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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

tAy Your TAxEs.-If you don't want
II l9y 8 per cent additional and have
l- property advertised for sale, it
I'd be vel to call at tho Sherill's OF.
nd settle your tax account sometime
next v eek. The first Monday in
January is the last day of grace.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

CHRISTMAS passed off very quietly in
Weavervile. Egg nog fswed freely at
the Bars about town, and down the necks
Of our citizens, but none drank to excess
and the day passed quietly and pleasantly
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
Bridge NOtice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
~ the undersigned will apply to the
Honorable Board of Supervisors Of Trim
iiy County, at the February Term, for n
renewal Of License TO keep Toll Bridge
across Trinity River mt Lewiston.
O. PHILLIPS.
Lewiston, Dec. 4, 1878. I'd.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

New YEAR DANcE.-By reference to
advertisement in another column will be
seen the announcement Of II Social Dance
at the School House on New Years
evening = Wednesday next. Tickets
have been placed at the low figure of One
Dollar and Fifty Cents. OF course no
Supper will be furnished at this low price.
Good music has been engaged for the
Occas ion,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

INsTALLATIoNs.-To day (FriGay) is
st. Johns Day. The officers of Trinity
Chapter, Il. A. NJ, will be installed this
afternoon and those Of Trinity Lodge, f.
& A. NJ, this evening.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

NEW OFFICERS. Evening Star Lodge,
No. 30, l. o. O. F., elected the following
officers at the regular meeting held Christ
mas evening; c. w. Craig, n. g.;
Mrs. Kate Philbrook, V. g.; John w.
Philbrook, r. s.; Mrs. d. Hansen, Treas
urer. The Installation of Officers will
take place on Friday evening next, Jan
uary Sd.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

PREACHING.-Rev. j. 7. Baldwin, of
Anderson, Shasta county, will preach at
Junction City, Sabbath Dec. Goth, at IL
AM, And in Weavervils at G P. NJ.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

PRIVATE SCHooLs.-Mr. Seward open
ed last Monday Mrs. Ames will com
merce next Monday and Miss O'Nsil
will begin one week from Monday next.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

CINNABAR.-AIr.J }. T.. Dolliffe from
the ABOVE District called on us this week
and from him we learn that the Altoona
Company has lately struck new vein of
ore OF exceeding richness also that IA
new Superintendent has been placed il
charge of the mns. Mr.. Doliie further
informed US that he had found some very
encouraging prospects in his own mine
recently.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

Cold, COLDER, CoLDEST!- The month
of December, 1878, has been the coolest
ever known here, it having frozen hard
every night during the month. The
thermometer this Friday morning, 9th,
marked 10 above zero. We believe
that such a long continued spell of freez-
ing weather has not occurred in this sec
tiOn within the recollection Of the oldest
inhabtant.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

RUsTIcATING. DR.. G. W. Haynes
and Mr.. NJ. NJ. Oyer left this week for
a brief visit to Chico, Butte County,
where the Doctors parents reside.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

iIs ALI RIGHT.-If this wasn't Christ
H's week, we should feel obliged to
apo ]Ae for the general lack of interest
'e@s in this issue Of the JOURNAL.
'.'sf the circumstances we are willing
-' Va forgiven. The apology is accepted.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
RECORDED DURING THE PAST WEEK.

Thos Wallace to Richard Colins-Mining
Property, Re aiding Creek-S600.
j. Paulsen to Joseph Falan-Houso and
Garden near Lewiston-S500.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

MIDNIGHT MASS at the Catholic
Church, Christmas Eve, was very large
ly attended, Notwithstanding the extreme
GOODNESS of the night.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

NICE MEATs.-The Mountain Market
at this place presented tempting ap
pearance Christmas week. A splendid
beef weighing over thousand pounds,
together with large porker, mutton,
sausage, bologna, head cheese, ETC., made
up the display. Mr.. Hindley is furnish.
ing excellent meats this Winter and the
community appreciate them.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
satsekly Trinity 5ourual.

TRI.vITY' COU.N'TF' WARRANTS
taken at their Market U'eIue Ga Pay
srsnI for Subscription to The journal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
FREMONT HOTEL,
NE AIN STR EET,
RED BLUFF.
WILLIAM P. MAYHEM,
PROPRIETOR.

