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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-11-19
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THE WISH OF TO-DAY.
BY J. q. WHITTIER.


/ ask not FOR guild to gid
With mockmg shine a weary frame;
The yeaming Of the mind Is stlled,-
| ask not for a Fame.
rose-cloud, dimly seen above,
Melting in heavens blue depths away,
o, sweet, fond dream OF human Love-
For thee | may not pray.
But, bowed in loneliness OF mind,
Imakc my humble wishes Known
only ask a will resigned,
% Father TO thine own!
To-day, beneath thy cha,tening eve
crave alone for peace and rest,
Submissive in thy hand to lie,
And feel that il is best.
A marvel seems the Universe,
A meracle our Life and Death,
A mystery which l cannot pierce,
Around, above, beneath.
In vain l task my aching brain,
In vain the saSe's thought sean,
only feel how weak and vain,
How poor and blind Is man.
And now my spirit sighs for home,
And longs for light whereby 10 see,
Aud. like a weary child, would come,
. Father. unto Thee
Though on, like letters traced on sand,
NJ weak resolves have passed away,
In mercy lend thy helping hand
Unto my prayer to-day
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
NUMBER 81.


WAS AlETHUsELAu DRowNED IN THE FLoopY
-Ihe following extract is from, an article
contributed to the Louisville Democrat?
All we know of the origin of our rnce we
learn from Revelation. The chronology used
by tue civilized world is founded on the dates
FURNISHED US in the Bible. We reckon on
Inc date OF the food from the dates found in
the sixth chapter of Genesis. We learn from
this chapter that Adam lived before his son
Seth was born l30 years; Seth lived before
his son Einos was born los years; Enos lived
nei're MS ron Caiuaan was born 80 years
Calnaan lived befnre his son MahalaIeel was
porn ~ years Mahalaleel lived before his
son Jared was born 50 years; Jared lived
pelore MS son Enoch was born I62 wears
Enoch lived before his son Methuselah (6S7i
was born % years; Metbnselan hyed before
ms son Lamech was born 187 years Lamech
lived before his son Noah was born l86 wears:
Moan, hence, was born Ammo Mundi. 1859.
In Oenesis, Ith chapter, 9th verse, we are
informed that Noah was GOO years old when
the flood Of water was on the Garth Add
six hundred years This are) TO csc the d,te
OF the HOOD. We learn from the 9th verse
9Th chapter of Genesis, that " all the dovs Of
Metnuselah were 969 years and he died ii By
reference to the foregoing table it will be
seen that Methuseah was born Ammo Mundi
687 ; add his age, 500 to 6S7, the date of his
birth, and we have 1856, the time "wbeu
the Hood of waters was upon the earth. ~
Inc conclusion is as certain as figures that
the oldest man died in the year Of the food.
Was he drowned for his wickedness
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06

THE BEER OF New YoRK.-Our German
fellow citizens who came here from the West
to attend the great National Democratic Con-
ventiOn, returned home with a hearty con-
tempt for our metropolitan beer, which they
declared to be unworthy of comparison with
their own Toledo or Milwaukee. The fol-
lowing dialogue between a Cincinnatian who
didn't 60 to the Convention. and returned
= Escorl' man, will illustrate the feeling:
First Teuton-Vel, Hans, you pin to Nj
York?
Second Teuton-Yaw, more ash pin dere.
Py tam, feels like Is peen to Nj York tri
time. Got in hmmels vot peer done have
got.
First Teuton-Vas dere many PEBBLES in
Nj York?
Second Teuton-I knows noding pout der
peebles; but der lager peer is de vorstest
stuff vot | never saw, all der vile.
First Teuton-Did you see der sights nit
Nj York?
Second Teuton-Nein I knows nodding
pout der sights; das is all right, don't can't
tell you; but de per-.
First utoa-Vell, Hans, who did de
convention nominate?
Second Tcuton-Dat ish more as | don't
can't tell; but, mein Gott. dere is de worst
lager peer in Nj York vot dey don't have in
ony oder city in Ohio. Dat's de gind of man
vot pe.-N. Y. Paper.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06

