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ISSCED XVKBY FBIOAT, tit THE HEOISTGt BDILSINa, Corner Ferry and First Street. OLt,. VAN CLE VK PROPRIETOR. TERMS-IN copy, One year One copy, six months.. Ingle cobles ADVANCE. 4 50 1 50 .Ten cents. Areata for tlie Register. The following named gentlemen are author ised tH, receive and receipt for subscriptions to the Register in the localities mentioned : , Messrs. Kirk ft Hume.. Brownsville. Robert Glass CrawfordBvtlle. fteth Hayes Halsey. O. P. Tompkins Harrisburg RID AY MARCH B, 1880 TkvOffhta ant lie Fl orBencs nd Shoeing. A very distinguished Burgeon asserts that when once the bulbous enlargement 6t the trog is removed, it never again is fully reproduced, and that this is the rea son why we can not find it in many abod hones. It not only protects the navicular bone, but, to a certain extent, the coffinjoint. Yet there is no part ot the frog with which greater liberties are taken than with this. In fact, it generally undergoes a pretty essentia t whittling every time the horse has an introduction to the man ot knife and hammer. The bulb of the toe once re moved nature causes augmented secre tion ot horny surface to supply the de-ficiencT- The secretion is very abun dant, but nature is no match against edged topis the faster H goes the better chance is there, by those who feel dis posed to whittle, at every subsequent shoeing. Such extraordinary efforts at reproduction impairs the secretory func tion, and we then have a hard, brittle substance destitute of elasticity, which almost defies the knife ot the sb oer Then consider the frog itself that well defined promontory ; that cushion-like substance, which, by coming in contact with the ground, prevents jar and con. cussiob, not only to the sensitive tissues within the hoof, but to the joints above in fact, it lessens body concuss ion. It is a part which develops itself in the same ratio with the hoof And sole, establishing 6 strong bond of union between the sensitive tissues and the insensible. A part, therefore, which serves as the basis ot the animal struct ure, can not be removed with impunity. Cut away the frog and we take away the solar 6upporf, and prevent that sole coming in contact with the ground Now put ou a shoo having no bearing but against the hoof, and we shall readily perceive that the horse's weight is borne by the hoof. So great a weight, having no opposing resistance, except that lurnisned by the inside of the hoof, must naturally lead to strain of the animal and desc nt of r-ole. Deseei.t of sole implies laminal dislocation, the the horse then is in a partly1 ruined condition. We contend, therefore, that the frog should seldom, if ever, be int terfered with, We remove the roug7 and loose portions about as mucn as the animal without shoes would natur ally wear off, and this is not always good policy, for the ragged, uneven parts often serve as a protection to the new formations above. The parts look better tor paring, we grant, but health does not consist of beauty alone. We have seen very handsome horses, vet having the finger of death on them. You may get a very handsome hoot by rasping of scraping it with glass, but we will defy any man to make a healthy one by the same process. The time Aas been, when the catting away ot the . trog was recommended by some very eminent men, so that the smiths who now practice it in good faith, are no more' to be blamed than the" farmet - One author baa tried to smooth over tlie affair, by observing that the frog . Offers so little resistrnce to the knife, and presents such an even snrlafce so clean, nice, aixl smooth, thai it requires more philosophy than1 smiths" generally possess to "resist the temptation to slice it away, despite a knowledge that it would , be far wisefto let