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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-12

The ACCURATE Boy There
was q young man once in the office
of q western railway, superintelr
dent. lie was occupying a posi-
ton that four hundred boys in that
city would have wished to get, 1t
was honorable AID it "paid we'll"
besides being on a line of promo
ton. How did he get it? Not by
having a rich father, for he was the
son Of q laborer. The secret was
his beautiful accuracy. He began
as an crrand boy, and did his work
accurately. His leisure time he
used in perfecting lis writing and
arithmetic. After awhile he learn
ed to telegraph. At each step his
employer commended his accuracy,
and relied on what lie did because
he was just right. And it is thus
with every occupation. Tie accu-
rate boy is the favored one. Those
who employ men do not wish to be
on the lookout, as though they
were rogues or fools. Ifa carpenter
must stand at his journcyman's el-
how, to be sure that bis work is
right, Or il a cashier must run over
his book-keeper's column, lie might
as well do the work himself as to
another to do it in that
way; and it is very certain that the
will get rid Of such an in
accurate workman as soon as he
can,--Pesident Iuttlc.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-12
A Nigh. ON vesuvlus.

The Louisville Journal has a
Naples correspondent who writes:
| spent the night with some friends !
on the top Of Vcsuvius, freezing on
one side and boiling on the other. 4
We kept ourselves awake by the
amusement of dolging the falling
stones. About once in ten minutes
the old mountain gave a quiSer,
then burst like forty Thousand mut-
fled cannons, fever there was such |
a thing. At each burst cloud Of
black smoke, in the shape Of an in-
verted haystack, and thirteen times
the size Of the Gait House, was
driven into the air, followed by a
vivid flame and alighted the coun-
try for leagues around. Then look
out for stones; millions Of tons are
thrown huudreds Of feet high into
the air, most Of them falling back
into the crater, but many, varying
in size from q pigeons egg to a to-
bacco hogshead, land outside, and
you must dodge; generally easy
enough, as they are Of q white heat,
and show plain as rocket-star.
They tumble down the deep cone,
Kissing aud steamlng in the SHOW
the big ones breaking into frag-
ments and flying like a bursting
she'll. Now is the time-ten mill
utes interval. We rush upto the
very edge of the abyss and look
down; for particulars see Dante's
"Tntemo;" but you will spoil your
boots; | did. You singe your mus
tache; / did. And you wish you
were safely out Of it; | did. You
turn away, sneezing as if You had
accidentally iguited a box Of loco
tocos under your nose; for a mo-
ment all is dark; then the long
twinkling rows of gas lamps in the
streets Of Naples seem to spring out
of the ground under your tce,,
though miles away; then you see
the lights in the little towns above
the base Of themountains, in llsave
one, and that one the largest. Pom
peii-with its great old temple,
magnificent theaters, close-bullt
streets, and vast arena, is dark !;
the grim skeletons lying in their
ashen beds alone keep their yigils
there their eyeless sockets need no
sight. No sight that | ever wit
messed can equal a Gear sunrise
from esuyius. No ole can mag
inc its grandeur; but you must try
to, for dare net attempta descrip'
tion. As we stood gazing down o
the rootiess houses Of Pompeii, tht
sun lighting its gay-colored wall
Tore del Greco, with its earth
quake-shaken wa'ls-I said: :"
am glad of it." Says one OF the par
ty, "lt'sawful shabby don't thiul
it pays" That young man wa
from Henry county, Indiana. Witt
J pretty geaeral destruction otboot
, and clothing, and tie aforesaid los
Of one of the haudsmest mustache
in Naples by yorr humble servant
! we got down safely. Not SO witt
another party who ascended tron
+ tie Nola side. One Of them hat
e an arm broken BY falling stone
another broke leg, in gettin!
! down.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-12

"'Tis but a little faded fower,r
sung the boarder at a cheap hotel as
he munched a thin biscuit.
An Industrious and virtuous educa-
ton Of children il q better inheritance
for them than a great estate.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-12

Total. /. II, ,2IJ ll,5SS 1s,l63 R,3l7 1,so9 1868
Majorities 3i3 SB
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

