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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
CCRI0Is FACTS.

The Welsh think that dogs can see
ghosts.
L. was formerly considered unIucky
not to wear something new Easter
Day.
The men of an Australian tribe lIv-
ing near the Flinders and Albert riv.
ers are absolutely bald.
Come lightweight dlffeaeDt min
erals occur In the United States which
have been used as gems. Twelve of
these occur in the United States oc-
~.
1t Is now thought that the Sahara
Is not a sea basin, but that the elf
mate was once much more moist than
Is now, and that the Nile was lar
ger.
In Liege, pears and apples are boil
ed down without sugar into thick
syrup, which $ eaten On bread in
stead CT butter. II costs but eight
cents a pound.
The preparation from which Egyp-
tian red il made never saw the Pyr-
amids, but Is manufactured by Jews,
who dry carcasses In ovens after pre-
pairing them with pitch, aloes and
myrrh.
BY an act Of Parliament Of George
H., still in existence, a man can evade
payment Of his tavern score on the
ground that the consumption Of spirits
Is contrary TO public policy, and ought
10 be discouraged.
A eucalyptus tree on farm in
Alameda County, CAL, was recently
cut down, and was found to have
sent its roots fifty feet TO a well, pIerc-
ing its brick wali and filing the cav
ity with a dense mat OF fbres.
The old superstition as to mandrake
was thaeit shrieked when pulled from
the ground, and that he who heard
It's cry died within the year, and,
therefore, those who would gather
it stopped their ears, fastened dog
to the plant and whipped him until
he pulled IL from the earth.
According to tradition, the first In
dian reached Martha's Vineyard on a
cake of ice, and found there giant
named Moshup. He had five chill
dren. He used to catch whales and
great fish, and pluck up trees to
make q FIRE, ank roast them. The
csals and the bones, relics OF these gi-
gantic feasts, are s;ill'to be seen there.
To facilitate The catching of these fish,
he threw many large stones at proper
distances into the sea, on which he
might walk with great ease. This Is
now called Devils Bridge. Once on
time an offering vas made to him
Of all the tobacco on Martha's Vine
yard, which having smoked, he
knoc ied the SNUFF out Of his pipe,
which formed Nantucket.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY THE
Womsn'S Christian Temperance Union

Already laws have been passed il
Minnesota, Vermont, and Michigan
placing among the required studies in
all schools supported by public money
or under State control physiology and
hygiene, which shall give special
prominence to the effect. Of alcoholic
drinks upon the human system, and
teachers must be examined in this as in
other necessary studies. By circula-
ting petitions and by other means
similar laws for compulsory temperance
education can be paf n T. every State
because people will vote fir ,he odr
tion OF their children far -ar 4
they will for prohibition scientific
teaching for the young Is at onco a
means and an end Of temperance re-
form. But ] do not argue that it is the
only means nor the only end. Enthn-
siasm should be aroused and the whole
work pushed on from pulpit, pre,s and
platform. And with our churches, our
schools, our noble women, and ths
eternal right on our side, what can We
not accomplish I With slender means
against odds overwhelming, the w. G.
I. u, "for God, and home, and native
land" has gained victories inestimable.
IL has achieved results which shall
reach forward through time into eterni.
ty. II has done work which ia be-
yond all praise. And, in view Of this,
what can we not expect from our grand
army Of two hundred aud seventy
thousand teachers, who have 20 much
greater facilities, and who can reach
as no others can, the homes Of hfty
millisn people All that is necessary
Is for the teacher 10 be faithful 10 Bis
trust. OF the fruits Of our labor w
may never pArtake. We can carefully
SOW the seed, and for the harvest trust
ia Him "who docth all things welt"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

