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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

GOLD AND SILvER.-ln the days of
Abraham the relative value of the gold
and silver was one to eight. In the year
1000 before the Christian era it was
Que to twelve; iu 500 one to thirteen.
In the year of the Christian era it was
one to nine, in $40 one to eighteen,
in LOO one to eight, in 400 one to
eleven, in 1913 one to fourteen and a
half The last proportion, with slight
variations, has been preserved down to
the present time.
The first money coined by authority of
the United States was 1898; the coins
first made were copper cents. In 11O4
silver dollars were made; gold eagles
were made in 1895. The machinery as
veil as the metal first used was imported,
aud great trouble was experienced in pro
curing supply of copper. .The fist
copper used by the mint came from
England.
Up to the year of 1876 the work at
the mint was done entirely by hand or
horse power. In this year steam was in
troduced. At different periods during
the years 1877, and 1923 the mint sus
pended operations on account of the prev
alence of yellow fever in the city.
The first deposit of gold from Califor-
mia was made by Daniel Carter, who
brought it from San Francisco by the
Islhmus route. 1t weighed lo0l.59
ounces troy.
The purest gold in this country has
been found III the State of Georgia.
Pure silver is worth 81 35.1.9 an
ounce troy. Pure gold is worth SO 81
an ounce. or fraction over fifteen times
as much as silver Pure gold is always
/ of a bright straw color /; the different
grades of color seen in jewelry, ETC., Is
by different alloyage.
Half cents have not been coined since
1851 All Of the base coins for the coun-
try are coined at the mint. 1t is capa-
BILE of making enough coin to supply the
wants of all nations of the world.
Up to 1870 the mint coined over $780,
100000 worth OF money; this includes
gold, silver, copper and nickel. The
branch mint at San Francisco coins gold
and silver only. None Of the other
branch mints make coin; their operas
tions are confined to assaying and rehn>
ing.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
SuppoRr HOME PApERs.-Thc i

SUPPORT HOME PAPERs.-Thc i'm
portance of papers to the village or coun-
ty where published cannot be estimated.
The home news is something that cannot
be dispensed with, and which they cam
not buy elsewhere. An exchange thus
fairly presents the question.
s.For various reasons the larger cities
send out their news at quite low prices
Families can be furnished a knowledge oil
all the world for two dollars year and
postage. But there is something that
they cannot buy in New York or Boston
and local matter out of which home in
terests and enterprise grows. 1t is the
local news which gets at the knowledge
of particular necessities.
All the Improvements begin in all oul
small centres-becomes important forces
by personal application and of public
value by the fostering care and attention
ofthe local press Then the local press is
such an individual power as cannot be
swung into line TO the help ofselfish outside
purposes. A towns interests are closely in
terwoven with those of these home organs
of individual expression and county enter
prise. Persons that neglect these for b.
larger bids Of city dailies al e like the house
wife who neglects her own freside tol
the cares of other people,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

Secretary Boutwell,, some days ago,
received bids from prominent European
financiers for 500, ,00O, 900 of the new
loan, payable in gold. This amount has
since been largely increased, and he will
probably acceptit within a few days.
The Secretary says this makes him mas
ter of the situation, and he expects, with
this large amount of gold, and the assis
tanee OF the borrowing clause of the
Funding bill. to be able. before Deeem
Der, to dispose of nearly 5000 0,000,0 900 of
the new loan aud bring the country
nearly, if not altogether, to specie pay
mentS..
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

A TOUCHING INcIDENT.-A poor little
newsboy, while attempting to jump from
New York car, the other afternoon, fell
under the car and was fearfully mangled.
As sooI as the child could speak, he
called piteously for his mother, and a
messenger was sent at once to bring her
to him. When the bereaved woman ar.
rived, she hung over the dying boy in an
agony Of grief Mother whispered he
with painful effort, 81 sold four newspa-
pers- and-the money is in my pocket. ;"
With the hand of death upon his brow,
the last thought of the suffering child
was for the poor, hard>worki ing mother,
whose burdens he was striving to tighten
when he lost his life.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO PHYSICIANS.

