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Year: 1859

The next great trial of the boy is to be
obliged by cruel master to sit with the
girls at school This usually comes before
the deyelOpement Of those undeniable af-
linities which, in after life, would tend to
make the punishment more endurable -
To be pointed out as gal boy" to be
smiled at grimly by the master, who is so
far delighted with his own ineflable pleas
antry as to give the little boys licence to
laugh aloud, and to be placed by the side
o. girl that has no handkerchief, and no
knowledge of the use of that article, we
submit, is trial OF no mean magnitude
Yet we have been obliged TO "sit up close"
with big Rachel, laughing and blushing
till we came to hate her name. We WON
der where the overgrown frowzy creature
is now, and what the condition of her
heRd is?
Year: 1859

We do not believe that any boy ever
put ON his long-tailed coat without Il
sense of shame. liz first twists his back k
half of looking at it in the glass, and then
when he steps out ofdoors it seems to him
as if all creation was in a broad grin. The
sun laughs in the sky the cows turn to
look at him; there are faces at every win-
dow; his shadow moc&s him. When he
walks by the cottage where Jane lives, he
dares not look up for his life. The very
boards creak with conciousness of the
strange spectacle, and the old pair of pan
falcons that stop light in the garret win
dow, nod with derision. If he is obliged
to pass group of men and boys, the trial
assumes most terrific stage. His legs get
all mixed up with embarrassment, and
the flap of the dangling appendage is felt
upon them, moved by the wind of his own
agitation; he could not feel worse were It
badge of disgrace. 1t is a happy time
for him when he gets to church and sits
down with his coat-tails under him; but
he is still apprehensive with thinking sof
the Sunday school, and wonders if any of
the children will .ask him 10 "swing his
long-tailed blue"
Year: 1859

The entrance INTO society may be said
to take place after bOyhOod has passed a.
way, yet multitude take the Initiative
before their boards are presentable. 1t is
great trial either to tender or tough
age. For an overgrown boy to 20 to a
door, knowing that there are a dozen girls
inside, and to knock or ring with absolute
certainty that in two minutes all their
eyes will be upon him, is a severe test of
courage. To 90 before these girls and
make satisfactory tour OF the room With
out stepping on their toes, and then sit
down and dispose of ones hands without
putting them into ones pockets, is an a,
chievement which few boys can boast
If boy can get so far .as to measure off
ten yards of tape with one of these girls,
and cut it short at each end, he may stand
a chance TO pass pleasant 'evening, but
let him not flatter himself that all the
trials of the evening are over. There
comes at last the breaking up. The dear
girls don their hoods, and put on their
shawls and look saucy and mischeyious
and impressible, as if they did not wish
any one to 20 home them. Then comes
the pinch, and the boy who has the most
Pi"CN IHdhSS up w lhc pleltlest BIII, us
heart in hs.throat and his tongue clinging
to the roof Of his mounth, and croolling
his elbow, stammers out OF the words,
"Shall see you home| She touches her
fingers to his arm and they walk home
bout foot apart, feeling as couple of
young goslings. As soon as she is safely
inside her door he struts home, and thinks
he has really been and gone and done it,
Sleep comes to him at last, with dreams of
crinoline and calico, and he awalles in the
morning and finds the doors of life open
to him-and the pigs squealing for break
fast.
Year: 1859

TIE Mission OF PURE LIFE.-In true man
hood there is self asserting dignity which all
men appreciate, for which all men have aspirations
and yet to which, alas how few attain. Salient
to the touch of the grossest senses and delcately
appreciablc to the educated intellect, yet it is
sad to say we all ail--from the great to the hum
BILE, the wise to the simple--in fulfilling our
youthful ideal of truthful ambition. And the
mission of pure, good life was before us, and
we could have filled the design of letting truth
guide us through the world, had self not obtruded
counsels which diverted good intention aside.
Year: 1859

