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OFFICIAL CITY RcAPER ALBANY, FRIDAY, JUNE; 30, 1376 ' : : r -J- J FOE PRESIDENT OF THK UMTKD STATES. 13i. IIAYiES FOlt VICE PRESIDENT. KEPCBUI'AJI 8TATF 11CKE1, KOS CoNQKESS, HON. R. WILLIAFtftS, of Multnomah county. Foa Presidential Klkctors, W. H. ODKLb, of Lane county. J. W. WATTS j of Yamhill county. J- C. CAKTWRJGIIT, of Wasco county. OCK NEW YORK LETTER "THE CENTENNIAL N KW IDEAS TRANS FORMATION BOSTON V'OUT.UAL BKAL ESTATE. New York, June 10, 1876, THE jCKSTENNIAL.: Everybody isadvisingeveryhodv else to stay away, in the consistent manner or human nature, but nobody FponiK to take tlie ad vice to heait. It is. true tliat an the departments are not lit order, and prolMibly will not b& rmih before the fourth of July. There is enough now to see that is of intere-t but it will not be advisable to visit the exhibition till after the middle ot this mom li. Till the summer heat are over, Ph Ia delphia is one of the hottest citie in the Union, It ie oot on the coast directly aa is New York and Boston, with a sea breeze of it own to cool it each afternoon, but is inland, and lies, shut in from the ocean winds, no that it lies baking in airless heat all midsummer. The parties of country people coming from the Centennial are apt to be cross and wiked-looking already, their linen dusters are soild and stringy, their money used up jwetty closely, and the whole part? footsore, aud tired of be ing crowded and stared at by tine peo ple. If there are children along, they are fractious with fatigue and excitement, their root liers wild with trying to keep them in order, ti?I every woman of theui ia willing to give bonds, if she eflll (kill, get home again, never to leave ft for a score of centennials. This is a picture ot not a tew groups one ees leaving the exhibition. I would advise that all children of a neighborhood board out by the etay-at-homes in turn, while their fathers and mother go to the Centennial. It is no use trying to nee it with children in tow; they don't see enough to pay them for the trouble ot going, and their room is wanted for older folk. Hie. youi'tj ones will probably live to have centennials of 01 some fort when they are old enongl not to be nuisances. ; Let tlieirvparenls go without therfiL and take what com. t . . 1 . . . ion, wiey can rrom the big show; they will in most cases be glad enough to get home, but will have euous?h to talk- about to lat them the rest ot thei regular lives. j xxvr ideas. The very change will do people in tne country good, by bringing them face to face with the last production ot civilization, and giving their ideas fric tion with those of other nations and classes. It takes such an occasion as a Centennial to bring out the very folks who need to visit fairs and. exposition, the stay-at-homes who iiardly leave the town they live in once ia twenty years. They ate apt to carry home some no tions that astonish the neighbors, oot J so ranch with the novelty of things tltomcaluao am ..!!. . . ...uu.tvi., ao nrH.ii ,no einiiigeuesH. OI seeing so-and-so adopt anything fresh. It is pleading to see alterations that passes over wine groups as they grow familiar with new modes and customs. They walk about the first day awkward and old-fashioned enough, the observed ot all observers, or would bo if there were not so many old-fashioned to keen them company. The next da' the girls have a new necktie, the boys drop, their turn down collars for standing ones, and they buy the old lady- a vail to c-jver her bonnet which isn't the latest style. Then as the linen dusters get soiled and wrinkled, the young- men lake courage, and finding how cheat : . I unung ui me o y, nine out in a ready-made suit of neat style, and while hey are about it, a fancy straw hat that transforms them into a yerv pleas ant Ppecimen of intelligent yoiin American gentlemen, that is, presuming them to have good manners to start with, which most boys, brought np by goi mothers, have, whether they be long to country, or town.. The girls, not to lie