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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
How to Furnish a House.

Heavy rugs will partly cover the floors.
Paper OF some neutral tint, free from
giar1ng figures, will stretch from the
richly colored dado at the bottom to the
gay border at the top The picture rod
will not be of the eternal o11iIt that
wear1es us now. 1t will be painted some
decided color that will harmonize with
the prevailing shade of the whole room
Before the windows and before the
doors which open outward. curtains
heavy IN texture and subdued In tone
edged with strong lace, hang from
wooden rings which move freely on n
slender wooden rod fastened to the
sheathng. Rings and rods will be of the
nue. OF the picture rod above. The SINGLE
curtain before each opening will he
looped to one side low book cases. not
over three feet high, of dark wood re-
heved by few chiseled designs picked
out Ia color, will line the wall. No 0A,ss
doors Will disfgure them. One general
pattern varied In each piece. will starnn
the furniture. Last and greatest ~,
open wood fire, either in the firenlaca ~.
IN one OF the Franklins which still Iark
IN the garrets of old country houses. will
cast cas- ITS CHEEKY light over everything.
!, Inc close stove, the register, the oTate'
the radiator, will be tabooed. The
Dlaze OF wood burning across brazen and
irons, Is something so beautiful that nd
artS5 y. has ever succeeded IN painting, rs
Inc nrst OF all hints ON household tasfas
should be Have an open wood FIRE il
1ne room IN which you mean to live
~ 7. Times. =
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
A Legal Annnncfafor.

A machine is to be put into every law
Office IN New York city, and everything
transpiring IN the courts is to be trans.
mltted as the sale of stocks is sent to the
hotels and financial institutions of The
city. A lawyer will not have to 90 to
court to know what cases are on trial
what judgments are rendered, OF what
legal transactions take place In the
courts Everything transacted viii go
over the wires as stocks now do. The
arrangement VIII include all that is done
m the Sheriff's Office every Judgment
and levy every mortgage and aftacb-
ment every case tried, from the Jus
taces Court up to the Supreme. with
every verdict and every disagreement.
Ihe putting up of the instrument is to
cost about $3.50 each. s----',--S
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
Facts About Shoeine Horses.

AS the number of men who arc co,,,
| peten6 TO shoe horse correctlv is 90
amazingly small, and as horse shoeino il
slenee barely IN its infancy as vet. anv
lActs tnas Will elucidate this important
sapJecD WI be hailed with immense sat
~ ttssoJn 10y ~ every one who is friend to
horse. Whoever has madls L;,,,ss1e. e.
niilar with the anatomy Of the fee,+ -
norses does not need to be told tbot Az.
p.esa1liIng manner of shoeing them is
rulnous to the natural form t,f tba I,e.s>f
.L~"ys tendlng to incalcuIable ininrv to
Sl9 noTse' thus depreciating his market
aoie vaiue Most of the horse shoera ~
oul country prepare the foot, fit shoe
anu secure 1t to the hoof in the same
II nhauher that 8 wood butcher - fits
eno1 ~ 10 an old weod ox-sled. The
LEI rieciianlsn OF horses hoof is one OF the /
AZ tjoes w woIuer1u and ingenious structures I
G s1i1t can De found in all the works of the t
1rea1of. Beneath and in rear of every t
liooi 1 tnere Is a frog, which is a tough and I
eLasIic PAD Tor preventing injury to the
i,iiiInaI whenever he plants his foot s,1d-
uen1y on any hard substance. Large
rolis or cylinders of india rubber are
piaced beneath railroad cars to prevent
injury to any part of the car or the cargo
WIN winch It is loaded. The frog be-
Il1e IoOI OF horse is designed to
a similar purpose But the
manner man III which most horses are shod
~ llIts s. them up, as it were, on short stilts,
so tnat the frog cannot perform its an
propriate functions.
II we look carefully at the young horse
wnen he is trotting or running, it win be
that every foot is brought /,
down to the ground in such a manner
q 4nas the frog receives the powerful blow. E,
Dy thls means all injury to the animal is
prevented. Silence teaches us to permit !
me frog to develop and expand down
ward But most blacksmiths seem to
'hlnk that the All-wise Creator made q. l
great mistake when he formed the hoofs ,
II horses. Hence, they fall at the frog g
nth nth red,hot burning irons, with edge
ools, and with any other appliance that .
VII enable them to remove this extra :
leous excrescence. Hlustrious ninnies .
Why not shave and burn away all the
ough callous skin and adipose tissue be-
eath their own heels, and allow the bare t
ones to rest on a plate of iron inside L
thelr own boots and shoes IN. Y
IP1.rII
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
Aged Beauties.

