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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24


AGRIcULTuKAL-T great and
good man, Horace Greeley, is constantly
working for the benefit of the agricultu-
raj community, and it has become q
common thing for farmers all over the
country to consult Horace the same as
they would an almanac for information.
Here is the latest effort ascribed to him
An EImira farmer wrote to Mr. Greeley
for his experience in raising geese for
market Horace said there was no
trouble at all about it if the goslins we're
not weaued too young. He says they
should be allowed TO run with the old
COW aud suck until their horns got ont an
inch or two, when they will be hardy
enough to pack and salt down for mar
ket.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24
as he looked ol&into hers ID

brighter as he looked dd1 into hers IN
= aMary," he said, aaictly and hoarsely,
"thcre was note eoncealcd within that
aower, Did you know it? I requested
you to look. 5ss
She stood breathless and very pale. \
At length there dawned upon his con.
sciousness the shadow of great calamity
Ia great mistake which had hung like
a cloud over their two lives.
II did not know It," she tnurnured
falteringly.
"Oh, Mary!" What bitter pain,
what an eager trembling joy was there in
| those two spoken words.
"Come with me-" she said And he
| followed her into the house.
A little rosewood cabinet which stood
in the parlor, she unlocked, and opened
small drawer within. From this she
took little box, containing some tissue
paper, which she unfolded, and in it lay
the blackened and dried leaves of laurel
blossom.
"This is what you gave me-" she
said. "I put it away, as you see it, on
that night, and have never since touched
IT."
"Look Within" he said.
| Tremblingly she parted the withered
petals. Yes, there was something with
ina narrow slip Of paper. closely folded
stained and old, yet on which she could
still trace the words written ten years
before.
/ aOhr' she cried, passionately, "if
had but known this !"
aWouid you have worn the flower
Mary 7" he asked as anxiously as though
his fate depended upon it.
. She only bowed her face upon hel
hands; but he could see the flush upou
her forehead and temples.
! He took one Of the hands and gently
removed it.
/ "Look at me, Mary-look up ant
answer mes"
| She raised her eyes, lustrous will
tears. Never in her early youth had sh
appeared so beautiful as now.
t awe have suffered for ten year
! through mistake misunderstanding
t Is it too late to make the rest of ou
o lives happy?" =
We need not record her answer.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

Persons who have not been 10 the
habit of drinking buttermilk consider it
dlsagreeable, because slightly acid in
consequence of the presence of the lactic
acid There is not much nourjshment in
buttermilk, but the presence Of the Tactic
acid assists the digestion of any food
taken with it. The Welsh peasants al
most live upon oat cake aud buttermilk.
Invalids suffering from indigestion will
do we'll to drink buttermilk at meal
times.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

A LANDLORDS ExPERIENcE.-A
Virginia landlord, in commenting on the
statement that. tight lacing saves the
country $4,000. 900 annually in board
alone, says il is villainous aud habitual
lie. He knows girl who laces SO tight
that his arm win go around her twice and
lap over clear to the elbow, and one
wouldn't think. to look at her. that she
could eat anything except soup; but she's
got an appetite like cross-cut saw, and
she mows swath at table like sells
rakipg reaper.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

