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The Horse from a Moral Standpoint.

The driver who fights his horse
has got through the first lesson in
the management of these animals.
Some strike their horses in fit OF
anger; others beat them as a'pun-
ishment for what they conceive to
he sinful acts on the part Of the
horse. Now, the fact.is, the horse
never docs wrong on purpose. In
this respect hcis better than most
men. If he refuses to pull, it is
the fault Of education; and if he
runs away, and kicks things
to pieces, it is because he
is frightened. Men, when they
arc scared do some very fool
ish things, and they are excused; ;
but 10 allowance is made for the
runaway horse. lie is kicked and
cuffed and beaten, is if what was
done, was done on purpose to hurt
somebody, and not in consequence,
Of some supposed danger, which
the poor animal was trying to flee
from. Horses never kick without
a motive. They use their heels for
defence; and the first kick at the
traces is given to ward of;
What to them seems danger.
No horse ever kicked for any
other purpose. They cherish no i'll
feeling against any one, and always
do, as far as they know, what is
right. All horses can be educated
to do What ever the driver wishes.
They obey chcerfully and without
grumbling even although put, to
rest at half rations in cold, filthy,
muddy stable. A horse can be
taught to know the harness will not
hurt him. Then he will not kick
att and run away. lie is easily
taught to pull by the traces, or by
the halter strap. II you want him
to pull on the halter, all you have
to dois to hitch him to something
he can easily break, and lie: will
soon learn to pull back with such
force that no bridal can hold linn.
II you want him to pull Tell in the
traces, give him a.light load until
he learns to move it, and lie will
soon pull his best at heavy loads.
Horses balS or pull just as they arc
taught. 1t does not matter which
end Of the horse you fasten the
weight to. They will balkas rcad-
ily when llitchcd by the traces, If
properly trained, as when litchcd
by the halter, and they will pull
back as faithfully by the halter, if
trained to do so, as they pull for
ward when litchcd by the traces
to a wagon. 1t is an easy matter
to teach a horse to refuse to pull at
either the halter or traces, and it is
eQually:as easy to teach him to pull
by the same means. If those who
drive horses would keep this in
view, they would never be guilty
Of the shameful act of beating their
team, in mud hole or on the hill
side. - Uow 10 Muke Tie Ftum
Pay.
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BY W. A.LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
OPPORTUNITY.
RY MARY n. PRESCOTT.

She leaned out from the lattice
At the budding of the morn;
The sun was on the hilltop, ...-
The dew was on the thorn;
The willful, climbing roses,
Above her wore crown,
And crowned her the queen of maidens
AS he came riding down.
He checked his horses gallop,
And fingered by the way,
Smiling and gazing upon her,
Loath to go and loath to stay:
For he thought: "Since the sweet to-
morrow"
Waits on my delays,
.Prithee why should sorrow
Fora flowe.' that blooms always,
"Where she blossoms 7 surely can find
Or ever the season takes flight, ..
Blushing and smiling behind her
Lattice. morning and night.
Shall / squander life's early hour,
Ere the dew is dry on the May, .s-
III reachingmy hand-for flower
That may be plucked any day?" ~
So he passed. And the sunshine pass
ed with him,
And the dew dried up on the thorn,
And the roses dropped all their petals,
That had crowned her the queen at
morn;
But once when his heart was tried,
And life Of its glory seemed shorn,
He turned him again to her lattice,
But she and the roses were gone!
-Huypcr's Magazine for September.
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pears require longer cooking, while
some other varieties Of fruit need
less. The cans should be filled
to the top. -''@E

