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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05
To the People Of Linn County
NyE WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY
w that we have opened All Office in Albany,
for the exclusive sale of
SEWING MACHINES,

and would respectfully invite all those war ting q
first-class machine to call at Office and exam
inc the different kinds of machines now exhi-
bition. Ii yoa want Buckeye machine, If You
want n Flercnce machine, if you want Wheeler
4 Wilson machine, if you want a Singer machine,
if you want American machine, or If you want
to exchange machines, or if you want your
chino put la good running erdcr, call aud see us.
We are always ready and willing to show
machines, We will do our best TO give satisfac-
ti.n. aass- Oil and Needles kept constantly on
hand for sale. Old machines taken in exchange
for new ones.-sEZ
We wish to employ good, reliable agents to sell
the Buckeye Sewing Machine, the best selling.
the simplest and most durable shuttle machine
this coast. Liberal Inducements offered. For
particulars address, MINER PEARSON.
Eight Reasons vvhy tho Buekeye Sevv-
ing Machine il Superior to all 0thers:
/. 1t is the simplest shuttle machine made.
2. It has less wearing parts.
8. 1t has small springs and compound
cranks.
4. 1t is better adapted to large range of work
without change.
s. 1t has less pieces of machinery s,s
8. 1t is less liable to break needles than any
other machine.
shuttle in any other machine.
8. That it has the best Feeding device, which
will never wear out, get out of order, break nee
dies, feed unevcnly, slip on stnrched goods, or
pucker the seam, that one part Of the fabric
will come out shorter than the other, which all
other feeds are liable to do. 1t makes every
stitch of an equal length. 1t is stronger than
other feeds. We take q strong piece of cloth
and put one end in our machine and the other
end in any other machine, and guarantee that our
machine will take the cloth FROM the other in con-
sequence of the superior strength of the feed.
1t is the only feed strong enough to feed thick
olc-leather, sewing shoe soles No soaping
the cloth or any other aid is rcquirpd-
It has NO complicated machinery, and therefore
is not liable to get out of order 1t has beauti-
full movement, making nearly two thousand
| stitches per minute,
The BUCKEYE SEWING MACHINE makes
| the lock stitch, the same the Howe, Wilson,
Singer and Florencc--alike on both sides. We
offer : premium Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
| for any machine on this coast that will make .
stronger or moro fclastic stitch than the BpCA-
EYE. For full particulars address.
MINER & PEARSON,
GESEH4L AeEsrs.
| 34y9. Albany, Or
na- Agents wanted in every town and county
ON snis coast 'iMfff MfNEB 4 PEARSON,
Albany, Oregon,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05

CALIFoRNIA-The news from Cali
fornia is specially cheering to Republi-
cans. While among the rank and file of
the Republican party there is unusual
harmony and energy, the Democracy is
dissatisfied with its ticket, and is agitnted
by dissensions in various parts of the
State, most notably in San Francisco.
Added to this, the colored vote, number
ing between two and three thousand
votes, nearly or quite all of which can
be counted on as Republican, viii come
in for the first time The many abuses
perpetrated by the Democratic party
during its four years lease of power, has
alienated and driven from its ranks large
numbers, who will gladly aid in its defeat
at the coming election. In view of these
facts it is confidently believed that Call-
fornia will give the Republican ticket at
least 5000 majority. .~m..
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05

RE- Agents wanted IN every town ana ooen's
{ ON 'nis e0.s'' MfNER 4 PEARSON,
Albany, Oregon,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05

