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Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

AssURANCE.-An extraordinary dis
play of assurance was made at the resi-
deuce of a superintendent of a railroad,
IN suburban town, one evening last
week. At a late hour, after the family
had retired, the door-b bell was rung, and
a gentleman of engaging manners and
conversation appeared and desired to
see the "Super" on urgent business.
He was ushered into the sitting-room
and they conversed on the topics of the
day for about half an hour, when the
caller gradually approached the subject
uppermost in his mind-that of procur-
ing permit to sell shoe brushes upon
the trains
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

FEMALE INFLUENCE.-The charac-
ter of the young men of community
depends much on that of the young
women If the latter are piously culti-
waited, intelligent, and accomplished, the
young men will feel the requirement
that they themselves should be upright,
gentlemanly and refined but if their
female friends are vain, frivolous and
silly, the young men will be found to
be dissipated aud worthless. But re-
member, always, that sister is the
best guardian of brothers integrity
She is the surest incubator o. a faith
in woman's purity. As daughter she
is the pure light of the home. The joy
of the father is the oftenest centered on
his daughter. She should, therefore,
be the sum and substance of all.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
A Good Story,
An exchange has this excellel

An exchange has this excellent story
Judge Ray, the temperance lecturer,
in one of his efforts, got off the follow
ing;
All of those who in youth acquire a
habit of drinking whisky, at forty years
of age will be total abstainers or drunk
ards. No one can use whisky for years
in moderation If there is a person in
the audience before me whose expert
encc disputes this, let him make it
known; | will account Tor it, or ac-
knowledge that | am mistaken.
A tall, large man arose, and, folding
his arms in a dignifed manner across
his breast, said
81 offer myself as one whose own ex.
perience conrradicts your statement. 3"
"Are you moderate drinker 2" said
the Judge.
II am."
GLOW long have you drank in mod
GRAFTON %
"Forty years.
"And were never intoxicated 2"
''Never."
"Well," !" remarked the Judge, scan
ming his subject closely from head to
foot, ''yours is singular case, yet |
think it is easily accounted for. l am
reminded of it by little story: A col
ored man, with loaf of bread and a
bottle of whisky, sat down on the bank
of clear stream to dine In breaking
bread some of the crumbs dropped into
the water. These were eagerly seized
and eaten by the fish That circum-
stance suggested to the darkey the idea
of dipping the bread in the whisky and
feeding it to them. He tried it 1t
worked well. Some of the fish ate of
it, became drunk, and foated helpless
on the surface. In this way he easily
caught great number. But in the
stream was large fish, very unlike the
rest 1t partook freely of the bread and
whisky, but with no perceptible effect
1t was shy of every effort of the darkey
to take it. He resolved to have it at
all hazards, that he might learn its
name and nature. He procured a net,
and after much effort caught it, carried
1t to colored neighbor, and asked his
opinion in the matter. The other sur
veyed the wonder moment, and then
said:
'Sambo, understands this case
Dat fish is mullet- head it amt got
no brains''
''In other words" added the Judge.
"alcohol affects only the brain, and of
course, those having none may drink
without injury
A storm Of laughter ensued, and the
moderate drinker soon disappeared.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
JOB PRINTING
All kinds of JOB WORK executed with
neatness and dispatch. and on moderate term

ne- From and after this date all Sheriff-s
Constables' and other legal sales. advertised,
in the CHRONICLE. must be paid for on the
day ol sale. punctually. We hold none but
the officers responsible for their payment.
Ns- Transient advertisements must be paid
IN advance. Job-work paid on delivery, in
variabfy.
w- All regular advertisers will be requi-
red to settle on the first of every month. Our
city advertisers will be required to pay up
every three months.
re- Advertisements will becontinued until
ordered out and collection enforced. All ad-
vertisements should have marked upon them
the number of insertions required.
va There will be no deviation from the
above established terms and rules Of business
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
Defending the filters.

