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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
SLANG.

It may be that we are unconscious
that we adopt and incorporate slang
phrases in our daily talk, but that we
have done so is certainly proved by
writer in american Homes, who gives
a formidable list of slang phrases which
we can hear used almost every day
We allow ourselves to say of rich
man that he has got stamps - of the
drunken man that he is eight or
.sboozy ;" of anything that pIeases us
or is satisfactory, that it is g stunning"
IS Awful" is considered abetter word
than very, and We are awful cold, or
hot, or sick, or jolly, as the case may
be; it is finer to say ''you bet, " than to
answer question by a simple yes; ey-
erything that annoys us is internal =, :,
or g beastly;" bank bills are g green
backs" I heard lady in good socie-
ty say recently that her dressmaker had
disappointed her, and that in conse-
quence she was IS regularly up tree =
we threaten, not to humiliate or morti-
fy man, but ssto take the starch out
OF him - we rack our brains to invent
slang words for various drinks. and
bring out such names as ssforty-rod,' =
IS tangle-foot, ~" rot-gut, 'sfblue RUM
and " Jersey lightning, = words that
would more than puzzle foreigner q
man is not cheated, but ttdone brown, !"
or IS bamboozled - railroad conductors
do not steal lin fact We are getting a
little sensitive about using the word), j,
but knock down - bank cashiers do
not swindle and steal, but commit " ir-
regularities - we hear of q house being
ss burgled," and that two footpads
IS went through" q belated traveller a
fair dealer is spoken of as "square
man, y most wonderful lstSsts nature ).
q substantial dinner is spoken of as a
sssquare meal :" we hear invitations
given, not to take drink, but to
'thoist in some poison :" anything an
tiquated or exhausted is s. played out =
an insufficient excuse is said to be IS too
thin, . or we are told that it '' will not
wash ;" we buy stocks on Sc margin, /"
or sell them g short, !" or "bull the
market, or 80 take a fver," or "scoop
In long line of stocks - We do not
stake sum Of money, but "tbet our
piIe;'' after q conv1vial party we next
morning find ourselves ''precious
seedy - our railroad trains sstele-
scope, or q ss Pullman breaks q
wheel; party of rowdies Sc clean out "
. drinking saloon; big man threatens
TO s. wipe ont little one we do not
outwit or circumvent another, but IS eu-
chre him we s. take the shine out
OF /" rival, and g fix his flint for him :"
. acarpenter '' runs up cheap house
in week an investigating committee
in Congress IS whitewashes the char
acter of some defaulter, and SO on and
so forth in all the departments Of bust
ness and trade and social intercourse, we
permit ourselves to use words and
phrases which are of no authority, often
vulgar, and always needless.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

AwRrr- KNows San Francisco Judge.
says that there is a-regular Board of
Grand Jury Brokers In that city whose,
services can be had az all times to fix up
q grand jury to suit the emergencies Of
any particular case.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
THE AEWBRITISH POLAR EXPEDI
TION

IION
This expedition, which viii consist of
two steam whale-ships and about 100
men and officers, will leave this corntry
next summer, and proceed through
Davis Straits, up Bafin's Bay to the
Danish settlements of Disco and Upper
navik. These will be it's base. Then,
still heading northward, the volunteers
viii enter Smiths Sound, and one will
be left as an intermediate depot in 81
degrees north latitude, in fixed posi-
tion, while the second viii press on into
the open sea which, it is believed, ex-
lists about the Pole. The depot-ship
will be about $40 miles from the Pole,
and the retreat upon it In case Of disas-
ter will not be difficult TO men with
sledges. The expedition viii have or
ders in any case to return IN the autumn
of 1877, and steamer will probably be
sent to the depot-ship in the summer of
1876 to bring back news of the condi-
tion of the expedition and the details
of such information as may have been.
obtained. The report that Commander
Markham has been selected to command
the expedition is premature. The Ad-
miralty are divided between the APP
pointment of young, comparatively
inexperienced officer, and . senior OH
Ger of experience, but with weight of
years. The cost of the expedition is
estimated at $50, 600 year. London
Pns1cr sEs <
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
GONE WITH HIS WEE.

