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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17
Ul1e Albang 2egister.
SATURDAY, APRIL IL. 1869.
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Beautiful Hands.

6ach beautiful beautiful hands
They're neither white nor snail
And you, / know, would scarcely think
TLa a: they were fair at all
I've iooaed on hands whosc form and hue
sculptor's dream might be;
9 Yet are thas. aged, wriakiea hands
Most beautiful to ne.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands
Though heart wera weary and sad;
These patieut hands kept toitias OF.
That childr> might be glad.
I almost weep, as looking back
To childaoods distant day.
think how these hands rested Eot.
When mine were at their play.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands
They growing feeble now;
For time and pain have LETT their work
On hand, and heart and brow
Alas alas !! the nearing time,
And the sad, sad day to me-,
When meath the dai:ies. out of sight,
These hands will folded be.
But on beyond this shadow lamp.
Where all is bright and fair,
I know full well these dear old hands
Will palms of victory bear.
Where crystal streams, through endless years
Flow over golden sands,
And where the old grow young again.
I'll clasp my mothers hands.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17
About Mrs. President Grant.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati taronicle, speaking of the re-
ceptions at Washington, thus speaks of
Mrs. General Grant:
OF course there are no receptions more
crowded than the Grants. For four
years every lady has known that General
Grant would be the next President Be-
yond the inspiration of such knowledge,
their receptions have the charm of a gra-
cious personality. Mrs. Grant is not GO
ing TO disgrace her countrywolnen in the
highest mansion in the land Instead,
she will there represent the best type Of
wife, mother and friend She has many
friends in Washington for her own sake.
When sue rolls past in her carriage, I
don't believe the most cnvious cry after
her in their hearts, "Therc, there she
goes, vulgar, selfish woman, who would
be nobody if her husband had not lifted
her into power y They say, rather,
GLOW she enjoys life for herself and
others How happy and earnest how
hearty aud kind she is and whatever
her lot she would be the same; am
glad she has come to good fortune !"
People like Mrs. Grant because she
brings with her prosperity the same quail
tiles which made her happy and beloved
in adversely and obscurity. Few women
ever bore the perilous test of sudden
fame and fortune with q more hearty
happiness or more unassuming grace. Is
she pretty? No. She is a roly-poly of
little woman, with beautiful neck,
hands and feet Her features are we'll
cut, but her eyes are crossed. Some of
her friends wished her to have them
Strengthened. "No," she said, 'Mr.
Grant had loved her ever since she was a
little girl with her eyes crossed. He had
said that she would not be herself to him
if they were straight. Crooked they
should remain. If lie was satisfied what
mattered it to other peoplev' Her morn
ing receptions are on Saturday. "In
society" morning means after o'clock
in the afternoon. To-day she wore .
ruby colored gros grain silk, trimmed
with folds of satin and heavy fringe q
shade lighter than the dress, costly laces
and no ornament whatever in her abund
ant hair A constant throng of richly
apparelled ladies and gentlemen passed
and repassed before her from / till
| o'clock.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17
A Family Jar. and what Came of It.

I remember it as though it had hap
pened yesterday. It was the biggest
row We ever had in our family.
It was one cold, rainy evening in the
early part Of December. We all sat
down to the supper table as usual, but
not, apparently, in our usual good humor.
"By "all,' | mean our family, which
consisted Of father, mother, my two sis
ters-Clara and Lizzie-Bob and myself.
Bob Carver was one of our family, as
he said, by .'brevct." His mother and
my mother had been friends in girlhood,
and had never outgrown their intimacy.
Ever since Bob had lived in the city he
had boarded at our house, and he seemed
like one of US.
He was jolly good fellow, and ap-
pcared to think good deal of US all, es-
peeially Clara, who, by the way, did not
seem to care particularly for him, though
of course, she liked him swell enough" !"
as we all did.
The relations between these two had
caused me considerable painful conside-
ration. liked Bob very much, and
would have been glad to have him in the
family more fully than by "brevet.' .
Besides this my regard for him made me
feel warm sympathy for his unrecipro-
Gated affection for Clara. was in love
myself, and thought if Maggie Scranton
showed as much Indifference to me as
Clara did sometimes toward Bob, that
should have been inexpressibly miserable
Besides this, Clara seemed to take a
good deal of pleasure in the company oi
that stupid Jim Baync, whose chief de-
light seemed to CONSIST 10 talking about
religion, politics and other subjects
which bored me intolerably. I was nine.
teen, and poetical.
It always seemed to me that Lizzie
would have suited Bob better than Clara
anyhow. They were both fond of music
and often played and sang together bu
they never got along smoothly together
They did not appear to agree about any
thing but music, and they quarrelee
about that. Yet they would still prac
ticestogether. Their voices harmonizee
well, aud supposed they tolerated cacl
other for the sake Of the music.
Il could never understand Lizzie's con
duct toward Bob It was absurd. Some
Of his ideas which she argued agains
with all her might, when he stated them
she as warmly defended in conversation
with the rest Of u.s.. I believe she de
lighted in being contrary:
Mother sometimes rebuked her for be-
petuIance to Bob, but father said it made
no diHerence-it was customary for mu
sical people to quarrel. He was quick
tempered himself, and Lib was more like
him than any Of the rest of US were.
But to return to that December even
ing. As have said, the weather wa
bad. For that reason, I suppose, thu
boy had. failed to leave the evening paper
When. father came IN, he asked for th.
paper, and said, "Confound the boy"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

