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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
Business Letters.

/. In letters of business use as few
words as possible.
2. Business letters should be prompt
ly answered.
3. Use clear, distinct writing, avoid
ing ali flourish of penmanship or Ian
guage.
4. Come at once to your subject, aud
state it SO clearly that it will not be
necessary to guess your meaning.
5. Give town, county, State and date
explicitly. It is frequently of great inn
portance to know when letter was
written.
6. Read your letter carefully when
finished, to see that you have made no
omissions and no mistakes. Also care
fully examine your envelope, to see that
it is rightly directed, with postage
stamp affixed.
Z. Copy all business letters, of your
own by hand, or with the copying press
made for the purpose.
s Send money by draft, post-office
order or express, always stating in the
letter the amount, and by what means
sent. Thus you have something to
showfor money guaranteeing you against
loss.
9. Write date and from whom receiv-
ed, across the end of each letter, and
file for further reference, fastening the
letters together with rubber bands, or
binding in a letter-fle adapted to the
purpose. The possession of a letter
sometimes prevents litigation and SER
ious misunderstanding
In ordering goods, state very explic-
lily the amount, kind, quality color,
shape, size, ETC., and on what terms
wanted. Whether you wish the same
sent by freight or express and what ex-
press. Much inconvenience is expert
enced among business men because of
neglect to designate explicitly what is
wanted.
Should the writer wish to make sug-
gestions, ask questions, or add other
matter to. the letter, which are foreign to
the subject, such words should be plac-
ed entirely separate from the order. OF
| fifty or hundred letters received to-day,
by the merchant, that one which is
mixed up with complaints, inquiries,
etc., will probably be laid over till to-
morrow or until such time can be gain
ed as will enable the merchant to read
it through. Had the order been ex-
plicitly stated, and the suggestions
placed elsewhere, the goods would have
been forwarded Immediately.
Send your order, also, early enough to
give yourself plenty of time to wait fo1
the goods to arriye.-HaLps Manual.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
Something About the Hotel Business Of
New York;

The Fifth Avenue, including stores,
rents for 5000, 600. The lessees pay
taxes. assessments and REPAIRS total
of about $3.50, 900. The average annual
profits of this house since its opening
have been about $25O.000. Twenty live
years ago the ground was offered on a
ninety-nine years lease at $500 per an
mum. The lots on which this building
stands could have been bought in 1858
for So, 900 per lot. 1t accommodates
$50.
The Windsor is leased for ten years
at 1926. 900 per annum, including the
whole building, which cost over 81 ,OOO,-
900. The land it occupies is valued at
$500, 900. This is the last great hotel
opened to the public. It is superb and
complete in all it's appointments, and
already enjoys worldwide reputation.
It is to-day the finest hotel in New York,
and Nine. Christine Nilsson, who makes
it her home, and whose experience in
both hemispheres is very extensive, says,
cts the finest hotel in the world" It
accommodates 525.
The Gilsey rents for S85, 900, includ-
ing stores. It is an admirably conducted
house on the European plan. It accom-
modates 200.
The St. Nicholas fental is S95, 200,
without stores. One year this house
netted $780, 900 profits. It accommo-
dates 600.
The Metropolitan rental is $105, 900,
which includes several stores. It ac-
commodities 325.
The Hoffman rental is $74, 900. It
accommodates 225.
The Brunswick is kept upon the Eu-
ropean plan. The rental is $S5, 900. It
accommodates 225.
| The st. James has recently passed
into the hands of Senator Jones, of
of cost, for one of his klnsmen, Mr..
Jones, IF the Hoffman House. It ac-
commodities 225.
The Brevoort, Clarendon, Everett and
Albemarle are all very successful. The
proprietors, commencing in some cases
with little or no means, are now all
wealthy.
The Grand Central comes under the
head of second-class hotels its rental is
about $50, 900, without stores.
The Astor rental is S75, 900, without
stores. It accommodates 325. Its res
taurant and bars gross receipts average
$500 daily.
There are. large number of smaller
hotels in New York, we'll managed and
generally doing well, such as the St
Cloud, Sturtevant, Coleman, etc.
Brooklyn, with it's 10000 inhabit
ants, does not boast of single hotel
depending upon New York to supply
this demand.
Jersey City has one hotel, Taylor's
The bar receipts of this house ar,
larger than those of any other in th'
country.
The entire hotel accommodation fo
guests in New York is about 6,000.-
NesO York World.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
ALI Sorts.

