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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1874)
i, w. J. Official ar for MSi"' FRIDAY, AUOVST (rerraany has sold hei i.eedJe-guns tr) China, not becaiae die ias no more need of them, but sbe jias found another kind which can j kill twice as maiiy FreucbmelDA ' Brigham Young, Jr., :Hm lately j artists, while their fertility in in ven al a Mormon prayer meeting: "I tion iamjty wonderful, prayjfor our enemies, brethren, but I j Among the largerarticjes brought always Drav that thev may go to iwjo pray hjw. ijr ,uaJ hell." Professor Tyndall is exhibiting a fireman's mask which enables the wearer to remain in an atmosphere ,6f heat and smoke without danger, ti a fellow could only take the ttings oil this world; alcfig when he dies! ". An old maid in Lockport, X. Y., purchased biie of the Egyptian mummies at the Niagara Falls Museum, the other day, for a parlor ornament. Sbe.aid it would seem better to have a man around, even if he was advanced in life and withered ' They tell of a ben which floated down the raging tide at .Mill liiver for some distance in the barrel where she was laboriously "cover ing" nineteen eggs. She attended strictly to business during the Hood, finally brought up in a friendly har bor, and has since left her barrel with nineteen chickens at her heels. A Frenchman being about to move his shpp,,his bndloid hiqqrred the reason, stating at the same time that it' was considered a very good stand for business. The French man replied,, Oh, yes, he's a very trood stand for ze business. Me stand, stand all day; for nobody come to make me move. A dissipated young man, who ran awav from home and spent his substance in riotous living, resolved at last to return to the' paternal roof. His father was kind enough to forgive the young rascal for bis wickedness, and rushing into the house, overcome with joy'that lie boy bad returned, cried put to his wife: uLet us kill the, prodigal; the calf has returned f ' The following is a cop; pf a rio- tice displayed in a field in Ebglan "Ladies and gentlemen are reques ted not to steal turnip?. Other persons, if detected, will be prosecu ted." 1 ; .,:; , , a nr:1 "I can speak seven different lan guages,'' said a convict, as be eu tereda peniteutiary. "No matter," said the- keeper, ''we- have only one language bete, and a very little of that." i X Some Bostoi ladies have estab- .. ji f a );.; lished a "dry narary," where- wom en, now prevented from going" oet to work by their babies, can leave them and have them taken care of for fifteen coots a day. "How much did ha leave?" in quired $ geutJbmau of a wag, on learning the death, of a wealthy citizep. "Evtbing," was the re spouse, "he didn't take' a dollar with him. ' - .Vfetican editors' don't ear about aii estemled circulation. The fewer subscribers they have the fewer MUtg MtaU 'ta!Ml W Vj .1M i. iti WRrf tri h$ tuifmutU t( K il Uie Aahnulce. The thousand ounces of gold cohered in such haste bv Kioff Kottea. as the first installment ot the indemnity demanded by his English Ronouerors. furnish manv curious and striking illustrations of the artistic development ot the na tive golAnitbs. Their skill in workiugigold which appears to lw the most .common metal of the i I .1 r.i u i? equal to that of the best European i away by the English is a human' u i J ' til ...iv. pounds in weifflit: a ghastly object, a virtim o-iumxl fi.r saerifiee Q. n"nn a more pleasing oharacter, and more to lie preferred as works of art, art two heavy golden griffins, said to have been broken from the king's1 chair of state, There are besuief, many badges ftt' ofiice of different styles, some of them massive fibula) of wrought gold, like thoste' worn by the heralds sent by Kuig Koffee to treat with the hnclisn com mauder, others ot various patterns according to the office of the wearer. That of tlje kind's chamberlain, for example, is distinguished by padlock'; and keys; the butler s by cups ana bowls, all of solid metal, and for the most part, castings ot exquisite design. In addition to these great badges, each, awbich.centojijs mapuices of pure gold, there are fetish caps ornamented with gold in repomue work, the, golden tops of nmbre,llas and sticks of ofiice, grotesque lions for the Heads ot