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The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
Gutta Percha and India Rubber.


The different properties and qualities
of these two sustances are more distinc-
tive than is commonly supposed. Gut
Ia percha, when immersed in boiling wa
ter, contracts considerably in bulk; In=
dia rubber, when immersed in boiling
water, expands, and very materially in
creases in bulk. Gutta percha juice is
of dark brown color, and consolidates
in few moments after exuding from
the tree, when it becomes as hard as
wood; India rubber sap is perfectly
white, and of about the consistency of
thick cream; when it coagulates it gives
from four to six parts water out of ten.
Gutta percha, first treated with water,
alcohol, and ether, and then dissolved
with spirits of turpentine and precipita-
ted, yields substance consistent with
the common properties of gutta percha;
India rubber, similarly treated, results
in substance resembling in appearance
the gum arabic. Gutta percha, in its
c1ude state, or in combination with other
materials, may be heated and re-heated
I'd the consistency of thin paste, without
rubber, if but once treated in the same
m banner, will be destroyed and unfit for
future use. Gutta percha is not dissolv-
ed by fatty substances; India rubber is
soon dissolved by coming in contact with
fatty substances. Gutta percha is a
nt ntn-conductor of cold, heat, and cleo
tlfcity, and in its natural state is nom
elastic, and has little OF no fexibility;
India rubber, on the contrary, is con-
dFctor Of heat, cold, and electricity, and
by nature highly elastic and flexible.
The specific gravity of gutta percha is
much less than that of India rubber
and it is much finer in quality, and d
far better conductor of sound. Fabrics
wrought of India rubber require sepa-
rate yarnish to give them polish but
the gutta percha possesses a nature Of
inherent polish, equal in luster to the
varnish, and permanent.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY virue of Execution issued out of the Hon Dis
ID trct Court of the l4th Judicial District aud to me d
reetcd and delivered for Judgment rendered in said
Court the 9th day of JAN 1871 in favor of Albert Har
viii and against Charles H. Balm and John r. Scranton,
for the of S727 90 with interest the said
S727 90 from the 27th day OF January 1857 at the
Of three per cent per month"; until patd together with
S2j 40 costs of suit.
Ihave levied upon the following described property
towit All the right, title and interest of c. II. Balm
in and to the Nevada Theatte, situated Washington
street. in Nevada county of Nevada State of Caifornia
Notice is hereby given that on the 2ls day of March
A. ID. 1857, at O'Clock p NJ. will sell all the right
title, interest and claim of said c. II. Balm in and to
the above described property at the Court House doo1
in Nevada city, at public auction for cash in hand tC
the highest and best bidder satisfy said Execution
and costs
UILLIAM BUTTERFTELD
fcb27 Sheriff of Nevada county
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

NAPoLEoN's Discomfort. - have
come too late" said Napoleon "men
are now too clear-sishted; there is no
longer anything grand to be done >
What! sire said Deeres. "To me
your destiny seems brilliant enough
What could be more grand than to oc-
cupy the first throne in the world after
after having been nothing but an artil-
lery officer" ''Yes," Napoleon answer
ed, my career is fine one, | admit
| have made a pretty way for myself,
but how different it would have been in
antixuity! Look at Alexander after
conquering Asia, and declaring himself
to be the son of Jove-why, with the
exception of Olympias. and Aristotle,
and few pedants of Athens, all the
world believed il. But as for me, if ]
were to announce myself to-day to be
the son of the eternal Father, and were
to return public thanks for that title,
there is not a fshwoman who would not
hiss as ] went by. People know too
much i: there is no longer anything grand
to be done.-l{emoiirs Of lharmont
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

Two KINDS OF PREACHINe.-An &C.
centric correspondent of the Congrega-
tionalist favors the ministry with the fol
lowing, among other humorous hints.
Two kinds of preaching are hit off by
an anecdote. Two ministers. long set
tied in contiguous parishes, being in fa-
miliar conversation one day, DR.. A. ap-
pealed to DIR. b. to account, if he could,
for the great disparity in the results Of
their respective labors DR.. B. facetious-
ly replied, "Oh, I'll tell you, brother.-
When you go fishing, you first get a
great hoop pole for handle, to which
you attach large cod-line and great
hook and twice as much bait as the fish
can swallow. With these accoutrements,
you dash up to the brook, and throw in
your hook, with, there, bite, you dogs
Thus, you scare all the fish away
When 90 fishing, | get little switch
ing pole, small line, and just such a
hook and bait as the fish can swallow.
Then, creep up to the brook, and gent
ly slip them in, and | twitch 'em out,
tcttch 'em ont, till my basket is full.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
Fencing Academy
VI. GH