it' alone. If the ydpinion ot veterinary surgeons is ot any value, the reader must confess that the error of paring the trog is in jurious. One ot the best authors 00 be subject, says that he never allows a - knife to approach the frog, because ex . periment has shows that the frog pos- esses le3s power of reproducing horn than other r arts, and the same individual baa had horses in his possession five years whose frogs never made the acquaintance of a knife. Examine the structure of the frog, and you will find that H is covered' with a thin, delicate envelope: 8 texture once removed is sparingly reprcdocedl Cnt it oil and the parts benesib aftf'onptotected un fitted to grapple with the hard ground, -or7 exposure tO" altsosrherur changes. They contract in cboseqtieotJ&'of violence or exposure, acd w gefaa inferior frog. But the reader, may asks1 Haw is the trog to disencumber itself ot its appareut lj reused' end" enperfiuitos surfaces? VTar' a "swerT' ESisre' has provided a means ; a casting off of the trog surfaces i now and then takes place But we shall find that when this does occur, s new, horny covering has formed beneath a smaller frog appears, still an entire one, capable of repeating the same pro cess over and ovet again. There fore let as try and let ihe frog alone Hssit uttntu; Striped Cake. Two cups sugar, two thirds cup butter, two and a half cups flour, one cup milk, whites of five eggs, two teaspoonfuls cream ot tartar, oue of soda. Brown part Two table poo n fuls of the white dough, one-halt cup molasses, one-halt cup flour, one cup chopped raisins, cinnamon, and cloves. This makes one layer in a long baking tin; make two of the white, place one under and oue over the dark cake, with jelly between, Orange Cake. Beat together the yolks of four eggs, and one cap white sugar, add one-fourth cup melted butler, one-half cup milk, one and a bait cdpa flour, one and a half teaspoonf uls bal ing powder. Bake in two long pans. Beat whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, add one-half of - a grated orange, two cups sugar. Spread this between the' cakes. Mock Mince Pie. Pour one cup of boiling water over two-thirds' of rofTed cracker crumbs, add one cup molasses, half cup sugar, one cup raisins, halt cup vinegar, spice like mince pies and add butter half the' sie ot an egfbake with two crusts. Fruit Roll. Mix dough as for bis cuit, only moTe shortening, roll out one hall inch thick,- over this spread any trait either fresh or cannca, r"ofl np and place in a cloth wrung out of hot water and floured, ?'nd boil one half hoar, or place' on a plate in a steamer and cook over boiling water. Baked Ar.ple Dumplings. Take one halt pint raised dough, roll into it one large spoonfuf butter, roll out and told it, set aside to rise, when light divide into six parts, roll out thin, in each piece told one apple pared and cored with tie hole filled with sugar and a bit of butter, place in a deep dish, let them staod one hour, then sprinkle around them a little sugar and bits" ot butter, grate over a little nutmeg, poor over teacnpful of water and bake three quarters of an hour. Served withtfuce. Rice Puddiug.-One cup of rice, boiled soft rtt water, add a piece of bat ter size of an egg, one pint of rffilfc.