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The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19
SHASTA COURIER

THE CAREER OF BURLINGAME.-The
Boston Advertiser thus speaks of the late
Chinese Minister:
History furnishes no parallel to the
experience of Burlingame during the last
decade, and we shall have to turn to the
Arabian Nights to match it. Writers on
the possibilities open to American ambition
have often cited the appearance Of Franklin
in his plain suit, serene in his simplicity,
at the glittering court of Versailles. But
there was nothing in the history Of that
shrewd, lucky Boston boy of the last cent
ury to compare in romance and bizarre
splendor with the life of the cool, easy,
self-poised young man of our day, who,
losing his seat in Congress by the vote Of
our North End wards, presently found
himself representatives, accredited to the
courts of the world, travelling in style Of
imperial magni6cence through our own
country and through Europe, receiving
the courtesy of kings and emperors, coping
with the widest of veterans diplomats,
and speaking for the first time after score
of centuries of silence the voice of China
Perhaps there was no man living whose
death could have in its possible conse-
quencessa graver influence on the destiny
Of millions of men. .s
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

REsuMING WoRK.-It is generally un-
derstood that work on the California and
Oregon Railroad will be resumed in few
weeks again. Harris, foreman under
Strowbridge, is at present viewing the line
of the road between Chico and the point
where work was suspended last Fall, with
view of commencing work. This road
ought to have reached Chico last Fall.
At present, it is impossible to make much
progress through the blackmud in the
vicinity of Dry and Butte Creeks, but it
is thought work will be resumed in the
vicinity of Chico, and the road extended
in the course of the coming summer TO a
point in Tehama county.-Oroville Rec
ord.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19
Bristol's sarsaparilla and phi.

Are prepared expressly for the cure Of those
diseases that have their origin in impure
blood and foul and vitiated humors. and FIR
80 years they have proved that in all erup
tive skin diseases. in all masmatic and scro.
fulous or cancerous diseases, and in every
form of ulcerous or scabinus disease, these
two great remedies never faissin effecting a
cure.
For Sale by L. Wellendorff. Main Street,
Shasta
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

GOVERNOR AUSTIN has vetoed tn
Female Suffrage bill passed by the Min.
nesota Legislature. on the grounds that
the clause submitting the amendment to
females as well as males is unconstitutional
females not being legal voters The Gov
ernor also objects to the proposition as
being premature.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

A wrought iron chimney, 1876 feet high
and feet Z inches in diameter has Just
been erected in Pittsburgh Another is to
be put up 275 feet high. The first was
riveted together in a horizontal position,
and then lifted to the perpendicular by a
crane. The other will be made upright.
The plates will be riveted by means of a
scafolding running inside
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

THE rumor is renewed that the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company will soon with.
draw their steamers from the Panama
route and put them on the China route.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

RAILROAD INCORPORATION Be-
necia and Red Bluff Railroad Company
filed its certificate of incorporation in the
Office of Secretary of State on the 7th in
slant. The company is organized for the
purpose of constructing, owning and main
tanning railroad at point at or near the
city of Benecia to the town of Red Bluff
The road is to pass through Solano, Yolo,
Colusa and Tehama counties, and its length
to be about one hundred and fifty miles.
Capital s4, 100000, divided into $4,000
shares of 800 each. Directors-Cha aries
+. Reed, John Boggs. A. H. Rose, Will
liam Blanding and A. Redington
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

An irate editor remarks that 'the man
who steals his neighbor's paper of the door
step will have to pay the subscription in a
warmer climate then this"
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

s. TURNBULL 4 SMITH of San Francisco,
in an advertisement, says:
"Sinee Chicago and New York have
come into such close competition with San
Francisco, our people are panic stricken at
the prospect of their trade being taken
from them, and instead of exerting them
selves to retain it, they are letting their
Eastern neighbors underbid them in every
thing"
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

A young lady of New Harmony, Iu-
diana, boasts of twenty seven matrimonial
engagements fractured by her in FIVE
years. She has long string of engage
ment rings hanging up in her bondoir,
and points to them with feeling of pride
akin to that which animates the breast of a
noble red man when he shows off his col
lection of scalps
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

