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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
OLD PEANUT's THANKSGIVING.

"Hey Old Peanuts ! How much
pint %
Twelve cents" answered the old
man who presided at the stand.
"But look here" said the ragged
little questioner, {" couldn't you let 'em
go for ten cents, seein' as want to keep
Thanksgivin' and haven't any more than
this"
He held up torn ten-cent stamp.
sEThat's no good, said the old man.
tsThe government don't take torn ones"
sThere is quite piece off it" said
the boy, looking wistfully at the piles
of peanuts, /" but you could pass it. It
was passed on me-"
The old man shook his head. "Torn
ones don't CO. he answered;
ssI'ye tried it in three places. Can't
keep Thanksgivin', I s'pose. Wish
"Do your asked the old man, smil-
ing family. ''But / am not keeping
Thanksgiving either.
"I would, If I war you, said the boy.
"Pd eat whole quart.
You wouldn't, If you had no teeth
to eat 'em with, " answered the old pea
nut seller. 's and didn't like 'em. Once
/ cared for peanuts but that's long
&c What do you keer for now ?" asked
the boy. 'How do you like to keep
Thanksgiving %
"I shouldn't care to keep it at all, ~
said the old man. Sc I used to keep it !;
but one day is like another now, and
that is best for me. have nothing to
be thankful for nowadays, and I don't
want to think of the old times
Chow were the old times ?" asked the
other leaning against the lamp-post
~
WHat'd be the use of telling you, .
orumbIed the old man. You couldn't
help me-nobody could that know of. %
Yet he went on as if it relieved him to
tell his troubles even to the small ragged
boy beside him.
"My boy John went out West, and
was scalped by the Injuns- knew how
it'd be. I wanted him to stay on the
old farm with me it was in Pennsyl-
vanv but it was small place, and half
stones, and mortgsged for nearly all it
was worth at that so he would go to
make his fortune. as he said. His wife
that he left behind him till he cleared
his claim fit for her to live on-why, in
less'n a year after he was dead, she
married again, and they TOOK Johns
boy with 'em to New York. That's the
last heard of little Johnny.
"But didn't you come to New York
to look after him?" asked the boy.
Eyes" answered the old man, "of
course i did. or / wouldn't be on this
Chatham street corner selling peanuts
to-day. She promised to write, but she
never did, so at last couldn't stand it
any longer, and sold the old place and
came to New York. got partial track
of 'em two or three times, but at last
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Punkin P.

Punkin pi il the sass of NJ
England. They are vittles and drinks
they are Joy on the haffshell, they are
glory enuff for one day, and are good
kold or warmed up. I would Like to be
boy again. just for sixty minnets, and
eat myself phull ov the blessed old
mixtnr. Emmy man who don't luv
punkin pi, wants watching cluss, for he
means to do somethin mean the fust
good chance he kan get. Civ me all
the punkin pi i could eat, when waz q
boy, and didn't kar whether Sunday
skool kept that day or not. And now
that have grown up to manhood, anel
have run for the legislature once, and
only got beat $50 votes, and am tnoroly
marrid, thare aint nothin i banker for
wuss, and kan bury quicker, than two
thirds of good old-fashioned punkil-s
pi, an inch and haff thik, and well
smelt up. with ginger and nutmeg.
Punkin pi IL the Oldest American bev-
craze kno oy, and ought to go down to
posterity with the trade mark ov our
grandmothers on it; but am afrade it
won't for it IL tuff even now to find one
that tastes in the mouth at all az they
did forty years ago.-Josh Billings
| AIl751in0E for 1875.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Icelandic Women.

''I turned to inspect the crowd, says
Bayard Taylor, "and found, to my sur
prise, that the women were much more
picturesque figures than the men. Many
of them wore square bodices Of some
dark color, gown with many pleats
about the waist, with red or blue aprons
Nearly all had fat cap-or, rather, o
circular piece of black cloth-on the
top of the head, with a long black tassel
on one side, hanging from a silver or
gilded cylindrical ring, an inch or Two
IN length. These rings are precisely
like those which the women of Cairo
wear over the nose to hold the ve;l N
it's place. Some of the girls had saai1.
hair braided, but many wore it loose :
and I saw one girl whose magnificent
pale yellow name suggested a descent
from Byrnhilde. The men only showed
two colors the brown of their aeGdn1aI.
coats and trowsers, and the ruddy tan
of their faces. Few of them are hand
some, and their faces are grave and un~
demonstrative but they inspire conf
dence by the strength expressed in the,
steady blue eye, and the firm set of the
lips. There were plenty of tawny or
piebald ponies, with names like lions
in the streets.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Cure for the Bite of Poisonous Ser
pentS.