behind, study the way the city gins do np their hair, aud when uiey nua iticr home-made ptpHn growing to. arm, venture on an em broidered linen dress or two, ready made, and a lace scarf to ften the effect round their necks. They get fresh gloves of nice color and pin their Iresses back like other folks when the brotliers hii.t that they would like u see them look more lika other folks- even the old lady, by the time she l.a a new polonaise, to keep her long veil company, looks quite respectable, and when the whole party goes home, thev lake back a notion of living and aptiear ing better that will do them good all tneir uves to come. A TRANSFORMATION. One lady tried, the virtues of citv a shojw in a veryf satisfactory manner. Stie was quite p ain, with that straight- haired and high-browed plainness whicl forms the most hopeless sort of bad looks. Mie burnt her hair off frizzi. e it, and it would not disguise the se.er ity ot her. face, Even her devoted friends wished she could do something to make it easier to endure her looks While in the city one day she desper ately, went to a li road way magician, I was going to call her, but it really is a hair-dresser and cosmetic atrist, who understands the art of making the most of faces. The plain lady sat down at me coitteur's glass and to'd her. "Do what you can to make me look ttter. No sooner said than done. Mie looked in the glass more than satisfied. Bv skiUful adjustment and a few touches to supplement nature, she was trans formed kito a. very tassable looking woman, with atyle if not rjositive beauty. The first thing her husband said to her was, "I don't know what you have been doing to yourself, but vou certain!,. look better than I ever saw you." Her friends said. "Why did vou navr look so before ?' I0 priyate her bus. band insisted on laving the chano- plained to him. A dozen hair-pins pulled out and the original homAlinoc stood before bim. A band of soft f,i. ral curls woven on an invisible fonnda. tion shaded the unpleasant brow. eiv. ing the face a softened expression, and a braid oF hair, fine and delicately light in weight, was added to the twist at. the back ot the head, mafcino- ci.0t- aad classio knot. The whole arrange ment weighed only threa onnrM ,A m vva when on, defied detection. The bus. band thought minute, lie had al- BEGISTERt ways scoffed ;at" toilet tricks, tint their effect was Uk much for him.- Disci pline must be .maintained in the family, however, at any cost, ad twmng to her he said with delicacy, "My dear, I llPvav i ' ' m " h ..n. ,.Ne alr) as yoo know, but T think you had better continue the use of a little additional hair, till youx own grows .t; And if I ever catch you going without itjKj-ou may lietake your- f j tlie Centennial for all me. ' The wife "heard, and being a dutiful woman, or,eyed. JMit great was the wonder ment in her neighborhood when she went Home, with her new coquetries, so iiansiormed that her family agree in protesting tliat her husband got the oest-iookutg wife of the lot after all. 1 hey agreed, fh.ally, on the theorv of taray deveUpment to solve the mystery. Her. husband keeps the eet well, and when queti6,.ed on the subject only "m.' ium ueau. BOSTON. Since last weak I have Wn in Tl.--, ion. i was in hold's tn 41..A u city in tetter condition than New York uo uisappiiiiiei. iS'ew Jiugland is even, flatter than 7Cur Y..ri- ...i ttierc is more mourning, and with better reason. The manufact st;keii with gtxids, the' hands are idle and eating no the aii-iimiilml.w. ..e mer years, the mercantile interest is con- - . 1 . I .-wi-iiuy as nai as it. can Iie,anI every fhMly is dltMiranrmt. ,,, ,. - . ' .lit? heaviest pul.il.ersi in the city told me that his sales,, wholesale and refail, did not anviii.t to 300 ner duv wl.Lr.1, ! something K-s t,an the. Hail.r exn uf hi store. When the bN.k trade goe j lN'ew England, there is not much hone for n.,'i,;.l There is very little buil,Jig g,ing on, no new ei.tern;i-es uro o,.t,.raA there is a universal feelinsr of rfpi sum tlieakiiifir of dfnrMuii tl. ti.:i.. ji .hia:.s feel it just as badlv as th .tl.. cities. 