A prize of SO was recently offered to
any member of the Connecticut Teachers
Institute who would write and spell cor
rectly the words in the following sentence:
"If is an agreeable sight to witness the
unparalleled embarrassment Of harness
ed pcddler attempting to guage the SYM
metry of peeled onion which sibyl
has stabbed with poinard regardless of
the innuendocs of the lilies of carnelian
hue" Thilty-cight teachers competed
for the prize. but not one was successful.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

CAUsE.-A writer observes that sit is
so we'll demonstrated that the destruc-
tion of woodlands promotes extended
drouths and ruinous freshets, that the
French Government has provided for the
replanting Of thousands Of acres of forest
as protection for the lands skirting the
Alps against the tremendous floods which
render certain districts unfit for agricul-
ture."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

SHARp.-A sharp student was called
up by the worthy professor of celebrat-
ed college, and asked the question "Can
man sec without eyes :" eyes, sir, )"
was the prompt answer. elbow, sir, !"
cried the amazed professor, "can man
see without eyes? Pray, sir, how do
you make that out z" s.He can see with
one, sir! !" replied the ready witted youth;
aud the whole class shouted with delight
at tho triumph over metaphysics.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

BRIGuAM's SAYINas.-In referring
to the probable effects of the Pacific
route upon polygamy. Brigham Young
says, in bis characteristic way, that s'it
must be add poor religion that can't
stand one railroad" Brigham should
preserve his various characteristic say
ings" and turn them into a work entitled
the sPolygamist's Jest Book" suggests
Figaro.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

Observation-Disclosures tells of fell
low without money, who, having one
hundred and seventy miles to go, fasten-
ed paddock and chain to his legs, and
lay down to sleep in a field He was ap.
pretended, and carried gratis to a Jail in
the town whither he desired to 90.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

Counterfeit swindlers are spoken of in
Illinois. They send note to their VIC
tim, inclosing genuine twenty-five cent
piece of postal currency as "sample,"
and offer to sell the same at counterfeit-
er's prices. The victim tries it at
bank, and finds it sure thing aud safe.
He sends on SO to $50 for four, times
the amount in counterfeiss. This isl the
last he hears of the matter.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17
While the question Of abolishing capi.

While the question Of sbolishing capi-
tai punishment is being widely debated
in. Maine, the Western States, having
tried the Imprisonment system, are going
back to hanging. Wisconsin i following
Illinois In the movement to restore the
s.llows. Two bills are before the Wis
consin Legislature providing fsr return
to the death penalty, and one provides
for murder in the second degree also. il
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

A MORMON SToRM.-Speaking Of
Brigham Young's voluminous and various
matrimonial arrangements, corresponds
ent of the Oakland News, writing from
Salt Lake, says: "Lucy d. reigned as
the favorite until her apparently failing
health led to the introduction of 'sAmelia
the impcrious" into the place she had
occupied. Amelia took Brigham by
storm, and it has been storming there
ever since. She usurped all the privi-
leges and the prcrogatives of tho Lion
House, and raised so much of the devil
generally that Brigham, having 'sone
eye" already on her successor, placed her
i'll a separate establishment" It must be
uncommon pleasant thus to be able SO
effectually to quell these domestic torms.
But won't Brigham have high old re-
ception when he enters the next world,
from some of dbese aggrieved females (!
Won't they make it lively for him
There'll be no saints rest about him for
period.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

