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Year: 1869

Every intelligent person owes it to
himself to learn from his family physi-
clan how to ascertain the pulsein health;
then by comparing it with what it is
when aiIing, he may have some idea of
the urgency of his own case, and it will
be an important guide to the physician.
Parents ought to know the healthy pulse
of each child as now and then person
is borne with q peculiarly slow or fast
pulse, and the very bad case in hama
may be that popularity. An infants
pulse is l30, child of seven about 81,
and from twenty to sixty years, it is
40 beats in a minute, declining to go at
four score.


The are pulses all over the body, but
where there is only skin and bone, as at
the temples, it is more easily felt; the
wrist is the most convenient point. The
feebleness or strength of the beat is not
material, being mOliified by the fingers
pressure. Comparative rapidity is the
the great point; near death it is 140 and
over. A healthy pulse imparts to the
finger feeling of a wooden string; in
fever it feels harden like a silk thread;
jfthere is inflammation, which is always
dangerous. 1t beats fast, spiteful and
hard, as If Ii fine wire was throbbing
against the finger. When the pulse
beats irregular, as if it lost beat, then
burries to make it up, there is something
the matter with the heart. But do not
worry about it; take nothing, do nothing
except by the advice of an intelligent
physician.
Year: 1869

The world is lying, empty pageant;
and men are ensnared with the show
My part in it, as q Christian, is to act
with simplicity as the servant of Cod
What does God bid me DO? What, in
this minute of time, which will soon be
gone, and carry me with it into eternity
what is my path of duty? While
enemies blaspheme, and friends are be-
guiled, let me stand on my watch-tower,
with the prophet, listening to what the
Lord God shall say to me-" Ia any
scheme Of man dare not be drunken.
We who are of the day must be sober.
The sentiment of the multitude is en-
snaring; but the multitude is generally
wong. L must beware of the contagiou.
Not that am to push myself into con-
sequence. The matter is between me
and my Ged--not one step out Of holy
quiet and obscurity, but as the servant
of God.-[Cecil.
Year: 1869

DRINKING UNPROFITABLE.-It has
become sort of popular, almost nation-
al lalth, that it is not possible to he
truly happy unless you drink. Among
certain classes-and they are by no.
means exclusively the elowest-drinkino
Is the beginning and end of everything


Inc very name of liquor is held to be
synonymous with enjoyment, and the
dearer the liquor the more it is prized
and coveted. Yet every man who Is not
3 downright drunkard, is well aware
that the pleasure of drinking ia, beyond
certain point, mockery, delusion
and snare. Iput it to any man who
has stood half the night at porter bar.
or sat half the night in a club-room.
drlnklng, smoking, and bandying reck-
less taik, II the enjoyment Of such an
evening mas been anything like that of
oook or newspaper? The evil influences
of tavern pleasure on the health is too
obvious to be denied by any one. and
the illusory nature of the pleasures
themselves, would be undeniabie also.
II the persons who INDUCED i'm them did
not deceive themselves and put the
truth out of sight.


NO one ever brought any good out of
drinking bout yet. 1t is a short. few

erlsh spasm of fanimal enjoyment, which
leaves nothing behind but morosepess.
regret, bad temper, self-reproach and
head ache. should like to ask ven. sir.
II you say your prayers when YOU come
home in that state? No you don't
You are ashamed to say them. You
postpone them until you have purred
yourself, your mind and your Iips, by
more sober and rational behavior. Next
night wheE you pass the hours quietly
at nome with book or friend, you
reel tnat you have had real enjoyment,
ana that the time has passed pleasantly,
that you have learned Something and
you have not injured your health. You
are not ashamed to say your PRAYERS.
and you get up next morning with q
clear head, a good appetite, and an in
creased faculty for the work and enjoy
ment of life.
Year: 1869

