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The Shasta courier., 1871-08-26
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY xoRxIKs,sr
w. l.. CARTER.
Publ Ufice,-Armory Hall
Building, First Floor.

Terms Of Advertising:
For One Square. of 10 lines or less. one insertion
-Four Dollars; for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dollars.
Iib.r.l di,count made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers. 80
R- Advertiser ents not maiksd with the num-
Ssr Of insertions thereon, viii bs continued unsh
ordered out. and charged accordingly.
All summonses. Shsrif's sales, and Court ad-
vsrtisemenu charged strictly according to the
rate, 6red BY law. All legal advertising must bs
paid for in advance.
ALSO.
Having furnished oar once with an elegant as
sortmeut of FANCY JOB TYPES, We pre-
pared to executs, neatly and eIpeditiously. all
manner Of Job Printing, such as
Bills of Fare. Bill Heads,
Circulars, Handouts.
Pamphlets, Programmes.
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues.
Drafts, Checks. H.
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Northern Light Lodge. No. I9I. r. d A.
NJ. Mfllville.

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80 Henry Johnson. J. W.. DR. Gupfill. Bee
KR D C. Stevenson. s. D.: johnson Fonde
D.; Robt, Boyce. Marshal; A. Will
iams. and George williamson. Sssvsrts; B. +.
Martin, Tyler.
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empire HOTEL !
81; MAIN STREET, SHASTA, H;i
JOHN v. SCOTT, Proprietor.

VlHE PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAvoRITE
Hotel takes pleasure in announcing his
friends and the public generally that he has
fitted and re-furnished the establishment through
out. and is now prepared TO entertain guests in a
style equal to sny other hnuse in Northern Cal
itoruis. The PARLOR and ROOMS are large
aud commodious. and the BEDS nd sleeping &C
comodstions unsurpassed.
THE TABI
will always be supplied with every hing the mar
kets Of this locality afford. and y possible at
;ention will be paid to the wants of guests, and no
pains spared to render them comfortable.
At the BAR none but the hest brands of Wine
Liquor and Cigars will be dispensed u customers
The Oregon 4 Cal. Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
CORRAL g. STABLE.
Attached to this establtshnen is a good COR
RAJ and STABLE where Teamsters and Others
can always find abundant supply of HAY and
BARLEY at reasonable prices.
JOHN V. SCOTT.
Shasta, June 10th. 1859. jel9
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FLEMING'S SAW MILL,
Brandy Creek.
JOHN FLEMING, Proprietor

vIlHIs MILL Is IN SUCCESSFUL OPERA
ton on brandy Creek, about two miles from
Shiskytewn. and G. c SCHROEDER will keel
IN hand and for sale supply Of Lumber, A.
shasta and all orders left wirh hi'n will receive
prompt attention. L. BEHRENS will ais" re
eeive orders and attend To the sale OF Lumber aI
whiskytswn. Prices reasonable.
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WillOw.ware.

BIRD CAGES. COAL OIL. LUCINE, LAMPS.
including the splendid Orient Argand Kerosene
Burner, &C., &C.. all of which he offers for sale.
and hopes to merit the patronage of the commu
nifty at large by his attention to business and low
prices. lmyl3
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Shasta Ledge No, 81, !. o. o. n.

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Donald. 7. Night of meeting. Mond.
shasta EncampfhenI. No. ff. ! q. y r..
Chs. MeDonsld. G. p, W. ?. Hartman.
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Scribe I. Gsxrsoht. Treas; W. ElmoFs.
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Western Star Lodge. No. 2, r. & A. M.
a L Wellendorf W. M.;John v. Scott.
~S W: C. C. Bush. J. W. Benz. Shurt
AA left. Treas; A. Dobrowsky. Ser: G. c.
~ >Schroter. s. D.; J. Ashfeld, J. D.; Chas.
Anderson. s.. W. P. Hartman, s.; ]. Isaacs, NJ;
j. F. Scammon,T.
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Shasta Council. No. 6. r & 4. NJ.

