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Drinking in the Middle Ages.

We are of opinion that drinking had
not in the middle ages reached anything
like the disgusting extreme at which we
find it in the latter part of the seventeenth
and the whole part of the eighteenth
centuries. Chaucer, it will be conceded,
was an accurate painter of the contem-
porary With the one excep-
ton of Shakespeare no Englishman has
surpassed him. Many of the characters
in the Canterbury Tales" get drunk,
and misfortune happen to them in con
sequence, but nothing is ever said to
indicate that the poet had any sympathy
with this gross form of vice. The same
may be said Of the Elizabethan drama
lists. 1t is not until. we reach the
reign Of Charles III. that we find writ
ers of repute speaking of excess
in drink as if it we're no ~frailty, but
rather a virtue. This distorted view
of things continued getting worse and
worse until the days of our grand
fathers. All eighteenth century litera-
ture is full of it. There was a print
once so popular that it was found on the
walls of cottages, as we'll as in bar par
Tors, which represented two compart-
ments. In each was a man sitting. The
first was labeled "a Jolly Good Fellow"
He had a tankard of foaming beer be-
side him. The other had for inscrip-
ton "a Muck-worm," and represented
a thin and careworn man making en-
tries in q ledger. The inference to be
drawn, of course, wa that the man who
cast up his accounts was infinitely in
ferior in the social scale to the boon
companion who stupefied himself with
beer. We imagine this was the com-
mon feeling of the time, and it contin-
ued in many classes down to the begin
ming of the present reign. We ourselves
knew a farmer who had broken his ribs
twice and an arm three times by falling
off horseback wnen returning drunk
from market.-The academy.
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Extravaganza in Living.

Tn Harper's Magazine such crimes as
those of Ferdinand Ward, while they
Tnring often from d%epravity, are oftener
The result of mere weakness of charac-
tor Thackeray in many of his minor
statches constantly draws the portrait
% tbe man and woman whose means
90 not equal to the style of living which
tbev desire; and they desire it not for it.
saIf but only because others have it.
Tbev are not strong and steady enough
- he content with that which they can
oommand and afford, and the means to
secnre the other must somehow be OBJ.
tained. Thackeray puts the fact in the
SIMPLEST and most amusing form. The
vonno couple must give a dinner, andin-
Stead of the Joint of lamb and the glass Of
beer which is the only repast to which
tbev have the moral right to invite q
friand-if, indeed, the beer may be NOR
aIIv permitted-they must needs pre-
mare a feast which they can not honor
ABLY afford, and for the sole reason that
other people who can afford it give such
feasts.
II is this doing a little more, or a
great deal more, than the doer can
honestly afford, which leads to the
swindles of Wall street. Living in a
house too expensive for his means, main
tanning it accordingly. dressing as his
richer neighbors dress, doing in all
things as they dot is this weak con
pliance which is hidden in the fine
houses, and drives to the park in the
fine equipages, which presently ends In
Ludlow Street Jail and hopeless dis
grace. Yet it is the poorest kind of
competition, because the little imitator
might see even with his dull eyes that
there must always be q few persons who
can ''do the thing" better than all the
rest, and without feeling it. The bull
frog may swell until he bursts, but he
can not rival the OK.
This is the tendency which all sensi-
BILE p~eople-and a great many other
wise sensible people are swept away by
it-ought quietly to resist. The power
of individual example is immense, but
it is often underestimated by the indi-
vidual. my vote is of no consequence,
but, since you wish it, 1 will VOTE" said
a man to his neighbor, and the right
candidate was elected by a majority of
one. The family which in the midst of
a saturnalia of luxury and extravaganza
refuse to take part in it, and holds to a
moderate, temperate way, is
diminishing the supply of Ferdinand
Wards and Wall street panics.
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The Honest countryman.

There is a cheap clothing dealer on
Kearny, near California, whose conf
dence in mankind has received a I've
setback. The other day an honest look
ing countryman walked into his store
and said:
"You remember that secondhand
overcoat I bought here for IS yester-
day?"
Never dakes pack anythings ven
vonce solt, my trent, said the hand-me-
downer.
ooh that's all right. I just wanted
to say that 1 found this $500 bill sewed
in the lining. Perhaps the owner may
call for it."
"Of gorse he vill-he has call already
my tear trent" exclaimed the dealer,
eagerly capturing the money, "You
lsh o hOnish man. Here, Here, 1 gift
you feefty tollar ash a reward. Dot will
pc all right"
When the honest customer got around
the corner he murmured softly: ~
guess Fd.better take this fifty and skip
up to Portland before that Sheeney
tumoles to that counterfeit. It's get
ing mighty hard to shove the queer
rroun9 these parts, and that's a fact. -
San Francisco Post.
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save the childrsn-croup Will coma. b.
Prepared for IL.