Though the initial movements for the |
promotion Of the temperance reform on |
the continent ara chiefly based upon the |
moderation theory, thsv arc likely, ~
least, to pretty effectuAiiy S..p-l in ti.ns
the illusion which some Aue- e.. ~ hgys
been persuaded to confde il hat the
European besr and wine-producing
countries are. on the whole, models of
true temperance, because there is ther--
in little drunkenness visible to the pub
lie. According to the statistics of the
report of the Belgian Association against
tho abuse Of alcoholic beverages, there
is in Belgium one drinking saloon to
every forty-four inhabitants there is
annually consumed an aversge for each
inhabitant Of thirteen litres of brandy
and two hundred and forty litrss of
beer, and the money annually expended
in the drinking-shops amounts to 49,
100000 francs. It appears also that
during the last forty years there has
been an enormous increase of crime
throughout the country, an increase al
together out of proportion to the in
crease of population. Forty years ago
crimes Of violence averaged about eleven
thousand year; now they have reach
ed thirty-six thousand. In 1910 there
were two hundred and four suicides,
and in 1880 there were five hundred
aud thirty-thrse, The London st.
James Gazette, which roproducss these
facts, says: at is little odd in the
face of these startling figures that one
sees SO few drunken people in the
streets of the Belgian towns. But for
eignorS when they are trunk are for
the most part wise enough to stay in
doors" The beer expedient for pro-
mo ting the cause of temperance is OBJ
viously in Belgium deplorable "fail-
ure."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

The brilliancy in the eyes OF cats
is caused by a carpet of glittering
fibres called the topeum, which lies
behind the retina, and IL powerful
reflector. In perfect darkRess no
light is observed in their eyes, a fact
which has been established by very
careful experiments. Nevertheless,
. very small amount OF light is sufi-
cient to produce the luminous appear
auce In them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
PRoGKEss A-IoxC DOCTORS.

In an article upJ~ "1'ir Doctors and
Alcohol" tho Moutrea' ifuess invites
attention to the fact tha. "to-dav DIR.
Richardson, d.. Edmunds, Sir William
i, Sir Henry Thompson, and ecores
Of others are teaching the average
practitioner that alcohol is still greatly
everrated, both as an article of diet and
as q medicine" and adds:
while il is undenia6le that the in-
consistency of the doctors, in the per-
sonal use Of alcohol and in its too free
prescription as medicine, is still a
great hindranee 10 the temperance re-
form, it must be admitted that on the
whole the progress made by them i.
about As rapid as could be expected, and
as rapid as is made by men in othe:
departments Of human knowledge"
There is still room for improvement
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

8. N. Rhoads has given evidence
which proves that turkey-vuItures
are directed to their prey from great
distances by their sense of smell, and
not by sight alone. He partly uncov-
cred spot where horse and cow
had been buried some years before,
and In a few hours buzzards were at
tracted to the place in great numbers.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

Steel tubes are found to retain
twice as much magnetism as steel
rods and are therefore better for per-
manent magnetic.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

Span of fine horses for sale. Eight years
old. One Is and the othefsl6t hands high
A great bargain. Call on VIM Terhune,
miles south of Albany. information gwen
at this Office.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
In The WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

Spe ial business notices in Local Col
1HiHsc 10 cents Per line. Regular Loea
notices 10 cents per line.
For legal and. transient advertisements
VI % per 81 uare for the first insertion an
30 cents per square for each subseq sen
insertio n.
Rates for other advertisements made
nown ON application.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
STONE AND MARBLE WORKS.

VTNHE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO
inform the public that he Is new pre-
pared to do all kinds of stone and marble
work on short notice. All work Is war
ranted to give satisfaction. VIII work
any and all kinds of stone, but deal prin-
oipally in Oregon City granite. Cleaning.
repairing AID resetting speciality. Call
and examine my prices before puEchas-
ing elsewhere as will not be undersold.
Shop on west side of Ferry street oppo'
site post office.
G. w. HARRIS. Prop.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
Group. "A Mothers Tribute.


"WhiIe in the country last winter my lille
boy three years old, was taken III with Group;
it seemed AS II he would die from strangu-
lation. One Of the family suggested the use
OF AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, "a bottle OF
which was always kept In the house. This
was tried In small and frequent doses, and
TO our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that the CHERRY PICTORIAL had
saved my darlng's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
MRS. EMMA GEDNRY."
$50 West 12Sth St., New York, May l0, 1882.
al have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
I'm my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce 1t the most effeetual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. a. D. CRANE.
Lake Crystal, Minn., March Is, 1882.
"Isuifered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess, was cured by the use of AYEh's CHER
RY PEcToRAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April B, 1882.
81 cannot say enough in praise of AyER's
CHERRY PICTORIAL, believing as ! do that
but for its use ! should long since have died
from lung troubles. L. BRAGDoN."
Palestine, Texas, April %, 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL,
and 1t will dElrays cure when the disease 10
not already beyond the control OF medicine.
PREPARED BY
DR.. G. Aver & Co., Lowell Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
AYERS
Cherry PectOral,

