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Year: 1867

SLAUGHTER OF THE INNoCENTS.-Comm
ing upon the fact that seven hundred and
forty.seven children, under two years of age,
died last year in San Francisco the Health
Officer says;


This large army of innocence, beauty and
promise swept down by the inexorable hand
of death, ere life had scarce begun, and with
them all the bright hopes and fond anticipa-
tons of parental ambition. is not without
causes, which in many instances might be
removed or materially mitigaed. Our eli
mate the whole year round, is undoubtedly
as healthy rs that of any city in the world
but it needs to be properly understood, and
its sudden changes guarded against with
appropriate clothing. Adults make no mis-
take in this particular ladies and gentlemen
take morning exercise in light, summer
goods, while if their walk or ride is proiong
ed or deferred to past meridian, winter
clothing, furs, shawls, capes, cloaks, and
overcOats are in requisition. But not so with
those little victims of fashion. 1t is nothing
uncommon to see the father, dressed in fan
mel under clothing from neck to heels. heavy
cloth pants, vest, coat, and uyercOat, taking
his children out for an airing, dressed in the
height of fashion-with plaids and p mites
which have suffered fashions amputation
above the knee, and leaving the lower ex-
trcmities unprotected save by light cotton
hose and cloth CATERS. These little loved
ones look very pretty, but by being thus fool.
ishly exposed to colds, coughs, aud their
concomitant results-diptheria or Group
they often, despite the doctors skill become
silent monitor to the parent of the wrong
done them. Improper diet, both as to quail
ity and quantity. is another fruitful source
of disease and death among children. Swill-
milk has had its share in this work Of infant
mortality, but, thanks to a discerning Press
and public opinion, not the law, a marked
improvement has been wrought in this article
in the babies bill of fare during the past
year; but there is still room for further im
provement. Mothers cannot be too watchtul
as to the purity Of the source Of the milk
upon which their children feed Again
overcrowding the brain, trying to,make a
little man or woman cut of a baby, kills
numbers every year, who would, if left to the
pure end simple dictates Of nature, grow to
be healthy men and women but this un.
natural parental pride to see the children
precocious and smart, this stufing of the
stomach and brain with food and ideas fit
only for maturer years, together with fash
ionable exposure, 20 far to roll up this infant
mortality, which it is our painful duty to
record.
Year: 1867

THE INDEPENDENT Press. When the
Union and Bulletin were laboring to defeat
the Union nominee for Governor, they
quoted freely from the Examiner 1t is our
turn now. The Examiner of the 18th instant
says:


We stated, repeatedly, during the recent
canvass, that the Sacramento Union and
San francisco Bulletin were on trial. In
the September election, they basely betray
ed their party allegiance and work d., not
directly and avowedly-tor they had not
the manliness for that-but Indirectly, to
elect the Democratic ticket. This they did
not from any love of Democracy or its prin-
ciples-fOr they have none for them.
1t was not therefore, from any love of De-
mocracy that the Bulletin opposed the elec
ton Of Gorham. 1t was because the propri-
etors could not rule their party to their own
selfish ends. They went into the prelimi
nary fight for the nominations with as much
zeal as any of the strictly partisan press
They called Justify for their cOterie of friends
to take part in the primaries. They publish
ed list of some four thousand names in
this city, invoking the faithful to make the
fight against Gorham in the "Union" or
ganizaton. There can be no doubt that had
Bidwell been nominate0-a man wholly in.
terror TO hlm In capacity, IN no manner
superior in honesty, and in every way con-
cordant with him in political sentiment
the Bulletin and Union would have support
ed the ticket even though they could not get
a slice of the State printing. But defeated
in Convention, they boted the ticket, and ,
on purely personal grounds, determined, il
factious opposition could accomplish it, to
defeat their own party. How much they
contributed to this end it is not our purpose
to weigh. The Bulletin will find
1t hard to make its benighted followers see it
IN that light. The result is a crushing and
overwhelming blow to its own arrogance,
profiigacy and want of principle. 1t places
it out of the pale of all parties 1t brands it
as political guerrilla and brings it to be
regarded with suspicion if not with absolute
abhorrenee. Three groans, then, from all
parties for the recreant, treacherous and un-
principled Bulletin.
Year: 1867

