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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
WORH.

''I am burden to no one, I pay for
whatever have. I am dependent only
on myself" We hear such assertions
every day from those who never did a
stroke of work, either at business or
manual labor, but they have some hun
dreds of thousands, left them by some
one who did work, and they have sat
down to "enjoy life, !" as they term it.
Let us tell you, friends, the workers of
this world support you no less than they
do the veriest paupers in the aims
house. We ask, What do you in your
idleness bat consume And by
what divine right are you entitled to
idle about and use without endeavor to
keep good that which industry has be-
slowed ON you? Are You better man
than was your father that you can spend
his hard-earned gains regardless of the
example he set you? Or a better woman
than was your mother that you need not
remember thatshewas worker ? Rouse
,thoughtless ones. Find busi-
ness, go TO work as men and women, in
your homes, among the busy throng, any
where or at anything respectable, only
find something to do now, and trust the
testimony of the many that you will be
far happier than in this life of idleness
which, when you stop to consider, dis
gusts you as much as it does any one.
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EDUCATING APPRENTICEs-R. HOE
q co.'s TECHNICAL SCHOOL.


The house of r. Hoe & Co., well
known for the invention of the wonder
full Hoe cylinder press, convinced that
the efficiency and success of their corps
of workers would be greatly increased
it they possessed good English educa-
ton and thorough knowledge of the
fundamental principles of mathematics
and mechanics, established o year or
more ago school for their apprentices.
The recitation room, fitted up with all
modern improvements, is portion of
the large, airy, commodiouS apartr. ent
on the upper floor of their new bust
ness house, No. 504 Grand street, hav-
ing magnificent views from windows on
every side. The course of study en-
braces grammar, arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, reading, writing, drawing,
composition, the ten science primers,
and Overman's mechanics. The classes
in these various branches recite once
week. the recitation being an hour in
length. The lessons given are long,
but the apprentices have ample time
out of work hours, not only to prepare
them, but to reflect upon and study
their practical applications. All the
apprentices, numbering upward of a
hundred. are compelled to go through
this course of study, and as the term of
apprenticeship ranges from five to seven
years, they have time to become prof.
cient in every branch taught, SO that
when their apprenticeship is over, they
have aIthorough English and technical
education, so far as mechanics are con-
cerned.
Everything is furnished gratuitous-
ly-the best of instruction, textbooks
and drawing materials ; and the annual
outlay required is, Mr.. Hoe assured us,
very trivial compared with the valuable
results already attained. The benefits
conferred upon the apprentices them
selves, and upon the community, by
school of this sort, are inestimable.
From the ranks of rcechanics thus care
fully educated must come skilled work
men, inventors, and those who shall
make new and valuable eppGcations to
the practical economies of life of prin-
ciples already known. The scholars in
this school are earnest and enthusiastic
in their studies.-NesO York Tribune.
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THEY must have very foolish breed
of deer in Canada. They have not
sense enough to run away from a man
with all the world before them. DIR.
Ellington. of Strathroy, found one of
that breed. He was driving along one
day and saw deer in the road. He
shouted at the animal, and expected TO
see it scamper across the fields. It
chose the highest panel of fence at the
roadside. and tripping on the upaer
rail. fell back In the road. The doctor
still shouted, and the deer tried the
same panel several times with the like
result. The deer was evidently be-
wildered. It could see no way out of
danger but over that particular fence.
The doctor thought venison was good
enough for him, SO he got out of his
wagon, hitched his horse, took out his
pocketknife. caught the tired animal
and deliberately cut its carotid artery.
and it's poor, futtering life ebbed away.
The doctor slung the game into his
buggy, took it home, told his story to
unbelieving hearers, but he had venison
steaks and stews for week.
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M0RE NEXT FRIDAY.

