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Year: 1866

Not long since we fell into conversation
slight acquaintance. We don't remember
how it came around, but somehow he got to
telling about family be knew 8 down East." :"
1t was a large family, consisting of parents,
five sons and three daughters. The head of
the family was a small farmer in the State of
Connecticut and who by hard work and
economy had contrived to educate his chill
dren and keep them in possession of Sun
day suit to go to meeting in. But troubles
came John was the oldest, and because of
age, John wanted to marry, and already the
courting had been done, and the willingness
of the dear darling ascertained. John con-
suited his sire. The sire was willing, if ways
and means could be devised to support new
incumbrances John suggested sale of the
little homestead and removal to Wisconsin.
where land was cheap. believing that there
they could work it cut. TIE advice was
acted upon. the sale made. and in a short
time the whole family had se';lel upon the
prolific sol, of that then young State Two
farms were bought adjoining each other
John and his bride took the conduct of one
other. Success attended them for couple of
years, when the next Oldest son made known
his desire to marry rosy checked lass of the
neighborhood. The father was again at
fault. He had not the means to establish
him, but on consultation with John the thing
was fixed. Each could spare a little money.
little stock and little furniture, and
jointly they could borrow sufficient to buy a
neighboring farm on easy terms; there would
be the earnings of the whole family to pay
with. The thing was done, and couple of
years more passed, when all debts we're paid
and everything moving along easy. In a
few years more all the sons and daughters of
this family were married and settled in the
same neighborhood, and all provided for in
and in a few years more it was the wealth.
est and most fourishing community in the
State, and to-day is second to none in every
appointment necessary to comfort.


Any and every community that acts upon
the principle set forth in the foregoing, will
in like manner secure prosperity, wealth,
good morals and good education, as naturally
as the seasons follow each other. Make a
note of it the moral taught is worthy of
attention.


1t is equally certain that in communities
where every one for himself is the ruling
motto there will be found selfshness, bigotry,
ignorance. and, among the masses, poverty
and crime, while general want of conf
dence in the human family will pervade all.
Year: 1866

Va Hope for the Affiicted.-In another part
of this paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DR.. j. c..
YOUNG, in 1850 In this age of deceit and char
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they of obtaining the wished
for relief and Under the care of the skillfu
Doctor the sick and troubled can divest themselves
OF their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
are sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice Do not for
get the number nor the manner of directing YOUR
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, 536 Washing
ton street, San Francisco
Year: 1866

SMELLING WoRKs.-The Kellinger Compa-
nv have received returns from the twenty tuns
of rock recently sent to San Francisco for
smelling, and we are informed that the yield
was forty dollars to the tun, in gold and sill
yer. Upon the strength of this result the
Trustees have decided to commence the erec-
ton of smelling works at Copper City, and
work will also be resumed on the tunnel.
Year: 1866

A FEARFUL FALL.-Yesterday large
crowd congregated at the Willows to witness
the perlous feat performed before by Mile


Rosa Celeste, which was to wheel man in a
wheelbarrow on rope from stationary
pole in the enclosure to the top of the Pa
vilion. distance of three hundred and sew
enty-five feet Old Jimmy Kennovan was
engaged, but when he took his position in the
wheelharrow his courage seemed to fail him
and Mr.. De Young, who had control Of
things. told him to get out and let the man
whom she had wheeled before take his place
The crowd foolishly manifested dissatisfaction
at the change, and Kennovar insisted upon
going. The brave girl took her position.
confident that if he remained quiet she could
perform the feat Three times De Young
made him get out, buthe strongly insisted on
going, and finally they started. She had not
made but few steps when kennovan lost his
balance and SAID, g am going" Rosa tried
hard TO steady him, but he had lost conf
dence in himself, and rocked the wheelbarrow
like boat, and after every effort had been
male to save him, he pitched headlong from
the rope, dragging her with him. She re-
tanned her hold of the balance pole, and one
end striking the ground, broke her fall con-
siderahly. Kennovan was seriously if not
fatally injured. The wheel striking him on
the side of the head, severed his ear almost
off, leaving it attached by only small piece
of the cuticle. He was bruised and injured
otherwise, while she.escaped with less serious
casualties. Kennovan's history is full of
narrow escapes and deeds of daring, but this
is about the closest call he ever had, and still
hopes are entertained that he may recover.
Once while a seaman, he fell from the mast
head into the ocean, but water was a softer
place than ground at the Willows, and after
swimming for half day, was picked up and
saved. He was on the police here in an early
day, and had many hard fight with the des
peradoes that infested the city at that time.
IS. +. Flaq, Nov 10Th.
Year: 1866

