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Year: 1871


TOAsTs AND SENTIMENTS. May the honest
heart never know distress.


May we be slaves to nothing but our duty.
May care be a stranger where virtue resides
May hemp bind those whom honor connot
May our prudence secure us friends, but en-
able US to live without their assistance.
May sentiment never be sacrificed by the
tongue of deceit


May happiness be sincere, and our joys last.
ing.


May the smiles of conugal felicity compen.
safe the frOwn of fortune.


May the tear of sensibiity never cease to
flow.


May the road to prcferment be found by
none but those who deserve it,
May the liberal hand find tree access to the
purse of plenty.


May the impulse of generosity never be
checked by The presence of necessity.
May we always forget, when We forgive an
injury.


MAY the feeling hear. possess the fortune
the miser abuses
May We draw upon content for the deicisn-
cies of fortune.
May hope be thy physician when calamity
is the disease.
May the single be married, and the married
be happy.
Year: 1871

Two strangers having the habit &c entlemen followed
lad the other day the of
On their arrival there they for the lady,
who was astonished to meet two who entire
her. They impertnent and insulting
inquiries OF her. she retired and her husband
OF the dsaCreeabe interview. He followed them the
Globe Hotel that evening and them both good
Gaming and n the collision broke tue Of of them.
One OF these scamps himself foreign
and the other ex.contedeate officer, who
down here to investigate Southern ouages He should
port
Year: 1871

The Philadelphia Price Current says
Western distillers have recently invented
new system of manufacturing whlskey,
by means of which \ peculiar strength
and odor is impaired to the product,
highly injurious to the health OF the
consumers and certainly not crehitable
to those engaged in it's sale. Neither
the noxious ingredients themselves nor
the process of manufacture are known
to many outside the ring, but sufficient
has leaked out to show the character Of
the men and the business. Sulphuric
acid is blended with the mash or applied
directly to the product of the s"'ls,
which imparts a disagreeable odor TO
the whiskey aud so powerful is its Of
feet upon it that it corrodes and eats mp
the inside Of the barrels in which the
foul compound is kept.


Another feature of this rot-gut, sold
under the name of whiskey, is that it
cannot be extracted bv any process OF
distillation, redistillation, or rectifica-
ton. This fact has caused its presence
to he traced in high wines purchased
from the West 10y respectable dstillers
here, and prompted them to shut down
on the nefarlons traffic ms injurious to
lite and the interests of the trade. BY
experiment it has been tested that il n
small piece of iron or copper is inserted
into a barrel of whiskey adulterated
with this acid the entire mass will be
instantly blackened, and if left in it for
"A short time will evolve IA large quantity
of disascetate of copper or verdegris.
Such compound cannot fail to prove
iearfully injurious to the public health,
if brought into general use, and we are
glad to perceive that combined effort
is contemplated by the trade to discard
it altogether. If this be not sufficient,
the consequences are sufficiently serious
to cell for some Legislative enactment by
which the sale of this poisonous stuff
shall he prohibited under the severest
napa1t,aC
Year: 1871

A reform which we hope TO see accom-.
plished, and which in justice to the pro.
ducer, retailer and consumer should be
urged until obtained, is the selling by
weight of vegetables, fruit, eggs and
nearly every edible article now sold by
measure. There ought not to be any
abandonment OF the effort until this
result is accomplished. 1t is the only
Just way of buying and selling. The
boxes in which fruits are sent are Of all
sizes and shapes. They ale filed in all
sorts OF ways. Cases of the same number
of boxes, from different producers. will
differ from three to six pounds in weight
Of fruit, though the quality thereof may
be the same. The fa nily who buys from
one consignment gers d )re for the money
paid than those who y from another
the producer, who is lost honest, gets
least. A premium is t.. ., paid for decep
ton, to call it by no wo. Sc lame ; and
the worst of it is, the costumer in nine
ont Of ten instances, does not know that
he has been cheated.


Apple and pear barrels are rs varied
in size as clover leaves. man who
buys barrel of apples does not know
whether he is gettn. two or three bush
els. Few pesple stop to think about it.
There is no law fixing the standard of a
barrel of apples sr other fruit that We
know Of. If producer is honest enough
to send his apples in barrels containing
two and half to three bushels. there are
plenty of dealers dishonest enough to
transfer them to barrels that contain but
two bushels and barrel of apples is a
barrel of apples, no matter what its size.
Either there should be barrel standard
fixed, or the fruit should be sold by
weight.


