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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1880)
ISSUED KVKrV FtttDAY, IS THE REGISTER BUILDINO, Corner Ferry and Pirrt Street. Six. vancleve uiiJROfRlE,ron. TERMS-IX ADVANCE. e copy, one yeor $2 so One copy, hIx months.... 1 TO Single copies Ten cents. Agents for the Kejrlater. I1 h following named gentlemen nre nnthor- li!l to receive and receipt for subscription to t no kkoistkr in tne localities mentioned : Messrs. Kirk & Hume... Brownsville. Kdbcrt Ohiss Crawfordsvllle. Sieth ttnyes Hateey. CP. Tompkins . Ilnrrisburg FRIDAY.. FEBRUARY 27, 1880 Home (Interests. the washerwomen of Holland and lielgium,' o proverbially clean, and who get np their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax as washing powder instead ot soda, in the propor tion of one large handful of borax-powder to about ten gallons of boiling water ; they save in soap nearly half. All of the large washing establishments adopt the same mode. For laces, cam brics, etc., an extra quantity ot the powder ia used, and for crinolines (re quiring to be made stiff), a strong solu tion ia necessary. Borax being a neutral salt, does not in the slightest degree injure the texture of the linen. Its effect is to soften the hardest water. Fried Toast. Beat two eggs with one pint of milk, dip slices of stale bread in it until well soaked, fry in butter; serve with melted sugar. Chicken Salad. Boil, bone and cbop fine three chickens, chop an equal quantity of celery, and mix ; add the yolk of one egg, cup of melted butter, salt to taste, ndd one teaspoontul of sugar, a cup ei vinegar am a puicn oi red perer. Mutton Choi. Take off the skin and part of the fat, pepper and salt them, broil over a clear fire turniuc frequently ; take np in a hot dish in which you have a part of a glass of cat , Sup, same of boiling water and a table spoonful of butter. T6 Boii. a Ham. WaA in' warm water, put a wisp ot sweet clean hay hi the bottom of a kettle, put in the ham and fill with cold water, let it warm slowly ; when it boils, skim it, then let it simmer at least tour hoars ; it should never boil' hard, take off the skin and trim the fat, Hoar thickly and bake one 'hour. To Serve Cold Meats Take cold meat picked from the bone and , finely chopped ; to cue cupitrl add a (mall onion, it the meat is fresfr give it salt, black pepper and sagd, add one cupful of bread crumbs, break in an egg or two and moisten if necessary with a little water. With -floured hands make into small cakes and brown on both sides. Corned Beef Hash. Boir the beet till tender, when cold shop fine'. To one cup of chopped meat allow tour of chopped potatoes mix, put a lump of butter iu a frying pan over I he fire, add a dust of pepper when the butter is melt ed, put ia the hash, add four tablespoon fuls of water, stir together ; when it becomes hot, stir from the bottom, cover a plate over it and set it where it will cook slowly. Mcfeins. One quart of flour, two fesspooutnls cream ot tartar, two eggs, one-half cup of butter, two tzblespoou fuls sugar, one teaspoonful soda ; sweet milk enough to make a soft batter; bake' in roll irons. Brown Bread. rTwo cups graham flour, one enp corn meal, two-thirds cup molasses, two and one-half cups sweet milk, one teaspoontul soda, steam three lours, dry iu oven. " BcNS -Flour one quart, milk one pmt, butter one-fourth pound, two eggs, one cup sugar, halt cup currantf, four tablespooufula yeast-; warm milk, add tbe yeast, butter and floor ; set to rise about four boars, then add the beaten eggs," sngar and fruit ; let rise again two hours ; make into small buns, place close together in baking tins, and wbeo light again brush the lops with a mix ture ot molasses aud bake iu a quick oven. - ' ' ' " Crullers. Three eggs, nine table spoonfuls sugar,, eight , tab'espoonfuls butter, half teacup sweet milk, bait teaspoontul soda, flour to roll out, fry n lard. ' Care must be taken not to - use more soda than called for. ttAiN Light Doughnuts. To be eaten hot with cofibe. - Two cups bread sponge, one balf cup batter or lard, one teaspoon ful salt, two eggs. Mix and let stand tilMigbt ; fry in hot lard. Doug h nuts.