The Proprietor would most respectfully an
nounce to his many old friends and also the
travelling public that he has leased this we'll
known brick hotel and will Mt all times be
found ready to wait upon all those who may
favor him with the light of their countenances
The TABLE will be supplied with the best
the market affords. The ROOMS are large,
well ventilated and furnished with new Spring
Beds throughout
janl. WILLIAM L. MAYHEM.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
THE EYES THE EYES
DIR. T.. Ii. PARDEE.
Oculist nnd Aurist.
a FTER A Pn0TRACrED n,yNp

a FrER a PROTRACTED RsINp
"a ness of moro than five years, DIR. pnrdes
mas made himsol. thoroughly and sciontihcal-
~ acquainted with all Diseases of tho Eye
ana is now prncticing with success MOI sur
passed in the United States.
All operations performed, such as Strnkis-
mus, or cross-cyo, Cataract by linear oxtrnc-
ton, Depression or Absorption, Ptcrygium, or
neShy membrane growing over the cyo, Reduo-
uOn OF Staphyloma, or bulgins out OF tho eve
Artlhclal Pupil, Fistula, Lachrymalis, or clos
ing 9i tho tear pussago, and all delormities sf
the Lids, etc.
Artificial Eyes inserted without the leass
pam, and possessing all the movements and
brllliancy of tho real oye A large assortment
constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
prices. The Doctors Eye Bath for the treat
mont and cure of all nervous dsenses is used
all over this coast.
Thankful to those physicians who havo sent
MN eases ior operation, no hopes thut his uni
vorsal. success will warrant u continuation Of
their confidence. His celebrity az nm operator
is co-extonsiye with his success, as patients
aro presenting themselves, for treatment and
operations, from Now York and Boston, nlmost
monthly. Many patients can bo seen nj ths
Doctors Office daily, in diloront stages of ro-
c0yery.
0FFicr-6.I Clay street, (Over tbe.Clav
street Savings Bank), San Francisco.
TAKE NOTICE" Lfar q. nor ..
De bsifspsd though ne sp.aks IN. fr.th,
Reports nre in circulation through the uppsr
country that have retired from business, thai
have gone to tho Atlantic States that am
in Europe, &o., Ne. TO those Interested will
say that the report has been gotten in crcula-
ton for the further0nce of other parties. VIII.
are trying 70 obtain, illegitimatey, an eys
practice Tho rerort has been started by an
ihnerant mountebank, and without tho least
truth, ms ] hm 0t my Office daily, and attending
to about sixty daily patients.
". ~. PARDEE, Oculist,
62l Clay Street,
my2b-ly. SAN FRANCISCO.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

No Go.-Latest advices are to the eff
feet that tho proposed Neck-Tie Party
for New Year evening has been absn-
doned.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

R'W Jackn's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
United States Land Office,
SHASTA, CALIFORNIA,
DECEMBER Sd, 1878.
TO ALL WH0M 1T MAY CONCERN:

lU am WHUn III MAI UUNUENN
WHEREAS, on the 26th day Of June,
w A. D. 1876, the Township mnp of
Township Thirty five, 1850 North, Range
Eight (S) West, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, was filed in the U. s. Land
Office at Shasta, California, wherein the
S El4 offs EA ofSec. W. offs VIZ Sec.
ton 10 and N E4 OF N E14 dissection 10 in
Township 35 North, Range west, Mount
Diablo Base and Meridian, are returned
as mineral iE character.
AND WHEREAS, Jacob Bowerman did
on the oath day of October A. ID. 1876,
file in the Registers office of this District
his Declaratory Statement claiming the
same land.
Now, therefore, you will please take
notice, that under and by virtue Of in
strlctions from the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, dated June I'd, ,
1868, have fixed the Goth day ofJan
uarv A. ID. 1879 at 10 o'clock A. NJ, for
the hearing Of proofs as to the mineral or
agricultural character of said land, at
which time and place you may appear,
if you see proper, and offer such proofs as
you may have TO sustain the return ms
made upon said Township map.
In WITNESS WHEREOF. We have
hereunto set our hand and affixed the Seal
of Office, the day and wear first above writ
ten. AARON BELL.
Register.
ADoLPH DoBaowsKY, Receiver.
dec7 81.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

JUNCTION CRY and Lewiston, we
hear, celebrated Christmas evening by
dancing, but have learned no particulars.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28
ROLL OF HONOR.