sceptres, golden jaw bones, thigh bones, and skulls, deD handle, and many indescriba ble objects which doubtless served their purpose in the fautastio cere monies of Fetish worship. Smaller in size but not inferior in workmanship, are an infinite nninber and variety 6f objettsM'rf nativdesign, besides iurapu! imi tations of the gold work of other nations arid ages : 'bracelet, some so heavy as to be a burdeiy others ot exceedfng Ifgh'tness and' delicacy: necklaces, qhaips, pendants, brooch, es, and rings of curious yet beauti ful shape. The imitated articles give a strik ing indication of the skill with mmmimmm everything that comes to them from the outer .world. Thus there are golden jcwksbuck'fesjbels,' and even watch II;ib;;Mj have been unknown. Not the least carious, are vgrjit.WpSLj0f Jli quaries, left, perhaps, by Roman Catholic missionaries in that ben igbted land, and reproduced in gold by the native workmen, with a faithfulness and delicacy which a Chinese might envy. Among the brooches, pendants, badges, rings, and so on. there are forms which are almost tac sirnilen of early In- diaw ornaments; others approach Egyptian styles : still otfiers", Scan- dinavian Mid Anglo Saxon types. The whole world, in fact, has been laid under tribute and tin relics hoaisded in this out-of-the-way re. gion- 1 Some ot the arlet& are quite' near, and still have clinging to them the fine red loam hi which they were cat. Other az old..AoA worn, and beat- traces of frequent pai.chin'aad soldering. OA ot tmort.rejaBW)to rfth aaeient Art AE1BANY, I RBGHSTJER. pieoesfc afiwly ebssed seal ring, j the m8de ot an anc,enl ! Co,tic "Tw) ' three SS ; wero evidently copied from early English betrothal rings. , Some,, of the necklaces and chains are formed ! of beautiful shells reprodnced in gold, while otnere represent seeus and tmit. In every case, the design is individual and the beauty of the woricmanship refreshing-id ' see, in contrast with the machine-made I jewelry worn by modern civilized , . , Thu most noteworthy object' in silver brought from Ashautee is an enormous belt or baMriok, to be , . . , i buitiT over the neok by a. massive ,...!.. i.ricainiv nmacr n atrnna v . . ' . " - '-' - ,, ' ,,,, 3- , a jiu.ii I'ni. vii .'viv v.v,.v.iv. . v... v. j eigm siner weauraior mnvcr., lue . I i . t ' 1. - use of which it is not difficult to imagine. The 2Vanscript i&ys i The In dian Agencies in Washington Ter. ritory have een materially changed. The last Congress arranged for iije fult agatits, beside two1 specials, at a salarv of 81.500 eah. Hereto- tbre tiiere j,e been .bun three full agents, speqjftl aijO. two ub- agents. The sub-ageuta have been in charge of the Tulalip and Qnlna ult Agencies, at a salary ot 81,000 aiulUtri eacD tj, two are' made agentg The ageQt at OotvOtoi' berebfoft4i)ecial,? hr classed with the full agencies, which stand as follows: Neah lh Yakima, kokomtsh, Coltille, whl Pnyallup and CbehaliS' combined in one. The object ot this increase of salaries does not appear, except it is to support somebody at Gov ernment expense, Cejtainly there is no good reason tor it. . ( ) Go ix, Davis ! Lieut.-Gov. Davis (colored), ot Mississippi, is taking advantage of the absence of Gov. Anie (Butler's son-in-law) to revoke soma of the latter's Judicial appointments' and substitute bjs own, Among others, he pas rein stated Chancellor Christian, who had been remdved by- Ames.. The Vicksbnrg' Herald, referring to these acts, says : "Vhen Ams was in Louisiana, some weeks ago, Davis attempted a similar tlauk movement, but the Private Secre tary of Ame9 and the Secretary of State thwarted him by contumacy and insubordination. When, bow ever, "Ames' left fpr', the 'North, Davis dismissed fi& Private Secre tary wjd appointed one for himself. 3lr. idneSmith, of Chehalem, has a sample of wheat, the seed of which eame from Germany. The heamfojjr (ijrAaa.lo,ftW)1n. ches wide, by one-half inch in thick ness, and are well filled. If this variety Mtkl be raised with suc cess, it would he an improvement on the wheat now raised as it will yjidd much more. Ho got his start from one grai, ad therefore has not had a far opportunity of testing it, but will have a bettor chance next year as he will have a peck or so this harvest. . A CORKESPOFDBNT WAUtS tO know if it is true that the human body has seven million pores. The last lime we counted them there were seven million s)d nine; but spontaneously generated for the pur pose of misleading us.