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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-24

In another column will be found the ad.
Of the Portland business college, A. p.
Armstrong, Principal. 1t is one Of the best
institutions Of the kind on the Coast, and
young men or women desiring 3 frst-class
business education sbaHld correspond with
Mr. Armstrong and attend this College. A
young man to do lusiness properly must
first learn how.
Attention Is called TO the add Of the o q
G Co. in another column. They offer tick.
cts to Portland at 40 per cent OF to the
grand celebration on the10th and 18th of
September, commemorating the opening Of
the Northern Pacific. This will be the
greatest celebration ever held on the C,ast
and everybody should go. The opening of
| the Northern Pacific means tide OF immi-
grafton to this Coast of ofimmense proportions
so that the celebration Of it deserves being
observed by all.
/ An old gentleman over seventy years OF
age in walking along the street near the
Congregational Church stubbed his toe
against one Of the hundreds Of nails which
stick up nearly their whole length in many
parts of the city, and fell striking on his
face, stunning him so that it was several
minutes before he got over it. Something
ought to be done to get these nails driven
in, probably the only effective way would be
for the owners of property TO do 1t, and in
fact IL is their business to attend to it.
| A young lady bought new pair of shoes
the other day and the first time she went on
the street run her foot against one of tbs
thousands Of nails sticking up everywhere
tearing one side Of her shoe nearly out
This Is the third pair she has ruined Thu
way, and she now awears vengeance against
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
Quick. throwing Trees for Fuel.

Many persons located on prairie
farms plant hickory, walnut, hard ma
pie and white oak trees with the ex-
pectation of providing fuel to use in a
near future. Unless they reach very
old age, the prospect of their ever sit
ting round fires built of wood obtained
from trees of their own planting is very
poor. The trees spoken of produce ex-
ccllent wood for fuel, and it is advisa-
bic to plant them if one designs to pro-
duce fuel for another generation. The
trees grow very slowly, however, even
when the soil and location are well
adapted to them. Admitting that the
wood of these trees is worth twice as
much as that of trees that make rapid
growth, it is advisable after all to plant
the latter. Few people are aware of
the great difference in the increase of
size of the hard and soft wood trees.
If they would set hard maple and q
gray willow within few rods of each
other they would in a few years find
the latter fully twenty times larger
than the former. No variety of willow
furnishes wood of very good quality,
but several of them produce large
amount in very short time. The
trees are propagated from roots or cut
tings and require little care. Willows
commence to grow in the spring before
the frost has left the ground, and they
continue to grow long after most kinds
of trees have dropped their leaves.
The wood has a few advantages. 1t is
easy to cut, seasons quickly and kindles
readily. 1t makes fair fuel for cook
ing purposes. 1t also makes a good
charcoal, which is excellent for light
fuel as well as for many other domestic
purposes. ChiCdqO Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

lis shaving necessity" is the
question that was argued by Western
debating society. 1t is, to BARRIERS, or
they would starve. Philadelphia Bulte-
tin.
-"Come away from that straw-stack,
chile" called negro woman to her
son. "Fust thing yer know yer'l hab
de hay fever. Doan yer put none OBJ
dat straw in yer mouf "-Atlanta Con-
StittttOn
1t was the intelligent foreman of an
esteemed exchange who placed under
the heading Railway Notes" the fash
ion item: ''I'he court train will this sea-
son replace the princesse and round
trains. "-Lo10eU Citizen.
Little Aggie's sister had invited her
best young man to tea. There was a
lull in the conversation, which was
broken by the inquisitive Aggie: "Papa,
is dose fedders ober Mr. Wobinson' 8
moufP"- Chicago Times.
A Clark County liar has been
awarded the surcingle. He tells of a
winter so severe that the springs in
mems watches were all frozen. We
know a man who has such cookbook
ing eye that it once froze cataract that
appeared on his eyeball. = Whitehall en-
~ Times.
1t is stated that Texas hen sat for
three days on nest full of hailstones
before she discovered that they were
not eggs. The funniest part of the
story is that she didn't hatch out an ice
house or two. But perhaps the Texas
liar was not in good health. Norris
torn Herald.
"A young lady the other day
presented herself to the gentlemanly
librarian of our public library
and inquired if "An Idle Clergyman"
was in. Somehow things had got mixed.
1t was finally evolved that the book she
desired was ga Reverend IDOL" Veri-
ly, what's in a name.-LolceH Citizen.
-"Ah, Victorine. my poor girl, how
you have changedn' '1t is because
have Just come from the dentists S,
madame; he pulled out two of my
teeth" "Two?n ''Yes, madame; a
mistake the first time" GLOW horri-
ble!" "But it doesn't matter. He was
very reasonable; he only made me pay
for one. Paris Paper.
SECRETARY Folger has called for
$15,000,000. Secretary Folger, we
believe, spent few weeks at one of the
watering places this summer, and find
ing he hadn't enough money to pay
bis hotel bill, promised to send his
check for the amount as soon as he
reached home. He must have been
accompanied by his wife and servant,
and occupied two rooms at the hotel
NoI71StoUa Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
Kerosene for Weeds.