-yclks of four eggs or the whole ot three, grat ed rind of one lemon, mix . and bake' one-half hour, beat the whites ot two eggs with a'CiVp of sugar and the juice ot a lemon, pour over the padding and ; brown lightly. Tapioca Pudding. One-halt cup tapioca soaked over night to cover, add three eggs, one-half cup sugar, one quart ot milk, flarof with extract of lembn or vanilla, bake three quarters of an hoar, add a little salt and stir occasionally while baking. Custard Pudding with Corn Meal. Scald three heaping teaspoontula of corn meal in one quart of boiling milk, add one teaspoon! ul salt, tour table, spoonfuls sugar, one of butter, stir to gether in a little milk one teapoonfat of ginger one grated nutmeg, one" tea spoonful allspice and one ot cinnamon, add this to the pudding; three eggs well beaten must be added last; this re quires a very hot oven. Bake oue hour, when done it will have a jelly around the edge. Cottage Pudding. Warm two and halt tablespoonfuls ot better, stir in one Cup sugar, one well beaten egg, put one teaspoontul cream of tartar in one pint flour, add one-half teaspoonful soda disolred in a cup of sweet railkf flavor to taste; bake three quarters ot an hour in a slow oven; serve with sauce. Hysterica. If there fttis mysteries in the word of God, there are JWt s many in the works ot God. Yoo c"Sta not put your foot on a single spot 6f earth, wiftiont Crushing a mystery i- .TheWstB" nrysterleS hidden within the bark of every tree. There are mysteries' rbl led up in every flower. cup. Whafgleatft'oflighf, whil bla ing flame, id dull bladi coal'. How much ii&1it'i8tberfc,'hor m'iitflr heat" rr there, if you can but evoWe it! Add7 ignorance standi" astonished' to 6e told that tSre is" in everglass of water as much deadly lightning tfcit, if ev'olh&F in the flash aittr foftri of a thunder-storm would kill half a'dozfein men. 'And in yon path of science, where the" philoso pher plies his tnstrbmnts, there is a curtain he cannot Iift',-and from beh'ud three comes a voice w'bic?tsays:IIitheV. to shall thon comer,' r&t fSo fnfttfer.' - Tlien consider, fo a Irelle; the Case ot the lower animals. Why dfwV d.n them the lower animal?-''., Becatise ;"w believe them to belong; to n inferior creation, and to havtC no reasonabYe'stml. Yet, although believing that, whal j do we, see?" Tbji we K0 these very Jfew: er animals; -that'Blsve no reasonaWtfiOtjl, accomplishing works' tthfcb, done by man, would be pronounced the highest effort of genious. There is a . man be neath the deck, and be sees nothing but the tour walla and the abyss before him. And there are no stars in the firmament anl no headlands on earth to guide him. That man steers his war ! across the broad Atlantic right into the mouth of a harbor in yon tar distant Old World. What an effort of science and reason, yon say. But above that vessel's top mast a flight of birds are on the wing, and beneath that vessel's keel a shoal ot fish are cutting the deep with their fins. They have no compass or chart. Yet through the very depths ot ocean, the birds above and the fish beiow, steer on their course back to the very place where they were born. There is an in stinct in these animals that man's boast ed knowlege of navigation dti offer no match for. It is no explanation to call it instinct. That is merely a name giv en to this mystery to conceal our ignof stnes' of it. We only know the ta'ct'tbat that is an inferior animal, but although inferior in nature, superior ; in action. We believe', btft wfcean not explain? tfe receive, but we canot understand. The afecftf tetter OIHee. Of course all of you. hive heSid of the dead letter , office at Washington, and I suppose you have the same vague idea that I had until I went there acd learned better that it is a place where letters are sent when they fail to reach those for whom they are intended, and are thence returned to' the writers. Really, now, I believe this is what most grown up people think, too, but in truth, it is such a wonderful place that I am sure you will be surprised when I tell you some of the things: you may find there, and I think when; you come to Washington ft will be one ot the first places you will wish to visit. Yon will be surprised to learn that something over 4,000,000 letters are sent to the dead letter office every year There are three things