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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01
Comparative Reorganization.
Death of Dickens .Lascar, Sal.,
From the London Eel

There have been many women for
whom a stanZa of poet has been a
brevet of perpetual fame, and some
times as in the case of Mrs. Black, of
Athens, a provision of Il more substan
tial kind from the pockets of the poets
admirers. The same can hardly be said
of the personages who sat for their pic
lures to our great novelist, Dickens,
who often thought fit to reverse the
principle of ''aihik tetigit q,tod non
orpaUit," +" and ttouched nothing with
out making it more grotesque. Among
the characters whom he appears to
have drawn truly enough, albeit; in
most repulsive colors, was the wretched
creature called SO Lascar Sal" P" described
in edwin brood" as the female pur-
veyor of opium, and herself smoker of
the drug. This miserable woman, it
appears, died recently of scarlet fever,
in q frightful condition of neglect and
destitution, in a court in Bluegate
Fields, in st. George's-in the-East.
Naturally the vice to which she had ad-
dicted herself, and the effects of which,
the Lancet remarks, are frequently
seen In all their hideousness by medical
practitioners in the East End, left her
in state of low vitality unfit to con-
tend with the disease to which she i'm
mediate1y succumbed. In her filthy
and miserable room we are Informed
that white mice were found running
about to the number of ''several hun
dred." Making allowance for exagger-
alton, and supposing the poor woman
to have fed some dozens of the little an
| imals in her extreme poverty, we have
curious and not unaffecting picture of
human being ruined by a soul-and-
Notwithstanding propensity, yet retain
! l. II l.
ton and degradation as to care for these
minute friends-possibly the only crea-
lures in the world who did not shrink
| from f' Lascar Sal
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African and Scottish Cruelty.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

Among the unpleasant facts observed
by Sir Samuel Baker in his wanderings
on the shores of the White Nile was one
similar to that recorded by the African
traveller Bruce, who declared to an un-
believing public that the Abyssinians
cut beefsteaks from living cattle. He
found that it is the practice in a certain
district to remove the humps of the
native bufaloes while the animals are
alive, and that. the meat thus obtained
being much valued, this horrible opera
ton is repeated several times during
the lives of the miserable creatures.
This is disgusting enough, and the peo-
pie guilty of such methods of increas-
ing the meat supply are. no doubt,
stepped in cruelty and bloodshed; but a
traveller from Unyoro might, had he
been in Glasgow the other day, have
turned the tables on white critics, and
pointed to as ugly a sight in Christian
and civilized England. Here charge
was lately proved against an engineer
of having cruelty tortured dog by put
ting it into pot over the fire, filed or
partly filed with boiling water, and al
lowing the animal to remain there howl
ing and barking until the hair, skin,
and flesh were about to separate from
its bones, when it died. It was also
stated by witnesses that they found the
defendant standing looking on at the
poor brute struggling in the pot, and
asking it to give an account of itsel
now. We could wish in the case of its
trial that the venue had been changed tc
Africa, where, if the law had taken cog
nizance of the offense at all, its majesty
would have been vindicated with hip
popotamus whip instead of twenty-one
shillings or fourteen days imprison
ment
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A Man of Few Words.


Sc Sir" replied the waiter.
.'Waiter, I am man of few words,
and I don't like to be continually ring
ing the bell and disturbing the house.
thank you to pay attention to what L
say, and to remember that, although
there are three ways of doing things, L
only like one way in those who have
subordinate stations and minds. In
the first place, bring me a glass OF
brandy and (cold) water, little sugar,
and also q teaspoon; wipe down this
table, throw some Goals on the ire, and
sweep down the hearth; bring me IN a
couple of candles, pen, ink and paper,
some waters and little sealing wax;
tell the hostler to take care of my
horse, dress him well, stop his feet.
and let me know when he is ready to
feed; order the chambermaId to pre-
pare me a good bed, take care that the
sheets are well aired, and a glass OF
water in the room; send the boots with
a pair of slippers that can walk to the
stable in; tell him / must have my
boots cleaned and brought into the
room tonight, and that shall want to
be called at five o'clock in the morning
ask your mistress what can have foI
supper; tell her I should like roast
duck or something of that desire
your master to step in; wa ut to ask
him few questions; send me the d1-
reetory; change this five dollars worth
of stamps into bills, none of them
worn; when does the mail arrive with
the letters, and what tune it is by the
clock on the landing, and leave the
room" This portrait is from life.
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THE HonseMife,s Table.

