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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
ing the house, as wearing them con-
stantly is injurious to the feet.

1 a
| ARRowRoor CRUEL. a dessert
! spoonful of arrowroot with little cold
water and pour over it one pint of boil
! ling water boil until it looks transpar-
ent. Add q little salt. If the patient
can take milk. substitute boiling milk
for water, and flavor with grated lemon
peel or vanilla.
To BLEACH FLANNEL. Flannel which
has become yellow with use may be
bleached by putting it for some days in
solution of hard soap to which strong
ammonia has been added. The right
proportions are one pound and half
of hard curd soap, fifty pounds of soft
water and two-thirds of q pound OF
strong ammonia solution. The same
time by placing the flannel for quarter
of an hour in a weak solution of bisul-
phate of sodium, to which little hy-
drochloric acid has been added.
To POLISH CUFFS AND SHIRT FRONTS.
Procure at the hardware stores
polishing iron; that with bulge at
both ends is the best. Iron the linen
as usual, then place it on board with a
LAYER of muslin on the board, then pass
c damp cloth over the linen, and rub
with the polishing iron until the de-
sired degree of gIossiness is obtained.
The iron should not be very hot, or it
will scorch !; If it is too cool, the polish
will be long coming. Gum arabic dis
solved and added in small quantities
to the starch improves it lump of
sugar is almost as good, and so Is
sperm, or soap, or butter. or white wax.
CHLORINE gas is often used for driv-
ing rats and mice from the walls of
house. To do this, dish of manganese
and muriatic acid may be placed under
the garret floor. Now, since the gas
thus produced is heavier than atmos-
pheric air, if there is communication,
the gas will quickly settle and pervade
every Granny, even to the cellar, and
there will be a general scampering of
vermin but since this gas is as de-
structive to human as to smaller animal
Life, it is not altogether safe to practice
| this way unless the family vacate the
premises, or unless every chance of
communication between the partitions
| be closed.
| NOVEL DINING -TABnE.-A novel dim
g-table is now in use in one of the
palaces of the Emperor of Russia.
The table is circular and is placed on q
/ weighted platform. At the touch of q
signal, like a rub of Aladdin's lamp,
| down goes the table through the floor,
and new table, loaded with fresh
dishes and supplies, rises in it's place.
But this is not all !; each plate stands
on weighted disk, the tablecloth being
cut with circular openings, one for each
plate. IF a guest desires change of
plate he touches a signal at his side,
when, presto, his plate disappears and
another rises. These mechanical din
ing-tables render the presence of SER
wants quite superduous. In this coun-
try, at the Oneida Community, they
employ dinner-tables having the central
| parts made to revolve.s Here the gob-
let's, spoons, tea and coffee, casters,
pitchers and other necessary articles of
| table furniture are placed revolving
the center piece, the sitter brings be-
fore him whatever article may be de-
sired without the intervention of spec
] ial waiter
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

OUR foreign grain market is steadil
enlarging. In 1928 England and her
dependencies took almost all the wheat
we had to export. Last year We
shipped Is per cent. to other markets.
France buying 2, ESQ, 900 bushels. Bel
GUM, 3,75O, 600, and the Netherlanda
upward Of 1900, 600. Germany, too.
bought six times as much an she did
during the preceding season. 1t is ev-
ident that our Western farmers need
not contract their wheat acreage vet.
spite of tie nearer proximity OF the
Russian and Hungarian grain regions
to the Pittsburgh Com
naerctGy.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
How to Furnish a House.

The New York Times draws picture
OF the time when our houses shall be
furnished as they should be: Heavy
rugs will partly cover the polished
floors. Paper of some neutral tint, free
from glaring figures, will stretch from
the richly-colored dado at the bottom
to he gay border at the top. The
pleture-rod will not be Of the eternal
gilt that wearies us now. It viii be
painted some decided color that will
harmonic with the prevailing shade of
the whole room. Before the windows
and before the doors which open out
ward, curtains, heavy in texture and
subdue6 In tone, edged with strong
lace, will hang from wooden rings which
move freely on slender wooden rod
fastened to the sheathing. Rings and
rod will be of the hue of the picture
rod above. The sir gle curtain before
each opening will be 1ooped to one side
low bookcases, not over three feet high.
dark wood relieved by few chiseled
designs picked out in color, will line
the wall No glass doors will dis6gure
them. One general pattern, varied in
each piece, will stalnp the furniture
Last and greatest, an open wood FIRE
either, in a fireplace or In one of th'
franklin stoves which still lurk in the
garrets of old country houses, viii cas-
its CHEEKY light over everything. Th'
close stove, the register, the CRATE, an'
the radiator, will be tabooed. Tn
blaze of wood burning across brazel
and irons is something so beautiful tha
no artist has ever succeeded in paintinl
it. The first of all hints on householG
tastes should be: Have an open wood
fire IN the room In which you mean t.
live
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
It Exploded-A sleeplng-car Episode.

The Uniontown (PenD,) Standard
narrates this exciting incident: s. A few
nights ago lady passenger on the
westward-bound train. Connellsville
route, engaged berth in one of the
palace sleeping coaches. When she was
ready to retire she took from her satchel
gum bed, which she inflated and
placed upon the regular bed on the
berth she was TO occupy. 1t happened
that her berth was very close to the
stove, and the night being rather cold,
the porter fired up pretty lively. The
heat from the stove caused the gum bed
to expand until the pressure got SO
great that it collapsed with "a tremen-
dous shock, similar to the report of Q
cannon, and the passengers Jumped out
Of their berths in their night clothes,
thinking there was collision. The
force of the collapse threw the lady
against the ceiling of the berth, but did
not hurt her beyond q slight brulse.
When the real state of affairs was
known, and the lady was found to be
unhurts the thing created considerable
merrlment among the passengers, and
that lady vows she will never take any
more gum beds with her when she goes
a-traveling.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A Queer Little woman.

queer little woman I met one day.
With round little nose and two great blue eyes
And she grappled my neck in SO fierce way
was nearly choked to death with surprise.
Sc Where did you come from? What is youl
name?"
asked, as q shower of kisses fell.
80 Does any one own you, my little dame?"
:" I'm all yours, Auntie but don't you tell
We kiss each other with fond embrace
Upon the landing or on the stair;
Whatever the time or wherever the place,
fhe opportunity is then and there.
It's just for minute; aud then, percusnce,
Another may happen to pass that way
Who claims u kiss or loving gl ance
And wins ler heart with but slight delay.
And, nesting close to her charioteer,
Her coral lips like fiuted shell.
She whispers, softly, and yet hear:
50 I'm all yours, Papa !; but don't you tell"
You queer little woman how can trust
love 80 nckle and false as this
Do you think that heart cruelty thrust
Can m eet you tomorrow with smile and kiss
All yes, indeed, for would not lose
My hold on the heart am proud to share
So love ne little to-day, if you choose,
And grant me more when you've more to spare.
-IudeDendeNk
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
= raE STAR AND TIVE wArE.s Lily.
apr onrvEn w,.npELL HoLMEs.


The sun stepped down from his golden thrones
And lay In the silent sea,
And the Liy hath folded her satin leaves
For q sleepy thing WAS she:
WHAT is the LILY dreaming of 2
Why criRp the waters blue2
Sse, see, she is lifting her vanished lid
Her white leaves are glistening through
The rose is cooling his burning cheek
In the lap of the breathless tide;
The Lily hRth sisters fresh and fair
That would lie by the roses side;
He would love her better than all the rest
And he would be fond and true;
But the Lily unfolded her weary lids
And looked ut the sky 30 blue.
Re member. remember, thou silly one.
How fast viii thy summer glide,
Aud wilt thou wither a virgin pale,
Or flourish a blooming bride3
"oh, the rose is old and thorny and cold'
But the star is fair, and he lives in the airs
And he shall my bridegroom be-"
But what If the stormy cloud should come,
And rufde the silver sea 2
Would he turn his eye from the distant skys
To smile on q thing like thee7
oh, no, fair Lily, he would not send
One ray from his far of throne;
The winds shall blow, and the waves shall howi
And thou wilt be left alone.
There is not leaf ON the mountain top
Nor drop Of evening dew,
Nor the golden sand on the sparkling shore,
Nor pearl on the waters blue,
That he has not cheered with his f3ckle smile,
And warmed with his faithless beam,
And will he be true to q pa1lid flower,
That floats on the quiet stream?
Alas for the Lnyi she would not heed.
But turned to the skies afar,
And he barred her breast to the trembling ray
That shot from the rising star;
The cloud came over the darkened sky,
And over the waters wide;
She looked in vain through the beating rain
And sank in the stormy tide.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
Washington Cor. New York Graphic.l

Club-HOuse at WashingtOm-The Brit
ism Minister'S Castle tine Home OF
81 The Tiger
Washington Cor. New York Graphicl
John F. Chamberlin's Washington
Club House is now open in the late resi-
dence of the British Minister and his
legation, on Farragut square and Cor
coran's yard) Seventeenth and streets.
It is the most elaborate and spacious
gaming house and restaurant in the
United States and cost $50, ,000. Mr..
Morrissey's Saratoga Club is a prim,
plain, business-like affair compared with
It. although Morrissy's four large rooms
are larger than any of Chamberlin's, but
the interior architecture of the Wash
ington Club is more novel and elegant
than would appear in any house built
especially for gaming purposes. It was
esteemed fit for Prince. of the house
of Hanover Brunswick to make it his
home, and was erected by one of the
most substantial bankers in the United
States for his durable family mansion.
It was rented by the British government
for $1,000 a year in gOld-equal to
$12, 900 or more in New York city-and
has been the scene of the greatest par
ties and receptions ever given in Wash
lngton, viz, Charles Knapp's grand
social party in 1867 and the state recep-
tion of Prince Arthur in 1870.
This house was built thirty years or
more ago by Elisha Riggs, brother of
George Riggs, the son of the founder
of the house of Peabody, Riggs & Co.,
afterward George Peabody & Co. The
Riggs brothers built adjoining each
other, George Riggs expending upon
his establishment 800, 600. and Elisha a
| less sum, Mr.. Corcoran, their associate,
afterward bought nearly a square OF
ground between their residences and
Lafayette (or the President's) square,
| and remodeled upon it the old house
occupied by Daniel Webster and Joseph
Gales successfully. There he still re-
sides and the corner of his garden wal
is right across the street from the club
| house where Chamberlin presides
With this wall ON one side, Farragut
square open on another side, the stables
| of the legation-also owned by Cham
/ berlin in the rear, and shrubber,
/ divid ng the clubhouse from Riggs
this casino is both sequestered an.
| central.
When MIR. Knapp received this offe
for the legation he waited on Georg
Riggs and asked If he was willing t
pay $50, 900 for the premises. MI
/ Riggs said "No." Hearing that Presi
dent Grant also desired to buy tn
house it was profered to him with tn
same refusal. Having exhausted tin
courtesies of brsiness he accepts
Chamberlin's offer. It is understood
that Mr.. Riggs says that he does nc
desire better neighbor.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

IRELAND is of late years making =
very considerable showing in court
statistics. The indictable offenses in
that country are annually becoming re-
duced In numbers to marked decree
The past years statistics show TIA lees
ohenses than the year before. and q. 903
less than ten years ago. Strange "a n
may seem, the number of criminal
breaches OF the peace in Ireland lie
peen 10 per cent. lower chan in the rest
! of Great Britain for Eve xeArs' sI.I,e
general condition of the people Of 1re.
ing.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

CoUNT JAUBERT, who recently died
once attacked Marshal Soult with.
number of epigrams, and the Marshal,
meeting him at reception of the court
of Louis Philippe, turned his back on
him just as the Count was coming for
ward to speak to him, and this in the
presence of thirty people. Monsieur
1e Marechal, said Jaubert, quietly,
have been told that you considered me
one Of your enemies. I see with pleas
ure that it is not so. . ssWhy not, sir r.
said Soult. Because" said Jaubert.
ssyou are not in the habit of turning
your back to the enemy" Tho Marshal
held out his hand, and the Counts sue
cess was complete.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

EXCUSE this notice of Kalakaua, but
he declined a private dinner given by
fthe colored men of Washington.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

RoBERr BONNER has purchased of
Remston, of Lexington, KY, his famous
3-year-old mare Lady Stout, paying
S25. 600. In the last fall meeting at
Lexington the mare made the fastest
time for 3-year-olds on record.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

FIVE thousand dollars and no ques-
'tions asked. If that does not bring
Charlie Ross to light the conviction will
settle down that he has passed beyond
sthe sight of mortal eyes and the sound
of mortal voice,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
Pith and Point.
TWISTED hemp cures felons.
A WORD in season=Minter

TWISTED hemp cures felOns.
A WORD in season-Winter.
BAD suits to wear-Libel suits.
A Rare fower-T The pink of polite4,
ness.
FRUITS of balIooning-Upper cur
rents.
TM1D blows do not tell much on any
great work.
THE place for prooS-readers-The
house of correction.
No QUORUM attends more meetings
than any other man.
WHAT is the only pane we make Light
of? A window-pane.
THE government Will arm the Crow
Indians. Caws not stated.
WAvERLY, ILL.,, boasts spry young
lady who can stand and jump nine feet.
PHLosoPHICAL paradox-When n
youth has decided bent for any pur-
suit he is likely to keep straight at It.
PHILADELPHIA asserts that she has
more houses than New York by go, 900,
than Brooklin by $4,000, and than
Boston by $4,000.
QUIZ, having drawn q map of the
world, was asked why he marked the
Polar regions ell. s.; !" and he said,
because it is the place of the seal.
A CORRESPONDENT writes to us to learn
if deaf boy can become q book-keeper.
Certainly. Is there not a maxim OF
"deaf as an nadder?"-C Cincinnati Times.
IT is hardly necessary to deny the
rumor that ladies who attend our thea
ters frequently turn an honest penny by
accepting from gentlemen behind them
pecuniary inducements to sit bare
headed during the play.
| A LITTLE boy once brought eggs for
the contribution-box. When asked
how he came by the offering. he con-
fessed to having tied up neighbor's
hen to his bed post" and, said he,
triumphantly, " them eggs is mine, for
she laid 'em in my straw bed"
| AN adroit thief who abstracted an os--
tentatiously displayed check for 81 900
day, only to find that the old mans
balance in the bank was "a. so, thinks
there is no chance for honest industry
In this city. y.-BrOoktys1 Argus.
TOM REID, of the Menasha Press, is
evidently working for a position on the
Chicago Times. He says " The mis-
cradle, cowardly, white-lvered wretch
who has sent us an anonymous note,
making charges which we know to be
false as the gangrened heart from which
they emanated, if he viii uncover his
hyena countenance to us, we will spit
upon it for him.
| WHEN the Rev. Dewitt Talmage
gets through with his theatrical sensa-
tion he had better turn his attention to
Nevada Justice lately appealed to to
| issue warrant for the arrest of three
card-monte men who had swindled q
traveller, and who refused to do so, say
ing that the offense came under the head
| of " Dispensations of Providence" and
that he hadn't jurisdiction.
A MAN called upon lawyer, the other
day, and began to state his case in q
rather abrupt manner. "Sir, have
come to you for advice TIM husband
in-law." "a what ?" spoke out the
learned counsel. Husband-in-Iaw,
sir r. 'sI have never seen that defined
in domestic relations" ssDon't you
know what husband-in-law is 2 Sir.
Il you're mo lawyer; you're an igno-
ramus II am husband in E1sO, bat
not in fact, sir-my wife's RUN of.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

a COMPULSORY educational law has
been enacted in twelve States of the
union, Kansas being the last to adopt
the system.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
The Household.

warn temporarily through wet and snow,
but they should be removed on enter
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

What is life?
"A twisted yArn-e tangled skein-
A mingled web OF Joy and pain
A glsncing suabeam, warm aud bright
hanging cloud more dark than might
A beaute0us flower Of mwee&esf scent-
A murky cave where poisonis pant-
A golden cup with nectar sWeet- az
A bIackened bowl where bitters meet
The lighteat feather that can rice
4 heavy weight, repressinR sighs-
A lucid stream with rapid floW-
A stagnant pool where dark weeds grow
A suNmsr breaxe that eOols the air. ff
a hurricane that naahea earth bare
A gift enjoyed with grateful heart
A load with which We long to part
And such ID Hfel
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

THE nomination of Don A. Pardee, of
Ohio, as successor to Judge Dureu in
Louisiana, still hangs fire in the Senate,
on account, 1t is said, of the opposition
of Senator West, who was not consulted
by the President in regard to the matter
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

A BILL amendatory of the Pension
law has been introduced in Congress by
Representative Albright. It proposes
that all persons now entitled to pen
ssions, who have lost an arm below the
elbow or 8 leg above the knee, shall re-
e ceive $50 per month.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

ANDREW JoHNsoN says he is going to
he the next Senator from Tennessee.
s.I have been over the field, he said to
a Correspondent of the Cincinnati COM
nsercSaE. q and I know pretty well what
to calculate ON. believe that my
worst enemies now acknowledge that
INV chances are growing better every
dsv. a few weeks ago they tried to
convince the country that ] had no
chance. Since the election they have
chan0ed their minds. Gen. John G.
Brown. now Governor of Tennessee, is
A. j. most formidable competitor.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
GORGEOUS GAMING-PALACE.

John r. Chamberlin's New Capitoline
Club-HOuse at WashingtOm-The Brit
ism Minister'S Castle tine Home OF
THE Tiger"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

Nh. E. b. EnLIorT, of the Bureau of
Statistics, has been making some care
rful computations to-day, to ascertain
the relative value of United States sill
yer coin and fractional currency, in or
der to determine how great an appre-
citation Of the latter viii .be necessary
Ito make both Of equal value, and con-
sequently to ascertain whether the sll-
yer coin portion of the new currency
bill is likely to result as its authors
nominally desire. According 90 Mr..
-EIliott's calculations-based upon the
market value of silver % sIsondon-S
in silver is nov worth 81. 81 94-1OO; or,
in popular phrase, silver is now worth
not quite 2 per cent. premium IN cur
srency. He is of the opinion that this
slight difference between paper and sd
yer may be reduced to nothing BY the
administration before the Mint Is ready
to put in circulation any large amount
-of silver coin.
THE venerable Gerrit Smith, whose
name has been prominent before the
public for more than half century,
has gone the way of aI earth. He was
born IN Utica, N. z, March 6, 1877,
and had therefore reached the ripe old
age Of T years. He graduated from
Hamilton College, which was the re.
cipient of his generosity 4 short time
ago, IN 1913. and being left with ore oi
the largest landed estates in this conn
Try BY has father, had devoted himself
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

TEE Christian Union of last week
contains an article, obviously written
sby Mr.. Beecher, upon the suit brought
against that gentleman by Mr.. Tilton,
the trial of which the defendants coun-
sci have SO repeatedly delayed. Mr..
Beecher admits that until last summer
! 3 used every effort to prevent any in
vestigation of the matter. but claims
that he is now extremely anxious to
have the case speedily tried, and asserts
that no compromise is possible.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05

a BILL has been introduced in Con-
gress to abolish all internal revenue
taxes, except those upon distilled spir-
its, fermented liquors and tobacco,
snuff and cigars, and increase the tax on
distilled spirits to eighty cents per gal
Lon. It also repeals the second section
of the act of June 6, 1872, which made
aereduction of 10 per cent. on the arti-
eIes therein enumerated, thus restoring
the duties on said articles to what they
eWere prior to the passage of the act.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-23

) SPEECH FROM Hon. A. Ii. IL. STUART
We understand that Hon. A. II. IL. Stuart
will address the people OF Augusta county at
the Court House next Monday Court dayl on
the financial condition Of the State. Mr.
Stuart's familiarity with the subject he pro-
poses to discuss, will assure a gratifying and
Instructive entertainment to those who will
hear him. We have no doubt there will be Il
large attendance of the citizens OF the county.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-23

We direct attention to the advertisement TO
B. F. Markwood, whose stock Of Dry Goods
has just been received from the most celebra-
ted wholesale houses of the North, and which
he now proposes to sell at prices that will as
found those who are always complaining OF
has;1 times.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-23

FRIGHTFUL. AcCIDENT.-Silas Bennett,
Young man OF about sixteen years, son OF Mr.
Branson Bennett, who lives on the nlienan-
deah river, lscar McGayheysvile, in Rocking
ham county, was killed on last Saturday at the
Weaver Iron Ore Bank. He was employed III
the ore bank, and it is supposed was caught oy
the elevator and dashed into the revolving ma
chinery, where he was instantly crushed to
death,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-23

The Banks of Staunton will be closed OH the
25th of December ard LIST OF January, and pa
per maturing on those days must be attended
to the days previous.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-23

Bishop Gibbons has purchased for the Cathe-
lie congregation of Harrisonburg the old North
ern Methodist Church in that place. After
needful repairs, regular weekly service will be
held by that congregation.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-23

TRADE PALACE.-For a gorgeous display OF
Christmas presents we refer our readers to the
mammoth establishment of Loeb Bros, on
Main street. Their stock is fresh, of the very
b.st quality, and will be sold at the lowest cash
yprices Go down, and make your selections
before it is too late, for The bargains are going
like shot cakes