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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. the -sixgeh" new NKW TO - DAY. 0. TUB. "ELECTION! din Uraag; lgisin. .tlibel Muore's Stratagem. s . TO PHYSICIANS. Kiw VoitK, August 15, 1863. Allow ino to call your attention to my PREP ARATION OK COMPOUND EXTRACT BU CHU. The component parts are, BUCUC, Loog Leaf Cl'BKBS, JUX1PKR BEEIUES. V Ml of Hreparation: Buchu, io vacuo. Ju niper Bcrrii-s, by distillation, to form a fine, gin. Cubebs extracted by displacement with spirits obtained from Juniper Berries ; ery little sugar m used, and a small proportion of spirit. It is sore palatable than any now in nso. Buchu as prepared by Drorgists, is of a dark color. It is a plant that emits its frcgrance ; tho action of a flame destroys this (its active principle) leaving a dark aud glutinous decoction. Mine is the color of iugredieuts. The Bucbn in my prep aration predominates ; the smallest quantity of the other ingredients are added to prevent fer mentation ; upon inspection it will bo found not to be a Tincture, as mado in Pharmacopaea, nor is it a Syrup and therefore can be used in cases where fever or inflammation exist. In this, you hare the knowledge of the ingredients and the mod of preparation. Hoping that you will favor it with a trial, and that upon inspection it will meet with your appro bation, with a feeling of profound confidence, -I am very respectfully, II. T. HELMBOLD, Chemist and Druggist of 19 Years' Experience. (From the largest Manufacturing Chemists in th World.) November 4, 1S54. I am acquainted with Mr. II. T. Ilelmbold he occupied the drug store opposite my residence and wad "ueccssfol in conducting the busines where others bad not been equally so before him' I have been favorably impressed with his charac' ter and enterprise." WILLIAM WEIGHTMAX. Tltui of Powers & Weightman, Manufacturing . Cemisu. Ninth and Brown-sta., Philadelphia; Family Sewing JIa chine, With Attachments for all kinds of Work, Is fast winning favor in the household, as shown by tho sales of last year, amounting to eighty-six thousand, seven hundred and c'ghty one machines, which far exceed thoso of any other Couipauy. This new FAMILY MACHINE is capable of a range and variety of work such as was thought impossible a shirt time ajro, to perform by ma chinery. We claim, and can show those whom it may concern, that it is the cheapest, most beauti fu!, dclicatuly arranged, nicely adjusted, easily operated, and smoutMy runniug of all the fumily Sewing Machines. . It is remarkable, notonly for the range and variety of its sewing, but also for the variety and different KINDS OF TEXTURE which it will sew with equal facility and perfec tion, using Silk Twist, Linen or Cotton Thread, fine or coarse, making tho INI EB.LOCKKD-ELASTIC-STITCII, alike ou both sides of tho fabric sewn. Thus beaver cloth, or leather, may be sewn with great strength and uniformity ot stitch, and in a moment this willing "and never wearying machine may be alju6ted for fine work on gauze or gossamer tissue, or the tucking of tareletan. or ruffling, or almost any other work which delicate fingers have betn known to per form. Purchasers can soon bo convinced that our new Family machine embodies NEW and essential principles simplicity of construction ease of operation uniformity of PRECISE action at any snood ftnntipii v for ran?e and vnrietv of work. j fino or coarse, leaving all rivals behind it. The Folding Cases. The New Family Machine may be had in a va riety of folding covers and cask s. Some show in ; polished surface only the grain aud tint of the wood, while others are finished in all the elabora tion of art. The Attachments For Hemming, Felling. Ruffling. Braining, Bind ing. Cording, Gathering, Tucking, Embroidering. tc, are not only numerous, but now brought to great perfection. Most of tht-m can be attached or deteched by a simplo move of tl:e hand. The quality of the'work can only bo fully appreciated on observation and examication.. Machine Twisty Zinea Thread, Spool Cotton, Otl, itc. We have and shall keep in stock at our Central Office, aud Agencies, (ou spools of various sizes). Twist of all sizes and colors Lineu Thread, Spool Cotton, Oil, and all other articles necessary in the use of our machines. We wiih it understood that