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coll. vjst ciiSva. ALBANY, OREGON. A HAPPY 2iEW-YEAftS DAY. BY BSV. JOHN HALT., T. D. In -tea ffiio'd&'of September, 1873: the Algeria steamed, into the New York waters with a company of summer ab sentees, joyful at their nearness to home. The passage had been less com fortable than could be wished ; but this day was bright and fair, and the few Europans.on board were' being told, in eery variety of form, that "We were getting into New York weath er." rte." pilot was eagerly looked for, and at Jength came on board, among the cheers of the well-dressed group on deckv," He brought a few newspapers, which m were soon distributed and headings - read. .What a change of tone fchev produced ! " Panic Continu ing ! v. Hotjsb - After Hottsk Down ! The IfoiiiiOwiNa Suspended !" etc. So the words ran. A gentleman stood up and read aloud for all'; and one might see the -effect on this and that counte nance, of successive announcements. Some Mever uttered a word, but dropped away from the crowd. There was a newspaper in the' .writer's hand. A gentleman 'stepped up and timidly aeked.alpok at it. I shall never forget the expression of that face as he handed it back without a word, and crept away to hiaab?n, as he had done- some thing oriminaL- -Indeed, I- shall sever forget; .that whole- scene. .Perhaps be cause its impreesion was so strong : perhaps ; because subsequent events have often recalled it,. " I had a xireara .which was not all-a dream ;" but how much was dream and how much reality, it is not needful to say. At least Ivam wide awake now, when put- ' ting a: paper what I hope may be, in spirit and essence, if not in form, real ized in many a home on New-Year's dayr1875. . .. Mr.-Char-les G. Henslow seemed, if not a, -rich; .at -least a "comfortable" man, as he brought back his family, early in September, 1873, from a pleas ant run to the White Mountains, and that lake which it is more agreeable to sail oyer than to spell or pronounce the smiling Winnipiseogee. You could not help thinking that a happy group that entered his snug up-town resi dence his comely wife, a grown-up daughter, Carrie ; Henry, who meant to be an artist, and two little girls, who Tan up stairs and down, shouting to etat other .and to all the house, reports M the canary, the cat, the cook, and their own little room, Tom, who was veil through his course, had gone di rectly to college. Mr. Henslow soon got l under way," down -town ; but one week at home .seemed, to undo all the benefit of the summer trip. Pale, silent, and moody, be strove' in vain to respond to the gladness of his children, when he was at home in the evening. It was one week from the day of their return that .- . . - - . j He came . DaCK earner wan usual miu called .his wife to his room. She had ftuMul onmiiOiincr vaw Via1 cVi A was . - irQ . v j , wmw - not surprised, when he said, with a choking voice, ' The worfet has come ; my darling, we are poor, almost penni less. -The house has suspended, and we junior partners,, who had little in it bni our labors have nothing." Mrs.: Henslow neither shrieked nor fainted, nor fell into hysterics on' his neck. . She kissed him quietly, patted his shoulder a bit, and said. " Weil, CharleSfiwe did all, for the best, and we are in God's hands. He will set you right again.'-We need not fear his goodness failing."' j "Th$ . poor children!" said he. "How shall X tell ;them? ' Must we let them know?" And various contingen cies and considerations were hurriedly talked over, coming back to the ques tion, Shall we, tell ftem ?" " Why, certainly," said the mother. "We never hid anything from them that they could understand, and, thank ' God, there is nothing the? ought not to know." We shall not follow the history of many a sad family council held that fall ; nor the negotiations that led to quitting the house, and. finding another at a manageable distance from the city, at a small rnt. .Nor shall we linger on details" that seemed formidable at the first blush, but with which "familiarity bred contempt." That Carrie's German that Tom should not be able to traverse Europe, cultivating the acquaintance of old -masters, and "new ; that "the girls "t should not have the maid who did the sewing and waited on them ; these things looked mere trifling priva tions in a- month. Happy is it for us that a-lose that looks gigantic when set up and looked -at by itself, is dwarfed and lost in a crowd of calamities. ; v Bt the end of - the year the little rented'hoase was yery home-like -that mother could have made a home in " a hollow beech tree "and every one had a niche, and was -.tolerably happy in it. A lAttnx'had been sent to Tom calling him home, and eivinff the reason.