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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Great Enternrise.

There is now strong probability that
work will soon be begun on the subma-
rine tunnel between England and
France. The width of the channel at
the narrowest place between Dover and
Calais is about twenty miles. The sur
veys already made show that the chalk
which forms the Dover cliffs extends
under water from shore to shore, form
ing an easily worked stratum perfectly
! waterproof. Its depth, direction, and
soidity have been ascertained by sink
ing shafts at various points. The pro-
posed tunnel will run about two hun
dred feet below the sea bottom, thus
providing O secure roof. Ventilation
will be insured by shafts terminating
on the shore. The cost of these shafts
and the preliminary work is estimated
at about $500, 600; while the total ex-
penses of the undertaking may not fall
short of $50, 900, 900. The tunnel IS to
be built by a combined French and
English company, with the aid of the
connection railways, and concessions
from the two governments. Toward
the preliminary engineering each COM
pany is to contribute $400, 900, The
French subscriptions are nearly made
up, while there is every reason to be-
Eeve that the English will be ready with
theirs in due time. Nothing else de-
lays the commencement of work save
the favorable action of the French AS
sembly, which is likely to be taken, as
President NacA1ahon is not opposed to
the enterprise. The tunnel, once in
working order, a fearful amount OF
sea-sickness will be prevented, and as
far as travel is concerned, England will
| form a part of the continent.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Kitchen Poisoning.

The recent poisoning in New York,
caused by the reckless use of vermin
exterminator, deserves the earnest at
tention of housekeepers. Three per-
sons died and several others were seri-
ously prostrated from the effects of this
preposterous blunder. The develop
ments at the inquest give a startling
exhibition of the ignorance and careless
ness of servants, and show how liable
families are to fatal accidents in the
kitchen, when constant supervision is
not exercised by the mistress of the
house. The particular exterminator
used in this case was Paris green, one
of the deadliest of mineral poisons, and
the testimony shows that if was en-
ployed in entire Ignorance of the dan
ger incurred. Enough of the substance
was scattered about the kitchen to kill
regiment, the only excuse for such an
invitation to disaster being desire to
rid the premises of reaches. Very
likely the reaches were killed by such
vigorous treatment, but it is miracle
that the whole family was not as sum-
marily disposed of. AS it was, the con-
sequences were sufficiently dreadful.
The poison was found scattered every
where-among the dishes, among the
knives and forks, and on window sills,
where a breath of air might scatter it
into articles under process of cooking.
Such foolhardiness is almost incredible,
and the carelessness in the head of the
family in permitting such practices,
equally so The travail of looking
after servants is often a serious one,
but experience constantly shows that il
cannot, either with safety or comfort,
be relaxed,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
The Rear of Houses.

Take the prettiest and best kept vii
lagos of New England, and we doubt If
tenth part of even the most preten-
tious mansions and the most ornate
cottages will bear examination in the
rear. Instead of being nicely finished
in all their petty domestic details and
conveniences, and kept snug and trig,
with trim grass plots, with all the sub
ordinate avenues and garden approaches
well grayeled, clean swept and free of
refuse, and everything wholesome and
orderly, there is apt to be a look of gen.
eral untidiness, as if the residual rub
bish of years had been dumped therein.
Not unfrequently railroad runs its
track in such manner as to expose the
rear of plenty of houses to the eye of
the traveller over it, whose sense of neat
ness is offended by the square rods of
backyard numbered up with every con-
ceivable variety of secondhand, dam
aged and invalided articles known to
domestic use, from horse-cart disabled
by broken thills and wrecked wheels to
the ghost of the baby carriage which
survives two generations of children,
interspersed with smashed crockery,
rusty and condemned tinware, old boots,
sardine boxes, disabled junk bottles,
hoop-skirts which would have outlived
all usefulness if they ever had any,
chips, burdock, mullin, ashes, half
burned Jumps of wasted coal, and all
imaginable litter, trash, debris and dirt.
On the other hand, nothing is prettier
than cottage which is thoroughly well
kept in the rear as we'll as its more pub
lie portion. It seems inevitably redolent
of a purer, sweeter, happier domestic
life than one with heaps of fostering
rubbish crowding hard upon it.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
The Drama in japan.