--T wx cups sugar, two enps soar milk, three egg8,-one and a balf teaspoonf ols soda, two tablespoon. tula lard, add flour till tluT enough to rollout, with, a form anoV' fry 'quickly in .hot lard. r -, - a ' ' Ginger- Sponge Cake. One cap molasses, one cap'' batter,' two" caps r"T, four, ejs, three' cups flourj coo c".j a"V, tT?j-CEfal gods and gfrgfr; Gikqek Cookies. One egg, cne cap sugar, one cap molasses, one table- spoonful soda, one of vinegar, one of ginger ; roll thin and bake quickly. . Cookies. One cup cream, one and a bait caps sugar, balf cup butter, one egg, one teaspoolnl soda. "Feather Cake. One cup sugar, half cup butter, halt cup milk, one teaspoontul cream of tartar, bait tea spoonful soda, or one and a bait tea spoons baking powder. Sponge Cake. Beat fonr eggs and two coffee cups sugar well together, and two coffee cups flour, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one of soda, two-thirds cop of boiling water, flavor with lemon add the water last. A Summer lily I. He was a decidedly poetical looking chap, from head to toot. He wore eye glasses aud had enr'y hair By gazing upon him ypa could almost tell the exact number of sonnets contained in bis pocket. He had on a blue suit and a pleasant stnile; She was a country maid en, practical afid innocent. They walk ed down a fragrant meadow, and paused beneath a spreading oak. He was the first to break the silence: "Isn't this lovely?;f 'Oh, ain't it?" she replied. "Yes," he went on, as he planted! his cliin ifi one' hand and contemplated the vista of sky land, "this is simply divine. To sit here and breath the soft, cool sum mer wind, fraught with the charming fragrance of violet aud rose, is just en trancing." She said nothing. "Isu't that a majestic mountain over there, towering into the fleecy clouds. Isn't that a lovely little brook pattering on baby syllables over the innocent lit tie pebbles." "Kinder," the responded. "Yes," lie went on as he plautod his chin in the other haud for a change, "Summer is the heaven ot the year. Just look at those happy birds darling through the air from tree to tree, and flooding the valley with exquisite burst of song. WofiMn't you like to be a bird, ptt?" "I'd rather be a girl aud eat ice cream," she replied with a twinkle of Arcadian simplicity in her merry ii;zel eyes. This seemed to ruffle the poet cbn- I sideiably, but he managed to regain hlS mental equilibrium sufficiently to go on. "Behold those golden winged butter flies; don't they fly languidly, as though their lives are but one smooth period ot bliss and uninterupted happiness. "Yes," she responded, "aud they flap tbeir wings like doormats, don't they? After ten minutes sileoce of the most profound discriptiou be ventured to speak again. "And there goes the merry bees in golden ffotil la?, ' coquet ting with the breeze-swayed flowers." She kep still. "But soon all the pretty things will vanish like a lover's dream. The flow ers will fade, the leaves w ill fall, the birds will migrate, and1 the emerald tapestry of the lea" wflt become the couch of snowflak.- The lifiles' wilf vanish fr.om the lake ftnd the sun-set will glimmer on the barren limb and melt tiie snow in the e'nity. nests." He paused for breath, and she Whis pered: "And then we- will have to inrfulije in buckwheat cakes and heavy irndf clothes, won't we?" He could n t go any further in but remarks, so they got up and wandered away. ln? jabn KVIIllamu." At a church meeting not far from Boston, a man whose credit was not tbe best, and who was somewhat noted' for bis failure to meet his obliga'tions", arose to speak. ' The subject tor the evening was, "What shall I do to be saved ?" Commencing in measured tones fie quoted tlio-passage, " What shall I do to be saved ?" " Again, with in creased solemnity and impress! venes of manner, he repeated the momentous in quiry, when a" tfoice from the assembly answered in clear a'nd distinct -tones, "Go ting pay John Williams for that yoTcc of oxen you' bought of himP The remainder of fhe gentle man's address was not? reported1. All present appreciated the fitr.eps ot the unexpected words ia sessclt, and were saved from hearing a lengthy exhorta tion from a swindler's' lips ChrtMain at ' Work. One of the most portly' and dignified of the Mormon bishops raB . lately seen running iu a Salt ' Lake street, closely pursued