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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12
A School Entertainment.

School closed May the 5th in school
Dist. No 25, with Miss Maude Beard. OF
Tangent, as teacher. The school gave q
very interesting entertainment Friday
Afternoon of the above date. The follow
ing program was exhibited to the inter.
est aud enjoyment of ell present:
A Song, she Comes"-by the srl,ool
kectta,ion, when PapA's Sick"-El-
bert WaFford.
Song, The Airta T>oouey
Song, ave Reap as We Sow''-Misaes
Floy Mc5hee, Rosa and 0rdell McFar-
land and Maude Beard.
Recitation, Naming the faby" -
Ethel hutch'ns.
Instrumental so!c-Lena KArslen.
Recitation, Tine " Nhistler" - Rhoda
Smith.
FioHer recepiion-by six girls.
Song, ''Giandpa's only Sweetheart"-
Lizzie McGhee.
Recitation, "The Smack ia School
Ruth Hutchins.
Song, "Tnis Way and ThA, Way
Fanny Mcdaniel.
RecitAtion-Mirole Looney.
Recitation, Hannah BsAsley"-IvAn
Smith.
Song, "Your Mothers prom S,rings"
-Kovs Mcfarland.
Flag OF Many LAnds-by a elAsa OF
sever.
Recitation. 'Ths GovbIing ill Get
You"-Maude Kelly.
Song, "Won'l You be Ny Little Grip
Lena karsien.
Wreath drill by six girls
Recitation, Miss Edith Hers Thiugs
Aloug"-0rdell Mcfarland.
Duet, tiss the L,ltls Ones For Me-
MAude Beard and Rova Mcfarland.
Recitation, Washing Dishes"-Dol'is
Large.
Vacation srcrostics by eight pupiIs.
Recitation, "HoE SAivsior Won"-
Essie Hutckins.
Reci,ations, Roger and /" - Ina
Smith.
Song, Goodbye, by the school.
The pupils weTe trained for about two
weeks, toeir lessons not being neglected.
The success of this entertainment Was
chiefly due TO Miss Beard. She is an
exc"llen. teacher, is highly esteemed by
those showing her and the pa rore OF the
school are greatly pleased with her.
There vas the larges. crowd that has
been knoEn Tor many years. We wish
the teacher and scholars one and all 9
Pleasant vacation. A pleasing feature
vas the presence OF Mr. Willard -.
Davis, oUe OF our Albany boys xho has
Ius. aITIstd home from Manila
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12

ALBANY FURNITURE Co.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12
YOUR Liver
POINTS OF WEAKNESS:

1. BILIOUS HEAD
A. II Z - gea2SveSi hy
HuOYAA-
25. JAUEDTCE OF
THE EYES. Mud
yam viii cause tie yel'
Eowzess 80 disappear AID
the normal. healthy coles
- return
g. eoNTEO TONGUE
FoETID BREATH
HuDIAN viii clear the
gouguc and Il AXE TIA
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12

A Mill CHANGES HANDs.-Alticles in
cooperating the Curtis Lumber Co were
as anticipated, filed late Saturday alter
noon. with W. w. Curtis, of Portland. ].
n. Weatherford and j. +. Wyatt as in.
corporators. Capital stock $IOO. 600.
This new company is supposed to repre-
sent eastern and home capital and sue
ceeds the Santiam Lumber Co. of Mill
City. 1t is possible the company will
start mill in Albany in connection with
their Mill City mill.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12
The Next ShOw.

Norris Bros Big Trained Animal Show
will exhibit in this city, Thursday after.
noon and night May llth, under their
enormous waterproof tents which will be
located near the court house. This com
pany played in this city last season, and
from the high moral and instructive ma
lure OF the entertainment given, have
endeared themselves to amusement
lovers. OF this city. The performance
consists of trained dogs, monkeys, goats,
Shetland ponies, zebras and elephants.
The main features this season being the
animal fire department, in which dogs
and monkeys act as tilemen, and tue
act is said to be very realistic ard excit.
ing; the chariot races, tie wrestling
pony, the educated zebra, the only one
in the world and Fargo" the smallest
trained elephant in existence. A grand
free street parade will be given at IL a.
M, at which the entire company of over
2OO animal actors will be eeen.
MR.. HANNoND's STEAMERS. pro-
posed line OF steamers between Portland
and San Francisco being arranged nomin
ally by Mr.. A. B. Hammond ha caused
great deal Of talk in Portland, particular
Iy by friends of the o. r. 4 n, as The
new steamers are to be put Oh in op-
position TO that company. 1t is said |
that the s. P. Co. are backing Mr.. Ham |
mond, and that in connection with it
the water fronts at Yaquina and New
port have been bonded, the plan beng
as soon as the harbor has been improv-
ed ior the steamers to stop regularly At
1aquina on their trips between Port
land and San Francisco. II true il
means that the improvements at the Bay
wall have the support OF Mr., Hunting
ton.
The trip of the S. P. officials to the
Bay yesterday adds weight to the report,
II Is never possible though to get at :he
bottom of such reports, for railroad men
are close-monthed, and they have to be
taken with allowance.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12

