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Year: 1871


last moments, surrounded by several of his col
leagues, who were deploring his approaching
death, addressed them thus: Gentlemen, |
leave behind me three excellent physicians"
Each of the doctors present conceived himself
to be one of the three; but they we're soon TN
deceived, when he informed them that the
three he meant we're toGter, eCercLSe, and Diet


As the last two have been sufficiently treat
ed of in these articles, the first may now de-
mand attention, as it is of great Importance.
The application of cold water to the body is
beneficial as a purifier and as tonic. 1t is
true saying, that cleanliness is next to gOdli-
ness !" the ancient lswgivers recognized the IN
innate connection between the former and
health, and secured great sanitary blessing
by making ahlution a religious ceremony.


The skin is the natural outlet for the dis
charge Of carbonaceous and etfete matters the
retention OF which is liable to pr0dI ice disease
if the pores of the skin be Obstructed, the
lungs have double duty to perform in scparat-
ing the carbon from the blood. Cold water
acts also as tonic, the most powerful and the
most natural, promoting the circulation in the
skin, relieving internal organs, and by its con
seQuent reaction, increasing the vigOr of the
whole body. The most convenient mode Of
application is by means OF a sponge, thus
avoiding the sudden shock of the shower bath
and the greater cold of general imm .rSion.
The use of cold water almost of necessity i'm
plies that of friction this however, is valuable
in itself, by increasing the flow Of blood to the
skin, and relieving the internal congestiOus-
the primary cause of many diseases. The di-
gestive system, especially in old persons, sym
pathizes strongly with the condition of the
skin; at this time of life, a languid state Of the
cutaneOus circulation is frequent cause of in-
digestion and ill-health


The Duke of Wellington, well called the
Iron Duke, owed, in great part, the remark
able preservation of his physical faculties to
habits of exercise, and to his vigorous and per-
severing use of friction over the whole body.
tie heartily approved of that excellent inven-
ton, horse hair friction-gOves, which, BY their
roughness, supply the place OF strength during
friction to this he added other practices con-
ducve to health He lived SO simply that his
cook, master of his art, was forced to leave
for want of opportunity of displaying his skill
he never used tobacco nor wine; he slept on
his narrow, iron cot-bedstead thinking that
when he wanted to turn over it was to get up
he was often early in the streets, on foot or on
horseback, when other persons were in bed.
The late Emperor Nicholas Of Russia lived il
the most simple manner, using active exercise
sleeping, and even dying, on his leather camp
bedstead. The simple habits of the Emperor


William of Prussia during the recent war, or,
we'll known.
Year: 1871

A disgusted amateur fruit raiser says; 81
have no more admiration to waste on the faith
er of George Washington for forgiving the
destruction of his cherry tree. A cherry tree
is only a curculio nursery, and the day my
young George Washington is six years old III
give him hatchet aud tell him to down wit 6
every cherry tree Oh the place.
Year: 1871

SECTION l. TIE Pe0pie ofHe State of
ga" enact, That every parent, guardian,
er person IN the state os Michigan having
troll and charge of chIll or cllldr .n bet
the ages OF eight aud fourteen years, sh
required to send any such child or childr
apuolic school for period OF at least q
weeks in each school year, comm encing o.
first Monday Of September. IN tie year
LORD eighteen hundred and seventy-on
least six weeks of which shalt be consec
unless such child or children arc excused
such attendance by the board OF the scho
trict in which such parents or guardians


upon Its being shown to their satisfaction
his bodily or mental condition has been sud
to prevent his attendance at school or abr.
ton to study for the period required. or
such child or children are taught in a pr
school, or at home, in such branches as
usually taught in primary schools, or havs
ready acquired the ordinary branches Of f
Ing taught in the public school: ProciiNf'\
case public school shall not be taught +
three months during the year, within two mile
by the nearest Travelled road, o. the resideoc
o. any person within the school district b
shall not be Liable to the provisions OF this oct


