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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

ROOM UP STAIRs.-A young
man thought of Studying law, but
he would first go and ask the ad.
vice of Daniel Webster about it,
/" They tell me, sir" said the young
man, "that the profession is full,
and that there are more lawyers
now tlau are teeded. Do you
think there is any room for me?'
/" here is always room up stairs"
was Web>ter's reply. Room
enough up stairs! That is true, for
the number Of first c.aSs workmen
is small aud the demand is large.
I''ir>t-class trrmcrs, mechanics, ply
sicians, lawyers and ministers al
ways find plenty of room, plenty
OF work, and good pay. What
ever your calling may be, if it be
all honest one, be determined to go
INTO the upper story oft.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

of japan, through Il Yesitlent linlo-
matte representative ia the Tinted
States, ont nfanp maacY Ii 'hpttea'-
ury not otherwise iaianrnmiatqfl. any
sum not exceeding ,iX thoa@nd dol-
lars, which may ht fm q 10 fe dne 10
the government Of i;u,aaby that of
the United Staies. OF secpt of pUtS
for lauis or hui digs oxnpied for hos
pital purposes, iai AID ,eourt house,
in the I'niled STATES Ii, 'apsn.
Sec, ) i'hatilM Secretary ofStatp,
throueI,tlr Miuisterrsia' NJ It Japan,
be, aed he is hrely, authorized TO
rent. firgish aud keep uitable build
ings, with grontds appnrtenaat. ii
Jeddo, ur Such other place as he may
-designat,., fpr 4 court house and jail.
at an annnl cost not exceeding five
thou,anld0llarS: I'rort6e3, That the
period for which said buildings shall
be rented shall be for two years. with
renewals for two years as the Secre-
tary Of State shall determine.
See. 3. That further sum. not to
exceed two thousand five hundred dol
lars, he. and the same is hereby. also
appropriated, out Of any moneys in
the trea >nry not otherwise appropri-
ated, for the purchase of Il suitable
law-librsry for the use of said legation
In japan. the selection OF said library
TO be made nv the Secretary of State.
Appro .ei, March 5, 1873.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

FAMILY GovERSHESr.-"Wil-
liam, stop that noise, ! say! Won't
you stop? stop tell you, or = slap
your month"
William bawls a little louder.
"William, ! tell you, amt you
going to stop? stop, say! If you
don't stop III whip You, ire"
William goes up fifth and beats
time with his heels.
81 never saw such a child! He's
got temper enough for a whole
town; Pm sure he did not get it
from me. Why don't You be still?
Whist, whist. Come, come, he
still won't you? Stop, stop, say!
Don't You see this stick? See here,
now!' (t'ut the air with q stick J
William, more furious, kicks
very manfnlly at his mother
grows redder in the face, lets out
the last note, AID begins to reel
and Shake and twist in a most
spitetul manner.
"Come, William, come dear
that's q darling-naughty William!
Come, 'lat'S a good boy; don't cry,
poor fellow; SAINT ab-o.ose you sail
eh? Mas little man want a piece
sooga? Mas little hoy got cramp?
Poor little sick bpy!' &c.
William wipes up and minds, and
eats his sugar and stops.
AFTER ScENE.-l'he minister
present, and a very nice tax is
going on upon the necessity Of gov
erning children.
"Too true," says, mamma, "some
people give up to their children,
and it ruins them--every child
should be governed, but then tt
won't do to carry it too far; it will
break a child'sspirit. One ought to
mix kindness and tirmness together
in managing children"
II think So" said the preacher;
"firmness first and then kindness 2
eyes, sir, that's my practice exact
ly."-H W. Beechcr.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

"A CrNi'ivvATr DoG.-cays the
correspondent Of the t'ilcinnati
CBh,iaeNf ": here is a remark
able dog belonging TO one OF the
steam fire eigiAe COMPANIES in this
city. lie etgiIe house is On Capt.
tol Hi. ard tie Company is noted
for bel, g Que oi'he promptest, quick
est a. 4 most effective in the conr-
try. le members are sober, peace
able, and very attentive other du-
ties. The engine is as clean and
shiny as a new watch, and Clean
er lot ~ horses, harness and gen.
eral equipments were never seen.
The e give company is also cele-
brated for Their dog. He is Of the
Newfoundland breed, large and
heavy built. His coat is fiill and
shaggy and ola very dark brown.
The face OF the Dig is amiable as
Venus, his jaws are 'arge and pow.
erful, and his teeth sharp aud long.
Whenever All alarm OF fire is sound
ell, the dog listens attentively for a
moment unit the number Of bells in-
dcate the locality; he rushes,
barking fnri"n>ly, to the stable Of
the horses. which is the basement
Of the engine-houSe, and by the
time lie gets there the horses are
ont, he takes his position at their
head and russ to tie tire. The
fire has been lighted in the mean
time, and in less than three minutes
the epgiue is rushing through the
streets AS If lell Lad broken loose.
What is wonderful about the dog
is that the instant that the driver
mon is his seat and takes the reins
III his hands tie dog starts Of at a
fearful pace in the direction Of the
fire, barking ondly aIh keeping
time with the hell Of the engine,
giving a bark for every stroke OF
tie bell. How the dog knows
where the fire is has been for
months a myStey to me. The
horses are clo-e behind HIM, aud
seem TO follow him. He turns cor
nerS, avoids the tracks of street cars,
and leads the way, indeed, to the
scene Of the fre Can it be posi-
bIe that tile dog knows the system
Of alarms in this city?
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09
A MELANCHOLY M1xTrRl

