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PUBU8HEO KTEBT FKITAT BY C O LL VAN CLKVK. AliBANY, OREGON. THREE DATS UNDERGROUND. The son on Friday, April 2, had risen brightly on the mining-village of Carbonoir, and the dull and dismal March days, with their raw, rainy, in clement weatner, looKed a long way back since tne gemai sunsnine Had brightened our dispositions and dried oar roads. The miners had " struck " the pre vious day for seme fancied annoyance. and the inside workings and breakers weie deserted, except by the engineers and firemen. We that is, the super intendent, the "inside boss," and mine engineer or surveyor had decided to take advantage of the cessation of work and make a trip inside, in order particularly to look at one of the breasts," in which a "roll" had been met, and in general to view the appearance of the mine to see that none of the doors had been left open by which the inside air would be vitiated, for our mines were not free from fire damp ; to observe the timbers, for in parts of the mine there had been indi cations of a 'squeeze;" and also to notice the workings of our two ten-inch steam-pumps, which were strained to their utmost 'working as they were under the high pressure of ninety pounds of steam to keep the mines dear 01 water. . On the day before, out of curiosity, I Had measured tne stream they were throwing, and found to my astonish ment that their combined outputs amounted to cS.UOU gallons per minute. X had not mentioned this to the sur veyor, the amount being so large as to make me feel uncertain in my calcuia tions ; yet there were those calculations in black and white according to the latest formula of American engineers. so that I came to the conclusion that they were right, but that I would not speak of it to any one. As our tramp was to be an extended one, over the whole of the mine, which in one direction was driven for more than a mile, and had labyrinthine pas sages that would have Badly puzzled any one not acquainted with the work ings, we took our dinners along in the little buckets that miners carry, and also a bottle of oil for the supply of our lamps. The day previous had been somewhat an idle one, and, knowing the course our trip was to take, I amused myself by making a little sketch from the large mpof the vicinity of the par ticnlar " breast " we intended visiting. I thought nothing of it at the time ; but Afterward, as will be seen, it became of the greatest importance. We took a walk through the breaker and the sutside workings before we went inside. There were the eight boilers working at a pressure of ninety -pounds of steam, and trembling with the mighty force within them ; but of their safety we felt no fear, as they had a few days before been examined by the inspector and pronounced sale to pressure of 110 pounds to a square inch. A loud hissing sound, like the rush of -waters, caused us to turn suddenly, but it was onlv the steam blowing through the safety-valve. At last, our examina tion being completed, we lighted our lamps, climbed into the cage, and gnve the engineer the signal to lower ua down the shaft slowly. The descent in a shaft is a very pe culiar feeling to those who have never experienced it. We have all felt the odd sensation in the back and breast when using a forty-foot pole swing. The feeling there is difficult to de scribe, but may be said to be as though the breath in your body, instead of making its natural exit, was going from the back of the lungs to the front, and thsnce out through the breast bone. So with the sensation in descending shaft. Here it is not only the breath that appears to be leaving you, but the blood, bones, and brain all seem to be trying to escape through the roots of the hair ; a capillary sensation which is scything but pleasant. We made the descent of 357 feet 4 in two and one-half minutes, and ar rived safely at the bottom of the shaft. The workiDg of our mine had been begun on the most scientific principles, but several layers of hard rock had . made the shaft extremely costly ; and the circumstances of the company were somewhat straitened when we had reached the coal vein of which we were in search. It is generally customary to have a sump," or chamber for holding water,' si the bottom of the shaft, so that in ease anything should happen to the varans there will be a reservoir for the mine water to flow into, and which will require some time to fill before the tracks are overflowed and work stopped ; but just below the coal, when the 'sump was begun, a bed of iron pyrites was met, on which the best cast steel drills made no impression ; and, . after a week of utterly futile work, the design of making a sump was aban doned, and a slight roll occurring at pome little distance from the bottom of the shaft, the coal was mined there- -from, and- the cavity thus- - made used as a sump, although it only held lew thousand gallons