A DiFFCULTY.-An amusing case was
decided in the County Court on Saturday.
The plaintiff brought suit against a we'll
known citizen to recover S299 damages for
personal injuries inflicted 10y an aggravated
assault and battery The defendant did not
deny beating the plaintiff, but c0ntended
that he bad done so because he bad caught
the plaintiff taking improper liberties with
his (defendant's) wife. The defen liant testi
fed that the plaintiff was in the habit of
visiting his house very freduently, and upon
one occasion on going home, he discovered
his wife seated on the lap OF the plaintiff,
with his arm round her waist. and he was
taking improper liberties with her. He
entered the room, when the plaintiff escaped
and went to his house. TO which he was
followed by the husband, who invited him
to grocery and take glass of beer. The
plaintiff not suspecting anything wrong,
accepted the invitation, but had no sooner
got into the grocery than the husband say
ing 6 | have got you where | want you,
pitched into him, and beat him most unmer-
cifully, iniuring him so severely that he kept
his bed for six weeks. The plaintiff stated
that he was an old acquaintace of the wife
of the defendant, and visiting her and drink
ing a social glass of beer on the evening al
luded to. She was . sittin" on his knee.
and he had his I" arrum" about her waist.
but he was not taking any improper liberties
'wid" her whatever. He also7declartd that
he did not know that the g blackguard of a
husband" had seen him at all at all. The
80 lady in the case" testified that she was
sitting by the side of the plaintiff, and he
had his arm resting upon her buzzum, -
because he had been drinking wee Drop
too much, but she asseverated that he had
not attempted to take any improper liberties
. wild her." at least he had done nothing
that she deemed improper or offensive. The
case was ably argued by counsel, and sub
mitted to ajury, which, after a consultation
of several hours, rendered verdict in favor
of the defendant.-C Call
Year: 1867

Coop PRosPEcr-Ed. Baldwin and Ike
Downing have struck rich prospect on Rock
Creek, about half mile from town, and are
busily engaged in opening their claim and
preparing for the rainy season. The gold
found in this claim is of coarse character,
and is found principally on the bed rock A
nugget weighing three ounces was found in
an adjoining claim last winter.
Year: 1867

a WONDERFUL EscAPE.-That " truth is
stronger than fiction, says the Reese River
Reveille, is forcibly Illustrated by the won.
derful escape of the lad John Edwards from
the very belly of death. Six weeks ago last
Saturday this child of eleven years, while
playing with companion on the ground of
the South American mine. fell down the
vertical shaft one hundred and sixty eight
feet, at the bottom Of which he was picked
up by his father. The lad was carried to the
surface and taken home terribly mangled and
bruised His case was deemed to be hope.
less. Yesterday afternoon a bright looking,
pale.faced little boy leaning upon crutches,
called at this office with his brother. He had
walked all the way from home, quarter of
a mile distant, without other assistance than
bis crutcbes We were amazed on learning
that he was the unfortunate lad who received
the tremendous fall few weeks previously
Year: 1867

SACRAMENTO RoAD.-Teamsters and per-
sons who reside on this road inform us that
the main bulk of winter freight and supplies
designed for Siskiyou county and Jackson
vile, is going up by the Sacramento river
route. This road is represented as being in
perfect order, and teamsters make the trip in
qwo days less time than is required on the
other route The owners of the road have a
force of hands employed in widening it at
some points, and putting the line in such
condition as viii render it easily kept open
for travel during the coming winter.
Year: 1867

There arc many people in the world who make it business to sponge the reading of newspapers without any ex- pense to themselves. This has often been noticed and commented upon.- They are not coined to any particular locality, but are found wherever the newspaper goes. An exchange from Maine thinks there are more of this class there than elsewhere, while the New Hampton Gazette believes the Granite State is infested with them to even greater degree, and says it has known men of means to hang around a store where the proprietor takes pa- per, for the mere purpose of reading the paper, and getting the news with out it's costing them anything. There arc scores of families whose parental heads spend enough in bad rum. and tobacco weekly to pay for dozen newspapers, and still persist in spong- ing what little information they get of what is going on in the world from their neighbor. Any man who can af- ford to indulge in rum, beer, cider or tobacco, can abundantly afford to sub- scribe and pay for q newspaper for the benefit of himself and family.
Year: 1867