OHaot6 NUuHCIIs rSUs Os = - ~ Vhs
a ]. Issacs. T. /. NJ. A. Dobrowsky. D.
IA NJ; D. P. Bystel. g C w.; John V. Scott.
Treas. L. Wellendorf. Recorder; ]. N. Chap
. pell, C OF g.; Chas Anderson. Conductor:
@. C. Schroeder. Steward; Grant I Tsggart, Mar
shall. J, Scsmmon. sent.
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
Scene in a Menagerfe.

At Emily, ireland, fortnight ago,
there was performance in a menagerie
owned by Mr.. Wilmington. A little
boy, son of a publican named Fleming,
residing in the village, was playing in
company with some other children
around the cage where some Eears were
kept. The child having incautiously
thrust his hand through the bars of the
cage, one Of the bears seized itand lace
rated it in a frightful manner. The
arm, from the elbew, had to be amputa-
ted, and the doctor gave no hope of the
child's recovery, The boys father, on
hearing of the occurrence, procured a
gun, and proceeded to the menagerie,
where he shot fine bear dead, and al
lowed another to escape. The villagers
collected, and, becoming enraged, at
tackled the boxes and caravans of the
menagerie, smashing number of them
to pieces. a.. On Friday seven were
brought. to .'Tipperary in custody,
charged with riot. and assaulting the
proprietor Of the menagerie. A cores
pondent Of the Dublin ErpeeSs says that
on the accident to the child becoming
known the people collected in large
numbers with stones, empty bottles,
and sticks, and smashed several of the
boxes in which the wild beasts were
kept. They then commenced to attack
the proprietor, beat him, and blackened
his face and eyes. The seven men ar
rested have been taken before the
magistrate and remanded.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
Loss of an Ocean Steamship off CeylOn.

The Peninsular and Oriental Com
pany's steamship Rangoon struck en-
Cadda Rock, Point de Gale, Ceylon, on
the}2d inst, when leaving the harbor,
and foundered at midnight in Is faith
oms of water. The, passengers, crew, a
few bags of mails, and portion of the
baggage were saved. All else was lost.
There was no specie on board. The loss
is very serious one, as the ship stands
in the company's books valued at $780,
900. The Rangoon was sister ship to
the Carnatic, belonging to the same
company, and lost in the Indian ocean
two years ago. She was an iron ship of
1880 tons burden, 450-horse power, and,
like her sister ship, was built on the
Thames. She was commanded by one
of the oldest of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's officers, Capt. skot-
towe, who, upon this occasion, was
making his last trip before retiring from
the service, having never previously
met with casualty. The wrecked
vessel had taken on board the Austria
.lian mails and passengers arriving by
the Indus, from Suez, on the previous
ri 3
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
FunnigraphS.

How to get long well-Dig it deep.
FEE simple-Money given to a quack
doctor. D .; .. '...
WHAT part of the rifle is like an as
sault? The breech of the piece.
DOES a COW become landed property
when sheis turned into field?
WHEN does a man impose upon him.
self? When he taxes his memory.
MUMMIEs do not lcok as though they
were in a hurry, yet it is certain that
at first they must have been pressed for
time.
THE "Sugar- Bowl is the odd name
of paper published in Louisiana, and
the bold publisher has just begun Sec
ond volume.
Mrs. MOORE, of. Indiana, thrashed her
husband for getting drunk, and the
Louisville Ledger calls her "the bride of
lam-a-M Moor" .
II, is difficult to understand why
some people concern themselves about
their lungs, when their lungs take air
of themselves. ......
A VETERAN merchant says that, al
though his clerks are very talkative
during the day, they are always ready to
shut up at night.
WHAT is the, difference between the
entrance to a barn and % loafer in -
printing office? One is barn door and
the other is darn bore.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
The Famine in Persia.

