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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22

The bathing, / might say the
drowning season, Is now about to be-
gin, and many lives will unhappily
he lost. As the human frame, bulk
for bulk, is lighter than water, all
that is needful to save life is to per-
init the body to sink until it shalt
displace as much water as equals the
body's weight. Then paddle gently
as the lower animals do, with hands
and feet, the head being held erect,
wherever it is desired to go. This
direction being carried out it is abso-
lutely all that Is needful under ordi-
nary conditions to preserve life.
These few directions ought to bestuck
up in every bathing place-every
bathing and skating place-in the
three kingdoms. Children IN eperyI
instance ought TO be made 10 trea&
water from the earliest age, say lii
shallow slate baths with blood warm
water, or, when convenient and suit
able, in some river, pond or open sea.
A leather belt with ring, and stout
AOa with ituC anu HUN sAAO Ct14 ktOy ca
by Portuguese mothers to instruct their
children. The mother, rod in hand,
stands by the brook; the child, learns
in the water. In Paris swimming
schools the same procedure is re-
sorted to. The business ea1not be
begun too soon. saw mere infants
sustaining themselves in the tepid
waters of Africa. Treading water is
far safer than swimming in broken
sea. Every adult, man or woman,
who has not practiced ii, should be-
gin Once the conviction instilIeI
that the body is lighter than wafer,
the risk OF drowning is reduced to ze-
no. The process Involves no uneer-
tainsy, no delay. Very different
from swimming Il can be aeqillEsz -
once.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
AsOTF MAcKAY AND WIFE.

New YoRK. July 10. John w.
Mackay, of Nevada, sailed for Havre
yesterday morning in the st. Law
rent He intends to remain in Eu.
rope until October, and upon his re-
turn will make a trip through Mexi-
co. His wife has made her home in
Paris, and the gorgeousness of her
entertainments is the talk of both
continents. Her handwriting and
genial husband is known as one of
the most genial of men. 1t seems
that the person who boasted so loud
ly that he would raisc $3.50, 900 in
the twinkllng of an eye as a gift to
the Presidents wife, thought 1t
only necessary to write 10 Maclsay
for contribution. Mackay received a
note in this city Tuesday. He read
it several times and said that he was
displeased with its tone. He thought
a proper sense of politeness would
have dictated to call on him in per-
son. He knew of course that large
sum was expected from him. After
celebrating he decided to do what
he has seldom done in such a case,
to refuse he caused an answer to
be written to the effect that the occa-
sion did not require that he should
contribute anything, but in the event
of the Presidents death, a calamity
which he sincerely hoped would no
take place, he would be found in thu
front rank with those giving substan
tial aid to the Presidents family.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
a woxDKn Of rmE WORLD.
Progress orihe work or THnneiing fhe Ea-
ciIsh Channel.

The works on the tunnel progress.
ing under Colonel Beaumont. chic
engineer, arc now sufficiently advanced
to be Of real interest. Tho project
both in design and mode Of execution
IL practical and ingenious. The chalk
strata Of England and France are
geologically continuous aud he dip a
the beds is the same.-n namely, toward
the east, on both sidcs Of the English
channel. The lowermost, known M
the "grAy chalk, " is Of "a more clayey
nature than the other portions Of the
chalk formation, and il sufficiently i'm
pervious TO water to render pergora
tion feasible. The plan proposed is u
follow by n descending the patnr-
al dip Of the gray chalk toward Dover
until a depth Of 200 feet below the sea
bed OF the channel is attained. The
channel tunnel vi then be driven
horizontally right across from shore 10
shore, A similarly inclined tunnel
on the French side, Iiaing along the
direction Of the dip Of tlie strata, will
make communication again with tho
upper surface Of the land, The gray
chalk is thus entered aud followed
throughout along It's natural position,
from daylight on one side and in it's
subterranean and submarine depths to
daylight on the other side of the chan
mel. The works at A3bot's Cliffs con
sist Of short driftway from the sea
front OF the warren" TO the commence
ment of the trail tunnel, which tx cir
cular, seven feet in diameter, and runs
parallel with the existing line Of the
southeastern railway. IL has already
attained length of 500 yards. The
chalk is drilled by circular dice oil
iron cutters, worked by compressed
air engine by means oi shaft with
beve;-wheel gearing, the shaft and
engine extending for a length of thirty
feet. The cutting disc mskes two
revolutions per minute, and is fed
forward quarter Of an iuch ut each
revolution. The total advance Of the
whole force Of the boring is half an
tucu per fuinutc. TIC hehffB cut out
by the revolving disc is received in
sort Of large iron tray, which is hauled
back every now aud then by chain
worked by an auxiliary air-eng;ne,
and the water which percoiates the
chalk is easily kept under by small
donkey-pump. The promise of sue.
cess 80 far seems good, but the seven.
foot tunnel has not yet been driven
much, il anything. below low.water
tide level. Trial shafts have been
drawn vertically down a considerable
distance both on the English and
French shores, and there have been
ho signs OF extraordinary difficulty
from subj sonrceA Nevertheless, the
question Of n possible fi-sure or deep
crack on the continuity Of the gray
chalk itself in iluid channel. along the
line passing between the "Varne' and
Ridge" can only be actually settled
when the channel tunnel itself solves
IL, aud ends, once and forever, all dis
cushions upon the subject. ~. y. Her-
aid.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
Poetry.
Arsr sAscr- MIND ON rnr srnsrcr.

