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Butte record., 1854-04-01

The BEARD REFORM IN EvGLAND.-
A correspondent at London sends us the
following account Of the anli-shaving
movement in that conversative Kingdom /:
ENGLAND will shortly be able to beard
the world in arms. Capillary attraction
is increasing rapidly. The BARRIERS re-
Gently struck against the public an half
penny shaving, and now the public strike
against the BARRIERS and insinuate that
they don't care one half-penuy for them
Altogether, our mus ache movement ma Y
be denominated a barbarious proceeding.
That Norman institution, the razor, is
threatened. The Saxton spirit revols
against its hairs breadth escape, and
instead of turning up the chin it turns
up the nose at it. Seriously speaking,
we have had so much innovation for a
or one that SO completely alters the face
of things 1t might perplex an Austri-
an detective TO tell who is foreign and
who isn't. Fri nds that wont to meet
you with smoothness on their faces, now
glover at you from behind a bush or
hedge ofhair. The Guards on the Rail,
and the Smiths in the red forge light,
and Engineers in the factories, appear
like new race of stalwart Saxons. Mr..
George Dawson was the first, end for a
long time the sole person who burst
mount the Pulpit, and mustache at the
same time. Others, however, are fol-
lowing in his example, and large num-
bers of our literary men may be seen
bearded ike the pard.' Ii the move
ment goes on as it has commenced, the
wearing of hair around the mouth will
become national as well as natural
custom, and if the ladies object, their
error must be kissed out of them. MAY
we hope that this is sign to all the
world, that henceforth no one whether
he be Gar, Kaizer, King or Baker, will
be permitted to tweak an Englishman
by the nose :"
Butte record., 1854-04-01

THERE THousAND DoLLARs-Clark,
of the Knickerbocker gives the following
colloquy between Powers, the sculptor,
md a successful Yankee speculator who
had "come over to see Europe" Scene,
Powers studio at Florence, and the ar
tst at work upon the Greek Slave. !"
Enter stranger, splitting, and wiping his
lips with his hand
"Be yeou Mr.. Peowers, the sculp-
ture -
II am sculptor, and my name is Pow
ers."
"Y-e.a-s, well, I spected so; they
telled me yeou was-y-e-a-s. Look
here-driven pretty stiff business, eh :"
''Sir :"
81 say, plenty to du, eh ,? What d's
one o. them fetch ~
'sSir :"
81 askt ye what's the price o. them
such as yeou're peclsin' at meow"
Il am to have three thousand dollars
for this when it is completed"
"What !-heow much -
"Three thousand dollors"
"IHree thousand doliarSt La MT
statewary riz lately; | was cal'latin to
purchase some, but it is tew high
How's paintin's Cess | must get some
paintin S. Three thousand dollars =
Well, it is trade, skulpin' is, that's sar-
tain. What do they make yeou pay for
your tools and stuff; Spect my Oldest
boy, Cephas could skulp; fact l know
he could. He is aways whittlin' reound,
and cuttin way at things. | wish you'd
gree to take him as prentice, and let
him go at it full chisel. Dye know
where l. be liable to put him eout p
He'd cut stun alter while with the best
of ye, he would-and he'd make money,
tew, at them prices Three thousand
dollarsn
The sculpture" having informed his
visiter that he was not desirous of tax
ing an apprentice, the "anxious inquirer"
departed.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

ANOTHER WILLIAM TELL-SHoorING
CHALLENGE ExTRAoRDINARY.--J ohm
Travis, the well known professor of the
pistol, over the Shades, in Perdido street,
New Orleans, has accepted the following
remarkable challenge from Bertin l..
Rhodes; Rhodes bets Travis $1,000 to
$500 that he (Travis) cannot, within
ninety days, produce living man, who,
standing thirty six feet from the said
Travis, will allow him Travis to shoot
with pistol (off-hand) an apple placed
on living mans head-the apple not to
exceed four inches in circumference
The said Travis is to nave three shots
at the apple, and must hit the apple once
to win the match If he does not hit
the apple, or if he hits the man, Rhodes
wins. The match is to come eff within
ninety days, and within five miles of the
city of New Orleans.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

