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

Profound study has led NJ. d'Arpen-
tigny to the conclusion that the hands
represent three types. Those whose
fingers have pointed tips are possessed
of rapid insight into things are extra
sensitive and pious, impulsive. To this
class belong the poets and artists. To
people sensible, self-contained charac-
ters, professional men. The spade
shaped tops-thick tips, with little pads
of flesh on each side the nails-are
materialists, commercial, practical, with
high appreciation of all that tends to
bodily ease ar d comfort. Each finger,
no matter what the kind of hand, has
also one joint which is nearest the
palm-representi the body; another,
the middle, the mind and the top, the
soul. Each of these divisions CORE
spends with one of the types above
given.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

WATKINS is cu1tivator OF barley in
Washoe Valley, and holds grasshoppers
in great adherence. The other day the
nimble army came across the hills to-
ward Watkins field. He heard the in
aders approaching he listened to the
nashing of 1nandibles, the clashing of
wing-sheaths, and the rasping of the
serrated thighs. At that Imminent mo-
ment Watkins had happy thought He
took down his Fire Extinguisher, gave
it a churn or two, strapped it upon his
back, and with a smile of derision upon
his countenance, he marched out against
the enemy. When he met the first
ranks he turned the proper screw, and
directed the whole extinguishing force
upon the invaders. The leading hop
pers and the little hoppers stood it only
for a moment. The Extinguisher was
too much for them. They turned they
fed the cereals of Watkins were safe,
and he slept that night the sleep of a
happy husbandman in old Washoe
Valley
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How THE MONEY GOES After Nov.
80, it will be easy to see how the money gees,
for then the drawing will take place OF the
Public Library of Kentucky, and at that
given awag to ticket-holders. The fortunate
holder OF the ticket drawing the first prize
viii walk off with $250,0OO; of the second
Of the fourth prize, $50. 900; of the fifth
prize, S25. .0O0, ETC., until 20, 900 grand cash
prizes shall all have been distributed.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
Our Surplus of Wheat for Export.

The Milwaukee Journal Of Commerce
has elaborate statistical tables of the
wheat crop. It estimates the total crop
at 800, 600, 900 bushels. Our estimated
present population of 46,000,000 will
consume at At bushels per capita, 217-
900, 600. For seed there will be wanted
35, SIT, 667 bushels. This leaves an
estimated surplus for export of Al. .482,
333 bushels. Last year the same paper
estimated the surplus for export at 53,-
OCT, 1876 bushels. The actual exports,
reducing flour to wheat at 5 bushels
per barrel, were 52,574, III bushels.
The tables for 1874 having been pre-
pared with the greatest care, they are
probably as reliable as the 1878 ca1cula-
tions proved themselves to be.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
Horrors of the South African Gold
DiggingS.


An English emigrant, writing from
Brisbane, gives sad picture of the
sutferings Of those who went out to the
Palmer gold diggings. Since the
1Tth of March" he says, g 1 have been
very i'll, but now, I am thankful to say,
1 am perfectly recovered. Since last
wrote have had something fearful to
undergo, and I am one of the lucky
ones to escape as I have. Hundreds of
poor fellows have lost their lives, and
what fearful deaths some of them have
hadI Some. died from starvation, some
were drowned, others were killed by
blacks, and hundreds were carried off
by dysentery. Even grass and rotten
horsehesh were eagerly devoured.
There were three others who started
with me. One died, and the other two
are now IN hospital, and it is doubtful
whether they will ever recover. We
were nearly shipwrecked, and to save
the vessel we had to smother seventy
six horses among which were three of
mine, worth Els. Anyhow, I managed
to reach the gold field, and in one day 1
got "a los worth of gold and the fever
with 1t. After being unable to walk or
scarcely stand for about ten days, /
started to walk back to the seaport
200 miles. All the provisions I had to
carry me down were six pounds of -four
and four ounces of tea-neither sugar
nor anything else. I counted twenty
three fresh graves on the road, all of
which had been made since went up
about a fortnight before. Some had
been travelling alone, and had lain down
and died and there the bodies lay till
the next traveller came along, and if
they were not too much decomposed,
they were buried if too far gone, a few
branches were thrown over them, and
there. they were left. My expedition
cost vme e140, and I got s4 los in
return -
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Turn f4REAr ScASDA1.-When all the
1ihaI s,1ita are settled the following
sums of money will probably change
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ELMwooD Collars are now all the rage
in society. Elmwood Collars make the home
lest man look stylish. Emwood, Collars fit
the neck beautifully. 1t beats all how closely
the Elmwood Collar initiates en.-Phild-
delphia EUe1aing Star.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