by a woman who wt.acked him with a broomstick whenever she got within reaching distance. She! was the first' and ou'y wire of BrAneY Jdties, and she bad heard the Bishop-advising. her husband to practice the precepts of the . Church . by taking ao additional' spouse or two. , 1 Victor Ilogo kisses all the ladies be mectK Thev acknowledge him the Victor' to that point, but when it comes lo tLeIwg-fr.they; protest.' A ' Reporter's Lack . Daring an excursion from this city to Niagara falls, and while at C leveland, an incident occurred which will never be forgotten by those who heard of it The Kennord House, in that city, was crowded when a druggist o Sihithficld street appeared late at night at the hotel office and demanded a bed; The clerk replied that there were only two vacant beds in the house -ne wherein was quartered a Pittsburg morning newspaper ma;i, and the other room wherein was a Pittsburgh evening' newspaper man, who were with the excursion. "To tell the truth, they are both pretty drunk, so yon may take your choice as to which room you will sleep in' Tbe druggist said that On general principles he would take bis chances with the evening newspaper journalist, as he would doubtless be so drunk that he would lie dormanlly quiet all night. lie went to bed and was soon sound asleep. Tbe journalist,' however, & wakened about- 12 o'clock, asd, thinking it a long time; between drinks, dressed himself nnconscieusly if) the dnfggisi's clothes, aud sallied out to make a night of it. Ever and anon he muttered, as he treated all present, fFunn?est thing I ever heard of. When I went to bed last night I only bad 25 cents to my name, and now I've got over $100, showing a corpulent roll of bills ; and I'm bound to spend every cent of it before rrlorning." IIo did.' Ilr. I Crop Prospect. There seems to Iks, among onr lead ing farmers, considerable' Anxiety with regard to the probability 6f the next grain crop. They uuite in the opinion that the season tor plowing and seed ing is now too short to admit of as large an acreage as nsu&l, comparative ly little plowing having been done as yet. It must be considered," howvei, thai the seasons in this section ; are evidently changing,rain being quite com mon in May and June for several sea-, sons pat. Should tLis be ta&su into account, farmers, may be justified in seeding later than! usual, but at all events there need ;be no alarm as this weathef will soon 1 set everv plow in motion,- and it flour does happen to be limited iu quantity farmers can demand a remunerative price tor it. Oregon Sentinel. , liichard Giant White says the ex. pression "lie is going ox io go" is in correct. Richard is (too particular. We suppose he would also object to j.he remark, "Yon git right op and git right out and tilt." And vet the fellow to whom it is addressed would understand it as quickly as if yon Wt ie" to sling two pages ot urammaf at ii:m. A Bell telephone is in successful op eration between Omaha and St. Louis, a distance of four hundred miles. The Sweet Ky-and-By" was sung iu :t- Louis and every worq was distinctly heard iu Omaha. It iti said to i6 the greatest distance operated by a tele phone successfully. A writer of the gentler sex writes that USC womanly woman rever gets jammed, crowded or pushed," and adds, "I am neither young nor pretty." This explains it. No man cares to squeeze woman who' is neither young nor pretty. I..et us harve" the experience of some of the young and pretty ones. , i$ lady who had quarreled with her bal-1 headed lover saij, in dismissing him, "What is deliahtful about you, "ray friend, is f haX I have not the trouble of .sending yott back any! locks uf hair." Deacou Jelly remarked to penurious companion that the kingdom of atan was tof be destroyed, and asked him if he wasn't claa of it. "Yes," he re plied, "I suppose so, but it seems a pity to have everything wasted !" j Generals Beauregard aud Early are concerned in the Louisville Lottery, at salaries ot S30C0 each, and they don't like the Postmaster General's order, treating that business as a swindle. Energy will do anything that can be done in the world ; and no talents, no circumstances, no apportuuities, will make a two-legged animal a man with out it. .'' . 