"IF YOU'RE COMING, WHY DON'T you
COME ALONG $50 Nose was want to
say, aforetime, and it embodies "a good
Bit of practical philosophy. Every new
engine skri ks it---every new railway is
a record of it---every new line of tele
graph exemplifes it---every new medi-
um Of advertising illustrates it. The
saying originated in a Bowery, maybe,
but it is destined to be cosmopolite.-
1t began with individu als---it is going on
with nations---it will end with the world.
eff you're coming why don't you come
along - 1t is uttered in almost all
tongues, almost all lands. 1t has rung
around Christendom. The Iron bed
steads of Procrustes has been left behind,
with the torch of the baggage wagons
and the wounded
1t has electrified the realms of litera-
ture prose is becoming the livery voice
of humanity, and poetry is ehco. The
old Ramage press has given place to the
cylenders whirled by the painting engine,
and though that moved at funeral pace,
now rushes on in tremendous charge
The cid Guard and Marlon's men were
nothing to it.
"Ifyou're coming, why don't you come
along ;''-'Six PAGES TO the 'front.' is the
word to everybody and everything that
wants to be listened to or looked at. If
you have anything to say, say it; if you
have anything to do, do it; if you wish
anybody to see something, show it. ''If
you're coming, why DON'T you come
along ~
1t used to to take six men to make a
pin; now one boy, a clip, and two strokes
do the business.
Once, cradles rocked The grain for
the garner; now, whirlwind on wheels
cut, threshes. and bags it in breath.
Once, fathers and mothers had the
precedence by few years now bells
with dolls and beaux in pianafores dis
tance the cold folks at home," and take
up the cry of the world--'1f you're COM
ing, why don't you come along'"
Once they crossed the Atlantic in an
hundred days. Now let them exceed
ten, and somebody halls them from the
lands end, as they heave in sight-"If
you're coming, why don't you come
along ''-N. Y. Tribune.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

SHAKsPEAkE AND QUEEN ELIzABErH
queen Elizabeth cordescended some
times to little Irritation. Shakespeare
was performing the part Of King !;
Queen Elizabeth's box was contiguous to
the state; she purposely dropped her
handkerchief upon the boards, at the
feet of Shakespeare, having mind to try
whether her poet would stoop from his
assumed majesty She was mistaken
"Take up our sisters handkerchief y
was his prompt and dignifed order to
one Of the actors in his train.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
oct12

HER0SP ECT U S-s'THE SACRAMENTO
u DEMOCRAT viii be published every
morning, Sundays excepted) on and after
Saturday, llth inst by the undersigned, in
the city of Sacramento.
Arrangements have been entered into, bv
which we will be able to furnish the latest ana
most interesting News, from all parts Of tbs
State, with as much promptness and facility
as any other paper in the State; and we as
sure all who may favor us with their patron
age, that no labor or expense will be spared
to make our paper interesting, not only as a
political paper. but as n family paper, and
highly valuable to the Commercial community
The DEMOCRAT, in its politics, will be
Democratic, and will observe the old Land
Marks Of Jeffersonian Democracy. Its policy
will be to support and maintain the present
Administration of the Federal Government;
and, while nothing sectional shall enter into
the columns of our paper, we shall stand by
the usages of the Party, and combat every in
ovation upon the principles which so long have
governed and held together the NATIONAL
UNION DEMOCRACY.
The DEMOCRAT will be furnished to Sub
scribers at the usual rates
VINCENT Z. GEIGER
Butte record., 1854-04-01

