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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20

Following Is the report of School Super.
intendent Moses for the year ending March
IN Ast
No. Of Districts, 0i No Of persons be'
tween age Of 4 and 20 In county, male, 1881,
female, 2702, total 5673. No Of pupils en.
rolled Ia public schools, male, 1867, female,
l40l. total, 340i nv daily attendance.
232S 30.
No Of teachers during year ending March
81. male, 70, female, 10 ; total. 100, No oi
applicants for certificates. male, so female,
90, total, l40 teachers holding first grade
certificates, males, 40 females, 30 total.
70 No holding second grade certificates,
males, 30 8 females, - total. 81
No. Of pupils enrolled in private schools.
male, So female. 40 ) total. 2l0, No. of
children not attending any school, male,
30l. female, 323 No teaches in private
schools. male, 3 female, 3.
Av No. Of months public schools taught ..
2 private schools taught 10 county. =
school houses built daring year. No Of
school houses in the county, ~ frame, 4 log.
VAae OF school houses and ssounds, siG,.
100 80, value Of school furniture, s3i74. 80 8
value Of apparatus. sa77 av afnoupt Of
salary paid male teachers per month, so,
female teachers. $40.
No Of graded schools in Co. !, tsaehsrs,G.
pupils attending. 3ss. M OF Academies, !,
teachers, 3 pupils. 90 Colleges. ! 8
teachers. . pupils. sa
No Of school rooms furnished with Web.
aters Unabridged dictionary. 7, districts
with suitable record books, 81 No Of teach.
ers taking educational journal, % male, 10
females. No Of schools visited by Superin.
toadsnt during tho year. so 20 minutes
devoted to each ; l0)1 miles Travelled. One
teachers inntitute during year. about 40
teachers IN attendance
Average per cent Of taxes levied durinK
year, s mills.
Amount school funds In hands Dist
CLERK .......sa -. kJIl4.b5
Amount raised by Dist tax 623i 30
Amout appropriated 70 school dat
from Co fund .....a.... 20Js4.5
Amt Co Apportionment State fund 1880 10
Amt raised by rate bills ...... 1919 81
Aint fund from all other sources. 1045. 80
Total Observation-Disclosures. S3S2I5 80
AaIt paid for teachers during year s2l. 30g. ! 1
Amt paid repairing school houses. 3D37. .G3
Amt paid for purchase Of iarnitur. 100 IS
Amt paid for fuel aud other
incidsntals s............... 1857 81
Amt paid for apparatus. globes. etc. Ili.35
Amt paid for school house sites. 9l.O1
Amt paid for building school hOusss 3345. u
Amt paid for other school purposes 7l0 "a
Total ,f.-. ..'.....s,.. *Jl, ,1SJ y
Amt school funds Ia hands dat
Clsrk March 1 lgqa Ssg9o =
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20
Removal Notice,
SAN WA WING
LAUNDRY.

In Albany, and HIS washing and ironing never balls q
rdve satisfaction. Aud provision store, China and
Japanese goods fine te>, fans. Contractor for Clins
labor, Next TO City Bank.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20

The best salvc in the world for cuts. brIIts
e., sores, ulcers, salt rneum, fever sores, tst-
Ter, ehApped hands. ciiiIblAms. cofns and Al
kinds Of skin eruptlonA This save Is guar
ante ID to give perfect stiAfAction IN ever,
case or Inoney refunded. Price 35c per box
Per sale By foshay aud Mason,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20

TEMPLETON. In Portland. April 18th,
the infaRt sou of DB aud Mas. q. Il.
TEsfPLEToN.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20

Tobacco, tobacco, big bargains at Nolan''
Cash Store. ~
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20
Letter List.

