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Year: 1870

Speaking of the result of the late
election in Cincinnati, turning on
the question of excluding the Bible
from the Public Schools, the New
York Tribune says:


II the people of any school district
prefer to have the Bible read in their
school who shall forbid 1t? If they
choose not to have 1t read, who shall
constrain them? Is there a thoughtful
Christian who would choose TO say
in effect to Jews and Infidels, "YOul
children shall read the New Testa.
ment, how much sOever yOu dislike
it, or they shall have 70 place, nC
chance, i'm our Common Schools"


We insist that this cOntrOversy-if
controversy there must be--shall be
conducted on our side in the interest
Of Common School Education, and OF
nothing else. II there be those
- &16ss3 ss3sunasszlase1e9gsaptlsesS..
who would sacrifice Common Schools
to the supposed interest OF their
Church, they must not be permitted
b succeed. II there be those who
would use the schools to promote
|sectarian ends, they also must be
|baffied. And the easiest and safest
solution of the Bible question Is to
leave teachers and pupils free to read
or not read 1t in Common Schools, as
the people Of each locality or district
shall for themselves judge best. Let
not the Good Book be prescribed nor
imposed by State authority; but let
the choice Of books In any district be
left to the people Of that district, and
let those who are not satisfied with
the decision in any City district just
send their children to the nearest
school which Is ruled In accordance
with their personal convictions.
Year: 1870

CHINESE QUEsTIoN.-Senator Cole, in
a recent speech in Vallejo, defined his po-
sition as well as that of the Republican
party, on the Chinese question. He deni-
ed that it was the design. purpose or de-
sire of the party to make citizens of the
Chinese among us. The party had never
attempted such a thing; on the contrary,
the treaty with China forbids such thing
He also expressed himself as opposed to
coolie and slave labor, in every form; and
that while we ought to encourage European
immigration, we ought to discourage and
check, by Congressional Legislation. the
Immigration from that country
Year: 1870

There are but few inventions or discoveries
which produce complete revolution in any de-
partment of labor. To have supposed, year ago,
that the drtiest garment could be washed clean,
in twenty thirty minutes, by boiling alone,
would have been regarded as an indication of in
| sanity But it has been demonstrated beyond any
doubt that this process not only cleans the clothes,
but that garments ihus washed become whittier and
clearer the longer it is used. Some people suggest
that clothes will get yellow after awhile. by being
washed in this way but such surposion has no
foundation in fact. and is contradcted by the ex-
perience of every lady who has adopted this mode
of washing.


Everybody who has tried the machine in Shasta
| have expressed themselves highly pleased with
its operations. 1t must be seen to be fully appre-
| eiated, its full merits cannot be properly set
forth in an ordinary advertisement


Public and private tests have been given of this
apparatus for the last six months and more than a
million of people have witnes- ed its success. Ten
Thousand boilers sold in New York City in less


than five onths, from stand, and at this time
| the orders reach about one hundred day. No
one used it as directed that did no recommend
| it. 1t has been recommended by more than five
| thousand persons in less than six months. Among
| the those of the most distinguished cit


zens of the United States but the best recommen-
daton is take the boiler and use it yourself Do
just you are directed and you will be more than
satisfied. 1t appeals to all as matter of econ
| omy, and can be shown to be the best kind of an
investment. 1t will return a yearly dividend in
cash of TWO HUNDRED PER CENT on the
money Invested. For instance, we will suppose
yoer white clothing such as bed and table linen
ladies and gentcmens' wear, and childrens' cloth
ing. only cost you $40 year. They will last twice
as long washei in this way as by the old method.
Thus you a~tually save $40 year by investing 10
or 200 per annually. There is family
scarcely but spends than here stated but this
is taken very low average of this branch of
family expense. Added to thi, is the great con-
venience and comfort of the thing. which, all taken
together, makes it luxury which no family can
well afford to be without.


This Boiler sells the best of any article ever offer
ed to the public. Anybody after trying it fairly
| will not let it go out of of the house.
Year: 1870

Fill the boiler with soft. water to within about
three inches # the top of the inside boiler. Slice
up one pound bar of COOS hard soap.
Bring the water to boil, and then place the
lathes in the lot water. The water will imme-
lately pour over the shell all around, and if it
nails over raise the lid.