ONE-NINTH of the population of South
ern Arizona have been killed by Indians
in the past six months.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

A Cheyenne paper says that birds are
soaring around there, but they are Jail
birds, and soar at the end of the rope.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

Coal from the Rocky Mountains of
good quality can be furnished in Sacra-
mento for SIS per ton.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

RUMcRs are aaoat of a coming consoli
dation of the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads.
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19
JOHN e. TIFFIN. Resns.,

fully informs his friends ana ,ba
9zs79 Public generally that be has o,,sn'
ed general Black smithing business. and il prs-
pared to do all kind of work in bis line Par,;o
ular attention paid to Repairing and Horse shoe
ng.
shop or West side of Main street. shast.
Gilbert. S"as'a
The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

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The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

JAMES r. sCAMMON,

JAMES r. SCAMMON.
is now prepared to do general 6kaH
Wagon making business. All a&&H81A
styles of Wagons and Buggies made to order Oh
short notice and none but the best material used
will also do oil kinds of Woodwork as hereto
fore.
in the Building former occupied by J. r.
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The Shasta courier., 1870-03-19

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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20

called on some friends who were to dine
with him that day, and despatched mes
sepger with a note to the Jew, request
ing his presence. Aaron obeyed the
summons.
Have you no recollection of having
received box Of jewels, from the hand
of this gentleman ?" said the Duke.
Never, my lord" was the reply.
"Strange, indeed. Are you perfectly
conscious" turning to the Englishman,
"that is the man you gave the box as
stated 7"
"Quite certain, my lord"
Then addressing himself to the Jew,
" This is a very singular case, and 1 feel
it my duty to use singular means to as
certain the truth is your wife at home 2"
eyes, my lord"
Then" continued Constantine, "there
is sheet Of paper, and here is a pen !;
proceed to write a note to your wife in
such terms as I shall dictate"
Aaron lifted the pen.
"Now," said the second Solomon,
commence by saying all is discovered
There is no resource left but to 'deliver
up the box. have owned the fact in
the presence of the grand Duke"
A tremor shook the frame of the Irael-
lite, and the pen dropped from his fingers.
But instantly recovering himself, he ex-
claimed: ..
"That is impossible, my lord. That
would be duplicating myself"
81 give you my word and honor"
said Constantine. {" in presence of every
one in the room, that what you write shall
never be used as an instrument against
you, farther than the effect it produces
on your wife. IF you are innocent you
have nothing to fear-but if you persist
in not writing it, hold it as proof Of
your guilt"
With trembling hand the terrified
Jew wrote out the note, folded it up, and
as he was desired, sealed it with his own
signet. Two officers were despatched
with it to his house, and when Sarah
glanced at its contents, she swooned and
sank to the ground. The box was deliv-
cred up and restored to its owner-and
the Jew suffered the punishment his vii.
lainy deserved. He was sent to Siberia
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20
Qbe Gimes, Mem Bloont1elo, 1pa.

could not repress groan of horror and
indignation.
I" Hush, hush," said Lucy, and there
was silence through which 1 could dis
tinctly hear Towser licking his chops.
was desperate by this time, and hallooed
out to friend Sanford:
"Sanford, and nobody else," to come
into the copse with blanket
l remember nothing more distinctly
Immediately peals of laughter, now
smothered, now breaking irrepressibly
forth expressions of thankfulness, of af-
fection, of sympathy, beginning--but
never fnished-burst in upon, as it
were, by floods of merriments, and the
barking, the eternal barking of that ex-
creable dog. 1 left Killarney that same
evening Lucy, and the mother of Lucy
and my fellow students, and the abomina-
BILE Towser l left them for good and all !;
and this was how my engagement was
broken off, and why there is no Mrs
Peony Flush, concluded the curate, who
had turned from rose color to deep
carnation, and from red to almost black,
dnring the recital
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20
Wanted.

