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AMERICAN WoMEN.-Another reason of
the delioacy of our women is the far great
Ell style affected by all classes in dress, and
the wearing of corsets during early youth.
Naturally, if one has attained full and
fine physical development, tight corsets,
heavy Skirts close fitting boots and weighty
chignons cannot injure to the same extent
as when these appliances are put upon the
soft and yielding muscles of a young and
growing girl. The noble ladies of Eng
land exercise many hours daily in the open
air. They do notdisdain to don calfskin
shoes and colored petticoats, in which to
perform this duty. This of course would not
alone make them as healthy as they are, were
not their constitutions strengthened by
propsr physical education before they are
eighteen years of age, but it sutfices to re-
tain them in a good degree of health. Our
fair Americans, early in the day, attire
themselves in charming costumes, with
white skirts, and then they are averse to
soiling these by exercise and the least damp
ness deters them from promenade. Amer.
lean ladies think far more of dress and
fashion, and spend more money and time
on their toilets, than any women in Europe
not even excepting the French, from whom
all our fashions come.
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NOT MATEp.-Seme families seem born to
ill luck-or good luck. The following tells
of the experience of family of girls in
Maine:
Four girls of Augusta were marrid at the
same time and place about year ago.
One of them left her husband three weeks
after marriage. Her excuse was that he
insisted that she should wash herself at
least once week. The second got d.
vorce from her husband two months after
marriage because he called his mother-in
law i'd old meddling nuisance The
third has separated from her husband be-
cause he eats raw onions. And the fourth
has applied for a divorce because her hus.
band makes her go to bed first. and then
gets into bed with cold feet and warns
them on her calves. The chances in Maine
for married happiness is not brilliant.
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almost day and night, the following sub
jects in a prediluvian style:
1. The Plague of Darkness.
9. Saint Lawrence on the Gridiron.

.jects in prediluvian style:
I 1. The Plague of Darkness.
/ 2. Saint Lawrence on the Gridron.
8. Chaos.
1t need hardly be said that, do what he
could, not one of these three great works
found purchaser. Not only so, but his
seclusion lost him all his acquaintance,
except one or two men as hard up, or al
most as hard up, as himself. 1t was a
pity. The man had something in him, and
he was doing his best; but he had mistak-
en- his vocation terribly. He at last be-
came sort Of Bernard de Palsy, with
out the divine spark that made the mad
ness of the great potter higher wisdom.
AS for Felicia, while he thought she was
attending to his own wardrobe, she was
very often engaged with those of other
people. 1t is easier to find employment
for the needle than for the brush; and if
she had only been girl of sense, instead
of wearing her fingers to the bone to OBJ
tain dry crusts, she would have made her
husband also throw down the brush alto
gether, even if he had to exchange it for
the broom. But then she was not girl
of sense; SO she came out strong in her
own way, encouraging him when he was
Respondent, giving rest when he was
weary, and, SO far from giving even SO
much as a passing regret to the tlesh-pots
or to the stalled OK of Russell Square, rest
ing content with her mama and with her
dinner of herbs.
This was their rate of living, reckoning
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"A petrified frog in the Greeley (Colora-
do Geological Cabinet was shattered
with Ratchet by some wanton boys the
other day, and, wonderful to relate, an old
Aztec coin dropped out. The date cannot
be deciphered, but the figure of a head is
plainly visible.
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TOBACCO AND LIQUOR. countrymen
spend more money for the luxures, than
for the necessities of life. 1t is no wonder
that many people are poor when their hard
earnings are wasted on indulgences which
do harm instead of good. Bread is the
great staple of food, and $500, 1000, 900 were
spent last year for flour to feed our people.
But the tobacco sold in tho country for
chewing, smoking and stuff, cost $3.50, 900,
600, about $500 for every man, woman and
child in the United States. This is bad
enough, but the cost ofinto1icating liquors
were much higher. DIR. Edward Young at
the head of the Bureau of Statistics in
Washington, estimates the amount paid
for liquor consumed in 1870, at 5000, 900,
600, averaging nearly SEQ for every man,
woman and child, A large amount of thi
is used in poor families, and reduces to
want and wretchedness. If the young peo-
pie of the land would refuse to touch tobac.
CO or liquor, this fearful extravaganza
| would soon cease, and the wealth of the
country would increase with marvellous
rapidity. But it is on the increase.
A KISS IN THE DARK.-Young ladies
should be careful about who they kiss
particularly in the dark.