SEC 2. 1t shall be the duty OF tho dire
OF every school district, sand president Of
cry school board within this State. to caueV
be posted three notices OF this law in the mi
public places In such district, or publishe!
one newspaper in the township for three va
during the month OF August in each year
expense OF such publication to be paid o.
the funds OF said district,


Sec. 3. In case any parent. guardian, or
er person shall fail to comply with the pro
IONS OF this act said parent, guardian, or OF
person shall be liable to fine OF not less I'd
five dollars nor moro than ten dollars Ia |
first oifensc, nor less than ten or moro ~
twenty dollars soT tho second aud every su
quent offense; said fine ehall bo coflecte
the director OF said district in the name os
district in an action OF debt or On the case.
when colleclei shall be paid to the assesso
the district in which tho defendant res
when the offense was committed, and by
accounted Tor the same as money raise
school purposes.


SEC. 4. 1t shall DO the duty Of the dire
or president to prosecute any ofrense oc
ing under this act, and any director or d
dent negleclng to prosecute FOR any such
within ten Gays after written notice has
served on him by any tax payer in said dis.
unless the person so complained OF shall
been excused by the district board, shall b
able to fine of not less than twenty or nd
than fifty dollars, which fine shall be prose
ted for IN the name Of the assessor OF said
trct, and the fine whom collected shall be
to the assessor. to DO accounted for as in
ton three Of this act. 854tl


j. ANDREWS, Directc
Year: 1871

Competitors for Premiums Field Crops the
with the Secretary the Of the Annual Fair and file with
secretary before the 18th day December
manner and OF cultivation the quality seed
planted and when harvested The preparation OF the soil
seed with the KIND and quality used and powng
must all be stated in detail In estimating the expense cultivation
Year: 1871

The Washington (Arks.) Telegraph pub
fishes the confession of Robert Norwood.
who murdered Miss Mollie Holt, near Pins
Grove, Hampstead county, Arkansas. He
said that between himself and Miss holt
there had long existed matrimonial en-
gagement, and that on account OF rs op-
position of her relatives, ceasGrefaation
of the engagement had been prevented
that on the day Of the killing be had met
her at the house Of Mrs. Nelson, where she
was spending the day, and had a long talk
upon the subject-she persistently refusing
to marry him contrary to the wishes or her
relatives; that when be left the house OF
Mrs. Nelson be had determined to make An
other effort, and for this purpose waited on
the roadside for her return to her Mothers


When she came he attacked her, andsbe still
persisting in her refusal to marry him, be
fired upon her four times, then beat her
brains out with the butt of the pistol, and
started off; but fearing that there might
still be life enough in her to expose him, he
returned and cut her throat When the
discovery was made and the alarm given,he
went with the grief stricken mother, and
wept with the mother over the ruin he him
self had wrought. On Sunday morning,
Dec. "a while Norwood was being watched
and guarded, we understand that about one
hundred armed men forced the guard, took
the now desperate man 10 conyenient
limb, and there hung him by the neck until
he was dead, dead, dead. And thus ended
the most horrible tragedy that we have ever
been called upon to chronicle. It is proper
that we should state that the young man
Norwood is Of respectable family, and has
himself been generally regarded heretofore
as a worthy and deserving young man.
Year: 1871

TIE New York World expresses the
opinion that the desperate illness and the
remarkable recovery Of the Prince Of Wales
seem likely to furnish new chapter in
medical as well as political history. The
. treatment of typhoid in old times was by
depletion; in more recent times II has been
BY alcoholic stimulation. In ths present
case this was discarded and tonics given
instead. IL is quite possible that the suc-
cess Of the new treatment may give rise to
researches which viii end in the disnse Of
alcoholic stimulants in cases Of disease


where the exhaustion is SO prolonged s in
: his z
Year: 1871

FAULT EINDING.-Ihere are persons IN
every community, who, if some one happens
to be unfortunate enough to commit an er-
ror in the walks of life, will continue to
harp about it. never once taking into ac-
count their own shortcomings. For the
benefit Of thi, class, Frank Daggett, Of the
La Crosse Leador, digs out the following
pithy but pungent nugget:


Henry Ward Beecher tells of pomp-
Gus old house dog whose great ambition
was barking at a hole i'll stone wall, where
many years previous he had seen a ground
squirrel run in; the dog got in the habit of
barking at this hole, and after a long siege
would wag his tail in self-approval as If he
had been guarding the best interests of
society. We know of some people who
may have witnessed single act in a man
or woman's lite-way in the past, that was
not strictly in accordance with virtue, and
though they have not seen any other defic-
iency, this one act will furnish hole for
them to bark at for years to come"
Year: 1871

HOME PATRoNAGE.-- An exchange, IN


dealing with this subject, puts the case thus
forclOly, and the remarks are not inapplica-
bic to numerous localities:


every citizen should feel personal
responsibility in building up the future IN
terests, institutions and enterprises of his
own town. He should not leave it for
others to do, but should take hold Of the


work as though he believed that the sue
cess Of the town depended on his individ-


ual effort. If you do not support home en-


terprise, how do you expect to be support
ed in a home business? Some persons


have perfect mania for gong ont Of town


to procure that which they can get at home,
and III nine cases out OF ten just as cheap,
as though a foreign article was 50 much
better than that at home This is decid-
edly wrong and detrimental to the place in


which you live. II you have any money to
spare, be sure aud use it il your own com
munity, instead ofa foreign one. Live and
1t live,' should be your motto.


sThe only way to build up and keep
town alive, is to spend your money at home.
Hire home mechanics, pauonize home man
ufactures, deal with home merchants Build
up your own local interests, and all Will be


safe BY SO doing, YOU will not be com


PEELED to sell out and go somewhere e.se 90
find live town.
Year: 1871

"OUR LOUIS" IN THE FIELD.-It seems
that it is the Prince Imperial and not
FRINGE Napoleon who is to be put forward
as q candidate in the supplementary elec-
tions for the French Assembly. This,
while not changing the complexion of the
candidature, gives more direct evidence OF
the purpose of the Bonapartists to strike
for their "atars," and "Our Louis" will
at the same time have On opportunity OF
comparing the relative difference between
a baptism of ballots and the " baptism OF
fire" to which he was treated during the
early part Of the war.
Year: 1871

WAKING GRANDMA WITH K1ss.-A sweet
incident is related by Il writer. She says


asked a little boy last evening "Have
yon called grandma to tear"


"Yes. When went in to call her she
was asleep, and l didn't know how to waken
her. didn't wish to holler at grandma,
nor to shake her: SO l kissed her cheek,
and that woke her very softly. Then ran
into the ball and said pretty loud - Grand
ma, tea is ready aud she never knew
what woke her."


Do we find anything more sweet and del
icate than thisi Can conventionality i'm
prove upon such politeness, spontaneous
in the heart of Il six years old boy?
Year: 1871

| A meeting OF the congregation OF Christ Church
Valley will be held In the lecture-room this
evening at 81 O'Clock.
l As business Of importance is to be transacted,


It Is hoped that there will be full attendance.
Year: 1871

"A LITTLE MIXED.-An editor wrote
two paragraphs-one an account of a
minister's sermon, and the other about
the career of mad dog. Both arti-
cles were put in type, but the foreman
in making up the forms got part of
the dog article mixed with part of the
sermon article. Imagine the indigna-
ton of the minister when he read in
the paper the following account of
himself:


The Rev. Thompson preached to a
large audience last Sunday morning.
This was the last sermon previous to
his embarkment for Europe. He ex-
horted his brethren and sisters, and
after Offering q devout prayer, he took
a whim to cut up some frantic freaks.
He ran up Smith street to Brown, and
down Carr street to College. AT this
stage of the proceedings some boys
seized him, tied teakettle to his tail,
and let him go. A great crowd gath
cred, and in few minutes there was
q lively scene. Finally, he was shot
by policeman"
Year: 1871

