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Year: 1869

came across an Iowa minister the other
day. When he learned where | came from,
he said, Why, one Of our best men was
from your place. Yes, indeed, one of our
most trusted men in the church and the COM
munity."


d" Who is it 2" l asked When he told
me, l said, "Ah, yes, he was one Of o'tr
best 5oys"


remember him first, as Willie His moth
er died home was broken up, and his father
with two little sons went to board. What
a fine, manly little fellow that Willie Is, "
the boarders all said.


Then he was "Will," "Will is one Of
the most reliable boys in my school," said
the master.


If had a class made up Of such boys as
VIII, teaching would be delight" said his
Sabbath School teacher


When he was sixteen he went into the
store of one of our deacons If there is
no objection, should like to join the church, "
he said modestly, " am going out West,
and want to 90 a church member There
was certainly no objection. We wish the
church was full of such boys. | well re-
member when he stood up before the great
congregation alone, and joined himself to the
people of God. How our hearts went out in
prayer and love to the dear child. Then he
left his Eastern home. From time to time
we hear of him. The account never changes,
from whatever source it comes He is
true man.


{" Mr.. =" for he is husband and
father now, "why, Mr.. T is one of our
best men," And | have no doubt of it. His
is clean record throughout; for the boy
ia father Of the man,
Year: 1869

" A friend Of mine has long been in a
dark and troubled state Of soul, He has
been for some twenty or thirty years trying
to believe--in what, think you ? In his own
faith ! Yes he is trying to believe in his
own faith, instead of believing in jesus
Alas ! what will this do for him2 Does
our faith contain our peaceY Was faith
crucihed for US 2
Year: 1869

SHAMEFUL SLANDER.-The Alta and Union
express the opinion that Butler and Logan
want the Tenure of Office Law repealed for
the sole purpose of giving them an opportu.
nifty to secure official appointments for their
personal friends. Such an insinuation against
the motives and integrity of these gallant
patriots and fearless defenders of the Gov.
ernmeut could not emenate from genuine
Unionists. True Union journals devote their
columns to something else besides impugning
the motives and misrepresenting the actions
of the brave and devoted men who gallantly
faced death on the battle field in order to
perpetuate the existence Of the Government.
Such men are far above the reach of the NAL
ice of elanderers.
Year: 1869

WHrrE PINE.-Late accounts from White
Pine are not of very fattcring character.
Severnl claims which prospected very rich
when first discovered have entirely petered
oht after yielding a few tons of paying ore.
The impression is gaining ground among
practical miners who have had some expert.
ence in working in the mines of the district,
that there are very few permanent lodges in
White Pine. This impression is undoubtedly
correct, and so the future will decide White
Pine is not the "big thing" many have
Supposed it to be. Our advice is to keep
sway from there.
Year: 1869

DEATH OF JUDGE BRocKwAY.-Hon. Silas
Wright Brockway, late Judge of the Eleventh
Judicial District, died at San Mateo, on
Tuesday last, aged 3S years. He was a
prominent member of the bar of this State.
and was Attorney Of the Bank of California
at the time of his death. He resided in El
Dorado county from 1858 to 1861, and thence
at Mokelumne Hill till 1868. Full of manly
courage and moral vigor, he must long be
remembered as one Of the ablest young men
on the Pacific coast. He was prominent
officer in the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Of this State, aud was respected by all who
knew him as an upright citizen, an able
jurist and true hearted man.
Year: 1869

DEsPA1Rs-The Democratic papers Of this
State have for some time past clung to the
delusion that General Grant would initiate
johnson and turn traitor to the party that
elevated him to power, and thereby prove
himself a fit ally of the Democracy. But
this delusion has we'll nigh vanished, and the
Examiner and Reporter throw up the sponge.
and inform the faithful that there is no hope
for Grant, that he is Joined to the idols of
Republicanism, and is the blood thirsty,
tyrannical, deceptive despot they always
supposed him to be.
Year: 1869

The Territorial (Nevada) Enterprise, in
an article on the Pacific Railroad, says:


"The contest between these two Rail
road Companies ths Central and Union
has been watched with great interest dur
ing the past six months on both sides of
the Continent, and it is but natural that
the sympathies of the people of the Pacific
should be given TO the Central. Like
gigantic racers, they are now approaching
each other at full speed, and the nation is
standing on tiptoe to catch a glimpse Of the
first meeting. The Union started out con-
fidently, if not with shout of defiance, and
while the Central was patiently tunneling
the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and strug-
CLING with financial difficulties peculiar to
this coast, its naughty rival was surging
up the valleys of the Platte at the rate of
three or four miles per day, and threatening
to meet the rails from the west somewhere
in Nevada. Finally the mountains were
crossed, and then the managers of the
Central began to show their mettle. The
Union approached its heavy work, and the
race commenced in earnest. No such
grading and track-laying was ever known
before. The energy displayed on both
sides was wonderful During the past FIVE
or six months the Central has been steadily
gaining, and nothing can now prevent it
from coming in winner. We make this
announcement with some pride-with all
the more pride, since we think it must be
admitted that the work of the Central, on
the whole, is superior to that of its rival =
Owing to the hasty construction Of some of
the sections of the Union, east of Ogden,
the subsidies thereon have been withheld
by the Government, and report says the
work has been very loosely performed
Against the Central, no such sweeping
charge can be preferred, and the retiring
Commissioners are entitled to some credit
in the premises"
Year: 1869

TRE CRoPs.-Quite a number of our farm
ers have visited town during the past week
or ten days, by way of assisting in the ad,
ministration Of Justice in the capacity of ju.
rors and witnesses, and all unite in assuring
us that all kinds of growing crops never
looked more Hourishing in this county than
they do at present. The indications now are
that larger wheat, barley and hay crop
will be harvested this season than ever be.
fore
Year: 1869

l. the Property Holders of Shasta County, that
he will, on the


FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL,
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 or affirmation false list of his, her,
or their taxable property, false list of taxable
prepe ty under his, her, their control, such per-
son shall be deemed gnty 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, msreprescuted by the owner or any
agent thereof, to eVsde taxation, shall upon dis
covery, be assessed at ten times the amount of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon it ; 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 conceal
ed, transferred, removed or msrepresented and the
manning 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 the State"


Attention is also directed to tlfc following section
Of the Act of 1866, relating to Shasta county:


The Assessor of said county is authorized and
it is hereby made bis duty &c collect all the poll or
per capita tax except the road poll tax, and the
taxes upon AL movable personal property and upon
the entry of any assessment of movable personal
property, to any person, firm corporation, associa-
tion- 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, frm corporation, association,
or company shall refuse 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 were to have list Of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be to, as 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 ADril 1850
Year: 1869

To REMOVE OLD PUTTY--Old putty,
it is said, however hard and undurated,
may be easily removed by running red
hot iron over it, when it can be cut off
with knife almost as easy as green putty,
Year: 1869

How a Decline is Produced.


Pure blood makes us well, bad blood makes us
sick Vapors from poorly digested food in the
blood are condensed upon tie various organs, and
serve to make them grow repair their waste
Organs made with greater or lesser proportion of
such materials cannot be sound. If the bad cond-
ton of blood continues but for few days or weeks
the body will be out of sorts; and if il continues
the whole of the body will in time be renewed with
imperfect blood, and tie health bad it is in a
decline-popularly called a consumption.


Now Brandreth's Pills penetrate the whole mass
of blood, causing the expulsion of impurities; the
body feels relieved from single dose-what then
may be expected from twenty? By continuing
their the whole of the blood in time becomes
purified, and the body reconstructed from good
material The decline stopped, and new lease of
life secured. Principal office, Brandreth House.
New York. Sold by all druggists. mo
Year: 1869