Show US the man who does not like
hoops-blest invention of Venus
graceful invention-delightful concep-
tion-ftful permitter of glimpses-
flashes of things divine-white, graceful
symmetrical, joyous, drifting away,
swimming away, gliding away-vauish-
ing from the eager, devouring eye. So,
tilt white clouds upon the summer
heaven; so, through their feecy skirts
the sun burst shows. Show US the
man who does not like riffs, vistas, open
ings into paradise, who would shut out
the vision from his fellow man, and bid
him grope below, nor turn his raptur-
Gus gaze to things above Hoops
fitting hoops-true cincture of Venus
tabled zone of the foam born Goddess.
.'In them is every at and charm,
To win the wisest, and the coolest warm"
Show US the feminine who does not
like hoops-tiltipg hoops aHi we viii
show you a woman whose feet are titan
ic, whose limbs are elephantine, or
about the shape and size Of bean pole,
whose ankles are terrible, whose charms
are seen by the eye of faith alone
Platonian faith.
Oh! tilting hoop-kind discloser-
many may spurn thee. Snarling old
bachelors, withered old maids and wo-
men, who will never feel again thesweet
spring time thrill of their lost instincts,
may scant thee the lame, the halt and
the blind may jeer thee, but we, we
will still love thee, still cling to thee,
still sound thy praise at morn and well
come eve. And oft as we see glimmer-
ing like the wlite winters moon thro'
clouds, those beautiful, animated Parian
shafts, whose delicious proportions were
fashioned by the spirit of beauty, we
proclaim anew our thanks and gratitude
to the inventor of fitting hoops Yam
kee Blade.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

A Drop OF INK Think of Queen s
first signature to death warrant, where
tears tried to blaDch the fatal blackness
of the ink ; or traitors adhesion to a
deed of rebellion, written in gall of a
forger's trembling imitation of another's S
writing, where each letter took the
shape of the gallows; of a lovers pas
siouate proposal written in fire of a
proud girls refusal written in ice of a
mothers dying expostulation to way
ward son written in her hearts blood :;
Of an indignant fathers disinheriting
curse on his first born, black with the
lost color of the gray hairs which shall
90 down with sorrow to the grave
think of these and of all the other i'm
passioned writings to which every hour
gives birth, and what a strangely potent
Protean thing drop of ink grows to be.
All over the world it is distilling at
the behest of men. Here despairing
prisoner is writing with rusty nail his
dying confession of faith on his damp
dungeon wall There an anxious lover
is deceiving all but his bride with an
ink which only she knows how to rem
der visible. Beleagured soldiers in In-
dian forts are confding to the perilous
secrecy of rice water or innocent milk
their own lives and the fortunes of their
country. Shipwrecked sailors, about
to be engulfed in mid-ocean, are con-
signing to floating bottle the faint
pencil memorandum of the spot where
they will swiftly go down into the jaws
of death. Everywhere happy pairs,
dear husbands and wives, affectionate
brothers and sisters, and all the busy
world are writing to each other on end
less topics, with whatever paper comes
to hand, whatever ink! The varied
stream thus forever flowing, is the in
tellectual and emotional blood of the
world, and no one need visit Egypt or
summon an eastern magician to show
him all the acts, all the joys and woes
of men reflected from the mirror of a
drop of ink.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