We have had several opportunities to
fully test the chloride of zinc, in solu-
ton, in such cases, and so far as we are
aware, we were the first to use this
agent. 1t may be said that if the per-
sons who had been bitten by dogs and
had been subjected to its use did not
have hydrophobia, the dogs were not
mad" Under some circumstances it
might be difficult to disprove this prop
ositian, but We do not propose TO enter
into an argument upon the subject, but
to make plain statement of facts. In
one case where three men were bitten


by the same dog, at the same time, we
subjected two to the use of the zinc.-
They are both living at the present time,
although this occurred several years
since, while the third man, who was
not treated in this way, died of hydro
phobia on the fourteenth day. In an
other case a gentleman, as we'll as a
cow and horse, were bitten at the same


time by a rabid dog. We treated the
man with the zinc; he still lives, while
the COW and horse both died within fif-
teen days. We might give many other
cases illustrative of the efficacy of this
treatment, but we consider these suffi-
cient. The method which we employ is
as follows: Make saturated solution of
the chloride of zinc, and as soon as pos
sible after the injury is sustained inject
this into any or all the wounds made by
the teeth Of the animal; let it be done
with a small syringe and with sufficient
force to bring the solution in contact
with sAery portion Of the punctuIed or
abraded tissue. This should be repeated
the second day, after which apply the
water dressing until all the parts which
have been subjected tn the zinc slough
out. Then the wound should be allowed
to heal under the ordinary dressing,
which will be effected if there has not
been much laceration of the parts in
from ten to fifteen days. AS an internal
we use the carbonate of ammo
mia, ten grains to the half pint of water,
this quantity to be taken daily for twen-
ty days. The longest time which had
elapsed from the time the person was
bitten until the above means were used
was four hours, yet we are of the opinion
that this would antidote the poison even
ten or fifteen hours after the injury, for
the reason that the zinc in any form
when brought in contact with an abrad-
ed tissue will act upon parts quite remote
from the part injured, and will, if taken
up by the absorbents, antidote the poison
which may have permeated the whole
system many hours previous.-LE Eclectic
Medical Journal.
Year: 1869

BE KIND.-Little Robert was a play
ful, intelligent boy. He did nothing BY
halves. If he studied, he did it with all
his might, and was sure to be at the
head of his class. Yet he was gentle
and affectionate, He had a famous dog,
who shared all his sports, and seemed as
happy in them as his master. Lion, for
that was his name, would take Roberts
dinner basket in his mouth, and carry
it carefully and safely; and he would
defend his master from rude boys, as if
he were his guardian. The boy grew
up to be man, and he became a minis
ter of the Gospel. He has often been
head to say that he could not trust 8
boy who was unkind to animals. God
made them for our service; net for cruel
sport
Year: 1869




THE following beautiful lines on the


death of little children are from the pen
of distinguished author:


Looking at each other across the riv-


er, across the valley, are the white
stones that mark the sleeping place OF


our dead. The tiny soul, buds, Just
softening and swelling in the Sunshine
of paternal love, just throwing the DIM
pied tendrlls around our necks, and the
rumbling sweet, broken syllables in our
ear, are, with one gust of snow, swept
away and hidden in the ground. There
are the empty chair, the little dress,
limp for the want of the little form, and
crumpled shoes that will be dented no
more with pattering feet; all wreathed
with sad remembrances of the happy
hours when the closed eyes danced
wonder at each fresh sight of the new
creation. Love for the little ones is all
the world around the same. The spar
row crOens just as tenderly over her
brownies" as the oriole over hers
clothed in velvet and gold. Hearts are
inside of us all, and no costly weaving
makes love the less or more. Brown
hands can build castles in the air as
deity as white fingers, and all wiring
with equal sorrow at the wreck. But
think how full of pleasantness the little
lives have been; the unfinished ring OF
their tiny years has been plated all
around with love and blossoms, the
scent of the lilacs and lilies. The men,
Ory of caressing that in after years we
forget, the dear ones carry with them
to heaven. Banished from one paradise
to another-from this, where shadows
sometimes drive away smiles, to where
there are no shadows any more. Upon
that mysterious, unknown sea that rolls
all around the world, how many little
souls daily drift out! Mothers are cry
ing On the shore, of their great loss, in
anguish and tears. But yOnder invisi-
BILE hands welcome the little earth or
phans and celestial voices shout in glad
delight that another angel i. born in
heaven!
Year: 1869

All, this beautiful world! l know
not what to think of it. Sometimes it
is all sunshine and gladness, and heaven
itself lies not far off, and then it sud-
denly changes, and is dark and sorrow
tul, and the clouds shut out the day
In the lives of the saddest of us there
are bright days like this, when we feel
as if we could take the great world in
our arms. Then come gloomy hours,
when the fire will not burn on our
hesrths, and all without and within is
dismal, cold and dark. Believe me,
every heart has its secret SORROWS, which
the world knows not, and oftentimes we
call man cold when he is only sad
[Longfellsw.
Year: 1869