The following account of the famine
| in Persia is taken from statement
made at public meeting recently held
| in London to raise money for the relief
of the sufferers:
| "The lamentable famine, now raging
in Persia, and threatening to carry off
| hundreds of thous ,nds of the scanty
population of that extensive kingdom,
has been cause by the unparalleled
drought which has prevailed through
out the country during the last three
years. In an area far exceeding that of
Great Britain and France together no
| river of any Importance exists, and the
quantity of rain in the spring and sum-
mer is insignificant. In ordinary years,
however, the fall of snow between No
vember and March is considerable. It
thickly covers the huge mountain ran
ges which intersect Persia, and as it
melts in the spring and summer it fills
the water courses and small canals from
which the peasants irrigate their crops.
The soil in the valleys is naturally fer.
tile, and little labor insures a large
harvest if only the winter snowfall has
been abundant. This, unhappily, for
the last two or three years has been sim
gularly wanting the springs, water
courses and rivulets have been com
pletely dried up, the corn sown over
and over again has been blasted, the
supplies in the country have been ex-
hausted, and famine, with disease in its
train, is now rapidly doing its deadly
work. ~ -. i ..-.., ...-. y. .#.. III
"The whole population of Persia has
100000 a large proportion of whom
are Eelyauts, wandering tribes who cor
respond to the Bedouins of Arabia and
Mesopotamia. These Eelyauts princi-
pally inhabit the southern and eastern
parts of the empire, where the drought
has been most severe. Their means of
subsistence depend mainly upon their
focks and herds, which have now, in
some places, altogether perished, owing
to the total want of grass on the noun
tain slopes and in the valleys. The
most pitiful destitution and the most
appalling mortality are the results. The
towns have suffered scarcely less. At
Bushire, where relief is most easily af-
forded, and where much has been done
under the auspices of the Brithish Min
ister, deaths by starvation are of daily
occurrence. 1t is reported that the
population Of Kazeroon, lately estimated
at 10000, has fallen during these days
of visitation to one-ffth that number
that in round numbers some four thou.
sand have died of famine since this time
last year, and like number have fled
the place. A similar condition of affairs
exists at Shiraz, Kooneisher, and more
or less all over the large provinces of
Kirman and Khorassan, while even in
the less afflicted Northern districts most
lamentable distress prevails. 1t is re-
ported that in the city of Ispahan alone
no less than twelve thousand people
have died of want, and more than dou-
BILE that number in the province. No
material improvement can be looked
for until next spring"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
House Building.

: The novelist Charles Reade holds that
basement kitchen windows ought to be
large, and gives as one reason for this,
that plenty of light conduces to good
temper in, the cook, and, as we sup
pose, in consequence, toward good
cookery, and the resulting easy diges-
tion and generally amiable mood en-
joyed by the general household. He
denounces plastered ceilings, par ticu-
larly for. the lower rooms, and would
have them to consist of the bare joists
and boards, but vanished. A ceiling
of. this kind could be washed, and
would, moreover, allow of utensils, ETC.,
being hung from it, which is sometimes
a convenience. He would also varnish
the parlor floor, and this could be made
to form pleasing border to the carpet
AS a matter of5taste, he would have
arches instead of square. heads to the
door frames. He also prefers French
easements to English sashes, as the for
mer are so much more easy, to clean.
He would varnish the stair railings in
stead of painting them, and would not
use plaster, but encaustic tiles, or some
thing equally hard, on the lower part
of the stairway, since it it so easy to be-
come dirty by the household passing up
and down, and also broken and other
wise damaged in the carrying up of the
furniture and other articles. Mr.. Reade
objects as strongly to plastered ceilings
in drawing g-rooms as in parlors partly
because the plaster is apt to become
discolored by water that may acciden-
tally be spilled in the bedrooms imme-
diately above. He would also do away
with ceilings =. in. the attic or garret
story, both because they diminish the
already contracted. space, and hide
the source of any leakage in the
roof He advocates slightly pitched |
roofs, surrounded with spiked ratings,
too high for the children to climb thus
afording q safe recreation ground for
the juvenile members of the family, a
point not unworthy Of consideration in
the streets of large cities.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
English Newspaper Enterprise.

