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Year: 1869

AT the recent services Of the wife


of Rev. DIR. Bellows, of New York.


the Rev. Robert Colyer, of, Chi


cago, stood by the coffin, aud, almost


childlike simplicity, gave Inference


to the following beautiful words:


I'VE stand here by this body deep
~ impressed with the nobility and


beauty which has left its tabernacle.


May | make vocal to you the exam
pie and noble pattern she has left
you? No words that can be said by
those dear and near, can touch the
heart "a do the remembrance of her
life. The silent lesson that rests
within our souls Is worth more than
any / can present. The blessedness
which God sends OH such an occasion
as this Is sweeter than when the
babe is born, or when the daughter
goes forth bride. / sometimes
think that IL faith should leave US,
death would surely leave no hope.
We carry our beloved 70 the grave
and listen to the whisper that comes
across the silence, saying, Il am the
resurrection, ard the way, The life
to come seems all clear to me. These
things are the shadow of the sui
stance which is approaching. This
Is but the assurance of the blessed
ness that Is to come, never to fade or
pass away. When / feel best, | am
certain that death Is only a door
opening into n better life. know
well that my four children who went
out of my home will all come back
to me again. | shall see them and
they will recognize their father.
Dear friends, you who suffer most to-
day, take this assurance TO your
homes. There will be times when
this dear sister will almost reveal
herself tpyou. In the sweet twilight
OF the evening, In the scented wreath
OF morning, she will come and talk
with each of you. When the chill
dren comfort their bereaved father
they will find that their mother IL
near them. This home is not deso-
late. Our sorrows will not be i'm
possible to bear il we know how to
understand the lesson God IL teach-
Ing. The homes of this city will
ever be bright with the noble exam
pie of this beloved sister, and thank
God for this revelation and assurance
that all Is well, and will be well for
ever"


Nearly every person in the room
was moved to tears.
Year: 1869

Ephraim Carpenter, farmer liv.
ing near Sigourney, committed sui
eide last week on account Of a fear
that his crops would be destroyed
by the rain. The NeWs says: On
the morning Of his death he arose
from bed about o'clock, and after
putting on bis clothes went to the
door and finding that 1t had rafned
heavily during the night. He then
returned, complaining that his ont
crop would be all lost, and then lay
down across the foot of the bed
where heremained a short time W hen
he again arose and passed out
through shed room to the out side
door. 1t is supposed that as he pass.
ed out he took the pistol from the
clock shelf unobserved by his wife,
and seating himself on the doorst.p
Immediately fired, the ball entering
the right temple and lodged behind
the left eye."
Year: 1869

A little girl was rebuked by her
mother for her fondness for killing
flies. The little one had acquired
great dexterity in this employment,
and was SO much occupied In 1t that
the parent found she was growing
into state Of cruelty. Calling the
child to her one day, sho said In
sad tone, Mary, dear. don't you
know that God loves the little flies ?"
Mary seemed to hctr the words as
though they suggested great many
new ideas. She stood by her moth
er's side for some time In thoughtful
sadness, and ut length walked up to
the window where bewildered fly
was humming and buzzing about OH
the pane. She watched IL lovingly
for some time, and tlien, almost loo
full OF grief to speak plainly, she be-
gan to utter caressing words. "Doz
ee fie know that bod loves 90? Does
90 love Dod?" Here she extended
her hand fondly toward the insect as
If to stroke away the terror that she
felt she had INSPIRED. Does 90 want
to see bod ?-well," In tone of in
tense love and pity, at the same time
putting her finger on the fly and
softly crushing Ii against the glass,
well, 90 shall.''
Year: 1869

ITALY SHOWS moral progress upon the
subject of punishment, which is at once
gratifying and encouraging. The Court of
Appeals have just unanimously resolved, at
Florence, upon the abolition of the death
nnpoIty
Year: 1869

i woman was brought in wheelbarrow,
dunk, to The New Orleans police station,
the other night, her three children follow
ing, her infant by her SIDE, and the papers
say sit is not z very rare instance"
Year: 1869

