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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1877)
BDUSBED IVKRT FRtnAT, BY COLL. VAN CLEVE, K THE REGISTER BUILDING, Corner Fi-rr) ami tfirxt Street. CN -WEST, TOV9W MAX. j The other day while I was sea toil in the Kenuard House, Cleveland, waiting for supper and tlie train, tlie wnnibna backed up to the door, the porter ran out ami a boy about thirteen years old descended lrom the vehicle with an Air otconsideiab'-e importance. .lie handed J ing? A FEW IVSTI0S AXSWEJREU. An Ohio gentleman who is thinking ot coming to Oregon in lite Spring, writes to a friend in this town making the following inquiries. 1st, What is land worth per acre? 2d, Is it good country tor stock rais- TKItMfl-IN ADVASCB. 0 copy, one year .fi 50 One copv, sis innntlis 1 50 Ifkclulwol t wont y, viicll copy........ 2 00 dinsrte ropivs Ton wnt. SulifX-rilHrs ontsiuV of I. inn countv will 1 elwrjjiitl -it) cent a extra-13 70 for theyeur as tlut is tho amount of potagw per annnm which wc are reqaireU to pay on each paper nuUktd by us. tla Bo:ltifr. Tho following iwmtohI srontlemcn are author ized to rocHve and receipt 6r nlncrlptloiis to the Kkuiwtkk In the locnllt montkmcil : . Mcrs. Kirk & Hume..... ........ .Brownsville. Ilotmrt Ok.... ................ ..Crawfonlsville. W. P. Smith . Ilntaey. O. P. ToinpklnH. ...Hrrioiirg t. W. Clanjrhton ,.Ilrai. A. Wherktr Co SIhM.I. Msr. Smith A Braslldd... Junct ton -ily. J. B. Irvine .' Scio. TImm. II. HeniokU. Snkui. FRIDAY MARCH 16, 1877. LOME KIUIIT. It was lodge night, and there had been an unusual press of very important Easiness, which had kept Mr. Joskins oat much later than ho had anticipated, lie came home, however, in apparent jrood order and well conditioned. Mrs. Joskins, knowing his reliable character, - and trustworthy habits, had not waited .up tor him, and when he crept into bed he was met with a very t-leepy inquiry irf regard to the hoar, and tlie reproach conveyed in the inquiry was so slight that Mr. Joskins instantly repented of the lie lie had intended to tell, and only told a little one, only au hour and a .quarter long, saying, with an off-hand 'carelessness, that he guessed it must be pretty, near 11, when he knew it was 12: 15. And sleepy Mrs. Joskins, with her weather-eye on the sitting-room clock, which she could sec through the open bed-room door, just before Joskins turned out tlie light, knew it also, but she didn't say anything. Mr. Joskins, although he brcatlied very heavily, did not go to sleep immediately. I le Moon Ibegau to fidget. His breath appeared .to come with difficulty ; he actually .gasped. '"Good land!" he exe'aimed, "isn't this room awful close V Mrs. Joskins didn't know. She was awful sleepy, slie said, aud the air of the room felt very comfortable to her. "By George, said Mr. Joskins, after .a few minutes of restlessness, "i's close -as a vault to me. Would it hurt if I opened one of tlie windows. His spouse drowsily replied that it wouldn't give her cold, an I be might -ventilate the room all he wislied. And with this permission slie went to sleep, ard : Mr. Joskins got up with great de liberation and proceeded to raise tlie window. "It's a little ways up now, he said, "I can get. my fingers under it. And he caught a grip on it, gave a tug at it, but it didn't come. Mr. Jos kins was surprised. "It never stuck so before, he said. Then he got a fresh hold under it; and lifted as though Le would pull that side of the house up by the roots, but it didn't come. "Well, I will be blowed," mattered - Mr. Joskins, with a heavy accent on the "be. And then he caught hold again, and shoved his "fingers as far un der as they would Teach, and braced himself for a lift that would have shamed a derrick. "Uh ! Uh ! mph ! !" um-ra-pnh ! 1 ! and with a final grunt Mr. Jos kins sank back exhausted. ?Well, yon can eat my boots, he muttered, with some warmth. "If I dont lift tins- window up, or I'll pull the horise over. You hear me." And be caught hold and tugged and lifted and strained until he was sure that every succeeding tug would either lift tho side of tlie house or pull his feet through the floor. He paused again for breath, with his head so full of blood that bis feet was cokl. "Jocks," he snarled, "I'd give ten million dollars it I had the carpenter here who pat in that window. I bet , I'd lift him, the wooden-headed idiot. Now then. 1 . And lie stooped down and caught a fresh hold on the window, and set his teeth and shut his eyes and held his breath1 and pat his whole soul and body into his arms. As he began to straight, en irp be could hear a sound like the cracking of Umbers, and it inspired him with renewed courage, i ; "Something's coming, gospel sure he said,' and redoubled bis efforts. . . . At