we manufacture the Twist sold by us ; that we shall aim to have it excel in quality and exceed in'quantity, for a given price, that of other manufacturers, aud that the Twist made by us in onr new and extensive mills, supplied as they are with the most improved ; machinery and skilled labor can be relied on for the desirable qualities ot unuormity ot size, even ness, length of thread as marked on each spool, strength, excellence of color, and beauty of finish ! THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO., oct29-8-3m No. 458 Broadway, New York. SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE, No. 139 Montgomery street. H JELMBOLD'S! - FLUID EXTRACT B U C H U , For weakness arrising from indiscretion. The ex hausted powers ot Nstwre which sire accompanied by so mu) alarming symptoms, among which will be found, -Indisposition to Exertion, Loss of Memory, Wakefulness, Horror of Disease, or Forebodings of Evil ; is fact, Universal Lassitude Prostration, and inability to enter into the enjoy ments of society. The Constitution . nee effected with Organic Weakness, requires the aid of Medicine to strengthen and invigorate the system, which IlELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BU-H-U invariably does. If no treatment is sub mitted to, Consnmtion or Insanity ensues. Belmbold's Fluid Extract Bacon io affection l peculiar to Females, is unequalled by any other preparation, as in Chlorosis, or Reten tion, Painfnlness, or Suppression of Customary evacuation Ulcerated or Scirrns state of the tj terns, and all complaints incidental to the sex, sr. the decline or change of life. MBS. S.'A. JOKE'S, Agent for Albany. A Weekly Nkwspaper, Containing- 23 colams of matter, IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, la the City of Albany, V: at f$Q Fox Annum, vi IX ADVAXCE, Six months... ...$2 Fluid. Extract of Buchu, ; ' and .. ; . ,' Improved Rose Wash, will radically exterminate from the system dis eases arising from habits of dissipation, at little expense, little or no change in diet, no inconven ience or exposure; completely. superseding those unpleasant and dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury, in all these diseases. HeImbold's Fluid Extract Buchu to all diseases of these oigaas, whether existing ia male or female, fsom whatever canse originat ing, and no matter of how long standing. It is pleasant in taste and odor, "immediate" in action, and more strengthening than any of the prepara tions of Bark or Iron. Those suffering from broken down or delicate constitutions, procure the remedy at enee. The reader must be aware that, however slight may be the attack, of the above diseases, it is cer tain to afloat the bodily health aod mental powers. All the above diseases reqaire the aid of a Ii wretie. Helmbold's Extract of Buchu is the great IHuretiew . - BnlA' hv TWwff-iaie everywhere. Priee J I 2.S war bottle, or 6- bottles for $6.4-. Delivered to any address. Describe symptoms ta alt comma nieatiyns. " - Address r H. T?. HELMBOLD, Urne and Chemical Warehouse, 694 Broadway, . . . - New York. jgfTiorM are genuine nnloss done op in steel engraved wrapper, with fae-simile of my Chemical Warehouse, and signed ..., 8v3y Bf. T, ZIECHIXXOsLD. 'LOCAL ITEMS" mado a SPECIALTY. TIXIS j REGISTER JOB PRINTING i'irmt itrttt, opposite Parruh fr Co.'s store. Albany'': s s Oregon. Any out: who vvauU tu win can do au ly ! calling on It- O. HILL & SOIV, WHO, thankful for past patronage, still in ' vite the attention of Linn couuty er al., to their unequalled stock of DRUGS. MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINT & VARNISH BRUSHES, PAINTS, 0ILSVAKNISI1ES, ALCOHOL, KEROSENE, WINDOW GLASS, T R U S S-E S, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. Agents for Dr. D. Jayne t Son's preparations, II. It. II. Horse Medicines, etc. Do you like medicine for its bitter or nauseat ing taste? We have that description. Do you want the effect with an aromatic taste? After taking a few doses of our Elixir, 'twill bo so very pleasant that your prejudices Must surely turn itr, and the preparation Will lose the name o pb vsic. (bnt not the effect.) Physicians and customers from the country may rest assured that their orders will be prompt ly attended to. Prescriptions carefully aud cor rectly compounded. Have