A Vallejo young lady, about to 60 off in
the cars, stepped into the dark sitting room
of the depot to kiss her friend Sarah good
by. Owing to the darkness she didn't SET
| Sarah, but carOmed on Chinaman, ant
didn't find out the mistake until John be
gan yelling:
"Whatee for you so chokce me! Hi yah
No squeeze so mucheef'
One yell, Hopping of feminine garments
a slammed door, and the girl was gone.
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economical hands. Not only were small
pleasures too often preferred to absolute
necessities but not a few of the few sover-
themselves in aiding old Mrs. Levi to fight
the battle of life little longer; indeed,
some of them even secretly found their way
into the hands of her son. Arthur had
told Felicia their miserable story, and the
| latter could not rest until she had paid a
visit to the mother, and had sent anony-
mously to the son more than the donors
could spare. There was not, in short, a
single prudential maxim that was not set
at defiance by this extravaganza pair, from
GA bird in the hand " to Charity begins
at home" They insisted on preferrng
the two birds in the bush and on being
kind to others to such an extent as to be
unkind to themselves. Meanwhile it need
not be said that, in proportion to the growth
of the great picture that was to set every
thing to rights the sovereigns got fewer
and fewer, until at last, had Felicia been
the lady of some Eliot or Armstrong of the
good old Border days, she would have
served him up pair of spurs for his break,
fast as delicate way of putting it that, il
he wanted his breakfast at all he must
either use or eat them.
On the first of these occasions, however
they both breakfasted and dined upon g
ring of little value belonging to Arthur
on the second, on a pair of earrings be
longing to Felicia. But as it must yet bt
a long time before the picture could be
exhibited, and as the united stock of pawn
able articles was SMALL something decisive
must be done to keep the pot boiling til
the Exhibition of the Royal Academy
should open in May. So he painted, in al
incredibly short space of time, working
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-08

TIE Albany REGISTER seems 70
think that si,ce DIR. Chapman's
apostasy the Democratic party "has
no head" With a sutficieIUy Of
body and soul, neighbor, and the
hends that will appear around the
polls on the 18th Of October with
Democratic tickets in their hands,
ethink wecanget along.-Al6any
Democrat
A wonderful exhibition il then
totranspire next October. ''Heads"
are to "aplear around the polls
with Democratic tickets in their
hdnds?" Horrible! Heads with
hands on--d'efall What will they
be made Of, neighbor, wood, metal,
or genuine mutton9 And the shape
will they be square, round, or
will they be modelled after the head
Of some congenial animal the
historic qaa'lmpe'l with long ears.
for iustaaCeP No matter what shape
those heads may appear in, You
will not frighteu Republicans, for
they are used to your "dead heads"
and know how to render them
J "dead beat"
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EXPOSED.

Our neighbor Of The Democrat,
in his effort 10 excuse himself from
the charge oftrying ito send the
farmers 10 the rear" HOW that 0
member If Congress is to elect. says
he t,ased bis .prediction upon the
intelligence and good judgment Of
the farmers" Ifthat Journal had
not heen apprehensive that the
farmers would attempt to bring out
Q candidate, what did il say any
thing about it for? Why does il
use language which is susceptible Of
no other Interpretation than that Of
an effort to discourage the farmers
fnm such undertaking, telling them
that il would "defeat the object
which they are striving to accom-
plish," il it were l0t afraid? It
il believes the farmers to be the
men Of intelligence aid good jndg.
ment,'' which it talks, why don't
it leave them to oct for themselves,
without volunteering its advice?
The fact is, that Journal seems to
have been ~ apprei'ensive lest the
farmers should attempt to bring ont
q candidate for C'mgress-which
would interfere with Democratic
pl.ns--itat ii It's anxiety il forgot
to practice it, usual prudence. IN
its haste to prevent it, off fell it,
mask which it wears fnr farmers,
and nut came its real face OF selfish
! nnxxe 4
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". Fit sets itselfup as . critic to
point o',t and Condemn the errors
it sees III Others, its assumption is
at mce seen, and all its vorls react
up,n itself Every Intelligent Oh
server can zee, that like Duke
Chartres, il isu't regard it l'ss for
character that prompts its words,
but desire for profit; and hence
they turn away from it in disgust.
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EASTERN NEWS.

