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The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19
How Ben Got Cured.

friend of ours, whom will call Ben Is
one of the most enthusiastic individuals in re-
gard 10 females we ever knew. Ben was mar
rlcd TO a lovely yonng woman about year ago.
but before he married. was very nearly the
widest ynurg fellow Imaginable Marriage
has sobered him d0wn some lie was always
most bliSslully star led by a pretty female foot,
and in,Iulged himself in variety of innocent
snpprstiinnS such as '.ihe foot is The index OF
the soul" and IA well turned ankle IS primG ja
cia evidence of general anatomical symmetrles "
Yesterday, coming mp Main street III The rain.
Just in front OF him walked two very neatly
dressed women. shielded by an umbrella, and
one Of them. careful OF her skirts and embrnId-
cries revealed enough of charming foot and
rounded ankle 10 set Ben half mad with curios
ity 10 know the fair damsel who was the pos
SCISSOR thereof. Ben followed closely On up the
street occasionally striking paralytic attitude.
is more or less oil the before mentioned foot and
ankle were revealed. They went into several
stores, but lie modestly stood without, hoping to
catch a glimpse of 4 conutenancc deliclousy cor
responding with that blessed foot. But as they
came out, The cnvions umbrella would be raised.
and then Ben followed on, unsatisiicd in lis
pursuit.
So often had he tried TO see her face, and so
often had he been banked, that his determination
was aroused, and he vowed to see it perish.
He walked in front of lhem-at their side-and
Ill every position, but whatever station lie took,
lLere was that Internal umbrella intervening like
"a cotton rampant between, and his feelings were
not in the least sooihed by hearing an occa-
sional unmstakable titler from behind the
cotton hippodrome. "By Heavens-they are
laughing at me-" exclaimed he Now for
bold stroke. He then attempted to cross sud
denly before them. on a cross-walk slippery
with mud, and thus brush away The umbrella.
He did it--but horror of horrors, just as lie did
it, he slipped the smooth stones and meas
ured his full length in the mud. Gazing lugubri-
ousy up he saw four eyes laughing down at him,
and two red mouths shreking with laughter.
lie looked at that ankle, followed-and before
him stood almost dying with laushter-whom
do you Think reader! why his own wife. Ben
was pick up by his wife and her friend; sundry
white handkerchieis were in busy operation for
a few minutes. hack was called, and in about
an hour our friend appeared on Main street.
with 'his other clothes" He told us in whs-
per That he never knew his wife had such
pretty underpinning before, aud confidently adj
ded, "TH tend 10 IL hereatier' Ben is perfectly
stolid on the subject of other folks ankles. and
says he is the proprietor of the only pair himself
that caused him any particular uneasiness.
Buffalo Rep.
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~ Quaker lady. after listening to the ex.
travagant yarn of "A store keeper as long as she
was able, said to him: Friend NJ what a
pity that it is sin TO le when tbs SO necessary
to thy business'
EsT Affection, like spring flowers breaks
through the mosffrozen ground at last and the
heart which seeks but for another heart to make
happy, will never seek in vain
9 widely known gent, having been ar
rested for stealing gold watch, gave as an ex-
cuse that he was unwell. The doctor ad-
vised him ito take something"
n What bruies your Southern men are,
always smoking cigars" said young lady to
Creole miss Yes, but your Northern men in
Maine, you know, smoke herrinss,'' was the
quick reply
q fool in high station is like man on
the top OF a monumeuf-every body appears
small TO him, and he appears small to every
body
q Punch says poverty must be woman-lt
is SO fond of pinching person.
An impudent old rascal.
u Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne is expected by
the next Atlantic steamer. 1t is stated that she
will appear at tie Metropolitan Theatre.
u The pay for privates in the Ncaraguan
army has been set at sa5 per month.
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The Fashionable CHrRcH.-That whied
scpulchre, the whited church, in which lie rot
ting all the truest and noblcst impulses of the
human heart, is a theme for every purcminded
satirst of the day. No matter where it may
stand, il is decsicd by the popuIace. Its sacred
ness has vanished i'll the light of reason. aud cr-
cannot much longer find Sebastopol within
lis holy walls. The people have been led through
the dark, by the blind. long enough. Now, they
want To see tEemselves-and they will for
the torches are being brought in. and the old SUI
perstiion is trembling with dread. But read
the following, from the pen of the ruc-hearted
Fanny Fern:
You enter the church porch. The porily sex
ton, with his thumbs in the arm-lules of his
vest, meets yon AT the door. He glances at you !;
your hat and your coat are new. so he gracious
ly escorts you 10 an eligible seat III the broad
aisle. Close behind you follows poor, meek.
plainly cad seamstress, relieved from her tread
mill round, to think one day in the seven of the
Immortal The sexton is struck with sudden
Mindness. She stands embarrassed one moment,
then as the truth dawns upon her, retraces her
steps, and with a crimson blush. re-crosses The
Threshold, which she had proianed with lI' r
plebeian feet. Hark to the organ II is strain
from g Norma" slightly Sabbailized. Now the
worshippers one after another glide in-silks
raitle-plumes wave-satns glsten-diamonds
sparkle-and scores of forty dollar handkerchiefs
shake out their perumed odors What absur
diiy To preach the gospel of the lowly Nazarie
to such set The clergyman knows better
than Ia do so. He values his fat salary and
handsome parsonage too highly. SO with a vel
vety tread lie walks all around the ten COM
mandments-places the downiest pillow under
the dying prof gates head-and users him with
seraphlc hymning into an upper ten heaven.
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AMUSING BUT VERDANT. Jules Janin, who
preiends 10 be the First critic in France" re-
ierring to Rachel in America, with vcrdancy
that will excite smile says:
"The Americans have another way which
must disturb Mile Rachel when on the stage.
unless they have sacrificed their tastes and pas
sions at her shrine; for 1t is the custom of every
American to have continually in his hand pen
or jack knife, and to white famously at the
of his chair; this is his distraction, his oc-
cupaton and his amusement, for it kills both
lime md tragedy. 1t would SEEM nevertheless,
though the progress of the play might be dis
turbed by these makers of shavings, and that
the tragcdicane, accustomed 10 profound silence,
To the feversh attention of every eye. of every
soul hanging upon her lips, must be strangely
stupefied aud troubled on hearing these strokes
and cuttings OF knives, iii at the very best to
company rope dancer or boxer in the ring"
The greatest disturbing influences Rachel
has experienced in this country are small audi
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LUNA HOUSE.

