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The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13
WillOw-ware.
SUMMONS.

I'm THE JUSTICE COURT OF NUMBER 8
Il Township, in the County of Shasta, State of
California. D. d. Whtbeck Plaintiff, against John
R. Banks Defendant The people of the State of
California send greeting to John R. Banks Defend
ant. You are hereby summoned to appear before
me, at my Office in Number s Township, in the
county of Shasta, in action brought against you
by the above named plaintiff and answer the COM
plaint in said action, file in my Office within ten
days Exclusive of day of service after the service
on you of this Summons The said action is
brought to recover against you the of one hun
dred and twenty dollars ($I2O) due on Book ac-
count as more particularly appears by account on
file in my ofice-when Judgment will be taken
against you fer the said amount together with
costs md damages, if you fail to appear and an
swer. tr W $3.50
To the Sheriff or any Constable of said Shasta
county, Greeting Make legal service and due re-
turn hereof. Given uuder my hand this the four
teenth day of October, p. D. 1871.
II. H. SHUFFLETON, Justice of the Peace
of said Township.
The defendant within named residence not being
known it is hereby ordered that service of the
within Summons be made by publication in the
SHASTA COURIER for months. Given under my
hand this the % day of Oct. A. D. 1871.
II. II. SHUFFLETON, Justice of the Peace in
and for the within named Township.
The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13
EYES: EYES,!
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DR.. E. H. PARDEE,
OCCULIST AND AURISTS

4 FTER protracted blindness OF more than hve
N years, DIR. Pardee has made himself thoroughly
and scientifically acquainted with all diseases Of
the Eye, and is practising with success net
surpassed in the United States. ~.
All operations performed, such as strabismus, or
eye Cateract by linear extraction, Depression
or Absorption, Pterygium, or feshy membrane
growing over the eye, Reduction of Staphyloma, or
bulging out of the eye, Artificial Pupil, Fistula
Lachrymalis closing of the tear passage, and all
deformities of the Lids, etc. etc.
Artificial eyes inserted without the least pain,
and possessing all the movements and brilliancy Of
the real eye. A large assortment constantly on
hand for sale at reasonable prices. The Doctor 8
Eye bath for the treatment and cure of all nervous
disorders is used all over this coast.
Thankful to those physicians who have sent him
cases for operations, and hopes that his universal
success will warranta continuance of their conf
denee. His celebrity operator is co-extensive
with his success; as patients presenting them
selves for treatment and operations from New Ysrk
and Boston almost month";.
Many patients can be sell at the Doctors ofice
daily, in different stages of recovery. Nee.
Office: 737 CLAY STREET, oppt i the Plaza,
San Francisco. py15
The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13
Ayers Ague Cure,

For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever,
Chill Fever, Renittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fever, &C.,
and indeed all the affections which arise
from malarious, marsh, or miasmatic
poisons.
As its name implies, it does Cure, and does not
fail Containing neither Arsenic, Quinine, Bsmuth,
Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous substance
whatever, it in nowise Injuries any patient. The
number and importance of its cures in the ague dis
tricts are literally beyond account, and believe
without parallel in the history of Ague medicine.
Our pride is grati6ed by the acknowledgements we
receive of the radical cures effected in obstinate
cases, and where other remedies had wholly failed.
Unacclimated persons, either resident in, or
travelling through masmatic localities, will be pro-
tected by taking the AG UE CURE daily.
For Lirer ConapInints, arising from torpidity
of the Liver, it is an excellent remedy stimulating
the Liver into healthy activity.
For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complaints, it is
an excellent remedy, producing many truly re-
markable cures, where other medicines had failed.
Prepared by DIR. J. C. AVER & Co., Practical
and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass, and sold
all round the world.
PRICE, 500 PER BOTTLE.
The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13
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Bedding, Wall Paper, Window Shades
Looking Glasses, Picture Frames,
Oil Cloth. Hair Cloth.