New YoRK, August Is, 1868.
allow me to call your attention to my PREP
AKAIiON OF COMPOUND EXTRACT BU-
Gho, Inc component parts are, BUCHU, Long
Leaf CUBEBS, JUMPER BEEHIES.
Mote OF Hreparation:-Buehui in yaeuo Ju-
niper Berries, BY distillaton, to form fino gin.
caneos extracted by displacement with spirits
obtained from Juniper Berries cry little sugar
is used, and "a small proportion of spirit. It is
Buehu as prepared by Druggists, is of a dark
color. 1t IS plant that emits its fragrance the
action OF hame destroys this ts active prneiple)
Leaving dark and glntinous decoction. Mine Is
the color Of ingredients. The Buchu in my prep
aration predominates the smallest quantity Of
the other ingredients are added to prevent fer
mentation npon inspection it will be found not
to be Tincture, as made in Pharmaeopea. nor
is it Syrup and therefore can be used in cases
where fever or Inflammation exists. In this you
have the knowledge of the ingredients and the
mode of preparation.
Hoping that you will favor it with a trial and
that upon inspection it will meet with your appro-
baton, with a feeling of profound confidence,
am very respectfully,
H. T. HELMBOLD,
Chemist and Druggist Of 10 Years Experience
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

4 Binehampton favorite mode of
winning the drinks, is for sharper to
bet with "a yokei that he can stand an egg
on epd right out the floor, and the
yokel cant break it with half bushel
measure. The bet is taken and the
human shape puts the egg precisely in
it is yourself you would do well to try
the experiment.
Holmes gives the following splendid
type of innocence: "One of my friends
had little marble statuette of Cupid in
the parlor of his country house-bow
arrow, wings and all complete. A visitor
indigenous to the region, looking pen
sive at the figure, asked tine lady Of the
house, If that was statoo of her de-
ceased infant -
In the Massachusetts, Senate an order
has passed to have he following senti-
meut, uttered by Governor Andrew, en-
graved on the pedestal of his statue: 81
know not what record of sin awaits me in
the other world, but this l do know /:
That never was SO mean as to despise
any man because he was poor, because
he was ignorant, or because he was
black"
General Sherman is by every one
recognized as a brave man. He has
faced bullets, bayonets and batteries
without flinchin.; but a severe test
seems to be in store for him. Some of
the old C,nnerbaad nress .re .o,,,.ll,,
sne,L;ng Is his nra;la The canarai,
psaas o.s -. = las ha - pls e "e.al
.ha. us..s' H,u:s am: ~ ".a's . = "on - s'a"u
'"a' o"eeo9o oa'
The Mattoon oiil-) Journal says: "a
woman is now iivins 10 our city VINO Is
no" inarr,ei 70 ',ff e'shtn nusoaho' .hree
% wnom she "eaaed IN the last Two ana
nan years anu tue tn:ee last husohnas
are ,ailse ana doing wen with several
rural districts not heard from
The French Ambassador at Washing
ton says that ethe nations of the past
were France and Epgland. but that the
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
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ployment Mt home, the whole of the time for the
spare moments. Business new, light and profit
able. Persons of either easily earn from
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by devoting their whole time to the business
Boys AMI girls nearly much men. That
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family newspapers pullished--al sent free b,
mail. Reader, If you want permanent, profitable
work. address Z. C. ALLEN Il CO..
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
.srasso WARRaNrEn NOT mo- Fa1L,

NSTGNSD WARRANTED IN OF TO FAIL.
"A little work on "Modern Palmistry"
brings together a large amount of anus
ing gossip, though we cannot say how
much yon may believe Of it. The person
who will carfully study the wrinkles, FUR.
rows, lines and hoilows of the hands will
be able to tell fortunes as well as any
modern gypsy
1T the palm of the hand be long, and
the fingers we'll proportioned, etc., not
soft, but rather hard, it denotes the per-
son to be ingenious, changeable, and
given to theft and vice.
If the hands be hollow, solid and we'll
knit in the joints, it predicts long life !;
but if overthwarted, then it denotes short
| life
Observe the finger Of Mercury
is, the middle fiuger; if the end OF 1T
exceeds the joint of the ring finger, such
man will rule in his own house; aud
his wife will be pleasing and obedient to
! him; but If it be short and does not
reach the joint, he will have shrew, aud
she will be boss.
Broad nails show the person to be
bashful, but of gentle nature.
| Narrow nails denote the person to be
inclined to mischief and TO do injury to
his neighbors.
Long nails show person to be good
j natured, but distrustful, and loving rec
onciliation rather than differences
Oblique nails signify want of courage
II Little round pals denote obstinacy
anger and hatred.
If they are crooked at the extremity
they show pride and ierceness.
| PornJ ra;Is ebo,p oh,lo.;o ~a-ao,
yet soon reconciled, honesty, lover OF
secret sciences.
Fleshy nails denote person to be
mild in temper, idle and lazy.
Pale and black nails denote a person
to be very deceitful to his neighbors, an d
subject to many diseases.
Red and marked nails signify chol
eric and martial nature, given to cruelty;
and as many little marks as there are
specks SO many evil desires.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
A Glorious Changed!
THE GREAT WcTsLD,s TONIC.
Plantation Bitters.