We find the following among the Nebul@, in recent Galaxy:

 The cycling of woman by woman is one of the mosr offensive manifestations of supereiliousness now to be met with in society. Few obseryant persons can have failed to notice the manner in which one woman, who is not perfect ly well bred or perfectly kind hearted, will eye over another woman who she thinks is not in very good society, and above all, not at the time being in so costly a dress as she herself is in. It is done everywhere; at parties, at church, ill the streets. It is done by women in all conditions of life. The very svivant girls learn it from their mistresses. It is done in an instant- Who cannot recall hundreds of instan- ees of that sweep of the eye which takes in at glance the whole woman and what she has on, from top knot to shoe tie? It cannot be new fashion VI oNh"'iSti' 'u' 'hN tdii. lhVicuoihS pretense of people to superiority, be- cause they can afford to spend more money upon their backs than others can, makes it at once more common and more remarkable even than it was ten or fifteen years ago. Men are nev- CT guilty of it, or with such extreme rarity, and then in such feeble and small souled specimens of their sex, that it may be set down as sin not masculine, or at least epicene. But women of sense, ot some breeding, and even of some kindliness of nature will thus endeavor to assert superiority upon the meanest of all pretenses and inflict wound in manner the most cowardly because it cannot be resented and admits of no retort. If they but only knew how mlovely, how positive ly offensive they make themselves in so doing, not only to their silent vic tims, but for every generous hearted man who observes their maneuvres, they would give up | triumph at once so mean and so cruel, which is obtained at such sacrifice on their part. Nc other evidence than this eyeing k needed that a woman, whatever be hel birth or breeding has small and vul i ear seul
Year: 1867

ted more than half an hour, and that you wish the union to be consummated as speedily as possible, propose to be married to-day. My carriage is wait ing at the door,"

 Ned Singleton said not word, though he was startled. They stepped into the carriage, and were soon whirl- ing rapidly along Fremont Street, to- ward the residence of the Rev. Mir. P. Luckily they found him at home, and without loss of time he joined them for life. As they left the place, Ned felt like new man, his happiness was complete. They re-entered the carri- age, the driver took his seat, and they were again rattling over the pavement.

 "Where are you going ?" asked Ned, suddenly, perceiving that they were driving in an opposite direction from the one they had come.

 "We are going home,' was the reply.

 "But this is not the way"

 "There you are at fault. And now I think of it, there is one particular sub ject upon which we have not spoken. Perhaps we have been too precipitate in marrying before an explanation had taken place. l have reference to my peeuniary position

 Il married for love and not for money" exclaimed Singleton, .and knowing that they could not be found in unity, l added that postscript in my notice, money of no consequence.

 "But in uttering such statement you wrong me-"

 Wrong you! In what manner?"

 "ln asserting that every lady of wealth is heartless."

 "You certainly do not mean to say that you"

 T mean to say that since wealth is an obstacle to your happiness, am the unhappy posscssor of eighty thousand dollars Y

 Ned was thunderstruck. For a long time he had been endeavoring to ob- tain competency by marriage, but the effort proving fruitless, he had resigned all hope of bettering his condition in that manner, and now, when his only ambition was to obtain an aflectionate wife, both heart and wealth had drop- ped unexpectedly into his possession. Sufficient is it to say, he never regret ted his choice.
Year: 1867

l want wife

 To cheer my life care not what she lacks in beauty, So but find

 That she is kind, And knows and practises her duty. I want wife

 Who through her life Was never known to be hirt;

 Who'll bring to me

 A recipe To keep the buttons on shirt.

 If such a one

 Dwells meath the sun, And don't mind leaving friends behind her. With the author of this

 Shell find true bliss, By informing him where he may find her.
Year: 1867

Tho late witty Mr.. Brown (Artemus
Ward) has left, among other directions in
his will, that youth, whom he had adopted,
should be sent to college, but that before be-
ing sent there, he should be put as an ap-
prentice in printing Office, that he might
ascertain how little he knew, and how i'm.
portant it was to learn"


This was most sensible provision for the
lad, for We can conceive Of no place better
calculated than printing Office to teach u
boy the practical parts of an education.