Prepared for it.
Group win attack the children. II o.Dno.
wen be avoided, but the '1itFe ones can ba
saved terrible racking pain and torture.
ana the parents sorrow and anguish. by hav-
ing a bottle Of DR.. Thomas Eelectric ON a.
hand to give them on the first appearance of
group. 1t never fails to give relief. One
mother writes:-''My little girl had Group Of
lhe worstform, and Thomas Eclectric Oil re-
neVed when everything else failed Five min
utes after the first dose she was quite easv.
Take a child screaming with pain from a
burn, and you can immediately stop the main
with DIR. THOMAS ECLECTRICoM. Asitis
Almost impossible to protect the rising genera
uon from an occasional burn, fathers and
mothers should provide for the emergency by
keeping DR. THOMAS ECLECTRIC OIL,
handy. I is just as good for a scald, a frost
bite, bruiso, a strain, and heals a cut quickly.
When the children cough, Eclectrie Oil win
at once stop the cough.
When they have colds, it will cure them
quicker than anything you can use.
If Threats are sore, rub Eclectric Oil around
the tonsils, and few drops given internally will
cure in IL hours.
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A Printara,n Error.

Sweet are the uses of adversely, the printers
copy said, but he set it up, sweet are the uses
of advertising. Sweet, indeed. to those who in
sickness and suffering have seen the advertise
ment OF some sovereign remedy, which upon
trial has brought them from Deaths door.
The best thing l ever saw in my paper was
the advertisement of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" is again and again the
testimony of those who have been healed by it
of lung disease, bronchial affections, tumors,
ulcers, liver complaints and the ills to which
flesh is heir.
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''Nip't In the Rudp'

Sad to say, many a good thing attains to
nothing more than a fair beginning. On the
other hand it is a matter for congratulation
that the growth of som evil things may be al
so promptly frustrated, A large proportion Of
the cases of the most widespread and fatal of
diseases-consumption have their inception in
nasal catarrh- DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is
pleasant, soothing and effectual Try it 1t
has cured thousands. All druggists.
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The reputation Of
Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters as a proven
tive OF epidemics, a
s~tolnachic, an invig-
GRANT, a general re-
~storative, anda speci-
fe for feverand ague,
Indigestion, bilious
affections. rheuma-
tism, V debil-
ity, constitutional
weakness, is estab-
h upon the
sound basis of o
than twenty years
experience, and can
IA more be shaken by
the claptrap nos
trums of unscientihc
p~retenders, than the
everlasting hills by
the winds that rustic
through their dehles.
For sale by all Drug
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az Have suRsrsdP,

With every disease imaginable for the last
three years. Our
Druggist 7. J.. Anderson, recommending
"Hop Bitters' to me,
1 used two bottlesl
Ara entirely cured, and heartily recommend
Hop Bitters 10 every one. I'D. Walker, Buck
ner, Mo.
write this asa
Token Of the great appreciation I have Of
your Hop
= = = Bitters. I was afflicted
With indammatory rheumatism ! II
For nearly
Seven year and no medicine seemed to do
me any
GoodI I
Until I tried two bottles Of your Hop Bitters,
and to my surprise I am As well to-day IS ever
I was. Ihope
You may nave abundant success"
elm this great and"
Valuable medicine:
Anyonel = y wishing to know more about
my cure?
Can learn by addressing me, E N.
Williams, 11O3 10th street Washington, D. o
IL consider your
Remedy the best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, kidney
Complaint
"And nervous debility. Ihave just"
Returned
"From the south in a ~fruitless search for
health, and find that your Bitters are doing me
more
Good
Than anything else;
A month ago / was extremely
'Emaciated I"
And scarcely able to walk. Now I am Gain
ing strength! and
sFlesh!"
And hardly a dayPasses but what I am com,
plimented on my improved appearance, and il
is all due TO Hop
Bittersl j. Wicklife Jackson,
Wilmington, Del
nE None genuine without a bunch Of green
Hops ON the white label. Shun all the vile, poi
sonouss stuff with"Hop" or Hops" in their name
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Sportsmen all through this section of the
&C untry, say the Parker Repeating B~reech-load-
ing shot gun is the best and truest they ever
umn. -Peck's Sun.
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Loss of power in either sex, however
induced, speedily, thoroughly and permanent
ly cured. Address, with three letter stamps
for reply and book of particulars, Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, 66S Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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An Invaluable Remedy.-None except those
who have suffered all the horrors of Dyspepsia,
can fully appreciate the value and efficacy of
Perry Davis Pain Killer, a sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in all its forms is
used internally and externally, test its virtues.
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Just So.