that render them liable to this'i First, bSTng' un claimed by persons to whom they are addressed; second, when some important jiart ot the address is omitted, as "James Smith," Maryland r third, fur want ot postage. j Yi1 the second cause mentioned above', about 65,000 letters were sent to the dead letter office during the past year ; for the third, 300,000, and 3,0C0 had no address whatever. j When these letters reach the dead letter ofnee they are divided into two Classes, viz : domestic and foreign, the latter being returned unopened to the countries from which they started. Tlie domestic letters, alter being opened, are classed accord iug to their conteuts. Those containing money are called "money letters ;" those with drafts, money orders, deeds, notes, etc. "minor letters," and such as Inclose re ceipts, photographs, etc., "sub-minors." Letters which contain ny thing, evcu a postage 6tamp, are recorded, and those with money of drafts are sent to the postmaster where the letters were first mailed, tot them to find the owners and get a receipt. From thirty-five to fifty thousand dollars ecme into the office in this way during the year; but a large portion is restored to the senders, ai d the remainder is deposited in the Uni ted States Treasury to the credit ct the Post Office Department. j When letters contain nothiug ot val ue, if possible they are returned to the writers. There are clerks so expert in reading all kinds of writing that they can discern a plain address where ordi nary eyes could not trace a word. And such spelling ! Would you ever imagine that Galveston could be tortured Into "Calresdon," Connecticut into "fvanedikait," and Territory into "Teartoir." Harper'' a Young People. th relation to a new system of curing diseases by suitable Variations in foods, which is attractiuz conai JiraSIe' atten tion and praise, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher witily says: "For4 thousands of years men have eaten without" a scientific motive, without rational appreciation ot the relations of foods to bone, muscle, nerve, and so on. The whole motives lay in the month. Men ate because it tasted good, but by-and-by we shall have bone-building, fat-prod ucipg, nerve replenishing, muscle forming : dishes. The host, instead of asking guests to take beef or pudding, will say to a lean or cadaverous visitor, 'Let me fill yqnr tissue,' of, ri!y dear sir, your bones are brttle, allow me to pass this compound; better bones wefe never made than this produces To some elegant. 'scholar, thin and nervous, the jolly host; will say, My dear felfbw lex rne- help you to brains;- What dti joa affiict? Jhisdis'i 'runs strongly to poetry; or is it; philoso phy? Why. sir, philosophy is only food etlieralized!'" KSverened joking apart, it -is not incredibte that a great scien tific advance may4 be made ii this di rection, and the day may come when fbod will be so" nicfel adjusted te the bnrhan wants' ftisl disease will be, in measure, dohtroled, and the highest physical TBattafaClidS" ebibe to be enjoyed. lis sweet upon some balmy autumn night To drop into the leathery vale ot sleep, And sail In boats of pearl, with satin sails, Down silvery streams. To lie 'neath cool ins tree In gold-laced hammocks, drinking' tender .. sighs. . . ., Cf zephyr stealing o'er the hearts of flowers And then to wander down a garden? walk With your sweet cousin, to the summer bouse. , - Round which the gladiole rocks the bee to sleep. .;'.:-.