A MELANCHOLY MIXTURE
Census takers and gatherers of sta
ti>tics have some queer experiences.
One Of them, calling at a house in
the Fourth Ward, asked for the
master Of the house, and was intro
duced to a gentleman with the map
Of Ireland legibly printed on his
counteuance, wbenthe following dia-
logue ensued:
"Will You be kind enough to tell
me your nationality, sir?''
"NIe nationality? that's thst?"
"Where were You born? What
countryman are yon?"
"Ah, now, ye be's wan av thin
chaps as goes round wild a book for
the names Of the byes as votes"
"Not exactly; but | am collecting
information, and would like to know
your nationality"
"Collecting information? begorra,
thin perhaps ye'd betellin' me what
countryman ! am yerself, for | can't
make it out at all, Me father was
a naturalized Irishman. Me emother
was an English woman. / was
born 10 a Dutch ship, under the
French flag, in Turkish wathers.o
The collector Of information"
"passed."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

Thirty years ago young man en-
tered the city of New York in an
almost penniless condition and with
out a single acquaintance in the
great wilderness ofhouses To-day
his name is kown wherever human
ity breathes. 1t is spoken in every
city, aud is as familiar to the work
crs in the mines as to his brother in
the mills, and wherever language is
known and ideas expressed the
name of this pemiless, unknown
and uncouth lad ofthirty years ago,
is uttered. 1t was John Smith.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

A New Orleans paper tells us of
a printer who, when his fellow.
workmen went ont to drink beer,
during work hours, put in.the bank
the exact amount which he would
have spent if he had gone out to
drink. He thus kept his resolution
tor five years. He then examined
his bank account, and found that
he had on deposit S521 86. In
the five years he had not lost a
dav from i'll health.
Three out of five of his fellow
workmen had, in the meantime, be-
come drunkards, and were dis
charged. The water drinker then
bought ont the printing office,
went on enlargirg the business and
in twenty years from the time he be-
gan to put by his money, was worth
100000. The story, whether new
or old, teaches a lesson which every
boy and young man should lay to
heart.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

How They TRADE IN THE KEN
lucky MOUNTAINS AT Point
Creek, Jackson county, a trader
had bought sheep Of a resident.
Resident had one more to sell,
when the following conversation en-.
sued:
Trader-"l'll give you two dol
lars for that sheep"
Resident-"It's worth FIVE dol
lars"
T.-"It aint worth two dollars"
R.-"it's worth five dollars"
T.-"It amt"
R(drawing a large navy1- -"What's
that there sheep worth?"
T.-'HUnder the circumstances, I
think it's worth nigh unto SIX dol
lars" -
They traded forthwith. .-Le5d-
no''( Ry) sfandard.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09
SCENE IN iCocRr. Roy wit
ness in a case of assault on Mr..


BF0whs 's'-a'l.'''ess.'-
judge, with inaignlts Young
man, do you know this Brown"
Boy, looking rogs1ishiy at his
Honor and shaking his head
"No yer don't, judge
Judge, indignantly-4Wha do
you mean by that, sir? Answer
my question; do you know this
Brown?"
Boy, with a peculiar wink-"No
yer don't, Judge" "
Judge, in a rage" Answer me,
you young villain, or | will com
init you FOR contempt Of court. DO
You know this Brown?''
Boy, applying his thumb to the
end of his hose, and wriggling mys-
teriously his elongated fingers
eyer can't come it, Judge. know
what yer want; You want me to ask
yer what Brown, and then yer goin'
to say Brown Stout No yer don't,
Judge"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

A Haverhill clergyman married
a acouple the other day. The groom
was a tall stripping whose weight
with all his wedding fixtures on
was ninety-seven pounds, while
that ofthe buxom bride was two
hundred and ten. They both de-
clared that they had loved through
thick and thin. When the mimic
ter looked at the scrip he received
for the job he thought it was pretty
thin,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09
Approved, March 5, 1878.
General Nature No. 74.I