The f0,sowIng Ii the list OF letters rem VI iing
In the Post Once. Albany. Linn county, Ore
gon, April 10, 1888. Pers0nseaiiing tor these
advertised.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20

All TraIas daily. except Sunday
NoTTcR.-On and amer this date regular
tickets will be sold &C cur ticket ofiice for
following points on Columbia river: Upper
Cascades, Dalles, Umatilla, Wallula,
Wslla Walla and Ainsworth.
WILL. B. RIcE,
Freight and Ticket Agent
q. & G. X. =. Co.
Albany. June lStA; 1881.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20

Its now in order for the allsys Of tie
city 70 Be cleaned. They. are Ia . bad con-
dition.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20
ouR AGENTS.

q. a. c. ~. n. TIME TABLE.
Albany Station.
DEPARTURE o. TRAINs.
nouNe NORTH.
ALRANY EXPRESS Departs at s:So A. u
RRElGHr TRAINS ' goo A. n.
Wan. TRAIN ! Arrives =, ll:ss A.
NAIL iAAA'N Departs at l2.0a 2. u
BOrSD aoexH.
N,.,t rparr I Arrives Al 1tS5 4.
NAIL IRAN Departs At 1906 N.
FREIGHT TRAIN is " $50 p M.
ALBANY EXPRESS Arrives.as S:SS r. n.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-20
HOME AHD ABROAD.

Bright sunny March ls past and gore,
And rainy April half way through,
Next comes May with its beautiful lawns
Delightful to our view
Yes beautiful May with her sweet spring
flowers
ofevery tint and hue
Returns 10 cheer our lonely hours,
And make most lovely our shady
bowers,
And beautlfy earth serene.
NJ. q. W.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07

reaper and binder, fourteen sets OF harness.
several plows and other valuable agricultural
implements. Judging from the barn and its
contents, they were the property of some
well-to-do farmsr.-Oorydon Republican.
Z. Hiatt, living five miles southeast of
New Castle, has applied for patent on a
post driver. He has thoroughly tested the
merits OF the machine, and it gives perfect
satisfaction. 1t is easily adjusted, and can
be operated on level or billy ground; worked
by lever or horse power, and will drive any
sized post to any depth desired.
Lightning rod agents have been swindling
the farmers in Hancock County by their
contract method. Ex-Commissioner John
Adams signed a contract for rods to his
house at SIS, but was confronted with bin
OF $500. The farmers in the eastern part of
the County suffer most and Moore and
Brookaw, the agents, have departed, as the
farmers threatened to tar and feather them.
In April. 1880, Miss Anna L. Hoffman. of
New Albany, was run over by a railroad
train aud her right arm and left hand cut
on. Through skillful treatment her life and
her left arm were saved. A reporter of the
Public Press visited her few days ago and
found her in good health, cheerful, and max
ing herself generally useful. By aid of an
artificial hand made by her father, she can
pump and carry water, bring in coal, write
a good hand and play the piano almost as
dextrously as an unnamed person
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07

any man, passed upon Bishop Thorn pson
by the New Orleans Times Democrat, in a
leading editorial bidding HIM farewell II
says:
DR.. Thompson's long sojOurn among us hiss &C
customed US 10 an atmosphere of intellectual lib
erslity, OF independent thought and unstudied
action. He has made US forget the tyranny of
dogma, and struck the shackles from the limbs of
reason. he has taught us that true piety may be
Tree, ana that the highest and purest form of
ligious conviction is not inconsistent with I'M
trammelled discussion and intelligent inquiry
And, Furthermore, he hiss exemplifed that large
and generous Christianity which breaks through
the cold confines of creed and sect and taxes to
its glowing bosom every doubt. every sorrow every
affection that flesh is heir TO.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07

turtle soup, pages burst in upon them and
demanded their presence elsewhere 10 dis
close quorum One by one the feasters
entered the chamber, smiling grimIy at the
unexpected summons Presently thew de-
parted in single file and sat down 10 iish.
Again the pages rushed in and announced
the second call for a quorum. There was
another return of the hungry men 10 the
chamber. who ill-concealed their annov-
ance. This thing was repeated half
a dozen times. The last summons
had go desperate a look that Mr.. Ed
munds took chew of tobacco before sink
ing Imply in his seat, while Uncle David
Davis, with his hat in one hand and n big
cane in the other, looked around as If be
would like to have made the boys skip and
stop this nonsense. Senators BGyard and
Lamar did not know, apparently, what to
think Of the proceeding, and must have
audibly reioiced as some singing and lust
remarks of Mr.. Morgan compelled Mr.. Nor
nil to move an adjournment. The only
Senator present at the feast and subject
to interruption who did not have humorous
attention drawn TO him was Mr. Garland.
de owed his escape from merriment TO the
fact that he wore his old coat and put no
flowers in the button-hole. The moral of
this is that Senators who have q banquet in
prospect had better not advertise il By dress
suits and a stunning floral display. The
other men, mad, tired and hungry, are sure
TO put spider in the pudding and erect q
skeleton at the feast
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
Straw In Place of Hay.
New York TimeS.1