'I he Centpi.i.la! line I . . - pr.Kluctive as it was expected. The noieis restaurants and bars are doing ell, but the trade tht it. lL'QI AV .tv.l to briiif fiat, in. . - come simply to see the CentenniaL and ..o. wo ouy So,8, aiKi tiiey see it and go away. The sea.hoar.l S.,; ... - . J w "nvn acr Mil- tonng. and I fear they are to suffer tor POLITICAL. Blaine's mamiifu-ent fitrht v, i t. , . . . .".ij n neijiea . mm wonderfully. The pluck with which he met his ass ail ants, the skill with whu.h i.a ..-. i . - Hll ilieir iruiiR utmu hmfiuitiu a audacity with which he indicted bis. nave maae n.r bim lKts of irit-naa iNew y0rk has got a tremerU ous admiratio.t for Ulnii.. c... . , .v, . a k.ci w pie do not lielieve him guilty of caiini-.. nalitv, and thev admire him C,r , tempting to hide his nrivain Kn-;.. fr..m .1 - I 1 . . ! iiig oil OIIC V1CW- tii.lr if ; :n . .. .... -i"'"'!; ri'ii.v. Tor mora iv .. ;.. teresta trainetl body of fmliticianH and the best out side itewsnat . l. State. But Wa.bbume lmm nn kci " oijisier, auu wnen iew Ytirk. leaves i oiikiu.g, as 1 believe it wit finally, he will get a fair vote from lice . iaie. tie mane nosta ot rr ,a. i- ;.. r. . - - - - - -..v.v. 1 I 1 arts, and his record Is a .r.uwt ... o:. ir in mm. it WutlKl not tvn ti.,.,.. . if he slniiild eventually be found to be .iic vi'uiinir man. iiavott in .iu,i k. ft."o. iwre, aim iiiorton is innim W hen New orfc.. breaks mm O.i.kl ing the State will si.lit. The democracy are thoromrl.lv moralized. The vigorous fight that the Express is making on lildeu makes his ...oo.inon mil oi me question, and as i oi k is nara money to the core, -.c ooinu.aiioii oi any western demo crat, unless it should be 'Thnrman would be very distasteful. Repub-' iieaus, see that vou imniMiii ...a 4 V-V man, wid., you can carry New York with ease.. The demrvrar a-.. coudition to make a fight, and thev can lie beaten easily if there is anv wisdom shown in the campaign: - KEAt, ESTATE In the citv is fearful dnlt Vbilw ti,... ever before. There i Broadway that will sell for mortgages, and rent are going down, to nothing.' liottom has not yet been, touched aa bad as it ia, Rents have gone dowa 5 percent., and are till declining. The weather is fearfully hot, and everybody feels the dead, lany m.r that hot weather anu tiuu biibtneso always bring, J:1etko. ' Ye'vo had, (says Uohokiis") an insn i ah attla hotel; and t ha girls and lxvys were all there. Supper was announ ced at sharp 12 o'clock. Mi Gradv the- belle of the evening (from Paterson) was approaehed by one of the beaux with the question; "What'il yez have fur suppe r?, iure, it's a quail on toasht and somi fried oysihers I'll have.?' "No ye'll not either. Ye'l! take baue soup' like the resht, or ye'll rise out of that and give your sate to .Mary Ann. That's wnat ve'il do." , A gkeex. young man from Cbnnecti cut, who went to New York in ai.swe to a matrimonial advertisement, am nfterwauls wrote home lht he'd "I come engageil to a beaiitifitl young lad' of wealth and aristocrat ic eonneciions,' surprised his friends by suddenly return ing crest-fallen aud "alone. .."Where'. y.urwi'?" was the general inquiry " The fact is," said he "as we wen waitin" tor the clergyman td come am marry is. police olficers eaiue in and ar rested my girl forstalingand I thought it best to postpone tlve wedding a litt c while." The eo:sstin7 trad on IiTr-r. S, .hm.i this year ia much wnal er tlku ever be- We p--offer ititormatioii to tH8 eitJr- of the K veningW; of whom a corfes-! , . .j.uirn TTiij menj wnota mofnhig' Iayer forchiHlren eornespond. ! ingxo t.ie evening petition;' Now I lav me-dowu to sleep.', Tfcerel is such a moriuug prayer, and this is it: Now L wake aud sae the light. 'Tis od has kept me all the night. To Fiim I lift my voice, and J,ray Tliat lie wilhkeep me all the day. New Y.k;. 'Worid? . Some'delver in forgotten h,r !-.'