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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02
sponges from the Florida Reef.

Sponges were very numerous, though
we were told that a large portion were
not worth gathering The sponger
could readily distinguish the best as he
pushed his boat over them. Some of
the coarser kinds, not mark ketable, are
four feet in diam eter. They are all
more or, less concave at the apex. A
black membraneous tunic covers them,
and soft jelly-hke portions project into
the pores and cavities, constituting the
slight claim they have to a place in the
fat oil have been found in their analysis;
so the vexed question is settled by
chemistry, and they are unquestionably
admitted to the ranks of animated ha-
ture, though far from active members.
A slight current is observable over the
openings, and nourishment is probably
absorbed as it circulates through them.
The framework is made up of silica, a
wonderful proportion in the form of
specule or spinters. Unlike most
other marine. objects, sponge is less at
tractive in its. living state; only after
the soft parts are removed is it pleasing
to the eye. The pretty urn and other
shaped sponges found on the. beaches
are merely the skeletons.
large trade is now carried on at Key
West in this article. Small schooners,
from ten to twenty tons burden, are en-
ployed. They are much the shape of
half an egg, and as fat as is consistent
with due regard to sailing qualities ap-
preaching, probably, as near as is posi-
Bile the mythic craft that is, said to
" float m heavy deW"t These vessels
lie at anchor in the channels, while the
spongefs push their small boats over the
flats 60 gather the sponge. In some
places they dive for it, and in shoal wa
faograpple, them The specimens are
very heavy. being loaded with water
and the jelly ike animal matter. They
are buried in the sand of the beaches |
until the matter is decomposed, when !
they are washed and carried to Key
West, collected upon strings of conve-
nient length, and bleached in the sun. |
That portion of Key West called Conch- |
town is the principal depository, where |
the yards and fences are loaded with |
them. For many years nearly all the
sponge collected on the Florida reef |
was sold at Key West to an Israelite of
New York, one Isaacs latterly others
haye entered the trade, and very re-
spectacle income is derived from it
Hdrper's Magazine for February. ~.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

DEATH FROM LovB.-The, city of Ham
ilton Ohio, was recently thrown into
quite,a commotion over the suicide of a
young man named A. Hagerman, a
brother-in-law =. of John B. Cornell,
Cashier of the First National Bank of
that city. Being engaged in no active
business, he has spent much of his time
in the bank AT about 10 o'clock he
went into the bank-room in apparently
the best of spirits, and, walking behind
the counter, picked up a revolver that
lay in one of the drawers and seated
himself in chair Immediately behind
the bookkeeper, who was at his desk.
Unbottoning his vest, he placed the
muzzle of the revolver to his bosom,
fired, and fell a corpse into the arms of
Peter Murphy, who rushed to his assist
ance. We0have been unable to learn
the cause, although it is2said that5alady-
is, concerned in the case; and thatit is
another case of death from love, Hager-
man was engaged to be married to a
young lady of Hamilton in couple Of
weeks. She tainted away almost as life
less as her dead lover on hearing of his
tragic end Financial matters, and his
inability to keep up with the styles of
the day at so important a period of his
life, are said to have SO preyed upon his
mind as to bring on the insane disease
which caused him to put an end to his
existence. -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

CLERICAL INAPTITUDE.-UnWeFth men
occasionally find their way into the min
istry of every denomination. AS a rule,
however, their misdeeds are generally
discovered. The following instance of
impertinent clerical officiousness,
promptly rebuked, comes to us from a
Kansas correspondents:
Old DR.. - is Kentuckian, fond of
q cigar and little game of cards. In his
employ was a young man who, though
professedly Methodist, had so far
backslidden as to play a little some
times. The two were sitting in the
house one. rainy day lhavingFa a game of
,euehre.s The Rev Mr.. the resi-
dent Methodist minister dropped in,
and after glancing at the doctors hand
passed around the young man, took a
seat, and quietly watched the game.
The young man was about to play a GER
tain card, when the minister whispered
to him: - -
"Don't play that if youAdo you'll be
euchred sure.p - -
Whereupon the doctor, waxing irate,
said: =
"See here, Mr.. -; l Amt playing
this game against the whole Methodist
Conference. If the Conference wants
to put up V, I'll play them a rub
This reverend brother was soon dis
covered to be mistake" and was de-
posed from the ministry.-Harper'S S
lHd0dzine. @
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