XVTOULD respectfully announce to the public that he
w has opened a FENCING SCHOOL. in Boswell &
Hanson's Hall.
Persons desirous of taking lessons in Fencing either
Contrapointe Broad sword single stick will find all
these advantages united at this school.
Regular hours of instruction from III A. NJ, to p
NJ, while any hour may be for the convenience Of
pupils.
The Art of Fencing is useful to both sexes only
for defence but for the development of physical sereng
for giving pleasant and easy manners, and iorreformng
natural defects such shoulders OF unequal height
Crooks of the limbs, and stopping carriage. 1t also
affords an agreeable amusement for leisure hours,
Nevada, December l6-tf
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

MORAL INFLUENCE OF LITERARY
TAsTE.-Io young man away from
home, friendless and forlorn in great
city, the hours of greatest peril are be-
tween sunset and bed tine; for the
moon and stars see more evil in single
hour than the sun in his whole DAYS
circuit. The poets visions of evening
are all of soothing and tender images.
1t brings the wanderer to his home, the
child to its mothers arms, the OK to his
stall, and the weary laborer to his rest.
But to the gentle hearted youth who is
thrown upon the rocks of q pitiless city.
and islands homeless amid thousand
homes" the approach of evening brings
with it an aching sense of loneliness and
desolation, which comes down upon the
spirit like darkness upon the earth. In
this mood, his impulse becomes a snare
to him, and he is led astray because he
is social, affectionate, sympathetic and
warm hearted. If there be a young
manthus circumstanced within the sound
OF my voice, let me say unto him that
books are the friends of the friendless,
and that library is the home of the
homeless. A taste for reading will al
ways carry you to converse with men
who will instruct you by their wisdom
and charm you by their wit, who will
soothe you when fretted, refresh you
when weary, counsel you when perp1ex-
ed, sympathise with you at all times
Evil spirits, in the middle ages, were
exercised and driven away by bell, book
and candle; but you want but two of
these agents, the book and candle
Gdo. S. Hillard.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
CORNER OF BROAD AND PINE STREETS
In EiInH,s Ne hriclz. sacnnl hnnr


VyTHERE he viii do all kinds of DENTISTRY
w as low good work can be done III the State.
" B. prepared to set Artificial Teeth in the best
known such plain with gums either Gold
Platina Silver Gutta Percha plate Also, BlockworF
Aliens continuous Gum. And for all that does not
please after months trial will refund the money
will fill Teeth with pure Gold full tight and to stay and
for all that out viii refund the money fill for
nothing And for all Teeth that plugged by and
do not arrest the decay in the cavity fill viii insert
new for nothing. And am always cnabledto know
my filings registry Tootiache arising from
exposed cured vithout extracting in tyoninntes
and the nerve eecually destroyed no charge made
And teeth that may have been considered past by
Others will successfully treat and preserve by filling
All extracting prepare the mouth for plate work done
gratis And by yimprovcdnsruments vii; take ont any
teeth roots with the utmost facility although they may
have been given up by others. All diseases arising from
THE TEETH CURED AND IRREGULARITIES
REMOVED-OR NO CHARGE IS MADE.
For the foregoing propositions the best securities will be
given either in cash depostes good mems endorse
ments Besiles amount Of references to persons who
have worn my work for years. w. c. KELLUM.
November -, lS56.-tf
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

70 People know but little who iden-
tify exclusively the education of child
with the school to which it is sent. Home
after all, must be the centre of educa-
ton, both forthe heart and for the head /;
for if the lessons learned out of doors
be not confirmed by psrental authority,
and a pure morality distilled by daily
example, it is immaterial what youth
learns elsewhere.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

A DISTINCTION Many years ago
when new sects in New England began
to break the good old congregational
barriers, and make incursions into the
sheep-folds of the regular clergy, a rev
erend divine, whom | well knew-a man
at once of infinite eccentricity, good
sense, and good humor encountered
one of these irregular practitioners at
the house OF one of his flock. They
had pretty hot discussion on their
points of difference, and at length the
interloper, finding more than his match
at polemics, wound up by saying:
Well, doctor, you'll at least allow
that it was commanded to preach the
gospel to every critter."
'True," " rejoined the doctor, "true
enough. But then | never did hear ii
commanded to every critter to preach
the gospel"
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20


