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Year: 1866

EXTENSION OF THE GREAT IDAHo AND CHICO
MAIL ROUrE.-ln view of the fact that Chico has
been made the terminus of the Idaho and Califor-
MIA mail line and of the further fact that the ter
mi aus is six miles from weekly stern wheel navi-
CATION on the Sacramento, and that the terminus
may be entirely independent OF railroad communi.
cation with Oroville. we learn by grape vine tele-
graph. that company has been formed in Balti
more and New York with q capital stock of $4o0.-
O0O for the purpose of attaching a stern wheel to
squaw's acorn basket, to run on Chico Creek. be
tween the steamer landing on the Sacramento river
and the terminus Of the Idaho and California mail
route. The basket will run one day with the mail
and the next with fast freight. Weekly steamers
will convey passengers to San Francisco. where
the Chico-Idaho trade will be taken up by tr-
weekly line of ocean steamers to China and East
India. The government pays $45 600. There amt
a cent in the company but what has been swindled
out of the government. Gen. Bidwels influence
was potential in the matter" An active govern
ment hummer, who failed to realize any portion of
the s45 ,oO0 is to open hotel at the landing.


PRoGREssING.-We learn from the Mary.ville
papers that the railroad is completed two miles
north of Lincoln and that the cars are now running
over it daily with men and material. 1t is delayed
for want Of hands, and could they be obtained
it would progress at the rate of half amile per day
Those persons who have been camped for the past
two weeks in the snow the Chico route and
waiting for the June to open their mule path to
Susanville. would have been more profitably en-
ployed in laboring on this road, as the show for
building a railroad on the Oroville route to Boise
City is as good as the show for engineering . mule
th rough on the Chico route.
Year: 1866

Prostitution IN NEW YORK Cry
The daily report of the "New York House
of the Fallen" says there are about four
thousand of the professional demimonde in
that city who have no other means of sup>
port. The number of girls who work in the
day time and walk the pave at night will
fully equal this number. There is at least as
many more "mistresses" all about twelve
thousand women and girls belonging to this
-wretched class. The institution tor the fall
len has reclaimed seventy>6ve during the
past seven months The loss of their own
self respect induces these females to believe
that they never can gain the respect of 9TH
ers. But lift them from this slough of self.
degradation-show them that an upright
life will bring its proper reward, and then
they are easily restored to paths of virtue.
A glance at the cause eff the great social
evil appears to be, in very great degree,
want of employment by these women. The
report says:


More than one-half of the demi monde are
driven to adopt the life by Christian parents
that is to say, the iron hand of home rule,
the wrong teachings, the misconception by
parents OI Jne cuaT0cCeT OF Inelr culluTen,
the deprivatons of reasonable enjoyment
and amusement, drives young girls to seek
life of greater freedom. One quarter more
are the victims of men who delight in the
ruin of all that is good. The remainder is
composed Of those girls who are compelled to
work in shops and factories for their living.
This latter class is the most difficult to re-
claim. From their lowly life of toll, where
they are compelled to live in tenement
house or hovel with four or FIVE persons
crow led into a small room, poorly clad, porr-
ly fed, working from ten to twelve hours a
day for few shilliDgs, surrounded by drunk.
en- and degraded associates, they step to the
elegant mansion of sin, where they are clad
in rich stuffs, fed upon all the dainties of the
season, and have no work to do; their asso>
ciates comprising the fashionable men OF
the city who would not have spoken to the
working girl.


Institutions for reclaiming these unfortu>
nate creatures are spfinging up all over the
country, doing good in every community
where they exist, and all are fit concerns for
the phipnthropist and all benevolent and
Christian people.-MO. Republican,.
Year: 1866

HIGHLAND GULCH.-The news from this
region is very encouraging, and many parties
are starting for it day and night. Nearly 500
men are searching for its hidden riches, and
many have been very successful. Bill Fair
weather, (of course, it is needless to say that
he discovered Alder Gulch,) was in town
last Saturday and claims that it is Ten miles
long, and equal in richness to his discovery
The bedrock appears to be composed ofwhite
sandstone which assemblies that of Australia
The dust is coarse, and many nuggets have
been picked up, although none Of them are
of great value, the largest being worth $40
The diegings are shallow and it is only FIVE
or eight feet from the surface to the bed rock
The miners have not been disturbed by water