According to Mericourt, in a COM
mnnication before the Academy of
Medicine, in Paris, the only effective
means of counteracting the bite of
poisonous serpents, and which should
be generally and popularly known, are
those which prevent the absorption
of the poison Immediately after the
bite, namely, igature above the part
bitten, suction, lotions, cauterization
by means of white hot needle, or of q
small heap of gunpowder placed on the
wound and ignited, or the application
of some coagulating caustic. If these
means have been neglected, or have
been applied tardily and Intellectually,
hot alcoholic drinks should be given
gradually and in methodical manner,
so that sweating and the elimination of
the fluids by the kidneys may be in
duced as freely as possible. The action
of the new sudorifc, Jaborandi, :"
may be tried. IF, in consequence OF
violent vomiting, the introduction of
medicine by the stomach be prevented,
and any confidence be still retained by
the practitioner in the use of ammonia,
he may practice its injection, as it is at
least harmless.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Initiative.

The railroad from YokahaEha to Yeddc
is the wonder of the Japanese peas
antry. The peculiar dress of the peo-
pie shows their eagerness to adopt Euro
pean customs. Some of the combine
tions are rather curious, as for instance,
a Paris felt hat, Japanese robe of silk.
wooden pattens, and a common bath
towel around the neck for comforter.
OF the shops, on the handsome Tori, or
boulevard of Yeddo, with its double row
of pines and blossoming fruit trees,
traveller says: There are all kinds of
European or imitation European ar
ticles for sale-ready-ma Western
clothes /; clocks. which are sometimes
right and which are in great demand
just now Paisley shawls and Brussels
carpets, and drugs from England and
wines from France ancient suits OF
armor and modern machinery de-
threned Buddhist saints and-sewing
machines. y
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Fashions in Furs.

Those most used for decoration are
the Silver Fox, Chinchilla, Silver
Marten, black Arctic Lynx, and Alaska
Sable. Sea Otter and Russian and
Hudson Bay Sable will be used for re-
ally elegant garmrnts, and for opera
wear garments Will be trimmed with
Royal Ermine.
The sets most in favor this season are
Mink, Seal, Lynx, Black Marten and
Otter. Mink will again take the lead,
as it has been thoroughly tested, and
found to be perfectly reliable, and
really there is nothing handsomer than
dark set of Mink. We can purchase
sets of Mink at all prices from $25 to
$75. those at the latter price being
very handsome. The medium sets cost
$35, $40, $45 and $50 Real Alaska Seal
sets cost $26, $33, $38 and $45, while
from $48 to $50. Boas are from so to
81 inches long. There are very good
imitation Seal sets at from ST to S12.
The Lynx sets, with black, flowing
fur, can be bought for $24 and S27, the
best while the imitation sets, which
are very good, cost from ST to $15.
The Arctic Lynx, a really handsome
fur, is only $15.
The Black Marten, in natural color,
comes cheaper, the sets being only $14,
$18, $22 and $25. Imitation sets are
only Sc, $8, and $40.
Otter sets are pretty, and cost from
$50 to $50; while very handsome sets st
beavers are 800, $27, and $32.
The Russian and Hudson Bay sab1es
are decidedly elegant furs, and can be
worn only by those who can afford such
expensive sets. Hudson Bay sets are
sold for from $85 TO $3.50; while the
Russian sable sets range in price from
$500 to 81, 500.
Many ladies prefer the fancy furs,
such as the silver-fox, greibe, and chin
ch1lla. Silver-fox sets range in price
from 800 to $500, and are in great de-
mand. Chinchilla also is fashionable,
and sets of it can be bought for from
500 to 800. Greibe sets cost from $25
to $40
The novelty of the season is boa
and mutf combined, which consists of a
boa the usual length, with pocket on
each end in which to place the hands
when necessary or desirable. It is
certainly more convenient than the
muff, for there is no danger of losing
this affair, as ladies often do their
muffs, by carelessly leaving them upon
counters of stores. This article will be
manufactured in all the different grades
of fur, and can be bought at any ard all
prices from SO to 800. A very neat
specimen in mink-the dark shade
was exhibited. The price was $25.-
NesO York Weekly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
TIN. Iacksor.Diek,nson Duel.