The New York World, on the
2d. had a double loaded editorial
OIL the Democratic party and its al.
lies. The article begills thus: "'The
natural allies Of the Democratic
party at the present time are two,
more or less ilnperectly organized
h,dies Of citizens, namely, the Lib
eral Republicans and FarmenS'
Oranges The true thing to do il
20 encourage other organizations,
but res,lutely to maintain IDEAS Of
wlitical doctrine, for unless DemoC-
racy can lie again made a living
conviction in the public mind, the
reforms Of government will never be
made more than skin deep.
Frederick Monks, q young Ger
MAJ, If New York, who ran away
with his uncle'R wife, on being dis.
covered by his ulcle in his hiding
place, 40 Ludlow street, shot him.
self dead. The wife threatened sui
eide, aud in the struggle for the
possession Of the pistol which she
drew, discharged it, seriously wound
ihg herself
The colliling Of two trains rear
Cunningham. Pa, on the 1st, killed
. boy aud two brakesmen.
Gen. Queseda is reported to have
enrolled in New York, about 300
men, mostly Americans, for service
in Cuba against the Spaniards.
| A dangerous S. coin is in circu-
! lation, dated 1872 1t contains
pure gold to the value OF $4 so,
and il bulk it is similar to genuine
coins, having mixed with its gold
s'me alloy, the nature Of which
aS>aycrs have as yet failed to dis
cover.
The Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office at Washington i
il receipt Condemnation to the effect
that valuable deposits OF gold have
been discovered by amy officers
Stationed in Alaska.
Two Italian bays, OF New York
lately appeared before The ''olISl
General Of Italy IN that city, and
asked him to protect them agains'
their padrone, Carcone, whom they
charge with having inflicted npol
them the most barbarous crueltieS
Tie buys were given to him TOR
consideration of$40 with the under
sta.ding that they were to be tangh
music and to be we'll taken care d
A letter from Fort I9lack, Texas
reports the torays Of the Indians t
be increasing 70 an alarming extent
Scarcely a day passes without th
=, tiuding Of the body ofscme iso'ste'
frontienman is found. Stock an'
horses are also frequently run of
notwithstanding cavalry are SCOUT
ing the country,
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Cur would.be facetious neighbor,
last week, IN trying to give a war.
like description Of onr attack upon
the Meycmy and his Democrat,
u.es this language: "Don Quixotic
like, he (retarring to us) cuts and
lashes the ar (italics ours) with
his sword, etc" Our neighbpr's
candor in thus acknowledging the
Ooldtiiity Of his and his brother
cotemporary's character, is gushing.
Truly, . couple ot thin coves, they
be. "Air," neighbors Yes, you
are . couple Ot very tickle and
sickening political winds.
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The Government payments on
interest On Pacific Railnad bonds
amounted to 100000 during
July, making the total sum paid for
interest on Pacific Railmad bonds,
$8l,OOO,OOO, Or S16,OOO,OOO more
than tie roads have repaid by trans
portatiOn Ot troops aud mails.
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rsidop Knkef. Of Cawf,rd, NJ.

kFEuDFG NtHkcls ~ Ns@Wf .SF
j.. GIT dsm.k whik holding . wake
over the deai hody Of hisi newly
horn iidans, j few days sgo, and
brutally BEAT his wife, who was
bedsiek, ffun the effect of which
she died. EIe wss arrested.
The Rleaching anH COlorng
Works Of Norwich, Conn.,, were
burned on the lst,. Loss $4,000
At Baltimore. ARg. lit, Michel.
son sid IlaIluhaR, the murderers N
Mrs. T.smprey, were executed.
Professor Ilsll ofthe Washington
National Observatory, on the night
Of the 3Oth ult. observed the comet
discovered by l'orelly at MsNeilles,
France, Js'y 9th.
Ten per cent. IL TO te paid to in
tormers hereafter BY the Treasury
Department, instead Of six.
The public debt statement for
July shows . decrease Of $S75,OOO~
1'hos. E, Lloyd, . leading lawyer
Of Washington, died there on the
31st nit.
The Ka Klux in Owen and Hen
ry counties, Ky, are getting very
bid. They visited . Louisville
packet, recently, with the evident
intention Of doing mischief, and
were only deferred by the threats
Of the officers ofthe bosts, who were
well armed.
A mob near Frankfort, Ky, %
the hight &c the I'll, Kill ed q negro
accused of an attempt to outrage .
white woman.
