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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

OREGON GULcH MoUNTAIN.-A num-
Der of white men and thirty Cinnamon
commenced work for the Weaveryile
Ditch and Hydraulic Mining Company
this week. Owing to the amount of snow
on the line nothing has been done on the
ditch yet, but under the influence of the
warm sunshine it is expected that the
snow will soon disappear, and that work
on the ditch can commence before many
days. They are at present engaged in
getting out timbers for reservoir and
in making preparations for a start on the
ditch.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21
LIST OF LETTERS
WEAVERVILLE POST OFFICE,
March goth, 1874.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

REV. r. GRAVES will preach as follows,
until further notice:
lsT SUNDAY, in each month, at Woaverville,
at lO14 a. m, and at Lewiston, at ~ p. m.
2ND SUNDAY, at Weaverville, at 1917 a. M,
and at Junction City, at 80 p. M. and at Cafion
City at 7}z p. m.
Bird SUNDAY, at Wcaverville, at l0E a. M,
and at Lewiston, at ~ p. m.
4rH SUNDAY, at Weaverville, at 1917 a. m.,
and at Junction City, at 3112 p. NJ. and at Canon
City, at "a p. m.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

STAGE !!-On general principles, we
are opposed to gag law" but neverthe-
less believe that the judicous application
of few " choke-pears " to our hocdlum
element, just before the arrival of the
Shasta stage, would prevent some of them
from getting hoarse,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.

A SAMPLE LoT.-Pete Van Matre
came into town last Thursday. bringing
with him some gold dust from the claim
of w. A. Campbell and Ben Reed. This
mine is located on Dutch Gulch, one of
the tributaries of Buckeye Creek, and
fom what has already been done shows
itself to be one of the richest in the county.
The dust brought in by Van Matre con-
sisted of fifty-tour ounces of gold, all OF
which had been picked up in the Camp
bell s. Reed claim within the last two
weeks. Nine Of the nuggets weigh twen-
ty-nine ounces-the largest five and one
half ounces, and the smallest of the nine
forty dollars. The remaining twenty
five ounces consist of smaller pieces, but
no fine gold whatever, as it was all pick
ed up on the bedrock. No ean-up has
been made in this claim, and no estimate
can be made of the amount of gold in
the bitches and fume. Van Matre says
the boys are liable to pick up chunk
of seventy or eighty pounds any day.
All the gold brought in has more or less
quartz mixed with it. This.seems to be a
different quality of gold from that usual
ly found here, and Mr.. Griffin, banker,
will send it direct to the mint in order to
ascertain its full value. Whenever wa
ter is taken on Buckeye Mountain and
that section of country comes to be work
ed as it ought to be, we will require n
small branch mint of our own. There
are miles upon miles OF auriferous gravel
there that to-day remains unpros-
pccted, and only awaits development to
prove that Trinity county contains one
Of the riches gravel beds in the world.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

NUGaET.-Carson & G@ring found a
goodsized chunk in their claim one day
last week in the shape of gold watch
The watch proved to be one lost by Jacob
Paulsen about four years ago, and is now
of no value except the gold in the cases.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

GONG EAsT.-W. s. Inskeep and j
n. Bardona leave this Saturday morn
ing on q visit to the Eastern States, in
tending to return in June. Inskeep goe
to Ohio. and Bardona to Western Penn
sylvania.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

AT WoRK.-Atkins & Lowden have
commenced operations in the Grass Val
ley Mine with one pipe, and expect to
have the other running within few days.
Large results are anticipated.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21
ROLL OF HONOR.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
RECORDED DURING THE PAST WEEK.

Geo. II. Atkins to Chas. B. Bigelow-H House
and Lot, Weaverville-sl,5O 800.
All Quay to All Quong-House and Corral.
Weaverville-$40O.
Ah Quong to Be Gum-House and Corral,
Weaverville-$4OO.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

CoRRERPoNDENCE.-Under this head
ing will be found letter from our Canon
Greek correspondent and one from a new
contributor at Trinity Center. Come
again, gentlemen.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

THE Union Hill claim last week made
the largest cleanup Of the season, but we
have been unable to learn how big. Will
probably know next week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