This wonderful vegetable re.
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the feeble and deDilitated. As a
tonic and cordial for the aged
and lansuid, it has NO equal
among stOmaciaics. As a remedy
for the nervous weakness to
which women are especially sub
ssct, it is superseding every other
stiEsauiaEt. I'm ala climates, tropf-
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- a specific in every species of
isss-t-e1 which anderInincs the
c.. ] strength and breaks down
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lists.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
AS soon as the Congressional chaplair

As soon as the Congressional chaplain
closes his appeal to the throne of grace,
there is a clapping of hands all over the
floor. 1t is the way the members have Of
calling pages TO their side Every Con
gresham begins his days labor by
giving an order to messenger; hence
the clapping is universal and uproarions.
'.Well, that beats me" said an elderly
gentleman in the gallery, with mud on
his boots which looked as though it had
been brought from the other size of the
Potomac aI didn' 'tsee anything in that
prayer worth cheering
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
" hat an Englislnsan thinks OF Ameri-
lSa.Y,aB.

can soraen.
Mr.. ". f. lea, after travelling through
the United States in 1870 as correspon-
dent of the London Nears. has written a
book entitled "Westward by Rail" He
thus sets forth his opinion of Ameri-
can women:
From points about which travellers diff
fer it is pleasure to turn to one about
which there has been, and must be, per-
feet unanimity. The beauty of the women
is without the pale of controversy It
cannot be Ekened to the beauty for which
English girls are deservedly and uni
versally admired for which Italian maid
ems have been immortalized on canvas or
in verse; for which the sprightly dam
sells of France and the coquettish ladies
of Spain have won applause, and by
means of which they have won conquests.
1t were TO select particular locality in
the United States, | might truthfully com
pare the type of beauty predominant there
to that OF u particular country in the Old
w World. But America is world in itself.
Within the bounds of the Republic OF the
West are all climates which give diver
sity to Europe, from Rome to Copenha
gen, and from London to Madrid. Where
climates vary, females faces vary also. In
New England may be seen those delicate
| ly chiseled features and transparent COM
| plexions which in Europe are character
| istic of the fascinating beauties OF the
| North. In the Southern States the im-
perious and indolent Spanish women, with
| their amorous eyes and raven hair, have
| been produced at a distance of many
| thousands miles from Andalusia and Cas-
tile Let the traveller cross the continent
till the Pacific slope Is reached, and there
the soft and delicate beauty of Italy, COM
bined with an intelligence wholly Ameri-
can and physique wholly English, de-
| lights and surprises him. Nor are looks
the sole dover OF American girls They
are more French than English in the
acuteness with which they argue. They
are passionately fond of the frlvohties OF
existence, yet they follow with interest
the course of graver topics of the day.
On political questions they are ready to
take sides, and they discuss the issues in
volved in the controversy with zest and
understanding. Their patriotism is not a
profession, but passion. The intensity
| of their devotion to their country lm-
parted superhuman vigor to the struggle
| when North and South faced each other
in battle array. The women IN the South
were the soul of the Contederacy. The
women of the North saved the Union. II
the women of America were more kindly
disposed toward England, the relations
between the two countries at this moment
would be more cordial and more secure.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

Fashionable brides are usually reported
to be much affected" at the ematrimonial
services, but IN some instances, it is said.
that they're not more affected than they
always have been.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

A cynidal bachelor says: Believe
one half the iii one woman speaks of an
other, but twice the good she reports of
her"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

(From the largest Manufacturing Chemists in tn
Worldly
November H. 1854.
s'I am acquainted with Mr.. III. I. Helmbold
he occupied the drug store opposite my residence
and was successful in conducting the busnes
where others had not been equally so before him
1 have been favorably impressed with his charae
ter and enterprise.
WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers & Weightman, Manufacturing
Cemists, Ninth and Brown-sts., Philadelphia
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