In Japan they say the theaters are
very much patronized the play com.
mences at 6 IN the morning and ter
inmates at or in the evening often
the same piece occupies two and three
days in the representation. Gentlemen
are not particular about the question
of full dress, but the ladies are the
latter, to cover their swarthy looks,
have the face and shoulders white
washed with almond milk; a black
lead-pencil marks the eyebrows, and
the lips are coated thinly with gold,
the head-dress is a veritable piece of
engineering ; it is a scaffolding that has
to be commenced the evening previous
ly but the beauty reclines dressed till
the theater opens, and once there, she
forgets all fatigue. The robe appears
to be swathed in ribbon-sashes, form
ing an immense knot at the back. The
scene changing on the stage is simply
on the plan of the turn-table for loco
motives. At a given signal the table
whirls for the space of half-circle,
taking away actors in the midst of their
dialogue, and bringing others on the
scene in the act of continuing the con-
versation, or representing something
new. Every actor has his sc shadow, u
an individual dressed in black, who
never quits him, handing everything he
may stand in need Of And when the
shades of evening fall, he holds a can
die on the end of a stick under the
actors nose to allow the spectators tc
Judge of the actors gestures and ex
preston of passions.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Wisdom of the Egyptians.

Philologists, astronomers, chemists,
painters, architects and physicians must
return to Egypt to learn the origin of
writings knowledge of the calendar
and solar motion-of the art of cutting
granite with copper chisel, and of
giving elasticity to copper sword-of
making glass of the variegated hues of
the rainbow-of moving single blocks of
polished syenite nine hundred tons in
weight, for any distance by land or wa
ter-of building arches round and
pointed, with Masonic precision unsur-
passed at the present day, and antece-
dent by two thousand years to the
Cloaca Maximd of Rome-of sculpturing
Doric column one thousand years be-
fore the Dorians are known in history
of fresco painting in imperishable col
ors-and of practical knowledge in ma
sonry. And it is no less clear that every
craftsman can behold on Egyptian monu.
ments the progress of his art four thou
sand years ago, whether it be a wheel
wright building his chariot, shoe.
maker drawing his twine, a leather
cutter using that selfsame form of knife
which is considered the best form now
or a weaver throwing the same hand
shuttle.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Common Sunerstitic ns.

Christianity has not eliminated the
old heather leaven, although we are
commanded, BE not dismayed at the
signs of heaven, as the heathen are"
The son of my German neighbor had
broken leg which was mending under
the care of skillfu1 surgeon. AT this
luncture hen crowed before the door
Now the Growing of hen, instead of
being construed, as it might have been,
as the assertion of female rights, was
construed, under the accepted German
myth, as sign of death in the house
The mental reaction brought on the
catastrophe, and the boy died.
My next neighbor has in his garret a
clock, dead these seven years. His son
little time ago heard the clock strike
in the night, and told his mother.
Shortly afterward the son fell i'll, and
then superstition awoke and tormented.
The stricken mother had the clang OF
that clock, untimely striking, as a
dreadful sound in her ears. AS I write
I see that sick boy riding out The
sign has failed. Well, all signs fail in
dry weather, SO it is not discredited
after all.
have, or had, neighbor who would
enter upon no new undertaking on
Friday. Friday is an unlucky day.
That man, having a journey before
him, drove out five miles on Thursday,
and returned to lodge at home. Thus
he avoided the glover of the rnlucky
day.
It is bad sign to see the new moon
first over the right shoulder, very bad
sign to hear death-watch. The death
watch is bug known to entomologists
as sal1erda candida. It is not safe to
sleep in haunted room. Danger turks
in the graveyard after moondown.
What is all this but touch of the
fears that haunt the mind of the most
ignorant heather? ? How sad and hu.
initiating that Christian people should
even be subject to such foolish super
stitions
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