A postoffice romance comes from
Washington. It began forty years ago,
in 1885. Mr.. John FL. Hallett, now
Superintendent of the Dead Letter
Department, was then delivery clerk
IN that postofice. In the year named,
fne-looking, well-dressed lady came
to his window one Friday morning and
inquired for letter for Mrs. Mary b.
Russell There was letter. She
called the next Friday morning. There
was another letter. She called every
Friday morning; there was always
letter-if not in the morning, it came
in the afternoon, and the lady returned
and got it. They were all dropped let
ters, directed by the same hand, and
Mrs. Mary 81. Russell never got any
other letters. This went on for thirty
years, and Hallett still stood at his
window. In the meantime the hand
writing of the address showed signs of
age, and the lady was gray and looked
go. Hallett was transferred to the
Dead Letter Department, and younger
man took his place at the window. For
a short time the lady came and got her
letter, as of old. At length Hallett
found dead letter addressed to Mrs.
Mary II. Russell. He knew the hand.
The lady had thea quit calling for her
weekly missive. The letter was opened.
It contained SIS note and this sentence,
without signature .'More next Fri
day The letters continued to come,
and they were all dead letters, and there
was always $5 and "More next Friday"
For ten years they have come-520 dead
letters and $40 So bills. In one letter
was the admonition, "Do not write. -
What could he mean ? Who is he ? and
what has become of her? Still the
weekly dead letter comes addressed to
Mrs. Mary q. Russell. and forty years
have passed. The history of that cor
respondence is the history Of two long
lives. John NJ. Hallett, growing old at
mis- postofice window, saw the hair
turning gray and the wrinkles multiply
ing on Mary 81. Russell's face. Then
he went to the Dead Letter Office, and
the letters followed him, but the old
woman comes no more.
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1oHr WARD. 3 YOUNG man Of Haro

JoHN WARD, young man of Huro
county, Mich, about two years ago
committed some fracture of the Law and
was arrested. He broke loose from the
officer who had him in charge aud es-
capped out of the county. But John
Ward left some unfinished business
with girl Of II, who had liking for
him, and for whom he proved himself
willing TO suffer imprisonment and even
death. He returned to see the girl.
Her father forbade him coming into the
house. Ward drew pistol and walked
in. The mother admired the dash Of
the young nau and became his friend.
The girl was there, lovely, and 10, and
true TO her lover. Ward was arrested
on complaint Of tho father for assault
With pistol. The mother testified IN
favor of Ward and against her old man.
Ward was found not guilty. It was
soon John Ward and wife. The old
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ment of such means good and wise in
his judgment. Let African explorers
hereafter go forth with many wind and
string Instruments even the pirates of
the China seas, or the cannibals of the
Pacific would cease to be a terror to
every traveller, had they means at hand
for the production of "sweet and dying
sounds Fearful has been the blood
shed because the power of Orpheus has
been unknown or neglected, and future
travellers, explorers or adventurers into
unknown wi1ds may cordially thank Sir
Samuel for this valuable hint
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rHE PENSLHE DoNKEH.

! How TO PUT A SToPPER ON HIS Music.
| In 1910. says M. Hue, we were once
making q journey in the province of
Pekin. Our equipage was under the
guidance of an old schoolmaster,
mounted upona magnificent ass, SO full
of ardor and agility that the two mules
that completed our team hadsaallF the
difficulty in the world to keep mp with
him. This ass, however, was 80 filed
with sense of his own superiority,
and 80 proud of it, that when
ever he became aware of the pres
ence of any of his brethren he
never failed to commence boasting
OF it in such loud and souorous
tones that his folly became quite in
supportable. When he gotsto an inn,
instead of trying to rest himself. the
beast passed the whole night III prac-
ticing his music, setting all the donkeys
In the neighborhood to singing the
same tune. SO that it was impossible to
sleep. One evening we said to the
schoolmaster g Your donkey is an
alb oninabie brute-it prevents our get
ting wink of sleep.
Why did you not tell me so be-
fore ?" said the schoolmaster g would
soon have stopped his singing"
As the old pedagogue was somewhat
of wag, and indulged sometimes in a
small joke, we took little notice of his
reply, but that night we slept quite
soundly.
''Well, did the ass make noise last
night ?'' he asked, when we met in the
morning.
IS Perhaps not." said we; " at all
events, we did not hear him.
.'No, think not" said he- 81 saw
to that before I went to bed. You
must have noticed, he continued, ''that
when an ass is going to bray he always
begins by raising his tail, aud he keeps
it extended horizontally as long as his
song lasts. To insure his silence you
have only to tie large stone to the
end of his tail, so that he cannot raise
ii.
We smiled without reply, thinking
this was only another piece of pleasan-
try but he cried:
"Come now and see; you can easily
convince yourselves"
And accordingly we followed him to
the courtyard, where we beheld, sure
enough, the poor ass with large stone
attached to his tail, and with the air of
having entirely lost his accustomed
spirits. His eyes we're fixed on the
ground, his ears hung down, his whole
appearance denoted humility and de-
lection. We felt quite compassionate
toward him, and begged his master to
unite the stone directly ; and as soon
as ever he felt his musical appendage
at liberty, the creature raised first his
head, then his ears, then his tail, and at
last began to bray with all his wonted
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THE EFFECT OF Mus1o ON sd VAGE.