g. THE UNDERSIGNED
Em; would respectfully inform 9rle
El!...A the public that he has thor
ouehly refiltedihc
and is prepared to entertain the travelling com
munity in the most hosptable manner. He
hopes by his strict attention TO business 10 merit
a liberal patronage from his friends and the pub
lie generally.
The Table
will always be supplied with the very best the
market affords.
The Bar
will be constantly furnished with the choicest
Liquors and Cigars.
Annexed is good and secure CORRAL.
which will always have on hand good article
of Hay and Barley, at prices TO suit customers
In short. neither trouble nor expense on my
part will be spared, to make this one "l the best
houses in Northern California
+. F. TURKISH, Proprietor.
Red Bluffs, Oct. 10, 1885. o20ti
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7 E THAT SUFFER--R FAD
DOCTOR PAREIRa,s
THE GREAT ITALIAN RE

Pf1rdfe nature, no matter hor long &Gnd'ng,
rRhout any injurious effects TO tie
system. or any change oCdiet.
Ifnevcr has fai edit cannot fail to Care.
THIS INVALUABLE SPECIFIC, FIRST
Il introduced into Pisa some fifty gears since,
soon became so well known certain c,oe,
that III every town and city, not ouly the
Continent but IN Grea: Britain, the demand for
II was so great, it merits so astounding. that in
less than enc year from lis introduction it had
snPplantcd all other remedies. The Medical
Faculty of the principal cities Of Europe were
compelled to acknowledge lis wonderful masfpy
over disease. Proprictors of other Medicine.
jealous OF its sway. vainy endeavored to stay Its
onward progress. Like grass before the mower.
their efforts fell to the sronnd and like fire on
The prairies, sweeping all before II, lis onward
march became triumphant II stood forth upon
its own merits; discerning public saw, tried
and were convinced Gifts magical ririucs. The
niassivc fortune acquired by DR.. Pareira from
The sale of ii during the six years he prepared it,
alone bore witness To It's miraculous merits. AT
the decease of the Doctor. the recipe was be-
queaihed 10 his son. W lo has lately inirOt uced
The remedy into the United States. The number
of cnrcs it has already made are astonishing
Thousands and tens of thousands can bear testi-
mouy 10 its efficacy.
All whe usc il, il will Carc,
With safety speed aud certainty no other med
icine has ever possessed.
Resort to no Quack NOsfrums.
Use a remedy that has been tried iur the past
Gtly gears, and was never known 10 fail.
GREAT RFMEpT
Z WARRANTED PURELY VEGETABLE.
Beware Of Counterfcits.
J The extensive sale of this wonderful mcdI-
cine has already caused some person or persons
to palm Oft upon the unsuspecing. -pnFioas
compound closely resembling The original. Be
particular to buy none without the written sig
nature of A. PARFIRA, NJ. D., on the outside
wrapper oi each bottle. All others are counier-
feit, aud their compounders will be punished
with the utmost rsor of the law.
Price, Three Dollars per bottle. For sale by
d. BABcocK, sole Agent for California. Oregon
and the Sandwich Islands, to whom all orders
must be addressed. a liberal discount made to
wholesale dealers.
d. BABCOCK. Wholesale Druggist, II Davis
street, between Clay and Washington streets.
List Of Agents throughout sAc state.
RHODES & DEBNAM, Main >sreri, one door
nf Hunter street, Agent at Stockton.
RIcE. COFFIN Il CO., Druggist MarySTIle.
w BRrNTLR. TuouTe Drug Store, sonora
BENZ SHURTLEFF Shasta Drug Store Shasta.
CHILD 81 WoKTHEN, rlacer,lle Drug Store,
Placerviile.
JUSTIN GATES, JR., Sacramento City.
DR. w CARR, Downieville.
DR. john LARK, Nevada.
DR. w II CATLIFF Yreka.
DR. WINSTON, Los Angeles.
WHAIEY & MORSE. San Diego
GEORGE / STORY Portland, o T. sep-29-9n1'
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REDUCTION IN PRICES
R ALL R 0 AID H 0 U Sc.