oi water. We started on our tramp, alter ex amining the two steam-pumps and not ing the number of strokes per minute they were making. The mines were very wet, and little drippers falling from the roof trickled down our backs, eansine very unpleasant sensations. We did not find much to complain about in the workings till we came to the point where the squeeze had mani fested itself. Here stout timbers of one foot and a half in diameter had been bent into a bow-like form by the pressure of thousands of tons of Super s' . A. . T J 1L 1- uoumuciit rocs, uui . iud uueu irw onlv beginning to make itself manifest. The practiced eye of the superintend ent, aided by his unerring ' judgment, maim, noted the points where extra Arenarth was required, and he gave his orders to the " mine boss." who care- fnllv marked them. - We now retraced our footsteps, and. turning into another gangway, reached the "breast" in which . the roll bad occurred. The pitch, or slope, of the coal-vein was here steep, nearly 45 "daarrees, which may oe compared to the fc-.swf. of the roof of an old-fashioned mmnsa- and we made our way with diffi- enlty up the narrow man-way, on which been cut in the rock. The lower part -of the " breast "was filled "with co cl which had not been drawn out for several ds,' being left for the miners to obtain a foothold while ir'ncf in" on the solid coal above W nan.mv WSS S tortUOUS PSflS&ge. -'-with barely room for one to crawl -K5-h : but. after a little trouble, we reached the face of the " breast." and began our observations on the roll.' There was no mistaking the fact of its oeing a " roil ;" the top rock - had de scended and the bottom raised till but three inches of coal were left, and that was so shelly that it could ,- easily be crumbled between the fingers.- - The superintendent took out his little pocket-compass from its velvet lined case, and, after poising it delioately be tween his fingers and noting the course oi tne roll, stated his opinion that it would be met with in the next "breast," about five feet higher up the pitch than it was in this. We now prepared to descend, when he suggested that we might as well eat our lunch here, where it was dry. instead of going into the gangway, where we would find a diffi culty in getting a convenient seat. In. this we acquiesced, making ourselves as comfortable as we could upon lumps of coal. We opened our cans and but iust then a sharp, oracking noise was leard, which brought us all to our feet ; and, following it almost instantly, the roof was seen at a little distance to sway and then to fall, making a draft of air which instantly extinguished our lamps and left us standing, for the moment, bereft of speech in the darkness, while the dull, heavy echo reverberated till it was lost i l the recess of the mine. We were, as I said, stupefied for the mo ment, but soon recovered our speech and senses and anxiously inquired of each other if auv one had been hurt. X answered that X was all right, and asked where the " inside boss " was, for I had not heard his voice. The super intendent said he was standing by him when the fall came; so we produced matches, li anted our lamps, and looked around us. A glance to the left showed us his form, lying insensible, with cnt in his forehead, the dark blotches of coal-dirt on his face contrasting ter ribly with the waxy color of the skin, rendered far more ghastly and death like bv the yellow gleam of the lamps. It was evident that we were fastened in by the fall of coal; but that did not concern us greatly, as it was well known that we were inside, and men would soon be sent in search of us. But what were we to do with the stunned man, for bv this time we had ascertained that he breathed faintly. Though neither of us nad the advantage of a medical education, we knew what to do in a case of this sort, and dampening our hardkerchiefs from a little driDDer. we laved his temples and soon had the satisfaction of observing the return of his faculties. After we had explained the situation to him, which he slowly comprehended, we took counsel as to what were the best means of escaping from our under ground prison. Though we felt certain that it could not be long before parties would be in search of us, yet it was agreed that we should not remain idle, but endeavor to cut our way out into some other cham ber of the mine. Picks and shovels were lying around, where the miners the preceding evening had left them, and each taking one of these in hand, we proceeded to tap lightly the coal in order to determine, if possible, by the sound where the thinnest pillar stood, and, therefore, where we would have the least cutting to do. While we were engaged in thus sounding the walls of our prison, a dis tant rumble was heard which caused us to stop short in our labor and look at each other with blanched faces. Our thoughts ran on bat one thing the timbers in another part