1 . i. - r'- ' ' ! "I say, ma," exclaimed a littlo minx of 13, '"do you know whit the pyrolech nical remedy is tor a crying infant ?" Gracious goodness me I No, I never beard of sncb a thing, rocket.". !WeH,ma, its Statistics prove that women's teeth decay, at i8u earlier age than! men's, which, proves that gum Js more injuri ous than tobacco. ' Tbe Boston Courier discovered that when two young - men meet they address each other as "old man," and that When two bid. fellows, meet they say "my boy." ,." If -we want, the Indians to continue too believe in general superiority oi tbe while tacej why d we let ihem got'toH Wa4bi 'gtoo ?- - Toledo. BlachP 1 A young lady who didn't admire the custom in vogue among, her Bisters' Of writing a letter and then cross writing it to illegibility, said she wonld prefer her epistle -"without an ovr-skirt." 'To Greece we give our shining blades," said the fellow at the boarding house, plunging hiS knife into the butter dish. ..... . A Kentucky man was bit in the leg by a bullet while on his knees in prajrer, and PecVs Sun says J "Such a thing might not occur again iu a thousand years in Kentucky.' . A trench naturalist was thirteen years ascertaining the fact that a wild fox sleeps only about fifty-six- minuted per night, and that a tame goose does not sleep at all. A rHerhber of Congress chided liis : daugl.ter for allowing her lover to stay j after ten o'clock. "Ja, pa," she said "we tvere only holding a little extra session." . When a farmer puts a ring m a hog's nose he strikes at the root of the thing. Man proposes ; and when l.e does so in a bar room, all the loafers accept. Srnndnloaa Donlilc Marriage. The village of Union, . New York, Is greatly excited over a double marri.-igi! ceremony which was performed tlit-re l:it week. The parties rtfc i Jif. and Mrs. De Forest Rose, a yoU'tijj Qian named Ilar ria. aged about 21 ears, and Sadie Bliss, who is n bo n't 17 fears ot age. Mr. ami Mrs. Rose have been married several years itnd have one child. About three week ago fhey Wurs- Visited by the girl, Sadie Bliss, and a! plan c'f mixing n'p marriage relations seemed to have been Agreed fipon. How It wa"s brought a'fi'out is not explained but a lew days ago the four took a hack and drove out to Union. 'There a Baptist clergy fnim',' the , Rev. E. T. Bessy, was culled upon,' and Mr. Rose was mariied to Sadie Bliss, and Mrs.' Rose was married to the young man Harris. Afterward, when Harris was askud a"bin the affair, he pleaded thai he did not know that Rose was married to the woman said to be his wife that, in fact, he had uever inquired as to her relation with him, but that he loved her and intended to stick to her. .Rose has since disappeared, leaving behind 'both wives, but Harris and Sirs. Rose con tintfe to live together in Binghafnion. Ttings Worth Kenienibering. Iii ieinj cakes, dip the knife frequently i: cold' water. In boiling meat for soup, use cold water to extract the juice ; Hit if the meat alone is wa'i:tcd plunge in hot water at once. 2fevcr pnt water or other liquid on si trrn'sft snnf lii jinv vnn!iii o.irnf.f ' ? n i . j -- - - - plentiful 'application of dry buck-wheat will remove It. Iori't salt a" stcsik till after it is broiled. Silt draws the juices iu .conk ing, and these s'lonld be retained. X small piece of charcoal iu the pot with boiling cabbage removes the smell. A brush arrd soap will ruin oil-cloth. Clean it with' milk and water. Tumblers that' have had inilk in tlieui'sfictild never Se' pn? info hot walfr. A spoonful of stewed tomatoes will improve the gravy of either roasted or fried meats. . Cooks who dislike the odor arising from a greas r' of tat meat iu baking buckwheat cakes, find that a piece ot turnip serves just as well, and is not so odoriferous. Laxntive llrcad. W. U. Taylor states in the London Lan cet that he has lately bad bread prepfrred a's" follows, and round it most useful in ordina ry constipation, and as a laxative in" piles : Coarse Scotch oat men',' wlmle wheaten flour, coarse ordinary flour, of equal pars'L Tiie bread can be lightened by yeast, or, to ft pound loaf, one tablespoontu! of bicar bonate of soda, three ounces of tartaric acid, one pound of ordinaTy fibnr, rubbed well together, . and kept dry in a tin or v?61 corked bottle. The bread keeps well, nnd a