BYRoN's GRAvE.-1n Germany the fact
is being commented upon that Byron's
grave, at Hackna1l Forkard-a small,
mean town some sixty miles from Not
tingham, England--is now more than
half forgotten by the world, though the
works of the poet seem to increase in
popularity as time goes on.
1t will be remembered that all that
remains to mark the place where the
author of "Childe Harold was laid in
a simple white marble slab, erected by
Augusta Leigh. Some months since a
writer in the London Times proposed
that Byron's remains should be removed
to. the Poets. Corner in Westminster
Abby. Surely, if genius only is con
sidered, not one of the poets of England
had, or has, better right to lie in that
precious little nook than Byron
Shakespeare excepted. @ho1
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

frssgd MsEa%s of d.sd a laf9 sn
wife Of the Governor General Of Canada.
He twice married widows; his second
wife. being widow Of Sir William Mac
naughten, who was murdered in India
some twenty five years ago. Lord Head
forts eldest son, the Earl of Bective,
married the only child of Alderman
Thompson, of London. This lady had
a fortune of 81 800, 900 in money, besides
large real estate. At her death all went
to her son, who, reversing the usual
order OF things, made his father an
allowance.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

GLAss-BLowING.-The juvenile miner
alogist, constructing his first cabinet,
brings home, as a rare curiosity, a erys-
taline stone, which shines like glass
1t Is glass-the glass of nature, the
foundation of much of modern civiliza-
ton and science, without which nei-
ther astronomy, chemistry, nor physio-
logy could ever have emerged from their
crude condition, since without it nei-
ther the telescope, the microscope, nor
the chemists vessels would have been
possible. Subjected to,an intense heat,
and mixed with other substances, such
as soda, lime, oxide of iron, oxide of
lead, oxide of tin, according to the fab
ric to be wrought, it becomes ductile, is
drawn out into the most tenuous
threads, is rolled, beaten, moulded, cut
at will, yields to even the slightest
breath of the workman, and, patterned
by him, takes any form he chooses to
impart to it. Cooling, it loses its curl
ously ductile character, and becomes
again the hardest and most brittle of
substances. This quartz rock the boy
fancies to be precious stone. He is
laughed at for his wild conjecture. 1t
is a chance if he be not nearer right
than those who ridicule him, Colored
in natures marvellous dye house, it be-
comes precious only because it is more
rare, Violet, it is an farnethyst;s un-
crystalized and waxy in it's structure, it
is a chalcedony red, tits d Rcarneliaiiz;
of variegated colors, it is, ranr agatesi
opaque, and yet colored, red, yellow;
brown, it is a jasper. In word, the
same substance which is, the, chief Cconi!
ponent of glass is also the base of most
precious stones, yet in its. commonest,
form most precious of all for we might
relinquish jasper, agate, chalcedony, and
amethyst for glass, if we could obtain
the latter only by such an exchange,
Harper's Magazine. .'''
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02
ROchefOrt- His Renewal Of the Clam
ferne.V -. ......,.- .

j. M. Henri Rochefort, in a preface to
his new edition of the Ldnter7,e, says
that on re-perusing the lines written in
a foreign land before publishing them
in his own country, he has to beg par
don of the public for the moderation
withEwhich he spoke of the Imperial
regime. I" ! have just re-read the proofs
of my pamphlet; l compare it with the
horrors through which the empire has
compelled us to pass, with the end to
which it has led us, and I know not
how to excuse, myself for being so
mild.' Further on he says: " 1 trust
no one will suppose that am seeking
by their reissue an easy opportunity of
proving myself to be right in spite of
the years of prison and the thousands
of francs in fines which so often proved
me to be wrong. 1 make no merit of
my second sight. There are but three
ways in which fallen empires can sink
military revolution, an insurrection of
the people, foreign invasion. To
prophesy all three was enough to secure
the Certainty of not being far wrong.
NapaleonJ with his usual foresight, chose
the third. The worst for us, but de
cidedly the best for him." s-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

A LITTLE GIRL about three years old,
after being corrected for something she
had done, said, "Ma, wish whipping
cost something Why?" replied the
mother. Because said little pert,
"you never give me anything that.costs
something" -..-s:. -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

g HoME MiRrH.-Don't be afraid of a
little fun at home, good people ! Don't
shut up your houses lest the sun should
fade your carpets, and your hearts, lest
a, hearty laugh should shake down some
of the musty old cobwebs there. you
want TO ruin your sons, let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment
must be left on the threshold without,
when they come home at night. When
once home is regarded as only, a place
to eat, drink and sleep in, the work. is
begun that ends in gambling-houses and
reckless degradation. Young people
must have fun and relaxation some
where; if they do not find it at their
hearthstones, it will be sought at other
ard perhaps less profitable places.
Therefore, let the fire burn brightly at
night, and make the homestead delight
zfh with all those little arts that parents
so perfectly understand oDon't repress
the. buoyant spirits, Of your children,
Half an hour of merriment round the
lamp and freight of a home blots out
the remembrance of many a care and
annoyance during the day; and the
best safeguard they can take with them
into the world is the unseen influence
of a bright little domestic sanctum.
Canada Farmer.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

