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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

COOLIES IN ClBA AND THE NITED STATES
y correspondent of the Charleston fourier,
writing from Havana, SpecuateS largely upon
the position and prospects Of the Island Of Gu
la, and expresses the opinion that the intro
duction Of Coolies has been bad policy
He says: Coolies are shrewd and ihtelli-
gent, and all are instructed from youth in rus
cality. Those who come here arc the worst
Of the race They are principally pirates and
thieves, who come away from their homes to
escape punishment for crimes they have com
mittcd there There have been over thirty
thousand Of them landed here one third at
least have died; but the importation is still
going ON, and unless there is stop put to it
which understand is about to be-bcfore
many years these people will lexercisc strong
influence in the Island. Hitherto no women
have been imported, and in the natural course
OF events, crossed race will spring up Of a
material not well calculated to possess virtue
II is true that all the impOrtations now are
under agreement, to be sent away at the expi-
ration Of the term of bondagc-which is eight
ycars-unlcSS then permitted to remain
Many depart, but others will remain, either
on account Of social relations or other causes
Coolic women will be introduced soon. a
cargo is now on the way, am told. The
terms with these Coolies are for an apprcn-
ticcship of eight years at four dollars month";
a certain kind Of food, and fixed amount Of
clothing to be given them. They work very
well, but cannot endure heavy labor so we'll
as the negro" The same writer believes
that II Cuba were Immediately transferred to
the United States, we would not he able to es-
taOllShas good government as it now enjoys,
for ten years. Many Of tho best citizens
would leave Immediately, and it would be
found exceedingly difficult to manage the re-
maindrr
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NUMBER &c.

EPTRcT or OLD Persons SLEEPNGf HffA:
YOCNG.-A habit which is considerably ifssS :
alent in almost every famiy; Is Of all6wlpk
children to sleep with older pefsOns; kag fdlnz
cd the nervous vivacity and physicist OoOrIf1s
Of many a promising child. Th6S6 h1SiuH
near old friends, whose lives they wOnldili
to pcrpetuate at tho sacrifice Of their innocent,
offspring alone should encourage this eyiI,i I,
but every parent who loves his child, and
wishes to preserve to him a sound Ref&0d3
system, with which to buffet successfully tls'
cares, sorrows, and labOrs of life; mtst see b.
it, that his nervous vitality is not absorbed ~
some diseased or aged relative.
Children, compared with adults, are elec.
trically in positive condition. The rapiCl'
changes which are going on in their bodies,
oficTat5 ard s5 0xtS57ssiv ssJ oF..;
up vital nervo-clcctricity, if their tender OF:
ganizations is absorbed, they soon pine; grow
pale, languid and dull, while their bed COM
paniOns feel corresponding invigofati6n.-
King David, the Psalmist, knew the effects of
this practice, and when he bccnmc old, got
certain young persons to sleep with him, that
his days might be heightened DIR. lIufcland,
the German Psychologist, attributes the fre-
qnent longevity Of schOOlmasters to their daily
associations with young persons.
Invalid mothers often prolong their exist
cnce by daily contact with their children
once knew woman who, by weak lungs
and mineral doctors, had been prostrated with
incnrablc consumption. Her infant occupied
the same bed with her almost constantly day
and night. The mother fingered months on
the verge Of the grave. Her demise being
hourly expected. Still she fingered on, daily
diSproyng the predictions of her medical at
tcndants. The child, meanwhile, pined with.
ont apparent disease. Its once fat little checks
fell away with singular rapidity, till every
bone on its face was visible. Finally Il had
impaired to tho mother its last spark Of vitGl-
ity, and simultaneously both died. | saw It
recently stated in paper, that man in Mas.
sachusctts had lived forty days, without cat.
ing anything, during which period he had
bced nourished by little cold water, and by
the influences absorbed by him while daily
holding the hand Of his wife.-Dr. Foot:
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

How TO MAKE MoNEY-LCt the business Of
everybody else alone; don't buy what yen
don't want; use every hour to advantage and
study to make even leisure hours useful -
think twice before you throw away q shilling
remember yOu will have another % mak6
for it; find recreation in looking over yoaF
business buy low, sell fair, and take care Of
the profits; look over your books tegtiaSly,
and If you find an error, trace Il out shoda
q stroke Of misfortune come upon you h eFaAs,
retrench, work harder, but never Ay thaNack;
confront difficulties with unflinching pllRs4a-
rance, and they will disappear at last tAeGgh
you should fail in the struggle you wat 30
honorcd; but shrink from the task, and you
will be dcspiscd "a
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