SJ TO $40 PER DAY, MES, MEN WOMEN
who engage in our new business make from 50 Il
$40 per day in their localities. Full parte
nlars and Instructions sent free by mail Thos
in need of permanent, profitable work, should az
dress at once GEORGE S1INSON & Co.
24m3 ri nj ~
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

Cincinnati is discussing the propriety
of shortening the daily sessions of the
public schools. It ought to be done,
there and everywhere. The barbarous
practice of condemning growing children
to six or seven hours confnementa a day,
seems to have had no better foundation
than desire to keep them out of the way
of parents who. through Incidence or. in>
capability, were unwiiIing or unable to
undertake the task of governing them at
home. 1t is tolerably certain that four
hours of earnest instruction and vigorous
study will actually accomplish more than
could be done in double that length of
time for and by children of tender years
and that longer period of daily confne-
ment and close attention to school EN-
ploymcnts is dangerous alike to their
mental and physical health.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
HELMROLD,S
Fluid Extract Of Buchu.
AND
Improved Rose Wash,

will radically exterminate from the system dis
eases arising from habits of dissipation, ut little
expense, little change in diet, inconven-
ience exposure; completely superseding thoss
unpleasant and dangerous remedies, Copaiya and
Mercury, in all these diseases.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
TERMS TO CLUBS.
THE sEur.wEEHIy sux

Five ccpies, oae year, separately addieesef
Eight Dollars.
Ten cor les. one yesr. seDara CIV addressed cana
az extra copy to getter ts. of clnb).
Sixteen Dollars.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15

sEMI-wE EEKLY Sun, So YEAR,
of the same size ana general character MS
THE WEEKLY. but with q greater variety OF
miscellaneous reading, and furnishing the news
to its subscribers with e. eater freshness because
1t comes twice week instead Of once only.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
Helmbold,s Fluid Extract Buch

in affections peculiar to Females, is unequalled by
any other preparation, in Chlorosis, Reten-
ton, Painfulness, or Suppression of Customary
excavations, liberated or Scirrus state of the
Uterus, and all complaints incidental to the sex,
or the decline or change of life.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-15
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-12-12

NEW ENGLAND FARM.MOUSES.

I am not to be reckoned among the oldest
persons here to-day, but | have seen
many New England farm-houses; and
comfortable, inviting places they were.
There was the long kitchen with its broad.
deep fireplace in which half cord OF
wood could be piled and fired on festive
nights. What suppers, what sports there
were after spinning bee, or a communist
ing! what Thanksgiving feasts What
birthday reioicings. what wedding iestl-
walls, those old kitchens witnessed! The
fire on the wide hearths never went out.
And all through the winter months, when
the crops had been housed in barns, and
stored in the cellars, joyful among them
selves, as Virgil has it, the farmers ENJOY
ed mutual feasts. There was little OF
what is called rivalry or envy in those ell
der days among the farmers. There was
q general harmony and good neighoor-
hood. The interest of one was the inter-
est of all. Did one of them have the mis-
fortune to have his house or barn burnt,
his neighbors would raise and finish
new house or barn for him. What famous
women were the wives of the farmers
who lived in those houses How they
rose up early and sat up late, and carded
wool and flax. and spun yarn. and knit
tedstockings. and wove cloth; and they
made butter and cheese; and they raised
up sons and daughters all the while.
Verify, as Mr.. Alexander Everett once
wrote, there should an order 60 forth for
a solemn bee to assemble in every State
in New England with a view to ascertain
and preserve the oral traditions OF our an
cestors, of the farmers of the early days
of our S!ate.-[S. B. Noyes, at NoJoN
Coalatu Exhibition.
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The pain increases, from time to time, until your
nerves seem to snap and crack, jerk and jump, and
play all sorts OF pranks from the top of your head
to the tips of your toes, the demon shooting forth
like lightning along the unfortunate nerve, and now
trying to tie another into a Thousand knots, then
attempting to make bowstring of another, some
times in tie region of the neart, again In the face
head neck, etc; in short, If you have neuralgia in
its worst form, with all the agony testified to its
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of the worst cases Of Chronic Nasal Catarrh, and
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you may rest assured that you have CatarTh.
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