you the impolite guest called acorn? We sell "Corn Slayer," wbich surely does the wurk, without pain. Do you desire a. book of any kinc", a Gold Pen, an Album. "Stationery, or such? W. S. Drigjrs is with us, fur the accommodation of all favoring him with a cull. Do you want a fino Watch, a set rf Jewelry, cheap or dear? J. D. Titus sells the same, under the same roof. Come and see us. Buy a Book. Buy a Watch. Buy a Pill Buy something or nothing, but come and see us. anyway. A well sprinkled floor and a cool d-ink of water in the summer, and a warm stove surrounded by comfortable chairs in winter constantly kept for the accommodation of ail. Albany, May 14, '70-30 It was almost like a lot oi' Persian poe try, that little conservatory at Ka3,swater, in its glow and fragrance, and soft, de licious murmur of leaves. And Mabel Moore herself looked not unlike a Per sian enchantress, as she stood there lean ing cue hand on a marble vase, with the gold of the ncacis plumes hardly brighter than her hair, and a quiver io her heavy white lids that hid her dcp blue eyes. She was tall, and finely formed, with very regular features, cheeks tinged with a faiut color, and an unconscious hau teur in the poise of her slender throat and shoulders. Mabel Moore was born to be an heiress, and gracefully she ful filled the mission of her sunshiny life. She was not alone, however, iu the flow- cry fragrance of the twilight conservatory.,- WAR I WAR I WAR ! WAR TO THE KNIFE, AND KNIFE TO THE HILT ! Cren. Ilisrli Price Killed. Grcin- Trust Mortally Wounded. BUT REMEMBER That you can buy all kinds of GROCERIES. PROVISION'S FOR CASH, CHEAPER AT M. PEARSOPS tthe young man irora Wisconsin) Grocery Store, than anv place in Albany. For SI. PEAKSON "still lives, and is always ready to BUY, SELL, SWAP OR DICKER. 31. PEARSON, nov26-12 At Cbeadle's old stand. Sewing .Tlacltine Agency. riHE ROOM ADJOIXIXti M. PEARSON'S B Grocery Store has b:en neatly fitted up by Jlincr & Pearson, for the purpose of exhibiliuij for sale the Buckeye Shuttle Sewing Machine! the only low-priced licensed sewing machine that makes ttie freuuino "lock stitcb," and which is sold fr $25. Warranted to do all kinds of work, on fine or coarse goods, as well as any machiner m the market. Lathes ure requested to call aod examine the Buckeye machine beforo purchasing elsewhere. Everybody boys the Buckeye Sewing Machine in prufV;rnco ta any- otlitr, who does not liret go to agents, selling bogus or high-priced machines, for advice, and suffer themselves to bo imposed upon. Come and see for yourself. MINER A PEARSON, General Agents for the Stato of Oregon. shu!! only require the uiusuns, and one or two liiilit wrappers," j "Miss .Mabfl !" i jaculattij the surprised laily'.-i-iuuid, Iinlditiy; up both liandil in hopeless Lcvvildcruieut ; "where fun vou be j?inj; '!" "To seek my fate, Mildred," Baid Ma bel, in a tone Unit was a curious inter mingling of jest and earnest. "There now. leave u.e to myself." it Mrs, lieckford, of Beckfordville Villa, at Kiclmioud, aa sitting ulprio in her comfortable parlor musing on her far-off son, Uith a total abstraction lrotn all out ward sights and sounds and when all of a sudden tshe looked up, a pretty young person, clad in quiet etyle, stood before licr. ' "What is it?" said Mrs. Beckford, somewhat curtly. "If you please, madam, I am anxious to come as a com pa u ion." ' "Who scut you ?" demanded the lady, survey iog the lare blue eyes and golden J 0 . - - i f . . - jyr- J c J e Ernest Beekford was leaning against bands of smoothly-brushed hair rather ST- Agents wanted in every town and county in ttie State, to whom a liberal commission will be allowed. J38 All letters directed tn MINEIt A PEARSON', nor26-12 Albany Oregon. o V ALL KINDS, printed at tho verj lowest rater as oruored, fit tins office. THE NEW FOOD. For a few cents yci can btty of your Grocer or Erur-ist a package cf SEA I10S3 PAEINE made from pure Irisli IIoss or Carrageerr, 7hicli will make sixteen quarts cf Tlanc Mange, and a like quanti! y c f Pudding3 Custard3, Creamn, Charlotte Eussc, &c. It is t!:e c!isapest, healtliiest and most delicious food in the world. It makaa a splendid Dessert, and lias no equal as a light and delicate food for Invalids and Children. HAVING a. very fair assortment ef material we are prepared to execute, with neatness and dispatch, all kinds of ucb as Sand-hills, ' - . Programmes, BiU-headi,- ; C trdt, m ' l Ball Tickets, " i ... .