DIVIDE WITH ME.-After the battle oil
Trafalgar, reward of ae1O was offered
by the Commissary then on the station,
to any person who would find the dead
body Of British soldier One day a
small sized Scotchman found very
large red coat floating toward shore, he
tried in vain to pull him ashore but to
no purpose, but not wishing to lose the
reward, happened to see a man walking
on the beach, some distance above him.
Hello, friend, l say, don't you know
there is a reward offered for dead SOL
dier ?
Yes, was the response,
Well | have found one, just come
and help me pull him out and we will
divide.
The man came down and helped him
drag the dead soldier ashore and having
him safely on the beach, went to the
Commissary and received the reward.
And then the following soliloquy en-
sued
Come, friend let us divide.
Devide be dom'd go find dead soger
for your seP.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
OLD CHURCH BELLS.

Ring ont merrily,
Loudly eheerily,
Blthe old bells from the steeple tower.
Hopefully, fearfuily,
Joyfuly, tearfully,
Moveth the bride from her maiden bower.
Cloud there is rome in the fair summer sky;
Sunshine filings benison down from on high;
Children sing loud as ihe train moves along
Happy the bride that the sun shineth on
Knell ont drearily,
Measured and wearily,
Sad old bells from the steeple gray.
Priests chanting lowly;
solennls, slowly
Passeth the eerse from the portal today.
Drops from the leaden clouds heavily fall
Drippingly over the plume and the pail;
Murmur old folk, As the train moves along
? Happy the dead that the rain raineth on
Toll at the hour of prime,
Matif, and vesper chime,
Loved OH bells from the steeple high
Rolling Ike holy waves,
Over tie lofyly graves,
Floating up, prsyer-lraught, into the sky.
solemn the lesson your lghteSf notes teach;
Stern is the preaching your iron tongues preach
Ringing in life from the bud to the bloom,
Ringing the dead to their rest in the tomb
Peal out evermore-
Peal ye pealed of yore,
Brave old bells, on each Sabbath day,
In sunshine and gladness,
Through clouds and through sadness,
BRIDE and burial have passed away.
Tell Lfe's pleasures with death are still rife
Tell us that Death ever leadeth to Life;
Life is our labor, and Death is our rest,
Ifhappy the Living, the Dead are the blest
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

TAKING A LIEKNEss.-"I wish nv
portrait taken," said a young man from
the country to daguereotypist.
Every well, sir, just take seat here
"You warrant resemblance %
"Certainly."
"For how long a time ~
"For many years, and even when old
age overtakes you there will be some
traces of your features"
"But suppose | catch the smallpox
how can you warrant a durable like
ness
"Just bring it back" said the artist
smiling, "and III punch few holes in
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

~ "Talk of the inferiority of the
female mindl" exclaimed an excited
Woman's Rights-oratorian, 'swhy, Mr..
President, women possess infinitely more
of the divine afflaths than man, any one
who attempts to get around her in these
days, ariU hare 10 start rery early ii ne
morning.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

JouRNEYMEN PRINTERS. high
to low they are the same careless, light
hearted, clever, well-informed, reckless
fellows, knowing how to act better than
they do-nothing at times, everything
if the occasion requires, or the fit takes
them. Wherever you go you are cer-
tain to meet one. No sooner are they
comfortable in one town than they make
tracks for another And what will they
not turn their hands to ? We have seen,
says an American editor, one and the
same individual of the craft minister
in Carolina, boatman on the Western
Canal, a lawyer in Missouri, a sheriff in
Ohio, a sailing master to privateer, an
auctioneer in New York, and press
man in great printing Office. Nor are
these the characteristics of the printers
in any one country. They are every
where the same. The Scotch printer
despite the cannie wisdom of his coun-
try, is every whit as improvident as any
wild Irishman of the craft; the phleg-
matte Englishman, or go-ahead Yankee,
as great spend-thrift and rover as the
amusement-loving Frenchman or Ital-
ian. Citizens of the world, all countries
are alike to them. We have ourselves
known a iourneyman-a clever but wild
fellow, who had travelled for ten years
through every state in Europe, chang
ing his profession in every country an
artist in Italy, clown in a circus thro'
the French provinces, soldier in Aus
tria, a muleteer in Spain; alternately
vending maccaroni at Naples and taking
part in the siege of Rome, fighting with
the insurgents under Garibaldi. We
have met them as lecturers, actors, trav-
cling preachers, ventriloquists-in fact,
as everything. We have met on the
tramp in this country members of this
rowing profession from all parts of the
globe-Frenchmen, Spaniards, Portu-
guese and Swedes-and all apparently
as much at home as if in their own
country. Ardent lovers of liberty, king
craft and priestcraft find but small favor
in their eyes. When the Chartist ex-
citement was raging in England, the
most eloquent leaders of the movement
were printers; when the barricades were
raised in Paris in 1913, the compositors
cast their types into bullect, and fred
them at the Royalist troops. When the
Americans were at war with Mexico, a
large portion of Gen. Taylor's regiment
was composed of volunteer printers, and
they were the bravest of his troops
Irish Paper.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
FURNITURE /!
900 WORTH OF FURMITURE E