-. Will Milt, lWe is ttill very low, and stswus: denbto we entertatnedl of R .1 L 'U -r. "M" A PROMPT TH WKFCI, TO AX APPRKCIATIVE PUBLIC FOR THEIR CEXEROl'9 AXI unfatllint support In tl pMt.imn hopeful of ;i epn.tlmuu.ee and entariroinent (it the same in the future, Wfl desire through thW mertfnm to call the attention of ron snuverpln Unhmnty. ioui wi'llas()rtedindcai'l'ully purchased stock pf good ilt the above point, uouuu-isiiur full and Complete Lines of all Classes? of oorts usually kept in Count restores. I.aek of time alid space precludes any at tempt tosueoitv; hut We are determined to maintain and add to our reputation for kccniiitr the most complete Conntrv Store in Unn county, and will only say in eonclu- .,!.. ,i. ......... n,.,,.... ,,t siu.iiii uiii lip frinnil awn. in(.i mm mi .v. ..... ' fjVI-1X V XH V hef(1.))an,, ftWe ,mv? )l6tbt.CM i... umlei-sold by aiy honoi'nble dealer. A. WHEELER CO., SHEDD and PEORIA, Dealers in General Merchandise, '" I ' ' ! " 1 INCLUDING ' " : 1 '; Machinery, Wagons, Lumber, Shingles, &c. Bills for building furtsbed to order at lowest rates. Forwarding and . Commission Merchants. Vf Highest market rates in Cash for W All Kinds of Merchantable . Proclucc. " Shedu and Peoria, Linn county, Oregon. f PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. OIHMTOHV. Offlcera of Oregon 8tne Vrange. JiMT-Daniel Clsrlt, Salem P. O. H. Smllh, HarriMrarfe; ' Qwrtetr -Win. Cyrus, Scio. rf(iirT-eorite Ranter. WttBa Walla: Stewani-tL. P., Olds. '' . Liitly An't Steward-MrS. (Tikx; (Ms. Aisikant Sh-utardyf. M. Powers, fihetbl, ' Chavtain AnrhonvSlniiMrti. t'ort allW. eafc-icp-FiuiikSliclton, WalJa Walla ireaiuri'r a. a. wnzei, rurner. Cert'i-Mra. Jane Cj-rjiP, Solo. Pmnmin Mrs. M. nWrers. Shedd. tor-Mr8.t.O.Reea,.MeJliiinvllo.. . ; ErrtHiixx Committee-Daniel Clark, Salem; R. M. Gurney, Ten Mile,I)oagla3t'o.:Orley Ifnll, Walla Walla; G. A. Wells, tluena Vista ; Thomas MuiklMirsi,$cio;A. B. Henrj', Lafayette; TI. n. Itin" Junctton. Offlcera of Central Grause Assocla tton. PreMenl W. F. Alexander. i Vioe Preiidmt- James Tatom. .Steretctry-'A. W. Slannard. Tretimrer-C. P. Burkhart. TruMfiet- -V. fihedd.'F. Powell. (Jate-ICeeper-$laa Fanqlng. Agent- A.. C. Burkhart, Meets at Allnny, on the second Tuesday neacli month. El ' " 'F01t .. ii!9t?l t T lull a i ". iii Blank Mortgages, aui i: i i li'.tii'iVi i . . v Latest and improved t yies, Call at the Roister Ofliee. 4 i i !' ") I .'I i. V l.ij . 1 tn r- iut no amafflb u isu ol im '(Hi fob. , BLANK DEEDS, Noatly wecutcil, Call at the Register Office. Sihrer-Plated Ware! Just: bsceivpd, a rutt. inv(hck of Roera' Mlver-piated Ware, Mtves-Mteel 'OerjrVote., ulruot from the Factory. We will noil Table Hixwns at S tier set, and Teaspoons at $1 no.nndoth- lM fTbnier or the World! LOOK HERE, WEARY WOMAN! TVhfrSheMiert'tod mwfd.Imhl'o -Tl JIIW; V.IWWgSjW'ib miuhin vr invented, ana ilcoiis noiu- 8f thU wonderful invention ranges from BO to $8, and Is worth the attention f every one. "look out fot luiumMiona, for najatian nnn flr. w . n. encr au inaawr a aiubuv Albany. July UWrta..( odl 1 nti! BLO-USTS .a.2r& RE3TURNS. . tn nnntAih. nt n II times, more nearly UVI.VV. wxa.m a- in ,he past, neither win we he UUhefutuie, JEW TO-DAY. FTJ IRJST I TURE. Everything New. GRAF & COLLAR, Manufacturers and Ttealers In PURNITUEE ! OF ALL KINDS. BVBK.tl'S, BKDST:DS, ' TABLES. LOUSOE, NOFAN, APBOIG BKIW, CHAim, ETC., .111.. l '(t.rrr h 4Umi ! 6 '.. .'. Always on luuid or made to order on the i shortest notice. PCRN'tTl'RK repaired expeditiously and at fair vute NnleNrooui and Factory on FIrtt-St,, near Sclimcer's Bakery. UBAF & COLLAR. Aibany, Feb. 18,187445 OLD STOVE DEPOT. JOHN BRIGG8, Dealer In RANGES. COOK, PARLOK AND BOX, IIi'M V'iil V V'J'rV llvi "' STOVE SI Of the best patterns,. ALSO t TIH, NHKET IR02K AAD COF, 1 PES WARE, Ahd the unual AWOrfment of 'flnrtilshlnB as to-oeooiaineu in a -tin stote. ;i , , repairs neatly and promptly executed,, m reasbnablfl term ' Short reckoolnira make lona-lrlcnd.. j FU(MTS1'IB T.ALIIANY. vee.o. iwb-J' .... .!..( niM .u ..ri-t 1 -.1 i;f hi; OW.1 I . 4l0ifiJUd TO(J