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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Old Dutch Proverbs.

We must row with the oars we have
and as we cannot order the wind we are
obliged to sail with the wind that God
gives.
Patience and attention will bring
us far. If cat watches long enough
at the mouse nest, the mouse shall not
escape.
Perseverance will obtain good cabbage
and lettuce where otherwise nothing but
thistles will grow.
The plowman must go up and down,
and whatever else may be done, there is
no other but this long way to do the
work well.
Learn to sleep with one eye open.
AS soon as the chicken goes to roost, It
is good time for the fox.
If weary with waking. your portion
will soon be meagre.
Fools always will ask what time it s,
but the wise know their time
Grind while the wind is fair, and if
you neglect, do not complain of Gods
providence.
God gives feed to every bird, but he
does not bring it to the nest !;
in like manner he gives us our
daily bread, but by means of our daily
work.
Rise early then the fisherman finds
his worms.
The dawn of day has gold in its
mouth.
He that lags behind in road where
many are driving always will be in a
cloud of dust
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Current Paragranhs.


THIRTY FIVE Thousand dogs are regis
tered in Berlin.
THE Britishers bought 300, 900 of Mrs.
Wales latest photographs.
In London the slang phrase for per-
son who gives information to the police
is j" a copper's mark.
A THRIFTY Mormon in Salt Lake City
adds to his income by hiring out his
wives to do washing and house-clean-
ing.
IT takes the Scotch to make a penny
go the farthest, one firm of wire manu-
facturers having drawn it out to 2.7OO
| feet.
THE Vermont State prison is not only
self-supporting, but yielded revenue
last year of $4,000 to the State. OF
the So convicts, 40 were born in Yer
| mont.
Mr.. BEEoHER prays, and, speaking of
| it, says s. We want liberty, personali
ty, breadth, variety in prayer little
| when you need little none when YOU
| want none.
An experienced railroadman estimates
| that it should take q loaded fteight
train forty-tWo minutes to pass through
| the Hoosac tunnel, when in complete
running order.
THERE are 787 islands off the coast Of
Scotland, of which about 1856 are inhab-
tied. Many of them are very small,
mere rocks rising out of the sea, with
out vegetation OF any kind.
| WOMAN
I am ashamed that women SO simple;
| To offer war when they should kneel for peace
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,
When they are bound to serve, love aud obey
Shakespeare.
The highest spire in Europe is said
to be that of st. Nicholas, in Hamburg
"a church recently completed. Total
! height 472 feet-six feet higher than
the cathedral at Strasburg.
THE Shah of Persia contemplates
sending an ambassador to this country,
but for what purpose is not known. 1t
is conjectured, however, he requires
an agent in America for the sale of his
| book.
An old gentleman in Stowe, VT, tells
how he broke off drinking. Every time
he took drink he would drop a shot
in the glass, and as the glass filed up
his drinks were smaller, and he dropped
the use of drink entirely.
THERE is a man in East Lyme, CT,
who has kept his bed for six years. be.
cause he was once disappointed in love.
He isn't sick, but simply chronically
sorry that he didn't get the girl. His
indulgent mother waits on him con-
stantly.
The largest room in the world under
single roof, unbroken by pillars or
other distinctions. is at st. Petersb burg,
in Russia, and is $50 feet wide. It is
used for military displays in rough
weather, and can be converted into a
ballroom at night.
A CALIFORNIA farmer received by
mail, three years ago, about spoonful
of oats, which he planted and the next
year he planted the produce of it. This
year he repeated the process, and has
| just harvested, from an acre and half
of land, 200 bushels of oats.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
The Largest YauIted Roof in the
World

The largest vaulted roof in the world
is claimed by Vienna-that belonging
to the great Exposition building. It is
said to cover nine tir1es the space of
the done of st. Paul's, in London,
eight times the area of the dome of st.
Peter 8, and seven times that of St. So
phia, at Constantinople. This miracle
of architectural skill is $50 feet in diam
eter, 1,089 feet round, and stands on q
ring of thirty columns thirty-six feet
apart all around the circumference.
Within the long columns there is no
support. The upper dome, one hun
dred feet in diameter, admits light by a
series of windows forty feet high and
ten feet wide, between thirty columns
which carry the upper dome. The slope
of the cone is thirty degrees, and the
length of the slope on all sides is 200
feet. The roof is formed of $50 iron
plates, tapering uniformly upward from
the circumference to the apex of the
cone. They are riveted like the plates
of q ship each row of plates covers one
degree of the circle, and each bottom
plate Is one yard wide between the lines
of rivets, and one meter wide over the
lap.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Br nEv. W. 5. BI.ANoHARp.