- But the newspapers -bad been beforehand ; a kind-hearted nrofessor had told a friend of what was likely to come : and he had offered to advance the money for Tom's 'expenses till he graduated ana could repay it. "Mr. Henslow took a situ ation as book-keener, and crave his after hours time to working on the accounts m trie emDarrasseci nrm. uame wnuir d to "go out" and teach. " Certainly you can go out ' and teach." " Cer tainly .you can teach," said her mother, "I am ffoinc to encase 'vou for two lit tle girls I have, called Bessie and Ber tha, and after lessons von shall help me with the sewing. ' Salary not so much - an object as a pleasant home, , you know, dear ;" and, partly laughing and "y jujg, sne nuggea twne, w cording to the approved womanly way m expressing deep emotion of a tender tand. Henry, like a manly-, good fellow as be was, turned his back on dreams of Italy and the old masters, and was -ue art oi converting hard ware into nape, currency, in the old wnfOUfia Brasiy 4 Co., in a ti8? the months of 1874 wfi 61 The'e e no " par-to.bt8n,1- yet Bessie and Bertha bad good health, and did not seem to K5T tt Pt1?" There 'wl? no . ilmtaM V ' consulta tions were needed with the ladV who had satin: " sweet thin in silk-S. country, -Carrie did the work of ov emeas well : and her motw. lZ anjtransrormingdresseswasthe perpetual amazement of her evenings. Tom and Harry, never before received, or wrote Buuii M"M wjswsrB, ana jme amount of peto ttshed on- Charles Henslow! wueu no rebiu-uea in ine evenings was perfecUj amazing. He did not 'miss sua Kiuv, vi wibiung eise in the city. So the year passed, and the eye ef New Year's day came. There nad been many conferences about the day. Tom was ooming home for vacation. Henry was to have his first holiday. That was a double, joy. " Shall we receive, mother ?" said Carrie ; " I think we had better not." She did not wish mother to think it would be a trial to her to give up " re ceiving." " Why, certainly, Carrie ; why not ? Are we not just as good as ever we were? If anything, we are better, for we can all do something now. If any of our neighbors come, we shall welcome them; and we shall be all the happier to see them if they come this year." So it was settled. That again was a pleasant group that gathered about the breakfast-table on Jan. 1st, 1875, as it was seen in the dream. It was the first complete gath ering since their reverse. Mr. Henslow took the Bible he had left his wife to read and pray with the children when they liyed in town and read a spalm. The melt down and he prayed a simple, thankful, humble prayer. They rose from their knee, Henry, who had never heard his father pray, wiping tears that were full of nothing but joy. He had joined the church in the city in which he worked ; because " he saw he must be one thing or the other, be thoroughly good, or go to ruin ;" and a clergyman whom he consulted put him into a gentlemen's Bible class. The rest had followed. " I have some good news to tell you all," said Mr. Henslow, which I kept for this morning. The house" they all knew the house " is going on again hopefully, and I begin again as before with this year ; and if Tom likes, after he graduates next commence ment, he can get my place." After general congratulations, and some of the aforesaid hugging, it was Tom's time to answer the looks of inquiry. Well, father. I m not vain enough to think I could take your place. They have a notion at college that there is something in me ; mostly, I suspect. because i have dropped cigars and par ties, and cut fewer recitations than I used to ; and there is a talk of my get ting an exhibition that will enable me to go to Germany for a year and study ; and then x may develop into a lawyer, or a professor, or something 4 poor but honest;' for I doubt if my nervous sys tem could stand the 'fluctuations of commerce ;' " and Tom glanced slyly over a broad chest and very muscular limbs, adding : " Henry here will make a pile and one millionaire is enough in the family." This -was Tom's way of describing the brilliant success he won in college since he wakened up to the idea that he had to make his own way. The reader can imagine more huggidg, etc It was now Harry's turn to" say a word taking out a roll of notes and putting it in his mother s hand. " I was to have nothing the first year, while I was learning the business ; but the Governor told me in July that I de served something, and put me on salary ; and I brought home the most of it, and ." Poor Harry I He had some thing else to say, but he had not got rid of the crying, in his heart, over his father's prayer, and he broke down. " Poor me," said Carrie ; " I wish I was a man ; I can do nothing, and have no story to tell." " Bat you have, my daughter, and I will tell it. We paid over six hundred dollars a year for the children at school in town, and their dressing for school cost at the very least two hundred dol lars a year more ; and you have saved all that, and a penny saved is a penny won, if Benjamin Franklin told the truth; and the girls never learnt so much in a year, and never had so good a Koveruess. "And, mamma I sure, we u never go to school again, but always learn les sons with Carrie? chimed in Bessie and Bertha, to whom Carrie had made lessons (she called them her little busy B's ")more a pleasure than a