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Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
LIFE UNDER THE ICE.

Our readers know there are two kinds
of respiratory apparatus-lungs which in
hale. air, abstract oxygen from itsand
give. in return, chiefly carbonic acid
the gills which absorb the oxygen dis
solved in water, and also give off chiefly
csrbonic acid, which is more readily dis
solved in the water than the oxygen.
The former apparatus is possessed by
mammals, birds, etc.; the latter by fish
es; and as lungs are incapable of taking
oxygen out of the water and gills cannot
breathe air, animals with lungs are
drowned in water, while fish are drowned
In air. A small number of amphibious
animals, however, possess both lungs and
gills and can therefore breathe both air
or water, and thus live in both. 1t has
been, however, observed that musk-rats
and other swimming mammals with lungs
could travel n considerable distance under
ice without reaching any breathing hole
on the surface, and it was for long time
a problem how they succeeded in living
so long and travelling SO far without ac-
cess to the atmosphere. This problem
has been answered by S. Newhouse in a
work called the HTrapper's Guide" from
which we extract the following:
Musk-rats have curious method of
travelling long distances under the ice.
In their Winter excursions to their feed
ing grounds, which are frequently at
great distances from their abodes, they
take in breath at starting, and remain
under water as long as they can. They
rise to the ice, and breathe out the air in
their lungs, which remains in bubbles
against the lower surface of the ice.-
They wait till this air RECEIVERS oxygen
from the water and ice, and then take it
in again, and go on till the operation has
to be repeated. In this way they can
travel almost any distance, and live any
length of time under the ice.
The hunter sometimes takes advantage
of this habit of the musk-rat, in the fol-
lowing manner:
Where the marshes and ponds where
musk-rats abound are first frozen over,
and the ice is thin and clear, on striking
into their houses with his hatchet for the
purpose of setting his traps, he frequently
sees whole family plunge in the water
and swim away under the ice. Follow
ing one for some distance, he sees him
come up to renew his breath in the man.
ner above described.
After the animal has breathed against
the ice, and before he has time to take
his bubbles in again, the hunter strikes
with has hatchet directly over him, and
drives him away from his breath. In
this case he browns in swimming a few
rods; and the hunter cutting a hole
IN the ice, takes him out Mink, otter
aad beaver travel in the same way; and
hunters have frequently told me of taking
otters in the manner I have described,
when these apimals visit the houses of
The musk-rat for prey"
Hr.f
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A SAMPsoN.-In the eighteenth centu-
ry lived Thomas Topham, a notori-
Gus athlete. Speaking of his accomplish
ments, a paper of the day thus advertises:
4" He bends an iron poker, three inches in
circumference, over his arm, and -one-nf
two inches and quarter around his neck;
he breaks rope that will bear two thous-
and weight, and with his finger rolls up
a pewter dish of seven pounds of hard
metal he lays the back part of his head
on one chair, and his heels on the other
and, suffering four men to stand on his
body, he moves them up and dewn at
pleasure he lifts table six feet long, by
his teeth, with one hundred weight hang
ing at the further end Of it, and lastly, to
oblige the public, he will lift butt full
of water" Can we produce strength
like this nowadays?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

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continued, publishers may continue to
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to which they are sent, they are held re-
sponsible until they settle their bills and
give due notice to discontinue.
4. If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and the
paper is sent 20 the former direction they
are held responsible. Notice should al
ways be given of the removal.
5. The courts have decided, that refus-
ng to take paper from the office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncalled for, is p'1-
ma fdcte evidence of intentional fraud.
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U. -. LAND OFFICE.
SHASTA, CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO MINING
CLAIM.

