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The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
A story with a Moral.

The Bucyrus (Ohio) Journal tells story of
d. and j., two verdant gentlemen of that place,
who went to Cleveland in company. On arriv-
ing there, D. proposed to spree, but j., being
satisfied to see the lions thought it best to fore
go visit to the elephants. Accordingly D.
started off alone leaving his watch and con-
siderable amount Of money with his friend for
safe keeping Never having had so large sum
in his possession before, j. felt keenly the great
ness of the responsibility imposed upon him.
He passed a sleepless night, meditating on the
mishaps that might befall the reckless D. His
concern was not diminished the next morning on
finding that the reveler had not returned, and
the thought flashed across his mind that if he
was murdered the possession of his watch and
money would direct suspicion upon him. As the
hours wore away and brought no D. with them,
anguish and fear gave place to desperation, and
rushing 10 the lake side, he hurled the eridences
of the anticipated crime into the water. Hardly
had he returned to his hotel when d. entered,
bearing the marks of protracted spree, and of
its occasional concomitant, fight. He had be-
come involved in broil, locked up in watch
house, and fined, and he wanted his money. The
scene that followed was more exciting than
agreeable to poth parties; but compromise
was finally effected, and the two returned to the
rural districts impressed with the conviction
that, though it may be agreeat lie to go on a
spree, it is not always very pleasant work to get
over it
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
ACROSTIC.
BY A LADY OF SHASTA.

Where fragile nerves, health, spirits, body
mind,
Enfeeble and s-man-womankind;
Beware lfes fragile tenor-stretched too far,
brings permanent ill-health the system thus
at war
Engages painfully with life, the blood, the
nerves,
Relax and weaken-'tis ere that one observes
Such poor, weak invalids such tottering frames
Creeping with mental and with bodily pains
OIL, if they knew how Webber's Cordial heals,
Ktefreshes, strengthens and new life reveals
Drooping no more, health, spirits, mind, re-
lieve,
yigorated-youthful- l-sanguineous bloom,
Are seen upon their checks health thus re-
stored,
Lingers no more-but lives and reigns-adored.
The afflicted may rely on its powers to reno
Yate the enfeebled system, strengthen the ema-
ciated and STOPPING frame, cure every nervous
affection, restore to full vigor the digestive pow
ers, regulate the secretions, calm both bodily
and mental physique, and thus give strength
and yigor to the most broken down constitu-
tons. 1t has cured hundreds of cases of dys-
pepsia, loss of appetite, languor, nervousness,
weakness from change of climate sickness, TAX
ing too much medicine, intemperance and de-
bauchery.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
JANs0N. BOND & CO..