JoLLIE.-Kelley & Co. have removed the
old Loag mill from Middletown to their claim
on the Jollie lode, and will have the machi-
merry ready to run by the first of next month.
The Jollie lode is said to prospect very rich,
and the proprietors are sanguine of making
their fortunes out of it.
Year: 1866

FILLING UP.-Fort Crook and Fall River
valleys are being gradually filled up by ranch
men and stock raisers. During the past
summer and fall over dozen families settled
in these localities and commenced improving
farms
Year: 1866

MAMMoTH.-Last week the Mammoth
Company cleaned up 1881 SO, after run of
five or six days. The lode is now yielding
some very rich rock, but owing to the bad
state of the road leading from the shaft to
the mill, but little headway is made, and the
mill has to remain idle portion of the time
Year: 1866

LIVE OAK.-Work will shortly be resumed
on the Live Oak claim, located on Spring
Creek. The groupings of this lode prospect
richer than any other quartz claim ever
taken up in the county
Year: 1866

THANKSGIVING DAY.-Next Thursday, the
29th, 53ill be Thanksgiving Day. Let it not
be forgotten that the Brass Band will give
one of their magnificent soirees in the even
ing OF course it will be we'll attended
Year: 1866

MAR1PosA GRANT.-A New York paper
states that an effort will shortly be made to
declare the Mariposa grant void, inasmuch as
indisputable evidence can be adduced that
the original grant was ante dated, and con.
sequently fraudulent in law.
Year: 1866

Coon PRosPEcTs.-A few years ago John
Cow Creek, and finally deserted it, thinking
he had worked out all the valuable ground.
Recently r. Barney went to work in the
of the old pay lead. which prospects as high
as fifty cents to the pan.
Year: 1866

She is modest, she is bashful,


Free and easy, but not bold
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young and not too old.
Half inviting; half repulsive;


Now advancing, now to shy,
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature,


She is schooled in all her arts,
She has taken her diploma,


Is the mistress of ali hearts,
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when to smile,
Oh. naid is sometimes charming,
But a widow eli tie while.
Are you sad How very serious
Will her handsome face become.
Are you angry' She is wretched,
Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb.
Are you mirthful How her lighter,
Silver sounding. will ring out.
She can lure, and catch and play you,
As the angler does ;he trout.
All old bachelors of forty,


Who have grown so bold and wise,
Ye Adonises of twenty,
With your love-looks in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall;
But | know a little widow


Who could win and fool YOU all
Year: 1866

Hg!t is rot generally known that SOL
2iers who have lost limbs in the service
of the United States, are entitled to ar
tiaciai substitutes, that can be procured
upon the presentation of evidence of hon.
orable discharge, and that the wound
causing the loss of limb was received in
the service. They are furnished free Of
charge, and DO not affect any pension or
bounty claim the soldier may against the
Government.
Year: 1866

n~ Keep out Of debt. Pay as you
60. Buy nothing except the money is in
your pocket. Have no account current
at the grocer's or butchers. Go without
new clothes until you can pay for them.
Give your note of haud to noboddy.-
Eschew credit. Deal for cash only.
Year: 1866

AN ANCIENT PUzzLE.-The cele-
brated and well known puzzle of Ach-
lilies and the tortoise was invented by
Zeno of Flea some centuries before
Christ, and furnishes good example
of this philosophical play. If Achilles
and tortoise were to run a race, and
Achilles were to run ten times as fast
as the tortoise, if the latter had the
start, Achilles would never overtake the
tortoise, as can be thus shown: Sup
pose them at the starting Of Achilles to
be separated by space of thousand
feet when Achilles has run this thou
sand, the tortoise would have run a
hundred, and when Achilles had run
this hundred the tortoise would have
run ten, and so on forever. This soph-
ism has been considered insoluble by
many philosophers, and among others
by DR.. Thomas Brown, since it actually
leads to an absurd conclusion by sound
The fallacy lies in the con-
cealed assumption what that is infinitely
divisible is also infinite.
Year: 1866

