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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-30

DREKA's DICTIONARY BLoTTER fs a convenient
blotter portfolio, with the addition novelty of
avery full list of words likely to be by writer
who, to get the correct spelling of the may often
gladly ava themselves of this handy and ingen
ious assistant. A dictionary OF synonyms, common
Christian names, brief list of geographical names
and perpetual calendar are added.
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Wheeler & Wilson'S Family Sewing Machine
the first introduced into the household for general
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boots aud shoes, harness. carrfdg trimmings gloves,
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paid-for pufinR to which the owners of bogus
bitters are obliged to resort. Ithas spontaneous
heartiness about it which carries conviction to
the mind of the auditor.
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Scrofnla, Or Kings Evil, White,
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck.
Goitre, Scrofulous Infiammations, Indolent
Inf1ammations, Mercurial Affections, Old
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc.
In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs have.
shown their great curative powers in the
most Obstinate and intractahle oases
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A Centennial" Almanac.

A c2py of "The Virginia Almanac
for the wear of our Lord God l774'
has been discovered, which thus winds
up the twelvemonth December, like
the faq End of bad Market, comes last
of ali. making n great Hole in that
which was gotten in the other three
Months; for toward the 25th we may
expect TO hear Of n great mortality
among the Hogs, Sheep, Geese, Oapons,
Turkeys. etc, especially in Farmers
Houses in the country, who show 30
mucb Respect TO those poor Sufferers
tbat thew set them up at the Table, (af-
tar they are dead and roasted) among
the hest of our Guests, TO make them
merry at Christmas. Much good LII
amor will likewise be consumed this
Month. and Cf the Weather prove cold
a deal of Goals and Wood, not 10 men
tion the Devastation that will be made
in the Pockets of losing Gamesters.
The weather being cold, may induce
some Mer 10 fall into the Pit-fsll OF
Matrimony, not considering what fears,
Jealousies, Dangers, Anueties, ana
Troubles, attend on a married Llie'
War is sW Get TO them that know IL not
They that never endured Hardship nor
came within Gunshot more than IN p, Con
temptation think il an excellent Thing
To be a Soldier when they read OF the
Conquests of Alexander, the TTiumphss
of Cesar, the Trophies Of Achilles, and
the like. SO whilst they spend theiI
Time in kissing, Toying, Fooling' and
DalIying they think Themselves IN Par-
adise, they have strange ChimeIaso oi the
FeIicities of a welded life, and become
in Love with their Yoke, long, for their
Fetters. and are mad till they have lost
their Freedom and are utterly undono.'
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house bill to repeal the oath at present
required of applicants for pensions, and
to prescribe another oath. The COM
mittee, having considered the above
m sntioned resolution aud bill, report
that "It seems to your committee that
as all o her property and rights of pro-
perty of persons engaged in the late re-
bellion have by general acts of the am
nesty and laws of the United States,
been exempted from confscation, there
can be no reasen for now retaining on
the sttt tute books such acts and parts of
acts as were very properly enacted to
prevent aid and comfort to the enemy
of the United States during the war,
which, by their impediments to the
creditors of the United States in re-
ceiving their just dues, amount to con-
fscation, and also such acts to the same
effect which were passed to hinder and
prevent disloyal persons whose disabili-
ties had not been removed because of
their participation in the rebellion from
making any claims against the govern
ment for debts due, and claims not aris-
ing out of the rebellion prior thereto,
should also be repealed. Therefore,
your committee have reported the ao-
companying bill covering the resolution
and referred to them, so as to remove
all disabilities in that regard"
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The Floating Gardens of Mexico.