Mr.. Brown knew well how little is often
learned at school of even the plainest sub
jects which all ought to know thoroughly.
A great many boys of sixteen cannot write
page Of note paper without several glaring
mistakes in grammar and spelling, and as to
punctuation, that is thing that not only
youth, but often older people, know but lit
tie, if anything about.


a lad put to setting typo makes but bad
out Of it at first. With the greatest care
he makes many mistakes, and it takes some
time to get him to set type rapidly and cor
rectly.


In tho process of learning to compose"
as setting type is technically termed, the
youth inscnsibly acquires the habit Of spell
ing and punctuating correctly, and improves
his grammar by constant repetitions Of cx,
amples Of well constructed English.


We have often seen practical printers who
had received no regular education, who new
erthcless could put to the blush those who
had thousands spent upon their instruction,
and who, though in college they had learn
ed all the "ologics," could not construct a
decent English sentence.


In addition to this thorough instruction
in what may be called the elements Of edu.
cation, the printer, if observant Of what he
is composing can collect in q few years
vast body of information on almost any
subject; for it is astonishing toconsider what
an amount Of knowledge Of all sorts is con
tanned IN the columns oil daily paper.


Moreover, so much of literary and SCI
entifc nature comes under view in "com-
posing" that the young printer necessarily
acquires at least, enough of the various de-
partments Of knowledge to induce him to
investigate more deeply, and the same para
graphs which excite his desire of increasing
his stores Of information, will dicrcct him
to the best sources from which he may de-
rive fuller ahd moro methodical instruction.


These facts and reasons explain why prn-
ters are generally, rs a class, so well inform
ed, and why so many men of distinction in
our land began life at ''the cases. Indeed,
next to the Law, which is the great avenue
to popular distinction, we believe that the
Profession of the Printer has furnished by
far more men of political and literary dis
tinction than all the rest Of the professions
put together.
Year: 1867

Don he afraid of n little fun Mt homo,
good people! If you want to ruin your
sons let them think that all mrth anil
social enjoyment must be left to the thrcsh-
old without, when they come home at night.


When once homo il regarded a. only .
place to eat drink and sleep in, the work is
begun that ends in gambling houses anil
degradation. Young people must have fun
and relaxation somewhere; if they do no.
find it at their own hcarthstoncs it will bo
sought at other and perhaps less profitable
places. Therefore let the fire burn brightly
at night, and make the homestead delight
iul with al those little arts that parents so
perfectly understand Don't reprcss tho
buoyant spirits Of your children. Half an
hour of merriment, round the lamp and
tire-light of home, bots out the remcm-
brance Of many care and annoyance during
the day; and the best safeguard they can
take with them into the world is the unseen
influence of a bright little domestic sanc.um.
Year: 1867

nsA- The Newburyport Herald tells a
story Of a newly married couple who attend
cd launch in that city. A staging gave
way and let the gentleman into the water.
Before he was rescued his wig came off and
foated away. When he was pulled ont,
bald and drcnched, his wife refused to recog-
nize him, and bcsought the crowd that they
would save her husband, pointing frantically
to bunch Of hair drifting down the tide.
Year: 1867

EA- In certain town in Michigan lives
B-a very good sort of man, who once in
while unintentionably gets of something
pretty good. He attended a political meet
ing during recent campaign, where the
gentleman appointed to the chair made a
long rambling speech which very much dis
gusted B.. After the meeting was over
he gave vent to his feelings in the following
manner:


"What business has C--(the chairman
to get up and talk so long In these
meetings they always appoint the poorest
material they have to the chair--the man
they don't want to hear speak. Why in
Wisconsin where I came from, I was chair
man more than fifty times.
Year: 1867

1t has been stated that the will of the
late Charles F. Browne (Artcmus Ward
provides that his property should be used
after the death Of his mother, in founding
and asylum for printers. Mr.. Browne left
some $4,000, q sum by no means inconsider-
able, but still hardly sufficient of itself for
the subject named. In view of this, the
Chicago Tribune makes the following sug.
gcstion;