- i Pamphlets, Labels, or all kindH, ' ? finres as a doe regard to taste and good work will allow. When you want anything in taj printing line, call at the Register office. A Glorious Change!! -THE GREAT YO"L,L.l.l TOMC. Plantation Bitters. TIii- xvondrrful vegetable 're Btorativc i tlc 3tect-asscltor of the feeble and debilitated. As a touic ond cartlial for f I:a , aged aud languid,- it lsa no ctjtial among sttmiacStica. As :i rtr.i(Mlj for IBifcgiieiTous: Wfatacss' to wliicii women are especially Mib Icct, it is jHlJerting every otrter st:uit!citl.j In at t!sK?:;tes, t:ojii cply tcmpci-ate, frigid, it sets a: j: t:ttijc I: every iKcies of r xvllkrt t::3di S Miiric- tlsf ; o t::t tzt'.i r.nel I:cis Cown For ti.Zi'. Iy the door-post, twisting and untwisting a . - ' -. i . ..l lonp spray oi jessamine wun a son oi iui- patient rapidity, lie was a tall, manly Jellow' with bright auburn hair, and a face thatyou were involuntarily compelled to respect and like. "Mabel," he asked, almost passionate ly, "do yoa know that you are askiDg impossibilities '!" 'Am I?" "I cannot go to Australia without you." "You can, Ernest, and you will." ''But, my darling, only think of it a year's exile from you !" "Will it be any easier for rne to en dure, Ernest?" she asked, calmly. "Sometimes I fancy, Mabel," he re sumed, impetuously, "that you don't care for me. else you would never be so will ing to let me go." "Ernest I" - "My dearest, I know I am unjust; but" - . ! "Now," said Mabel, "let mo under stand just what. you wish me to do iu : this matter." I "1 want you to marry mo the day after to morrow, and to go out to Aus tralia with me iu the ship that sails on Saturday." "A very reasonable wish," said Mabel, laughing. "But, Ernest, you know 1 will never marry jou while your mother refuses her sanction and approbation to the match." 'Hho does not know you, Mabel." "That makes no difference. I shall never enter a family where I am not wel comed by every one of its members." "But just consider how unreasonable you are, my own darling, and how utter ly and entirely groundless are my moth er's objections." "She fancies me a hollow, heartless woman of the world, does she not? She is unwilling to trust her son's happiucss in the keeping of a coquette, who knows nothing beyond ltaliau songs and French waltzes V "Mabel, I am sorry I ever allowed you to read that unreasonable letter." "But I am glad. No, Ernest, I have too much pride aod dignif- to many you unless your mother irives her full and free consent." "Then you do not love me, Mabel ?" "I do love you, Ernet Bcck'furd, bet ter than I like to acknowledge to myself." "Mabel," ho urged, tende'rlv, "let us cut this Uordian knot by the txereise of our own free will. Become ruy wife; give me the right to take you with me od this long, long journey." Mabel Moore shook her head. "Let us wait and see what time may bring forth," she said, archly. "And now leave me; remember that the ship sails on Saturday." "I can't possibly go in that vessel," said Ernest; "I've many things to do " "But if you do not go on Saturday, j-ou will bo obliged to wait another fortnight, and your busiuess is so important over there " "Yes, 1 know, but " "I must get that companion for my mother she will be entirely alone. Mrs. Caiter told me she knew some one who would take the situation, and I shall have to go over to Claphams to see her about it to-morrow." "Don't let that detain you, Ernest. I think I know of a young lady who would make an excellent companion, and I will send her to Beckfordville. "Can she read aloud, and has she pa tience and forbearance, and will she be as meek as Moses?" ' "I am sure she will try." "Send her, then. But, Mabel " "Well ?" "It strikes me you are anxious to hur ry me ofi next Saturday." "Ernest," 6he said, in a voico that quivered a little iu spite of all her self control, "vou are misjudging me. I waut you to do your duty to. go and to at tend to the affairs of your poor uncle, whose reason has deserted - him. , And more than this, 1 waut you to learn life's lesson of patience and endurance. The sunshine will come at last, if you can only wait unrepiningly." "Little