English enterprise is well illustrated
by the circumstance that the latest
number of the Graphic-the leading H.
lustrated paper of Europe-comes to
hand with picture of Chicago about
fifteen years old, showing the old Sher-
man House of wood, handful of shan
ties in a district that had been built up
with magnificent blocks, and a view Of
a prairie that is now thickly settled.
The letter-press also comments that the
extent of the fire was owing to the fact
that "many of the houses were con-
structed of the well known oleiferous
limestone whence petroleum is OBJ
tained," adding that "there are i'm
mense deposits of this stone in the
neighborhood of the CITY," The people
of Europe will begin to confuse Chicago
as it was with Chinese villages. Yet
their ideas in this respect will not be
much more errneous than many others
which they CLEAN from their conceited
but stupid newspapers.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
ROyaI Family GOssip.

? British advices received by mail state
that at council held by the Royal
family ON October % ult., some very un-
pleasant business was discussed. For
some time past the Prince of Wales has
been falling back into his former habits
,of life, so it was determined to hold a
family gathering to decide Vhe best
course of action to pursue regarding
Albert Edward. No false delicacy was
observed by the Duka of Cambridge.
On the contrary he very plainly stated
that something should be done to keep
the Prince out of mischief. Victoria's
condition was also. discussed, it being
finally decided to remove the Queens
duties, which are now acknowledged to
be too burdensome for her, to the
Prince of Wales. Her Majesty didn't
take it, kindly, so at a meeting of the
Cabinet it was decided to bring little
pressure to bear, Mr.. Foster, the parent
of the Education bill, is named as be-
ing the Minister to lay the matter be-
fore the Queen consequently some
thing startling regarding the forthcom-
ing regency may be expected shortly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
4 Last Talk

Come out in the garden, and walk with me
r Wn,e the dancers whirl to that dreamystune.
see IT tfs ne moonlight S1 sivcrs the sleeping sea-
Let me hold your hand as / used to do;
=, This is the last, last time, you know,
FOR tomorrow a. W0Oer comes to WOO
And to winyou, thought love you so.
You are pale-or is it the moonlight's CLEAN
That gives to your face that sQrrowful look?
We mustwake at last from our Summer dream,
Wehaye come to the end of our tender book.
Love, the poet, has written we'll
He has won our hearts by his poem sweet;
And now, at the end, we must say farewell
'Ah, but the Summer was fair and fleet!
Do you remember the night we met?
You wore rose in your yellow hair.
Closing my eyes, can see you yet,
Just as you stood on the topmost stair,
futter of white from head to feet,
q A cluster of buds on your breast. All me
But the vision was never half so sweet
AS it is tonight In memory.
Hear the vioIs cry; and the deep basoon
Seems sobbing out in its undertone
Some SOrrO Wfut memory. The tune
Is the saddest one [ have ever known.
Or is it because we must part tonight
That the music seems so sad? All me!
You are weeping, Love, and your lips are white :;
The ways of life are a mystery.
I love you, Love, with love so true
That in coming years | shall not forget
The beautiful face and the dream knew.
And memory always will hold regret.
| shall stand by the sea, as we stand tonight,
And think of the Summer whose blossoms died
When the frosts of fate fell chill and white
On the fairest flower of the summer-tlde. ,
They are calling you. Must [ let you go?
Must say goodbye, and go my way?
IF we must part, it is better So
Good-bye's such a sorrowful word to say!
Give me, my darling one last, sweet kiss
So we kiss our dear ones, and see them die:
But death holds parting so sad as this:
God bless you, and keep you-and So goodbye.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
NO. 12.
The Golden Side.
BY MRS. NJ. A. KIppER.

