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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
RurnHEPs. MEAT


An interesting light, says the Pail
les of the slaughter-house by a memo
rial Just presented by DR.. Yield, Medi-
cal Officer of Health for Sunderland, to
the Health Committee of that town,
against the ttblowing and stufHng OF
meats" The practice of blowing is
described as follows A tube or pipe
is thrust under the skin of the meat,
and the butcher or dresser then blows
the foul air of his own lungs into the
cellular tissue of the meat, the effect
being that deceptive appearance OF
plumpness or fatness is given to the
meat, and in many cases it becomes
tainted with the scent of rum, tobacco,
etc. This is pleasant for meat-con-
sumers, and, where Ignorance is bliss,
it is perhaps folly to be wise; and, now
that public attention has been called to
the "blowing practice, it might per-
haps be as well for butchers SO far to
meet the wishes OF the fastidious, as
to use pair of bellows for the purpose
of giving a graceful embonpoint to the
carcasses of animals they kill. Even for
their own sakes they will act prudently
by discontinuing the use of the lungs
in the process. DIR. Yield also protests
against the practice of artifcially stuffng
the loins or other parts of the animal
so os to give false appearance of cor
pulence. AS remedy he suggests the
imposition of fine for every such Of
fense of 20 shillings for the first, and
40 shillings for each subsequent convic-
tion. His suggestions were adopted
unanimously by the Health Committee,
at Sunderland, and it is to hoped that
not only in that town, but elsewhere,
artificial fatness will at least be pro-
duced by less disagreeable means than
those mentioned by DIR. Yield.
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PREPAID NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.

PREPAID NEWSPAPER FOSTA GE.
During the last days of the last ses-
sion of Congress was passed law au-
thorizing the prepayment of postage on
newspapers and other publications, par
ticularIy periodicals, upon some simple
system to be devised by the Postofice
Department. In order to expedite
matters the Postmaster General was
specially directed to prepare some plan.
The work was placed in the hands Of
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Barber, with full authority, subject
only to the revision of the Postmaster
General. General Barber at once set
to work, and puzzled himself for some
time before he devised plan, which he
has now partially arranged. While the
system is completed, all the details are
not yet finished. New stamps have yet
to be devised, and General Barber will
consider them before returning to
Washington, and obtain estimates for
having them printed. The system he
has devised is simple. It provides for
the preparation of receipt books by the
department for each publisher of a
newspaper or periodical. The form OF
receipt will be somewhat as follows:
CName of Newspaper.) No. =. Name of P. o. =
Date. Received dollars and
No. = cents postage on - lb
/ Amount t-. newspaper publications.
...........-. -. at two cents per 10.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
CHOLERA.

Since the cholera first visited Europe
and America, little Improvement has
been made, save in the more skillful use
of those remedies which early experience
suggested. Yet if we may credit recent
reports from India, colonial physician
has hit upon more excellent means of
relief than has been derived by the pro-
fession in Christendom. DR.. Hall, who
is credited with the discovery of the
new mode of treatment, believed that a
sedative rather than stimulating proc
ess is required, and accordingly ad-
ministered hypodermic injections of
hydrate of chloral These results have
been successful in many cases, even
where the patient had reached the stage
of collapse. Sedatives taken into the
stomach appear to have little value,
but one of the physicians who has
adopted DIR. Halls plan, says that he
has saved eighty-two per cent. of his
cases. DR.. Halls mode of procedure
has been published at length in the
official organ of the Indian Government,
and the statement will no doubt be re-
produced ere long in the medical peri
odicals of America and Europe.
WnLIAMsPoRT, Penn, has a citizen
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

THE editor of Scandinavian paper
published in the West says that the
Scandinavian population of the country
is nearly 500, Chicago alone hay
ing about 10000. -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

THREE companions with whom you
should always keep on good terms
Your wife, your stomach, and your
conscience.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

HOW TO SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE.
1. Rub your furniture with inseed
oil, and preserve carefully the old
greasy rags used for this purpose, in a
paper box in an eut-of-the-way place.
2. IL the fire in the stove does not
burn well, pour benz1ne or kerosene on
it from well filed gallon can.
3. When you light your cigar or gas
throw the burning match-no matter
where-and don't look after it, even if
it gets into the waste-paper basket.
f. Put burning candle on the shelf
of closet and forget all about it.
5. Always read in bed until you fall
asleep with the candle burning near you.
6. Especially for builders Put the
ends of the wooden beams into the fue
walls and if you build hot-air furnaces
be careful to use as much wood as pos
sible in their construction.
Z. Always buy the cheapest kerosene
you can get.-1he Builder.
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now TO TRAIN CHILDREN.