A GIGANTIC SrEAMsH1p-ONE OF
THE CLIPPERS. London cor
respondent of the Philadelphia North
american, in his letter of Jan 20, says
The Himalaya, which is stated to be
the largest vessel in the world, is at
Southampton, preparatory to taking her
departure for Alexandria, upon which
station she will be placed to carry the In
dian mail and passengers. She is a
screw steamer, and her proportions are
gigantic. Her tonnage is over 1000
tons, her length is 372 feet inches, be-
ing AZ feet longer than the Great Repub-
he, destroyed by fire at New York. Her
breadth is 46 feet; her depth "a feet
Her engine room is like an immense fac
tory. The tunnel for the shaft of the
screw is almost as large as a railway
tunnel, there being plenty OF room for
men to walk about and examine or re-
pair any defect or damage. Her speed
has been tried in heavy weather, and has
raced sixteen miles an hour, but her ac
tual momentum can hardly be estimated.
When in full steam and canvas, she is
expected to run at a speed of twenty
miles an hour. Immense numbers of
persons daily visit her.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

The BEARD.-Depriye the lion of his
name, (exclaims Rowland, the cock of
its comb, the peacock of the emerald
plumage of its tail, the ram and deer of
their horns, and they not only become
displeasing to the eye, but loose much Of
their power and vigor. Aud it is easy
to apply this reasoning to the hairy or
naments of a mans face The caprice
fashion alone forces us to shave off those
appendages which give to the male coun-
tenance that true masculine character,
indicative of energy, bold daring and
decision. The presence or absence of
the beard, as an additional to the face,
is the most marked and distinct peculi-
arity between the countenances of the
two sexes. Who can hesitate to admire
the noble countenance of the Osmanli
Turk Of Constinople z We may ask,
with Beatrice. "What manner of man
IS he? Is his head worth hat, or his
chin worth beard - The beard is not
merely for an ornament, it is for use
Nature never does anything in vain she
is economical, and wastes nothing. She
would never erect a bulwark were her do.
main unworthy of protection, or we're
there no enemy to invade it.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

RATHER ALARMING-The Spiritual
Telegraph has an article headed---"Lock
picked by Spirits" 10 which the Bos-
ton Investigator responds that ''there
is two much Of this work carried on by
sinners in the flesh, without having any
additional help from the spirit world;
but we would rather see a spirit pick a
lock than to read aboutit By the way,
since he spirits are said to possess great
amount of PHYSICAL power, why don't
they do something useful with it Tip
ping on table or knocking on wall
don't do anybody good. Let them man
age the brakes of an engine when house
is on fire, or stop an omnibus when it
runs away with a load of passengers. or
drag the boys out of the ice when they
fall in while skating. and thus save them
from drowning and they will then make
themselves useful and greatly increase
the number of their believers. We have
had enough of tippings and rappings, now
let's have something from the spirits that
will be of practical benefit to their breth-
ren In the flesh"
Butte record., 1854-04-01

THE NlGHT SIDE OF LoYE-Midnight
yelled the heavens with Infinite blackness
as Hans Won Rosenbaum stepped from
the orgied halls of Kinkel Lager Haus
Zum Saus and Brus. The foam of the
beer still dashed his wild beard, and the
murmur of the evening breeze mingled
in his soul with the memories of cries for
another pretzel y and 'pring in delager p
and the thrilling Of harps and pianos
for it had been concert night.
'Kat-a-ri-na = he cried from the bot
tom of his heart and voice-Kat-a-ri-na
-komm heraus,'
The breeze sighed in the leaves-the
waves rippled---all was still.
Once more in agony arose that cry
Kat a-ri-na
Deep from the recesses Of the second
story window murmured an answer.
Ma homm herauS.'
.'Vot you ront komm out y roared
Hans, in all the grief of rejected love
Den you goes NIT ter teufel and be dom
dered ? Observation-Disclosures
moth.
A brick flew from his hand, skinned
through the misty air-there was a jim
gle of broken glass, cry in female Dutch
-and---all W silent.
Still wauders in the dark mid
nights, the spectral form of Hans Won
Rosenbaum around that dwelling. still
rings from the window the ghostly cry of
nix komm heraus. still winds its way on
the night wind a phantom brick bat and
still the benighted traveller hears at last
low dismal wall of Dutch. All things
in heaven and on earth are re-echoed
and reflected in their ghosts or in their
shadows.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