A Paris banker has devised what he
considered an ingenious measure to pre-
vent defalcation by his cashier. He
places an iron cage in front of his safe,
and insists that the cashier shall be locked
in it until his cash account is verified at
the close of the day. He has as yet
found only one man willing to accept this
condition.
"You must enter the cage at 8 A. NJ,
and you will be liberated at 4 p. NJ,
after your account has been verified, "
said the banker to an applicant.
agreed"
"You must not leave during the day
under any pretense | keep the key in
my pocket"
"All right; Pm used to confinement"
"Where have you been Z"
SIN the pententiary for the last fif-
teen years"
Situation still open.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20
Obedience to Parents.

Show me boy who obeys his parents,
who has respect for age, always has
friendly disposition, and who applies HIM
self diligently to get wisdom and to. DO
good toward others, and if he is not re-
spected and beloved then there is no
such thing as truth in the world.
Even when parents are ill-tempered
and uns easonable they should be treated
with respect and forbearance by their
children. Olympias, mother OF Alexan-
der the Great, was woman OF ambitious
disposition, and occasioned much trouble
to her son. Nevertheless, when pursuing
his conquests in Asia, he sent her splen-
did presents out of the spoils which he
had taken, as tokens of his Affection
He only begged that she would not med
die with state affairs, but allow his king
dom to be managed peaceably by his gov
ernor, Antipater. When she sent a
harsh reply to the request which he had
made, he bore it patiently, and did not
use sharp language in return.
On one occasion, when she had been
unusually troublesome, Antipater sent
him letters complaining of her in very
sad terms. Alexander only said "Anti-
pa ter does not know that one single tear
of my mother is able to blot out six hun
dred of his epistles."
A boy was once tempted by some Of
his companions to pluck ripe cherries
from tree which his father had forbid
den him to touch.
"You need nat be afraid" said one Of
his companions, " for if your father should
find out that you have taken them he is
so kind he would not hurt you"
"That is the very reason" replied the
boy, "why | would not touch them. 1t
is true that my father would not touch
me, yet, my disobedience, | know, would
hurt my father, and that would be worse
to me than anything else"
A boy who grows up with such prlncl-
pies will be man in the best sense Of the
word. 1t shows regard for rectitude
that would render him trustworthy under
every trial.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20
Murder will Out.

WTHEN DIR. John Dome, distin-
w guished poet and divine, in the
reign of James l., was taking walk
through the church-yard, where the SEX
ton was at the time digging grave, the
latter in the course of his labor threw
up skull. The doctor observing it
picked it up and found rusty, head
less nail sticking in the temple of it.
He withdrew it unnoticed by the sexton,
and wrapping it up in his handkerchief,
asked the grave digger whether he knew
whose skull it was. He Immediately re-
piled, it was a mans who kept drink
ing house-an honest but drunken fel-
low, who one night having INDUCED very
freely, was found dead in his bed the
next morning.
"Had he wife ?" asked the doctor.
Yes" was the reply.
"What character does she bear Z"
ga very good one; only the neigh
bors were very much surprised to learn
that she had been married the day after
her husband was buried"
The doctor soon after called on the
woman and asked her several questions as
to what sickness her husband died Of
She gave him the same account he had
before received, he then opened his hand
kerchief, and casting searching glance
on the woman, cried in an authoritative
voicee
Woman, do you know this nail ?"
She was struck with horror at the un-
expected demand, instantly acknowledged
the fact, was brought to trial, and exc
cuted.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20

Basn met a little boy, the other day,
hauling big baby in wagon. Little
boy" | asked, "what are you doing for
the Lord ?" He stopped and looked up,
and in a moment said: "Why, | am
trying to make baby happy, so she won't
cry and disturb my sick mother" That
indeed was good work. | am sure it
pleases Jesus. He loves to see the chill
dren helpful to each other and their pa
rents, even though their help be ever so
little.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20

