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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.

OREGON GULcH MOUNTAIN. - The
mountain, or dividing ridge, between
Weaver Basin and Oregon Gulch has
long been generally believed, and almost
positively known, to be one of the very
richest gravel deposits in California. No
water is the only reason why it has not
been extensively worked-that is, no wa
ter high enough, for the richest deposit is
high up on the mountain. No work has
been done on this divide, except what
James Ward has done with very limited
supply Of water-usually holding out no
longer than while the rain was falling
and this work is considered only enough
to prospect the deposit. With the small
amount Of water at his command, Mr..
Ward has not been able to average more
than two weeks slucing per year for
several years ;And during these two weeks
he has not stripped as much bed rock as
could have been done in single day with
good head Of water in properly rugged
claim. Yet he has made a living, and
this is sufficient to show that the gravel
deposit he has opened is Immensely rich,
and it is known to be extensive. The
Ward claim, together with considerable
adjacent mining land, has now passed
into the possession of Loveridge, George
& Co., and it is to cover this deposit that
this company proposes to carry the West
Weaver water lately purchased from DR..
Ware. The water will be taken from
West Weaver creek about mile above
the present dam, and three and one-half
miles of ditch will put it on the Oregon
Guleh divide over 40 feet higher than
where the Junction City wagon road
crosses. This ditch will cover more
extensive and richer section of mining
land than is covered by any water ditch
in the county at the present time, and its
completion will distinctly mark new
and brighter era for Trinity County. No
time is to be lost in building this ditch,
IS it is intended that water shall be turned
into it by the first of May, and perhaps
sooner. The line of ditch is already sur
vcycd and work is to commence at once.
AS to what immediate use is to be made
of the Rush Creek water, the Company
has not yet decided, but the waters Of
West Weaver, Bush Greek and Stuart
Fork are intended to supply chain of
bitches which, when completed, will sur
pass any similar work ever constructed in
the State, and will add greatly to the fu-
ture prosperity of our county.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21

Cold NIGHTs have lessened the water
supply considerably during this week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21

FROM SHAsTA.-Our correspondent at
this place furnishes the following items ::
The Concert for the benefit of the Or
phan Home, to be given by the Good
Templars on the 23d, promises to be a
grand affair, as the Committee is taking
great pains to make it a success.
The trial Of Milton Shepardson, one of
the Cottonwood stage robbers Of 1871,
was set for last Monday, but on account
OF some Of the witnesses failing to appear
the case was continued until the 23d.
Ex-District Attorney d. j. Murphy, of
San Francisco, is here to assist in the
prosecution. About thirty witnesses from
Colusa and other parts are also here, max
ing Shasta quite lively.
Weather clear and cold amount of
rainfall thus far Al. % inches.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21
To the Best Looking Young Lady
IN WeareTViiie,
Trinity County,
California.

Were good-looking young ladies the
exception here as elsewhere, the p. NJ .
might soon determine to whom this pecu-
liarly interesting missive belonged, but
among such bevy of acknowledged
beauties as our mountain town contains
it is indeed difficult to decide. Had the
address read lone of the Best Looking"
etc., the P. N. could have handed it to
the first young lady who applied and have
felt that his duty was done. Under the
circumstances as they are, however, he
must deliver il to the best looking young
lady in town and none other. Now, there
are not less than one hundred young la
dies in this village, each of whom hon
estly believes herself to be "the Best
Looking Young Lady in Weaverville,
Trinity County, California;" and we
haven't the least doubt but what all of
them will make grand stampede for the
Post Office rs soon as they learn that the
letter is there. The Postmaster saws he
can stand this rush for few days, but he
shudders to think of g the wrath to come"
from the remaining ninety nine, when he
delivers the letter to any one Of them.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21

Stock DYING. = Our lower country
exchanges all speak of the present Winter
as being the most severe one on stock
that has been known for many years
The constant succession Of cold rains
which continued day and night for weeks
at time kept the animals chilled through,
and the feed is not yet high enough to
enable them to gain strength to resist the
influence Of the cold storms. We fear
that much of the stock driven down from
this county, for Winter pasturage, will
be lost.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-02-21

GONE BELow.-Mr. d. w. George left
for San Francisco last Saturday, and
Capt. Geo. II. Atkins, O. NJ. Loveridge
and P. Paulsen went on Tuesday. The
organization of the Oregon Gulch Mount
ain Mining Company is to be completed
and the necessary measures taken for
commencing active operations in that
direction.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Poultry Iu The United states.

