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I AIDES CORSETTS.-A very large assort-
i 4 mcmi of French and American Cor>ctts, white
and cuurcd: also. new style Corsctt. something
very desirable. Call and examine. at
ian Is ASHBI & WOODS.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

HIRED HELP IN SAN FRANcIsco.-A cores
pondent of the Bulletin has the following:
To give you idea of the ordeal necessary
In order to obtain n servant, just fancy lady
entering one of the intelligence offices, where
are seated some fifteen or twenty girls, who
wink and eer criticise her dress and general
appearance, while she is speaking to the office
Keeper girl is called, and before the lady
has time to explain what she wants, Miss Brid-
get begins her examination " How many have
you IN the ttmily2 How many meals day :?
any scrnbbng to be done ? Must l wait on
!aoie Can go out all day Sunday, every even
ing IN the week, and one day in the middle of
.ne week. Can have room, nicely furnished,
To To myself, and what evening l receive p +"
1s, insse, Mr.. Editor, are the questions actually
"duresSed to a lady of my acquaintance; and
! when she stated that the highest WAGES offered
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

A CHINESE HELL.-A correspondent of the
Baltimore American thus describes representa-
ton of the punishment of the wicked, after
death, according to the Buddhist theology, which
he witnessed in the suburbs of Canton:
After walk of about mile, we came to
the Temple of Horrors. This is horrible place
that is, the scenes are hideous. The intention
is to represent what bad man would suffer af-
ter death. 1t is composed of ten different groups
Of statuary, made of clay and many of them are
crumbling to pieces. The first represents the
trial of the mamie is surrounded by his fami-
ly and friends, who are trying to defend him ;
the second, where he is condemned and given
over to the executioner; in the third he is un-
dergoing semi Reconsideration from the man to
the brute the fourth, where he is put into mill
with his head downwards, and is being ground
up-his dog is by the side of the mill licking up
his blood in the fifth scene he is being placed
between two boards, and is being sawed down
lengthwisei sixth, he is under a large bell,
which Is rung until the conclusion kills him ;
seventh, the man is placed above table, and
two men are padding or spanking him with
large wooden paddles; eighth, he is upon rack,
and the executioners are tearing his flesh with
red-hot pincers; ninth. he is in a cauldron of
boiling lead; the tenth scene represents him up
on grdiron, undergoing the process of roast
ing. In all these scenes his family are present;
also a large figure which represents the Judge,
executioners, little devils, and various instru-
ments of torture"
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

TAxEs.-Nobody grumbles more about paying
their taxes than those who can best afford to
pay them; and as a general thing, they are
never assessed half so Justly and fairly as their
poorer neighbors. A nice scene came off few
months ago, in the Office of Receiver of Taxes,
in New York City, which is illustrative of this
fact, and which we copy from exchange:
Time, about IL A. NJ. Enter Mr.. T. looking
very much like an injured man. Stepping up
to one of the clerks -
Sir, wish my tax bill altered, as it is out
rageous, the way you have put it on this year.
Clerk looking at the billy, do not see that
1t is out of the way. Would you like to sell it
at the price named in the bil2
Mr.. T.-No, sir II think I would not sell
for that
Clerk-Wil you sell if add twenty i've hun
dred dollars to it?
Mr.. T.-Gndgnant) No, sir l did not
come here to sell my property.
Clerk (winking at some of the by-standers).
Mr.. T., will you be kind enough to tell me the
time of day?
Mr.. T--Taking out a large gold watch, tells
him the time of day.
Clerk.-Mr T., that is magnificent watch of
yours. If tits not impertinent, what did you
pay for it?
Mr.. T.-(proudly). That, sir, cost me two
hundred and fifty dolarsl
Clerk.-Ah, indeed (running bis finger over
the tax billy. Mr.. T., do not see that on your
tax hill. l will just put that on.
The roar which succeeded may be imagined
Mr.. I. making a straight line for the door.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25
,oTcH PARsoy's SERMON ON "Mo

