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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25
EASTERN NEWS.

/ ouoosnsS GuHhY sEGuI1EU I'D dun
ton on the 10th, in which one Pro.
fessor Mac, an advertiser Of patent
medicines, shot Dr.. A. Winslow,
the ball entering the left cheek and
penetrating the cavity above the
nose where probing failed to reach
| il.
In New Haven, Conn.,, Gioyani
Glion has been held in $1,000 bail
on each offour complaints, charging
HIM with holding IN eeryitade four
boys, whom he sends out daily o.
street musicians and boot blacks.
A fire at Jackson, Tenn, on the
goth, occasioned a loss Of from
$4,000 to 100000.
Crop reports from Arkansas,
Mississippi and Alabama, were ia
vorable on the 21st.
A powder mill was blown up at
Tamaqua, Penn. on the 2lst.
Olle man was killed. The shock
was telt for miles.
-Four hundred thousand new
silver trade dollars have been de-
livered by the Philadelphia mint.
Dies for the, dollar will be sent 70
the San Francisco and Carson mints
soon where planchits are oil ready
for coming.
The annual production Of gold
is officially stated at $4O,0OO,OOO,
A Vienna special states that
Hiram GarretsoD, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is appointed Chief American
Commissioner i'll place Of Jackson
Schultz, resigned.
The flooring of the Presbyterian
Church, in Hudson City, N. j.,
gave way during an entertainment
last week, iIljuring 40 children, some
seriously. ''s''
It is rmored in New York that
the parents OF Utica V. Booker
called on a lawyer and said they
had reason to believe that their
daughter, who died July 9th, had
been poisoned. They suspect the
physician who attended, with the
knowledge and connivance Of
Colonel Blood, Mrs. Woodruff and
Mrs. Claflin. The lawyer declined
to institute an inquiry before the
grand jury.
1t is stated that the members Of
Church are determined
to bring Henry G. Bowen to trial
Tor the ISLANDERS he uttered against
Beecher.
James Cannon, formerly o bar.
keeper, and lately a policeman in
New Orleans, shot and killed his
wife in Louisville on the 10Th.
he had parted from him on ac-
ount of i'll treatment. He was
rreSted.
Michael Manning, of Albany,
!. T., was fatally stabbed on the
9th by Peter Mcnamara, the
litter charging him with having
cen crimnlally intimate with his
rife.
The mortality report OF St. Louis
u the 10Th. was Is deaths from
lolera and SO from cholera NOR.
ls.
Governor John A. Clifford, of
|assachusetts, was unanimously re.
ected President of the Board of
lreeton Of Harvard University,
J the 9Th inst.
Jacob Thompson, Secretary Of
e Interior under Buchanan. has
st settled his accounts as Trustee
Indian Fund at the Treasury
apartment.
The ! Girard estate, in the city OF
Philadelphia, is appraised at $3,.
y, 600, and valuation is quite as
gh as, and perhaps higher than,
9 average Of other property. The
oss estate is $32O,3OO annually.
ing nine per cent. The taxes
i'd amount to S68,272.
One thousand Mormons for Salt
IKE passed Omaha on the Goth.
On the 21st two hundred Russian
loM Dnooba Aon H.1
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

Blocks in the town of Lincoln,
Tillamook county, are selling at
$35 to $3.50 apiece.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

The showiest part Of a peacock
is its tail; it spreads that out amaz-
ingly. 50 is it now with Oregon
Democracy, its head being gone.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

For lots in the present town Of
Tacoma, 5000 apiece are asked,
and SIS a month rental.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

Fires are reported raging in the
woods near Victoria.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

! The Carlists claimed on the 10th to
have 10000 men under arms. Two
thousand Carlists under Theirs had
entered Palenciat. Carlists were
marching on T.agrons. 1t was assert
ed, on the 10th. that the Carlists shot
40 Republican volunteers at Cirangui,
after they had surrendered.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

Hugo, Colorado, had snow on
the 9th inst.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

A museum at Portland is talked
of.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

Cholera was reported at Vienna on
the 18th.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25

Old John Robinsou's circus is at
Denver, Col.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
The Profit of Ashes.