The following is a very valuable
housewives table, by which persons not
having scales and weights at hand
may readily measure the article wanted
to form any recipe without the trouble
OF weighing, ALLOWANCES to be made for
an extraordinary dryness or moisture OF
the article weighed or measured
Wheat flour, 1 pound is l quart.
Indian meal, pound 2 ounces are
quart.
Butter, when soft, pound Is quart.
Loaf sugar. broken, pound Is l
quart.
White sugar, powdered, pound /
ounce are quart.
Best brown sugar, pound Q ounces
are quart
len eggs are one pound.
Flour, 4 pecks are / bushel.
sixteen large teaspoonfulA are pint.
Eight large teanspoonfuls are gill.
Four Large teaspoonfuls are gill.
Two gills are pint.
Two plnts are quart.
-Four quarts are gallon.
A eommon-sized tumbler hold a
pint
q eommon-sized wine-glass Is gill.
A teacup is / gill.
large wlne-glass Is / gill;
a tablespoonful is ounce.
Forty drops are equal to 1 teaspoonful.
Four teaspoonfuls are equal to l ta-
blespoonful.
THE shirt which buttons behind has
reached Japan.
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THE MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE.
People Killed and Churches Thrown Down
Loss of Property the Coast.


Loss of Property on the Coast.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Through Mr. George Fl. Gardner, of
Puebla, and Mr.. A. X. Coney, purser OF
tle steamship Cuba, direct from
the Mexican ports, we have further par
ticulars of the earthquake which VISITED
the coast on the morning of November
13, by which it appears quite NUMBER
of lives were lost, and the destructlon
of property much more severe than was
at first reported MIR. George II. Card
ner, Who was in Puehla at the time ana
in bed. was awakened by shock
which threw him out of his bed. he
jumped to his feet and was again
thrown down, but he, there be-
ing no more shocks, immediately after
gained the street, where was an immense
crowd of people. Fearing another
shock, no one, however, entered their
houses until morning, when the majority
of the buildings were found to be safe,
though some dwelling houses were much
shaken. In Guanaj juato, Puebla, Tux
pan, Oaxaca, Tehuacan, San Andres,
TuxtIa, Cosamuloapan, Cuernavaoca
and AIichoacan the shock was also
severely felt, showing that it extended
along the seafcoast and not any distance
into theeinterior, though slight shock
was felt at the City of Mexico. At
Aberrade the church and the convent
were much shattered, and a portion of
the tower fell, burying, it is supposed,
several priests who were preparing for
mathis. In Tuxtla the shock was very
great, prostrating several houses and
killing and wounding number of peo-
pie. In Vera Cruz. however, it appears
the principal damage was done to
houses. Mr.. Coney, of the Cuba, re-
ports that he was asleep in the hacienda,
and was awakened by the first shock;
rushing to the street, he was again
prostrated The first shock was a wave
and the second oscillating. Immedi.
ately after his reaching the street there
was terrible crash, and the cry was
raised that the old church, now used as
library. and where the niece of Her
nando Cortez is buried, was falling; but
fortunately only portion of the tower
gave way. About the same time the
walls of the old cathedral, which are
very solid, cracked open, striking q
panic into the people who had sought
shelter near the sanctuary. The. light
house was also much cracked, and the
keeper was thrown down the steps,
bruising him severely. About a third
of the buildings in Vera Cruz were in the
same way cracked or broken, and there
was also considerable damage in the
suburbs.
The course of the earthquake was
from northeast to southwest, and il
lasted ten seconds. The change in the
thermometer and barometer We're barely
perceptible. It was not felt, singular
to say, in the harbor, though there was
a large number of ships at anchor
| there
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A Vagrant.
aY IoskpH1NE POLLARD.