Weaverville, December 90, 1878.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

HENRY MARTIN who has been i'll with
Pneumonia for fort ight is recovering
and able to be around afternoons.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

SPLENDID TIME.-The Christmas Tree
and Dance at Douglas City il pronounced
complete success by all who attended.
Everything passed off pleasantly and
satisfactory, and much praise is awarded
to the ladies and gentlemen having
charge of the affair
TAYLOR FLAT.-Mr. Walker, another
San Francisco Mining expert who visited
Taylor Flat this week, expresses himself
as highly pleased with the prospects of
that section. He thinks it one of the
richest gravel deposits in tho State.
CHRISTMAS passed off very quietly in
Weaverville. Egg nog flowed freely at
the Bars about town, and down the necks
OF our citizens, but none drank to excess
and the day passed quietly and pleasantly.
INsTALLATIoNs.-To day (FriGay) is
st. Johns Day. The officers Of Trinity
Chapter, Il. A. NJ, will be installed this
afternoon and those Of Trinity Lodge, f.
& A. NJ, this evening.
PREACHING.-Rev. j. Z. Baldwin, of
Anderson, Shasta county, will preach at
Junction City, Sabbath Dec. Goth, at IL
AM, And in Weaverville at 6 p. NJ.
PRIVATE SCHooLs.-Mr. Seward open
ed last Monday Mrs. Ames will com
merce next Monday and Miss O'Neil
will begin one week from Monday next.
RUsTICATING. DR.. G. W. Haynes
and Mr.. NJ. NJ. Oyer left this week for
a brief visit to Chico, Butte County,
where the Doctors parents reside.
MIDNIGHT MASS at the Catholic
Church, Christmas Eve, was very large.
ly attended, Notwithstanding the extreme
GOODNESS of the night
No Go.-Latest advices are TO the ef-
feet that tho proposed Neck Tie Party
for New Year evening has been absn-
doned.
JUNCTION CITY and Lewiston, we
hear, celebrated Christmas evening by
dancing, but have learned no particulars.
HENRY MARTIN who has been i'll with
Pneumonia for fort ght is recovering
and able to be around afternoons.
On AVIsIT.-Mr. George P. Chapman
and sister, of Junction City, have gene
to San Francisco on visit
NoTwITHsTANDING the very cold
nights, the days are pleasant and after
Moons quite warm.
GONE BELow.-Dr. p. w. Fonda, OF
Dixon Bar, went below on Thursdays
stage.
THE ground hereabo is frozen to the
depth of foot.
s-su<ssasaz---V-uzaS.zzzss
On, how happy are they
W no the printer do pay
And have squared up for one year more.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS DURING THE PAST WEEK
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

On AVIsIT.-Mr. George P. Chapman
and sister, of Junction City, have gene
TO San Francisco on visit.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-28

NOTWITHSTANDING the very cold
nights, the days are pleasant and after.
Moons quite warm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
Chinamen's Bones.

According to San Francisco CORE
spondent, whenever a Chinaman is sick
and beyond recovery, he is placed in
some out-of-the-way place and left to
die. None of his countrymen ever go
near him, and he is left to "paddle his
own canoe" across the Styx in his exit
from this mundane sphere. When the
deceased is buried, however, offerings
will be made at the grave, and in time
his bones will be sent back to China, i'll
accordance with the contract made with
the six companies which brought him
here or from subscriptions by Chinese
merchants. Every year there are tons
of bones of defunct Cinnamon sent to
China to be buried. The business of
exhuming and packing these bones is an
extensive one, and, very naturally, it is
pursued by Mongols. Many of these
bones are polished. When disinter-
ments are in progress the graveyards of
the Chinese present the appearance of q
Golgotha. Very small wooden coffins
are used, just large enough to contain
the bones of the deceased. 1t is pro-
posed to impose tax of ten dollars on
every dead body disinterred, and to re-
quire the bones to be placed in a me-
tallic case, the price of which is some
fifty dollars. The object of which is to
prevent spread of infectious diseases by
careless exhuming.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
Something About Heads.