H We fear White Cloud has some
sorry denizens, down at the Five Points
and Water Street. There is legend to
the effect that proud Caucasian in tha.
ward recently discovered his wife engag.
ed in oscillstory vibrations" with q
woolly. .headei man snd brother. Hus-
band felt very much hurt over it. He
said be didn't mind it so much on his
own account. but If his old mother should
hear Of it. it would bring down her gray
hairs in sorrow to the gravel
Year: 1869

re- An artist in this place has taken
q contract to cultivate a crop Of hair on
the top Of the head Of one of our dis,in-
guished fellow.citizens, who is suffering
from the consequences Of early piety. He
hiss harder job on his hands than the
company that has the contract for con-
struetipg the Mont Gents Tunnel.
Year: 1869

DERANGEMENr OF THE BowELs.-Ju-
dicious use Of Speer's STANDARD Wine
Bitters" in Keeping the system in tone
and preventing arrangement Of the bow.
els is almost beyond belief. Try them.
and you will be convinced Of the fact.


For sale by Druggists.
Year: 1869

BAD STATE OF AFFAlRs.-It is said
that if it were not for the Sheriff, de-
cent man could not live in Troy. We
would not have believed this, had not
the local newspaper organ, imported and
sustained by the town, made the state
ment. Such being the case. those decent
men who are compelled to 60 there on
County business. should arm themselves
with revolvers. II, in the course Of
events. the headquarters of the Sheriff
should be removed from Troy, decent
men would have to avoid the town Alto
gether. Truly bad state Of affairs; but
there is nothing like home newspaper
to show up the advantages of town!
Year: 1869

G- a terrible war is raging among
the Life Insurance Companies. Accord
ing to their own accounts. they are all
swindling concerns. We are thinking
that this fight will result to the injury OF
all Of them. and that there will be some
smashups before they are done with it.
Year: 1869

A SHAAs-Not long ago, q colored
female appeared in our Justices Court,
and made affidavit that she would soon
add TO the population of the Common
wealth, and that a colored individual. q
mem ber of the same Church. was the
cause OF the same. He did no. think
that be was guilty. but still such thing
was possible; end as there seemed to be
no other way to get out Of the dilemma
without trouble, he M arried the womaH
When this was done, she coolly informed
him that it was another chap who csnsed
the mischief, but be was already married.
and she was bound to "corral" somebody
for it! He qnit her then and there. He
thinks he was badly used. but is determ-
ined to try aud live it down.
Year: 1869

Unexpected Source.


1t is very seldom that ilst rebuke comes
in the right time. Bat when an instance of
this kind does happen, we of this age ought to
take cognizance of the fact. All of the Iowa
Indian young men who were soldiers in our
late war, together with the head men of the
tribe. have signed the pledge to abstain from
intoxicating drinks Cor the term of their natu
raj lives. Believing that they can be good
citizens, they cordially invite any friend OF
theirs to do the same thing.


BONES.
Year: 1869

EE A man who was in the hair bus
.iness called on US. few days ego. stat
ing that he intended thoroughly canvass
ing the town. and would take the census,
and give US the result. We have not
seen him nor his figures since. and do
not even know how he succeeded in
getting hair. We guess the chap is a
regular suction. We understand that be
is in the habit of visiting towns, and pre-,
tending to take the census. but reporting
the population only about oue-four,h
what it really is. and then demanding
N money of the citizens to not expose The
fact to the outside public!
Year: 1869

Enter upon the performance of his official duties
for the current year. He would call particular at
tention to the following section of the Revenue
Law


:" If any person shall willfully make, or give
under oath affirmation, false list of his or her.
their taxable property, false list of taxable
property under his her, their control such per-
son shall be deemed gnilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor as
is by law provided for the punishment of perjury ;
and any property willfully concealed, removed
transferred, misrepresented by the owner or any
agent thereof, to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery be assessed at ten times the amount of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon 1T and fifty per cent of the amount
OF such additional tax when solicited shall be paid
to the person persons who shall furnish the
information which reveals the property so conceal
ed transferred removed or misrepresented and the
remaining fifty per cent, after deductlng the usual
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of thesState."