Hoods pills cure liver ills; the nOnirritating ana
only cashaItle 70 take With Hoods sAE.apaTiIla.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12

AFTER ThE MnLs.-Capitalists are
after the saw mills red hot, indicating
big shortage of lumber somewhere in
the world. The Booth-Kelly Co. are COB
bling up everything in Lane county.
Last Saturday they leased the big J. 9,
Goodale mill at Coburg, with the option
OF purchasing it, and will enlarge and
increase the business.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12

Fresh fruit at Viereck' 's Sugar Bowl pa
lors.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-12

Try our bread at two loaves for n
nickle McFeTon & Tomlinson.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
Hoods Pills cure all Liver Ills e5 cents
Re,vard For Honenty.

In a small village just outside Noting.
ham farm laborer went to the general
store, which was kept by an old woman not
overstocked with brains, and asked for "a
the bacon and cut piece off, but could not
find the pound weight. ooh, never mind t
pahnd weight. said he; "me fist just
weighs -pahnd, so put ther bacon in u
scales.' The woman confidently placed the
bacon into one side of The scales while the
man put his fist into the other side, and of
course took good care to have good weight.
While the woman was wrapping the ba-
con up the pound weight was found, and
on seeing it the man said: "Nah you see
if me fist don't Just weigh a pahnd." The
pound weight was accordingly put into one
scale and the mans fist into the other, this
time only just to balance. The old woman
on seeing this said "Wha, l never seed
aught so near afore! Here's red herrin'
for thee honesty, me lad. london Spare
Moments
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
QUEEN vIcToR1A's D1ADEM.

other Maltese crosses, each having an
emerald as centerpiece, contain be-
tween them 3S6 brilliant diamonds.
Between the crosses are four French
feur-de-lis, each with ruby in the
center, and containing rose diamonds
TO the total of 342. The four arches
springing from the Maltese crosses are
composed of acorns and oak leaves, and
contain 72s diamonds. Each of the 20
smaller acorns consists of a single pearl,
imbedded in cup made of 81 diamonds.
From the upper part of the arches are
suspended four large pearls in the
shape of acorns, each cup formed of 12
posed of "a very small diamonds.
Resting on the arches is the mound,
iBymbolical of empire, and incrusted
with 54s diamonds, the zone and arc be
ing composed of 33 rose diamonds.
Above the mound is the cross, contain
Ing large sapphire, with four very
large and 10S smaller diamonds. There
is thus grand total of upward of 3,1OO
jewels. Moreover, unlike many Euro
pean crowns, the stones are really pre-
cious stones, and not glass limitations.
The Koh-i-Noor, the most world-fa-
nous of all diamonds, is not, as many
people suppose, set in the English
crown. 1t is sometimes worn by her
majesty in a bracelet, and on other
state occasions as brooch.-Detroit
Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
A SHAM MONITOR.
The Union Soldiers Rugged Up an Old
Mudscow to Fool the Con-
federates.