toil. "Don't be too sure about that, Bessie," said Tom. " There's a dread ful bird of prey I have seen prowling about this nest that I am afraid wants to carry oft" your governess." We do not pretend to say wny uarrie is blushing and frowning on Tom, and giving him a blow on the upper part of his cheek that does not hurt him much; nor why a Mr. Eagle, who owned a nice mansion close by (his father was the rich broker in William street), who was among the first new year callers, staid so long, and ap peared so awkward and timid as ne was leaving. - Your true man, as a rule, is a little sheepish when in love : it is the empty-headed coxcomb who worships himself, and imagines he honors any body to whom he oners his precious self, that is as easy, self-possessed, and impudent as one of those cocK-sparrows in the square. But Mr. Eagle left a letter, addressed, " Charles G. Henslow, Esq., present ; of which we can give the reader a copy : Mr dear BIB : l nope it will not seem to von. and to Mrs. MenBiew. presumptuous in me to ask your consent to my union with your daughter. Since .you have come to re Bide here. I have came to love her for that real wortb. which I knew only in Part when you lived in the city,' and. yet, which I re- apeetea even men. . xnrongn uw noaum or mv l&te and dear father. I have means enough to secure comfort, and I do not mean to be an idle man. it yon win givo me mis gift, I am sure, with God'a blessing, I shall be happier and more useful, and I shall try to be like Tour other tons. I shall await a line from yon at your convenience, and before venturing to speak to Miss Henslow, and with what anxiety. I need not say. Permit me to be, with grt rencV- "FBASX P. Eaole." ' We shall not describe the other call- era: nor intrude on anotner xamuy - -i. council : nor say how, this " bud of nrev was regarded by uarne ; but we noticed that she takes Tom's puns and iokes in excellent part, even when he declares " it is the Eagle that is Car ried awav." There may have been more hugging ; fox that mother and daughter had become more vo eucu ower m uays nf trial than ever they would have been in prosperity. . As the family parted at late bed-time, air. nensrow saio, as ne kissed Bessie and Bertha good-night, This is the nappiest jnew .tears day nt m-v life." ' Many a family in the United States is less rich in 1875 than in 1873 ; but there urn nther sources oi . joy Kuan weaiiii : and He who rules all sometimes uses a kindly violence with us, that we may be compelled w exptoro . . , "Death fbom - bmakh jottes. it is stated, in the Lancet, that of 686 peo ple who were killed during Jnlj last in the northwest provinces of India by wild animals, the greater number are asserted to have died irom we eueoia tit nt venomous snakes. Many persons, however, are said to be killed anaken who probably die from other bm: Ttii not so simple a matter nn a f nrm erlv to iret rid of an ao- onaintAnnA in the Ganges, .and the snakes' are therefore substituted in' stead. '" Concerning January. ' According to the anninni: imtlinlnDv Janus was the god of gates and avenues nu ixi umh cnaracter held a key in his right hand and a rod in his left, to sym bolize his opening and ruling the year. sometimes he bore the number 300 in one nand and 65 m the other, the num ber of its days. At other times he was represented with four heads, and placed a mmpie oi iour equal sides, with a door and three windows in each side, as emblems of the four seasons and the twelve months over which he pre sided. Fosbrooke, in his valuable " Encyclo-. pedia of Antiquities," adduces various authorities to show that congratulations, presents, and visits were made by the xvomans on. iNew jtear s Uay. The ori gin, he says, is ascribed to Bomulus and Tatius, and than the usual presents were figs and dates, covered with leaf gold, and sent by clients to patrons, accompanied with a piece of money, which was expended to purchase the statues of deities. New Year's gifts were continued under the Koman em perors until they were prohibited by (Jiaudius. Thomas Naogeorgus, in " The Popish Kmgdome," a .Latin poem written 1m 1553, and Englished by Barnabe Googe after remarking on days of the old year, urges this recollection : The next to this Is Newe Teare'a Day, whareon to every frende Tbey costly presents in do bring, and Newe Veare's gifts do senae. These giftB the husband girea his wife, and father eke the cbllde, And maister on hia men bestowea the like, with favour milde. Honest old Latimer, instead of pre senting Henry VIII. with a purse of gold, as 'was customary, for a New Year's gift, put into the King's hand a new Testament, with a leaf conspicu ously doubled down at Hebrews, xiii. Dr. Drake is of opinion that the wardrobe and jewelry of Queen Eliza beth were principally supported by these New Year's contributions. Nearly all the peers and peeresses, all the bishops, the chief officers of state, the Queen's household servants, even down to her apothecaries, master cook, ser geant of the pastry, gave her gifts, and although