Snow BLocKADE.--The mail route
from Weaverville to Arcata is blockaded
with snow, so that the Central Pacific
Railroad is not alone in its glory. A
soldier came in with the mail from Camp
CASTOR, Wednesday evening. and reports
no connection between Hoopa Valley and
Arcata for more than two weeks. There
is from ten to twelve feet of snow on the
mountains between these points, and nil
attempts to open the trail have proven
Intellectual. The snow is now so soft that
it cannot be tramped and will have to be
shoveled out.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

SHERIFF's SALE.-Last Monday Sher-
if Philbrook sold the property of All
Qui at public auction, realizing some
thing over S2,200
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

OTTER. We have lately heard Of sew
eral otter being seen along Trinity river.
Last week 10 Ham killed one near his
pace at Point Bar.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

FRUIT TREES are very backward this
Spring owing to the continuous cold and
frosty weather. Public opinion seems to
be divided on the question of the prospects
of the fruit crop in this section. The
later the fruit trees bloom the better the
chance for large crops, and the fact ol
their being so backward now is a strong
ground for anticipating heavy crop.
However, the large body of snow on the
mountains looks very cold and suggests
frosts until late in the season,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

THE County Jail is empty, but from
the noisy demonstrations of a juvenile
crowd, one night this week, it ought to
be full.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

NEW DEPUTY.-S. X. Turner has beef
sworn in as Deputy Sheriff.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

CoMING.--Julius Kaczinsky and his
bride are expected to arrive this friday
evening.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

VAN KELLOGG and Curtis arrived from
Redding, with freight, last Tuesday.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

BACK AGAIN.-Mr. VIM. f. Junkans
and family returned Wednesday evening.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

SWIFT & HURST, on Steiner's Flat
made good cleanup last week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

SToRM.-From present indications, the
stormy season has ended and we are to
be favored with some pleasant weather.
The past Winter has been the most severe
one experienced here for number of
years, both in storm and frost. Even
now ice forms every night. The storm
of Saturday, Sunday and Monday meas
ur1d 7-hundredths of an inch of rain and
64 inches of snow, making grand totals
for the season of 3l.92 inches rain, and
90 inches snow. AS this is probably the
last of the storm, for while at least, we
take the present occasion to tender vote
of thanks to Geo. K. Noonan, for his
kindness in furnishing us with weekly
statement of the snow and rainfall dur
ing the season.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21
LEGAL NOTICES.
Probate Notice.
I'M THE PROBATE COURT Of the
n County OF Trinity, State Of Cali
furnia:

IOFbtu
Order appoint
In the matter Of the ing time and place
Estate Of for hearing dppti-
GEO. w. WOOD, cation to sell Real
Deceased. Estate and direct
ing Notice to be
green.
ON READING AND FILING THE
" petition OF John +. Wood, the Ad-
ministrator Of the E.tnte of said deceased,
praying for nm order to sell all the Real
Estate belonging to said Estate that it is
nacessary to sell the whole Of the Real
Estate to pay the debts outstanding against
the decenscd, and the debts, expenses and
charges of administration.
IT'S ORDERED, That tall persons inter
ested IN said estate appear before the Pro-
butte Court Of the County Of Trinity,
State of California, ut the Court Room
of said Court ut the Court House in said
County, on the
3Ist day of MARCH, A. ID. 1874.
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, then and there to
show cause why such order should not be
made.
AND 1T IS FURTHER ORDERED, That u
copy Of this order be published four sue
cpssive weeks, in the WEEKLY TRINITY
JoURNAL, n weekly newspaper printed
and publ-hed in said County.
Dated March 3, 1874.
E.P. LOVEJOY,
Probate Judge.
( "a true Copy"
l.. s. ATTEST
JAS. G. TROTTER,
s--* mar7-4w. Clerk.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

WAGON ROAD ToLLs.-On Friday of
last week Mr.. McMurry introduced a
bill in the Senate authorizing the Board
of Supervisors of Trinity county to fix
the rate of tolls on the Weaverville and
Shasta wagon road and Lewiston turn
pike, which passed that body undera sus-
pension of the rules: On Wednesday
last another bill was introduced by Mr..
McMurry which is reported as follows {:
"An Act to amend Section SID of the Civ
il Code. Bringing Shasta, Trinity and
Siskiyou from under the operation Of
the Code in regard to wagon road and
bridge tolls-under which the Supervisors
are authorized to regulate tolls" Thi,
measure also passed the Senate under a
suspension Of the rules. AS this bill is
supposed to include the one previously
introduced and will have the same effect,
it is probable the first bill will be drop
ped,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

Monuments, Tablets, Tombs, Ilead-Stones,
etc. furnished upon short notice, and at prices
within the reach Of all. All work warranted
to give satisfaction or no sale;
JOHN ii. LEE.
Chico, juno /, 1872. t.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21

ROADS are improving.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-21
CHICO MARBLE WORKS.