SIZE OF NAIIs.-The following table
will show any one at a glance the length
of the various sizes and the number of
nails in a pound. They are rated at ''s
penny" up to 100 penny" The first col
umn gives the number, the second the
length in inches, and the third the
number per pound:
Year: 1869

Ten or twelve years ago, ! took from,
the nursery two pear trees, both of ONE
size and kind; one of these l set out
where for years before leach had been
kept, and the other not more than fifteen
feet away. Where the first was planted
the soil was we'll coated with ashes
which was worked in when putting out
the tree. The second stood IN exactly
the same quality of soil, but had no
ashes.


These two trees ing about the
same amount of root, and being equal in
size and vigor, marked the progress Of
them, to determine the value, if there
was any, in ashes for the pear.


The first and second years both trees
did well, and grew with about equal
vigor; but after that, number two did
not more than half keep pace with the
tree in the ash bed, aud to-day the latter
is fully twice as large as the former.
can attribute this difference in growth
to nothing but the ashes, but have not
experimental far enough to be positive
in the matter. made a similar expert
ment with apple trees, but did not find
oO hidi heu q UlASiSIC6 WIN luSS6, now
ever, the trees supplied with leached ashes
grew the best, and produces fruit more
plentitully than the other.


Not great amount of ashes was
worked into the soil in either OF the
above cases. ] should estimate the
amount at not over one bushsl, and this
was chiefly kept in the surface soil, and
extending out from the trunk of the tree
on all sides at least three feet. My ex-
perienoe in tree planting has taught me
that the surface is the place for manure.
/ mean by this that manure OF any kind
should be mingled only with the surface
soil, if the full value is to be given to
the tree. / have found also that the
theory of manuring over broad surface
beneath the trees is correct; the roots
search for life-giving elements far out
from the trunk.-Ohio Farmer.


Pride never shows itself more disgust
Year: 1869

The Cornhill Magazine for August,
has paper which processes to be a
translation OF japanese sermon, and
perhaps may be. This story might do
for any pulpit, that is, if preachers in
pulpits had not lost the art of conveying
truth in parallels:


"With regard to the danger of over
confidence, | have little tale to tell you.
Be so good as to wake up from drowsi-
ness and listen attentively. There is a
certain powerful murex, the surzaye,
with a very strong lid to its she'll Now
this clam, if it hears any danger astir,
shuts up its shell from within with a
loud hoise, and thinks himself perfectly
safe. One day snapper and brother
fish lost with envy at this, said, "What a
strong castle this is Of yours, Mr.. Murex !;
when you shut your lid from within, no.
body can so much as point finger at
you. A capital figure you make sir"
When he heard this, the murex, streking
his beard, replied, "Well, gentlemen, al
though you are SO good as to say so, its
nothing to boast of in the way OF safety !;
still, when l shut myself up thus, do
not feel much anxiety" And as he was
speaking thus, with the pride that apes
humility, there came the noise of a great
splash, and the murex, shutting up his
lid as soon as possible, kept quite still,
and thought what in the world the noise
could be. Could it be net J.? Could it
be fish-hook? What bore it was al
ways having to keep such sharp look
ont. Were the snapper and the other
fish caught? he wondered, and he felt
quite anxious about them; however, at
any rate. he was safe. And SO tho time
passed, and when he thought all was
safe, he stealthily opened his shell, and
slipped out his head, and looked all
around him. There seemed to be some.
thing wrong, something with which he
was not familiar. AS he looked little
more carefully, 10 and behold, there he
was in tishmonger's shop, with card
marked "Sixteen cash" on his back. Poor
shell-tish.
Year: 1869

There is a passage in Tillotson that
should be peruse,l by all those notorious
for what is called drawing the long
bew." He observes that truth is always
consistent with itself and needs nothing
to help it out. 1t is always near at
hand, and sits upon our lips; and is ready
to drop out before we are aware Of it /;
whereas, a lie is troublesome and sets a
mans invention upon the rack; and one
trick needs good many more to mako
it good. ~ f,.4.
Year: 1869