The old story of a room with a num-
ber of windows, one of which disap-
peared every day, and the. room grad
ually contracted until it crushed its oc-
cupant to death, evidently haunted the
brain of despairing Partisan jeweler
who recently committed suicide. The
unlucky Frenchman, inconsolable for
the loss of his better half, became su o.
ject to species of somnambulism. He
was accustomed to wear gold necklace,
one of his late wife's fPvorite ornaments,
and he used to say to his friends that
the necklace daily grew smaller, and that
his wife was thus painlessly killing him,
much to his joy. The fact was that
the somnambulist rose every night
and went in his sleep down to his in
sIruments, knocked off link of the
necklace and put on the fastening again.
Next morning he found the collar small
er, and having no recollection of what
he had done, attributed the event to
supernatural influence. This continued
for some time, when the necklace grew
SO small that, In fastening it on, the
hapless widower actually garreted him.
self to death. r
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISEASE.
A writer in Chambers Journal speaks
of the fact as decidedly noteworthy that
the common opinion TINT excessive men
tai occupation gravitates toward insan-
ity. is not only not verified by facts.
but that, on the contrary, one of the
foremost living physicians doubts
whether alienation of mind is ever the
result of overstraii it is to physical,
net to mental, arrangement, he thinks,
that excessive work Of the brain gener-
ally gives rise. Insanity, he points out,
finds the most suitable material for It's
development among the 'cloddish. IN
educated classes, while the worst forms
Of physical diseases are originated and
intensified by the educated, overstrain-
ed brain workers. i
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
A HARD STORY ABOUT ALASKA.


Mr.. Henry Elliott, who went to Alas
ka last summer as Special Agent of the
Treasury to look after the interests of
the government on the island where the
seal fur is taken, is preparing a report
on the value of the entire territory to
the United States, which will have the
merit of being based upon the extend
ed personal observations of the writer.
Mr.. Elliott has spent great deal of
time in Alaska, both before and since
its purchase, and has probably seen
more of its rocks and icebergs than any
other American. All the stories of its
mineral wealth, and of the vslue Of its
fisheries, he says, are pure fctions.
Its surface is mass of basaltic rock,
which, as all geologists know, contains
no mineral deposits. What little soil
there is produces little that is useful to
man, and the fisheries, which were de-
scribed as of immense value when tie
treaty for buying the region was pend
ing, do not yield food enough to sup
ply the natives. The only portion of
the vast domain which yields any rev.
enue to the government is the fur seal
islands. From the tax on the skins of
the animals taken on these islands the
Treasury gets about $500, 600 annually.
Against this single item of revenue Mr..
Elliott offsets the cost of maintaining
troops in the Territory, which amounts
to about $3.50, 900 year, and the ex-
pense of a civil establishment at Sitka
and the seal islands. Without counting
interest on the purchase money paid
Russia, which. at six per cent, would
amount to 1920, 900 year, the balance
sheet shows heavy deficit Washing
ton Letter to the NeaO York Tribune.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

A GIANT TRLEscoRE. telescope of
immense proportions has, GalignGni
says, been for some time past in course
of manufacture at. the Paris Observa--
tory, but is still far from its termiaa- :
tion. It was commenced in 1865 by NJ.
Leon Foucault, but the death of that :.
savant ana the events of 1870 apd 1871.
interrupted this wdSk, which was SUBJ
sequently resumed under the direction
of M. Wolf, The power of the new in
strunnent wfl eads-fhose of the Cam
bridge and Herschell telescopes, hither--
to the largest knoEA; its length will
be forty-nine feet, and its diameter six
feet six inches, whils4he dimensions of
Herschelrs were only forty feet by fves
feet. The mirror viii be of glass, but
the surface viii be fhced with gold or
silver The teleacopR will be provided
with movable staircase.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

hogs, $500. Cattle were higher in
1869 and are lower now than at any date
within period of seven years.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
A VIEW CAPRICE.