We have been told that descendant Of Ham,
who owns desirable ground, has refused
$4,000 for it. There is quite a stampede
for this gulch and its merits wrl be clearly
known within few days.-WontanG Post
Year: 1866

After firing the fatal shot, Barney succeeded
in making his escape by the rear door of the sa-
loon, and remained concealed until an early
hour on Sunday morning. when he came forward
and gave himself up. He was at.once commits
ted to the county Jail, and subsequently through
his counsel, Judge Mix, applied for an examna-
and Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, fixed as the
time for
Year: 1866

AS a healthful drink in place of tea, DR..
Thompson recommends the use of dried leaves
of the Red Raspberry. They cleanse the system
of canker and thus act benefcially to the health
The leaves should Be gathered on dry day and
may be spread in good airy chamber, on clean
boards or paper, to dry. When sufficiently dry,
they may be kept 10 sacks. A small handful is
sufficient for several persons. This tea does not
require the addition of milk or sugar, and is
quite as pleasant as other tea, and much cheap
er and healthier.
Year: 1866

At the hour fixed, Justice Lacy took his place
on the bench in the District Court room, and
called Judge Horton to his assistance Sheriff
Seitel then brought the prisoner into Court, and
the examination was proceeded with. Through
out the examination of the witnesses the Court
room was densely crowded by throng of eager
listeners.
Year: 1866

AN ACT making appropriation for post


age for the Eleventh General Assem-


bly,.


Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Iowa, That
there Is hereby appropriated the sum of
two thousand dollars, for the payment
of postage stamps, purchased by the Sec
retary Of State Of the postmaster at Chi
cago, for the use Of the General Assem-
bly,.


Sec. 2. The Auditor Of State is hereby
directed to issue warrant on the State
Treasurer In favor Of the Secretary Of
State, for the amount herein appropriat-
Year: 1866

For the benefit of our readers, both in
the city and the country, we publish the
following recipe for making wash for
fences and out buildings, which is said to
look almost as well as paint. We quote
from the Chemical Gazette; "Take q
clean water tight barrel, or other suitable
cask, and put into it a half bushel of lime.
Slack it by pouring boiling water over it,
and in sufficient quantity to cover five
inches deep, stirring it briskly until thor
oughly Stacked. When Stacked complete
ly, dissolve in water and add two pounds
of sulphate of zinc and one of common salt
These will cause the wash to harden and
prevent it cracking, which gives an un-
seemly appearance to the work. If desir;
able beautiful cream color may be com
municated TO the above wash, by adding
three pounds of yellow ochre, or good
pearl Of lead color by the addition of lamp,
vine or ivory black. For fawn color, add
four pounds Of umber-Turkish or Amer
ican-t the latter is the cheaper-one pound
of Indian red and one pound common lamT
black. This wash may be applied with {
common whitewash brush, and will bt
found much superior, both in appearaue,
and durability to common whitewash.
Il
Year: 1866

Some Of what are called the usages of
society are irksome to many of us; but IL
viii not do to contemn them. So long as
they do not re4uire Of Us any sacrifice of
principle, it is better to conform. There
can be no harm in making modification
with smile, in withholding the expression
of our opinions and sentiments when their
utterance can do no good, in evading ques-
tons which it is against our interest to an
swer directly, or in being polite to people
whom we cannot esteem. Candor is
virtue; but it is not advisable to wear ones
hearts on ones sleeve in society. The
rule laid down by Paschal, one of the
purest Of men and most rigid Of moralists,
is a good one: at is not a condition"
says that excellent man ''that we. state on
ly what is truth; we are bound also not,
at all times, to say all that is true; because
we ought only to give publicity to things
that may serve useful purpose, and not
to such as may chase pain to individuals
without conducting TO general utility
Oh, that all gossipping busy bodies would
give heed to this sage advice, this sound
Christian logic. -. -,....t -zc...f
Year: 1866

So says the Ohio C0ltivator: Take one
pound of sal-soda and half pound of un-
Stacked lime, put them in gallon Of water
and boil twenty minutes; let it stand till
cool, then drain off and put in a strong Jug
or jar. Soak your dirty clothes over night,
or until they are wet through, then wiring
them out and rub on plenty Of soap and in
one boiler of clothes well covered with wa
ter, add one teacup-full Of washing fluid.
Boil half an hour briskly, then wash them
thoroughly through one suds, rinse, and
your clothes will look better than the old
way of washing twice before boiling. This
is an invaluable receipt and l want every
poor, tired woman to try it. l think with
a patent washtub to do the little rubbing,
the washer-woman might take the old BIZ
bic and compose herself on a lounge, and
let the washing do itself.
Year: 1866