4 SCOTCH PARSONS SERMON ON "MoDERATIoN.'
A Scotch parson once preached long sermon
against dram-drinking, q. vice prevalent-in his
parish, and from which, report said, he was not
free himslf:
q" Whatever We do, my brethren, do 1t with
moderation, and above all be moderate in dram
drinking When ye get up, indeed, ye may
take dram, and anither just before breakfast,
and perhaps anither after; but dinna be always
dram drinking. lfye are out in the morn, ye
may just brace yourself up with anither dram,
and perhaps take anither before luncheon, and
some, learn, take one after, which is not very
blameable, but dinna be always dram drinking
away. Naebody can scruple for one just before
dinner. and when the dessert is brought in, and
after it's taen away; and perhaps one, and it
may be twa, in the course of the afternoon, just
to keep ye from browsing and snoozing but
dnna be always dram drinking. Afore tea and
after tea, and between tea and supper, it is no
more than right and good, but let me caution
ye, brethren, not to be always dram drinking
Just when ye start for bed, and when We are
ready to pop in tot to take dram or twa is no
more than Christian may lawfully do; but,
brethren, let me caution We not to drink more
than have mentioned, or may be ye may pass
the bounds of moderation"
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25
Kequisite. for worldIy Success.

To win the prize in the worlds great race
A man should have brazen face;
An iron arm to give stroke,
And heart as sturdy as the oak !,
Eyes like a cat, good in the dark,
And teeth as piercing as shark;
Ears to hear the gentlest sound,
Like moles that burrow in the ground;
A mouth as close as patent locks,
And stomach stronger than an OK
His tongue should be razor-blade;
His conscience India-rubber made;
His blood as cold as polar ice;
His hand as graspipg as vice;
His shoulders should be adequate
To bear a couple thousand weight;
His legs like pillars, firm and strong;
To move this great machine along;
With supple knees to cringe and crawl,
And cloven feet placed under. all.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

Cool IMPUDENcE.-" Will you oblige me with
light, sir ?"
Certainly, with the greatest pleasure" says
the stranger, knocking off the ashes with his
little finger, and presenting the red end OF his
segar with graceful bow.
Smith commences fumblng in his coat pock-
et takes out his handkerchief, shakes it, feels in
his vest with desperate energy, looks blank.
"Well, do declare, haven't got one, true as
the world. Have you another you could sparet
Certainly" says the stranger, with smile
" and beg you will accept it"
There is puff, putting till the cigar ignites
when they separate with suave bow and wave
of the hand. Smith chucks his friend, who was
near splitting with laughter, under the ribs
with
"There didn't tell you l would get it ?
That's the way to get along in this world. Moth
ing like cool, polite impudence." We thought Sc
/
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25
i o N . O N
CLUB HOUSE GIN.
TO THE PUBLIC.

THI S CELEBRATED GIN-pretending to
i nothing but what it is, viz: pure and un-
adulterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not, as some of its rival im-
tators do--after FIVE years of public approval
and very extensive sales in California, has been
pronounced by the public to be superior, not on
ly as a beverage of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it, but is
Unrival1ed in its Medical Efficiency
in most cases of complaint. To persons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West, North to South who are constantly chang
ing their water as well rs their climate who are
drinking, indeed, dozen kinds of water in eY-
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonism
to the preceding one thereby causing an unnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use a
counteracting agent From the fact that the
"London Club House Gin"
is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies,
and to act as we know it will act, as an anti
dote, we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article in the country. The name of Aromatic
Scheidam Schnapps' has never been attached
in any way to this article. In first presenting
the
"London Club House Gin"
to the public, my aim was to give them pure
and unadulterated article of Gin, and to call it
by its right name. The success attending its
introduction and extensive sale in California is
sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
of the article by consumers.
Various parties have from time to time put up
and shipped TO California article which they
call ''Club House Gin" Ny Gin, which has
gained such reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases,
The bottles also have white label with fac
smile of my signature. caution all parties to
beware of Limitations. WIN. II. DAILY,
f5:tfis Sole Importer, New York.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

gaE~ Old Squire j, of Addison county,
Va. was famous for bringing to marketa better
article of cheese than any of his agricultural
neighbors, which occasioned merchant to in
quire how it happened. :" | think can tell you
the secret of it, said the Squire. You may
have noticed that when the milk stands while
in the pans, there is thick kind of yellor scum
that rises on the top of it. Now some women
are so dreadful neat that they skim all this Oft,
but my wife aint so particular, but stirs 1t all
in together, and readily think the cheese Is
all the better for it,"
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

hP Mr. Emerson delivered lecture in Bos-
ton on " Originality on Wednesday evening
The Transcript condenses it into this small COM
pass:
Scholars suck the life out of old books
every soul has conduits leading from other souls
great authors but enunciate truths which pre-
ceding authors have preceiyed and often en-
bodied in speech. Yet it is not true that ltera-
ture is altogether quotation. When an author
seizes truth, not too potential for his mastery
it is as much his as though he was the sole and
only person who had ever recognized it,
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