thence to the Hospice de Bastia, he
gradually recovered, and was at length
enabled to move about with crutches.
At twenty two years of age becoming
helpless, he arrived at Paris, but being
there identified as Albert Vuillot, the
deserter, every door was closed against
him. He was subsequently prosecuted
for swindling and condemned /; but ow
ing to the interference on his behalf of
one of the Crimean chiefs, who appre
ciated the courage and heroism of the
young soldier he was pardoned. He
was expelled from France, lame and
wounded as he was Having, however,
afterwards ventured into Lille, he was
arrested and condemned to fifteen days
imprisonment for violating the order of
expulsion. Having once more re-enter-
ed France, he succeeded in earning his
daily bread in Paris by his literary tai
ents He there published his 'Souvcn-
irs of the War;. and he contributed to
seventeen different journals, great and
small He was thus enabled to obtain
an honest livelihood when he rec ceived
a dispatch telling him that his father,
vino was one of the heroes of the seige
OF Antwerp, was dying. Albert flew
to his bedside, but he was too late, his
father had just died. His grief making
him incautious, be was arrested at the
grave of his sire, and was brought be-
fore the council of war held at Besau-
con, where he was unanimously acquit
ted on the grounds of flial piety and
gallant conduct.
Some short time afterwards, however,
Albert Vulliot was once more arrested
and placed in the military penetentiary.
at Metz, in consequence of being con-
demEed in August, 1854, through de-
fault, to five years imprisonment for
having appropriated the military effects
which had been previously given to
him Here his talents becoming known
and his general gallantry admired, he
even secured the favorable opinion of
the Minister of War, who obtained for
him the authority to write for the Mon
iteur, when he publi>h he'd some admira-
Bile articles on military penitentiaries.
Being liberated from prison. he once
more returned to Paris, where be mar
ried. Here he was, for the third or
fourth time, arrested for bis old offences
and notwithstanding all the extenuating
circumstances pleaded for him, he has
just been sentenced to five years impris-
Onment.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. The fol
lowing paragraph is from Washington
letter to the Louisville Journal. The
parties alluded to can be no other than
Senator Sprague and his wife, the latter
being the daughter of Judge Chase:
A year or two ago there was a we'd
ding here in high life ESQ calIed.) A
young but prominent citizen of North
ern State, who counted his fortune by
millions, was the happy bridegroom,
and the daughter of a then cabinet min.
lister was the bride. Rare jewels, worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, were
lavished on the fair lady, and such
wedding was never in the land since
Commodore Bartlett's daughter mar
ried the Cuban negro Ovedio. Well,
there have been many rumors about the
couple just named, and the air has been
thick with scandalous rumors 1t was
known the husband was festive cuss,
and that his thousands were spent in
riotous living-wine, cards and other
ct ceteras. But only latterly did the
wife seem to know, or at least to notice
the delinquencies of her lord, when it
was presented to her in such shape
that there could be no doubt of his in
fidelity. And so she has brought an
action for divorce, and wi of course
get swinging damages both of which
she is entitled to, albeit the lady her.
self is very gay. The case will create
sensation when the names are given
to the public.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

Two French peasants were discuss
ing the continental war, when one at
tempted to explain to the other the ma
ture of the telegraph. After repeatedly
failing, he was struck with brilliant
notion. and exclaimed: "Imagine that
the telegraph is an immensely long dog
so long that its head Is at Vienna and
its tail at Paris. Well, tread on its tail
which is at Paris, and it will bark at
Vienna. Do you understand now, stu
pid, what the telegraph is like p 'Oh,
yes!' replied the other, 81 have an
idea now what telegraph must be-
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

A REBEL.-One of our exchanges
says: We happened to be in the clutch
es of some "loyaP' patriots once, who
surrounded us with violent objurgations
like the following: "You tam reppel,
you fight init der .coontry! Nit der
konstitooshun Nit der old phlag, by
tam You beesht mine brisner rep
pei by tam!'
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

NEVER chew your words. Open the
mouth and let the voice come out. A
student once asked-"Can virchue, for
tichude, gratichude or quiechude dwell
with that man who is stranger to rec
tichude?"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

A WHILE ago a farmer in Virginia
lost his wife, and out of love for her
memory called his estate "GleDmary."
A neighbor having met with the same
affiiction. and equally desirous of Ike p
ing before him the image of bis dear
departed, followed bis example and
this farm is now known by the name of
"Glenbetsy."
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

A YOUNG man and woman who sit
lovingly to each other in courtshir, are
not apt to reflect that sit-to before
marriage may be followed by set-to
after it.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

PARDoNABLE MIsTAKE.-An Irish
man being in church where the col
lection apparatus resembled an election
box, on its being handed to him, whis-
pered in the carriers ear that he was
not naturalized and could not VOTE
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