prophetess," said Ernest, draw ing her fondly towards him, "I except your auguries, and I'll bear up as man fully as human nature will allow. No one ought to be discouraged who is sure of your love. But oh, my darling, how of ten shall I remember this sunset, and your face turned towards mine !" "Do you think I shall ever forget it ? Only wait, Ernest, and all will come right io God's own time," she answered, with her hand in his. And thus they parted. "Going oat of town, Miss Mabel ? and bo early this season !" The pretty lady's-maid stood aghast in her occupation of putting away fine laces in a satin-lined box of. veined sandal wood." "Yes. Get my trunks ready, Mildred." "And when do we start, miss?" "I shall not take you with me, Mil dred." "Not take mo. Mies Mabel I And who is to arrange yonr hair,' and take care of your dresses r "I, myse!f." "But. Miss Mabel " "I choose to go a!one, Mildred," said the young lady, a litti imperatively. "Take away the silks and grenadines ; I distrustfully 'I learn, from a lady of your acquaint ance that you wished a companion, and I should like to take the situation." ' "Hum m m," said the lady. "What's your name ?" "Edith Moore." . "Moore Moore ? Got any relations iu town ah! at Bayswater, I mean ?" demanded the inquisitiveness, sharply. "No, ma'am Lam alone in tho world." "I am glad of that,' murmured Mrs. Beck Ibi d sotlo voce. "I couldn't stand any one belonging to the guitar-playing gill who but never mind that just now. VYlmt are your references ?" Edith Mooie" drew a letter from her traveling bag. "So Mrs. Carter, of Clapham, knows you. eh ?" "Yes, ma'am" "Hell," commented the matron, glan cing over the notes, "these recommen dations seem very satisfactory. I don't kuow but that you may como and stay. Tho only objection I can see is thatyou are too pretty, and I dou't think you are really to blame fur that. Take off your things." And the roses that glowed into Edith's checks at this very plain expression of the old lady's sentiments, did not make her an' the less lovely, as she untied the blue bonnet-sliin;s, aud laid aside the neat but simple shawl, to enter upou her probation. Mre than a year had crept over the daily cm rent ftf lifts at Beckfordville. The trees were bare aud leafless, the snow lay white and deep in all tho h"l lows and dimples by the roadside, and a sharp December wiud was sweeping along the Thames, as the sun glowed with momentary redness, ere it sank down out of sight. "How soon it grows'dark I" said Mrs. Beckford, with a little sigh. "That's right. 'Edith draw tho curtains; now we're comfortable !'' Comfortable iudeed, they were, with the shaded lamp glowing softly on the table, aud the bright ,iirc on the hearth, while Mrs. Becktord's spectae4e-glass.es shone like twin orbs of ilame, and her knitting-needles glittered responsivoly. Edith was skiing obpositc to her, lash louing narrow whue the - old lady s new looked wonueilully j sober biue meriuo wi tangled somewhat ii burnished hair, whil was like t lie iuside on ."What's that you njioabjut soing bac ribbon into bows for winter caps She pretty in a uiess ot li a blue ribbon ! he braids of her the delicate cheek i iuk shell. were saying a while to London, my dear?" said the old Ijtdy, suddenly turn ing round to Edith, understand that you spare you." She put one arm a and drew the rjuud her lap. "Do you really Io fold f asked the gu "Love you, darlin get on without you t the sunshine. It se belonged to me. I dbu't know wl at you 1 just want you to can t go. 1 cau t ouud Edith's neck, cheek down upon fo me. Airs. uecK- , earnestly. ? I could no more lan 1 could witliout ms as thouiih you have done to steal uiv sure, went on Mrs ly ; "but you re in in ( little daughter 1 oael leave nie, Edith, den There was someth iu her pleading voictj wuUeved lips to the beautiful girl. "lou'U stay and 1 in my old age, Lditli do without the little old heart away, I'm Beckford, musing me somehow of the lost. You won't ?"' n' almost pathetic as she touched her pure torehead ot the lightly about the house, and tho hands that are forever busy me that you will sta "Dearest Mrs. JJ her cheek, ."I'll uev stay with you alvvaya you have learned to than I can tell. Bu Well, dear ?" "There is soruethi faltered Edith, with feet, with a low, hall "Hush ! Did