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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

understand this way of communication,
and adjourned the Convention over to
the next day to enable committee to go
to Washington by rail, where Mr.. Wright
was, and get at the truth of the fact
So we adjourned over, and on the next
day the committee came back with the
same answer we had received by wire
jority of the body, that, after the final
adjournment, many of MS went to the
telegraph to see the wonderful IN
vention, and, even when the wires were
put in motion at our suggestion, many of
the delegates shook their heads, and
could not but think the whole thing q
deception. "-B0ltina0re Sun.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
Making Boxes.

The Swiss have clever way of making
cheap boxes without the use of nails, the
mitred sides being fastened together by
wedge-shaped pieces of wood. An En-
glish inventor has recently patented an
other process which may be used for
heavy as well as light boxes. The two
pieces of wood to be fastened together
are first mitred in the ordinary way, and
hole is then drilled in each piece YER
tcally from the bottom upward, at a
short distance from the mitred edge. a
channel or groove is then cut by saw or
otherwise from the mitred edge to the
drilled hole. This channel is of less
width than the diameter of the hole, and
may be cut either parallel TO the sides
of the piece of wood or at right angles
to the mitred edge, SO that when the two
edges are put together there shall be a
continuous channel from one side to the
other, shaped somewhat like dumb
bell, and running from the top to the
bottom of the box. A key is formed by
running f1sible metal, such as lead,
into this channel. The key may be made
separately of solid metal and driven into
/ the channel but, ia either way, q joint is
/ formed which can be broken only by
t tearing away the mitred edges of the
I wood.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

It is found by observation that the ef-
feet of g training" or the persistent uBtr
of gymnastic exercises, is to enlarge the-
heart and lungs both in size and capaci-
ty. Archibald McClaren, Superinten-
dent of the Oxford Gymnasium, and au--
thor of " Physical Edpcation," says
{" One of the army officers sent 10 me to-
be instructed IN gymnastics gained five
inches in girth around the chest in leEzs
than three month";" That this growth
is not explained by the mere enlarge
ment of the pectOral muscles is proved
by the increased volume of air which the
lungs are enabled to expire, as is de
monstrated by the spirometer, and post
mortems abundantly show an increased
capacity as well as size in the heart and
large blood vessels. The lungs increase
both in length and breadth, forcing tfRA
ribs outward and the diaphragm down
ward. It is for this reason that athletes
and gymnasts are enabled to make pro-
longed and violent exertions without
getting out Of wind. The capacity OF
the heart and centrs2 arteries being en-
larged, they can accommodate more,
blood. Their contzactile power being.
increased by this new demand upon.
them, they are enabled to send on the
current through the lungs with in
creased velocity, and thus by their
greater capacity are able to oxygenize,
the blood as fast as it is supplied to.
them, and so no congestion takes place,
and no inconvenience is felt. The nor
NAL capacity of the lungs of an adult
male is about two hundred (200) cubic
inches. It Is computed that an enlarge
ment of three inches around the chest
gives an increase of fifty cubic inches oF
lung capacity.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
All Sorts.


OVER sixty different nations, includ-
ing Japan, now burn American kero-
sene.
TIE Cincinnati city water-works laid
over six miles of water-pipe during the
year 1874.
A STEAMER which arrived at Halifax
the other day short of coal had burned
100 bags of nuts for fuel.
In the north part of Ireland an agree
able beverage is prepared from parsnip
roots brewed with hops.
A CONNECTICUT firm has just received
an order for wooden type from China to
be cut in Chinese characters.
JOLIET, ILL.,, viii, on the second Tues
day in March, vote ON the adoption of
the Holly water-works system.
In Australia, inoculation of cattle is
now regularly practiced for the pre-
vention of the pleuro-pneumonia
LowE11's Council is very common.
One of it's members spent recent night
in a police station for intoxication.
WE consume annually, according to
Treasury statistics, 900, ,00O, 900 pounds
of coffee, and only 60, 0OO, 900 pounds OF
tea.
The lumbermen of Minnesota have
advanced the price of common lumber
from $40 to SO. They expect short
crop.
OATMEAL is becoming popular; q
prominent dealer says the consumption
of the article has doubled within the past
year.
IL
| 770.09 against the estate of Jay Cooke,
and there is a suit pending for 81 200, ,000
worth of land.
In Missouri there are about 74S, ,0OC
children between and 81 years of age,
about 5000 schools, about 10, 900 teach
ers and $780, enrolled scholars.
Iron manufacturing interests are re.
viving in the South. The Tredegar Works
at Richmond are again employing a full
| force, having received large orders fol
| cars.
The famous Cashmere shawls, il
seems, are all woven by men and boys
three or four persons working on sin
| gle shawl from three months to two
years.
! THE Southern Medical Record says
| that castor oil applied to the corn aftel
pairing closely each night before going
to bed, softens the corn, and it becomes
as the other flesh.
To FAsTEN the track to the cars anC
draw them over rollers secured between
solid ties close to the ground, is the lates
railroad invention. It was proposed b,
Chicago engineer, at a recent meeting
of the Civil Engineers Club of tn
Northwest. No details are communi
Gated.
in Berlin, partly with view of offerin;
shelter to IS genteel " orphan girls of al
determinations between fifteen ant
twenty years of age, partly also to pu
them in position to earn their own hv
ing, ON the principle of Miss Faithful
st Educoatinal Bureau"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
THE KING or TRE CANNIBAL
ISLANDS.
fTuns, q A6ulbrosil;. p