nade OF Peer Ram, whfskey, Prssf
epsrits and Refuse Ltau1rs doctorcd, spiced
and sweetened 70 please the taste, called " Tom
ics ss AppotiEers,n y /" Restorers,n &c-. that lead
tho tippler ON TO drunkenness and ruin. but are
Z t<ue Medicine, made from the Native Roots and
Herbs OF California. free from all AicshS1s1
eetmuInnrs. Thcy are tho GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING PRIN.
CIPLE perfect Renovntor and Invtgorator Of
tho system. carrying on all poisonous matter and
person can take these Bitfers according to direc-
tion and remain long unweil.
Fer Innnmmaltory nnd Chronic RheH.
WaSism and Goutp Dyspepnia sr Insll-
esaflop, BIlienss Reanitteut and fnter-
niefenG Eevcrs, Diseases ~ the Bleed,
fers heye been most succossfui. 6ach Dis-
eascs arc caussd by ytsfased Bleed. which
= generally produced by deral9ement Of t1e
UtopneJvc Organs.
DY9PEPaIA or INDIGESTION.
Headache. Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tight
ness Of the Chest, Dixxiness, Sour Eructations OF
the stomach, Red taste In tho Mouth Bilious At
tacks, Paipitation Of the Heart. Inflammation OF
the Lungs, Pain in the regions ofthe Kidneys. and
ahundred other painful symptonns. arc tho OK
springs Of Dyspepsia.
They invigoratc tho Stomach and stimulate tho
torpid liver and bowels, which render them of nm
equaIied e1lcacy IN cleansing the blood Of IN
impurifics. and impnrttng new life and vigor tq
the whole system-
FOR SKIN DISEASES. Eruptions, letter.
Salt Rheun, Biotches spots. fmp,es, e.
Rom. carhuncles ring wornass Seaid- HcaA, Sore
Eycs. ErysfpcIas. ltch. 6curfs, Dfscoioraeaons of
ma 5sir1n. Humors ana Diseases Of tho Skin, of
whatcver nsme or natures arc literally dgg up
: md carried out or the sysfem n r snort time "
{ ~ - 81 tnesc Bitters. One bottie - such
csses win conyinoe the most tncrednlcus Of their
curative sdects.
ciesnss ths vlfiafsd Blood whsneyef you md
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24
Something scandalous about Birds

We clip the following from the New
Orleans Piedyune
Some families are such good actors,
and so stimulated by pride, that they are
generally looked upon as patterns of do
mestic proprlety, even felicity. They
are slick, genteel, self compliment, soft
voiced and smooth-tongued; they hold,
in fact that place in the human kind
that birds do in the brute kingdom.
Those who know them best can tell
some very different things about them
how they wrangle in private, have their
own genteel way Of fighting, are fierce
and tricky, in a word, imperfect, like
every thing on earth, and not the same
their friends would make them.
The most universally i'll tempered
things in the world that make any show
of decency are the birds. With all the
talk about their pretty manners, they are
ruder than dogs; and as for their hymns
of Thanksgiving. and woodland notes of
praise, they never fail to quarrel at a
feast like pirates. Their gentlemen can
fight harder for the fun of the thing, and
their ladies scream and scratch worse
about the possession of an empty knot
hotS. thhu 40 any hSaoS SSpSSeuoAS ,
while, as for connubiai bliss. the bride
groom beats and knocks his wife about in
manner that is disgrace to his fine
clothes.
About half their pretty songs are
given in angry defiance of each other.
The jealousy of musicians is proverbial,
aud now here stronger than among the
| 9'songsters of the grove
An out-sung bird is apt to die of the
most unworthy chargin, and when a pre-
sump uous warbler puts in with another
song. be is notified, in burst, of
melody, that ssif he don't shut up he'll
get his nose pecked off,.
VIZ have seen the supposed to ,be-mer>
ry little singer Of our suburban gardens
the pap-with scarce feather on him
and his head ssbnnged mp" ike prize
fighters.
We do not think one person in fifty
appreciates the fitness of the slang phrase
SO often applied to wild and unorincipled
young men. ssHs is bird" It is
meant generally as a pet name; but
really, it's hard name to give to any
man.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

An UNBEcoMING BusrLE-An ex-
change says: ssMrs. Victoria G. Wood
hull has been visiting all the principal
cities Of the North, and making I great
hustle among the newspapers, in prepara-
ton for her elevation to the Presidency
Of 1872. We have constantly supported
the claims of Mrs. Woodruff for that po-
sition, and to a certain extent we have
been in her confidence, but we are grieved
to say that she never informed US of her
intention to decorate herself with one of
those things when she began her duties
at the White House. And why, indeed,
should she consider such an article nec-
cssary for a President. Washington
never wore great hustle made Of news>
papers nor did John Adams, nor James
Buchanan, nor Andrew jackson, nor any
of them. DIR. Buchanan, indeed, in his
inaugural address, distinctly repudiated
the suggestion that il was incumbent
upon the President to wear such an arti-
Gle, and VIC need hardly tell the student
of history that his position was precisely
similar to that taken by Washington in
that immortal Paragraph upon bnstles
contained in his farewell address. We
ask Mrs Woodruff, then, to abandon her
design, Il is unconstitutional, it is ip>
cendiary, it is revolutionary, it is suici-
dial. She must either retract. hom her
position upon the subject, or suffer defeat;
for We will Withdraw our support if she
persists 10 her wicked project. Let her
undertake TO base her claims npon this
| peculiarity, and ia less than D week We
shall have aeorge Francis Train,s and all
other idiots who are running for the
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