of tha mine I must have given way and blocked us out completely. We now waited motionless for the gust of air which always follows a fall, bat as our lamps gave not the alightesr flicker, we were entirely at a loss to ac count for it. So puzzled by this collection of mis haps, and wondering. how soon they would come in search of us, we continu ed our tapping on the sides of the breast;" but it always gave back the same ringing sound, and that was no guide whatever. just then the wick of my lamp need ing trimming, I searched in my pockets for a knife, and, f eeling a piece of paper, took it out and found that it was the sketch of that portion of the mine. We felt that this little drawing was our salvation, for without it we would have been working blindly. After a close examination of it we determined just where to start in order to cut into an air-hole, which was thirty feet away, through solid coaL After having decided upon the spot. we began work immediately. Only one could work at a time, and as we were each to work fifteen minutes, in order to tell when the time would be up, the superintendent looked at his watch. The hands pointed to a little after twelve. He said, "I thought it was latter, as it must have been almost that when we began our dinner." xne Doss responded. xs it noon. or night?" "Noon, of course;" answered the superintendent. We thought for a time by way of de ermining, when the boss said : " Have you a watch-key T " Yes." " men wind up your watcn and you can telL The superintendent did so, and found that his watch was almost run down. We looked at each other in silence. Could it be that we had been 1-here i . . . , 1 . l at twelve nours, ana no xieip come tour It must be. It seemed strange that we had not yet felt th pangs of hunger ; but now, our attention being called to the fact that we had eaten nothing all day. we turned toward our dinner-cans with good appetite. We ate sparingly, however, for the reason that the period u uui immaiBmeiu seetuea very un certain. No thirst was felt because of the dampness of the air in the mine. Thus reinvigorated, we started again at our worK, and ere long nad the satis faction' of seeing that we had made about ten feet of progress. - While I was resting and awaiting my turn with the pick, I heard a confused squealing in the lower part of the " breast." We stopped work and look- ea in was oirecnon, ana saw, to our astonishment, rats in great numbers making their way through the inter stices of the loose coaL , . We thought at first that they had in some way ascertained our condition, and intended making a raid on us en masse, but a moment's observation dis pelled this idea, for they appeared cowed and frightened, and, instead of showing fight, sought seclusion under lumps of coaL ... Our lamps had been burning brighter for some time and were now flaming violently. - -. . x For a moment the superintendent looked thoughtful, then grave, then, in an utter agony, he muttered: -usy r (and I believe the oath was left un- registered) the water is rising we're lost!" - - . We stared at each other in mute de spair. What the thoughts of the rest were I cannot tell, but my own life and actions went like a panorama before my mental vision. " Sins of omission and commission passed by in a torrent, and my onenses magnified themselves, and their blackness and size overshadowed the good acts I had done, blotting them out completely. The superintendent, thinking audi bly, murmured, " My wife, my child 1 " and we heard a deep sigh from the boss. We turned to look at the latter. and as we did bo he fell on his face, the blood gushing from under the bandage a w-r - - i , - ui it Bueam. xxurneaiy luong nun we tried to staunch the wound, but in vnin ; tie it no matter how tightly the blood oozed through the handkerchief. The condensed air of the chamber forced it from his body, and his face, which had been livid, i became pallid and wax-like, and his pulse ceased to beat. . He was dead 1 The superintendent looked at his watch. It had stopped. He shook it and found that it had run down. Had another twenty-four hours passed ? It was insupportable, this death in life. Was there no hope for us ? We refilled our lamps, exhausting the oil in the bottle, and, with brains reeling and blood gushing from our finger ends, again attacked the coaL Hark ! Was not that a sound ? We listened and heard' it again, and I rapped back vigorously. It iad chanced that, for some time previously, I had been trying to learn telegraphy on the Morse instrument, of the opera tor at our office, and I suppose that, unknowingly, I, in my tapping, had made use of their signal of " atten tion." The same familiar tap tap tap tap tap was returned, and I saw at once : that my instructor must be among those outside. i I rapped : "Is there any hope for us ?" He answered : " We'll try to save yon ; a rain cloud burst over the shaft deluging it with