The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-05-17

Now, will somebody discover and in
troduce cheap waters This being done,
there will be a new era of manufactur-
ing in San Francisco.-The West.
SCREWS INSERTED IN PLASTER
WALLS. When we try to fasten brack-
cts, strips of wood, etc, to plaster walls
by means of screws, it is often found i'm
possible to make screws hold firmly.
When we turn them in, the plaster
breaks out and our labor is in vain.
And yet screw well set into plaster
wall will hold very firmly. The best
plan is to enlarge the hole to about
twice the diameter of the screw, fill it
with plaster of Paris, such as is used
for fastening the tops of lamps, etc.,
and bed the screw in the soft plaster.
When the plaster has set, the screw
will be held very strongly.
Old Harvard graduates will envy
the happiness of the students of the fu-
ture and wish that they were young
again. Not only is the prohibition up
on outdoor smoking removed, but it
is proposed, among the pending reforms,
no longer to compel the sleepy under
graduates to rush half dressed to chapel
to morning prayers at the ringing of the
bell. Compulsory attendance upon re-
citations and lectures is to be also abol-
ished, and it will be left mainly to the
students to avail themselves of the ad-
vantages of the institution or not, while
vigorous examinations will be the test
of their fidelity and the basis of the
honor accorded to them.-N. Y. Nail.
I Conversation calls out into light what
has been lodged in all the recesses and
secret chambers of the soul. By occa-
sional hints and incidents, it brings old
useful notions into remembrance it I'M
folds and displays the hidden treasure of
knowledge with which reading, obser-
vation, and study, have before furnished
the mind. By mutual discourse the
soul is awakened and allured to bring
forth its boards of knowledge, and it
learns how to render them most useful
to mankind. A man of vast reading
without conversation, is like miser,
who lives only for himself.
How is it pronounced. People can
adopt the method that suits their fancy,
since, according to the Washington cor
respondent of Boston newspaper,
Credit Mobilier" is variously pro-
nounced in Congressional circles. For
example : John B. Alley, Credit Mo-
beel-yia; Judge Poland. Credit Mo- bill
air; Cakes Ames, Credit Mo-bil-ay
General Banks, Credit Mo- bill Iva
Sidney Dillon, Credit Mo-bil-eer;
Senator Stevenson, Cred-dy Mo- bill-ee.
We do not believe in the doctrine of
total depravity, but are of the opinion
that boys are hopelessly given to scien-
tifc experimenting. A youth in West
ern Kentucky lately gave way to this
propensity in church by inserting pack
age of revolver cartridges in the coal
scuttle and waiting for the effect. Pres
emily, after the fire had replenished,
the cartridges went off, and the minister
and congregation hurriedly followed
their example. Well, boys will be boys,
you know 7r 81
A Pulaski, Tenn, thief was arrested
some time since for stealing a dime.
He laid In Jail at an expense to the
county of $3.50. While there he man.
aged to rob the Warden of s12. and dur
ing his trial he stole one of the dimes
which his attorney had laid on the ia
bic for Identification by a witness.
The trial resulted in the prisoners ac-
quittal, though he is now serving out.a
four years sentence in the penitentiary
for stealing the twelve dollars.