The Chicago Times of June 1st says ::
mcfarland is determined 10 make him
self obnoxious to his and the late Mr..
Richardson's wife, He has had the In-
diana divorce suit re opened, and is in
fair way. it is said, to have the verdict
set aside If this should be the result,
his criminal affairs will be in sad state
of confusion. His killing of Richard
son has been decided in Court not to
have been murder, but, in this case
would it not be suicide? He killed Mrs.
McFarland's husband that is we'll
known fact. Now if another Court de-
cides that Mcfarland is that husband, it
viii be clearly demonstrated in law that
Mr. Mcfarland is dead. This would be
a pleasant way of disposing of the whole
matter, though the lady in the case, like
most ladies in most cases. is enjoying
herself just now in California, in sweet
oblivion of any ex-husban l. -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

a gentleman travelling on q steamer,
one day at dinner, Was making away With
d large pudding close By, when re vas
told by q servant that il vas desc rt.
tsIt matters not to me, eaid he, 81 would
eat ID Fit was . wilderness. &
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

LITERARY FooD.-Poetry is the dew-
er of literature prose the corn, potatoes
and meat satire is the aquafortis; wit
is the spice and pepper; love letters are
the honey and sugar, and letters, contain.
ing remittances are the plums.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24
puazled Chinamen at versailles.

About tive hundred years ago Japan
ese ambassador came on mission to |
Louis XIV When asked by the cour-
tiers what astonished him most in the
city, he replied ..To sec myself in il"
II III. Thiers were to ask the same ques-
ton of the Chinese ambassadors who are
now here, it Is probable they would
answer, "Io see you in it = for having
been sent by his Celestial Majesty on a
mission to that particular Son of Heaven
who was supposed to be reigning in Paris
when they left Pekin, they are greatly
perplexed to know to whom they sh uld
offer the magnificent presents they have
brought with them. Instead of a son of
Heaven 10 the Tuileries they find an
assembly of mandarins in Versailles, and
instead of one government, they have to-
choose between two for the transaction
of their business. According to Chinese
notions France is dragon with two
heads attempting to devour itself. The
youngest of the ambassadors is q very
gentlemanly man, as far as Chinese gen
tility goes, well up in his Confucius, and
of an observant turn of mind, and is
| writing an account of the events taking
place under his eyes. His notions of
French politics are somewhat obscure and
it has been impossible to make him un-
derstand the difference between the
social aud non-social republic. Having
been favored with reading Of the origi>
nal manuscript. 1 give Translation OF
one of the most striking passages "Hu-
man Sacrifices" says the writer, shave
not been abolished by these barbarians.
At certain epochs they slay each other,
that none of them may be inassacred by
tyrant. These occidental customs recall
the customs of our Western savages who
put their parents on the spit to spare
them the Inconvenience of old age. In
dividually, these barbarians are mild in
their manners and of agreeable inter-
course. United in assembly, they can
never agree. There is one word that
makes them frantic. That is the word
Liberty We cannot give the exact
meaning of it, because the learned men
to whom we applied for illustration do
not themselves understand it perfectly.
and we have not found two who interpret
ed it in the same way. The commonest
Interpretation of the word Liberty is,
that it expresses the right to free ones
self and enslayc others. This people
treats US as barbarians because our lamas
rip up their bellies in honor of Boddha.
With them the whole nations tears
itself with its own hands in the belief
that it is serving the idol Liberty.
They call that civilization. - World.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

H1aH WArER The Eolumbia river
st xsess dates was on the laHafage.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-06-24

ID 1LL-HEAD PAPER, all sizes, just received
, and for sale at this ofiee, low for cash.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07