that instant be became aware of a glimmer of light in the room. He rais ed Lis clewed lids aud beheld Mrs. Jos kins standing beside him, like a white robed ghot with a lamp in Iter hand. At the sight of which apparition Mr. Joskins ceased lifting, but held his grip "What's the matter f- he asked. Ills wife said nothing, but looked steadily and severely into his inquiring eyes ' Mr. Joskins felt troubled under ber steady gaze. "What is it?" be repeated. "What did yen get out of bed for f She looked him straight in the eyes lor a moment. "John Joskins, she ' said, solemnly, "go back to bed: I will raise the window for you. . Don't say a word to me. To-morrow we will talk about arty continuation of these lodge Speechless and confused, Mr. Jos. kin's eyes fell, acd as they did so he be held his bauds. The window was shut as tight as wax, and lie bad a death sjrip oil the broad window till. "Well, anyhow," he thought, as lie ' erect back under the blankets: "there's one thing certain : if she hadn't got up when she did. I'd a had the whole win dow, casing, till and all, shoved half op the side of the house in another tug.' Which was a very poor consolation for what he knew was coming, but it was the best he : hzd.JJurliiff(o?i JlawTi'Kijt, . j - - his old satchel to the porter and walked down to the office without looking to the right or left. 'His shoes were old ami worn, his hair was long and uneven, and as he halted before the stove for a minute to warm his hand he pulled out a half-consumed cigar from his pocket' and lizhted it. 1 Tlie pc rter came along at a slow pace, a look of disgust n his face, and as he reached the stove lie dropped the way worn satchel at the boy's feet, i "Here I you look out!" exelaimcd the lad. "That there satchel contains wealth, and you'd better be a little har monious in handling it. Is Kctmaril at home?" The porter gasped for breath and pointed to the clerk behind the desk. The boy walked up to tlie register picked up a pen and laboriously wrote : 'Jim rite, from New York." ; Wiping off the pen on his eyebrow he remarked to the clerk : - "Supper for one is how ranch ?" "Seventy-tivo cents,l replied the clerk, alter looking htm over. "Whew! but tint's hard pan, that is After a follow has been pulling; up at tho Fifth Avenue for a year . tliese Western prices knock him down. . Only seventy-tivecents,eh ? Can you change a dollar bill ? Tho clerk handed him back two shillings, and the boy relighted Ins stub, walked back to wliere the. porter had taken a seat, and in a tone of reproach observed : "There's that 'ere satchel right where you dropped it. Yon leave it there and let it get stolen if you want this house sued fc. r $50,000 damages I" The porter hesitated a little and finally took tho satoliel to the cloak room and procured a check. "That's more Tike bizz-te-bnsiness," remarked Jim, as lie pocketed the check. "You probably thought I was some one horse member of the Legislature from some scrub town counties, but that's wliere you got loft. Twenty minutes to a . w-r supper, en t w en, you nua me one oi the daily papers." Jim sat down near the stove, and tho porter, laboring under a seeming mag netic influence, hunted up a paper and handed it to him. I happened to sit next to the boy at supper. He gave his napkin a critical examination, scanned tlie tablespread, and when the waiter camo along to him James remarked : "Oysters fried in crumbs, milk toast, green tea, a Jbiled egg, hot biscuit, and you want to jump as if- codfish was forty cents a pound and the market rising 3d. Have you eood schools ? 4th, What kind of crops do you principally raise ? Can you raise corn ? 5th, Do farmers have to irrigate their land ? 6th, Is tliere any good blooded stock in your country? 7th, Is game plenty ? 8th, Is it a good fruit country? As wo arc constantly in receipt of letters of a like character, we shall an swer these questions in tho order in which they come, for the benefit of the persons wishing to come to this State. r arms can be purchased m this valley at from 3 to $20 per acre. There is also vacant Government land here mostly hill and timbered land that can be purchased at $1 25 per a re. This is a good stock country, and, as much of tlm land is hilly and not easily cultivated, affords good pastur age. i Wc are well supplied, with district schools in Jackson county , and there is one Academy in tho county, which, as an institution of learning, bears a good reputation. ; Wheat, oats aud barley are tlie prin cipal crops raised here, but farther n-rth in this State hops and tlax arc cultivat ed to a considerable extent. Hut little com is raised in Oregon, not but 'what it will grow, but becaime it is not as profitable as other crops. Crops have never been known to fail in Oregon, and