Colonel +. D. Curtis has been experiment.
ing in feeding farm animals upon straw in
place OF more costly hay, aud finds o profit
in il, provided a suitable amount OF grain
be given with the straw. Last winter he
found himself short of hay, but with plenty
of straw, and he gives in the New York
Tribune his experience IN substituting the
cheaper for the dearer fodder. The straw
was fed chiefly in cold weather, as the ami
mails had q better appetite then than
after the weather became warm in
spring. A horse ate eighty-four cents
worth OF meal and sixty cents worth of
straw in seven days, that would have
eaten 81 worth of hay in the same time,
il hay alone had been ms food, thus making
g saving of more than One-fourth. Mich
cows, working oxen aud young cattle all did
well with straw and corn fodder a part of
their ration. The butter made was of ex-
cellent quality and the milk yield highly
satisfactory. He fOand that bright straw for
horses driven on the road is superior 10 hay,
as they will not so readily overill them
selves as with hay. Plenty of grain must be
given with straw to animals of hard work
He believes that farmers can afford to sell
portion of their hay, and then purchase
grain 10 feed with their straw, and make a
profit by the exchange. It is no new thing
70 feed straw in winter to farm animals;
but it was not until such experimenters as
professor Sanborn aud the agricultural
chemists showed the philosophy of the prsc-
tice that farmers have felt free to adopt it as
sound policy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
STATE ITEMS.

Mrs. Lovall, of Claysburg, wears q heavy
beard.
Princeton has the most extensive tile fac-
tory in the State.
The Jacksonville Public. Schools will not
be opened until March 5.
The Randolph County lawyers have raised
81, 600 to establish a law library.
Jasper, Dubois County, 10 TO have q stave
and heading factory, afoundry and planning
MILL
The English Lutheran Church at Fort
Wayne subscribed 5000 toward a new City
Hospital.
An English setter belonging to James n.
Jordan, of Richmond, took the first prize at
the Pittsburg dog show.
Isaac Leming, man of great enterprise
and public spirit, prominent Methodist,
Royal Arch Mason, and for many years a
merchant and Lumber dealer died recently
at his home at Jasper. Dubois County, in the
seventy-eighth year OF his age.
Yankee Robinson, who has been tenn
porarily sojourning in Edinburg, talks of
making that town the winter quarters for
his show.
Rev. N. Carr, Financial Agent of Frank
lin Baptist College, has undertaken to raise
an endowment of 100000 for the college,
and is said to be meeting with great success.
Adam Doersam, aged eighty-twO, for forty
years citizen of Dubois County, residing
three miles south of Jasper, and esteemed
very highly for his integrity, died few
days ago.
Mrs. Lindsay, who died last week, is said
to have been the only Revolutionary pen
sioner in Indiana. Her pension was secured
by Mr.. Pidgeon more than thirty years ago.
l-Vincennes Sun.
and Jacksonville are having considerable
trouble with lazy negroes and vagabond
whites who refuse to work and use every
means to obtain free supplies.
Ths new building erected by the United
States Government at Whites Manual Labor
| Institute, Wabash County, is now ready for
occupancy, and the twenty Indian children
to be educated there are to be brought from
the West next week.
While blasting fish with dynaraite near
laurel yesterday, a package exploded In
Captain John Golfers only remaining hand,
Eblowi3g that mem Der off and badIymangling
either hand, his other having been lost in
the Army.-ConEsrsville Examiner.
Miss Lany Wagner, livingnear Sslanonis,
Jay County, LETT home last Thursday night
ON account of n family quarrel, and although
O diligent search is being made her where
sbouts is unknown and It Is feared that she
has committed suicide, as she had threat
ened to do SO upon several occasions.
The drive well patenaees who threatened
to commence suit against all parties using
the wells II the ten dollar royalty was moi
l'paid by the 18th, have so far failed to de
50. The first man sned will be defended by
the Association, and the case will be carried
from one Court to another.-Michigan City
Dispatch.
Hugh Trottsr, residing at Loops Land
J Ing, in Heth Township, caught fin,
barn floating In the Ohio during tn,
tained about SOC bushels Of corn, q self
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07