WONDERS OF A WArcH.-very few
who carry watch ever think Of the
delicate complexity of its mechanism,
or of the extraordinary and unceasing
labor it performs, and how astonishingly
well it bears up and does its duty under
what would be considered very shabby
treatment of any other piece Of ma
chinery. There are many who think
watch ought to run for years without.a
drop of oil, who would not think of run
ming a common machine day without
oiling, the wheels of which do but frac-
ton of the service. We were very
forcibly. struck with this thought the
other day, on hearing person remark,
that, by way Of gratifying his curiosity,
he had made calculation of the num-
Der of revolutions which the wheels Of
an American watch make in day and
year. The result of this calculation
is as suggestive as it is interesting. For
example; the main wheel makes four
revolutions in twenty-four hours, or
fourteen hundred and sixty in year;
the second or centre wheel, twenty four
revolutions in twentysfours, or eight
thousand seven hundred and sixty in
year the third wheel, a hundred and
ninety two in twenty -four hours ,or fifty
nine thousand and eighty in year
the fourth wheel (which carries the
second handy twenty-four hundred and
forty in twenty -four hours, ort6Te bum
dred and twenty FIVE thousand six hun
dred in year the fifth or 'scape wheel,
twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty
in twenty four hours, or four million
seven hundred and twenty-eight thou
sand four hundred revolutions in q year;
while the beats or vibrations made in
twenty flour hours are three hundred
and eighty eight thousand eight hun
dred, or hundred and forty-o one mil
lion eight hundred and twelve thousand
IN year.
Year: 1866

vV,HIS LARGE AND COMMODIOUS HOTEL


u is situated in Humbug Valley, Plumas county,
in beautiful and healthy location. The rooms
is at all times furnished with the best the market
affords; the stabling is of the best. 1t is home
for the traveller For the invalid fine soda
spring celebrated for its healing qualities, is ad
joining the Hotel A liberal share of patronage is
solicited. A. j. WOOD, Proprietor.
Year: 1866

THE following startling threat was
made use Of the other day by an exclt-
ed pugilist: "I'll twist you around
your own neck and ram you down your
own throat, until there is nothing left
of YOU but the extreme ends Of Your
shirt collar sticking out of your eyes. y
His opponentleft.
Year: 1866

REAL RELIsHER OF A JoKE.-A
man lately received twenty lashes we'll
laid on, at the whipping post in an Eng
lish town. The culprit, instead of bel
lowing when the constable applied the
lash, laughed immoderately, which made
the angry officer lay on the harder force.
On giving him the twentieth blow the
angry officer could stand it no longer.


swell, here, mister" said the Offend
ed officer, "I'ye done my duty, and l
can lick ye no more, but I'd just like
to know what it is that's SO funny 2"


Funny y roared the other, T" why,
it's excellent. You've got the wrong
Smith l amt the man that was to be
whipped! 1t is the other one! Now
you'll have to do it all over again
Really, it's too good! You must hex
the other man Ha hap
Year: 1866

THE CASHMERE GoAT.-From the
California Rural Home Journal we
learn that the Cashmere goat was first
introduced into the United States by
DR.. James R. Davis, in 1910, and about
the time that the war begun he raised
enough to begin to supply the North,
but during the rebellion he could not
send them here. Mr.. Geo. G. Meggler,
a member of company who is breeding
these goats, is calling the attention
of farmers to this branch of stock raising,
which at no distant day will become a
matter of great Importance to agricul-
turists. An ordinary fleece from one
of these animals weighs at least FIVE
pounds, which sells in the New Y ork
market for $3.50 per pound, making
about S51 per year for each goat, while
there is but very little cost in feeding
them, for they are as frugal and hearty
as the common goat. The fabric man
ufactured from the fleece is not only the
most beautiful, but the most durable in
the world, and it is the union of these
two qualities which make it so costly.
The cost Of the first is considerable. the
goats selling at about 800, but each
one will make return Of FIVE per cent.
The cross with the common coat, even
the. second cross, yields a beautiful
fleece, though not SO long as the pure
blood. The Importance of this enter
prise is greater than usually supposed,
for deprecate as we may, in theory, the
desire for fine and luxurious apparel, the
desire will be gratifed at whatever
cost.
Year: 1866