II Is an open question with many
whether the use OF commol ashes will
pay on the farm As bearing upon this
a correspondent sends ihr Rural Home
these facts
During the year lSj1, II man named
Arthur Dugan went 10 the town of paler-
mo, O>Wego County, n Y, and bought
~iNty acres OF light sandy land, with here
and there a little pertaining to gravel He
paid = 500 for H. He knew nothing
,oout farming, being machincst bv trade,
md never held 4 plough After paving
ior his land, he had S30U left. He began,
and found his land was worn out His
Arst crops were-Wheat, five bushels per
acre; rye eight bushels potatoes, seven
tY-live; corn, mere nothing. The second
wear was even worse He had to hire
pant Of his Sheep pastnred out, he could
not hold his own, fin1 being a man Of
excellent judgment, and a great reader,
his good Judgment aided by theories, car
iied him through lie began by huNing
,slles and plaster: would draw potatoes
fourteen miles 10 OsWego. and load his
lram back with mauthe from tn livery
tables. His crops increased. His ashes
we're spread colrpspondingly thick. lie
raised, principally. potatoes and Wheat
Now. , 600 bushels of ashes per wear is
about what he buys His potatoes, tor
several years past, average 2j0 bushels
per acre his winter Wcat thirty bushels
and oyer; and he. h1. saved from his farm
alone. ill he now holds SD ,0N0 in bank
tOrk, and would not Sell his farm for
300 per arre lie old in, 1867, OF
wheat and POTATOES over s. 500 worth
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Prices Of Farm Products.

lhr fact would appear 10 be that the
raising of wheat, of corn, OATS, &r., is
lVerLOne IN some parts OF the great West.
Farmers there shOnld be more diversified
IA their iaborS they should raise At least
feed stock, and rithrr Sell il tat, OF cure
ii for the market, and thus consume their
corn. save in freight charges, and retain
1he manure upon their premises; or IN
cludr wool-g. owing, which would an
JonbtpdN be rrmtlncratiNc if the land is
suitable and the business weii-managed
Growing flax tur the seed as we'll rs for
the fibre; also hops and barley, both OF
which seem to he short in the supply.
ANY business that is oyerdone must work
Il depression in price and in profit.
II there is an reproduction of grain
IN the West very low freights will hardly
rive the producers better prices as the
increased supply for the East and seaboard
viii tend to lessen the price here, and the
pauipoise will remain unchanged. There
i. however. a remedy tor this state OF
thngs--thr cre0ti0n 0J honle nl0l'k"tS bY
the josterjRg Of toeM ninn1ttactHffS 1t Is
true that this cannot be done in a day on
Il year, but q beginning can be made.
Every hamlet, village or town is such a
nome market for 4 large portion of the
population are engaged in the mechanic
arts. on at least are non-prodncers, and
must be supplied by the farmer. Hence
the more numerous these populations be
come, by the increase of the non-produc,
nag class, by the starting OF cotton and
wooden factories, furnaces, rolling mills,
aud many other branches of business, the
better il will be for the farmer. This il
1he direct and umistakable way to remedy
over-production and all complaint of low
prices is useless SO long AS the supply i
50 much greater than the demand. This
ruth. which is so plain and palpable, can
not be overlooked by any one with grain
Of seuse. and the sooner ii is applied anc
acted on the better it will be for us all, al
whatever point OF the compass We may
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
Farm, Garden and Household
Fattening Animals Gradually.


Every farmer who makes the feeding of
animals an important part OF his business
ought to know that their unremttino
GROW til j. me only true and successful way
Of treating them. This is the course which
'he most successful pork -r;tisers pursue in
feeding their hog, regularly and fiillv.
through winter and summer, till they are
~llftlclentlN tat in the autumn. MANY in
telligent persons are accustomed TO SUP
pose that poor animals may in n short
lime he changed into fat ones by srut1ino
them with rich food The more food thcy
can make them take in 4 day or week the
quicker they suppose they will become
tai and fit for the market But this is a
false opinion. As experiments clearly show
l'hc ONerferdin0 is always wasteful. fo,.
after all the animals pain hu1 little t:,t
ana lhe owners begin to think thai thc
tdfcning OF them for market is an unnrot;t-
lblr business. An owner may withhold
tine proper quantity of food from, his hooe
.nd cattle. And even halr sta,Y,p thnn a.
months; ana then may chano4 his made
ot treating tnem. ami ulnt tha,o Win n>-
rpS,iv, food ana fins nome ron;dI,. tn nh,
them INTO 4 tat condition hnt thn,ttn,nnt
will prove aboltiye as thr Growth nf ,he
animals from the earliest neriod Of the;,
existence. and their ncraaSino IN t,t and
flesh mast cnntinue without interYn,tinn
till they are marketable t,refu, ohsn,.-
Nations prove. that thp nrotits of ,.,;.;nr
and tattenino cattle and hoos ara rn1liznI
only when they mn. ,pouj3rl, fad r.,,n,
da( ia dly viii, noitha, tno sca,,, mon. tIa
hrayy ftpdmo
same al,;H,.t =, ,l,;- ,,,1, ..:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
"A Spanish SIaughter-Houss.