Poultry raising is n of the great
industries of the nation, quite as
much as sheep, dairy, OF cattle hus-
bandry. Profit is the object in view
of each, and in poultry it will arise
from three sources-eggs, feathers,
and stock fattened for market. Tue
demand for barn-door fowls is in
creasing their sales, therefore, may
be safely calculated upon. | do not
find either in the United States, or
any State census, except In that OF
the State o. New York, an enumera-
ton in regard to poultry, an omission
which hope will be corrected in the
next national census. The census Of
this State gives data whereby We
may approximate the magnitude of
the poultry industry for the nation.
In the State census the value of poul-
try sold for 1864, was $l,22S, 044, and
value of eggs for 1864, $l,303, Ol0;
total value of poultry sold, 1881,
054. This amount, it will be noted,
is only for a single State. The num-
Der of farms by the United States
census was 2IO,233, which would
show us the yearly value of poultry
from each farm $Il, IS. The number
of farms in the United States is put
down at 1853, 9S5. Taking the data
furnished by the new York census,
and the poultry industry of the nation
exceeds in annual value over $3l,
900, 600.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Walking

A writer in the National Lire
Stock journal thus dwells upon the
Importance Of training horses to walk
fast:
Zone Of the most desirable and
valuable gaits for a horse is a walk,
and it should be the aim to first de-
velop this gait in the handling of a
colt. The good walker will always
make good time on the road when a
days journey is to be made, without
wearying himself, while the slow
moper must be constantly kept on
the trot if time is to be made. A
horse that will walk five miles an
hour will go IS far in a day, confined
to this gait, as an ordinary horse can
be driven when kept half of the time
to the trot, and with much greater
ease to himself. If one-half the pains
were taken by farmers boys to make
fast walkers Of the youngsters on the
farm that is usually taken to make
them trot, the result would be much
more beneficial, and we would find
of teams that could. do their
five miles an hour with ease. Butin-
stead of this, as soon as the colt is
bridled, the sole aim of the boys is
to make q trotter Of him, and both
gaits are spoiled.
make the colt walk, boys; make
them extend themselves in a long,
sweeping, square walk, and don't be
satisfied with anything less than FIVE
miles an hour. When he gets to
trotting he will 90 all the faster for
this preliminary training to the walk
ing gait and if he cannot trot fast
enough to beat Dexter, or Goldsmith
Maid, or Occident, he will have a gait
hat is invaluable for business pur-
poses. We hope to e more atten-
ton paid to fast walking than hereto.
fore, and we respectfully urge upon
agricultural societies the Importance
of offering liberal prizes for walking
at the fairs for the coming wear.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Kite Day iu ChtRa.

One Of the greatest holiday in
China is kite dav. This ecurs on
the ninth day of the ninth month,
when the inhabitants of the cities go
out upon the hills and spend the day
in hving kites some thirty Or forty
thousand people are assembled to-
gether on the bill, where they en-
gage all dav in this beautiful amuse-
ment. All classes engage in it, we
believe, from the Emperor down to
the actor. Taking their kites and
going to the hills to ay them on this
day is called Ascending on high"
The kites are Of all sizes and great
variety Of shapes and colors. Some
are in the shape Of spectacles, others
represent fish, or cells, or a krakenteE
to thirty feet long; others are like
birds, bugs, butterflies, or quadru-
peds; some represent men sailing
through the air; others are eight
sided, in imitation Of the eight dia-
grims invented by one Of the early
Chinese emperors. To invent a kite
is a sign of genius in a ruler or a
statesman. On a fine day, when the
air is full Of these kites, gaudily color
ed, and in grotesque and beautiful
forms, and in queer combinations,
the effect is very pleasing. Some Of
them are adorned with .he heads of
dragons and tigers. The spectator
sees in the air what appears to be an
immense bird, or group Of hawks;
the Chinese show great skill in keep
ing half a dozen paper hawks going
on one string; a very pretty appear
ance is made by a number Of kites so
arranged in the air as to resemble the
several blocks in a game Of dominoes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Minor Morals.