TN p 0 r 7 E R S AND JOBBERS OF DRY
l. 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. 0-0OO Duck;
500 bolts No. 2-IO Duck;
20 bales Raven Duck;
10 cases Merrimac Prints;
100 cases Prague Prints;
500 cases Pacific Prints
100 cases Dunnells Prints
10 cases and "A Bleached Shirtings;
10 cases Ga, s-4 and 1914 Bleached Shirtings;
20 cases Blue Drills
10 cases Blue Denims;
10 bales Hickory Stripes;
% bales 7, and A Tickings
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 Paciic-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.
bluhAeISs
1000 pair White, Green and Blue Mackinaw
1000 pair BIB, TBB and SBG Blankets;
1000 pair cheap Grey English Blankets;
1000 poir cheap Blue English Blankets;
500 pair scarlet English Blankets;
GOO pair "a, l0-4, ia and l2-4 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
Handkerchiefs, 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
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Her breast-O, It's glory her face hands and
neck,
Like her teeth, white and spotless, free from
sunburn or speck
And the ravens wing pales side her soft Jetty
hair,
So lustrous, clean, silken-yet here l declare
u,HAT THE MOST HOMELY PERSON CAN
i become thus land, reader, though we thus
poetize, we speak the truth) by using the fol-
owing beautiful preparations
Price only 25 and so cents each.
Wash your face, hands and shave with
JONES' ITALIAN CHEMICAL SOAP. This
will make the skin emollient, soft, white and
clear as childs, even if it is coarse, red, yell
low or discolored. 1t is fine for shaving or wash
ing.
Then clean your teeth with LAFONT'S WEST
INDIA SOAP ROOT 1t tmakes dark, dscolored
or yellow teeth white; the most foul or impure
breath pure and sweet, and cleanses the mouth,
tongue and throat.
Then If you would have beautiful hair, mind
JONES' CORAL HAIR RESTORATIVE really
has the following qualities; All those whose hair
is gray, or turning so, as in short time it will
make it grow dark. Those whose hair Is weak,
or falling off, it will force to grow, and at the
same time cure it of dandruff, and if used to
dress or embellsh the hair, it certainly gives it
most charming look and feeling, and keeps it
so a long time.
Sold at the above prices by every wholesale
and retail dealer in California nl3:3m
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UPON EVERY BED,
UPON EVERY BED,
UPON EVERY BED,
FOR EASE AND COMFORT
FOR EASE AND COMFORT,
FOR EASE AND COMFORT,
REQUIRES BUT ONE TRIAL,
REQUIRES BUT ONE TRIAL,
REQUIRES BUT ONE TRIAL,
TO INSURE REST AND QUIET
TO INSURE REST AND QUIET
TO INSURE REST AND QUIET
SINGLE ROOMS ONE DOLLAR.
SINGLE ROOMS ONE DOLLAR
SINGLE ROOMS ONE DOLLAR
JACKSON ST, ABOVE MONTGOMERY,
JACKSON ST., ABOVE MONTGOMERY,
JACKSON ST., ABOVE MONTGOMERY,
SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO. o30:3m
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., 1858-12-18
Fearful Questions to Young Men.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR PAST LIFE
w Has it been one of dissipation, frivolity,
intemperence, debauchery, or-worse2 Has
sickness, mental disease, or disappointment in
love or business been yours? Has your occu-
patton been LONELY? Have any of these ills
been yours till now? You feel sense of inca
pacity and weakness physically and mentally
a knowledge of being painfully unwell, yet an
inability to describe or localize it'll LIFE BE-
COMES A BURDEN. Your hands tremble-your
limbs totter-your spirits become low-your
sleep fitful and disturbed-your appetite poor
your whole natural functions deblitated-
night sweats-bad dreams weakness in the
morning-and similar horrors. Reader if you
knew the many that have been brought to the
yigor and strength of youth by that sublime
vegetable concoction, DIR. JACOB WEBER S
NVIG0RATING SANGUIFIER, you would not
doubt
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Constitutional Weakness,
Intemperence, Delirium,
Dyspepsia, Chills, Ague, &c.
In all of the above it is an absolute panacea

Read this statement OF cures, effected by the
most extraordinary concoction of the age.
4 case Of bodily pain, 4gue, Debility and Dys-
pepsia cured:
Mr.. John B. Flemming, Merchant Tailor of
Ophir, in this State, certifes, Sept. 81 1854,
that two bottles of DR.. Webber's Cordial cured
Mr.. J. G. Ewens, of the same place, of pains in
the body, dyspepsia chill and hacking cough,
together with general debility, neuralgia and
rheumatic pains
Dr. James Bonnaut certiies to the cure Of a
pitiabe case of decayed manhood (where the
strength, nerves, memory and the whole phys
ique was prostratcd) by its use.
Mr.. James Freeman, of Mokelumne Hill, says:
sMy feeling was an exhaution, a want of strength,
a torpor, want of vigor appetite and other
miserable feelings. One battle of your Cordial
relieved, and three have entirely cured me-"
We could give fifty other certificates, not
withstanding that most persons are sensitive
about being noticed but the above must salts
fy any reasonable person.
1t is sold for S3, or two bottles for s., by
every Wholesale and Retail Druggist in Calfor-
mia. PARK Il WHITE,
San Francisco Agents.
Ey~ CAUTEON.-Mind none is genuine
that has not the signatures of TONES and j.
WEBER, NJ. D., on each outside wrapper, and
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E3P Look on this Picture

