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The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23
MOzart's Requiem.

Ono dav as Mozart MAC sootod IN b;s
study. in q profound REVERE he hoard a car
rage stop at his door. A stranger was an.
nounced, who asked to speak with him. He
was an aged man, very well dressed and O.
noble and imposing manner. He said II
composer:
ii am commissioned bv great man &c
come and find you"
1.-THE name of this man, if you please p
said Mozart.
"He does not wish to be known. :"
"Very we'll: what are his wishes %
"He has lost a very dear friend. whose
memory will he forever nrecious To him
He wishes tn commemorate her death every
wear nv a solemn service. and he wants Vol
to compose a reuuieui for the occasion"
Mozart was deeply impressed by these
words spoken so solemnly, and by the air o.
mystery that seemed to pervade the inter
view. He promised to compose the requi
EN-. The stranger continued:
"Put to this work YOUR entire genius, fol
Won compose it for a connoisseur in music.
$50 much the better" said Mozart.
allow much time do you want for the
task ?"
"FOur weeks"
"Well, | will come for it in four weeks
What will be your price?"
"One hundred ducats. y
The stranger counted out the money upor
the table and disappeared. Mozart remained
plunged in deep thought for q few moments
then called for pen. ink. and paper and be
gan to write the requiem. Notwithstand
ing the remonstrances of his wife, he
wrought mon il might and day. But his
body, already feeble, could not endure this
continual strain, and he finally fell faintine
at his task, Then he was obliged to rest
Several days after his wife sought to divert
his mind from its sadness by some playfu
remark. He repled earnestly:
"One thing is certain, am composing my
own requiem: it will serve to perpetuate my
own memory
In PROMOTION as he wrote, his strength
diminished from day to day. and reouieu
advanced yery SLOWLY. The four weeks
were finally gone. and the stranger returned
at has been impossible for me to keer
nv word" said Mozart. SADLY.
"Never mind said the man. how much
more time tn Won renu;re ?,
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

AwKwARD.-The Edinburgh Daily Re
rie,o records an amusing conversation which
took place in the galleries of the Free
Church Assembly lately: Young Lady
There's old DIR. A-going to speak.
Isn't he bore?" Old Lady [laughing)-
Well, suppose he is; but you know
rather like him." Young Lady-"I can't
bear him. Old Lady latter some time)-
Z" Who is that nice old gentlemen speak
ing7' Young Lady" All that's MIR. B
of c." Old Lady (hesitatingly)-
I" Don't you think he is rather prosy? :"
Young Lady Indignantly" No, indeed, 1
do not. Allow me to inform you that that
is my father Old Lady-"Ohl indeed.
Then / am glad l hit the mark so gently,
because Old DR.. A is my husband. So
| suppose we have both got lesson, my
dear, don't you Think"
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

A Rhode Island man has invented a tor
pedo in the shape of kernel Of corn, which
is designed for the beguilement of crows
As soon as that offensive bird takes hold OF
it, it explodes and blows the top of his head
off. This affords cheap and innocent rec
reation for the crow, and at the same time
does away with grievous evil.
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

The commissioner of patents is now re-
ceiviDg some very queer offers from abroad
One Englishman sends him plan for utiliz-
ing the water-power of Niagara Falls.
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

One of the little pleasantries of the 3gods"
at the Dublin Opera House consists in
throwing on to the stage bouquet to which
a piece of Irvine is attached When the
prima donna goes to pick up the nosegay, it
is suddenly drawn up again, amidst the
roars OF the @deities"
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

A Catholic priest in St. Louis threatens
to read from the pulpit the names of those
in his congregation who have been drunk
during the week.
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

:" 1t is very solemn thing to be married.
said Aunt Betsy. Yes, but it's deal
more solemn not to be, replied Miss Bart
lett, spinster of forty.
The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-23