sailors. The captain was deeply grieVed
that he had permitted the child to make
the attempt; and notwithstanding the
desperate situation in which they were, all
the crew seemed to be thinking more Of
the boy than of themselves. -
All at once violent pull was given to
the cord. This was soon followed By q
secord, then by third. $50
1t was the signal agreed upon to tell
them that Jacques had reached the shore.
A shout of joy was heard on board the
ship. Tfrt -
They hastened to fasten strong rope
to the cord, which was drawn on shore
as fast as they could let tout, and was
firmly fastened by some of the people
who had come to the help of the little
cabin-boy. By means of this rope many
of the shipwrecked sailors reached the
shore, and found means to save the others.
Not long after all had safely landed, they
saw the vessel go to pieces.
The little cabin boy was long Ill from
the consequences of his fatigue, and from
the bruises he had received by being
dashed against the rocks. But he did not
mind that, for, in reward of his bravery,
his mother received yearly sum of money,
which placed her above the fear Of want.
Little Jacques rejoiced in having suffered
for her, and, at the same time, in having
saved so many lives. He felt that he had
been abundantly rewarded.
This true story makes us think Of Jesus
cur Savior, who gave His life to save our
souls from eternal death. "FOr while We
were yet sinners, Christ died for u.s.
Standard Bearer.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07
Being Drowned.

SOME extraordinary mental phenomena
occur in drowning. AS soon as respira-
ton is suspended by the indrawing OF
water into the lungs, consciousness is i'm
mediately suspended. From all that can
be gathered in regard to the action of the
heart, that organ probably acts, but feebly,
considerable time after the function OF
respiration is suspended. By its muscular
force arterial blood is driven outwardly
to the head faster than the veins bring
it back, and consequently the mind is
plunged, as it were, into profound sleep
for the loss of consciousness results from
a sudden apoplexy induced by an extra
accumulation of blood in the delicate tex
ture of the brain.
/ When the pulsations of the heart stop,
then the tension of the muscles relax
and if no efforts of resuscitation are make,
vital heat diminishes gradually, and the
next change is an expansion of compressed
gases in cavities of the body, due to the
first processes of chemical decomposition.
If the body, however, is recovered imme-
diately, even though respiration and the
circulation are quiescent, it is possible to
re-establish the movement of the blood by
artificial warmth, friction, and artificial in
flation of the lungs, vigilantly continued
for long while. The trial is not always
successful, but so encouraging that the
prospect demands the utmost perseVer-
ance.
With the revived action of the heart,
the moment the lungs begin to take in
oxygen from the air forced into them, life
begins to return. So it is admitted by the
physiological philosophers tkat the soul is
won back, if it had gone, in the act of re-
storation; or else it is morally certain its
departure at death is a gradual process,
which may be interrupted, and reimpris-
oned in the brain again by human effort
and skill.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07
To Clean a Shotgun or Rifle.

A SPORTSMAN writes to the Rural Nesc
Yorker:
First to clean shot gun or rifle, place
your hammers at halfcock, draw out the
ramrod and bolt; then lift the barrels from
the stock and you are ready to wash
Place the barrels in cold water, being
careful the water is clean and that there is
not any dirt or sand in the pail then ap-
ply your cleaning rod with the rag, or,
what is better, pieces of old red blanket,
and draw it up and down quite energeti
cally; repeat this, changing the water
each time till the gun is perfectly clean,
placing the muzzles always down while
changing the water. Now empty your
pail and rinse; then get dipper of boil
ing water, grasp the barrels with cloth
and hold them in the pail pour the water
in till you fill the barrels, then reverse and
| let it drain while you get clean dry rags fol
the cleaner: then rub them out briskly
till perfectly dry; now pass an oiled rag
down, then wipe the outside carefully and
rub with an oiled rag. Now take the
stock, wipe the hammers well, and al
around the locks and triggers; then oil al
over.
The gun is now ready to put together t
use or to place in its case. Never oil toC
much, unless you are going to lay the gun
away for long time, as nothing is NOR
unsportsmanlike or disgusting than a guI
that's gummy or covered with oil. AL
ways wipe your gun inside and outsid'
before using; clean Immediately afte
using. ..I.. ,...r
BY adhering to these simple rules gun
will be kept in proper condition. As Il
cleaning rods, nothing Is litter for hom
than one of stout hickory, made to fit tn
barrels and cut on the end like rif
cleaner.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07