THE EFFECT OF MUlSIC ON SA "a GES.
Sir Samuel Baker, in his new volume
of Africen adventure, tells us of the
notable effect of music on the natives.
i" I believe" he says, s'the safest way
to travel in those countries would be to
play the cornet, If possible, without
ceasing, which would insure q safe
passage. A London organ grinder
could march through Central Africa.
followed by an admiring and enthusias
tic crowd, who, if his tunes we're lively
would form . dancing escort of the
most untiring material One can but
imagine the different record we should
have if music, instead OF gunpowder.
had been employed as force for the
conquest of savage races. The pilgrim
father, who so severely condemned nm
godly music, might have reversed his
Judgment had he known the effect of The
fife and the drum and the trumpet ON
the sensitive ears Of the Indians: he
might, indeed, have organized bands Of
organ players and, even If his own
spirit had severely suffered under that
unwonted noise, the speedy conquest of
the otherwise intractable savage would
assuredIy have rendered the employ
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
PRACTICAL HINTS CONCERNING
THE USE OF TEA.

PRACTICAL HINTS CONCERNING
THE USE OF TEA.
The following hints concerning the
use of tea may prove useful:
/. Whoever uses tea should do SO in
great moderation.
2. It should form part of the meal,
but never be taken before eating, or be-
tween meals, or on an empty stomach, as
is too frequently done.
8. The best time to take tea is after a
hearty meal.
4. Those who suffer with weak nerves
should never take it at all.
5. Those who are troubled with in
ability to sleep nights should not use
tea, or if they do, take it only in the
morning.
6. Brain-workers should never goad
ON their brains to overwork on the
stimulus of tea
z. Children and the young should not
use tea.
8. The over-worked and under-fed
should not use tea.
9. Tea should never be drunk very
strong.
10. 1t is better with considerable milk
and sugar.
IL. Its use should at once be aban-
doned when harm comes from it
-. Multitudes of diseases come from
the excessive use of tea, and for
this reason those who cannot use it
without going to excess should not use
il at all.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26

PETRoLHUM springs have been dis
covered on the Luneburg Heaths, in
Northern Germany. The petroleum is
obtained By simple borings, and at
some spots, as the village of Weitz, the
sand is saturated with rock oil. In
clearneaa, purity, and specific weight.
the Luneberg il said to be identical
with American petroleum, and TO be.
moreover. almost entirely without
smell Of any kind.
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to be expended by the respective cities
for public improvements. Eighty-five
years have passed. The Philadelphia
fund amounts to about forty-six thou
sand dollars, while Boston has fund
accumulated to the amount Of one hun.
dred and eighty-two thousand dol
lara
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY SLA UGHTER.
The London Times. of Dec. Is. gives
an account of terrible accident on the
Great Western railroad, in which
&harty-one persons were killed, and up
ward Of seventy wounded. A large
number Of passengers, most of whom
were visiting friends for Christmas,
were being conveyed in thirteen car
aages, with two engines, from the sta
4isn at Oxford, at 11:40, TO Birming-
ham and the north. The train, which
was half an hour late, proceeded safely
for about ak miles when the tire of q
wheel Of q first class carriage broke and
the car Immediately left the metals,
aad for at least 800 yards plunged along
ever the sleepers, many of whom were
cut in two, and rushed over two wooden
bridges, ono over the Oxford and Bir-
nn1ngham canal The carriage was
thrown down an embankment. and
dragged after it several others. The
train was travelling at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and the impetus given
70 the carriages as they left the rails
carried them with terrible force for
long distance, until they were finally
dashed 20 pieces in the meadows below
Three carriages and luggage van were
deposited beyond the canal. One car.
xiage carried away one Of the stone abut-
nents of the bridge, and fell IN splin-
ters into the water. Fragments Of two
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lady having, as she supposed, fulfilled
her mission. took big dose OF lauda-
mum to get away from her husband who
had disgusted her by persecution of
Ward, but the doctors pumped her ont,
and she still fingers in this wicked
world which does not pay for the
troub1e
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26