In the training of little girl great
pains skould be taken to discover what
special gift or talent she has, if any,
and, whatever her circumstances, to fit
her for it's use. Even putting the
money value of such art or accomplish
ment out of the question, its aid as
resource and strengthener is incalcula-
BILE. Disappointment and grief come
more easily to women than men they
abide with them longer, and sap more
of their life away, simply because they
need the tonic of hard enjoyable work
not the mere drudgery of the bread
winner, but the toll of the artist. Pride,
philosophy, even religion, cannot give
the new vitality which such work be-
slows on the faithful votary. It repairs
bodily and mental forces like nature
itself, slowly, imperceptibly, surely.
The father and mother who can find in
their daughter such power, and give to
her the means of using it, may count
themselves happy, and her the inher-
itor of royal heritage.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
DIGESTIVE POWERS OF a SAILORS
STOMA CR

STOMA CR.
An American sailor named John Cum
mings died in 1908, in Guys Hospital,
London, under the care of DR.. Currie.
The post mortem examination verified
his statements, which the doctors could
scarcely believe, that his disease was
due to his repeated exploits of swallow
ing knives, from the effects of which he
had been sick for three years. The first
time he swallowed fourteen knives, be-
came sick, but recovered, and COM
menced again, betting from time to time
on his bravado exploits. While pris-
oner on an English ship, in 1905, he
swallowed seventeen knives in two sue
cessive days; but this appears to have
been too much, and after long suffering
he died.
Fourteen of the knives were found in
his stomach, but, strange to say, partly
digested, the iron parts as well as the
horn handles; the silver mounting, how
ever, were scarcely touched. The stom-
ach itself was not at all injured he had
good appetite to the last, and his sick
ness and death were alone caused by the
haft of large knife becoming fixed
across the intestines. This shows that
the gastric and other juices of healthy
stomach have the power to dissolve not
only horn and bone, but even iron and
steel, but not silver.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

SOUTH BEND embraces farmer who
sells ton of honey1a year.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

THERE are only sixty churches in Ber-
lin, Prussia.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

The statement floating about in the.
papers to the effect that 's a jealous In
dianapolis woman has just. made her
thirteenth intellectual alattempt atsuicide,
reminds me of the case of Mrs. Baker,
of Harrisburg. She attempted to poison
herself twenty three times, but was az
ways saved by the judicious use of q
stomach pump, by her friends. She was
life, and hope, and comfort, and bread
and butter to the newspaper reporters,
and they thought so much of her that
at last they got her up little testimo-
nial in the shape of silver-plated
stomach pump, with gutta percha
piston and bel1-metal valves, inscribed
with the sentiment, May she never,
succeed - Some of her friends gave
little collation. at the time, and, after it
was eaten, somebody proposed to test
the apparatus on one of the reporters.
They say that the meeting then adj
iourned suddenlv.-Mae AdeEer.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

No. =. Name of P. o. -
Received - dollars and
= cents postage on - lb.
newspaper publications
at two cents per 10.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