The Pilgrim Fathers sainted sleep;
Their sons the old Thanksgiving keep
With gratitude. devotion's zeal,
Their vows at Heavens high altar seal;
Not as in days long gone, of yore,
Beside the great Atlantie's roar,
Bat through this boundless, vast domain.
This ,and of freedoms happy reign!
With Huguenot, proud cavalier,
The brave descendants settled here
All who have stood in phalanx strong,
Rolled back the surging tides of wrong,
Planted rare germs of Liberty,
Now risen, grand, stately, giant tree,
Meath whose great shade, in deepening light,
The nations learn truth, Justice, right
They strike the palm join friendly hand;
North, South, East. West, own kindred land
One heritag e-the model State
Bound by connatural bonds of fate,
Where oft Thanksgiv1ng's prayer should rise
To Him whose will all good supplies
While swift goes on the course of time
aud eentury-wonders wax sublime,
This day imperial offerings bring:
Make Heavens high-storied arches ring
With glowing heart with clarion tongue,
Let freedoms airs be loudly sung;
Earth, earth, far-listening, silent hear
It's jubilee fast drawing near,
In deepening harmony accord,
All ranks adore the sovereign Lord,
Who led the t' Fathers DER the deep
The great Thanksgiving here to keep!
Ils now fond children, glad, return
To, where parental affairs burn;
That friends renew, reweaye the tie
That time survives and cannot die!
Full many group, all radiant, bright,
snail grace the nOOFS OF FESTIVE I1ght1
Rare-heaning nectar sparkling flow;
Sweet merriments no boundaries know;
Huge groaning tables vie around,
Piled in luxuriousness profound,
While dsinties all shall overflow,
Go seek the poor; relieve of woe;
Bid charity abundance find
With deepening love embrace mankind
And, while Thanksgiving's joys shall greet,
Let want, despair, find bliss complete
t patriots heart shall swell with pride
the Christian joy that Christ hath died
To bless the neeoy, lost, undone,
The nations gather, make them onei
lis well All local bounds retire
Before congeuial, spreading FIRE;
The stars and Stripes, long may they shine
1se Old Thanksgiving yours and minel
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
I" Had Leisure y

"If I had leisure would repair that
weak place in my fence" said farmer.
He had none, however, and while
drinking cider with a neighbor the cows
broke in aud injured prime piece of
corn. He had leisure then to repair
his fence, but it did not bring back his
corn.
eff I had LEISURE said a wheel
wright last winter, '' L would alter my
But he did not find time, and when the
shop caught fire and burned down he
| found leisure to build another.
IS If had leisure" said mechanic,
81 should have my work done in sea.
son." The man thinks his time has
has been all occupied, but he was not
at work till after sunrise he quit work
at five o'clock, smoked a cigar after
dinner, and spent two hours on the
street talking nonse se with an idler
If I had leisure said a merchant,
" would pay more attention to my ac-
counts and try to collect nay bills more
promptly" The chance is, my friend,
if you had leisure you would probably
pay less attention Co the matter than
| you do now. The thing lacking with
hundreds of farmers who till the soil is
not more leisure but more resolution
| the spirit to do it now. If the farmer
who sees his fence in poor condition
would only act at once, how much
might be saved It would prevent
breechy cattle from creating quarrels
among neighbors that in many cases
terminate in lawsuits, which take
nearly all they are both worth to pay
the lawyers.
The fact is, farmers and mechanics
have more leisure than they are aware
of for study and improvement of their
minds. They have the long evenings
of winter in which they can post them
selves upon all improvements of the day,
| if they will only take ably conducted
| journals and read them with care. The
| farmer who fails to study his business,
and then gets shaved, has nobody but
| himself to blame.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
The Thanksgiving Turkey-How td
Dress 1t.