A COMPANY POSED. - Archbishop
Whately always enjoyed a good joke, and
not untrequently propounded riddles to
companies at his own house or elsewhere,
which none of them could answer. The
following is a good specimen "A few
years ago there was dinner party given
in the city of Dublin by an eminent digni-
nitary of the church, famed for learning
and eccentricity; and in the course OF
the evening, during the '' feast of reason
and the flow of SOUL" the host proposed
the following strange conundrum Why
do white sheep eat more than black
ones2" Taken aback at once by the
strange simplicity of the question, which,
on account of the well known ability of
the interrogation, was supposed to involve
most intricate maze of solution, not one
of the noble, learned and accomplished
guests could give an answer. They were
fairly nonplrssed Said the archbishop,
I" Do you give it up2 Do You give it up,
Miss Lind?" for the world famed and ac-
complished cantatrlce was pres nt.) "Do
you give it up, my Lord Chief Justice ?
Do you siye 1t up, Mr.. Vice-Provest2
What! all give it up2 Well, then, it is
because there are more of them ~
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

A DARING FEAT.-A very daring feat
was performed few days since on Look
out Mountain, by young lady from
Nashville. 1t is customary for all stran-
ers visiting the height to have their
photographs taken at the gallery situated
on the "point," or extreme verge of the
mountain, overlooking the Tennessee
River. Timid persons are generally con-
tent with position ranging at from three
to four feet from the edge of the preci-
pice, which juts out above the trees
several hundred feet below. The young
lady in question was not satisfied with
the common custom, but with the assis-
tance of the photographer and friend,
climbed over the verge and stood on the
projecting fragment Of rock only six
inches square, within a few feet of the
top of the bluff, and looked calmy down
from the giddy height until her picture
was taken. One jestle or misstep, and
she would have gone down through the
tree tops and into the valley below. No
other lady has ever attempted the feat,
and we suppose never will.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05
Remarkable Adventure.

Our citizens will remember how the
showers came in frequent succession few
evenings ago, pouring torrents while they
lasted, but stopping after a brief pour.
Well. there were, at eight o'clock on that
evening, seven men at the point i'll Syca'
more, and Abigail str eets to which is COM
pleted the great sewer which is really an
uptown extension of the big Eggleston
avenue sewer. Their business is to clean
the open end of that sewer, 30 as to pre-
vent delay to workmen engaged in con-
structing it up Sycamore street. 1t had
occurred to them that by stirring the sedi-
ment at the bottom of the sewer the wa
ter from the showers would wash it away,
and their work would, in this way be
greatly expedited. After long cessation
in the rain, they went into the sewer
some distance, and continued their work.
While so engaged, one OF those heavy,
sudden showers which characterized the
evening came up and poured down its
tremendous streams. The first warning
they had of their peril was sudden rush
of water upon them, carrying the whole
party off their feet. The four men near
est the mouth of the sewer escaped with
difficulty, battling up stream against
powerful current, the other three were
carried down toward the river by the
gallopirg tide of defled waters. Two OF
them caught at lnan-hole near the canal
and succeeded in making themselves heard
by their tour fortunate companions who
had escaped. They were drawn up to
the solid ground by these. But John
Clark, one of their companions, was not
so fortunate. He continued to travel
down to Court street, where he made a
short turn and thence proceeded before
the every moment increasing volume OF
waters to Eggleston avenue@sewer, where
ne maze turn W Iue iiSuI, "hohOo ~
was a straight road to the river. Mr..
Clark tells the story himself He says he
proceeded down in the darkness, his back
to the press of waters and his face to their
current. AS he could not stand up, he
put himself as nearly as possible in sit
ting position, and went down the stream
very much as boy slides down hill on
sled, only Mr.. Clark had no sled. Com
ing to the mouth of the sewer, where its
waters discharge into the Ohio river, he
cried for help. Mr.. Lewis, who lives in
tenement wharf boat at that point, and
who hires rowboats to parties, heard his
cries, came to his relief, and saved him.
Mr.. Clark, exhibited badly torn pair Of
pants, and a pretty roughly bruised body,
Cincinnati Gazette.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

