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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

A Coos Bayite, it is said, has
invented a machine that will sepa-
rate gold from the sand along the
Pacific ocean shore. We are glad
fit, for there is a heap Of sand to
separate.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

A school history of the United
States has been prepared by 4. II.
Stephens Of Georgia.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

Not long since Indiana passed a
new Sunday law. At Lafayette its
workings were a little funny. The
following is the result: "1he arrest
of the city editor and five compost
tors Of q moruing paper, a milkman
and twenty-tour railway hands; and
the sections of the churches were
notified not to ring The bells"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

The remains Of . mastadon re-
Gently found in Wabash county, In
diana, is estimated to have been
forty feet long and eighteen feet
high,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16
A Few Words for the Farmers.

10 procure relief from wheat rings,
railway and other expressions, it
guided hy All Intelligent and patient
purpose, uncontrolled by willy party
demagognes and thus drawn off
from the direct issue, may reason
ably hope TOR success in due time.
1t is true, cfa,s agitations are always
inclined to drift into prejudiced
partially, exciti & tile jealousy of
other interests; bnt if the farmers
will be careful and judrious IN
their movements, colltining them
selves in their proceedings to the
direct issue, avoiding being lead or
dragged Into iTeleva,t political
questions, and nerving their deter
mined souls to a steady, aggressive
perseverance, tine will soon usher
in the wished for relief The farmers
of Illinois, in their recent convention
in furtIerauce Of the agitation for
cheap railway tolls, committed the
foolish error, Oh the first day, Of
passing some reS0 utIons relative to
the ilcrcaSe Of salaries, and the
tariff. This was foreign tn the pur-
pose for which they had assembled,
entirely irrelevant, and was soon
SO regarded; for on tie next day
they were recouSidered by the COR
vention and very properly laid on
the table. he proceedings after
that were directly to the point, as
they should have been from the first.
We mention this because Of its per-
tinency to the farmers movement
in this Sta.e. Several of the most
active leaders of the movement
there, have shown a disposition to
lug in foreign questions, advocating
free trade, aud 50 on. 1t was the
case with ore ofthe speakers at the
convention held in tlisecity, and we
presume there are other speakers, in
other COUNTIES, who would be
equally partisan and .injndicious.
Desiring to see the farmers inter
ests, IN the direction ofcheap trans
portation, good prices for their pro-
ducts, etc, promoted substantially
and the most speedily, the REGISTER
would warn them against dema-
gogues and irrelevant issues If
political, or any other questions,
extraneouS OF the great objects to be
reached by the agitation, are permit
ted to give complexion in the de-
velopmeht Of their plans, the wheat
rings and transportation monopolies
will hasten to fake advantage Of
such error, and soon have the pub
lie mind directed wide Of the mark
designed by the farmers to be
reached. But, not only should the
end desired to be reached be kept
constantly IN view, but systematic
deliPeration, and patient persever-
ance, should be characteristic Of the
movement. Reforms caunot be
substantially wrought at once, neith-
er can great questions be adjudi-
Gated in single day. Natures
method Of developing, is little by
little, and'time finishes the work.
Enthusiasm is a good thing, but an
organized, determined patience will
win. ado you expect to end this
war duling your administrations"
asked friend ofMr. Lincoln. "Can't
say, can't say, sir" "Bnt, Mr..
Lincoln, what do you mean to dor"
"Peg away, sir; peg away; keep
pegging swsyl" And "pegging
.S9 3.S Z. EfG. -, IS Ovos.r,,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

The secret society among the
farmers OF t'the East, called Grang-
es, is concerned with the question,
whether there are any fanne,squal-
ifed to become leaders, who will
not be turned aside by politicians.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