CoURTsHIP in aye olden time" was
not without a flavor of eccentric orig
inality, which must have been pleas
ing. 1t is related of Congregational
clergyman, one John Keep, that when
q student, he was accustomed to build
the winter morning fire for the daugh-
ter of the lady with whom he boarded.
She would arrange the breakfast, and
as there was some spare time to fill
up before the other members of the
family appeared, they would sing to-
gether the old church tunes. Such
habits promoted personal piety and
something else, for as John was about
leaving to undergo his examination
before the association, he proposed,
and asked t b e young "a d y t o
consider the topic one week, and
then give him definite answer. Be-
fore the week closed she handed him
a paper with her name written near
the bottom of a page, and this post
script; Byron said woman's mind
is always in her postscript accept
your proposal, and, that you may
make your arrangements unembar-
rassed, you may put above my name
any words you may choose expressive
of my affection for you, and will re-
deem the pledge" That pledge was
redeemed by rare fidelity and devotion
through almost sixty years of married
life. What man but would like such
reply? But how many young men
are there now who would earn it as
John Keep did, by making fires for
his beloved on winter morning, and
then, instead of clam oring for break
fast, sing psalm tunes ?-Christian
Era.
Year: 1871

One of our coast planters, who has
a number OF Chinese laborers in his
employ, seeing a disposition on the
part of some of the negroes to annoy
the Orientals, and apprehending a re-
sort by the latter to the use of the
sharp knives which they always wear,
cautioned them not to take the law
into their own hands, but in case they
were troubled with any negro, to
bring the offender before him and he
would see that justice was done.


Accordingly one day the planter,
while sitting on his gallery, observed
procession of Cinnamon coming
from the quarters, bearing at their
head dard package. They marched
with great deliberation and dignity up
to the mansion and laid their burden
on the gallery at the feet of the plan
ter. 1t proved TO be a. +" chunk of a
negro" securely bound as only China
men know how totie parcel of goods.
The negro was scared out of his sem
ses, though entirely unhurt. Laying
him quietly down on the gallery the
leader of the Chinese, pointing to the
dark mass, said to the planter: Mig
gah too much! too much niggay i"-
and then the whole party trotted back
to their work.


1t was an hours hard work to unto
the frightened negro, who, on his re-
lease, very cheerfully acted uron the
suggestion of the planter to make
himself ce."-Neeo Orleans Times.
Year: 1871

The New Lisbon Journal says -
There is family living in the e st end
of st. Clair township, in this county,
near the State line, known in the COM
munity as respectable people, wherein
is girl of some sixteen or seventeen
years of age apparently sick with
chills and fever, but gradually kept
growing worse until the doctors pro-
nounced typhoid fever, but failed to
cure. And she lay all winter with
various symptoms of disease. such as
dyspepsia, liver complaint, tape worm
&C., but the doctor did not and could
not tell what was the matter. Finally
early this spring she took to bleeding
at the lungs, with pain in her stomach
side and one leg, and finally one foot
which foot gathered at the heel and
formed some matter, which the doctor
opened and took therefrom about one
dozen pieces of needles, and from
which they have taken at different
times other pieces of needles, making
in all twenty-four OF twenty-five
pieces out of her heel, and about four
weeks ago one of her breasts became
swollen, and upon examination was
opened and several pieces of needles
and one pin taken out; and at various
times lately, till there have been fifty
seven pieces of needles and four pins
taken from her breast and heel. The
needles appear to have been of vari-
GUS sizes, and generally broken in
three pieces except some of the small
ones, which are in two pieces. She is
now in comparative health, SO that she
visits Smiths Ferry almost every day
to have some pin or needle taken from
her breast or heel. The pins are all
bent as though there had been an eff
fort to break them in three pieces, and
all the needles appear more or less
corroded for being in contact with the
brass pins. How they got there is d
mystery that no one can solve. There
seems to be no doubt that she swal-
lowed them, but how or when no one
knows, or how many are yet to come
out of her system. 1t is a remarkable
case.
Year: 1871

RICH WITHOUT MONEY Many a
man is rich without money. Thou
sands of men with nothing in the
pocket, and thousands without even
pocket are rich. A man born with
a good, sound constitution, a good
stomach, good heart and good limbs
and pretty good head piece. is rich:
Good bones are better than gold
tough muscles than silver and nerves
that flash fire and carry energy to eve
ry function, are better than houses and
land.


