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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-28

heartened but that occasionally I Grip
pied one of tho boys, anG that gave me
hope.
At last we begin TO hear pistol shots
III the next rayine. We knew what
that meant /! The other party was out
practicing too. Then I was in the last
degree distressed, for of course they
would hear our shots and then send over
tue ridge, and the spies would find my
barn door without wound or mark,
and that would simply be AN end to
me for OF course the other man would
Immediately become as bloodthirsty as
was.
Just at that moment little bird no
larger than sparrow flew by and lit
on bush about 80 PAGES away, and
my little second, Steve Gills, who was
a dead shot with pistol much better
than was snatchcd out his revolver
and shot the birds head off We. all
ran to pick up the game, and sure
enough, justsat this moment, some OF
the other duefists came accommodating
over the little ridge. They ran to our
group to see what the matter was, and
when they saw the bird Lords second
said !:
'sThat was splendid shot. HOY
far off was it 2"
Steve said with some Indifference
ooh, no great distance. About 80
paces.'
Thirty pacesl Heavens alive! Who
did it 20
MY man-Twain.'
s'The mischief he did! Can he do it
often ?''
"Well, yes. He can do it about four
times out of fyeo
but never said any thing. / never
told him SO. lie was not Of a disposi-
tion to invite cohidences of that kind,
SO | let the matter rest. But it was
comfort to see these people look sick
and see their jaws drop when Steve
made that statement. They went off
and got Lord and took him home
when he got home, halt an hour later,
there was note saying that Mr.. Lord
peremptorily declined to fight.
We found out afterward tl.at Lord
hit his mark thirteen times In eighteen
shots-if he had put those thirteen bull
lets into me it would have narrowed
my sphere of usefulness good deal.
True they could have put pegs in tile
holes and used me for hat-rack but
what is hat rack to man who feels
Ire has intellectual powers
| have written this true incident of
my history for one purpose only-to
warn the youth of to-day against the
practice of dueling, and to plead with
them to war against it. was young
and foolish when challenged the gem
tleman, and thought il very fine and
grand to be q duelist aid stand upon
the sfield of honor" i;ut am older
and more experienced now, and am in
ficxibly opposed to the dreadful custom.
[ am glad, indeed, to be enabled to lift
up my voice against it. l think it is
bad, immoral thing. 1t is every mans
duty to do all he can to discourage du-
cling.
IT man were to challenge me
would go to that man and take him by
the hand and lead him to retired
room-and kill him.
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al epidemic of scoundrelism just now.
THE FASHIONS

The spring opells rather late after
all, but the new bonnets are out, and
for the benefit of my lady readers
hasten to tell them not to buy scoop
bonnets, (unless they are more becoming
than any other,) for the newest and
choicest style is a snug little Partisan
shape with high square crown, and close
brim. sloping very marrow toward the
back, crown and brim being an inch
smaller than last years shape, and ever
SO much more becoming, having pc
culiarly neat aud modest appearance on
the head, as /, though mere male
mortal, can testify from Inspection. The
ladies say that they can tell the shape
as far as they can see it, for il is so much
prcttier than the spreading, daring bon
nets of home design. 1t seems that no
sooner does peculiarly happy French
design get over here, than our designers,
as they say, begin to adapt it to Ameri-
can tastes, in which it loses all its dis
tinctive grace and effect.
This particular fashion. am told, is
only to be found at the importers, SO
advise ladies to insist on their milliners
selecting it for them when they go on
to buy goods. Rough and ready straws,
in close forms, small and becoming, will
be a stylish bonpet this season, and
there is satin-fnished. French rough
straw, of beautiful design. that is the
prettiest thing out in bonnets in mas
culine eye, it Is so unpretending with all
its style. AS usual, this choice simplicity
is not economical; an untrimined hat of
this sort costing S5, and the wreath of
wheat OF. oats which trims il as much
more. Rather coarse, unfinished chips
of light ecru color, are the stylish
dress hats either in the scoop or the
other shape, and searts of yellow net,
lace, or wide crape-like six ribbon, with
wreaths and masses of fine flowers on
or about the crown are the favorite
trimming. PIETRo.
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The ..yietor,., r,r1,,t,,,g s.acI,l,,e.

