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The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
Tolume Fourteen begin, September IA, 1858

FotHWe TOVftccH OeytIS CtpteHtOeT Ii, 1895.
MECHANICS, INVENTORS, MANUFACTURERS, AND
FARMERS.
The Sc1ESyIFIc AMERICAN has reached its
fourteenth year, and will enter upon a new Vol
ume on the llth of September. It is the only
weekly publication of the kind now issued in
this country, and it has very extensive circula-
ton in all the States of the Union. 1t is not, as
some might suppose from its title, a dry abstruse
work on technical science; on the contrary it
SO deals with the great events going on in the
scientific, mechanical and industrial worlds, as
to please and instruct every one. If the Me-
ehanic or Artisan wishes to know the best ma
chine in use, or how to make any substance en-
ployed in his business-if the Housewife wishes
to get recipe for making good color, &c.
if the Inventor wishes to know what is going on
in the way of improvements-if the Manufac-
turer wishes to keep posted with the times, and
to employ the best facilities in his business-if
the Man of Leisure and Study wishes to keep
himself familiar with the progress made in the
chemical laboratory, or in the construction of
telegraphs, steamships, railroads, reapers, now
ers, and a thousand other machines and appl-
ances, both of peace and war-all these aesider-
ata can be found in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
and not elsewhere. They are here presented in a
reliable and interesting form, adapted to the
comprehension of minds unlearned in the higher
branches of science and art
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Letters shonld he diracfad
MUM Il CO.,
o30.2m 100 Eulton st No., Var1-
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

An ISFALL1BLE GovERSoR.-The Sacramento
Bee states that, while the case of the People on
the relation of McKune against Gov. Weller was
being argued in the Supreme Court on Monday
last Chief Justice Terry said that if McKune
were legally entitled to commission as District
Judge, the Governor could not be compelled to
issue the commission, because the Court could
not arrest or imprison him. But" said judge
Currey, of counsel, "suppose his Excellency
should commit murder or any other felony ~
Even in that case" said the learned Chief .ins-
tice, =" he could not be arrested or imprisoned
the only way to reach him would be by impeacb.
mentu
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
MIR. AIuggins' Donkey

At dawn of day he spieth fields
Of turnips, which ye fence rail shields;
Then how doth he, what never yields?
He gazeth DER
The tempting store,
And gives an awful pleasant rour.
Down rolleth Jack
Upon his back;
Assailed with joy, his biler - bust;'
The acuss" could hear
"The coast was clear"
Then Drayeth louder than at q 'fust."
He kicks We gate ope' with his heels,
And bolts ye turnips, tops and peels;
'Tis thus h raiseth extra meals.
Tho like mule,
He's not fool,
But goes to work, his tooth his tool.
Here let me talk
To those that mock
Tennyson's wild--'' but let her rip"
For .' what a lark :"
No critics bark
Could well run down his Jackass-shp.
He " maketh tracks, then, half dismayed,
And loseth heart the card he playd
Might have been beat with ellb or spade.
His game is won,
His end is done,
Yet, strange, he preys-and liveth on!
Some noise, you bet"
Would made him % get'
gp steam again, "as sure s you're born y
But off the ranch
He filrd his paunch:
The moral S therefore in-'sa horn"
Golden Era.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

No MORE STATE BoSDs.-The Act of 1857,
which provides for the funding of the State in
debtedncss to an amount not exceeding 3d.
900, 900, says the Sacramento Bee, has been the
means of calling in from every section of the
world scrip and bonds issued by the State since
1s49; and although the entire amount of bonds
allowed by law have already been issued, there
is still upwards of 100000 that cannot be fund
ed, unless a new act be passed next year, and
submitted to the people A few days ago large
amount of the Indebtedness was presented for
funding, which was received from Europe and
the Atlantic States by the Sonora, but most of it
came too late, and the disappointment of the
party holding it was very great.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
JANSQN. BOND & CO..