. i i - "' . ' . ' - j uisoovereu -that-- Victoria L. kh signs h erself; is the secone.1 Empress England has. had, and that the iirsi,.. oddly enough, Iwre the same name a- ner present Majesty, while no interve, . ?ng spvereigu was initwial in title or nourished m 1,600. EKUYf.K. Tloo nnd Koe lifr.3.t door nwf nf 8rKTN wiir-liou-e. i Iwhvh on lianr to do wnrL- bl ri'tttu .n . 1 .... t.. - . nice. -",iV,;.na N. T. 9IOORQ. I-Ioiifae and Sifix Painter, rj.K AINI.VG, PAPEKHANGIXG, OALCKltnS- ente of 2. yearn in the lminBw in the Kant. I Siion on First street, next door east of tjiarlr v yatt. . mvh Opposition is the Life of Tnufo TT F. M i RUA& luts opened an nmcalh tho f rtrot th Post .ttiop. on flroaaaibia Si where hn will keen on hand lor nale Lime, I'lnntr, tpmrnt, ami "Sand Banka," of best qa iiie. at loirest rai?- IAV1D MOUttAN. Albany. March 17, 78-a6m3 PROMPT Delivery, at Urin; SSlltCK. ;' nt?AiVIX.Gobon!rht om ,h Sell vsry bnsina oS Rl: V,e,w1s Snm.n. 1 bBK k-ave to iiinonnw i lnecltlcnaand bnoiness men of Alinnv, that i i , w rirww nnujiui wacron STe ai l PPy' SerVe a" " '" b'ivS rnubTrraT ta to a. ( tnldlV rtlo w l.n . . . . . n. . - ... Parker "l ''r'lB oiore oi lien n. VIEGIL PARKEtt. EVERYBODY The boys of CaiK-mah. last week r,f ir. ... ... suck on tl.e tail of a troiib'esorm ow and started her for the r..t.....;i tareful mathematicians estimated that TTtTCi m ram, aa tm if she held the gait at which she sfA, sO U A S THEM wou,u reaan Philadelphia in abou, JS A ' ' a n exciiange says: "New VorV i. 3- : 7. . duies wear iHttii)g1ut tint rtn U. . . . iwr j Ana unless the brim of the hat! is at least tour feci deep, and turns down ail i around, we should think a modest man would want to leave tiat city. When man and woman has attained their complete development, lliev weiirh almost exactly 20 times as much as at their birth. whilA tlIr ,.. ; i . r ....... -.-'..! J ii. 4, OO U three aiid one fourth times greater. WJioevet has gono through miMh of life must remember that he has thrown away a great deal of useless uneasiness upon what was much worsa.io a Dure. neimion than reality. Jliss Snsan B. Anthony, say-' man J enjoys all the luxury there L in mar riage. I here's selfishnes w,... . married lecause she can't have all the fun to herself. ' H" ,.5T f:?TKn A LARGE 8H1P- l.ill and BrealTcast w jrieUoiublal STATESMAN GBAI. BRILL, Jllroct from the fartory. am now nfferinv it 5rnin(.5nCPred ' us uku equauy well aa a . EM-iH or Broadcast Seeder. Rrr.y nped torr1- SonoTwi Z,,L 'mcK1"nn soon, cornerof Second and JUlswortU atrects, Albany, Oregon. Marcn 31, 1S76-M PRASK WOOD. Osgood and Drew, a speaker and a singer, have formed a couartnersliin f.,r . temperance revivalism on the Moody and Sankey plan. They have started out, sueee-sfully , Massaclmsetta. "There is a philosophy in ladle nats, paya an exchange. Yes: it common. I ces at live dollars and runa u to .rtw ' JJeats all how expensive philosophy i. Startling discovery of a little three year-old-"Why, pa, there's a bole in your nair." The King of Holland has given $400 toward the erection of a Dutch church in New York City. ' A Russian prince, who spent his fortune in his early youth, is employed at the Centennial Exhibition grounds as r stake driver, at $1 75 per day. Lebanon Hotel. S. II. C LA UG II TOW , I'KOfR., IlttlZlZJ"mlhci hronKl,ont. The 7""v" !"?o leave for Alfcanv at. 7 oV ock gneataortbohou: "at,erl XJ.h : Barber laop J X.- Ti. TJAVAT . !j"iwm A lrv inj3.1iar-. who Wl-h,. X . ' r?'l o meet all raironMB.k.r.K"L','-..Jn " lor.na-t na , j. "J .-io!e aiientlvn to bnsi- iit m iuii PHppjv OI FfrfamArT ami m.-. ak- t m aasortment in town. Come' and see Albany, Or., February tt, I876-gv8 BIWOllTKIJI OTI(i:. "B,,ptor,re wsystlnsr between John Foster t"h..tr..V0 ,h,u,lhlf,'' ' liiolved irii ' "i partus, Jolin rTlrt i- , r. "'mnw ooretotoro Li1 ,"t!n1,.n orlemanfl of any peron of d ir,i"v,J'J' th? J1'1 Jamea II. Foster. S?i I??'?- an- dalms, debts or liPtnatiila fro" R!v tnon or persons, or to We bT.L0Lnpr '? J- - Foster A Co: FnXt-!S'd d 1"-t said James H roater, who wlU cohwt and reoein. f..r the me' J. II. FOSTtW. AprtH9,187. JUN,OSTln3S paiHhotlaftoy?'MelTM ted.mnat