 7. A. Meses, pastor,
NJ E. CHyRCH Preaching every Sabbath
At IL A. N. and P. NJ. Sony service in
the evening before sermon. Sabbath School
at 2:S0 P, N. Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening. viii commence a protraeted
meeting at the close OF the week Of prayer in
January, ]. +. De Wore, pastor.
ST. PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Divine ser.
vice is held in the Church every Sunday at
IL A. N. Sunday School at ESQ P. NJ r
l. Stevens, pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH. every Sabbath
at IL A. NJ. aud P. II. Sabbath School at
IL Prayer meetings every Thursday even.
ing. w. ]. Crawford, pastor.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
sautIann Canal.

Patrons Of the Santiam Canal will find
very important notice in this issue Of the
DEMOCRAT, and one which they should peruSe
with care. It will be remembered that q
year or so ago it was claimed that the old
company had ceased to exist and q new Com
pany was organized and has been transacting
the business since that time. All this time
the old Company has kept mp its Organiza-
tion, and this week it publishes an advertise
ment which fully explains itself. After
reading it you will probably come to the
same conclusion that we have-that decis-
ion Of the Court will be the only thing that
will settle it. The suit will involve con-
siderable sum of money and will be very in
teresting. During the past week the old
Company demanded and received the Secre-
tary's book from the new Company, which
may look little like backing down on one
side, but matters are so mixed between the
two>that no one can tell how it will all ter
inmate
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07

Last Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock,
Duncan B. Menteith and Miss Ina Story
were joined together in matrimony at the
residence of the brides parents, in Portland.
They came to this city on the evening ex-
press and are now stopping at the residence
of Mrs. n. A. Monteith In the evening Of
the same day L. N. Liggett and Miss Kate
Cowan were married at the residence of the
brides father, in this city, Rev. 7. B. White
performing the ceremony. All the parties
concerned in these 'entanglements" are well
known in this community, and such de-
moaement as this has been foretold by gossips
for several months. 1t is all over now and
the two Lew families have virtually com;
menced new life, and we hope it may be a
happy one, and that their future may not be
disturbed by single shadow of sorrow or
sadness
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
Farmer. Esok Here.

You win be sowing your grain in few
weeks and of course you will need harrows.
z. Carter Co, of this city, claim that they
now manufacture the best harrow IN use in
this State-the ''Excelsor harrow and clod-
rusher combined" L was usedlast year by
= large number of farmers, and all of them
recommend It highly. Before you purchase
a harrow be sure to cal and examine one Of
this patent. They can be seen at E. Carter
4 Cos in this city, or at the following places:
snith, Braszfeld q Co, at Harrisburg; B.
L Skaggs, Shedd; B. h Allen d Co., Hal
sey; R. Blaekly, Junction; Gill d Logan,
Seio; John GiImour, Lebanon; Philips d
Kenady, or Ben Tracy, Corvallis; Jos Lig-
gstt, Brownsville: J. E Besserman, Iroines;
J. W. Cleaver, Eugene; J. T. Gilfry. Cress-
well; E W. WhippIe & Bro, Cottage
Grove. If you can't make it convenient to
call on any of these parties, send to the fac
toy In this city for descriptive circular and
testimonials
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07

Tho cold weather a few days ago caused
but very little damage to the crops in thi1
county, but the cold frosty nights We have
had for the past week or ten days have been
very damaging. Nearly all the cat crop
will have TO be ro-planted. and several
heavy farmers inform us that oven the whoat
is beginning to give way TO tho frost. The
amount Of grain put in last fall was foar or
five timos greater than ever before, and If
the present frosty weather should continue
for short time and IL shoald be killed, our
farmers would have trouble in securing
enough wheat to seed their farms, and the
price woVld be very high. We hope such
events will not occur, but tho farmers pros.
poets are not very hattering just at present.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
The BIue Ribbon Ciub.

The Blue Ribbon Club viii hold its next
regular nesting tomorrow evening, at the Y.
p C. A rooras. Following is the pro-
gramme:
Music.
Prayer.
3-Music
Address.
5-Musie
6-Circulating pledge.
Music
S-Declamation-
9-Election of delegates to State Temper
Anes Alliance.
lO-ExtempOraneous speeches from per-
sons called upon by the audience.
It is expected that Judge BroAaugh, Of
Portland, viii be present and viii deliver the
address.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
IseaH.lruI work.


Tho wood work in tho fsont room OF the
Odd Fellow Temple Is nov finished up. and
as it is Of such fine quality and shows such
exquisite workmanship, ws cannot help call.
ing the attention OF our readers to il. Zeyhs
d HochtedtleF we're the gentlemen who
planned the work and under whose supervis-
ion it was executed. aad the result shows
that they are entitled to a position in ths
very front rank OF their profession. Il is
fitted up for drug store and every portion
Of It has been brought 70 a high state of per.
lection. The shelving is extremely neat.
and entirely enclosed in front by glass.
which is hanged by weights and can be run up
out Of the way instantly. The counters arc
made after an artistic design and are by far
the prcttiest in sur city. being ornamented
with very beautiful paneling and moulding.
They are certainly "a thing of beauty, and
if they arc not "a joy forever" to Piummer.
who expects to occupy the room, they GER
tainly will afford him great deal Of happi-
ness as long as he remains in the building.
Considerable work has been put upon the
PsiOh SA901 @in - - Sss'A4ea' -"
room at the rear ond, it shows OF TO good ad'
vantage. On the whole We have never seen
the work excelled anywhere, not even in "uI
metropolis. and Messrs. Zeyss & Hochstcdtlei
may well be proud Of it. Moore q Roger
did the painting. and have made as much o.
a success OF it as the wood-workers did witt
their part, and as Mr.. Plummer is noted fol
his taste in displaying his goods we think tn
room will be perfect palace when he move
in and gets things arranged permanently.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07
ROop's Agricultural House.

A n ROop, who has been so long and
successfully engaged in the business of deal
ing in agricultural implements in this city,
this week removed from his old location into
the building on First street recently occupied
by F. s. Dunning as furniture store. His
new location is right in the center of the
main business portion of our city, and we
predict that his sales viii now increase large
ly. Being practical farmer himself he
knows better than to keep any impIem ent in
stock that is not the best of its kind Be
sure to call on him and take look at his
large line Of implements.