Take board four feet long, one and
a half feet wioe, bore an inch hole in
the center, about eight inches from one
end, saw out strip from this end to
the hole, about one inch wide, or wide
enough to admit the neck of the turkey.
Place this board on barrel, with one
end against your hips. Lay the turkey
on this board on it's back, with its neck
in the slit and head underneath then.
with snarp knife, cut it's throat under
the board Chat the blood may be out of
the way) take the turkey by the legs,
draw steadily, to keep its neck in place,
raise it from the board, that it need not
be bruised, and commence at once to
pull out the tail and wing feathers, and
by the time it is done kicking you will
have nearly all the feathers off. You
will find that they will come off nearly
as easy as if scalded. The pin feath-
ers, If any, should be taken out at once.
When dressed, carry to the house, lay
the carcass upon the table, on the back,
with its wings in position wipe dry,
and when you get through, call in your
WIFE,. and you may be sure of her ap-
proving smile.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Railroad Tariff.

From the fact that sharp competi-
ton has existed of late years between
the east and west lines which cross the
State of Illinois and the Chicago rail
ways, for the through freight business
from competing points, the rates from
the lntersected cities have been unusu-
ally low, which fact has initiated
strongly against the smaller local sta
tions, where high rates have been uni
formly maintained. This competition
for the through traffic has been carried
SO far that TRANSPORTATION has become
in some instances loss to the railway
companies. In consequence of this, a
meeting of the general freight agents OF
the various competing lines was held at
Chicago, recently, to endeavor to equal
lze the charges from competing points
with those imposed from local stations.
AS an understanding concerning tariff
charges was arrived at, the cause for
complaint of unjust discrimination In
favor of large competing places is in
part done away with.
Mr.. James Smith, of the Chicago and
Alton road, was elected chairman. The
James A. Hill, Atlantic and Pacific ID.
W. Hubbard, Vandalia line; FL. w.
Diehl, Indianapolis, Bloomington and
Western J. F. Tucker, Illinois Cen
tral; A. G. Bird, Kansas City and
Northern M. B. Spaulding, Toledo,
Wabash and Western J. @. A. Bean,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; L.
Viele, Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific and p. S. Shumway, of the Chi
cago and Iowa railroad.
When the meeting had been called to
order, member of dispatches were read
from agents who were unable to attend,
but who signifed their willingness to
abide by the joint action of those pres
ent. The following rates on fourth
class freight were agreed upon, from
the points given
Per 100 lbs Per 1QS lbs.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

The next morning the Seymours and
their guest, Miss Flanders, took their
accustomed seats in church.
On the other side of the aisle, directly
opposite, was the Harcourts' pew, and
all present.
William sat between his father and
Belle, and it was with the greatest sat-
isfaction that the last-mentioned OBJ
served the maneuvers of their neigh
bors to attract her brothers attention.
&c Idiot y whispered Belle.
"What did you say p asked VIII in
nocently leaning toward her.
Nothing-on I'll oe even with her
vet r'-this was significant nod.
"Who is her, Belle ?"
stMaude Flanders-who else p was
the reply.
The voluntary commenced, William
bowed his head, and Belle knew that
memory was busy with her past.
just then "I know that my Redeemer
liveth'' turned every head in the house
toward the choir. The tones were
pure, sweet, firm and powerful.
Will Harcourt's face was ashen pale,
but he controlled himself by a mighty
effort, and grew calm as the familiar
voice opened again the doors of his
| heart.
Betty was true prophetess-the
song had done the work, and new ex-
kplanations were of no account.
The minister and his wife walked with
Elsie to the door of her house, and just
as they turned away William Harcourt
asked for admittance.
"Can you ever forgive me, Elsie, " he
asked.
With my whole soul ~ was the fer
vent response; and then and there they
| were betrothed anew.
If you went Rnt+ to sue succeed Led in in this 1hs
World rh sad m Betty be ana get trnte ate te
With Song"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
An Ingenious Appeal.

The captain of certain British fri
gate, man of unoaunted bravery, had
a natural antipathy to a cat. A sailor
who, for some misconduct had been or
dered a fogging, saved his back by pre-
senting to his captain the following Pc
tition
''By your honor's command
A culprit 1 stand
An example to sill the ships crew;
am pinioned and stript,
And condemned to be whipt;
And if am fogged it's my due.
"A cat, told,
In adherence you hold;
Your honor's aversion Is mine:
If a cat with one tail
Makes your stout heart to fail,
o, save me from one that has nine -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Lunch Stands.

