The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-02

iast quotltiail from Allen county, In
diana.
Wilowers seldom die otgrief. How
ever crushed they may be, If you only
let them alone they win generally re-
wiye.
Why IS a carpenters wife an unhap-
py woman? Because her husband Is
ALWAYS jawin' 'er.
4 negro girl in Selma. Alabama,
Skips ropes with pail of water
on lier head, without spillinga drop.
The immense height Of woman's
coilITe in the present fashion places
her face as it were in the midst of
herself.
The illustrious planet Venus Is now
visible In the wee sma' hours, and 4
great many young couples plan 1t to
| set up to see her.
| You don't think 50 highly Of the
hymcieal knot as do, said d wife to
her husband. Yes do. y he replied:
lit Il only when YOU wish to make It a
'tlomlae beaa knot that | object to 1t,
A gentleman who recently married,
gave his bride a. = present on her we'd
ding day. instead of.thes Evolutionary
diamond earrings, a sewing naclline.i
A lady who was very anxious tlat'
her .fHice, young student Iii college,
should creditahly pass llis examiiIa-
ton. had masses said In church daily
for his success.
"Why," asked a disconsolate widow,
SIS venison like my late and never snf-
ticiently- to- be- lamentcd husband 2"
"Beeause--oll dear oh dear.-it's
dear Departed
"Alisfortunes never come single" +"
And so, like birds of a feather,
The marriages and the deaths
Are always printed together.
A yonng lady Oh her way to be mar
ried, was run over and killed. An cl-
DERBY single lady savagely remarked.
''sle has escaped a more lingering and
horrible destiny"
A pretty, rich young widow was re-
garling herself lately at a mirror in
her chamber, Willie for the first time
trying on her widows cap. "Belold, !"
she exclaimed, ''tle real cap of lib
erty."
A crtlsty old bachelor in Congress
proposes to levy tax Of 25 per cent.
on c0rsets, whereupon down east pa
per remarks: ''Since there is no tax
on men getting tight, why should not
the ladies have the same privilege ?"
Tile New York Ereatag Post tells
us that ''old sailors are never so much
at sea as when they are on shore" In
this they are somewhat like hen-pecked
husbands, who are never so much at
home as when they are abroad.
A lady correspondent, in aletter rel
ative to woman suffrage, takes this
delicate view OF one branch of the sub
ject: MANY women who would glad
" help this movement are bound close
lyby notwithstanding cases from any
public part il fitted for it, NJ
sYou are beautiful and adore you,''
said a gentleman to the belle Of the
evening. "For my part. hate you,
and think you are frightfnl,n she re-
torted. II believe yon, yon frank girl.
You do not tell polite falsehoods like
me-"
1t is common to speak Of those whom
a flirt has Tilted as her victims. This
is grave error. Her real victim Is
the man she accepts. A happy smile
runs thus: "A eoquette is rose from
which every lover plucks "a leaf-the
thorn remains for her future husband" "
The latest style of ornaments for the
hair are made of silver filagree work,
in the shape of butterflies and beetles,
with diamond eyes and wings studded
with small diamonds. They are fast
ened to a silver band by q wire, and
vibrate and glisten with every move
meDt of the wearer's head.
Decidedly the cleyerest matron in |
all Europe is the wife of the present !
King of Denmark. Just consider the
fine matches" she has managed to
obtain for her children. One daughter
is the future Empress of Russia, the
other the future Queen Of England.
One of her sons is the King Of the
Greeks and now the son-in-law of
Car.
Uncle Sam has l,400, 100000 ofland
for sale after his donations, for the
benefit of railroads, schools, colleges,
etc.
Avid goose was shot at Cedar Lake,
in the body of which the head of an In
dian arrow was found, just back and
under the wings. the ends projecting
on either side. The arrowhead Is Of
bone, six and a half inches in length.
The wound caused by the arrowhead
had entirely healed, and 1t was firmly
imbedded In the goose.
The aggregate value OF the church
property ofNew York City u stated
at S2O0,00O,0O0. The Trinity cOrpol-
alton alone is put down at $50, ,000,-
600.
A consignment of, 900 salted Kan
gaOo skins was lately received in san
Francisco from Australia, and are to
be made into leather at the Oakland
tannery. The skin Of the Kangaroo
is quite thin, but exceedingly tough,
and when tanned into leather is very
pliable and soft, wearing a long time
without cracking, and turning water
better than calf-skin.
In recent report issued by the Ga-
ae.te of India the startling statement is
made that the aggregate number OF :
deaths by wild beasts throughout the
provinces of Madras, Bombay, Bengal,
the Northwestern provinces, Punjaub. $
Dude, Central provinces, Courg, HUI !
dembad and British Burmah, for three
wears, amounts to l2,5I. The deaths
from srakebites over the same area