And this IL the New Testament,
Aud tits come In tho sweet o. the year,
When tho fields are shining In cloth ol
gold,
And the birds arc singing so clear;
And over and Into the grand old text,
Reverent and theughtful mon,
Through many summer and winter pasl
Have been poering with book and pom,
Till they have Strengthened tho moods and
tonses out.
And dropped each obsolete phrase,
Aud softened the strong old. fashioned
words
To our dainiler modern ways;
collated the ancient manuscripts.
Particle, verb and line,
Aud faithfully done their very best
To improve the book divine.
haven't doubt hey have done II wOil,
But Il In not clear 70 me
That we needed tho trouble Il was TO them
On either side OF tho sea.
l cannot help II, a thought that comos-
You know am old and plain
But II seems like touching the ark of God
And the touch 10 my heart Is pain.
For ten years past. and for Ave times ton
AT the back OF that, my dear,
I've made and mendcd and toiled aad
saved
With my Bible ever near.
Sometimes |. was only q verso at morn
That lifted me up from care,
Like the springing wings OF n sweet voiced
lark
Cleaving tho golden air;
And sometimes on Sunday afternoons
Twas . chapter rich and long,
That came to my heart In its weary hour
With its lin ol triumph song.
studied the precious words, my dear,
Whom q child at my mothers knee.
And tell you, the Bible I've always bad
Il q good enough book for me.
may DO stubborn aud out OF dalo,
But my hair Is white as snow,
And lovo the things learned 10 love
In tho beautiful long ago.
/ cannot be changing at my umei
'Twould DO losing part OF myself.
You may lay the New Testament
Away on the upper shelf
cling To the one my good man read
In our fireside prayers At night
To the ono my little children lIspcd
Ere they faded out ofslght.
| shall gather tho dear ones close agaia
Where the many mansions be,
Aud TIN then tho Bible I've always had
IL good enough book for me.
--Ha1per's Basar.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
aArrs or lDvrrrlsIne.