A prize fight between Siddons
and hambers touk place onthe Sd,
near Prospect Park fair grounds,
Brooklyn. N. Y. The former was
whipped, l,
On tile 4th atSand's Point, Long
Island N. ". q prize fiuht took
place between Jack Roylan and
l'eter Cracker After % rounds,
Boy Oh was defeated. His face was
beaten almost TO Q jelly.
Cholera has appeared at Union
Hill, n. J oppsite New York.
During the past week the follow.
ing p.rtal changes were made for
the Pacific coast: Offices estab-
lisl,ed Butter Creek, Umatilla
county. Oregon, John :. Vincent
; Postmaster: Psrk tlty, Washing.
ton Territory, George Snyder, Post
master. Postmaster appointed: JEFF
ftrson, Marion county, Oregon, G,
B. Rolands.
Robert s. Chew, chiet clerk 81
the State Department, at Washing.
ton, who was struck with paralysis
about q week ago, died on the
morning Of the Sd, He was sp.
pointed from Virginia, and had beer
, employed for nearly 40 years in thai
Department.
On the 81 some vandal entered
r cd Christ Church, Alexandra. "a
| nous as the place where Washing
ton worshippel, and turned the fur
. nture upside down. destroying thl
J music. saturating the cushions ani
8 prayer hmks with oil, and remov
ing the silver plate from Washing
toms pew, besides committing othel
depredations.
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a Iassie psnnorratse zElsssEy.

A person ilnln'Ornled - " the
''buIe0mbe' character Of inndern
Democratic writing, the genuine
selfishIess and hypocrisy which IN
dividualizes their editorial prhuc. !
tions, would suppos fum their
pretentious language tlistthey were
the perSaiitication of g'edness aid
consistency tllemse ses, and always
had been; that they l'ad never COM
mitted any errors themselves, Or
supported any one for ofii'e who
had. Especial y would such Az IN
ference be drawn frum the position
assumed by the leading Democratic
journals Of Oregon, concerning the
case Of Senator Mitchell. What
an assumption Of lr'ly horror they
put on over biz case! The salem
Mercury, especially, bow il raves,
mathematics, calls names; and the
Democrat, how it splut,eripgly ei-
fuses! But, in order TO show the
relation Of Democracy to moral de-
linqueuts, let us instance just one
case-tl,e case Of Richard NJ. Juhli-
son, Of Kentucky. We don't do
this will any pleasure at all, but
because their position c'lls il out to
show their hylAcrlsy. lcfard NJ.
Johnson was q Democrat. His
public service extended over peri
Cd Of thirty-tour years. fle was in
Congress from 1907 to 1919. From
the last date " 1929 heppresented
Kentucky III Tie United States Sen
ale. He was then returned to the
House, where lie served until 1887,
when lie was elected by the Senate
as Vice President Of the United
States. Here he served out the
full time. At the time othis death,
he was a member oftle Legislature
Of Kentucky. Now, wha1was his
k3soup moral character during this
,imc? He eds k3,o,cn to be Hu.
ing " open adultery 'cith a color.
ed sco,nan, BY schom he hud sst.
erdl daughters. Democrats k7'e'c
this to be the case-as did every.
tsrly else-while they were voting
for him. Hiselatlon to this woman
was q notorious scandal. 1t wat
even reported at the time that .
certain Individual refused an ottel
Of $4,000 from the Vice President
as al illducement for him to marry
one ofhis cUlored daughters. Dem
Gratis were here found electing I
Eno,On adnlterer to the highest Of
fees. Not SO in the case OF Mr.
Mitchell. His crimes were nors(
ont by his personal enemies, cf'e'
his election, and they were commit
ed a dozen gears bgore. MI
johnson never sought, 50 far as w
. know to atone for his crimes, bll
kept light on, uumolasted, too, il
: them. Not 50, Mr.. Mitchell. hi
Oregon years bear upon their s'''
face, at least, years Of endcavor t
I atone for the past. With sue
family remiliheel.ces as theee, ou
: Democratic neighbours would d
we | to give the real reason for a
their fuss, AID quit trying to az
$ the pious lypucrite. They want
Q Governor Grover appl'ntee !