I no It was something more than the among the evergreens it was my foot upon the threshold,! He has back to mo ! She rushed to the wide open "Ernest, my boy !f And the tall, stalwart her in its arms, as i tie child. "Mother, are you clad to wanderer back once more? dignity to state that! was sparkling on hui are but mortal, even e a daughter to me ? What should I feet that trip so in my behalf ? Tell Edith I" ckford," whispered" Edith, with the happy- crimson dyeing leave you ; 1 will Oh, 1 am so glad love mc more glad Mrs. Beckford" fig I want to tell you something I have Uept back from you," her fingers nervously twining themselves rpuud the . old lady's slender, wrinkled haad. "Mrs. Becklord, 1 am" But Mrs. Beckford had started to her surpressed cry. i hear his footstep ? months." , '.-'., Edith was s-tauding where the brill iance of the lamp shone upon her blush ing chetk and radiant bafr, as inuther and sou eiiteieJ the room together. Ern est stopped short, gaziug at her in be wilderment. ' "Mabel !" , "Ernest, what do you mean ?" exclaim ed Mrs. Beckford, doubtful whether or not her son had taken leave of bis senses. "This is Edith Moore." "She is Mabel Moore, my own affianced i wife I" said Eruest, springing forward, aud sealing his words on lip, brow and cheek with half a dozen kisses, while the young lady, much to Mrs. Beckford's horror, made not the slightest resist- i uncc. The uext moment, however, she with drew from his encircling arms, and glided to the astonished matrou's sido. "Dearest Mrs. Beckford," she said, softly, "I may tell you now what was just trembling on my lips when Ernest's foot steps interrupted me. My name is Edith, but it is Mabel too. Will you forgive me for stealing into your heart by strata gem ? I knew you were prejudiced against one whom you reaarded as a mere butterfly of ;. fash ion, and l had told Ernest- that 1' would never ' marry him without your consent. Half an hour ago, I promised never to leave you. Mother, you will not send uie away from you now V And Mrs. Beckford melted straightway before the pleading sunshine of the blue eyes "I always wanted a daghtcr," she said ; "but I couldn't bear the idea of Mabel Moore, the Bayswater heiress." 'But . you will love little Edith, who came to be your companion t "I suppose I ought to scold you for deceiving me," said the old lady ; "but I I couldn't help loving you if 1 were to try ever so hard, aud that's the truth of the matter, there. Ernest, take her, and I will ring and tell Thomas he may serve up dinner. ' Ila ! As though Ernest cared for any thing less ethereal than Mabel just then ! "You have conquered, dearest," he said, tenderly. "My brave-hearted darl ing, will the devotion of my whole life compensate you for all this faithful love?" Mabel thought it would, and was liiiht. wind boy's come door, and threw it ' j ' ' figure caught she had been a lit- Beo your Nor is it any aspersion on his manly a slight moisture long eyelashes as he bent to kiss his mother's cheek ! Men though they be six 1 . . . in, tie caugnt a mo- the apartment . be- feet and f ramed accordingly. As she drew hiui mentary glimpse in yond "You are not alone, mother 1" "No: Edith is vfith me.' "Anrl whn mnv If.rlith brt ?" "Didn't vou set iiv letters ? 1 wrote all about ter." I "I havn't seen a letter for three Mablc A Lump of Brown Suoar. Do you eat Brown sairar because it is cheaper? If you do, buy a microscope, and exam ine a lump of the next you take home "Astonisnment," will hardly bo the word to express the feelings ou will have at the re-ult. Lest you may not get a microscope, allow 14s to dcscriLe what you can see. Under a powerful trlass there will be seen myriads of horrible monsters as large as beeth-s and having the ap pcarance ot craos. four areuutul le-;s, with claw pincers at the ends of them. joi'iite'i in four parts as with armor, and bristling with sharp pointed spears, are in front of the monster, and his head has a pyramidal form in two joints, with five finger tips at the terminus where the mouth should be. The body is oval shaped, nnd exactly like that of a crab, only upon the rims of an iuner circle upon the back there are twelve more of those long, sharp spears, with two at the tail, and four snake like tctuicular, ex ceedingly fine in the articulation, aud no