CArCrs.--The American word caucus is IN:
troduced in English politics. The Star speaks
of a "caucus Of Lord Palmcrston's friends. y
This word which Webster is at a loss to OK.
plain in his dictionary is derived from early
revolutionary history. The north part Of
Boston, which is celebrated from its anti-dem.
onStrations, was the field Of labor of the ealtk-
crs and other mercantile labOrcrs These
caukers were the most active in patriotic
movements against British oppression, and
"caulkcr's meeting" became gradually to be
called c0Wcus. The word thus derived from
revolutionary patriotism, is now adopted eteA
in the land whose tyranny gave occasion to
its origin.
Yes, this is the origin Of the word but the
pronunciation was manufactured in old VIZ.
ginia. The Virginians don't use the letter p,
hence they call it caucus.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

Coon OLD TINES" Enclr Dad Morton, -
Of Vermont. tells the following curious story
"Thcm ancestors of ours didn't do nothin'
Railways. But there's M awful falIin' of
since them times. Why, in my time, when ]
was II hoy, things went OIL more economical
than now. Veal workd. My work was to
take care of the hens and chickens, Dad is
famous for his handling of the alphahct) and
Ill tell yer how raised en-. You know Use n
thinkin', and, alas II thinkin' 'ccpt when Use
asleep. Well, it came to me one night To
raise big lo; of chickens from one hen, and
I'll tell We how | did it, took an old whisky
barrel and filled il "p with fresh eggs and then
put it on the south side of the barn, with
some horse manure around it, and then set
the old hen on the bung hole. The old crit
ter kept her sittin and in three weeks heard
a little peep. Then | put my ear to the
spigot, when the pceping growcd Ike n swarm
Of bees. didn't say anything to the folks
about the Matching. for they'd all the time
told me | was a fool, but the next morning
knocked the head out of the barrel, and COW
cred the barn floor deep, all over with little
chickens. Now, you may laugh os much as
you please, but it's true.
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Never Gossip.

q, no, never gossip. have enough to do
to take care Of my own business, without
talking about the affairs Of others, Mrs.
Smith. Why, there's Mrs. CrOckct: she
deals in scandal by the wholesale II
does seem to me HS though that wOnan's
tongue must be almost worn Out-but no.
there's no danger of that. If everybody was
like ME there wouldn't bc much trouble in the
world. q, no, never gossip. but did you
know that Miss Elliott had got a new silk
dress. Mrs. Smith, You didn't well she
has; it's real brocadc, saw it myself
do say it's shameful for her to DC so eXtrava-
CANT mean TO give her Il piece Of my mind
Mrs. Smith. You believe her uncle gave it IL
her? Well, don't care if lie did; why, its
only two months since her faLilcr faiicd, and
now, to see her dash OH in this style, it's q
burning SHINE. ] suppose she thinks she's
going to catch young lawyer StanhOpc, but
guess she'll find herself mistaken; he S goI
more sense than to bc caught by her, if she
has got new brocadc silk dress.
Aud there's that upStart drcSSlmaker, Kate
Manly setting he- cap for the doctors son
the impcrtincncc Of some people is perfectly
astonishing. don't think she's any better
than she ought to he; for my own part ncv.
or did like her, with her mild soft look, vixen
any ones around my word for it she ear
look cross enough when there aint; then she
says she's only seventeen! Goodness knows
She : as old aS my Arabclla Lucrctia, and she's
well wont say how old, but she's MORT
seventeen, and amt ashamed to say so, eth
cr; but guess DR.. Mays son will have more
discretion than tn think Of ofmarrying her.
Some folks call her handsome! Well,
don't. She amt half so good looking as my
daughter Jane. Then the way she does ul
her hair in such fly curlS and if you believe
it, Mrs. Smith, she actually had the impu
dcncc to tell me that she couldn't make hel
hair as straight as Mary James. lmpcrti
nencc! lf she'd let curling papers and curl
ing irons alone, would risk but what hcl
hair would bc as straight as anybody's.
But what do you think of the Minister'S
wife, Mrs. Smith, You like her? Well, all
! can say is, you've got very peculiar taste
Why she's proud as Lucifcr; been mar.
rcd whole week, and hasn't been to see mc
yet. You presume she hasn't had time? i
don't sec what the minister wanted to 20 out
Of town 10 get him wife for, any way; and
then, above all things, to get that girliSh look
ing thing. Why didn't he take one of hi,
parishiOncrS? There's my Arabella LucretiG
would have made him better wife than he's
got now. Then she's about the right age fol
him. She's two years older than the Minister
| should think it was n pity if ! didn't know
my own daughters age, Mrs. Smith!
some folks would mind their business, us do
Id thank them.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11
"OUR ooU1TRYAlways Wrong ourc