she made returns to these in gifts of plate and other artioles, she took care that the balance should be in her own favor. Charles Lamb's delightful essay on New Year's Eve begins with " Every man hath two birthdays ; two days, at least, in every year, which set him upon revolving the lapse of time, as it affects his mortal duration. The one is that which in an especial manner he termeth hia. In the gradual desuetude of old observances this custom of solemnizin our proper birthday hath nearly pasi away, or is left to children, who reflect nothing at all about the matter, nor un derstand anything beyond the cake and orange. But the birth of a new year is of an interest too wide to be preter mitted by king or cobbler. No one ever regarded the 1st of January with indifference. It is that front which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam." Pins were acceptable New Year's gifts to the ladies, instead of the wooden skewers which they used till the end of the fifteenth century.: Sometimes they received a composition in money, and hence allowance for their separate use came to be called "pin money. It was on the 1st of J anuary, 1308, that William Tell associated himself with a band of his countrymen against the tyranny of their oppressors. For upward of three centuries the opposi tion was carried on, and terminated in the treaty of Westphalia, in 1648, de claring the independence of Switzer land, On the 1st of January, 1651, Charles II. was crowned at Scone King of the Scots. On the 1st of January, 1801, the union ox Great Britain with Ireland com menced by act of Parliament, and Irish men have been thinking about that little matter ever since. On the same day, Jan. 1. 1801, Piazzi, the astronomer at Palermo, discovered Ceres anew primary planet, making the eleventh of that order. An Incessant Want. One of the incessant wants of man is air. we want air mainly to nourish, us and Keep us cool. The quantity ox air inhaled by an adult in twenty-four hours amounts on an average to about three hundred cubic feet, or two thou sand gallons. That we take in and give out during twenty-four hours, in the shape of solid and liquid food, occn pies- on an average the space of five and a naif pints, wnich is equal to one three-hundredth of the volume of air passing through our lungs. It will astonish you to near, per haps for the first time, that this amounts to seven hundred and thirty thousand gallons in one year, and to be reminded of that continuous work which goes on day and night a never-ceasing bellows-blowing, by wmcn tne organ ox uxe is Kept in play. Of course the quantity of air flowing around the surface of the human body is greater than that.- Do not object that air is sometimes so light that it need not be taken into account. It has some weight ; water certainly is seven hundred and seventy times heavier, but our daily two thousand gallons have for ail that a weight or twenty-nve pounds avoirdupois. That Bonanza. The recently discovered bonanza in the Consolidated ' Virginia and Cali fornia Mines has done great things for the Comstock Juoda. the value of which. at least on paper, has been increased at a tremenaous rate, xuo appreciation during the last thirty days has been eaual to S125.0U0.UUU. oi which about S90.000.000 may be credited to the Cali fornia, Consolidated Virginia and Ophir Mines, while nine or ten others have gone nn S1S.O0O.OO0 in the same interval. We annex a list of the market value of a few of the most prominent stocks, with the increase enacted on the whole number of shares during the month Xov. 31. 1- u. ZttOU (ratn. California, per ahare. .195 SS0O 60O 190 35 45 63 11S 64 90 19 ' 48 170 7a 20 $43,740,000 Consolidated Virginia. Ophir .163 85,854,000 10,381,000 3,500,000 Mexican Best at Belcher.. Gould & Curry........ Savage... Hale & Norcroas ChoUar-Potoai. Imperial .............. Confidence Yellow Jacket Justice... Sierra Kevada . 23 .;. 24 . . 90 j. 45 . . 8 .. 15 .. 33 ..107 .. 36 .. 10 4,535,000 1,834,000 660,000 304.000 516,000 400,000 400,000 "1,513,000 . 760.000 .1,-000,000 Total ; . .$106,018,000 The Mexican is part of the Ophir Mine, which -was divided on -Leo. iu, and is included to (five tne true in crease. San JPranctsco Bulletin. Tot Albany Penitentiary will make a a . . . -T a. slfiA AAA ciear prone txua year ox aoont ou,vuu. Prisoners from many of - the interior conntiea and some United States eon victa are gent there, and the payment of their board covers the oost of feed ing them. The Betora Wave. ' The New York Tribune gives the sub joined statement, which may astonish many who suppose that this is the only country in the world where existence is endurable : For several days past many persons, mostly Germans, have besieged the offices of the Commissioners of Emigra tion at Castle Garden, and besought them to provide steerage passage to Europe. Most of them professed to be without means, while others asserted that they had a portion of the passage money. Of course it was impossible for the Commissioners to provide means for