m OS. 46 and as COMMERCIAL street, and
IN 81, Clay street San Francisco.
The stranger will easily distinguish this IIo-
tel, by observing the Cupnlo and Town Clock.
which are visible from all parts of the city, and
from the balcony of which a most beautiful view
of the City. Bay, and surrounding country can
always be obtained No otder Hotel in the city
possesses the same advantages.
This Hotel is first-class house, fire proof
throughout, lighted by gas water and al mod
ern improvements in every story situated in
The most central pari of the city. it is the most
cleany and best kept hotel on the Pacific, Meals
at all hours from ) A.. to / | P. NJ, and cook ed
TO order; single or double rooDs will, or with
out board Ladies' Ordinary, second story.
A great reduction i'll prices, to keep pace with
the times, enables the visitor to live better
and more economically at the Rail Road Hotel
than elsewhere; see Bill of Fare III Golden Era
and observe the variety of food aud moderation
of charges.
The visitor is also entitled to the inspection
of numerous large and beautiful views along The
Panama Railroad, Chagres River. and great AT
lantic and Pacific Railroad.
No runners attached to this Establishment, as
its proprietors depend upon its merits
HALEY & THOMPSON.
o20-3m Proprietors.
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ARIsTocRArIc DiGGERs.-The Marysvile Err
press says that perhaps no city in the State can
boast more aristocrstic Digger population than
Marysviile. " They are nearly all comfortably
clad. and the more refined of them sport broad
cloth talmas. snub-toed boots, short-waisted
coats sugar-loaf hats, and stand-up collars No
longer ago than yesterday we saw one wearing
pair of white kids We surrended the inside
OF the pavement TO his disgership. We UNDER
stand a company Of them, equipped with opera
glasses, are about to start in pursuit of their
brother Lor the poor Indian, who has NO;
been seen or heard af in this vicinity for some
time.''
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The Modern Belle.
daughter sits in the parlor,

The daughter sits in the parlor,
And rocks in her easy chair;
Shes clad in her silks and satinsr
And Jewels are in her hair
She winks and giggles aud winks,
And thongh she talks but little,
'Tis vastly more than she thinks.
Her father goes clad in his russet,
And ragged and seedy at that
His coat is out at the elbow;
He wears a shocking bad hat.
He's boarding and saving his shillings,
So carefully, day by day,
While she, on her beanx and poodles,
Is throwing them all away.
She lies bed in the morning,
Till nearly The hour of noon,
Then comes down swapping and snarlinG
Because she was called so soon;
Her hair is still in the papers,
Her cheeks still dabbed with paint,
Remains of her last nights blushes,
Before she intended iu faint.
She doa,s npon men unshaven,
And men with ''lhe flowing hair"
She's eloquent over moustaches,
They give such a foreign air.
She talks OF lialian music,
And falls in love with the moon,
And tho but mouse should meet her,
She sinks away i'll a swoon.
Her feet are so very little,
Her hands ale so very white,
Her jewels re so very heavy,
And her head so very light;
Her color made OF cosmetics,
Though this she will never own,
Her body's made mostly Of cotton,
Her heart is made wholly of stone.
She falls in love wifha fellow.
Who swells with foreign air,
He marries her for her money,
She marries him for his hair;
One of the very best matches
Both are well mated in life.
She's got a fool for husband,
He's got fool for wife,
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PoPULAR DEFiSITIoXs.-What is fashion
Dinner al midnight and headaches in the morn
ing.
What is wit! That peculiar kind of talk
that leads to pulled noses and broken heads
What is idleness2 7 Working yellow mountains
subsoil. blue-tuiled dog in sky-colored
commissions.
What is joy To count your money and find
it to oyerrun one hundred dollars.
What is conscience! Something that guilty
man feels every time it hunders.
What is conlenfmenti To sit in the house
and see other people stuck in the mud. In 9TH
er words to be better of than your neighbor.
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

