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The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13

WATER AS A PREsERvER OF BUTTER
The Utica Heralds dairy editor says
"After being duly packed water tight,
the packages may be placed in good,
cold water, such as is found in good
wells and springs anywhere. Any
such good well of water may be used
for this purpose, only be sure the pack
age is completely under water always
and if under water several feet deep it
is no detriment, but probably an advan-
tage. 1t is not necessary, but probably
best, that the packages should not rest
on the clear ground at the bottom OF
the well-not that any harm would
happen to the butter, but the outside
of packages might get soiled and mud
dy. A deep tank, full of water from a
continually flowing spring may be the
most desirable reservoir for keeping the
butter in, if the tank is well covered
and kept from freezing. No one need
be surprised if butter stored in this
way be kept for years as good as when
first made. Possibly lard and some
other articlesof food may be stored in
this way.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13
Commercial Honor.

Two centuries ago it was thought an
insult in the Highlands of Scotland to
ask man for note. 1t was consid-
cred the same as saying, 81 doubt your
honor" If the parties had small bust
ness matters to transact together they
stepped out into the open air, fixed their
eyes on the heavens, and each repeated
his obligation with no mortal witness.
A mark was then carved in some part
of a tree near by to be a remembrance
of the compact. Such a thing as a
breach of contract, we are told, was
then very rarely met with, SO highly did
thu people regard their honor, and so
truly did they fear Him beneath whose
eye they performed such acts.
When the march of improvement
brought in the new mode of doing bus
mess, they were often panied by these
innovations. An anecdote is handed
down of farmer who had been to the
Lowlands and learned worldly wisdom.
On returning to his native parish he
had need of sum of money, and made
bold to ask loan of gentleman of
means, named STEWART. This was
cheerfully granted, Mr.. S. counting out
the gold on his library table. This done,
the farmer took pen and wrote re-
ceipt and offered it to the gentleman
"What is this, man." cried Mr..
Stewart, sternly cycling the slip of pa
per.
cit is a receipt, sir, binding me to
give ye back yer gold at the right time, "
replied Sandy.
Binding ye'" Well, my man, if
ye can ma trust yourself, I'm sure Ill
ma trust ye! Ye Gamma ha' my gold "
and gathering it up he put it back in
his desk and turned Che key on it.
"But, Sir, might die" replied the
canny Scotchman, bringing up argument
in favor of his new wisdom, "and my
sons might refuse it to ye. But this
bit of paper wad compel them
compel them to sustain dead faith
er's honor" cried the high minded
Scot. "They will need compelling to
do right, if this is the road you are
leading them! III neither trust you
nor them. Ye can gang elsewhere for
money. But yell find zane in this par
ish thatll put more faith in bit O pa
per than in neighbor's word of honor,
and his fear of God"
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13

The cultivation of the cinchona trees
which was introduced into the hill dis
trict of India from South America in
1860. has proved quite successful. The
total expenditure of the experiment was
S3O8,595 The return represents a
value which is simply incalculable.
There are now 2,639,2S5 plants in the
Government plantations on the Neil
cherry Hill alone, without counting
those of private planters in this and
other districts. The largest trees are
80 1-2 feet high, and over three feet in
girth round the trunk. The area COW
cred by the plantations amounts to $50
acres, and is being largely added to ev-
cry year. The bark under cultivation
is much richer in quiniae and other feb
rifuge alkaloids than the wild bark of
South America. During the year 1926
pounds of excellent bark were sold in
the London market, while 65,68S
pounds were supplied to the local man
ufactory. The alkaloid is manufactur-
ed on the spot in an exceedingly cheap
form for the use oflocal medical stores,
and hundreds of fever patients are thus
annually cured. The object of provid-
ing an abundant supply of the febrifuge
at price within the means of the pop
ulation at large is rapidly being real
lied.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13