l yesterday dec. 81 saw the sYic-
tory" printing and folding machine at
work at the Office Of the Globe very
different paper, by-the-way, TO the To-
ronto sheet. Tins proudly-named press
is certainly wonderful affair, and be-
tween admiring it and listening to the
interesting remarks of the manager of
the press department, Mr.. Ford, spent
a very pleasant halEhoar. saw the
machine rua TO nearly its highest rate
of speed, that is to say it printed and
delivered folded papers at the rate of
close upon 10000 copies per hour. This
combination of the two operations of
printing and folding is claimed to be
peculiar to the 8 Victory machine. The
folding apparatus is very compact, and
altogether, viewing the Victory from
my point OF view. as ga general OBJ
server should say it is pretty near
perfection.
The Globe, which is an evening pa
per, is the only London daily that is de-
livered to the newsdealers folded, though
the practice is quito tie rule in the
Provinces Folding is scarcely neces-
sary in the case of q morning paper OF
very large circulation; bat learn that
the Times people are thinking of fol-
lowing the example of tie Globe IN this
respect. Wonderful as the ssVictory''
is in its simple form as q printing and
folding machine, it il much more re-
markable as constituted tor the New
York GIsrSsti0ya Y]1aSn,a This nubli-
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wanted TO be an Edator.

ssIIave you had any experience in tho
business ?'' we asked of yerdant look
ing youth who applied for an editorial
position the o.her day.
Haven't though ?'' he replied as
he showed one foot under his chair to
hide the unskillfnl patching of back
woods cobbler. 81 should say I'd had
some experience correspond
ed with the PuDapkinciNe iScrednaer
for six weeks ?-Hain't that experience
enough %
sTl,at will do very we'll" we replied,
ssbut when we take young men on our
editorial staff, we generally put them
through an examination. How much
are twelve times one ?''
Twelve! why any little boy ought
to am
s.IIold on, please-donst be too last,
who discovered AaaaSira ~
ssKlumbus? Pshaw, them questions
| are just as easy as''-
0Who was the first man ?''
sAdam! why Mister, know alp
esAVhat was his other name 20
ellis other name ?'' Why he didn't
have none."
eyes, he did. You see that's where
we've got you. His other name was
Ebenezer EbeDezer Adam, Esq, late
of Paradise. Nobody knows this bnt,
editors, and see to it that You don't tell
any body"
He said he wouldn't.
ssIIow many bones are there in the
human body ?''
"Wen, | forgot now, but / did know
wunst."
What! don't you know that 2
Why there's ,4s2, ,92l ,444 bones in an
ordinary man. A ms II that SHORES has
one bone more than other people, =
esWhat bone is that ?''
oThe trombone. 1t is situated some
where in the nose. You won't forget.
that, will you?''
He said he wouldn't.
GLOW long would it take mud-tur-
tie to cross the desert of Sahara with
small orphan boy to touch him up be-
hind with red-hot poker ?''
eWell, look here, Mister, il had
slate and pencil | could figger that out,
but dog my skin if Pm much on mental.
'rithmetic."
estate and pencil! Did you ever
see slate and pencil about sanctum
Well, we'll let that question clip
Have yon got good constitution 2''
Putty tolerable."
How long do you suppose you could
| live on raw corn and faith, and do the
work of a domesticatcd elephant 9''
s'Lord don't believe / could live
morn week.
"Well, that's about as long as you'd
want to live II yon got an editorial pc
sition on this paper. You appear 10 be
pretty well posted; we shall ask you
one more question, and il you provo
equal to it you can take off your coat
and sail in"
sIet's have Ter squire. didn't cor
respond for the Pun1,kiaUsUe Scream
| es six weeks for nothin'. Let Per come
i -I'm on deck, am"
ssAVell, sir, if two diametrical ciEclea
with octagonal pcripheries should collide
with q centrifugal idiosyncrasy, or, TO
put it palmer, we'll say disentfancliis-
ed nonentity, what effect would the
catastrophe exert on crystaillzed COD
fish suspended by the tail from the
4 homooeneors rafters of the empyrean ~
il AZ the full force of this ponderous
n,otlan, broke upon bis bewildered
BRAN. he slowly dragged his inartistical.
II nobbled shoe from under his chair.
and started from the room. We heard
him descend the stairs, go OUT and close
the door. We then placidly resumed
our duties, regretting that 80 promising
! vonfh should have been weighed Ia
the balances and found wanting.
| EEanklin Patsiot.
Il
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The Rink OF eiigl,s.