A lady reader writes to say that she has been
losing her hair and wants to know what she
shall do to prevent it. Either keep your bu-
reau drawer locked or get a bottle of .Carbo-
line the great Petroleum Hair Remover.
The Mineral argus., 1884-10-09

Joseph Sarver, at Indiana, Pa, and Michael
Murray, at Evansville, in the same state, paid
the debt Of nature and the law on the gallows
Tuesday.
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The Logan National bank closed al West
Liberty, o., caused by the cashier loaning near
ly all the available funds to one firm. The
bank had a capital of only $4,000.
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Prof. ]. Lord Taylor died at Andover, Mass.
aged seventy-three years. He was one o.
the most eminent divines of the Congregations
chucrh.
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Two frame dwellings owned by Nels Nelson,
valued at $l,S00, and the residence of Mr..
Stearns, in Eau Claire, were burned on Sun
day. Stearns' loss, $500.
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Rev. Benjamin F. Martain of Long Branch,
and Mrs Caleb Hurdle, one of his practitioners.
are missing, and are supposed to havs gone of
together.
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The low price of wheat causedth failure o
Macnider & Co., of Bismarck, for $4,000, witt
$50, 600 assets.
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According to the Army and Navy Gazette
Lieut.. j.. NJ. Burns, Seventeenth infantry, ha
been appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Stanley
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Don't he swindlsd.

The only genuine German Hop Bitters and
White Wine Of Tar Syrup are DR.. O. d. War
ner's whose name appears on every bottle, Ia
bel and wrapper Of the genuine.
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A tw~elve-year-old girl in Lewiston, Me.
has recently become the mother of a chile
which weighed three pounds at birth.
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Aliens Iron Tonic Bltters build up and tone
the system All genuine bear the signature OF
]. P. Allen, Druggist, st Paul. Mimi.
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niles Itching or Bleeding, relieved and per
9manently cured by Coles Carbolisalve. 0ettheG Cen
utne. 25cents and rs cents atdruggists or By mail.
J.W. o 4 CO., Props, Black River Falls, Wis.
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The only genuine German Hop Bitters are
those made by DIR. @. d. Warner, whose name
appears on every bottle and label
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For a cold in the head, there is nothing so
good as Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.
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"Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring
worms, letter, salt rheum, frosted feel, chilblains.
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Pure Cod Liver Oh made from selected lvers,
on the ~eea-shore, by CAswELL. HAZARD & Co. New
York. Its absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who
nave once taken 1t prefer 1t to all others. Physicians
ket.
ChapPed Hands, Face PimpIes, and rough
Skin cured by usAg JUNIPER TAR soar, made by CAS-
WILL HAZARD g. CO. New York.
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Trough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice, flies,
reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. l5c.
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'Buchn-Paiba." Quick, complete, cure AL
annoying kidney and urinary diseases. 81.
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Trough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it Com
plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.
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The personal estate of the late Bishop
Matthew Simpson is valued at $g3,0S3.
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Frazer Axle Grease is the best Sold every
where.
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TUFTS hair DYE,

GOSSaTner Garments Free!
Tointroduce Happy Days, " our new 16 SPACE nlustrat-
ed Magazine, we will send free 70 any lady sending rs
cts. in stamps for three months subscription, two La
dies Full Size Waterproof GOssamer Gar
ments with catalogue Of other rubber goods provided
they will show them to their friends and induce other
sales. Address Pubs Happy Day, Hartford,C Conn.
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MORPHINE and CHLORAL nnN
EASILY CURED
BOOK FREE. DIR. j. q. HOh-
man, Jefferson, Wisconsin. Vu
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So non genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poi
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-02-08