Attention is also directed to the following section
of the Act of 1866, relating to Shasta count,


" The Assessor of said county is authorized and
it is hereby made his duty to collect all the poll or
per capita tax except the road poll tax, and the
taxes upon all movable personal property and upon
the entry of any assessment of movable personal
property, to any person, firm corporation, associa-
ton, company. who does not real estate
sufficient in the opinion of the Assessor to insure
the payment of such tax within the county, to de-
mand the payment of the taxes upon the same ;
and if such person, firm corporation, association,
or company shall refuse or neglect to pay such
taxes, the Assessor shall, by virtue of the power
herein vested in him, proceed to collect such
in the same manner prescribed by law for the Col
lector."


If Tax Payers to have list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them. they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyance, as well as facilitate my work.


A. P. LADD,


Assessor of Shasta County.
Shasta, April 5, 1859. sde
Year: 1869

Ono Box of Orton's - Preparation will surely
destroy the appetite for Tobacco with all. no
matter how strong the Z habit may be. IL II
fails in any case the II money will bereturned.
Perfectly safe and also F. harmless in all cases.
1t is also impossible to break off the use of
tobacco by the mere exercise of the will
Something is needed % aid nature in overcom-



ing habit So nrmiy II fixed. by the help of
the Preparation, there is not bit OF trouble.
Hundreds have used it, and are willing to bear
witness to the fact that the Preparation com
pletely destroys the ap- u petite for tobacco, and
leaves the person as free n of any desire for it as
before he commenced its ~ use. The antIdote acts
directly upon the glands and parts Affected ny
tobacco, through upon the blood, thoroughly
cleaning the poison of tobacco from the system,
and thus allayng the strong cravings for tobacco.
No more hankering for it after using Orton's
Preparation Recoect it is warranted.


The time taken to allay all desire for Tobacco
by the use of the Preparation varies slightly in
different persons. the average time being about
five days Some


Have No Desire for Tobacco
whatever after using the Preparation two days
The health and purse of every Tobacco il
the country calls out loudly


Abandon the Use OF Tobacco!
Year: 1869

OHIO politicians are discussing the
propriety of further action by their Leg
islaturs on the XVIII Article, which was
rejected in that State last winter by the
temporary Democratic ajority. "A few
among our Republican friends propose
that the next Legislature, in which our


majority is considered certain, should
reconsider that rejection, and ratify the


Article. Fortunately, no such sugges-
tion IL likely to have the official coun-
tenance Of the party. 1t is very pro-
perly considered that the action OF
State once taken, whether affirmatively
or negatively, is decisive, exhausting Its
Constitutional functions In respect of
the Article submitted. Upon the op-
posite doctrine to this, it would also be
necessary to concede the legality of the
movements in Ohio and New Jersey.
by Democratic Legislatures, for the
withdrawal of the assent which these
States had respectively given to the
XIVth Article. In this view, the lead
ing Republicans of Ohio have the con-
currence Of the Democracy, who prefer
to their opposition to the X1vth,
that they may bind the State more alb
solutely to its rejection of the XVIII last
winter. In fact, they incline to make
any sacrifice rather than to admit some
Ave thousand Of their colored males to
the suffrage. It lis clear, therefore. that
Year: 1869

A Coop REsoLvE.-A story Is told of
a temperance man being at wedding
who was asked to drink the brides
health in a 81 z s of wine which was Of
fered him. He refused to partake of the
intoxicating liquid, and said when he
drank her health it would be In that
which resembled her most in purity, and
he knew nothing better than wafer
pure water. He then drank to her
health in glass of Gods beverage
sparkling water. The ladies assembled
on the occasion immediately stepped for.
ward, and making respectful courtesy,
thanked him for the beautiful cempli-
ment he had just paid the bride, when
it was resolved that all intoxicating
drinks be banished from the room.
Year: 1869




jurists who have served both the State and the
public for many years tS the age Of seventy.
1t looks like parliamentary limiting Of the
period Of vigor of the human intellect. We
must, however, bear in mind chat the mental
strain and corporeal wear and tear which
ensue from legal study, bar practice and
bench duty in this country are very intense
and exhausting; SO it may be that the present
measure will operate very beneficially. From
the bench Of Great Britain judges over seventy
years Of age have frequently delivered the
most lucid decisions; but we have also the
case of late Baron Of the Irish Exchequer,
who, when he had arrived at that time of life,
would involuntarily doze into sleep in the
midst Of the delivery Of an opinion, and was
removed by special vote Of the House of
Lords.
Year: 1869