water, and one of the boilers shortly afterwards ex ploded, blowing up the engine house." " How did you get in ?" I asked. " We are in an air hoie which communicates with the surface." " What time is it ?" " Three o'clock, Sunday morning." ' " We had been inside over two days ! Would we ever escape ? . - , A short silence, and he rapped : " How far above the water are you work ing?" I turned to look. It was within five feet of us. The condensed air was exhausting our strength; our lamps gave a final flicker ; and burnt out ; I reached down for water to bathe my throbbing temples and felt something soft resisting. It was the body of the boss. I drew back with a shudder. A rat crawled up my leg; it made my blood curdle. I put my hand toward the water again and felt several rats floating ; the air, with a pressure of at least three atmos pheres, had killed them. And now we heard the sound of picks and bars on the other side. They had sent outside for them. It rein spirited us and we worked for life. The water was within three feet of us. They soon signaled from the other side that they were going to blast. We awaited the Bhock and could almost hear the fizzing of the fuse. " Cra sh I" the thunders nearly deafened me. I called the superintendent by name. No answer. I put out my hand to feel him ; he was breathing faintly. I reached dawn a foot to the watar and sprinkled it on his face. He heaved a sigh which, light: though it was, sounded like a deep groan in the thick, heavy atmosphere. I heard the tap tap tap tap tap of " attention," and tried to answer, but had not enough strength. My faee felt suffused with blood and I could hear the pulsations of my heart. They seemed to become more rapid, faster faster faster, and I counted no more. I can indistinctly remember, however. a more violant crash, and being violent ly forced through a narrow aperture. j When I recovered my senses and recollection I was in bed, with my gray-haired , mother bending over me and asking how; X felt? X tried to move, but shooting pains went through my whole body. I looked at my hands ; they were covered with strips of plaster. X was about to interrogate my mother when the telegraph operator stepped in, and, seeing that I was con valescent, began, without questioning (he always was rather garrulous), to acquaint me with the particulars. You see," he said, "we did not miss you till after the hurry and con fusion incident to the explosion by which the fireman was killed and the engineer badly hurt were over. Then, in the evening, when all three of you were missed, they started in search of you. I was away and did not return till the evening of Saturday, when I at once ordered a re-search as far as we were able, for the water was not over all the gangways. We supposed that you must have taken refuge in thefar- ther end ox the mine, ana we went as far as the water would allow us, and were just giving up the search when I recollected the air-way, where we found you and afterward heard your pious. You remember the conversation by telegraph?" X nodded, though x coma dus indis tinctly, recall it. WelL then," he continued, " we got as large a force as we could to workmade a blast, and afterward hearr nothing from you whatever. Then we worked on vigorously, and when we thought we had gone far enough put in a slight blast, which broke a hole, through which a gust of air and water came, shooting you and the superintendent violently into the water in the air-way and extinguishing an our lamps. We brought you to tne surface- as soon as possible, carried you with trouble through the crowd for there must have been, nearly five thousand people on the ground, as the news had spread, and our conversation through the coal had been in every paper in the Union. Intense interest nad been excited, and hourly telegrams were sent away from here." x assed about the superintendent, " He is able to walk around, but has no remembrance of anything which oc curred in,. those three days." "And the mining-boss ? " " Poor fellow 1 " here he pointed to the graveyard, which was in view of my window. " tie weighed but 125 pounds when we found him he must have lost 70 pounds of blood." i ' lam now ten years older than when this happened, but should I live fifty more the remembrance would i be as distinct as it is new of my Three Days Underground. The will of the lata Mavor Havemev- er, of New York, has been admitted to probate. .The value of the property bequeathed is estimated at from $3,000,000 to 85.000.000. The only heirs i are his widow, six sons and two daughters. - - Tkb manufacture of glove-leather uum uipe is saia to have been accom plished in France. , POLITICAL NOTES. The Denver Democrat nominates Thomas A. Hendricks for the next President. The story is going the rounds that Ben. Butler's mother intended him for the ministry. The Binghamton (N. Y.) Democrat hoists the name of Samuel J. Tilden for