JOHN III. LEE, Proprietor,
CHICO, BUTTE COUNTY, CAL.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
On What Do Plants Feed!

The French government some years
ago established an experimental farm at
VincenneJ, France, under the superin-
tendence of the eminent chemist, M.
Gaore Vile. Every convenience, such
rs greenhouses, hot-beds, fields, nipple
ments, etc, necessary to carry ont his
experiments, were at his disposal.
Among the many experiments made
by him was that of causing wheat to
grow in pure sand aud in order to de
strov any substance that would act as II
fertilizer in the sand or water used in
the experiment, the sand was burned
and the water distilled. Four large
iiowcr-pot8 filled with tho burned sand
were used in the experiment.. In the
first he put twenty-five grains of good
whnot, and wat"red them with the dis
titled water the seed grew, looking
yellow and sickly, but came to maturi-
ty, and produced one hundred ard
"ight grains of Door, sbriveled wheat.
In the second pot, the ten miueIpis
that all plants require for food were
mixed with the burned sand, and TWEEN
ty,two grains Of good wheat planted rs
i'll the first case. Tho result still showed
sicklv plants, but better developed than
the first. and ut maturity yielded one
hundred and forty-four grains.
In the third pot ammonia was mixed
with the burned sand instead of the
ten minerals as in the second expert
ment. In this case the plants came up
a beautiful dark green, giving every in
dicaiiOn that a large crop of seed woulG
be produced. But not so; the result,
although better than the other two pots,
was only n yield of one hundred and
sixty-tWo grains.
In the fourth experiment the ten rin.
erals required as food for all plants,
united with ammonia, were mixed with
the land, and twenty-five grains of
wheat planted as before. This expert
ment being a union as it were of the
second and third experiments. The re
suit OF this union was almost magical !;
the plants sprang mp with great vigor,
strong and healthy, producing from the
twenty-five seeds four hundred and
t~wenty-three grains of full, good wheat.
AS the land in which they were planted,
and the water with which they were wa.
tered contained no fertilizing property.
this grand result must have been caused
by the minerals and ammonia alone. Yet
great as this result was, five per cent.
only of.the plants were produced by the
minerals aud 1.tO per cent. by the am
monia; thereby showing that 90. 40 D r
cent. OF the plants were produced by
the air.
Ammonia Is composed of three atoms of
hydrogen and one of nitrogen, and it is the
nitrogen in the ammonia that stimulates the
plant and enables it to appropriate tho miner
ais in the soil a. food.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
Literary Style.

No man of power q do himself a
greater wrong than to make an attempt
to acquire the style of another man,
under the impression that that style
will ft his thought. He might rs we'll
have his clothes made to his neighbours
measure. There is not II chance in a
thousand of a fit, unless it be a fit of
disappointment or disgust. The sensi-
t~iveness of language to the impulses
and characteristics of the spirit that
sits behind and utters it, is n of the
marvels Of the world. Its fexibili'y in
shar ing itself to every variety of
thought and every form Of imagination,
it's power to transmit an atmosphere or
an aroma which no analysis of word or
expression betrays, and the ease with
which it is made either puerile or majes-
tic, in accordance with the spirit of its
maker, show that style, unborn of the
individual, is an utterly valneless at
tainment.
AS n fair illustration of the absolute
impossibility of one man writing in the
style of another, take the two great po-
cts of England now living, and let
Browning and Tennyson undertake to
acquire each the style of the other. 1t
would absolutely ruin both. All writ
ers who are good for anything have a
style of their own. It can no more be
transmitted or " attained" than the pow
ers and qualities in which it had its
birth and n man who is 20 strongly
impressed, or magnetized, by the style
of another, hat he finds himself trying
to work in his way, has his own weak
ness and lack of individuality demon
strated to him. 1t follows that most of
the criticisms Of style are equally with
out common sense and common justice
so far, at least, as they are made with
the idea that there is such a thing as a
standard of style. There is abundant
wealth of literary style in the world
which has no characteristic similarity to
Addison's and the young writer's who
fancy that they must shape their style
upon some approved or popular model,
would do well to abandon tho effort at
once. A good style is always the nat
ural offspring of n good literary mind.
1t is polished and chastened by self
criticism, and is a growth from the cen
ter. A style thus formed is the only
legitimate representative of a literary
man. No lack of heart, or brains, or
culture, o n marked apd large individu-
atty, can be hidden by adopting an
other mans literary dress and present
ment. If a man has no style of his
own, he has no literary calling what
eyer.-D3. L. q. I/OIIanI.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
Kansas GrasshOppers,

