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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
THE PRINCE OF Wales DEBTS.


A London letter to the New York
Tribune states that Parliament will
probably be called upon at the next
session to pay the debts of the Prince
of Wales, which now amount to $780,
600, or nearly three and half millions
of dollars. This is about four times as
much as the nation was called on to pay
in 1887, to wipe out the debts of the
Prince who afterwards became George
the Fourth. If the story is true, and
Parliament at its next session is asked
to vote this amount to place the future
King of England square with the
world, there will be decided opposition.
The Radicals and advanced Liberals
have of late years made every commu-
nication from the Queen asking annui-
cies for her numerous children as they
tame of age, the text of arguments,
very reasonable from a republican
point of view, denouncing the already
vast sums devoted to the support of
the royal family, while the lower classes
of the kingdom are actually suffering
from want. They will find a much
more vulnerable mark, and will be much
more strongly sustained by the masses
of the English people, in opposing this
proposition to pay more than three
million dollars to hquidate the debts of
prince who has, since his majority,
received 100000 year from the ma
ton, beside the revenues of the Duchy
of Cornwall, which amount TO $500,O00
a year more. There is little doubt,
however, that whatever the Conserva-
tive Ministry ask for the Prince of
Wales will be voted by the House of
Commons. The Conservative party
will support the appropriation in a
body, together with large number of
the Liberals, who are personally friend
ly to the Prince, or who dislike to be
classed with the Radicals.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
4 Study OF SOUND.

Professor Whitney of Yale College
has examined passage of 1000 sounds
from each of ten standard English writ
ers, in order to ascertain the relative
frequency of sounds in the language.
He finds that the sound of ssr" is tie
most frequent, occurring 744 times in
10000 sounds s'n n follows, with 676,
and st" with 592. The short sound
of "i" is the most common vowe,
sound, having 500 occurrences. The
least common vowel sound is that of
short co." eight times in 10000; the
least common consonant sound is that
of ''zh," two times in 10000. In all,
he found 6,271 consonant sounds, and
3, 729 vowel sounds.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11

A vERsFIcAToN of the old joke has
already been attempted with much sue
cess The pilgrim Ger the desert wild
should ne'er let want confound him, for
he, at any time, can eat the sand which
is around him. 1t might seem odd that
he could find such palatable fare. did
we not know the sons of Ham were
bred and mustered there.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
THE GERMAN AND la TIN RACES.

THE GERMAN AND LATIN RACES.
Thus far, says Berlin correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Bis
marck has beer very successful in his
policy of uniting the German and
dividing the Latin races. There are
about SO, 900, 600 of Germans, of whom
10000, 900 are now swayed by Prussia.
About 200 are still out of both the
North and South German Confedera-
tions, being connected with the Aus
trian Empire. The Latin race is much
more numerous, and can count, in
France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, as
many as 85,O0O,O00 of people. We're
there complete union of all these
people, Germany might consider her.
self in danger. The Latins are nearly
all Catholics. The Germans are
divided, as between Catholics and
Protestants, the latter having the ma
jority. Despite this fact, the councils
of the Latin race appear to be more
divided than the Germans. Religion,
which divides the Germans, docs not
divide the Latins. The Catholic pow
ers appear to be as great enemies of the
temporal supremacy of the Pope as the
Protestant nations. The tendency
among the Latins to political dissen-
sions is much greater than it is among
the Germans, and here is their great
element of weakness. While all France
cannot be united against foreign foe,
all Germany can. In the late war tEel {
were many in France who actually pre-
ferred German victories unless they
could be successful under their political
theories. There is a remarkable SINH
larity in the numbers of several of the
great creative heads of civilization.
The Latins, we see, are $4,000, ,O0O
The Anglo-Saxons are in the neighbor-
hood of 7O,O0O,OOO, and the Sclavon-
ians of 7O,00O,OO0. It is worthy of
note, as showing an even division of
political power, that the North German
Confederation, France, Austria, the
United States and Great Britain have
each and all between 10000, 900 and
10000, 900 people. The Latin race and
countries are mostly stationaryin popu-
lation, while the Anglo-Saxons and the
Sclavonians are increasing with i'm
mense rapidity. The Anglo-Saxon is
the great race of the future.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
GEN PUrNAars VOLTS DEN