New York stage managers are scour
ing Loadon for ss.frstI class attractions,
and tsstars.' 81 ais s. ..ss...ssss ss
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17


BULLY Fon FANNIE.-~Fanny Fern
thus disposes of that ornamental and use
less object called a handsome man" and
sensible folks will concur She says:
But your conyentionalahandsomc MAJ"
cf the barber's window, wax figure head
pattern; with pet lock 10 the middle OF
his forehead, an applc-sized head, rasp-
berry moustache with six hairs in it,
paiut pot on his cheek, and little dot Of
.sgoatee"s on his chin, with pretty blink
ing little studs in its shirt bosom and a
little neck tic that looks as 1t he would
faint were it tumbled-pd as lei look at
a poodle. / always feel desire to nip i
up with a pair OF sugar tongs, drop Il
gently into bowli'of cream, and strew
pink rose leaves over the little remains
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

New VELoCIpEDE.-Jenkins, of Maps,
California. has invented new relocipede,
which is thus described by him in the
Register ''The machine in general ap-
pearancs resembles the ordinary one in
use-the saddle being somewhat thicker.
and the body formed of six-inch gas pipe.
Underneath the saddle is fastened com.
pact box containing a galvanic battery,
the wires Of which connect with the arm
ature of an electro magnet, the helix
covered with 900 feet of fine wire. In
front of the operator is small button
which, upon being touched, breaks tho
connection between the armature and
magnet, the former being attached to .
piston-rod working upon the eccentric cf
the front wheel. 1t will be seen that .
succession of quick touches-like finger
ing the keys of a piano-produces
quick alternate attraction and repulssop
of the armature, and this motion commu-
nicated to the crank of the driving wheel
produces power sufficient to propel tho
machine at the rate of GO miles an hour"
Why don't some Of our inventive geu-
fuses about Albany try their hand on .
velocipede? It's better than going to
| Congress, both as to fame and financially.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

SOMETHING NEw-The following
singular proceedings tally with the grow
ing mawkish scntimentalitY against hurt
ing people who kill! The Tribune says !:
1t is said that charges have been
brought against the Sheriff of Oneida
county, for administering chloroform to
the convict Carswel just before execu.
ton. We believe the ..black cap" pulled
over his face was saturated with anas-
thesia. The matter will be brought to
the attention of the Legislature. We
don't see any particular harm in the
Sheriff's action. If the law means that
man shall die for the crime, tho main
object is to take life away in the easiest
manner. Any other method would be
torture. The discussion Of this sanns-
thetic" question will be Of great interest.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

thought smoking agreed with him, and
he told her yes, he considered it de-
lightfuls exercise; and as he gave her
this novel assurance, he reached for the
mo!asses and poured it over his potatoes
and butter.
Ihis Was too much for Clara and me,
and We burst into an uncomfortable fit of
laughter. which recalled Bob to his SEN
ses; and, blushing crimson, he confessed
that he was absent minded. Us he had just
been able to see his way clear in q matter
which had troubled him for months.
He then heartily joined in the general
laugh at his mistakes Lizzie also joining
in, and blushing pink accompaniment
to his deep crimson fush
Bob and father took a. smoke in the
office that afternoon, and mother and the
girls held conference in the parlor
took walk.
When came back Clara said, "Y ou'r
a gump."
A.hooe ahy iued VI WHAT Inat miSnt
be, | meekly assentcd, and said, "I had
no idea of what was coming I thought
Bob wanted you instead of Lib"
"Iou're all the worse gump for that"
said she land for fear you can't see
something else in ii me, I'll tell you now
that I'm engaged to Mr. Bayue."
Thought the marrying days of the
year had come, and went off to my room
to indulge in 4 delightful dream of my
| own marriage. in the far off future, with
Maggie Cranston.
Five years have passed since then
Clara and Lizzie got married, of courze
and I stood up at tn cir weddings Clara
keeps house. Bob and Lizzie still live
at our house, and father insists that they
always shall
do not think Jim Bayne as stupid as
I once did. Three years in the fish and
oil business, as junior member of the
firm of Martin & Son, have damaged my
poetic enthusiasm, while Bayne's seems
somehow or other, on the increase.
have not marie ID Maggie Cranston
In fact, l do not know her. We did no
keep up our acquain tance long after sht
left the boarding school where she wa.
when I SO fully expected to marry her
and thought could not get along with
out her.
I am still a youthful bachelor, awaiting
an opportunity to quarrel with som,
young lady, as Bob Carver did with ou1
Lizzie but I don't want any nineteen
year-old brothers on hand at the recon
ciliation.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AT WHITE PINE.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE AT WHITE PINE.
subject os woman suffrage is daily
gaining in Importance, and bids fair TO
be the leading issue in future campaigns.
The White Pine Ne,cs, commenting on
the Hon. J. G. Hilyer's Woman Suffrage
speech, in a calm and dispassionate man
ner, says: The generous advocate Of
the ladies presumes that the fair crea.
lures would act in a body for the public
good, and would unite on the best meas
ures aud the most worthy candidates, but
from our slight knowledge of the sex, we
believe that when they come to the poles
they will be found to be much worse
split up than the men, and that the good
results SO iervently anticipated by Hon.
Mr. uillyer would not be obtained.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