and large assortment of Fancy Trimmings also
Moss, Puu Excelsior and Eureka.
A large assortment of DOORS and WINDOW
BLINDS, always ON hand.
l am agent for the CRANDALL PATENT
SPRING BED, which combines Cleanliness with
Elasticity, and is confidently believed Superior
to any other Spring Bed offered to the Public.
1t is Light and can be moved by single person
with ease.
1t is Elastic, yet Firm where Firmness is re-
quired, which quality is obtained by additional
strengthenings in the center.
The Coils are in Couplets and Selt-Supporting,
thus dispensing with Twine, Cords, ETC., and from
their peculiar construction, cannot cripple down
or get out of order.
As these Spring Beds Aired at pleasure, no
Dust, Bugs Vermin find harborage in them.
am also Agent for the UNITED STATES
SPRING BED. This bed is made entirely of Iron
cannot get out of order-will last for generations
without expensc-is light, clean and easily hand
led, and is vermin proof. 1t is perfectly elastic
all over adjusting itself to the form of the sleeper,
that the whole body is supported equally, and
requires but thin mattress, which is really
better than heavy one. They require no prepara-
ton, only to lay them the Stats of any ordinary
bedstead, and put on the mattress. Where feathers
are used, a very thin under-bed of cheap materi-
al required. Persons visiting Red Bluff are re-
quested to give me a call.
C. W. FICKERT,
Red Bluff. Feb TO- 1871
The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13
FERRY NOTICE.

I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, in accordapc,
with law, that at the regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of Shasta county for the Februar,
Term, 1872, will apply for license to keep a toi
ferry across the Sacramento river, at my place
for five years.
E..k 1855 ssms 0s sEaA REID.
January 9th, 1872.
The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13
FURNITURE STORE,

~ w. FICKERT TAKES THIS METH
~. cd to inform the people of Tehama, and
Shasta counties that he keeps constantly hand
a large and well selected stock of
The Shasta courier., 1872-01-13

RedBluff, Feb. 10, 1871.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

A DEATHS HEAD AND CRossBoNEs ought
TO be the trade mark Of every dealer in
Rum Bitters. But no; TO proclaim their
real mission wonld ruin them, so they sail
under false colors, and do their deadly
work surreptitiously. Fortunately their
triumphs over credulity are nearly at an
end Ever since the Introduction of DR..
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs
the sale Of all the burning finds advertised
as toAics has been rapidly declining.
They are still the unwholesome solace Of
individuals who wish to satisfy morbid
appetite for strong drink, without com
promising their respectabllity; but the
sick are everywhere discarding them, and
adopting the VINEGAR BITTERs. The
success ofthis wonderful vegetable remedy
aStonishes' DR.. Walker himself. He be-
lieved, when he gave it to the world, that
it was an uneoualled tonic, free from the
objections urged against the medicated
fire waters and dilutions of strychnine.
quinine and other powerful alkaloids en-
ployed in modern practice; but he scarcely
expected that it would prove specific for
chronic dyspepsia, liver complaint, incip-
lent consumption, confirmed rheumatism.
gout. scrofnla. nervous affections, general
debility and all diseases that disorder.
without destroying. the vital machinery.
Yet this, unless thousands of witnesses
have conspired to deceived the public, is
actually the case.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

FRAIL STEAMERs.-It is easy to realize
the CONSERVATION among those on board
of steamer in distress, and the hurried
rush for life preservers. Our Sound and
Hudson River boats are among the most
beautiful floating structures in the world.
and at the same time the most eminently
decetful. Pacing their spacious and
splendid interiors the passenger forgets for
a time how frail the separation between
him and eternity, yet when the signal OF
an accident is announced, the resounding
blow of collision or heavy bump upon
a sunken rock, then, indeed, all on board
wake up to the terrible realization of the
vessels pitiful weakness. They are in
truth mere shells, and no wonder may be
felt that schooner coming in collision
with one of them should break through
her light and brittle frame and render
her at once total wreck.-M =. Herald.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
The Loss of Two Little Boys.