For MEDIcINE-A man in Maine
applied for two gallons of rum for "med-
ical purposes" "For what medical
purposes p inquired the agent. "For
raising barn. was the reply.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

THE following is one of Josh Bill
lings' very best sayings: ga man run
ming for Office puts me in mind of dog
that's lost-he smells of everybody he
meets, and wags himself all over"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

ScARcE--A German writer says,
"Thieves are so scarce in this country
that the authorities are often compelled
to offer rewards for them"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

BEHIND.-Many persons are in ad-
vance of their age, but an old maid gen.
orally manages to be about ten years
behind hers.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

LIKE HIS FATHER Boosting is
sometimes out of place. We heard one
man boast of being bachelor as his
father was before him.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
MOKELUMNE HILL, CALAvERAs COUNTY. CAL.


Ter reading them or inducing others to
recount them to him, with the map OF
Europe beneath his eyes. He would
never consent to lie down except Wen
his feebleness absolutely forced him to
do So He we'll knew that be must
soon die, but he had only one regret in
leaving the world, and that was to have
done SO little to prove himself worthy
to bear the name of Napoleon.
| | remember having seen in America
an engraving representing him grasping
his fathers sword, and lamenting his
powerlessDess to WELD the weapon which
had SO long made call Europe tremble. +"
The phrase attributed to him may be
apocryphal, as regards the strict letter
of the expression, but that such were in
reality his feelings. cannot be doubted
for an instant. HiEmother, woman
whose heart seemed insensible to any
ennobling emotion, and who had not the
dignity to remain the widow of Napo-
leon-his mother wept at his bedside,
when the fatal moment drew near
"Mother mother!' be whispered, 81
am dying" !" 1t was the 22d of July,
1882, and these were the last words of
Napoleon H., expiring in murmur up
on his lips, with his last breath
Thus died the son of the Great Cap
tain, at the age of twenty-one years
Six days after his death, on the 2Sth, a
p st mortem examination of the re-
mains was made at Schonbrunn The
following is an extract of the medical
report
1.-THE body completely emaciated; the
chest, IN proportion to the body, long
and narrow the sterDum hattened !; the
neck wasted"
He was inferred at Schonbrunn with
princely honors, and visitors to his tomb
at the present day, will see upon it a
Latin Inscription, of which the following
is translation:
To the eternal memory of
Joseph Charles Francis, Duke of Reichstadt
Son of Napoleon, Emperor of the french,
And Maria Louisa, Arch Duchess Of Austria;
Born at Paris, the Goth of March, 1911,
Died at Schonbrunn, July %, 1899.
He had himself written an epitaph,
which he wished placed upon his tomb,
but which was rejected. 1t was brief
and to the purpose:
Here lies the son of the Great Napoleon!
He was born King of Rome
e died an Austrian Colonel
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
Boot & Shoe Makers.

NOT ICE. Having disposed of our Facto-
ry. we are now prepared to give our whole
attention to our LEATHER and FINDING
business. On. hand, direct from France,
CALF & KIP, also DOMESTIC LEATHER.
BOOT LEGS, &c. Address,
HEN d BRAY,
fl6 Battery Street, San Francisco.
os:Sm:is.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

QUEER thing is an insurance policy.
If ant sell it, cancel it, and if
cancel it, l can't sell it.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

WIN AND LOsE.-Fast horses win
cups by the use of their legs fast men
lose their legs by the u of their cups.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

He KNows.-"Come- here, master
Tommy. Do you know A B C's?'
."Yex, zur, know bee Sees"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

