The Shasta courier., 1860-12-08
An Indian Legend.

cry toI- ago Tue luGtttDu EHFS. ana long
after the Crow bad made all things there lived
among the uydabs a great Chief, whose stom-
ach was full Of rats tcoot-seeu.1 These veruin
came out Of ni mouth to feed whenever he went
20 sleep but when the poor fellow showed
signs Of waking gp, bacl, trOttcd the rats, ana
ia.d do|uagtin aU snug i'm his stomach. While
-he rats were out feeling, the Indians would
Fry am catch them but they were too nimble
20 be thus trapped. An Indian once cut off the
head of enc Of the rats; when 10 and behold,
the head aud body both ran twu The Chiefs
mouth, aud the next day came out fastened to-
gether again and looking rs wcll as ever. At
last the Indians thought they Lai endured the
nuisance long enough. so they called council
of the nejghboriuE triues and ali tue medicine
men and the chiefs came and they soon fixed
up plan TO get rj of the ygrmiu One night
when the Chief was asleep one Of bis relatives
laid bits Of salmon al around The floor Pretty
soon up came the rats, smelling tle dried f 81,
and when they had All 90. out, the Chiefs
mouth was covered and he was carried to Il
canoe and padded oil to q lieh rock that stool
IN the middle Of tae sea-
The rats attempted to follow their friend lut
wege drowned n the attempt The chief after
the loss Of his pets, Ieil sick, and aaalI, threw
himself off tda high r9ek and was d3ownej The
IlYaahs, whenever anything goes wrong blame
Hs spiri, for it. Idey say chat the way their
toreatAevs acted toward him BIAS proved a curse
80 tbe whole race. The tribes which were for
meriEal one, first split some went owe wayaud
some auotaer theu sickness came upon them
and. what is still more remarkable. accidents
commenced 10 happeu aud kil. of thcir friends
Before the death OF tae chief aui tile rats, uci-
tar- lz-. -ifta nor sickness were known among
-hem. But the crowuing point of thcir wretch
aduess "as the first appearance Of the whites
with taelr ire-watar iH their midst. Since that
time they have been gradually decreasing in
numbers and the old Indians say il all comes
from the bad treatment the chief 5.th the BELLY
full Of rats sustained long year. ago.
lhcHyrY AND WAeHs-WLou steam power
first began to superce4e L3uj Labor the fore
oodinss of The working men of England were
awful and tAey tougN.agaust tle Introduction
Of machinery with tac a1d1g of men f-atjag to
maintain their footh4ld upon tie earth. In the
last number Of the London Quarterly Esris,r IS
au article which shows how short-siebted and
uuiounded were those apprehensious. ana which
conciuirely proves tbat band In hand with the
progress Of machinery has been the advance
also 10 the laO0rer's compensation. The writer
directs attention to the great manufacturing
districts of England, aud shows tie continually
increasing rate OF compensation which has been
going on for many years, and which las now
brought up the rate Of lhe operators wages uu-
=
professional men and tr1dcsme1 throughout the
Empire. lt is me toned I'M the same article
that a great increase IS ut present going on in
tao manufacturing capacity Of England. New
factories are going mp i4 every direction. and
twenty thousand operatives are now wanted In
-Ae factories Of Lancashire
EUaorEz Naws-Datos from Europe 10 the
-oth November
Victor Emanuel las formally accepted the
throne OF Naples. he entered Naples in COM
pany with Gar.haI5L
Garbaldi has resigned lhe Dictetorshir and
gone 20 his island home
There were great rejaicings over the dissoiu-
hon OF tae Pcpe's army. He wi.l have no troops
ieit save simple guard Of 5000 men.
re- The drummer boy Of the Milwaukee
Light Guard was on board The ill- fated steamer
Lady Egn and was saved by his drum. he
had presence of mind enough to wbittle plug
and close tie air vent. tter, Iaslirg lhe drum to
bis shoulders, BE- rasted himselfto the waves.
The drum supported him and four others who
seized hold OF it; but these. cue after another.
dropped OF TIE drum carried the boy nearly
10 shcre when bv some means Tie head was
knocked 10, aud It hlled With water The boy
S1anionci it, aud sei1ins @ fragment Of the
wreck succeeded 10 reaching the shore. The
to The boy whose life i bad saved
rs The drst symptoms ofloye in tie wisest
of tie worlds philosophers were certainly very
remarkable. " Leaning, savs Socrates. nv
shoulder 10 her shoulder. and my head 10 hers
as we were reading together ia boob-I felt ID
is q iact-a sudden sting ia my shoulder Ike
tbs biting Of flea. which I stlii felt above five
days after, aud continual itching crept into NV
heart
pe2- Pope Plus IX has granted particular
Jubilee 20 the Sisters OF Charity ,hroughoat tie
world iH consequence of the Two huudredth an
riversary OF tbe gio-ious death OF St. Vincent &c
Paul, their founder
EpCcATIoSAI MovEgESr.-A memorial IS be-
ing circulated ia Sacramento, praying the Leg
Islatare TO anporuou Tie School Faud p-3 rata
TO ell Tree schools public or private. through
cut Tie state.
g- a Scotchman asked au l-ishman why
we've half farthiHes COINED 10 Eacaad The
answer was, TIE give Scotebmeu au oppor.u-
nifty 20 subscribe TO charitable Institutions
THE HOOP BLIsHr.-Ihe Hs-sid. published in
Texas, says the young ladies tbe1eabouts are
making great r1vages on the grape vines, taking
them fer hoops
p2- The population Of New York CITY pro-
per is about s50G 900
DIsrsIoy.-Ia disaulon. as 10 many other
,airss. ihe zen IS uigaasr than .be sword