1t is estimated that about one
hundred thousand conversions and
accessions took place in the various
Evangelical Churches during the
past FIVE months, says the Pacific
AdvOcote,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

a correspondent Of the London
Doily Ners tidicules the American
display at the Vienna Exhibition.
Two cases Of Colts revolvers, three
bnnacles, one stuffed cage, q dent.
lists chair, two salt cellars, and six
bottles Of Mississippi river water
comprise the articles on exhibition,
according to that correspondent.
The inventory should have con
tanned, in addition to the above, a
iacknife and a toothpick. Nothing
like having the nation we'll repre-
sented away from home.
The New York Times is anxious
to have the remains Of the late
President Lincoln, transferred to
Mount Vernon to repose by the side
Of Washington's. 1t says visitors
to Mr.. I.ilcol'S tomb are surprised
and shocked to see that the coffin
is dripping with moisture and cov-
cred with patches Of wet plaster,
inSteaf of wrea:hs of immortelles." "
The monument in all parts is repre-
Sented as sadly out OF repair.
DR.. E. n Chapin, paster Of the
Fourth Universalist Society Of New
York for a quarter of a century,
was presented with ten thousand
dollars, on the 7th, by the members
Of his church in honor of said pas
toratt. That is a goodIy sum for a
preacher to receive, all at once,
these hard times.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24

the tree tops, and the deep tones of the
thunder coming in fainter murmurs
from the eastern hills.
L arose., and looked trembling and
almost deliriously around. She was
there-the idol of my infant love-
stretched upon the wet green earth.
After a moment of irresolution. I went
up and looked upon her. The handker-
chief upon her neck was slightly rent.
and a single dark spot upon her bosom
told where the path of death had been.
At first [ clasped her to my breast with
a cry of agony, and then laid her down
and gazed into her face, almost with a
feeling of calmness. Her bright dis
heveled ringlets clustered around her
brow, the look of terror had faded from
her lips, and an infant smile was pic
tured beautifully there-the red rose
tlnge upon her cheeks was lovely xs in
life.
have but a dim recollection of what
followed only know that I remained
weeping and motiouless till the coming
on OF twilight, and that I was then taken
tenderly by the hand and led away where
L saw the countenance of parents and
sisters.
Many years have gone by on their
wings of light and shadow, but the scene
| have portrayed still comes over me, at
times, with a terrible distinctness. The
oak yet stands at the base of the preci-
pice; its limbs are black and dead. and
its hollow trunk, looking upward to the
sky al if calling to the clouds for a
drink, is an emblem of n~oiseless decay.
A year ago I visited that spot, and the
thoughts of by-gone years came u
fully back to me-thoughts of the little
innocent being who fell by the whirl-
wind-in the memory that she had gone
where no lghtnings slumber in the
folds of the rainbow clouds, and where
sunllt waters are broken by the
storm breath of Omnipotence.
My readers will understand why I
shrink in terror from the thunder. Even
the consciousness of security is no
relief to me-my fear has assumed the
nature of instinct, and seems, in
deed, a part of my existence.-George
ID. Prentice.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
THE BIRTH RECORD.
BIZ A. G. MAXY.

Sitting tonight in my old armchair,
With my Bible on my knee,
1 read from its record-page of births
The names of children three;
And written beneath, in the same strong hand,
While the heart was breaking with pain,
"The Lord hath given and taken away"
But Blessed be His name." r
With two, the record of life was short,
Like a summer day of joy;
] can see them now, with these old eyes,
My little girl and boy
And ! think of them when L read the words
In an old, old book which saith
"Theyw were lovely and pleasant in their lives,
And divided not in DEATH"
For the other-"my baby " 1 call him still
Though he grew to manhood tall,
When they told me that God had taken him,
1 felt he had taken my all;
And long I cherished rebellious thoughts,
BEFORE I could learn to say,
BLESSED be the Lord. Twas He that gave,
And tbs He that hath taken away"
We sometimes strain our poor, short sight,
Blinded by flowing tears,
And murmur in our sinful hearts,
So clouded by doubts and fears;
But, though we cannot pierce the vail,
Let us patiently wait His will,
Who, though He 'tspare not, +" Though He slsy,
Is the same kind Father still.
SO when I take this sacred Book,
Where God hath writ His will,
I can read in peacemy children's names
While l say, MY heart be STILL"
And the dear, dear hand that wrote those name
Grasps mine in trust and love.
Dear wife, our names are also writ
In the Book of Life above ="
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
The Silver Fox