The NAUGHTY MAN.-It is related of a
Spanish grandee, that upon one occasion he
condescended to leave his carriage to walk
for short distance, when he stumbled
against something in his way, and fell. He
gathered himself up from the ground, and
drawing himself up, exclaimed, with great
dignity, "This comes of walking upon the
earth" If the Hidalgo had carried his
head less high, and looked down little, in
all probability he would have seen the i'm
pediment in his way, and SO saved his fall.
But how many men there are in every COM
munity, whose naughty and proud bearing
subjects them to tumbles of this kind. We
frequently hear it said of such and such an
individual, that he is very dignifed, and We
have one in our eye this moment; but in
Analysing this quality, we have most fire.
quently found that this so-called dignity was
based upon the most intense pride. The
digniied man never perpetrates a joke,
never condescends to laugh lest he should
compromise himself. He bears himself to-
wards his fellow-men as though it were an
unutterable condescension to honor them
with a notice. A man who has tolerable
personal appearance, and SO conducts him.
self, often gets the reputation of being a
learned man and profound scholar, and in
this, his dignity stands his friend for, not
allowing himself to be familiar with his fell
lows, he does not commit himself, and like a
great many very solemn jackasses we know
OF, gets the name Of being profound, be-
cause he could hurl three or four encyclope,
dias Of knowledge at your head, did he
think it worth his while to do it, when, in
truth, he is one of the shallowest fellows in
the world, and only profound in ignorance
The man whose claims to learning or to the
respect of his compeers is founded on real
ity, needs no starched assumption to main
tain his position. 1t is only the naughty,
dignifed man, who is afraid of the approach
of familiarity and geniality, and who in
scribes on his brow, Noi me tangere.
We never meet one of these dignifed men
in the street, with solemn mug, head erect,
and body as stiff as though, like Lord Du-
berly's ancestors, he had swallowed walk
ing-stick, without thinking of the observa-
ton of very tall Irish recruit, who was be-
ing drilled by very diminutive sergeant.
" Heads up" "And am l." said the incipi-
ent soldier, always to hold me head up af-
ter this way ?" OF course" "Then good
by, sergeant, for i shall never see you any
more"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
The Origin of Man.

Dr. Ludwig Buechner, the noted German naturalist, lately delivered lecture in this city on the Origin of Man, in connection with the theory of the origin and development oi life. After explaining the Darwinan theory of the origin of lite, the lecturer character ized the hypothesis that man is descendant of the monkey or ape as absurd The higher classes of monkcydom--the gorilla, the chim- panzee and the Orang outang-were, he said, only our cousins, and there wa, some satis- faction in knowing that these ugly animals were not our ancestors. But there is no doubt that they were descended from the same ancestor who was the forefather of man.
 The origin of man must be looked for in tropical region, probably Southern Asia or Africa, during the tertiary period. There is theory that between Southern Asia and Africa there existed now sunken continent. called Lamuria, of which there are traces in the numerous islands, where, according to some authors, the origin of man was placed. The ancestor of man was dcscrib as hairy. long headed animal with long arms and short legs, which, ny the development of the brain and it's moral attributes, resulted in the de- velopmcnt of man. If the origin of man is placed in the tertiary period, the time of the origin of man must be traced back hundreds of thousands of years.-Srtsnti6c ADlericaa.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
How Soil was Made.

Prof. Agassis says that all the materials on which agricultural progress depends arc dc composed rocks, not SD much that underlie the soil, but those on the surface, and brought from considerable distance, and ground to powder by the rasping of the glaciers. Ice all over the continent is the agent that has ground out more soil than all other agencies put together. The penetration of water into the rocks, frosts, running water and baking suns have done something, but the glaciers more. In A former ape the whole United States was covered with ice several thousand feet thick and this ice moving from North to South by the attraction of tropical warmth or pressing weight of the snow and ice be- hind, ground the rocks over which it passed into the paste which we call soil. These masses of ice can be tracked az game is tracked by the hunter. He has made a study of them as far south as Alabama, but has ob- served the same phenomena in Europe, par tcularly in Italy, where, among the Alps. glaciers are now in progress. The stones and rocks ground and polished by the glaciers can easily bo distinguished from those scratch ed by running water. The angular boulders found in meadows and the terraces of rivers not reached by water can be accounted for only in this way.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
The Sabbath in Arizona.
ICOMNrNICArED.l