Much labor and time now annually ex-
pended in securing plows, might be saved
by the simple process which we append
1t is certainly better to scour our imple-
ments of every kind, but all farmers can
not do this, and even when it is done,
plows will frequently become rusty. Those
wishing to spare themselves the trouble of
polishing rusty mold-board in the ordin-
ary way, should haze recourse to muriatic
acid, which,win not, not touch the iron,
but will, render the rust soluble and easi-
ly removed. A furrow or two should be
turned with the plow in about five min
utes after the application of the acid
Rural NeW Yorker.
Year: 1866

One of the NEST attractive features
of the entertainments at the Crystal
Palace in London is the performance
OF Signor Ethardo. This wonderful
gvmnast, who is a native of Italy.
ascends a long spiral platform by
propelling up the narrow path
large ball on which he stands, and on
which he Immediately decends by the
same difficult and narrow road-a
feat which seems to be by far the
more difficult. The spiral platform,
in tire shape of cork screw, is built
on the platform in front of the great
orchestra, and in :ull view of the
many thousands of spectators Sig
nor Ethardo has been favored with
royal patronage; for at the Dante
Festival at Florence, he appeared in
the Presence of King Victor Emanu-
ell, who expressed his high approval,
while his MJesty's subjects burst
into a frantic fit of enthusiasm, which.
it appears, baffled all powers Of des
cription. italian sensitivehess was
also carried to such height that the
music was stopped, for fear the vi
bration should cause the gymnast to
make a false step. Certainly the
large Christmas assemblage at the
Crystal Palace displayed no parti :u-
lar anxiety for the performers safe
ty, though they were not backward
in applauding him as he arrived at
various stages of his tortuous and
narrow pathway, as he reached the
small circular platform of the sum
NIT, and so he finally descended in
safety. The globe on which this
extraordinary peformer works his way
up and down is 80 inches in diameter
anG go inches IN circumference. The
width of the winding platform is II
inches, fat, with no groove or pro
lection o. any sort to assist the
assent or descent; and the hight OF
the spiral column is so feet The in
cline winding from the base to the
capital of the column is upward of
$50 feet in length. The globe is
constructed of wood and iron, with
out any India-rubber, gutta-percha,
or other adhesive material to assist
the Signor in his difficult task
Harper's Weekly.
Year: 1866

PoULTRY--No one should keen too


large stock of poultry. They do


not thrive well, kept together in large
pumbers. They become sickly, in


Tested with lice, and lay but few


eggs. They need q good range


where they can find plenty ofinsects,


and il kept in large numbers, these


insects are distributed among so


many that they do but little good to
any. Some think that by supplying
meat the loss of insects can be over
come; but we have never seen this
effectual. 1t is true, in winter hens
must be supplied with meat If you
expect them to lay. We have kept
various numbers OF hens, and have
come 10 the conclusion that the most
profitable number for eggs is about
thirty. We got more eggs when We
kepy thirty hens than when we kept
seventy. And we believe that every
one who will try the experiment will


find that our experience will be his
own.


A warm hen house is needed in
winter, ifyou would have your hens
lay. If allowed to roost in trees.
and left exposed to the storms Of
rain and snow, and to the intense
cold that prevails, you need not ex-
pect fresh eggs. But with a warm
house, plenty of feed and water, and
some meat, your hens will reward
you with nice fresh eggs, which are
such great luxury served up in so
many forms upon every gentleman's
AgriculturiSt.
Year: 1866

~ The commerce of the lakes
during the past year was enormous.
Thirty five millions Of Bushels Of
grain were carried over them to mar
ket; two millions of hogs; five hun
dred thousand cattle; two hundred
millions feet of lumber; besides the
iron and copper of Lake Superior,
and the immense amount of mer-
chandise that sought western mar
ket.
Year: 1866

~ A Washington special states
that SsMMs will be tried for piracy
but several other charges are under
'e The report recently
published that a commission for ms
trial had been ordered by the Navy
Department, is incorrect.
Year: 1866

A gentleman calling upon teacher
recently, said.