farmers do not have to irrigate their fields. ' ' , Our stt-ckmen have been paying much attention to improving their stock, and have imported thoroughbred liorses, cattle, sheep and swine. Hear and deer abound m tho f rests, and smaller gamo is quite plentiful. As for raising fruit the Jiogue river valley is not snrfiassed by any section of the United States. Figs, p'ums, peaches, apricots, pears, apples, etc., nourish, white grapes and berries of all kinds grow readily. JitcAsoitcille tuttl. imuviim; office secheis. A properly conducted printing office, as an exchange remarks, is as much a secret as a Masonic lodge, the printers are not under any oath of secrecy, but always feel themselves as truly bound to keep office secrets as though bounu by triple oaths. Any employe in a printing office who willingly disregards An Etntc Frittered Away. DEMOCltATIC Ol'IXIOJi OF HA YEN. this rule ir. relation to printing ojnee se crets would not only be scorned by his brethren of the cralt, but would lose his position. We make this statement because it sometimes happens that a communication appears in a newspaper under an assumed signature which ex cites comments, and various parties try to find out who is the author. Let all lie saved the trouble of questioning em ployes of the printing office. 1 hey are know-notl ungs on sucn pomis as men-, j On such matters they have no eyes, no ears, no mouth, and if anyone tails to observe this rule let tnem do pui aown as dishonored members of the craft. It is the same with job printing. It any thing is to be printed and kept secret. let Kroner notice be given lor mc oesire of secrecy, and you might as well ques tion the "Sphynx" as one of the printers, so that eveu the secret books are print ed without fear. THE BVBS1KU OF BH'HHOSD. f The waiter didu't jump. lie moved off at a slow pace. "I'll fix him !" whispered tlie boy in a confidential way. "lie. probably owns a browu stone front on some high, toned street. I'll buy tlie next house to him ; tear it down, put up a boiler shop, and I'll hammer Texas out of his peace and harmony !" Jim seemed to hare an affection for fried oysters. As he lifted up the tenth one and dropped it behind his teeth, he turned to me and said : "Fair to medium, but yet I sigh for the biyalves of the St. Xichlas. It's curus, isn't it, how a fellow will "get used to one race of oysters ? While the waiter was absent after a second cup of tea, the boy had a strug g'e with himself as to whetlier he had better leave a shinplaster beside his plate. I heard him saying to himself : "Of course it would look kind o' stylish and unique to put down two shillings for that fawning sychophant to pick up but I aia not on the unique just now. I'm looking for land, and land costs money." I met him again on tlie train. He was asking mo if I knew of a lively town in the West, wliere a go ahead boy about his size could commenc? at the foot of the ladder and grow up, when the conductor came along and called for tickets. "Half-fare, of course, replied Jim, as be felt in his pockets. "Full ticket," said the conductor, reaching right and left. "Is this a bigger road than the Xew York Central ?" demanded the boy. "They didn't cliargo but halt fare on that road, and it bad three more tracks on than this. Don't count me out that way, Mr. Conductor." j "Tickets ! tickets 1" called the official. "Pass on and come and see me later, for the cash is in my boot, replied Jim, getting ready to pull off one. In about twenty minutes the conduc tor returned, and the boy tendered him half fare in small change and said : "Dont be tough on a feller. ; There wasn't room for Boss Tweed and me in New York, and so I'm lookinr for a L Western town to grow op witlu' "Ion are old enough for full tare,", observed the conductor. "That's wliere my looks deceive mo, they do. The fact is I don't age worth a cent. I have looked to be about this old ever since I can remember. i Half fare was taken and after tlie conductor had departed Jim returned to the subject nearest his heart by re marking: ; "I'd like to find a town of about 600 denizens, for instance. I could jiue the church, walk around with humility in my eyes, and in no time at all I'd be an alderman or somethin. I'm bouud to work up, I tell you, and if any fel low can beat me at securing the affec tions of a discriminatirg public I won't say a word." I left Lira in Toledo. , He was look ing at a patent spriug bed bottom with a view to purchase a State right, and wasmufing:. ';:': "The question vividly arises, can a fellow with a patent right work his way to the hearts of the masses?" lttts bitrg Telegraph. A Little Ose's Love.