HEREDITARY MAMA FOR SUICIDE.
In his remarkable work, Mind and
Body" DR.. Maudsley gives many curl
GUS instances of hereditary mania ex-
hibiting itself in various ways, but we
do not remember such case of heredit-
ary mania for suicide as that lately men
toned by the Paris Eve'aement. A few
weeks ago some boatmen on the Seine
discovered in the water the body of
man, whose pockets were full of peb-
bles, and who appeared to have been in
the water several days. He proved to
be M. Jules Delmas, who was regard
ed as very happy in his domestic and
other relations. A few evenings before,
he and his wife had gone out shopping
on the Boulevard Batignolles, and were
on their way home, when, as if struck
by sudden thought, Delmas said,
"Oh, look here, have somewhere to
go, and it's long way, SO there is no
good in your coming with me you can
go home ;" and left her. It grew late,
still he did not return. The following
4morning note arrived from him. She
seized it and read: "Forgive " me, my
poor Margaret, I am going to cause you
one more vexation, but at all events it
will be the last. I go to rejoin my
father and mother" The father was
killed by throwing himself from an
omnibus the mother by throwing her
sell from window; the sister suffoca-
ted herself.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

WnLIAMsPoRT, Penn, has citizen
who will allow any one TO crack walnuts
on his head, for consideration.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
CHAMPION OF "rHE rHz.'ii,i;1;Fj W,oi;1R;FEbj

For some time past a Canada negro
has been walking around the Central
Market and "blowing how many mel
ons he could eat in given time. It
was known that he was pretty heavy on
melons, and the American darkeys had
to take back seat and bide their time
Thursday evening steamboat fireman,
called Black Betsy, stopped off here,
where he lives, and he happened around
the market yesterday morning Just when
" Tall Jack" of Canada, was blowing
his hardest. 6. Talking bout neluns," "
sung out "Betsey." "'bout eating
meluns Why, sir, I kin eat more
meluns than amy two niggers il Ken
nedy ?" The terms were soon ar
ranged, each contributed half dollar,
and the dollar bought eighteen fair
sized musk and Watermelons. They
were carried over to shady spot on
Bates street and divided into two piles
and it was agreed that the one who
failed to eat his nine, or who quit first,
should pay for all. Both men took of
their coats, unbuckled their straps, and
went to business. -. Talk bout eating
melunsl" sneered Betsy, as he ripped
one in two and made six mouthfuls OF
it. eyes, talking bout meluns-
umph ]" replied, Tack, singing away
heap of rinds. Neither of the con-
| testants paid any attention to water
melon seeds, eating them down, and the
interior of muskmelon was raked out
at one handful Neither faltered until
after the fourth melon, when the Cana
dian began to pick out the seeds and go.
slow. His friends rallied him, and he,
got into the sixth melon as Betsey fin
ished his seventh. "Whoal boy {
what ails YEP" shouted the crowd, as.
Tall Jack looked despairingly around
and nibbled once orr twice at his sew
enth. He managed to gulp down half
of it, and then leaned back against the
fence, slowly pulled out half dollar,
handed it over, and remarked, Some
how [ doesn't feel like eating meluns
to-day E" Betsy tossed away the rinds
of the eighth, bit open and went through
the ninth, and as he reached ~over and
took the largest one from the other pile
he yelled: ''NIeluns Meluns Tell
'em to keep dat street-car team out of
de way of desc rinds "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

fair, May 10Th, desires TO bo Included
IN the list 10 whom FREQ passes are nc-
corded by the railroads, In order lhNi
he may once more, on this side Of lho
great river greet his old companions
In arms aud suffering IN ihe days lhnl
are gone, A friend, for him, wrIler vs.
for information ~ 10 what proof he
has TO makeE In order TO bo enrolled ~
u veteran and thereby receive the pass
Tho time beIng too short for Routine
proof, we have answered NJ once for
him TO come on, and ftho association,
at our suggestion, did not send the
pass, we would got ono by simply writ
ing 10 Billy Baker, Of the Central, chat
Uncle Isaac wished 10 visit Houston
on the occasion referred 10, ard that
was NIL TINT was necessary In his ease,
WHO IL lsnao Parker? \ natural
question TO the men Of to-day, lie
was one of the several brothers and
sisters who came with their parents to
Texas in lsj8- fony-Qnc years ago,
They settled nnd built fort two and
a hal miles from where Groesbeck now
Is, In the revolution Of 1895 they were
all patriots, Daniel, one OF The broth
crs, signed the declaration of indepen-
donce, and died IN 1888, From ls''s 10
1885, Uncle Isaac was u continuous
member Of the Texas congress and
state legislature, and became famous
rs working member.
ON the 10th Of May, 1880, seven
hundred Indians attacked Fort Parker,
killed the elder Parker, Silns, Il mar
red sou, and IN all about twelve Of the
family, carrying into captivity ayoung
mother with hertw0children aud sever-
al other children. The remainder ofthe
family escaped. II isa dark and bloody
err In our history. Every one IN the
fort was II Parker by blood ormnuage.
Uncle Isaac happened not to bcthere,
bul was at Fort Houston, near where
Palestine Is, to succor and comfort the
refugees who had escaped the terrible
ordeal, and walked for days barefoot
through brush and brlars to find food
and protection. The ngonies of that
little band of men, women and chill
dren is only known to the Majesty OH
High.
Uncle Isaac is the last Of large fam
lily of sons--a relic of the past, and, as
matter ofcourse, the Central railway,
II Texas institution, will be glad TO re-
ceive and treat him MS n guest from
Dallas TO Houston and back,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