ROYAL PERFORMANCE Once, at Ma
ria Antoinette's private theatre, the lit
tie comic opera of Rose and Coias was
performed by the royal family and court.
The Queen had part in it; and, just
as he finished one of the songs, a
sharp hlss was heard. The spectators
looked at each other in surprise but
Maria Antoinette, who felt at once that
in all the crowd of grandees and court
iers there was but one person who would
venture to take such liberty, came for
ward to the front of the stage, and ad
dressing herself to the King, after salu-
ting the audience sI1A ze
"Sir,n said she, "since you are not
satisfied with my acting, if you will take
the II ouble to step out, your money will
be returned at the entrance
A thunder of applause greeted this
sally, in which the King joined most
heartily"
Butte record., 1854-04-01
BENIGN IRON NORRIS

STEAM ENGINE. BOILER AND MACHINE sHor.
'ENHlS Establishment is now in successful
operation, and offers to the public flcili-
ties equal to any in the United States, for
manufacturing or repairing Steam Engines OF
the largest size, Boiler Work, Brass Castings.
Mill Gearing, of the most approved patterns.
Bloom Iron, Cast Iron Columns, Window Caps,
or Entire Fronts.
Contractors and others will do well BIZ pa
tronizing this establishment, as their work
will be executed with greater despatch. and
at LOWER PRICES than at any other manu-
factory in the state
The company have extended their Piers,
and erected large Crane for the accommo-
dation of their customers.
For further particulars, apply to
EDWARD FLINT, Agent p. NJ s. 8
Company, corner Leidesdorff and Sacramen
to sts., San Francisco, or 10.
CHARLES FRENCH,
Resident Engineer, Benicia Works.
nov-1 19-lm.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
THE VIRGINIA STEAM SAW MILL

EINOR SALE. This Mill is situated near
Il Bidwelfs Bar, is surrounded by an abun-
dance of good timber, and is in good running
order. The engine is a superior one, and ca
pable of running more than one saw. The
Mill is but five miles from the Main Feather
River, and lumber can be RATED thence tn
Marysville or Sacramento, proftably. The
Mill can also do large and profitable business
in n-fuming lumber The Subscriber came j.,
possession of this Mill for debt, and will sell
it at considerably less than its real value.
Inquire at the premises, of C. G. Lincoln, at
Bidwell's Bar, or of the Subscriber.
GEO. X. GLUYAS.
Dec Il, 1866. San Francisc,
Butte record., 1854-04-01
BILLS OF EXCHANGE.

BILLS UF EACU ANbE.
On Adams & Co., ip all the principal cities o
he Atlantic States and Europe, and payabl.
at the following banks:
E. W. Clark and Bros, StL ous; Mechan-
les and Farmerss Bank, Albany; Utica City
Bank, Utica; Bank Of Syracuse, Syracuse;
Bank of Auburn, Auburn; Bank of Atica,
Buffalo; Rochester City Bank Rochester, q.
Smith s Co, Chicago; Alex Mitchell, Fire and
Marine Insurance Co., Milwaukee; Michigan
State Bank, Detroit; Commercial Branch Bank
of the State of Ohio, Cleaveiand; Clinton Bank
Columbus, Ohio.
Highest price paid for Gold Dust
Sight checks on Marysville, Sacramento.
San Francisco, and all the principal towns er
California Deposites received, special or 9th
erwise
Collections made on all parts of the Atlantis
States and California. And all other branch
es of Express Business promptly attended to-
The latest dates of Atlantic and Californis
papers. Subscriptions and advertisement
received for newspapers and periodicals fres
of charge.
A special messenger is dispatched with er-
cry treasure express.
SAM " LANGTON,
octl2 Downieville
Butte record., 1854-04-01
@ At a court of sessions out west

BG- At a court of sessions out west,
man was brought up by farmer, ac-
cused of stealing some ducks.
'How do you know they were your
ducks - asked the DEFENDANTS counsel.
ooh, | should know them anywhere, y
replied the farmer and he went on to
describe their different peculiarities.
"Why," said the prisoners counsel,
"these ducks can't be such rare breed
| have some very like them in my yard. y
as9That's not unlikely, sir" replied the
farmer ''they are not the only duck l
have had stolen lately ~
"Call the nert witnessin
Butte record., 1854-04-01