The eale of Rathbone, Sard & Co.'S stoves
is immense. Their cook and heating stoves
are universally popular in the West.
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Organs will be furnished on these plans either
through agents, directly, to almost any part Of
the country.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, wit h full lie scrip
tions of the Organs made by this Company, and
circulars showing in detail the different plans
payment which they now offered, sent
free. Address MASON H AMLIN ORGAN CO.,
Boston, New York, or Chicago.
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rnoIey,s Dog.

Cooley has got new dog, and I am
CORY to say that he is exceedingly
Yicious so vicious, indeed, that very
few of the neighbors have courage
enough to enter Cooley's yard. Judge
Pitman, however, had to go in there
the other day for the purpose of collect
ing bill, and he told me that he wasn't
a particle afraid. because he possessed
the power of holding wild animal with
his eye. When he looked straight into
the eyes of dog the brute quailed be-
fore his glance, and skunk away. He
said it proved the superiority of hu-
man being with a soul and rese1ute
will to the mere brute creation. So he
opened the gate and went in. Cooley's
dog heard him coming, and Immediately
few to meet him. The Judge fixed his
eye on the animal for the purpose of
holding it, but the dog didn't seem to
notice the circumstance. But still the
Judge looked, and still the dog came on.
Then it seemed to occur to the Judge
that perhaps his kind of an eye might
not hold this kind of dog, and he sud
denly moved toward the apple-tree, with
the dog close behind him. He became
panic stricken, and made a furious effort
to Chamber up the trunk He had Just
reached the first limb when the dog ar
rived, and made a snap at him. The
OoS IeeIh caught IN the lower part OF
the Judges trowser-1eg, and as it is a
bulldog, he held on while the Judge
lay across the limb ON his stomach, out
of breath, frightened and uncertain
what to do. Ii he dropped, the dog
would certainly eat him if he climbed
further up, he would have to take the
dog with him. He had Just made up
his miud TO stay where he was while his
strength lasted, when he thought he
heard the limb cracking, and then he
yelled for help. Then Cooley came out,
and after making the Judge promise to
take 20 per cent discount from the
bill, he pried open the dogs jaws with
the kitchen poker. and dragged him
into the stable. The Judge came down,
hot, breathless and mad; and he has
said to me since, privately, that the
next time he wants to hold a dog with
his eye he viii impale him on hay fork
6rst- That is a safe way, anyhow
DGaa6ut1,y -Ne1Os.
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DVERTISERSi Send % cents GEO. p ROW
"A ELL Co, Il Park Row, New York, for their
Pamphlet Of 100 pages containing SITS of 300 news
papers and estimates showing of advertising-
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THE NORTHWESTERN HORSE NAIL Co. s
Is Finished " Nail is the best in the world.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