EATING GREEN CoRN.-Last au
tumn persons who wished to observe
stbe, :proprieties" ~ inquired of syuf
whether it,; was: according to good
usage to gnaw the corn from the cob
or if it should be cut into the plate.
Generally, though not always, mat.
ters of table etiquette are founded in
common sense. A bird can only be
properly enjoyed BY picking it,: hence
good usage sanctions the use Of the
fingers in removing the flesh from the
bones Of a bird, while one whosheuld
takethe bone of a becfsteak or amut-
ton chop in his fingers would be look
ed upon as ill-bred. The only way. to
get the full satisfaction out Of green
corn is to gnaw il from the cob, and
though tho operation; especially to a
foreigner who knows not corn, is not
an elegant one to witness, tits per-
formed at the best ordered tables. So
generally is it conceded that corn
should be eaten from the cob, that
silvcrsmiths now make silver green
corn handles these are thrust. into
the large end Of the cob. and allow it
to be held without soiling the fingers.
1t is rather an awkward matter to cut
the corn from the ear at table, especi-
ally if tho knives are not sharp. a::>If
it is to be eaten in this way it should
be prepared before it is sent TO table,
The operation, Of eating from the cob
is much facilitated by drawing .
sharp knife lengthwise Of each :row,
in such a manner that the hull of
each kernel will be split. When this
is done, the dlgestible. nutritious con-
tents Of the kernels will slip ont, anu
often tough hull be left upon the cob.
Those whose teeth arc sensitive or de-
fective will find this q great help.-
american Agriculturist. -
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A New RAILROAD PROJECT.

A New RAILROAD PRoJEcT.-A
project for the extension of the
Kings Mountain Railroad from
YorkviIle to Lincolnton, N. c.,
and thence to Hickory Tavern, a
town on the line Of the western en-
tension of the North Caroline Rail-
road, is warmly supported by the
Chester Reporter and Yorkville En-
q,0,'er. The proposed road will be
tifty-sevcn miles long, and. as a
narrow-gauge, the estimated cost
for building and equipment is only
seven thousand dollars a mile.
We arc glad to see the press work
ing 50 heartily for the Improvement
and completion of railroad conncc-
tiOus.
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WAITING.

4 listless holiday: the crcaming spray
Beats upward to the sky,
And not living dye
Relieves the lifeless day. ,. -
! sit and pant with all this summer toll
That takes from Inc my strength
An unavailing length o -. 49,.
Of years without one.spoil.
And nothing have I-garnercd, nothing
won: ~.
Nothing had come to ME
Nothing; that can sec o.. .-
In all the work begun.
So pass the lanquid summers one by one,
And one by one the days
A life of Juues and Mays
With all would undone. '..-... ...
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beyond PER CENT.-General Craft,
one of our prominent lawyers, was
hailed while passing Fr"eman's jew
clry store by the 'propricto" with
"Gcncral, come in here 4 moment; we
have something for you to solve. II
man brings his watch to be fixed
and it costs me ten cents to do it, and
| keep ita week, and charge him six
dollars, what per cent do l make
We have been figuring, and make it
nine hundred per cent. snd have only
gotup to one dollar. How much dc
you say it would be at six dollars?''
"WcIl," ,"rcp!icd the general, 81 dc
not wonder at your perplexity; for it
is well known, and the celebrated
Babbit calculating machine has dem
onstratcd, that at certain points ir
progressive numbers the law govern
ing them changes. In this case tho
law would change, and long before
it would reach tho six dollars it would
run out Of per cent. and into what il
known as lurceny.
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Open Windows at Night.