LoGIC.-It rains or it does not rain
1t does not ram, therefore, it rains.
A HEALTHY old fellow, who is not a
fool, is the happiest creature living.
The royal family of Great Britain
costs the treasury S2,377,370 in gold
annually.
THE Japanese census shows only
three thousand criminals in a popula-
tion of over thirty-three million souls.
The success of Josh Billings is excep
tional. There are thousands of young
men who do not know how to spell, and
yet they are not worth $3.50, 900.
IN the upper portion of the North
Payette Valley, Northern Idaho, there
is found a bird about the size of a
pigeon, with light brown body and dark
er brown wings, which is known as the
fool-chicken" on account of its ap-
parent stupidity when in danger.
Reader to run than fly, and not alert to
do either, it can often be killed with
walking stick, and has flesh but little
inferior to grouse or partridge.
THERE are TBS, ZOO, 900 gallons of beer
consumed annually in England. In
Germany the number of gallons is 146,-
900, 900 of beer and 121, 500, 900 of wine.
Frenchmen drink every year 81. 800. 900
gallons of beer and 600, 900 of wine. In
the United States the annual consump-
ton of beer is 297, 600, 600 gallons, 22,-
600, 900 of wine, and $4,000, 900 of dis
titled spirits. The value of all this
liquor represents 1000, 100000, and
the amount of capital invested in its
production amounts to So, 1000, 900, 900
| more.
TLcT March q man named Emory
| Prattle, a machinist in the employ of
| the Michigan Car Company at Detroit,
made bet with another man as to
which could hold opt the handles of an
electric battery which travelling nuis-
ance had on Campus Martius. Prattle
won the bet, but at heavy cost. His
system received such a shock that up to
this time he has not been able to do 8
| days work. He has fallen away from q
| powerful, heavy man to a skeleton al
most, and his physician cannot say that
he will ever be restored to health.
Capt. w. G. Manning, lately arriving
in Denver from travels in New Mexico,
gives curious details of village be
tween three and four centuries old, stu
ated in the northwestern part of sale
Territory, just south of the Colorado
line. It is entirely surrounded by 6
strong stone wall, and with houses fol
1000 people contains only l 800 inhabi
tants at present. This population strik
ingly resembles the Chinese in speech
look, dress and minor customs worship
deity whom they call Montezuma ant
hail with the return of each days sun
keep records of historical events b,
means of peculiar knots tied in 1onl
cords. A council of thirteen s. ca
ciques," six of them selected for life
is the supreme legislature of thi
curious peoI le, with whom universe
suffrage has been in practice for ages.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
InfantiIe Thnmh.Sncking.

The British Medical Journal pub
fishes an article by DIR. Horace Dobells,
in which that distinguished physician
states that he has observed that a pc
culiar and rather common deformity of
the chest is caused by the habit of
sucking the thumb in infancy and early
childhood. He says that the weight of
the arm on the thorax of the child, dur
ing sleep, produces depression of the
ribs in the line occupied by the arm
when the thumb is placed in the mouth.
The doctor thinks this is very impor-
tant effect of thehabit of thumb sucking
One which has never before been
pointed out-and he regards it of sufi-
cient consequence to be put on record
for the benefit Of other observers.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
TEE Legend OF THE GYps1Es did

IHE LEGEND OF THE OYPSIES.- D1Q
you ever bear the old Eastern legend
about the gypsies How they were such
good musicians that some great In
dian Sultan sent for the whole tribe,
and planted them near his palace, and
gave them land, and plows to break it
up, and seed to SOW it, that they might
dwell there, and play and sing to him.
But when the winter came, these
gypsies all came to the Sultan, and cried
that they were starving. Butwhat have
you done with the seed-corn which I
gave You ? sOh, Light of the Age, we
ate it in the summer. And what have
you done with the plows which I gave
you p oh, Glory of the Universe, we
burnt them TO bake the corn withal.'
Then said the great Sultan Like
the butterflies you have lived, and like
the butterflies you shall wander And
he drove them out. And that is how
the gypsies came hither from. the East. "
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
A Wealthy Belle EIopes with a Negro.