A letter from Nashville, Tenn, TO the
Chicago I,ater-Oceo7 referring to the
famous duel between jackson and Dick
inson, says;
It was almost as notorious as the
Burr Hamilton affair at the time, but
few of the facts have not been miscon-
strued. A singular chain of circun-
stances connected with the marriage OF
Jackson caused considerable scandal,
which followed him even to the White
House, and was the one subject to
which his warmest friends dared not
allude. Jackson was fiercely jealous OF
his vife's reputation. A breath of sus-
picion against her, o suggestion of her
impurity, always caused eternal hatred
of those who uttered it. To suspect
her was something that could not be.
forgiven. With Dickinson he had a
long and bitter feud. Both were law
yers, and it was their fate to always
meet at the bar. Frequently their
mutual hatred found vent, and several
times challenges for duels passed be-
tween them, which were always with
drawn through the influence Of friends,
and tacit reconciliation effected. But
one day Dickinson said something that
reflected upon the chastity of Jackson's
wife. and that was the urpardonable
sin. Jackson challenged him, regard
l0SS OF the T6aOAbbItAlkCCc u
The duel was matter of public gossip
Bets were made with large odds in IA
vor of Dickinson, who was regarded as
the best shot in the State. The agree
ment was that after the word g fire
was given each could use mis- own dis
cretlon. Jackson was of cool, and Dick
inson of nervous temperament, and the
former supposed the latter would shoot.
at the word, preferring himself to run
his chances and take deliberate ain.-
The supposition proved correct. Dick
insen fred instantly, the ball taking.
effect in Jackson's side, O hairs breadth
from his heart. The dust puffed from
heavy woolen coat he wore; the old.
warrior staggered mement. but re-
covered himself, and without lifting his
pistol looked his antagonist in the face;
Dickinson was astounded at the IN
wonted failure of his aim.
cd d-n you," he shouted, s' 4
thought sent You to HI.
Jackson, who had not yet cooked hiEs
pistol, raised It deliberately, aimed anGs
pulled the trigger; but it did not fire.
He examined it as coolly as II it was the
merest matter in the world put OF s.
fresh cap, and shot Dickinson dead.
"When / found he had not killadl
me-" said Jackson afterward, ST in
tended to give him his life but when
he cursed me / knew it was his hate
and not his honor he WAS fighting for. -
Jackson's wound was very severe
one, and troubled him until the day Or
his death.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
4 Field for nncfnrs

Physicians crowd each other in this
country. and a young man finds it hard
to get into practice. There is ample
room in France for beginners. There
are in that country cities of Is. .OOO
lnhabitant which havenot one ply sician;
there are cities of 10000 which have
but one, and he not a graduate of
medical school. There is always posted
In the arcade of the Paris Medical
School the names of fifteen or twenty
towns or villages which have no ply
slcians and wish one. Lille is a city
with population of 200, 900 souls it
contains only forty-three physicians.
Roubaix is city of 76, 900 souls :; it con-
talns only eight physicians.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
The Chicago and South Carolina Rail-
road.

A trunk line to connect Charleston,
S. c., with Chicago is now in process OF
construction, and the people of the
Palmetto and Prairie States will soon
be enabled to shake hands by rail. The
people along the proposed route have
assisted literally, in the country east
and south of the Alleghanies 81, SOC, 600
being subscribed. North of the Ohio
river, the States of Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio raised $4,00O,0 600. South of the
Ohio and north of the Cumberland Gap,
So, 900, 900 have been pledged.
On the southern end of the line, 73
miles are already under contract from
Charleston, and in the northern portion
contracts have been made for the grad
ing of 105 miles. The greater part of
this portion is now ready for the iron,
and the company expect to have the
road completed to Indianapolis some
time next year.
The officers of the company consist OF
President and one ice-President from
each of the States through which the
line passes. The Vice Presidents will
exercise full control over the local
traffic of the road in the State which
they represent, and are empowered to
make all necessary contracts. They arc
also ec-o6fcio Directors, and will holC
meeLlnSS TO Qoclu0 On Ill quesuonS con
cerning the general interests of the
road. Each section is in measure in
dependent and not responsible for tn,
debts contracted by any other section
All watering of stock is prohibited, ant
no section is allowed to lease any por
| ton of it's line TO other roads. Th
President of the company is Mr.. W. S
Raymond, of Indiana. The Vice. Pres
idents are Robert Rae, for Illinois; j
! III. Stewart, for Indiana Thos. L. Jones
for Kentucky; and @. B. Memmingel
for South Carolina.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