TTans, Mdlbrouk.rl
The King OF the Cannibal Islands
Decided 20 conquer some dry lands,
So he marched over valleys and highlands
With twenty-foux canniba1 braves;
With two dozen man-ea&ing knayes,
All hungry a. many graves,
He skiEmished through earthlands and skylandi
DEFIANT cf weather and waves.
He came TO Atlantis the Holy
Whose people were lamb-like and lowly,
Though growing touch roly-poly
They tasted while sleeping, hike bears,
And prayed in their Vanity Fairs,
And walked IN the narrow way slowly,
Much numbered with Beelzebub's wares.
Then followed wonderful battle:
The women. the children, the cattle
Took part in the desperate strife;
They carried the war to the knife
With slaughter Atlantis waz rife;
About 1t the Muses. VIII prattte
while Providence gFanteth them life.
The Cannibals turned cut the winners,
They made Twenty-Five hearty dinners,
They gobbled the saints and the sinners
And put all Atlantis TO sack;
They swallowed white, yellow and black,
The hungriest, greediest pack
OF robbers and pickers and ekinners
That ever sent region to wrack.
Henceforth they were chiefs OF the nation,
And lived by relief legislation:
They served up bill for collation.
And fattened q law like beast;
Their appetites daily increased;
A lunch was patent, at least;
While railroads and steam navigation
Scarce furnished the joints for q feast.
y. W. De Forest, ia ScTfb9seF for March.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
The Toothache.

A correspondent says that after suffer
ing excruciating pain from this ache, and
having tried in vain TO obtain relief.
Betty told me q gentleman had beeIs;
waiting some time in the parlor, who said
he would not detain me one minute He,
came "a friend I had not seen for years
He sympathized with me, while briefly
told how sadly was afflicted.
= My dear kriend," exclaimed he, 50 4
can cure you in ten minutes.
Howl hows" inquired ! g do IL, iTaf
! Instantly" I" said he. Betty, havss
You any alum 2"
ss Yes. !"
q Bring it, and some comm0n salt. ?
They were produced my &iepd pu1-
verfzed them, mixed them in etir2l 1nan
titles; then wet a small piece % acftum.
caziing the mixed powders 70 adhere
and placed it in my hoIlpw tooth
ssThere, said he, !" if that does r,s,E cvsre
yor, / WIZ forfeit my head. You ray
tan this in Gath, and publish ii In Ascss
lon the remedy II infallible. n wna
30. experienced . sensatinn of eoId-
ness, ON applying ID, which rraaunHI,y
snbsided, and with IL the torment of fl1s.
toO&hache
Easily tried
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
Ships Of the Desert in Nevada.

It looks queer to see Nevada paper
protesting against distractions to camel
travel, and yet that is what the Virginia
Enterprise is doing. It says g We
hope members of the Legislature will,
before voting, carefully consider Mr..
Carling's bill, which seeks to prohibit the
travelling of camels and flromedaTies
on the. public roads. Members should
remember that these animals were
brought here originally at great expense
by the government they thrive well in
the desert they are useful as pack ami
mails the man or men who own them
have property rights. All these things
must be considered To turn them off
the roads is to destroy their usefulness
We hope Mr.. CARING viii explain
whether the roads usually travelled by
these animals are crowded by teams, or
whether it Is necessary for the safety of
men who drive horses that these ami
mails be excluded from all public high
ways. Mr.. CARING ought to make full
explanation and as he is young leg
islator we suggest that on this subject of
camels he hump himself a little
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
A Telegram I'm 1874.