Very much has been written on
this subject, and written unwisely
The facts arc that whoever sleeps
Intentionally cool will get sick,
10 hoist a window sky-high when
the mercury is atzero is an absurd,
ty. '..'.s'.
The colder a sleeping apartment
is, the more un healthy does it be-
come, because cold condenscs the
carbonic acid formed by the breath,
ing Of the sleeper. 1t settles near
the floor and is rebroathcd, and if
in very condensed form he will
die before morning. Hence we
must be governed by circumstance;
the first thing is, you m ust be com
fortably warm during sleep, other
wise you are not refreshed, an in
Aanlmation Of the lungs may be
engendered, and life destroyed
within few days. -'
An open doorand all open fire.
place are sufficient for ordinary pur-
poses in cold weather. When
outer windows are opened, it is
we'll 10 have them down at the top
two or three inches, and up at bot
tom for tile same space.
Tn miasmatic localities-and
these are along watcrcourses, be-
side mill ponds, marshes, bayous,
river bottoms, flat lands and the
like-it is most important, from
tho first Of August until severe
frosts have been noticed, to sleep
with all exte. nal doors and win
dows closed, because the cool air of
sunset causes the condensation Of
the poisonous cmanations which
were caused by the heat of the
MONDAY sun to rise far above the
earth; this condensation makes the
air heavy at shutdown, made heavy
by the greater solidiication Of the
cmanations by cold; and resting on
the surface of the earth in their
more concentrated and malignant
form, they ARE brcathcd into the
lungs, and swallowed into the
stomach, coraupting and poisoning
the blood with great rapidity, by
DAYLIGHT these condcnsations are
made so compact by the rrotractcd
coolness Of the night, that they are
TOO near the surface Of the earth to
be brcathcd into the system; but
as the sun begins to ascend, these
heavy condensations, miasms, be-
gin to rise again to the height of
several feet above the ground, and
arc freely taken into the system by
every breath and swallow; hence
the hours Of sunrise and sunset are
tile most unheallhful of all the
hours OF the twcntyfour in the To-
calitics named; and noontilc, when
the sun is hottest, is the most
healthy portion Of the day, because
the miasm is 50 much raretied that
it asccnds rapidly to the upper re-
gions.
The general lessons are, first
avoid exposure to the outdoor air
in miasmatic localities for the
hours including sunrise and sun
set. Second. Have blazing fire
on the hearth Of the family room
at those hours, to rarely and send
the miasm upwards. Third. Take
breakfast before going ont Of doors
in the morning, and take tea before
sundown; then being out after
night is not injurious.-HaHs
Journal Gf Health.
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The baby-brokerago business in
New York is, curiously illustrated in
the case of Dr.. Willctt This man
received $50 to take charge of a baby
and keep it until some respectable
person would adopt it,; but an hour
after the receipt of the child and
money, the former was left at the door
Of the Founding Hospital suffering
from some powerful narcotic which
Willett had administered, ,".-' e..
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Men speak too much about the
world. Each one Of us, let the world
90 how it will, and be victorious or
not victorious, has he not life Of his
own to lead? The worlds being
saved will not savo us; nor the worlds
being lost destroy us. We should
look to ourselves; there is great NOR
it here in tho "duty Of staying at
home"
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A man with ono cye laid another a
WAGER that he (thc one-eyed( saw
moro than tho other. Tho wager
You have lost" says tho first; g!
can sec two eyes in your face and
YOU can only see one in NINE,
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Prince Alexis, of Russia, has star
ted for America, and will to in Now
New York as soon as steam and sail
can bring him. '.. >.-~
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The latest reports about John Nor
risscy is that he, contemplates build;
ing church at Saratoga
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The sevorest gale of the season has
lust swept owe" Lake Erie: Several
vessels arc ashore. .. .. =. ...z
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VOLUME XIX q. y
I5eN5SI
SCRAPS.