And now Fashion demands that her
female votaries must dress like wild
animals. All the new tissues resemble
furs few years ago young ladies were
said to wear Dolly Vardens, SO now they
will put on their '' camels." That is
the generic name by which the Partisan
n1odistes have called this years fabrics,
though of course there is variety al
lowed, and young lady may appear as
a reindeer, as bear, as northern elk
in fact. as any rough-skinred animal
she may select. But it is necessary that
the skin should consist of as fewlpieces
as possible. The s'camel" and collar,
which viii be known in the fashionable
world as dogs collar, will complete
the costume. This new invention of
the French dressmakers has not SO
much originality after all. The idea is
merely development of the Ulster
greatcoat, which was borrowed couple
of years ago from the Irish peasantry.
But even in winter, there may be days
when the Sc camel would be too warm.
and so less heavy garments have to be
prepared. Still, the relations with the
animal world win be kept up. Ladies,
when they cannot go like beasts, viii go
out like birds. ALI trimmings are to
be made of feathers-cocks' feathers,
pheasants' feathers, peaeocks' feathers.
This plumage is to cover the dresses,
but whole bird viii be in the hat. A
Uery fashionable lady may, therefore,
assume parrots head and a peacock's
tail. What next
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
LIqTgATION K1TRA0RpLNARE

K41110A1KON
John 81. Gonzales, while getting off
at Mount Vernon from an up passenger
train ON the New York and Harlem rail-
road, on the 25th Of November, 1864,
was killed by down express train.
His widow sued the company and OBJ
tanned a verdict for s.. 600. The Court
of Appeals reversed the Judgment On
the ground that Gonzales was guilty of
contributory negligence in getting off
on the west side, where there was no
platform The case was tried over, and
at the close of the plaintiffs case q
motion to dismiss the complaint on the
ground Of contributory negligence by
Gonzales was granted. The Court of
Appeals held the non-snit improper,
and again granted new trial. The
railroad company was characterized as
guilty Of gross negligence in SO arran-
ging the time table as to have an express
train laundering by station within
one minute Of the stoppage of an &C
Commodation train, and the company
was held bound 10 have a platform on
both sides of the road. On the third
trial Mrs. Gonzales again secured
verdict, which, on appeal, The General
Term set asideion the ground that the
Judge who tried II should have granted
the motion for nou-suit. The case
went fer the third time to the Court of
Appeals, and there the appeal was dis
missed. The fourth trial, which was
begun some days ago before Judge
freedman, was concluded, by the
court directing verdict in favor of
the railroad ccmpany, on the ground
that Gonzales, by the reasonable and
ordinary use of hisorgans Of hearing,
could have been warnedof the approach
ef the express train The case viii
again go to the Court OF Appeals.
While the highest recovery possible
under the laws of New York is only
5000, the accrued costs amount to
many times that sum.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

four hours California has risen 800
ishafg. the Generals profit in those
twenty-four hours has been $3.50. 900;
more than @25,U0Q an hour-$500 a
, 1875-10-13

and oil conjectures, we have, on our part
endeavoured to give an exact notion of the
actual position Of Greece towards Turkey
and the Slavic populations which inhablt
it.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

We wonder whether the observance Of
Decoration Day does not cause to appear
in the mind of the ''ReforIn" editors are
an army of soldiers widows and orphans
who may at some time in perhaps the
distant future have right to vote for
Grant or some other Republican as q
candidate for President; and we should
think they would have Capt. Becker and
our Rifle Company squelched in view
of this admission that soldiers gather
ings are hurtful to the prospects of the
Democracy getting into power.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

VoYAGFRs. the world over, viii re-
member III. Grades in their prayers, if
half what he claims for recipe of his
for sea sickness is true Having occa-
sion, he says, to frequently cross the
English Channel, and invariably falling
a victim to the horrible maladv, he took
chloral compound with the happiest
results. Here is the mixture: Chlroral,
three grammes (forty-five grains); dis
titled water and crrrant syrup, each six
ty grammes two drops OF essence of
mint Of this he takes one-half imme-
diately on coming on heard, and the
rest or the return voyage, and invaria-
bly, escapes ea-sickness.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