AN ACT to restore AbSaom Kirby
as second assistant engineer in the
navy.
BE- II sn0ct"d bn ha s MT and Hlus, Of
Repres nnirS Of III Un6t.1 lSntS " .4nl =
tcd in Congress ass plH 4, That The Presi-
dent Of the United States le. aid be is
hereby, authorized, bv and with the
advice aud consent of the Senate, to
restor. Absalom Kirby to his original
position OH the active list "a r second
assistant engineer in the navy of the
United States
Approved. March 8, 1873.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

Sir Fletcher Norton was noted
for his want of courtesy. Pleading
one day before Lord Mansfield on
some question Of manorial right, he
chanced to say: "My lord, 1 can
illustrate the point il my own per-
son: myself have too little man
ors." The Judge Immediately
interposed, with his usual bland
smile, ave all know It, Sir Fletch-
erl''
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

~ 3 -
How 1T WAS PUT UP ON A
NK.-The delight of the Papal
party is to lead She Italian Gov
ernmem into trouble, and TO repre-
sent its actions to the people as a
model Of tyranny. >improvidence,
and absurdity. ltmnst be acknowl-
edged that the latter lays Itself
open buttoo readily to such insinua-
tions and blunders, even than
seems natural, from its over-aux-
ious desire to avoid new complica-
tions. Thus, a few days ago a ven
erable monk of the famous Church
Of IRA Cell was discovered to be in
Possession Of iseniuusly contrived
plates, by means Of which an i'm
mense number Of twenty-five frame
notes had been orged, and, foryears
been successfully circulated III all
parts Of italy. The police did not
wish to arrest the triar, but the au.
thorities were goaded on by an
unlucky man Of virtue who had
made the discovery, and was de-
termined to reap the reward of m.
masking such villainy. When the
monk was at last brought up to
headquarters, he boldly claimed
to have received the plates, which
were found on his person, from the
sexton ofhis church. Again oppor-
tu,ity was offered him to escape
but he seemed to be as much fool
as knave, and remained in prison
while his cell was searched.
There, among other things most nm
likely to be met with in converts,
number of photographs of obscene
character, and of letters from we'll
knowH persons Of ill-repate, were
found; tile former, upon being inter-
rogated, he declared to have taken
from young persons under his care
for the sake Of public morality, but
for the letters he could not account.
The church prrty are, Of conrSe,
fierce in their indignation at this
plot of the Government to bring
all excellent man of we'll proved
piety aud stainless reputation into
sore trouble, while the police, hav-
ing obtained possession of the dan
gerous plates ,wou'd be delighted
to get rid Of the hardly less danger
Gus monk Nor is the matter
likely to end there. New troubles
will arise from it in Parliament,
where the Ministers are sure to be
questioned on the subject, and the
want Of vigilance in allowing so
great an amount of counterfeit
money to be manufactured. aud to
be put in circulation during so
many years, will be made the sub
.iect of a violent attack, in which
the Papists willjoin with zest and
GREAT eaUprupSS.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

A German in Buffalo fell into a
beer vat, the other day, and was
drowned. He drank as hard as he
could to save himself, and would
have succeeded, had not . floating
cork choked him.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09


ANOTHER MAN NEEDED.-Old
farmer Pettingill went into his
house one day and caught John,
the hired man, hugging Mrs. p.
The farmer said nothing, and
went out into the field.
After dinner he wanted John for
something, but John was not to be
found.
He went, at last, into Johns
room, where the latter was on his
knees packing his trunk.
"What's the matter, John2"
said p.
go, nothing" replied John.
"What are You packing your
trunk tor?"
"I'm going away"
"Going away! What are you
going away tor?"
60 you know" answered John.
"No I don't know" "rejoined 7.
"Come, give me the reason of your
sudden desire to go away%,
"Well," meekly answered John,
"you know what you caught me
doing this forenoonn'
20 pshaw' laughed Pettingill;
edo not be so foolish. If You and
me can't hug the old woman
enough, I'll hire another man."
A KISS IN THF DARK.-Young
ladies should be careful about who
they kiss--particuIarly in the dark.
A Vallejo young lady, about to
go off in the cars, stepped into the
dark sitting room to kiss her friend
Sarah good.by. Owing to the
darkness she didn't see Sarah but
caomed ona Chinaman, and didn't
find out the mistake until John be-
gan yelling:
"Whatee for you so Chokee me!
Hi yah! No squeeze 80 muchee!"
One yell, a Hopping of feminine
garments, a slammed door, and the
girl was gone.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

A somewhat illiterate gentleman
has named his dog "Michael An.
gelo," on the supposition that N.
A. was one Of the old mastiffs.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