them to return to Germany, but in some few instances where only a small deficiency existed, the balance was sup plied by the Commissioners. In nearly every case they came provided with letters from Germany in which they were assured that labor is plenty and profitable at home, and that the de mand for mechanics is greater than for many years previous. Information re ceived by the Commissioners them selves from all parts of Prussia shows that the situation has not been exag gerated. Skilled labor is scarce, and the prices paid exceed anything that has been paid - for years past, v Book-binders, machinists, type-setters and mechanics in the different trades are receiving from ten to thirty florins a week where only one third that sum used to be paid. This rate, considering the prices of rent, pro visions anJl living generally, is equiva lent to as many dollars here. Accom plished book-keepers with large manu facturing companies are receiving from 3,000 to 10,000 florins a year. Busi ness is brisk throughout the empire and prosperity and plenty prevail through out the land. This is accounted for by the Commissioners and others from the fact that while Germany is now homo geneous and a unit, she became en riched by the late war, levying trib ute upon France, which was made to bear all the expense of the campaign. She was more than indemnified. Mon ey became plenty, and the industries, which had slumbered when the war was raging, were set in operation at its close. Business relations were opened with other nations which previous to the war had only trifling . commercial relations with the Prussian provinces. There was an increasing internal and external demand for the manufactures of Prussia, and skilled laborers were sought for. But the war had killed off many of them. It had taken the bone and sinew of the land, and many who had not been killed had been maimed for life. This created a great want, and the price of labor advanced. Man ufacturers and tradesmen as well as the friends of Germans in this country are sending to America for them, proffering good positions at home. " A Pistol That Was a Pistol." Capt. Isaac S. Bourne, of the Brook lyn police, was shot and instantly killed at noon yesterday by J obi urawiord Pollock, a reporter employ d upon the Brooklyn Argus. Pollock had been to the Church of the Assumption, and on his way home had stopped at the Sec ond Precinct Station to see the Captain, who was his friend. In the course of conversation, Pollock took from his pocket a cartridge, which he said was similar to the one taken from the body of Mosier, one of the Bay Ridge bur glars. The Captain took the cartridge and looked at it a few minutes, and then putting his hand in his pocket drew a revolver, which he showed to Pollock, saying it was a present given to him some time previous. Pollock returned it to him, and then the Captain went into his private room, saying that he had another one which he felt proud of. follocK followed him. The Captain went te his desk, and opening a small drawer, took out another pistol. Pol lock asked if It was loaded, and the Captain replied, "No." The former cocked and snapped it. ".Now, said Captain Bourne, " I'll show you a pis tol that is a pistol," and he brought forth a fine nickel-plated navy revolver, made by Smith & Wesson and handed it to Pollock. The latter took it in his hand, and supposing it to be unloaded snapped it as he had the other pistol. To his astonishment the revolver was fired and the ball struck- the Captain about half an inch below the nipple on the left side of the breast. Immedi ately on seeing what he had done Pol look rushed to the door leading to the main room, and said, "My God, I have killed him I" Sergeant Carrougher, who was at the desk, heard the report, and ran, with Officer Bedell, to the in ner room, where they found the Cap tain dead upon the floor, between his chair and desk.' Pollock was immedi ately arrested, and in conversation after ward with Inspector Waddy said that he supposed the pistol was unloaded. At the time of the shooting Capt. Bourne and Pollock were admiring the pistols, the Captain sitting in front of Pollock near his dess.' Their conver sation, Pollock 6ays, was of the friend liest character. Mew York Tribune. A Remarkable Insnrance Case In France. A rather remarkable insurance ease lately came before a French court. A M. de Bnigny nad insured nis uze in the Gresham Company, of London, for $-1,000. - Up to a recent date he was in perfect health, but, naming taitenavery hot bath, it seemed to hare the effect of bringing on some cereDru aisoraer which necessitated - nis being cioseiy watched : but. notwithstanding Bnch snrreillance, . ne coninvea 10 : ges . " a A . a hold of some prassio acid, and killed himself. Mme. de Bnigny at once communicated to the office the cir cumstances, and found tney were re solved to treat the case as one of sui cide, and to decline payment. The .French court hss decided tuat wnen a man kills himself who does not enjoy liberty of action, it is not suicide, and permits Mme. de Bnigny to bring be fore it proofs of her statement, with the view, it may be presumed, of en forcing - payment if she sustains same to its satisfaction. the A " Solid" Man. An old and well known merchant of this city lost in the great fire of 1872 property in merchandise and ware houses to the amount of ; SI, 750,000. Deducting what he recovered from in snrance. and ir eluding what he lost in insurance stock, the net loss to him was then $1,350,000. He imme diately sat to work to rebuild, thouirh any one seeing how cool and calm he was on the Sunday morning following the fire would hardly have supposed he was interested to the amount of a dol lar. He has just completed the last of his buildings.