The small pox is at last finally disap-i
pearing from San Francisco. Tho Times
says that several months ago, when the
small pox was at its height. DR.. Rouell
remarked that the disease would not sub
side until the grass grew, giving - his
reasons the absorption Of atmospheric
poison by vegetation, and illustrating the
theory BY numerous historical examples,
whero tho plague and other pests had
run, until the presence Of thu Spring
Eregctation arrested its progress. spsis s9f.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-04-17

Church, the artist, has been winteaipgg
an06s ths Arabs, says tho Bat - zsc
Dyess. What can he Bedouin
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-15

Woman. Irregularities of life
among men are comparatively tolerable
but there is delicacy, tenderness
accompanying every view in which we
can place lovely woman, that are grated
and shocked at the rude and capricious
distinctions of fortune. Woman is the
blood royal of life let there be slight
degrees of presidency among them, but
let them be all sacred.
Woman has in all ages been accused
of misleading mankind from the coun-
ellis of wisdom and the paths of pru-
dence, involving in difficulties, bait
ing them with poverty, branding them
with infamy, and plunging them in the
whirling vortex of ruin yet where is
the man but must own that all his hap
piness on earth is not worthy the name,
compared with the many pleasures they
owe to the lovely "Queen of the heart
of man"
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-15
new JERSEY RAILROAD.
La I'm
FOOT OF COURTLANDT ST., NEW YORK.
Commanding May IL, 1868.

FOOT OF COURIlANDI Sl.J NEW 1Ouh'
Commencing May III, 1868.
Trains will leave New York for Baltimore and
Washington at s. 40 A. NJ, and 1890, 500, 900 and
$40 p. NJ.
No baggage will be received for any train unless
delivered and checked fifteen minutes in advance
the time of leaving; and baggage not taken by the
owner ON its arrival will be liable to charge for
storage. -. , ,,,
Leave Elizabeth for New York at 4.1G, 5.45, 5.58
Cas- G15, 745, 8, 8.15, S.3S, 855*, 945, 10 40,
2O*, A. NJ 12.45, Las, 2.45, 34o, 9.45 5.54, f2o,
10, $40, 1890, Ii 80 P. NJ.
Leave North Elizabeth for New YORK, VIZ; Gal
817 $751; 10.47 A. NJ, 2.47, AL $50, and ll32 r.
NJ. . an
Leave New York for Elizabeth at 6, 6.3O 2, $40
1910 IL 40 A. M, I'M. l, 2, $50 4.10, 43O, 520
$40, G, 6.10, 7, 800, 10 and IL p. NJ.
Leave New York for North Elizabeth, VIZ; ., S.l0,
1910 A. NJ, 70 NJ, 4.30, $40, 6.10 and 10 p. M.
On Sundays leave New York at 6.30* Z. M. Leave
Elizabeth at 9.25* P. M.
Passengers not purchasing tickets before entering
the cars pay FIVE CENTS additional fare. Tickets
are received by the Conductor only ON the tram Tor
which they are Sold and on the day purchased
Contracts for communication, from the flrst OF eacn
month made at the Secretarys office only, from ~
A. NJ to Up. NJ, No. Ill Liberty Street, New YORK
no Freight received at the foot OF Courtlandt
street New York for way stations to Milestone ana
peth Amboy until l P. NJ, and for Princeton
Trenton &C.. until 10 A. NJ, and for Newark until
100 p NJ Freight received after these hours ID not
despatched until the next day.
F. W. JACKSON, General superintendent,
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-15
An ORDNANCE for the issue of city b.

