The Albany register., November 06, 1874, Image 4

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ALBANY,
OREGON.
THE BLACK DOLL.
Dot was a little girl five years old,
the only child left to her parents, 'whose
other children all lay sleeping a still
pounder sleep nnd?r four tiny mounds
of green tnrf . The parents were poor,
and lived in one poor room " over the
water," that is on the Surrey side of the
.Thames. The mother did what she
could with her needle and her scissors
and her iron to increase the means of
subsistence earned bv her husband,
who plied some mysterious vocation on
the river-side, and when he was not en
gaged in that vocation, performed "odd
jobs ' in all parts of Loudon. And some
of them were very tine odd jobs. He
was one of those men who are so very
useful when you have something to get
rid of, and are at your wits' end to
know what to do ; when, for instance,
vour little dog has died, and you don't
know what to do with the body ; or
when there is a contagious disease
abroad, and it seems advisable to have
certain things disinfected or destroyed.
On all such occasions Potten was vour
man. He would do anything for next
to nothing, cr at any rate for a mere
trifle ; anything, at least, that was not
dishonest, for a more honest man than
Potten did not exist. Nor had the re
pulsive nature of the work on which he
was frequently employed resulted in any
corresponding repulsiveness in the man
himself. He had a sallow, gaunt face,
it is true, for the lines had not fallen
unto him in pleasant places ; but he
smiled when he did smile, very bright
ly, and his manner, especially toward
children, was veiy winning. No doubt
his heart was under the softening in
fluence of a double memory of Dot and
of the tiny graves. But Potten had
certainly one unpleasant peculiarity ;
there were times when he looked the
very incarnation of skepticism ; disbe
lief stood confessed in the twinkle
of his eye, in the wrinkle around his
nose, in the lines about his month, in
the sound of his snigger. Sternly ad
monish him, tearfully begof him, solemn
ly abjure him to be very careful, and so
take the greatest precautious on his
own account, and his wife's, and his
children's, if he had any ; and he would
answer impatiently: ''All right, sir;
tt) be sure I will, ma'am ; dou't you go
for to be afraid ;" but all the while his
manner aud his laugh were as much as
to say : " Tut, tut ! It's all a pack of
rubbish ; no harm shall happen unto
me." Thus does familiarity breed
contempt. Who is it that lights his
pipe over the powder magazine V Who
is it that burns a naked candle in the
deadly atmosphere of the mine ? And
yet Potten was most scrupulously care
ful in all that concerned his employers;
he may have laughed at them in his
sleeve, but, whether it were from a con
scientious sense of duty, or from fear
of consequences in case of detected
neglect, he performed their order, as
regarded themselves, to the very letter.
Such was the man who sat contented
ly smoking his pipe in the room where
Dot lay sleeping, and huging in her
arms a large black doll, with merry
black eyes, laughing mouth and grin
ning teeth, but without arms not a
doll that most girls would fancy, but
Dot loved it and fondled it as if it had
been a paragon of beauty. In Mr.
Potten's section of society no special
smoking-room is provided, And infants
sleep peaceably amidst the fumes of to
bacco. Perhaps that may be a reason
why fever, though rampant enough, is
not more rampant in certain districts.
Well, Mr. Potten sat smoking, Mrs.
Potten sat sewing, and Dot lay sleeping.
Mr. and Mrs. Potten had a deal table
between them ; and on the table stood
a common sort of lamp, which gave a
very good light by means, if smell can
be depended on, of paraffin e oil. Dot
lay sleeping; but anybody who sup
poses that she occupied her own little
cot with its snow-white coverlet, and
other accessories which make such
pretty pictures of slumbering child
hood, would, be very much mistaken.
Mr. Potten' humble establishment did
not admit of so mach luxury and inde
pendence. Mr. and Mrs. Potten and
Dot all snared the same bed, wl ich,
though by no means large, took up a
considerable portion of the apartment.
The bd had a coverlet of patchwork,
old and faded. And yet it was anything
but an ugly spectacle that presented it
self to the "husband and wife whenever
they looked in Dot's direction. The
bed linen was clean, though coarse ; and
there, with her head between two pil
lows, lay Dot. Her fair hair, very long
for her age, streamed out in all direc
tions ; the long lashes of her closed
yes drooped on her cheeks ; her smil
ing mouth, half open, showed a few
white teeth: her chubby little arms
were folded around the neck and body,
and her little chin rested, as has been
said, upon the woolly head of the black
doll. And the black doll, with a ring
through its nose, a necklace of beads
round its throat, and a Haring yellow
frock upon its body, was gorgeous to
behold.
Mr. Potten arose from his seat, and
went softly up to the bed ; and there
was a moisture in his eyes when he re
turned. He resumed his seat, and said
chackling: "Lord love her ! How hap
py she does look I
"She never had a doll afore, you
know, otten, rejoined his wife,
care-worn but cheerful, nice-looking
woman, "bar them little halfpenny
ones.