GEN PUTNAMS WOLFS DEN.
A correspondent of the Boston Ad-
Vertise7- writes as follows: 1T was my
fortune while making trip recently in
the pleasant town of Pomfret, Conn,
to visit, in company with jolly picnic
party, the famous Wolf Den where
Gen. Putnam, when a young man, in
1879. attacked and killed she wolf,
whose depredations upon the sheep and
goats of the neighboShood had raised
the whole country against her. Gen.
Humphreys. in his life of Putnam, pub
ished in 1888, has given very minute
account of this adventure, and in his
description of the den he says
''' The aperture of the den, on the
southeast of very high ledge of rocks.
is two feet square; from thence it
descends obliquely fifteen feet, then run
ming horizontally about ten feet more it
descends gradually sixteen feet toward
its termination. The sides of this sub
terranean cavity are composed of smooth
and solid rocks, which seem to have
been divided from each other by some
4O14AC4 CdI 4nC GOD duO DOU-
tom are also of stone. and the entrance
in winter being covered with ice, is
ceedingly slippery. It is in no place
high enough for a man to raise himself
upright, nor in any part more than
three feet in width
81 was curious to investigate this
historical den for myself, and, though
the place was far from inviting, I
stripped off my coat and crawled in. I
had provided myself with a stout stick,
about four feet in length, to feel my
way ahead, as the passage was entirely
closed by my entrance, and could see
nothing as I proceeded. After working
myself along on my elbows with consid-
erable difficulty, I at length reached
the end OF the cave, and found myself
in a chamber, very low, indeed, but
some wider than the entrance to it.
+" As Humphreys says, the entrance is
two feet square, but as to there being
an oblique descent and an ascent toward
the termination, he is utterly at fault.
AS crawled in I did not notice the
least depression in any part of the way,
and when I reached the end of the cave,
where I found little more room, a few
rays of light from tho entrance struck
the rocky wall opposite, which could
not have taken place if the passage had
not been level. Furthermore, the pass
age is entirely straight from the open
ing to the end, and not oblique, while
the distance, which I carefully meas
ured, is not over twenty-five feet.
Humphreys account makes it over forty
feet. I effected my retreat from this
hole by the only possible method-that
of backing out-and was thankful not
to have encountered any of those rep
tiles (snakes) which, according to tradi-
ton. infest the place.
" Notwithstanding the dramatic way
in which Humphreys tells his story, be-
sides making the passage from which
his hero was drawn out by his leg
crooked one and nearly double it's true
length, still Old Puts achievement is
entitled to the admiration of all boys,
of small or larger growth.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
THE SEA 0F SPACE.

The August number of the Popular
Science Monthly has an interesting and
valuable article on the i" Extent of the
Universe. We summarizes few of it's
main paragraphs Since the beginning
of this century our idea of the universe
has undergone complete metamorpho-
sis, though but few persons appear to
recognize this fact. Less than a cent
ury ago, the SdV07ts who admitted the
earth's motion (some rejected it) pict-
ured to themselves the system of the
universe as being bounded by the from
tier of Saturn's orbit, at a distance from
the central sun equal to 100000 times
$50, 600, 900 miles. The stars were fred,
spherically distributed, at a distance
but little greater than that of Saturn.
Beyond this limit a vacant space was
supposed to surround the universe.
The discovery of Uranus, in 1856, did
away at once with this belt, consisting
of Saturn's orbit. and the frontier of
solar domination was pushed out to a
distance of 1900, 900, 900 miles from the
center of the system, that is to say, be-
yond the space which was vaguely sup
posed to be occupied by the stars. The
discovery of Neptune, in 1916, again
removed these limits to a distance that
would have appalled, our fathers the
orbit described by this planet being
2,862, 900, 900 miles from the sun.
But the attractive force of the sun
extends farther still. Beyond the orbit
of Uranus, beyond the dark route slow
ly traversed by Neptune, the frigid
wastes of space are travelled over by the
comets in their cratic courses. OF
these, some, being controlled by the
sun, do not leap from system to system,
but move in closed curves, though at
distances far greater than those of
Uranus and Neptune. Thus Halley's
comet reeedes to distance of over
2, 800, ,OOO,O miles from the sun the
comet of 1911, 36, ZOO, 600, 600; and that
of 1880, $4,000, 10000 The period of
the last named comet is $500 years.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
A WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM HARl
DRINKING.