IT is reported with an unmistakable
air of authority that Secretary Fish will
resign the portfolio of the State Depart
1nent az the close of the present fiscal
year. This announcement, though very
much to be regretted, need not occasion
any surprise. The credit of the Govern
nent and of the nation requires the
Secretary of the State to maintain large
establishment and dispense an extensive
and costly hospitality. The salary,
which is ali that the newspapers viii per-
NIT the people to pay him, just pays the
rent Of his house. Every year of Mr.
Fishs incumbency of the Office has visi-
ted a tax of about $50, 900 on his private
fortune It is very natural that there
should come time when honor at this
price grows monotOnous.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

THE Chicago Tribune prints an inter-
es5ing but painful account of the reap
pearance of the grasshopper plauge in
the West. The prospect for this years
success Of our Western farmers is not
encouraging. It Is to be hoped frost,
rain, or something else, viii destroy
these pests, but already they have done
considerable damage to the crops. Last
winter, in numerous public addresses to
the people for the relief of Kansas and
Nebraska, Gen. Brisbin expressed the
belief that the grasshoppers would be
come national plague, and urged the
seeding of the belt OF country over which
they had passed. The course of the To-
Gusts is east, and, it is said, they seldom
are bad two years in the same section,
but fly of to some other region to com
NIT their ravages. It isnow an interest
. ing question whether they may not III
time become a national calamity.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1875.

An estimate is made that by the year
1000 Great britain will contain $1,000,
600 population and The United States
SO, 600, coo, about one and a half times
that of China. We never see any CT
these figures of wisdom going ahead a
century or two, but that we remember an
old book of statistics written at the time
of the London fire, in which it is con-
clusiveIy proven that before the year
1900 the city of London must necessarily
stop growing.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

THE Chicago Tribune of Friday NOR
ming says: Another severe gale has
been raging on the other side OF Lake
MICHIGAN, which has been very dis;s-
trous TO the shipping. and was attended
with the loss of human life. The sever
est disaster was that of the schr. d. G.
Wright. which was loaded at SaugatJicl1
lasJ Tuesday and lefftt for this city that
evening. She encountered the gale In
It's full fury and foundered. She came
ashore 10 miles north OF South haven,
Wednesday night. She is now lying
bottom side up ON the outside bar, a
complete wreck. Her crew consisting
of Caps Hanson and five men, are I'M
doubleday lost, two of them having al
ready been washed ashore. She was
owned by Foster, Miller & Co. OF this
city
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

THE evidences on both sides in the
Beecher trial is finished, the last Of the
witnesses being heard last Thursday, the
Court adjourning until yesterday, when
the argument for the defense began, to
continue for about five days, according
TO Mr. Evarts' estimate The prosecu-
lion VIII close, probably occupying
about an equal length OF time; the
Judge viii sum up and deliver his charge
to the jury, and there is reason to expect
that in about q week the present pro
eeedings viii have ended. The trial
proper began ON the 4eh OF january of
this year. The impaneling of the jury
began on the 5th, and was concluded in
three days. On the 18th Mr.. Morris
began the opening for the plaintiff, and
on the 18th Francis ID. 1loulton took
the stand.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

THERE comes from Usage story OF
the state Of desperation to which the
people of that section OF Kansas have
been brought by the grasshopper ruin.
A party of farmers, scorning conceal
ment, boldly entered grist-min ard
boldly helped themselves to sixty sacks
of -four, saying that they had neither
food nor money, and that they would
not permit their families to starve while
food was within reach. It is said that
the condition of the people is more crit
zeal now than ever before.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

Mr. JOSEPH SCELrTz, who was lost on
the Schiller, had his life Insured for
$4,000, Mr.. H Zinkeisen had policies
amounting TO $4,000, Marcus Stein had
his life insured for SO, 600, and Mr..
Henry Friend had a policy for SO, 1000.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

large stock Of ready made clothing hats and fur
ng goods actual Over 900 worth Of these
sold Now is the time to buy good suit Of Clothes hats caps and
nishing goods very cheap
Michigan Land Plaster low market prices The best stock of
boots and shoes in bottom prices.
Our stock will be sold lower than offered
Mntowoc Call and goods and be convinced
and bring your money along, sell for cash only 13may5
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