SEPTEMBER 30th, 1873.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
~ A. Rumfelt, A. p. Haskins, and 2.
N. Tinkham, whose Post Office address
is Trinity Center, Trinity County, Cali
ent for the following described Gold bear
ing Placer Mining Claim, situated in
the Trinity Center Mining District,
known as the Hatchet Creek Placer
Mine, and more particularly described in
the plat and field notes now on file in this
office, as follows, to wit
Lot No. 81, beginning at post in
mound Of rock marked III, from thence
West 20.00 chains, variation 1So 30' L to
post marked Ii in a mound of earth
for corner; thence North SO w % 0O
chains to a post in mound of rock for a
corner thence N 800 30' w 1900 chains
to post marked ii in mound of earth
for North West corner of the claim
thence n $50 + 26.30 chains to a post in
a mound Of earth marked III for North
East corner of the claim ; thence South
230 E 1854 chains to a post in mound
Of rocks marked ii thence East 1853
chains to a spruce tree "a inches in diam
eter marked ii ; thence South 90 L 400
chains crossing Hatchet Creek to a
Spruce tree "a inches in diameter marked
II thence North 75o w. 40 chains
crossing the Trinity Valley Wagon Road
to and closing on the starting corner
Containing SO 32-l00 acres. The South
East corner Of Section 81 and the South
West corner of Section 33, Il 36 North,
Range W., M. ID. M. bears South from
said place Of beginning %, 4 2S" East,
466.02 chains distant. The above survey
locates said claim in Township 36 N, r.
7 W., M. ID. M. and is bounded on the
South by mining land claimed by Hall
and Williams on the West, North and
East by public lands.
All persons holding any adverse claim
thereto are required to present the
same before the Register and Receiver of
the United States for Shasta Land District
at Shasta, California, within sixty days
from the first day OF publishing and post
ing hereof.
JOHN S. FOLLANSBEE,
oct4-6Od. Register.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

THIS is glorious discovery-one that
takes rank with the discovery of why an
apple falls, or the use of the telescope.
AS law 10 which there are but enough
exceptions to prove the rule, only the
selfish become insane. Insanity is the
incapation Of selfshness. To the truth
OF this discovery the most eminent scien-
lists and physicians testify. Let those
who think only of themselves, and whose
! fendencies are all piggish, therefore take
warning. The fnger-post of their dispo-
sition points plainly to a terminus at
Stockton.-Oye'Iand Monthly.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
SCOT A-going and Couldn't stop

A boy named Frank was standing in
the yard, when his father called him.
" Frank" "Sir2" said Frank, and
started full speed and ran into the street.
His father called him back and asked
him if he did not hear his first CALL
Yes, SIR" said Frank. .'Well, then"
said his father, "what made you run in
to the street ?ph /" Oh, got a-going and
couldn't stop" replied Frank.
This is the way great many boys get
into difficulty; they get a-going and can
not stop. The boy that tells lies began at
first by stretching the truth a little, to tell
a large story or relate an anecdote with a
very little variation, till he got a-going
and couldn't stop till he came out full
grown liar.
The boy that was brought before the
police and sent to the House of Correct
ion for stealing, began by taking little
things from his mother: by taking sweet
meats and other nice things that were
put away. Next he began to take things
from his companions at school. He got
a-going and couldn't stop till he got into
Jail. g...
Those two boys that you see fighting
out on the green began by bantering each
other in fun. AT length they began to
get angry and dispute, and called each
other names, till they got a-going and
couldn't stop. They will separate with
black eyes and bloody noses.
There is young man sitting late with
his companions at the gaming table. He
has flushed cheeks, an anxious look, a
despairing countenance. He has lost his
last dollar. He began by playing mar
bles in the street, but he got a-going and
couldn't stop.
See that young man with a dark Ian
tern, stealing from his masters drawer.
He is merchants clerk. He came from
the country promising boy. But the
rest Of the clerks went to the theater and
he thought that he must go to. He be-
gan by thinking he would only go once,
JuSb W Sd uO llou DCCH W lilt lutdltT.- =
But he got going and couldn't STOP
He has used up his wages and wants
more money. He cannot resist the temp
tation when he knows there is money in
the drawer. He has got a-going he
will stop in the State Prison.
Hark, do you hear that horrid oath {?
II comes from the foul mouth of little
boy IN the street, He began by saying
by-words, but he has got a-going and
can't stop.
Fifty young men were some years ago
in the habit of often meeting in a room
in public house, to enjoy themselves in
social hilarity. One of them, as he was
going there one evening, began to.thinll
that there might be danger in the way
He stopped and considered moment,
and said to himself, Right about face ~
He turned on his heel, went back to his
room, and was never seen in the public
house again. He has become rich, and
the new first block Of buildings which he
erected was built directly in front of the
place where he stood at the time when
he made the exclamation. Six Of the
young men followed him. The remain
ing forty-three got a-going, and couldn't
stop till they landed in the ditch, and
the most of them in drunkard's grave.
Beware, then, boys, how you get ago
ing; be sure before you start that you
are in the right way, for when you are
sliding down hill it is hard to stop.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