Keep up fire for twenty minutes. Then
take the clothes out ard Immediately SUDS them
through in soft water. If any shade OF the dirt
r mains. few rubs will take it all out. Then
rinse them in clean water. wiring dry, and the wash
ing is done. Give particular heed to the following
SUGGESTIONS.


The clothes need not be wet before placing them
in the Boiler. 1t is of vital importance to THOR
oUGHLY SiJDS the clothing after boiling. Every
lady knows that the least particle of suds left in
the clothes to dry will cause the clothes to look
yellow. brisk fire is important in order to PRO
duee rapid boiling Time may be saved by st rring
or turning the clothes occasionally while boiling.
The cover shosld not be removed, except when
necessary. in order to insure quick work. II the
washing be a large one. the clothes should be as
sorted, dirty shirts, for instance. will require
double the time of sheets, pillow cases, napkins,
&c.


Articles much soied may be left in for a second
boiling White Hannels may be beautiful washe.
without FULLING) by this process. They
should be put in when the water is hot, and rinsed
nut in hot water.


Colored clothes should not be mixed with white,
and unless the colo-s fast they should never be
washed by This process. The most delicate laees,
-ambries. Be- such "a would nearly fall to pieces
washe / IN the ordinary way may be was he'd per-
fecily without injury, by this process. The almost
absoiute ne essity of using soft. "broken,' -
water. is so well understood as to hardly need
mention here.


NJ machine ever invented will entirely remove
the streaks from dirty wrist bands and Collars
THIS S.lf washing Boiler nearly dos it than
any other device Should shade or streak remain,
il Ill he found to he 50 reduced and softened as to
disappear without the use OF a wash board, by
merely rubbing them with the hands, thus avoiding
all the W ar and tear of clothing by washing. 1t
has been arefuiiy rstirna ed that clothing receive.
more Than ONE-HALF ITS WEAR by the old
process of RUBBING. and consequently will last
twice as long if washed by this process, which
alone would pay for Boiler many times during
sin lie year. in almost any family to say nothing
of the important consideration eff saving labor


For any required information call on OF address


THOMAS GREENE,


Shasta, Cal.


Shasta, April Ind, 1s7p.
Year: 1870

For the reason that Nature applies her
fertilizers upon the surface, and does
not plough them under, it is about time
that an agriculturalist should consider
whether they or Nature are right when
they differ so radically in their prac-
tice.


Does Dame Nature make mistake
when she sets out to enrich n continent
by spreading dead leaves, and twigs, and
trunks, and grasses, and weeds over tho
whole surfuce for years and years and
thousands of years. Does Nature mis-
take when she interposes a leaf before
the beating rain drops, end saves the
earth from being pounded into SEM
blance Of a briclS-keeps the soil light
and porous that the air carrying its am
monia and carbonic acid may penetrate
to the waiting roots below? Is she go
ing wrong when she lays a mat of de-
caying humus over the soil, and only
allows the scorching June sun, to get to
the earth as gentle heat, incapable of
drying up the moisture held there by
the mulch? Or are we wrong when we
hide away our fertilizers at the bottom
of furrow, and leave the surface bleak
and bare, to be beaten down with the
rain and baked with the sun, and in no
condition to refuse the good gifts which
the air is willing to yield up to moist
and porous soil.- Western Farmer.
Year: 1870

CLEANING CLOTH CLoTHEs.-G Grease
spots, etc., can be removed from cloth
clothes by procuring at drug store a
quantity of the soap tree bark, aud cut
piece two inches square into small bits,
and pour over it half pint of boiling
water, with which sponge while warm
once or twice, and follow with clear,
warm water.
Year: 1870

A PHILADELPHIA nigger went to
sleep with his head on the railroad track
and hand car came along and ran over
him. He got up, swearing that nigger
couldn't get any rest anywhere, without
some white man would come along ana
bother him. One Of the car wheels was
broken.
Year: 1870

To KEEP EGos.-Lime water and sal
poured over eggs stood upon the small
end in any vessel where they are TO re-
main, will keep for many months, pro
vided the eggs are not cracked, and ere
sound when put up.
Year: 1870