9 MitchellS place. That'sltand that
! all.
b Cur would-be facetious neighbo
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esed and Had Political character

hAr S'NAN'S a. ~ P's''s> st'f
his talents, or Els power of talking
for these were hut moderate, we are
told--hat to his known integrity OF
character. A good name, the result
of principles of'hellef practically
carried ont in his lie, cave him &C
cess to tie coltiiic,ce and trust OF
his fellows. To political parties the
same principles apply. lfthcy are
practically what their pri'c'p'es call
for; honestly what they desire to
appear; III adversitv trne 70 their
platforms as we'll as in prosperity
and such has been their history,
nothing but more popular principles
ioinp,i tu as good a character can
measure arms with them successful
". They are power in the ma
jesty Of a good character. Even
though the principles Of such .
party may in time become 50 much
out of joint with the progressive
ideas Of the day, as TO incur their
rejection BY the popular voice a. the
polls, and the party may die, yet,
as III tie case ot the Wing party,
On odor.of Sauctity, l'ecat<e Of its
good name, fol ows it to the grave,
and itS more successful rivals are
proud t. enroll the names Of It's
surviving children among their toi-
lowers. I;ut men fail Of success 10
pub ic walks-gitied men at that
because tley sacrifice their Integrity.
They lNcme '"''N' sSr "'a'''S ana
time servers, mere demagognes for
selfish purposes. \ good name is
Of no account to item unless ~
spans OUT wotitsor honors To them.
Like Duke Charities is reported 70
have hoa>ted: mo one could have
less real res s.rd for character than
himself; yet he would gladly give
600 900 tor a good one, because he
could Immediately make double that
sum by means Of it" This princi.
pie, as we'll as the first, is also ap-
plicable to political parties. lhe
so.caIled Democratic party ofto-day
is as good example as history at'
fords ofa party Of this class Il
ever il possessed a good character,
it departed years ago. II it ever
was consistent in It's faith atal M G
tice, no such character Identifies !;
now Temptation long sllre under
mined its integrity. It's fe''Fe O
;ust,ce was dsrkly cloudcd by al
inorln.ate desire for wealth snd
power, and to-day it is but . poor
shattered, broken, halscrazed wreck
Of its tormer self. While claiming
to be the party of universal freedom
and equal rights, il degraded TIN
poor white maj, by seeking TO torg'
tighter the chains Of negro slavery
and built up one Of the most heart
less AID oppressive aristocfacies tn
world ever saw. lUtessing th
most extlavagant and uldyihg dc
yotlon to tie Constitution Of th
country, wI'e0that instrument coul'
no longer be tortured into o prsc
tical upholdig and extending tn
institution Of avery, il became il
deadly euemy, aud at once sougl'
its destruction. Sl'ce It wa
thwartea IL that, total demorallz:
ton las characterized its efforts.
has been unprilciplea, double-mint
ed and divided against itselt--tf
Oompletest example Of the strollin
vsgaboud IN mliticS the conntl
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THEIR PHILOSOPHY.


Such Democratic journals as the
Salem Mercury AID Albany Dtan-
ocrat have, as illustrated in the
position they take upon Senator
Nitchell'sca@, rtially Become
the advocates Of enforcing the prill-
ciple ofabstract justice agairst pub
Tic men FIR all of their offenses
agail st morals committed in the
past, uupalliated by any eff"rts to-
wards reform made by them in sub
sequeht years. They virtually shut
the doors fmercy and hope against
every public man who has in the
past committed q single otfense
against virtue. A Thomas Jeffer
son, whom they claim as their lolit-
ical father; . General Jackson,
whom they frequently allnde TO as
a model leader; If either Of these
worthless had been judged BY this
law which these degenerate and
pesumptuous sons have set up.
neither would have ever reached
power. Their youthful indiscre-
tions, ,o@d out by the Mercavy
process, would have delarred them
forever from public life No Lem.
ocratic party would have been
founded; no model leader would
have bpen fnrnh he'd frum either VI
these sources--in fact, the doors u
the executlved department, The jndic'
iary, the legislative hralctes ofthis
Government, Of all the official posi-.
tions in the gift Of the people. from
= Il
a road supervisor ii u resident
would have long since rotted trnn
idIeneSS. No one could have beer
tUnId without "moral delilguell
cies to enter them. Even, the edi
tors Of these pretentious journals
whose earlier and present lives ON
would suppose from their philoso
ply to be models of slhlesel'ess
could not he entirely without error
for tile Bible says; "all men hav'
silMed::" even they could not ente
{ a solitary door Of fpublic life, mucl
less give the weight Of their power
f,I ability in laboriously holding
the very responsible military posi
timns in the State militia they nov
occupy. We might go on am
f show how such a philosophy as the
are now demanding should lie az
plied to our pew Senator would,
carried ont, entirely destroy th
remedial dispeusation Of law; bu
we torbear at this time.