A Wealthy Belle EIopes with Negro.
A Norristown (Pa.) letter to the
New York Herald saws
The usually staid, quiet and aristo-
cratic portion of Bucks county, known
as Warmlnster township, is just now
greatly excited over somewhat strange
eiopement. 1t seems that about q wear
since fancy colored man, named Joe
FaImer, came to Warminster and en-
gagged to Mr.. John Thompson, one of
tne arlstocratlc citizens, as o man-of-
an.Work. While thus employed it was
noticed that he was quite intimate with
MISS Annie Thompson, the beautiful.
Tehhed and accomplished daughter of
MS employer. Shortly afterward Palm
er was taken i'll, and Miss Thompson
attended to him until the family pre-
vented it by having him removed else
where. But it seems that Miss Thomp-
son visits were clandestineIy continued
TO hIm. After his convalescence it is re-
ported that Palmer said he would be
even with the Thompsons for sending
hlm away from their residence during
ms illness. Miss Thompson's father
and mother did all they could to pre-
vent any further intimacy between their
daughter and Palmer, and she seemingly
consented completely to thoir wishes.
But neither they nor the community
were prepared for the denouement
which has taken place. A day or two
since, Joe Palmer stated to various per-
sons that he was going west, and was
noticed making extensive preparations.
About the same time Miss Thompson
persuaded her mother to allow visit to
nelghboring township to make some
purchases. She went instead to the
railroad depot, and, boarding the Phil
adelphia train, met Palmer at the next
station. As the young lady did not re-
turn at the time she informed her moth
er she would, search was instituted
and the truth learned. The terribly
distracted parents at once went to Phila-
delphia, but, although most persistent
search was made, nothing of the couple
could be learned further than that
Palmer was seen in the neighborhood of
the hay market, at Seventh and Colum-
bia avenue, the day subsequent to the
elopement. Miss Thompson is great
helress, and has always been held in the
highest esteem by the people of War
minister. Her parents are heartbroken
at her rash act. Further endeavers will
| be made for her recovery.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23

TIE annual report of the Chief of
Police of London shows some interest
ing statistics of that immense city. 1t
requires 1883 policemen to protect
property, life and morals. There were
73, 857 arrests made last year. For as
saults, ETC., 1888; burglary, 328; lar
ceny (serious offenses), 49S; petty lar
ceny by servants, 1,199; beggars, 2,753;
receivers of stolen goods, 219; prosti-
tutes, 1856. Dogs apprehended, 10,-
$50. There were 2,513 persons injured
in the streets, 125 were killed. Five
hundred and seventy three fires occurred
within the year. Eleven thousand and
seventy-seven public vehicles We're
licensed, IA, 136 articles were taken to
the lost property Office by honest cab
drivers. There are 800 temperance cab
drivers in London. Eight new police
stations have been opened. One hun
dred and ffty-four new streets and
squares were built, covering 26 miles
and 800 yards. Seven thousand SIX
hundred and eighty-nine houses were
erected, and 593 houses of ill-fame sup
pressed. There has been great de-
crease in crime and immortality, which
the report attributes to the Intoxicating
Liquors Licensing act.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23

TIE Journal of Heath says it is
wrong to get up before you feel like it.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
His I" SMALLPOX,

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes "One of our
railroads runs by the county buildings.
Prisoners, paupers, and the diseased
are transported often on the street cars
to save expense. This practice creates
great indignation. So far all protests
have been in vain. The other day the
conductor was collecting fares from a
crowded load. A foreign person, poorly
dressed, and with an erupt1ve face,
handed up his money. In answer to
which means do you go beyond the city
line, he said I have got de small pox
do Have you got the smallpox p
said the astonished conductor Yes,
I have got de small pex do The pass
engers came to their feet; women
screamed, and the excitement was in
tense. Come, get out of this car you
can't ride here, said the official. The
unfortunate made for the front platform.
He was hustled out of the car and nearly
pitched headlong into the street. He
recovered himself, and started for the
front of the car. The driver took the
car-hook and threatened to brain him if
he got on. The poor fellow kept up
with the horses, shouting, 'I11 go; give
me my small pox, give me my pox, give
me my pox, pointing to a small 2-foot
square chest standing on end behind
the driver. The mystery was explained.
The honest German wanted to pay for
his small box on the car as well as his
own fare. The conductor apologized
and seat was offered to the man. But
he had had enough of that company.
He refused all invitations to ride,
shouldered his small pox,' and trudged
on foot to the Almshouse !"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23