The sham monitor was an old mud
scow, 1t was made fast to the stern of
our ship. We made smokestack, and
q turret and pilot house of sticks, COW
cred them with canvas, and painted the
vessel black.
When the thing was completed we
only had to wait for dark night when
wind and tide were favorable. If my
recollection is not at fault this came on
Saturday night. The day had been fine,
and the monitors had engaged Fort An
derson. 1 was boat keeper that day,
and the discharges from the guns
seemed to lift the boat out of the water
That night everything seemed to be ia
vorable for our monitor to do its work,
which it did beyond our expectations,
for | think it was only an experiment.
The plan was to float it along; the
rebels would see it, and thinking it one
of our monitors trying to pass, would
try to destroy it with their torpedoes.
This would rid the channel of those
dreadful machines.
The sham was towed as near as it was
safe and sent on its journey. The rebs
blazed away. 1 never heard that the
scow was hit, but next morning it was
seen tangled among some bushes over
hanging the river bank above, and
everything around Anderson indicated
the rebs had gone.
We lost no time in manning our boats.
We formed line across the channel,
threw out our hooks and dragged the
river. If we caught on any torpedoes
never heard of it.
One of our double-end gunboats fol-
lowed US. We had been moving in this
manner for several hours, when we ap-
preached bend in the river. Here some
men were discovered on our starboard
side, who fired upon us. One of our
boats pulled hard for that point, but the
Johnnies did not wait. AS we neared
the point shell from a battery few
over our heads and exploded in the
woods beyond.
We sent up yell of,defance, when an
other shell plunged'in among us. This
disconnected us for a moment; some
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
THE GUNS THEY HAD.
A Veterans Recol1ections OF the
Arms That Were Carried I'm
the Civil War.

ct don't suppose there's such thing
in use now," said an old soldier, "that
is, in the armies of people that can af-
ford to buy anything else, as muzzle-
loading rifles; but they were used al
most altogether in the armies in this
country in the civil war, at the outset,
anyway. Many of them were imported
from England and from Belgium, as
there were not arms enough in the
country to equip all the troops as fast
as they were needed, and they couldn't
be made fast enough at first.
"Our regiment was armed, excepting
the two flank companies, with Enfield
rifles, which came from England, a
pretty fair sort of muzzle-loading
gun, of 81 caliber, with a three-cor-
nered bayonet; it was something like
the old muzzle-loading Springfield rifle
of this country. The cartridge was
made up with a paper case attached to
the bullet to hold the powder, and this
case was sufficiently long to be folded
down into an end about as long as the
part containing the powder, over which
it was doubled. When a man loaded
his gun he took cartridge from his
cartridge box, tore off the doubled up
paper end, poured the powder from the
cartridge into the muZzle of the gun,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04

were seen pulling for that battery as if
they were bound to have it, while Others
were pulling as hard to get away.
But few more shots soon decided the
matter, and we went back. What our
losses were, if any, never knew, but
the river was soon in such condition
that we steamed up and anchored be-
low the city.
1 remember the burned shipyard and
the wrecks of the burned ships. l was
granted few hours liberty on shore
while here. l did not go into the
city, but amused myself among the
wrecks.
AS returned to the boat at the ex-
piration of my time man laid his hand
on me and asked: "Haye you heard the
news?" l said had not, as had not
been in town. well, a report has just
come in that Abraham Lincoln has been
killed" When / got on board the ship
l sat down against the mast and buried
my face in my hands. How bad felt.
One of my mates came to me to inquire
what was the matter. / blurted out:
"They have shot Abe Lincoln"
The report, like fash, spread fore
and aft, and while no one could bring
himself to believe it, yet we were a
gloomy lot. But few days after we
fred a gun at stated intervals as a
tribute to a great and good man
Thomas Cox, in National Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
Delicious Winter Pudding.

Crate all the crumbs of a stale loaf
of bread, boil in a quart of milk, and
pour it, boiling hot, over the grated
bread; cover it and let it steep for an
hour, then set tG COOL Prepare half a
pound of currants, washed and dried
half pound of stoned raisins and a
quarter of a pound of citron, cut in
slices; add two grated nutmegs, a ta-
blespoonful of mace and cinnamon
powdered together. Mix half pound
of loaf sugar with half pound of but
ter. Mix with the bread and milk, add
glass of currant jelly and glass of
cider. Beat eight eggs cry light and
stir into the mixture. Add by degrees
the raisins and currants, dredged with
-four, and stir very hard. Put in a
buttered pudding dish and bake two
hours.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
is AN ABLE WOMAN.
The Mnrchioness of Salisbury Has
Done Much to Increase Her
Husbands influence.

One of the most interesting, and at
the same time most capable women of
England to-day is Lady Salisbury. In
her capacity as a political hostess, it
is doubtful If her equal could be found,
anditis not too much to say that on sew
eral occasions, through her tact, stray
ing politicians have been brought into
the paths which, according to her hus-
bands views, are the right ones. The
story of her life is interesting, not only
to England and the English, but to
all who can appreciate the noble quail
ties of good woman. In her younger
days she was the heroine of somewhat
romantic courtship. She was the
daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward-Hall
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
S. 1fE:S}ZplE4|Ig; 4 n;
G!!l!ERssS57ss]GE511']rg y! EsS7is 8
THE QUEENS DIADEM.
The British Imperial Crown Is Gree
alton of Truly Wonderful
MREnifcence.

