The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-02-16
HERE AND THERE.

says an Eastern paper. Ids may oe
construed into personal reflection that
Cronin himself may never have observ-
ed-in water
Cronin stood one evening on the
beautiful, golden beach of the Pacific
where rolls the Oregon, and he was
shifting the savory breeze, when junk
on the coast of China sheered off just III
time to have the captain sing out ...s.el-
ican man big foolee.'- Cheyenne
Leader.
The conduct of Cronin, the Oregon
elector, in exacting So 900 down a. the
price of his journey to Washington with
the electoral vote, is in the last degree
disgraceful. Unless we are nl>iakeu.
the three thousand dollars is all he will
get. ID lis character, if he had any, is |
blasted, and III the future he will he al
object of scorn and contempt.-Waila
Walla Statesman.
The introduction of railways Ill Egypf
has proved a great stimulus to the
growth of cotton. That portion of the
| country along the borders Of the Nile is
admirably adapted to the cultivation of
| this staple, and it's product is of superior
quality, much resembling that of the
| Gulf States All along the route of
the railroad line which runs up the val
ley of the Nile, cotton plantations aud
ginning houses have lately sprung up,
| and The road is already III receipt OF
very fourishing traffic from tl,is source,
By about the middle OF next May the
public will have seen the !asl ~ the
present three-cent postage stamp, asi
begin to get accustomed To one that l.
red, or possibly a new tint le
change has been rendered nece-ssfv
etamp-washers take oft the "i "a
| lation without acid or alkali and
stamp again. A series of exl@r;,u'.
| just completed convinces tie P.-ta =
partment that green is the poorest c..l,r
to be found. With change of csl''r
! there will be a change OF design. The
medallion head of Washington will he
retained, but it will he relieved by a.,
open scroll of white, and the scro l.
work will have different pattern.
If the United States does not deye..:'
a great trade with the Empire Of Ersz!
it will not be for lack OF encouragement
from Brazil. Another step is beng Ia
ken in the direction of closer relations
with this country under the auspices "t'
| BraziIiaps. 1t is now proposed to es-
tablish in tie city of New York an
agency to be called the Imperial Bra
lillian Bureau. It's object is TO bring
the Empire of Dom Pedro an1 i's re-
sources before the people of this coum-
| try, and ssto invite, stimulate and ell
courage American merchants. planters
and manufacturers to establish in the
| Empire commercial, agricultural and IN
| dustrial enterprises"
john Chapon, New Orleans wait
er, his mother and sister, expect tees
tablish themselves among seven leirs u
! S24 900 900 OF Holland gold. The sin-
/ ry is that old James Dnb,is. Direct ,r
of the East India Company, died 17O4
worth 81 800, 900, and leaving no chit
dren. The eccentric old gentleman, no
| doubt to spite too greedy relatives, pro-
vided that his heirs shonld acquire the
property only after il had been 90 years
at compound interest. The centnry
passed, no one claimed the money, and it
went to the Government. Bpf NOW the
ancient will has been unearthed from
musty Government archives, aud the
New Orleaus branch of the ariS;0cFatic
Holland Dnboises expects to retire from
the restaurant business.
a man at Fairview, Kentucky, with
craving for liquor, after-selliii. every
thing of value wherewith TO buy the
| stimulant, took his sfew-months-aldc chid
and traded it over the bar for drunk
of whisky. The child was afterward
redeemed by the mother on paying for
the liquor.
When all that is worldly turns to
dross around us, books only retain their
steady value. When friends grow cold,
and the converse of intimates langnishee
into vapid civility and commonplace,
these only continue the uilaitered conn
| tenance of better days, and cheer us
with that true friendship that never de-
cieved hope or deserted sorrow.
A man named Putnam has 1000
sheep on his ranch, 40 mics below
Greely, on the South Platte, TO which
he is feed ng about a ton Of hay per day,
and he has fifty tons left. He reports
snow fourteen inches deep.
Colorado will vote ON woman eut-
frage next October.
WolEhunters in the val ey of the
/ Yellowstone make $500 mouth from
the wolf skins they take.
ssMuch remains unsung," as the tom
cat remarked to the brickbat when il
abruptly cut short his serenade.
J. NJ. Bacon has been confirmed post
master at Oregon City.
"Man proposes but there are still
81, 900 moro women than men in Msssa-
chusetts.
Joaquin Miller is trying to ind ont
why an eight-day clock can't be eyolut-
ed up to run nine days.
The far-seeing man pours water on
his front steps SO that burglars will slip
down and break their necks.
Cassell's Magazine argues that the
| Harlr ry,ofc IN fho x110oy1 a "a ciuar1lv rxroaa