This fox is found, though nowhere in
abundance, in the colder regions of this
continent. Those found in the far
Northwest are the finest. It is rarely
found on mountains in the Eastern and
Middle States, though silver-gray foxes
are often reported as having been seen
here, yet when killed they usually prove
to be dark specimens of the cross fox.
Its size, habits, peculiarities and in
stincts are the same as the red fox of
which it is a variety. The body is COW
cred with two kinds of fur. The long
hairs extend two inches beyond the
under fur, and are especially long on the
neck, throat, shoulders, TANKS and ia 1:
it is soft, fine and glossy; the
under fur is long and dense. exceed
ingly fine and soft it surrounds
the whole body, even to the tail, on
which it is coarser and more like wool.
When viewed separately the hairs have a
wavy appearance. The soles of the feet
are so thickly clothed with woolly hair
that no callous spots are visible. The
under fur is blackish-brown the long
hairs are brown at the root, then silver
gray, tipped with black hair on the
neck and along the back Is black the
whole under surface is brownish-black ;
upper parts are glossy, silvery-black
while the tail is brownish-black, broadly
and always tipped with white,
This beautiful fox supplies some of the
most valuable furs in the world. Owing
to its richness, beauty and variety the
skins are always in demand, and will
bring from fifty to a hundred dollars, or
more. 1t is said the skin of this fox was
considered by the native Indians of New
England equivalentto forty beaver skins;
and when offered and accepted by their
kings it was looked upon as a sacred
pledge of reconciliation.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
Pith and Point.

TAILoRs' reyenge-Giving a customer
fits.
The worst Of all the Fee-nians-Law-
yers.
POLITICAL Observation-Disclosures for
Office.
WooL gatherings-Fights between
negroes.
The place for a picnic-The Sand
witch Islands.
QUERY-What is the circumference of
the waste of time?
A LIAR is tolerated when he tells US
what we wish to believe.
WHY is a mouse like like a load of
hay? Because the catU eat it.
WHAT sort of ascent is a descent "A
trip-up, fori It brings you down.
GIRLS, marry a doctor, or you
will be tied, day and night, to your
"piller."
SOME preachers would make fine
martyrs they are SO dry they would
burn well.
An old bachelor compares life to a
shirt button, because 1t so often hangs
by a thread.
You've AMERICA, going to bed, handed
over his new trumpet, saying, "Grand-
ma, you blow while [ pray"
OWEN COUNTY, KY, is ready to swear
that it has a boy, ten years old, who
weighs only eleven pounds but this is
really "too thin"
THERE is a deal of talk about English
reserve but what would Wellington
have done at Waterloo if it had not been
for his reserve ?"
A GENTLEMAN took the following tele-
gram to a telegraph Office 81 announce
with grief the death of Uncle James.
Come quickly to read will. [ believe
we are his Reirs-John Black" The
clerk, having counted the words,
said "There are two words too many.
sir" "Al right, cut out with grief."'
A YOUNG lady writes to an exchange
giving a recipe for having fun. She
says, invite half a dozen boys and girls
to your house when your pa and ma are
away put a half-dollar silver piece in a
dish with molasses an inch deep in it,
and offer it to the boy who gets it with
his mouth. The more the boys try to
get it, the more fun will there be.
A CINCINNATI boy, after gazing long
and meditatively upon a painting repre-
senting the Biblical decline in pork
where the drove of deyil-possessed swine
were rushing down the hill into the sea
and being told the story-remarked
"Iu bet the old man d found some
way to pack them hogs and sell 'em for
prime mess, without wasting a ham"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24