The Hon. Hendrick b. Wright, of
Pennsylvania, writing to Col. J. Thomas
Scharf, in regard to some notice i'm his
9 Chronicles Of Mr.. Polk's nomination
to the Presidency of the United States
at the Democratic convention held in
Baltimore IN 1874, says
6 In connection with this fact wish
TO state TO you an anecaote concerning
the telegraph. At that date, May I9.
1874, the only telegraph In the United
States was from Baltimore to Washing
ton. 7 was the President of the Conven-
iOn. We nominated Silas Wright Is
Yice-P President Of the United States, and
the Convention directed me to notify him
Of his nomination and learn II be would
accept It T sent dispatch, and he an
swered immediately that he declined the
nominations The Convention, however,
refused to consider the information as
authentic. They could not be made to
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
For the Ladies---Nem Spring Styles.


Judging from the importaaons up to
this time we are to have a decided change
from sacques and jackets to round capes
and loose nantillas for spring wraps
No doubt English-walking jackets viii
be worn, but the woman OF fashion win
adopt the round cape or the abbee man
tilla. This abhee is a queer little wrap,
with full pleated back, reaching just
little below the waist. The fronts are
very stylish figure and graceful person
to wear this garment. Both the round
capes and nantillas are trimmed with jet
fringes, or with graduated rows of Her
cules braid, seeded with jet on each side.
The plain braids are preferred by many
leaders in the world of fashion and ladies
of good taste. Sicilienne silk, soft
repped or corded fabric, is the favorite
material; but cashmere and other light
all-wool fabrics are also used in their
manufacture The Innings are of soft
Marcelline silk; sometimes of flannel,
with facings of farmers satin. Lace
and ostrich feathers, and rock feather
trimmings are used to limited extent
also ON these spring wraps.
It is said that in Paris many of the
most elegant dresses are being made
without any fiounces or pleatings on the
skirt, many clustered rows of graduated
braid forming the only garnitIires. The
edges of the braid, are, however, fre
quently seeded with jet. This beaded
braid is brought out in large quantities
for spring trimmings, but importers and
dealers all agree that the rage for jet will
be over in another season. Still, many
of the new importations of fabrics for
spring costumes, black silks, cashmeres,
and grenadines, are wrought and en-
broidered in fine jet. The black grena-
dimes are displayed IN suits, with the
crlirass apron, and fiounces richly EN-
broidered with jet. Other suits have
bands of jet embroidery, to be introduced
dagonally on lengthwise between puffa
of grenadine in the long apron, the
sleeves, and corsage. Lace and jet
beaded fringes are used for trimming
them. Diagonal trimmings on the long
aprons, and diagonally arranged aprons
are also noticed among the new suits.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
American Apples lin Great Britain.

Grocer are now selling at moderate
rates in provincial towns, both in Eng
land and Ireland. The highly colored
and we'll favored Baldwin is the COM
monest kind as yet. AS usual, they
come in barrels, without any kind of
packing materials, and come, as a r1ile,
IN excellent condition. That apples
should he sent several thousand miles,
and then be sold as cheaply as home
grown fruit, is a noteworthy fact. At
this rate of progress, fruitless and cold
regions will soon be supplied with the
finest fruits at cost that places them
within reach of all classes.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

IT is definitely settled that Chicago is
to have narrow-gauge railroad. Con
tracts have been made by the Chicago,
Milington and Western Railroad Com
pany for sufficient iron to lay the first
thirty miles of track from this city west
ward, tosbe delivered within the next two
or three months. Ten miles Of the line
are already graded, and the entire route
from Chicago to Muscatine. Iowa, has
Aurora, Princeton, etc., westward to the
Mississippi river, and viii, it is thought,
be the Inauguration of an extensive sys-
tenn, ultimately, of narrow-gange lines,
with Chicago as q center. Chicago
Journal.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
Giant Trees in California.