The Scientific american is authority
for what follows: Complete roundness
is most nearly attained by skull from
Tartary, of which 97.7 is the index of
breadth. With this Huxley contrasts a
head from New Zealand of 629 as the
narrowest of all known skulls. Bernard
Davis has obtained, however, a so called
Celtic skull which has an index of fifty
eight, so that these indices for extremes
fuctuate between fifty eight and ninety
eight, but the average is only between
sixty.seven and about eighty-five. King
Kalakaua seems to have head curious
ly protuberant along the entire left side,
and in marked contrast with that of Mr..
Manton Marble, whose conform shows
protuberance on the rear, and almost in
dentation forward on the same side. 1t
will also be observed that in almost ev-
cry example here given--and the same
holds true in the great majority of all in
stances-the left side is most protuber-
ant. 1t may be surmised between this
circumstance and the fact pointed out
by Brown-Sequard, that the left lobe of
the brain comes into greater use, in its
control of the right side of the body,
than the right lobe, which governs the
left side,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
Turkish Love of Water.

A Turk thinks he can do nothing so
grateful to God and man as the setting
up of O fountain by the roadside or in
the streets of the city, where the way
farer and his animals may appease their
thirst and bless the name of him who pro-
vided for their wants. Often in my tray
els, says correspondent, I have halted
beneath the shade of wide. spread
ing plane tree to slake my thirst at the
limpid waters of a marble fountain, and
to repose from the MONDAY heat. There
is always some edifying distich from the
Koran, that "Water is the gift of God,
and blessed is he who distributes it." or
that e Water is the source of health and
life" etc. There is q practical piety in
these monuments of charity that speaks
well for the benevolent disposition of
the Mussulman. The Turks are great
consumers of water, and they are good
judges of its quality and nice in what
they use. The favorite water, that is
sold at a para glass in the streets, is
from Asia; either from Tchamildja, on
the mountain about Scutari, or from
Karakoulak, some ten miles up the
Bosphorus, several miles inward from
Belcos. This is brought to the landing
in barrels, on horses backs, put in
barges, and in this way carried to Con-
stantinople before daylight. Notwith-
standing the length of the journey, it is
as clear as crystal. The vendors cry it
as, "Bowz guibi as good as ice. A
pasha will drain two goblets at swal-
low. AS water is said to have fattening
properties, the large draughts they take
of it may be the cause, in part, of the
oil tesity to which both sexes Of the Turks
are snhiect
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
VamDire Bats.

South America also has its large bats,
of one of which everybody has heard
the vampire. Much nonsense has been
written about it, but there was some
foundation for the stories of its sucking
the blood of men and animals until it
killed them. In the interior of South
America nearly everybody sleeps in a
hammock either out-of-doors or with the
windows open, and the weather is so
warm that little covering is used. The
vampire comes in on silent wings, and
finding toe exposed, gently pricks it
with his sharp tooth, and draws the
blood until he can swallow no more.
The sleeper rarely is awakened, and does
not know his loss until morning. He
may then feel weak from the flow of
blood, but we are not aware that man
was ever known to die from this cause.
Horses are very greatly troubled by
them also. Mr.. Charles Watterton, an
enthusiastic naturalist now dead. who
spent several years in New Guiana, has
told us much about this ugly bat, but
could never induce one to taste of his
toe, although he would have been very
glad to be able to say that he had been
operated upon. For eleven months he
slept alone in the loft of deserted wood
cutters hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came and went as they
wished. He saw them come in the
moonlight on stealthy wings, and pick
the ripe bananas; lay in his hammock
and watched them bring almost to his
bedside the green wild fruit of the wild
guava; floating down the river on other
moonlight nights was struck by the fall
ing blossoms of the lawarri-nut tree,
which the vampires pulled from the
branches to get at the tender seed-vessel,
or the insects that lurk in the deep
corolla. He lay night after night with
his bare foot exposed, but could never
get them to lance it, although his friends
and companions we're all bled by this
nocturnal surgeon; and except that he
once caught one fastened to the shoulder
of one of his animals, he came away nc
wiser than when he went of how the
vampire does his horrid work.
The vampires measure about twenty
six inches across the wings; frequent old
houses and hollow trees, and repose in
clusters, head downwards, from the
branches of forest trees.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
The ScraD.BOOk.