Mr.. H. G. Stranahan, of Pennsylva-
MIA, uses kerosene oil for killing nox-
ious weeds. He says, latter trying all
ways to eXterminate Canada thistle and
that next worst enemy, plantain, dis
covered that kerosene oil is certain
remedy. Some may think my remedy
tedious, but at best when you wish to
subdue patch of either pest, diligent
work is indispensable. Early or late in
summer when the ground is dry is time
to make the application. Whittle a
pine stick round at the end and two
feet long, dip the end of the stick in the
oil and touch the plant or thistle, allow
ing few drops to run down the stalk;
it will follow on down and cover every
root ii enough is used, and the result
will reward every person who has pride
in keeping from lawn or field these per-
sistent weeds. A few may escape the
first time but the next will fix them"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
Youths Department.
THE BOY TO THE SCHOOL,
MASTER.

You've quizzed me often and puzzled me
long.
= You've asked me to cipher and spell.
You've called me Ounce If L answered
Or dolt il / failed to tell
Just when to say lie and when to say lay,
Or what nine sevens may make,
Or the longitude of Kamschatka Bay,
Or the l-forget-what s-its-name lake,
So think it's nv turn, ] do,
TO ask question or so of you.
The schoomastcr grim he opened his eyes,
But said not word for sheer surprise.
Can you tell what "phen-dubs" means2
can.
Can you say all off by heart
The "oncry twoery ickery ann"
Or tell "aleys" and commons" apart2
Can Vou fling top, would like to know,
Till it huns like humble-bees
Can you make kite yourself that will go
Most rs high as the eye can see,
Till it sails and scars like hawk on the
wing,
And the little birds come and light on its
stringY
The sehoolmaster looked, OIL very demure q
Tut his mouth was twitching, I'm almost
sure.
Can you tell where the nest of the oriole
swings,
Or the color its eggs may be?
Do you know the time when the squirrel
brings
It's younr from their nest in the tree?
Can you tell when the chestnuts are ready TO
drop, I.s
Or where the best hazel-nuts grow?
Can you climb a high-tree to the very tip-top,
Then gaze without trembling below?
Can you swim and dive, can you jump and
run,
Or do anything else we boys call funP
The masters voice trembled as he replied:
You are right my lad, I'm the Ounce" he
sighed.
Il. j. Wheeler, in Wide AiCdlfe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Rochester, N. X, has an aggregate
capital of S2,500,0O0 invested in the
clothing trade.
Over $4,000 people attended the
tifty-two baseball games played in
Boston during the last season. Boston
Herald.
England has 100000 square miles
of colonies and possessions beyond the
seas. in extent twice as large as all
Europe, with 10000, 600 inhabitants,
of which 20O,000,000 are in India,
100000 in Canada, 10000 600 in Aus
tralia and ,000,0 900 at the Cape.
One of the new private residences
on Fifth avenue, New York, has a
music hall and billiard-room, a tennis
court on the top floor, an elevator,
steam laundry and gymnasium. The
frcscoing was done by foreign artists,
and the furniture was made in Paris at
a cost of Sl10, 000.-N. Y. Sun.
The Chicago Tribune, il is said, re-
ceives for column of advertisements
S26, 900 year. The New York Herald
receives for its lowest priced column
$50, 723 and for its highest S34S,000.
The New York Tribune, for the lowest,
500, 754, and for its highest, $85, 648;
and these papers, it is stated, are never
at loss for advertisements to fill their
columns. +@NNN
Charles Goodnight has the largest
cattle ranch in the world at the head of
the Red River, Texas. He began buy
ing land four years ago, getting 10000
acres at 80 cents an acre. The price
has risen to 81 an acre. He is still buy
ing. He controls 100000 acres. To in
close his land $50 miles of fence are re-
quired He has 10000 cattle Chicago
Inter Ocean.
On Manhattan Island 100000
children are earning a living. Out of
the 100000 at least $4,000 have reason
to expect to get on in life. and in due
season to become respected and respon-