doubt intended, like puss's whiskers, to be feelers, to warn the animal of danger. Th reverse side shows the ugliness of the beast more than the obverse ; but it also shows the wotidfous mechanical genius of the maker of it. Each limb is padded with a muscle at the base of it, which gives the impression of immense strength, and over the muscle there is a case of armor through which it shows. These ereatures ore eager, restive and ravenous ; always falling toul of f.ach other, or attackiug great lumps of sugar, as large n reality as a mathematical point. With the pincers attached to the cud of each proboscis thej'take hold and tear each other, repeating in their small way the enormous tragedies of lennysons primal mousters. A spoonful of this, raw, coarse sugar was dissolved in about three times the quantity of water, when, as with a conjurer's rod, animalcules sprang to the surface and flou'ed there, swimming about and up and down, like the beasts that wriggle in soft water tubs and finaly turn into niosquitos. They can be seen by the naked eye, but not in their hidiousncss. It has beeu clearly proven that in every pound of unrefiued, raw sugar, there are one hundred thous and of these acari. Baker's-HnLLsI'ut the Cour: jnta a pan, make a hollow in the center, and put itNthe salt, oda ad yeast. Make it intj a soft dough with some warm milk; work or knead it until it is smooth and shining, then cover it and set it j in warm place, for two -hours. Work it niram very srnootn, let it rise, ana again knead and divide it in pieces twice the size of a hen's egg ; roll it between your hands to the length ot your linger j - lay them so as to touch esch other, on bak ins tins, brush them over with milk, and se them io a quick oen, for fifteen or twenty minutes, until they are a delicate brown. Break one open to see if it is done, and serve them hot for breakfast, broken open, as cutting tbem when not soddens them. To make a roll in form egg-shape, then not quite half - lap it over, or cut round and lap over , one third. - Liniment roa Animals. An excel lent liniment for wounds, bruises, sprains and swellings may be made as follows : A pint ot good vinegar, a pint of son soap, a handful otsalt, and a table-spoonful of saltpetre. Mix thoroughly and bottle tor use. This is very effica cious, and is cheaply and easily prepar ed. ' ' "' ....-.,.( Ox Heels Fried. Having boiled, cut the heels into pieces about two inches long, and one inch wide, dip them into the yrlk of a beatet: egg. cover them with fine bread crumbs -mixed with chopped parsely, cayenne, aud a little pepper and salt ; "fry them in boiling fat, and arrange them neatly on a hot dish Ox heels can be cooked the same as pig's feet iu any of the pig's feet rcueipes. ;" Piq's Feet Stewed. After they are boiled tender cut them up, put them into the teakettle boiler,, wtih enough hot water to cover them, add an onion or two , sliced at the bottom. Pepper, allspice, and salt to taste. Stew half an hour, turn off the gravy, thicken with flour and butter, add vinegar to taste, pour it back on the feet. Boil ten . minutes, servo hot. - -V' ;-,. . . Pickled Pig's feet. Boil tho feet until tender; while hot pick off the meat, season with pepper, rait, and vine gar to taste, put the meat in pans, ' press it down. When cold cut in slices, dip in meal, fry until slightly'brown ; to prevent it falling to pieces dip the slices in egg, or fry in flour batter. Ox Heel Soup. Cut "up the feet; then put them into a tea-kettle boiler ; cut the carrots and onions ; add the black whole pepper, nnd about five quarts of water. Let it boil, and then simmer slowly till reduccd'to a pulp, and serve with vegetables. , Tapioca Jelly Cream. Soak tho tapioca ftotu two to ten hours, then boil it io the tea-kettle boiler with the milk and water until it ls-in a jelly, eool it with pieces of ice, beat up the eggs, the su jar aud flavor, stir altogether, ; then frceZ'. How to BuyCoffee. Always buy it green (or unronsted) at wholesale, as it will keep greeu for a year if kept in a' dry, clean place, in a good, tight box. If bought at retail buy it green, ns you can see what you purchase, aud are more likely to get the best article, Pia's Fj:f.t- Fried' in Butteti. "Make a nice batter of an egg, tablcspoon- ful of flour, a gill and a hair of