MONDAY MoRNING-O6ce Of Mr.. AUen.-" Sir,
if it is not paid in three days will strip you of
everything you possess. Scandalous to shirk
an honest debt thus"
But, Mr.. Allen, have been ill-my wife
and -"
Old story, old story; no more to say sir
beg or borrow the moaey-or-you know me-"
and then on this:
MONDAY MoRNING-Ofce Of lh. Major.-"I
am ashamed to ask for an extension. Mr. Major.
but am cruelty poor just now. If you would
allow me little more time"
Certainly, Mr.. May; heard gospel ser
mon on the golden rule, yesterday Do your
best for me and am content"
The prayers of grateful man assembled to
hcaven.-Nep York Eramiuer.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

EsS- In criminal prosecution, it has been dis
covered that the New England Bank, of Fair
mount, Maine. had issued an immense amount of
notes, upwards of $4,000 worth being circula
ted by Wall street brokers within week. The
Tribune says there is no such bank in existence
and this whole thing is said to be fraud. from
hrst to last. Brokers have been furnished with
1t and have passed it off, in large and small
quantities, as the business demanded The
whoie western country is said to be flooded with
the stuff, and the calculation is that the Nc
jectors of the fraud have issucd about $500 ooo
Interesting developments will soon be made
arranis have been issued for the arrest of mar
ties holding high positions in society.-.ye,c York
Paper.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
Soul-Stirring Roll OF Temperance
Alarm Drum.

Go, feel what have felt,
Go, bear what have borne;
Sink meath the blow father dealt,
And the cold worlds proud scorn;
Then suffer on from year to year,
Thy soul reief-the scalding tear.
Go, kneel as have knelt;
lmplore, beseech and pray;
Strive besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay;
Be dashed with bitter curse aside;
Your prayers burlesqued, your tears defied
Go weep as l have wept
Ger loved fathers fall;
See every promised blessing swept,
Youths sweetness turned to gall;
Life's fading flowers strew'd all the way
That brought me up to woman's day.
Go, see what have seen;
Behold the strong man bowed,
With gnashiDg teeth, lips bathed in blood
And cold the livid brow
Go catch his withered glance, and see
There mirrored his souls misery.
Go to my mothers side,
And her crushed bosom cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide;
Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear.
Mark her wan frame and withered brow,
The grey that streaks her dark hair now,
With fading frame and trembling limb;
And trace the ruin back to him
Who plighted faith in early youth,
eternal love and truth,
But who foresworn, hath yielded up
That promise to the cursed cup;
And led her down through lobe and light,
And all that made her prospects bright;
And chained her there mid want and strife,
That lowly thing-a drunkard's wife;
And stamped on childhood's brow so mild,
That whitening blight-the drunkard's child.
Go, hear and feel, and see, and know,
All that my soul hath felt and known,
Then look upon the wine cups glow,
See if its beauty can atone;
Then look upon the wine cups glow,
See if its beauty can atone;
Think if its favor you will try,
When all proclaim, q 'Tis drink and die"
Tell me I hate the bowl
Hate is a feeble word
loathe-abhor: my very soul
With strong disgust is stirred,
When | see, or hear or tell
OF the dark BEVERAGE OF HE'LL.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
Tolume Fourteen begins September IA, 1858.

Tolume Fourteen begins September IA, 1858.
MECHANICS, INVENTORS, MANUFACTURERS, AND
FARMERS.
The ScIESEIFrc AMERICAN has reached its
fourteenth year, and will enter upon a new Vol
ume on the llth of September. 1t is the only
weekly publication of the kinl 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-
chanic 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 a 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 buAness-lf
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 thousand other machines and appli-
ances, both of peace and war-all these desider-
dta can be found in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
and not else,chere They are here presented IN a
reHaoe ana interesting FORM, euapteu W .he
comprehension of minds unearned in the higher
branches of science and art.
TERMS One copy, one year, 81 one copy,
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twenty copies, twelve months, SIS, in advance.
ne5- Specimen copies sent gratuitously for
inspcction. Southern or Western money, Or
postage stamps, taken for subscription.
Letters should be directed to
MUM & CO.,
30:3m l2S Fulton St, New York.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