A DELICATE "FIx."-In Pittsburg,
Pa, the youthful wife of a prominent citi-
zen in the Second Ward, becoming jealous
of the husbands preference for the servant
girl, sent the latter away, and at night oc-
cupied her room. Shortly alter midnight,
as she supposed, her husband entered
Fearful that she might be mistaken, she
struck light, and to her horror and sur
prise found herself en- dishabile in the
presence of her husbands partner, young
gentleman of some pretensions to good
looks and respectability, who boarded with
them. The husband, who had returned at
an early hour, astonished at his wife's abb
sence, sat up awaiting her return. Hear
ing racket overhead, in the room occu-
pied by the girl, he at once proceeded to
ascertain the cause of the noise. Arriving
at the scene of the disorder, he in return
exhibited surprise, and admanded an ex-
PLANTATION, which was at once given by his
wife and partner the result of which was
that the partner the ensuing morning OBJ
tanned new boarding house, and as the
husband is satisfied, no one else should COM
plain.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06

The LoYALIsTs OF EAST TENNEssEE.-A
correspondent. who is describing East Ten.
nessee in the New York Post, says:
The mountaineers were loyal during the
war. and since then they have all become
Union Leaguers. Immigrants are warmly
welcomed by the natives. There are still
marks of a guerrilla warfare that existed
here. Here was the great underground rail.
road for running refugees through the lines
continuous stream of Union people-men
women and children-f,om Alabama. Geor.
gia, South Carolina and western North Car
olina, took this section out of the would- -ba
Confederacy. Dick Flynn. known bv the
rebels as the "Red Fox" made himseIf
conspicuous and jeopardized his life a, a
conductor on this railroad. His house ia in
little cove. as it is called, surrounded bv
rocky bluffs. He made it inaccessible az.
cept at one place. by falling trees. and cnard-
ing 1t himself. Refugees came there son,e-
times by families, more often sinplv ~ hv
twos and threes. His plan was to wait mt,
he had company of dozen or more dr;ii.
ing them meanwhile. and then to pilot thsm
through into Kentucky. ''''-
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
JOHN BRIGHT AND QUEEN VIcroRr

JOHN BRIGHT AND QUEEN VICTORIA.
John Bright, being member of the
new British Cabinet, made visit of cere-
mony to the Queen. 1t is customary in
such cases for the official presented to the
sovereign to kneel. John Bright's religious
prejudices were admitted as an excuse for
not insisting upon this ceremony. Upon
this the Jewish Messenger comments as
follows:
What is sterling, digni6ed and manly
in this Quaker would be deemed bigoted
and puerile on the part of Jews who claim
to be liberal. Israelites never kneel to man,
and, like the Quakers, they retain their
hats in place of whorship. Have they
the moral courage to maintain the defer
ence to these immemorial customs Sol
onions and Rothschild had. They took
the Parliamentary oath wearing the hat
Like the Quaker, John Bright, they and
other British Israelites have been uniform
ly exempted from ceremonies at variance
with their conscientious scruples. Are
ths Jews Of our country equally faithful !?
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
SKELETON INCAs AND THEIR WIVES

SKELETON lNCAs AND THEIR WIVES.
There is fine museum in Lima, and one
can spend day pleasantly among its relics
and curiosities. Peru was formerly cele-
brated for its mineral productions, and the
assortment Of these, the old coins and spe-
cies of money, are really aegreat curiosity.
Here, too, are the portraits Of the Viceroys
and Incas, from the year 1880 up to the
present President And huddled around
the room, some in glass, and some sitting
on small stand OF table only, are dozens
of skeletons of the old rncas, who buried
themselves alive at the coming of the Span
iards, long years ago, as they were foolish
enough to believe that after the Spaniards
had taken their departure, they would
come from the ground as fresh as toad out
of hole where he had slept for twenty
years. Nearly every one of them is in
sitting posture, his head between his hands,
and the expression of his skeleton face is
one of horror, strapgulation, smothering
and dispair altogether. There are women,
too, the wives of the Incas, smothered alive
in the same way, and dying in the same
belief Some of the skeleton women clutch
skeleton babies; and it is singular fact
in connection with these mummies, that
the long black hair of the women streams
from the unsightly skulls in perfect pre-
servation.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
CALEBAR THE P,rHr,xDrpIn 1a9o