There isa sphere in mems lives into
which they are accustomed to sweep
a whole multitude of petty faults
without judging them, without con-
demning them, and without attempt
ing to correct them. There is a realm
OF moral moths for almost all Of Us.
We all dold ourselves accountable for
major morals, but there is a realm Of
minor morals where we scarcely sup
pose ethics to enter. There are thou
SANDS and thousands of little IN
truths that hum, and buzz, and sting
in society, which are too small to be
brushed or driven away. They are
in the looks; they are in the iniec-
tons and tones of the voice; they are
in the actions; they are in reflections,
rather than in direct images that are
presented. They are methods Of
producing impressionsthat are wrong,
though every G by which they
are produced is strictly right. There
is a way Of serving that which IS
wrong, while you are prepared TO
show that everything you say or do
is right. There are little unfair
Desses between man and man, and
companion and companion, which
are said to be minor matters, and
that are small things; there are little
unjust judgments and detractions;
there are slight indulgences Of the
appetite; there are petty violations OF
conscience; there are ten thousands
Of these plays of the passions in men
are called foibles or weaknesses,
but which eatlike moths. They take
away the temper; they take away
magnanimity and generosity; they
take away from the soul its enamel
and its polish. Men palate and ex-
cuse them; but that has nothing to
do with its natural effect upon US.
They waste and destroy US, and that
TOO in our very silent and hidden
Dart.-Beecher.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
SCOT for Cabbage FIcas.

As soon as our readers begin tC
work in the gardan we shall begin tC
hear complaints of the injury being
done by cabbage and tnrnip leas. In
time let us say that a busting of the
plants with SCOT is not only an excel
lent preventive ofthe ravages of these
insects, but it is a first rate method OF
stimulating growth. Now, when you
have occasion to clean out your chin
neys, stove pipes or stoves where SCOT
aecumUlates more or less, save all
you can and put aside in some dry
place foE a time Of need. Put all
your fine dust-like ashes in with the
SCOT, and in the spring sift out all
the laTaps, adding-an equal quantity
OF dry earth or sand TO the pure arti-
Gle, To every barrel oftbis compound
ADD one pound of powdered sulphur,
thoroughly mixing it through the
heap. Keep dry and under cover un-
I'll wanted for use.-This mixture
VIII also be found excellent for dust
ing over melon and cucumber vines
as well as upon cabbage and tomato
plants.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Feed he Fruit Trees.

1t must be apparent to every re-
ileeting person that the material
round about afruit tree, which rem
ders important aid in the production
of fine fruit Of any kind, must neces-
sarily be more or less exhausted after
a vine, bush or tree has produced
abundant crops for several successive
seasons. For Example: A large
pear tree or apple tree viii frequent
ly yield from ten to sixteen bushels
of fruit annually. Many trees have
produced more than twice these 4uan-
titles at one crop.
After a few seasons the material
that the roots must be supplied with,
in order to develop fruit, will be more
or less exhausted. For this reason,
fruit begins to fall and the failure is
often attributed to an east wind, or
some mysteric atmospherious inau-
ence, when in reality the sole cause is
starvation, arising from an impover-
isbed soil.
The remedy is TO feed the roots Of
all fruit trees with lime, wood ashes,
gypsum, c~hip-dirt, bones, fishes, and
any thing that viii renovate an i'm
poverished soil. 1t is evident that
fruit trees cannot produce fine fruit
out Of nothing, or out of such materi-
al as may be desirable for some other
purpose.-Hearth and Home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
The Growth ola Feather.