President in 1876. Ex-Congressman Petebs, of Maine, appears to contest the claims of Ham lin for the Senatorship. Parson Browndow will give the whole of his attention to editing the Knoxville Whig after the 4th of March. Akdt Johnson is working hard for the Tennessee Senatorship, and his chances are classed fair to middling. The Albany Exjyress nominates Ly man Tremaine as the Republican can didate for Senator from New York. The State Temperance Alliance of California has determined upon the es tablishment of a cold waler political party. Chicago Tribune: " Kelley has been threatening to leave the Republican party, but has succeeded in scaring nobody. Nobody sobs, 'Sweet Wil hjun, stay."' Geobob Alfred Townsend is 'no longer connected with the Chicago Tribune, and will write no more under the signature " Gath." Gov. Bradley, of Nevada, did keep his ' ink" in a jug under the table until his clerk got to drinking it, and now his excellency carries a flat bottle in his coat. Poland used to be " the Hon. Judge Poland." Then they got him to "Judge Poland," then to "Poland," and now his neighbors speak of him as "Old Pole, who got so badly waxed." Two men named Flood and O'Brien, by rise3 in mining stocks, are richer than Jones or Sharon. Unless Nevada can make room for two more Senators, Jones and Sharon had better step down and out without making any fuss over it. Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana, thinks that Mr. Yoorhees has developed a sur prising strength in the Senatorial con test, but declines to prophecy as to the result. He is satisfied that the contro versy will be settled in the caucus, thus avoiding all danger of producing inhar monious feeling in the party. " Our party," he observes, "has fought too hard for a victory to fritter it away in quarrels." i In one of the wards of Worcester, Mass., a husband and wife were the opposing candidates for the School Committee. The lady was elected by a large majority. She went home that evening feeling far from happy, and when asked to explain her unexpected depression of spirits, frankly said : " It was a dreadful mortification to John, and I don't believe he'll ever call me his ' calla lilly' again." Colored men who are elected to Con gress sometimes forget the bond . of sympathy that theoretically should exist between men of their color. Samuel Lee, a colored member of the Capital police at Washington, ran against Joseph R. Rainey in the First South Carolina District for the Forty fourth Congress. Rainey was elected, and a few days ago Lee was notified by Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway that Rainey had filed with him a protest against his remaining longer on the police force. The New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial writes : " It really looks as though Horatio Sey mour would persist in refusing to take the seat in the Federal Senate, which will be at his disposal when the State Legislature meets. There are three prominent politicians now spoken of as Democratic candidates for the place Charles O 'Conor, of this city ; Francis Kiernan, of Utica, and Henry C. Mur phy, of Brooklyn. It is rather remark able that all of these three Senatorial candidates are Roman Catholics." Barrel Making by Machinery. The New York Tribune says that the strike of the coopers in Brooklyn early this year led to the establishment of steam cooper shop in that city, which gives employment to over 200 hands, and turns out over 2,500 sugar barrels daily. The demand for the barrels made by steam has been so great that the manufactory is being extended to oc cupy the whole of one block and half of another, and when completed it will be able to turn out 6,000 barrels a day. The staves are cut by machinery, of two widths and uniform length. When they are " stood up" in the frame they fit together so well that the last stave has to be driven into its place with a hammer, but does not need to be trimmed. The rough barrels, having had hoops fastened around each end, are put in furnaces and heated, and are then rolled by two disks, which press equally on each of the ends and force the staves homes." The barrels are then taken to the trimming machine, which outs off the rough ends, gives them the proper level, and cuts the grooves for the heads. The wooden hoops having been nailed on and one head put in place, the barrels are finished. The heads are cut by machinery in Michigan, and are formed of three pieces. They are so uniform in size that there is no trouble about fitting them to the barrels at the manufactory. Flour barrels can be made by the same process. Letters to Santa Clans. Several letters deposited in the Rich mond Postoffice, evidently written by children, plainly indicated that they, anticipating the annual visit of nanta Claus, wished to remind him of what thev most desired. One of them was directed. nania viuua, weeniana, . - . . . yi , . North