"But she's bin a-cryin'," remarked
Potten. with a look of inquiry. "I see
two little stains on her little nose."
" Yes." assented Mrs. Potten with
light laugh. "We had a few words
about the doll: she'd had it playing
with all the blessed day, and I thought
she d do better without it abed, isut
she would have dear Blackie, as she
calls it : and wouldn't even have it un
dressed. So I let her have her own
way, and that stopped her cryin' and
made her nappy again.
"What's the harm ?" growled Potten.
"Bless her little heart."
"It must have cost a lot o money,
that doll." said Mrs. Potten, "what
with the size on it, and the ornaments
and what not."
Ah ' I dare say," observed Potten
wir.v. indifference.
"You'd never have bin able to buy
one like it," continued Mrs. Potten with
much emphasis.
TUz-it f" assented Jrotten with
io-h "Ah ! it's an ill wind as
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l.lo r.hufv ftnV ffOOU.
"But tou never told me where you
si4- -If. frrm 99 remarked Mrs. iotten
ft v it was erven to you.
"What's the odds?" Baid Potten
v wiling. "Here. I'm tired; I'm a goin
to bed. Come, make haste.
Ar,.i -Mv onX Mrs. Potten were soon
asleep, with Dot and the black doll be
tveen them.
Let us change the time and scene. It
shall be the same day, but earlier in the
evening ; and the place shall be a com
fortable house, on the Middlesex aide of
the River Thames, and on the borders
of Tyburnia. It is early spring, about
an hour after subset, and a little girl
some seven years of age is being put to
bed. She is evidently an invalid. Her
pretty little face is tl in and pale ; her
hands are almost transparent : she tot
ters if she attempts to walk alone. A
lady and maid-servant are present in the
room, and lender the necessary as
sistance. The little girl has just had a
bath, to judge from plain indications ;
and she is now being arrayed in the
most dainty little night dress, and
gently laid in the most dainty little cot,
with the most dainty appliances.
Otherwise the room and indeed the
whole house, presents an unfurnished
appearance ; all the furniture seems to
be huddled together in out-of-way
places, and there is a notable absence
of carpets from the floors. Wherever
you turn you see basins or other uten
sils filled with a red liquid, as if there
had been a general nose-bleeding
throughout the house. Moreover, there
is a pervading smell as of soot, from
which the experienced would infer dis
infectants. Ia the little girl's own room
stands a table on which are arranged, to
please the eye and smell and taste, wall
flowers, violets, primroses, daffodils,
jonquils, grapes and blood-oranges.
Cheap photographs and cheap picture
books, which may serve to amuse for
the moment, and may be afterwards d -strcyed
without compunction on the
(core of extravagance, are scattered in
all directions. When the little girl has
been made quite comfortable, the lady
sits down by the side of the cot, and
prepares to coax the invalid to sleep.
Am I well now, dear mum ?" asks
the invalid.
" Nearly well, dear," replies mamma.
" We are going to the sea-side to-morrow,
and then you will get quite strong
and well again."
"But if I'm not well, why can't I go
on having Candace to sleep with me ?"
asked the invalid.
"Candace has gone away, darling."
"Where to, mum?"
"I don't know, darling. She was
taken away by the man when lie took
the other things.
" What will he do to her, mum? Cure
her?"
" I hope so, dear."
"Then why cau't I have her back
when she's cured, dear mum ?"
" Because, though she might not do
you any harm, dear, it's safer, on ac
count of other 'people, tin t we should
get rid of her altogether. "
" Poor Candace ! I hope she'll soon
get well," murmured the invalid sleep
ily. " And I hope," she added, " that
she'll not make any other little girls as
ill as I have been."
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,
was the name which the little iavalid
had given to her plaything, a black doll.
It had been included amongst a number
of articles which "the man" had car
ried'off to be destroyed, or "cured," as
the little invalid would have said. The
lady knew nothing of " the man," but
that he had been authoritatively recom
mended aa a regular practitioner in such
matters. She had paid him well, and
had strongly advised him to destroy
everything, or, at any rate, to bake,
smoke, steam, boil, and disinfect every
thing thoroughly. Unless he faithfully
promised to do at least the latter, she
would see if she could not find some
other means of riddance. And " the
man nad replied : "Ail rignt, ma am ;
don't you go for to be afraid; I know
all abont it." But somehow his manner
was a little contemptuous his eye
twinkled, and his mouth sniggered in a
by no means reassuring fashion. And
so he had gone his way ; and she did
not even know his name, which was
Potten.
And so the lady and the little invalid
went to the sea-side ; and tne latter
grew strong and plump and rosy again.
And Uandace and "tne man were
clean forgotten.