Ir is very easy TO talk about the miscrcs of
men, but it is difficult TO do anything to prevent
them. 1t is easy to turn enthusiast and declaim
against wrong and wickedness, but it is very hard
to become the practical phianthropist. The
tongue is more willing than the heart, or hand !;
and what is often said by the tongue, the heart
will not sustain, or the hands execute. To say
that men are monsters because they are not NOR
al, according TO our views of morality, does not
agree with strict morality
Year: 1859

whoever could catch her on skates might kiss
her. A large negro made chase, overlook, but
his right to kiss was bought off for five dollars,
by the girls brother! The Standard believes
that if the brother had killed the coored man a
jury of aboitionists would he We hung him.
Year: 1859

Look at the influence on the mind, of
books of a worse character see how they
taint and pollute il A respectable lady,
in fits of arrangement, sang some indelicate
songs. When told of it afterwards, when
when less than four years old. What,
then, would be the impression that an i'm
pure volume would make upon the young
and tender mind? viii it be one easily
eradicated? Will it not rather remain as
if written with pen of iron upon the suS-
ceptible heart, and exert its polluting in
fluencc TO a greater or less extent through
life? Many very pious people have had
sore trial in contending with the defling
influence occa>ioned by reading improper
books in former years.


BY reading books of good character,
such as exert salutary and beniticial in
fuence, the ground will be occupied, and
there will be no room for tie poison and
trash which surteit and kill. Give child
ren good books, written in lively and in
teresting manner, and they will be so taken
up with them as to have no desire for un-
wholesome reading. The ground will be
occupied with something better. There is
no room for the worse. Fill measure
with wheat, and there is no room for chaff.


The reading of good books exerts con-
versative influence in after life. Not only
is the ground preoccupied and the young
kept from the baneful effects of improper
re ,ding while they are young, but the in
fuence in the whole course of life will be
conservative. In many hours Of fearful
temptation. the truths which were instil'.d
into the mind by early reading have proved
life preserver 10 the struggler. Here is
man exposed, fron the iorce of circum-
stances, to very severe temptation, and is
just about to yiell. but at this moment he
remembers the history of a man similarly
placed. which he read about in a good book
when a child. and that. and that only, ena-
bles him 10 resist and finally gain the con-
quest over the temptation.


Reading of good books is the means of
spiritual good, in many cases. Can any
one doubt that Buns ans inimiabie work
has made impressions upon the tender mind
OF childhood which were never worn off,
and which resulted in sincere, lasting con-
version to God? The great William Will
berforee said, Il had rather 90 to render
my account at the last day, carrying off
with me the little narrative of The Shep-
herd of Salisbury Plain than bearing the
load of the volumes of Scott, full as they
are of genius" Why? Because The little
narrative was the means of the salvation of
souls - but SCOTS novels never were.
Many now eminent in The religious world
affirmed that their first serious con, lotions
arose from reading good books lRateh.
and Ref
Year: 1859

The ONLY WAY TO GET OUT or DEBT 10 70
PAT our-The people of Iowa have, IS We
believe, settled down in the conviction that the
best and only thing they can do to bring back
prosperity and good times is to convert what
ever they have into the means Of paying their
debts, get square with the world aud make .
new start. Some deluded persons supposed
banks would deliver the State from the financial
troubles which beset our people. Others thought
estate Aid" and others stay aud appraisement
laws the panacea for our ills. But the con-
viction is gaining ground that there is Ee virtue
except in liquidation, and are accordingly pay
ing up as fast as they can. There is dispo-
sition every where to make sacrifices and use
every means in ayment of debts. We are OF
opinion that most of the money brought into
the State in payment for hogs, and the amount
was considerable, was used in liquidation OF
debts, end passing from hand to hand, dis
charged and is discharg.ng debts to the amount
Of many millions of dollars, affording relief,
preventing litigation and greatly improving
our condition. Another year, to be marked By
close application to business, good thrifty in
telligent cultivation Of our riqD soil and close
and rigid economy every where, will bring Us
out, unless the elements conspire against us.
| II We are right, as We think We are, in sup
posing that our people have given up all idea
Of relief, except from their own productive in
dustry, and are resolved to use every exertion,
every resources and make every sacrifice to
discharge their debts, We have already entered
upon better state of affairs aRd q rapid re-
storation to prosperous and healthy condition
will soon follow.
Year: 1859