| When the city OF Mexico was taken
| by the Spaniards under CorteZ, in 1921,
it occ pied several in the Lake Tezcuco.
The water, from various influences,
chiefly volcanic, has since receded, and
the city, although still retaining its an
cient site, is now ten and a half miles
distant from the lake. At the time of
the Spanish conquest, however, it pre-
sented very much the appearance of
Venice, "city N the sea" "throned
ON her hundred isles" the margins of
whose broad and narrow canal-streets
were in many places lined with splendid
mansions. According to the ancient
Spanish historians, the native Mexicans
had at that time attained high degree
of perfection in various arts, for which
they do not appear to have been in any
way indebted to the civilization of the
Old World, and which must have been
an outgrowth of unaided indigenous
talent. Among the many novelties and
wonders which met the eyes of the
Spaniards were the chjnd7npds, or float
ing gardens, which abounded on the
lake, and supplied the city with vege-
tables, fruits, and flowers, the latter
bling in great request among the Mexi-
cans for decorating the affairs of their
gods. These gardens were formed by
constructing large raft from the reeds
and other aquatic plan which grew by
the shores of the lake, making it suffi-
GENTLY firm and buoyant to sustain
quantity of soil which was spread over
the surface, and kept in position by
low fence of wicker-work, or intertwined
reeds and branches, which run round
the edge of the raft. The fertility of
these little floating islands, owing to
the constant supply of moisture, is very
remarkable, and he old chroniclers de-
scribe them as being literally covered
with flowers and fruit and yerdure.
The city of Mexico is still, to great
extent, supplied from these singular
market gardens, which form the sole
support of some villages on the shores
of the lake, inhabited by families of the
descendants of the aboriginal race who
fell beneath the treachery of the san
culinary Cortez. Two of these villages,
Santa Anita and Ixtacalco, are particu-
larly noted for the production of beau
tiful flowers end at certain seasons,
when their floating gardens are in full
bloom, they are a favorite resort of
pleasure parties of the citizens.
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Congressional Manners.

Many journals and critics are from
time to time finding fault with the man.
ners of the house in debate, and some
think it would be better to cease report
ing their proceedings unless the mem
bers can govern their tongues and tenn
pers in decenter fashion. Coarseness
and intemperance in debate do not,
however, constitute more than a more
moderate proportion of the offences of
that body against good taste. The Of
fences of indecorous speech and churl-
ish temper are simply in keeping with
the personal department of considera-
BILE squad of members upon the floor.
A glance from the gallery reveals to the
eye of a gentleman or lady, if the ses-
sion be a full one, hespectacle of men,
bers scattered here and there in every
attitude of indecorum and boorishness
some sprawled along the sofas, with
one leg on the floor a. d the other pro-
trudi a foot of undue proportions
over the back of the temporary couch,
where it besmears the delicate tints
upon the wall some smoking in the
doors of the cloak rooms, and even at
their desks some chewing tobacco, and
voiding their rank expectorations upon
Uu0 CdI BCbS VI AAAAhS ~ AAJ ~'
the bright ventilating registers in the
floors some gathered in groups with
their backs toward the speaker, or any
other man whom it might concern, rela-
tirg stories, stale, smutty, or other
wise, and breaking into occasional whin-
MES and OUTLAWS some gazing at the
galleries, and strutting up and down
the aisles and passages with a conscious
ness of themselves aud their new clothes
that suggests speckled circus horse on
court week some munching apples and
the like, or diligently strewing the floor
with bits of paper, torn very fine: some
complacently combing their whiskers or
pairing their nails some, and they were
not few, tilted back in their swivel
chairs, with their feet thrust so far
across their desks that the legs of their
pantaloons were pretty effectually
skinned up over their boots, giving their
shanks a picturesque effect and all
over the house goes on the endless
scribbling, the reading of newspapers,
the hand-slapping for errant pages, and
the unintermitting iabber, generally
unnoted, of the man who is supposed by
a parliamentary fiction to be occupying
the floor Washington Herald.
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available had proper energy been used
by the war department and, lastly,
how be so marched his cavalry off their
legs, that in their last campaign the
confederates were left almost destitute
/ of that most necessary arm. But these
shortcomings, although the military
critic must notice them, are but the in
] evitable specks on the bright surface of
an illustrious military character !; on
Lees personal character there fingers
no breath of tarnisb.
Inexpressibly pathetic in its simplic-
| ity is Col. Chesney's brief account of
the bitter ending of his long struggle
and matchless strategy. Gordon had
sent back the word that the way of
escape was completely barred; and now
there confronted him but the inevitable
capitulation. "For a moment those
who looked on him saw him almost
overcome and the first words of COM
plant ever heard from his lips, during
the war. broke sharply forth, Il had
rather die Thousand deaths = Musing
sadly for a few seconds, as his mems
favorite cry broke on his ear, 'There's
Uncle Robert = in deep, sad tones he
said to those near him, How soon
could end all this and be at rest 'Tis
but to ride down the line and all would
be over.' Then pre- emily recovering
his natural voice, he answered one who
urged that the surrender might be mis-
understood That is not the question.
The question is whether it is right.
And if it is right take the RESPONSE
bility.' Then after brief silence, he
added, with a sigh, 1T is out duty to
live. What will become of the wives
aud children of the south if we are not
here to protect them?' So saying, he
sent in his flag of truce without further
Hesitation to Grant. The coming action
was stayed on the instant, and the
struggle of the confederacy was virtu-
aIlv over ("
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THE MASQUERADE.