The OTHER SIDE OF GREAT MEN,
We always think of great men as in the
act of performing the deeds which give
them renown, or else in stately repose,
grand, gloomy and majestic. And yet
this is hardly fair, because even the
most gorgeous and magnificent Of hu-
man beings have to bother themselves
with the little things of life which en-
gage the attention of us smaller people.
No doubt Moses snuffied and got angry
when he had severe cold in his head,
and if fly bit his leg while sitting in
the desert, why should we suppose he
did not jump and use violent language
and rub the sore place? And Caesar
isn't it tolerably certain that he used to
become furious when he went upstairs
to get his slippers in the dark and found
that Calphurnia had showed them back
under the bed, so that he had to sweep
around wildly for them with the broom
handler And when Solomon cracked
his crazy-bone, is it unreasonable to
suppose that he hoped around the
room and looked mad and felt as if he
wanted to cry! Imagine George Wash
ington sitting on the edge of the bed,
putting on clean shirt, and growing
at Martha because the buttons were off;
or st. Augustine with an apron around
his neck, having his hair cut; or Joan OF
Arc holding her front hair in her mouth,
as women do, in fixing up her back
hair; or Napoleon jumping out of bed
in frenzy to chase mosquito around
the room with a pillow; or Martin Lu-
ther in his nightshirt, trying to put the
baby to sleep at two o'clock in the
morning; or Alexander the Great with
the hiccups; or Thomas Jefferson get
ting suddenly over a fence to avoid a
dog; or the Duke of Wellington lying
in bed with the. mumps; or Daniel
Webster abusing his wife because she
hadn't tucked the covers in the foot of
the bed; or Benjamin Franklin pairing
his corns with a razor; or Jonathan
Edwards at the dinner table, wanting
to sneeze just as he gets his mouth full
of hot beef; or Noah standing at his
window throwing bricks at cat.-Nar
Adeler.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13

A DISMAL WAY TO CONE AT r.
Dean Ramsey tells story of Scotch
beadle, who had taken fancy to the
manse housemaid. At loss for an op-
portunity to declare himself, one day
a Sunday-when his duties were end
ed, he looked sheepish and said
"Mary, wad We take turn, Mary"
He led her TO the churchyard, and
pointing with his finger, got out,
"My fowk lie there, Mary; wad We
like to lie there
The grave hint was taken, and she
became his wife, but does not yet lie
there.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13
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The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13

BEAUTIFUL WoMEN.-Beauty in wo-
man is in considerable part matter of
health. A sick woman's face may be
exquisitely moulded; she never appeals
to our imagination. But even an ugly
face all aglow with health and spirit, and
with sparkling eyes, becomes beautiful
Such woman appeals to imagination
her charms attracts us by a subtle mag
netism. Whether as maid, wife or
mother, health is woman's great good.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13
WIT AND HUMOR.

MARIA, nave you given tuO Soiu-hSH
any fresh waters"
mo, Sir; what's the uses They
haven't drunk up what's there yet"
A young lady last week declined
frosted cake, because she thought it
might give her cold.
The woman who made a pound of
butter from the cream of joke, and
cheese from the milk of human kind
ness, has since washed the close of the
year, and hung them to dry on the
equinoctial line.
At a hotel table one boarder remark
ed to his neighbor, " This must be a
healthy place for chickens" "Whys"
asked the other. = Because l never
see any dead ones hereabouts.'
A man recently broke off marriage,
because the lady did not possess good
conversational powers. He should
have married her, and refused her a
new bonnet, and then he would have
discovered her conversational powers.
A man was Indignantly exclaiming
that his knife had been stolen, when at
last one of his neighbors, whose garden
had been robbed short time previous,
said to him, Z" found your knife among
my cabbages how came it there ?"
The man was struck dumb.
"Well, Tom, does your gal continue
to love you:"
Eyes, more than ever. Why, she
makes me presents"
"What has she given you latelys"
"Oh, she made me present of my
picture, which l paid five dollars for
before gave it to her."
"Do l understand the counsel for de-
fendant," asked very fat Western
judge, /" to say that he is about to read
his authorities, as against the decision
just pronounced from the bench ;"
by no means, responded the counsel
aforesaid, "I l was merely going to show
your honor by brief passage l was
about to read from the book, what an
intolerable old fool Blackstone must
have been" cay, ay!" said the judge,
not little elated; and there the mat
ter ended
1t is said that the poet Moore, while
stopping one day at an inn in Scotland,
was continually troubled by the land
lady with the request that he should
write her epitaph. Therefore at night
he gave an impromptu as follows,
| GOOD Susan Blakein royal state.
Arrived at last at heavens gate"
and stopped, promising to finish it in
the morning. The good lady was in a
transport at this inscription, and treated
Mr.. Moore with every possible atten-
tion. In the morning he was about
leaving, when the landlady reminded
him that he had not finished the epi-
taph. That is So" said he, and i'm
mediately added,
"But Peter met her with a club
And knocked her back to Beelzebub."
1t is said that Mr.. Moore's horses were
in motion just as he had finished the
last line.
Four hundred artificial eyes per week
is the ordinary production of Paris
mandatory. You can buy good
new eye from the concern for about fl.
This won't wear more than two years
unless you are extremely careful about
winking, but then you can have it TAX
en- out and polished so that it will look
and wear as well as new for some
time longer. The Partisan eye-mak-
ers send a good many second hand
eyes to the poor heather of India and
the Sandwich Islands.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13