SANDwICHEs.-To make these in the
best manner, that is, that they may have
a true relishing character, chop fine some
cold, lean ham, say about quarter of a
pound put in dish with tablespoon
OF chopped pickles and a teaspoon or
two of mustard, a little cayenne; then
put about six ounces of soft butter in
another dish, and with a spoon stir
quickly until it forms kind of cream |;
add the ham and seasoning, mix all well;
have the sandwich bread cut in thin
slices have already cut, also in thin
pieces, roast beef, veal, lamb, mutton,
poultry. &c, lay evenly on the bread !;
season with sufficient salt and pepper (;
cover over with another piece of bread,
and when done cut in any shape you like,
but rather small and tastily. They will
keep under cover in good condition for
twelve hours.
Year: 1869

The business of Trinity county depends almost
entirely on the mines. We go abroad for almost
everything consumed within our borders, and
hare nothing to offer ia exchange except our
gold We import largely of houf and barley,
and purchase abroad all manufactured articles
except lumber, lager beer, some TIN ana IRON
ware, etc. We pay annually to citizens Of o!ner
parts twenty thousand dollars for butter alone,
and our meat bill foots up to not less than the
neat little sum of one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars per annum. Under these circum-


stances the retention of any money in the county


is owing to the fact that the production of gold


exceeds the amount necessary to pay our outside
bills Whenever our income fails to equal the


outgo, bankruptcyis the inevitable consequence.


This is plain proposition. The answer to the
question how to add to the wealth and promote
the substantial prosperity of Trinity county


naturally presents itself under two heads: First,


by increasing the production of gold; second,
| by curtaling our outside expenditures. We


have before 6welt considerably on the first


branch of this subject. In relation to our ex-
penditnres, are there no means of checking the


steady flow of specie from our midst? Can we


&C find no remedy for this consumption of the
purse?" We think it can be done by judicous


effort in behalf of our local manufactures, agri-
cultural and other home productions of all kinds
aside from the mines. Is it an absolute neces-


sity that we should pay the dairymen of Shasta,
Siskiyou and Goshen counties twenty thousand


dollars per annum for butter frequently unfit


for use? Does Trinity, with its hundreds
sources required for the yearly production
of fifty thousand pounds of butter? Let
the farmers-yes, and let the business men, too
reflect upon the influence upon all business of
the retention in the county every year of
this additional sum of twenty thousand dollars
We do not propose to argue the question further,
but think it can be shown that the butter can be
made among ourselves and proftably at that.
Let US inquire whether we must necessarily de-
pend upon the stock owners of Colusa, Mendo-
cino, Humboldt and Siskiyou, counties for our
mutton, beef and pork. Our heaviest dealers
say not. They assert that the county is abund-
anty able to raise seventy-fve per cent of the
meat that we consume. Could we bring this
about it would result in the further annual re-
tention of the large sum of ninety thousand dol
lars. Can we easily calculate the effect of this
saving upon the wealth of the county? 1t seems
then that we are annually paying away the enor-
nous sum of one hundred and ten thousand
dollars that might by proper effort be retained in
circulation among US, stimulating enterprise,
building up business, and adding many fold to
the property valuation. We have great natural
resources of which We have only to put forth our
hands and avail ourselves. Shall we let si
cannot wait upon s would ?''
Year: 1869

A SERVANT girl out West recently tried
whisky to kill rats. She made it sweet with
sugar, crumbled in bread and set it in the cell
lar. A few hours afterwards she went down
and found several rats gloriously fuddled,
engaged in throwing potato parings and haul
ing one another up TO drink.
Year: 1869

The minutest fossil horse yet discovered, was
lately found by Professor O. c. March, of Yale
College, in the tertiary deposits of Nebraska.
Although full grown as the ossifcation of the
various bones prove, it was only about two feet
high. This makes seventeen species of fossil
horse now known to have lived in North Amer
lea, although till quite recently it was generally
believed there was none indigenous to the conti-
anf
Year: 1869

PETRIFAcTIoN OF HUMAN BoDY.-The Troy
Press gives account of the recent removal of
the body of a man who died some years since in
the neighborhood of that city. 1t was in per-
feet state of petrifacton ; and was covered with
dry mold, which when removed, revealed a
surface almost as white and pure as marble.
The body showed not the least particle of decay.
Every feature and lineament was perfectly preser-
we'd, and when stood upright it presented the
appearance of finely chiseled statue.
Year: 1869