AN economical bridal pair at Spring
field, ILL.,, partook Of their wedding feast,
composed Of smoked herring, crackers
and cheese, spread ont on the head of a
barrel. A meddlesome crowd around
the door was disposed of by the bride,
who exclaimed, What'n thunder you
lookin' at ?"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

4 PAPYRUs manuscript found in an
Egyptian tomb has lately been translated
by a scholar of Heidelberg, who pro-
no@nees it TO be an address of Rameses
III. to all the nations of the earth, detail
ing niauteiy all the causes which led to
the exodus af the Jews from the land of
the Pharaohs. r.re
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

a YOUNG man in Troy owes his life to
a shawl pin. While walking in the sub
urbs he was attacked by a vicious dog,
and thrown to the ground. A companion
tried in vain to rescue him, when he drew
shawl pin from his coat and plunged
1t into the dogs nose. This forced him
to release his hold, and sent him off howl
ing with pain.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

The British Government has thus far
spent three hundred thousand pounds on
the Tichborne case, among the expenses
being the importation of five Australians
as witnesses, each of which costs one party
or the other one thousand pounds.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

AN Albany damsel asked one of her
fellow boardcrs, a stylish dry goods clerk,
at the breakfast table, "Why is your
moustaehe like my back hair ?" He
blushihgly gave it up. The answer
caused him to blush still more: "Be-
cause it is all down."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

THE near-sightcd hen that ate saw
dust, supposing it to be oatmeal, and
then laid nest full of bureau knobs, sat
on 'em three weeks and Matched out
complete set Of parlor furniture, was
pretty fair hen.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

The Patrons of Husbandry have made
1t a rule of their order never to go to law
but to settle all disputes by arbitration,
the jury to consist of mutual friends of
the parties.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

.fagL last Sunday solitary hack was met
on the road to Elmwood. 1t contained
one living persona woman-and little
coffin. She was doubtless the mother of
the dead infant, and the only mourner to
attend the funeral.-Memphis Ledger.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

Examine the stamp upon the cloth plate II
should read Wheeler IL Wilson Mfg Co
A. b. Wilson, Pat" W.
Every Sewing Machine should be sold on II,
own merits. Parties endeavoring to pulm off
other sewing machines under the great rcputa-
tlon OF TINS machine will be dealt with accord
ing to Law. Buy no family sewing machine of
travelling agents, unless they can show you A
lettcI signed, W. NJ. STODDARD, Agent for
the Pacific Coast for said machines.
n. BAH who have purchased sewing mn
chimes upon the reputation of the WHEELER 4
WILSON, and have found them to be of another
kind, will please apply at my office, 427 Mont
gomery street. w. vi. .S'FODDARD.
Agent for the Pacific Coast
No. Az, Montgomery St., San Francisco
The silent adjustable Tuck markcr-one of
the most useful attachments to n Sewing Ma
chine ever invented. Applicable to the
Wheeler ~ Wilson. Sold Wholesale and retail
in every towns on the Pacific Coast, at the Agen-
eies of the WHEELER Il WILSON SEWING Ma
CHIMES. W. NJ. ST0DDARD,
jan2O Agent for the Pacific Coast.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