- He has .neither sold a foot of real estate nor has he borrowed a dollar irom any source. Boston TraveUer. . f -yvc. Austria refuses to deliver up an Archbishop who is "wanted" by the Prussian police, under the " Habitual Criminals act." , The Beginning of the Year. It was a curious circumstance, with which our readers may not ail be familiar, that originally determined that the beginning of the year should be the 1st of January. It seems odd to begin the year in mid-winter, especially as there is nothing in the heavens or on the earth to mark that as a natural point to reckon from. The solstices and equinoxes, as open to observation and as periodically recurring, were noticed and marked with more or less accuracy even in the earliest times ; and, accordingly, most of the Oriental nations began their year at the autumnal equinox, as the Jews also did as to their civil year, though their ecclesiastical year they dated from the vernal equinox; the Mexicans too began their year at the vernal equinox. A11 the ancient northern nations .of Europe, and the Peruvians of South America, commenced the year with the winter solstice,, and so did the early Greeks and Romans ; the Greeks, however, subsequently changed to the summer solstice, and the Romans, under a military exigency to be mentioned in a moment, adopted, in the year 153 B. O, an ordinance which thereafter marked for them, and still marks for us, an artificial time for New Year's. In that year there was a serious revolt against the dominion of Rome within the so-called Spanish provinces, The Lusitanians, ancestors of the present Portuguese, and the Yettones, a tribe of Central Spain, making common cause together, defeated two Roman Gov ernors, marched at will over the penin sula, and pillaged even in the neigh borhood of the Roman capital in Spain, now Cartagena. The Romans at home took these events so seriously as to resolve on- sending a Consul to Spain, a step that had not before been deemed necessary for more than forty years; and, in cder to hasten the departure of the military, they even decreed that the Consuls for the year should enter office two months and a half before the legal time. The Consuls were always elected in the fall, at the close of the military year, but the day for their entering upon office had long been the 15th of March, near the vernal equinox, the time when military campaigns were wont to begin ; but at this time and for this reason the day for entering upon office was shifted from the 15th of March to the 1st of January ; and thus was ac cidentally established, as it were, the beginning of the year which we still make use of at the present day. J ulius Csesar long afterward reformed the calendar in very essential respects, but he did not disturb the beginning of the year, which remained for the Romans, and consequently for all nations and all ages, where the exigencies of a Spanish revolt had once placed it a century and a half before Christ. New York Even ing Post. Hew Economy in Advertising Resulted. Advertising does not flourish in France as it does, we will not say in America, for this industry, if it may be so called, obtains extravagant propor tions in that country but in England. A French writer notices this fact with some alarm as a sign of languid trade, being unable to account for it by any lofty indifference on the part of the public to the suggestions of advertis ers. To prove that the French public resembles that of other countries in this respect, he relates that, being en gaged in conversation with 'the head of a firm celebrated for its extraordinary outlay in advertisements, this gentle man told him that it had once occurred to him to diminish his annual expenditure in this direction by the sum of 25,000f. "The business," he argued, " is fairly afoot ; the public is f uBy apprised of it ; they will come to us at any rate ; therefore those 25,000f may as well remain in our pockets." But this reasoning was fanaoions, and that year's accounts showed a diminu tion of proms luiiy equivalent to tne supposed saving. It must not, how ever, be assumed that the French can not advertise. A slop-seller lately drew public attention to his stock, describing the clothes he made as ' being, so to speak, fitted by anticipation," a refine ment worthy oi iiamum. isonaon Echo. Au