..not check my thou ;ht these day.,
" .en incense fingers i'll the air,
y. ath t.nwearied wing it strays,
anow ret how where.
J lnw not where the blossoms hide
That throw their lures across its flight:
How stars fling their gates so wide.
To give my thought delight.
Tn re is no door close barred and sealed
Where covers suffering or sin,
But will TO touch or whisper WELD
And let this Yasrant in.
1t bears no passport, no parole,
But free, and careless as the air
Ny thought despises all control,
Aud wsnders everywhere.
Its warrant from the throne of thrones;
Its duty to the King of kings:
Through heights, and depths, and circling
zones,
It scars seraph wings.
What canst thou bring from yon fair height,
What bring me from the deepening sea
What gather fer my own delight
That IL not wealth to me.
-Sc7Ib,er's for Decenabt7'
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THE GREAT LAKES.

A Complete List of the Disasters DuriuG the
Past Year, together with the Loss of Life,
and Other Information.
From the columns of the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin. which payer fur
nishes annually a resume of the disas-
ters occurring on the great inland lakes,
VIC condense the following valuable in
formation:
The record shows 1,251 disasters of
all kinds, major and minor, against
1,31S last year The estimated damage
to property foots up S3, OBJ, 700, against
50, ,976, 900 in 1878, falling off of
S944,3OO This, in view of the fact that
the tonnage ahoat in 1874 was greater
than in 1878, might appear surprising
were it not for the fact that the past
season was one of the dullest ever ex-
perienced in the history of lake naviga
ton, aud that in consequence large
amount of tonnage was laid up during
the two most disastrous months, Octo-
Der and November. Last year the losses
in October footed mp nearly twice the
amount OF any other month of the sea-
son, viz: 81, ,407, 900. This year Novem-
ber makes the largest showing, viz:
1868, 900, and had it not been
that~so many vessels were in winter
ter quarters, there Is no telling what
point the figures would have reached.
In the estimation the marine editor of
the. Wisconsin, no more boisteroBs
month has been experienced since the
memorable November of 1869, when
the shores of Lakes Huron and AIiehi-
gan were fairly lined with vessels and
valuable cargoes, and insurance COM
panies staggered to the verge of ruin
under the burden of their losses.
An enumeration of theloss of life dur
ing the year shows the number to have
have been 243; against 221 in 1878, and
219 III 1872. In this respect the record,
very unfortunately, is against 1874.
The number of vessels of all descrip-
tions, steam and sail, that have gone
out of existence during the year is 65,
or two less than in 1873. The tonnage
of these vessels foots up Is, 915, against
1921 tons in 1S73-a difference OF
nearly 1000 tons in favor of 1878. As
the number lost in both seasons is near
ly equal, it will be seen that the vessels
which have gone out of existence this
year were chiefly OF small and inferior
class, although several of the larges
and finest vessels on the lakes are m
braced in the list.
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important to Railroad en-.

Professor Barker, of Yale College
formerly, and now of Philadelphia, has
to railroad men. It is o metallic paint,
intended for application to journal
boxes y on railroad cars. The paint,
when heated TO about 100 degrees
Fahrenheit, turns from its original
color, which is a deep, clear red, to a
pure black; and Immediately on cool
ing it resumes its reddish hue. The
journal boxes being covered with the
metallic paint, train hands may detect
at a glance whether journal has heat
ed or is heating. Their knowledge at
present is only gained when the wood
work has ignited and the damage has
already been done.
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A Walking Advertisement.
LIMESTONE SPRINGS, .. .
PIERCE. Buffalo. y. Y:

DIR. r. v PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Dea, SRI am walking advertisement for
your Golden Medical Discovery, Purgative
Pellets and DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy, they
having cured me of Catarrh of nine years
standing which so bad that it disfgured
my nose. and while curing it, your medicines
also cured me of Asthma in it's worst and most
aggravated form. Before using your medi-
cines had become reduce in flesh from one
hundred and fifty-five to one hundred and fif-
teen pounds, and L now weigh one hundred
and sixty-two pounds. and am in better health
than have enjoyed for twenty years.
Yours truly, j. L. LUMsDEN.
The above is but fair sample of hundreds
of letters which are received by DR.. Pierce,
and in the face of such evidence who can
longer doubt that the Doctors medicines cure
the worst cases o. Chronic Catarrh?
THE GREAT FAvoRITE WITH THE LADIES.
VIM. Forsyth Bynum 4 Son. druggists of
Live Oak, Fla, write, Sept 16. 1874 as follows:
DIR. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo. n. Your
let's sell very largely and give complete salts
faction, as numbers of our customers and
friends testify with pleasure. Your Favor
ite Prescription is indeed the great Favorite
with the ladies, and numbers can say with Joy
that it has saved them from eking out miser-
able life or meeting with premature death, and
restored them 10 health and happiness"
Thousands of women bless the day on which
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription was first
made known to them. single bottle often
gives delicate and suffering women more
rellef than months OF treatment from their
family physician. In all those arrangements
causing bsck-aehe, dragging down sensations,
nervous and general debility, it is a sovereign
remedy. It's soothing and healing properties
render it Of the utmost value to ladies suffer
ing from internal fever, congestion, intlamma-
ton or liberation. and its strengthening effects
tend to correct displacements of internal parts,
the result of weakness of natural supports. 1t
is sold by all druggists
DR. PIERcE's pamphlet on Diseases peculiar
TO Women will be sent TO any address on re-
ceipt of two stamps. Address as above.-Com.
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BARGES.
$4,000
2,0S1
COMPARATIVE REcAP1rULAT1oN.
65 I5.9l5 s55s.4Oo 81 1924 1866. 10,

The following is a summarized state
ment of the loss of life on the lakes in 1874
as compared with 1873 and 1872. 1t Will
be seen that the number is greater this
year than in either of the preceding two
years. This is principally due to the
fearful squall which passed over the
west coast of Lake Michigan early in
April, whereby a fishermen, six off
Kenosha and eighteen off South Chica-
go, were hurried into eternity almost
without moments warming:
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01

The Sherman House, Chicago, recog-
nizing the necessity for retrenchment
these close times, has made material
reduction in it's rates. But there has
been no reduction in its merits as a first
class hotel.-Com
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THE LATEST TRIUMPH OF TEMPERANCE.

The LATEST TRIUMPH OFF TEMPERANCE
We congratulate the Temperance
world on the success everywhere at
tending the use of VINEFAR BITrERs,
Certainly no preparation containing al
cohol has accomplished such cures as
malarious fever, biliousness, dyspepsia,
rheumatism, lung complaints, constipa-
ton, and general debility, as we hear of
from all quarters, as the results of this
famous vegetable specific. No true phi
lanthropist viii regret to see s~irituous
liquors expelled from medical use, if
they can be safely dispensed with; and
that they are not necessary in any case
of sickness, whatever its character, ap-
pears at last to have been demonstrated
If public opinion is capable of making
any impression upon the minds of the
Faculty, they will ere long introduce
the most popular of modern medicines
into the hospitals, and prescribe it in
their practice. The millions have given
the article fair trial; it has more than
answered their expectations, and no the
oretical opposition can shake their faith
IN Com
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TIE
WEEKLY
WISCONSIN
A Newspaper for the People.
Unrivaled by Amy Weekly Publication in the
Northwest
S1.5OPer Ahnum.
A Newspaper for the People.

The WEEKLY WISCONSIN, has been received with
such marked approval by its readers and the public,
that the publishers have determined to enlarge its
scope and improve it's character extent that
shall give it rank with the great @kiy journals OF
the country. As means for introducing it to the
attention of the people, place it, price sub
scr1ption at about one-haif the price charged for
other newspapers of it's character. Our experience
has proven that great newspaper can be furnish
Tor SI50 per annum. The experiment has been
tried and has been crowned with success We now
are determined to extend its field to the utternos
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and held will be national. the WISCONSIN, viii par
take of the better characteristics and enterprise of
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In addition to the many attractions the WEEK
LY WISCONSIN, its proprietors will commence, on
the 10th of December, the publication of charming
serial neyel entitled The Story of Fortune y
which will run about three months. Back numbers
viii be furnished to those desiring them.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01

COLUMBUS discovered America, but it
has been found that the only economical Shoes
for children are the celebrated SILVER TIPPED.
Never wear out at the toe and are worth two
pairs without Tips. All Dealers sell them
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Seed House of David Landreth & Son.