IN Slolino@ Win medicines that depreas the
physical pnerglcs, What the sick principal
~ need lsan ACCESSION OF Vital strength 10 ca
able them 10 cope with the onomy that hns
aAsnllrd them, The diseased system should
be sustained, toned, purified and regulated,
and there II no medical preparation In OK
lslenco 80 largely endowed with the proper
Ties required 10 effect these objects az Hos
leliofh Stomach hitteN, In ordinary prac-
llco aporioni, blood-dcpurnllng, anti-bilious
nnd sednllVo medicines are administered
separately In lIosetterR Filters nll these
agents are combined, ana net together In per-
feet harmony, ~ that unduedebillty and un-
due excitement are nllke prevented, aud the
strength Of the patient rallies while the dis
ease IN losing ground. In dyspepsia, liver
complaint, chronic constipation, mtermit-
tent tevcn, general weakness, and all all
monts involving plD sIcol aud mental de-
preston, this pure vegetable restorative IN
u sovereign remedy,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

Fuslldious young wife " George,
who being devoted 10 science, makes
her read an the scientific lectures aud
pamphlets 10 him 'heally, George,
all this about dIlltrcnllal and Integral
calculus, ana bioslaIlcs, aud hl0dyna-
mics, aud molocule', and concreles,
nUl things, seems 10 me rather extra
0rdlnnry. You can't generally accuse
neol prudishness, hui II this the sort
Of book that mamma would quite mp
prove OF my reading, loyo"'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29
GOVERNOR KEMpER, in Especial mes.

GOVERNOR KEMpER, in u special mes.
sage to the Virginia legislature, sug-
gests the necessity for thoroughly
amending the state constitution. lie
opposes the creation Of u constitutional
convention for this purpose, orthat the
general assembly should assume the
risk of revising the whole constitution,
ana proposes the appointment of II
commission composed of five or seven
statesmen to frame such n con stltution
rs would commend itself to the lcgisla-
tire and people, to be submitted at the
next annual session of the present leg
stature.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

\ CARD published by Mr.. Willard
Richardson, editor of the Galveston
News, in reference to an interview be-
tween himself and Mr.. Downs, of the
Waco Examiner touching the public
printing, asserts some things rs COM
ing from Mr.. Downs rs meeting Gov
ernor Coko's appreciation, that we can
not believe to be by the governors au-
thority. Mr.. Richardson very clearly
vindicates himself from all wrong in
the premises, Governor Coke could
neverlend his sanction to quibbling or
evasion in letting out the contract in
order to secure party organ. He is
not of that style.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

OUR new court house begins to look
very business-like. Nearly all the
officers are taking possession of their
new quarters. Judge Kerfoot has been
Installed for some days, as are also Dis
trict Attorney Bower and Treasurer
Cole. The northwest and the south
east corner rooms are being fitted up,
the former for Sheriff Barkley, and the
latter for District Clerk HARDWOOD, in a
style Of comfort and convenience COM
mensurate with the demands of their
offices.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

WE suggest to the city council the
necessity placing the names of streets
ut convenient places in town. 1t is
very desirable in various respects. 1t
is quite important to have this done
on all streets leading to the country in
such manner as to guide strangers. No
stranger can now get away from BAL
las for Rockwell or Greeneville without
repeatedly asking questions till they
have cleared the vicinity Of town.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

OUR county court, we are glad 10 see
is discussing the question Of an adj
dition tothe county Jail We saw some
plans, yesterday, for the same, which
look remarkably well on paper, andwe
hope that they will secure due deliber-
alton.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29
UNCLE ISAAC.