the ..NEw nERARrURE.-It would
seem that some of the leading Democrat
ic journals of the country can see moth
ing in the New Departure calculated to
build up or give strength to the party
but, on the contrary, they see in it sure
signs of ultimate and overwhelming
defeat. One of the most prominent
Democratic journals of Ohio, the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, sharply censures party
journals that so suddenly and eagerly
swallowed the Vallandigha,n platform
1t says:
1t would seem to be the extent of the
wisdom of some Democratic Journals and
Democratic politicians to have their party
platform come as near as possible to that
of the Republican without being the
same--almost alike as two peas, except
that the one may have in a black speck
made by fly or something else, while
the other has none. They do not seem
to comprehend that unless the party out
of power can present principles and
measures superior, and sharply antago-
nistic to those of the party in power, the
pCOptS p" iit HOe tcdN tuCtI SHIFTS " R0S
one out and the other in. If there is to
be little or no difference in measures and
policy OF the two parties, why turn the
country upside down merely to make q
change of persons The principles aud
measures of the two. parties should be
marked in their antagouism or their con-
tests become merely personal, in which
case very little enthusiasm can be count
ed on in a political contest. Disregard
ing this fact, there are Democrats who
seek to put out Of sight what is really and
distiEctively antagonistic to the princi-
pies and measures of the Republican
party, and yet as near to the platform of
the latter as is possible without overlap
ping it. We tell all such Democrats
that they are going to win by no such
policy. The Democratic party, to sue
ceed, must present principles and an ad-
ministrative policy different aud superior
to those of the party in power. We
think the line of demarcation is broad
and deep, but that does not seem to be
the case in the opinion of certain Demo
cratic journals and politicians, or if they
do think as we do, they want the line tt
Iappear as dim as possible. The Dem
ocracy never has conquered, and viii
never succeed by any such timid, fat
and weak policy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
Atmospheric Currents.

Atmospheric currents are common.
ly attributed to the combined effects
OF heat, and the rotation of the earth,
Air rises in the warmer latitudes, and
colder currents set in from the North
and South latitude to fill the gan.
But as these cold currents have par.
taken of a slower rate OF rotation than
prevails nearer the Equator, they are
too sluggish for the faster regions and
therefore the earth's surface Sims nm
der them, so as to give the impression
OF wind flowing from the East to the
West, very much on the principle of
the wind raised by fastgoing l0como.
tive. lfthis is true explanation of
the trade winds, it is somewhat dim
cult 10 understand how a ship can
make westing by them any more than
the locomotive can get blown back.
wards by the wind it raises. II is
now asserted that the heat of the
warm districts has very little TO do
with the atmospheric current, and
that there is dominant and primary
movement of the whole atmosphere
around the globe from West To East.
subordinate currents are produced by
local causes on the surface, but the
great westerly current prevails still in
the higher parts of the atmosphere
over these, and 1t Is the fundamental
movement to be recognized In all
study Of the wiuds. This Is very i'm
pOrtant iftrue. As no terrestrial cause
can Ike supposed for such u universal
OF the atmosphere, Il Is
referred u celestial Influences.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
4 Word to Mothers.

"Dcar mother" said q delicate lit
tie girl, 81 have broken your china
vase"
"Woll, you are Il naughty, careless,
Troublesome little thing-always in
some mischief; go up stairs and stay
in the closet till | send for YOU
And hiS was Christian mothers
answer TO the fearful little culprit,
who had struggled and conquered
the temptation to tell a falschood to
screen her faults. With u disap-
pointed, dishcartcncd look, the child
obcycd, and at that moment was
crushcdi in her little heart the sweet
flower Of truth, perhaps never again
in after years to be revived to life.
O, what were the loss Of thousand
vases in comparison!
'Tis true, an angel might shrink
from The responsibilities of q moth
cr. 1t does not need an angels pow
crs. The watch must never for an
instant DC let up; the scales of JUS
ticc must always be nicely balanced !;
llc hasty word that the ovcr-taskcd
spirit sends TO the lip, must die there
ere il is uttered. The timid and scn-
sitivc child must have q word of en-
couragcment in season, tho forward
and prcsuming, checked with gentle
lirmncss; there must be 10 dcccp-
ton, no evasion, no trickcry, for the
keen eye of childhood to mark, and
all this, when the exhausted frame
sinks with ccasclcss vigils, parhaps,
and the thousand petty Interruptions
and unlookedior annoyanceS ri cv-
cry hour, almost set at defiance any
at system. Still must that
mother wear an unruillcd brow, Hest
the smiling chcrub OH her knee catch
the angry frown; still must she "rulc
her own spirit" lest the boy 50 ap-
parcntly cngrosscd with his toys, re-
peat the next moment an impatient
word he has caught. For all these
duties, faithfully and conscicntiously
q mothers reward is i'm
secret and in silence. Even him OH
whose earthly breast she leans, is too
often unmindful of the noiselcss
strugglc-till too late, alas, lie learns
TO value the delicate hand that has
kept in untiring motion the thousand
springs Of his domestic happiness.
But-what, if in the task that de-
wolves on the mother, she utterly
fails? What if she be mother but in
name? What if she consider her
duty performed when her child is
fed, and warmed and clothed !?
What if the priceless soul be left to
chance training of hirelings! What
if she never teaches those little lips
to- lisp OUr Father! What if she
launch her child Oh lies stormy sea
without "A ruddcr, or compass or
chart? God forbid there be any
such mothers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
No Bones In the Ocean.