Unattractive Capital. A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Occan writes : " What could have dictated the choice of such ' a cheerless, melancholy spot for a city as the plateau on wnich .Madrid is lo cated? Spaniards even cast slurs on their unfortunate capital. Tne poor little Manzanares, dignified by the name of river and magnificently bridged, but completely destitute of water most of the vear. affords sttort for the least funny newcomer. The climate has been described as three months winter and . nine months Madrid hell.' But, with all this, has had greater prosperity than any other Spanish city. Its pop ulation is at present nearly 400,000. Perhaps tne best explanation of the anomaly is that a residence town always thrives in Europe, as witness the mush room irrowth of Berlin since it became the capital of the German empire. There is not much that one sees in wan dering about the streets during a few days' stay in Madrid that is particularly Hrjanish. I hardlv dare venture the rem&rK, and yet it is extraorair-ary now dull a city it is, considering its great size. There is not a church worth any trouble to see, not a building that is more than one expects to find m every little German capital : the streets are narrow, the squares few and dusty.' Had Seen Kings Enough. A gentleman at Washington was re quested by a friend to join bun on a visit to the depot to witness the arrival of the Ktne of the sandwiches. "No, sir, not moon," growled tne flrentleman. i " Have you ever seen a King in your travels?" inquired the friend, marveling somewhat at nis snort answer. " Yes, sir, replied the gentleman ; I was once iruilty of seeing three kinirs." Then, after a moment's pause. he went on to, say : Andathey oost me $L50, sir. Xuose were war tunes,' how ever." , - - . His friend suggested he must have been in bad company. wen, x don e Know, says tne sen- tleman, " I thought I was in pretty good company at the time. I called to see those three, sings in company with three queens, another king, and an aoe spot, and have never had any desire to see one oi ine royai lamuy since." Mis friend saw tne point, said he passed, and shuffled on. The Pope has conferred the Order of St. Oregory on Mr. Cteorge Peter Alex ander Healy in recognition of the ar tist's merit as shown in the recent portrait he has painted of his Holi ness. Florida has just sent out fifty tons of sponges. BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN CONNER, AND- Exchange Office, ALBANY, OREGON. Deposits received subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on time deposits in coin. Exchange on Portland. San Francisco and New York for sale at lowest rates. Collections made and promptly remitted. Refers to H. W. Corbett. Henry Failing, W. 8. ladd. Banking hours from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Albany, Feb. 1, 1874. 22v6 D. M. SOKES. 3. UNSET HHJU JONES & HILL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Albany, Obeqon. 37v , 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 U. 8. District and Circuit Courts. Office in Parrish brick (up-stalra), in office occu pied by the late N. H. Cranor, First.street, Albany, Oregon. tolfiv6 D. B. BICE, M. D., SURCEON AND PHYSICIAN. Office, First-st., Between Ferry and Washington, .j.. . r i Residence, "Third street, two blocks below or east of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. v5n40 J. C. POWELL. L. FLYNN. POWELL & FLYNN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, L. Fllnn, Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec tions and conveyances promptly attended to. 1 Albany Book Store. JNO. FOSHAY, V - - Deler In ifiicellaneous Book; School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles,' dtc. Books imported to order at shortest possible no ice. v6n30 DR. GEO. W. GRAY, DENT I 8 T Albany, Oregon. Office in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and Ferry streets. Residence, corner Fifth and Ferry street. Office hours from 8 to 13 o'clock a. m. and 1 to 5 o'clock p. m. 18v6 Epizootics Distanced. THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES, And is flourishing like a green bay tree. - Thankful for past favors, and wishing to merit the continu ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be ready, and easily found, te do any hauling within the city limits, for a reasonable compensation. tr Delivery of goods a specialty. -20v5 A. N. ARNOLD, Proprietor. - W. C. TWEEDALE, Dealer in groceries, Provisions, Toliacco, Cigars, Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware, -. Albany, Orkoon. Call and see him. . 