TIE NICARAGUA SHIP CANAL.-M. Belly, the
enthusiastic Frenchman, who recently visited
Nicaragua aud obtained the right Of way and
land grants for ship canal across the Isthmus.
is pushing bis scheme in Paris and creating
much interest in it, The veteran explorer Hum
boldt was the first TO discover this route for
ship canal and to point out it's feasibility. Sub.
sequently the present French emperor, when
only prince Napoleon, amused himself by wri-
ting a pamphlet on the subject, and Therefore
feels personal interest in its success, as being
one OF the god-iatNers OF the scheme. M. Belly
proposes to use the Nicaragua river on the cas-
tern side for considerable distance, and then
make straight cut for lake Nicaragua, and an
| other cut on the western side of the lake to
connect it with the Pacific. The whole distance
is less than hundred miles, and N. Belly's es-
Inmates make the whole cost Of canal sufficient
for the largest ships less than twenty four mil
lion dollars. The annual revenue he reckoni
1t ten millions. In addition to the right Of way
the government Of Nicaragua and Costa Rlcs
have granted to N. Belly,s company land OF
each side of the canal quarter OF mile wid'
for the whole distance. II the estimates Of tn.
cost Of construction are nearly correct, it ia ev
ident that the enterprise would prove pro6ta


blc one. The entire eastern commerce Of Europ


and this country would naturally seek this route


and the orient would become the occident.
Year: 1859

At a recent exhibition of a public school
in Medford, Mass, two silver medals were
awarded as prizes. The presentation was
made by the Rev Charles Brooks, who said :
THAT you may find success, lcy me tell you
how to proceed Tonight begin toiay your
great plan of life You have lue one life to
live, and it is immeasurably important that
you do not make mistake. To night begin
carefully. Fix your eye on the fortieth year
Of your age, and then say to yourself; AT
the age of forty years will be temperate
man, and an industrious man, an economl
| cal man, a benevolent man, a well-read man
a religious man and useful man. vii
be such one, resolve, and will stand tt
it. NV young friends, let this resolution bt
firm as adamant-let it stand like the oak
which cannot be wind shaken. Let it not b.
like..the inconstant moon, forever changing
in such a matter it will be virtnous to b
obstinate Ii you keep this high excellence
of your fortieth year daily and hourly beior


your eve, then you will naturally max


everything in your life subordinary to tn


main result and your success is certain
for Ged is for you Christ is for you, all goo


men are for you yes, the whole force OF tn
universe is for you You must, OF ccnse
quence, obtain knowledge, mental powel
and moral development; and the result wi


be manly character and eminent usefulness


public esteem, and durable happiness. III
way is as plain as the way to school, and th
success as certain as the laws OF nature.
Year: 1859

STREET CLEANlNG.-We were glad to see the
Marshal with few men Gle Gaming crossings yes
terday. If absut six inches OF mud, more OF


ess, was removed from our streets it would be
a great improvement.
Year: 1859

We are happy 70 announce that the rumored
intention Of Mr.. Springer TO resign the Judg-
ship is not well founded. He will qualify and
fiu the Office TO the beet Of his ability, and
has no present intention Of resigning. This
announcement, made on the best authority, will
be received with pleasure by the bar and BY
the people Of the District generally. Mr..
Springer is believed to be well.read lawyer
and man Of integrity, whose election will give
dignity and character (both sadly needed) to
the District Court. We hope to see him gil
the place to the end Of his term with honor to
himself and to the general acceptance Of the
people.
Year: 1859

n The following is extracted from one Of
Horace Greeley's recent Western letters to the
New York Tribune. The suggestions 1t contains
ore worthy Of consideration:


And while insist that the payment Of debts
without means is . physical impossibi.ity, and
that no community can pay . million when its
entire available means do not amount to half
that sum, | cannot help feeling that the moral
obligation to pay debts, not whenever it may be
convenient, but whenever they become due, is
not 30 generally realized through this region as
It should be. Here 10 one, for instance, who
has bought farm, or q stock Of goods, or built
house, on credit confidently expecting to pay
at the specified day; but the hard times, or the
failure Of crops, or the insolvency Of his debt
ore, has baffled his calculations. Simple honesty
requires that this man should go At once to his
creditors aud say, "Silver and gold have none;
''but here 10 what have-house, land, goods,
mortgages, notes, debts long due me-just
stake the whole, or SO much OF it as may be
necessary, and help me turn it into means of
paying you as promptly as We may and with
''the least possible sacrifice" Had this course
been generally taken by debtors when the
crash came las, year, the West might have Teen
in far better condition than she now is, with a
clear sEy before her. But instead Of this, too
many have tried to stave of, aud fight execu.
tions, and invoke the aid of stay-laws, and put
their property into the hands Of relatives or
confederates rather than creditors, to the ad
vantage Of sheriffs aud sharking lawyers, and
the disadvantage Of everybody else. 'Times
must soon be better" is the general calculation
Of these shutters; when the fact is.that they are
taking the very course to keep the times as bad
as ever. Had there been general effort last
Winter to get the property Of the West into the
hands Of its real owners, and clear the country
Of debt, there would have been better times ere
this. But SO long as very large proportion OF
the community persist in holding ON to property
that honestly belongs to their creditors, the I'M
provement so anxisusly awaited cannot be re-
allied. They who will be ready to sell their
property whenever it will bring what they con-
slider fair price take the very course to render
such price unattainable. If every man who
holds property and owes debts would resolve to
sell property enough to pay his debts, no matter
at what sacrifice, or, il all would not suffice,
Just surrender the whole to his creditors and ask
them to give him the free use OF his hands for
the maintenance of his family, the West would
soon be firm on its feet again. But here are
embarrassed farmers, owing perhaps thousand
dollars and holding on to two or three hundred
acres of land when their true interest concurs
with common honesty in urging them to sell
enough to pay their debts, if that takes the last
acre, and be free to begin the world again. 1t
is Just as mistaken to hold on for ten dollars per
acre as for forty, if you owe debts past due and
must sell in order to pay promptly
Year: 1859

t1r The steamship Royal Chartres was re-
Gently lost on the British coast, together with
four hundred and forty nine passengers. Thirty
nine men were saved from the wreck. All the
women and children perished She had on
board half million pounds of gold
Year: 1859

Lockhart's ferry, after a two weeks march In
the evening the company was divided into two
scouting detaehments-one starting for Hot
Spring Valley, distance of twenty miles the
other left for Big Valley, on Pit River, where il
is supposed there are large number of warlike
Indians. portion of the Pit River Volunteer:
accompanied the Pine Grove Rangers
On the return of these companies, should they
not be successful in finding Indians, they will all
centre at Lockharts ferry, on Pit River, and
proceed down the north side of Pit River to
Squaw Valley where they are almost certain Of
finding large number of Indians.


The volunteers are all robust and fearless men
and appear to be fully determined upon subdu-
ing the Indians. All the citizens of Pit River
valley appear to be of one mind in regard to the
propriety of shooting down the Indians like wild
beasts-each and every one of them being in al
most constant fear of their lives from the treach-
erous rascals.
Year: 1859

N65- The Herald editor, in reply to our init
nation that he was never heard of since his re-
sidence in this county, outside Of his precinct.
says he would refer US " to any gentleman well
posted in Michigan affairs" and concludes by
informing Us that he estumped that State for Gen.
Cassl Wonderful Il is little singular, if this
be so, that Gen. Cass wasn't elected. 1t is also
singular, if Charles Rufus is such a very old
stunper, that be did not raise his eloquent voice
in this county, during the canvas just closed, IN
behalf of single man on the ticket, State or
county. He pretended to be the ardent friend of
Milton S. Latham and yet he never made one
speech, that we have heard of, in behalf of the
ticket which his name headed The Heralds
assertion that we never made speeches in this
county, unless Mr. Dosh or Mr.. Skilman were
on the ticket, is simply untrue. This great
Michigan stumper however, never did stump
Shasta county unless his name was on the ticket.
In the Know Nothing times of 1855, where was
this old Michigan stumper? Why did he not
raise his pracriced voice for the Democracy then,
when it was in need
Year: 1859