In the skin Off bird, where q new
feather is to grow, there is a little pit,
and in the bottom of this an elevation
or pyrmid extending up one side of
this pyramid is a groov, or furrow,
deepest at the base, and gradually
growing shallower until it disappears
at the top from each side of this fur
row a great many smaller grooves
extend around to the other side ofthe
pyramid, and these also decrease in
depth, and at last disappear just as
they are about to meet on the other
side opposite the large furrow. The
whole furrOw is covered with skin.
and the surface is made of the same
scales, or fattened cells, that are
found over the rest of the surface of
the body but instead of falling off
when they are pushed out by the new
ones below them, they become united
or-welded to each other, so as to form
a horn coat ovel the surface of the
pyramid; with ridges on its lower or
inner surface, corresponding to the
grooves OF the pyramid and, as new
cells grow at the base, this coal or
cast OF the s2rfaee is pushed upward
till it breaks at its thinnest part,
which is, of course, the smooth part
without ridges opposite the large fur
row and then, as it is pushed out
ward and aattened, it assumes the
form Of afeather, the ridge formed in
the main furrow being the shaft, while
the cast of the side grooves form the
separate barbs of the vane. When all
the vane has been formed and pushed
forward, the pyramid loses its grooves
and becomes smooth, and the wall
now formed on its surface. being of
the same thickness in all parts, does
net break, but remains tubular. and
forms the quill, which is attached to
what is left Of the pyramid. 4 fng-
email, or AFFAIR, is formed from the
same kind of scales, in the same way.
the process differing only in those
features which give to each organ
its special character. Feathers, hair.
scales, claws, and nails, all are made
alike from the dead aattened cells
crowded to the surface by the pro-
cess of growth.-Populdr Science
Monthly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
LAon-IIuutIng ON a steamship.

The Pail Hall Gazette has the fol-
lowing: "Lion-hunting on board a
steamship is certainly a novelty, vet
the passengers and crew Of the Eu-
pirates and Tigres Steam Navigation
Company's vessel City Of London
seem to have had a most exciting and
successful lion hunt on the 10Th of
March last. From the account given
by a correspondent of the Times Of
India, il appears that on the morning
ofthat day, when al the junction Of
the two rivers EuphFates and Tigres,
where the rivers had oyerflowed the
cmbaRkments, three full-grown lions
were seen walking along the shore in
the water about q mile ahead Of the
steamer. On nearing the beasts, one
was shot dead while trying TO swim
toward the ship. The launch was
manned, to pick up the earcase. and
the steamer pursued the two others.
who turned round to charge the YES
sci. After many shots had been fir
ed at them one was struck dead by
the commander, and the other was
shortly after despatched by a bullet
from a Snider. The steamer then
approached the bank, and the dead
ons, or rather ~lionesses, for such
they proved TO be, were taken Oh
board. About ten minutes later a
large male lion was observed crouch
ing down on a small tract of ground.
surrounded with water, and waving
his tail, perhaps as a signal Of dis
tress. On being fired at be gave a
tremendous roar, and with his name
standing on end, advanced to charge
the ship, when a fresh volley laid him
low. He, too, was carried on board
when Thoroughly dead, and his di
mansions were as follows: Length
rom head 10 end of tail, 8 feet 6 in
ches; length ofbody, 6 feet Z inches
height, 3 feet-94 inches; weight, 42O
pounds. The like Of this incident. it
IS stated, had never occurred before
in that part Of Mesopotamia." /
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

During the year 1878 the produc-
ton of iron and steel rails in the Uni
ted States was $40, 900 tons, and the
im%portations were lSJ. 702 tons,
making a total supply of 1885, 702
tons, which is much less than the
preceding year, when the railroad
movement was more active. 1t is
thought if prices of iron can be kept
within reasonable limits that our
market would take in 1874 for con-
sumption two million tons of rails.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Public buildings in Washington.