Whisky is the devil that makes the
mischief wherever it is tolerated, wheth-
er in America, England, Ireland, or
Scotland. There are 200, ,OO0. 900 of
people in Europe outside of Great Brit
ain and Russia who drink nothing
stronger than wine or beer, and among
all that vast mass, outnumbering the
population of the United States five
times, there is less drunkenness, and
fewer arrests on charges of g drunk and
disorderly," than in the single city of
Chicago, which contains not one fve-
hundredth of their population. This is
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11

The present year has shown most
wonderful falling off in the number of
persons coming to this country to settle.
During the first seven months of the
year, 1888 immigrants were entered at
the port of New York, making falling
off of 1O5, $50 persons compared with
the corresponding months of last year.
A combination of circum stances has
caused this change. The decline of
American securities abroad has made
people distrust our purposes. Labor
strikes and the closing of manufactur-
ing establishments have caused such
letters to be written to the old country.
Again times have changed for the bet
ter in the lands across the seas. The
labors of Joseph Arch in Great Britain
have resulted in higher wages, thereby
keeping men at home. At no time dur
ing ten years have so many European
workingmen returned to their old homes
as during the present year. This is
partly the result of the circumstances
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
THE WORLDS POPULATION.

A report from the United States Bu-
reau of Statistics at Washington, just
issued, contains an interesting table of
the population of the earth, taken
chiefly from the work on that subject
issued this year at Gotha by Drs. Benin
and Wagner, and founded on the most
recent authorities. By this statement
the aggregate population of the earth IS
given at 1891, ,O32. 600, Asia being the
most populous section, and containing
79S, 100000, while Europe has 800, 5OO,-
600; Africa, 203, 900, 900; America, S4,-
500, 1000; and Australia and Polynesia,
4, 500, 900. In Europe the leading ma
tions are credited with the following
numbers Russia, II, 100000 the Ger
man Empire, 41,O0O,O 900; France, &c.
100000; Austro- Hungary, So, 600, 900
Great Britain and Ireland, 80, 900, 900
Italy, nearly 1000, 900; Spain, 16, $780,
600; and Turkey, nearly 100000 900.
The other countries do not exceed
100000 each. In Asia, China, which
is by far the most populous nation of
the earth, is credited with 425, 600, 600;
Hindostan, with 24O, ,0OO,O Japan,
SO, 900, 600; the East India Islands,
80, 800, 600; Burmah, Siam and farther
India, nearly $4,000, ooo; Turkey, 49,
10000 and Russia, nearly II, 900, 600.
The Australian population is given at
1,674, 500, and the Polynesian Islands
at 2, 763, 500, New Guinea and New Zea-
land being included in the latter. In
Africa the chief divisions are West
Soudan and the Central African re-
gion, with SO, 900, 900, the Central Sou
dan region, $4,000, 900; South Africa,
20, $500 the Gala country and the
region east of the White Nile, Is, OOO,-
900; Samauli, 100000; Egypt, s.
500, 900 and Morocco, 100000. In
America two-thirds of the population
are north of the isthmus, where the
United States has nearly $4,000, 900;
Mexico over 10000 and the British
Provinces 4,O00,0OO The total popu-
lation of North America is given at
nearly 50, 900, 900, and of South America
25, 500, 900, of which Brazil contains
100000. The West India Islands
have over 100000, and the Central
American States not quite 100000.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11

above mentioned, and is partly due to
the fact that the ocean steamers have
carried steerage passengers at unusually
low rates.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
THE BRITISH v4Tfov4L DEBT