24vS The Metzler Chair! Can be had at the following places : Harrisburg. .Sm May Junction City. Smith fc Brastield Brownsville Kirk Jc Hume Halsey . M. Morgan Scio J- Brown Albany Ural at uoiiar A full supply can sIbo be obtained at my old ahop on First street, Albany, Oregon. ' ' Piles !Piles! WW .iv this riamncrlncr and troublesome com' nlaint cannot be cured, when so many evidences of success unfile oe piacea oaon job isverjr cures of supposed hopeless cases 1 Your physician informs you that the longer you allow .the complaint to exiat. vou lessen your chances for relief. Ex perience has taught this in all eases. A. CaroMs & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment i all thv ar recommended to be. Will cure Cbronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in very short time, and are convenient to vm. This preparation ia sent by mail or express to toy point wittiin tne umtea pn - pr pmsbbo. . t . a Ti rnroa a. dT 27t5 - Box 38, AUbany, Oregon. JOHN SCHMEER, DEAL.KB IK Groceries aal Provisions, ALBANY, OREGON, Has just opened hia new grocery establishment, on Corner of Ellsworth and First Streets, With a fresh stock of Groceries, Provisions, Candies, Cigars, Tobacco, so., to wmcn ne invites ine alien tion of (rar citizens. and will always have on hand a full supply of fresh Tn mnnMtiAB witn tne store ne win seen a mit. Bread, crackers, sc. . call ana see me. . JOHN SCHMEEK. February lg. . . 24v4 The Old Stove Depot John Briggs, Dealer In I:.'"iry , Coot, Parlor, ani Box Stoves ! " OF THE BEST PATTERNS. ALSO, Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware, And the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods. to ba obtained in a Tin mora. Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason able terms. Short Reckonings Hake Long Friends. " Front Stbkkt, AliBANT. Dec 6, 1874. Everything New. GRAF & COLLAR, V Manufacturers an Dealers a FURNITURE OF AtX KINDS.' Bureaus, ueosteaas, xantes, luonnges, Sofas, Spring Beds, Chairs, JSSc., jtlmju on hand or made to order on the shortest . . '!: ; .... Furniture repaired expeditiously and at fair rates. Salesroom mm v-aeiory em nnt. mtii, Albany, Fab. 38, 1874-36. OBAF fc COLLAR; wmmmmmmmmmmmmm ill.' A. W. GAMBLE, M. JX, PHYSICIAN, SURCEON, Etc. Office on First St, over Weed: Grocery Store- Residence opposite late residence of John O. Mi denhall, near the Foundry, First street, Albany. October 22 1873. Vebfoo t T.l arkotr CHAELES WILSON Having leased the Webfoot Market, on First street, adjoining GradwobJ's, respectfully asks share of ' the public patronage. The market will be kept eon- -stantly supplied with all kinds of fresh meats. Cal and see. tr The highest cash price paid for Hides. CHARLES WILSON. Albany, August 14, 1874. W. H. YIcFarlandr (Late M. M. Harvey k Co.,) Next Door to Conner's Bank,. ALBANY, OREGON. STOVES, RANGES,. Force and Lift Pumps, Lead and Iron Pipe, Hollow Ware, . House Furnishing Hardware, Tin, Copper I SheetlronWare- LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY LOWEST PRICES EVERY TIME. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. June 11, 1874. . ALBANY Fonnflry aafl llacMfla Sliop A. F. CHERRYrProprietor, ALBANY, OREGON, Manufactures' Steam Engines,, Flour and Saw Mill Machinery, Wood-WorMDg&MciiltnralMacluiieiTa, And all kinds of T, Iron and Brass Casting, Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds oi ' machinery. - 41v3 A. CAKOTHERS & CO., DEAIiEBS IN Drugs, Chemicals; Oils, Paints, Dyes, Class, , Lamps, Etc All the popular . . PATENT MEDICINES, CIGARS, TOBACCO. NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, And - TOILET GOODSw- Particular care and promptness given physician' " prescriptions and family recipes. ' A. CO. Albany, Oregon. 4v( GO TO THE BEE-HIVE STORE E -TO BUY- Groceries, Provisions, Notions, &c.y &c, &c.r; Cheap for Cash. L Conntry Produce of All Kinds BonM: For Merchandise or Cash. This is the p'aoe to Rt the Best Bargains Erer Offered la Albany-.. Parties will always do well to call and aea for then elves. H. WKltD. First Street Albany, Oregon. S2v . Ye MEXICAN Mustang Liniment Was first known . In America. Its merits are now well known throughout the habitable world. It haa the oldest and best reeord of any Liniment In the world. From tn millions upon millions of bottle old not a single complaint has ever reached na. Aa a Healing and Pain-Subduing Liniment it haa no equal. It I I la alike BENEFICIAL TO HAN AND BEAST- 8oid by all Druggists. i S.T.--I0 y OLD Homestead Plantation Bitters Is a purely VegeUble Preparation, com peed of Calisaya Bark, Roots, Herbs and Fruits, anion. which will be found SaraaparllUan, Dandelion. Wild Cherry, Sassafras, Tansy, Oentlan, gimt Kla, eto. also Tamarinds, Dates, Prune, and Juniper Bwrlee. prwerved in a sufficient quantity (only) of the spirit of Sugar Cane to keep In any climate. They In vart ably relieve and curs tha following eomplainta Dyspepsia, Janndlos, Liver Complaints, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Bilioua Attacks, Fev.r and Ague, Summer Complaints, Sour Stomach, Palpita tion of the Heart, General Debility, .to. Thy are especially adapted aa remedy for the diseases to which -.W.0.M.E-.N,.. Are subjected : and aa s tonio for the Aged, Feebla and Debilitated, have no equal. They era strictly in tended as a Temperanoa Tonio or Bitten, to be used as. a medicine only, and alwaja aaoordlng to directions.' v . . t . " Sold bt all Vibbt-Class Druggists G0" Hi Tonic