hedge fences more than 100 years old, aud
good fence yet-good enough to turn hogs or
horses. l would advise every farmer that
has nice-laying farm to plant hedge fence
for road and line fences. IL don't make
any difference whether 1t is hard froze, or
wet from the last big rain, you can trim
hedge fence all the same; in fact, winter is
the time to shape up the hedge fence. With
a good hedge fence around your farm you
can rest contented till morning. without be-
ing afraid the wind will blow down the line
fence and let your neighbours stock in on
your fields of grain. / admit there are
other kinds of fence that can be made
quicker and cheaper than hedge, but they
will eventually rot out, and then to replace
them makes them the most costly of the
two Not so with the hedge. 1t starts up
every spring and puts out its leaves, and APP
pears to enjoy life with the fresh grass and
growing grain. AS for the hedge dying out
on account of thin soil 1t is out OF the ques-
ton when sod is put under tie subsoil on
tor; the leaves from the hedge will keep the
soil rich enough. l would rather attribute
the cause of the hedge dying to the surplus
of stsgnant water poisoning the roots.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
A Word About 5ilos.
journal of Chemistry

So far as silos constructed and used last
season have come under our observation
they have not withstood well the com bined
action of acetic acid and water and moist
ure. This relates to silos constructed OF
stone under ground and plastered with by
draulic cement. The cement, under the
combined action of the acid and external
water, will crumble and fall OF, leaving
wide areas of the walls in n denuded condi-
ton, In all silos acetic is developed to a
greater or less extent, and this IN the form
of vapor comes in contact with the lime in
the cement and forms fixed salt, an ace
tate. When this occurs the wall is weak
ened and falls as soon as the contents OF the
silo are removed. 1t should be known that
cemented walls are not impervious to the
inflow of water Although cisterns will
hold water, If left empty in wet places wa
ter will find Its way through from without,
and numerous silOs constructed on the rides
of hills where there are springs were found
to have several feet of water in them last
spring. Considerable loss resulted from
this canse. All silos should be
constructed with drains, and it is
very important that the drains should be
trapped SOFAS to preventa current OF air from
passing in under the contents of the silo.
As q rule where sllos are constructed under
ground it will be better TO plank them inside
Of rough, dry we'll The planks will last
twenty years and need but few repairs. Ii
ensilege is to hold Tvs place in popular esti-
nation much is 10 be learned in regard to
the construction of pits and in methods of
ensilaglug. There is little doubt but that
the cutting process, which is SO expensive
and laboriOus, may be dispensed with, and
it will be found that it is better TO partially
dry the fodder in the field before putting it
into the pits. If 25 per cent. Of the water
is removed IT will cost much less to handle
the fodder and the value viii not be in the
least diminished.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
Advantage of Deep Cultivation.

To show the advantage of deep cultiva-
ton take 1 600 tons of soil and dry it in its
packed state, then expose it to an ordinary
summers atmosphere for twenty-tour
hours, aud the absorption Of moisture in
sandy loan will be found equal to FIVE tons
clay loan, seven tons, and garden mold,
twelve tons. Take the same soil, thor
oughly pulverized and dry it, and then ex-
pose it in like manner 70 the other, aud the
sand loan will absorb tweDty-six tons, the
clay loan thirty tons and the garden mold
forty-five tons. Thus it will be seen that
the latter process is a guarantee against
drought, TO say nothing of allowing the roots
of plants free scope to grow and seek nour-
ishment for the plant, which they could not
otherwise do. The saving of manure will
be an item of Importance, and the increase
in production incredible. When the sub
soil is clay it will require several years oil
deep cultivation to thoroughly amalg innate
it with the top soil. but, once done, the pro-
ductiveness of it will repay for the trouble
and time taken to do it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
[Free Press.l


A Detroit woman. with neighbors who are
determined TO know all about her business,
found her husband st the front door one
night, two or thrIe weeks ago, in befuddl-
ed state, and as she pulled him in she cried
out in voice 70 be heard in either house:
why, Henry, you've got one o. them
eplleptic fits againl"
A few nights after that he returned home
in such condition that he bad to creep up
the steps On hands aud knees, and as she
fastened one hand in his hair and the other
in his collar she said for the benefit OF
listeners:
'I told you the rheumatics would relapse
on yoa if you exposed yourselfl''
A night on two ago the old man was as
sisted home by pedestrian, who left him
lying on the sidewalk and rang the bell and
disappeared. The wife came out, saw the
neighbors peeping out, and as she seized
hold of the stupefied man she exclaimed:
Dear mel but it has come at lastl The
poor man would 60 down after my shoes,
and now I've got q case of snow-blindncss 10
look after for the next six weeks,"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07