Pole." Another was directed as follows: "Santa Claus, sleigh drawn by eight reindeers." An open letter directed simply " oauta uiaus," reaas as follows : " tir. anca mans, a big wagon not so very big four wheels, two packs pop-crackers, a Mother Hub- 1 jfv. V Willmw " Woli; nnti a carriage and a baby and some candy. I wants a baby and candy, a little story book, Isabella." , Tmt official vote of Florida, which has iust been declared, shows that both Republican candidates for Congress have been elected ; Purman, in ; the First, by a majority of 1,092, . and Wells, in the Second, by a majority of H71 ThA latest reports Cunoerninar the complexion of the Legislature indicate . T . . . a! " -1 - a silent uemocmviu majority on joins ballot. The Senate is a tie, standing 12 to 12. In the House there are 28 Democrats to 24 Republicans. If these figures prove correct, the result will be the election of a Democratic successor to Senator Abijah Gilbert, whose term expires on the 4th oi march next. AoooBPisa to the military survey of the Russian empire, the monarchy ex tends over geograpnicai miles, or one-sixth ox tne umaoitea globe. REMARKABLE BECOYERT. Sadden Care of nam Who Had Been .leaf and Dumb for Nine Blontna. About nine months ago a young man named George Hansen was seriously ill in this city with typhoid fever, and when he recovered it was with the total loss of his hearing' and his power of speech. This terrible calamity ren dered him almost wild, and for a time the contemplation of 'the termination of his life was not an unfrequent thing with him. Through the exertions of friends Mr. Hansen was employed to assist in copy ing the records of the Sixth Ward, at Hastings. Last Saturday sight Mr. Hansen complained to ' his room-mate, Mr. W. Hoyt, that he felt a very un pleasant pressing in his throat and a painful buzzing in bis head. He had the whiskers shaved from his chin, and tried various applications, but they were of no avail the pressure contin ued and the buzzing did not diminish in the least. Hoyt continued with him till about 11 o'clock at night. During this time, when Mr. . Hansen obtained some temporary relief from the pain and suffering, he wrote on hii slate that he felt that his speech would that night be restored to him or he would die. About 3 o'clock Sunday morning, after he had recovered from a terrible spasm occasioned by the pain, he asked Hoyt to take a tube that had been used to inject a kind of powder into his throat, put it to his ear, and speak in an ordinary tone. He. did so, when Hansen replied in a natural voice, though without knowing that he had heard or spoken. He complained of the buzzing and cracking in his head, though the pain seemed to be -decreasing. A little while after this Mr. Hoyt left the room, and was absent several minutes, and during his absence Han sen had one of the severest attacks that he had been suffering, and during its continuance he discharged considerable offensive matter from his throat. From this discharge he received instant and complete relief to the pressure in his throat and to the buzzing in his head, and when his companion, Mr. Hoyt, entered the room he was astonished by being greeted by Hansen exclaiming, " WelL Hoyt, how are you ? " The restoration was so complete, so sudden, and so unexpected that both Hansen and his companion hardly knew what to make of it, and could hardly realize that it was a fact. St. Paul Pioneer. Paper in Japan. The uses of paper in Japan are ludi crously various. It is used in everyday life, in the drawing-room, in the nurs ery and the kitchen, in ways that are dark to a foreigner. A Japanese is never at a loss for a string, a sheet for a letter, a wrapper, a handkerchief, a towel or a platter. In his bosom is a roll of paper, and what paper can ac complish is known only to a native of Japan. When a Yezaburo or Kintara cuts his finger, a bandage is applied and tears dried by the same article. The exquisitely dressed young lady takes a roil of paper from her girdle, and lo ! it becomes a handkerchief. Pass into the street on a rainy day in Yeddo, and you see for miles a panorama of moving disks of paper. Both umbrel las and a suit of oiled and waterproof clothes, hat, coat, tr$wsers and Mioes, may be bought almost anywhere in Japan. Boxes, pipe-casts, twine, dish es, tea-trays, carpets, chimneys, roasting-tins for firing tea, windows, doors, partitions and screens, ' are everywhere made of paper. The paneled walls of houses are made of paperralp. Old Japanese armor is largely made of compressed lacquered paper. Perhaps Europeans adopted the custom of papering the walls of their houses from these people. The dwellings of the better classes of the Japanese people are always papered, though the sheets used are not over a foot or eighteen inches square. They ara polished, silvered, gilded, colored, or printed with birds, flowers, animals, and many tasteful