a N ORDINANCE for the issue of city bond
N to provide for the payment of the costs and
expenses of tagging the sidewalks on the easterly
side of Broad street. from the stone bridge to Pearl
street.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
the city of Elizabeth:
Section l. That bond of the city of Elizabeth,
called Improvement bond of the city of Eliza
BETH, be issued in anticipation of the collection of
the assessments to be made for the payment of the
costs and expenses of tagging the sidewalk on the
eastery side of Broad street. from the stone bridge
to Pearl street, under and in pursuance of ordi-
nance duly passed by the City Council of the city
of Elizabeth, and approved by the Mayor on the
fourteenth day Of April, 1869.
Said bond to bear date on the first day of July,
one Thousand eight hundred and siXty-nine, to be
conditioned for the payment of the principal sum
of five hundred dollars, in six years from the date
thereof, at the Farmers Loan and Trust Company,
in the city Of New York, with interest thereon, at
the rate of seven per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first days of January and
July in each and every year, on the presentation OF
coupons for the amount of the instalment of inter
est due thereon at the time the is payable, the
coupons to be attached to the bond when issued.
j139N
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-15

A somewhat obtuse Sheffielder has
the honor of having struck out new
reading of the marriage service. He
was being married at the parish church,
and managed with little Occasional
prompting to follow the officiating
clergyman, until he came to the words,
and thereto / plight thee my troth,
when he seemed puzzled, and turning
on the fair one look in which spooni-
ness and bewilderment were beautiful
ly conjoined, he said, "And I'll buy
thee some cloth"
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-15

a ORDINANCE to construct sewer in
IN Meadow street. from the sewer III Anna street
to Adams avenue, and in Adams avenue, from
Meadow street to the summit, north of Mary street
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
the city of Elizabeth:
Section l. That Il sewer shall be built and con-
structed in Meadow street, from the sewer i'll An
street to Adams avenue, and in Adams avenue,
from Meadow street to the summit north Of Mary
street: said sewer shall be built and constructed
with all necessary manholes, street basins cuverts
&c. complete to the grade, and according to the
specifications adopted by the City Council.
Section .. That the whole amount of costa, dam
ages and expenses incurred in the prosecution and
completion of said improvement shall be duly
assessed according to the provisions of the act ent
tied An act to revise and amend the charter of
the city Of Elizabeth" approved March 4th, 1868.
Section 3. Said Improvement shall be made and
completed under the supervision and direction of
the Street Commissioner and according to the pro-
visions of the city charter and ordinances
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-15
N ORDINANCE for the issue Of citv

N ORDINANCE for the issue of city
IN bonds, called " improvement bonds"
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
the city of Elizabeth:
Section /. That nineteen bonds of the city OF
Elizabeth, called improvement bonds of the city
of Elizabeth be issued in anticipation of the col
lection of the assessments to be made for the pay
ment of the costs and expenses of the following
improvements, viz:
Thirteen bonds for one thousand dollars each,
to pay the costs and expenses of regulating, gra-
ding and paving with Belgian or trap block pave
ment, Union street. from Jersey street to Morris
avenue.
Six bonds for one thousand dollars each, to pay
the costs and expenses of regulating, grading and
curbing North avenue, from Railroad avenue to
Meadow street.
Under and in pursuance of ordinances duly
passed by the City Council of the city of Elizabeth,
and approved by the Mayor on the first day Of
May, 1862
Said bonds each to bear date on the first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,
said bonds to be conditioned for the payment
of the principal sum of thousand dollars each,
in six years from the date thereof at the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, in the city of New York,
with interest thereon at the rate of seven per
centum per annum payable semi-annually on the
first days of January and July in eachsAnd every
year, ON the presentation of coupons for the
amount of the instalment of interest due thereon
at the time the same is payable, the coupons to
be attached to each bond when issued. j13 2w