SHoRTNEss OF TIME IN DREAMS
One of the most remarkable phenomena
connected with dreams is the shortness
of time needed for their consummasion.


Lord Brougham says that in debating,


a man may frequently fall asleep after
uttering few words, and be awakened


by the amanuensis repeating the last
word to show that he has written the
whole; but though FIVE or six seconds
only have elapsed between the delivery
of the sentence and its transfer to pa
per, the sleeper may have passed through
dream extending through lifetime.
Lord Holland and Mr.. Babbage both
confirm this theory. The one was lis
tening to friend reading aloud, and
slept from the beginning Of one sentence
to the latter part of the sentence i'm
mediately following; yet during this
time he had dream, the particulars of
which would have taken more than a
quarter of an hour to write. Mr.. Babb-
age dreamed a succession of events,
and woke in time to hear the concluding
words of friends answer to a question
he had just put him. One man was
liable to feeling of suAocation, accom-
panied by dream Of skeleton grasp
ing him by the throat, whenever he
slept in lying posture, and had an
attendant to wake him the moment he
sank down. But though awakened the
moment he began to sink, that time
suficed for long struggle with the
skeleton. Another man dreamed that
he crossed the Atlantic, spent fortnight
in America, and fell overheard when
to return yet his sleep had
not lasted more than ten minutes.
Year: 1866




There we're cid apple trees in pro-
fusion, with nearly hundred pear trees
of superior vigorous growth, but utterly
neglected, and reported as yielding
small crops of Indifferent fruit. The
outgoing seller of the farm had intended
to cut them down. He knew the market
value of pickles, but the pear culture
was sealed book. The buyer, educated
in a different school, believed that there
was yet a high money value in these
trees, and that they could be resusci
tated. We. stood among them and
debated the question. He thought that
here was a foundation to begin upon,
and that an investment of money in
reviving them would yield a far quicker
return than in waiting for the product
of a newly planted orchard. Among
other facts and experience, reference
was made to the memorable account
recorded in this journal, nearly twenty
years ago, of the complete renovation
of two outcast pear trees. Like all
these, they had once borne excellent
crops of fruit, but for several years had
only produced worthless specimens.
The owner was told that the trees-for
there were several in like condition
had exhausted the proper element in
the soil, and that it must be reintroduced
by artificial means. That autumn, he
carried out the suggestion, and scraped
off all the rough outer bark from two
trees, then coated them with soft soap,
cut out about one-third of all the poorest
branches, and shortened the head of the
trees one-third by cutting back the
principal limbs, pairing the wounds and
covering them with the shellic solution.
The preparation beng made, a trench
was dug around each tree, three feet
from the same, four feet wide and twenty
inches deep, the soil being carted away.
The trench was then filled with soil from
a good pasture field, there being at the
time of filling two bushels Of refuse
scoria from blacksmith's forge, two
of we'll broken charcoal, and two pounds
of pulverized potash. All these we
thoroughly intermingled after the trench
had been filled, by frequent overturnings
with the spade. The result of this
cheap and simple operation was mani
tested the following summer. This
luxuriance and vigor of the foliage were
surprising, for the newly formed roots
were wandering into fresh and whole
some pasture. The next year, there
was a moderate bloom, but every blossom
produced fruit. The third year, there
was fine crop, the two trees producing
six bushels of superb fruit. 1t was
convincing evidence that the failure
of old established pear trees to produce
good crops is owing to want Of proper
nutriment in the soil, and that, instead
of being cut down when they cease to
bear, they should be taken in hand and
.-HorticuHurist.
Year: 1866