Fell from a Railroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with
Mexican Mustang Liniment, and sent him on by
the next train. Falls, bruises, cuts, contusions,
lameness and such accidents are constantly oc-
curing. There is nothing sure, safe, cheap
and convenient the celebrated Mustang Lini-
ment It costs but so cents and 81 90 per bottle,
and no Family or owner of Horses should be with
outfit There is no flesh, bone or muscle ailment
upon animal, like rheumatism, Bruises, j,
SPAWN and Lameness, which it will not alleviate
cure. Why will you suner2 Beware of coun-
terfeits 1t is wrapped in a steel! plate engraving,
signed sc. w. Wcstbrook, Chemist"
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UITQANo cold or sore fingers. Do ttCo mems work
QUDI-Fits any hand-sells at sight-Last a life
--1 kttme-2 samples sent for 60 cts, or styles
KEREfor 81, postpaid. Agents wanted. Address
A44aCITY NOVELTY CO., 9Th ST., Phila. Pa.
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improved Meat and Vegetable Chopper to take
the place ST the old Knife and Tray III preparing
the various articles of food which require chop
ping. such Sausage, Mnce Meat, Salads, Hash,
Fish, Fruit and Vegetables of various kinds. has
come to be considered as much OF necessity in
every we'll conducted household Clothes
Wringer Cooking stove. while TOR Hotels, Ba-
keries, estaurants and Public In stitutions where
large quantities of food required such a
chine is absolutely indispensable.
OF the many inventions designed for the pur-
pose, the only which has stood the test of time
proved perfect success is the american, of
which more than 5000 have be sold. anl five
years constant use has proved their superiority
over all other Choppers. They save their cost in
labor every year, and great has the demand for
them become that the annual sales now amount to
more than three times that of all other Family
Choppers combined-a fact which is sufficient evil
dence of their superior merit.
These Choppers made in seven different sizes
-four sizes for Family and three sizes for
Butchers-and sold by the principal dealers in
Hardware, House Furnishing Goods and Agricult-
uraI I'm mplements throughout the country.
For Descriptive Circular and Price List, addres
ID. A. NEVTON d Co.,
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On EverybOdy's TOngue.-Eulogiums of
the great National Regenerator of Health, PLAN
rArIoN BITTIRs, are on every body's tongue. This
gratuitous advertising is better than all
paid-for putting to which the owners OF bogus
bitters obliged to resort. 1t has a spontaneous
heartiness about it which carries conviction to
the mind of the auditor.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16

FEW GOOD REASONSs
Ia Neso Invention, THOROUGHLY TEsTxD ana
secured by Letters Patent.
a.-Makes . perfect LOCK STITCH, alike on both
sides, on all kinds of goods.
3-Runs LIGHT, SMOOTH, NoIsxLKss and RAPID
hest combination OF qualities.
4.-DuRABLE-Runs for Years without Repairs.
s.-WM do al varieties Of Work and Fancy Stitch
ino in q superior manner.
els Most Easily Manoged by the operator.
Length OF stitch may be altered while running, and
machine can be threaded without passing thread
through holes.
y.-Design Simple, Inoeaious, Elesaat, forming
the stitch scsthout the use Of Cog-Wheel Gears
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the Automatic
Drop Feed which tnsitres UNIFORM tegth of stttch at
any speed. Has o1r new Thread-C6ntroller, which
allows easy movement Of needle-bar and prevents
injury TO thread.
s-CoNsTRUcTIoNH most careful and rYxrsHEp II
is manufactured by the most ssfta experienced
mechanics, at the celebrated Remington Arlno.
ry, Ilion, MY. NewYork Once, No. g NIadl.
SON Square (kurtz's Buildimg). BRANCH
OFFICES: ass State ST., Chicago, H., ago
Superior St.s Cleveland, O.s Isl Fourth
ST., Cincinnati, O.s 400 Main ST., Buffalo,
N. ", 332 Washington ST., Boston, Mass i,
$40 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Pa; 10
sixth ST., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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MARRIAGE GUIDE,
c.N. q.

VNHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say yOua ssE6 ans eed~ertiGeuoessf
SE ehEs paper
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rHE SONG MONARCH.