It has been supposed that the Sierra
sequoias, or big trees of California, were
confined to q few small and isolated
groves like those known to tourists by
the names of Calaveras, Tuolurnne, Mer-
ced, and Mariposa, scattered at con-
siderable intervals along the western
slope of the mountains for distance of
sixty miles. It was known that collec-
ton of big trees larger than any of those
in the Maraposa and Calaveras regions
exists In Fresno county, where Thomas
Mill has for several years been saving
this redwood of the Sierra to supply the
market of Visalia. but it was dis
covered last summer that this body
of big-tree timber is not properly
a grove, but forest extending
for not less than seventy miles IN
northwest and southeastward direction,
with width in some places of ten miles,
and interrupted only by the deep canons
which cut across the general course of
the forest, and reduce the level to an ell
ovation below that at which the tree is
found in wild condition, although when
cultivated it thrives in all our valleys.
Different persons have traced the for
est from the basin of the Tule river, In
latitude 36 deg. 20 min., across those of
the Kaweah and Kings to that of the San
Joaquin. The elevation has not been
carefully measured, but is supposed to
vary from 4,000 to 5000 feet. At one
point, and one only, this forest is acces-
sible by wagon road, and that is at
Thomas Mil, forty eight miles from vi
salia. Unlike the groves further north,
this forest consists mainly and in some
places almost exclusively of the big trees,
and there are also multitude of small
ones in all the ages of growth, some just
sprouting, and others saplings only two
or three feet through. The largest stand
ing tree as yet measured is forty feet in
diameter; charred stslmp-the tree
itself having disappeared measures for
ty-one feet across. A tree tWenty-four
feet in diameter, four feet above the
ground, is precisely the same thickness
sixty feet higher. A fallen trunk is hol-
low !; throughout its length, and the hole
is large enough to drive horse and
buggy seventy two feet In it rs ia a tun-
mel.
This forest is SO extensive, the timber
is SO abundant and excellent in quality,
and the demand for il is 50 great IN the
bare valley at the foot of the mountain,
that it cannot be withheld from the AK
and the saw-mih. The wood is similar
IN general character to the coast seqnOi,
or common redwood, straight IN grain,
splitting freely, even enough ia grain for
furniture, and far superior TO OAK in its
keeping qualities IN positions exposed to
alterations of moisture. The Sierra Sc
Qasoia does not throw up sprouts from its
stump as does the redwood, and can
therefore be felled out more readily. It
was wise In Congress to make q reserva-
ton for pleasure purposes OF the Mar
iY1osas Grove, which is near Yosemite,
small and conveniently accessiblesto tour
lists by the present routes of travel; but
fhe T91lax.o Fresno forest--it is all IN those
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

Mechlin the veil costs $500. Only very
young and fair faces, not spoiled by cos
metics, should wear this thinnest of all
yeils.--H Hdrpey's BGSQs,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
sss, ,OO0, 600 s2l9, ,O00, 600

Or. total s1s4s 100000 s55,Oo0,OOo s2ls,oOO,O 600
The annual product In 1863 was $685.
OOO, 600; in 1850, S135, 900, 600; and in
1913, S63, ,0O0, 600.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

Dr.. BBowN-SEQUARD, in a recent lect-
ure, said that muscular motion by no
means, indicated life. He referred to
well known cases of snakes, tortoises and
other lower forms of animals moving on
the slightest stimulus several days after
decapitatio1i. He has seen the iris of
an eye contract on exposure to strong
light sixteen days afGer death. He had
also witnessed pulsations in the heart of
a dog forty y-eight hours after its removal
from the body, and in the human heart
thirty-six hours after decapitation. An
arm fourteen hours after amputation
was injected with fresh blood, when it
Immediately contracted and extended the
muscles
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
The Pr.eeioszs Metals.

The following statement exhibits the
product of the precious metals through
ont the world in 1874:
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

The other night, as Detroit father
sat with his feet on the coal-stove, he
picked up one of his boys boots and re-
marked 6 This pair of boots seems to
stand John twice rs -" At this point
q tobacco box, full of the weed, fell ont
of the boot, and it wasn't over five min
utes before sounds Of the press-board
striking against boy In &he night were
heard over the neighborhood, mingled
with the waiting explanation "Oh
dad that ere box must have fallen down
my bootleg while was in q tobacco
store -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

Mr.. KENT, resident of Rochester,
heard his door bell ring, and, going out
quickly, found baby ON the steps and q
man running round the corner. He
chased the man, collared him after q
long race, and discovered him to be DIR.
Elijah L. Wood, q well-known young
physician of that city Wood had been
paid $50 by the mother of the baby to
rid her of It in this way, she choosing
Mr.. Kent's house because he had just
lost little child, and SO she hoped he
might welcome this one in it's stead.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