Apples, pears and peaches contain 80
to Sc per cent. of water, and most 9TH
er fruits nearly the same. Grapes con-
tain nearly twice as much sugar as ap-
pies, more than twice as much as cur
rants, three times as much as raspber-
ries, five or six times as much as april
cots and peaches.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-13

DOES IT PAY ?-One of the Agents of The Chrissian
al Work, T. De Witt Talmages paper, recently OBJ
tanned $50 subscriptions in about eighty hours ab-
solute work. This was great success, to be sure,
but the agent had dne paper and superb chromos
to back him. There is room for more agents of the
same sort. Samples and terms free. Office. 102
Chambers Street, New York. See advertisement.
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rp 2Ss Coates
The remembrance of Charles Hoffman pre-
sents delightful image to the lovers of American poe
try in the past generation There air of romance
might almost say of chivalry about him. that always
made eficctual appeal to the imagination. His face
was radiant with the glow intellect and the bloom OF
health His athletic form cast in the mold OF manly
beauty. In disposition, he the soul OF honor ana
the Of kndlness certain native pride gave
nge of haughtness TO his bearing but 1t was blended
with as true sweetness of temper ever cast charm
around the Of He was generous, one
might almost think fault lofty in all his aspirations,
genial in his sympathes, though not wide admirer,
hating nothing but baseness and pretense and seeking
the heart Of religion in the worship of Nature He was
most truly at home under the open heavens. His Para
disc was found in "the common earth, the air. the
skies" drew inspiration from the breath of the
woods and haunted, by the cradle songs OF in
fancy with the pendors of Spring and the pomp of bar
vest His poetry was the type Of the Not deficient
in the qualities of Art, il the expression OF pro-
found inner sincerity, which Art may initiate, but can
never produce. HIS lfe-blood was in his songs The
gayey of their does not conceal his deep feeling
His descriptions Of Nature marked by the reverence
OF disciple, and the passion OF lover. The language
of his poems was the apt symbol his habtual tone Of
thought and feeling. Ii free from all austerity,
showing graceful facility rather than rugged strength,
displaying the of the and the apple blossom,
instead red blood OF the grape and always per-
vaded by subtle and music that suggested its
source in the harmony of his nature The retirement OF
Mr. Hoffman, account Of protraced disease for many
years, has removed him from the notice Of the public
but not from the memory OF his friends. His name j.
fondy cherished in many hearts that OF man whose
acquaintance was benedicton and whose conversation
was choice means OF The volume published.
for which we are indebted the aeconate pety of
near relative will be welcomed precious memorial
OF man of genius aud of worth To those who knew
his cordial poetic temperament it viii he as grateful as
the odors OF withered understanding leaves, while
ger readers NAV find in it the excitement and the
10y OF a new revelation.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE FEMALE POETS OF AMERICA. BY RUFUS s WI
NOT GRlSwOlD Win ADDITIONS BY H. H. oIop'
pKD. svo. ~. 49, James Miller.
In preparing this new edition OF standard an'
sbority ON the history of American literature. Mr..
stoddard has adopted an essentially different plan
from that of the original compiler The selections of
Mir Griswold were made chiefly in historical point
Of view: Mr. Stoddard has consulted rather the pur
roses of Art IL was the aim of the former to pre-
sent a chronological study of the development of
American female poetry, with but comparatively
slight regard TO the merits of the performances; he
crowded his work with specimens in various kinds
from the prosaic illusions of singers without the
voice of sweet song to the imprisoned utteranees
of women of genius; susanna sits by the side of
Sappho shining in myrtles of equal spleudor. Hence
a considerable portion of Mr.. Griswold's work has