Is purely Vegetable Preparation, composed OF
Calisaya Bark, Roots, Herbs and Fruits, among
which Will be found Sarsaparillian, Dandelion, Wild
also Tamarinds, Dates, Prunes and Juniper Berries
pf suoar Cane to Ies y; @ ,sy, 9T They inyari
ably relieve and cure the following complaints ::
Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and
Ague, Summer Complaints, Sour Stomach, Palpita-
ton of the Heart General Debility, etc. Ihey are
especially adapted as a remedy for the diseases to-
which
wO MI T. NJ
Are subjected: and as tonic for the Aged. Feeble
and Debtated, have equal. They are strictly IN
tended as Temperance Tonic or bitters, 70 &c
used q medicine only, and always accofoing 10
directions.
SoLD By ALL FIRST Glass DRUGGISTS.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
Immense Produce Exports.

A tabulated statement of the exports
of produce from New York for the last
eight months, of which some of the
principal items are given below, shows
that the shipments of wheat, corn.
cheese, petroleum and some other items
are in several instances beyond prece-
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
Cotton CrOp of the Past Year.

The New York Commercial and FL
'adncaoL Chronicle publishes a state
ment OF the cotton crop for the year
ending Sept. !, 1874 by which it is
SHOWN that the total crop this year
reaches 4 185, ,534 bales, while the ex-
ports are 2,84O, ,9S1 bales, and the spin
ners' taking 1921, O29 bales, leaving a
STOCK a on hand at the close of the veal. of
LUG, l52 bales. The total receipts
at the Atlantic and Gulf shipping morris
this year have been 3, ,819. .436 bales.
against 8. .651, ,346 bales last year. If we
now add the shipments from Tennessee
and elsewhere direct to Mnnufacturers
we have the following as the crop state
ment for the two years
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30


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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30

e8c ~vr Aaa gaaFeaas % -uu Jase
are numerous and thrifty. We End the
Pretbytonsn church uadtf the pastoral
.cas a Rev Aif Belts. a pleasant
church. made q 81 fues3ly Intelligent
people wits whoa sc lrvl eaafeiy AZ
horne. The sunday school connected
vlth thc cbarch is large and efficiently
managed Iuaak shc dear LITTLE East
Dorset school eesli enjoy some Of
their aids to good singing. &c Tho
words Of the pieces Sung are printed
10 large letters oa cloth and hong be,
fore the scholars SO that all eau read.
while a trained choir Of the older pa
pills leads the singing
There Is a nice library association
here with a well selected library. vbich
we are glad to join, bat it costs 66y
cents a mouth to bee a member | think
/ remember some Of our friends thought
Que dollar per gear a rather steep price
for admission into the last Dorset
Association assure them the San
Jose library contains no more readable
and instructive books than theirs.
As to the general cost Of living here
we think it is about the same as at the
East. House rent and fuel aud dunes.
tic help are more expensive yet offuel
we need but little, and we paddle our
own canoe" domestically, 30 eau be as
prudent and economical here as in Yer
mont. Flour and meat are cheaper
here than at the East. and fruit and
vegetables cheap and abundant, One
can live ell so far as table fare is con
cerned at sIi' ht expense Wages are
high for all kinds Of work. Teachers
are paid from 500 to 5000 per mouth
or even $500 in the highest positions.
We have not been able to go abroad at
all, as yet, TO see the sights ofthis won.
dcrful country Mr.. Field made short
excursion, last week, into the noun.
tains tv enty.fve miles away, and came
home laden with the most gorgeous
array of wild flowers. and a string Of
spcckIed brook trout. The latter were
as delicious as it they ad come from
the crystal clear and cold streams of
the Green Mountains, aud the former
are beyond all description. tear /
have tired YOU, bat had SO much to
say!
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30