In the ordinary course of business
two kilograms were recently sent from
New York to London, and answers re-
ceived to one in thirty, and to the other
in thirty five minutes actual time.
Each message was transmitted $500
miles and passed through the hands OF
eighteen persons. The message and
reply in each case passed through the
hands of thirty six persons, and tray.
eled over 1000 miles in thirty to thirty.
five minutes.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Value Of Farm Products per Acre.

The last volume of the agricultural
report-which has been so long delayed
has just been printed at the government
printing Office The following table
shows the average cash value of farm
products per acre in this country, ac-
cording to the report of the statistician
of the department
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

PARIS had marriage the other day
OF the Tom Thumb and Minnie Warren
class, but with more drollery in it. The
husband is q dwarf, thirty inches In
height, and the wife a giantess OF six
feet six.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

SOME of the regular soldiers sent
West have married squaws, and are
doing their best to civilize the poor
ignorant redskins. As soon as squaw
gets pair of army boots and brass
chain on, she begins to act refined and
ladY-lika
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

FRIENDSHIP, like iron, is fragile if
hammered too thin.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
RIGHTLY NAMED.

Down in this chasm lies poor sinful critter,
Her name was Poll Twist, and that name it just at
her;
For in twisting her neck to swallow some toddy,
She twisted her breath right out of her body.
Her bloated remains hid under the sod,
But her rum-sOtted soul none could hide from its
God.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

Tom Clark was q drummer, who went to the war.
And was killed by bullet, and his soul sent for;
There no friends to mourn him, for his vir-
rare,
He died like q IAN. like a Christian bear.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
ARARE SPECIMEN.

My wifey has left me, she gone up on high.
She was thoughtful while dying, and said 't Tom
don't cry
She great beauty SO every one knows,
With Rebe-lke features and fine Roman nose;
She played the piany, and was learning ballad,
When she sAckened and die-did from eating veal
salad.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11

Mary Somers with but twenty short years;
She departed this life mid torrent of tears;
She fine musician, and played well on the
harp
So thought the angels who hoated by in the dark
They wanted harpist to join their good band,
So seized her and hew to a far better land.
, 1874-01-31

bht'HihctoF1 10 tuo AEk-IoFer tuAu Any Wcto l0WoI
cnn bo.
Tho passion for peculiar china and other table,
furnishings grows apRco. aorvscos nro now
olaborntoy irregular. Curs tliEer from enot,
othor IN atzo, Blla,,o and color plates protet'sl
aud tea and cotfoo pots are moro likoly to bo
orphans than ot1erWiao.
Tho dainty engraved Fronoh aud Bohemian
crystal, that l,as boon so great, M ornament to
English glassware, half an inch thick in itB
thnnest part. The cllango is Thought to havo
boen in1ticel by Tho fraglltty Of tho crystal but
1t Is doubtful II thu increased woight will not DO
Tile variety In table-iittings is only triilin,s
compared Will, tho variety In furniture. No
nowiy- y-docoratod irawng-room Inns two articles
Of tho Hame Htylo, huo, OF porioa. When tasto-
whom thrown togothor, as thoy sometimes mp
pcar to l,ayo boen without thought or sight, the
nlodley is simply dotostablo. FunnELow.
, 1874-01-31

Al tho proud mmorta1a
Into music How
I thought many Of your renders would DO inter-
estol iu tllis ltt1o poem, II you choose 10 print
1t. Underneath Tho l,umor thoro ingers q voin
e rHs csI ~s To tue onS feeling g;oo of
singer, but ir,te 1oo,nan. Very truly,
CHICAGO, Jan. 20, 1874. Il. Il. ".
, 1874-01-31