Gaily I went to the masquerade,
DOnned my bright velvets and plated my hair.
50 Look your fairest, o face, said
Robes, be your prettiest-he viii be there"
''Laces and silks keep his eye from my face?
Cavaliers plume or the cloak of king
Turn to a strangers his manhood and grace?"
Gay flashed the lights and around whirled the
crowd,
Giittering changing, mysterious still;
Laughter and music now low and BOW loud.
Beauty to charm, hidden glances to thrill.
Mid the soft music he came to my side,
" la File du Regiment you do know,
Be mine in this Dance now, my friend, soft and
W.
Swifter the wild strains swept ont on the air,
Softer the weird rhythm crept out on the air,
Linking his light words to melodies rare,
Flooding my heart with loves jubilant strain.
What did I see that my face grew so strange
When the gay maskers laid by their disguise?
Others came back to themselves in the change;
Two masks had hidden my friend from my eyes.
Both fell at once. One was silken and white;
Noble the features concealed in its flow,
Pride in the lips, and the eyes full of light,
Sweetness and strength; yes, this face did I
know.
" The other?" fancied that constancy truth,
Purity, honor abode in his heart
Eaough-twas a mask; it fell, aud, forsoOth,
1, wOman-like, showed my surprise in that start
Think not turned myself sadly away,
Deem me not heartless in that still smiled;
Why should I weep that my idol was clay?
Why should NOUN over fate like child?
Yes dear, own there's pain meath the smile,
Hearts won't forget all their tricks in day,
And mine will elude my skill once in while,
Looking back still, wnen I'd pass on my way.
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Don't Do 1t.

There are a great many things one
does not want TO do. And there ~ au
editor out in Logansport, Ind, whS m ls
in the habit of mentionin ome oi then
occasionally. The last bullet is mere ere.
INTO amended in the belief that all our our
readers read giving heed thereunto viii
thereby become wiser
Don't eat sour grapes. Ihey lhluES
Don't split wood under a clothes Inc
You rnight cut the rope. u.
Don't crack Jokes with the seAVon' iho
prefers grave conversations.
Don't borrow trouble. BE patient ana
- will come TO you in the course oi
Don't fool with nitro. glycerine, OF tri-
ae with an angry woman. Either ono
will blow you up. III.
Don't grieve over lost opportunities.
It is not proper for a man to attend MS
own funeral.
Don't growl simply because your bag
oaoe ia smashed. Thank your stars
that il was not your head.
Don't fool away your tune 10 reform reform
the world. BE content with keeping
vonr own garments unspotted.
Don't clothe your little vices with thS me
oarh ~ innocence. The garments will
prove too thin TO shield you from inc
chilling blast of scorn.
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How Two Cinnamon Met.