Mr.. jeffrey has established the fact
that bones disappear in The ocean.
BY dredgingit is common to bring up
teeth but rarely ever bone of any
kind; these, however compact, dis
solve If exposed to the action of the
water but a little time. On the con.
trary teeth--which are not bones any
more than whales are iish--resist the
destroying action of the sea-watcr in
definitely. 1t is, therefore, q power
ful solvent Still the popular opin-
ion is that 1t is q brine. If such
were the case, the bottom of the sea
would long ago have been Swallowed
by immense accumulatiOns of car
casses and products of the vegetable
kingdom constantly floating into
them.
Dentinc, the peculiar material Of
which teeth arc formed, and the
enamel covering them, offer extraor-
dinary resistance to those chemical
agencies which resolve other animal
remains into nothingncss. Mounds
in the West, tumuli in Europe and
Asia, which are believed to antedate
sacred history for thousands of years,
yield up perfectly sound teeth, on
which time seem; to have made no
impression whatever.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
SOUTHERN NEWS ITFMS.

Galveston, Texas, Is to have q Sl5,.
900 hotel.
The wheat crop Of North Georgia is
turning out badly.
Florida promises to become large
producer Of sugar.
Roasting ears plentiful at BRENNAN,
Texas on June 1st.
Peaches, In Middle Georgia, will be
very abundant this year.
There are seven hundred convlcts
in the Texas penitentiary.
The Virginia Tobacco Fair is to be
held this year at Petersburg.
Reputation will be main issue in
the next legislative election IN Mis-
slssippi.
The new Texas State law against
carrying deadly weapons will he rigid
ly enforced after the 10th Of this
month.
Cotton, rosin, rice and lumber, to
the value Of $277,732 S9, where ship
ped from Savannah, Ga, for foreign
ports last Wednesday.
Mrs. Long, who settled in Texas
with her husband, Gen. James Long,
In 1918, made q beautiful quilt with
her own hands and exhibited 1t at the
State fair.
Considering the decision that the
military court which condemed Yerger
was unconstitutional the idea intrudes
"what If he had been accidentally
hanged In pursuance Of the sentence?"
Criminals are 80 scarce at Galveston
that they have to double. OF ten
leading parts In the Criminal Court,
William Murray plays three and Ed
ward Ellard and Uriah Let's two
apieces.
A determined effort is heing made in
many Southern cities by the employ
es in stores to have the hours OF labor
shortened, so that they may have the
evenings for recreation or mental i'm.
prOvement.
The Columbus Enquirer has the fol-
lowing: "We hear that one Of the
Sabbath Schools OF Columbus Is talk
ing ofappointinga committee of young
gentlemen and ladies to raise children
for the Sabbath School"
Horace Greeley, writing from Tex
as estimates that are at least one hum
dred million acres Of fertile land in
that State, owned by men who for va
rious reasons are compelled to sell it,;
and that half the land in Texas is in
market at prices ranging from 80 cents
to 50 per acre.
Last Tuesday a Montgomery dray-
man was standing Oh his dray with
his back to the mule, when the mule,
as II scared, took asudden jump. The
drayman gol up, felt ofhis head, look
ed at the hole in the ground and re.
marked, "Dar, dat's twice you done
dat for me dis mornin'; git you, you
mind if don't. I'll scratch your back
you mind now"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
Tho Southern MOcking.Bird.