BY removing the two-miu tax, which is
no longer required to pay of our State
debt, the new constitution will reduce the
faxes throughout the State by 81 Of tax for
every $500 Of property assessed. This is a
saving to the people Of $1,000, 900 year,
which, if the new constitution is rejected.
will continue to be collected for s;r YEAR;
to come. OF course, if collected, it cannot
be returned to the taxpayers, and will
make the State Treasury a general azsb
bag, which everybody will be thrustine lis
arms into up to the elbows to see what he
can draw out. As mere measure for
stopping tho two-1ni1l ta1 after its colIec-
tion has. ceased to be necessary, the new
constitution deserves the unanimous vote
OF all taxpayers. And since all tennnts of
rented property pay the, tax on it in their
rents, and the labor Of the State earns the
taxes which are assessed and maid on its
capital, this is o saving in which every
voter has IN interest.
Year: 1870

Let all who are in favor Of having any
constitution at oil vote for the new ono, for
not only Governor Palmer, hut every
Judge, hwyer, legislator, and citizen IN the
State knows that the old one is practically
no constitution at all So long as it re-
mnins in nominal forco 1t Will continue TO
be eyaded and trampled under foot, simply
because it is impossible to obey its pro-
visions without paralyzing and destroying
all Stale Government. II We limit the
Governor to the salary it provides,
he would resign. If the Judges of the
Supreme a-d Circuit Courts were limited
to the salariesitprovides, they would resign.
To enforce the pre- ,ent constitution would
be to disbanE and disperse the State Gov
ernment. To break through it in order to
maintain the government, as all branches
of the State Government have been CON-
PEELED to do, is TO open the door to usurpa-
ton and cali on our State officers to cxer-
else whatever powers they will Hence,
tho real question is whether We shall have
the best State Constitution ever framed, or
no constitution at all.
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair is soon restored
to ats original color
'cih the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

Whether in the young or old, married or single.
at the dawn OF wOmanhood, or the turn of life.
these tonic medicines display so decided an inhu.
ence that a marked Improvement is soon perccpt-
bic in the health of the patient. Being purely
vegetable preparation. they age safe aud relia-
bic remedy t or all classes of Females in ever
condition OF health and station of life.
Year: 1870

The money market was easy at four to ave per cent
on governments and at ye to six per cent on stocks
With the abundant onerings of the banks and the
present plethora OF idle capital in the hands Of pr
vae bankers, rate, would doubtless have yielded TO
three to nve per cent had not the increased
demand for money arising out Of the ex-
pansion OF business at the Stock Exchange
checked the tendency to decline. Commercial
paper was current ut 6H to7h per cent for prime
double name acoeptances and at to Is per cent for
single names. Foreign exchange was steady on the
bases OF 1o9K for prime bankers sixty day sterling
and 1921 for sight bills. The market shows very


rm undertone, and the foreign bankers disposed
to buy In order TO cover remtances against the May
coupons Of the ive-twenties held In Europe


- THE SPECIE MOVEMENT


The imports OF specie at this port during the past
Year: 1870

Legislative Debate on the Address to the


Crown.


PRAGUE, Sept. Is, 1870.
The legislative address, In reply to the throne
speech Of the Emperor OF Austria was carried in the
Chamber by a considerable majority.
The Czeks voted in favor, and the Germans
Quilted the hall before the vote was finished The
Chamber then adjourned sine die.
Year: 1870

Desirous of giving every encouragement to persons favoring us with local news. we make the following propositions to regular and occasional correspondents:

 1. On publication of any communication we will forward sic ertra copies of the EN oU1RER containing the same to the address of the person sending it to us, or to any persons residing within the county such person may designate. Correspondents must advise US, at the time of sending communications, of the number of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent.

 2. Local items from reliable sources in any part of the county will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular cor respondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in ad- dition to the extra copies mentioned above.
Year: 1870

A New Londoner went to sleep in his chair, one evening last week, with pot of grease cooking on his stove. The orea. caught fire and but for the interference of neighbors there wauld not have been a grease spot left of that man.
Year: 1870

A6r The Sentinel succeeded, a few weeks sirce, in stirring up a mighty mean De- mocrat. Commenting on the plea of pov- erty on which some of that faith decline taking any newspaper whatsoever, it said:

 "The other day.. man, who holds lucrative mocrats, said he did not feel able to take pa per-"

 Thereupon, the indignant Democrat in question, comes out in card in the Wa terbury American, in which he treats our friend as follows:

 In the first place he makes misstatement. True, I requested him to discontinue the paper at the expiration of the year, not however be- cause did not feel able to bear the expense, but because could select others that would interest me more :; for must confess that the paper has somewhat depreciated within the past year. I will inform the editor that paid for three sub- scriptions to his paper, from my own pocket. the last year, and now take some six different pa- pers, and as do not choose to be dictated to by him, or any other person, shall in future sub- scribe for such papers as please The proper way for him to gain subscribers would in my hum ble opinion. be to go to work and endeavor to make his paper more interesting in the future, in stead of merely making fair promises from time to time.

 Now, we should have imagined that the man who takes sir papers and does no take his county paper, had got as near to. tai depravity as flesh and blood could reach, but this fellow strikes down whole octave below that, and excuses his parsi mony with the base libel " that the paper has somewhat depreciated. the past year. Read him outl
Year: 1870

REDUCED TAXATION. It is now asserted that the President and the House Ways and Means Committee favor reduction of about thirty millions in the internal revenue taxes and twenty millions in the customs, and that bills will soon be report ed to that effect. Some such action will be both popular and right
Year: 1870

NYRUS DURHAM was very busy on
" certain afternoon making an omelet.-
At least he called it an omelet but in reali-
ty it was nothing more than scrambled eggs.
"Omelet' sounded better, but it would not
have tasted half so good, especially if Cyrus
had had to make one himself.


In order to understand why this young
man cooked his own eggs it must be known
that he was medical student in Phladel-
phia, and the son Of very respectable and
by no means ungenerous physician in Mary
land, who allowed him for his expenses
quite enough to keep him comfortably, even
in a large city. But Cyrus who always had
table board on Walnut street for about the
first half Of every month, had generally been
accustomed from necessity to live in a"bach-
elor halP' style for the remaining portion of
the month in his rooms on Sansom street.
He was very nicely situated in these rooms,
and the high rent he paid for them contrib
uted not little to his slimness of purse
during those days which Immediately pre-
ceded the arrival of his monthly remittan-
ces. His "study" was on the second floor
of what is known in the city of Brotherly
love as the ''bacll buildings" and was ap-
preached from the long entry by single
flight Of short stairs. This room looked
out at the side on a pleasant yard was very
wei. furnished, and was altogether quite
too good for young fellow who ought to
have been satisfied with gaTet anywhere
where he could study unmolested Back
of the large room was small bedchamber
generally tenanted not only by Cyrus him
self, but by any one Of his companions who
might stay too late studying anatomy-or
euchre.


Cyrus was bending over his little wood
stove stirring his eggs rapidly lest they
should burn, and keeping an eye at the
same time on the coffee pot, which, howev-
er, had given no signs of boiling. 1t was
only four o'clock, but Cyrus had only a
slight lunch, and SO wanted an early supper.
This power of having his meals when he
chose was another advantage of his mode of
living. His table was set with a small lin
en- cloth, (the clean side up) cup and sau-
Ger, and plate. The ''omelet'' was lust
done, and Cyrus had given it the last scrape
around the pan, when he heard knock at
the door,


''Come in" said he, and the door opened
and the knocker entered. Cyrus looked
around and dropped on top of the stove the
trying pan which he was just lifting off by
the long handle. In the doorway stood a
young lady, dressed in the loveliest possible
travelling suit, with roses in her cheek far
Year: 1870

An unknown girl, about twelve years OF age was
brought to The East Flyninth street police station
having been found aN the corner of Forty ninth
street and Fifth avenue suffering from q terrible
Attack OF hydrophoDia The girl was attired IN
Ieu dress, trimmed with black velve. and steel but
TONS The girls hair was cut short and she was
barefoot she was taken to Bellevue Hospital ia an
ambulance,
Year: 1870

A visitor who paid his respects to Mount
Washington rather earlier than Is custom
ary, writes to western paper:


lone of the most signal adventures OF
life full of them has been the ascent OF
Mount Washington in the early part OF
Nav. before the winter fences and water
ways across the carriage road have been
taken down, when there are snow drifts
twenty feet deep to be shoVelled through
by the workmen repairing the road, ano
when the Summit House Is just emerging
from its wintry coyerlet of snow.