designs. In looking over a paper-dealer's stock in Yeddo, one scarcely sees a " loud " or uncouth pattern, always excepting the dragon, in which the normal Japanese doth so delight. A Reformed Prize-Fighter. The London Times says : " Bendi- tto, formerly a weu-nnown prize fighter and ' cbamnion of England,' de livered a religious address recently to crowded audience at the London Cabmen's Mission Hall at King's Cross. Mr. John Dupee, the superintendent of the mission, a former companion of Bendigo at Nottingham, conducted the services. The reporters state tnat Bendigo. who is now 63 years of age. i stands as straight as a dart, and his address is described as 'simple, though coarse.' He said he was the youngest of twenty-one children, and, his father dying when he was 13, he was placed in tne worknouse. Me began ngnting when he was 16 years of age,- and gave it up when he was 40. Two years ago, after spending his tim9 alternately in police cells, the prize ring and the public house, he was converted as if by a miracle. ver since ne nad oeen tne happiest man alive, and he should be Happier still if ne could, only read tne Bible for himself. Death of the Oldest Inhabitant. Annt Cloey, a well-known servant of the late Gen. Samuel F. Patterson, of Caldwell county, N. C, died at Pal mvra. near Lenoir, ia that county, last week. A Raleigh Kews correspondent writes : " i torn a memorandum it ap pears that she was a well-grown girl at the commencement oi tne revolutionary war. one was born and raised near Fredericksburg. Va. When Gen. Pat terson moved to Palmyra, in January, 1845. she was found there among the superannuated slaves oi tne late uen. TMmnnri .TrmeH. Soma naini were taken to establish her exact age at that time. and. from the aire of her children and other circumstances, it was fixed at 87. This would fix the year 1758 as that of her birth, maung ner 117 years old at the time of her death. She had lived in this State sinceJier 36th year. She had a distinct recollection of the rais ing of troops for the war with England in 1776. and, to within a few years of her death, could give an intelligent ac count of the matters connected there with." Thb clerk of a cockney church re cently made the following announce ment to the congregation : xou are vestry at 4 o'clock, to consider on the best means oi eating tne onuron ana to digest other matters.' LTaxb-dkalebs, who buy in the French provinces the abundant tresses of the oountrvwomen, pursue a traffic that is anmethinff dancrerouB. ' Itenentlv. countryman, whose wife had sold her hair, caught the buyer and shaved hi Bead.- BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN COflflE!?, 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. S. Ladd. Banking honrs from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Albany, Feb, 1, 1874. 22v6 D. M. JONES. J. LIN8EY HILL. f JONES & HILL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Albany, Obegon. 37v6 J. w. BALDWIN, i Cwunselor at Law, Attorney and Will practice in all the Courts in the Second, Third and Fourth Judicial Districts, in the Supreme Court of Oregon, and in the C. S. District and Circuit uourts. Office in Parrish brick (np-stairs), in office occu pied by the late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany, Oregon. tolSv6 D. B. RICE, M. D., SURCEON AND PHYSICIAN. Office, FirsUsU, Between Ferry and Washington. Residence. Third street, two blocks below or east of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. V5n40 J. C. POWELL. It. FLTNIT. POWELL & FLYNN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, L. Flinn. Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec tions and conveyances promptly attended to. Albany Book Store. JNO. FOSHAY, . Dealer in Miscellaneous Books. School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Fancy Articles, c Books imported to order at shortest possible no- ice. DR. GEO. W. .GRAY, DENT IS Albany, Oregon. V6n00 T Office in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and Ferry streets. Residence, corner Fifth and Ferry streets. Office hours from 8 to 12 o'clock a. m. and 1 to 5 o'clock p. m. ive 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, to do any hauling within the city limits, for a reasonable compensation. g f ueiivery or gooas a specially. 