nal, Municipal q county debt s ,ss ;ss;
| OEer fifteen millions Of tba viirs;b
20 State debt has been funded tdldSfa ssss
Fbeahg one-thrd Of the whola debt s. & 9. e.
"A terrific hurricane lately aM2sps Il s.sss, IS
the Sandwich Islands damaging sugar. - -
cane, trees and houses. Nc Tves
lost. : ,ssf ~ ~ o. 1sass 20
General Brown, who killed CAPTAIN
tAdamsln Memphis, Tenniassssee baa
been released on d Eve thousand doI
lar bail. sss' " s,ss,1Es. "a 1,s.
Hon. Henry Al. Wise is ensascd -
during his leisure hours fii writing fIlassX
life and services of exp Prssident 5olinsslE
Tyler. i, s2ss, *. s 3iSs. S q. M g.
General Sherman ii planning III s1br ssap
grand buffalo hunt for Grand HnEs
Alexis and his suite.ss ,..s..z .sss.ss
Miss Amelia Watt, of eineinnat atiissps
has recently accepted q Profsssofsh ga
in Monmoath2 (Hl9 College. gsss;ss;ss.
Mrs. Milne, an English iladg- has -
obtained.a divorce, but issaeonpsileds;&;s
to allow her husband G50Oa Year for s,ss,s
the children. !: ~ 8.
James Mcafanna .a..-: -. 's',''
glar, won enduring fame by escapine, :.
iroM ~ Inc Alpau q fsenitent.ary zen be-
ing the first who ever did ii.
Tho Cal;forn;;a ;o o,o,, e
some of fie growaSs suh .u;R a Dr. s .s.ss
erable onanfi,ies. Tast var onsa,
grower sold 2s0()tl nnnnds az acsfrsI,S sas
one tree. 4 - 8. - s'ssa
-, y So. -. a
Rev. Robert Thompson, 8 clerQv. %E: q,
man. Of Scotland, ID soon "a nrescii s6 s ss
two sermonss said to have been WRITE ssg
ten BY Sir Waiter Scott Abbotss
of tho mn, ,a;aons, Az, .,.,.. s.
for aten on nc;n % Others ord II thaa = y. -
noe;no tha,o o. ,Ia s;aaaa s s.ssp se sS
Con, e nna at isaat ~; tssa iI,s ,he,s M
wona, .Tba.s milf ssa ssa - s.; s
= =. !. s s, '.
Grasshoppers arc pren1a turely chew.
ing all the tobacco in the fields az
lSOUQ6CLlCuC,t anu LUuH. ECQtClu0EOW3
smokers, supply. ss.s sss,s.. sseatgs sssy Ia
=, 81
T: - s's' NeW :.e'l1s Iork clergyman feceptly |
spoke Of woman having The aDpaff ~
drops Of Affection hanging glistening sE
on her cheeks: - Hes nleants sf0 aaY ,s,a
that she eried. 5 ;sS i. -
~, = 5, T.''7
4 I ne oontheFn iadles Rgss " Dleos ssai-ss- 2: 2:
1pnur springs rise apons sens o.eloels. ~
eas 5feaklast ~ 81 ss a's eleyen Play
until luncheon, e, sleep until dinner alld -.
then dancesunhl mIdn{ght - -. q 80, =,
,1 s !, I, ,ss's
-ma!l was hesel ihsspoeas y g se leles -
es - u ~. .ss
NE ls the pest guardian OF virtue,
ana enes. greatest" pfeser'af'Ve OF ~
neaisn' le' -..,a,. - &:ss5<9{sY Z s,ssts
W Fort ST. J1,iisn. one,af Il z ,s,ass, ,,,pio,
of Metv -, ~ Tnr.a;sa oao,v, .pe esis., II.sgss
tho Gsrnaans orta Ma aItE aJ 49, ny%
n,anoad No. az | <, Na,'a,sas ~ 1ocn 1a1 I gul..
sHessp = ~ tey',,s !, S'l,.
Wv - ~ 9.sss.gus .g Y
1Ig ,I9nseu !nnr, uues s1S Ieagh y shpoteon
LII, III 1901 .'-"I I0IS f0SCffOtl0Q VIII
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A Washington dispatchto the New
York Herald says: t'The special re-
port Of the subcommittee sent south
to investigate sKu-Klux outrages in
South Carolina will2be ready for dis
trlbution next week, and will make a.
volume Of several hundred pages. Il
is intended to be a formidable indiet-.
ment against the disturbers Of peace
in that section of the country. The
Ku-Klux committee meets here on
the 26th instant, when it will be- de.
termined what further Investigations
are necessary.in order to secure ad.
ditionalevidcnce..s 1t is probable a
special committee will be sent to
Alabama and Mississippi. The at
torney general will wait the reassem,
bling of the committee before making
any recommendations to the Presi-
! on; the enforcement Of the Ku-Alux
law in South Carolina" 49,
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The bright spots Of a mans life are
few enough. without blotting any out;
aud since, fora moment of mirth,swa
have an hour Of Sadness it were, %:
sorry policy to diminish the.few rays
that iIlumes our chequered existence.
Life is an April day,-sunshine and
showers. The. heart, like the earth,
would cease to yield good fruit, were
1t not sometimes watered with the
tears of seisibility and the fruit
would be worthless, but for the sun.
shine of sRiles. etI .5s ~ >
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23