pSove unworthy of having once been
mistaken for Gail Hamilton
AS the last words were uttered. loud
applause rang through the hall. Judge
Alden forgot his eyeglasses, as he
sprang forward to shake the speaker by
the hand. Others followed his example.
and in a few minutes plain Annie Dodge
was surrounded by as fattering atten-
tions as had been accorded to the SUD-
posed Gail Hamilton. The demonstra-
ton came from the hearts of the people.
for they were filed with respect for the
earnest, unassuming woman One and
all gave promises of encouragement and
support, and Miss Dodge went back to
the hotel In a very different frame of
mind to that In which she had sailed
forth.
Three years have elapsed since the oc-
currence of the events just recorded, and
those who formerly knew the town where
my story is located would scarcely re-
cognize it now. Miss Dodge's enter
prise prospered finely. Ladies, who
had always supplied their wardrobes
from New York, or Boston, after one
trial, ceased to try anything superior to
what they could obtain at home.
Moreover, they extended to Annie
Dodge the friendly hand of friendship,
and many a young girl in straitened cir
cumstances, encouraged by the social
standing one working-woman had ac-
quired, determined to emulate her indus
try. H~enceforth there was a universal
tendency to seek honorable employment.
A variety of industrial establishments
sprang up, until business attained a
truly prosperous condition. Schools
began to improve, now that wealth cen
tered at home, and opportunities for the
highest culture were afforded, leading to
the discovery of the existence If much
talent. To-day idleness is scarcely
known within the town limits. Rich and
poor alike find work, the former in
planning home enterprise, the latter in
executing it, while students of both
classes are kept busy.
All this is the result of one woman's
efforts. Is it not better than fruitless
grumbling ?-To-Day.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
HOUSE
The melancholy DAYS are come.

The melancholy days are come, -
The saddest of the year,
VI cleaning paint and scrubbing floors,
And securing far and near.
deaped in the corners of the room
The ancient dirt lay quiet:
Nor rose up to the fathers tread.
nor to the children's riot;
But now the carpets are ali up.
And from the stairway top
Inc mistress calls on man and maid
10 WELD the broom and mon.
Where are those rooms. those onia+ roonns
The house SO late presented.
wherein we dwelt, nor dreampt of dirt.
So cosy and contented?
Alas! they're turned all upside down,
That quiet suit of rooms.
With Stops and suds, and scans and sands
Tubs, carpets, chairs and brooms.
Tables and stands are landing round.
AT SKIES and at sevens
While wife and housemaids fly shout.
Like meteors in the heavens.
The parlor and the m floor
Were cleaned a week ago.;
The carpets shook and windows washed.
As ali the neighbors know.
But still the sanctum had escaped,
The table piled with books;
Pens, ink and paper all about,
Peace in its very looks
Till fell the women on them all,
As falls the plague on men,
And then there vanished all away,
Books, paper, ink and pen.
And now when comes the master home,
AS come he must of nights,
10 md all things are set to wrongs,
That they have set to rights;
When the sound of driving tacks is heard,
Though the house is far from still.
nd the carpet woman on the stairs,
THAT harbinger of i'll:
He vainly looks for books and bills
That all were there before,
And signs to find them on the desk
Or in the drawer no more.
And then he grimly thinks of her
Who set this fuss aioat,
And wishes she were out at sea,
In a very leaky boat.
He meets her at the parlor door,
With hair and cap awry,
With sleeves tucked up and broom in hand,
Defiance in her eye.
He feels quite small, and knows full well
There's nothing to be said;
So holds his tongue, and drinks his tea,
And sneaks away to bed.
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might combine to please their fancies, and
form the doubtful Elysium which they wish
to be eternal
But the second class is of sturdier and
yet of more spiritual order. These latter
are men not merely of sense and sentiment,
but of heart and soul, with affections and
faculties all devoutly and therefore benev-
olently and wisely active, according to the
knowledge which they rejoice to own as
proceeding from Him who formed them
for Himself.
From what we have written we may col
lect that what we need in our midst are
men of this latter class; men of energy
stamina and independence, and withal men
OF refinement and elevated tastes.
We need more of that friendly and social
intercourse, more of that mutual aid and
assistance which alone will support and
sustain enterprise. What we need to OBJ
llterate is that miserable spirit of caste
which has divided our community into pet
ty cllques, constituting each family critic
and Il cynic. We have in our midst too
many chronic sneerers, too many old maids
peeping from behind partly drawn curtains,
in short to many tattlers and manufacture
ers Of SANDER
The faults and foibles which we have
mentioned are the weights which drag us
down and hold us in the mire. Our ambi
ton and all our aspirations never rise above
the mud. And as long as these Materials
tic tendencies, and these longings after
dollars and cents exist. railroad meetings
and editorial announcements will fail to
achieve the desired object.
Are we truly alive? LEX.
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SKATING.