presents the only green spot, the only oasis in
the desert Of European rottcnnrSs, upon which
the eye of the lover of humanity may rest
with unrnitgatcd satisfaction. May she long
exhibit the refreshing image of a primitive
people in the heart Of worn-out civilization
a neutral race among the races conflicting for
the supremacy at the foot Of the Alps. De
Tended by the mighty bulwarks which God
has given her. may she long remain an open
asylum for the homeless political exiles of the
Old World RAMBLER.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

O, THE ToNGrE - The slanderSr Cf which.
ever sex is pest to any society: ThSy Is :
character made up Of combination u ttNe&
the most prominent (which are lylaog ~
biting, idleness, hatred and revaness No.
gle one, but altogether these ylces, ,ata -
in their composition, which IHaks q II
miserable as they strive to make a & q
Tdleness is burdensome, envy inss u
madness, and through alyani.
sought. This Is but Athg ple1 l0i;1.llIIs
cutcd Of community . greatest 4 s...ss 1l.'.s
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

PARTY VIOLENCE AxD MALmNITY.-ThcS st.
Louis Rtpwbiic0n, in speaking of the speecltcS
which the notorious Frank Blair is now liza
king in St. Louis, says Of him:
Mr.. Blair's i'll temper and bad manners
sIick tq him ~ ti.4shts.,sac, ic he vii rar.l=.
us for so hOmcly an illustration, when applied
TO so aristocratic n gentleman.
at the Carr Place he was content to have
Mr.. buchanan hang'd, but on this occasion
nc would he content hmr him broOgM Mth,
bIork dnd bchcmI,d as Chori,s ! ot Englon'l
,c0S
The noble aud patriotic old statesman who
is the object Of Mr. Hlair'S fierce nalc'lictollS
and sanguinary wishes will hardly rcprcSS Il
smile If he ever hears Of the dreadful fate that
the St. Louis representative has in store for
him. One hardly knows which to be more
astOniShcdat, the cpucrlc malignancy displayed
10y Blair or the great iooishncSS which could
give it uttcrAnrc. Nevertheless, such infa
NOUS violence Of sentiment, such atrOciOus
language in relation to the american PrcSi
dent, cannot hc too strongly condemned. II
Is calculated to give our contests that extreme
aScerbity and bitterness which will make the
deadly poison, the aSsaSsinS knife and the piS
tOl escorted to by fanatics to achieve the ends
of the party, who Imagine in 50 doing they
sustain the public good.
The crazy man who came near assassinating
General jackson with pistol, near the close
of his Presidential term, had been listening to
the absurlly violent and furious harrangucs
! against Gen. Jackson wherein he was styled
all "usurpcr and tyiant, until the dcmcn.
ted man formed the dark dcSi ign of removing
the "tyrant from the world by assassination
There are many who c0nscicntOuSy believe
that the celebrated National Hotel disease al
Washington, which c;unc hear proving fatal
to Mr.. buchanan, Just previous to his inau.
guration, and Which did kill 50 many diStin.
guiShcd persons, was caused by poison dclib.
cratcly administered, with the intention of kill
ing the President, aud that political dcpravity
was at the bottom Of it. 1t is the worst pos
siblc omen in American politics when such
horrible SuspicionSarc entertained. Mr.. Blaii
when he talks about hanging or bchcading the
President because he does not like his politics
places himself outside the pale Of public dc
ccncy, and is worthy Of the scorn all hon.
orablc men, CinrinnaH EnI"i,rr
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GALLANrRr.--Thc is not half the gallant
ry in manners there used to be some fifty
years ago. Now, gentleman only lifts his
hat to lady-thcn, the hat was entirely re-
moved from the head, and the gentleman
stood before the lady upeorerod.- Now, Il Q
gentleman takes smack from her ruby lips
and hardly looks red in the face. Then he,
struggled for the SMACK" aud never drew a
long breath for half an hour after. Then, he
kneclcd gracefully to tic up her loose shoe
strings. Now, she puts her foot into his lap,
and he ties the string, with gapc and re-
leases the foot without any ecstacy, or even II
tight squeeze. We are growing barbarous !!
LOVE OF IIrE.--With the exception Of a
few rcprobatcS and free thinkers, everybody
wishes to go to Heaven; but the most cnthu-
siaStic of us ALL, if he hnd the choice, would
consent to 90 there as late as possible. This
pervcrsc disposition to extend life beyond
that period in which the faculties begin to de-
cay, like that of children, who having eaten
the apple, apply themselves voraciouSly to
dcvour the paringS, is anything but rational; {;
yet so it is. we cling with closer c9rncStness to
the rickrty tenement as its, dilapilation in
crcaScs; and We aEe,- never SO anxious for u
renewal of the lease rs at the very moment
when the cdilicc is crunblinS about our cars.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