VIRGINIA BuRNED.-One third OF
Virginia City. Nevada. was destroyed BY
fire on the 10Th inst The loss is roughly
estm ,te1 at between seven and eight
hun ired thousand doll rs, of which on.
hall is covered by insurance.
LIvELY.-The arrivals at the County
Hotel were lively during Friday forenoon.
Mr.. Blake. from Flat Creek. and M. Con
nor from Red Bluff. aston:shed their sto,n
achs to such an extent by taking a mutual
drink of water as to induce intox oxcation,
which resulted in fight, and a room at the
above mentioned hotel for Connor. A
drunken iggcr was also provided with
quarters at the samo establishment, Captain
Anderson. Of the Home Guard. marching
b III down stairs to room VENT lated ly
means of iron lattice work c.oss the doors
ID windows.
GOLD FisH-At D. D. Harrirs place
below town. there is large tank fed bv
8 ring water, in which Mr. Harril and
others have placed a number of gold f.
Since being placed there they have mult.-
piled wonderfully aud the young fish a..
ready number hundreds Some of tie
old ones are so tame Mr Harril tells II.
that they come and eat from the hard.
They are quite curiosity for this region.
A SUGGEsTfoN. There are MANY good
singers in Shasta, and there is no more
pleasant way of sp n ling leisure hour
than in singing. We suggest then, that
the singers get together and f,rm chnir
to assist in Sthe chu ch services. " no
will lead in the matter? We think Joe
has prior right 4N
FIRE AT RoARINe RIyER.-Tbe store
of Whirbeek. at Roaring River. was des
troyed BY fire last Saturday night Tire
flames frst broke out under the es of tie
building and il is believed to be the act Of
inc.ndiarys. We did not hear the estimated
loss, but learn that Whitbeck was insured
In the neighborhood Of thirty FIVE hund
red dollars.
COUNTY CoURT.-T'he regular term of
the County Court was held this week.
Hon. T. c. Bush presiding : he only
case before the Court was an appeal from
the Justices Court of A. L. D .wner, in
the case of The People W.. Parsons. In
this case the Judgment Of the court below
was sustained.
SrARvING ..IMsELr Chinamsn
eonsnsd 10 the county Jail is trying hard
to starve hImselfto death, and from present
appearances. bids fair TO succeed. For the
past ssven'ean daJs hs Lss swallowed
nothing but water.
A STAND oFR.-Trinity county gives
seven majority for Booth and ShAsta the
same fOrs Haigbt - T
THasE MAJoRIry.-CE6ord, Demo
orst, i elected Districs Attorney in Trinity
county By tres majority
lI.-.s4
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23

CHANGE OF WEATHER Cold, disagree
able wi ds have taken place Of the pleasant
days which marked the opening OF the
week 1t is the right time for the Equin-
octial storm aud it is to be hoped We may
have one
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23

UNION CHuRcH.-Religlous SERVES
will be conducted at the Uuicn Church on
next Sabbath evening, Rev. Richard Ker-
wick officiating. MIR Kerwick is the cler-
gyman selected by the last Conference for
the Shasta circuit.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23
GIlBeRT'S SHASTA b RED BLUFF
EXPRESS.