How He SETTLED IT.-A French justice
of the peace recently disposed of case
brought before him by a skilful and anus
ing application of Solonon's famous judg-
ment. In village near Bayonne lives
one Colin, who owned very fine calf,
lust arrived at that interesting age when
he could advantageously sell it. One
morning he missed his calf, and, after
anxiously searching for it everywhere,
found it in possession of butcher named
Matthew, who was conveying his pet to
the slaughter-house. Colin demanded
his property. Matthew insisted that the
calf belonged to him, and after long and
useless wrangle the matter was brought
before the justice of the peace. This
functionary was puzzled by the counter
statements of the men-each one claimed
that the calf was his, and that he owned
the mother which sucked it-but sud,
denly thought Of method or setting the
question beyond dispute. "This calf,
said he, "cannot belong to both Of you,
and most certainly it cannot have two
mothers. Let both the cows be brought
here that you say have sucked this little
animal" The order was obeyed. No
sooner were the COWS brought than one
rushed believing towards the calf and the
calf towards her, while the other COW
stood looking upon this little family scene
with the most stolid Indifference. Mr..
Colin, of course, needed no further testi-
mony. Mr. Matthew was nonplussed, and
has besides to appear in another court to
prove how he came in possession of the
calf.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

TICKETS. BY and-by We shall come to
understand what the contract is which is
made between a railroad company and an
individual by the purchase of ticket.
The courts in some of the States have de-
termined that ticket sold for certain
distance on any line is good for six years.
\ Boston court recently went little fur
ther, and decided that ticket sold to a
man to take him from New Haven to
New York will also take him in the oppo-
site direction from New York to New
Haven, and a man who was put off train
because he insisted on having ride when
he had paid for one has obtained ver-
dict for 5000.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05
Reeroof.

When children, needless in their eager play,
Seem casting half their innocence away
In some coarse word or deed that makes US
start,
Waking painful wQpder in the heart
We, ripe and righteous, blame the little ones
Then qnick to God, poor, trembling Conscience
runs,
For while our sternness brings an instant hush,
The cheek is kindiing with guilty blush.
The older heart remembers its dark room
Wherein it would not have the children come !;
Where, when they sleep, the worldly-wise steal
in,
Exchanging thoughts that have to do with SIM
And then 1t scorns this place that breads sur
prise,
And would ike children live without disguise,
Longing to have the secret soul become
Choice as the eve and ear that guard the home
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

A TERRIBLE REPRIsAL.-The murders
of the Mexican Gen. Inclan, and of his
aide .de-camp, whose name | forget, by
the Spaniards, says letter frem Cuba,
has been partially balanced by Gen. Agra.
monte He had captured seven Spanish
officers, among them very distinguished
Colonel, and held them prisoners in his
camp. AS soon as the authorities in
Puerto Principe heard OF their capture,
the Government Secretary and other
officer repaired under flag OF truce to
Agrammonte's camp. He received them
Hospitality, listened to their petition, In
formed them that he then held seven
Spanish officers prisoners; that it was not
his custom to shoot prisoners, and that he
was willing to parole them on one condi-
ton. That condition was that Gen In
clan and his aide de-camp be liberated.
To Gen. Agramonte's astonishment. the
Spanish Commissioners then Informed him
that they regretted that it was ont Of
their power to comply with that one con-
ditlon, because the patriot prisoners had
already been shot. Gen. Agramonte then
invited the Commissioners to breakfast,
and gave orders to his chief Of staff to
have all the prisoners shot ut once. When
the firing was heard, Gen. Agramonte
turned to his guests and regretted that
he could not comply with their wishes,
because the Spanish officers were already
shot.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

THE PRINTER's EsTATE.-We find the
following remarks, which all printers and
publishers will agree in calling sensible,
in an exchange, and commend them to the
attention of the reader. They will apply
to all localities in which newspapers cir
culate: The printers dollars-where are
lhey9 A dollar here and dollar there
scattered over the numerous small towns,
all over the country, miles and miles apart;
how shall they be gathered together
The paper-maker, the journeyman-com com
positor, the building-owner, the grocer
the tailor, and all assistants to him in car
rying on his business have their demands,
hardly ever 80 small as single dollar.
But the mites from here and there must
be diligently gathered and patiently hoard
ed. or the wherewith to discharge the liza
bilities will never become sufficiently
bulky. We imagine the printer will have
to get mp an address to his widely scat
tered dollars something like the follow
ing: Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and
all manner of fractions into which you are
divided, collect yourselves and come home.
You arc wanted. Combinations of all
sorts of men that help to make the prin-
ter q proprietor gather in such force and
demand with such good reasons your ap-
pearance at this counter, that nothing
short of you will please them. Collect
yourselves, for valuable as you are you
will never pay the cost of collecting.
Come here in single file, that the printer
may form you in battalion, and send you
forth again to battle for him and vindicate
his feeble credit. Reader, are you sure
You haven't a couple of the printers dol
lars sticking about your clothes2 If you
have, order them home Immediately.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