ToTAL DARKSEss.-During the performance
of the second act of Jack Sheppard in San Fran
cisco, a few evenings since, the gas lights went
out suddenly, leaving the audience in total da k
ness. There was little shrieking the part
of the ladies. and little laughing on the part of
The gentlemen, but the lights being produced, in
few minutes the play went on again.
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

BE CouRrEoUs.-Habitually regard the rights
OF others. You cannot come into the presence
of another but there arises the question of rights
Gnard your own from INSCRIPTIONS and wanton
violations but be still more careful not to tres
pass upon those of others. Courteously grant a
lit'le more than justice requires. Turr out a
little more than half way. Nothing is lost by
courtesy.-The sentiments of justice, though Of
ten perverted and lost sight Of still rules hu-
manity. The very organ-grinder knows he can
trust 1t, and that il you listen TO his music, you
will give him your penny in return.
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

A Coon THING-A correspondent of the
Washington Union, who subscribes himself 'sAn
Old Wing Ut is odd that it should ever got
ihere-says:
Let not the Wings be hnmbled because their
party have been swallowed. The whale swal-
lowed Jonah: Jonah was heard of afterwards,
the whale never.
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

r-y A fashionable doctor lately informed his
friends, in large company, that he had been
passing eight days in the country.
Yes,' said one of the party, lit has been
nounced in one of the journals
Ah,' said the doctor, stretching his neck
very important ''pray, in what iermsl'
. In what terms Why well as | remem-
ber, in nearly the following: There was last
week seventy-seven iuterments less than the
week before.
The doctors neck was seen suddenly 10
shrink down. till his head nearly touched bis
shoulders; and shortly after he was missed from
the saloon, TO the no small diversion of the COM
pany.
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

DASIEL WEBSTER IN HIS foUTH-A coiectioh
of Daniel Webster's letters. with biographical
notes is about TO be published in Boston, from
which correspondent Of the New York Eren-
INC Post extracts a few passages. 1t appears
that Daniel, while law student, helped I" sup
port his brother Ezekiel al college, by copying
deeds, &C.. the latter also occasionally recruit
ing his finances by school teaching. The cor,
responcence between the two. on the ways and
means, is interesting. Daniel writes 10 his bro
ther;
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

EDucATioS--I consider human soul with
out education ike marble in the quarry, shows
none of its inherent beauties until the skill of
the polisher fetches out the colors, makes the
surface shine, and discovers every ornamental
cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body
OF IT, Education. alter the same manner, when
it works upon noble mind, draws out to view
every latent virtue and perfection, which with
out such helps are never able to make their ap-
pearance.
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

The Broom OF AGE.-A good woman never
grows old. Years may pass over her head,
but benevolence and virtue dwell in her heart.
she is as cheerful as when the spring of life first
opened to her view. When we look upon a
good woman, we never think of her age; she
looks as charming as when the rose of youth
first bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not
faded yet, it will never
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

II An old fellow, who became weary of his
life. thonght he might as well commit suicide,
but he didn't wish to GO without forgiving all his
enemies. So at the last moment he removed
the moose from his neck, saying 10 himself |
never will can forgive old Noah for letting the
copper-head snakes get into the ark They have
killed two thousand dollars worth of my cattle.
and when he and meet there will be general
russ.
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10 Emphasis is known to be of great conse-
quence to public speaker. Gesture is some
times equally impressive. An anecdote is re-
lated of clergyman who was tormened with
termigant wife. In the course of time she
paid the debt OF nature" and her husband per-
sonally officiated at her iuneral-HIs speech
was devoted in part TO ''ihe thousand ills that
flesh is heir to- and was concluded by scrip
ture quotation. Extending his right hand tow
ards the grave, he said There the wicked
cease from troubling" and then placing the
same band on his heart, he added, '.and the
weary are at rest.''
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- Tie Dublin correspondent, Of the Londoii