TThe skating fever in England, or rinl
ng, as Punch terms iE. has been the caus
If many poetic effusions. but none th
will be more appreciated by those wi
lave sssat down iii hurry, than the fo
owing from the Sporting Gazette:
One more unfortunate
Knocked ont of breath,
stRashly importunate,
JealoTisly saith.
Lift her up fenderIY,
Mind her back hair
Fashioned so tenderly-
Fetch her a chair.
Burst are her garments,
Hanging in cercments,
While buttons constantly
Fail from Ier clothing.
Take her up instantly
Loving. not lothing;
ScornfalIy touch her not,
Think of the bump she got.
All through those wheels of hers,
Which she used killingly,
And those high heels of hers,
Sat she unwfll;ugly.
She in mess is
All things betoken,
And sp0ilE her gay dress is,
While wonderment guesses
stAre the bones broken?o
ssWho is her Inil.iner ~
Has she gloyer9''
P'raps two shilliner;
S'Or has she dearer one,
Still 20 P'raps nearer one,
Gifts from her lover
Take her up tenderly,
Mind her back hair;
Fashioned SO slenderly-
Fetch her chair.
Can't she sit down on it?
Is she in pain?
True, she don't frown on it
''Shan't rink again.
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THE cENTExN1AL.

New York will be mora of point
of attraction this year than Philadel-
phia. Everybody will, of course, go to
Philadelphia and see the Exposition
then they will come to New York and
see the metropolis. want to notify
visitors that they may come to New
York and stay here long enough to see
the city, thoroughly, at q not very large
expense. Avoid the large hotels, avoid
the small ones, and, above all, avoid the
European hotels. In brief, dodge the
hotels altogether. Go TO boarding
houses, where you can live from five to
six dollars . week, and be tolerably well
taken care OF. At least you will get all
you can eat and good, clean, comforta-
BILE beds. These houses can be found
anywhere below Fourteenth street either
east or west of Broadway, and the yisi-
tor whose ability to pay is limited can
be accommodated at any price desira-
ble. Those who have money viii, OF
course, go to the firss-class hotels and
be bled for the style of the thing, but
it is unnecessary. Stylish boarding
hoBses can Be found at from $40 to SI2
per week, in the vicinity of Lafayette
Place and Tenth street; OF, for the mat
49, - .4s,..4 -, All sf,o rsroefa n, fi.ak -;
cinity. And let ne say right here, that
when yon come TO New York next
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A1Bany
Bath House s. Barber Shop.

1fsHE BNDERsTGNED WOULD RESPECT
= 4lzlly 7 thank the citizens Of AIl1ap and ~
sszANE NeE tn liberal patronage bestowed ON
Ns HpK the 4sk seveSs yeaf and h0gsas for the
&Aflasa 3 con rtinNafion OF their fAyofs. FOR the
- llFQ4e4on OF transient cu8fOE1eK8s ana
tM Hse ngyreE part ~ EogF1ts be ilaa 0Isens
y kkA4 4SSEta shop next door 70 Taylor 1S9s.
z-at.Els here good workman HiI1 always be
z 4sss1 ss1saanee 20 wait upon Iatrf1sss.
Dec Ill 1871 JOE %F E88EEs
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Raising and Moving Buildings.

WE THE UNDERSIGNED BEG LEAVE TO
w announces TO the citizens of Albany and
surrounding country that. having supplied cur
selves with the necessary machinery for rniS-
ing md removing b,liIif1zs we are ready all
times to receive orders for such work, which
We viii do in short or.ler at lowest rates We
Sgusrantee entire satisfaction in all work under
taken by
Orders left at the REGISTER ofi1cs promptly
attented to. Apply to.
Or, April 23. 1875. 2sv7
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BUSINESS

Is slowly improving, but it is nothing
to speak OF; the country merchants are
here in some force, but they are buying
very closely, as all of them believe that
prices have not as yet struck bottom.
The failures for the week aggregate 123,
none of them very large. As an CYL
dence of the closcness i'll business mat
ters, there are 164 empty stores be-
tween the Post Office and 18th ST., and
they are likely to stay empty for some
time to come. They cannot be rented
for there is no business TO do in them.
There will be no building of any conse-
quence this season, tor there are thou
sands of empty houses.
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Furniture Warerooms.
FRED GRAF.