The Providence Herald gives the fol
lowing account of the loss Of the two
little sons of Mr. Otto Weirum, of Brook
lyn, on the steamer Metis.
GA heavy overcoat was washed ashore
marked G. c.. Adams. This caused
considerable conjecture among people
having acquaintances in Providence, as
70 whether the owner of the over coat
presumably lost-was member Of the
we'll known family of Adams in this city.
The owner, however, was not lost, but
was brought into Stonington on the
cutter Mocassin, in the afternoon, havin
been taken up Dv life boat after float
ing in the water for five hours. He
proves to be Mr.. G. G. Adams, of New
York. connected with the Gorham Man
ufacturing Company of Providence an
New York. He was in extreme detection
notwithstanding his escape, on account
Of the loss of two dear little friends, aged
six and eight years, the sons of an init
mate acquaintance, Mr.. Welrum, of the
firm of Randall & Weirum, of New York.
Mr.. Adams was taking the boys to visit
his own children, now in the country,
and the little fellows were joyous with
the brightest anticipations. In the
fearful moments before the final sunder
ing of the steamer. Mr.. Adams fastened
the two boys together with a life pre-
server on each, and taking an extra one
for himself to assist in keeping all of
them up. He took his stand with them
on the extremity of the stern, and as the
boat sank from under them, he jumped
with all his force, bearing the three into
to the waters around. Tue tears and la
mentations which the first feelings of
keenest per1ls had awakened in the boys
hearts were bravely repressed, and en-
couraged by their friend and companion,
they met their fate with less of signs or
discomposure than many of their elders.
Mr.. Adams struggled hard to keep their
heads above water, but in half an hour,
cold, and terror and fatigue dropped the
head of the younger, and fifteen minutes
after bis brother had gone to joip him
Mr.. Adams came to this city by the eve
ming train intending to send the bodies
of the two little boys to their bereaved
parents in Brooklyn"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
Repairing Broken axletrees.

Whenever an aXletree of carriage or
umber wagon breaks down, it usually
occurs at long distance from shop
where it can Je repaired. By the exer-
else of little mechanical skill at such
time, a teamster can make temporary
repair sufficient to enable him to reach
home, or the place of destination, with
but little delay. We will suppose, for
example, that one axle arm is broken en-
tirely off. Remove tie load; block up
the axletree an inch or two higher at
at one end than at the otnGr; then pro-
cure a piece of tough rail or scantllng, or
a piece of a small tlee, about four feet
ng; dress of one end, taperiug with an
axe. for an axle arm, so that it will fit the
hole in the hub, and lash the piece to the
broken axletree with pieces Of rope or
wire. The rough piece may be fitted to
one side or beneath the axletree. After
the rope has been drawn up as tightly as
practicable, let two or three thin wedges
be driven under the rope; after which
wet it thoroughly, and the rope by con-
tracing will hold the temporary axle
arm with sufficient irInncss to enable the
teamster to proceed with his load. In
case no bit is at hand to bore a hole
for hnch.pin, cut groove around the
axle arm near the extremity. ard wind
pieces of rope or twine around the arm
until ridge is formed of sufficient SIZE
to hold the wheel from running off.
Should the axletree give way near the
middle, rather than at one OF the arms,
fit piece of scantling or stout rail
beneath it. letting the piece extend from
wheel to wheel, and lash the ends to the
axletree near the wheels. In case it were
necessary to ride several miles to obtain
pieces of rope and an axe before one
could make the necessary repairs, 1t
might be far more satisfactory to DO so
than to procure another vehicle, transfer
the load, and afterwards return for the
broken one. In case wheel were to
break down,a man who is half mechan-
ic could easily fix piece of plank
beneath the hub, which would slide on
the ground, like a runner, for several
miles.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
Facts About Niagara.