70 Tie Dublin correspondent Of the London
Times, of Nov %. says:
"Of the 300 emf grants who landed few days
since at Liverpool, from America, it is stated
that a considerable portion were Irish and
chiefly from the county of Cork. They allege.
as the reasons OF their return. the great scarcity
of employment, and the efinrts of the Know
Nothing party in The United States to discourage
the Irish imm grafton
The Shasta courier., 1856-01-19

% The following is from an Albany. ~ York,
paper - John Van Buren,. the other evening
said " Gen. Nye was bottle-holder for Governor
Seward" The Gen. says the argus in 1913
called him bottle-holder for John Van Buren.
He is consoled in this transfer by the fact that
he will not now have TO pull the cork SO often as
he did then"
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Special Notices.
~ svphi,;.. scrofnun and Diseased

rE syphilis. ScrofuIn and Discnscd
BLOOD-"Dr Guysott's improved Extract Of
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparila" is true specific.
The proprietors have in their possession over
one hundred certificates Of the most extraordi-
nary cures effected by it. We can safely say,
Try 1T. 1t revives the dropping constitution,
eradicates all humors from the blood and by It's
tonic properties restores the invalid 10 life aud
vieor. As spring and summer medicine 1t has
no equal. Its singularly efficaclous action on
the blood its strengthening and vlvIfyinS action
ON the system stands pre-emnent above all otn-
er Sarsaparillas If yon would have the rose
brought back TO your cheek, clear healthy
and TRANSPARENT skin. and life and vigor imbued
through the system, take Gnyso,t's Extract OF
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. 1t contains more
of the pure Honduras Sarsaparilla than any OH
er preparation extant. which is chemically COM
bined with the extract of Yellow Dock and ex-
tract of Wild Cherry, thus making the remedy
more thoroughly efficient than any other Sarsa
parilla before the public. AT the same time il is
perfectly free from all mineral poisons. which
cannot be said of any other Sarsaparilla COM
pounds. Sold by PARK & WHITE,
Sole Agents Washington Street
between Sansone and Battery,
San Francisco.
Also by DIR. BENZ. SHURTLEFF,
Agent, Shasta.
DAVIDSON & HARRIS, Agis.,
sc29-3m Weaverville.
rFS DIR. l.. y. Czapkny.----This gentle
man, whose advertisement appears III another
part of our paper, we feel confident has prom
iscd nothing more than he perform. lit was
engaged as Chief Physician in The twentieth reg
irnent of Honveds. in Hungary and vas Lecu-
rcr on Diseases of Women and Children III The
University of Pesill. During the Hungarian
campaigns he saved the lives of many OF his
country men. and performed many difficult and
important surgical operations. Since his esab-
lshmeri in San Francisco his success has been
unprecedented, and lie has grown rapidly III
public favor as is e, denced by the fact that he
has n larger practice than any man III California.
The DR.. is certainly very skillnl as Physician,
and possesses those qualities which make the
character of gentleman. He asks no Zee Tor
consultation, and guarantees cure of those
WIN place themselves under his charge. His
rooms are Nos. aud ,. Arinory Hall, corner OF
Sacramento and Montgomery streets, San Fran
CISCO oo7-3m
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u A promising boy, not more than five
years Old, hearing some gentleman at his faith
er's table discussing the familiar line
An honest mans the noblesi work of God.m
said he knew it wasn't irue-his mother was
better than any man that was ever made.
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DANIEL WEBsTER's CoURTsHIP.-The manner
of Daniel Websters engagement TO Miss Fetch-
er, is thus pleasantly described by letter wri-
ter:
He was then young lawyer at Portsmouth,
II. AT one of his visits to Miss Grace
Fletcher. lie had probably with view TO utility
and enjoyment been holding skens of silk
thread for her, when suddenly he stopped say
ing, Grace, we have thus been engaged in Ut
tying knots; let us see if we can lie the knot
of which will not unite for life time He
then took piece Of tape, and after beginning
knot of peculiar kind gave it to her to COM
pete. This was the ceremony and ratification
of their engagement. And now in the little box
marked by him with the words Precious Doc
uments,' containing The letters of his early court
SHIP, this unique memorial is said TO be found
-the kuvt never united
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THOUGHTS WHILST SMoKING.-Love is like a
cigar--the longer it burns the lesser it becomes
Bushes are flying colors which maidens wear
becomingly.
Wadded oomforters are poor substitutes for
welded wives.
What the difference between butcher and
gay young ladyl
The former kills to dress, willie the latter
dresses to kill.
People who wish to lead peaceful lives should
never go to ballsfor hops produce great bitter
ness. Buagh