In devising his properly DR.. Frank
LIN made q bequess Of Ave Thousand
dollars 10 the city of Philadelphia, and
= like amount ID Boston. This money
Was to be loaned 10 married mechanics,
- aasiat them IN starting business, and
zlae interest was to be compounded for
eneshundrsd years, st the aspiration Of
which time The accumulated funds wers
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
IA MISSING WATCH.

The Duke of Athol having one day,
at Blair-Athol, entertained o large
party at dinner, produced in the even
ing many curious and interesting faml-
~ relics for their inspection, among
them q small watch which had belonged
to Charles Stuart, aud been given by
him to one of the Dukes ancestors.
When the company were on the point
of departing, the watch was suddenly
missed, and was searched for in vain
upon the table and about the apart
ments. The Duke was exceedingly
vexed, and declared that of all the
articles he had exhibited, the lost watch
was the one that he most valued. The
guest naturally became exceedingly
uncomfortable, and eyed each other
suspiciously. No person was present.
however, who could possibly be sus-
pected, and courtesy forbade any
stronger step than the marked express
sion of the noble hosts extreme annoy
ance and distress. Each departed TO
his home in an exceedingly nnenviable
state of mind. and the mysterious dis
appearance of the royal relic was sub
ject for discussion for several months
in society.
A year afterward, the Duke being
again at Blair-Athol, was dressing for
dinner, and in the breast-pocket of a
coat which his valet handed to him, felt
something which proved to be the miss
ing watch.
"Why, -" exclaimed his grace,
addressing his man by his name,
"here's the watch we hunted every
where in vain forl''
Eyes, sir, replied the man, gravely;
"I saw your grace put it in your
pocket"
"You saw me put it in my pocket,
and never mentioned it ! Why didn't
you speak at once, and prevent all that
trouble and unpleasant feeling p
sc / didna ken what might haze been
your grace Intentions" was the reply
of the faithful and discreet Highlander,
who saw everything. but said nothing,
unless he was directly Intercepted.
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GOLD IN THE BLACK HILLS.


Here is a story about gold in the
Black Hills. It is told by Mr.. James
Bridger, an old mountaineer, who lives
in Jackson county, Missouri. In 1869
he acted as guide and interpreter
to Capt. Reynolds, United States En-
gineer, in an expedition to explore the
head waters of the Missouri, Yellow
stone, Colun bia and other Western
rivers. Lieut.. Lee, Capt. Menadier
and DR.. Hayden were along with num-
Der of teamsters and other employees.
One day while in the Black Hills, Mr..
Bridger stopped to drink at q brook,
and was attracted by the curious ap-
pera1ce of the bottom of the stream
He picked up handful of yellow peb
bles from the size of pins head to
that of a bean. Though well acquainted
with the appearance of gold, he was in
doubt and took a handful of the stuff
to DIR. Hayden and Capt. Reynolds, who
pronounced it pure gold. Capt. Rey-
nolds became excited and insisted that
Mr.. Bridger should cast it away and
not tell any of the party about it fear
ing that it would break up the expedi-
ton, by inducing the men to desert
and hunt for gold. MIR. Bridger has
since travelled several times through the
Black Hills and has found gold in other
place, though never to the same amount.
The old gentleman says there is good
farming and grazing land in that coun-
try, and in the winter, which is severe,
stock of every kind can find shelter and
food in the valleys. He thinks it fool
ishness for white men to invade the
country, except in large parties and
well armed. and he says it is impossible
to go there before the middle of June,
owing to the severe cold and the snow
in the mountains.
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TIE DANGER OF BETTING on a
FIJI USR"

THE DANGER OF BETTING ON a
"FL USH"
More money has been lost In draw
in0 to q fausb than in the Franco-G German
war. It is estimated in my country
where men are apt to reduce the most
recondite matters to their arithmetical
results that over 500. 900 negroes and
20. 600. 900 bales Of cotton have been
bet and lost by holders of sequences Of
four. with the chance of drawing a.
"quint /. and filing the flush. Whether
the player gets his fush filed or not.
he il sure to bet hence comes mnch
blufing. But for the consciousness Of
having been 90 near good thing and
missed it unnerves and betrays them.
A Senator who has just failed to get th
for president is never good
fof anything afterwards. Gen. Schenclr
on " DrasO-P Poker.
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energy.
a CURIOU- INDUSTRY.

The statement recently made, that
the supply of ostrich feathers from
Africa is gradually becoming far made
quate to the great and constant demand
for them by dealers, has led to soma in
teresting explanations of the methods
of treating and disposing of these arti-
cles in the workshops OF. Europe,
where this curious industry is almost
exclusively carried on. 1t appears that
the feathers plucked from the living
ostrich are far more beautiful, as well
as more durable, than those taken some
time after death /; but the feathers OBJ
tanned from recently killed birds have
the same qualities of adaptation as we'll
as the living ones, and are far superior
to the cast or drop ped feathers. The
plumage of the male bird, as is gener-
ally the case in all varieties of the
feathered race, is very superior to that
OF the female, the fine dropping plumes
on the back and near the tail being of
the purest white, while those of the fe-
male birds are never free from the we'll
known tinge of gray near the tip. The
preparation of these feathers for their
ornamental use is an industry peculiar
in some respects. They are first tied
together in bundles, plunged into tepid
soap and water, and rubbed with the
hand to free them from grease, and, af-
ter remaining in tnis for few minutes,
they are washed several times in pure
water. as hot as the hand can bear, to
rid them of the soap. Then they are
bleached by being placed for quarter
of an hour in boiling water, holding in
solution Spanish white, the solution be-
ing frequently agitated during the time'
and the feathers washed in pure water
on their removal The next process is
to pass the feathers quickly through
bath of cold water tinted with indigo,
and the 6naI one consists in sulphuring
them, and then hanging them up to
dry. The ribs of the feathers are
scraped to render them plant, and the
flaments are curled by drawing the
edge of blunt knife over them. They
are made to take variety of beautiful
colors, and of these rose color is given
with safaower and lemon juice. and
deeper shades of red by boiling bath
of Brazil wood, and subsequently
bath of cudbear. Indigo supplies the
blues, and tumeric the yellows.
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MISS ANTHONY, who recognizes only
the rights of the Eses, owes her nativity
20 Adams, Mass.
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S2o,64O %

By order,
CHAS. +. HARMON,
CLERK Of County Commjssioners
W-9 Of Charles County, Nd
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Judqes of the Orphans Court.
County Commissioners.

county COMMISSIONERS.
Albert Milstead 90 days and mileage
Same, use James D. Milstead......
Same, fuse Richard Fl. Edelen......
P. A. L. Contee, % days and mile
ape .............. IL
A. W. NARROW, 25 days and mileage ii
q. Swami, 10 days and mileage........ IL
A. J. Smoot, 10 days and mileage.
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Ay er's
Hair Vigor;
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy, and
efectual for
preserving the
hair. IT soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to ats original
color. NTH the
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DRAMBLE SYTHES, Briar Hooks. Grub
ID hing. Killing and Wedding Hoes, Pillow
Bits, Curry Combs two, three, four, and five
hundred pound Balances, and Hand Balances
for Farmers use, Just received and for sale cheap
by J. THOS. COTTON,
NH Aliens Fresh.