The Venerable Isaac Parker, now
eighty-two years Of age, aud crippled,
liyes in Parker county, and seeing the
notice Of the meeting Of the old Texas
veterans, to take place ut the Houston
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

CoLoNELJ. NJ. NORRIS, a lawyer of
Waco, well known throughout the
frontier died a few days since. He
was u valued citizen.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

GENERAL JOHN c. BRECKINRIpGE,
of Kentucky, will be at the Houston
state fair, May 10th. H81
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

A PLEASING incident in the proceed
ings of the celebration, Tuesday last,
was the signing OF the bill granting
pensions to the old heroes of Texas,
by the president Of the senate aud
chief clerk of the house, in the pres
.ence ofthe immense throng assembled.
The bill had passed the senate a few
days previous, and Mr.. Linn, chairman
of the committee on enrolled bills in
the house, used extraordinary exer-
lions in order that It might be signed
aud maie part of the proceedings of
that memorable day. This is even
more substantial recognition Of the
worth Of these old men, many of whom
In different parts Of the state, soreIy
needthis aid, II Austin Statesman. II
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29

NUMBERS of men who emigrated
from the west to the gold mines of
French Guiana are returning home.
They say that the fields are about one
hundred miles inland, and TO reach
them one hundred and fifty miles have
to be Travelled IN row boats, padded by
negroes, aud after that Journey Of
five or six days duration through
dense underground. Even the gold,
which is found in rotten quartz, IS In
from two to SIX feet of black. mud,
whence rises an efiluvia which no
white man can endure. The water is
SO poisonous that the natives drink
nothing but wine. The expedition was
n failure. lGQ alIF Dig
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-29
ARK ANSAS.

From the Little Rock Gazette, of the
10Th, we clip the following summary
fthc situation in that city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-24
CITY c0uRT-TaLL Team.
A Married Woman suing for Alleged
Breach Of Promise OF Marriage.


A Married Woman Suing for Alleged
Breach Of Promise OF Marriage.
Before Judge Reynolds.
Mary Schafer appeared yesterday and claimed
$1,000 damages against John Fry, Of the Eastern
District for alleged seduction and breach OF
promise OF marriage. The platinum is piain-look-
ing woman. apparently about thirty-fve years OF
age. Fry is middie-aged. Mary was employed as
nonsekeeper by Fry, and she alleged that their
intimacy followed his promise to make her his
VIE. This however, he subsequently declined to
do.
1t appeared during the trial that the plaintiff
was already married. and that her husband had
been In court that day. When questioned upon
this point she SAID that inasmuch as she was
Protestant ana her husband Catholic she did not
think that her marriage would stand. Upon the
development of this state 81 arairs counsel for de-
1endant asked for verdict, and the Jury, under
the direction OF the Court, rendered verdict Tor
Mr.. Fry.
Mary Schafrer, at the suggestion OF her counsel,
lett somewhat abruptly. Tne counsel explained
that he had been imposed upon.
A Woman's Islander.
George Barnett yesterday swore that in June
last Mary Cunningham, in the hearing OF several
parties denounced him as thief He therefore
asked for $1,000 damages. Mrs. Cunnlnghams
husband was included as o defendant in the suit
The wife said she did see the plaintiff stealing
some sewer pipes, wnereupon paintin asserted
that the contractor VINO was constructing q sewer
near his place, and Tor whom he worked, ordered
HIM to cut of some OF the pipes. and he did so.
The jury gave Barnett verdict OF $25.