Whether it is desirable to cultivate
many or few varieties of wheat at the
same time on farm, may be regarded
differently by different persons. We
think three or four varieties sufficient
as rendering partial success more cer-
tain and total failure less probable
The productiveness of any one variety
OF wheat differs from year to year. ow-
ing to different conditions of climate.
season and soil. during the active period
OF the plants growth, and while one
variety fails another may succeed. Thus
III very dry season the longest straw
varieties are the most productive: while
in wet season. the plant growing very
luXuriously. the shorter varieties sue
ceed best. BY reason of these irregu-
larities it is both prudent and necessary
to success to cultivate several varieties
at the same time on farm. Every
farmer should ascertain for himself
what varieties are best suited to his par
ticular soils and circumstances. But a
blind preference for any kind of wheat.
because it has been successfully culti-
waited for a long time in ones neighbor-
hood, without testing its worth with
other varieties, is to be deprecated and
condemned as much as constant shifting
year after year from one new kind to
another. in the vain hope of finding a
variety that will cast all other in the
shade
Year: 1869


this deplorable picture:


The negro women and children have
abandoned field work entirely, and the
men who have been once employed in
town never return to field work. In all
these ways, as well by the large mortal
ity among the blacks during the war
and since, the number of labOrers for
cotton culture has been reduced to less
that one-half of what it was in 1860.
While many die, few are born. From
all quarters comes the report that there
are hardly any young children among
the negroes. We think that in twentv-
five years the negroes will be almost as
great curiosity as the Indian.


Philanthropy. however, demanded of
"the Nation" the sacrifice of negro hui
man life, and engineered bloody civil
war to win it.
Year: 1869

BY- The negro question will not long
give the Southern States any serious
practical trouble. If the negroes re-
main where they are, they will soon, by
all the laws of nature, pass under the
moral and political control of the white
race, and, if they go away, that will bo
the last of them.
Year: 1869

In relation to the late Treasury State
ment, the Cincinnati Enquirer remarks
"All Radicalism is throwing up its cap
in an eotasy oyer the exhibit of thspub-
lie debt, inst published, which, it Is
claimed, shows a reduction of fifteen or
sixteen millions of dollars during the
year-all of which, of course, is credited
to the amazing economy introduced by
the new Administration. This pretense
is utterly untenable and absured.
The fact is that the Internal Revenue
receipts for the year just closed
amount to Sl5s,2s7, ,176, or twenty
millions more than the estimate
of ex-Secgetary MCCULLoCH, while the
custom receipts for the same time reach
the enormous sum of Sl82, 0O,OOO, or
twelve millions more than the estimate
of Mr.. WELLS. So that, having thirty
two millions more of available funds
than had been counted upon, the new
Federal officers have modestly contented
themselves with stealing half of that
sum, and have applied the other half to
the reduction of the debt. They were
slightly green at the business, or they
would unquestionably have found
means to appropriate the whole. By
this time next year we shall doubtless
find them more skilful in the disposition


of an unexpected surplus"
Year: 1869

On both sides of the female suffrage
question many harsh and silly things
are said. The women advocates of suff
rage feel too much sense of personal
grievance, and empty too masy Walls of
wrath on the heads of their opponents.
Men who object to the ballot for women
either dogmatize upon it Extensively
and ridicule the BLooMERs and An
TnONYs, STANToNs and DICKrNSONS in
in aspirit of i'll nature, or, while demur-
ring mildly to the proposed innovation,
they sugar coat the whole female sex
with sickly sentimentalism and compli-
ment. 1t is SO rare to see o piece of
downright hard sense in the arguments
and appeals on either side, that we hail
with something like enthusiasm the ap-
pearance of the following well con-
sidered remarks in the 5th Of July
speech of Hon. ELLIS w. MORTON, ora
tor of the day, at Boston:


Women should not vote because God
has not given them the power to enforce
their will, and law without means to
execute it is not q law. Woman's
strength is in her weakness; her de-
Tense is in her defenselessness. But such
strength and such defense will not sus-
tain governments. The man is q GRIM
inal who neglects to provide the shelter
of a roof for his wife, and stand ready
to defend it. Government is only the
shelter of society. Man must erect it,
and defend it. Noman's law is the in
fluence of her virtue, her modesty and
her beauty, and that law, read at the
hearthstone, is transcribed in halls Of
legislation by hands able to maintain
it. Those who claim that our laws
would be purer, if women voted, should
know that they are already better than
society is. Man legislates, not acsord-
ing to what he is, but according TO what
he ought to be. Our laws are as tender
of the rights of womeR as they are Ia
vorable to the welfare of men. The
bounty of our government is sufficient
| for all.
Year: 1869

l have seen many valuable horses
whose usefulness was very much inn
paired by corns; have owned such, and
tried cutting aud burning with but tenn
porary relief. Ibecamo acquainted with
the three-quarter shoe, and found it q
permanent cure AS it may be new to
some who would like to try it, would
say that it is what its name implies
three quarters of common shoe. Cut
off quarter, or nearly so, of the shoe
of course, the quarter that was over the
corn-round the edge little that comes
to the hoof, nail on the shoe, and drive
on. You will perhaps expect that your
horse will interfere, but you will prob
ably be disappointed. Use q shoe with
merely q spring heel.


/ have derived great benefit from ap-
plying Meats foot oil to the frog and
heels of horses feet. 1t keeps them
soft, makes the frog grow, and at the
same time will not keep ont water like
other grease. 1t should be used tive or
three times a week on all horses that
are kept in the stable. If these sugges-
tions are worth as much to one of your
subscribers as they have beer 20 nae,
shall be we'll paid for putting them on
paper.-E. G. PECKHAM, Toledo, o.
Year: 1869

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, of Thursday. ]


OUR CANDIDATES.


The nomination of General Rosecrans
was certainly unexpected by us. Not
that we have ever regarded him unfa-
voraoly as candidate, for we have
seen much IN him that made him not
only available, but strong. But we con-
fcss that until the great demonstration
of enthusiasm in his behalf, whenever
his name was mentioned in the Conven-
ton, yesterday, We had no idea that his
popularity was so general throughout
the State. We accept him with great
cheerfulness as our standard bearer. and
fully believe that the result of the Oc-
tooer election will demonstrate the
wisdom OF the selection. The people
VIII see in 1t degree of liberality and
magnanimity unprecedented ia the his.
tory OF political parties; they will see
that the Democracy are devoted to the
principles which they believe necessary
to the salvation of the country, and that
TO secure the success of these PRINCIPLES
they are prepared TO sacrifice all per.
ssnai preferences as to candidates, and
to overlook the claims of tried and
trusted members of the party orgauiza.
tion. We have so long and so persist
emily advocated this course that il is
unnecessary for us now to ATTEMPT n
justification of it. Every reason that
urged us TO support General Cary for the
nomination, urges US now to support the
election Of General Rosecrans. we have
only desired such a candidate as would
secure the concentration of the consery-
atiye men of all parties in his favor.
and feel assured that We have such an
one in General Rosecrans. We can not
see a single point that the Republicans
can make against him to prevent the
discontented thousands in their ranks
from voting with us. He was the espe-
cial pet and favorite General of the Ga
sette aud Commercial during the war.
We have only to copy from the files of
these journals to prove him brave and
accomplished soldier, and high-toned
and worthy gentleman. His only ene-
Year: 1869

THE wellsburg Herald man don'
know "whether to laugh or cry over
Give si ;oility the benefit of the doubt
Let him laugh now when he can' while
the evil days come not, nor the years
draw nigh in which he shall say 1 nave
,o nleasure in them"
Year: 1869

The weakel tEees, sUCl me and
hemlock, were snapped as pi. e stems
and some trees OF this nature TWO feet
or more In diameter are doubled and
twisted like a Wisp Of straw. The
land is clay, founded on quicksand,
with a soil surface of not more than
two feet thickness. It is understood
quicksand has been gradually washed
away from beneath and passed of
into the stream The copious showers
of last spring left the surface a mere
shell, and the dry weather which fol-
lowed caused this shell to crack and
finally fall into the vacuum below. A
crease of several inches IN width, so
feet IN length and depth beyond
sounding has appeared on the land
adjoining the sunken portion n the
south and fears are entertained that
this tract viii soon fall.