We copy as follows from the Souht
Carolina correspondence ofthc New
York World:
AS the strawberry forced in the
hot-house is to the sweet fruit matur-
ed in its season by the sun and air, so
is the mocking-bird that sings behind
wires to his glorious brother in the
South's wild. A man out Of his ap-
pointed sphere in this great universe
does little worthy OF the name of ac-
ton, and the song-bird of the New
World has only q weak, imprisoned
trill. 1t is when free, when he will
perch on some spray near yourdWcl-
ling, for ii isa mistake to suppose
he shuns man, that there comes Il
note so ravishing that you look to
sec where this soft silver clarion can
be. 1t is yon sober, gray fellow,
W h u stripe of white on his darkish
wing, almost as friendly with you as
robin red-brcast, and possessed
with voice you can back with a
heavy bet against any love-lorn, Old
World nightingale Of them all. That
feathcrcd Romeo may pipe to please
Juliet, but the wild mocking-bird is
the Caius Marius of song. "Cdno,
caao,""I sing, sing" he seems to
say, and in the note is something so
virilc and steady that it would hard
ly surprise if he gave lis the whole
Of it in resonant cpic--dr1na Utrun-
que cnno. And yet he can sit by the
chimney too. | remember one fcl-
low who had his annual housebuild-
ing on one gable, and there, while
the madame arranges the mansion,
my lord sits down close upon bis feet
at the EXTREMIST peak Of the roof
tree, and thus, outlined like speck
against The sky, pours out the whole
orchestra from his single heart. But
n few days since | heard i'm, and
trust no bars will ever prison him
from his favorite perch, his young
birds, and their dam.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
Great Earthquake In China.

Minister Lowe furnishes the State
Department at Washington with a
brief account ofa series of earthquake
es which prevailed for several days
at Bathang, in the province OF
Sczhucn, China. About the last OF
April there was q sudden and unac-
countablc rise Of waters in the dis
tl'ict of Bathang, which continued un-
til the llth, when the country for
nearly four hundred miles around
was convulsed by earthquakes. The
shocks were very severe, and contin-
ucd, with intcrmissions, for ten days,
when they became less frequent, and
finally ceased. The scenes which
cnsucd were horrible beyond des-
cription. During this time the earth
rocked and reelcd like q ship at sea
in q violent storm. Eight temples
were thrown down, 2,42l dwellings
were destroyed, and 2,20S persons
crushed by the falling walls. TO
add to these accumulated horrors
flames broke out among the ruins in
Bathang and ragged with uncontrolla-
bic fury during five days, consuming
everything within their reach, and
destroying the lives of hundreds who
were lying wounded and helpless
among the ruins of their homes.
Steep hills sunk out of sight, and in
their places naught is seen but yawn-
ing CULTS, while In other places the
earth upheavcd leaving hills many
feet in height. Many singular phcno-
mona attended this earthquake, the
full particulars of which will be anx-
iously watched for.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
The Best Society.

NO company. or good company"
was a motto given by distinguished
man to all young friends. 1T was a
motto he had always cndcavorcd to
follow as in his power, and il was a
very wise one The directions ofthc
Bible are many with regard te evil
company, and through it we are
taught to shun such society, lest we
geta snare to our souls.
Another man Of high position III
the world, made it a rule to associate
with high-mindcd, intelligent men,
rather than with fashionable idlers !;
and he had derived more intellectual
Improvement from them than all the
books he had ever read.
Sir Falwell Buxton often spoke Of
the great benefit he had derived from
his visits to the Gurney family.
Their words and example stimulated
him to make the most of his powers.
1T has given 4 color to my whole
life" he said. Speaking OF his sue
cess at the university, he remarked :
II can ascribc it to nothing but my
visits to this family, where | caught
the infection Of sclf-improvcmcnt."
Surely if your visits have such intlu-
cncc upon your character for life, it
should be q matter of serious impor-
tancc to us in what families we al
low ourselves to be intimate. Boys
and girls form attachments very cas-
lily, and often with little forcthought.
In this, as in ali things else,. you
should not fail to take advice of those
who are older and wiser, and never,
never choose for friend one against
whom you have been warned by
those who dearly love you.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
A Noble Wife.

A bankrupt mcrchan! returned
home one night and said to his wife.
MY dear, am ruined; every
thing VIC have is in the hands of the
sheriff.
After few moments of silence,
the wife looked calmly into his face
and said:
"Will the sheriff sell you?"
"Oh, no!'
"Will he sell mc?"
"Oh, no"
"Will he sell the children 7"
"Oh, no"
"rhen do not say we have lost
everything. All that is most valuable
remains to us--manhoOd, woman
hood, childhood. We have lost all
but the results of our skill and in
dustry. We can make another for
tune if our hearts and hands are left
u.s."
Can we wonder that, encouraged by
such wife, he is on the road to for
tune againf
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
Japanese House.