"The Top House is entirely free and
clear of snow, but on every hand the i'm
maculate element is still found In large
quantities, and the Summit House is hal
buried up.


.sThe views to be obtained from the
grand old mountain tops are now tal
ahead of any to be had in summer. The
sombre monotony of the panorama of the
mountains stretched out on every hand Il
relieved by the tops of lOftiest mountains
having caps of snow, while the lesser Onei
are as fresh looking as in the summe
time. Then in every gorge and wave
the hills. one sees the charming little cas-
csdes so busy in taking away the SHOWS
the mast winter, which, as they leap care
Iessly from rock to rock, send up their TIN!
line of spray to make the clouds whicl
cover the mountains at even ude.


''The roads are in horrld condtioi
now, but sixty men are at work on IN
mountain road, and large gangs on In
other lines, SO that all will be ready for tn
opening of the season on June l.
Year: 1870

The Toledo Blade gives the following ae-
count of woman who can take good care
of herself, ballot or no ballot:


We know a lady whom we think Is enti-
tied to the ballot. Several years since the
husband of Mrs. Josephine Simpson went
to California in search of a fortune, and
since his departure Mrs. S. has heard moth
ing from him. She, however, did not sit
down and bewail the fate that left her a
widow; she commenced business and sue
ceeded to an extent gratifying 10 herself
and friends, and the manner in which she
transacts business will be of interest, and
we hope q source of profit to the strong
minded ones of her sex. Mrs. Simpson is
the owner of canal boat, which she man
ages in person. Last fall she contracted
with a lumber firm in this city to deliver a
quantity of black walnut lumber on their
dock the ensuing spring. After. making
the contract she went up the canal, pur-
chased the trees in the woods, hired men
to cut the logs, and then hired the logs
sawed at q mill Yesterday she delivered
the cargo of lumber she had contracted
and received pay for the same. The firm
taking this lumber state that Mrs. Slmp-
son differs materially from most boatnlen,
in that she never asks for money until her
contracts are fulfilled to the letter, and
then she does not allow prolongation of o
Standardization her work is performed
she demands the pay, and in this manner
her accounts are kept in healthy condi.
ton, and in business she prospers. She
has accumulated S15, ,000to $4,000. That
lady is entitled to the ballot. 81
Year: 1870

A SPEAKER at a recent woman's suffrage
meeting in San Francisco said:


Two girls from high school went into
the country for vacation. An opportunity
was afforded them to learn something dur
ING their holidays the one as an assistant
in a family, the other to help farmer
through harvesting, it being difficult to
hire men. At the end of the vacation they
compared results. The housemaid had
worked sixteen hours per day, and was
paid two dollars per week. The one in the
field; who had taken the place of man,
had worked ten hours per day, at two dol
lars and half per day. Mark the differ
ence between mans work and mans pay,
and woman's work and woman's pay.
Year: 1870

WHETHER you are to live long, or to die
coon, it is wise to insure your life in the
Washington; for if you are to live long,
policy Of insurance is equal to money at
compound interest; and ifyou are to die soon
the investment results in a financial gain to
your estate, prOportionaliy larger.
Year: 1870

AN UNwELCoME BEDFELLow-A young
man in Petersburg, Va, was recently awkened
by curious sensation about his face. when he
was amazed to find his body encirced by a
huge black snake, and the head of the reptile
in close proximity to his mouth. The snake
was evidently inhailing the young man g
breath, or endeavoring to insert its head into
his mouth, and it was the cold contact with
the face that awakened him. The young man,
terribly frightened, made desperate effort to
free himself, when the snake unwound itslf
and escaped. Shortly before going to sleep,
the young man drank quantity of milk. aud
it was supposed the snake was attaracted by
its odor in his breath.
Year: 1870

- The editor of the Greenwich On. W
Journal has novel way of making the winter
pass off quickly. He gives bank note in the
fall for ninety days, and he says spring comes
as soon as he wants to see it.
Year: 1870

"A dairyman was awakened one night BY
a wag, with the announcement that his best
COW was choking. He forthwith jumped up
to save the life of Crumple, when 10 ! he found
a turnip stuck in the mouth of hi. pump.