CALEBAR TUE PATHFINDER.-In 1890. n
criminal under sentence of death having
escaped from prison, Calibar was EMPLOYED
to search for him. The unhapy man. aware
that he would be tracked, had taken all the
precautions suggested to him by the image
OF the scaifold, but they were taken in vaiu.
Perhaps they only assured his destruction
Tor as Cailbar's reputation was hazarded. his
Jealous sef-esteem made him ardent in ac-
compllshing a task which would demonstrate
the wonderful sharpness of his sight, though
1t insured the destruction of another man.
The fugitive bad left as few traces as the ma
ture of the ground would permit; he had
crossed whole squares on tiptoe afterwards
he had leaped upon low walls: he had
turned back after crossirg one place but
Calibar followed without losing the trail
II he missed the way for moment he found
II again, exclaiming. Where are you ~
Finally, the trail entered a watercourse in
the suburbs, IN which the fugitive had sought
to elude the Rastreador. IN vain. Calibar
went along the bank without uneasiness or
hesitation. AT last he stops, examines some
plants, and says, 9 He came out here there
are no footprints, but these drops of water on
the heritage are the sign!' On coming to q
vineyard Caibar reconroitered the mud
~ ~m"ii9 "i"uiiu IL, anu salu, lie is In tnere.
The party of soldiers looked till they were
tired, and came back to report the failure of
their search. " He has not come out.n was
the only answer of the RastreadDr. WHO
would not even take the trouble to make n
second investigation. In fact. be had not
come out, but he was taken and executed the
next day. In 1881 some political prisoners
were planning an escape; all was ready, and
outside help had been secured On the point
OF making the attempt, . What shalIAe done
about Calibar?" said one ITO be sure.
Calibar" said the others. in disney. Their
relations prevailed upon Calibar to be i'll for
four full days after the escape. which was
thus without difficulty effected. -Sarmiento's
argentine Republic.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
CHOOSING A PHYsICIAN.-Dr. O. "

CHOOSING A PHYsICIAN-Dr. O. W.
Holmes gives this good counsel:
Do, what you will to keep well, the
time will probably come when you will want
the advice of a physician. If you will trust
a lecturer, who does not practice, and has
not practiced for good many years, he
will give you some rules in which he be-
lieves you may put confidence Choose a
sensible man, personally agreeable to your
self, if possible, whom you know to have
had good education, to stand we'll with
the members of his own profession, and of
whom other scientific men, as well as physi-
clans speak respectfully. Do not select
your medical adviser on the strength Of any
vague stories of his success The best
physician in a city loses the largest num-
ber of patients. You stare, no doubt, but
reflect moment. He is called to all the
hopeless cases. His patients trust him to
the last, whereas such people are apt to
drop the charlatan as soon as they are in
real danger.
Once having chosen your medical advis-
err be slo& to leave him, except for good
cause. He has served an apprenticeship
to your constitution. | saw lady, not
many months ago, who, in talking of an
illness from which she long suffered, told
me she had consulted twenty-six different
doctors in succession, and was then in
search of a twenty l did not tell
her she was as bad as Don Giovanni, but
T was ulad NV noma did NOT bovo 10 ha
added to the roll of her professional con-
quests, though my visit was a very pleasant
and friendly one. recommended a great
master in one of the specialities, then re-
siding in this neighborhood, who / thought
would understand her case better than any
body alse, and that she should stick to him
and his prescriptions, and give up this but
terfy wandering from one camomile flower
of medicine to another.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
Flogging in the British Navy.