Chinese settlers in Detroit have moi
been numerous. At no time since
the first pig-tail was thrown to the
breeze in this city has the number
counted over six, and of late Tumgee
and Lung Sing have been the sole rep
resentatives of the celestial empire tC
be found in the city of the straits. Nc
doubt these two strangers in a strange
land have had their lonesome hours and
! their spells of homesickness, and nc
doubt the silent tear has fallen from
| their almond shaped eyes and mingled
with the laundry starch as they thought
of ma and pa and the great ocean roll
ing between. A strange heather struck
the town yesterday, coming direct from
San Francisco, and as he ambled up
Jefferson avenue with a satchel in one
hand and a cold bite in the other he en-
countere Lung-Sing. 1t WIS like a
meeting between two long lost brothers
in the great Sahara Desert.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS !" ex-
claimed Lung-Sing as his eyes fell upon
All. hoo.
"Hip-hoo-howl' shouted the stran-
ger gladly, dropping his satchel and
tossing up his hat.
They embraced. Lung-Sing strained
the stranger to his bosom, and Ah-hoo
strained back. They got each other
around the neck and tugged and hug
ged again until there was grunt from
both.
"How-whoope!" shouted Lung
Sing.
How-hip!" cried Ah-hoo.
Then the stranger fell on Lung g-Sing's
neck, showed his hat off, busted his pa
per collar, and tried to chew his ear,
and Lung Sing fell against window
and kept shouting:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - no
-ho-whoope 7"
The stranger finally stood back, wiped
away tear on his old hat, and Lung
Sing picked up the satchel, shook the
kinks out of his back, and said some
thing that probably meant
"Come over to my hole-in the-wall,
old boy, and tell me the latest news
from China. ."-FrGe Press.
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A CARLoAD.-What constitutes a car
loadP As general rule, 30, 600 pounds,
or 10 barrels of salt, 20 Of lime, 30 OF OF
whisky, 200 sacks of flour, c0pds S6 h,S5 oI
hard wood, 7 of soft wood, ls TO 20 head "a
Of cattle. 30 TO 60 head Of hogs, 80 TO
100 head of sheep, 1000 feet Of solid
boards, boa 1900 feet Of siding, y, GOO l Of
goorinS. 4O. 900 shingles, one-half less
of hard lumber, one-fourth ,c less Of gree, green
lumber, oneitenth less rSd od ,Sis ti%bsr s0G AIS
hnsbeis of wheat, $50 Of corn, ESQ OF
cts 400 of barley, $50 of fax seed, SEQ
Of apples, 43O of Irish potatoes, $50 OF
sweet potatoes, 1000 bushels of bran.
The foregoing table may not be exactly
correct, for the reason that railroads do
not exactly agree in their rules and es-
timates. but IL approximates 30 closely
TO the general average that shippers Wlll .,.l.
find il great convenience as . ma'Vet
of reference.
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M. Lachaud, who defended Mar
shaI Bazaine on his trial, has declined
to take any fee, and the ex-Empress Eu-
genie has sent him apresentas souvenir
of the affair. The Queen of Spain has
assumed the costs of the trial, and has
offered to provide for the education of
Bazaine's children.
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Tha Word mFamale. >,