telligence that the object of his search
was living in the city, within q mile of his
residence, while his message had travelled
more than 1000 miles.
The official returns of the census of the
New England States show that Maine has
577, ,644 native and 48,S07 foreign inhabit-
ants; New Hampshire has 2S8, ,694 natives
and 29,606 foreigners Vermont has 283, $50
natives and 46,993 foreigner; Massachu-
setts has 353, ,34S foreign born and ], ,104, ,008
native population; Connecticut has 423, eco
native and 1859 foreigners; Rhode
Island, 161, ,972 natives and 1884 foreign
ers. Maine has /, ,597 persons of color and
80 Indians; Vermont, 921 colored and IL
Indians; Massachusetts, IL, 900 colored and
1852 Indians; Connecticut, 9,66S colored
and 235 Indians; Rhode Island, 4, $50 col
ored and 13S Indians. Maine has one
Chinaman, and Massachusetts 90 China
men and Japanese.
A GOOD story is told of himself by a
season-ticket-holder ON the Boston &
Maine Railroad-a wide-awake, Jolly, gen.
erous, joke-loving gentleman, liberal in his
religion. Riding in a hOrse-car short
village, who has been active in trying to
induce his flock to become temperate, he
familiarity addressed him in language
something as follows: Father
you are doing a pretty good work just
now-I don't know but you are doing as
much coed as all the other clergymen in
in town" The priest quietly replied that
he was doing what he could to improve
mis- people. "I'll tell you what it is" con-
tinued the gentleman, I've been thinking
about attending your church, but was
afraid it would cost too much to get all
my sins pardoned." "O," said the priest,
we can manage your case; when we have
very large contract we make a liberal
discount"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07
Invisible Animals.

LIFE gushes out every where. There is
no place were it has not been discovered
except in fire; and even there, few years
ago, an ardent Mr.. Cox, an Englishman,
announced with boldness he had discover
ed moving, living forms among red-hot
Goals Subsequent explorations plainly
demonstrated that his Imagination was un-
controlled by judgement. But from the
lowest depths of the sea, where darkness
dwells perpetually, and where hydrostatic
pressure and a paucity Of oxygen convinced
philosophers no form of life could exist,
dredgings have brought up extraordinary
evidences that organized beings are there
in countless millions, in the full enjoyment
of life and unrestrained liberty. Every
animal, whether on lond or aquatic is bear
ing in its muscles, its liver, kidneys, heart,
an / perhaps brain, swarms of independent
living parasites many of them too minute
to be recognized with out q microscope
which are feasting on the parts they oc-
cupy.
We shudder at the possibility of having
introduced into our bodies the dreaded
trichina-the spiral worm of pork notorie-
ty. There are creatures quite as bad-look-
ing, if we could see them, in the best of
beef, and certainly numerous in every kind
of edible fish, clans, oysters, and other
table delicacies. In short, all food. wheth-
er vegetable or animal, is infinitely infest-
ed with parasites. So is the water we drink.
Life is every where. Even the clear at
mospheric air we breathe has floating in it
eggs of microscopic animals and seeds of
plants, which are inhaled with every
breath. Fortunately the gastric fluids of
our stomachs destroy the vitality of most
of them, which otherwise would essentially
affect our health. Still it is impossible to
live and not be preyed upon by invisible
parasites. In the preparation of food,
therefore, thorough cooking is the safe
guard Baking and boiling destroys them.
If allowed to remain too long after being
subjected to that process, a new set Of ami
mails Immediately take possession, so that
nature never relaxes in her unceasing Ia.
Dor of developing life in every thing. and
every where.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07

ness knows where besides. La Trouble
showed himself little, but not too much,
and no one ever suspected the change in
my dodgers. In about fortnight he got
quietly on board fruit sloop which was
going back to France; and both he and
his wife wrote to me when they got there,
and also when they arrived at New Or
leans. don't know who the warder was,
nor what he received for his services, but
| heard, shortly after from Robert at the
White Lion, that one of them had left
Portland TO go and take very handsome
public house in London; so / had my
suspicious. 1 know that if l wanted
money, which, am happy to say, thanks
to my poor, dear husband, do not, l
should only have to tell Mrs. La Trouble,
or go toithe great house in Liverpool, of
which they gave me the card, and could
have all wanted.
She would make me accept her gold
watch ard chain, and have worn it, and
shall continue to do so, in memory of her.
-Chn1lbey.s, ,ToiTncl
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-04-07

A FAcErIoUs young Canadian, being i'll,
took it into his head to trythe effect of the
medicine prescribed for him by his physi-
clan upon a favorite cat, and was startled
to see poor pussy very promptly fall over
on her side and die. Similar results fol-
lowing experiments on two other cats, he
determined to throw away the bottle and
dismiss the doctor. He had been taxing
the "medicine" three times day for q
week