A COMFORT TO BALD HEADs.-Look around
you, before you Well, what do you see? No
thing but bald men, who have all the power, all
the weight, all the privilege and influence. All
the great bankers are bald, all the diplomatists
all the chief editors, all the managers of thea
tiers, all the principal officers of the army, all
the senator's all the deputies, all the council
lors of State, all the magistrates, even the lead
ers of orchestrasl The most elegant men of
Paris are bald the writers of successful vaude
villes are all bald; the porters that let you in
and out at great doors are all bald the Profess
sors are all bald. Where is la 'unneSse, if yon
look for rank, influence or power? mol A man
with hair on his head is toy--a mere play
thing with oft-repeated big name. Extremes
touch; the first and second childhood are equal
ly out of date, equally decrepit. Badness is
becoming stealthily the sign of power, for every
man who thinks hard in these days, thinks off
his hair. Hail to the bald-head- -ocracy.-Iaris
Letter.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25
KITTREDGE g. FRASER.

M ItIOOI q L IlI1DE0,
DRoPRIETORS OF THE PHOENIX IRON
i Works, San Francisco, desire TO call your
particular attention to the fact that they are ex
tensively and successfully engaged in manufac-
turing FIRE-PROOF DOORS and SHUTTERS.
BANK VAULTS, PRISON CELLS, &C., &C.,
at Greatly Reduced Prices.
Our practical knowledge of the business has
been rendered complete BY ten years experience
San Francisco.
lOur best reference is our Work, which can be
en- nearly every city and town in this State
nd Oregon. Particular attention paid to or
ers from the country.
A large assortment of second hand Doors and
Shutters constantly on hand, and for sale at very
low rates.
172 Battery street, near Pacific, San Francisco.
apl66m
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

TIE FArAL YEAR.-Sardinia, the moving {
immediate cause of the European war, has ha
nine kings. The average duration of the reigs
of these nine sovereigns has been eleven wears
Eleven seems to be a fatal number of the king
OF Sardinia. Victor Emanuel, the present kinl
of Sardinia, mounted the throne in ls49, and has
nearly filed the fatal average number of wears
which seems to be allotted to the kings of Sar,
diuia. 1t remains to be seen," says the iournai
from which we learn the above, 4" whether tha,
fatality which has attended the house of Savoy
will accompany him.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

A YANKEE AHEAD,-Earey, the great horse
tanner, has made a fortune on the Continent, and
is going back to Britain to make another. At
last accounts be was in st. Petersburg, and has
exhibited, with great eclat, before the Emperor
snd his brothers. A horse that had just killed
his groom, and kicked everything in the shape
OF stalls to pieces, was, after day or two tame
enough to obey Rarey's voice at the whole ex-
tent OF large riding school. An entirely wild
horse from the steppes of Tariary had been op-
Grated upon with like success. tits understood
that he has accepted an engagement from tad
British War Office to train for the English cav
airy.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