INDIA-REPoRT OF MANA SAHIB BEING GIVEN UP
India furnishes few items of news likely to
prove of much interest to your readers, for every
thing, at the latest dates, remained tolerably
quiet. Lord Clyde Qate Sir Colin CampbelD
was gathering up his strength for final blow
and, as the last of the insurgents are now col
lected in the central districts of Dude, with
troops surrounding them on all directions, it is
pretty well matter of certainty that the old
Highlander will make a finish of the affair when
ever the period for action arrives. He has at
his command some 5000 infantry and 10000
cavalry, mostly European and as the insurgents
are not calculated to have more than l3, 900
armed men afoot anywhere in the province, the
British force may be looked upon as ample for
all emergencies. There was report that the
Begun of Dude had offered to surrender Mana
Sahib to the tender mercies of English justice
upon assurance being given of her own pardon.
If the Mana does not anticipate the hangman,
there seems every likelihood that he will soon
be in the grip of that functionary.
Cor. Bulletin.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

CLIMATE OF CALIFoRSIA.-ln an article in the
December number of Hutchings' Magazine, by
John S. Hittell, upon the climate of California,
the writer says:
I" A railroad, about one hundred and eighty
miles long, running nearly due east from Oak
land, through Stockton and Sonora, and near
the Mammoth Grove of Marposa and the Yo-
Semitic Valley to the summit of the Sierra Ne
vada, would enable the people near the line to
place themselves, every summers day, in any
tolerable degree of either heat or cold. Eigh-
teen miles west of Oakland lies the beach of the
Pacific, where a chill breeze blows without
ceasng; and, going eastward, the traveller would
gradually get into warmer cline, until in
Stockton he would find the thermometer at 100
degrees, most of the summer moons and going
still further, he would gradually rise into the al
most freezing comb of the Sierra A branch
road running southwark to Fort Yuma, would
enable the traveller to enjoy almost as great a
variety of climate, in a winters day, as could be
found in the other during summer"
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.-A case of I" love at first
sight is recorded by the London Court Circular
in story of man " who is now in st. Luke's
madhouse, and has been detained there ever
since the occurrence took place which confined
him to its walls. Lady - was so exquistely
fair, so singularly graceful that it was difficult
for the eye of man to behold her without prefer
ring her to any other of her sex. A porter was
sent from railway terminus to this lady by her
brother this man, the present occupant of St.
Luke's, got to the door in Park Lane Just as the
beauty alighted out of her carriage from an air
ing in Hyde Park. The man, who had never
seen Lady, as she was then tripping up
stairs, asked a servant for the lady to whom the
letter was directed, and was answered he might
give the letter to him for his lady On the poor
fellow S refusal, as he was ordered to deliver it
into her own hands, he was shown into her
apartment. The man being with the lady alone,
whilst she was employed reading the letter, fixed
his eyes on her intently, as if lost in thought !;
but, before she had done reading it, he Violent
ly, and with transport, flew into her arms, and
gave her numberless devouring kisses. Lady
was SO surprised that she lost the power of cry
ing OUT but in the struggle with such sudden
and strange lover, she caught hold of the string
of the bell, rung it violently, and a servant ap-
peared. From that moment the unhappy man
lost his reason, and was committed to the mad
house. 1t is due to Lady - to state the fact
that the maniac lover is frequently visited and
wholly supported by her"
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
FOR RENT.

4s THE LIGHT AND COMMODIOUS
Esmil Fire Proof Brick Store, next door to
Ill Stevenson & Co., and now occupied by
Hoffman as a family grocery, is offered for rent
on reasonable terms. For particulars enquire of
DIR. RoETHE,
City Drug Store, Main st.
Shasta, Dec. II, 1857. decl2tf
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18