sible members of society. The young
est child employed as bread winner is
four years old, and her services are
valued at 81 week, which, it is to be
feared, does her very little actual good.
A large portion of the children included
in this estimate are cash and errand
boys and girls, nurse girls, and, of
course, factory hands Oddly enough,
there are hardly any crossing sweepers
in New York, while in London their
name is legion.-N. Y. Times.
An importer and exporter of furs
gives this information: ''The house cat
is one of the most valuable of fur-bear-
ing animals, and when they mysterious
ly disappear from the back fence they
often find their way to the furrier 1t
is an actual fact that in 1882 over
I hnt,cn &c he,
fur trade. Black, white, maltese and
tortose-shell skins are most in demand,
and are made into Innings. AS for
try last season, valued from fifty cents
to S1.20. They come from Ohio and
New York principally, and, as in pur-
suit of the tiger and lion, the bravest
men are required. ~ Detroit Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The white turkeys are more diff
cult to breed from than those of any 9TH
er color.
1t requires one hundred pounds of
skinned milk, says an Ohio dairyman,
to produce three pounds of pork.
The Boston Herald thinks that
"sreat farmers on small farms" is the
true method for American agriculture,
and remarks that the old Saxon earth
hunger" is a normal craving of the
races that seek home in our Republic.
An Indiana farmer reports to his
home Farmer that his 1000 currant
bushes with almost no culture Melted
him at the rate of 800 per acre, which
he considers sufficiently encouraging to
warrant trimming and cultivating for
another season, hoping to do better
DO not purchase largely of new va.
rieties of small fruits or seeds. Save
expense by beginning with few, and
il you can find them adapted to your
soil they can be multiplied. II they
prove worthless you will be consoled by
the. thought that you did not invest to
any great extent.--N Y. Herald
The best farmers never allow land to
be idle. With ground, as with people,
idleness is productive of mischief.
Weeds will grow if no crop is planted.
As soon as rye or wheat has been har-
vested sow peas or some fast-growing
crop. Plaster applied in connection
with this will greatly enrich compar-
atively poor oil.-ETchdnqe.
-Faithfulness is especially necessary
in farm work. Halfway work is little
better than no work. When you under
take to eXterminate thistles or daisies
or quack grass do it. Don't rest salts
fed with trying and with partial sue
cess. Plow them under and keep
them there by repeated plowings. When
you hoe crop do it in such a manner
that there will be no living weeds left
behind the hoe. Good work is the
cheapest. Prairie Farmer.
To cook lima beans in perfection
they should boil or simmer gently in a
covered vessel for half an hour; then re-
move the cover and let the water boil
and evaporate until but little is left.
Then add cream or milk with plenty of
butter in it for the gravy. The old-time
notion that they could not be cooked
without pork is not true one, though
IL OnC uOcS uOG ulSlhc JHt IdNOT, III Is
economy to cook a small slice with say
a quart of beans.-N. Y. Post.
Geese may be picked, says the
Farm Journal, two or three times DUR
ing the summer. The time to pick is
when the feathers are ripe. This can
be learned by plucking few. If they
come out easily and the quilts are clear
they are ripe, as it is called. If they
pull hard and the quilts are filled with
a bloody fluid, they must be left little
longer. In picking take only few
feathers between the thumb and finger
and give short, quick jerk downward.
Practice will give the knack of picking
easily and rapidly. Under each wing
will be found bunch of rather long
and coarse feathers. These support the
wings and must not be plucked. Be-
fore beginning operations it is prudent
to draw an old cotton stocking over the
head of the goose.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
The Duke and the Dude.