The use of this word for woman is one
of the most unpleasant and inexcusable
of the common perversions OF language.
II ia not a Criticism, although it is
much more in vogue among British wri-
ters and speakers than among our own.
With us, lady is the favorite euphonism
for woman. For every one of the softer
and more ambitious sex who is dissatis-
fed with her social position, or uncertain
of it, seems to share Mrs. Quickly's dis
like of being called a woman. There is
no lack of what is called authoritative
usage during three centuries for this
misuse of female, as / may show,
should 1 undertake the discussion of
Americanisms, so called. But this is one
of those perversions which are not JUS
tilted by example, however eminent.
A COW or a SOW, or any she brute, is a
female, Just as a woman is as n man is
no more a male than a bull is, or a
boar and no woman calls herself a
female without thereby sharing her sex
with all the br te creation.
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The ether day, in Ohio, a vouug
lady died of what thick-headed old
doctor said was "heart klot, or en-
bYolism of the main fue of the heart. /"
She revived in an hour. however, and it
was found she hal been temporarily
oh0ked by piece of gum she had been
chewing.
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The Earthuuake Terror of l75O,

OF the memorable incidents connected
with the foundry, the earthquake of 1850
is still recorded. On the 9Th of Febru-
ary all London rocked ID and fro with
terrible convulsion, and the people
rushed into the streets to avoid being
buried in the tottering houses. A month
later. when Charles Wesley was holding
the five o'clock morning service at the
foundry chapel, a far more violent
shock passed beneath the city. The
earth moved westward, eastward, and
then westward again, followed by q loud
noise like thunder. Wesley had Just
given out his text, when the foundry
was shaken violently as if the roof
would fall. The women and childTeg
cried out, but the preacher, changine
his text, read aloud, "Therefore, we
will not fear, though the earth bn
moved ETC., and soon filed his audi
ence with his own unshaken courage.
The general terror rose almost to mad
ness when an insane prophet declared
that on the 4th of April another earth
quake would level London and West
minister to the dust A wild excitement
ragged through the city as the fatal day
approached. Thousands fed to the
country. Women and children ran
through the streets weeping and lament
ing. London looked like a city sacked
and ruined. Every open space was filed
through the anxious night with multi
tudes of the rich and poor awaiting the
expected shock. The churches were
crowded with unaccustomed worship
ers. Whitefeld stood up in Hyde park
at midnight, under an inclement sky,
and spoke with his sonorous voice to an
uncounted multitude and Charles
Wesley, surrounded byimmense throngs
at the foundry. preached written
sermon and chanted some inspiring
hymns. The next day passed away in
quiet. The people came back to their
houses, and London has never since felt
so universal terror as that of the year
of the earthquakes.
The scarcest fur in Alaska is that of
the black fox. OF 81 900 skins taken in
1872 there was only one black fox skin,
which sold for the large price of $3.50.
the departments of employment. In
deed, one cannot turn round without
meeting an extended hand asking for
money. Thus is the stranger absolutely
feeced from the hour his arrival until
that of his departure, which is almost
always fastened in the attempt to avoid
such teasing annoyance"
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AT recent golden wedding in Nau-
gatuck, Conn, the old couple showed
the young folks how "conrtin'" was
done fifty years ago, and those of the
young folks who know how it is done at
the present day couldn't see that the
method had changed much.
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1t is stated by the New York Price
Current, on the authority of the secre-
tary of the treasury, that number Of
prominent English manufacturers con-
template the removal of their manufac-
lures and capital to the United States.
With a number-one Bogardus, a
kicker and ccpy of the Dead Beats
Directary recently invented by scme-
body in Chicago, every nespaper office
ought to enjoy degree of serene hap
piness which until now was impossible.
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HINTS To ADvERTIsERs.-W peo-
nle see a man advertise they know he
IS a business man, and his advertising
nrocIsims that he is not above business,
bnt anxious to do it. Customers, like
sheep, are gregarious, and flock where
they see others go. If nobody else were
engaged in the same business, it would
be important to tradesmen and dealers
pie are tempted to buy what they read
of. But others are engaged in the same
business, and even if they do not ad-
vertise, it becomes the more important
for you to do SO; if they do advertise
it becomes doubly important.-Aro1.
Without the aid of advertisements /
could have done nothing in my specu-
lations. l have the most complete faith
in printers ink" Advertising is the
"royal road to business. '-BarpuH1.