CeetIl, WOulu Hc t@lh Suiu AidUlC!
A Western jury rendered a ver-
dict of"death by hanging round a
rum shop"
American bellies ought to make
good housewives, because they put
up with little or no waist.
Tell ma to forgive me, for O, !
am 50 happy, was the telegram an
indianapolis girl sent to her father,
to apprise him Of her elopemeut
with a telegraph operator.
A gentleman was complimenting
a pretty young lady III the. presence
Of his wife. cit is lucky | did not
meet Miss Hopkins before married
you, my dear" "Well, yes 1t is
extremely lucky-tor her," was the
dry rejoinder
A parson, reading the funeral SER
vice at the grave, forgot the sex Of
the deceased, and asked'gie of the
mourlers, an Emerald islander, SIS
this a brother or a sister," "Neith-
err" replied lat, ''only a cousin"
"Enioy it! guess ! did immense
ly, till | looked at the lady in the
front seat, and all at once | was
unhappy; for, would you believe it,
my back hair wasn't up high
enough"
1t will be surprise to many to
know that Washington Irving was
a confessed orchard thief. Once,
when picking up an apple under a
tree in his own orchard, he was
aecoSted by an urchin ot'the neigh
borhood, who, not recognizing him
a. the proprietor, offered to show
him a tree where he could "get
some better apples than these.
But" said the boy, tive must take
care the old man doesn't see U.S."
81 went with him. said Irving,
"and we stole a dozen of my own
apples"
Not over fifty miles east of Au-
burn, on the line OF the Central
Pacific Railroad, there lives a man
whose sense Of hearing is not very
acute, as will appear from the fol-
lowing: He was hunting for game
about a mile distant from his resi-
derce, when a grouse flew up and
lit on a tree on the hillside; and
the same moment traveller ap-
pronched and inquired the distance
to the next station.
Deaf Man (pointing). "He flew
right up there"
1raveler.-"How far is it to the
next station?"
Deaf man.-"He lit right up
there F"
Traveller. -"You must be a id
fool"
Deaf man.-"Yes, there is q
great many around this time of the
year."
.Jinks had been indulging too fire.
quently in ardent spirits. At a
street corner his hat dropped into
the gutter. Says Jinks:: 81 know
if | pick you up I'll fall-It | tall
you won't p-hic- e-hic-up-
Good night" And he walked off
with a smile Of satisfaction, describ-
ing innumerable zig-zags as he went,
leaving his hat in the gutter.
Modesty aud merit are a hand
some coupe.
Many children, many cares; no
children, no felicity.
Search Others for their virtues,
and thyself for thy vices.
Without good-nature, man is
only better sort Of vermin.
Wise meh have but few conf
dants; and cunning men, none.
l'almage says that when Chris
tians lie they lie like-the devil.
Be rigid to yourself and gentle
to others. So said Confncius.
To love is to place our happi-
ness in the happiness ofanother.
A failure in a good cause is bet
ter than triumph in bad one.
The whole earth is the monu-
ment Of illustrious men.--Perlcles.
Men deride the selfconceit Of
power, but cringe to its injustice.
Ii thou hast fear Of those who
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-09

The test of a mans honesty is in
the sacrifice be will make to pre-.
serve it.
The New York herald., 1873-12-23
THE SHARKEY CANARD.

Report That tho Escaped Murderer Had
Boon "Corncrcd'-The Train Pickpock-
cts Attended To.
Almost Immediately on che neels OF the an
nouncement that Genet had taken night yester-
day morning came the startling intelligence that
william J. Sharkey, the condemned murderer or
"BCb" Dunn, VINO escaped from the Tombs sew
eral weeks SINCE, had been recaptured and to
many persons 1t seemed as though there was
compensatory coincidence about the two reports
that was very noteworthy. The information came
In q startling way, however, for 1t was reported
that Sharkey had been traced TO his hiding
place In q disreputabe house up town, that
the headquarters detectives had ''cOrralled" him
there, that a number OF his friends, armed to the
teeth, were assembled to defend him, and that
about dozen detectives under the lead OF Chief
Irving, were about to carry the position by assault
II there had been any truth in 1t the tableau at
the finale would have been an undoubtedly fne
one.
Shortly after noon a reporter called on Supern-
tendenI Matsell aud was informed that the story
was made out of whole cloth, that there was not
particle OF truth In any portion OF IT,
When asked by the reporter II 1t was tne TACT
that on Sunday night he had had q large force OF
the Central ONCE detectives on duty, the Superin-
tendent replied-"Yes; had q number OF them
here on special service last night and have had
them one or two other nights lately, but that was
for q very different purpose. We have been try
ing for some time past to break up the system OF
trains up town, and think we have broken 1t up
now. The detectives who were here on Sunday
night were here for that purpose and no other,
and think they have accomplished their object"