THE CENsUs.-The United States Census
is working on its mass of figures, which
were collected in 1870, and the tables of
occupations are now in shape. The num-
Der of people in the States ten years old
and over is 2S,22s,23s. OF these 1922
All are engaged in agriculture. There
ere 2,O53 actors, Q 94s artists, 4S5 authors
and lectures, 1854 clergymen, 26,394
hotel keepers, 4o,7s6 lawyers, 6,5l9 pro-
fessional musicians s., ,4s3 physicians and
surgeons, l26, 1922 teachers, 6,2s6 journal
lists.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05
{ $500 PER ANNUM.
/ Single Copy 3 Cents.
Brevitles.

Garnet iewelry is becoming very fash
ionable.
Lucca collars, cuffs, ,handkerchiefs, ETC.,
are now the rage.
One fash of lightning killed 80 sheep
at Barnwell, s. c., lately.
A Baltimore woman has been arrested
for being common scold." Keep 1t
up. ra=
The Florida Indians bring in for sale
wild honey in deer skin, Just the shape
of the animal.
The way they muzzle dogs in most OF
the Western towns is by placing the
muzzle behind the ear and pulling the
trigger.
Our sage says it is with bachelors as
with old wood--it is hard to get them
started, but when they do take flame
they burn prodigiously.
The farmers of Minnesota are securing
their crops in excellent shape, and will
have not less than 10000, 900 bushels OF
surplus wheat to put in the market.
The eannual value OF iron manufactured
in the United States is 5000, 600, 900, and
the wages Of labor engaged npon it ex-
ceed $500, 100000. The number OF work
men employed is $4,000.
Mr.. Smith is fond of making quota
tons but he gets things mixed some
times, as for instance: I
80, woman, in our hours Of ease.
Uncertain. coy, and hard to please
"But, seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace
English servants are tempted to steal
by the circulation of handbills thrown
into the areas giving the place OF bust
ness of purchasers of sold silverware," j"
accompanied by the information, in large
type, that all purchases are melted down
on the premises.
Two editors in Russia have been fined
and imprisoned, merely because they
made some allusion, in their papers, to
the report that the Grand Duke was
secretly married while he sojourned in
America. It must be pleasant thing
to edit newspaper in Russia.
Somebody having applied to an editor
for a method by which he might cure
his daughter of her partiality for young
gentlemen, is kindly informed that there
are several methods of reform. The
best are to put her in we'll and drop
few loads Of gravel on her head, or to
bind her ankles to an anvil and upset
her out of boat.
W. q. Eaton. of England, states that
last January he found on Eighteen-Mile
Island, Fitzrov River, an alligator's nest,
containing 67 eggs. On reaching Fog
land two of these eggs were placed under
setting hen, and when Mr.. Easton
visited the nest in March he found the
two young alligatols had broken their
shells and were doing well.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