milk, and a pinch of salt. Split the feet in'halves, and dip them into the baiter. Fry them a nice brown, uuJ serve. Pio's Feet Fricaseed. Cut the feet in neat little pieces, and boil ' them in a little milk in the tea-let tie- boiler witli a small onion, a little lemon peel. Hefbre-you serve them, add a little but-' tor, flour and salt. , . , The recent displays of the Aurora Borealis, so general throughout the laud and so unusually brilliant, have roused speculation as to the cause of this attrac tive phenomenon. Numerous plausible theories have been advanced upon the subject, but that of Professor , Olmstead seems to meet with the ftiost considera tion from scientific men. He supposes "tho aurora to bo due to nebluous matter, like that which furnishes material or meteoric shower, the zodiacal light." The light, he thinks is caused by the friction of the earth io plunging with its atmos phere through this matter, which, being partly mctalic, thus gives rise to the con current magnetic pheoomena. A young lady in Clinton county, Ohio; recently went out of the house to bring iu some wood, aod, after standing at the wood pile and looking at something go ing on near the depot, she stooped down to pick up snme wood, still looking at tti3 railroad. The stick of wood she had jrrasped Teehng . soft . and ' cold, she trl-inced down at it, and found she bad P i, i i i-- 1. hold ot a large diuck snase, wnion was darling his fiery ied tongue at her in a threatening manner. : She - did't hold on to that stick very long. - Two white children, who. wore cap tured by the Indians about twenty miles from Salt Lake"City,two years ago, pass ed through Omaha last week en route to their parents, who had moved away from Utah after hunting for their children eighteen months, and given up all hopes C .1. FTM 111 01 iiieir iceoKcry. lue Cllliuren Were .i c u - T...1: f . taKcu iiuui me xuuiaus a iew weexs aero in me vicinity o; rorc liridger, by a party ot soldiers. , Prussia and Franca are still at logger heads more especially the former. Poisoned with Tobacco. Mrs. Eu ella Gross has died in Maine, from tho excessive use of tobacco for one hundred and seven years ; and to show the insid ious nature of tho poison, it is stated that she enjoyed apparently perfect health all the time her Constitution , was being undermined. This should serve as a, warning to people who use the weed. Sumjier'8 Charms. "At a late maid show, in London, there bar- was 38 competitors. Miss Summers, who . had number one bar, also came out .number one iu the list of prizes, and became the fortunato winner of a purse of 20' sov ereigns and a gold watch und chain. . ; '' . ... A baker named Metzker was lately intoxicated ot lndbiniipolisV and while in that condition some wretch painted his face with a sort of black paint that soap will not wash off, and he now looks like a fright. Ten immense buildings of Joliet stone are at present in course ot construction .. on Bock Island. HI , for a Government arsenal, which is probably destined to supercede those ot bt. Louis and Spring- - held, .Mass --, t ,Aj The Treasury Department 'now prints 4.000 eopies of the public debt statement ' in German and 2,000 in Eaglish. Promi nent bankers at borne and abroad are regularly supplied 'with copies of the i debt statement. It has always been a . -mystery to ns where all the Smiths come from : but . while visiting a neighboring city, the matter was satisfactorily explained by thtf appearance of a large sign over the door -of a factory with the announcement that ... this was tho "Smith Manufacturing Company."- - x . . 1 At a wedding, it wS formerly a " cus tom to drink honey dissolved in water, for thirty days a moon's age. lieu co the origin of the honey-moon. An old , bachelor adds as a reason for its being ., so called, because it was full of sells. First old loafer Tho papers say thero -is a chance of the . Bourbon die nasty. reisHing in Fiance again. . t : Second do. Bully ! If there's, any thing I live for it is a high old rain .of Bourbon. Let it pour. . . , Tho Supremo Court of Massachusetts , has decided that a contract made aod .. carried into effect on Sunday cannot bo repudiated by cither party. Ah Ohio chiropodist travels in & wag on built and painted like a human foot with corns and bunions all over it.