BEGINXIXG TILE WoRLp.-Many an unwisS
parent labors hard and lives sparingly a hiS
life, for the purpose Of leaving enough t6Gi1V
his children start in the world, as It Il called,
Setting young man aAoat with money len
him by his relatives, is like tying bladdoS4
under the arms Of one who cannot swim: ten
chances to one he will lose his bladders aud
go to the bottom. Teach him to swim, and
he will never need the bladders Give your
child sound education, and you have dons
enough for him. Sec to it that his mOgAh
arc pure, his mind cultivated, and hS whOas
nature made subscrvient to tho lEws which
govern men, and you have given whSt win b.
Of more value than tho wealth of Civ Indies.
To be thrown upon ones resources; is 10 b
cast into the very lap of fortune, for our lac-
ultics then undergo a development, and die
play an energy, Of which they were previous
ly insusccptiblc.
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Square nlilCs.

GIRIs.-There are two kinds of girls; one
is the kind that appears the best abroad, the
girls that arc good for parties, rides, visits,
balls, etc, and whose chief delight is in such
things; the other is the kind that appears best
at home, the girls that are useful aud cheerful
in the dining room, the Sick.rooni, and all the
precincts of home. They differ widely in
character. Ono is often torment at home {;
the other is blessing. One is q moth, con.
suming everything about her, the other Is q
sunbeam, inspiring life and gladness all along
her pathway. Now, it does not necessarily
follow that there shall be two classes of girls.
The right education will modify both little
and unite their characters in one.
@SSSS-
IN indiscreet person is like an unscaled let
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The Western Territories.

\ comparative statement of the area of the
present States, with the Territories destined
to be States, exhibits the interesting fact that
the area of the former in square miles is but
little less than that Of the latter. The superb
cial area of the Territories, organized and un-
organized, is rs follows:
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

TmE LOWER CL,SsES.--Who are they? -
The toiling millions, the lahoring man and
laboring woman, the farmer, the mcclan-
il, the artizan, the inventor, the producer -
Far from it. These are natures nobility. -
No matter il they are high or low in station,
rich or poor in pclf, conspicuous or humble
in position, they arc surely upper circles in
the order of nature, whatever the fictitious
distinctions of society, fashionable or uniash-
iOnablc, decree. 1t is not low, it is the high
est duty, privilege and pleasure for the great
man and high-soulcd woman to earn what
they possess, to work their own way through
life, to bc the architects ofthcir own fortunes.
Some may rank the classes we have alluded
to as only relatively low, and III fact the mid
ding classes. We insist they arc the very
highest. If there be class of beings on
earth who may be properly dcnominatcl low,
it is that class who spend without earning,
who consume without producing, who diSsi-
pate on the earnings Of their fathers or rcla-
tivcs, without being anythingin and Of them
selves.
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SHORT SEKMoXs.-It was well answered by
Archbishop Tillotson, when King William III.
complained of the shortnesS of his sermon,
Sire, said the Archbishop, "cuuld have
bestowed more time upon it. IL would not hNve
been 80 lun.e"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-11

One Of the best things to resist fatigue widv.
is music. Girls who "could not walk q ne
to save their lives" will dance, in cOmpuy
with a knock-kneed clarionet and supeFandaesd
fiddle, from tea time till sunrise; while "a.
dicr, grown weary with quietnesA win 10
sooner hear a bugle give iOtirlsh than he
will give one himself
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THE MASK OF GOLD.
ny SPENCER W. CONE.