While L was snow bound in Monroe |
gathered all the information to be had in
regard to that horrible murder which
occurred near Red Rock few DAYS ago.
Ii seems that Shafer had made up his
mind some time ago that his wife must die,
as she would not live with him. and he loved
her SO dearly he could not see her live with
others; and he says he could think of
nothing short of death to her and himself
also. lie says in his confession that after
having some words with his wife in the
slttlng-room, she got up and started for a
bedroom that stood on the west side he
started after her, when his mother-in-law
lnterfered that he took up chair and
struck her (his mother-in- law on the head,
knocking her down. He then told her to
leave the house or he would kill her too-
lie then went into the bedroom where his
wife was, and when she saw him coming in
she ran out, when he caught her around
the waist with his left arm, and putting the
revolver close to the back of her head he
fired, killing her instantly He then laid
down by her side, and putting the pistol
to his head snapped all the caps on the
remaining barrels, but none would explode,
Throwing the revolver away he took
knife he had provided himself with and
endeavored to cut his throat. He made
deep and ugly wound, cutting the wind
pipe hall OF and many small arteries, but
his cutting was all done directly under
the chin; he did not reach the main jugu-
lar. When his windpipe was cut his
breathing became difficult, and at times as
the blood from small veins ran in strangula-
ton ensued; so, according to his own
feelings, he imagined death would soon
release his sufferings. One of his little
children, but few years old, who had been
running and crying all round the house,
came and laid down between them, where
1t was found by the persons who first
reached the house. Such a scene the
poor innocent child-heart broken, scared
lying between father and mother-the
mother dead and the father gasping the
last breath that linked him to the world ;
only step to eternity. The author of all
this sorrow and wickedness is still alive
He eonverses freely; says he is not sorry
for what he has done, and only regrets that
he did not succeed in putting an end to
himself also He says his wife was a good
woman, one of the dearest and loveliest in
alfthe world, and that she has gone straight
to Heaven, and if he had only died with
her he would have gone there too. He
had no intention Of killing or hurting any
one but himself and wife.-Des Monies
(Ioaea) Register, February 18Th
Year: 1869

SOLVENT POWER OF WATER =
So great is the amount of mineral
matter taken up by water in flowing
over the earth to the sea, that were
the process of returning it to the
soil any other than that of distil'
lation, the water on the globe would
soon become unfit for use in the anl'
NAL economy. The circulation Of
water from sea to sky, from sky to
land, and from land back again to
the sea, is one Of those grand oper-
ations of nature, which, when under
stood, excite the highest feelings d
admiration. The sea is a great dis.
tilliDg apparatus, which, under the
actions of the suns beat, throws of
enormous volumes Of vapor into the
grandest of all condensers, the at
mosphere. Here the vapor is again
converted into liquid, and falls upon
the earth but it has left in the bed
of the ocean the burden Of lime,
magnesia, and other earthly and sa'
line matter it carried to the sea on
former journeys. twill return again
with another burden, and be again
distilled, and SO on as long as the
earth remains in its present form and
condition. There can be no question
that this process of abrasion and sos
luton would eventually gil the seas
and level all the mountains on the
face Of the earth, were it not for
upheavels of portions of the earth q
crust, and the depression of other
portions by the action Of powerful
internal forces. 10 this point Of
view even earthquakes may have
their uses, and act to prevent the
world from gradually becoming a
vast aqueous desert Scientific
A uaericnn.
Year: 1869