TN P 0 R ERS AND J0BBERS OF DRY
i GOODS, corner Battery and Clay streets
San Francisco, have now landing and in store
200 bales 80 inch Brown Drills;
100 bales SO inch Brown Sheetings
100 bolts No. o-000 Duck;
500 bolts No. 2-l0 Duck;
20 bales Raven Duck;
10 cases Merrimac Prints;
100 cases Prague Prints;
500 cases Pacific Prints
100 cases Dunnell's Prints;
10 cases / and "A Bleached Shirtings;
10 cases Ga S-4 and 0-4 Bleached Shir.ings
20 cases Blue Drills;
10 cases Blue Denims;
10 bales Hickory Stripes;
25 bales I, I and A Tickngs;
10 bales Scarlet, Blue and Grey Flannels
10 bales Ballardrale White Flannels;
cases Coburgs and Merinos;
5 cases wool and half wool Plaids
cases Blue and Black Alpacas;
10 cases Pacifc-new styles De Laines;
cases, all wool, new styles do
cases French Merinos
1000 Bay State Plaid Shawls;
1000 Cashmere and plain Wool Shawls
Black and Colored Silks;
Plain, Figured and Plaid Silks;
And large assortment of other Dress Goods.
Blankets.
1000 pair White, Green and Blue Mackinaw
1000 pair BB TBB and SBG Blankets;
1000 pair cheap Grey English Blankets
1000 poir cheap Blue English Blankets;
500 pair scarlet English Blankets
600 pair ga, l0-4, ll-4 and 12-4 White Red
Blankets.
Clothing and Furnishing Goods.
1000 doz. grey, blue and scarlet Flannel Shirts;
1000 doz. grey and white Merino Undershirts
and Drawers
1000 doz. Merino and all wool Socks;
500 doz. Satinet and Jean Pants;
500 doz. Duck and Cottonade Pants;
500 doz. Hickory and Check Shirts;
500 Calico and White Dress Shirts;
$50 doZ. Overalls and Jumpers
Black and Fancy Silk Cravats Neckties, Silk
Suspenders, and variety of
other articles too numerous to mention. For
sale low by JANSON, BOND & CO.,
Cor. Battery & Clay sts., San Francisco
oc9-2m
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

MODERN vs. ANCIENT WoSDERs-In a speech
lately delivered by Mr. Mergs at the opening of
the Mechanics Institute of New York, the orator,
IN referring to the present condition of affairs in
comparison to the wonders of ancient my
thology, said:
Mhy, Vulcan would not be trusted to blow the
bellows In any of our great works, which turns
out IN days work more than he could with all
ms help IN a year, and better work too And as
70 tne rest OF these gods, if those rowdes were
here nowadays, Venus would be committed to
the penatentiary Mercury for cheating. to the
Sing prison, Mars to state prison for life, Ju-
no d 10 the horse pond for scolding, Cupid to the
house OF Refuge, and Jupiter put under the care
of a receiver
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
The Aromatic Schiedam schnapps

Is consequently in great demand by persons
travelling, or about to settle in new parts of the
country especially, as well as by many in every
community, where it has become known on
account of its various other remedial properties
In all cases Of Dropsical tendency, it is gen.
orally the only remedy required, when adopted
in the early stage of the disease.
In dyspepsia maladies, when taken in proper
quantities, as diet drink, and especially at
dinner, it is found, by uniform experience, to be
eminently efhcacious in the most obstinate cases.
when even the best of the usual remedies have
failed to afford more than temporary relief. In
cases of Flatuency, it is an immediate and in
variable specific and it may be administered in
diluted and proportionate quantities, even to
You've INFANTS, in all those paroxysms of grip
ing pain in the stomach and bowels to which
they are especially subject, as well as in the
collie of grown persons.
Its judicous adoption in connection with the
principal meals, or when a sense of exhaustion
dictates its use never fails to relieve the debli-
ty attendant upon protracted chronic maladies
low temperament and exhausted vital energy, by
whatever cause induced These are facts to
which many of the most eminent medical men,
both in England and the United States, have
borne testimony, and which are corroborated by
the highest written authorities.
Put up in quart and pint bottles in cases of
one dozen, with my name the bottles cork
and fac-simile of my signature the label.
For sale by all the respectable Druggists and
Liquor Dealers in California and Oregon.
UPOLPHO WOLFE, Sole Importer,
22 Beaver street, New York.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