History is full of the accounts of the
1aSclnat1on of women who were no lono-
CT young. Thus Helen of Troy was forty
Wnen she perpetrated the most famous
elopement on record, and as the siege of
Troy lasted decade, she could not have
oeen very Juvenile when the ill-fortune
| OF Paris restored her to her husband,
VINO Is reported to have received her
n Ditn unquestloning love and gratitude
Ierlcies welded the courtesan Aspasia
when she was thirty-six, and vet she af-
1erWard, for thirty years or more, welded
an an undImlnished reputation for beauty.
c ccieopa5ra was past thirty when Antony
zen under her spell, which never lessened
untn her death, nearly ten years after:
ana Ilv1a was thirty-t three when she won
the heart of Augustus, over whom she
11o maintained her ascendency to the last.
turning to more modern history, where
II Is possible to verify dates more accu-
[ately, we have the extraordinary Diane
M ne -Polters, who was thirty-six when
henry Ill. (then Duke of Orleans. and
just half her age) became attached to her:
ana sne was held as the first lady and most
peautlIu woman at court up to the pc
Iioo OF the monarch's death and
1ne accession to power of Cathe-
flne de Medicis. Anne of Aus
tl1a was thirty-eight when she was de-
scflDed as the handsomest queen of
Europe, and when Buckingham and
Richel1eu were her Jealous admirers.
N!non Gle PEnclos, the most celebrated
W.T. and beauty of her day, was the idol
OF three generations of the golden youtb |
OF france, and she was seyentv-tyo when /
the Abbe de Berais fell in love with her
Irue Is it that in the case of this lady n |
rare combination of culture, talents. and
personal attractions endowed their nos
SCISSOR seemingly with the gifts of eter /
nal youth. Blanca Capello was thirty
eight when the Grand Duke Francisco |
OF Florence fell captive to her charms
ana made her his wife, though he was
1ve years her junior. Louis XIV. we'd
ded Mme. de Maintenon when she was
three years of age. Catherine II.
OF Russia was thirty-three when she
selzed the empire of Russia and captiva-
teo the dashing young General Orlof.
Up TO the time of her death Cat sixty
sevenl she seemed to nave retained the
same oew1tchlng powers, for the la1nen-
Iahons were heartfelt among all those !
VINO VINO had ever known her personally.
Vile Mars, the celebrated French tra-d
5euenne, only attained the zenith oil ]
ler beauty and power between forty {
ind forty-tve. At that period the love !
mess OF her hands and arms especially {
vas ceIebrated throughout Europe. The e
amous Nine. Recamier was thirty f
aght when Barras was ousted from l
,ower, and she was without dispute de- t
Jared to be the most beautiful woman
Europe, which rank she held for fifteen q
ears. s.-/'tctOridI Uoy.Ed. C
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Old Songs.

A pretty song is never lost somebody
Is cheered by it. The old, time-worn
songs do not stir and enliven us like the
new, but they are so resting when we
need rest, so healing when we need
Balm. '' Nearer, Ny God, to Thee. - how
strengthening it is What power there
Is IN 1t to lift a fainting Christian on his
feet, just after some awkward pause in a
prayer meeting.
DO They Miss Me at Home2'' is a
cast,on Old song, yet many of us hum it
on the sly at eventide. know a Boston
ed1tor, whose gay little wife has a lonely
Iather and mother among the highlands
of New York. An abundance of new
songs grace her piano, yet on a lowery
day' II you live next door, you will be
attracted by familiar old song which
Dies out IN saying, t' wish YOU were
here. And such thrill of feeling she
puts into it, too.
stThe Star-Spangled Banner" viii lift
talnting invalid into sitting posture.
and he viii tell you that he is refreshed
when the same exertion would have
wear1ed hlm without the song.
Let those sing for us who can sing SO
as to thrill US, make us laugh and dance
and Hutter. The great poet turns our
very dlscords into harmony, for he
knows well the pages of unwritten
music and poetry that lie hidden in our
SIMPLE souls. It is great achievement
20 compose great songs, for it echoes SO
after we are gone. Like light from a
stf1r, II shines on and on after the orb has
dropped from its place in the heavens
1f''s. B. C. Rude.
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rom the direction of Square -Four Cor