Az EXCITING SCENE.-A letter from
Red, Bird small town in Monroe County,
ILL.,, gives thrilling account of the es-
cape from its keepers of the rhinoceros
belonging to menagerie and circus on
the occasion of its being brought into the
ring for the first time. The Snowman
had prepared the animal for the exhiti-
tion in the ring by attaching to ring in
its nose two strong wire ropes, and twen-
tv-four men were deemed sufficient to
control the beast, which submitted quietly
to being led from the cage, but on enter
ing the arena suddenly threw up its head,
and, plunging madly to the right and left,
broke loose from the men and dashed
forward through the tents. Its first vic
tim was John Gillem, a canvas-man, who
was knocked down, and the beast tramp
ing upon his breast, he was killed in
stantly. 1t next ran its nose against
Martin Ready, another canvass-man,
striking him in the stomach and ripping
out his bowels, killing him. ltnext made
dash in the direction of the seats. which
by this time were cleared by the trighten-
ed spectators, and knocked down nearly
all of the seats on one side of the tent,
dislocating the shoulder OF one OF the
employees, and breaking the arm OF spec
tator. 1t then ran into the managers $
tent and upset Mr.. Forepaugh's den of
performing animals, after which it struck
the center pole with its head, bringing 1t
down with crash upon the cages of the
tiger and leopard, but not breaking them
so as TO allow the animals to escape
Dashing into the museum tent it smashed
all the curiositles, stampeding all the peo-
pie in the vicinity, and rushed out
through the side of the canvas into the
street, finally bringing up in vacant
house, the door of which stood open, and
here the men succeeded in capturing the
animal and getting it into a cage. The
damage to the show was about $3, 900.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05

SHAKERs.-The Shaker settlement at
Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New
York, is unlike any ordinary village. 1t
has no store, shop, lawyers office, nor
druggists laboratory. The four colonies
into which the settlement is divided live
nearly mile from each other. The bull
dings are commodious, comfortable, and
scrupulously neat. No attempt is made
at architectural display; yet the Shakers
evidently love the beautiful, and vii! com
bine it, if possible, with the useful. Each
colony has an Office for the transaction OF
public business, and leader who has
power to manage the affairs Of the socie-
ty. The Shakers here have amassed con
siderable wealth, yet no one claims any
thing as his own. All things are possess
ed in common.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-05
The Farmers Progress.

agricultural produce, as shown by the cen
sus report, is something enormous.
Wine has increased fourteen fold since
1850, and nearly doubled in the last de-
cade, California being its chief producer.
Hops have increased seven fold In the
same time, and more than doubled in the
last ten years, New York growing two
thirds of the whole crop.
Barley has increased six fold.
Flax six fold, and faxseed trebled.
Wheat trebled and oats doubled.
Irish Potatoes have only increased one
third, and sweet decreased one-half.
Live stock have trebled in value, and
now amounts to the handsome total of
one thousand five hundred and twenty
five millions of dollars, or an average of
nearly two hundred dollars for every
family in the nation.
Animals slaughtered have nearly quad
TuplSO III NdluO, hO" oIiouhOihS w ANoi
hundred millions of dollars annually.
Wool has increased from sixty to one
hundred millions of pounds.
Cotton is half million of bales above
what it was in 1850, and three ffths of
its amount in 1860.
In only one instance is there decrease
of an important product, and that is in
Indian corn, which falls short of the
amount reported in 1860 by seventy eight
millions of bushels, or ten per cent. of
the whole.
In some of the lesser products, how
ever, the downcome is considerable. Silk
cocoons are only a third of their former
amount, hemp sixth, peas and beans and
rice about third each. Buckwheat has
decreased from seventeen millions of bus
hels to nine, and rye from twenty-one
millions of bushels to sixteen.
The farms themselves as may be ex-
pected from this great increase of pro-
duct, have risen in value from three to
nine thousand millions of dollars, while
farming implements, valued in 1850 at
S151, ,5s7, ,63S, now foot up 1896, 1878, 429,
an annual increase of nine millions of dol
lars. Few minds can form even the re-
motest conception of what these numbers
imply. The value of the farms in dollar
bills would take an expert accountant,
capable of getting over one hundred a
minute, five hundred years to count them,
or if Communists and Internationals had
their way, and their value was divided
equally among the whole people, it would
afford 81 900 to each family, in addition
to the million or two which wonld be
sure to stick to the hands Of the dividers.
The farms have considerably increased
in number, but diminished in size, from
199 to 153 acres, being on an average
fifty acres each less than in 1850. This
decrease extends to every state in the
Union save four: Arkansas, Massachus
setts, New Hampshire and New Mexico.
Of the present number of farms (2,659,-
4S5) 6,s75 are under three acres. Those
with more than 10 acres and less than 500,
have increased, those with less than ten
acres decreased in number, one-sixth of
the whole are over 100 acres and under
500, but the largest numbe: (S4T6l4)
contain between 20 and so acres.-N Y.
Post.