- The l'ough. keepsio JuuIe tells an affecting little story of a child between two and three years old whom a ladv found walking on tlie street, evidently lost and crying bitterly. Taking her bv the hand the lauy asfccu her where she was going, "I am going fo find papa," was the reply of the child, between sobs. "What is your pa pa's name?" abked the lady. "His name is papa," replied the inno cent little thing. i "lint what is his other name ?" quer ied tlie lany ; "what docs your mamma i call him?" ! "She calls him papa, persisted the baby. .i The lady then took the little one by the tiaml and led tier a Ions? saying : "You had better come with me ; I guess yoa came this way." "Yes, but 1 don't want to go back ; I waut to bud my papa," replied the lit. tie girl crying anew as if her heart would break. "What do you want ot your papa ?" inquirea mc iaay. ' "I want to kiss him.' Just then a sister of the child come along looking for lier, and led her away. From subsequent inquiries it appeared that the little one's papa, of whom she was so earnestly rn search, had recently died. In her loneliness and love tor him she had tired of waiting for him' to come home,and had gone to find him and greet him with the accustomed kiss. Ever since the burning of Richmond in 18G5 there have lieen numerous suits ! at law between the people whose pror. 1 ertv was destroyed and the insurance oumpanios, tlie latter making a defense that the burning was an act of the war, under which insurance can not be col lected. ... An effort has many times been made to obtain the evidence ot Confed erate General Ewell, who commanded the city at the tune of the evacuation, but lie" has successfully avoided the wit ness-stand. Isot only has this question been a matter oj importance to the in surance conipanici and projierty-owners, but also to historians, who ditler m re gard to the ovigiu of the fire, some hoi 1- ing that it was accidental, others that it was the work of the Federal troops. Within the last few days documents have leen filed in the courts at Rich mond which proves that the city was fired before the evacuation on the 4th ot April, 18G5, by order ot General Ewe'.l, acting under telegraphic instruc tions from General Lee, who was at Petersburg at the time, in pursuance ot a statute ot tho Confederate Congress that all cities wherein cotton or tobacco Was stored, or which would alford com fort to tho enemy, be destroyed by tire when evacuated by Confederate troops. In 1859, Nathaniel Gilman died in Waterville, Me., leaving an estate sup posed to bo worth S1,000,000, but which like other estates, only tooted up $500,000 on the inventories.,'--Mr. Gil man had been a hide and leather mer chant in New York, and in that busi h had made his money. He left six child rcu by a deceased wife, and four hv a t.ot;ond. who survived him. There was never any affection between the two branches of the lamily,- ana tlie lenu broke out in open war over tho old . n riit lrt r.rtt-ini't it man s win. iiiuuui&i j.v-i.vj mK 5n the hands of a son and son-in-law ot the older branch ; and the widow and hor children- bestan the war upon them to secure their share. Tho estate has been in law eighteen years. The first .Mixtion as to where the will should bo vi.otnl in Maine or New York. It IIKIIttlVM ..- was finally carried to New oik, where tt.o ..artios alwve referred to were in business. Since that time there has hni nearlv every sort -of a suit and cross suit that the ingenuity ot lawyers iIovkp Two vears since the final amount of the executors was filed, and tho case sent to a referee, who has been holding weekly sessions ever since. It im thought the amount now remaining is somewhere between $100,000 and S.:;00.000. to be divided between ten chi'dren and their heirs, whenever the heirs can agree upon the terms. The leeling is so. bitter that it is probable that the entire amount will fritter away lieiore a settlement is effected. Jioston Journal. . Governor Haves was in the citv last Saturday evening, and participated in the banquet of the Cincinnati 4ar asso ciation at the Grand Hotel. His mod est demeanor and . tuiotpntationi ail- dress alwavs makes hi is not a crcat man. but a owul m-m and the Chicago Times docs not ovor! step tlie bounds more than usual when it calls bun "An Archanael in Vanta- loons." Governor Hayes is an old member of tho Cincinnati bar. and it S 1 . . - .... . . was, aouuiiess. firratitvin" to l.im to meet his old friends and associates at tho festive board. Throughout all tl trying hours since and before the clec tion, Governor Hayes has done nothing to forfeit the respect of his fellow citi zens. Cincinnati Tnmtircr. The timud Jke Alexis. A Pleasant . Kitchen." Consider ing that so many women of the middle classes are obliged to pass a great por tion of tlieir time in the kitchen, why not make it an attractive' apartment, rather than stow it away iu