ALBASY, August 7.-Several more
injunctions and counter-Injun
in the Susquehanna railroad war, and
the affair has been so complicated
that it is almost impossible to get at
the exact status. The Ramsay party,
however, appear to have the advan-
tage, though Mr.. Fisk has been hard
at work all day to throw them of.
Some of the best legal talent in the
State has been engaged on bothsides.
Year: 1869

A VERY BAD RETURN.-The Cincinnati
papers tell of bad snap a merchant of that
city recently got into by sendiag off letter
with "If not called for within ten days to be
returned to -" (hmselO, on the envelope


He had written the letter to a certain woman
not his wife, and in it proposed she should
elope with him, as he wanted to "leave that
old hen, my wife" 1t so happened the wo-
man to whom he addressed the letter had left
the place, and when the letter was returned to
Cincinnati, the merchant himself was absent
from that city. The letter, therefore, was de-
livered to his wife, who opened and read it.
Her rage and indignation can be imagined
On her bad husbands return, the wronged and
abused wife let him know she was enough of
the "old hen" to scratch lively, and to vindi-
cate herself has instituted a suit for divorce.
Year: 1869

THE latest style in highly fashionable circles
is to have the table China to bear, each dish,
the pictured representation Of it's use Thus
"a picture Of fishes for the fsh dish, of cattle
for the beef dish, &c. We can readily imag-
inc the picture Of eats or dogs for the sausage
plates; but it must certainly require something
more than the picture Of whole meuagerie
and soap fat shop to faithfully represent the
hash dish. 1t is the "What Is 1T" of tho
cuisine art.
Year: 1869

The Republican seems to be unnecessarily sen.
sitive about our use OF the denial by John
Tyler, Jr., that he had been sent to Providence
Hospital for drunkenness. We declined to
publish any portion of his card that might be
offensive to our cotemporary, but deemed it but
fair to give him the benefit Of his denial, with
the certificate Of his physicians.
Year: 1869

This was said, in our hearing, of
young man by his employer. He could
have said nothing more to the point, or
better. 1t was to US an entire sermon as
well as text. 1t give US better know
ledge of the character of the young man,
and better key to his future, than Mr..
Wells could have furnished on paper
after ever so careful craniologican
examination


l said this That young man is reliable,
conscientious, faithful, truthful, intel
ligent, competent, and essential to my
business. | would as soon think Of set
ting watch upon my own actions as on
his. His statements bear upon their face
the seal of truth. His memory is so
thoroughly methodical and cautions in
all he does and he seldom, if ever, makes
a mistake He is as much interested in
my business as l myself am. A hint to
him is equal to command. Ii he knows
a thing should be done he does not wait
to be told, but goes at it at once; and
when he puts his head to a task you can
venture any small amout that it will be
finished before he leaves it.


All this and more was included in that
brief, pithy commendation; and we felt
sure then, as we do now, that we can fore
cast that young mans future. He will
be not simply an honest man and "use
full member of society,"" but positiUe
mana man of independent character
and assured position-possibly man of
wealth, but surely, without misfortune,
blessed with competence. His wife, should
he marry, and his children, should he
have any, will find in him not protector
only but a companion and friend. They,
like his present employer, will know just
''where to find him" His neighbors,
too, will have decided opinions as to his
whereabouts. They will rarely guess
wrong as to what he will say or do in any
matter of public importance or pivate in
tcrests. The worthy poor whom he may
know will learn to discount his philantro-
ply at ratable figures, and the worthless
vagabonds who may cross his path will
fix as positive an estimate upon his
credulity. He will never sit astride any
political fence, but, on one side or the
other, will be found earnestly at work.
IF a protesting Christian, the fact will be
known outside his church pew, not through
blatant selfassertion, but in those many
quiet ways which speak more loudly than
words. He will forget, while young, to
''sow his wild oats" and so, when old, he
will reap only the nature and plump
kernel, which is the fullness Of JOY and
peace.-PackardS Monthly.