"WLL He Shoot PA rich joke whereof we
have been advised, transpired in the vicinity of
Tehama last Sunday. 1t seems that DOCTOR a
merchant and an editor, all three good friends
and somewhat on the sport, were banterng
each other on being good Shots when to end
the dispute, the editor proposed to the merchant
that he would stand off at a distance of a hun
dred yards from him and let him shoot at him
ten times with an eight inch Colts revolver
provided he would give him ten dollars every
time he missed him, and he would give him ten
every time he hit him. The merchant accepting
the wager they Immediately started for the
ground. The doctor, with gravity becoming
the occasion, proceeded to mark the distance,
with the living target by his side. They had
gone but seventy yards when the to-be-shot-at
thinking, for the first time, of the serious con-
sequences that might ensue if the merchant
good shot, slackened his pace and furtively
looking over his shoulder saw the latter slowly
raising his % shooting iron" and preparing to
take a dead aim. Our friend of the quill felt
uneasy-we may at once say-weakened, and
broke out with,
''Doc., do you think he'll shoot ?"
Shoot? you bet he'll shootlh
At this rejoinder, our editor thinking the place
unhealthy and totally ignoring the existence of
the ten dollars, paced out, rather hurriedly the
hundred yards and kept going; when last
heard from he was in the vicinity of Chico max
ing excellent time towards the Bay.-7ehama
Gazette.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

SEVERAL DANIELS SITTING IN JUDGMENT.-A
committee of editors of the Boston Courier make
the following report of the merits of California
wine
The undersigned, a committee appointed to
consider and report upon a bottle of sparkling
California wine, have at ded to the duty de-
volved upon them, and beg leave to report as
follows: The wine in question is of delicate
straw color, pellucid as crystal and with a fine
bouqnet. The undersigned would hesitate to
pronounce it equal to the finest chambagnes of
France, but would say that it was inferior only
to them. 1t resembles somewhat the sparkling
Hook and sparkling Moselle. There seems to be
two distinct elements blended in it one the
saccharine principle common to all sweet wines,
and the other the fruity, peculiar flavor of the
Rhensh wines. Perhaps most paates would
think the saccharine element little too strong.
1t is of generous body, and ascending nimbly
to the brain. The undersigned are fully aware
of the deep interest with which humanity is
watching the great experiment of wine growing
on the coast of the Pacific, an experiment which,
from the evidence before them, they pronounce
completely successful but, being deeply i'm
pressed with the weight of responsibility laid
upon them, they would say, in conclusion, that
the matter deserves further considerations and
beg leave to sit again whenever they shall be
furnished with the means of once more laying
the subject upon the table.
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18
JUST RECEIVED.

A LARGE AND EXTENSIVE ASSoRT-
4 ment of very fine white and blue
BILL HEAD AND WAY-BIrJ. PAPER
We are now prepared to do this style of print
ing in neat and expeditions manner. and a
San Francisco Prices,
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

Bas- The reelection of the Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas to the U. S. Senate, is another piece of
important and interesting information The
conflict in Illinois was the great hinge upon
which the door of politics swung. 1t was the
Rubicon of the two contending political parties
of the country, Democracy and Republicanism,
and it is with heartfelt satisfaction that we re-
cord its triumphant passage by the Democratic
hosts, and the confusion of the Republican fac
ton. Our views on this interesting subject have
been so often and so emphatically expressed,
that we feel it unnecessary at this time to more
than allude to the glorious triumph obtained by
the Democracy.-S. f. Herald
The Shasta courier., 1858-12-18

PARLoR PAsrIME.-Procure aflean oil flask,
and fill it about three parts with water; now
drop in half drachm (one-sixteenth of an
ounce) of phosphorus then hang up the bottle
in such manner that you can place lighted
lamp under it. As soon as the water is warm,
streams of fire will dart from the bottom of the
water, resembling sky-rockets some particles
will adhere to the side ofthe glass, representing
stars, and will display brilliant rays. These
appearances will continue till the water begins
to simmer, when Immediately beautiful auro-
ra borealis begins, and gradually ascends till
it collects to pointed flame: then blow ont the
lamp, and the point formed will rush down
forming beautiful clouds of fire, rolling over
each other for some time, and, as these dsan-
pear, beautiful hemisphere of stars presents
itself. After waiting minute or two. light the
lamp again, and the same will be repeated. The
stars may be increased by alternately lighting
and blowing out the lamp several times consec.
utlvely The liquid in the flask will allow o.
several repetitons ofthe experiment.