No other complaints are SO insidous in their
attack az those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so trihed with by the majority of suffer
ers. The ordinary cough or cold. resulting
perhaps from triling or unconscious e~-
posure, IL often but the beginning Of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
we'll proven lis efficacy in a forty years hght
with throat and lung diseases, and should DO
taken in all cases without delay.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

CutIrura EesoIVent. tho Blood furhsr
ptuFeEic and Apcrieut expcls disease germs ffon tho
blood aud pcFsplraton, and thus removes the
Cuticura ths great SKIN Cure Instantly AllAys Itch
ing and Inflammation, clear the skin aud scalp heals
Ulcers aud Sores, restores ths CompcAiou CusleuTa
soap exquisite Skin BsautiHer and Toiirg he
qute Is Indispensable in treating skin diseases ami
tor rough. ehAppcd. grvAsv skin. blackh0Adn,
botches, and baby huuora. Cuttcura Remedies
the only ntaillhle blood purifiers and salt beauhetS
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18
Are-rII,io Cnnrh Cnueh.

ain 1851 took 4 severe cold, which affected
my lungs. had n terrible eoEgh, and passed
night after night without sleep. The doctors
gave me mp. | tried AYERS CHERRY PFC
ToRAI, which relieved MY lungs, induced
sleep. AMI afforded ne the rest necessary
for the recovery Of my strength. by the
Ilent cure was effected. ] am nOy c. yeaA
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied youf
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HORACE FATRBHOTIIER."
Kockingham, VI, July -, 1882.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

Mrs. - o.. g.. rY'r. Decatur. Mich. writes
that her face. heal, parts Il her body wore
almost raw. Head cover with scales and rorSs.
Suffered tcarfuly and tT.. ever hing. PeFmAAunt.
IL curei b. the Cui4cura Remedies from Skin Hu-
NOR.
Sold by all druggists. Cutirufa 30 cents RssalV.
ent, e. soap. s5 cents. PUTTFE DAu0 ASD CHEStcLL
Co.. Boston. Mass.
Eend for '.Hsw 60 Cure skin DtssaSes'
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

%. T.. Carpenter. Hsudvrs5n. y. y. cured OF
Psoriasis Lsprusy Of tssuty years standing. by
Cuti-uFa Rrfu~dIra- The moat wonderful curu
record dus' antnl 81 scales fell tom him daily
~ysiciAns ami friends thought hs must die. Cure
sworn to befaf es'ies OF tho issaee and HendeT'
son pro sitiksus.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-04-18

MRS. nRd MrN. Everett stebbtns. Holcher-
tnWn. Mass write oar ht:ie b"y vas terribly af.
airtrd With S.rOtula. salt KhUum. and Eryaipu. a.
ever since hc Sas born, ami nothing Ws could give
him helpcd him unti No tried Cutlrura Remedies.
wheh gradually cured him. until hs - AS fair -
any child
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