The number of deaths in the world
in one Gay is nearly $4,000.
Statistics go to show that suicides
are more frequent in hot weather than
during lower temperature.
The Ashantee Of Africa, like the
ancient Greeks, spills when he drinks
a little Of the liquor on the ground IS
an offering to tie gods.
A1et the ditch be five feet wide by
seven feet in length, one foot sbod, the
other bare" are the the directions in
an ancient English document.
The popular legend Of the Babes in
the Wood" is said to be disguised re-
cital Of the murder Of the young Irin-
ces by Richard III.
When the Carthaginians were de-
feated, there were found among their
baggage 10000 pairs Of handouts de-
signed for their expected captives.
Archibisbop Williams is said to
haze slept only three hours in twenty
four, snd so che lived three times as
lorg as one that lived no longer"
1t was once believed that putting
cold iron bar on top Of beer barrels
would prevent the contents from being
soured by thunder The custom is
common In Kent and Hertfordshire.
According to some antiquarians the
word "Humbug" comes from worth
less coinage, used In Ireland IN IL
time of William III, which was called
loom bsg,"-soft copper-worthless
money.
If the English language was di-
vided into 10 parts, sixty would be
Latin including, of course, the Latin
that come to US through the French,
and five parts would be Greek.
It is affirmed by medical psychoie-
gists that indigo dyers become melan-
choIy, snd those who dye scarlet cboler-
ic. Our phrase, ''the bIue-devils" may
therefore derive It's existence from q
scientific fact.
Sycophant, tale-Dearer, comes from
sycos, the Greek word for fig. There
was once law forbidding the trans
porting Of figs from Attica, and such
as gave information Of the law breakers
were given this name.
At Bayeuy, in Normandy, if any Of
the famsly Is absent when the Twelfth
night cake is cut, his or her share Is
carefully laid aside. If the absentee
remains well, it is believed the cake
continues fresh, if III, it begins to be
moist; if he or she dies the cake spoils.
In Devon, England, as late as 1865,
it was the practice TO carry children
who were suffering from the whoopine
cough, fasting, into three parishes on a
Sunday morning. As cure for sore
throat, the eighth psalm was read
seven times for three successive days
over the patient.
A specimen Of the ancient s.horn
book" of 1870 Is thus described: Its
dimensions are nine by FIVE inches
The alphabet was printed on sheet
of paper laid on thin oak, covered with
a sheet Of horn and fastened by q noun
ting of brass, The object Of the horn
cover was to keep the book clean.
The japanese have discovered that a
few seconds previous to an earthquake
the magnet temporarily loses its power
They place cup of bell metal under a
suspended horseshoe magnet which
has weight attached to its armature.
On the magnet becoming paralszed tie
weight drops upon the alarm, and out
rush the family to the open sir fer
safety.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
wHo SAP sls.s

The question of who discovered the
present comet has become most
momentous one. Over 500 persons
have laid claim to the honor and the
Warner Prize of 5000, and all of them
are within comparatively the same
time. 1t is desirable that no ininslies
be done in this matter, and % this
end all parties who saw the col.s
during the week ending june 25us
or previously, will please forward
their claims without delay II Prof
Swift, Director of the Warner Obser-
vatory, Rochester, n. 7. It is certain
the discovery was made by a private
individual, but who that individual
Is remains to be seen.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22

w no nhln JOSH anu uOtu OtBcb ~
Who hath Il still and doth regret
"fnteTpose betwixt us Twain"
Merchant OF Venice.
/ reverently believe that the Maker
who made US all, makes everything in
New England but the weather. !
don't know who made that, but /
think It must be raw apprentices in the
Weather Clerks factory, who expert.
ment and learn how in New England,
for board and clothes, and then are pro-
noted to make weather for countries
that require good article and will
take their custom elsewhere if they
don't get it. Laughter. There is a
sumptuous variety about the New Eng
land weather that compels the stran-
gers admiration-and regret. Laugh
ter. The weather is always doing
something there, always attending
strictly to business, always getting new
designs and trying them on the people
to see how they will go. Laughter.
But it gets through more business III
Spring than any other season. In the
Spring l have counted 1876 different
kinds of weather inside of four and
twenty hours. Laughter. 1t was !
that made the fame and fortune of that
man that had that marvellous collec-
tion of weather on exhibition at the
Centennial that so astounded the for
eigners. He was going to travel all
over the world and get the specimens
from all climes. / said, "Don't you do
it you come to New England on a
favorable Spring day" / told him
what we could do in the ways of stlye,
variety, and quantity Laughter.
Well, he came, and he made his collec-
tion in four days. AS to variety
why, he confessed he got hundreds oi
kinds of weather that he had never
heard of before. And as to the quantity.
well, after he had picked out and dis
carded all that Rere blemished in any
way, he not only had weather to spare
weather to hire out weather to sell
but weather 70 give to the poor
Laughter and applause. The people
of New Eneland are by nature patient
and forbearipg but there are some
thin q. ill not stand. Every
yea pf poets 5pr writing
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22

81 assure you, gentlemen" said the
convict upon entering the prison,
that the place has sought me, and not
| the place. My own affairs really de-
manded all my time and attention, and
l may truly say that my selection to
fill this position was an entire surprise.
Had consulted my own interests |
should have peremptorily declined to
serve, but as am in the hands of my
friends | see no other course but to
submit" -
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
MALARIAL
BLOOD
POISONING,