HAVING purchased the entire interest of q.
Ii Collar IN the late drIn OF Graf 8 Cellar. IN
the furniture business, takes this opportunity
90 return his thanks &e tas@ citizens o8 AAn1ny
ana vicinity who have 80 generously patron
tea MIN In the past and resE.sset iulIy So 8
continuance OF the a8unes S5 All KINDS OF 9sAks
mleure kept on hand and ulanufacsuEed f0 0EGeK
at lowest rates. FRED GRAF.
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POSTAL TROUBLES.


The city had a scare this week. The
appropriation for the expenses of public
buildings being all exhausted, and Con-
gress having made no provision for such
an emergency, the postmaster here was
notified to cut off the gas, water
and fuel. THIS of course meant ccssa-
ton of business in the post-office, and
a virtual closing of it. The city took
alarm, Postmaster James was helpless,
and for day it seemed very likely
that the city would he without postal
facilities. Imagine the consequences of
closing the New York post-of6ce ! The
business of the whole country passes
through it, and the effect would be felt
from Maine to Texas. But Now York
was equal 20 the emergency; the gas
companies authorized Dir. James to go
on, they taking their chances of getting
their pay from the government, the wa
ter board did likewise, and the mer-
chants pledged money enough to pay
other expenses till the government
could turn itself. So we get our letters
as usual.
THE DEFALcATIoNs OF JUDGE BARRETT
are worse than was supposed when he
got away. lie has swindled his old
stepmother out of every dollar she had
in the world, and the daughter of Miles
O'Riley loses everything, as lie was the
trustee of her deceased fathers estate.
This villain ran away owing quite
$500, 900, and the terrible feature of it
is, that this money was almost entirely
trust-fnnds, placed in his control because
of his reputation for integrity. He
sold mortgages and bonds belonging to
estates, and squandered the money IN .
most reckless manner. As he was re
pnted to be rich no one objected TO bis
high living, and no one thought it
singular; but since his departure it has
been discovered that he never had any
thing-that his whole lite was an i'm
posture. He was judge, and had held
many positions Of honor and profit, and
up to the very day Of his flight could
have been elected to any position in the
gift Of the people There seems to Be
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\ Mysterious birth and N Cheekereal
Life.