Sweet Guest, dear Guest, no more
l lock the low dim door,
Where long with patience sweet
Have strayed thy weary feet;
Withdrawing bolt and bar, At
I see it now aiar, .......t.rr.
1t is a poor, dark place,
Unworthy of such grace,
For through its pane, dust-deep,
Only the shadows creep,
And thick have spiders spun
Nor left space for the sun.
And here no rich banquet
Behtting Thee is set; .
Not even bread is mine,
have no food, no wine,
No damask fine, no silver cup
How, then, with me canst sup?
OF that were but clean!
For canst Thou really mean
To come and sup wherein
Only foul guests have becn-
A dusty dwelling where
All empty is and bare.
Sweet Guest, dear Guest, if thou
In such canst go, come now;
o come, hungry wait
Longing, repentant, late,
Withdraw each bolt and bar,
And set my door ajar.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20

Belgn A little Swedish girl, while walk
ing with her father, on starry night, alb
sorbed in contemplation Of the skies, be-
ing asked Of what she was thinking, re-
piled, l was thinking if the ~rong side
of heaven is so glorious what must the
right side be-"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20

peg~ Those who in the day Of sorrow
have owned Gods presence in the cloud
will find him also in the pillar Of fire,
Frightening and cheering the abode as
night comes on.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-09-20
SUNDAY READING.
A CRY.

Behold stand at the door and knock If
any man hear my voice and open the door,
will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me-"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-03

Josh Billings evidently ''don't feel
very well himself" The lecture
business has been too many for him.
He is over-croppei. This is his au.
Photographic account of his condi-
ton, as given to the Boston Lyceum
Bureau. We cannot refuse him our
heartfelt sympathies. He says:
Dear Children-I telegraphed 10
you on Saturday that l could not
fill New Hampshire appointments.
am used up, for the present, at all
events. When l am well thcro is
no man in the talking fraternity
who can talk more nights in tho
week and feel more like q double
jointed eel than | do. l am sick all
over, and am as hoarse as q Shang.
l'ai rooster. My head is a prison;
house Of pain and corruption, and /
only cat because | am stimulated
with iron and quininc. Ny doctor
is trying to keep me above the dis.
case, and thus throw it off. ] am
the most socdy cid wreck you ever
gazcd at. l am letting my beard
grow, and my face looks like a bull.
dog with the hair clipped close, and
my eyes have gone back into my
head until they look like dog-kcn.
nels. Your very busy time will soon
DO over, and then you will have
time to sit down and repent of tie
sin OF having let loose on the innd.'
cent and unsuspcttihg world such
windy horde of ranters in panta-
looms and pantalcttes. Iwould not
repent of your sins for less t! an
ninety-five cents on the dollar. it
will take at least three hard winters
to freeze New England clear from
the miasma Of the present lecturihg
epidemic. If there is anybody on
earth whom I d,spise more than
pity, it is lecturer travelling about
from town to town, with a batch of
grmaces, or at best few old scicn.
titic gags. l am going to 60 inso
the itinerant cid umbrella mending
business, and become, if mot respect
able, at least penitent.,
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-03
ThsCen.us.

Tram the Lss'su.sFih tRsh, c'@nsFsisi
The Washington correspondent
Of the New York World INDUCES
in careial estimates Of the Congress
si0nal aPpoTti0nmenl under the cen
sus shortly 10 be taken. Assuming
that the present namber Of Con
grrssmeR will no, BIO increased, the
writer gives il rs his opinion that
tho New England States, under the
new app0rl.nRmeni, will be the To-
scr To the extent Cf six members
that tie Middle States will loso sew
en-, while tho Western States will
gain fourteen aud tho Southern
States iLnr,
Regarding tie popalaiiOn Of the
States the same correspondent sup
plies the following estimate, which
he states has been prepared in one
Of the executive departments ty
one of tho most careful s,ntistieiahs,
who ha, glven sFet'al attention TO
the statistics Of pOpulaliOn:
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-03
Mrs. pariinston on POTATOES.