two-pound loat will be sufficient for a' week, taking a ortion once or twice a day in conjunction with ordinary bread. . Senator Burnside's bill, lutVhig for it. object the setting aside of the net proceeds of public land sales and receipt., of tbe Patent Office, to create an educational fund' for tiie benefit of the Sfa'te3" and Territories i one that will no Toubt commend itself to Congress. One of the heaviest taxes im posed upon the American people fa that levied for the support of the public sclrools! In some localities the burden lias become?' so heavy that restlessness 13 being exhibit-' ed. Any measure calcnl.Tfed to alleviate this burden would be a wise orte, as a ser ious dlsaffeetieii might lead fo'aftempts to" destroy the public-school System a cnlam-' ity that the Repnblic could scarcely stand np under. The Colorado papers claim that fOO;000 votes will be cast iu thiit State at the next election. If their sanguine predictions are realized the banner.. will have to be awarded to that State tor rapid growth. The democrats doubtless begin to see that they have made a mistake in Maine. They are making mistakes in some part of the country most of ti e tinier The manaacr of a church fair nof far avay, when nsked f theM worild be music each evening, replied, No.y and then added '-but there will be siftgtng." lie told me that he wasYejrntarly en gaged as a writer for one of tiie leading dailies. II is honest old mother eaivf" writ ing wrappers at $3 week.' . A-maiden lady of wctfWifiifafceha8" resolved to changn - her name to tConclu sions" lmvlng lieard thftt mefflsonfe times jump that way. . - Don't pay any attention fo a' sign 'Sliut this door.' It is the trick of a lazy maa to get others to do his work lor hini. Bald bended men are like kind words be1 catiao kiud wotxli never dj'i'i : r PREMIUM OFFERED -ON- I groREt) tf rnt THOMAS MOXTElTII & SOXS, -AT- LB ANY LB ANY tiie uxuEitsifiXKu will tav: F 0 IT OElif S por bushij, in in ill feed,' Over and Above the 2Warltet Price, -roil- GOOD, MERCHANTABLE WHEAT either stored with or sold to them this sea-son Knckn ftiraiaueil to parties alcMllne tnein. Al!)ttny, August 1, TS. I OLD AND RELIABLE.' 1 g,DB.' SAropo's Iitrpii IimaonATOBj Urely 'ef.t.tble. It never ifbiiitit-.-s--itis f?Wn figa f for mow than 35' yesrs.J: ; P IIJU with unprecedented re6ulta.j '.SEKD FOR CIRCULAR. 4 SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 4 3. T.W. SASFORO, M.D., ?ScittS J axt Darcuisr kill tell xov its bu-vtatios. J -,''vv--v King of thd Blood (lurf all Scrofulous affections and disorders result-'. iuR from Impuritr of the blood. It is needlsss to specify all, us the sufferer cun-usually perceive their cause ; but Kali Jtteum, I'impUt, Ulcer, Tumm i. Goitre, StUinfft, &c, are the most well as manr aifuctious of the Meartj Jttad, JUPtr and Stomach. SCROFULA. Woaierfal Cora of Blindness. - D. Bassom.'Som Co.: For the benefit of all', troubled with Scrofula or Impure Blood in their iytsm, I hersbr recommend King of the Blood. I have been troubled with Scrofula for the past tea rears, which 6 affected -my eyes that I was com pletely blind for six month. I was recommended to try Kino; o. the Blood which has proved a great, blessing to me, as it has completely cured me, and I cheerfully recommend it to all troubled as I havai bn ; - A i Vour. trnly, ; Mas. B. Wltinuinr, Sardinia, IT. YS will be paid to Af Public' Hospital to be matuw iir frreed upon, for every eerbttcate of this mod" sine published by us which ia not genuine. " Its fugrrediesits. ' " To show oi tKh la the safety and excelles of the K. B., imb proper personal annlicatioit. k satianed that, no impoattion is intended, we ut ' give tltet of alt iis lnfrredieata, by affidavit. Tne above ofiurs were never mitde before by the tiro- prietor of any other Family Medicine ia the world. 1 rietor or any other Kamily Af any teti:uoiials.fu full dirertions fur nutie will be found in the P'" "lre-t)r on lisases of the Bloc-?, ia -..iiOTa uutue is enccoeea. ram 1 per buttle eon J iviioa 13 1 ounces, or 4 to SO doses. Sold by dru. "". 17. lUnsojt.BoB et Co., ProD'rs. BiL2aio.N WHEAT c;h a :.irtOAr.i Family Remedy for ivliseas -sof tlio Liver, Stomach W"-' land iiV?sIs. 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