II notice with great pleasure that your
character is imprinting itself upon my little
girl. and on her own account, more than any
other, regret going iuto the country. The
other day overhearing her say to her brother,
Whatever you may say, Miss Wilson would
think that Is wrong, and it IS wrong. l
asked, Did YOU ever hear Miss Wilson ex-
press her opinion on the subject, No,
father, she answered; but we always know
without her speaking. She seems to make
you know what is right by just looking at you
e.zzl 4s,el % ash banaed when we do wrong,
because she's so good herself.


Here was the point. The gentleman had
spoken correctly; the teacher was imprinting
herself upon her class; her look, her tone
and manner, as well as her spoken words
were constantly protesting against wrong
and encouraging to well doing. She was
daily rejecting into the young minds around
her, her own poWerof judging and offeeling.
She was drawing them towards right, as the
sun draws moisture into the clouds, and was
sustaining them by the buoyancy of her own
loving smile She had won their love, made
them trust her. and now she could hold
their attention till the spark of truth had
been so enkindled in their minds that 0
could be acted upon, and used as part itf
their mental furniture


This is only teaching. To do this, our
own natures must be aroused to that intense
out going energy, which, like steam, seems
to infuse life into what before was dull and
motionless-Then how quickly the face re-
veals the glowing light within! The eye
the very attitude, bears witness to the quick
ening power. Every thing that arrests the
attention teaches either good or evil; and we
can confer no greater benefit on any one
than 10 influence him so that his mind shall
be set towards the light, and observe those
things which tend TO truth and holi-
ness.


Hero is the mother power. Day by day
as she answers the child's numberless ques-
tons, she may teach it to see Gods loving
care in all things, and turn its young affec-
tions heayenward. But, on the other hand, if
petulance rule her own spirit, she will surely
see full soon, It's manifestations in her child
and perhaps blindly wonder at its develop
ment forgetting that her irritable tones and
looks have surely taught their own lesson. =
Dgtrey
Year: 1866

man who spends his days and evenings at
the tayerns, the saloons or the groceries?


These habits go to make up mans rep
Utation for the goings ont and comings IN
Of all are known to somebody, and SO be-
come notorious.


Wild young men comfort themselves with
the fact that some distinguished men were
fast young men. But they forget that such
is not the rule. In the exceptional cases
men have achieved distinction spite Of
youthful follies


The logic fsuch young men is bad Were
dissipation the prerequisite Of usefulness,
their conclusion would be correct. But the
premise is utterly false


Success is not the creature Of fortUitous
circumstances. Least Of all can young
man expect to succeed in life by disregard
ing all the conditions precedent TO success.


To shine is no evidence Of merit, or solid
attainments. Vegetation, IN certain stage
of decomposition, becomes luminous. Bril-
hancy in some men only marks the decay Of
moral force.


These are but fragments of thought Ii
a single one Of our readers gets profit out
Of mass, then our labor is well bestowed.
Year: 1866

Aspiring apprentice, word or two IN
your ear. If you desire success in any mat
ter pertaining TO this life or the coming,
you must have purpose-a determination,
that God helping you, you aCW achieve sue
cess. You may be poor, friendless, un-
known your clothing scant, your stomach
half filled-your place may be at the foot Of
the ladder no matter Whatever your
position may be, do your duty in it, stoutly
and perseveringly, with your eye fixed far
ahead and upward.


Keeping the purpose before you that you
a0iU rise, be obedient to your employer, at
tentiye to your business, obliging to your
shopmates, and courteous to strangers and
seize every opportunity to improve your
heart, you mind and your workmanship.
Do everything well-no sighting, no hiding
defects, aiming always at perfection. Watch
those who are skilful, and strive to equal
and excel them. Secure the friendship Of
all by deserving it. Allow no opportunity
of rendering a service to pass without i'm
proving it, even if it cost you some labor
and selfdenial Be of use to others, even if
In a small way /; for a time may come when
they may be of service TO you A selfish
man may get ahead faster than you but
selfshness is contemplate, and you need
not envy his success; when you achieve
your object nobly, you will enjoy it, and be
respected.