-' The beauty of a sound autumnal sleep Is that yon never are awakened rudely By a mosquito sitting on your ear Tuning his clfln lyre? A B6iasacf r tbe Military Service. An old gentleman, bent with the weight of more than three score and ten years, has recently been noticed a's one ot the habitues of the office of the Secretary of War; This old gentle man, like many others whose faces and forms are familiar in official circles, is seeking for Justice. His case has the savor of romance; Forty three years ago Lieutenant James Shanmburg, a young and dashing Second Lieutenant ot dragoons, was stationed at Fort ies Moines, Iowa, where the flourishing city of that name now stands. His father lay sick unto death in New Orleans, and the young Lieutenant ap plied for leave ot absence to visit his parent. Leave was refused, and his tendered resigitation,with three months leave ot alienee, was then accented He went to Xew Orleans and his father died shortly after. Before his three months' leive had expired Presi dent Jackson issued an order permitting officers who had resigned with leave ot absence yet unexpired, and who chose to do so, to withdraw their resig nations on condition that they immedi ately rejoined their commands. Lieu tenant Shanmburg availed himself of this order and rejoined his command, 'which in th'4 meantime had been order ed to the scene of the Florida war. II U name was sent to the Senate for promo tion, to be First Lieutenant in the Second Dragoons. In a very short time after this he was greatly surprised to fcteive a notification from the War Department that his resignation as First Lieutenant was accepted. He wrote back explaining the circum stances, but without avail, and found himself thrust out of the army. He immediately came to Washington, and for these forty-three years has appealei? successively to every President and Secretary of War who has been in office for redress. General Jackson, after leaving the Presidency, wrote a strong letter in favor ot his reinstate.' meut. President Tyler, just as he was going out of office, issued an 61'dcr reinstating him, which Preside ut Polk revoked. Upoij one occasion thirty six S5ators signed a petition asking his reinstatement. General Grant took much interest in his case, but thought he ought to go to Congress, and Secre tary McCraty has advised him that now, after such a lapse of time, Con gress only has power to give him the desired relief. General Ewell, of the Confederate army, and Generals Ruck, er, Phil. Kearney ,P. St. George Cooke and f fu nter, of the Union army, were Second Lieutenants in the Second Regi ment ot Dragoons with Lieutenant Shanmburg. , Ijinc county has a large acreage of Fall sown wheat, which is extremely promis ing. No rust is feared in tltaf section this year. Xew To-Day, ST. CHARLES HOTEL, ALB'AXYV : .' OREfiON, Mrs. C.' Houk, Proprietor. 'inS" IIOC8E has been thoroughly ovcrhanl A..til tiitd cenovMtcd, and pkmid In first class corVUitiou f6r the RCcomino!utioa of Its gnosis. Uocxl Sathlile Kooin for Commercial Travt-ler. General Staue Office for Corvallls. Independ ence and Jebanon. Free C'oacn to nnd from ihe bouse. vlln49 f'inar Kettlemerit. otjBe is irVftEiciVEN that the jni iiiidersisned, Aifmluiatrttor of the estate of Margaret Phillips. dfe-as!d, has fll sd in the County C.inrt of I. inn eonnty, Oregon, In flnal account as snuli Administrator, and by order of nairl eonrt. Tiitfssljiy. tbe 2d day of in said estafe, IS hereby notilled to appfyir ami file his or' her o'jcl ions toxaid final account on or before said day. J. T. KOW1.AN 1, ii . Administrator. . January 88. IS80 Tlinl8; H?otIcb of Final Proof , OreOos Cijnr, Or., Jan. 13, 1879. NOTICE is hereby Riven that the following named sett)er has filed notice of his inten tion to make finftl proof s n support of his claim Itnd secure final entry .thereof ut the expiration ftf ,ilirty days from the date of this notice, viz : Safnnel Pcfbr, homi-stcad application N .4040 for the oNK SB of XWX, and KE of SE k of Sec, 31. T B S K S E, and names the fol low! ng its his witnesses, vis : J. P. Berry. t Linn connty, Oregon, and JB. Potter, of Llnu county. Oregon. T. SARIN, . January lit, 1880-Vl2nl6w3 Register. NOT Alii to STiar . for oar Price Ust for lft SO. Fuw to an. (dress upon ap- SllesttoB. - Costs ins ascriptions of SYsry- tniDK rsqnirea for personal or lamurnssL with OTer 1 S0O Illustrations. Ws scft all roods at wholesale prices In quantities to salt ths purchaser.