Causing ChiIis and Fever
puFs.5 Aguo, intermittent Re-.
nsittent and typhoid Fevers,
Eilionsness, Liver, Stomach,
and Kidney disorders, and
many otier ailments, destroy
Ing tho health and lives OF
millions, Is driven out OF tho
system, and radically cured
by tho uso OF tho LION MA
LARIA AND LIVER PAD and
CAfsCLfOMIC BODY AND
-F0OTPLAsTE rs, the cheap
ost and only perfect treat
ment by tho Absorption pTin-
cip.c. Tho Pastors acting In
conjunction with the Pad up
on tho neTVo centeTS and re-
rnoto parts of the body, In abb
soTblng and thoroughly rid
dingth Syston1 from MALA-
RIA POISON.
The whole treatment, PAD,
BODY PLASTER and FOOT
PLASTEES, all combined,
sold for Si.oo tho cheapest
Ando5stratnedy over oiscov-
srod, and = positive cure
guaranteed IL worn accord
Inc to directions. Remem-
l,cg, Pad, Body Plaster and
Foot 5lasters, tho whole,
SI.o0. Sold by all druggists,
or mailed on receipt OF price
by
YnE li0a MEDICINE CO.,
new YORK.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
WORDS.

Words learned by rote parrot may ro-
hearsc,
But talking Is not always TO converse;
Not more dIstict from harmony divine
The constant cracking ofa country sign.
-Coarper.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
srrEcH rY nH. sAnrEL L. elEnrSs.

At "a New England dinner in New
York recently, Mark Twain delivered
the following speech -
The Oldest InkaJitdn Tile Weather.
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3 - = =
PRECEDENT.

For how can that be false which every
tongue
OF every mortal man aifirms for true ?
Which truth hath In all ages been 80 strong;
As, loadstone.like, all hearts It ever
drew.
Sir J. Ddriss.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
HONESTY oF PrRrosE.

What stronger breastpiate than heart
nniaintsd
Thrice In he armed that bath his quarrel
just
Ana he but naked though locked up In
steol,
Whose conscience with injustice il cor
rupted.
--.Shatr7,eare.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22
Merchant of Venice

Who hath lost and doth forget II ?
Who hath II still and doth regret
"fnteTpose betwixt us Twain"
Marohauf NJ VaaIoa
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22

Recover their vitality by pursuing a
course Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the
most popular invigorant and Alternative
medicine ia use. General debility, fever
and ague, dyspepsia, constipation. rhen-
Inatism, and other maladies are complete-
iy removed by IL. Ask those who have
used 10 what IL has-doIe for them.
For sale by all druggists and dealers
generally.
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subscr.be for lhs DIMooaAF.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13

....... ~, .t.ps aside for May.
," ",r M. dinui ,lii< nIl tho rnIfi-dr1r~ Hiisten;
.,oh xlo.t. open every day;
f. ~, .onc new bird cacn hour We listen.
.,,.. .n,larcn with the strcamlcts sinr.
t n, NM prll stops al Inst her weeping;
Nar.t.rV hnppy growing thing
AK anrhs like 4 babe just reused from sleep
ing.
va April waters, ycnr ~ ycnr;
t..., ia.,unrd May her thirsty flowcfr;
MAX i.x III r.,ld Of sunbcaus clear.
pays Aprll for her silvcry showcr-'
W aowcrs az spring are moi Mays own;
M. crocus can moi often ks. her;
.r,e snow-drop. ere she comes. has ilown;
Thc earliest violets always miss hcr'
", aoc~ May claim the whole 81 spring;
shr leaves 70 April blossoms tender
rhaf closely 20 the warm turf c'inx. ,.-
Or swing from trcc-bouThs' hiKn ana s'''''o''
A,d May-fiowcrs bloom before May comes
~ cheer. little, Apris sadness:
the pench-bud CLOVIS the villa nee NUNS ..
And wind-nowers wave IN grhcefui sa'neSH'
.rhe, arc TWO sisters. side BY side
sharing the changes Of the weather,
PLAYING nt pretty rcck-and-hiut
~ fur apart. 80 close toxcthcri
mn ard May one moment meet
XIII farewell signs their greetings tmothcr;
~ hrccxcs Tell ana birds repeat.
INV May and April love cncn other:
Lucy Lafc0m. N ~ N'cnDtds-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13