"Come, Ike, got your basket lets
prOpel 10 town"
They enter a fashionable millineT
establishment.
"lIow do you sell plta,eFs'"
"DO you mean, madam, 10 insult
meg,'
"Well, / would ike TO consult
You about getting a couple Of peeks'
Ike. bring slong the basket"
Bet, madam, We do moi deal In
potatoes, Who told you we sold
polsloesy'
"Your advertisement"
"0ur advertisement certainly
Gays no such thing"
"Dut it dog. Ike. come here -
Didn't you read 10 me, the other
night, about this new millinery
store conceived n now assortment
of pitaters from New York;"
Ike nods.
"There, now, you needn't bo
skeered; / aint no revenue deeep'
tive"
Milliner smiled.
Madam, you have made mistake.
Our advertisement announces for
sale palpitators, new article of TO-
male apparel with which ynang Ia
dios, whose bosoms are not fully de-
veloped, are enabled TO boautiiy
their forms, and render perceptible
tho affcctionate emotions Of their
loving hearts. Hence they are
called palpitators."
"La, mol yoar advertisement
didn't say anything about parallels
cnvcloping female bosoms 10 show
their notions of affection. Now If
you denounce them ar bosom pita.
tcrs you'd be moro intelligent
Well, I'm artor some stomach pitS.
ters, which have much affection
for, besides my bosom is parallel
enough, and | pretend for the future
to keep il so without any them pi-
tatcrs in it any how. Good bye,
Mrs. Milliner. Como, Ike, lot us
tramp"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-03

ENTERPRIsING.-Somcthing has
been passing through our proud
little city during. the week that
clectrifies the heart and causes the
business pulse to leap for very JOY.
Something new and strange to the
country, though familiar to many
of its citizens, We refer to the
railroad wagons from Fort Scott,
Kansas, on their way to tho scene
of labor, concerning which we have
heard so much and about which so
many are disposed to be skeptical.
We understand that there arc many
hundreds of such convoyances from
the upper country bearing down
upon us, indexing the fact that our
railroad is not a bubble but real
entity, having q local habitation
and a namo. We believe the Mem
phis. Ell Paso and Pacific Railroad
is determined to be built, subscrip-
tion or no subscription, although
We utterly fail to sympathizc with
the apathy of n people who should
long ago have discovered the fact
that in the natural advantages Of
the country alone lies their hope OF
future prosperity.
TParis Examiner, Jan. 18th.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-03

GET LEATHER BITs.-Onc of the
cruelest things to dumb beasts is
putting frozen iron bits into a horses
mouth. 1t is not only painful but
dangerous act. For every imo
living flesh touches metal much be-
low the freezing point, the latter
extracts the heat from the former
and freezes it. Thus a horses mouth
becomes frozen by the cold iron sew
eral times day put into it; each
time causing these freezings to 60
deeper and deeper, to end at last in
extensive liberation. With such a
sore mouth the poor horse refuses
to eat and pines away, which calls
the horse-doctor in. They call it
bots, glanders, horse-ail, &C., and go
to examining down poisonous drugs
in big doses; and the next you know
Of the poor abused creature, he is
trundled off to be food for fish and
the crows. Many a valuable horse
has been "mysteriously" lost in just
that way. =
Thinking and humane people
avoid this by first warming the bits;
bat this is too much trouble, and
sometimes impossible as in night
work ike staging and physician's e
work. Now all this trouble and
loss are entirely avoided, as we
have found on large trial, BY getting
the harness makers to get leather
bits for winter use, so made that no
metal substance can touch the flesh
Their are durable and cost only halt
a dollar We wcnldn't exchange
ours fora gold one, If it couldn't be
replaced. Don't fail TO try il.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-03
CHoosINo A WIRE Motrir,o

CHOOSING A WIFE.-Matrimony is
powerfully in the ascendant, and to
advise a young man what kind of a
lady to choose is about as profitable
business as "bombarding Gibral-
tar with boiled peas" but any way,
we picked up the following some.
where, and give it for what it is
worth:
Keep your eyes open boys. WHEN
you are after woman. fftlie dear
little thing is cross and scoids her
mother in the back room, you may
be sure you will get particular fits
all around the house. II she apollo
gizes for wiping the dishes you will
need girl TO fan her. If you mar
ft a woman who knows nothing
but to commit nisnslaugktef on tho
piano, You may have got the purtst
piece of muslin ever gotten up
Find the one whose mind is right
and then pitch in. Don't be hang
ing around like a sheep thief az
though ashamed to be seen around
in the day, but walk up like chick.
ems 10 dough, and ask for the cal
like man.