As people, we have been favored by di. vine Providence and blessed with plenty by divine munificencc Why then should we be SO ncglcctfui of tie Hand which meets our wants or be SO disobcdicnt tu the laws of our God, who has given Us n rational exis- tcncc and the most perfect rule of action for the government of our moral nature Why shonId any class of human beings become so deprayrd as to adopt a course of living as in
 evitably ,o ahridgc human happiness, abrevi'
 ate human life, and only spread an evil iniec i ton in the masses of human society I'm morality always auginents human misery
 whilst woes multiply in proportion to th, number of human vices The same mcasur, filled with exccsses, measures the ills of soci
 ety. Transversely, on the side of right, tb' practice Of rightcOuncss, and the strict con formity to Gods holy law, peace will becoin
 "thc stability of our times n and, as certainly as "holinessH becomes "thc motto of the peo , pe.' On the side of righteousness and tn
 practice of right, there Is to be found in ric , prousion peace and prosperity; nor is thi , affirmation without attestajion from both si cred and profane history. Yea, the histor
 of the world attests the declaration of hol z writ: Righteousness exaltcth q nation, bu . sin IS rcproach ,0 any people"
 v One very apprcciablc part of outwar . righteousness consists in a strict obseIvanC of the holy Sabbath. God never gave all i time for mankind to use or abuse as the
 pleased, hut has held in reserve onc-sevent i of the whole as "holy timc," and belongr l. to Himself; hence He announced in thundt 2 tones and awful majesty, from the smokiH ' summit of Mount Sinai, Remember the Sal f bath day to keep it holy" It is the law | God, the law of nature, yea, the lax of or Q being, and perfectly in harmony with rcasol and which neither Jew nor Gentle can vi, I late with impunity. CAR.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
Churches.
lCOMMuNIcAIED. 1


 The erection of churches has been delayed too long already; nor is it of much account to build them, if the existence of q God is practically ignored, His love set at naught and the sanctity of His holy day is trampied un. der foot. The facts and figures of this young and struggling Territory are of a seri. ous character, and should be we'll weighed and carefully considered by the intelligent and reflective minds in all classes; as each philanthropist and Christian inevitably will.
 The many houses of evil, and vile prac- tices of unblushing wrong, which would cause blush to name; but must they be left, there fore, unopposed, until their infectious evils have spread through all the ranks of our blooming youth, corrupting virtue, blasting fond hopes, early completing the work of death, and aid in peopling hell7
 To say of saloons, that they are too numer- ous, and bear too large a proportion 10 the number of resident houses in the Territory, would not only be truth, and lamcntablc one, but would fall far short of telling "the whole truth; for when We compare the num- Der and cost of these, with "tbe temples of Christ" and state that the saloons number one hundred to one church, and after the first "one hundred and one" that there are hun dreds without the one, we have disclosed a tact which we should see, feel, weep over, and labor to remove, until this inequality be tween right and wrong shall have lcssened an hundred fold. G. AR.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
Red Clouds bad Boys.

4 Colorado exchange has the following:
 9en 'Dbn A. smith, commanding at Fort Lara. mic to'aa days ago reported to the Interior De. perimrut lat portion of Red Clouds red band w@ oh cir Reservation and committing d-pre. hau0ns aHd murders south of the Plate tn, hmith, tel. Ord, lcotnmanding the DepartmcnU' and ludlah agent Daniels united in request tbni the lpdals Of that section might be attack. .d etens7c found oil their reservation. The reques, har been granted Where are thc Quakcrsr
 The iriud, Colyer, will, no doubt, accuse Cue ger Iemen named Of brutal lying,n but his to'rs SO now will not help tio sinLipo caVsc of tbe Ring dynasty.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
SUMMONS.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAr District. Yavnpn County
 Jsserh Aron. plaintiff

IS THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL District Yavnpni County
 Joseph Arop, plaintiff.
 
 Lawrence C. Gray. Charles r.. Hitchcock A Robert Cole, d-f-ndints. Action brought in the District Court Of inc Third Judi oal District in and for the county of Yavapa In Ter ritOry of Arizona.
 The Territory or 1rfoHa ,cad orestfnc to Lawrence C Gray, Charles E Hitchcock md Robert Cole i,feu- dants
 You are hereby summoned and required io Aprear p settIn brought against yDu by the aboye basd plaintiff in tie District Court of the Third Judicial District In spd for the county d lavarai, ihe Territory of Arizona and answer the complain, filed with the Clerk of this Court at Prescott in said county ropy Of which plan' accompanies this sunnons) within .wenty days erelnsivs oi e day of servcs) after the service upo you "i this summnns f served in this eouB,ys bi 1T served out Of inc county and within this district then within thirty days. in all other forty days.
 And you are hereby notified that f you fail to appear nnd the complaint above required the pafntn VIII take judgment by default nR ainsi you ef nineteen hundred yiwo and O. 100 dollars In gold coin, e aJ2 6Il00 and interest thereon asked fr 10 plant herein. which reference is hereby made costs snd disbursements in this behalf expended.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the said District Court ai Prescott this 3lst day uf December 1872
 anllt9 li-sI ED. W. WELLS, Clert.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01

General O. O. Howard has endorsed Sena. tor Pomcroy as pure and simple in private life, strictly temperate in everything with a pleassnt little family around him, a regular attendant at church, s man of prayer, al. ways leaning on the mighty arm of strength, tIll ot kindness to inc poor" etc The Chi cago Tribune says this proves, of course, that Pomeroy has never swindled the Govern nent or the Pattawatomie Indians. Senator fomeroy now owes it to General Howard to give htm good backing Then everything , will ho lovely"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
What to do in case of Accident.