"We propose that the craft in all parts Of
the country, bya united resolve, provide
that there be retained by the foreman of
each newspaper and printing office, from the
earnings of each journeyman, sum equal
to five mills upon each dollar of his weekly
bill. This small tax, of one half cent on
the dollar, should be paid over to a local
treasurer weekly, and by him forwarded to
general treasurer to be invested until such
time as the asylum fund will be available.
The tax is small one to each person, but
in ten years time, if properly invested, with
its earnings, would constitute fund equal
to the establishment and the endowment of
an asylum equal to the demands of the craft,
and worthy Of the men whose intirmitics Of
body make them its inmates"
Year: 1867

Seat yourself at table. Attach
a piece Of metal (say a shilling) to a
thread. Having placed your elbow
on the table, hold the thread between
the points Of the thumb and fore
finger, and allow the shilling to hang
in the center Of a glass tumblor; the
pulse will Immediately cause the
shilling to vibrate like a pendulum,
and the vibrations viii increase until
the shilling strikes the side Of the
glass; and suppose the 'time Of ex-
pertinent be the hour Of seven, or
half-past seven, the pendulum will
strike the glass seven times, and then
lose its momentum and return to the
center. If you hold the thread a
sufficient length Of time the effect
will be repeated; but not until a suf-
fcient space Of time has elapsed TO
convince yon that the experiment Is
complete. We need not add that the
thread must be held in a steady
hand; otherwise the vibrating mo-
tion would be connteracted. AT
whatever hour Of the day or night
the experiment Is made, the coinci-
dence viii be The same.
Year: 1867

An Awakening Preacher.-"Jenny,'
said Scotch minister, STOPPING from his
pulpit, shave you got peen Ga PIN about
YEP eyes minister" "then stick it into
that sleeping man by your side Jenny"
Year: 1867

There is an on dit to the effect that
the worthy sheriff of Butler county.
Ind. where the JOnes-MeCoole mill TOOK
nlsee. rendered the party the freedom d
hig bailiwick, and told them they might
fight in the courthouse square, if they
wanted to. All he asked was a from
seat and free ticket.
Year: 1867

STATE OF BRowHLOw,


TIPTON COUNTY, September = 1867.


Editors Memphis Appeal:


Your valuable paper is well received
and highly appreciated in this county.
The policy that you advocate in regard
to the political situation of the country is


able, and mastery, and statesmanlike.
The dOwn-trOdden. people of this land
will owe you lasting debt of gratitude


for your able defense of their rights and


liberties. Let the people Of the south be-
come independent of the north. The


way to do this is to dispense with the


negroes and cotton. Go to raising stock


and grain, and manufacturing our own
goods, wares and merchandise. Let the


yankees take the negroes north and take


care of them, and raise cotton, sugar,


etc, if they want to. This policy would


bring them to their senses. Instead of
taxing our cotton, they would soon be
offering US premiums to raise it. Why
so much interest manifested and felt in
yaakeedOm in regard TO the cotton crop
Of the south every year? Is it because


they love Us so dearly No, sir; its on
account of their own pecuniary interest.


AS the yankees are such great friends to


the poor negroes, they would not object


TO this. Why are the people worrying


and fretting themselves to death with


lazy free negroes, supporting them and


making money for the yankees Oy try
ing to raise cotton? Let the south drop
the negroes and cotton let them adopt
this plan; they will then begin their in
dependence. We can live without the
freedman and cotton. l reckon they
would hardly pass a law to compel us to
hire them and raise cotton. One thing
is certain: if We stick to the negroes and
cotton, it will break up the country, as
there are a great MANY in Upton terribly
bent now. As a general thing, the ne
grOes are played out here. II it were not
for mean white men, they would be of
more Use as labOTers. Let the radicals
and yanks take them to their bOsOms
and firesides and make equals of them.
We should try to get other labor for our
general use. To drop the cotton business
will Of course dispense with two-thirds
Of our necessary amount Of labor. We
should no longer support our enemies
j. 2. the radicals, ysnks and negroes.
. Our crops are spotted and late. Where
they are cultivated by white labor, they
are good by negroes, they are generally
sorry. Yours, etc, Upton.