y gentleman arrived in this CITY .trr-
| day whose long residence on the Sland Of
| Cuba has made him very familiar with its
| Typographical aspect as we'll as Witl the
| manners and customs Of its inhabitants
or many months he has resided ut San
l!a%o de Cuba and on more than one occa-
| sion ne has witness ed the vengeance of thc
| Spanard- at that place His information
concerning the manner in which the exc
rutions are conducted is Of peculiar inter
! est at the present time. The city of SAN
tIagO IS on the southern side Ot n gentle
Slopn9 hill. A narrow harbOr is strongly
guarded at lis entrance and after a zig-zag
course opens into q commodious basin
where the vessels may lie al anchor. On
the shore the city is situated From the
harbor the cale del Theatre leads into he
centre of the city AT Il distance OF several
hundred yards from the harhor Is situated
the prison where the captives are confined
II Is low, gloomy looking structure
only two stories in height, and is built OF
stone or granite. From this place the
prisoner often goes forth to executions
These executions always take place in the
slaughter-house about threc-tourths of
mile distant 1t was there that the Ilrqiu-
il}' victims ended their lives From the
prison near the centre of the city the calle
del Theatre :nakes a somewhat sudden
curve On the morning of an execution,
the battalion OF volunteers are summoned
at nm early hour from the barracks, and
proceed to the prison The prisoners are
led forth, bound, and the solemn process
sion then takes up its death march In
the van are the musicians, whose only
Instruments are the drums which are beat
INJy-
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they We're released and returned to their
respective homes.
AND ;hns ended the second expedition
OF the gallant but ill-tated Lopez With Us,
It's history is sadly blended with the hero
lc death of Crlttenden, as that of the first
recalls the similar fate of another one of
our citizens, the gallant John Logan.
father of the present DR. Richard Logan.
And now the blood of another fifty is
crying out from the ground but it remains
to br seen whether il +haIl DO avenged
The remains Of Shelby'+ nnblest Son vet
sleep where Spanish butchers placed them !;
but they afe not mwept, unhonorcd or
Hh4ung ills immortal part yet lives and
7a\ io the murderous minions of Spain
Mines 4 heart unyeldng still;
Heap on my breast the cod;
Wy soaring spirit ~cornS thy wilt
III kuecl TO none but God"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18

Uses OF RAwHIpE. The SKIN of an
animal. whether COW. calf colt. or horse,
that dies on the farm, is worth more AT
home than at the tanners. Cut it into
narrow strips, and shave off the hair with a
sharp knife before the kitchen fire, or in the
workshop, on stormy days and evenings
You may make them soft by rubbing A
rawhide halter strap an inch wide, will
hold Il horse better, and last longer than
an inch rope 1t is stronger than hool
iron and may be used 10 hoop dry cask>
and boxes, and for hinges.
FRY it on broken thill, OF amy wood
work that has been split. Put II ON wet
and nail fast Thin skins make the hrS
bag strings in the world. a rawhldr rope
is good substitute for a chain Ii IS val
liable to mend a broken link in a trace
chain For some purposes it is best t'
use it in its natural state For other pur
poses il may be dressed soft
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18

HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE A young lady
walking down Main-st yesterday afternoon
passing TOO near vicious horse when
the animal made sudden grab, and with
his teeth snatched the nobby sea skin cap
from her head, completely demoralzing
her Ella. crate coifl'ure. The young lady's
luxuriant hair was all her own. however,
and fastened to her scalp by nature with
out the intervention of hairpns, so that
though she was considerably frightened
by the rude horse, the mishap was not 50
serious as it might have been, particularly
as several Young gents who saw the pro
ceeding We're for at least half an hour
lost in admiration. Bangor Whig.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
a W e1comc Libel Suit.


IFr0m ihc -nfTngIcId EcTnbcNM, Dec. w
During the late election canvas, in
Sprinpficld tthr RepubIjcau sharply ar
raion@.i MI Wj}ii, iLeln. II nromiucnt
railroad builder. for Interfering with the
nominations IN order to secure 4 city ooy-
ernment favorable to an approximation of
S2l5 600 for hi, proposed railroad I,
l.onrmeadow. II CHARGED that t,is sum
was more than he Ind declared himself
WILLING to build the road for. il recalled
the circumstances of the previous 23oo. 600
apnropiation in aid of his railroad to Atho]
and attempted TO show that this amount
wos unnecessarily Iarge. and that it was
obtained by tie n4rennal Interference in
the Legislature and with the people, of
himsa]f ,na friends aud alike tnr what he
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
Beyond the Jordan.
JOAQUIN MILLER.