Monday morning poster was circulated
through the city announcing = woman
suffrage mass meeting Al Fosters opsra
HOUSE that evening. with request to
nearly ali OF the lawyers and ministers, Of
the city (naming theml $50 bs present and
take part in discussion In i've minute
speeches, pro and CON-" The house was
crowded full, After = few Introductory
remarks Mrs. DuniwAy called en- the pes-
sons named In the bill, Mr. r r Hseklsman
being the only enc toIespond personally.
which he did In . ten minutes speech.
fayoring the pendlng AmendmSns, Right
hare let us say In justice 10 those named
In the bill, that thslr absence was not due
toany spirit Of cAwArdIce, - was implied.
Such men 80 Judge l. Finn. Hon w II
Bilysu, Rev q Irvine, Rev W Harris,
and the others named are not men who
shirk their duty. Some Of them we know
70 bs In favor Of the amendment, and
whelhsr they would have spoken pro OF
oen they had better reasons fer remaining
away thAn fear. whon elf had been called
on tho speaker continued her remarks,
dsveting an hour 70 the thorough discus
sion Of the subject.
Atth alosa collection was taken up
which should be lesson 10 our churches
lady passing the hat on one sldo. and q
gentleman on the other the collection oi
the former smouating 70 s5.se, while thai
sf the latter smeunted 70 SAILS.
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saw ssiiivaA.

"Yes sir. I saw suliiyan."
Immediately 325 persons gathered around
tho man 80 distinguished as 70 have seen the
Only Great.
II saw him when he got from the boat.
Fully q. 900 people were waiting 70 greet
the Wonderful Ne Plus UultrA. There was
. shout that could he heard foe miles, In fact
which shook the houses Ia Oregon City, -
his towering form approached the RAngwsJ.
Yes, gentlemen, he 10 . model Of physical
beauty, standing seven feet s In his
boots. The rush was 30 great that he was
crowded against . third-elaGs hotsl bus,
which provoked him 30 that he seized the
of horse asd alung the whole rig into the
willAmstte. Il was . beautiful sight.
When he approached the E.mond House
omnibus he easily leaped 10 the top, when II
rushed foe the hotel everything clearing the
way ~ II an Iowa Oyclons were swespina
along. Bat tho spArnng match. IL was q
tame affair. The first punch at Slads mad.
him turn seven somerscts back wards, driV-
ing his nose 10 the back Of his head. Tho
rest Of the show was OF no interest, bsinI
by minor lights. But the whole business
gentlemen, was the grandest that ! hav'
ever witnessed.
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oaITuAnY.

Another beloved sister has gone 70
rest. Lucinda Maria Beard, daughter Of
Lewis and Louisa NJ Kinser, was born
Dec. 18th. 1860. Joined Providence Bap-
list church n June 1877. married 10
Mr. John II Beard, April 18th. 1879.
moved and settled In Spangle 6pokAn
couaty. w. T.. In June 1888. where she
lived TN her death. Died Sept. 4. 1888.
from the effects Of disease brought on by
cold. She requested 70 be brought
hsme, and her husband arrived with
her on the 18th Of January, and on the
Goth Of Jan. 1891. she was buried ut
Providence, Linn county, oregon. Our
beloved sister lived . consistent chris.
tain. died In the triumPhs Of q living
faith. She leaves . beloved husband
and two blessed children. parents, broth
era. sisters, and many friends to mourn
her absence. We miss her, she cannot
come 70 us now. but we can 20 10 her.
J. X B.
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os 70 EL ThOnpssa Co.. fer yoar bar.
ness and saddles.
Tee sharp fer Thsn.

Last week we published an account Of
the robbery Of the stageia Southern Ore
gon, The following from the "oregonian"
adds much interest 70 the account; "Thc
robbery Of Wells, Fargo Il Cos. express,
near Grants Pass, few days since, II
transpIrss, was made with the intention Of
capturing tho sack Of T. yeffery, who was
on his way 10 pay OF tho workmen at the
siskiyou tunnel. Jcff arrived at Grants
Pass the evening before the robbery, and
carried his saclr, which contained sI5, ,0eO,
openly 10 tho ofice Of Wells. Fargo q Co.,
and deposited It, He had evidently been
watched and shortly after he deposited tho
money q gambler came in and deposited
5000 to be sent by express, and asked 10
have Il insured. He was told that the
cempany's receipt was good enough insur-
ance. That evening JEFF slyly withdrew
his sack from the express Office, and slept
with It In his arms, was called at o'clock
in the morning and left on construction
train for Phoenix. The gambler who had
deposited the 5000 took passage on the
coach next morning, and when 1t was
stopped, was very officious In throwing
out the express company's treasure box
He is now in Jail with two of his suppo sed
CO nfederates."
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Hamlet Zen eat.