Doctor Stables, in his " Medical Life in
the Navy" recently published in London,
thus describes the fogging of sailor, who
had smuggled spirits aboard Doctor
stables could not help pitying the poor fel-
low, who only feared the punishment for
the shame it brought; so he filled out and
offered the man large measure of rum:
All /! sir" he said with wistful eve
on the ruby liquid, don't tempt me, sir,
Lean bear the bit o'faying athout that 1
wouldn't have my messmates smell Dutch
courage on my breath, sir. Thankee all the
same, Doctor" And he walked OF deck
and surrendered himself
All hands had already assembled, the
men and boys on one side, the officers, in
cooked bats and swords, on the other. A
grating had been lashed against the bull
wark, and another placed on deck beside
it. The culprit's shoulders and back were
barred, and strong belt was fastened
around the lower part of the lions for pro-
lection. He was then firmly tied by the
hands to the upper, and by the feet to the
lower grating; little basin of cold water
was placed at his feet and all was now
prepared. The sentence was read, and
orders were given to proceed with the pun
ishment
The cat is terrible instrument of tor
ture; | would not use it on bull unless
in self defence. The shaft is about a foot
and half long, and covered with green
or red baize, according to taste the throngs
are nine, about twenty-eight inches in
length, of the thickness off goose-quill, and
with two knots on each. Men describe the
first blow as like a shower of molten lead.
Combing out the throngs with his FIVE
fingers before each blow, firmly and de-
terminedly was the first dozen delivered
by the boatswain's mate, and unhinchingly
received. Then, One dozen, sir, please"
he reported, saluting the commander.
Continue the punishment" was the
calm reply.
A new man and new cat Another
dozen reported again the same reply
Three dozen. The flesh, like burning
steel, had changed from red to purple, and
blue, and white; and between the third
and forth dozen the suffering wretch, pale
enough now, and in all probability sick,
begged comrade to give him mouthful
of water. There was a tear in the eye of
the hardy sailor, who obeyed him, whisper
ing as he did So" Keep up, Bill it'll
soon be over now.
"Five, six" the Corporal slowly counted
-"seven, eight" tits the last dozen, and
how acute must be the torture "Nine,
ten" The blood comes now fast enough,
and-yes, gentle reader, I will spare your
feelings.
The man was cast loose at last and put
on the sick list; he had borne his punish
ment without groan and without moving
amuscle. A large pet monkey sat crounch-
ing nuts in the rigging, and grinning all the
time. have no doubt he enjoyed the
spectacle immensely, for he was onlyan ape.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
WHICH .

The following tells its own story, and beautiful
lie it is, too-to be read best and sounding sweet.
t when the family circle have gathered around the
ening lamp, perhaps. 1t cannot but touch Q
ther's "a mothers heart-and make them apprc
ate the more their household darlings:
(Which shall it be? Which shall it be?"
looked at John, J ohm looked at me.
dear patient John, who loves me yet,
As well as though my locks were jet,)
And when found that must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak.
Tell me again what Robert said :"
And then |, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter."
"I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
Ii, In return from out your seven, 50 z
One chilli to me for aye is given"
looked at Johns old garments worn,
thought OF all that he had borne,
OF poverty and work and care,
Which |, though willing, could not share.
thought of seven mouths tc feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.
"Come. John" said,
"We'll choose them as they lie
Asleep;" so, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and surveyed our band.
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Who're Lillian, the baby slept
glory 'gainst the pillow white.
Softly her father stopped to lay
His rough hand down its loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said, Not her-not her !'
We stopped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of lampight shed
Athwart the bOyish faces there,
In sleep so pitiful and fair;
saw on Jamie's rough red cheek
tear undried. Ere John could spesk-
=" He's but baby, too,' said I,
And kissed him we hurried by.
Pale, patient Bobbies angel face,
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace,
Not for thousand crowns not him."
He whispered, while eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick our wayward son,
Turbulent, reckless idle one
Could he be spared? "Nay, He who gayc
Bids us befriend him to the grave;
Only mothers heart can be
Patient enough for such as he.
And So" said John, " would not dare
To send him from her bedside prayer"
Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love-
Perhaps for her 'twould better be-"
said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in wilful way,
And shook his head. NAY, love, not thee :"
The while my heart beat audibly
Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and faithful, good and glad
So like his father. "No, John, no.
l cannot, will not, let him CO."
Aud so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toll lighter seemed,
Thinking of that Of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face,
We missed from its accustomed place
Thankful to work for all seven
Trusting the rest to One in Heaven
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06

LucK.-A plantation darkey. inst ra,,rnod
from cleaning out" trip to New Orlaans ".u
described his run of luck to a group Of wbar Z
rats as follows: You see. l went in for 60
see de big snaik in tent on de warf anJ
dar found white gemman turning Nh .
swlngin' stick in de centre OBJ table s., .
nuoder white man Moze is you got luck p
Sez ], Bein' as you noze my name is Moe
sspoze you noze wedder got luck or no. Sc,
ne. bet two bits en- you turn Well 7
gin the stick twist and round she goes and
woun up on gold watch. He cobbled do
watch sorter quick, and he bet two bits more
en- turn en- be win hundred dollar gr;p'
back. Well. sez l. / tries my luck for NV
self dis time. So | flourish my hans sor, sr
crlss CROSBY way. en- tux ten dollars wafF oh
chances, en- my luck tux turn an nsvsr rp
won shuck. never did see sioh luok
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
CONSEQUENCES.