Price, IS Cents. Per DOz., $3.50.
The best book of the season for Singing Schools
By III. r. PALMER, assisted by L. o. EMEKsoN
Music principally secular, and is of most in
teresting character.
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EENHE INVENTORS GUIDE-Sent on receipt of 25c
IL by P. II. Sweet Jr., Co., Washington, d. c.
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A GENTS WANTED-Men OF Women. ss4
N week 800 forfeited. TIE secret free. Write
t once to COWEE d CO.. sth ST.. New York.
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THO. e. BRAMLETTE
Agent and Manager,
Public Library Building, Louisville, KY.
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WIV Send 25 cents and the address of Ave per-
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3 G00 per day at home. Terms free. Address
- u " GEO. STIEsoE & Co, Portland, Maine.
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22E PER DAY Commission or $40 week
Sp%c salary. and expenses. We offer it ana will
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A SURE FORTUNE. For particulars. send stamp
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FENHE INVENTORS GUIDE-Sent on receipt of 25c
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A SURE FORTUNE. For particulars. send stamp
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F0RNAIE r G cd secondhand Portable and sta
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F0RNAIE G cd secondhand Portable and sta
U1l NAuII til nary Engines and Boi ers, Tubing,
Casing, etc. Address Bingham Rieh Oil City, Pa.
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IN Toney-EIaIxing Employment. Best ever
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Total.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-12
THE END OF UNDERTOOK

The Undertook case, the final scene Of which
was enacted at West Chester, Pa to-day Will
remain one Of the most singular and complicated
in American criminal annals. 1t has proved
once more the fact of the relative atrangeness
of truth aad fiction, for the widest imagination
of the writer of romance never evolved anything
more fantastic than the plot which in the first
Instance included the pretended death Of tioss
with the intent to secure the insurance on his
hfe and in the next place procured tue death OF
Gosa in fact, in order to obtain not only por-
ton but the whole of the money frauduently
got from the companies, a. well as to coYer--as
was supposed-every trace Of the conspiracy.
doss it will be observed, although presumably
the chief actor in the affair, in reality only
the tool OF Undertook. Even if the suspicion Of
the companies had not been aroused, and had
COSTS accomplices obtained the insurance at
the outset, Goss would never have been sure OF
his unrighteous in eritance Either he had To
put Undertook ont OF the way" or UdleHooh
had to perform that kindly Office towards him
for otherwise there was no safety. The secout
took the initiative instead Of the principal, ane
then we had the next act of the tragic drama.
The conditions of the whole case are such tina
they have made profound impression oil thu
public mind. Being matter local to the PEG
pie OF this section it, of course, has here partc
ular interest, but the press of the country gen
orally shows that the successive stages Of til
case have been everywhere followed with al
sorbed attention. We see ii stated, moreover, tina
the proceedings have been translated and largel
circulated in Germany and other foreign com
tries. One reason Of this concern-the main Oh
perhaps-is that the interests of Life Insnranc
were closely connected with the disposition mad
Ut the case. So many people are associated wit
these companies, and in manner which. Of a
others, touches most men the nearest, that it b.
came a matter Of prime necessity to demonstra
that the Life Insurance business could not
vctnzed by adventurers of the Goss and u
derzook stamp. Not to have probed the snbje
TO the bottom, showing that the Companies we
inyulnerable to such assaults would ha
occasioned general distrust aud would have dol
Life Insurance irremediable damage. Every m;
who holds Life Policy feels the sureT of it Nc
that he knows swindlers cannot inyalidate b
strength OF his company While it is poasib
that other such schemes may have succeede
and that sharpers may be now living on mon
drawn on the false presentment Of their deaf
it is increasingly unlikely in view 81 the retrib
tion taken by the law to-day in Chester com
that the perilous game will be repeated. at lea
in the near future.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-12
Political Notes.