asalsa T5lI III an empty tool house with
in my own park, and ministered myself
to your wants. BY my action in thus
befriending you / ruined my whole life.
my husband returned two days be-
fore you effected your escape. A treach-
erous member of my household aroused
his suspicious. My solemn promise to
you bound me in iron letters, and when
he questioned me, and implored me-, if
it were indeed possible to explain my
mysterious nightly absences from my
home / was obliged to remain silent.
All that sustained me through that
dreadful interview wa the hope that in
q brief while you would be far away
and safe from the d~isgraceful conse-
quences of your rashness, and then l
could tell my husband all. But that
hope was not to be realized.
He left me in bitter anger, and have
never seen him since, nor heard from
him, until a year ago a friend abroad
sent me papers containing the account
of the loss of a French steamer, one of
whose Inflated passengers he was. /
thought then l should die, but God
willed it otherwise.
Cousin Ralph, surely you will never
approach me again upon a subject that
can only add one more pang to the sor-
row that through you-I must say it,
though it wound you-must forever bar
the entrance of happiness into my
heart"
There is a moments pause, then a
mans troubled voice breaks it:
"And it was my hand that wrought
you this suffering! Though he l
wounded recovered from his hurt, and
my hand is free from the blood of a
fellow-being, / have slain a soul
Cousin Violet, forgive me if you can
| can never forgive myself"
There is a sound of ~retreating foot
steps, and a woman's sob; then, unable
to control any longer the emotions that
impelled him, deserving his friend, and
climbing with agile quickness up the
balcony supports, Carroll Danton stands
before the wife he had lost but had never
ceased to love, despite the torturing
doubts that had embittered the last dark
years.
"My wifep he cries; "my injured
Violet! 1t is your husband, not dead,
but alive and beside you, who has heard
your exoneration from your own lips.
Do you not know me? Do not shrink
from me. 1t is indeed your Carroll
asking upon his knees pardon for
the sorrow he has caused you to suf-
fer"
The cry is full of an unutterable
agonized longing, and as Violet hears
and feels herself gathered close into
an embrace that proves beyond mis-
take the life and we'll being of the
husband she has deemed dead, happi-
ness once more springs ioyously back
to the throne to which it has been
a stranger for so long and dreary a
while.
And thus Mark Blair learns the secret Of
his friends sadness, and feels no small
qualification at his own share in the bliss
full reconciliation.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

On the return of the 18th corps from
the relief of Knoxville, after having
marched all the way from Memphis
and back to Chattanooga, a soldier OF
the 9Th Missouri-one of Sherman's
bummers, an Irishman who had been q
roustabout on the levees of st. Louis
came struggling along behind the
column on a cold, dreary day for that
section; his knapsack slung on one
shoulder, his blanket rel the other;
across his breast and tied at his left
hip, a greasy, but empty haversack
his pants worn and rent in many places
and in others sewed up with cord; no
peak to his cap, his musket at reversed
arms" and altogether presenting the
appearance of general disgust and de-
moralization. Off from the road he
was attracted by headquarters tent and
sentinel in a neat and comfortable uni
form, whom he approached and accost-
ed, when the following dialogue ensued /:
II say, s%intinil, could ye tell mi
where me regiment is?"
"What regiment do you belong to-"
Eighth Misshoay, sure"
"What division"
Morgan Ill r. SHIFTS, av coorse."
"What brigade ?"
"Phwat brigade? Faith, an don't We
know its Giles Smit-the Sucund brig
ade of Morgan Ill's division"
what corps is it?"
"Phwat coor is it. All, then, We
blackguard, DOESN'T everybody know
that its the Fifteenth coor?"
"How could / tell what corps you be-
long to when you have no corps badger"
"Noa badge, is it? Coor badgel
Now, thin, phwat's a coor badger"
"Do you see that crescent on my
partners hat? Well, that's the badge
Of his corps-the Eleventh; and this
badge on my cap is the badge of my
corps-the Twelfth"
"Ho, no! / see. Trims the lights
yez Potomac byes have to show home
dark nights. Yes, takes the noon and
shtars along wild yez."
Laughing at the witty remark, the
sentinel responded: well what's the
badge of your corps?".
Hesitating a moment to gather q
thought, then making a left face and
slapping his right hand on his cartridge
box, the Irishman replied: Dye see
that?" Then a moments pause Forty
rounds in my cartridge-box and twenty
in my pocket-that's the badge of Lo-
gan's 18th coor, do yez mind that that
KEN all the way from Vicksburg to help
yez Potomac fellers foight at Chatta-
noogy."
The incident having been related to
General Logan the same evening by an
officer who overheard it, the cartridge
box bearing the legend 40 Rounds,
u. ST." was at once adopted by Gen
eral Logan as the corps badge, and o
general order to that effect issusd the
next day.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