The BANNER Whisky Greek is en-
titled this year to the honor of being the banner
precinct of the county Old Whisky Creek
however, always has been about the best
straight-out Democratic precinct in Shasta.
Year: 1859

VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR TILE UNEMPLOYED
You don't believe it, eh Wen, we know it to
be fact. and we will point You out the very
locality. ave, the very spot where they are to be
found. They exist here, there and everywhere
(passin) in the mountains, the gulches and the
liver beds Of California. This, Of course, is not
sufficiently specific information for you but we
will soon come 10 the point. on grant that
rich mines exist in those places you grant that


millions upon millions Of dollars are yet to be
taken cut of our gold regions, and that immense
piles are vet in store for some lucky g hombre," !"
who will chance TO strike them. This brings us
down to your case. -" Luck" is a term used by
men who lack energy themselves, or by sharpers
who wish TO make dupes of theiriellow creatures.
Industry, energy, perseverance, are words which
cnveop and absorb the gambling term, " luck"
No man has ever acquired lasting wealth On
count OF being lucky. Men may be fortunate in
business but without certain solid qualities their
fortune is ephemeral the fortune which now
watts them 10 the haven Of their hope will vainly
blow in their DIRECTION unless lbey have the cner-
gy to trim their sails to catch the gracious breeze
50 with the mines the rich, rich diggings exist:
they are yours everybody's. You don't know
the exact spot? We have promised to tell you
we will tell you. The rich mines Of which you
speak will be found in your muscle your will to
exercise that muscle, aEd your mind to direct
both. The rich diggings are in your head, your
hand, your hcart-your indOmtable character,
your physical strength. Dive deep into your
thoughts; summon up your industry; determine
to reach the ledge Of your energy force yourself
to try and try again to dig deep and dig long


TO hope on and never falter; to letno i'll fortune
overcome your purpose to pursue your work
until you strike the golden reward 1t may not
be to-day that the pan will present the welcome
sands for which you have striven so long and so
hard it may not be tomorrow but if you keep
on trying, never despairng but buoying up your
hopes with the firm conviction that you will yet
reach the golden lead, you will not fail There
rich diggiugs undiscovered in this State we
have told you where they are we have told you
that they exist in your determination of purpose,
energy and health. Summon up the former, cu-
tivate the latter, and you will have discovered a
mine richer than all the wealth that Crosus ever
possessed .-Uoraiag CdH
Year: 1859

EARTH AND ETERNITY--FINE CoMPARGsoN.-
Rev. Mr.. Barnes, in his sermon on Life at Three
Score.' illustrates the magnitude Of eternal
things as be approaches the end Of life, compared
with those which ordinarily occupy the attention
of mankind, by the following beautiful figure:


/" The Earth, as il moves in its orbit from year
TO gear, maintains its distance of 25,000,000 Of
miles fIom the Sun and the Sun, except when
seen through h1zy atmosphere, at its rising or
It's setting, seems at all times TO be Of the same
magnitudc-to human view an object always
small compared with our own world. But
suppose the Earth should leave its orbit and make
its way in a direct line towards the Sun. How
soon would the Sun seem TO enlarge its dimen-
Fions! How vast and bright would it become
How soon would it fill the whole field of vision,
and all on the Earth dwiudle to nothing SO
human life now appears to me. In earlier years
eternity appeared distant and small in npor-
tance. But at the period Of life which ! have
now reached, il seems 10 me as if the Earth had
left the orbit Of its annual movements, and was
making rapid and direct light to the Sun. The
objects Of eternity, towards which / am moving
rapidly enlarge themselves. They have become
Overpoweringly bright and grand They fill the
whole field of vision, and the Earth, with all
which is the common object Of human ambition
and pursuit, is vanishing away"
Year: 1859

ticable, how much less such land would
sell for at private sale in conse-
quence Of such destruction, and make
return thereof to the county auditor.
as in this section provided.


Sec. %. Each township assessor shall
take and subscribe an oath which shall be
administered by the auditor or magis-
trate, and certified by the officer admin
stering the same, and attached to the
return which he is required to make to the
county auditor, in the following form: