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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22
Foreign Demand for American Ma.
.a chinerYs

The Improvement in American ma
chinery within the past few years has
been SO great that large quantities of it
have been exported to foreign countries.
This is true chiefly of machines adapted
to the reproduction of certain forms ::
automatic machines which are intended
to make interchangeable work, as in
sewing machines, pistols, guns, and
similar articles. The American milling
machines, and the system of milling
metals into shape, are now used in all
great foreign armories and workshops,
and it needs nothing but acquaintance
with the excellence OF these engines OF
industry to account for the fact.
We do not refer to the expectation of
moving machines, steam engines and
boilers or any article which we have
special facilities to make, but partlcu-
larly to tools which have q national
reputation, and which are known in the
markets of the world as American tools.
OF these the universal scroll chuck Is a
familiar example. This is an apparatus
for holding round object In lathe
exactly central with the spindle, 80 that
it is adjusted at once without loss of
time. This tool is indispensable in
every machine shop, and is largely
manufactured in this country and much
The twist drill is another purely
American tool. It is simply a round
steel bar, cut like q common auger,
with edges suitable for boring metals.
1t ranges in size from q fine needle to
three inches in diameter. One establish
ment in this country has gradually alb
sorbed the. entire interest of others,
and has steady foreign demand for all
it's wares. A machine firm in Connect
icut, which, from very modest begin
nings ten or twelve years since, has
built up an enormous trade, has ex-
ported in the last three years over
81, ,250, 600 worth of gun, pistol, and
sewing machine tools. These men have
stocked several foreign armories with
automatic machines on the American
principle, and they are as we'll known
in European markets as they are at
home. We might point also to the
locomotive engine makers at Paterson
and Philadelphia, whose reputation is
world wide. The performance of Amer
ican engines abroad has been SO salts
factory, compared with those of local
builders, as to secure large contracts,
and an order for locomotives to burn
anthracite coal, is now being filed at
Paterson for the Russian government.
The demand for American machines in
foreign markets has been created solely
by reason of the intrinsic merit of the
| articles.-NesO York sSaku.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22
A REsER HED SEAT.


The advantage that q married man
has over a bachelor is Illustrated by
this little story which the Newport Or.
I. } .Neaos tells - g a married lady went
to the Opera House last Thursday even
ing, as soon as the doors were opened,
and took with her an old hat of her
husbands. Selecting two of the best
seats in the house, she put herself in
one of them and the hat in the other,
and waited for her husband. OF course
everybody thought that the seat had
been regulefly taken and vacated for a
moment, so they let it and the hat
alone.. About 8 o'clock the fortunate
husband of the patient and enterpris-
ing wife came IN and took the seat that
had been kept for him.
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!" REVEREND"-THE ORIGIN OF THE
TTTTE

" RE ORIGIN OF THE
TITLE.
Reverend Brooke Lambert, in a letter
to the London Times, says
The registers of the parish of Tam
worth contains some interesting par.
ticulars as to local usage. The registers
date back from the reign of Philip and
Mary, 1856. The first title given in
them to clergyman is the old title
"Sir,"i with which Shakespeare has
made us familiar. In May, 1867, we
have an entry "Sir Peter Stringar,
curate." The clergyman who succeeded
him is called ssSir Richard Walker, y
but there are other cotemporaneous en-
tries, such as 8. sacerdes, clericus, y
preacher" and "veybi minister. y
These latter seem to have obtained till.
in King James reign, we hase the pre-
fix ssmaster," which, as we know, was
applied to the great divine, Master
Hooker, and this practice seems by ou1
registers to have been continued through
the Commonwealth, though " Minister
of the Gospel" " is sometimes added.
We have, however, in 1867, the frst
use of the word reverend" evidently
in this case as special mark of re-
| spect, not as a formal title. On ell
June, 1867, was buried our Reverend
Pastor Master Thomas Blake, Minister
of Tamworth. - In 1888 we have &
Q clergyman, by name Samuel Collins,
had noticed with curiosity an erasure
before his name in each of the causali
ties, baptism or funeral, recorded in ou1
register. t @
In 1701 I was lucky enough to find ar
erased entry, and it appears that the
obnoxious word was the title IS Revd.
ESQ writtep) prefixed to his Mr.. How.
ever, he seems not to have been able te
hold this title. One of his children,
baptized in 1706, is baptized as the
child of plain Samuel Collins, minister
and when he died, in 17O6, he wal
buried without the title reverend -
as Mr.. (a. g., Master) Samuel Collins
Minister of Tamworth. Henceforwarc
the same address is used till November
1927, when we have the baptism O
Annie, daughter OF eye Reverend
Robert Wilson, Minister of Tamworth,
and after that date the prefix "rever
end " never seems to have beer
omitted.
I am thankful, for the honor of m,
parish, to say that it was not withheld
even in case which reminds one O
the matter discussed at the Cambotn,
Conference. Il fell to the lot of one O
my predecessors to bury Nonconform
ist. The entry of the burial is as fol
lows, 1886 81: go March, buried y,
Reverend Thomas Worthington, non
juror, of Tamworth." In this he onl.
followed the example of an earle
vicar, who, when "Thomas Flaven
Presbyterian teacher of Tamworth,
died, allowed him the prefix of Mr.
CMaster), prefix used with grea
parsimony in those days.
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ICELAND.

At present the chief exports are cod
fish, salmon, and wool. While the cul-
tivation of these industries does not
create any large degree of individual
wealth, they are productive of general
competency. found the necessaries
of life possessed everywhere in album
dance; luxuries were not uncommon, and
the people were happy and content.
The school system is most admirable,
and the Icelanders show a remarkable
greed for learning. In the humblest
peasant hut you always find books.
Some of our English classics are trans
lated and published in Reykjavik, and
are greatly in demand. The bookstore
was crowded when I visited it. Crime
is almost unknown, the common jail not
having had an occupant, except the
jailer and his family, these twenty years
past not indeed until this last summer,
when the kings staff used it as head
quarters. Reykjavik contains about
IL, 900 inhabitants, and is mainly COM
posed of comfortable frame houses,
rooted with slate, and surrounded by
little gardens, in which are cultivated
potatoes, cabbage and other, common
garden vegetables. None of the cereals,
not even barley and oats, will ripen,
though it is said they were grown there
in former. times. The fruits mentioned
in the ancient Sagas have wholly disap-
peared, il we except the low-stunted
birch and willow bushes, which, how
ever, are not found near thecoast The
timber needed, even for the small farm
houses of the interior. is brought from
Norway Yet the bush supplies a sufi-
cheney of fuel in those places, while
near the coast, as at Reykjavik, peat
alone, of which there are exhaustless
beds. is the only fuel, except occasional
supplies of English coal. The present
aspect of the island is that OF forest
less girdle of green, inclosing volcan-
ic desert, and inhabited by about TO-
600 people. This girdle is in places
but q few miles wide, but in others it
extends for considerable distance up
the valleys, such as those, for instance,
through which flow the Heita (white)
and Thorso rivers. In the valley of the
former are found the geysers, long
famed as the most remarkable spouting
springs known in the world, until Prof.
Hayden's recent discoveries in the yell
lowstone region. - DR.. Hayes.
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RoMANoE OF A oHoRUss1NaER,

ROMANCE OF CAORUS-SINGER.
It is stated that former valet of the
young Prince Imperial ~ France IS now
singing in the chorus of the italian
opera troupe in New York. His name
is Antonio venusco. He is an Italian,
and belonged to the Society of Carbon
ari. He left italy and went to. Paris 10
seek his fortune. Drifting with the
tide he finally lodged lin the imperial
household and became the valet of the
young Prince. He watched the boy at
play, kept in sight of him in his walks,
and slept at his door in the palace.
Napoleon, III. often questioned him
about Italy. One day Venuseos return
ing from q walk with the Prince, was
met at the gate of the Tuileries by a
beggar. The mendicant was one of the
Carbonari, and made q sign which
Fenusco would not recognize. The
beggar told him that all the Carbonari
knew where he was, and suspected him
as a traitor to the order. His death
was resolved upon if he did not enter
into plot that was almost hatched. It
was to assassinate the Emperor. We
nusco was horrihed at the part ne was
expected to play in the bloody drama,
but he could not help himself, and
agreed to the terms. Then the beggar
left him to return to the palace, and 60
on with mis- duties as usual. The lat
ter stipulation was an important parto1
the plot, and it troubled Venusco, who
did not wish to play the traitor 60 hih
imperial patron. The Emperor dis
covered that there was something the
matter/ with the, Princes attendant,
questioned him, and Venuseo unfolded
the whole plot reserving only the
names. The Orsini conspiracy failed,
Venusco was, by some of his accom-.
plices, implicated in the plot, and was
Of course thrown into prison. He knew
itIeould mot be the Emperor who had
thus repaid him for his loyalty. One
night the door of his cell was opened
A masked man entered, blindfolded
and bade him follow. He went on 8
Journey in carriage and on railway,
He travelled for hours in darkness. Al
ASng10 No 1OunO n1mSeA on tne wafer
rs he knew by the roll of the vessel, and
was told to remove the bandage from
his eyes. He was in the cabin alone.
The steward came and handed him 6
package. Opening it, he found it con,
tanned Ave Thousand francs in gold. He
knew that this was the Emperor who
had repaid him for his loyalty. He was
in England before night, out OF the
reach of the Carbonari and the police
authorities of France.
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10

Lo is brought under review by Score
tary Delano in his annual report, and
classified as follows:
Untamed savages, one-third contem-
plating civilization, but not undertaking
it, one-quarter in possession of allotted
lands, and fully on the road to eiviIiz-
alton, three-eighths mere vagrants.
one-twentieth.
Ont of 100000, Indians, but 10000
are now considered as hostile. The pow
er of these has been SO completely bro
ken that the Secretary expresses doubt
as to any portion of them ever again
taking the war-path. The campaign of
the past summer has been the most Wig
orous and successful ever prosecuted
against the men of hair by the. govern
ment. s
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

HKRE Is q question in ethics which
somebody viii please ar1se and answer.
Capt Cautfeld was pointed tiger slayer
TO the Madras government. He hap
pened 10 be staying with . clergyman
in Coimbatoire. at the foot of the Neil
CHERRY Hills, at time when man-eat-
ing tiger was rayaging the neighbor-
hood and reducing the population of
the Presidency by two daily. At the
head of . large body of hunters the
tiger-sIayer started out In pursuit of the
dreadful monster. Coming to 4 village
near sunset, they saw strange picture.
The women and children of the village
were wailing and clamoring, willie in
the shadow of the jungle an enormous
&igress could be dimly discerned deyour-
ing poor herdsman whom she had
Just slain. As the. hunters approached
her the animal fed into the jungle,
leaving them uncertain whether to pur-
sue her in the darkness. Capt. Caul-
field decided not to do SO. He preferred
= surer and safer way of dispatching the
animal. Saturating the mangled body
of the dead herdsman with poison, the
party retreated. and next morning found
the tigress dead and the herdsman
vanished. The clergyman reproved the
tiger-slayer for using human body
rs bait for an animal, and many will
agree with him. The poor natives
thanked him vociferously for saving
their lives, even at, the expense Of their
dead companions integrity Of corpus.
BY reversing the situations OF clergy
men and natives. It is barely possible
that the former. would have been less
squeamish as 10 the manner Of his
preservation than the poor wretches Of
darker hue. It is matter Of taste
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22
ABOUT SOME HousEHoLD NAMES.

ABOUT SOME HOUSEHOLD NAMES.
A pleasing writer in s aCincinnati pa
per writes upon the ever-interesting
theme of the .dsrivation and meaning of
names for, girls and women. Bridget is
name which is fast becoming obsolete
beyond the region of the Sc kitchen cab
met. Yet, this writer reminds us all,
in the traditions of Irelands Bridget
was the Ersa Goddess of Song. and yet
later the pupil of st. Patrick, and one
of the patron saints of Ireland. ~ Glane-
ing ct the, lore of that ancient isle in
the days when the foot of the Saxon in
vader had not yet trampled upon her
shores, we find that Erin is the Father
land of the Fairies. and Martha was the
Irish Queen, who led the ancestors of
the Culprit Fay - in merry dances
under the light of the moon, over the
green grass and the yellow buttercups
and the innocent hearts of the daisies.
Hannah is homely name, but from it
is derived the goodly progeny of Anna,
Nancy, Nan, Annette, Anti, Antoin-
nette and Nina, all signifying 6 grace"
Jane. together with John, signify
s grace of the Lord" and from Jane we
derive Jenny, Juana and Janet, and
also that sweet Scotch name, Jessie.
Miriam is sweeter in sound than in
significance, as it means, ''bitter," or
as some writer's have il "myrrh o the
sea-" Isabel, Beatrice, Blanche and
Constance are provincial names, brought
into favor by the songs of the trouba-
dours, while Bertha, Ethel, Mildred,
Edith, and Ermangarde are of German
origin, and English literature identifies
| Henry, Hugh, Gilbert and Robert with
| the Norman era. Some names are as
sad as others are comica1 in their sig
nifcation. For instance, Una signifies
+" "alone :" Tobias, "child of tears -
and Benoni, "son of my sorrow,
while Portia recommends itself to all
dealers in swine who have daughter
TO name, as il signifies "of the pigs.
Ruth, in the Hebrew tongue. signifies
sc beauty, 2" and we may thereby reason
ably conclude that the heroine in the
Scriptures, who, by devotion to her
mothef-in-law, secured second hus-
band, was fair to look upon. Agnes
signifies pure" and from character
of that name in the Romish Church we
derive Keats beautiful legend of st.
Agnes eve, while all lovers of Dickens
will associate the name with that Agnes
Wickfeld, upon whose shoulders poor.
weak. incompetent little Dora leaned
her weary head and died. Modern
nomenclature has given us no more
pleasing names than those old-fashioned
gemsef the freside, such as Mary, Lucy,
Amy, Ida, Alice and Anne. Harriet
signifies theme ruler" while Saxon
Maud, which we associate with some
dainty maiden who might tremble at q
mouse, and faint if brought into too in
innate contact with spider, in reality
means strength" and from it is de-
rived Matilda, or "battle maid. u
Evangeiine signifies "bringing " glad
ness, but all who have read Longfel.
lows poem of the Acadian maiden will
remember thename in his latest stSum-
mer of All Saints" only to associate il
with sad, sad eyes, and weary quest,
ending in tears and death.
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Marriage Statistics.

According to the last census of the
population of England and Wales, out
of nearly %, O00, 600 about Ii, 5OO,O6O
are single, the number of unmarried
males and females being almost equal !;
but of these, 1000, 900, or more than
two-thirds, are under Is or. if the pe-
riod is extended to 20 years, another g.
600, 900 are added, leaving the number
unmarried above 20years of age at only
three millions and half, or scarcely
one-seventh of the whole population.
The remainder of the poptlatlon have
been married, and are either husbands
and wives or w1dowers and widows. AT
the taking of the census there were
8, 1888, 1858 husbands and 3,948, 527
wives the difference between the fig-
ures being caused by the absence from
the country of 65, 900 of the husbands.
OF the husbands 1851 were under 20
years of age Gncluding also those un-
der 15) 219, 1877 between 20 and 25 !;
602, ,S46 between 25 and 80 !; 559, ,537 be-
tween 30 and 35 524, AT between 30
and 40; 492, 100 between 40 and 40;
1876 ,872 between 45 and so. The num-
bers then gradually decrease, until be-
tween 80 and 85, there are only l4,59z.
In the next five years the number is
3,318, BUT between 80 and 95 there are
500, in the next period Sc, and above q
hundred are returned. The ages OF
the wives form striking contrast: In
the first period, between 10 and ~,
there are "a, 573, nearly six times the
number of husbands at that perlod or
age; in the next period, 20 to IS, there
are about I4o. 600 more wives than hus-
bands, after which the figures approach
each other gradually, the last period at
which the wives are in excess OF the
husbands being 25 to 40, where
they are 12,O0O above. In the next Pc
ROD the results are different and the
husbands of 40 to 45 are 1000 IN excess
If tfa wives. The proportion increases
N with l,-s aoa. and from so and upwards, the
number of husbands is double that of
the wives.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22
ST. LOUIS GALLANrRY.

The editor of the st. Louis Republ6-
can notes the resumption of the ancient
and annual quarrel between the papers
of Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville
as to the relative beauty of their
women. Lameuting upon the fact that
the controversy has taken the form of
raillery on the part of each participant
at the uncomeliness of the gentler sex
of the other two cities, he continues
"We rejoice that st. Louis has been
spared participation in this unseemly
ioust. We should have been unequal
to the emergency if we had been drawn
into the lists for there, is no journalist
in our midst capable of such rudeness
as railing at the defects of alady or any
number of ladies, whether those defects
be in the nature of the facial ugliness
proverbial of Chicago, the awkward
ness of gait peculiar to Cincinnati, or the
shocking bad taste in dress and general
style traditional of Louisville. Least
of all could any st. Louis journalist so
depress his intellectual range as to dis
cuss. the size or shapeliness of the feet
of the ladies of a neighboring city"
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Canine Sagacity.

Michael Conley, the sewef-contrac-
tor, is the possessor offour greyhounds,
which were the other morning the
means of saving mans life, display
ing remarkable degrees of saGacity in
the operation. Felix Prior and James
Carroll were at work in an excavation
about seven feet deep but about $50
o'clock Carroll went away for some
thing, leaving Prior In the excavation
alone, and while the latter was nc work
the banks cayed in, completely cover
ing him up. The dogs happened to be
near by, and all four of them, taking in
the unfortunate mans situation, at
once began to scratch away the dirt
from over his head vigorously, at the
same time yeIping to attract the atten-
tion of the neighbors,s MIR. Conley,
who was the first to arrive upon the
scene, drove his dogs away, but they
returned and began to dig and yelp
again. He then beganeto dig also, as
did some of the neighbors who had
been attracted to the spot by the cries
of the hounds, and il was not long be-
fore the head of the buried man, who
was standing up, was reached, and he
was permitted once mora TO breathe the
air, which, had he been deprived of it
q few moments longer, he never would
have breathed again. He was taken
from the sewer unharmed, rescued from
horrible fate through. the sagacity-
of a quartet of dogs.-rEast Green
aUich (R. ~ Letter.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

The London Publishers Circular.
says /" Editors" will lie required to
be six men instead of one soon, kind
of double Cerberns. Here before us il
an advertisements for onesSyho is to be
thus gifted /. A thoroughly good
managing editor. Q. Asyefbatim short
hand reporter. 3. A good descriptive
reporter. 4. A thoroughly sound ac-
countant. 5. An experienced sub-edi-
tor, and. (6 we presumay when things
are a little pushed, neat compositor
and vigorous pressman. If this gem
tleman is TO be met with, and is
sound classic and mathematician. and
knows several languages as weil, he
must have made good use of his time.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

"A New BEDFORD clergyman amazed
his congregation last Sunday by sud-
denly leaving his pulpit, trotting down
the aisle, and striding off toward home.
The choir sang, and then there was an
awkward, fdgetty waiting. Soon the
pastor shot into the church again, sop
ping perspiration from his forehead
with his handkerchief, and read his
sermon without exclamation. e
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22
Politics Of Governors and Legislatures

The asterisk ~ denotes Governors
and Legislatures elect Republicans in
roman, Democrats nd sMAnn-cAPs, and
Independents in it0J6c. The Legisla-
lures of California, Illinois and Oregon
are classed as Independent, because the
Independents hold in them a acontrolling
balance of power. -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

A PARTY, by the name of Stephen
Pearl Andrews finds about 35 sounds in
each of the 1000 dialects, more or
less, which make up the talk of the hu
man family.
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A GREAT GERMAN PUBLISHING
a{ HCTL9E

rsN HCOSE.
A cable dispatch announces the death
Of the celebrated publisher, Henry
Brockhaus, of Leipsic, Germany. The
publishing establishment over which he
presided during his life has by it's varied
facilities for conducting the many
branches Of book-making, and the
energy and foresight exercised in its
difficult management, come into world
wide reputation, it being. without doubt,
the greatest establishment of it's kind
that has ever existed. II was estab-
fshed in. 1905 by the father of, the late
possessor, and is now left in the hands
of two sons, solid men and capable of
carrying forward the work inherited
from their father. The proportions of
the establishment are immense, and a
Thousand men are employed. Every
thing, that a publisher needs, with the
exception of paper and the heaviest ma
lchinerys is made in thelone great build
ing and under the personal inspection
70 the men osttinterested in their use.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

A BONNET to match the dress IS SO
universal that costume seems incom-
pIete and ineffective without it. Seal
brown and invisible green are the colors
1nilliners have most call for there are
also stone grays, plum-color, grayish-
blue and pure dark blue without any
purple in it.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

THE Mennonites in Kansas have dis
covered deposit of coal on their land,
fifteen feet below the surface.