ten, on his way to work, engaged one
to "look in" The doctor looked in,
and looked serious. He sent medicine,
and word that he would look in again
in the evening. In the evening he
came, and Potten was there.
Dot was one bright red flush, to the
very whites of her eyes.
what is it, sir, please ?" asked Pot
ten, with white and trembling lips.
50 Well" said the doctor, " ii is best
to tell you, in order that you may take
precautions. 1t Is very bad case of
scarlet fever"
Potten groaned heavily, dropped down
by the bedside, and hid his face in the
clothes.
"Come, be a man." said the doctor.
touching him on the shoulder; don't
give way like that. I've known worse
cases recover.
| Potten got up and stared about him
| like one distraught.
The doctor gave his directions to
Mrs. Potten; and with a kind 'Egood
night" departed.
/ The eighth day was approaching, and
Dot was in a high state of delirium.
| There were no sweet flowers, no violets,
no primroses, no daffodils for poor little
/ Dot, to catch her eye and soothe her
senses no grapes and no blood oranges
| to moisten her parched lips. And
whenever her father drew near her
pillow, she, when the delirious fit was
upon her, would turn away her face and
mutter: ''Do away, back man do
away, back man!
The eighth day came and passed !;
and Dot passed away in the twilight.
Potten had scarcely spoken word as
long as the fever lasted but now, as
he stood looking with a CHASTITY face,
and dry, fierce eyes at the tiny corpse
before him, he said, in slow, distinct,
deliberate tones "Susan I've killed
my child"
Mrs. Potten, for q moment, hushed
her sobs, aud stared at him in blank
amazement.
"Look here" continued Potten, in
/ low, husky tones 81 knowed there'd
| bin fever in the house where this come
| from the lady that gave it to me
begged and prayed o me to burn it, or,
| leastways, to burn the clo'es and the
hair, and bake and scour and reg'lar
disinfect the rest on it but YVES afraid
o. spilin' it, and-and-as they was
| always disinfectin' everything in thai
| house, / never give it second thought.
nd-and-I-giveeit- :" and, with
a sob that shook his whole body, he
threw down upon the patchwork coun-
terpane the black doll.
Mrs. Potten had listened to him with
a face that grew paler and graver, and
| more horror-stricken at every word he
uttered but all she said was, in a voice
full of awe and agony On, John !''
1t was the only reproach she made
him but it may be that there is more
in tone than in words.
Potten walked slowly to the door, and
left the room. He looked like man in
a dream. He did not return that night,
and Mrs. Potten was alarmed. He die
not return the tnext day or night, and
the neighbors were alarmed. They
thought, too truly, that the poor mar
had gone distracted, was mad with grief
and the sense of having been the cause
of the death of his child. In this belief,
they naturally expected to find him or
| the river side. And there, on the third
day, they found him-at low water
drowned.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Cat-Mad.

A boy of Willow Greek, Cal, last Feb
ruary was bitten by wild cat, and soon
got apparently well of the bite. He is
muscular boy of seventeen, and lately
he began to be cruel to his younger
brothers and often seized with a strong
desire to eat babies. His brothers ran
from HIM when the ft was on him, and
babies were carefully kept out of his
reach. He took it into his head that it
was not wrong to kill little children and
very slight crime to murder grown
people. His peculiarities began to at
tract general attention and the people
of Willow Greek became afraid of the
boy. They called him a human wild
cat because when he was attacked with
his insane speciality he initiated the mo-
tions of cat. At length he was caught
and taken to Yreka, and put into Jail
for safe keeping. The doctors heard of
the case and had consultation over it.
They called his malady ra6aa Jelina,
which means cat madness, and the dis
ease is said to be exceedingly rare in
this country
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

OTTo OF Roses. crop of roses
in the Orient has SO fallen off this sea-
son that it is thought the whole amount
of otto of roses distilled will not exceed
1000 pounds, whereas the product last
year was 2, 700 pounds. There are eight
provinces in Turkey which together
yield ordinarily $500 pounds, and oc-
easionally, as in 1856, $500 pounds.
Again their product will fall to 1,70O
pounds, as in 1872. The largest of
these provinces gives about 1900
pounds. The amount is variable, but,
on the average, it takes 1000 pounds of
roses TO produce single pound of otto
of rose. Great care is necessary in the
cultivation of the crop, the business of
which is entirely in the hands of the
peasantry and farmers, who have their
stills and condensation-tubes at work
| all the season. In consequence of the
short crop this year, the price of otto
of roses has made considerable advance
! in London, Paris, and New York.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
A Telling Reply.