Every one who takes q newspaper
which he in the least degree appreciates
will often regret to see any one number
which contains some interesting and i'm
portant articles thrown aside for waste
paper. A good way to preserve these is
by the use of scrap-book. One who
has never been accustomed thus to pre-
serve short articles can hardly realize
the pleasure it affords to sit down and
turn over the pleasant, familiar pages.
Here a piece of poetry meets the eye,
which you would long since have lost
hadit not been for your ap-book; there
is witty anecdote-it does you good to
laugh over it yet, although it may be
for the twentieth time; next is valuable
recipe you had almost forgotten, and
which you found just in time to save
much rerplexity; there is sweet little
story, the memory of which has cheered
and encouraged you when almost ready
to despair under the pressure of hfes
cares. Indeed, you can hardly take up
O single paper without reperusing. Then
hoard with care the precious gems, and
see at the end of the year what rich
treasure you will have accumulated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
Fencing In japan,

A famous company of professional
fencers were performing at Yokohama
while 1 was there, and we went to see
them along with several English resi-
dents, who had been many years in the
country, but had never witnessed sim
liar exhibition. The gladiators were
encased in armor, and were distinguished
from each other by the color of their
cuirasses. Their appearance was her
aided by the blast of conch shell, and
all their proceedings were superintended
by handsome young man, attired and
shaven in the most orthodox style.
Welding his fan like a marshars trun-
cheon, he set the combatants upon each
other, and separated them with loud
CALCULATIONS. At each corner of the
arena sat Judge, with all the dignity OF
Roman Senator, motionless and silent,
until referred to upon o doubtful point
of order. Cuts are interchanged so
rapidly that it is often hard to say who
had dealt the successful stroke. The
weapons are long bamboos held in both
hands like luarter-staffs,a and any sort of
blow above the waist is permissible, but
the favorite is good crack on the top of
the helmet. Occasionally the combat
ants get too near together for striking,
and the struggle becomes literally hand
to hand until they are separ-
ated; Notwithstanding their savage
yells and fierce blows, they pre-
eserve the perfect good humor
characteristic of their race. By way of
variety there was a fight between the
sword and the morning STAR" sphere
fastened by cord to a spiked handle.
Although the latter appeared to be the
inferior weapon, its bearer did not come
badly of, as he played the part of a
retiarius with the ball and string, and
when at close quarters brought his sharp
hook into active operation. Then two
girls, elaborately attired in the wide
sleeves and trousers of Japanese knights,
attended by female squires to arm and
equip them, took their places on oppo-
site sides of the lists, and went through
the motions of q fight, one having a
halberd and the other a couple of swords.
Finally, another amazon had duel with
a male antagonist, and completely
overthrew him; but this was mere
uullo54uoS I'M uO oSAuoAOlJ OuinoAou ofoA
on purpose, and behaved like the clown
in pantomime, whereas an air of stern
reality pervaded the other mimic battles,
1t is remarkable that the japanese are
able to derive keen enjoyment from
performances which involve no peril
to life or limb, and if their public
spectacles differ in this respect from
those of the Roman amphitheatre, they
may also compare favorably with many
which find favor in the eyes of the
British public. Various games of skill,
including the $50 bang" are popular,
but the passion for gambling and cock
fighting, so strongly developed in most
parts of Eastern Asia, is not conspicu.
Gus in Japan, where animals in general
may be said to have good time.-The
Fortnightly Review.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
An Extraordinary Tnmor.

An inquest has been held at Consett,
says an English paper, on woman
named Wake, whose death was caused
by tumor of extraordinary dimensions.
1t had been growing for four years, but
the women refused to have it removed.
She was attended by "herbalist, !" who
foolishly by giving her medicine en-
deavored to burst it. DR.. Benton was
called, and said that the tumor was
three and half feet high, and contained
forty imperial quarts of semi-solid fluid.
The coroner said that the herbalist had
acted with gross ignorance, but he was
not criminally responsible for the wo'
mans death,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-12
The Empty SchOOlrOOm.

nt Empty bChOOllVOhAs
Gray dust upon each window-sill,
A broken chair;
The rnished bell untouched 80 long
OEe leaf Of familiar song
Such marks Of wear
As hearts with sad remembrance fill.
Tired, tired gaze on these at last.
Strangely 1t seems
The fresh, young faces are all fed
Some blithe, young hearts among the dead
Numbered. In dreams
Alone, come visions of the past.
With something twixt sob and sigh
sand to-day
Within this empty, dresry room,
As silent as the speechless tomb,
And out, away
Beyond these walls brown meadows lie.
Brown meadows, where the wild vino
sweeps
Chill, ah so chill;
Just through the cobwebbed window-pant
see the graveyard in the rain,
Still, Sh so still,
Each heart aweary, resting, sleeps.
o room deserted evermore!
1 love you yet.
And sky, that holdeth only gloom,
Beyond are skies, of summer bloom
Without regret,
To shine upon the golden shore.