THE REBELLION IN CUBA.-A dispatch dated
peace commissioner to the insurgents, had re-
turned to that city unsuccessful. The insur-
gents demand that guarantees be given that the
Spanish government will comply with the prom
ises made. In view of their return to arms, and
of the demands made by the insurgents, the war
is certain to continue The fate of the island
can only be decided by arms, as the government
cannot grant the demands of the insurrection-
lists. The war in the eastern department contin-
ues Santiago and its immediate surroundings
are free of revolutonists. The most conflicting
stories are in circulation regarding the killing
of many prominent insurgents who presented
themselves to accept the amnesty.
Year: 1869

DIDN'r WANT TO MARRY.-We heard good
joke on a resident of Dog Creek the other day.
The party referred to is bachelor and lives on
the wagon road. A few days ago an emigrant
wagon from Oregon came along and camped
near our friends place. The head of the family
soon made himself acquainted with the proprie-
tor of the premises, and asked him why he didn't
get woman to keep house for him. The an
swer that he intended to marry just soon
as woman willing to enter into the bends of
matrimony could be found. The Oregonian
marked that'he could find him partner if he
would take her. The bachelor said that was
right into his hand, and the emigrant invited
him to his camp. The Oregonian called up
bouncing damsel of about twenty years, and in
formed her that the gentleman accompanying
him was g on the marry" and willing to take
her for better or for worse. The damsel, de-
lighted with the prospect, advanced, and seizing
our friend by the hand, assured him that she
was glad to meet him, and was ready to marry
him at the drop of hat, while the old lady
fastened up and congratulated her 80 darter" " on
her good luck. Surprised and alarmed at the
serious turn matters had taken, our friend, who
is constitutionally opposed to the institution of
matrmony, endeavored to explain by saying he
was only joking and did not want to marry. At
this the Oregonian became, highly indignant,
and the would-be bride requested her father to
take his rifle and drap the varmint in his
tracks" At this affectionate suggestion the
bachelor left for his Notifications, the last thing
he heard being the voice of the old lady consol-
ing her disappointed % darter " with the remark
that it was best to q let the blk go, as he were
MT man enough to do her anyhow. Shasta
Courier.
Year: 1869

COOP ADvIcE.-The Virginia Safeguard Dem. J
kicked the bucket on the 1st instant, and the
Enterprise remarks


In his valedictory, the editor of the Safeguard,
after attributing the death of his Journal to the
inadequacy of Democratic support, leaves to
that party the dying injunction to progress, to
take up new issues, and, among other planks, to
promptly spike that of universal suffrage upon
its platform. The gentleman is right, but his
advice will probably 90 unheeded..
Year: 1869

PoLITIcAL.-The Bee, in its @ condition Of the
State" says;


There is nothing stirring in politics. There
are to be some city elections in February
March and April, and for these candidates are
proposing but there is nothing at stake save
getting friends into Office or securing the right
man for the right PLACE. 1t is to be hoped that
the Republican committees will adopt the new
and popular plan of nomination, and let the
voters say at the primary who they shall have
as their candidate at the election.
Year: 1869

The peach was originally a poison
GUS almond. Its feshy parts were
used to poison arrows, and the fruit
was for this reason Introduced into
Persia. The transportation and cul-
tivation, however, not only removed
its poisonous qualities, but produced
the delicious frnit we now enjoy.


We take the above from the Wav-
erly Magazine of the Both of January,
1869. We have often heard it said
that the planting Of peaeh-stone on
this island would produce the almond,
such as may be seen in the custom
house grounds on this island, and in
several of the yards occupied by cit
izens.


We are willing to be qualified on
oath that some eighteen months ago
we planted two peach stones as an ex-
pertinent for raising the fruit on this
island; we now have, in lieu of the
peach, the coarse, hard-stone almond,
similar to those just mentioned. We
are not aware of any poisonous quail
ties in this almond, although we have
heard of children having died from
the effects of eating them, which
might have occurred from eating any
other green fruit in excess. We have
eaten the fruit ourselves without ever
having been poisoned. Can any of
our friends throw any light upon the
subject Key West Dispatch.