the, base, meut, or in some dark corner of the house, as is now too frequently done ? Many houses display pleasant sitting- rooms ; but it we judge of the conven iences and general pleasantness of the kitchens by tlie rooms iu the front of tlie house, we find in many instances we utterly fail in our conjectures. " To make a little show iu company rooms, how many actual comforts are denied in many households ! It is sorely better to begin our house furnishing at . the kitchen, and work toward the front as we are able. Let the kitchen closet be well stocked, even though the fiat lor suffer a little. Surely the health ot the household, and tlie comfort ot the wo men folks should be placed above all other considerations. ! ' . Kindness to Hksks. Strangers in I'aris are siu-prised at the beauty and size of the omnibus horses, which aie invariably kept in spleudid condition. They are well fed, carefully treated, and never over-workeu. i.acli omnibus has ten horses belonging to it. These ten horses go out every day ; thus, dur ing tLo fourteen hours' service, the horses are changed five time. Ueing thus carefully manased, their speed and ttrcngth endure during long 3'ear3 of service. To prevent this strength great care is taken. At the loot ot eacii of the hills that diversify the surface of the streets of I'aris (tliere are thirty-one of these hills), an extra horse is always in waitinsr to aid in dragging ibe heavy vehicle up the accent. Nor i the mor-4 al side4so to speak, of the horse's train ing neglected. Tho pairs, or.ee formed, never separated save in case of accident or sicki.ess ; they occupy the same stall and feed from the sajne manger divided by a partition into two compartments. They thus become almost a unit in gait, movements and impulses, and being al ways driven by the same coachman, they get to understand perfectly his words and 'motions.-. Their docility and superior intelligence fully reward tlieir owners for the extra care and kindness shown these grateful creatures. The failure of . the great" house of Crossley in England is a symptom tlrat the business affairs of Great Britain are not iu a prosperous condition. The de pression throughout the world, especi ally in those countries where tho gold uujt tf value obtains, is nowhere more marked than iu Great Britain. The to tal loss in tho Turkish investments, the failure of Egypt to meet the interest on her indebtedness, the shrinkage in value ot her South American securities, the depression in trade, the stoppage of in vestments in limited liability companies have seriously impaired tho floating capital of tle great capitalist nation. It is curious to note that in the Latin Union, composed of France, Belgium, Switzerland and ltalv, there is more prosiwrity than in any other part of the world. In these countries the silver five-franc piece is tho unit of value and the two metals are used in commercial transactions. It is therefore a matter of serious doubt whether there can be any real revival of business in this country until the silver dollar resumes the place it held previous to 1873. We will have to decide whether to follow the exam ple ot prosperous France, with its silver currency, or panic-stricken Germany and England, where a gold unit of val ue obtains. Coi.n in its Relation to IIight. According to some remarks of 31. Mar tin ot Montpellier, cited in the Behjique Jforticole, the intensity of cold at night diminishes up to a certain hight. This phenomenon was tested ly M. Martin by placing thermometers in the Botanic garden and at various hights on the cathedral tower. In clear nights the increased warmth at a higher elevation is the most perceptible; in dull nights there is little or no difference. The reason of the greater injury inflicted on The Heir-Apparent to the Throne of Russia is quite a giant, resembling that respect his grandfather Nicholas who was by far tlie most magnificent looking monarch ot modern times. His strength is Faid to be something prodig ious, and ot its display, and of the great control he exercises over his naturally violent temper, a curious anecdote told. On one occasion he discovered that his private correspondence had bee tampered with when passing thron the post-office. lie went at once to the Emperor, laid the case before him, and begged to know if it was by hi orders that the letters had been ojicucd; for in that ease, as a dutiful son and subject, he would say nothing more, but unless such orders had been given he would demand redress. The Czar sent at once for the realiy guilt y party, the Chief of Police, severely reprimanded him in the 1 ri nee i presence, and then bade him sternly begone and sin no more. Ter rified and trembling, the abashed official was about to make a sudden exit, when the Czarowilz, who