The Japanese have habits Of living
about as unlike ours as the inhabi-
tants Of the moon, ifthat satellite has
any living beings. Here is q sketch Of
q japanese house:
When the walls Of the house are
up il consists of but one large room,
which is then cut up by partitions,
which are nothing more than sliding
screens that close up into each other
in a fashion that admits Of ono apart
mcnt being divided into a dozen dis
tinct ones instantly. There arc no
chinncys attached to the houses, and
thGY contain no beds, chairs, or ta-
blcs.
The floors arc covered with Il Sc
lics OF clean bamboo mats or cush-
ions, each six feet by three, and nice
" bound with red or blue tape.
They arc stuffed with light wool
or moss, and are as soft and yielding
TO pressure as the heaviest Brussels
velvet.
These mats fit in with ordera as reg
uIHrly as the squares ofa checs-board,
and the whole floor is kept as clean
and is busted as often as the ma
hogony sidc-board in the house of
Il burgIcr. No neck Of dirt is ever
allowed TO rest upon the polished
surface Of the mating, and to step
upon il with Il pair of boots would be
a Greater insult than to make a foot
stool of1 seven hundred dollar pia-
no.
The family sit upon the mating all
day, with their legs bent under them,
in a shape that would give any for
cigncr incurablc paralysis in fifteen
minutes, and they sleep upon it all
ui0bt.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
A Hint TO Grumblers.

"What a noisy world this isv
croaked an old frog, as he squatted
OH the margin of the pool. "Do you
hear those geese, how they scream
and hiss? What do they do it torr
60, just to amusc Themselves" an
swered little field mouse.
"Presently we shall have the owls
hooting what is that for"
"lt's music they like the best"
said the mouse.
"And those grasshoppers, they
can't 20 home without grinding and
chipping; why do they do that"
90, they're so happy they can't
help it," said the mouse.
"You find excuses for all; | be-
licve you don't understand music, SO
you like the hidGous noises .
Well, friend, to bo honest with
you,,' said the mouse, 81 don't great
ly admire any of them; but they are
all sweet to my ears, compared with
the constant crOaking of a frog"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-29
SUNDRIES,

Laura Fair is to hang July IS, hav.
ing been denied new trial.
The capital invested in vessels on
the Mississippi river and in the cargoes
they are constantly carrying is esti-
mated at 81 100000, 900.
Tho Governor of Texas has order ed
an election Of congressman and to
fill vacancies in the legislature, elec-
ton to commence October Sd and con-
tinue four days.
Over eight thousand head of cattle
crossed the Brazos at Waco, Texas,
during the week ending June 7, bring.
ing into the treasury of the bridge
company nearly $500.
John Robinson's circus is being adj
vertised now by a story that some
Kansas Indians stole his elephant.
The cheerful old pacbyderm was res
cued before the savages had secured
his scalp.
Butterflies have been found flying
at sea, 800 miles from land. Their
buoyancy ls great, and the muscular
effort of flying must be small, while
the wind drives them forward rapidly
over great distances.
The Internal Revenue Commission.
er has decided to reduce the number
of assistant assessors to fourteen hum
dred, being one thousand less, at the
end of the fiscal year, July l, than at
the commencement last year.
Mrs. Bella French lectured In a
Western town not long ago on "Cor-
sets, Tobacco, and Whiskey.n A
correspondent Of the Chatfield (Ohlo)
Democrat says: "Her lecture has had
telling influence on our in inhabit-
ants. Every man in our village has
left Oft wearing corsets, and most of
the women have quit chewing tobacco
and drinking whiskey."
Soon after the death of the poet
Wordsworth, man met a farmer of
the neighbOrhOod, and said to him,
"lou have had great loss. "What
lossE Why, you have lost the great
poet" "Oh, ay" said the farmer,
" he's dead; but all hev no doubt
twifc will carry VII t'business, and
make it as profitable ivvir it was"