In small town but few miles dis
tant from this city there recently ar
rived a man, who put up at the hotel,
minded his own business, spoke but
little, and paid his bills with regularity.
The quiet demeanor of the stranger at
tracted considerable unfavorable COM
ment, which at length grew into a be-
lief that he was burglar laying plans
for a,future raid by a well-organized
gang of law-breakers. The townspeople
at length held meeting to consider the
| case, and the landlord of the hotel was
appointed committee of one to wait
upon the stranger and ask his business
in town. The landlord took occasion
to do so at meal-time. The stranger
laid down his knife and fork, and said
ss You see, landlord, was unfortunate
enough to get into scrape short time
ago, was caught, and sentenced to be
hung and to reside two weeks in this
place. I have lived out one week al
ready, but am doubtful about being
able to serve out the other" The land
lord Withdrew, and the townspeople
asked no further questions. -Neao Ha
zen PatlQdiune.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

SEVEN sons of Ezra Price, of Brook
1yn, met at Norwich, few days since,
after separation of fifty years. These
brothers, despite their ages, have gained
some noteriety as posta1-card writer's.
Edmund, Sc years old, wrote on a card,
last year, 2, 700 words, for which he re-
ceived diploma at the American Insti.
tute Fair, and since then he has written
on one $500 words from the Psalms.
VOLUNTARY and responsible insani.
ty is Gerrit Smiths analysis of drunk
ennesg.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

AN OREGON WoMAN.-There is a
smart young widow in Lane county.
Oregon, who last winter plowed between
seventy and eighty acres. of ground for
her father, and narrowed the most OF it
in. She then turned out her team and
went and got a certificate as teacher,
took up a school and taught until hay
ing and harvest commenced, when she
dropped the s' birch ;" and again took
up the reins and cut her fathers and
uncle's grain, and is now cutting for the
| neighbors.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Saving is Wealth.

One great cause of the poverty of the
present day is the failure of our COM
mon people to appreciate small things.
They do not realize how a daily addi-
tioD, be it ever so small, will soon make
a large pile. If the young men aud
young women of to-day will only begin,
and begin now, to save little from their
earnings and plant it in the soil of some
good savings bank, and weekly or
monthly ada their mite, they will wear
a happy smile of competence when they
reach middle life. Not only the desire
but the ability to increase it will also
grow.
Let clerk and tradesman, laborer and
artisan, make now and at once begin
ming. Store up some of your youthful
force and vigor for future contingency.
Let parents teach their children to begin
early to save. Begin at the fountain
head to control the stream of extraya-
gance-to choose between poverty and
riches. Let our youth go on in habits
of extravaganza for fifty years to come
as they have for fifty years past, and we
shall have nation of beggars, with q
moneyed aristocracy. Let a generation
of such as save in small sums be reared,
and we shall be free from all want. Dc
not be ambitious for extravagant for
| tune, but do seek that which is the duty
of every one to obtain, independence
and q comfortable home. Wealth, and
enough of it, is within the reach of all
It is obtained by one process, and by
! ono onIv-savinQ.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-By way of a
reply to a correspondent the New York
Tribune states that the total amount of
bonds of the United States bearing in
terest in gold now outstanding is ST.
724, ,253, $50, which is made up of 1923,
$40, 700 in the per cent bonds known
as 5-20's; $2S3, ,681 $50 in per cent
per cent. bonds of the new loan, repre-
senting the amount of 5-20's funded,
and $194, 827, 800 of other issues of S
per cent bonds. The amount of 5,2O's
outstanding on the 1st of March, 1869,
was 81. 500, ,587, $50, and the amount
paid off in gold and purchased for the
sinking fund is $679, ,040, $50.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

THE oil wells of Pennsylvania spout
out daily about 40. 900 barrels.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

THERE are some merchants who think
they can s dispense with advertising, Z"
because they are SO we'll known. Let
such ask why it is that A. T. Stewart &
Co. spend half million every year for
advertising. That firm is tolerably well
known. We never heard it accused,
either, of making bad investments.
ANSWERED IN HIS Own LANGUAGE -
Sir Isaac Newton, very wise and
godly man, was once examining new
and fine globe, when a gentleman came
into his study who did not believe in a
God, but declared that the world we
live in came by chance. He was much
pleased with the handsome globe, and
asked:
"Who made it ("
Nobody" answered Sir Isaac. "It
happened here"
The gentleman looked up in amaze
ment at the answer, but he soon under
stood what it meant.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-11