had been a quiet and, to all appearance, a erfectly un moved spectator ot the interview, merely twirling some little object between his fingers as the colloquy proceeded, came forward and stopped him. Without a word the Prince placed the thing where with he had been toying in the official's hand ; it was a silver ruble, twisted round and found iu cork screw fashion, as ordinary hands might twist a scrap ot paper. With this startling proof of the concentrated wrath ot the heir. to the throne, the luckless functionary was sunered to depart. Three hundred years ago forks were unknown in England, and a man could scoop up all the green jK-as he could carry on the flat of his knife and shovel them into his mouth, without having his wife stamp on his corns, or nudge bis elbow and sprl the peas all over where his napkin ought to be and never is, and say in a hoarse, reproachful whisper, "Why, Edward ! " the lower branches thus aecoui.ted for. ot shrubs, etc., is Death of a Big-Headed Boy. -Matthew Dorn, the monster-headed boy, is dead. He was fifteen years of turn was cerukiiuy a curiosity, u uot a monstrosity, so far as his liead was concerned. It is said that it was four feet iq circumference and . Weighed al most eight pounds. lie was of Irish parentage. When six weeks old his head began growing much "more rapidly than his body, and continued to grow up to within a few weeks of bis death. He was never able to sit np, but could move his head from right to left while lying on his pillow.. During.' the. Cen tennial exhibition at Philadelphia he was taken there by speculative persons, but the undertaking did not prove suc cessful there or in Albany, where he was subsequently exhibited for a few days. His body ' at the - time of' his death weighed about one-half as much as bis head. f-.n-" Scanthislincitisoitheutmostirnporlatiq. to say't.: In the hard drinking days ari old ocoicn laiiu ana his eldest son were riding home together from a hospitable gathering. Their ride for a white was silent,-but at last the son said r "Fey- ther, 1 wish ye was deid." The old man rather sadly replied: "Well. lauuie, i ims oiieu inougnt tnac ot my ieyiner, uut j never nae the lmpudeuco A Hartford paper tells how a lady of that city "plays it on tramps, through the agency of the bogus money known as "advertising greenbacks,"-and which to the casual observer, appear genuine. Tie" lady, with studied carelessness, puts a bill under the mat at tho back door, and waits the approach ot the in nocents. , L u to the door comes trampy, and his greedy eye at once alights on the money. In a flash it is transferred to his pocket, aud without stopping to knock aud beg, as he intended to do, he hurries out jpf sight, radiant with the joy of one "who unexpectedly strikes good luck. Yv hen at a sate distance, he looks at the bill, aud as the extent of tlie terrible deception dawns upon him, he clutches his hair, and with a wild, despairing cry of "sold by Jerusalem !" crawls into a convenient rat-hole and dies.. . il: . ' .'-" -; . Two men. known as the 'Anslin Brothers,' have been giving exhibitions of skill in riile-shooi:g n baltimorc, One of their feats is as follows : One erformer takes np his position at Ihc stage, with a potato on his head ; tho other goes to the . opposite end of the stage, turi:s his back to his brother, holds a looking glass in one hand, and with the other aims his rifle over his shoulder and fires, the ball splitting the potato in two. A few more fancy Tndian names have been added to the list, among which arc the following: lliid-that-sits-iii-sight, High-whirlwind, Mlilo, Ne-use-oPihnself Warm-his-ears, Rider-the- bear, Crying-dogs, Driving-down-hi'I, Blown-away, Walking- water, Tall wild-cats, White-cow walking, None- V. ct-any thing, and Prclty-volced-btill. Good Boy.- Tliere is a man in this town between fiftyt and sixty years of age wo lias steadily worked for his fath er until tlie present day; never had a dollar in his pocket, never went to church, wedding or funeral; never spoke to a girl except to ask where his mother was; never had a holiday; and yet had his poll-tax abated this year, on account of poverty; while his father's estate is estimated at from thirty to fifty thous and dollars. Houthington (Conn.) Settincl. The farmers ot Nebraska have com. menced the domestication ot the buffalo, ihl animals, while young,-" arc intro duced among herds of the tamo stock, of course one or two at a time. Halt and quarter breeds are found to be very I.rdy; a.nd in the yield of milk the cows raised ot mixed stock give even more than tho average Jjeiu of rich milk. The experiment promises well. Electoral commission cocktails -arc the latest thing in the beverage line. They are composed ot 7 parts water, bitters and lemon peel, and 