SLANDER.-No one loves 70 tell a tale
Of SANDER to another who does not love
to hear it. The arrow never sticks in
the rock, but some times rebounds and
and wounds him who hurled it.
Learn, then, to rebuke and check the
detracting tongue. by showing that you
do not listen to it with any pleasure.
.Jerome.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

Bas- An honest old farmer in Massa-
chusetts being drawn as a juryman, on
HI return fIom court, one of his neigh
bors asked him what they were doing
there. "Well,o said he, ~ don i know;
ifthey all tell the truth, some of them
lie ike furrp
Butte record., 1854-04-01

nS~ If you wish to make man your
friend, speak well of him in the presence
OF those who will report your favorable
remarks to him. For the beginning of
friendship is praise, and of enmity, cen
sure.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

FASHIONABLE GAIT-The Sundau
Mercury says: "We like to see young
lady walk as though b flea was biting her
on each hip; it is SO fascinating. She
is just the match for the dandy who steps
like an open winged turkey travelling
over a bed Of hot ashes"
Butte record., 1854-04-01

MCNuLTl, G., A.-Importer and dealer
I'VE in Hardware. Crockery. Glassware.
Stoves, Mining and Agricultural implements
wholesale and retail, special attention given 70
orders from the country, all goods sold are
warranted, and at prices which defy competi-
ton. No 81 Battery st. San Francisco,
nl2u No. 80 St Sacramento.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
Langton & Bros.

Treasure, Package, and Letter Express,
nAILY, to and from Downieville and tho
~ Northern and Southern mines, in con-
nection at Marysville with
AID ANS & CO.,
By every steamer to the Atlantic States and
Europe, South America, Australia, Oregon.
the Sandwich lslonds and China.
Renewed facilities are now offered to ths
public for transmitting Gold Dust, Valuable
Packages and Letters, at reduced prices, to
all parts of the world at our principal Offices.
From .NarySoHe to From Dolcnieviiilc to
Dobbins Ranch, Forest City,
Fosters Bar, Smiths Digging..
Billiards. Bar, Kanaka Creek,
Stoney Bar, Minnesota,
Camptonville. Wolf Greek,
Railroad Gulch, Snow Point,
Oak Valley, German Bar, ~ b..
Slate Range, Concord Bar, do,
Indian Valley, Scott's Fiat,
Rantedotler Bar, Moore's Flat,
st. Joscphs Bar, Orleans Flat,
GoodYear's Bar, Eureka South,
Coxs Bar, Back Bone House.
Downieville, Illinois Bar, S. f.,
Ousleys Bar, Missouri Bar, do,
Parks Bar, Nevada City,
Long Bar, Eureka North,
Industry Bar, Craig's Flat,
kennebec Bar, Rapid Greek,
Barton's Bar, Missouri Bar,
Empire Ranch, Sweetlands,
Bridgeport, San Juan Cherokes,
French Corral, Sierra Citv
Frenchmans Bar, Sierra Valley.
Hess Crossing, Mid Yuba.
and the various other places Sn the route.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

PRovERBs.--We seldom find people
ungrateful as long as we are in condi-
ton to render them services.
Hypocrisy is the homage which vice
renders TO virtue.
Every one complains of his memory,
but no ore Of his Judgment.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

s@- A friend of ours passing house
where there was funeral, stepped up
to an Irishman, and asked him if he could
inform him who was dead. The Irish
man replied:
81 cannot exactly say, sir, but I pre-
sumo it is the gentleman in the coffin. y
Butte record., 1854-04-01

pa- As an offset to the wonderful COX
that gives milk" so much talked of in
the papers, our Spike wishes us to men
ton that he has coqc that does mt a
case which strikes us as quite as much
out of order, and a good deal more yex.
atious.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

0r'Miss will you take my arm"
La, yes sir, and you too
Cant spare but the arm, Miss, replied
the bachelor.
'Then,' said she, Il can't take it, a.
my motto is, the whole hog or nothingn
Butte record., 1854-04-01

ssa- A golden lule for young lady
is to converse always with her female
friends as if a gentleman were of the par
ty; the same rule applies equally well to
Young men.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