SUPPOSED NATURAL ORIGIN OF some
FOREST FIREs.-The great frequency of
fires during summer in the pine forests
of Germany and France, under circum-
stances where there was no suspicion of
accidental or willftll incendiarism, has
suggested to Mr.. Schrader the idea that
these may possibly be in a measure
spontaneous. In most of these forests
the resin is collected in large quantity
from punctures made in the bark, and
an, exudationl of the same substance
may take place whenever the bark is
accidentally cracked. Mr.. Sehrader
suggests that the tear-shaped drops of
resin, in running from the tree, may
form lenses, through which the rays of
the sun may be concentrated, and act
upon the infiammable surroundings, and
thereby set fire to them. In many cases,
possibly, a vapor of escaping turpentine
may also, by its combustibility, cause
the fire to spread with greater rapidity.
Harpey's Magazine.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

AN INCIDENT OF LOUIS INAPoLEoNis S
BoYHooD.-Max Ring, the German au-
thor, has published new book, en-
titled I" Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," in
which he gives the following anecdote
of the early years of the ex-Emperor ::
When a very little fellow, he used to
pass, on his way to school, a blacksmith
shop, around which he sometimes lott
cred. One day he made the discovery
that the blacksmith was in the habit of
lighting his pipe with a long rod of iron,
and, watching for favorable opportu-
nifty, he drew the rod out of the fire and
replaced it with the hot end left stick
ing out, so that when the smith re-
turned in few seconds after a tenn
porary absence, and, unconscious of the
change, took hold of the rod to draw it
out of the fire, to light his pipe as usual,
he burned his hand badly. His excla-
nation of pain and surprise was re-
sponded to by a-burst of uncomfortable
laughter from the irrepressible Louis,
who had hidden himself away some
where to enjoy the success of his nice
little practical joke. and who thus, de
spite of himself, had revealed his secret
and his hiding place. The consequence
was that he received the best beating
that he probably ever got in his life tSe-
dan excepted) from the old smith,
whose name was Mayer, and who is still
living and well to do near Elbing.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02
n &Iw6a9iR9 Esgaiapes eaidlSh ~ tLS0 0t6a.LnSple N
nj y ! ti6it ~ the Paciilt \ RajTffoaddI =,

1l&.Whatiie Eagi91es said III ths (tno.hnpIe
g1ii.3 tiof Of the Pacifle RaiTfOad.,,
What was it the engines said,
..s-4.ss.t-a "a kuQts touehing-hea 10 head sssf
800 Hs,F EHse,iFng lIs on she SpgIs track -
This is what the engines said, ~ ~
Unreported apd unreadi
With a PREDATORY screech.
saia HSsas sSs ensiSe ss'fFa rom sSSSR tSs West:
An am tS from mss S,srTs's eEsst; & TrET
Why, reckon it's confessed
"a sF That I've done my level best" fsA
Said Ss the snsins from The Fast: e .5aa--i
S,Pose yog thistle down your brakes;
Be s SiffsrenG Kind nd Of SpG sreetinGs %sssaGs
Let those folks with cham pSene stuiing,
Not the engines. do the lpH6fias --9-yf-I
Listen Where Atlantis, beats
Shores Of snow and semmer hests;
Hhere the lndian antumn skies
sra~1 heFe chased the aying sun,
SEEING an he looked upon,
ESSsinss Eas K * S III isSS s. Sasas Sss sssS'
All All Iais Ris s1GaSs s1ISHiE'SE E6ss ISsGauas
as, E1srS UsUTs my t nS1ns sosses tses 81 r a
Said the WosttRA eheiae. SPt1s& .ss1sA
dSsas 1SS S% SRg Fs gT y9Siss sSss 9Isa sSS Sad.s.
.T W. ss9f y ~ q sss = Fsss Fgds$s';Eso
fs5Fi.d shfoask inc me tks sEersSst Wy
sfAnd the sun you follow hero -
Rises in my heinisphere. tuSa
ReaIIy--ff one must be-rudet+r
hsngsh. my friend. aiEf lCntitude."
.~-,---
Said the Union I, = D6a Z feasct, 81
III run fS1ie' Dirsetof.sH shyssa
o said the Cf1tral: I'm Pacidt. e- -
- But, when NlIed, u unite tetrfde.t "a
rfrt 1ot to-day We Wllt not qoaffek.IIr = - "a
Has Sgss e ssd shSS s1sEs 4
Once have met %li4pat collision"
That is Ahatthe eneincs edfa.
uureDOrted and uiIfead; sAas1
Spoken slightly through khe nose,
Fci With q whistle at the close. q = s5u
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02
/" BY Che sea.y