GRAVE MISTAKES. = The New
York World says: Hardly a week
passes that We do not hear of a
premature burial. The story always
comes to rs 10 bearly the same
shape. A cofiin is sxhumed for one
reason and another, and the corpse
has changed its position, while the
shroud is torn in several places.
Immediately every one who is cog
infant Of the event jumps to the very
unnecessary conclusion that the coffin
was inferred With q livieg inmate
who, on returning to consciousness,
had struggled violently. though
hopelssslys to escape. Nov, the
theory of premature burials in such
cases as these in entirely gratuitious.
Every medical man knows TINT the
gases generated by decomposition
frequently act with sufficient forcenot
only TO change the posture of the
corpse after burial but even to burst
open the coffin. Were the inmates
of any large cemetery to be exhumsd
the same appearances which are now
accepted as evidences Of premature
burial would be found to exist 10
scores of cases probably, indeed 10
the majority of instances 10 which
the burial bad been sufficiently recent
to admit Of the possibility of detect
Jog any change in the position of
the body. Unfortunately this well
substantiated fact is not generally
known except to scientific men.
Consequently we hear continually of
premature burials, which are certain.
ly among the most disagreeable i,ems
Of news which one can meet, and
which bring uncalculabIe grief and
horror to the friends of the supposed
victims 1t is not impossible that
10 rare instances some unfortunate
person is buried before life is entirely
extinct, but to conclude from the
mere appearance of an exhumed
coffiu that the inmate has been the
victim of such accident is in the
highest degree unreasonable and
unnecessary.
Year: 1869

A PRINoE AMONG Fools. The
London, Canada, Prototype says
The eagerness with which a certain
class of people seek after anything
in any way pertaining to any celebra>
ted individual has been especially
noticeable throughout the whole tour
of the Prince. Where be has stop
ped to dine the remains of wine and
water have been eagerly drank up,
and in some cases the glasses themN
selves have been taken away. One
servant gave satisfaction to a much
larger number than could otherwise
have had a sip. at one railway eats
ing saloon, by changing the glass
and then re6lling it as often as the
credlous msidens drained it. When
The Prince had turned the sod Of the
new railway all the ladies in the
vicinity of the new earth rushed for
1t aud triumph uutiy e1hiAited oureh
bits of the same wrapped in hand
kerchiefs. Col. Elphistone consid>
erately wears nice, new gloves when
be travels, and the Prince usually
wears a pair of soiled Lavenders.
The Two gentleman also wear hats
exactly alike on all occasions. When
they take off their hats aud leave
their gloves, every one thinks that
the best must belong to the Prince,
and the consequence is that Colonel
Ephistone has lost seven right-hand
gloves! The Princes pocket-hand-
keIchief was snatched from his hand
at the ball at London, and every effort
to recover it proved Intellectual, but
about a week afterward it was sent
to him through some unknown
source. The Governor General too,
is a sufferer at the hands of the re
lie plunderers. He is accustomed to
wear white kersey hat, and during
his trip through Ontario be lost no
less than six.
Year: 1869

In La Crosse, Wisconsin, the
other day, a gentleman suspectiug
that some person or persous were
stealing his wood, charged few
sticks with gunpowder. but the wood
pile fell down and mixed the wood
so that one Of the marked sticks got
into bis own stove He don't know
Who stole the wood, but he is salts,
fed about the way it 'goes off, He
bought . new, stove, and viii burn
coal after this. r - : we I
Year: 1869

In building a chimney put .
quantity Of salt iato the mortar with
which the intereourses of brick are
to be laid. The effect will be that
there never will be any accumulation
Of SCOT in that chimney. The phil>
osophy is thus stated: The salt in
the portion of the mortar which is
exposed absorbs moisture from the
atmosphere every damp day. The
soo., thus becoming damp, falls
down into the Fireplace. This sp-
pears to be an English discovery. It
Is used With success 10 Canada. IL
Year: 1869

A citizen of Richmond drives a
wagon one hundred years old, With
a little tying up of the axles and
abstinence from sneeEing on the part
Of the driver, tits said still to be a
safe and seryicesble vehicle