81 and bruder Hans, and two other
dogs, vas out hunting vun tay next week,
and we trove nine wood -chucks into a
stone heap, and kilt dozen of 'em be-
fore tey cot in"
Butte record., 1854-04-01

DIALocuE.-Old gentleman (affsc-
tionately)-'My son. why do you chew
that filthy tobacco" ahaC,
Precocious youth (stifay ITO get
the iuics out Of it, old eodser,'
Butte record., 1854-04-01

S- Never marry a man who is ad-
dicted to the use of ardent spirits De-
pend upon it, you are better off alone,
than you would be were you tied to a
man whose breath is polluted, and whose
vitals are being gDawed out by alcohol.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

81 EVIDENCE OF FRIENDsHIP.-Kissing a
married lady out of pure love for her
husband.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

Or 81 won't cover your heels, I'll
be darned if do" as the ragged stock
ms said to the novsl-reading lady.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

Hess Crossing, Mid uba.
and the various other places Sn the route
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-04-06
TsEt vExIsG FRAZER.

We can scarcely ina CINE . scene more
full Of meaning thsn shat presented by the
little child who kneels At bis mothers knee
10 ask Gods Messing on tAs sleep int
(which he is about ,e enter There il .
great deal Of signifcaBee in the nightly
prayer IL records the past to day, and il
reminds us Of thefusure to-nerrsW leads
us to feel how much TO day's words and
deeds will affect ts1norroW's; and, above
all, TO teach us that Cd greatest physical Of
neral power which We may possess is nsi
eur oRn. but lent t. as By kind Greater
Sir 7. Browne Gays that = Sleep is Deaths
llysunger brother apd 90 like him dare
mot trust him without my prayers" Whe
win deny that She nights rest is sweeter
for having received = Fathers blessing y
Reserved, We say, for does not every one
that asks receive
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-04-06
United States Hotel,
HdRPER!S FERRY ri

INOR Passengers III The new Accommodating
IL TaaiHs Of he Baltimore and Ohio Raif6aa
ana winchester ard Potomac Railroad Breakfasts
viii always be prepared and on The table az ,iaisl
h1ieP adI1iHing ihe Depot on the arrival II ihei
cars irem Winchester 70 connect with the Train
% Baltimore AID Washington. leaving here II IN
O'clock A. NJ DlHAE.,, as usual, aI2l o'sieek.
90 ne arrival o. the ira,n from Wheelfug SUP
PER always upon a. Tabie Gu lhe arrival al tIfsz
Winchester and Baltimore Cars. Persons on busI-
mess or pleasure can remain in Harpers. Ferry
from NJ 1913 7. "A and leave ia tie evening
train Tor BalliFnore aad Washington
September j. 1883 NJ GARRETT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-04-06
Rouse. sigR. and Ornaments.
Painting.

in az ana every variety u siylr and workmanship
AlaEihg win view q improvement as alb Artist
spSnl sfA WfeEs ~ ne Northern cities and pFthci
paf towns during Aa uss AMI September last. be
n eohhieht t'a' ne / Prepared 70 accomplish all
fTRs rsrlefies md ss1fis Of tolgiag afeT The Ia.
irsi styles Aueniion hi aftcularIy asks 10 the
latest ard most heanfni meth a 81 figixhfn rarior.
with white ensmelcd paiAi presenting 4 bl,tIiAnt
glossy ~hise surface. which can be washed az
Pleasure without the least injury 10 tho a,trak or
shining surface WARRANTED 10 stand fr MARS. :
He Is siso prepared topal nj all kinds Of ROOFS
Zine Tin or Shingles Id The vesy best hapneI
With B.ake's Fire-p proof paitt which ensures i.
gains, FIRE or decay
Returning his sincere thanks far PAST encourage.
ment he hopes Tor contiAuance u employment
AZ home aud from a6taag Aitordcrs adhressed
personally or BY mail Wilde thankfully rfeeived
and promptly attended 60!
GEORGE B. MONROE.
ICharlestowp Feb M i1Si DIN