Last night watched the old ycar die
A wind swept once across the sky
That seemed 10 me his parting sigh
The tolling ceased. Then Weirdly gay.
The bells rung forth across the bay
Stealing a sea-charm on their way.
An echo from the hollow caves
A thrill Of music from the waves.
Where some that hear shall hnd their graves.
These changefuI bells whispered, surP
Most like some cunning Overture.
Give foretaste what we must endure "
o young babe year, thatyet shaii grow
10 work us either veal or woe
'Tis strange that men should hail thee 90
o dread, mysterious volume sealed
What fatefui words lie there concealed.
Not till the end 10 be reyealed-inI
o ship that sails tho unknown sea
We guess not what thy freight may be-
What storms-whatshipwrc none foreseel
-GeHfLeman's MaOazine.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02
aEaa sEstb4erD

There was a moments silence. "One
hundred thalers ~ at length cried the
picture dealer, evidently piqued and
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

s-7ra. ssBrnE datrW n0ea F.it
.-r-7si as meow ea"f i.'
obs i1 z--g4le 1fn-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

all 81. i-il1Q uoiiIE'9u t''.' /
'---~ r tsr7 .'ac. l9 Ir'Hr.' .
dina. ...g.G., 3 ~ II a1ng
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

RATE OF Nervous ExcITATIoS,--Pr
Helmholtz announces, as the result OF
some recent experiments made by ID.
Baxt, that the rate at which excitation
is propagated along the motor nerves in
man varies between Thirty and ninety
yards per second, and that the raploity
Is greater in summer than in winter.
BY the artificial cooling OF warming Of
the arm the accelerating influence Of
temperature has been fully ascertained,
and it has consequently been deter
mined that the interval Of time between
an impulse Of the voluntary power and
the corresponding movement OF the
muscle is greater in winter than in sum-
mer.-HapT,s Magazine.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02
HumOr.

? WELL, If hatch hand a holland a
har hand q hess hand a hee, don't
spell 'orse, then my name, hain't 'Enry
,fu - ff' .rT1 U7 or L.HNt
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09
SHANf.A--.--(,OURIER.

The figures of official rascality in New
York are absolutely astounding. 1t ap-
pears that in the last thirty-one months
Tammany run in the city in debt s6o, ,5oo,
600! This, in plain terms, is steaiIng at
the rate of over s2,000,000 per month,
for we assume that the revenues ought to
be able to support the local Government.
We think that, under this showing, there
can be no longer any doubt as to where
Tammany's big diamonds come from or
Tammany's sumptuous palaces: or Tam
many's magnificent equipages; or Tam
many's millions. Never in the history OF
the world was such revelation made. 1t
is tolerably clear that if something cannot
be done to check it, Tamulany will yet
succeed in stealing the whole of Maphat
tan Island Two millions month, and
over! Whew! Compare this with the
management of the finances of the General
Government. The decrease in the Nation
al Debt for the twenty nine months last
past, was over S242 900 900, or at the rate
of SS,500,00 per month. This, we are
inclined to think, is very bad showing
for that Democratic economy, about which
we hear so much now a-days-Democratlc
economy that is to be, provided the DE
mocracy is placed in power Never 10 the
history of mankind was there such an
economical party as the Dea ocracy, especi-
ally before eiection.-Alta.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09
SUMMONS.