from the direction of Square Four Cor
Inc wolves heard, hesitated, fell back
put larry Mapleson tossed his fur cap
N ,i.s the ar for very joy, and that head
piece was the only trophy won by the
wolves that night. It felf within reach
OF yelling brute, who seized it and
darted away, and the whole pack fol-
lowed him, for the cracking of fire.
arms had already begun from the "rein-
forcements. %
The foremost sleigh dashed gayly up.
and the first to leap out were not the
men.
HAIRY! Saved !" exclaimed Maggie
.sOh, Jim, I'm SO glad 70 almost sob
pes Annie, while the Squire added, half
humorously
81 couldn't help it, boys the gals
Would come along and I guess [ know
now which is which, if you don't -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
SprinR TradA Pr0sneefs-

The spring trade in general has opened
with bright prospects, and those whole
sale and retail dealers who have been
seen give hopeful reports. Confidence
has been inspired both IN buyers and
wholesale houses, and the discreet man
ner In which the country dealers have
made their purchases has given whole
sale houses the belief that reckless trad
ing, to a great extent, has been done
away with. The prospect of good ts,. ev-
port trade in produce have also helped r.
improve other classes of business. ana
the depressing influences which acted
against business during the early part Of
last fall have been less strong rrba
preparations for lively spring trade
have been ample, without excessive snec.
ulation, and many of the dealers are IoaIr.
ing forward to good, solid, and healEhy
business A large number of buyers are
IN town, and appear to be making con-
siderable purchases with reasonable free
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
Wit and Humor.

A BAD habit to get into-A coat that is
not paid for. - :
THE time to be good to the poor is the
" present time.
sIEEpNG-oAR conductors are entirely
carried away with their business.
A GEORGIA editor was bitten by dog.
oelng evidently mistaken for a bone. .
IHERE IS nothing SO exhaustive to the
nervous forces as going down q church
aisle In pair of new boots.
How TO tell whether a man is a father:
! II you can see him at all he is apparent.
Dllt the fa(r)ther he is the less apparent
he will be.
OLD DIR. Mason used to say " that as
much grace would make John a saint
would barely keep Peter from knocking
man down"
Two boys Ny father is in the Chs
tom House. !" Mines in the. station
house. My father can keep on steal
ing and yours can't"
IT is a rule of etiquette in Arkansas
that no true gentleman viii eat with his
leg thrown over the back of his neigh
bor1s chair, if he can help it.
THERE is scarcely any evil without its
1880 a 4COGAb bUOIlQ III 6T6606
county blew down q tree which nearly
killed a sewing machine agent.
WHAT sort of grammar ia that which
compels man to say, sc I saw four deer
IN one Drove" but won't let him saw
=" There are ten hog in the garden r.
IN Nevada, contemplative Digger
Indian sat watching party of baseball
players, who seemed to him to be work
vk31-U EoT1 Il.
he asked 8" How much You get one
day 2"
= WHO dares to spit on this car floor 90
asked burly passenger on Mobile
train. g 1 dare" quietly replied a slen-
der youth; g and did it, ssYou're the
chap I'm looking for" said the rufian:
: give me chaw.
:, A MAN who won't complain, says the
Milwaukee Sentinel, when his wife crawls
ont about midnight and takes the heav-
lest comforter off the bed to wrap
around her plants, is lacking in all the
noble qualities of free agent.
A coLoRED patient at Taunton to his
Doctor, Tn ies' dredful:
We had the feuring in my hip, and q
sore on the roof of my tongue: I've rnA
on mustard alteration and goggled nav
nouf, but it done me no good.
COME to us, spring, beautiful spring:
We are weary Of Ice and snow:
Fold us within thy odorous wing
over us perfume of May flowers blow
Bathed in the dewdrops
Bring their fragrance
The robe of the woodlands
The lingering sunlight
Bring US the rivulct's musical fow
AN enraged traveller writing home from
he far West, says: &C Descending to the
took my turn at the tin wash
'asin with a cake of yellow soap, and
Ir1ed myself on a musty towel hung ona
room. A boot-jack and a lean dog oc-
upled the middle of the floor, the
hairs long ago ceased to be quadrupeds,
lscomfort is king, and dirt is prime
linister.'
THERE was dog trotting along with a
armer's team through Main street. YES
erday. Another dog saw him and
nshed madly after him. Then the first
og stopped and turned carefully around,
'herellpon the second dog also paused
nd commenced to gaze abstractedly over
le top of the first dog, and on to the
oofs of the neighboring buildings. The
rst dog then wheeled about and con-
nued after the team, and the second
og recovered himself and returned
uetly TO the store.-Dan6u,y Neaus.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
Girls Dresses.