Prof Wilder, of the Cornell University, gives these short rules for action in cases of accident. It would not be a bad thing to cut them out and carry them in ones packet book, or. better yet, commit them to memory:
 For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing; dash water into them remove cnders, &c., with the round point ut lead pencil
 Remove insects from the ear by tepid water never put a hard instrument into the ear
 If an artery is cut, compress above the wound if a vein is cut, compress below.
 IT chokcd, get upon all fours and cough. For slight burns dip the part in cold water; if the skin is destroyed, cover with varnish.
 will often spread burning oil, and increase danger. Before passing through smoke, take a full breath and then stoop low; but if car bon is expected, walk erect l Suck poisoned wounds, unless your mouth Is sore; enlarge the wound, or, better, cut out the part without delay hold the wound ed part as long as can be borne to n hot coal or end of cigar.
 In a case of poisoning, excite vomiting by tickling the throat or by warm water and mustard.
 For acid poisons, give alkalis; for alkalin, poisons, give acids-whitc of egg i. good iI most cases; in cases of opium poisoning five strong coffee and keep moving. If in water, float on the back, with th, f nose and mouth projecting. For apoplexy, raise the head and body fo iainting, lay the person flat. : --~,+>--
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01

Lees. the San Francisco detective, is at the East pursuing Arnold, the diamond swinder. It is reported that Arnold has gone to Flu rope, and that Lees will follow him.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-01
Notice to Creditors. Estate of THOMAS STITr Deceased.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned AdnInfstrs tH of the estate of Ihcnas S decea.ed 10 the cred. tors O and all persons having claims against the said de ceased o exhiiEt them with the necessary voucherx within year from the date of this notice al my oairs in the in~n of Prescott Yavapai county Tenn. tory of Arizona GEO. D. KENDALL.
 Public AdmBistrutor. Prescott December l7ih. 1872. a.asi5
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-18

the tale. was touched to the heart
with one especially, that had been re-
duced to the belt=thc arms, ,-legs, head,
and chest all gone. Tears came TO my
ayes when though of the reflections Of
that poor statute over tho sad wreek to
which Time through Il. Tbs " enus
IoG Milo was M oFS for tupato in The
possession Of i'm and sapugh adipose
matter to grS s. iSe ps bpssbp Ger
man girl. IsppPose am not high in
art ! do admire the Partisan ladies
however, and Lean und derstand Toussen-
remark, that they, haze alwpysrbeen
suspected Of hidiag their wrongs
They are so graceful, pretty, and happy
and they dress 50 aeU; but unlike the
5caxtasbnd5 With Us, who make dress the
.end.and aim of life, the true Freuch
w0maf never permits the dress to oyer
shadow her PERSONNEL Like SIR Charles
iColasGeant!t We have been everywhere,
and A0eh everything, and there is moth.
ing in it. We'had our musical romance
concerning the European Schoo OILS nipped
very early. julia Reve was educated
by her mother in, Cincinnati, and took
the conceit out Of, 6 ermap girls aItogcth
erby her exquisite Instrumentation.
List gave her the Bouquet OF Honor
and told hor that German teachers
could do nothing for hor more than
American. The old music teacher in
hauheim told us that the best teachers
W emf to America, and that eonsorvato.
ries there did not mean any more than
they did in New York; that any music
teacher, however stupid, might dignity
his school by calling it . conservatory,
and advised US to return, if music was ali
we wanted to learn; and one must want
ITO learn worse than we did to suffer the
domestic economy and terrific cu;siniicre
of G ermany-brcad with unsalted but,
ter, an7egg day and lager, We are
tatisfed aud hereafter will suffer the ills
we have rather than fly to others that we
know are verse Adieu. HATTIE.
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DE FHEGovEREoR:
SrATE or Sotrn CAnoLlNA,
ExEcuTIvg pSPARTMEET.
'LTMDIG, s, c., October Q, 1878.