Tie following, says G. A. Town
send. r the Government edifces in
Washington and their cost The Cap.
itol, covering three and a half acres
cost nearly $4,000, 600; it is 75l feet
long, 324 feet deep, and 27S feet high
10 the top Of the dome, which is 800
feet above the avenue gate. The Ii
brary Of Congress, soon to be nearly
housed, has 800, 700 volumes. The
Presidents House, lis feet by Sc
feet, has cost from 1900 to date, above
1,500, 600 Of which the original cost
was but $685. 900. The New State
Department, 567 feet by 342, and I2S
feet high, to cost at least $4,000, 600
Treasury Building, $50 by 800 feet,
cost above $4,000, 600. Coast Sur
vey building, guaranteed rent but not
Government property, cost probably
$500, 600. Old war Department, Ma
w Department and State Depart
ment, three brick buildings. The Sig
nal Office, the Nautical Almanac Of
fee, Winder's building, erected for a
hotel and bought by Government
The bureau of Education, established
in 1867, quartered in a rented build
ing. Territorial Survey Office rent
ed. Patent Office, 40 feet by 275,
containing l9lrooms, cost 81, zoe, 600,
General Post Office, 800 by 200 feet
cost 81, zoe, 600. Department Of JUS
tice, rented building. Department
Of Agriculture, 10 by 81 feet, cost
$780, 600. Naval Observatory, cost,
with instruments, about 5000, 600,
and is supplied with a library Of TO-
600 volumes, and an equatorial which
has an object glass 273 inches in d.
ameter. Army Medical Museum,
formerly Ford's Theater, cost about
$500 Government printing Of
Zee, 600 by I75 feet, and four stories
possessing 50 presses, 800 COM
positor's stands, cost and capacity
unlimited. City Hall cost $3.50, 600,
$50 feet long by IG6 feet deep. Ar
senal, 45 acres Of ground and large
buildings, which cost probably $780,
0O0. Washington Navy Yard, p
acres, cost probably SO, 200, OOO. Ma
rine Barracks, very old and spacious,
with 700 feet front. Army aud Navy
Magazines, four buildings and six
Of ground, with capacity for
5000 barrels of powder, soon to be
removed to opposite Alexandria.
Smithsonian Institute, 529 acres of
ground, and buildings 447 by 100
FEET, with tower 145 feet high, origi-
nally cost S45O,OO0, burnt out in 1865
md rebuilt. Armory, l03 by 81 feet.
Hospital. National Sailors
md Soldiers Orphan Home. Co.
umbia Hospital. Congressional Gem
'tery, 30 acres. mainly supported by
Congress. Arlington House and
200 acres and nearly &c.,
700 graves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Home.

We assert, as q rule, the whole
tone Of a home depends upon the
head of 1.-THE average home; not the
poverty striker home, nor the wealthy
home. In the average home, wheth-
er sunshine shall enter the rooms,
whether the parlor shall be used and
enjoyed, whether the table shall be
invitingly spread, whether bright
lights and bright fires shall give
warmth and cheer or winter nights
whether in BRIEF the home shall be an
agreeable or d~isagreeahle place. is
usually what the woman determines.
Men are powerless in the matter.
Some find solace for a dismal home
in study; some occupation in business
some submit with what patience they
can; others are attracted by the cheer
of the public house, and it is especial
ly yonng men who are apt, in conse-
quence, to drift in bad company, and
bad habits. Our whole argument re-
fers to individuals among men who
succumb to bad influences not the
sex, but a class.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
The FASTEST steamer in tho World.

Such is the title claimed by Messrs.
Thornycroft for a boat they have
just built to the order Of the Govern
ment Of India, for service in the 0ris-
sa canals. The dimensions of this
vessel are: Length, 81 feet; beam,
- feet; draft Of water, 3 feet 9 inches
The speed contracted for was 20
statute miles her hour. The hull,
the working parts Of the engines, and
the propeller-Thornycroft's patent
arc Of Bessemer steel, and the
woodwork is of teak. The official
trial Of the boat was made on the
18th ultimo, under the inspection Of
Colonel Haig, II. E., chief engineer
Of the Bengal Irrigation Works, and
the results were: With tide, 25-08
miles per hour; against tide, 24-l5
miles per hour; giving a mean speed
of 24-6l miles per hour. In another
official trial it was shown that the
boat could keep up a speed of %
miles per hour without losing steam.
These speeds are extraordinary
enough in themselves, but when it is
considered that they are attained by
a boat only 81 feet long they become
absolutely wonderful. The value of
swift steam launches as torpedo boats
Is acknowledged, and already various
foreign governments have ordered
boats from Messrs. Thornycroft's /
yards, near London. If torpedo.
launches a be built to steam at the
rate OF l6 or is miles an hour in a
moderately calm sea, the whole face
Of naval warfare may find itself
changed in a very unexpected way.