A Kansas letter says of the great
American rival to the Louisville cock
roach "They are rightly named hop
pers, for they are hard to fill, and eve
rything is grist that comes to their mill.
Sorghum ia the only thing that they
don't appear to know the use of, and
they let it alone. They will eat tobacco
and jimpson weed, and l have seen wal
nut trees as bare of leaves as in the mid
die of winter. The same is true of all
the apple trees in their path. They
don't eat the apples or walnnts, and It
is an odd sight to see a tree laden with
fruit, and not a single green leaf to be
seen on its boughts. They don'tmeddle
much with peach leaves, but they eat
the peaches and leave the stones hang
ing on the trees. They ate all the leaves
off the grape vines the first few DAYS
they were here, and now they are cut
ting the stems and letting the grapes
fall to the ground. The man who can
invent a process to exterminate them
from the country will more than double
discount st. Patrick as a benefactor OF
his race"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
COMETS TAILS.
A Novel Theory Regarding the Ceics-
tIaI Roamers' Caudal Appendages.

Nlbi ltDUiutfN e"f
Comets are supposed to consist OF
thin yapors of gases, held together by
the mutual attraction OF their particles.
| Like all bodies 80 circumstanced, they
necessarily assume the spherical form
and therefore the common notion thai
| they consist Of q Comparatively lsmall and
bright nucleus, and an immensely long
and illuminated tail, evidently derived
from its appearance in the heavens, car
not for Il moment be entertained. Thai
their sperical form, as shown by the re-
Acctcd light of the sun, would scarcely
be discerniblo at the distance OF our
earth, even though the comet were az
dense as tho densest cloud Of our at
mosphere, would not be surprising; but
il their attenuation, as described by
Sir John Herschel, be considered, all
wonder ceases.
SirJ. Hersehel says that the most sub
s%tantial clouds which float in the
highest regions of our atmosphere, and
seem at sunset to be drenched IN Light
ana to glow throughout their whole
depth as if in actual ignition, without
any shadow or dark side, should be
looked upon as dense and massive
bodies, compared with the tilmy and
all but spiritual texture Of a comet.
Owing to this tenuity Of matter the rays
Of the suns light, as reflected by it,,
arc absolutely invisible to the inhabit-
ants of the earth but other rays, pen
etrating into the center of the comet,
are refracted by this powerful wheel OF
20, 000, 600 of leagues diameter into the
focus which forms the nucleus OF the
comet, where there is, perhaps, a greater
concentration of light than anywhere
else. not in the body of the sun, Thence
this large body of concentrated light
streaming in n narrow path through
the remaining half OF the comet, in
a direction opposite to the sun
forms that splendid %appendage called
the tail. 1t seems scarcely necessary to
point out that this mode Of viewing a
comet accounts for tho circumstance of
the tail being always in opposition to
the sun, whether in advancing or reccd-
ing. Also for the wonderful celebrity
shown by the tail in turning round the
sun when the comet is in %perihelion,
and for the rapjdity with which the
comet darts ont its tail after the perihe-
lion passage, also, on the principle Of
the alteration of light, the bend which
the tails of some comets have toward
The region they have left, also the alb
of A solid nucleus. and the non
obscuration of the stars by the body of
.ho comet. If the conjecture be o
'ect, that the nucleus Of a comet is near
he cen er, and that the comet extends
n every direction round the nucleus to
IS great a distance, at least, as the
Of the tail, then it follows that
at this present moment the sun is feast
ing on our comet, and that when it
,merges from his embraces q few days
renee it will have suffered some dimin-
ltion Of its size. LOn1On Iron.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
Education In Alabama.