8 parts whis ky, and 15 of them, taken in quick suc cession, will count out ' aud lay out tlie strongest-stomached Democrat Cronin not excepted. Let Turks delight to howl and fight, for 'tis tlieir nature to; let Bear and Lion growl and bite, for madness made tliem so. But Yankees, you should never let your angry passions rise ; don't quarrel ; trade, work hard, he low, aud forward supplies. "Paktisax ' Juikjes." Meeting Judge Swayne, of , the United States supreme court, a few days after tho de cision ot the electoral commission in the Florida esse. Representative Abram'S. Hewitt, of New York, said : "Judge, isn't it painful to note the fact that the judges on the electoral commission do not rise above partisanship, but uniform ly vote oh party lines?" - The judge assumed a distressed expression" of coun tenance, but with a merry twinkle in his eye, replied : "Why, yes, my dear sir, it was a subject ot mortihcation to me, aud 1 have seriously thought of remon strating with Brother Clifford and Field on that subject ; but you know it would be rather a delicate matter for me to do, and perhaps you had better speak to them yourself.''. ': There wes a grand ball at Indian Rock, D. T., a short, time ago.- Among the lovely girls who danced were Miss Three Bears, dressed in a beautiful new calico worth 12 cents a yard and trim med with beads; Miss Bellyfat, the Un capapa chief's daughter, arrayed in bnok skin embroidered with beads, and leg- gins of, scarlet cloth s and Miss Ante Jope, Running Antelope's ruddy daugh ter, dressed in a beautiful blue blanket aud Wack cloti legging, yitb ler hair closely oiled to her head. Two ot the "old ljoy s " comfortably circumstanced and - accustomed to in dulge in from ten to twenty drinks per day, were a day or two sg i watching a man who was squeezing lime-juice into a glass, when one of tl era remarked: "I hear that Smith died yesterday. "You remember him great temperance man : couldn't get him to drink .aiiythinsr." "Oh, jes," was tho answer ; " "I knew him well enough. . I tell you it's bound to fetch them after a while." A pretty school-marm, to prevent scholars from being partly, promised to kiss the first scholar who made his ap pearance at the school house. All went well for a few days, and, the nineteen-? year-old-boys, anxious to participate in tho fun, actually got to Toosting on the fence all night iu order to at school the first in the morning. This became monotonous and the teacher gave the idea uft-Eiis! " -wV' .?,,.? - if ... .. - 'When a society young man tails in love with a young lady and calls to see her four evenings a week, her sixteen-year-old brother can get all tho cigars he wants lree of cost as long as the courre of true love runs smooth. There are occasions when a young man who is in love feels liberal enough to give a big brother $11,500 toeoure his absence from the parlor. People worry! themselves ill ; they worry themselves insane; they worry themselves, to death. Ambition is a good thing; energy is a good thing, in dustry is a good thing. ., But restless ness, fietfulness aud worry these tend directly to insanity and death. A young and good looking bachelor minister, who recently took charge of an up-country church, rather astonished tho lloc-k the first Sunday by announcin; that he proposed getting up a girls' bi ble class right off, and he wanted to embrace every young woman within tho sound ot Ins yoice. The news from Europe is so depress ing and uncertain that a Bai lingtoi man has felt compelled to reduce his pew rent and sell one ot his dogs, in order to pave the way ta sate and steady resumption ot a new suit of clothes in the spring. Kemper county; Miss., raises all other centenarians out ot their boots with a Indian,3 John Von, otherwise Istamola who has just died at the ago tit 133 He was not Washington's body-servant but body-servant ot Washington's fath er, which is a rof rcshing novelty. I . 1 1 . A colored statesman in North Caro lina offered a resolution asking the Leg islature to suggest some plan upon which Congress could bo memorialized to set apart a territory west of the Missouri river for the colonization of the colored people of the South. An exchange remarks': This is tho time to go out wolf-hunting. Nothing will give yoa higher percentage.on your time aud money than chasing the wolt from your poorer neighbor's door. Spriggius says he once prevented a severe case ot hydrophobia by simply gelling on a high fence and waiting there till the dog had gone away. JOB PRINTING. lieu -you wish Posters- Visiting Cards. Business Cards, Bill Heads, Letter Heads Envelopes Ball Tickets. Programmes Labels, Horse Bills Circular, Pamphlets, or in tact anything in tlie call at tii ALBANY REG 1ST PRINTING HOUSE CUIt N Kit FKTtRY A FUtST-STrf