Lace handkerchiefs are almost one
solid piece of Valenc;ennes wrought in
arabesque designs, that are vastly i'm
Re,res aysxa raised G by ant;nr tones. Other ba
lace handkercl1iefs are trimmed with
rows of Mechlin insertion and lace.
Mechlin, Malinea, or old-fashioned
thread lace ia fast becoming the popular
lace. It is q. difficult matter TO get the
real hand made Mechlin. Most Of that
sold here is pure thread, but is machine-
made.
The most dressy wells seen on the
promenade are white tulle mask wells
edged with Valenciennes lace. They are
rounded on the lower edge, 90. that the
lace falls just below the chin, and the
veil covers the face smoothly, without
wrinkles. Inch-wide lace is used. When
this is of italian Valenciennes, the veil
costs &1.60. Mechlin laces are newer
for this purpose, and when trimmed with
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

New colored collars and cuffs of the
English standing shape are of solid
colored percale, instead of plaid or
striped. The entire collar and cuff are
plain lavender pink, blue, brown or gray,
with daintiIy wrought flower embroid-
cred with floss of the same color in each
corner. The set of collar and sleeve
costs So. sj z.
Gingham borders or hens on handker-
chiefs, with collars, cuffs, and neckties
trimmed to match, are the latest caprice
for wearing with morning toilets.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
Mirage in Wright Co.

An instance Of this beautiful phe-
nomenon is thus dc>cirbcd in the
Wright Go M"nitor: 0" Friday MORN
ing last, the most perfect and beautiful
mirage occurred hcreaway We ever saw
For leagues ::est of town the country
was spread out to the eye, presenting
Il view slow to be t"rgntten, and re-
m.ndi"s one still more Of the vastness
and beauty Of nature. Miles could be
seen into Humboldt: county, with the
timber on the Bo.ne seeming but two
or three miles distant Houses, groves,
stacks, etc; we're rendered plainly Wis.
lille here and there BY this phennn'c-
non, and the cause of which, Webster
has this to say: Is An optical illusion
arising FROM an unequal rcfracti"n in
the lower strata Of the atmosphere,
aud causing remote objects /" be seen
double, as il reflected in a mirror, OF
to appear as it suspended in he air. y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
Making Money ont Of Pancake.

m. 800, 5 s !, 3
e.'ess 80 4 ~ - 80 ~" =
@ ~ .,s ".n : we 5, NY. n.ony
.e.e : -. = ~ = W. = W. n" =,
~ -. o'' ',t's = :. - :, sps"A'
=. ~. ;. :. pass. ). 80. 49, -
sa..' "u n,., :. -, ',ss s. ~,
'",'o' :. s' - .'e sup: -. :" .e'@' !.
"'4ons1 - - = :''s'o - '"ss ."s.
.u..". ~. Wy sA's :. ..on w s''o
'oae, A'o ~ a ~, WV Arn. suo''' Wy
pus''s 49, ...,.,. 49, sn1. :.
~" - 80 :. $3.50 ,$>''~.: t''.S>'1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11

= : -
"My daughter keeps my farm accounts,
sir; and she is as systematic and particu-
lar as ever my son was, who kept them
before he left home. I tell you it does
girls" land he might have added boys
also) good t" give them some response
bility, and set them to watching things
about the farm and household. They
learn, I find, economy by it, and soon dis,
cover that their old father is not, ncccs-
sarily, crabid old curmudgcon,, because
he does not loosen his purse string when
ever they see something they happen to
fancy; for they discover the real reason
why the rurse should not be opened. !"
So said a progressive farmer, kind, ap.
preciative and proud father. and big
hearted man on general principals. What
he said is WORT: recording. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11

lung AID 50 8 Il s. ons
||sagcs. She VA in,ox iicatssl q tn lime,
and ii conyersation \ III 4 reporter i Short
time afterward aiiirnet her| intent Ion q
killing him with tho
MOST HORRIBLE BIAsllrEaffEs
She protested TO have been sedu cctl and
dcsertcd W young Fish. The officer dis.
covered her after the deed 10 house 81
ill.famc and arrested her.
The Coroncr's inquest on the body Of
Wilckc, tho man found murdered in his
saloon yesterday morning, will be held To-
morrow. woman named Della Wallace
and man named Anderson, both low
characters, have been arrested by detec-
tives and locked up on suspicion Of being
guilty of his murder.