The commonwealth labors under a
dreadful burden of ignorance ; the illit-
eracy in some sections is appalling.
With a population Of a little more than
n million, Alabama has more than three
hundred and eighty thousand persons
who can neither read nor write and Of
these nearly one hundred thousand are
whites. There are also large classes
who al both read and write, but whose
education goes no farther. Among the
one hundred and seventy-fve thousand
voters in tho state, there is a n wspaper
circulation of forty thousand only. The
negro does not seem to care for the pa
pers. A good public school system was
inauguratcd in Alabama in 1854, and
three years later nearly ninety thousand
children we're attending school in the
state; but the advent of the war %annull-
cd the progress already made, and since
reconstruction educational matters have
been somewhat embroiled. The con-
duet of the schools is now in the hands
Of what is known as the state board Of
education, composed of the state super
intendent and two members from each
congressional district. This board has
full Legislative powers, the legislature
being only revisory of its acts. The
school fund roooivas from half q million
to $500, 900 annually from the state, one
third of it being interest on the fund
bestowed by the general government,
and the remainder being made up of
one-tifth of the commemorative general
r~evenue-all tho poll tax, the licenses,
aud the tax on insurance companies.
This fund is nominally apportioned i'm.
partially to the whites and blacks in
each county, and the trustees in each
township are informed what their share
Is. Under this system, the average at
t 'ndance Mt the various schools opened
throughout the state, was one hundred
and fifty thousand but in 1873 the
schools were all closed (save those in
the large %cities,) on account of the in
ability of the state to pay teachers !
This cessation has been productive of
much harm and Reorganization. En-
forts have, however, been made to re-
suscitate the state university at Tusca-
loosa, which is not in q Furnishing con-
dition. and a normal college, for teach
ers of both sexes, has been started Mt
Florence, in the northern part of the
state. In western Alabama, a colored
university and normal college has been
established at Marion, and a colored
normal school is opened ut Huntsville.
The American missionary society also
maintains o college for colored people
ut Talladega.-Scribner's,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27
How to Put Children TO Bed.

Not with a reproof for any of that
days sins of omission or commission.
take any other time but bedtime for
that. If you ever heard a little crea-
ture signing or sobbing in its sleep you
could never do this. Seal their closing
eyelids with Il kiss and u blessing. The
time will come, all too soon, when they
will lay their heads npon their pillows
lacking both. Let them then at least
have the sweet memory of happy child.
hood, of which no future sorrow or
trouble a rob them. Give them their
rosy youth. Nor need this involve
wild license. The ~iudicious parent will
not mistake the meaning. If you have
ever met the man, or woman, whose
eyes have suddenly filled when a little
child has crept trustingly to its moth
er's brea t, you may have seen one in
whose childhood home dignity and So
verify stood where love and pity sbould
have been. Too much indulgence has
ruined thousands of children too much
love not one.-Fannv Fern.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-08-27

DR.. j. walkers California Vim.
pgar Bitters are a onrely Vegetable,
preparation, made chiefly from thg IA.
tive herbs touno on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains Of Calilor..
MIA, the medicinal properties If which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol, The question is a,'lDost
daily asked, "What is the cause of tho
unparalleled success OF VINEGAR BIZ
TERsW Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re.
covers his health. They are the or
blood purifier and u life giving primer.
u perfect Renovation and InvigoratN
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has u medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BlrTnRS in healing TIA
sick Of every disease man is beir to. They
are o gentle Purgatiyc as wei! as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or inflammation Of
the Liver gnd v,sceral Organs, il Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DN WALKERS
VINEGAR BrTTERs are Aperient, Diophoretic.
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, bimetic,
Sedativc, Counter I~rritaut, Sudorihc, Altfs
tive. and Anti. Billions
II. II. MCDONALD ~ CO..
Druggists and Gen. AGts., San Francisc1 ,, California,
aud COS. Of Washington and Charlton SITS, NY,
sUId by all Druggists and Dca 'ers,