Meanwhile, Dot had been getting on
famously with "dear Blackie." No
doubt Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,
had,fallen',con8iderablyinthesocialscale;
but it is a question whether she had ever
before been treated with so much defer
ence. Dot never did anything without
consulting "dear Blackie." She ob
tained that sable personage s permission
before she even dared to put into her
mouth a single piece of bread andbut-
ter or a sip of milk and water. Nay,
the maternal authority itself had to be
backed up by the influence of the, late
Queen Candace. On the third evening
ot Dot s possession of her treasure
Now, Dot, it's time to go to bed ;
that's a good gal," Mrs. Potten said.
S all we do to bed, dear ts ackie I
Dot asked ; and then she cried exult
antly : "No, mother; dear B'ackie
says we mustn't do to bed yet, but wait
for da."
You'd better ask dear Blackie again,"
Mrs. Potten replied, for she was a kind,
patient, and judicious, but firm mother.
There was a short pause ; and then
Dot said, with a knowing laugh :
Dear B'ackie says we'd better do to
bed to-night, and sit up for da some
other night."
Ah ! dear Blackie s a good sort,"
Mrs. Potten admitted, as she proceeded
to undress her obedient little Dot.
And Dot, ere she closed her eyes in
Bleep, kissed her black doll, and said,
" Dood night, dear IS acfcie. JJod b ess
on.
That same evening Mr. Potten, whose
avocations nearly always took him
away from home all day, and who, con
sequently, seldom had an opportunity
of observing Dot and her ways, waB
treated by her to a little comedy, which
he, as a father, found more laughter-
moving than anything ever performed
by Liston, Wright or Toole. Dot was
restless, and woke up while her father
was taking his pipe and drop of beer.
And Dot insisted upon sharing his
pipe and beer witn "dear is ackie,
who, she asserted, had always been ac
customed to tobacco in "B'ackie's
land," and liked beer " froffed up," or,
as Mr. Potten himself expressed it.
with a head on." So "dear Blackie"
was placed in a sitting posture upon the
table, was propped up against a candle
stick, and in a silent language, inter
preted by Dot, contributed greatly to
the hilarity of the evening.
" Lord love her little heart V ex
claimed Potten, as he wiped tears of
amusement from his eyes when Dot had
sunk exhausted to- sleep ; " she's as
good as any play ; that 'ere doll's a for-
tun to us.
But tne next evening Potten was not
so well entertained. Dot, it appeared,
had been seized with a shivering fit,
and was now sleeping heavily, breath
ing stertorously, and tossing uneasily,
with a skin as hot and dry as a burning
coal. But poor people shrink from the
expense of a doctor ; and the Pottens
resolved to see what a night would bring
forth. The night brought forth a- sore
throat, so sore that it seemed as if Dot
would be choked. There was no help
f jr it ; a doctor must be called, and Pot
ten, on his way to work, engaged one
to "look in." The doctor looked in,
and looked serious. He sent medicine,
and word that he would look in again
in the evening. In the evening he
came, and Potten was there.
Dot was one bright red flush, to the
very whites of her eyes.
" What is it, sir, please ?" asked Pot
ten, with white and trembling lips.
" Well," said the doctor, " it is best
to tell you, in order that you may take
precautions. It is a very bad case of
scarlet fever."
Potten groaned heavily, dropped down
by the bedside, and hid his face in the
clothes.
"Come, be a man," said the doctor,
touching him on the shoulder; "don't
give way like that. I've known worse
cases recover.
Potten got up and stared about him
like one distraught.
The doctor gave his directions to
Mrs. Potten; and with a kind "good
night," departed.
The eighth day was approaching, and
Dot was in a high state of delirium.
Ihere were no sweet flowers, no violets,
no primroses, no daffodils for poor little
uot, to catch her eye and soothe her !
senses ; no grapes and no blood oranges j
to moisten her parched lips. . And :
whenever her father drew near her
pillow, she, when the delirious lit was
upon her, would turn away her face and j
mutter: "Do away, b'ack man; do
away, b'ack man !"
The eighth day camo and passed ;
and Dot passed away in the twilight.
Potten had scarcely spoken a word as ;
long as the fever lasted ; but now, as
he stood looking with a ghastly face, j
and dry, fierce eyes at the tiny corpse j
before him, he said, in slow, distinct,
deliberate tones: "Susan I've killed;
my child."
Mrs. Potten, for a moment, hushed j
her sobs, aud stared at him in blank j
amazement.
"Look here," continued Potten, in j
low, husky tones : " I knowed there'd j
bin fever in the house where this come i
from ; the lady that gave it to me j
begged and prayed o' me to burn it, or, i
j leastways, to burn the clo'es and the j
hair, and bake and scour and reg'lar j
! disinfect the rest on it ; but I was afraid 1
i o' sp'ilin' it, and and as they was
always disinfectin' everything in (hat. i
i house, I never give it a second thought. :
j and aud I giveit her ;" and, with
! a sob that shook his whole body, he ;
threw down upon tho patchwork conn- ;
terpane the black doll.
Mrs. Potten had listened to him with
a face that grew paler and graver, and j
more horror-stricken at every word he !
uttered ; but all she said was, in a voice
full of awe and agony : " Oh, John !" j
It was the only reproach she made
mm ; out it may be that there is more
in a tone than in words.
Potten walked slowly to the door, and
left the room. He looked like a man in
a dream. He did not return that night,
and Mrs. Potten was alarmed. He did
not return the tnext day or night, and
the neighbors were alarmed. They
thought, too truly, that the poor man
had gone distracted, was mad with grief
and the sense of having been the cause
of the death of his child. In this belief,
they naturally expected to find him on
the river side. And there, on the third
day, they found him at low water
drowned. The Drama in Japan.
In Japan they say the theaters are
very much patronized ; the play com
mences at 0 in the morning and ter
minates at 8 or 9 in the evening ; often
the same piece occupies two and three
days in the representation. Gentlemen
are not particular about the question
of full dress, but the ladies are ; the
latter, to cover their swarthy looks,
have the face and shoulders white
washed with almond milk ; a black
lead-pencil marks the eye-brows, and
the lips are coated thinly with gold,
which, after a while, takes a red hue ;
the head-dress is a veritable piece of
engineering ; it is a scaffolding that has
to be commenced the evening previous
ly ; but the beauty reclines dressed till
the theater opens, and once there, she
forgets all fatigue. The robe appears
to be swathed in ribbon-sashes, form
ing an immense knot at the back. The
scene-changing on the stage is.simply
on the plan of the turn-table for loco
motives. At a given signal the table
whirls for the space of a half-circle,
taking away actors in the midst of their
dialogue, and bringing others on the
scene in the act of continuing the con
versation, or representing something
new. Every actor has his " shadow,"
an individual dressed in black, who
never quits him, handing everything he
may stand in need of. And when the
shades of evening fall, he holds a can
dle on the end of a stick under the
actor's nose to allow the spectators to
judge of the actor's gestures and ex
pression of passions.
Wisdom of the Egyptians.
Philologists, astronomers, chemists,
painters, architects and physicians must
return to Egypt to learn the origin of
writing a knowledge of the calendar
and solar motion of the art of cutting
granite with a copper chisel, and of
giving elasticity to a copper sword of
making glass of the variegated hues of
the rainbow of moving single blocks of
polished syenite nine hundred tons in
weight, for any distance by land or wa
ter of building arches round and
pointed, with Masonic precision unsur
passed at the present day, and antece
dent by two thousand years to the
Cloaca Maximd of Rome of sculpturing
a Doric column one thousand years be
fore the Dorians are known in history
of fresco painting in imperishable col
ors and of practical knowledge in ma
sonry. And it is no less clear that every
craftsman can behold on .Egyptian monu
ments the progress of his art four thou
sand years ,ao, whether it be a wheel
wright building his chariot, a shoe
maker drawing his twine, a leather
cutter using that selfsame form of knife
which is considered the best form now,
or a weaver throwing the same hand
shuttle. Otto of Roses. The crop of roses
in the Orient has so fallen off this sea
son that it is thought the whole amount
of otto of roses distilled will not exceed
1,600 pounds, whereas the product last
year was 2, 700 pounds. There are eight
provinces in Turkey which together
yield ordinarily 3,600 pounds, and oc
casionally, as in 1866, 6,600 pounds.
Again their product will fall to 1,700
pounds, as in 1872. The largest of
these provinces gives about 1,900
pounds. The amount is variable, but,
on the aVerage, it takes 3,000 pounds of
roses to produce a single pound of otto
of roBe. Great care is necessary in tho
cultivation of the crop, the business of
which is entirely in the hands of the
peasantry and farmers, who have their
stills and condensation-tubes at work
all the season. In consequence of the
short crop this year, the price of otto
of roses has made a considerable advance
in London, Paris, and New York.
Common Superstitions.
Christianity has not eliminated the
old heathen leaven, although we are
commanded, " Be not dismayed at the
signs of heaven, as the heathen are."
The son of my German neighbor had
a broken leg which was mending under
the care of a skillful surgeon. At this
juncture a hen crowed before the doer !
Now the crowing of a hen, instead of
being construed, as it might have been,
as the assertion of female rights, was
construed, under the accepted German
myth, as a sign of death in the house !
The mental reaction brought on the
catastrophe, and the boy died.
My next neighbor has in his garret a
clock, dead these seven years. His son
a little time ago heard the clock strike
in the night, and told his mother.
Shortly afterward the son fell ill, and
then superstition awoke and tormented.
The stricken mother had the clang of
that clock, untimely striking, as a
dreadful sound in her ears. As I write
I see that sick boy riding out. The
sign has failed. Well, all signs fail in
dry weather, so it is not discredited
after all.
I have, or had, a neighbor who would
enter upon no
Friday. Friday
new undertaking on
is an unluckv dav.
That man, having a journey before
him, drove out five miles on Thursday,
and returned to lodge at home. Thus
he avoided the glower of the unlucky
day.
It is a bad sign to see the new moon
first over the right shoulder, a very bad
sign to hear a death-watch. The death
watch ia a bug known to entomologists
as saperda Candida. It is not safe to
sleep in a haunted room. Danger lurks
in the graveyard after moondowu.
What is all this but a touch of the
fears that haunt the mind of the most
ignorant heathen ? How sad and hu
miliating that Christian people should
even be subject to such foolish super
stitions !
Kitchen Poisoning.
The recent poisoning in New York.
caused by the reckless use of vermin
exterminator, deserves the earnest at
tention of housekeepers. Three per
sons died and several others were seri
ously prostrated from the effects of this
preposterous blunder. The develop
ments at the inquest give a startling
exhibition of the ignorance and careless
ness of servants, and show how liable
families are to fatal accidents in the
kitchen, when constant supervision ia
not exercised by the mistress of the
house. The particular exterminator
used in this case was Paris-green, one
of the deadliest of mineral poisons, and
the testimony shows that it was em
ployed in entire ignorance of the dan
ger incurred. Enough of the substance
was scattered about the kitchen to kill
a regiment, the only excuse for such an
invitatioH to disaster being a desire to
rid the premises of roaches. Very
likely the roaches were killed bv such
vigorous treatment, but it is a miracle
j that the whole family was not as sum
j marily disposed of. As it was, the con
i sequences were sufficiently dreadful.
I The poison was found scattered every
where among the dishes, among the
knives and forks, and on window sills,
j where a breath of air might scatter it
! into articles under process of cooking,
j Such tool hardiness is almost incredible,
and the carelessness in the head of the
I family in permitting such practices,
i equally so. The travail of looking
i after servants is often a serious one,
i but experience constantly shows that it
i cannot, either with safety or comfort,
! be relaxed.
Saving is Wealth.
One great cause of the poverty of the
present day is the failure of our com
mon people to appreciate small things.
They do not realize how a daily addi
tion, be it ever so small, will soon make
a large pile. If the. young men aud
young women of to-day will only begin,
and begin now, to save a little from their
earnings and plant it in the soil of some
good savings bank, and weekly or
monthly ad I their mite, they will wear
a happy smile of competence when they
reach middle life. Not only the desire
but the ability to increase it will also
grow.
Let clerk and tradesman, laborer and
artisan, make now and at once a begin
ning. Store up some of your youthful
force and vigor for future contingency.
Let parents teach their children to begin
early to save. Begin at the fountain
head to control the stream of extrava
gance to choose between poverty and
riches. Let our youth go on in habits
of extravagance for fifty years to come
as tbey have for fifty years past, and we
shall have a nation of beggars, with a
moneyed aristocracy. Let a generation
of such as save in small sums be reared,
and we shall be free from all want. Do
not be ambitious for extravagant for
tune, but do seek that which is the duty
of every one to obtain, independence
and a comfortable home. Wealth, and
enough of it, is within the reach of all.
It is obtained by one process, and by
one only saving.
There are some merchants who think
thev can " dispense with advertising,
because thev are so well known. Let
such ask whv it is that A. T. Stewart &
Co. spend half a million every year for
advertising. That firm is tolerably well
known. We never heard it accused,
either, of making bad investments.
Answered in His Own Language.
Sir Isaac Newton, a very wise and
godly man, was once examining a new
and fine elobe. when a gentleman came
into his study who dil not believe in a
God. but declared that the world we
live in came bv chance. He was much
pleased with the handsome globe, and
asked :
"Who made it?"
" Nobodv." answered Sir Isaac. " It
happened here."
The gentleman looked up in amaze
ment at the answer, but he soon under
stood what it meant.
Government Bonds. By way of
reply to a correspondent the New York
Tribune states that the total amount of
bonds of the United States bearing in
terest in gold now outstanding is $1,-
724.253.250. which is made up of 8923,
546.700 in the 6 per cent bonds known
as 5-20's ; 8283,681,350 in 6 per cent
bonds of other classes ; $322,197,900 in 5
per cent, bonds of the new loan, repre
senting the amount of 5-20's funded.
and 194,827,300 of other issues of
per cent bonds. The amount of 5-20's
outstanding on the 1st of March, 1869,
was $1,602,587,350, and the amount
paid off in gold and purchased for the
sinking fund is $67y,U4U,o5U.
Seven sons of Ezra Price, of Brook
lyn, met at Norwich, a few days since.
after a separation of fifty years. These
brothers, despite their ages, have gained
some notoriety as postal-card writers.
Edmund, 66 years old, wrote on a card,
last year, 2,700 words, for which he re
ceived a diploma at the American Insti
tute Fair, and since then he has written
on one 9,800 words from the Psalms.
" Voluntary, and responsible insani
ty " is Gerrit Smith's analysis of drunk-ennessj
The Rear of Houses.
Take the prettiest and best kept vil
lages of New England, and we doubt if
a tenth part of even the most preten
tious mansions and the most ornate
cottages will bear examination in the
rear. Instead of being nicely finished
in all their petty domestic details and
conveniences, and kept snug and trig,
with trim grass plots, with all the sub
ordinate avenues and garden approaches
well graveled, clean swept and free of
refuse, and everything wholesome and
orderly, there is apt to be a look of gen
eral untidiness, as if the residual rub
bish of years had been dumped therein.
Not unfrequently a railroad runs its
track in such a manner as to expose the
rear of plenty of houses to the eye of
the traveler over it, whose sense of neat
ness is offended by the square rods of
back-yard lumbered up with every con
ceivable variety of second-hand, dam
aged and invalided articles known to
domestic use, from a horse-cart disabled
Dy Dronen turns ana wrecsea wneeis to
the ghost ol the baby carriage which
survives two generations of children,
interspersed with smashed crockery,
rusty and condemned tinware, old boots,
sardine boxes, disabled junk bottles,
hoop-skirts which would have outlived
all usefulness if they ever had any,
chips, burdock, muilin, ashes, hal'f
bnrned lumps of wasted coal, and all
imaginable litter, trash, debris and dirt.
On the other hand, nothing is prettier
than a cottage which is thoroughly well
kept in the rear as well as its more pub
lic portion. It seems inevitably redolent
of a purer, sweeter, happier domestic
life than one with heaps of festering
rubbish crowding hard upon it.
A Great Enterprise.
There is now a strong probability that
work will soon be begin on the subma
rine tunnel between England and
France. The width of the channel at
the narrowest place between Dover and
Calais is about twenty miles. The sur
veys already made show that the chalk
which forms the Dover cliffs extends
under water from shore to shore, form
ing an easily worked stratum perfectly
waterproof. Its depth, direction, and
solidity have been ascertained by sink
ing shafts at various points. The pro
posed tunnel will run about two hun
dred feet below the sea bottom, thus
providing a secure roof. Ventilation
will be insured by shafts terminating
on the shore. The cost of these shafts
and the preliminary work is estimated
at about $800,000 while the total ex
penses of the undertaking may not fall
short of 50,000,000. The tunnel is to
be built by a combined French and
English company, with the aid of the
connection railways, and concessions
from the two governments. Toward
the preliminary engineering each com
pany is to contribute $400,000, The
French subscriptions are nearly made
up, while there is every reason to be
lieve that the English will be ready with
theirs in due time. Nothing else de
lays the commencement of work save
the favorable action of the French As
sembly, which is bkely to be taken, as
President MacMahon is not opposed to
tho enterprise. The tunnel, once in
working order, a fearful amount of
sea-sickness will be prevented, and as
far as travel is concerned, England will
form a part of the continent.
Cat-Mad.
A boy of Willow Creek, Cal., last Feb
ruary was bitten by a wild cat, and soon
got apparently well of the bite. He is
a muscular boy of seventeen, and lately
he began to be cruel to his younger
brothers and often seized with a strong
desire to eat babies. Mis brothers ran
from him when the fit was on him, and
babies were carefully kept out of his
reach. He took it into his head that it
was not wrong to kill little children and
very slight crime to murder grown
people. His peculiarities began to at
tract general attention and the people
of Willow Creek became afraid of the
boy. They called him a human wild
cat because when he was attacked with
his insane specialty he imitated the mo
tions of a cat. At length he was caught
and taken to Yreka, and put into jail
for safe keeping. The doctors heard of
the case and had a consultation over it.
They called his malady rabia J'clina,
which means cat madness, and the dis
ease is said to be exceedingly rare in
this country.
Successful Co-operation.
Godin, a manufacturer at Guise,
France, has introduced there a practical
system of co-operation. In a work on
the subject, Godin says that he became
convinced that the principal evile of
poverty were lack of ability to procure
good cooks, nurses, doctors and other
necessary attendants ; ill-trained and
ill-lighted houses, lack ot moral amuse
ments, and consequent temptations.
Godin built a great social palace on the
banks of the Oise, in which his em
ployes live, and where their wants are
supplied by co-operative stores, kitchens
and laundries. Theatrical and concert
troupes, formed among the inhabitants,
furnish amusement, and a physician,
druggist and skilled nurses attend to
the sick, tiocun lias lost nothing by
his philanthropy, the rents paying a fair
return on the capital invested. He also
shares the profits above 15 per cent, on
the capital invested with the working
men, besides paying them good wages.
A Telling Reply.
In a small town but a few miles dis
tant from this city there recently ar
rived a man, who put up at the hotel,
minded his owu business, spoke but
little, and paid his bills with regularity.
The quiet demeanor of the stranger at
tracted considerable unfavorable com
ment, which at length grew into a be
lief that he was a burglar laying plana
for atfuture raid by a well-organized
gang of law-breakers. The townspeople
at length held a meeting to consider the
case, and the landlord of the hotel was
appointed a committee of one to wait
upon the stranger aud ask his business
in town. The landlord took occasion
to do so at meal-time. The stranger
laid down his knife and fork, and said :
" You see, landlord, I was unfortunate
enough to get into a scrape a short time
ago, was caught, and sentenced to be
hung and to reside two weeks in this
place. I have lived out one week al
ready, but I am doubtful about being
able to serve out the other." The land
lord withdrew, and the townspeople
asked no further questions. New Ha
ven Palladium.
Aw Oregon Woman. Ihere is a
Hmnrfc vouucr widow in Lane county,
nmrmn. who last winter plowed between
seventy and eighty acres of ground for
hr father, and harrowed the moat of it
in Shfi then turned out her team and
went and ot a certificate as a teacher,
tnnk Tin a school and taught until hay
inrr ami harvest commenced, when she
the " birch " and again took
tip the reins and cut her father's and
uncle's grain, and is now cutting for the
neighbors.
The oil wells of Pennsylvania spout
out daily about 40:000 barrels.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN CONNER,
Banking
AND
Exchange Office,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Deposits received subject to check at Right.
Interest allowed on time deposits in coin.
Kxchange on Portland, San Francisco and New
York for sale at lowest rates.
Collections made and promptly remitted.
Refers to li. W. Uorbett, Henry Failing, W. S.
Ladd.
Banking hours from 8 a. m. to 4 r m.
Albany, Feb. 1, 1H74. 2M
d. m. .tones.
j. linsey hill.
JONES & HILL,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Albany, Oregon.
HTvfi
J. W.
Attorney and
BALDWIN,
Counselor at Law,
Will practice in all the Courts in the Second. Third
and Fourth Judicial Districts, in the Supreme Court
of Oregon, and in the IT. s. District aud Circuit
Courts.
Office in Farrish brick (up-siaire), in ofhee occu
pied by the late N. If. Crauor, First street, Albany,
Oregon. tolSvti
D. B. RICE, M. D.,
SURCEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Office, Fimtst., Between Ferry and Washington.
Residence, Third Btreet, two blocks below or east
of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. v5n4U
J. C. POWELL. L. FLYXN.
POWELL & FLYNN,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
L. Flinn, Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec
tions and conveyances promptly attended to. 1
Albany Book Store.
JNO. FOSHAY,
Dealer in
Miscellaneous Books, School Bonks. Blank
Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles, ic.
Books imported to order at shortest possible no
tice. vSut
DR. GEO.
W. GRAY,
in" rr
1 B
t
Albany, Oregon
Otlice in Parrish Brick Block, corner First ant!
IVrrv streets.
Residence, corner Fifth and Ferry streets.
(Mice hoars from k to 12 o'clock a. m, aud 1 to 5
o'clock p. m. 18vt
Epizootics Distanced.
THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES,
And iri flourishing like a green bay tree. Thankful
for pant favors, and wishing to merit the continu
ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be
ready, and easily found, to do any hauling within
the city limits, for a reasonable compensation.
Delivery of goods a specialty.
20v5 A. N. ARNOLD, Proprietor.
W. C. TWEEDALE,
Dealer in
Groceries. Provisions, Tobacco, Cigars,
Cutlery. Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware.
Albany, Orecjon.
S'3f Call aud see him. 24v5
The Metzler Chair!
Can be had at the following places:
Harrisburg Sam May
Junction City Smith & Brastield
Brownsville Kirk fc Hume
Halsey J. M. Morgan
Scio J.J. Brown
Albany Graf & Collar
A full supply can also be obtained at my old shop
on First street, Albany, Oregon.
J. M. METZLER.
Piles! Piles!
Why say this damaging end troublesome com
plaint cannot bf cured, when so many evidences of
success might tw placed before you every day
cures of supposed hopeless cases? Your physician
informs you that the longer you allow the complaint
to exit, you lessen your chances for relief. Kx
perience hat taught thin & all canex.
A. Carothers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment
Are ad they are rrom mended to be. Will cure
Chronic, Blind aud Bleeding Biles in a very short
time, aud are convent it to use.
This preparatiou is scut by niar or xprfBe to any
point within the United State at $1.50 per package.
Address A. CAROTHERS & CO,
27 v5 Box SSL Alabany, Oregon.
JOHN SCHMEER,
DEALER IN
Groceries ant Provisions,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Has just opened his new grocery establishment, on
Corner of Ellmvorth and Firnt Streets,
With a fresh stoct- of Groceries, Provisions, Candies,
Cigar-, Tobacco, fcc, to which he invites the atten
tion of our citizens.
Iu connection with the store he will keep a Bakery,
and will always have ou hand a full supply of frenh
Bread, Crackers, &c.
3? Call and see me.
JOHN SCHMEER.
February 10. 24v4
The Old Stove Depot
John Briggs,
Cook, Parlor M M Stoves!
OF THE BEST PATTERNS.
-A. S O ,
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware,
Aud the usual anBortmeut of Furnisbiug Goods to
oe outainea m a liu store.
Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason
able terms.
Short Reckonings Make Long Friends.
Front Street, Albany.
Dec. 5, 1874. 1
FURNITURE.
Everything New.
GRAF & COLLAR,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
FURNITURE
OF AIX KINDS.
Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, Lounges,
Sofas, Spring Beds, Chairs, Fie,
Always on hand or made to order on the shortest
not:ce.
Furniture repaired expeditiously and at fair rates
Salesroom and Factory on first Street,
near scnmceri namery.
Albany, Feb. 28, 1874-25. GRAF & COLLAR.
Rang
A. W. GAMBLE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON. Etc.
Office on First St..
over weeCs Grocery Store
Residence opposite late residence of John C Men
denhall, tFoundrj-, First street. Albanv
October 22. 1873.
We bf oot M
arket!
CHARLES WILSON
Having leaned tbe Webfoot Market, on Firnt street
adjoining Gradwohrs, respectfully axkx a share ot
the public patronage. The market will be keot cou
stantly BUppIied with all kinds of fresh mcatH Call
and Bee.
Y8 The highest cash price paid for Hides
CHABLE8 WILSON.
Albany, August 14, 187.
W. H. McFarland,
(Late, M. M. Harvey & Co.,)
Next Door to Conner's Bank,
ALBANY, OREGON.
STOVES, RANGES.
Force and Lift Pumps,
Lead and Iron Pipe,
Hollow Ware,
House Furnishing Hardware,
Tiii,Copper Sheet Iron Ware.
LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY.
LOWEST PRICES EVERY TIME.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
lune 11, 1874.
ALBANY
Foanflry and Machine Shop,
A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor,
ALBANY, OREGON,
Manufact.rres
Steam Engines,
Flour and Saw Mill Machinery,
Wood-Working & Agricultural Machinery.
And all kinds of
Iron and Brass Castings.
Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds ol
machinery. 41vtf
A. CAROTHERS & CO..
DEALERS IN
Drugs, Chemicals,
Oils, Paints,
Dyes, Class,
Lamps,
Etc.
All the poimlar
PATENT MEDICINES,
FINE CUTLERY,
CIGARS, TOBACCO.
NOTIONS, PERFUMERY,
And TOILET GOODS.
Particular c.ir and promptness given phytticians "
prescriptions and family rerippo.
A. CAKOTIIERS Jt CO.
Albany. Oregon. 4v5
GO TO THE .
BEE-HIVE STORE I
TO BUT
Groceries,
Provisions,
Notions,
&c.f &c, &c. , ,
Cheap for Cash I
Country Produce of All KMs Bought
For Merchandise or Cash.
This is tbe p'acc to get the
Best Bargains Ever Offered in Albany.
Parties will always do well to call and B' e for them
selves, u. WEED.
First Street, Albany, Oregon.
32vG
Ye
OLD
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
Was first known in America. Tt merits are now
weP kuown throughout the habitable world. It has
the o'devt and best seoord rf any Liniment iu the
world. From ;u milHous upon million of bottles
sold uot s'liff-e complaint has ever reacued us. As
a Healing aad Paln-SubduiUK Liuiment it has no
equal. It ia alike
BENEFICIAL TO MAN AND BEAST.
Sold by all Druggists.
S.T.--I860--X.
Y' OLD
Homestead Tonic
Plantation Bitters
Is a purely Vegetable Preparation, composed of
Callsaya Bark, Hoots, Herbs aud Fruits, among
which will be form' Sarsaparillian, Dandelion, Wild
Cherry, Sassafras, Tansy, Oentiau, Sweet Vlax, etc.;
also Tamarinds, Dates, Primes au' Juniper Berries,
preserve1 In a sufficient quantity (only) of the spirit
of Sugar Cine to keep iu any climate. They invari
ably relieve and cure the following complaiuta :
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaints, Less of
Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacke, Fever and
Ague, Summer Complaints, Sour Stoinacb, Palpita
tion of the Heart, Oenerai Debility, etc. They are
especially adapted as a reuedy lor the diBcasta to
which
WOMEN
Are subjected ; and as a tonic for the Aged. Feeble
and Debilitated, have no equal. They are strictly in
tended aa s Temperance Tonic or Bitters, to be
used as a medicine only, and always kccording to
directions.
Sold by all Fibst-Class Druggists.