1t is pleasant to note the f6urishing fall
trade doing by this long established firm. in
the midst of duh times. In the prevalent
stagnation, enterprise has the field almost
without competitors. So determined are the
Landreths to secure usual, a large share of
the approaching years business, that they have
now nine Of he fast steam presses of 1fcCaHa
d Stdcety, diligently at 1oork, printing their.
: Rural Register for 1875. This has never be-
fore occurred in- the history of their house
The g Rural Register" is furnished without
charge to all who use Landreths' seeds--and
VINO do not t?-PhiLGdelphid Commercial List
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Prince & Co.'s Organs,

Five octaves, two full sets of reeds.
Solid walnut cases, elegant bronze finish
Price, with six stops, S125; eight stops, $3.50
Address Reeds Temple of Music, Chicago,
Com
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Now is the time to hnu

Now is the time to buy presents for
Christmas. Combine beauty and utility, and
give your gentleman friend a carton contain
ing one hundred Elmweod Collars. They will
last him some time, and he viii think of you
with pleasure every time he puts on one
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1851 s,O81, 700 1,s18 g, go. 600
Vessels Totally Lost.

Tie following vessels have gone out
of existence during the past season,
through shipwreck, fire, and explo-
sion. The valuation is fixed in each
case according to the underwriters reg
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nnrstinr of a Ralance Wheel.

The New York Evening Post of Fri
day has the following:
Clark thread works IN Newark, in
which upward of 1000 men and women
are employed, was the scene yesterday
morning of a remarkable accident. At
about Z 80 O'Clock the couplings of the
main shaft broke, relieving the engine
from the 900 horse power resistance of
the machinery, and increasing its mo-
mentum to such degree that 1T was in
a few minutes torn to atoms. The large
hy-wheel in the engine house, which
weighed about twenty tons, parted in
innumerable fragments. The flying
pieces of the broken machinery tore
down the walls of the engine-room,
completely demolishing that part of the
extensive works. A two ton fragment
of the cog-wheel shot up fifty feet into
the air. It crushed through 4 foot
bridge connecting two sections of the
buildings one hundred feet distant, and
then imbedded itself in the earth 9th
er pieces of the wheel struck the w4n
of the main building, making large
holes in two places. The loss, which
will have to be borne by the company,
is estimated at upwards of $40, 900.
Wonderful to say, no one was hurt, but
many narrow escapes are reported.
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:, EVEN clergymen are not proof against
1t. One of them knew the right card,
and California monte sharp put $3.50
In his pocket therefor.
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WOMEN, on account of the greater
oehcacy OF their organization and other special
than men. and they will find in Ritnete1-'s Cali
Jorasd Vine BiHeTs wholesome and pleasant
remedy Tor the diseased fancies and disheart-
them.-Com
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-01

BARNUM's excuse for marrying again
is that he had no one to get up mornings
and light his fire.
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Reorganization.

The following recapitulation gives
the number of disasters in each month,
together with an estimate of the damage
involved, and a comparison with the
disasters during the same time In 1873 !:
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EVERY HOCSEH0LD t-;S HESUP-
Piled WITH Il LSI54 GIXL-eL ILLC-
MINATING GAS, BE THE hEISTONE
SAFETY G4S MACHINE. ITIS SIM
PIE IN CON.STR UCIfON, SIZE IN OPP
ER4TK0N, IND CERT-4JN IN RE-
SUITS. FOR TILLICi EsS. CEFI E.CH IES.
II UR4L no HES, INSTI TIT TIttNS, ETC,
THE KEYSTONE -4PPARITLS H.
-EORDS THE MOST, ,I'E5RF'ECT NJ rs
OF I'LL YET DISCOEER-
ED. PAMPHLETS Il \ ID Full INEOR-
M1TION ON AIiILIC.1TECN. KEY
STONE $4FiETY Y EFAS H4CHENE co: II
b. WILSON, PR ESS., e.. II. BA IA Err, 5 EC.,
S15 SAMSON ST, PEFXLID E1LPHIA;
1IO LIBERTY ST, NEW YORK.
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THE MARKETS.

ALWAYS whispering in company-for-
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