In the next House of Representatives, on
Mondays, under suspension of the rules, reso-
tions will be offered by the New York Demo-
cracy for "free trade, bard money and home
rule p by the Ohio Democracy, for IAN imme-
date increase of greenback currency; by tho
New England Democracy, and by the Michigan
Democracy, for "the repeal OF the Legal Tender
act, to take effect nolater than July 4, 1876,
and specie basisi ana free banks with secured
currency"
The Hartford Cograat says ''lhere is like
| " to be large number Of contest for seats in
| the Forty-fourth Congress-, particularly from
| Southern districts which have heretofore been
| Republican but where full e9lored vote has
| been prevented by intimation. Such claims
| however, will receive little attention III Demo
cratic Congress, although there is no doubt that
many are well founded
The Chicago Times observes that, with here
and there an isolated exception, every Congress
sional change in the West and South signifies
more pronounced inclination of the popular mint
in favor of Pendletonian rag-moneyism and rep
udiation.
The Massachusetts Legislature will have
Republican majority of seventy-two-ei i
the Senate and sixty-four in the House of Rel
resentatiyes
Election frauds attract much attention in Oh
cago All the districts, the Tribune AYERS wei
| filed with repeaters and gangs Of voters wei
| openly sold to the highest bidder.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-12

The Cincinnati Enquirer says; " She was a
large-sized woman with a mole under her left
organ of sight. Her eyes were small and squirt
ing. Her nose was sharp and peaked, exactly
like three-sided hle She entered Linn street
car just above Belts street. A poor, pale, puny
little body Of woman was with her. As she
entered she was telling the puny woman horri-
Bile tale, in which ghosts and blood, and mid
night screams and murdered infants, and dag
gers reeking with human gore, and that sort Of
thing predominated. 1t sounded very much
like one OF Ned Buntline's novels maliciously
annotated She would let loose upon page or
two OF the romance and never stop until she was
out Of breath, which occurred about three times
to every two squares. Her breast would sink in
as she got deep down into passage and when
her voice had died away to a faint whisper her
breast and spinal bone would be in juxtapostion.
Then she would stop long enough to take IN a
new supply Of air and away she went again.
We left her at Fourth and Walnut, and she was
still at it. Her young companion was evidently
weakening we noticed she gradually grew
| paler and was using a fan AZ we left the car.
| By this time the ifTepres-ible big woman had
| talked an actual distance OF twenty-five squares
| during which time she drew about hiteer
| breaths, by actual computation. Oar eyes be
\ gan to swim, and We became dizzy watching the
/ rapid vibrations Of her lips. For What we know
| she is talking yet. If the little woman dldn
soon afterwards make her escape her folks vii
| By this time have seen what lovely corpse sh
| makes.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-12
rhe Minow,s Grnvestone.

There hives a widow out West who never did
anything useful until after her husband died and
left her half a dozen children TO take care of.
She thought great deal OF her husband, but he
did not leave her enough substance to buy him
a grave stone, and this fact set her to work. She
determined that tie poor mans grave should
have respectable mark. SO she got marble
slab and went to work on 1t, making gravestone
for tue departed. Thus she began to carve out
her Fortune She finished the work and learned
the trade Of stone cutter at the same time, She
soon did some other marble work and offered ii
for sale 1t proved acceptable, and she was given
a permanent place in marble yard, and is max
| ily in good stye. Sometimes husband does
| turn out a benefit to woman, though she may
not realize his use until she loses him.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-12

III 1910 the Democrats were swept OUT Of
power az by whirwind aud yet in 1911 they
elected Their Presidential candidate (Polk) over
the great Henry Clay In 1852 the Democrats
elected Pierce bg the electoral votes of all the
States except four; but IN $50 then party began
to break up, and narrowly escaping defeat i'll
1856, it was scattered to the winds in 1860. III
1872 General Grant was reelected by the cleo
toral votes Of all the States except six, with two
thirds of each House Of Congress TO back him,
and vet in 1874 we have something very mucl
like the reactonary whislwnd Of 1910, and upon
similar issues.-N. \. HpdM.