Queen Victoria's crown, or, to give
II its full name and style, THE Inn
perial State Crown of Her Majesty,
Queen Victoria" in sheer costliness, if
not in magnificence of design, is un-
rivaled by any other diadem in Europe.
Its weight is exactly 80 ounces, pvt,
troy, and it's value has been variously
estimated at from $1,O00,000 to $780,
600. The body of the crown consists of
crimson velvet cap, lined with the
finest white silk, and finished with an
ermine border. Just above the ermine
border is a band containing two rows
of pearls; the upper row has 112 and
the lower 129 of these beautiful gems.
Between these rows, and at the front of
the crown, is large sapphire, obvious
ly of great value, and stated to be
relic of the diadem of George Nv. AT
the back is another sapphire, rather
smaller, and between the two are six
other sapphires and eight emeralds.
Around the band are also fixed va
riety of trefoil ornaments containing
2S6 diamonds. Above the band are
eight more sapphires surmounted by
eight diamonds, 0d connected by
eight festoons, consisting of 100 dia-
monds.
Just over the large sapphire in front,
and in the center of a Maltese cross,
is a great unpublished ruby. This is a
very celebrated stone, having been
given to Edward, the Black Prince, by
Don Pedro, king of CASTLE, after the
battle of Najara, in 1867. In accord
ance with the eastern practices, it is
pierced quite through, small ruby fill
ing the upper part of the piercing The
cross on which this ruby is fixed con-
Sists of 75 large diamonds. The three
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04

tore off the rest of the paper and put the
bullet in the gun and drew the ramrod
from its place in the stock and rammed
the bullet home. This gun was fired
with a percussion cap, and a man car
ried on his waist belt a separate pouch
for caps.
Our two flank companies were
armed with breech-loading rifles of a
kind then widely and favorably known.
y number of regiments that went out
from our state at about the same time
were armed in the same manner. Not
enough of the breech-loaders could be
got to arm whole regiments and so they
were distributed in this way. But in
the course of time something happened
that pleased us very much; the whole
regiment got breech leaders.
This was when We had been out
about a year and half. The country
had got settled down to war then, and
to making arms and ammunition at =
great rate, and as fast as possible
troops were supplied with breech-load-
ing guns. Still there were not nearly
enough to go around, and somebody
had to be selected to receive them. Ours
was one of the regiments in our corps
that got them. The gun that we got
was of kind that came into somewhat
extensive use before the close of the
war. 1t was made as rifle for infantry
troops, and as a carbine for cavalry.
Ours was an infantry regiment, but we
got the carbines.
"There might have been various rea-
sons for this. Perhaps the government
had carbines that could be spared right
then and not rifles, or it may be that
carbines were issued to us with view
to their more convenient use in boat
ing expeditions, but, anyhow we got
carbines instead of rifles, and we were
always glad of it. They were four or
five inches shorter than the rifles, and
they weighed somewhere from half a
pound to pound less.
From a muzzle-loading Enfield rifle,
a rather slightly sort of gam as it was, TO
an up-to-date breech-loading, repeating
| carbine-for our new guns were repeat
ers, too-was tremendous change, and
we were greatly pleased with the handy
little guns, and mighty proud of them.
With them we got new cartridge
boxes, smaller than the old and suited
to the carrying of metallic cartridges,
which were used with them, and the
man who has never used any other can
scarcely realize the great difference
| between a metallic cartridge and the
old-fashioned paper cartridge with the
| folded and doubled-over end. OF course,
there were no caps, and so we got rid
of Cur old percussion cap boxes, and be-
ing carbines these weapons had no bay
| onets.
''rhe muzzle-loader seems pretty
old-fashioned now, but while, as the
war went on, more and more troops, be-
sides the cavalry, were armed with
breech-loaders, yet l imagine that &
large majority of the infantry regi
ments that served in the civil wal
served throughout with muzzle-loaderi
only."-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04