An element in the problem of Mag.
ara's age is the flow of water. To con-
struct scale from the present and ap-
ply it to the past, we should know that
the amount of water in past ages has
been essentially the same as now.
About $500 cubic miles of water
nearly half the fresh water on the globe
ARE in the upper lakes, and 100000
cubic feet of this. plunge over Niagara
Falls every minute, all the waters of the
lakes making the circuit Of the falls, the
st Lawrence, the ocean, vapor, rain and
the lakes again, in 125 years. Through
the Illinois Canal about 5000 cubic feet
of water are taken every minute from
Lake Michigan to the Illinois River;
through the Welland Canal 14,090 cubic
feet flow every minute from Lake Erie
into Lake Ontario, and through the Erie
Canal 10000 cubic feet pass every minute
from the same lake into the Hudson.
Thus $4,000 cubic feet Of water, which
Nature would give to Niagara, are divert.
ed every minute by artificial channels,
some into the Mexican Gulf and some
into the Bay of New York. Add this to
100000, it is as drop IN the bucket,
and would make no appreciable differ
ence in the character of the falls or their
recession.
By all this we see the Niagara IT
self has made the Rapids, and that, as it
cut it's way downward, it's forsaken banks
have assumed the character of terraces.
And we see, by the low banks and alb
sence of old banks above the Rapids,
that even the highest of these ancient
banks did not contain a greater river
than this which flows through the mar
row gorge to-day. We assume, then,
from all the monuments the river has
left of it's own history, that the present
rate ofrecession would be fair measure
of the past, except at the Whirlpool aud
Ferry Landing. Six inches year,
measured on the channel. would place
the falls at Lewiston $4,000 years ago.
We have no means of knowing how long
the quartzose sandstone, which forms
the lowest part of the bank at the Wbirl-
pool, would have arrested the cataract
This stratum is 25 feet thick, and. as it's
southwark dip is 20 feet mile, and the
slope of the river channel Il feet mile,
the falls would have to cut back through
this rock more than half mile The
halt may have been many thousand
years. Add another period for the halt
at the landing. and the age of the chan
mel, from Lewiston to the Horseshoe,
may not fall below 1000 years. Un
qupstionably the channel has been exca-
waited since the close of the glacial epoch'
which science has well-nigb demonstrated
occurred about 100000 years ago.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
In . Lunatic Asylum.

Areporter who feigned insanity and was
sent to a lunatic asylum, says he now
feels that had he not been nerved with
the consciousness that he was present in
this place and among these scenes of agony
for purpose-a work of simple justice
andstruth, to be told unreservedly and
dispassionately, whether it was favorable
or unfavorable to the institution, he
could not have endured through those
few days. Had he felt his Imprisonment
to be hopeless and aimless-had he had
no thoughts to busy and interest him but
his own wrongs AMI suferings to make
him despair-his associations alone would
have driven him wild in month. And
though he had assurances of early release,
and though he knew friends without were
anxiously interested in his release as him
self, still the association with disOrdered
brains, the total lack of amusements, the
forced absence from the free air and
sunshine, the horrible noises which
alarmed the nights and defed slumber,
the filthy manner in which the meals are
served, the utter separation from the
world, and the other conditions of his
imprisonment. had such an effect upon
him that at the end of three days, in fit
of the deepest dependency, he well nigh
lost courage, and was strongly tempted to
abandon his mission. Cut off from all
communication with his friends, without
money, forced to beg an attendant even
for drink of ice water, or to get hand
kerchief or collar, and utterly at the
mercy of unsympathizing servants and an
incompetent physician, the patient became
so depressed and disconsolate that Gt is
no exaggeration) he actually questioned
his own sanity, or at all events his ability
to retain his reason if he should be forced
to remain where be was. He fully
realized then, for the first time, how
terrible must be the reflections, how wild
the despair, of sane man condemned to
exile among these maddened souls after
the physician in charge had, in answer to
his pleadings and his protest, toyed with
his pulse and postponed for more con-
venient season careful examination of
his condition, or even the most ordinary
inquiries in regard to his history. I'm
prisoned there by due process of law, the
victim, perhaps, of foul conspiracy in
which physicians had been brbed or
duped, and the magistrate had blindly
put faith in strangers, forced to acknowl-
edge the triumph OF his foes, despairing
of ultimate deliverance. and losing faith
in his fellow man and almost in his God,
a sane man thus imprisoned cannot fail
soon to become, under the unwholesome
infu noes of this place, a maniac in fact
as we'll as in name.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