The following story is told of an En-
glish nobleman, recently deceased:
1.-THE Duke was once in church when
collection was announced for some
charitable object. The plate began to
60 round, and the Duke carefully put
his hand into his pocket and took out n
florin, which he laid on the pew before
him, ready to be transferred to the
plate. Beside him sat little snob,
who, noticing this action, initiated it
by ostentatiously laying n sovereign
alongside the ducal form This was too
much for his Grace, who dipped his
hand into his pocket again and pulled
out another form, which he laid by the
side of the first. The little snob fol-
lowed suit by laying another sovereign
beside the first. His Grace quietly add
ded a third ilorin, which was capped
by third sovereign on the part of the
little snob. Out came a fourth ilorin to
swell the Dukes donation, and then
the little snob triumphantly laid three
sovereigns at once upon the board
The Duke, not to be beaten, produced
three florins. Just at this moment the
plate arrived. The little snob took up
his handful of sovereigns, ostentatious-
ly ratified them into the plate, and then
turned defiantly toward his rival as if
he would say: i think that takes the
shine out OF YOU Fancy his chagrin
when the Duke, with grim smile, put
one tlorin into the plate and quietly
swept the remaining six back into his
pocket. "-Family Herald.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
Mr., Hoar'S Reelection.

1t was announced on Friday last that Sena-
tor Hear had been reelected by the Massa-
chusetts Legislature, and with the announce
ment statement that Mr.. Crapo's friends
were induced to vote for Mr.. Hoar upon a
forged telegram, purporting to come from MIR.
Grape. urging his (Crapo, s. friends to vote
for Hoar On Saturday this was denied, but
the Washington correspondent of the New
York San on Sunday re-iterates the charge IN
the following despatch .. ...
THAT Mr.. Hoar owes his reelection to a
scurvy trick is true, all denials and subter-
fuges to the contrary notwithstanding. He
was b eaten until last Thursday morning, when
that trick, based upon the alleged withdrawal
of Mr. Grape, was practised. In morals 1t
was just as much of crime as the forgery in
Folger's case. The form alone was wanting
to make it complete. AT the very best, he
goes in by the skin of his teeth, with the aid
of votes procured by false pretences, and that
never favored his return to the Senate. But
for the weakness of Mr.. Grape, and the false
position in which he placed himself, there
would be damaging exposure of this sue
cessful piece of machine politics. Mr.. Hoar
has advertised that he would not take the
seat if fraud could be established. In making
that announcement he knew that legal proof
could not be produced, and that testimony to
sustain the moral guilt of the sharp practices
had been suppressed. ~
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is the
subject of adverse criticism by the Phila-
delphia Times and certain politicians, among
them Daniel Dougherty. This is to his
credit. The Times would be satisfied with
no one unless he hewed to its line on men
and measures, and Mr.. Dougherty, like most
politicians, is for self first, last and all the
time. no matter what the best interest of
the state and party would require. The
Times, while an able paper, is as unstable
as the wind. Like all Independent papers,
it is variable, and for fear of leaning too
much to one side, it will jump from one
extreme to the other in order to show its
iadepeadence, The adverse criticism of
such papers and such politicians will not
influence Gov. Pattison in his aim to adj
minister the affairs of his Office in an eco
nomical and businesslike manner, for the
best interests of the whole people, nor will
it detract from his well-earned reputation
for sterling honesty and efficiency; the rath-
er, it will add to his appreciation and pop
ularity, for this is not the day for political
managers. The people have taken matters
in their own hands and the highest COM
mendation of an official is that he is op-
posed by ring politicians.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
Ocean Disasters of Forty Years.