It is better than landed estate to
have had the right kind of father and
mother. Good breeds and bad breeds
exist among men as really as among
herds and horses. Education may
do much to check evil tendencies, or
to develop good ones but it is great
thing to inherit the right proportion
of faculty to start with.


The man is rich who has a good dis
pos5tion-who is naturally kind, pa
tient, cheerful, hopeful, and who has
a flavor of fun and wit in his compo-
sition. The hardest thing to get along
with in this life is a mans own SELF
A cross, selfish fellow-a timid, care
burdened man-these are all born de-
formed on the inside. Their feet may
not limp but their thoughts do.
Year: 1871

Many persons lose life every year
by an injudicious change of clothing.
and the principles involved need rep
etition almost every year.


If clothing is to be diminished, it
should be done in the morning when
first dressing.


Additional clothing may be safely
put on at any time.


In northern States the under gar
ments should not be changed for those
less heavy sooner than the middle of
May for even in June a fire is very
comfortable sometimes in a New
York parlor.


Woolen flannel ought to be worn
next to the person by all, during the
whole year; but a thinner material
may be worn after the first of June.


A blazing fire should be kept in
every family room until ten in the
morning, and rekindled an hour be-
fore sundown, up to the first day of
October.


Particular and lady housekeepers,
by arranging their fire-places for the
summer too early, often times put the
whole family to serious discomfort;
and endangcr health by exposing
them to sit IN chilliness fer several
hours every morning, waiting for the
weather to moderate, rather than have
the fireplace or CRATE all blackened up
that is, rather than be put to the
trouble of Another fixing up for the
summer, they expose the children to
Group, and the old folks to infamma-
ton of the lungs. The old and young
delight in warmth it is to them the
greatest luxury. Half the diseases
of humanity would be swept from
existence if the human. body were
kept comfortably warm all the time.
The discomfort of cold feet, or of q
chilly room many have experienced
to the.Asorrew, they make the mind
peevish, and fretful, while they ex-
pose the body to colds and infiamma-
tions, which often destroy it in less
than a week.-HaWs Journal Of
Health.
Year: 1871

A HIGH FLOWN ToAsT.-Woman
was toasted in the following style at
the recent anniversary meeting. of the
Richmond Light infantry Blue -
Woman-pure as a snowflake as
falls upon the cold peaks of the Bact-
ian Alps; beautiful as the houri that
bathes herself in the crystal fountains
of the Moslem paradise; graceful as
the peri afloat on her shell skiff over
the calm waters of the dark blue sea !;
vain, worse than vain, the warning to
guard the heart when intellect flashes
from her bright eye, and the light of
the soul is breathed like music upon
her face" To this touching toast the
mayor of the city responded.
Year: 1871

TIIE pOLICE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., BIRTHS


AND DEATHS.


Contrary to the custom that has heretofore
prevailed the annual reports Of the Police and Fire De-
partments will not be made to the Legislature this
SION the expiration Of year from the expira
ton OF the City Government reports OF the work done
by both departments will be made to Mayor Hall. A
few facts however have been ascerained. During the
Year: 1871

TvHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
L the Property Holders of Shasta County, that
in accordance with the requrems nts of law be has
entered 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 affirmation, false list of his or her,
or their taxable property false list of taxable
property under his, her, their CONTROL such per-
shall be deemed gnilty 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, misrepresented by the owner or any
agent thereof to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery, be assessed at ten times the of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon 1t and fifty per cent of the amount
OF such additional tax when collected, shall be paid
to the person or PERSONS who shall furnish the
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State.'


If Tax Payers were to have list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, as the law
directs, by the time of nay reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps themselves much an
noyanee, as well as facilitate my work.


C. W. TAYLOR,


Assessor of Shasta County.
Shasta, April I'd, 1871. n4.