CoLEMDEH, s c., October ., 1873.
WHEREAS, by the Constitution of this
State, it is required that "The General
Assembly shall provide for On annual tax,
sufiis; sntt defray the estimated expenses
OF the State for eaohyear - 'epnl - '''
And stphyeas, il is by law provided thar
the Comptroller General shall on or before
the, 10Th day Of November annually, give
notice to the County Auditors of tho rates
per eentabt OF taxation authorized by law to
be levied for the variosts State purposes
vAgd sksFsas the General Assembly tits
last session! omitted to provide for such
annual tnx, for the fiscal year tooommepcs
On the FIRST day of November next by reason
Whereof the Comptroller. General is unable
to give notice to tho County Auditors of
such Hrdual tax at the dime such notice is
7 by law tsqnifed TO be giTenS' S'oA'' = ~
Audj .,ekeseas,i by the dscisiJn Of the
supreme, esurt Of the Slate, Sthe Comp
trollor eneral is required TO levy rat per
eSrtum Of taxes to pay. thu interest upon
certain classes Of bonds, which, are part
ief the public debt ofthe State, and to give
notice of such levy to the County Auditor
on Qrfbsfose ..tp 10th day of November next;
Aad Whersas, it is deemed Important to
The welfare Of the, State, inyisY of this
dec isi0n OF tho Supreme Court that the
@ cnoral Assembly should take into immedi-
ate consideration the condition ofihs public
debt, Of the State, and should so provide az
thst whatever taxes are be levied to pay the
iutsrest thereon phall be levied at the same
time ID that al Thigh fhe general State larry
is rbqdirSa tsbs made, - ~, -,
Ind 'uAsbsas. the facts above reoited pre-.
sent an extraordinary. oDagaEsn, which, 10
,tAs Judgment q, Che Esseaissaenat"aiit
-, f<rsa yaSg Z sss SD e'tsdW 80
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The ApexhoF 1Ioncsty.

ieesiHs vas p .SLAV %. .lf
..f, az, r6 sFs: 1seig % Fl ~ t
AZ party one, evening, several con-
tested the honor Of having done the most
s1traordiuary thing sA,reverend gentle
man was appointed judge of their re-
spectiTe pretensions,, .sst as-
One produced his tailor 5 bill with a
receipt attached to it, A buzz went
round tbc room that this could not be
Outdoue, VIII, n a second proved that he
had just arrested his tailor for money
THAT vas lent him, AS 5.w qs
The palm is his, vas thsgenerous cry,
mtshaa third put ipzi;is 10 ih;i;s claimas Ii
- Gentlemen, said he, 4 cannot beast Of
ithe tiedtf of my predecessors, but 1shave
'rstdfned to the owners two uplbr elias
they left at Eay -honsOss-a--
III hear, no posesllcrisd the aston
ished arbitrator. This is tho very acme
Of honesty. it is IAN act ofvirtue Of
which I never, knew any one capable;
,lhe ,prize,rr-e -s,ayps La1aa7s
J Hold! cried, apOtlrer5 l. have done still
more than that n1s5sm Laa asar'
Impossible cried the whole company.
Let US hear! ~ re Fc aep9 ."'7i
j have taken my county paper for
thirty years, aud paid for it every year
in ADVANCE. ST.. aas-a . i1.4 .73
lie topk, the prize. ara
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A ISO
ORANGEBURG COUNTY 81
In PROBATE CoURT. 2'2
William T. Phillips
Mary VI. Porter, ct nj.
Mary VI. Porter, ct nj.

by virtue Of m order OF the Probate
Court. inthe above stated action, I will sell
in wtole or in parcels, for partition and di-
vision, Mt Orangcburg Court House. on the
first Monday in November. next, the follow
ing real estate to wit: -H'
An that tract or parcel of land contain
ing 1s0 acres more or less, and bounded on
the North by Estate lands of Nathan Hut
son and lauds vi William 7. Phillips, East
by lands of Robert Walker, South by the
Davis Bridge Qoad, and West by lands of
William A. Ehncy and Nathan Porter.
Teims-Onc half cash. balance on a cred
il of twelve months, with bond Of the pur.
chaser bearing interest from of sale, Sc
cured by mortgage Of the pr mises TO the
Judge of Probate. Purchaser 10 pay for
papers az / recording.