We favor the establishment of lunch
stands at the eating stations on rail-
roads. Hundreds who must travel
economically feel the want of these
places, where for fifteen or twenty cents
they can obtain what will answer them
for meal. The railway companies
should add this feature, which could be
done without much expense, and it
would add largely to their popularity.
At Topeka station on the Atchison
and Santa Fe road, there is a lunch
counter, which is more largely patron
lied than the dining table. A cup of
coffee costs ten cents, and a sandwich
five cents. For about twenty-five cents
one can get q more substantial meal
than at most tables where he paws
seventy-five cents.
The best argument in favor of these
counters, where q passenger can obtain
a cup of coffee and q sandwich for q
moderate price, rather than being forced
to pay seventy-6ve cents in the regular
dining groom, or go hungry, is what pas
sengers themselves say. Arguments
of this kind are not wanting, hundreds
of passengers answering the "Twenty
minutes for dinner" of the brakeman.
with the inquiry, els there a lunch
counter here ?" Another argument in
favor of the lunch counter is the patron.
age of the only one on the Missouri Pa
cific, at Sedalia, and that extended to
E' apple and pie " boys, along the main
ines.-AtchGS079 Patriot.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

HEART AND BLOOD. The amount of
blood in an adult is nearly thirty
pounds, or full one fifth of the entire
weight. The heart is six inches IN
length and four inches in diameter, and and
beats seventy times per minute, ,2OO
times per hour, 1o0,8O0 times per Day, az
37.772.OOO per year, and 2,565, 440, OOo
in three score and ten. At each beat
two and a half ounces of blood are
thrown out of it. one hundred and sew
enty-five ounces per hour, and seven
and three-fourths tons per day. All
the blood in the body passes through
the heart every three minutes, or snoulo
do so.-Phresa A177aaE1L.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

THROUGH the length and breadth of the
land the celebrated SILVER-TIPPED Boots
and Shoes are sold by the million, for par
ents know they last twice as long as those
without Tips. Try them. For eale by all
dealers
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Per 100 lbs.
nPnf&

The above rates are based on the
present rate from Chicago to New York,
of 40 cents per 100 pounds on fourth
class freight. In case of an advance on
the Chicago rate, like increase will be
made in the charges given above. The
new rates took effect Nov. IS.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Home CARPENTRY.

Very often screw hole gets so worn
that screw will not stay in. When
glue is handy, the regular carpenter
makes the hole larger and Clues in a
large plug, making nest for an entire
" new hole. But this is not always the
case, and people without tools, and in
an emergency, often have to fin the
thing. at once. Generally leather is
used but this is so hard that it does not
hold well. The best of all things is to
cut narrow strips of cork, and fill the
hole completely. Then force the screw
in. This will make as tight job as if
driven into an entirely new hole.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

In France there are 308 children
born to every 100 marriages; in En-
gland, 392 in Russia, 472. In Prussia
5O7 children arc born annually to every
IL, 900 persons in England, 354 /; in
France, only 2G6.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

CoUGHs, colds, sore throat and
similar troubles, if allowed to progress, will
result i'll serious pulmonary affections-fre-
quently incurable. Wisharts Pine Tree Tar
Cordial reaches at once the seat of the disease
and gives immediate relief.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

Ra1DwAY TRAVEL IN BRTTAIN.--Pas-
senger traffic on the English railways
has recently undergone vast develop
GERS GERS on the lines in England and Wales
Vas 289. .OOO, 600. Last year it was 401, :
oO(l 600. and the increase is chiefly due
to the improved condition of the work
;nar classes. .e------ -. - z-zs2sS
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

THE New York Times remarks that
the numerous accidents occurring show
an increased necessity for the protection
of people against themselves. "On
some of the North River ferry-boats. %
it says, passengers often climb deIib-
erately over the gates with which the
boat is provided, jump across the chasm
to the dock, rush up the bridge like
stars shot madly from their spheres,
and when the street is gained, walk
leisurely homeward."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
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