The glories of the setting sun
Along the blushing west are strewn,
As twilight's veil draws slowly on,
This lingering eve of middle June.
And pensively watch his rays
Beneath the mountain bulwark dive,
Whose earliest morning beam shall trace
The opening path of TWENTY-FIVE.
As sinks the sun in utter night,
Sinks down the close of Twenty -four
The morn shall greet undimmed his light,
But oh those years return no more.
The past, in dark oblivion furled,
Its promise never may revive;
Another life, another world,
Dawns with the dawn of TWENTY-FIVE.
Oh, scenes of youth my childhood daysl
How soon, how wholly have We fed
To leave behind thee but the trace
OF joyous hopes forever dead
To leave my heart in agony,
With saddest memories to strive!
Oh, Lethe hast no draught for me
To drink health to TwENrY-FIvE,-
One drop where may deeply drown
The memories of that better part,
When childhoods God in love smiled down
Upon pure and trusting heart?
When flowers were round my pathway strewn
As clustering bees around the hive
And like land afar, unknown,
But glorious still, shone TwENTY-FIvE?-
When life was full of peace and love,
And men like gods as great and wise
And woman something earth above,
Some gift seraphic from the skies
Oh, strange that mid earth's sordd thralls
Such true and stainless faith should thrive
More strange, alas the light that falls
Upon the heart Of TwENTY-FIvE,-
The light that shows how weak and vile
Mans course along this vale of sin
How often loves angelic smile
Wells thin the fostering corpse within.
Of all the buds that wreathed the cup
OF generous youth, doth none survive,
All one wide temb hath swallowed up,
And on its urn writes TWENTY-FIVE"
Eight years, on Ophirs restless stream,
With toll I've trimmed my laboring bark
Where years to ages heightened SEEM
And days their separate sorrows mark.
In youths proud flush left the shore
Adown the sweeping tide to drive
Baffled and lost quit the oar,
Care-worn and old at TWENTY-FIVE.
Oh, earth, thy mocking shadows past!
Like yon fair sun | veil my eye
With nothing left but this at last:
To turn me to the wall and die.
Then hasten Death the welcome end
No tear shall fall when you arrive
The dearest trust, the kindest friend,
The only hope of TWENTY-FIVE.
Equine City, June, 1859.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

CAMELs.-The Mobile Tribune notices the ar
rival in that city of twenty-one eamels from
Texas Eight of them have been engaged, and
the balance are for sale for plantation use. 1t
is said one of them can easily carry two bales of
cotton on its back, at the rate of 25 miles day,
over a road which would be impossible to an
empty wagon drawn by pair of mules. The
cost of keeping them is very little, and in endu-
rance, under labor and privation, no animal can
excel them They are also gentle in disposition.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

GEN HoUsToS-A private Iatte- .,,
this city, says. the San Francisco r. ~
tnat Gen Sam Houston, having located hin, ,ss,s
on MS farm near Galveston Bay. will beneefr,h
hfe IN retirement from public life. but NAV ,ata
southern overland trip into California y aae nc
now matters look on the Pacific side of ~ =
continent He would be welcome guest here
ana oe greeted with public reception. Houston
IS now an old, though not decrepid man.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

The TIoISo.-A name which is in every ones
mouth should be correctly pronounced. The
letters of the Italian language do not all have
the same sounds which they do in English The
pronunciation Of this name is Tsecdeeao
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25
Special Notices,
xouxc MENs,LlRRARY Asoc1A-

y YOUNG MEMS NAN
tiou. This Association will meet on Thursday
evening of each week, at s o'clock, for the
transaction of general business. Rooms-in
Tomlinsons Building over Wells, Fargo & Co.
open to members at all hours.
l. N. BRICELAND, President
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

A BIGoT.-The celebrated John Foster thus
very graphically describes bigot:
+" He sees religion, not as sphere, but line,
and it is line in which he is moving. He is
like an African baffalo-sees right forward, but
nothing on the right or left He would not per-
ceiye legion of angels or devils at the distance
oil ten yards on the one side or the other"
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25
OAK BOTTOM HOUSE.
On the road leading from Shasta to
French Gulch, Weaver and Yreka.

E#iiil THE UNDERSIGNED ID having leased this
a.--l..A ILL WELL known stand from VIM. G. Havens,
would respectfully inform his friends and the
travelling public that he will spare no pains or
expense to make his guests comfortable. To-
gether with the house is large and commodlous
Ball Room, also large Barn and Corral, which
will always be filled with
Hay and Barley Mt lowest Market price,
N. B-Teamsters will find it to their adyan-
tage to give it a call VIM. L. CROPPER.
Oak Bottom, April l6, 1859. ap23;6m
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-25

FRENCH GULCH LODGE, NO. rs, me ct
every Saturday Evening VIM. B. Stoddardt,
N. G.; Vim. Watson, Secretary.