Patients residing In any part OF the country,
however distant, who may desire the opinion
and advice Of Dr. Doherty Ia their respective
cases, and who think proper TO submit writ
ten statement of such, in preference 70 holding
personal Interview, arc respectfully assured
that their communications viii be held most
sacred. The Doctor is regular graduate and
may be consulted with every confidence.
II the case be fully and capdidly described
personal communication will be unnecessary
as instructions for diet, regimen, and the gem
eral treatment of the case Including the remo-
dles) 4yill be forwarded without delay ana IN
such manner as TO convey no Idea ot the
purport OF the letter or parcel 10 transmitted
Should yonr condition require immediate at
tention, send ten dollars In coin Tor thnt value
In currency by mail, or Wells, Fargo 20, .
Express, and package Of medicine VIII be
sent 10 your address with the necessary instruc-
tions for use. Consultation by letter or otheri
wise, FREE. Permanent cure guaranteed or no
pay. ,.1,.+v,,,r,,, :,
san Frapclsco, Cal.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-11

NEW HosE.-T City Council has
authorized Recorder Herren 10 pur-
chase for the fire department Of this
city 400 feet Of new carbolized hose and
% feet OF suction hose That Is the
best investment that has been made
for a goodswhile, as most Of the old
hose Is perfectly useless
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-11
The Cnnt 0r Imnosters.

1t is so obvious that physical and constith-
tional vigor is the best defense against disease,
that even the vendors of drastic purgatives ad-
vertlse them as tonics, stomachlcs and tnvigo-
rants, in the hope of enlisting the confidence
OF the public in the ,devitalizing and pernicious
potions. 1t is amusing to note how these i'm
postefs initiate and copy the language In which
tine medicinal properties of Hostetters storh-
ach Bitters are described. Although the effect
of their rasping hvacuants is to destroy the
tone of the digestive organs and the bowels
and to rob the system Of its vital strength, they
are unscrupulously recommended to the weak
and PROSTATE victims Of disease as stimulantb
1t is time this hutfibug tnot very successful
one it Is true. thanks To the mature common
sense of the American people) was stlgmatlzed
as 1t deserves. Such mischievous falsehoods
should be exposed pro bono public0. Hostel
ters Stomach Bltters, be 1t distinctly under
stood, is q stimulant, 1t has spirituous basis,
and wonderful sanitary principles. through .et-
cry part of the system. The tonic, Alternative
and regulating Ingredients of the Bitters would
be comparatively inert If they were not, SO TO
speak, carried to the localities where they are
required by the stimulating agent. The cant
which protests against the use OF pure alco-
holic fluid, when employed as a means OF Civ
ing full effect to medicinal extracts OF the high
est utility, is the cant of charlata1ism. Every
Intelligent physician so characterlzes 1t, and
the sick who are griped, convulsed and debtli-
tated by the nauseous and disgusting nostrums
of the parties who put IL forth, soon ind to
their sorrow that it is n deluson and snare
Hostetter's Bitters, the great sanitary stimulant
n wholesome, vitalizing, renovating prepara-
tion
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-11
10 Females.

When female is enetvated, or afflicted with
disease, as weakness of the back and limbs
pain In the head dimness Of sight, loss q
muscular power, palpltation Of tho heart lrri
liability, nervousness extreme urinary dli1cu
ties. arrangement OF digestive functions, gen
erai debility, vaglntis, all diseases OF the
womb, hystera, sterility, and all other disea
ses peculiar TO females she should so or WrMt
at once 10 the celebrated female doctor W. X
Doherty, at his Medical Institute and consult
him about her troubles and disease. The Doc
tor is effectlng More cures than any other phys
ician in the State OF California, Let no raise
and save yourself from painful sutferings and
premature death. All Married Ladies whose
delicate health or other circumstances prevent
an Increase in their families, should write OF
call nj Dr. w, X. Doherty's MEDICAL Institute
and they will receive every possible relief and
help,