$4,000 WORTH OF FUR MITU R E
Entire stock the Largest and
- B est selected ever brought into the
- - - mountains, all of which viii be soli
e cheap for cash, consisting of
Beadsteads of all sizes
Cane and Wood Seat Chairs
Cane and Wood Seat Office Chairs;
Dining, Card and Centre Tables,
Extension and Reading Tables;
Office Desks and Furniture,
Barber's Chairs, Wash-stands,
LookingGlasses of all sizes
Cane seat and Back Arm Rockers and
Nurse Chairs
Mattresses, Pillows, Pillow Gases
Sheets, Comforters, Feathers, &c.
The undersigned would respectfully invite the atten
ton Of their old customers and the public generally tc
their stock of goods on
PINE STREET. next door to A. Block e. Cos
Where by strict ottenton business they hope to er
a liberal share of public patronage.
ABBOTT & EDWARDS.
Nevada. AugS, 1S56-ff
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

70 Toast for 1927 .sHere's to love
ly woman, and may he shadow (as far
her dress goes be decidedly less I,
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
DIR. A. CHAPMAN,
Surgical and Mechanical Denti.

Corner Room 2d Story Kidd & Knox's Brick
OR CHAPMAN will be happy to wait on those wishing
- his services Teeth after having became sensitive
from exposure of the otherwise will be filed
without causing pain.
All Dental operations performed in neat and substan
tal manner, and satisfaction guaranteed in all
DR. CHAPMAN designs making Nevada his permanent
residence n2l-3m
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
SUMMONS.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF NEVADA.
SDistrict Court of the Fourteenth Judicial
District of said State.
THE PEOPLE of the State of California-To C. T.
G. MORSE, Greeting:
fou are hereby summoned to appear and answer
the complaint Of DAVIS LACHAfAN aud BENJAMIN
LACHMAN filed against you within ten davs from the
service of this writ if on you in this eounv with
IN twenty days if served in this and ont
of this county, and within forty if served ON Won
in this state and of this district action com
menced on the lth day of October 1856 said court
for the recovery of Four (S400) Hundred Dollars with
interest thereon at the rate of Five per per month
from the 18th day of June, 1850 until paid, with costs
&c; and for the foreclosure of certain mortgage and
sale of the premises therein named - all Of which
more fully set forth in the complaint filc
And you hereby notified that you fail
said complaint herein directed plaintiffs will take
judgment against You therefor by default together
all costs of suit and also demand of the such other
relief as is prayed for in their said complaint
In testimony whereof l. J. Fl. B0sTWICK. Clerk of
(~~) the District Court aforesaid, do hereunto set
( L. s. my hand and impress the seal OF said Court
(O~~) this Goth dav of December, A ID. 1856.
J, ii. BOSTWICK Clerk District Court.
BUckSER & HILL, PITS Attorneys.
At Dirit Court 14k Judicial District held in and for
the County of Nerada of December Torn H. D. 1856
saturday, December 18th, 1856.
Present Hon. NILES SEARL-s, District Judge.
D. & b. Laehman'
c. E. G. Morse
moved the court for order for the publications.
mons hereini and il appearing from the return sum
mons file that said defendant not und
in Nevada county; Wherefore,
1t is ordered that service of summons ein by
publication of the for the period of weeks in
one of the newspapers published in said county.
NILES sEARLS District Judge
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Is
County of Nevada,
II H. Bostwick Clerk of the District Court aforesaid
in and for said county do hereby certify that the forego
ug is true extract from the minutes of said court
the same remains of record in my office
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and
80 impressed the seal of said Court this 26th day
Z Its Sof December A. d. 1886.
J. Fl. BOSTwICK, Clerk.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

p The Sacramento Age says that
at the ''calico party" recently given in
that city, a lady was asked how she en-
joyed herself "Oh," she sighed, look
ing sidewise at her skirt, "tolerably
we'll, under the circumstances. !" The
circumstances referred to acere a calico
dress.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