MONSTER BLAsrs.-Probably the greatest gum
powder blast that ever exploded, was that by
of nineteen thousand pounds of powder, the
entire mass of the Round Down Cliff, which rose
to the height of $50 feet above the sea, within a
few miles of Dover, Eng. 1t was fred by gal
vanic electricity at several points instantaneous
ly, and at once heaved off from the cliffs a mass
of more than a million tons of chalk, which
rolled down upon the beach-the dislodged stuff
covering space of more than fifteen. acres.
By means of similar blast on the London
derry and Coeraine Railway, hill was thrown
into the sea by charge ofthree thousand pounds
of gunpowder, apd thirty thousand tons of ma
terial were thus instantaneously removed from
the line of the works.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
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SINGLE ROOMS ONE DOLLAR
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JACKSON ST., ABOVE MONTGOMERY,
SAN FRANCISCO.
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Families and single gentlemen will find this
house the most comfortable one, in all respects
in San Francisco.
The International Hotel Coach always in rea-
diness to convey passengers to and from the
house. JNO. J. HALEY,
Proprietor
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

THE HooP.-Leigh Hunt goes into ecstacies
when describing the additional beauties which
the hoop added to the female figure:
"When it was large, and the swell of it hung
at a proper distance from the person, it became
not an habiliment, but an enclosure. The per-
son stood aloof from it, and was imagined to do
so. The lady, like goddess, was half conceal
ed in an hemisphere, out of which the rest other
person rose like Venus out of the billows. When
she moved, and the hoop was at proper length
as we'll as breadth, she did not walk-her steps
were not visible-she was borne along she was
waited came gliding"
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

SHIRKING THE REsPONsIBILIrY.-Patric O,Nal
before he became joined in the holy bonds of
hemlock' with Bridget, was in the service OF
Father Connoly. One day the good priest ex-
pected call from Protestant minister, and he
wished some excuse to get rid of him. So, call
ing Patrick, he proceeded to give him some in
structions:
Patrick said he, { if that minister comes
here to-day, don't wish to see him.
Yis, yer riyerence.'
Make some excuse and send him away
What shall tell him I?
Tell him | am not at home.
Would you have me tell him lie, yer river
ence q
No, Patrick, but get rid of him some way
give him an evasive answer
An eyasive answer, is it I'll do it,
You understand me, PatrickY
Av coorse, yer riyerence'
The matter thus arranged, Father Connoly
retired to his library, and Patrick went about
his duties. About dusk in the afternoon the
priest came out of his room and found Patrick
in unusually good spirits.
well, Patrick, said he, did the minister call
to-day2'
Yis. SIR
'And did you get rid of him p
{ l did, SIR
Did he ask if l was in?
He did, sir
And what did you say to him?
IL gave him evasive answer
An evasive answer Patrick p
Yis, yer riverence.'
And what did you say to him? p
He axed was ye in, and | towld him was his
grandmother donkey7
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

BRUSSELS LAcE.-The spinning of the fine
thread used for lace making in the Netherlands.
is an operation demanding so high degree of
exquisite skill, minute manipulation, and vlri-
iant attention, that il appears impossible that it
can ever be taken from human hands by ma
ehinery. None but Belgian fingers are skilled
IN this art. The very finest sort of this thread
is made in Brussels, in damp underground cell
lars, for it is extremely delicate that it is La
bic to break by contact with the dry air above
ground; and it is obtained in good condition
only when made and kept in humid subterra-
neous atmosphere There are numbers Of old
Belgian thread makers, who, like spiders, have
passed the best part of their lives spinning in
cellars. This sort of occupation naturally has
an injurious effect on the health, and the eye
sight OF the operatives is impaired at an early
age.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

EDITORIAL COURTESY IN KAssAs.-The editor
u u Tue cons'uat'ondtist, published at Doniphan,
X. T., pitches into the editor of Black Renub-
hcan sheet after the following manner:
The editor of the Chief wishes US to bring
him into notice, but we do not wish to pollute
our columns with such trash, unless forced to
do SO. We would gently hint to the cross-eved.
crank-sided, peaked and long razor-nosed, blue
moushed, nigger-lipped white-eyed, soft-head-
ed, long-eared, crane-necked, blobbered-lipped,
squeaky-voiced, empty-headed, snaggle-toothed
hlthy-mouthed, box-ankled. pigeon-toed, reel
footed, ignoble Black Republican Abolition edi-
tor to attend to his own affairs, or we will pitch
into him in earnest
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
Worthy OF Confederation.