but faint claim to poetic interest 1t has redeemed
from oblivion several names that would otherwise
have been forgotten, but in pursuance of this kindly
intent, it has mingled the fine gold of poetry with
superhuous amount of alloy. Mr. Stoddard on the
other hand has exercised taste in deciding
upon his selections. He has made no attempt to
give even a hint of the deluge of mediocre poetry
with which the country has been visited for the last
twenty-five years. No one is admitted into his
Pantheon who cannot challenge a place by divine
right There is scarcely piece in his collection
without admirable qualities TO win the verdict
of sympathy, most OF them VIII stand the test OF
critical Judgment. not a few may be regarded as
exquisite gems. The consequence is that his portion
of the work is of small magnitude compared with
the original volume. The Skyline books re-
duced in number, while enhanced in value. The
march of poetry is represented by score of names
None of them, perhaps, have gained the popular
celebrity which has been enjoyed by some OF the
writers in the old collection but it cannot be denied
that the present edition exhibits order of poetry
which IN refinement and power, original conception
and artistic execution was seldom riyaled by the
productions of that day. Among the writers whose
names are now introduced into the volume for the
first time Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Alien Mrs Rollin
Cooke Rose Terry Mrs Stoddard Mrs Stowe, Mrs.
nj. L. Bradley, Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, Mrs.
Celia Thaxter. Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Helen Hunt, Miss
Laura {. Redden. and others. OF the pieces that
may be less generally familiar than some of the rest,
take the following delicate verses by Mrs. Brad
lev
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AN OUTLINE STUDY or NAN By MARX HoPEtSs, D. d. LID
l.no w. 3OS ScabBer Armstrong d Co.
The duality Of mind and body in the nature
OF man n here presented in the unity OF an integral
synthess President Hopkins contends that the exist
enoe of mind is proved by the same evidence that es
tsbsbes the existence Of matter. We have no direct
eognzance the Of either matter mind The
laws OF thought compel us TO prosupp0se that the phe
pomepa Of each underlying substance AS there
can be no phenomena without cause the cause OF both
hysIcal and mental phenomena must be certain re-
Atty But know that the cause OF mental phe nomena
is not matter because mental phenomena differ
emf from those OF matter that they are not compatible
with It's laws We know that stone 10 not iuid, be-
sapse the pbenonena exhibits are inconsistent with
H.. laws OF fuidity IA like manner the phenomena OF
mind are incompatible with the laws OF matter III an
essential difference mind and matter that one
active and the other is not Mind acts within from
m energy OF It's own. and not simply as II is acted
pop from Win regard 10 the origin OF IDEAS
Presidept Hopkins takes decided ground against the
theory which the notices OF the senses OF
An. deductions OF experience. The mind, he argues 10
A., Dossesson Of necessary ideas which serve a. the
OF necessary truths phese ideas are not de-
lived from sensation perception buf are gwen oy 'ne
o,,r,us native power of The mind. They are not ID
ss,H, s,tssaEh Jcspeea ~ ~ ssssA' sssso'0sSS
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3csy.

The money market has been easy enough to first
class borrowers who have obtained their require
ments at the legal currency rate though when the
borrower and his collateral did not ill the bill
coin interest was charged. Prime merchant papeI
in brisk inquiry at 9 to - per cent but the
market is scantily supplied with choice names. The
market for United States bonds has been barely up
to yesterdays standard in point of strength. the
downward reaction in gold doubtless contributing
its influence. The following are the closing street
quotations:
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THE THREB JUDGES Bv IsRAyI p. wtgKgy l2uo. pp 2O3
Warren 4 Nynan