GILBERTs SHASTA AND
4 RED BLUFF EXPRESS. VIA.
Horsetown. Piety Hill. Eagle Greek. Janssville'
Roaring River. &c., viii r1n - follows
Arrive at Shasta on Monday. lsavs Iussdsy !;
arrive u Bed BluG % Thursday and lssvs On
Friday.
Al ordsEs sooompsnisd WITH Cash VIII rsssfvs
prompt ssssntion OalIsotioss a tbs youts
promptly sttsndsd 10
Psb. 1sth, 1szL
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23
WILLIS DRUMMoND. Commissioner.

ELECTION RETURNS We publish the
vote by precincts for Governor, Congress
and county officers in tabular form to-day,
for future ref renee. 1t will be seen by
perusal of the vote that the county is
slightly tnged with the leaven Of Democ
racy.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23
SHASTA ! COURIER.
LAND MATTERS IN THIS DISTRICT.

The rw0 lettersTwhivh wepuhiish below
were rectived .ati ihei Land Office in thir
place,durine . past week; Ne-deem them
of sui6cient inportance toipublish them en-
.;,.tsf-.s lsssA E5~AI
DEPARTMENT OF, TIE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAsD OFricE, Sept. 9th. 1871.
Register and R-ceiver-Shasia. CAL
Gentlemen.: BY my. Ierer Of 25ih August
you were directed std-siihhsdd' fr"m Entr,
all the oddt numbered SECTIONS within 8"
many miles ufthe rauta as indicated on
map If the CAlifornia and Oregos now Orego"
division Of Gentrnl Pdciic railroad. In a
case recently befors the department the Sec
retarv decided that the withdrawal OF un
surveesd lands shall only extend 70 the
grante.i- limits and that in the indemnity
limits fbe bands ahall unly be Withdrawn as
the pfass of eurvey are received at the dis
tric land afiee Therefore the insfrurti"ns
20 VOC !. re mvhified 10 thlf extent. and IN the
matter If uissarveyed lands between the
90 and 80 mile limits OF the road you will
Withdraw 4, he add @pci ions unly ~ the sur
yev piats are received hy you. and You are
requested 10 nshify us If the date of receip,
of tuch pists 81, that we may he advised ut
the time of withdrawal. With respect tn the
surveyed and unsurveyed odd rec,i"es in the
granted 1in.its If tie surveyed odd sections
in the in,iemhit, limits you will bold those
20 ~;,bdraw,n, fl n, the dare fxsd in my form
.rls r. August, 1871. Very respectfully,
Wills DRtaM0ND. COMMISSIONER.
DEPARTMENT "F TIE INTERIOR.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE. S-pt 9Th. 1871.
Register and R"criver, Shasta. Cai--
Gentlemen. /: This ofiee has examined the
testimony taken at your Office relative n
the character of The land embraced in, the
Town site ni ',Shasta received in the R'g-
ister's letter of the 18th ult., and finds as fol
lows:
IL is clearly shown that the tracts in ques
ton are mare valuable for purposes of trade
and agriculture than for mining. and that
all mines upon said tracts have been worked
out and exhausted. Said lands have been
occupied asa towp-site since lS5l-which
now contains a population OF zoo.
Therefore the Marysvile Cash Entry No
4337 mad,. June % 1870. by Hon. U T.
Bush, County Judge. in trust for the inhah-
itanis Of ,Shasra,'' and Covering the tracts
above described. has this day been approved
and filed for patendng. am very respect
fully.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23

We srs sstisfsd that our town affords other
advantages also. Our Jewelers., wsschmaksrs,
Druggiss Blssksuiths. Wagon Makers. rinnsYs.
rsausssrs. Livssy Stables. hotels. Lswysrs. Doc
ors. Dry e,ods , Uothiag ssorss. rurnituss
Stores. Shoe Makers. "a ars - vsn prepared 10
sszisfy n dsnasds y ouTsslvsG
9. o. BUSH = 90, Nssp e6ssA
sbsSts, Nay stb, 1871. - l-sls-li