But we did try the velocipede. We cot
astride of it and started immediately
after gentleman was discovered living on
the ground, to the merriment of lockers on
Once more we mounted the breach, if bv
these words cast-iroh pad may be called
and undertook to propel the invention
Just then a gentleman struck his head with
extreme violence against the curb-stope
More merriment. Another attempt. and
just then a gentleman was discovered
sprawllng upon the ground with his left
ear full OF mud. More merliment bnt not
on the part of the victim Pretty soon we
got well under way, by the aid of two men
to push ard small boy to steer, while we
were getting used to the contrivance. but
at such an hour as we knew not of our as
slstants departed from u.s. We made two
lnnges ahead, and while endeavoring to
turn out for young lady cramped the
wrong way, collided, took her on the in
ventIon in front Of us and we both went off
together, to the damage of $40 hat and
s23 Greeian bend. The glory of that hat
and that bend departed with much ouick.
ness, never more to return. AS for the
lady, we pray the Lord to pardon her for
the feelings she entertains toward us. for
really we could not help it!-Nc,o York
Democrat.
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06
SH ASIA COURIER.
Brick Pomeroy Riding a VeIocipede.
vELocIpEpEs GENERALLY.

VELOCIPEDES GENERALLY.
Ofcourse we have been on the velocipede.
Who would not have been on one? Show
us any internal machine constructed
through the ingenuity of man for the break
ing of bones, ripping open the cuticle, dam
age OF eyes, warping of backbones, perpe-
tratlng OF contusions on head, or anything
of that sort, that we have not been on or
dare not try. Velocipede is good thing,
II you don't have too much of it; and you
can't have too much of it unless you get
more than you want. Everybody rides
velocipedes nowadays The ladies ride
them. The men ride them. The boys ride
them. Men ride them for fun, and ride
them in earnestness Aud the confound-
est, stand-up-tingest thing man, woman or
child ever saw is velocipede.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE ANIMALS.
They are erected on two wheels, one
wheel being Immediately in front of the
other wheel, and the other wheel being
Immediately behind tother wheel. This
makes it more binding on the part of the
operator. There are no axle-trees, no yard
arms, bolster, lobster or other paraphernalia
pertaining to ox-carts, wagons, bob-sleds,
railroad-cars, steamboats,, balloons or any
other inventions for locomotion yet discov-
cred. There is a little thing runs through
one wheel, on which it revolves. 1t comes
straight up, like the national tax, then
slants back four perches, five links and six
degrees; then jabs downward to the little
thing in the hind wheel, and thus ends the
first chapter, and likewise the next. At
the front end, when it is not going back
ward, there is a contrivance resembling an
auger, by which the ambitious goest turns,
returns, upturns, overturns and turns out
of the way. Because of the auger in front
no one should consider the veocipede a
perfect bore. Instead it is perfect goer
for many man, in learning to go on it,
has started his gore in more places than
lightning ever struck one-eyed pilot
The concern has a spine, or back bone,
which is used as roof for the two wheels.
The wheels are three-quarters of an inch
wide. The backbone, or roof, is an inch
and quarter wide. On this backbone is
affixed cast-iron pad, resembling in shape
the frontispiece of some Dutch target com
pany's parade cap, except that the points
OF the pad are so arranged as to hurt YOU
where man would not be hurt for ten
cents, while mounted on this aforesaid in
vention of agony, providing he could help
It, AS horsebackist we have been call
ed a success. Once We rode mule. On
another occasion we rode brindle COW
home from the Fair, not to add to our com
fort, but to pay the aforesaid bovine for not
drawing the premium. On another oc-
casion we undertook to ride speckled
steer, but for some reason or other his fnis
department had sudden inclination to
elevate itself into the air, and we dismount-
ed over his head, simply because the name
Of the beast did not amount to much for
hanging on purposes. On another occasion
we rode a saw-mill saw for half an hour.
but never tried it again
90 RRICL['
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06

a PORTLAND mechanic has made a 6nc
camoric needle which cln be unscreveI and
smaller needle. 'o''n''
The Shasta courier., 1869-03-06

l.. p. FISHER, 20 & 81 New Mer-
chants Exchange, is our only authorized Agent in
San Francisco. For Eastern Advertising, Mr..
Fisher is represented by S. M. Pettengill d Co.,
of New York und Boston,