There is no finer, more snanly, graceful,
it is a thousand pites that fashion or pru-
dence should have cast some discreGit on
its enjoyment and hindered its universal
popularity. 1t gives endless scope for per-
sonal courage, endurance, skill, and taste.
One can't get tired of it, for it is an art
whose possibilities are boundless, and
whose minute and finer developments are
infinite in subtlety and bewildering in
their complex variety. To the accomplish
ed figure-skater of to-day, the laundering,
straight-ahead operator of twenty years
ago, who made it his pride to skate so
many miles in so many minutes, to cut a
ring backwards and jump over a log on the
ice, is as the pianist of travelling show to
Taussig or Rubinstein. 1t makes our
housekeeping youth acquainted with the
fresh JOY of keen wintry air aud smiling
wintry landscape, of amber sunsets and
rich brown hill-sides, and dim gray twilight
ecstasy in the first breathless essay of
"outward edge" such as the hero may
feel in going into battle, and the first sue.
cessful backward five may aptly pre-
figure all later triumph and achievement
Nowhere can our young people-boys and
girls together-meet in more healthy, nat
ural, and hearty relations than on the ice.
Nowhere can a manly young fellow-we
say it without shadow, of silly sentimental
ity-so commend himself to the regard of
a frank, kindly girl as by his patient, con-
siderate, and helpful care in series of
first skating lessons. Nowhere is a fine,
courageous, spirited girl more attractive
than in the modest but fearless determine
ton with which she addresses herself to
better the instruction of her more robust
companion. Young eyes will light up at
the glance of other eyes, we know; young
hearts will beat responsive to other hearts,
why not a thousand times better under the
free sky, the crisp, clear air, and fine in
spiration Of noble exercise, than in the
Sitting, noXious atmosphere and amid the
morbid excitement of the ballroom or the
theater., From "H0me and Soctetv:''
ScriJner's for February.
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himself was to be kept in utter ignorance of
her'real name and position. She was re-
ceived into the house of those simple mind
ed people, with whom she soon became a
favorite. Her powers of conversation
though tinged with sadness, still remained.
But where was the play of her bright lips
fled?
Gone was the smile that cnlivened their
red.
1t was an evening when the pitiless
storm of rain battered against the windows
of her humble refuge, that the converse
ton turned on the misfortunes of real life,
not unfrequently exceeding those conjured
up by the heated imagination Of the novel
list or the poet. Before she well knew of
the line of story she had entered upon, she
SO entranced her listeners with the sad
story of her own life, the actors being call
ed by fictitious names. that the company
hung in breathless anxiety on every word
she uttered. She told them how the sedu-
Ger had unlimited intercourse in the house
of his benefactor, and how basely he repaid
the confidence that was reposed in him, by
taking her from her fathers house and
suhjecting her to the agonies of despair
For hours did she keep the attention of the
family riveted ON the words she then utter
ed. At length the clergyman's eldest son,
young man, who had already loved her,
and who could no longer refrain from tears,
burst into EXPLANATIONS of horror at the
barbarity of the betrayer.
Behold" said she, overcome by the
warmth of her feelings, 81, myself, am the
person for whom you express so deep an
interest. l am the much wronged woman;
and now l suppose you will drive me from
under your roof
Such, however, was not the case. Her
misfortunes were ended; a life of happiness
was before her at last. She confided her
heart and hand to that young man. Times
went over, and during their long married
life nothing occurred to throw shadow on
her path. Not many years ago she died,
universally respected, in the land where
she sought for and obtaine home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-02-01
am told. Here embryo LAWYERS plead in

am told. Here embryo lawyers plead in
the negative and affirmative, with an elo-
quence, which often causes the beliigerents
to shed tears, shake hands and repair to a
neighboring saloon for drinks all around"
The sleishing has been fine, and enioyed
accordingly. The broad praires are splen-
aid race courses; racing is splendid sport
when You come in ahead, but when you
have to fall to the rear it is rather thin
Long as the American Eagle screams so
that be can be heard from grand mounts
icy Green to the great desert of Sahara,
lying around the renowned city of Timbuc-
too, will the young spirit of America and
those who are nos SO young, be muchly
given to racing, even if they do get beat.
l have read Miss Biddle's essays upon
educational topics with profound satisfac-
ton and much edifcation. When shall we
have another communication from GRAY
Beard? His letters from the new South
are very interesting. A.A.c.