And they can9 20 him, mothers Of Judah.
Dark-eyed and in Splelrior of hair,
Fearing down over shoulders of beauty.
And hoSoms half hidden. half bare;
And they brought him their babes and hpSOU@hl
him,
Half knerhng. with Suppiant air,
To bless the brown cherubS they brought hnn
With holy hands laid in their hair.
Then reaching hi> hands. he said. loNIy.
'Di such is My Kingdom" !" and then
Fool, the little brown hands in the hoI,
White hands Of the saviour of men;
Held them close to his heart and cares-cd Them,
fu his face down 10 theirs as in prayer,
Pat their hands to his neck, and so blessed them,
With baby hands bid in his hair.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18

The Roya Humane Society OF Great
Britain has bestowed medal on Miss
Mary kerridge for saving lad of fifteen,
named Stewart, who sank while bathing
at Wentworth, New South Wales. The
boy had gone with companion to battle
in the River Darling, and was carried by
a strong current INTO deep water. Neither
he nor his companion could swim, and he
cried loudly for help Miss kerridge was
about one hundred yards off, and, hearing
the boys cries, ran as iast rs she could to
the spot, plunged into the river, with all
her clothes on, and caught the lad as he
rose the third time After considerable
difficulty. owing to the rapidity of the
current, having only one hand at liberty,
and her efforts being impeded by the
weight OF her clothes, She ultimately sue
ceeded in placing the lad in safety
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
Sheep Dogs in California.

Rev C. f. Babb, in one of his letters
from California, tells of what an old ,hep-
herd told him about the way they train
the famous shepherd dogs in southern
California. He saws YOU may 90 over the
plains and hills there for miles and see
thousands of sheep, but not 4 man to
watch them Around each flock or band
OF, say, Il thousand sheep, are halt-a-dozcn
dogs, OF peculiar breed dogs whose
progenitors were imported from the sheep
pastures of the Old World These dogs
takes the entire care of the sheep. drive
them to pasture in the morning. keep
them from Straying during the day, and
bring them home at night These dogs
have inherited talent for keeping sheep;
bat the shepherds do NOT depend wholly
on that. They cultivate it III this way, so
AT least the old shepherd says when a
lamb is born il is taken away from the
mother sheep before she has seen it, and
a puppy put i'll It's place. The sheep suck
les the puppy and learns to love it, When
the puppy grows old enough to eat meat,
il is fed III The morning and semi out with
the sheep. 1t stays with them because it
is accustomed to be With its mother but
it cannot feed ith them As they oct
fell the dog gets hungry. Al length, i'm
patient to return where il hopes 10 get
another piece OF meat, it begins to tease
and worry its mother and finally starts
her towards home. the other sheep follow.
and lhnS the whole flock is brought ia
If the dog brings the sheep home too soon,
or comes home without them, he |ets no
supper OF is punished IN some way. Hence
he soon learns when To come. and to see
10 il that none of his charge are lett be-
hind. These animals are trained hN tak
ING advantage oi their instincts and an
pvtllrS.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18

HARDENING STEEI. Tools, Ere. The
following secret, unpatented compost
ton, suggested by the chemist kulicl>, has
been employed with success at Saarbruck-
en- tor restoring burned steel to It's priml-
tive condition, and as it affords Il peculiar
" hard metal. ii is also used Tor temper
inc steel tools that are too soft, or may
become 50 by use, as chsels, Saw-blades,
etc. Although rather expensive, it IS real
" an economical treatment where large
numbers of steel tools are used Burned
steel heated to cherry red, and forged
somewhat on IN anvil, is plunged INTO 4
well-mixed doughv mass Gin box near
bv). composed of taltaric acid, ounces
cod oil, 80 ounces; charcoal powder, :
ounces bone black, $ ounces; beef tai
low, 10 ounces; yellow pruSsiate OF poi
ash, ; ounces, and burned hartshorn "
ounces, and is then completely cooled ~
water. Steel tools are similarly treated
Small articles of cast-iron, such rs wheel
boxes, aXel-bearings. etc. may be success
fully case hardened by being plunged red
hot into a mixture Of 10 buckets OF urine
) pounds of whitening. and pounds o
salt
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18