- The only Institution In America . who make this thatr special business. Address, MOMTOOMKBT WARD CO., Mim SS Wbaat Atcn CUoacq, 111, RHEUMAT1SM.M .EEJISOS'S CA?CI"2 P0S0TT3 , autitlics, relieves &'.;nnt at once and ram! w-hm; ;ln-r p'nsUus fall even t. mlieva. It conuuus greater A mor" n rwrdil p-.du rel'.cTinit, slrni!l?i tiiitn n;nlcurHtiv-roncri.t.,s than te rnrnnvr: parous piait T. iJM nr npcrlor tr Ihiiaviit ?.nrl th-j o-rnll.--c! -tri-Hl 6ppHstci-. Jt i. rjt:ci3 .'y fcmnwtitl'-df ir tha aiwvs s'"m:-ut", a so t.r f;irt:il aud Klflncy CnwnlaiutN Plcttrisy, ; i-ariTnnl all ImnIAcbrtH-.'! l'aius.''.h ii s lavrii ron ' da svliiutalc eren a Iltftrt p-t'MS to tmciirn tli's artirlc, Dc nol a!lmvanyo'lmp!s!'tcrtohiru)StitiitiMt for . it. i!iihr!l Jlnuanw, Sssaiiirr Joiii:ri- I I 1 1 1 1 I I mj x , 4 PREMIUM OFFERED -ox- WHEAT STtfEEb WITH TilOMAl MOTEITH & SONS, -AT- LBAHY pin ( LB A NY fJITY ILLS. THE UNDJEKSIGJfKD Vfll, UIVK -ot- POUR OBifTS per bushel, in mill feed, Over and Above the Market frice. -FOK- GOOD, MERCHANTABLE WHEAT cither stored with or sold to them this season Nsrhs luniifeli ctl to parties flcallny with) tbrw. TH0S. LI01TTEITH & S02TS. Albuny, A'JgtlSt i, T9. s CLD AND RELIABLE. 1 fDn. Saxford's Liteb IsnooitAToaS . j i v r Vi Invirrorainri m-MM V t t c i 5?WJ M. l SV ami htr tl tt nnklt-i 1U m V hMAtii..' 8 a w . '".inoro inarr as years, fji with arprcccdeuted results. ' SEND FOR CIRCULAB "f V ill r m urn r n aa r ICS H1faTwv ' go. i.n.oMnruo, Kl.u., KrwyoIictTrJ CP nrnuvemviii n . .... . .... j 0 - - ...... .Ut 1 1 n K.r 1 1 1 lut, King of tlie Blood Cures all Scrofulous affections and disorders rsstdW inftfrom Impurity of the blood. It is needless m specify all, aa the auffsrerean usually percsiTa their cause ; but Salt. Mhttni, ' Pimplti, frtctrt, Tsui i. Goitrt, SwtlUnot, &c, are the most eommon. as and StamaSu tecoaM ' Heart, JItmdj Smer' SCROFULA. ?.rt"M.'" Co-! the beaeat of aB troubled with Bmfula or Impure Blood in taste ITv f'. nT recommend Kinr of the Blood. I lurs.bectL trouHw! with Serofuja for the Daattotl rears, which so .aoeetsd mr ayss that I waamLm.' io try Xuif qf the Bipod, which has prond a i "J"m?.5?JP' M U complete,, eurJo.Taad IcheerfallnoaniaMsdittoaU troublsdasl We if Tours truly, . , Mas. S. WKAX'saaxow, Sardinia, Jr. X.' "p- ssa.s puhhid which UauieT1 . It Xnsredieats. shew, oi faith in the safety and exesltaea til the K. B., upon nonar mmi .ii-7"??? j Satufled that o imposition ia iitsdea7wewin The abqe offers were asrer made befm WZ ZOZj r..,, ? r. "t"nn,MlmtaTtheT information, and ,rp D iSsMnt"'f "A10 doses' d 5 w l a i;tao3ra iamUy IVimody for fc5 Jdiscas- s of the Liver, Stomach rf gaud Bowels. It ia Purelv 5gM C-$ ZVezrtcMIt never ff) jCatharticaiira Vll YfX UL, g 5 IWfO 0vgViv2 II . v arw mm i rbih 7& mi3 1 2 ,V 9 fptibscribe for fhe .11 EVERY MERfcfiANT, LAWYER, FARMER lit tsilin county oniit fo TEH. rkc Most rnfpri. An SJfacf THE it QOS& v 6URNAi; HE OOSS " UOXJRNAI; t The VyctfttLf Rlfcidtiii.8thof.rst paper tiVt:.t? county in ability, reliability ..-.. SPICY OCAsLS, &&t'ii 'for tm- flSfg AivMf isin6 uz:jj: HE' CENAAi' VA&LY. . ' i MM.wl!'fi Tbe WEEKIil - all esmaasilctlssa to i8 THE TIME TO lnllLiiU mi J3U 4 : & MECHANIC hare the YEEIia,Y- KSIS - i and trm froshneoo Eft 3 . or ice news. ; . - r ' a i - "-I . 4 ; . - f fie- . r YEAR -iff ., -jfft j! I '-a 4t ' AMvnh'tfdfta 4w&6k nsBt .. s - j. - " - - - - - felX)2VAI.CL5TE, III:.:: 1 3 i,. j 1"