A slight fall in the premium on gold
followed the Presidents veto Of the
Initiation bill aud the latest quotations
arc 1888.
Tho Times says: I'VE now appre.
bend that It is now to late in tho season
tor serious disturbance 10 the price OF
abundance OF money by political event.
At Washington Whatever may be
FL. asUea aPoa between Congress
aud tJo Executive or in the possible
event Of a disagreement on the bank
lug and gfccaback question, the effect
will come practically on tie fall trade
rather than ca the sumner money
market.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30

s,N Josr, Cal, Apri! 10, 1874
Dear Journal.
In deciding to locate IN San Jose we
decided, 50 far as We can now Judge,
wisely. Here we have found far less
fog and wind and climate which is a
compromise between that Of the coast
and the mountains. A brisk little city
OF from tea TO fifteen thousand inhab-
itaHts, lying 10 the celebrated Santa
Clara valley, fifty miles south Of san
Francisco The city lies mostly be-
tween two rivers the Cayote and
Gua4loupe, while on each side, 10 the
distance, rise the green bills Of the
coast range, the division Of which form
the valley, forty miles in length and
hou ten to tweuty IN width. These
bills are from 1900 TO 1000 feet in
height, and % tt east the highest
peaks are sometimes crowned with
saaw iaF "a few hours lufias the winter
We have already sent several 81 cor
Dorset lt.e1s sri Interesting aa1 re-
liable u,1e pamphlet descriptive u
tAis valley and eily, ana as soon as a
rev edition Is Published will send more
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30
THE SOLDIERS "FooT en- TIE Ma
TIVE HEATH"

TIVE HEATH"
The following extract is from a letter
written by returned soldier to the
burlington Iippet in reply to a recent
speech 10y Mr charles II. Heath, Of
Montpelier in wbieL he charged that
the returned soldiers were responsible
Tor the increased" intemperance of the
community
ilues hr. Heath assume that the
best class Of citizens went out in the
army and came back the worst? If not
where Is the change ? The soldiers
Themselves have 800. cr tlought this 10
have been the case Those who enlist
ed voluutarialIy and as 4 general thing
behaved well afterwards, will be re
garded as from among the better class
cquslIy as good rs those who remained
at home, but it " i'll not be forgotten
that every trick was resorted to to Oh
mp the army, AID it was nothing I'm
usual to present the flowing bowl
10 the candidate to get him in proper
condition 10 sign his name. Jail Bird
were let loose and lounty Jumpers
were brought in to fill up the ranks,
which would not have been necessary
if gentlemen Of the exalted notions OF
Mr. Heath. could have seen their duty
more clearly at tn" time.
For every soldier who came back
trum the army worse citizen, ten
came back better than when they en-
sted There is no doubt but the same
discipline would have materially helped
Nr, heath, for those who we're boys
and externally silly at the outset, came
home sensible men. The demoraliza,
ton among those who remained at
home probably was somewhere in the
Wei ity of equa ling that in the field
It was no uncommon thing for the sol
der to excl i'm upon his return, who's
been here ST ce I've been gone" and
tail TO obtain an answer.
Oh Mr. Heath you do not know
what you have missed in not being .
soldier. 1t would have done you so
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30

Much u tae surprise Of the country
At large aai greatly 10 the qualification
u most Of The ,hiakiag men Of the
north sud east. Pnesideat Grant
ret4gaei he ia6aa8 ASA ri,h his veto
TIE doeam@t itself shows Thai the
President Is appgscd - al schemes 81
iulai.aa from principle, and, de,uj =
tbs, tie bes, good q the country q,
large - weii a. the pledges e the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30

Jle Coed stltl ggutiuues oa the lower
Mississippi and gg perlhrrn nails have
teen resolved Of SEES Orleans 81 more
thga q week Government has seut
onward zoo 600 rali5as lyr tie suppgr,
at hgme'ess people and AID has been
fceclg given 10y maay northern cities
Last ajyices report the water falling
sad the greatest damage 10 probably
over tgt saaeriag aud waHl will exist
ft weeks and months