BY MRS. NJ. A. KIppER.
There is many a rest in the road of life,
live only would stop to take it !;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulous heart would wake it!
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth.
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never a night without day,
Nor an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life.
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown
y Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love of little child,
Or a mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For q cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
A bright and golden filling, t~.
And to do Gods will with ready heart
{ And hands that are swiltand willing,
Than to snap the delicate. minute threads
OF our curious lives asunder;
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
Naval Academy Outrages.

In spite of the late dismissal from
the Naval Academy for hazing, outrages
of this character have recently been
worse than ever. A board of investiga-
ton has recommended fifteen additional
dismissals, and the department has de-
cided to dismiss them. This investiga-
ton shows that one of the new cadets
was held and made to drink mugful
of a mixture composed of castor oil,
mucilage, ink, tooth powder and qui.
nine pills. Another was held out OF
the fifth story of building by the heels
until he was nearly dead. A third was
taken out at night and made to kneel
before the Herndon monument in
the ground, and pray for the Presi
dent, the American Eagle, the Stal
Spangled banner, and, lastly, the spec
tators.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-01
Interesting Facts Cleaned from the New
Census of the United States. $500

The census returns, soon. to be pub
lished, show that there are in the United
States 20,320 blind persons, of whom
II ,343 are males and 8,977 females. The.
whites are 1896; blacks, 1866; mu-
lattoes, 355; Chinese, 4 and Indians,
20. There are of deaf and dumb, 16,205;
males, 8,916; females, 1899. All except
1,298 are white. The whole number Of
insane is 1882 males, Is, 174; females,
19,208. Except 1922, all are whites.
kOf the idiotic there are l4,485 males
and 10,042 females; total, "a, 4,527. The.
proportion of negroes is much larger In
this class of unfortunates than in either
of the others, and including both blacks
and mulattoes, the number is 3,188.
The whole number of those who are
both blind and deaf and dumb is 96
persons; both blind and insane, IS;
blind and idiotic, 105 blind, deaf and
dumb, and also insane, 7; blind, deaf
and dumb and also idiotic, H.. It will
be noticed that in all classes of unfor
tunates, except the insane, the number
of males is much greater than the num-
ber of females. The aggregate number
of blind in the State Of New York is
2,213, of whom ,464 were born in the
United States and 749 in foreign coun-
tries, the birthplace Of 10 only being
unknown; 449 were born in Ireland
and 123 in Germany; are over 100
years old, and 81 between 90 and 100
! one OF the latter being an Indian woman.
Of all the blind in the United States,
| I'LL were born in. New York; from
| this it will be seen that there are in the
| State nearly twice as many blind as are
natives of it. New York has 1888 deaf
and dumb, Of whom 1854 are natives
| of the United States and 229 foreign
born; of the latter there were born in
| Ireland &c and in Germany 81 it would
| thus appear that the blind are greater
travellers than the deaf and dumb. The
| deaf and dumb die younger than the
blind, and there are in New York only
twenty-one over seventy. OF all the
deaf and dumb in the United States
| 1870 are natives Of New York. The
number of insane persons in New York
is $3.50; born in the United States,
3,207; in foreign countries, 3,l46. Of
these-in Ireland, 1916; in Germany,
rs. There are, under five years old, 8
| insane; between five and ten years, 13 !;
and under twenty years, 201 over sew
enty years old there are 329. Of the
whole number of insane in the United
States 2,612 are natives of New York,
only a little over one-third of her pres
ent insane population. The number of
idiots in New York is 2,486, or 81 or 35
more than one-tenth of the idiotic in
the whole country. Idiots do not emf
CRATE very extensively, and 2,179 are
| native born. against BOZ foreign: 2,054
are natives of New York, ITO of Ireland
and So of Germany. The idiotic die
young, through the favor of the gods,
and 324 ouly are over forty years old.
The net number of persons IN tne Iour
classes of unfortunates in New York IS
12,SO1, and in the United States, 81, 923.
There are in the United States l4l
blind persons over 100 years old, also
two deaf and dumb, seven insane and
five idiots.