The Davies County Democrat seems TO
have studied the Republican bosses 10 ad-
vantage:
In the Indiana House of Represen tatiTes Mr.
Jewett introduced g resolution on SATURDAY. last
authorizing the Judiciary Committee to report a
bill providing for the submission Of the Constitu
tlonel amendments at the next general election
This paper predicted some time ago that IL ever
the question OF submission came up In this form
the Republicans would oppose IL. and sure
enough they did. Their State platform declared
In favor of submitting the amendnents at special
election and rather than not have the matter dis
posed Of in that way, they preferred not to have
tnem su omitted at all. This shows the sincerity
OF the Republican party in its advocacy OF prohf-
billion. They don't want it unless they can have
II on their own terms. How the real temperance
hcan pretenses is past understanding.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
OUR FARM BUDGET.
Cultivation in the Pear Orchard
Liquid Manure.
Hedge Fence-A Word About 81
los-Straw in Place OF Hay.
Advantages OF Deep Cultivation-Home-
Made FertiIizers-Household Hints
Farm Notes, Etc.
cu,t,vatIon in the Pear Orchard.


The old.fsshioned pear trees. that grew to
| the size of some oaks, and yielded annual
crops of many bushels, were not affected by
blight. The trees were frequently subjected
to the saw and axe in order to rid them of
their surplus wood, but little careful prun-
| ing was given them, and they received no
cultivation at all. The fruit however, was
entirely different from that which is now
sold in the market. being hard, and ut only
for preserving. With the introduction of
the Duchess and Bartlett pears and other
varieties the quality of the fruit was greatly
improved, but the trees do not grow as
large as the common kind, nor are they as
hardy. With the advent of the improved
reae came the blight, and since 1T made its
- wholesale attack on the pear orchards
has ruled supreme, as no remedy other
an the destruction OF the tree is known
pr its cure.
The methods of cultivation may have
much to do with this disease, but probably
forcing the trees to very rapid growth is
he cause, more than anything else, of pear
Eht. Our orchards OF improved pears
We not been treated in natural manner.
the pear tree is slow grower, and does
ot bear until il is fair sized tree, but
yrowers have com PEELED the improved va
rieties 10 assume conditions not suitable for
health and vigor, which render the trees
subject TO the blight and other diseases in
sidental to pears.
Two fruit-growers procured the same
variety of pears, from the same nursery, and
put the trees in the ground at the same
time. They were cultivated, however, quite
differently. One of the growers yearly Guilt
waited in his orchard garden crops, with &C
casionally corn, applying liberal dressings of
manure. under which treatment the trees
- rapidly, and not only improved in ap-
lance and color but bore early and gave
re Yields. His neighbor did not use his
chard for any other purpose than the
bwing of grass, which was occasionally
Rowed, plowei and seeded to grass
again. The orchard that was
kept in grass has on il to-day trees
that are only half the size of those IN the
orchard that was cultivated with hoed crops.
1t has never borne so wei, no has 1t equalled
1T in appearance and other respects. The
blight, however, has nearly destroyed the
prcnard that looked the most promising,
while the slow growing trees are as sound Is
when first set out, although both orchards
are very near each other. The pear orchard
that gave its owner such heavy yields is
nearly destroyed, but the other seems likely
to last several years, not tree being affected
with the blight. As these orchards were
alike (soil included) in every respect. but
differently treated, this experiment may
furnish lesson 10 pear growers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07
PLAIN
TRUTHS

The blood Is the foundation OF
life, it circulates through every part
of the body, and unless it is pure
and rich, good health IS impossible.
If disease has entered the system
the only sure and quick way to drive
it out is 10 purify and enrich the
blood.
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that Nothing but
iron viii restore the blood to its
natural condition; and also that
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blscken the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
Browns IRON BITTERs will thor
cughly and quickly assinilate with
he.blood, purifying and strengthen
ing il, and thus drive disease from
any part of the system, and it will
rot blacken the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and is posi-
ively not injurious.