The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-03-21

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Dispatch claims that at the outse
Huntley, by aid of some Washington
| niedefates. nf6culed from the file,
several petiti6ns from Montana, cu
off the names and attached them to {
petition for postal route from Mis-
sonla, Montana, to Walla Walla, w
T.. 450 miles, through wilderness
without settlers, and got a contract al
| &c, IA year, which was subsequent
I1lg Increased t6s $62, 233 per annum
Huntley Immediately sub-contracted
at $4,000, and pocketed $4,000 a
year f0r.six years. y The egpail matter
cent over The road dN net exceedeigh
lctters and papers each mailg lie alst
! obtained b route hr ell,l3l from
| Kelton, Utah, to DaHes, w. SIy [Tle
DalleS EOregon?], T5Os lhiesE daily
trips, at 1924, 900 per year. His last
operation was gettinga route for $42,-
600 from Boise City to Winnemucca,
Nevada, 2S0miles,, at ST, ,0OO, of which
$4,000 is clear profit.
A piece of elastic stone was re-
Gently exhibited in St. Louis, which
had been quarried near Goldsboro,
NC, and has been presented to
the St. Louis University. 1t is a
-har-ot white sandstone, one foot in
length by one inch in width and
thickness, IT is easily bent in any
direction, returning with a spring,
when suddenly loosened, to its
proper axis. 1t may also be com
pressed with a slight pressure, or
extended, and it converts its shape
asreadily as caoutehedc or India
rubber.
IA Geneva physician has observed
that among populations dwelling at
high elevation above the level OF
the sea cases Of consumption are
very rare, while on the other hand
cases of pneumonia are very tre-
quent Having bestowed attention
also upon,the therapeutic effects of
change OF altitude, he comes to
the conclusion that q given increase
of altitude produces always the
same effect, whatever the altitude
Of the starting point.
A curious mod8otish Matching
is said to be aOlloWsllm China.
Having cHllecSsh tlR uacessary
spawn from de Wstefs edge tile
fishermen plaSeva1 etrttaini quantity
in an empty hsn's egg, (which is
sealed up WITH Fax and Pit under
sitting heh.l After some days
they break tlshgg and ehrty the
fry into wateflYell walmdd IA by the
sun, and thdre nurse thbin until
they arg, 5dfiiciebtis strobg to be
turned into a'lakq'pr rivsr.
The Towr Tftstees of Laporte,
Ind, atew evepingy6go, visited
sleigbtokhand ift enterprise swim
die, and found atioggthe laudience
a large 1hinberot PEOPLE Who were
drawing their support Gom the
town. There are now III that
town any quantity ot nens hunting
up wood piles toysaw.
Our lighthouse system is more
extensive than any in THE world, |
the lights and beacons extending
more than 10000 miles along coast
and shore. We have 521 light.
houses, 35 powerful signals operated
By sgnes driven Bg sts1m dthot
air, 364 day or unlighted beacons,
and 1888 buoys, ia ,.,.f
Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet"
yasrefet&ly GSyenat Nsdlid ! but
vas not a success, owing to the
act that the "Juliet" Of the oc-
'aslon was Nine. Sass, a fragile
emale Of more than two hundred
'ou1ds. syQirlnpois
MS StpAkoseh ha dIseoFared.
ays the London "F'igaro," another
soprano, by name Vile.
(God-g gifted, a pupil of
flaisP Peadshf 9Aeihh IA lN iinn
londe, endowed with q seraphic
oice, say the reports.
Mamma. Now, then, Tommy.
,ake haste aid Gatiipy6u dinner"
iHnmy latter pause 4+A'I'm2HyN
g u eat # pPt MAMMA, Bat lit
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