No matter how highly educated .
man is, when he Is sick be is an Ill
literate. Boston Transcript.
Every man has his fol;ies. and
ofttimes they are the most interesting
things he has got. josh billings.
"A poor excuse i better than none.
and the same may be said Of poor
dinner Aew HGcen Register.
THAT puts different face on i"
said the swindler when he raised .
check from $50 to 5000. --Aeriden Re-
c0rdcr.
Why is green persimmon like .
Girls lips when she bids her lover good
by al the gate? Because they both
pucker.- Wheeling Journal
Speech Is silver and silence golden.
That Is where il costs more 70 make .
man hold his tongue than i does 70 let
him talk. ~ q. ficavunc.
Prof. Swing says n the coming man
will be temperate. chaste, mcrciful, just,
generous, charitable. large-hearted.
sweet-tempered; Christian; 2 good
neighbor and faithful citizen" Com
ing Why. dern yer pelt, we've arrived
Boston Post
Italy has surplus Of $4,000, 600
| lires. Financial Chronicle That's I'M
lucky, they're such drug in the market
Just now. The Western papers are al
supplied, we understand, and there
won't be any important political cam.
paign for some time to come. ~ \.
Graphic.
1T was their first night aboard the
steamer. Al last" he said tenderly,
I'VE are all alone. out upon the deep
waters or the dark blue sea. and your
heart will always beat for me as y has
beat IN the past?' my hearts al
right" she answered, languidly, :" but
my stomach feels awful. "- brooklyn
Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13

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'nal ura! ~ y1.nte's :. Para
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a''o' .. -...,a ..,l.-
na .;.s $3.50 = ~ E,,resn.r statesmen.
anu w,i'er a'n1ns ~ !. s;,.as ~,
~ Pupnc speecngs ~ "a a - s ,.ord.
iivercu one nun luz ~ 1880 ~ ~ 49,
z minute, hnu Wilt ~ IN. ~,r'tes u fhe
Per-"n'cn = Sa ,,;.,,ta stcno~-
ra'e u iolsy ~' $3.50 s.'.tt.r ~ reen
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13

No one but shoemaker could have
thought Coleridge serious IA his strange
saving that the shoemaker's bench had
produced more eminent men than any
other handicraft. The shoe dnd Leather
Keporter has, however, compiled . bill
of particulars in the shape Of list Of
famous cobbers. which seems 70 act as
an etlectual estoppel on All jealous
craftsmen. Hans Christian Andersen.
who needs no introduction. may head
the list, and Hans Sachs, Of Nuremberg
who, though he made shoes all his He
vet also made 6, 900 poems, plays, farces
and rhvming fables. may be put next.
Sir CloudesIey Shovel was shoemaker
until he enlisted in the navy, and so
Wa Sir Christopher Minis. another
English Admiral. John Hewson. one
of Cromwelrs Colonies, and signer
Of Charles lis death warrant; Samuel
Bradburn. the ssDemosthcnes Of Meth
odism.r as well as Bishop; james
Lackington. whose scataloguc OF publi-
cations reached the total-enormous
for that timc--of thirty-scven Volumes
| in 17S7--all these were cobblcrs ~ hrst,
| X not at the last. Continuing the In
glish list, William Clifford. whose mem
ory i preserved BY complimentary
aliusion IN Byron's English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers and whose
body Is buried in Westminster Abbey
| George Fox, the arch-Q Quaker; William
| q arcy, missionary famous century
AGO. and who read the proofs Of the
| bible ia twcnty-scven Oriental Ian
guagcs: Samuel Drew, 1.-The Locke Q
1 the nineteenth century," whose expcri
cnce as an author led him 70 formulate
the sad truth that 1.-THE man wh'
makes shoes q sure Of his wages, bn
the man who makes books Il neve
sure Of anything Thomas Holcrofti
whose name ID not nearly 80 wei
known as that Of single one Of NJ
plays, 1.-THE Road TO RUM Oh
bloomfield brothers, whom Byron thu
apostrophized:
I'VE tuncful cobhlcrs. still your notes pr,n,ionl
Compose at once slipper ana song;
John Pounds. whom school childrel
cried at being turned away from--a
these, and lesser lights too numerou
; 10 mention, were English shoemakcrs
Coming 70 our own country, koge
sherman, one of the ssigners. lead
. Inc list III time. but Vice resider
Henry Wilson in rank. Besides thcs
} were Congressman Shelley and Noa
, ! Worcester. founder Of tho Massach'
, sctts Peace Society. And cx-Gover'
\ ors II. r. Baldwin. Of Michigan, On
4 William Claflin. 81 Massachusetts,,
4 thew never made shoes, ~ least dealt
\ them largely enough % be named her
! Altogether the list y sufficiently II
/ posing and convincing to justify ve
y dict IN favor 81 Colcridge's saying.