Dan Mac was not at home, but n OF
his lieutenants said:
81 suppose if any young fellow with
q lot Of money in his pockets wanted to
buy q fast trotter to give his dust to
the rest of the boys on It'll avenue he
would come here to Dan Mace's;for
what he doesn't know about trotting
stock isn't worth knowing. During the
season we have from so to 100 horses
50 sell on commission, and we have a
yearly sale Of strotting stock. A man
needn't pay so very dear for a fast trot-
ter, unless he wants something that can
90 faster than 2 80. If he is satisfied
with an animal that can trot somewhere
in the neighborhood of 2 40 he can get
one for 81 900.
"You see ali the farmers all over the
country are trying to raise fast trotters.
III they get q colt that in his sixth year
can do a mile in 2:25, and he is OF .
fashionable strain observation-disclosures Eth
an Allen or General Knox--he is worth
81. 900. But as animals that can make
! 2 :35 ara very much more numerous
than those that can make 2 :25, there is
q great disproportion in the relative
value. One is cheaper than he ought
to be, and the other dearer. II is The
supply that does this. Isidore
Garfield paid SIS, 1000 for Maxey
| Cobb, but he can trot the mile to road
wagon in 2:211. Capt. Jake Wander
bilt gave a big price for Boston, but he
has done it to road wagon IN 2:zU.
Shepherd Knapp lately soldhis team for
$40, 900 to Chicago parties. 3. Smith
owns q horse called Dodd, for which he
paid a Jag price. Mr.. Eastman drives
pair of fast ones Bob Acres and Cap
fair Jack. ssAlv Hinckley drives his
father-in-law team--Col. RockafellerSs
the ones that took the premium ~
the first horse show. William II. Van
derbilt drives Aldine and Early Rose
and be has driven Aldine and Maud ,.
3 mile in 2:153. One cannot calculate
the worth Of such animals. They are
like big diamonds. III you want to buy
them they cost enormously. But they
hold their value, even better than bag
diamonds.
They come from all parts OF enc
country; nor kas there yet been any
one state more noted than another lor
the production Of trotting stock. Ine
stud book Is kept with the greatest care
and just as much study and Thought are
used in breeding as ia thorougnpreas
OF course the trotter Is not . thorough
bred, though the word IS sometimes ~
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

Millions OF Dollars in the Treasury
Awaiting Unknown Bondholders.

eEIl#
A curious fact shown by the United
States Treasury's balance-sheet at the
close Of The years business is that there
is nearly SOC, 900 900 of outstanding
government securities on which the
money is due and uncalled for, writes
the Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Commercial. On all of these
interest has been closed, and there can
be no possible reasons for the holders
to delay presenting them for redemp-
tion. Some Of them have been due for
many years. On some of them there is
due large sums of interest, which have
not been called for, so that the interest
on these alone amount to $347 900.
What has become of these documents
and why they are not presented is some
thing that no one can find out. Some of
them have ma&ured a halfa century ago
and are still unheard from and unpre-
sented. OF the old debt, which matured
prior to January /, 1887, there is still
outstanding f57, 665 OF pfincipalIand "a,
TIA of interest. OF the Texan indemni-
ty stock, which matured 80 years ago,
there is 500, 900 yet outstanding not
presented. OF the 5-20s of i62, which
matured more than ten years ago and
on which interest ceased at hat time
there is still outstanding 1856 $50. OF
the 10-40s of "a, which matured five
years & D there Is yet unrepresented
SITS, $50, with interest Of SO 400 also
due and unpaid OF the g per cent con-
soils, which matured two years earlier
there was s276, 500 yet unrepresented,
and of the 6 per cent consols matured
In 1879 there is over half q million dol
lars ! let uncalled for, with interest ma
tnred, $50, 800. OF the 5 per cents,
which matured in 1881-82, there is still
nearly $500, 900 unrepresented, though
the interest ceased at maturity. OF the
compound interest notes Of 1864, which
matured in 1867 and '68, over 500, 900
are still out and uncalIed for,
while of the z SOS Of the same
wear. which matured more than Is
years ago $133,800 has never yet been
called for, nor has some $40, 900 Of in-
teresf on them been demanded. What
has become of these bonds which repre-
sent SO much money is hard TO under
stand.
Some Of them have probably been
destroyed, perhaps the majority oi
them, though il is proper to add that
the bulk Of the SO, 0OO, 900 due and un-
presented Is Of that which has fallen due
within the past year, and which will