Lhd1 wore a dress whose folds hung
loosely from yoke, confined about the
waist with sash, until about two years
ago. Every one lamented when I took
her out of this. had to, because I
could not manage the folds after she
grew SO tall. Then she wore a simple
blouse waist and equally simple skirt,
and now plain basque, not too tight.
and skirt, with few folds, or one
deep founce. She looks finer. and
nobler and purer than all the overdressed
girls put together, and makes that i'm
preston. OF course she wants to be
dressed as fashion. requires, but when
ever she starts the vital question of
: oversklrtS always succeed in bring
ing her willingly to terms, Her clothes
MT her, for make a study of them. and
let no one take stitch for her but nv
self. She has unerring taste in the color
of her ribbons, and wears all her under
clothing depending from the shoulders.
One OF Ldi's teachers told my husband
that she was the only properly dressed
girl IN the school" The child opened
her eyes wide, and exclaimed aWhy.
papa, his daughter wears overskirts and
all sorts of fnngs like the rest. . Her
puzzled expression was worth seeing. as
she caught the first glimpse of q sensible
mans wish clashing with foolish wife's
vi .-A 1fsothe,. :
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how WAToH Was Losr.-One
evening last week, as gentleman was
apous leaving the Boston Museum, he
while bending over felt q s,,d9Iar ,,,,11 Ii'e ~
nus coat. Thinking nothing of st. he
passed out, putting on his oyercoat at
the door. The next morning. on dress
Ing' ne found gold watch hanging to
Ine bottom Of his frock coat The watch
nad evidently been caught by the chain
Wnen ne was putting ON his overshoes,
ana !. mad been carried home In that way.
4 4 paragraph in the newspapers reciting
the circumstances brought the owner Of
me watch TO claim it. He supposed that
e had been stolen, as he felt the jerk
while he was leaving the museum, but
..nought no more of it until he missed
nus watch at home, late at night.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
.vIIAr NIGHT 1sE DONE.

What nligat be done if men we're wise
Mha. glorious deeds, my suffering brother
Would they unite
In love and right,
And cease their sccrn of one anothers
Oppressian's heart might be imbued
With kindling drops OF loving kindness
And knowledge pour
From shore to shore go
Light on the eyes of mental blindness
All slavery, warfare, iissesss and wrongs,
All vice and crime, might die together;
And wine and corn
To each man born,
BE free as warmth in summer weather,
The ineauest wretch that ever trod,
The deepest sunk In guilt and sorrow.
Might stand erect
In self-respecf,
Aud share the teeming world tomorrow.
What might be done ? This might be done.
And more than this, my suffering brother.
More than the tongue
Fer said or sung,
II men were wise and loved each other.
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you SAY HAVE NO HEA Rr.

MY friend, you say i haye no heart,
OR, II have, it's steel;
mad one once, that would swear.
Or something that could feel
I've learned II lesson since that time
A cruel, bitter task
My heart, if any have got.
Is worn beneath a mask.
had heart, twas warm and true.
1t felt for others grief:
But it was stolen years ago.
And vanished is the thief
once could pine for joys long passed.
In Silence sit and brood
Upon my dark and weary lot
1 courted solitude.
But now I've changed, I'm like watch.
My mind doth ever rove:
Not twice you'l fnd me lust the same.
I'm always bound to move
loved one once, thought him pure
As heavens bright angels fair
L worshiped ,natIiy at his shrine:
loved the ballny air
mat did caress him with its wings.
:, That kissed his manly brow:
I've placed the cypress on that love,
- Where 1t lies whitening now
II now You say have no he art.
Cr, II have, it's steel;
only pray that ne'er may yours
Be made the same to feel
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
Marriage and Loneeyity-