MARRIAGE Observation-Disclosures
BILE folks have ceased to marry. Now,
aceording to jenkins and his imitators.
''tAey form a matrimonial alliance;'' up
on which Susan Jane writes to Punch to
inquire "if such an alliance is to be con-
sidered offensive and defensivea" Mr..
PdncA ventures to- reply-sOfensive,
wlen misfortune or difficulty is to be at
talked and overcome defensive, when
sorrow or sickness assails; and expen-
siTe when certain little parties, whether
or not, will Join in the comnact y, Punch.
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
The Moth and the Candle.

The following is from recently pub
lished sketch written by son of Thom-
as Hood, the celebrated wit: There he
stood, though all the guests had depart
ed The candles burned brightly, and
the plates and dishes, and silver orna-'
ments on the table, smiled to see him
there. And the trife said to the tipsv
cake" What can he be idling away
his time that way for % The tipsy
cake said" I'b sure I dunno-brabs
'es drunk" And the champagne bottles
held themselves very upright. and the
decanters never said word, for they
had shoppers in their mouths. But the
ices said -"It's very cool of him to
stand like that when we are all waiting
for him to CO." For they intended to
have soiree when every body had left.
But the young man did not hear them.
He was thinking of the cruelty of her
he loved Long had he worshiped her
at a distance, for she was rich and noble
while he was but poor poet who wrote
in her praise aud sometimes she had
deigned to smile kindly and speak
sweetly to him. That night he had met
her-ke had told her his love, and had
met with scorn and sighting. There
he stood, watching the door through
which she had gone. He heard not the
voices of the last departing guests
Presently he turned his eyes to the tail
candle that stood proudly in the centre
of the table. Oh! that candle was
proud; it had gold fringe, and it stood
in a silver candlestiek, and it said, /"
am not tallow, not grease, not part of
over fed animals. No; not even COM
position candle-not of mixed, degen-
crate race. [ am a howerw 1t forgot
that since it had formed part of a flow
er, the bees had changed its nature, and
men had altered its appearance. So it
stood up and thought it was a rose; and
the prouder it grew the faster it burnt.
But while the poet was watching it, a
little plain brown moth came flying out
of the conservatory which opened into
the room, and eircled about the table,
1t stopped to admire silver spoon, but
the candle was jealous" What shall
that insignificant little brown thing ad-
mire that spoon more than me ?' SO it
burnt brighter. The little moth flew
towards it; it circled about it, and fam
ned the fame with its wings. The can
die never said word, but it burnt
brighter still. And the little moth flew
into the fame. 81 never gave you any
encouragement" said the candle, as the
little moth fell seorched and dying on
the table. "Such is my fate!" murmur-
ed the young man, as he rushed from
the room. But the plates, and forks,
and glasses did not laugh now. There
was no festivity in the supper room
among them that night. And the can
die burned down into its socket
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
|. WILLIAMSON n DAWLEY.
WILLIAMSON & DAWLEY,
EsANskESRsS,

AT THEIR OLD STAND, 30 MAIN STREET NEVADA
Highest Price paid. for Gold Dust
DUY tity, County and State Scrip. Gold Dust sent to
ID the Atlantic States and insured.
Gold Dust sent to the United States Mint San Francisco
for coinage
Drafts on the principal Atlantic States and
general Banking business.
Checks on Sacrame nto and san Francisco.
We have Of the best Fire Proof Vaults in the State
and viii receive Special and General Deposits Attention
paid to collections. l7-tf
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20
Harvey HUNT, VI. I'd.

oFFICE-IN CRITTENDEN'S BRICK BUILDING,
ROOM NO. l. up stairs,) AIN STREET.
Nevada Aug. 1856
The Nevada journal., 1857-03-20

At Dsriu Court l4k Judicial District held in and for
Lhe County Of Nerada Of December Torn 4. D. ls56.
Saturday, December 18TH 1856.
Present Hon NILES SEARLs District Judge
& r.. Iach