Ex-Governor Bagby of Alabama died in Sep
tember last, of yellow fever. He was brought
up to the legal profession, left the bar for polt-
ical life, was chosen to the Legislature, then
elected Governor was raised to the U. s. SEN
ate, and became American Minister to Russia
Referring to his demise, the Mobile Tribune
says:
i" Here is a man who filed the highest Offices
of honor in the country, and with credit ard
yet, after serving in them faithfully, he retired
to private life poorer than he was when he began
it. 1t is an evidence of integrity for man to
die poor under such circumstances but it
seems to us, also, that it is an evidence of what
is additionally called the ngratitude of repub-
lies" If Governor Bagby had served England
as he served his own country, his life on retire.
ment, would have been one of ease-the proper
reward of Il person considered worthy of the
highest offices of his government.
There is lesson in this for young men,
Gov Bagby left the profession he was so well
fitted to succeed in. to accept public honors.-
His fortune at the bar was certain. He aban-
doned that and died without fortune. He sac
riiced what so many young men are doing
daily-the assured comfort and influence of pr-
vate life for the turmoil, anxiety, censorious-
ness and poverty of public life.
The saddest thing in the career of young
professional men-omitting an addiction to vice
is this very disposition to enter the arena of
politics Few of them, like the deceased, can
acquire honor in it and those of them who do
not die dscontented and destitute, are pretty
sure to become demagogues-the most detesta-
BILE of characters.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC,

London Cordial Gin,
Club House Gin,
Sehiedam Schnapps.
dedicated .Schnapps,
Royal Schnapps,
&C., &C., &c.
Under the above and similar titles, the liquor
mixers of this city are bottling large quantities
of adulterated unwholesome trash, costing but
little, on which they hope to realize large profits
by selling in California.
Avoid all compounds. Some are SO skillfully
prepared as to pass for good Liquor, except with
the best judges. you would be safe, use only
the long established, renowned genuine Wo!tss
Sehiedam aromatic Schnapps.
UDOLPHO WOLFE, Sole Importer,
augl4-6m % Beaver street, New York.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
Cheerfulness.

The Rev. F. G. Ever, in the course of = cor
mon preached last Sunday in Grace Cb,-cb
made the following beautiful and trutbfnI re-
marks, which we quote from memory.
"Cheerfuiness is one of the great necessities
to him who would be sincere Christian :
Cheerutness IS ike sunbeam and clothes its own
er in glory He who possesses it not caS,s a
shadow upon every circle, and exerts a dan,nen-
ing influence on all. How many wives Iaatino
it, have driven their husbands to the clnh raan,s
and theatres How many husbands witbon, Il
have in measure been the means of cnrc;ng
their wives into the society of others. and alas
too often to separation Cheerfulness i the
chief cornerstone of society What n g,or;ous
sight is the cheerful face of Christian ,,o,har
How many sons has the mere memory of il re-
claimed from an evil coursel Cbaerf,lnass
should not be like the rays of the moon. leaving
black blotches here and there in the ravinas r
No, no; it should be like those of tbs ssnn
which diffuse daylight over everything and ev'
erywhere, from the loftest peak to the lowl;est
DELL The absence of cheerfulness, besides hov-
ing an evil effect outwardly, exerts a reflected
interpermeating, pernicious influence upon one's
mind, and, cancer-like, gloom, feeding on Itself
grows deeper, darker, deadlier AWAY with Il
Let cheerfuness in everything be shown. Does
anything happen to vex you-if you can mend
the matter, why waste time in mournino and
signing? If you cannot mend it, frettipo will
do no good. Put on the raiment of cheerfuness
SO that others shall feel its glowing influence :,
Then can men say of thee, He is a philosonber
and a Christian. Zee. telegram
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