''Coms here, young man, / want TO talk
10 yoa, said First street merchant, whom
We viii call Blizzard.
''Waht, what's up now" We trsmblinely
gaspsd. fearing we had gotten dress goods
for shoes in his adv. or something as bad,
and were going to get lecture.
's0h, nothing serious. bat wanted to tell
you that that list of manageable men in
the last DHAocRAT, was very much like the
play Of 'sHamlet" with Hamlet left out. II
wAs vsrY good 50 far a. it went, but you
left out the Hamlsts of baehslordom in Al.
bAny. Just take yoar pencil while dicate.
There are John B, Jones, Strat. Andy
H. Dick F.. Geo W, JsffC-,
Fred C., and he ratified of thirty or
fsrty others. 'tAll Of them are eligible. and
would make good husbands, and ought TO
have been given" We mumbled that We
didn't think Of them at the time, and he gave
us an elastic TO fastsn our shirt sleeve up 80
that it wouldn't show our inky cuf, and We
lsft him, csgitating on the impossibility Ot
an editors remembering everything, any
more than his Subscribers about payiag up
At the end of the year.
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owing 10 the ill-hsalth Of NJ. s.ernburg
Who dsaires 10 retire from business. We will
disocntiaus our business Ia Albany and
therefore Offer our entire stock 81 goods at
that place for eosL The stock is complete
Aad 6rst-clAss In every particular. sAd meyer
before was such an immense stock offered
Tor sale At such . sacrifice Ia prices. We
therefore invite eur customers, idsada aad
the public generally - call and examine our
goods aud prices.
All those kseving themselves indsbtsd 70
oar Albany house viii please call and settle
at once As our business must be cjessd.
Thanking the people OF Linn aad Surround.
ing counties for their liberal patronage for
The past twenty-five years. We remain
Respectfully.
Sxspxas & STxRssURo.
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u.lan csnnsy Counsll

WHEREAS, At the regular business
meeting Of the Linn County Business
Council p. Of H., held at santiam Grange,
Dec. 1881, II was resolved, by said council
In view OF the importance attaching to the
slecsisn Of members OF tho legislature nj
the then approaching Jane election, that
committee OF four be appointed by the
council 10 PROFOUND 10 tho candidates, t hat
should be nominated for tho legislature
by the different political parties In Linn
county the following, among othor ques.
tionsI twill you, II elected favor the enact
mont OF . law,whlch will cause the taxing
OF mortgages In the counties In which they
arc recorded f' aud,
WHERBAs, Said council was at thai
time, and still is In favor Of suoh q law,
and appointed said committee for the pur.
pose aforosaid, the report Of which was
satisfactory 10 the council and,
WHEREAS, The members Of the lssi
Legislature efthIs state, from Linn county,
labored faithfully. for. aud assisted In
securing the passage Of law taxing al
mortgages on real estate Ia the manner
aforesaid and,
WHEREAs, Said law has been declared,
by the highest judicial tribunal Of this
state, 70 be constitutional, just and valid
and,
WHEREAs, Said law, II Ills faithfully
executed, will cause the payment Of taxes
In Linn county on about 300. .0oe worth OF
property thsl has not heretofore paid any
taxes Ia this state, whIch will Gauss the
collection In the aggregate Of nearly eoseo,
Of revenue on this heretofore untaxed pro-
party aud,
wHKRKAs, Certain Interested parties
lave fesoFted 10 the Federal courts TO try
10 hare the decision Of the supreme court
Of this state, sustaining thIs Just law. an-
nailed In the hope Of again escaping taxa
tien entirely, therefore Be Il
Resolved, BY thls council that we very
much regret 70 zee said parties again try
Ing 70 escape the payment Of anything In
the form Of taxes toward the support Of
the civil machinery, by means Of which
they arc enabled 10 collect their debts, and
without which they would have no see
curity and be II
Resolved, Thatthe members oftho Linn
Co, Council earnestly request tho several
county Boards OF this stats 10 appropr late,
out Of the funds Of the several cou mites, a
sum sufficient 10 20 cure the cmployment
Of csmpetent and faithful counsel 10 de-
fond the justice and constItutionallty Of
this excellent law In the Federal court,
whore itis now being tested. aud, Qfit
should become necessarily follow Il 10 the
supreme court OF the United States and
thsre ascertain from the eourt Of last re-
ssrt. whether or notcApitAlIsts are exempt,
by tho constitution OF tho u. s., from pay.
Ing . just proportion OF the burdens ol
government.
Adopted At Sand Ridge Fob. End, 1885,
and voted that tho i'Dlsseminatsr." )" STATE
RIoHTs DKMocRAr, "Albany Herald" and
"willamesse Farmer be requested q
publish.