THEY LIKE IT.-Young ladies are
said to like cold weather because 1t
brings the chaps to their lips.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
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Each subsequent insertion . l o.
Business Carda, of lines. monthly. o.
A liberal allowance to Yearly Advertisers.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

tst.--Ets simplicity and great
range of work.
2nd,--The reversible feed motion
3d.--The perfect finish and sElb-
stantiai manner in which the
machine is made.
lti,.--Thc rapidity of it's W0lxisngr
and the quality Of work done.
6th.--'Flae self-adjuSting tension.
The Florence" was awarded the First
and Highest Premium at the Stat Fair ot
California. the only Fair on the Pacific Coast
at which any two double thread Sewing Ma
chimes were exhibited in competition in 1865
The Florence received the only premium
awarded. by the Mechanics Institute of San
Francisco. in 1864 and 1865, to any Sewing
Machine, Sewing Machine Co., or Agent. The
claim of competitor to medal is without
any foundation whatever.
Wherever the FLORENCE has been brought
in competition with other Sewing Machines
it has always been declared the best. 1t is
the most simple. the most substantial, the
most efficient, and its use is easily learned
Every Machine sold is guaranteed in the full
sense of the word.
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Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10
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Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

To the eternal memory of
Joseph Charles Francis, Duke of Reichstadt;
Son of Napoleon, Emperor of the french,
And Maria Louisa, Arch Duchess of Austria
Born at Paris, the Goth of March, 1911,
Died at Schonbrunn, July %. 1882.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-10

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-12

French people, who hrs back wish for quietlife
and the peaceful ursuits Of business, and no more
revolutions their day. Il absolutely necessary 10
restrain the press jest so far as It is restraned I'M
agine half the journals Of Paris coming out every
morning with articles showing that the Emperor is
q usurper and that the true ruler of France Is
Henry V. or an Orleans prince now In England; or
else that republic IS the only admissible Govern.
ment. SO long IS there is in France an Orleanist
party and an old Bourbon party, and Republican
party Just long must their organs be restrained
from proclaiming themselves IN any of those senses"
Here is the Milesian idea of liberty plainly
and forcibly expressed. II every Frenchman
were an Imperialist, 1t might do to allow free
dom Of the press; but, since many, If not most,
Frenchmen notoriously are no such thing, they
must not be allowed to express their own views,
but only those OF the ruling power. And this,
says John, is as much liberty OF the press as
France ought to have. He continues;-
"As for 6oyernment interference in elections
that Is done in France precisely as 1t is done in
England and America, by the IIovernfnent officials
influence in favor OF the candidate who Is partisan
Of the Ure: ent order of things. Perhaps IL is
wrong; but Governments, you see, VIII do these
things"
This is false. The French usurpation forbds,
prevents Furnishes the holding of any meeting
1composed OF more than twenty persons) to
nominate candidates or promote their election.
1t f0rbids and prevents by penalties the circula-
ton of handbills advocating opposition candi-
dates or even ballots bearing their names. The
officials" in England do not even vote; in
France they "run the machine" In this coun-
try ofice-holder5 harm their party by taking q
prominent part IN electoneering contests; in
France they are expected to do all but the
voting, and to oversee aud direct that. No
other Government that exists, or ever did exist,
interfeles with elections so absorbingly, so indie
Gently, as does that OF Louis Napoleon.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-12
Land Ho!
Fronl The TribiLna.


Gold closed al P. NJ. yesterday at 13Ot. The
premium, therefore, is just one-sirh of what it
was in the darkest days, financially, of our great
war. In other words, we have already traversed
foesirths of the way from our worst estate back
to perfect solvency.
Are we such towards that we shall now shrink
back into hopeless insolvency when it is but
little way forward TO resumption
Who has suffered uniustly by the progress we
have made? What department OF useful indus
try has been crippled What laudable business
has been paralyzed? What laborer has been de-
priVed OF work and bread? What valuable pro-
duct has been reduced in price that it can no
longer be produced without loss Wherein has
the currency been unduly, perniciously con-
trActedi Speak out
Give the Secretary ample power to fund bis
demand and short-time obligations and we can
move right on to specie payments. And then
every greenback and bank note will be worsh
its face in god and gold-zambling will be one
of the lost arts. And then our two hundred
millions and over Of specie will be currency;
whereas, it now is not. Nobody will hoard
gold Tor duties or for speculation, because there
will be no motive to do SO. Our banks must
keep tight rein on importation, so as not to be
drained OF their coin to pay balances against us
in Europe.
Courage friendsl there is land ahead!