TIE New York Assembly on Thursday
unanimously passed a resolution
calling upon the government to recognize
the belligerent rights of Cuba.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20
FIRST:
THE BUCKEYE MOWER ,

so long and so favorably' known, viii for 1875
have, both as q single mower, and as COM
bined reaper and mower ''tilting cutter
bar by which the point Of the guards can be
raised or depressed at the will of the driver
This is an Improvement, the value Of which in
cutting lodged clover, any farmer viii readily
comprehend.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20
SECONDS:
The BUCkoTG Fable Rake.

The experience of the past two years has
demonstrated that G. Aultman Co. have, irr
this rake, at last succeeded in putting on TO IL
reaper as nearly perfect "a self-rake as 1t IS
possible for human genius 70 devise. The de-
fects noticeable in the earlier machines nave
all been OIyiated, and it stands to-day unrIVal-
ed in simplicity, ease of control, durability and
efTectiveness-at once the pride of its fTienoS
and the fear of It's rivals. With its oyerhung
reel bringing the grain straight on the plat
form, and its simple but ingeniuS rake gather
even and compact in splendid condition for the,
binder; with The rake under the perfect control
Ofthe driver, capable of being stopped and held
at any point on the platform and for any lenght
of time. it distances entirely its competi-
tors of the '.Reel'' or pigeon Wing rake
While doing excellent work as a rake, it's
simplicity renders it easy to work and the eff
feet is that the Ruckeye stands to-day
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

OK IN d11G per day. Agents wanted All classes
81 LII OGU OF working people of both sexes, young
and old make money at work for us, IN their
own localities during their spare moments, or all
the time, than at anything else We oTer employ
ment that will pay handsomely Tor every nour
work Full particulars, terms etc, sent tree. Send
us I,oar address at Don't delay Now is the
time Don't look for work or business elsewhere
until you have learned what we offer e. sTINsoN
Co. Portland, Maine.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

ASSURANCE is given by the North Ger
man Gazette that at no time since the
war have the relations between France
and Germany been more friendly and
satisfactory than they now are. There
is an evident desire in both countries to
allay and remove all apprehensions OF
war, and for the present TO contribute as
much as possible to the conditions nee
essary for the peace Of Europe.
RUMoRs from San Francisco indicate
that the United States Government is
about to establish protectorate over the
Navigator Islands in Polynesia. They
are at present partially sheltered by the
German Government, which has been
itching, from time immemorial, to ac-
quire possession of some locality in mid
ocean suitable for the establishment of a
naval station. BY the reciprocity treaty
with Hawaii, we have virtually obtained
a foothold between here and China !;
with the Navigators, too, we shall be
pretty well provided for.
LIEUT.. GENERAL SHERIDAN, if report
be true, has been conquered at last, and
will surrender some time next month.
His conqueror is daughter Of his old
friend and staff-ofhcer, General Rucker,
of the Quartermaster-G Generals Depart
ment. She is described as ssyoung,
beautiful, bright and accomplished :"
and she must be ali of that, else how
could she have conquered brave and
incorrible bachelor of forty seven years?
The many admirers of the gallant little
Lieutenant General viii wish h1m IN
bounded happiness in his captivity.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

THERE is a man in Paris with a great
project He proposes to light that city
and wants to sGspenditat a proper height
by means of a balloon. His argument is
that all Paris can be lighted on that plan
as well as an oPera-house. The author
tiles have prejudice against this plan,
because he boards in lunatic asylum.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

On Monday the wegians of Maids
on celebrated the si1ty-frst anniversa-
ry of the independence of Norway by an
immense picnic. Over 500 were present.
Early in the forenoon large procession
went through the streets, led by the
Lake City band, to the lake shore.
They then rode over Lake Monona in
the new steamer just built on that lake.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-20

THE Kentucky Republican State
Convention was held in Louisville last
week and was notable for the large
attendance and the perfect harmony of
its proceedings. Gen. John M. Harlan,
gallant soldier, and citizen of great
popularity and recognized ability, was
the nominee for Governor