Every person should understand how to
treat u flesh wound. because one Is liable
to be placed IN circumstances, away from
surgical and veterinary aid. where he may
save his own life, the life OF Il friend or OF
a beast, simply by the exercise OF a little
common sense In the first place, close
the lips of the wound with the hand and
hold them firmly together to checl, the
flow of blood until several stitches can be
taken and a bandage applied. Then bathe
the wound for a long time IN cold water
"Shonld it be painful Il correspondent
says, ''take a painful of burning Goals and
sprinkle upon them common brown sugar.
and hold the wounded part in the smoke
In = few minutes the pain will be allayed
and recovery proceed rapidly In my
ease rusty nail had made a bad wound
in my foot The pain and nervous irrita-
ton was severe. This was all removed by
holding it in smoke for fifteen minutes
and | was able to resume my reading in
comfort. We have often recommended il
lo others with like results. Last week
one Of my men had a tinger-nail torn out
by Il pair of ice-tongs. II became very
painful, us was to have been expected.
Held in sllgal-cmoke for twenty minutes
the pain ceased, AMI promised speedy re-
coVelN
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
Winter Feed.

NV bill OF fare ior winter is twenty
pounds clover hay, one peek roots, and
four quarts fine corn meal. That will be
the average if any COW wishes more she
shall have it, A good COW always pays
tor what she eats. Last winter cut and
steamed the food with a Prndle steamer,
but am not prepared TO say whether got
pad for the extra pains There is great
deal of labor about it, especially when
Won do il Yourself | am certain that ii
paws to cook the meal when the weather
is too cold to sour ii. Cows are very fond
OF steamed food, and will eat great deal
of it, | cannot see any saving IN quantity
by feeding cooked food ProprletorS ol
food cutters and Steaming apparatus are
always very enthusiastic over the great
saving of hay by cooking ii. In fact. Sc
potent is their machinery, that with it th'
farmer can $50 they say) transmute refuse
straw and musty hay into product superi
or to the best hay uncooked. What {
mess to place before well-bred jersey
cow. whose very name is suggestive d
delicious cream and golden butter
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
Gilt Edged Rmtter.

a good dairy man writing to the New
lord Tribune says:
Surprise is often expressed that max,
my own butter. What, II nun MAKE
hutter!' Certainly; why not? 1t is hare
work, too hard for woman who has the
cares of 4 family. Remarking this one
day al the State Fair, lady replied. "Iou
are one of a thousand" am sorry. not
ior myself but for the nine hundred and
ninety -nne. Going one day into a LARGE
dairy where Seyenty-livc pounds of butter
Is churned every day. saw in each OF
these immense bowls twentv-livc pounds
Of butter awaiting the second working by
The dairy woman an overWorled little
creature; her husband burly six tooter.
was walking about directing the hired
help
There Is Very erroneous opinion enter
tanned ly the uninitlated that the hi@h
prices which extra butter brings must be
very remuncratiVe. and the remark is
often made 10 me, ''You must be getting
rich fast making butter AT siXtv-fiVe cents
Il pound. But next winter these same
men Will be feeding their own COWS un-
salabl" hay, oat straw, and such trash. At
a cost not to exceed twenty cents a day,
when my bill OF fare amounts to over sixty
cents per diem for each day and every
cow feed. These seemingly high prices
are IN reality only a moderate return upon
a Large Investment. This grade Of butter
is always made in the nei9hborhood of
large cities where land is valuable. labor
high, and farm products bring CORE
Sp"ndnglv high price. Besides, the class
OF men VIII" make this butter are of a sll-
perlor order 10 farmers in general their
tastes are expensive, and their enterprise,
entities them to better pay. Where all
The Labor Is hired, doubt if amy money is
made with butter At seycntv-tNe cents per
pound.
would say that the making Of truly
'gilt-cdged' butter may be ranked among
the fine arts, and a certain degree Of en-
thuSlaSm Is essential 10 success. Patience
and perSrI erance are OF course implied.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18

House WINDOWS. The more light ad
,nitted to apartments the better for those
who occupy them. Light is as necessary e., :,rly
Exclnde it from plants and the consequent
los are disastrous. They can not be per
c,ed without its viyifying influences. IT
is is'i a fearful mistake to curtain and blind
windows 50 closely for fear of iniurng the
furniture by exposure to the suns rays,
that rooms positively gather elements in
darkness which engender disease.