They told me I'd he happy when became his bride;
MED.
said did not love him they answered to my tears
That Love was Fancys shadOwbut frendshp grew with
years.
Traitor to all that's holy, listened to my pride,
And he who loved poor wretch, = broken reed hath
died.
St'~d before the altar /; did not dare tn think;
FOr many eyes we're OH sllOud inc shrink
Ana when the rite was ended my father kissed hrs
ANA told me ~dA happy Then had my full heart burst
iut lie who cursed the liar congealed IL IN its pain,
Ana when its chords were nearest rent, lie fr0Ee them stiff
again.
Now many months have passed me- each slower seems
crecP-
Ny husband still speaks kindly he asks me why weep?
Oh' Pfy'ng HeHven-mercy! Thou did'st hear the
cry,
Nor spurned the bitter anguish Of one more fail than
On from this hourly trial and of faisehood save
AMI give to my despair, at least, quiet and grave.
But M'y-thcy still are round me- they who for pary
Rold
7" worse than shame sorrow my woman's weakness
sold.
They bow before the idol thus moulded 70 their will
For ~ my lordly table each may gorge his fill;
For This they sold my folly, Int Imy NOHt for prIc
For We wer" poor, and hc rch-and, 10. am his
BRIDE
The Jcwclcd gauls that bought have adders In their
glare;
My nights hcls Of mcmOry-my days one great despair
For IN my ear still whispers the mockery Of the dead
and we'd
i"t--yrt still am living-if II he human life
10 live IN thought murderess-tO live indeed-a wife
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A gentleman looking over the catalogue of
professional gentlemen at the bar, with his
pencil wrote against the name of one who was
Of the buStling order: :" Has been accused Of
possessing talents" Another seeing it, i'm.
mcdately wrote under, "IIas been tried and
acquitted"
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MRs. PARrlNGToN. N.-.SASz- In
ton, "When n woman has onos
congealing heart, and one t14e
sible to her own, she wIlll hssGt
the maritime State - ). is.-.ss ~ Inn
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SQUARE MILES.
Total,
l,l3S,O0O

To these Dacotah is to be added, of the cx.
tent Of which We have seen no estimate.
The superficial area of the present States is
as follows:
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IIOWI.AXD'S PATENT

ROTARY QUARTZ MILLS, which have now been
t"r"ughl! tested in many lcatirs, and hli'Nd tn
offer many adv autagcn over all! other Mil u>r.
We also manufacture q uurIE MIIl Machine
~ "f amy Other description required saw and
eIoMr :uill Machinery; steam Engines,
FORCE r. MI'S, &c.
Quartz Mimrs caH hc supplied at short notice with
SCREENS or ANY DEGREE Of fINENESS, made
from the Best Russia Iron and in the pei man
We have facilities for furnishing this article ~
any cNtcnt whirh may bc required.
Orders respectfully solicited fnr any Of the aOvc
other articles in line. 1t is design To turn
cut the beat work, r which have facilities least
I"h inferior 10 those Of other establishment the
Pacific coast, and at the must reasonable prices.
GODDARD, HANStOM y RNNkIN,
Late GUDpAEp X Go.
San Francisco, August 1th, ISIS. IGnl
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JOR PRINTING.


The AOrNTMS DENucRAT Book and Job Printing 1fIce
10 the sOs complete establishment Of the kind In the
and always supplied wth the hest material to e had In
lhe Nate Consequently enabled to print BoOk.
PamphetS Posers, Iandbis ball Tickets. Programmes,
CeFaeaaeS Of Stock Deposle, Checks. I'LL Heads. R"
eepts Cards. &C. In the bes style Of the art and ut the
fnsSt reasonable prices. P)R CASH.
q LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS printed to or Ter,
with noaanea and diepaIch.
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TePms,-Invariably in Adv.ur.
Advertising.

0Ne square, lOlines, 6rst insertion teach sub,c1u~n
AteElos, o. So Business Cards VI ten neI less,
year, etS (; three months, eIO
MbeFAl discount UN be made the above rates. E,F
Si yearly aud quarterly advertisements which exceed
tNaaFR.
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DIR. II. w. 4. WORT1lEN.
FFlCE At the PAcervIe Drug Store, few doors below
" the Theatre, Main street. 1871
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An indiscreet person is like an unsealed let.
ter which everybody can pcrusc.
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Bob. RANKHNS,

PhysICIAn aud Surgeon.
-APFICE-On Sacramento street, near /" Rankin FIX
" change" I9.3l