Mordecai's sarcophagus is this inscrip-
ton:
Here is the holy ark of Mor6ecai the
Righteous. May his merits protect usi
Amen"
The same inscription is repeated on
each side of the coffin, besides these
verses from the Bible:
"Now, in Shushan, the palace, there
was a certain Jew, whose name was
Mordecai, the son of Shimei, the son of
Kish, Benjamite, son Of"
"Then shall thy light break forth as
the morning, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily; and thy right
eousness shall go before thee; the glory
of the Lord shall be thy reward"
Therefore, my heart is glad, and my
glory rejoices; my flesh also shall rest
in hope. For thou wilt not leave my
goul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption
Thou wilt show me the path of life; in
<hy presence is fulness CT joy, at thy
tight hand there are pleasures forever
more"
On the sarcophagus of Esther are
these inscriptions:
Here is the ark in which is inferred
Esther the Righteous. May her merit
protect us! Amen"
"Then Esther, the queen, the daugh-
ter of Abihail, and Mordecai, the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm
this second letter of Purim."
"And the decree of Esther confirmed
written in the book. And the king,
Ahasuerus, laid tribute upon the
land, and upon the isles Of the sea-"
Facsimiles of the inscriptions have
been taken from plaster impressions
now in the possession of DR.. Zadoc
Kahn, chief rabbi of France.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
HAMADAN IN PERSIA.
Tomb of Esther and Mordecai Has
Been Found There.
Its Discovery Establishes the Truth
of the biblical story and the Au-
thenticity of the Festival
of Purim.

The tomb of Esther aud Mordecai,
the famous characters In the Biblical
book of Esther has been discovered
in Hamadan, Persia, and the inscrip1
tions on the sarcophagi and the tomb
itself read and translated. This dis
covery is most timely, for some writers
have tried to discredit the Biblical story
and the festival of Purim, which goes
back to it for basis.
Every reader OF Scripture is familiar
with that strange tale of the Jewish
maiden whose beauty so touched the
king of Persia that he took her for his
wife and placed her on the throne by
his side. The Jews of Hamadan show
this tomb of the hero and heroine of
the Bible story to all travellers with no
small pride, for in it lies their title to
nobility, one of their own people hav-
ing actually reigned with the king.
This tomb has evidently been added
to at various periods, and is now 60 feet
high. The entrance is to the left of the
center, leading into an ourer passage.
To the left is the tomb of some ancient
savage and to the right the tomb of an
old physician, with a stand bearing
lamps and oil in front of it.
A wall separates the sacred part
from this outer section. Al its western
end door leads to the principal part
of the tomb, To the right is Mordecai's :
tomb and to the left Esther's, sepa-
rated from each other by corridor
along which pilgrims pass going
around the sarcophagi. In niche is a
scroll of the law, and an ostrich egg is
suspended beneath the dome, as is the
custom in all Persian tombs.
The sarcophagi, says the New York
Herald, are made of dark wood, evil
IDENTITY of great antiquity. and are Gov
cred with inscriptions in Hebrew. On
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04

Anderson, baron of the eXchequer, and
as Miss Anderson Lord Robert Cecil fell
in love with her. Lord Roberts father
disapproved of the marriage, and
sthaightway the young couple took the
matter into their own hands and were
married. Because of this, Lord Rob-
erts father would have nothing to do
with them, and the young man was
forced to turn to newspaper work to
support his wife. In his early work, as
well as in his political duties, his wife
helped him greatly by acting as his
amanuensis.
The first eight years of Lady Sails
bury's married life were spent in this
way, until on the death of his brother.
Lord Robert Cecil became Lord Gram
bourne, and journalism was put aside
for the work of the politician. 1t was
at this time that Lady Salisbury took
upon herself the duties of a political
hostess-duties which became her well.
She was shrewd, practical and of steady
judgment, and when her husband sue
ceeded to the marquisate she took her
position as mistress of Hatfield house
with distinction. Four times Lord Sails
bury has been foreign secretary, and
three times prime minister, so thGt
Lady Salisbury's political and social du-
ties have been by no means light.
Among those favored folk who know
Lady Salisbury in private life she is
greatly beloved for her kindly sympa-
thy and the steadfastness of her regard
The hauteur which she bears so well
as the wife of the English premier in
political circles vanishes at home. Like
Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Salisbury has no
love for the "smart" set in society. OF
late years the parties at Hatfield have
been composed mainly of members of
the family; but when she was stronger
Lady Salisbury delighted in gathering
about her the cleverest men and women
of the day. Few know it, but the man
agement of the big estate at Hatfield
has always been under Lady Sails
bury's care, and in her most active days
the tenants knew her as good busi-
ness woman who allowed nothing to es-
cape her eye.-Chicago Record.