PLOwNG Twice FOR WHEAT. - A
correspondent of the Cincinnati G"zotte
writes: If any one will break his ground
deeply and thoroughly two or three times
during the spring and summer the extra
amount of wheat per acre will pay for
pIowing, and leave a handsome profit
besides. | have tested this practice
several times with the most satisfactory
results In 1869 [ had field of sixteen
acres Of like fertility. [ expected to plant
half of the field in corn, but for some
reason / did not. In the half that bad
been plOwed for corn after the ground
had been broke the weeds grew more
rapidly. Consequently l broke it again
the Goth OF June. On the Ist of Septem-
Der following l plowed the entire field,
and sowed in wheat The result was as
follows The half which had only re
celTed a single plowing yielded per acre
thirteen bushels and eighteen pounds :
the half which received three breakings
yielded per acre twenty-three bushels and
forty pounds, which made a difference
of more than ten bushels per acre. At
one dollar per bushel this would pay for
the extra plowing, and leave.a net profit
of six dollars per acre besides.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
a Watering Place Romance.

Last night overheard the following
conversation: "No, Harry, dear, we
must part. / think it is awful cruel Of
pa, but You know be never encouraged
you. He says that you are nice enough
but that a young man now a-days must
be able to support wife in the style
to which she has been accustomed, and
that, you know, you could not do, dear
SO l must give you up. That Gus Evans
I fairly hate, with his little, swapping
eyes, and his bristly, ugly moustache-
ugh but he has lovely pony phaetoD,
which is al at my service, and diamond
pin as big as walnut in his shirt bosom
and pa says he has lots of mopev, and
owns real estate and railroad stocks, and
don't know what else, and he says
must he civil to him and marry him if
he asks me; and know he will. for the
other night he got right to the point and
was ready to ask the all important qnes-
ton, when pa dropped in to look fer his
paper, and that ended it for the time
"But don't you love me?" the young,
manly fellow at her side asked, with a
twinge and tremor in his voice 'you
know you have given me cause for
thinking so, and hoping"
why, yes, of course I do. How sill
Iy! Love you; you know I love you,
and it is really too bad that can't have
my way and marry you instead Of Gus.
Pa might as well support us as not, but
he won't, and you know never can ex-
ist without the comforts I have always
bad. I must have my dresses and my
diamonds, my horses, and my parties,
and move in the same circle as I do now,
and those things you know you could
never give me. No, Harry, dear, shall
always love you, and you won't be vexed
Will YOU, DuI IL 10 DtIISI ludG VIC SllOul'l
part, and you won't try to see me much,
Will YOU, till after I'm married?"
"Vexed, oh, no, not at you. But lei
us 60 in, and then I'll say good bye to
you and my hopes forever"
His voice was hard, and he strove to
ha cool end unconcerned but If tremble6
a little, and his face was very white as
they passed me. But her smile was as
sweet and self satisfied, and her eye as
clear as though she had not wrecked a
yonng mans happiness, and thrown him
aside for brainless iumping-jack with
money, and as though her life was not to
be vapid, tiresome round of fashion
able emptiness, with none of love or use
fulneSs to sweeten it.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
Specral Nor1ceS.


Dyspepsia is the mot perpexing Of all humsn all
ments. It's symptoms almost infinite in their vari-
ety. ard the fororn and respondent victims of the dis
often ncy themselve the prey in turn of every
known malady. This is due part the close sympa-
thy which exists between the stomach and the BRAIN
and pat also to the fact that any disturbance Of the
digestive function necessarily disorders the liver
bowels and the system. and affects to
tent the quality Of the blood A medicine that like
Hostetters Bitters not only tones the stomach but at
the same time controls the liver produces regular
habit of body braces the nerves. rures the fluids and
ministers to mind diseased" is therefore the true
operation Of this famous vegetable restorative 1t
only cures dyspepsia, but a-o all concomitants and
consequence Moreover, it is invaluable preventive
Of Indigestion No chooses to take half wine
gassfu nf this agreeable appetizer and stomachi hab-
ituay hree times day will eer be troublei with op-
press on after eating, eructstions or any
other indications # want Of vieor In The digestive and
assilnatng orglns. The debility and languor supenn-
ducel by hot weather attly and permanently
relieved by the Bitters and persons who eonstitu
tionally incl ned tn look NJ on life as through ga-,
darky" will be APT to take brighter and more hope u
view of the situation under the genial influence of this
who csorne mrdicin1' tirrrlant.