THE BRITISH N4T[OVIL DEBT
The blue book recently issued by the,
British Government contains some in
formation concerning the national debt
since 1S48. On the 1st of April of that
year, according to this exhibit, the
funded debt, with stock held on account
of unclaimed dividends and capital value
of fterminable annuities, stood s839, 5I9,-
326. Since then the total has steadily
contracted until it now amounts to
se7S5, 761, 761. being reductionTof e.
067, 800 per annum for twenty-six years.
But the whole of this decrease is not
due to actual payment, about 98, co.,
900 being on account of diminished
capital value of terminable annuitiesA
Including the amount paid off ON the
1st of April, 1857, the debt has been
redeemed to the extent of e81, ,262, $40.
Against this gross must be set the stock
created for purchase of telegraphs, for
ti6cations, and army localization, as
well as certain creations of unfunded
debt Altogether these charges amount
to Ell, ,026, ,489, which, deducted from
the gross total, gives EGO, 236, ,081 as The
real decrease of the national debt dur
ing the time specified, including the
amount paid off in the year ending the
1st of April, 1857. During the same
term 934, 334, ,523 taxes were remitted in
the aggregate each year, except four,
showing reductions. Continuous nation
al prosperity and development of trade
have enabled England to pay off large
amount of debt, while the burden of
taxation has been immensely lightened.
A GENTLEMAN who has been recently
travelling In the lower counties tells MS
the following amusing story He was
stopping over night at a. house where
the partition walls were particularly
thin. The adjoining room was occupied
by a mother and her daughter. After
retiring the mother began to rebuke
the daughter for an alleged partiality
to somebody named John, which soft.
impeachment the daughter denied vigor-
ous1y.
But said the mother, 81 saw him.
kissing you at the cow-pen yesterday
morning. Amanda"
No, ma, he wasn't kissing me at
all.
"Why, did you have your head so
close up to his for, you deceivin
critter %
g Well, you see, ma, had been eat
ing pitallas (the fruit of a species OF
cactus), and you see, ma, got some Oh
the prickles in my lips-and-and-
"And what, you wicked. wicked
critter ?"
aAndI couldn't get them ont my
self, you know, and John pulled them
ont with his teeth-but he didn't kiss
me nary time"
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-17
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE SATURDAY MORNING H.

BY Mr.. Wells, of CRANKY, remonstrances
of Merritt Newliall and fifteen others, of
George ID. Chandler and fourteen others,
and OF Roswell Quinby and eighteen others,
against the matter of graded school at
West Concord.
BY Mr.. Sprague, of Vergennes, petition
of n. q. Norton and twcnty-f0ur others,
praying for an alteration in the law regu-
lating tolls for grinding grain.
BY Mr.. Dutton of Norwich, a petition
of William Sewall and others, relating TO
the traffic in Intoxicating liquors.
BY Mr.. Palmer, of Williamstown, a
petition of o. II. Briggs and one hundred
and forty-two others, citizens of Williams
town, relating to the traffic In intoxicating
liquors.
BY Mr.. Clark, of Bethel, to pay Gordon
J. Wallace the sum therein named.
BY Mr.. Ladd of Alburgh, relating TO
bitches or water courses.
The speaker announced as the special
committee on the part of the house, or
dered to be raised under JOINT resolution
for a committee of inquiry after an unpub-
lished report Messrs. Henry of Chester,
Lyndc of Marlbsro and Gilman of Mont
peler.
Revolutionary Mr.. Chamberlin of Jay,
that the memorial presented to this house
by the Iroquois Indians, be referred TO the
committee on claims, who are hereby re-
quesled to ascertain the amount and nature
of the claims, and report the same to this
house as early as possible adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Lynde of Marlboro,
adjourned
AFTERNOON.
Lieutenant Governor llinckley in the
chair.
On motion of Senator Rowell, Senate adj.
journed.
HOUSE.
Rcports-From committee on judiciary,
in favor of II. 70, in relation to service of
extents against delinquent collectors third
reading ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Shurtletf of Planfcld,
adjourned.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-17
Indian.Fight in Texas.