VALUE OF READING IN GOLDEN TIMEs"-In the
days of Jack Cade few could read, except those
who were actually in orders, or educated for
that purpose; so that if person was arraigned
before temporal judge for any crime (the pun
ishment whereof was death) he might pray his
clergy that was, to have a Latin Bible in a
black Gothic character, delivered to him and
it he could read passage where the Judge ap-
pointed, which was generally in the Psalms, the
ordinary or his deputy, who stood near, said,
teg't ut cter'cus, that is, he could read like clerk
or scholar the criminal was acquitted as being
a man of learning who might therefore be use
full to the public. If, however, he could not
read, he suffered death. This privilege was
granted in all offences, except high treason and
sacrilegc, until after the year 1880; and it was
carried to such an extent that if criminal was
condemned at one assize, because he could not
read, and was reprieved to the subsequent as
size, he might again claim this benefit, either at
that time or under the gallows' tree and if he
could then read, he pardoned, of which
there was instance in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth.-Shakspcare Larger.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
FOR RENT.

e. THE LIGHT AND COMMODIOUS
E5iiil Fire Proof Brick Store, next door to
IE4aA Stevenson & Co., and now occupied bv
Hoffman as family grocery, is offered for rent
on reasonable terms. For particulars enquire of
DR.. RoETHE,
City Drug Store, Main st.
Shasta, Dec. II, 1857. decl2tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

Bs2s@" Do you helieve in second love, Mr.. Me-
QuadeF Do | believe in second love
humph II man buys pound of sugar, isn't
1t swate and when it's gone, don't he want
another pound, and isn't that swate, too Trotb
Murphy, behave in second love "
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
JUST RECEIVED.

A L RGE AND EXTENSIVE ASSORT-
4 ment of very fine white and blue
BILL HEAD AND wAY-BILL PAPER,
We are now prepared to do this style of print
ing in neat and expeditions manner, and a
San Francisco Prsc<s!
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

WHEAT AND FLoUR.-It has been calculated
that the wheat crop of California, for this year,
which will considerably exceed that of 1857
will produce 650,GO0 barrels of flour. The
amount of -four required for home consumption,
as food, is not far from 420,0 barrels, which
leaves 100000 barrels of -four, or 1,150,00o
bushels of wheat for seeding and other purposes
Not more than 1000 bushels will be required
for seeding purposes.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

Es~A blunderbuss is SO called because xor
are always sure to shoot the wrong person with
II. There are other blunder buses beside this
l mention one-kissing another mans wife for
your own. - 'oi
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
U ID o l. II HI o LFE,S
S c. III n A p p S.
III O4NN N OV.,
1913 Fulton ST., New York.
o30:3n

A MEDICINAL DRINK, of eminently salutary
4 qualities, manufactured by himself exclu-
sively, at his factory at Schiedam, in Holland,
and well known during the last twelve wears
throughout all the Atlantic and Western States.
1t is made from the best barley that can be
selected in Europe, with the essence of an aro-
matte Italian berry, of acknowledged and ex-
traordinary medicinal properties. 1t has long
since acquired a higher reputation, both in
Europe and America, than any other diuretic
beverages.
Analysed, it is perfectly pure liquor in its
effects mild and wholesome tonic 1t is ex-
tensvely used and approved by the medical fac
ulty, the temperance people, heads of families,
&c.
In Gravel, Gout and Rheumatism, in obstruc-
tions of the Bladder and Kidneys, and in Gen
eral Debility its effects are prompt, decided and
invariably reliable; and it is not only a remedy
for these maladies, but in all cases where they
are produced by drinking bad water, which is
almost universally the cause of them, it acts as
sure preventive.
For Fever and Ague it is one of the most eff
hcacious preventves that can be resorted to.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

fea- Mohammedans say that one hour of JUS
tice Is worth seventy years of prayer. One act
oil CHARITY Is worth century of eloquence.