THE THREE JUDGES Bv IsRAYI p WtEKES. l3no. pp 203
Warren q Nyinan.
The history Of the three Judges, COTE,
Whaey and DxwelI, who voted for the execution OF
Charles /. and afterward found troubled asylum in
this country. has scarcely lost the romantic interest
with which II been clothed in the traditions of New
England. In the present monograph the subject has
been treated in the lights OF original research. although
nothing has been discovered OF essential Importance at
variance with the narrative OF President stiles, whose
History Three OF the Judges Of King Charles II has
hitherto the principal authority. The author has
given succinct account Of the Revolution OF 1909
presenting lucid OF the English politics OF that
DAY, and relates the experience OF the Judges during
their exile in the colonies, in simple aud unambous
style. and apparently with accurate understanding
of the subject.
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man Nor is the question one Of a purely speculative
character Connected with the origin of KNOWLEDGE In
sensation, there has always been tendency 10 ma
tcrlasm and its consequences 30 too the spiritual
philosophy, or transcendentalism. has tended TO mys
csm to excursions into coudland TO oracular obscur
it's of expression and undue exaltation of In
the discussion OF these, and similar topics which in fact
cover the whole ground OF Intellectual philosophy.
President Hopkins exhibits his accustomed acuteness OF
thought and ucidty OF expression. He announces hs
convictions with little reference the interests any
party school He il thoroughly ddactlc but only 10
slight degree polemic He is singularly independent in
his habits OF thought but has passion for
controversy He aims instruct his readers. rather
than TO gain victory his opponents. Without any
aectaton o. novelty he the fruits OF original
reflection, trusting mainly to their light for their
intelligent acceptance Although he treats the subject
within limited compass he neglects few II any, of
the important problems which suggested by its dis
cusson This is due in part to the clearness of his
views which need only To be stated in order to he
derstood and in part, to his singular terseness OF
preston which tells much in the fewest words.
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THE MONEY MARKET.

OFFICIAL REPORT ~ STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
DEC. T. 1878.
GOVERNMENT STOCK DEPA RTNENr-l0. O'CLOCK A. NJ
AND II O'CLOCK, VI.
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THE ARGUMENT or THE BOOK or JOB rNF0LDBD. BY
WILLIAM HsNRI GREEN, ID. l2no. PIP 500 Robert Carter
4 Irolhc

THE ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK or JOB lNFObDBD. BY
WILLIAM HzSRI GREEN. ID. l2hO PIP 500. Ro1trI Garter
Brothers
The purpose of this volume is not to discuss
the age authorship OF the Book OF job nor TO afford
commentary the several portions of the text in de-
tall but exhibit the general scope and character of
the work. and 10 trace the of thought in the diff
feren speeches and dialogues from the commencement
TO the close Dr. Green the suppOsition that
Job was not real. historical person, but fictitious
character like the PrOdgal Son the Good Samaritan,
designed TO represent certain class Of character and
experience rather Than the occurrence OF actual events
This he maintains. cannot he the since the nara
tive related parable, but history. and job
is spoken of other parts of scripture real person
and in connection with other persons like Noah and
Daniel. bis opinion there he doubt that with
all the poetic establishment of the narrative, job was
a real personage and the history recital OF actual
events The character OF job is delneated with sngu
lar fidelity DR. Green has combined the scattered init
nations OF the Scripture account III harmonious and
beautiful portIature Nor less striking is the aptness
with which he applies its ethical teachings TO the reia
tons OF modern society. He seiZcs the universal prn
cplcs which presented IN local costume. with
acnte discrimination and brings bear ques
tons Of human conduct at the present day. How far
the doctrines Of Christianity anticipated in the
Book Of job presents a delicate problem, which he
treats with equal moderation aud mpartahty. When
Job asserts hIs confidence in the Rcdeemer DR.
Green he expresses his faith in immortality. But he
had appre hensOn that the Redeemer to whom he ap
peaed the second person of the GOdhead for OF the
distinction OF persons in the divine Beng, and of the
doctrine Of the Trinity unfoded IN the New Tesla
ment be knew nothing Nor the resurrection of the
body present 10 the mind Of job certainly not in the
form Of general and simultaneous rising Of the dead,
although his language suggests the the doctrine.
Several other intricate points Of inquiry discussed in
the volume and always with ability and freedom from
dogmatic spirit
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