In hls recently published Study of
sociology, Mr.. Herbert Spencer assails
a theory that has long been current with
regard to marriage and longevity. That
married lite Is favorable to longevity has
| generally been regarded as satisfactorily
proved by numerous statistics, showing
almost without exception, greater lon
geV1ty on the part of the married. When
the ratio OF deaths in the two classes
stands at ten to four, and even twenty to
1our, there would appear to be little
room tor doubt. But to this astute So
ciaI scientist the evidence, strong as it
seems, furnishes no warrant for the chr
rent belief. He regards the case as
substitution OF cause for effect in other
words, greater longevity is not the con
sequence OF marriage on the contrary.
marriages are clearly traceable to in
nuences favof1ng longevity. The princi-
PIES o! natural selection work so strongly
IN deciding between the Benedicts and
the bachelors, that the long hyers are
drawn to the former and the short liyers
10 the latter. Marriage, Mr.. Spencer
no1ds, Is regulated by the ability to meet
It's responsibilities. The qualities which
give the advantage here are intellectual
ana bodily vigor, prudence and self
control these, too, are the Qualities
winch determine prolonged life or q
premature death. An even more direct
relation is to be found in the instincts
which lead most strongly to marriage.
The reproductive instincts and emotions
are strong In proportion as the surplus
vital energy Is great, and this in turn inn
plies an organization likely to last * so
that, IN fact, the superiority of physique.
which is accompanied by strength of the |
instincts and emotions causing marriage. |
IS a superiority of physique also con
duc1ve of longevity. Another influence
tells In the same direction. Marriage is
determined by the preference of women |
as well as the desires of men, and. other
things being equal, women are attracted /
toward men of physical and intellectual
power, refusing the malformed, diseased
and ll-developed types. In the opera
tIon of these three elements Mr.. Spencer
hnds all that is needed to account for fine
striking. difference of longevity between
the classes, and declares that ssthe fionrea
gwen afford no proof that marriage and
are cause and conseonence
out they simply verify the inference,
which might be drawn prioyi-that
marriage and longevity are conconitant
results of the same cause. "-LonClo,,
Record.
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4 LETTER from st. Petersburg saws
that some ladies have formed seciety
with the view Of qualifying themselves
for the bar, and demanding permission
to plead after undergoing the prescribed
examination.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09

TRUE LOVE- Good fellowship, usually
occurring through similarity of pursuits.
IS unfortunately seldom superadded 10
love between the sexes, because men and
women associate, not in their labors. brlt
IN their pleasures merely. Where, how
ever, happy circumstances permit its de-
proves itself to be tila only love which s.
strong as death--thas love which many
waters cannot quench, nor the food
drown; beside which the passion usuaTIv
called by the name is evanescent as steam.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09

THR badgers in California are killing
the lambs at dreadful rate.
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Maggie !" exclaimed Jim g AIaooie 3
An, yes. What fool I've beenl Haprv.
my friend, I'm so glad Annie is safe. -
guess I've been fool, too" slowly
T9sponded Harry butt all right now.
boysl' = - --o"'
The fire was blazing furiously now !:
put tor moment the forest devils seemed
70 have forgotten their fear of II. as hl,av
dashed around it, and into the o,,es,
space at the end. Not shot could miss
however, and the effect of six prists Of
D1ckahot Was deadly, but it had to be
Ionowed with dubbed guns and fire.
brands before the wolves again rtstyeated
q was fearfnlly close thing, and not
one OF the three got off without q marx
puE the firebrands carried them through
Aney hardly felt the bitter cold In their
sexcatement and could not have guessed
now much Of time had passed-if might
!, nave been minutes and it might have
been hours Again and aosain fhe ,,o,t-
came moving UP, aud Jeff declared that
ne had but one more load. His friends
were but little better of. and things were
beginning to look badly. Even the fire
would not burn for ever.
Look out, now, BOYS. = cried Tin
they re a-gathering [ declar it sssaer3ss |
as # there was as many as eyef.
NOT quite, said Jeff g b11t here
they come. = esses 1-se15
4 Good aim and true all around but Il |
almost seemed IN vain to check that
I1addened torrent OF Swapping laws and and |
glaring eyes. s -
The woods had multiplied the echoes
Of the guns, but Just as the three friends
bTaced themselves for another g hand -t,- I
Jaw struggle, another chorus OF sounds /
broke gladly on their ears.
\ Shouts, sleigh-bells, wild hurrahs Of
excitement and delight land IN mo-
nent more half dozen swiftly driven
;aans came charging down the read