The following biography Is from the
Sonora Democrat awe are called
upon to record the death of John S.
Nugent, an old and well-known resi-
dent of Columbia, in this county. His
career was somewhat checkered, and the
mystery surrounding his birth almost
verges upon rolnahticism. He was
born in Dublin about 1907, and was
consequently 68 years of age. lie OBJ
tanned his education in the Dublin Uni
versity, his expenses being betrayed
with funds from an unknown source
During his boyhood he went to ia
maica, and afterwards emigrated to
New York, where he was enabled
through the generous pecuniary aid OF
his unknown friends to enter into
thriving wine business. While in New
York he married Miss Fox, daughter
OF merchant of the firm of Fox, Bar
clay IL Livingston. a son by this
marriage is now o prominent young
lawyer in Utah. After his wife's death
Nugent came to California, having in
his possession $4,000, the bulk of
which he lost in San Francisco. With
the reinnant of his fortune he purchased
q yacht and sailed for the Society ISL
ands, his little vessel being in command
OF Captain William III. Clark, now a
resident of Sonora. Returning to So
nora he drifted to Tuolumne and settled
in Columbia in 1854, where he remained
until about six months ago, when
through a general debility aud constitu-
tional decline, his mind gave way and
he was sent TO the Insane Asylum al
Stockton, where he died last Saturday.
Ife~was very reticent in regard to bis
birth and parents, alleging that he
knew very little in regard to the mat
ter; but from vague hints, coming from
nobody knows where, il las always
been the general belief OF his friends
that lie was the natural son of George
" of England, by his morganatic mar
rage with the actress, Mrs. Fitziames
II this is true, another paragraph may
be inserted in the celebrated Memoirs. .
A Professor asked his class, aWhat
is the Aurora ?''
A student, scratching his head, re-
piled
.Well, professor, did know, but !
have forgotten
"Well. that is sad, very sad 8 re-
piled the professor. he only man 70
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HOUSES THE CENTENNIAL - BUsI-
NESS POSTAL TROUBLES - THE DE-
FAIcATfox OF JUDGE BAKRETT-THE
FASHIONS.
NEW York, April 8, 1876.
THE CENTENNIAL POEM.
1t is finally settled who will write the
poem for the Centennial opening. The
compliment of being requested to write
it has been passed around among the
elder poets of the country, and declined
by each with thanks in turn. Mr.. Bry-
ant considered that his years ought to
exempt him from the task. Mr.. Whit
tier never writes odes for occasions, and
it would be contrary to the habit of his
lite to do such thing. Mr. Longtel-
low hates writing to order. Mr.. Low
ell declined, and the laureate's duty has
at last been assumed by the man who
of American writers is most capable of
turning out the highest work, rs one
may say, under compulsiorEMr. Bay
ard Taylor. There is one poet who
would have written up to the style of
the occasion-not Bayard Taylor, but
Il. F. Taylor-who has the finest flow
of tlorid English in verse, adapted to
the general contour of the performance,
who would have burned red lights and
blue in numbers that would have soar
ed and swelled and streamed like a
holiday banner. l dare say that all the
other poets would have been glad TO
relinquish the task to him, and he
would not have done the time and an.
dience discredit.
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summer, come prepared to stay long
enough to see what a great city really
is. Walking down broadway and
going up to Central Park is not seeing
New York. You want to get down in
among the poor; you want to see the
shipping; Wall street ought to take up
two days; and tho n you ought to pene-
trate the interior of the great business
warehouses in the lower part of the
city, aud see something of the magui-
tude of their operations. BY allmeans
get into the inside of such an establish
ment as Harper's, and go over to Sta
ten Island and up the East River, that
you may enjoy the finest water-yiew in
the world and the finest suburban resi-
dences 1t wouldn't hurt you any to
spend day or two at Long Branch to
to see the frivolity of a summer water
ing-place. All this can be done for a
very little money if yoa only know how.
Your wives and daughters will, of
course, want to see Stewards aud the
great jewelry stores; and if you have
any taste for art, the picture galleries are
open all the time. To do this cheaply,
go to the clearinghouse to live, use
the street cars and stages, and by no
means allow yourself to be seduced into
carriage or cab. Street cars run
everywhere in the city-indeed, on
some of the lines you may ride seven
miles for five cents. And on Sundays
of course you viii want to hear Beech
er, Tying, Frothingham aud dozen
more of the great lights with which the
city abounds, and in all their churches
You will find plenty of free pews and
good, Christian courtesy and considera-
ton. In all the metropolitan churches
especial pains are taken to make stran-
gers entirely welcome and at their ease.
By the way, don't fail to attend service
once, at least, in old Trinity, where you
will hear the best church music in the
city. Come, by all means, aud have a
good time.
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RENTS AND HOUSES.


The real estate agents are playing a
hopless game before the first of May,
trying to get as near the old rents as
possible, but the tenants have the best
of it, and something like this course of
proceeding goes on. The tenant asks
for lower rent; agent of course declines
and posts bill on the house ito rent. %
Say tho holder has been paying $4,000
for the last three years; he now wants
to pay only S1,7O0. Fer the first two
weeks he don't do much toward look
ing for new place for himself, and
agent sticks out pretty well, till tenant
actually goes to whitestone, Newark. or
some other place of cheap rents to hire
a house. The day after he gets home
the agent calls around early to say CIV
lily that it don't seem worth while to
make change, as they have been on
good terms so long, the tenant may have
the house at his own offer for a year,
but he must expect raise next May.
He keeps his house, hugs himself at
getting his own price, aud calculates
that he will get new pallor carpet,
risking the very hazy idea of having to
move in earnest next year. Agents may
talk about next year for generation to
come; nobody is afraid of them just
now. Why should they be, when
stores that rented for $4,000 within
three years aud last year for 81 500,
tumble this year to s5, 900 The build
ing occupied by q well-known dry
goods firm year before last rented for
S2s, 900. They offered $4,000 for it
last year, which was indignantly refne-
ed, and they moved out. The building
stood empty all last season, and the
owners would be very glad to let it for
S12, 900 to-day. Things don't fall in
such way to get up again in any one
year.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

THE CENTENNIAL PoEM-RENTs AND
HOUSES THE CENTENNIAL - BUSI-
NESS POSTAL TROUBLES - THE DE
FA1cATfox oFJUDGE BARRETT-THE