New YORK, Oct. 16.
A letter from the headquarters of Mac
kenzie's division gives the following par
ticulars of the charge on a Texan Indian
village: The descent took one hour, but
at last the soldiers were down, and Thomp-
son with his scouts and the Companies of
Col. Beaumont, with Capt. Boehm,
charged the village with such impetuosity
that the Indians ran in every direction
After short but sharp fight the companies
charged on down the canyon through the
village-which proved to be scattered
along for about three mles-to its end be-
fore hating. 1t was running fight for
the entire distance but the command was
very fortunate, only one man being shot.
He is doing well, with tair prospect of
recovery. Fourteen horses were also
killed and wounded, from all the com
panies engaged. After driving the Indians
through the whole village. The general or
dered the lodges burned and the captured
stock driven W the sides of the canyon to the
prairie. While exciting this order sharp
skirrAishing occurred with struggling In.
dians, who had secured places among the
rocks high up the sides of the canyon,
which they had reached by taails that could
not be found by our men, and from which
they delivered their fire with comparative
impunity. During the fight five Indians
were certainly killed and probably ten or
twelve wounded Fourteen hundred and
six horses and mules were captured, from
which three hundred and sixty of the best
were selected to be retained, and one thou
sand and forty-six shot to prevent the pos
sibiity of their again falling into
the hands of hostile Indians. All the
ladges were burned. and the loss to this par
ticular band of indians is almost irrepar-
able 1t is believed TO be the most effect
i've blow dealt to the Comanches and
Kiowas on this frontier during the last two
years. Some OF the servants aud Ton
kama squaws found time to do considerable
plundering in camp while the troops were
at the front fighting. There are bows and
arrows, shields, robes with hair decorated
and painted, new blankets just from the
reservation, stone china kettles, tools and
implements of every description down to a
pair of timers shears, best breach-loading
arms with plenty of metallic cartridge-one
mule being found packed with five hun
dred rounds and another loaded with lead
and powder, and groceries and provisions
of all kinds.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-17
A Presentation.

One of those happy affairs which it is
always pleasant TO chronicle came off at
Wallingford a few evenings since. For
some past Miss L. A. Kelly has been IL
braran of the Wallingford circulating H.
brary association, giving her time and SER
vices for nothing. Last Tuesday evening
the members of the association surprised
her by calling on and presenting her
with fine silver cake basket as a token of
the esteem and regard which they had for
her. No doubt but Miss Kelly will have
pleasant recollections of that evening for
long time to come, and the members of
the association certainly chose a fitting
manner in which to repay her for many
hours of work spent in well doing
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-17
sad Affair.

Among those who came to Rutland TO
attend the meeting of the American board
was Deacon Hayward of Bridport, prom
inent citizen of that town. He was as
signed quarters with Col. +. Parker at
Castlcton, where he went on the evening of
the first day. The next day he was taken
sick with typhoid pneumonia. The best
of care was given him there. but growing
worse his family were sent for and arrived
there Thursday night last, but notwith-
standing that everything possible was done
morning at 5 o'clock. HIS remains passed
through town yesterday on their way to his
homo
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-17
Read and Reflect.

1.-THE leaves of the forest ale for the
the healing of the nations, "but them leaves
hust be distilled and properly compounded
| ly healer Alas. just as leaves are tan
ped just right by Jack Frost, tanner, and
they are falling thick and fast, the
eat Indian medicine sachem, DIR. j. II,
pbinson, must keacc, too, and this morn
indicated how soon healthy creditors
hale the odors of the root of all evil,
ney, but alas again, they have no
nfort left them but that which arises
5m the fragrance of two quarts of filid
extracts and tinctures and peck of roots
and herbs and testimonials of resurrec-
tions from tother side of the Vermont
state line.
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The Daily Globe.

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