Ocean disasters within the past forty years
have involved the loss of thousands of lives,
| The City of Glasgow mysteriously disappeared
in 1854 and $50 lives were lost with her. She
was wooden vessel of 1609 tons. Later
the same year the Arctic 3,000-ton wooden
vessel of the Collins line, went down off Cape
Race, and 562 lives were lost. The steamship
Vesta ran into her. Again, in the same fatal
year the steamer Her Majesty, from England
for Quebec, disappeared with all on board.
In 1856 the Pacific of the Collins line was
missing with 200 people. She was never heard
from. A French vessel, lie Lyonnais, lost
26O lives in a collision.
In 1857 the Tempest disappeared and in
1853 533 lives were lost by the burning of the
German ship Austria. The Hungarian of the
Allen line, from Liverpool to Boston, was
wrecked off Cape Sable in 1860 and POS lives
were lost and the next year the Canadian OF
the same line was wrecked and lost 80 lives,
and the Rechid disappeared.
In 1868 the Allan line again lost a vessel,
the Anglo Saxon, with 237 lives. The United
Kingdom disappeared in 1869. One hundred
and ninety-six lives were lost by the wreck of
the Cambria of the Anchor line in 1870, and
that year the City of Boston disappeared.
In 1872 six vessels disappeared with all on
board. These were the Scanderia of the Nor
gan line, the shannon, the Devon, the MARY
Church, the Commander, and the Charucca.
The terrible wreck at Halifax of the Atlantic
of the White Star line was in 1878, and 546
lives were lost. The same year the Vile du
Havre of the French line was wrecked by a
collision, and 230 lives were lost, and the Is
MALTA disappeared. The Anna disappeared
in 1874 Two hundred lives were lost by the
wreck of the Schiller in 1875, and in the same
year 157 lives were lost by the wreck of the
Deutschland of the North German Lloyds.
The Colombo disappeared in 1876, and the
Mexican in 1877.
In 1878 the Pommerania of the Hamburg
! American Packet line was lost off Dover with
! fifty lives. The Copia, Hermann Ludwig, and
Homer disappearedin 1878, and the Zanzibar
in 1879.
Among later losses were those of the City OF
Vera Cruz the Herder, and the City of Brus-
| sells.
On March f. 1881, the steamer Sultan, from
Hamburg, was in collision with another YES
sci in the Humber, off Sunderland, and was
cut to the waters edge. She sunk and eigh-
teen lives were lost. 1t is possible that this is
not the Sultan that sank the Cimbria.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
Hon. Charles B. Roberts.

A writer in the Somerset Herald, published
at Princess Anne, says:
t'The following strong sentences from the
Record and Gazette in an article on The
Governorship," are replete with the two-fold
desire for the success of the Democratic party
and a wholesome economic administration OF
state affairs:
sThere is man of brilliant attainments in
Carroll county, who is a good Democrat and
no factionist, who represented his district for
several consecutive years with very distln-
guished ability in the congress OF the United
States, and who, if nominated, would unite
all the discordant elements of the party, re-
ceive triumphant Endorsement from the
people and make Governor of whom Mary
land might well be proud-we allude to the
Hon. Charles B. Roberts.
1t is high compliment to this distinguished
SON of Western Maryland to receive such I'M
restrained praise from an editor who stands
off at a distance and admires his sterling quail
tiles. If the Democratic party would win
next time it must be by the leadership OF q
man like Roberts, who, pursuing the even
tenor of his way" in no confederacy with
those who manufacture leaders and therefore
with no false reputation, is nevertheless WIN
ming the commentator of the best people IN
every section of the state and turning the eyes
Of all men toward him with admiring and
anxious political gaze as the man who can, II
he will, reunite s'the discordant elements OF
his party Let the press of the state de-
clare the peoples choice. We believe the
Record has named the man.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

In 1866 Pennsylvania established nine
teen schools for the free education Of the
orphan boys and girls of soldiers of that
state killed during the last war or died Of
disease contracted in the army. The schools
were intended to be maintained only until
1881, as the boys and girls were to be dis
charged when reaching sixteen years Of
aoe. The schools were continued until
June, 1885, by recent legislation, and it is
now proposed to still further continue them
after June, 1885. These schools have cost
the state about 81, 800, 600, and the supply
of orphans continues undated. The sixty
seven teachers also estimate that there will
be 1770 soldiers orphans sixteen years OF
age in 1885, though it will be more than
twenty years since the surrender at Apo
matox. 1t is thought that as long as the
teachers and superintendent can secure
good salaries, the supply of orphans will
not abate. The old soldiers should step to
the front and denounce this fraud which
is being perpetrated in their name.