Always bear in mind that character IS
capital. To gain this you must be so scru-
pulously honest that you would be as willing
to put live Goals in your pocket as penny
that is not yours. Never run in debt do
without what you cannot at once pay for,
even though you should suffer somewhat
No matter what the amount of your earn
ings may be, save portion every week, and
invest it in a savings bank of good standing;
it will grow, and will stand youin good stead
some day Better temporary abstinence
and constant plenty afterward, than unearn-
ed present comfort and future perpetual
want. Never lie, openly or covertly, by
word or action. A liar may deceive his fel-
lows,-God and himself never. Conscious
of falsity, liar can have no selfrespect,
reputation cannot be achieved.


With noble purpose as the end of your
actions, and with action becoming your Dur-
pose, your success is merely a question Of
time-always provided you have some brain
and abundant common sense. An1eTi-
can Printer.
Year: 1866

Many of our married lady readers are not
aware how 9, husband ought to be cooked,
SO as to make a good dish of him. We saw
lately receipt in an English newspaper,
contributed by one Mary, which points
cooking husbands. Mary" says that
good many husbands are spoiled in cooking.
Some women 60 about it as if their lords
were bladders, and blow them up. 9th
ers keep them constantly in hot water"
while others, again, freeze them by conjugal
coldness. Some smother them In hatred,
contention and variance, and some keep
them in pickle all their lives. These women
always serve them with tongue sauce.
Now it cannot be supposed that husbands
will be tender and good, managed in this
way; but they are, on the contrary, quite
delicious" when well preserved. +" Mary"
points out the manner as follows Get
large jar, called the jar of carefulness,
(which, by the by, all good wives have Oh
hand Being placed In it, set him by the
fire of conjugal love; let the fire be pretty
hot, but especially let it be clear. Above
all, let the heat be regular and CONSTANT
Cover him well over with equal quantities
of affection, kindness and subjection. Keep
plenty Of these things by you, and be very
attentive to supply the place ofany that may
waste by evaporation, or any other cause.
Garnish with modest, becoming familiarity
and innocent pleasantly; but if you add kis-
ses or other confectionery, accompany them
with a sufficient portion Of secrecy, and it
would not be amiss to add little prudence
and moderation. "
Year: 1866

Mrs. Stevens the sweet story writer, has
somewhere thrown off this excellent pass
age:


Woman, womanl-truly she is miracle
Place her amid flowers, foster her as ten
der plant, aud she is thing of fancy, way
wordness, and something of folly-annoyed
by dew drop, fettered touch of butterfy's
wing, ready to faint at the rustic of beetle.
The zephyrs are too rough, the showers too
heavy, and she is overpoWered by the per-
fume of rosebud. But let real calamity
come rouse her affection, eakindle the spirit
of her heart, and mark her then. How her
heart strengthens itself; how strong is her
purpose. Place her in the heat of battle,
give her child, a bird, anything she
loves or pities, to protect, and see her, as
in related instance, raising her white arms
as a shield and as her own blood crimsons
her upturned forehead, praying for life to
protect the helpless. Transplant her into
the dark of earth, awaken her energies to
action and her breath becomes healing and
her presence a blessing she disputes
inch by inch, the stride of the stalking pes
thence, when man, the strong and brave,
shrinks away pale and affrighted. Misfor-
tune daunts her not; she wears away life
Of silent endurance, or goes forward with
less timidity than to her bridal. In prosper
perity she is bud full Of imprisoned odors,
waiting but for the winds of adversity to
scatter them abroad-pure gold, valuable
but untrled IN the furnace In short, Wom-
an is a miracle mystery
Year: 1866

sE-l must pity that young man who,
with a little inery of dress and recklessness
of manner, with his coarse passions all da-
guerreotyped upon his face, goes whooping
through the streets, driving an animal much


nobler than himself, or staggering into
some haunts of show aud calls It enjoying
life. !" He thinks he is astonishing the
world; and he is astonishing the thinking
part oft, who are astonished that he is not
astonished al himself For look at that
compound of fash and impudence, and say
if on all this earth there is anything more
pitiable He know anything of the true
joy of life? As well say that the beauty
and immensity of the universe were all en-
closed in the field where the prodigal lay
among the husks and the swine Chapi. n
Year: 1866

as MIR. Gill completes the channel on the War
wick bar to a width OF ninety feet, he will pro-


ceed with the dredging machine to the canal at
Dutch Gap, and see what can be done with it.
He hopes by deepening it to make it useful TO
the river boats. At all events he wi give it
an examination, in order TO satisfy himself on
this point, and if he fpds that it may be made
practically useful, he will put the dredging