In the Justices Court, Mills Wilkinson,
Of Fourth Township; vs..
County of Shasta and II. C. Essley.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
The People of the State Of California send
Greeting to II. c. Essley
VOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED TO appear
Il before at my Office in theFourth Township,
in the county of Shasta, in an action brought
against you by the above named plaintiffs, nd
answer the complaint file in my Office. within
ten days exclusive of the day of service), after
the service on you of this summons.
The said action is brought to recover'the sum Of
Seventeen dollars and eighty-tw cents(in U. 8.
coin) for Merchandise sold and delivered 10 you
az per bill on file. And you are hereby notified
that if you fail to appear and the said
plant as above required, said Plaintiff will take
judgement against you for the said amount Of
Sl7 80 together with costs and damages. To the
Sheriff or any Constable of said Township. Greet
ing. Make legal service and due return hereof.
Given under my hand this 10th day of July 1871.
A. ]. ClRTISS, Justice of the Peace.
Burgettville, August 5th, 1871.
Affidavit having this day been filed in my of
fee, that the Defeudent in the above case is nom
resident of this State. 1t is therefore ordered that
the above summons be serve by Publication in the
SHASTA COURIER of Shasta county, California, for
three months.
A. J. CURTISS, Justice of the Peace in and for
said Township and unity.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09
EXAMINATION.

VVNHE COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINATION
will meet at the Public School House, in
Shasta, on
"Wednesday. September I3th. 1871.
Teachers desiring renewal of Certificate should
apply to the Board before the expiration of the
time for which the original Certificates were grant
ed. Examination only open to those who intend to
engage in the profession of teaching in case they
obtain Certificates.
Examination will open promptly at o'clock, at
which iD'e all applicants should be present.
w. l.. CARTER,
County Supt.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09

FLOUR MILL BURNED.-Last week,
Schlicht's new -four mill at Fall River Val
ley. near Burgotgiile was destroyed b. fire
at night, together with a large quantity
of wheat. The fire originated from the
fr ction Of the machinery. on account of the
miller be ng too indolent TO keep it oiled
The mill was valued at about $1,000 and
as all the farmers had just finished thresh-
ing aud brought their wheat 10 the mill.
large amount of grain was al destroyed
in fact nearly all the crop that had been
raised the present season. Flour was im-
mediately procured from Sur prise Valley,
AID other sections, and large quantity
has been secured from this part of the cpun-
fy The loss Of this mill not onlv falls
heavily on Mr.. S, hlicht and the farmers
who lost their wheat, but is also a great
loss to the entire community in Big, Hot
Spring, Fall River, Pit River and other
valleys 10 that section Flour at Surprise
Valley was FIVE cents at last accounts, and
is probably higher in the valleys adjacent
to the mill destroyed in the Pit River
section.-Yreka Journal
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09
NOTICE TO CREDITORS +!

Estate of Edward stacey, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned
Administrator of the Estate of Edward Sta
cey, deceased, to the creditors of and all per-
sons having claims against said decreased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers
within ten months after the first publication
or this notice To the said administrator ut his
reside nee, iu the town and county of Shasta
State of California. Dated at Shasta, August
7, 1871
JOHN SCHUYLER, Administrator.
J. s. FoLLANsBEE. Atty for Administrator.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09
NOTICE.

TINE UNDERSIGNED HAS POSSESSION
by right of pa chase Of Gilman Davis. OF hi'
Ferry and Ranch on the Sacramento river oppo
site the Canon road leadiug tn Millville. for fh'
sum Of Twenty One Hundred Dollars in Golt
Coin. las records in Shasta will show-his nau'
and his wife's name heing alta he'd to the same.
I have new vindlase a new wire ropc and
strong boat and am prepared to cross anything if
my Ferry that comes that way
N.B.-Th. name Of the fer-v is changed ano
called "a Millville end Shasta Ferry"
To Rent-The Ferry and Ranch.
LAURENCE HUGHES
.NsIlxlle nd sbssss ys<yy, July II, 1871.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09

We are satished that our town affords other
advantages also. Our jewelers.. wstchmakers,
Druggist Blacksmiths. Wagon Makers. Timers.
Tsamsssrs. Livery Stables. Hotels. Lawyers. Doc
ors. Dry Goods , caothing Stores. Furniture
Stores. Shoe Nsksrs, Ae. are a. we'll prepared TO
ssEisfy u dsuands - ourselves
...n "a D. c. BUSH . 90, Nh stsN
6baDts, As1 6tb, teH. -
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-09

A shrewd swindIar in II Massachusetts
town, the other day. taught the pe"pie val
uable lesson concerning the p-nhts to lie
made by patronzng peddlers. lie went
around representing himself rs an agent tor
patent carpet sweeper and sold "A doze,' or
two at five dollars each. After he had take.n
new departure. the purchasers found that
the article had been bought in one of the
hardware stores in that place. aud that the
regular retail price was only $3.50.