SUNDAY school teacher, explaining the
,tfrst chapter Of Genesis, asked: "Why
did God command them to leave the fruit
of one tree untouched 2" A dead silence.
> At last little girl spoke up and said
Please, marm, think he wanted to
leave some for manners J"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A VICIOUS COW with crumpled horn
was complaeently eating Mrs. Shines
corn. In driving the cow away from
her feast the woman was gored by the
thievish beast. In Melrose, Ill.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A CHICAGO paper thinks that every
body who dies in Milwaukee is sure of
going to a better land. Milwaukee has
an idea that everybody who lives in Chi
cago can go to better land without dy-
ino
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A SHARP Toledo girl said of gentle
man TO whom she had just been intro
duced, that he would be very presentable
if the Lord hadn't turned up SO much Of
his legs to make feet of.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

THE one quiet street in Virginia City,
Nevada, never disturbed by the musical
pop OF revolver, is Hight street. 1t is
reached only by a ladder, and it isn't
everybody out there who can climb a
Ladder. min. mo -----
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A MARYLAND judge has decided that
an auctioneer has no right to run up prop
erty on a bidder, simply to make a good
sale. Perhaps the auctioneer would like
chance to ''knock down" the judge
now
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A NEBRASKA man, on his dying bed,
remembered that his wife was smoking
some hams, and he said, "Now, Mari
eta, don't go to snufIling around and for
get them hams"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A JUROR IN Minnesota was recently
excused from service on the ground that
he had just been made the possessor Of
twins 90
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

"THERE ~ said Jones, as he wrath
fully pushed away the pie his landlady
had set before him, " that stuff isn't fit
for hog to eat and l amt going to eat
it.v
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A MAN having bill against a distant
merchant, sent a letter Of inquiry to a
banker Of that locality, The reply was,
"He is dead but he pays now just as
well as he eyer did,"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

A SHEBoYGAN man said Il: "Lucy
Smith. ! can't fool away my time court
ing; willyou marry e?" And although
Lucy had known him but two hours, she
put her little hand in his and said she
wonld!TTH y rTAW skH2
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

FASHIONS changes were much the
same in The. Garden of Eden as now.
The demand Of the Fall was for more
clothing. 81 W q u
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

LII is one Of the curiosities Of natural
history that hoase eats best when he
has not bit in his mouth.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

II is on record that Adam, the first
man to receive land grant, died poor
and miserable.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

Trinity County German Hospital So
ciety, holds its Regular Quarterly Meetings at
the HOSPITAL BUILDING, Weavervile, on the
first Sunday of March, June, September and
December ClIAS HARTMAN,
Janl Secretary.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
These Machines are Adapted to
Every Variety of Sewing.

From the lightest musIins to the heaviest
cloths They work equally well upon Silk
Linen or Cotton thread; Scanning, OuiltinS
Gai herring, Hemming, Telling, Cording, Tuck.
ing, Braiding, Embroidering and making But
ton Holes with the greatest facility. "'
If it be inconvenient for the purchaser n
ed to the office, and it will be as fairbf,liv
sonally. ""0 per
Full instructions, recently compiled. and
detail, accompany each Machine, and enabla
difficulty. "i'Aoa'
Our interest in the successful working of tbe
Machines is not second to that of the purchas.
or, and we esteem it a privilege to aid, BY cor
require it. nv may
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
THE EYES /! THE EYES !
DIR. E. III. PARDEE,
OculiSt and .Aurist.
a FTER A PROTRACTED RLTND.

a FTER A PROTRACTED BLIND.
L A ness of more than five years, DIR. Pardee
has made himself thoroughly and scientfcal-
ly acquainted with all Diseases of the Eye,
and is now practicing with success not sur
passed in the United States.
All operations performed, such as Strabis-
mus or cross-eye, Cataract by linear extrac-
tion, Depression or Absorption, pterygium or
neshy membrane growing over the eye, Reduc
ton OF sta1phyloma, or bullying out of the eye,
Artificial Pupil, Fistula, Lachrymals, or clos
the Lids, etc.
Artificial Eyes inserted without the least
pam, and possessing all the movements and
brilliancy of the real eye. A large assortment
constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
prices. The Doctors Eye Bath for the treat
ment and cure of all nervous diseases is used
all over this coast.
Thankfal to those physicians who have sent
him cases for operation, he hopes that his uni
versal success will warrant continuation of
their confidence. lis celebrity as an operator
is co-eXtensive with his success as pationts
are presenting themselves, for treatment and
operations, tiom New York and Boston, almost
monthly. Many patients can be seen at the
Doctors Office daily, in different stages of re-
,oFFIoE-7s7 Clay Street, Opposite the
Plaza, San Francisco
TAKE NOTICE" II Liar ts NOT To
be beifeDsd though he speaks the truth,
Reports are in circulation through the upper
country that have retired from business, that
l nave gone to the Atlantic States that [ am
in Europe, &c., &c. To those Interested | will
say that the report has been gotten in circula-
ton for the furtherance of other parties, who
are trying to obtain, illegitimately, an eye
practice. The report has been started by an
itinerant mountebank, and without the least
truth, as am at my office daily, and attending
to about sixty daily patients.
Il. HI. PARDEE, OcuIist.
737 Clay Street,
my25-ly. SAN FRANCISCO.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
SOCIETY NOTICES.

Trinity Lodge, No. "a, II. y n. W.,
Hold their regular communications at Ma
SONIC HALL, Weaverville, on the last Saturday
of each month. Hour of meeting, Z o'clock,
p. NJ. w. j. TINNlN, W. M.
M F. GRIFFIN Secretary. janl.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

GUBSCRIBE FOR THE
- "TRINITY JOURNAL
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WHEELER & WILSON.
THBrtR
THE GREAT TRIAL OF SEWING MACHINES.
THE GRANDEST In THE WORLD.
The Judges, the aohole World and he
Trial, Fifteen Years duration.
Practical Use the Fest.
THE UNIVERSAL VERDICT.
= The Wheeler a. Wilson Sewing yfa.
chiUe the Champion

These unequalled Machines do all the differ.
ent kinds Of work required to be done in n
family, and make all the different kinds of
stitches, without the complications of the,
other Machines
Al persons will please examine the WHEEGER
ing any other.
Ihe WHEELER & WILSON, as is we'll kn6wn,
has won, at nearly. every trial in which it has
competed, the highest award of merit. The
dent have entered the lists, time and asain
only to be defeated and finding IL if'if1possibIa
to compete fairly, have endeavored to decry
tne value OF Premiums They are not slow.
but in the grand trial, daily use throughout
the world, whore only true merit finds favor.
and n superiority wins the race, the WHEELER 4
the Champion by the verdict of the peopIe
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08

Meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesdays
of each month, at Masonic HALL, Weaver
vile, at o'clock, p. NJ.
w. j. TINNIN, II. P.
NJ. +. GRIFFIN, Secretary. jan1.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
First and Highest Premium at
the Great Worlds Fair,
at Paris, 1867.
Tho NEW WEED Sewing Machine is the
Simplest and SfrOBgssf,

he Last, and we believe in modern imprpGixe, ippi1e
ment we may add the BEST Sewing Meacniin9 eeminS
made rs yet. 1t is the Bost FalaiiS 0o"i"e
Machine ~ H. " T,ost
No, 1872 New Montgomery SturfeeL;o StreeeLf;o
septl San fh1 NeASe0'
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WEED SEWING MACHINES.

First-Their New Family Favorite." Sec
ond-Their New, Light and Noiseless Manu-
facturers' Sowing Machines. Third-Thelr
immensely heavy Manufacturers Favorite."
The three together combining the advantages
of all others up to the present time, being tho
best made and doing the best work-has re-
ceived throughout Europe, the Eastern States
and upon this Coast, the
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-11-08
FIRST AND HIGHEST PREMIUM

at each and every Public Fair since 1867, (the
year it was completed) whore any premium a.
all has been given or where its strong points
have been really exhibited.