How A Hoe SwEATs.-Not like a
man. but through his forelegs. There
is spot on each leg, just below the
knee, in the form of a sieve. Through
this the sweat passes of. and it is ne
cessary that it be kept open. If it gets
closed, as is sometimes the case, the
hog will get sick; he will appear stiff
and cramped, and unless he get relief
it will 60 hard with him. To cure him,
simply open the pores. This Is done
by rubbing the spot with corn cob,
and washing with warm water.
Year: 1866

WHILE couple were being married
in Preston Church England, recently,
the mother of the young lady, who was
under age, rushed into the church and
forbade the wedding. The minister at
once stopped the service, and, though
the bridegroom had just pronounced the
words, "With this ring thee wed, :"
declared that no legal marriage had
taken place. Since then, however, the
matter has been discussed at meeting
Of the clergy, and the unanimous decis-
ion they arrived at was that the couple
had been properly and legally married
according to the rites Of the church.
The point is very ticklish one, and
will probably have to be settled in the
law courts.
Year: 1866

EE Ravmond, of the N Y. Times Ire.
pubIicau,) defines his position in regard to
the approaching fall elections, and expresses
the following opinion of the chances Of the
Radicals in the continuation Of their war on
the President:


I'VE intend to do all we can to secure
the nomination and election of Union men
AS members Of Congress, who will admit
loyal members from States holding loyal
attitude towards the General Government
We prefer that the South should come back
into Congress under the action and by the
votes of Union men. We believe that they
will thus come back, and in our judgment
the Union member who resists their admis.
sion now, will meet some difficulty in secur
ing denomination and reelection in the
coming canvass. The people want the Union
restored, and in our judgment they will send
members to the next Congress who will re-,
store it. And where Union nominees will
not stand upon that platform, they will stand
very good chance Of being beaten. We
sustain, thoroughly and heartily, as we have
done heretofore, the position and policy of
the President upon the subject"
Year: 1866

A TELEGRAPHrc LAW SuIr.-A case touch.
ing on tho liability ofeIegraph companies.
IN Transmitting messages incorrectly has
just been decided in the Supreme Court Of
Wisconsin This was an action TO recover
damages for alleged carelessness of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, in
transmitting dispatch for plaintiff to his
correspondents in New York, ordering them
to ship to him AT ST. Louis certain quantities
of salt by sail" when it reached New York
and was delivered, it read ship by rail"
That is, the word "rail" was substituted for
the word SAIL in the original dispatch.
Accordingly large proportion of The salt
was forwarded 10y railroad, instead of by
canal and lake, as was originally intended
10y the difpach. The slipping by railroad
was much more expensive than by water,
and the action was brought to recover the
difference between the two modes of trans.
porlation. A judgement was rendered in
the court below for the plaintiff, for the sum
of 81 ,0s5 A, and to reverse this Judgement
the case is brought here by appeal. The
Supreme Court held that as the plaintiff did
not order the message repeated, the telegraph
company is not liable for the mistake that
occurred. Other decisions have been given
against telegraph companies where omis.
sons have been made, and where gross care.
lessness has been exhibited In this case The
mistake was that of the substitution Of but
one single ietler.
Year: 1866

PERFECT ANTIDorE FOR ALL PoIsoNs. -
A plain farmer says: at is now over twenty
years since learned that sweet oil would
cure the bite OF rattlesnake, not knowing
it would cure any other kind of poison
Practice, observation and experience have
taught me that it will cure poison OF any
kind, both on man and beast | think no
farmer should be without bottle of it in
his house. The patient must take spoonful
Of it internally, and battle the wound for a
cure. To cure a horse i; requires eight
times as much as it does mau. Here let
me say of one Of the worst cases Of snake.
bite in this neio bborhood: K even years ago
this summer, where the case had been thirty
days standing, and the patient had been
given up bv his physician, | heard Of it, car,
ried the oil, gave him one spoonful, which
effected cure. 1t is an antidoe for arsenic
and stricbnine. Il'll cure boat in cattle
caused by eating to freely of fresh clover, it
will cure sting of bees, spiders, or other i'm
sects; and will also cure persons who have
been poisoned by low running vine grow
ing in the meadows, called ivy"