20vS A. N. ARNOLD, Proprietor. W. C. TWEEDALE, J Dealer in ' . GrocBries, Provisions, Tobacco, Cigars, Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware, Albany, Oregon. tW Call and see him. 24v8- The Metzler Chair ! Can be had at the following places: Harrtslmrg ; -Sam May Junction City Smith k Brastteld Brownsville ; Kirk ft Hume Halsey J. M. Morgan K'1n ' onjwu Albany.. Graf ft Collar A full supply, can also be obtained at my old shop on First street, Aioany, uregon. "iles!Piles! whT R&V this damazinar and troublesome com- plaint cannot be cured, when so many evidences of success mieht be placed before joo every day cures of supposed hopeless cases T Your physician informs you that the longer you allow the complaint to exiet. vou lessen your chances for relief. K perience hat taught tin in all ecu. , A. Carotliers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment Are all thev are recommended to be. Will cure Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a .very, short time, and are convenient to vte. This preparation is sent Dy mail or express 10 any point within the unitea states at ci.oo per pacaage. Address A. CARO THERS ft CO , 27v5 Box J3. Aiaoany. uregon. JOHN SCHMEER, DEALER IX Groceries and Provisions, ALBANY, OREGON, Has just opened his new grocery establishment, On Cornei- of Ellsworth and First Streets With a fresh stock of Groceries. Provisions. Candies. Cigar, Tobacco, sc., to wmcu ne invites tne atten tion of our citizens. la connection with the store he will keep a Bakery, and will always have on hand a full supply of fresh Bread. Crackers, ftc. . wr Can and see me. JOHN SCHMEER. February 1. 24v TheOld Stove Depot John Briggs, Dealer in Coot, Parlor ani Box Stoves ! OF THE REST PATTERNS. A. I SO, Tin, SSHeet Iron and Uopper Ware. ' And lh6 l??n?e'B.tor ZUI?1"hllK Oooi, to be obtained in a Tin Store. Repairs neatly and nromntlv eecnteil n aula terms, Short Reckonings Make Long Friends Front Steekt, Albajjt. Dec. 8, 1874. .. . Every tiling New. GRAF & COLLAR, Manufacturers an Dealers iu ' F "CT JEt 1ST I IT XT Ii 3E OF ALL KINDS. ' v. Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables. Lonnses. : Sofas, Spring Beds, Chairs, JRc, Always on hand or made to order on the shortest none. . Furniture repaired expeditiously and at fair ratea. Ssilearoom avmdl Vactmrw on Fint Street. Albany, Feb. 38, 1874-25. OBAF ft COLLABi A. W. GAMBLE, M. D,, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, Etc. Office on First SL, over Weed's Grocery Store Residence opposite late residence of John C. Men denhall, near the Foundry, First street, Albany. October aa 1878. Webfoo t M a r ketr CHARLES WILSON Having leased the Webfoot Market, oa First street, adjoining Gradwohl's, respectfully aks snare of the public patronage. The market will be kept con--stantly supplied with all kinds of fresh meats. Cal and see. The highest cash prioe paid for Hides. CHARLES WILSON. Albany, August 14, 1874. W. H. Ill c Far I and,, (Late M. H. 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, Tin, Copper ! Sheetlron Ware - LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY LOWEST PRICES EVERY TIME. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. June 11, 1874. ALBANY Foiflry aid MacMne Slop,, A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGON, , Manufactures Steam Engines,. Flour and Saw Mill Machinery, Wood-orlaii2 & Agricultural MacMnery. J3 And all kinds of Iron and Brass , Castings. Particular attention paid to retailing all kinds of machinery. ; 41t3 ' A. CAROTHERS &: CO.. DEALERS IN Drugs, Chemicals Oils, Paints, '. Lain ps Etc- ' Al the popular ' -w . PATENT MEDICINES, FINE CUTLERY. CIGARS, TOBACCO. - NOTIONS; PERFTJMERY, And TOILET VODS- Particular care and "promptness given wSysiclana-'" prescriptions and, family recipes. . . , . , A. uaKUiiUJ0 at i;it. Albany, Oregon. - -' vS , GO TO ?TH2S BEE-H!VE STQJIEI -TO BUT - Groceries, -V" Provisions, Notions, flee, 9tCjij &c. Qlieai for - Cash !: Conntry Proftnce oflfl Kin Bojigiit For Merchandise or Cafm. .This is the p'acelp get the - I Best Bargain Ever Offered Albany. Parties will alwava do well to call and see for them selves. .t . H. WEED. BTIrat- fiiwaA, AlhaMu nvAflrnn. 3 MEXICAN Mustang linipent Was Urat known in America: Tta mAdta are now well known throughout the habitable world. It has the oldest and best record oi any Liniment In the worm, c rom tne millions upon miuioDs oi doiu sold not a singleeomplaiDt has ever reached us: Aa a Healins and Paln-Hnbdulnar Liniment it baa no equal. It is alike' r BENEFICIAL TO MAN AND BEAST. Sold by allfDruggiats. Y OLD : I Homestead Tonic Plantatioii" Bitters : Is a purely Vegetable -wparauon, somposM or Galisava Barsv 1.001a? aiuuug; which will be found Seraaparillian, Dandelion, Wild Cherry, Sassafras, Tansy , Gantian Sweet F)ar, etc.; also Tamarinds. Date, Prunes and Juniper berries, nreserved in a sufficient quantity (only) of the spirit I. n.- to keen in aav climate. Thar invari- ablv reBeve and cure the following oomplalnta DvsneDsia. Jaundice, liver Complaints, Lorn of A viwBtite. Headaffcce, Bilious Attacks, lever sud Ajrue, Summer Oomplalnta,--Hour Stomaob, Palpita tion of the Mean, uw. imj ara especially adapted aa a remedy for Utt diseaaaa to which' , -tMm t Are subjectedand as tonlo for the Aged, Feaslo end Debilitated, have do equal. They ara strictly in tended aa s Temperance) Tonic or Bitten, to bo used aa a meuisuw wuy, ana aiwaya acoorgina; 10 I directions. giO-Ii. Sold bt all Fust-Class Dstjooists.