1b the Editor n The Chicago Tribune:
B1n: In a volume Of "N1ilos o'Reilly's"
poems find tile ncloaed on paropa-nosa. Now
TINT both the sweet poot md tho great Singer
have gone
, 1874-01-31

pAIErA-nosA.
As SUNG nY John :. nnApY w1rIt IMMENSE EFFECT.
dir" Ihe Grdrfs gf B|drhey."
Och Of song fountnin,
An OF clnrlnB mountain,
Tllcrea no prima-donna
Oan Wild her compare;
For Bhc IN tho swcrtest,
AM The most complotest,
From Agr golden girdle
10 her nut-brown hair.
Bllts tho gorgeous spoHa
Of stgaor 1sosa,
AM she aoca ontvalue him
BY hundred pnnnls.
snre, her smu f. gracipns,
- AM hcr bust is spacious,
Like milk white reservoir
Au' troh that's what 1t IN. tho darlint I'm may
God bless llcr an IT for tho same Ant may be look
down upon llor, au' DO good 10 llcr3
OF all sifyeFy sounds.
Hear ler voice n,inutoi
Like lark or linnct,
How the wnrho lnhb1cs up
From her purity throat!
AM now bear It fa1!Iu'
Like an echo ca1lln'.
Fl!ckerin' gently downward
From aomo bills remote,
Then again It rises,
AM wild Joy surprises,
For her love an rupture
Find In song relief;
An It now sinks towly
1nto prayer most holy,
Or now sWolls lu rOndealtx
fThough don't mescf rightly know, upon me con-
Science what sort Of thing "roncau Is whin it'B
~ D'''e' ormc,oao,,s pr,cf.
When think n'lyini
An mo spirit nyiu'
To that high Olympus
Whero good goasoons go,--
Whore their llarIa a-lloltlin,
An' wild cymba1H tgnltet,
ALI the proud ilnnorAls
Into music uow,-
Och the future taskiu'
1t In then 1.m askin',
"Shnli We hear Purera
In that Bhtnin' throng?"
Torif her sweet Bfngn'
Through all Heavens not ringfn,
Earth can whip tllo Nine Mt1sea
Jay, fasx an to2en or two OF them 1ftlc cherub
iia ul,l Beraphftns WHO continually do cry" Us poor
Father A1ulcahy-aul rest him LIQUID MO lung ago
ut Sunday -seldo1.)
IN tho line o'song.
, 1874-01-31

lor broWn i1Afoiu. uut k1o Iool ulu anu Ife-
quontly Lis face, as ho looked ut tue Earl, woro
q look that was not comic. Ono day tho fool
found Edith with curl OF brown latr in her
lap and hor face buried in her hands: Eolf
would have crone away unseon but for his
oned to him. He kuelt beside hor.
"tfhou must not tell my kind father that
am 80 foolish; but o, Eolf, did lows Har-
old Ho." ........
a Earl Percy slept that night there came one
KNELT UPON HIS THROAT,
and the point Of knife prickol the flesh Of 1lia
breast. Hot breath was on hia laoo, and those
words wore whispered In ls eat:
"Where Is Brown Harold7"
"You arc clloklne me-"
''Whero is ho :"
Take that knito from my breast"
"Whore Is lla ?"
~ oatlnot BREATHE"
Who're is ho :"
i" Burned"
:: "Thefs Sas'' 3 is he' liar'"
"yh9a !. w.3t ! ;lle thou tool"
"Where is ho ?"
" Under tho caro- of my brother In Kont."
:. R"pport 9t"portt Nov it thou l''ss thou al'St"
,., dtys s ne .sl thy ;rtng Sol Now mos0 but an
TGe knee was removed from tho Earl's throat,
and presently the knife from Ills broaBt Int
when la moved tho point returned. 30 he
lay back, aud no Bound told him that he
was not still threatened. Ho prayed tor day.
light, and when 1t CANA and showed him lio
foo, he eprang from his bad aud uum-
monad Lis household.
EoLp WAS MIsaINd.
Whilst his mon arnell themselves At ls d.
root!on. and ora wont for horHos, ha questioned,
but could learn nothing to prove tiat his night
attaeKer was Eolf. Only Edith bud hearl him,
IIs Ind whispered into ler chamber, II 70 to
oomplete thy datsy-eha|n b." Moro aba kuofi not,
v "Wlsxs ls my horse 2-auick !" -4>a