Take eggs as another example. Sold
by the Dozen it is often the case that the
same person pays as much for n dozen
small as for a dozen large eggs-getting
in the one instance from one-third to
one half less actual weight for his money
than the other This is not only unj ust
to the consumer, but to the poulterer
who keeps large and improved breeds of
chickens. True, dealer may charge
more per dozen for the large than for
the small ones. Some retailers do: but
the retailers pay the commission mer-
cnant no more per uOZen 1Or Darfel OIL
large eggs with the dozens it contains
marked on it than for small ones. Eggs
packed in barrel should be weighed
before packing. and the net weight
marked on the barrel, so that the com
mission merchant may know what he is
selling and the retailer what he is buy
ing.


We might urge the same reasons for
weighing vegetables of all sorts. There
is a great difference in the real value of
punches OF asparagus, rhubarb, celery,
radishes, &C, as put on the market. We
understand what difficult reform this is
to accomplish-tha it is an innovation
which is revolutionary bnt this is revo-
luton which ought to be undertaken,
and which must be successful. p. american
Grocer,
Year: 1871

A Coop WOMAN "A good woman
never grows old. Years may go over
her head, but if benevolence and virtue
dwell in her heart, she is rs cheerful ms
when the spring Of life first opened to
her view When we look upon a good
woman, w never think of her age-she
looks as charming as when the rose of
youth first bloomed upon her cheek.
That rose has not faded yet it will never
fade In her neighborhood she is the
friend and benefactor, in the church the
devout worshipper and exemplary
Christian. Who does not love and re-
spect the woman who has passed her
days in acts of kindness and mercy-who
has been the friend of man and God
whose whole life has been a scene OF
kindness and love, n devotion of love
and religion We repeat, such wo-
man cannot grow old. She will always
be fresh and buoyant in spirits, and ac-
tive in humble deeds of mercy and
benevolence. If the Young lady desires
to retain the bloom and beauty of youth,
led her not yield to the sway of fashion
and folly let her love truth and virtue
and to the close of life she will retain
those feelings which nov make life ap-
pear garden of sweets ever fresh and
ever new.
Year: 1871

meeting of the workingmen of New
York was held n few evenings since fol-
permanent organization. At this meet
ing it was stated that great strike
similar to the one in England and Ger
many, would take place early next
spring throughout the whole of the
United States and Canada, and that q
proper finance committee be appointed
in order that it might not break fol
want of funds Much discussion follow
ed on this announcement, many being
of opinion that the workings of the
strike committee be carried on at night
in s crecy in order to take the ''hosses'
by storm, while Others thought that the
utmost publicity. should be given to the
affair, and that notice should be given
the bosses" in the same manner that
it is in England, and that if the. dealings
between master and man were on a
more honorable footing, both parties
wouI be benefited thereby. 1t was
urge again, on the other side. that if
the "bosses' had notice of this intend
ed strike they would provide labor from
the market on the other side of the At
lantic A motion was adopted to have
the grand working mans demonstra-
ton in early spring without fail, and
arrangements were made for securing
money to carry out the strike.
Year: 1871

Strange as it may appear, says the
Gdsette des Tj'ibuaa,tr, man is at present
confined in one of the prisons of Paris
who owes his life to the fact of having
claimed the benefit of article II of
the Penal Code, which declares that
"every man being condemned to death
in France shall be executed by having
his head cut Off On the 9th of May
last man named P, who had, prior
to the 18th of March, been sentenced to
death for murder, and who was waiting
his execution in the prison of La Ro-
quette, was set at liberty by the last
defenders of the Commune. He at once
Joined his liberators and accompanied
them to the barricade on the Boulevard
du Prince Eugene. He passed the night
in eating and drinking, but the next
morning he and his new comrades were
made prisoners by the soldiers of the
line and ordered to be shot. 1t was then
that P with presence of mind, cried
out that he had been condemned to
death by the Court of Assizes of the
Seine and that he refused to be shot,
such not being the punishment fixed by
law" The officers, greatly embar lssed
by so extraordinary a demand, handed
him over to the civil authorities, who
will soon determine his fate.
Year: 1871

WHAT TO Do WITH THEM.-Apropos
of the question, What will be done with
influential persons who are responsible
for explosions and other avoidable dis
asters it may be well to notice the rig
or with which the British Board of Ad-
miralty has dealt with those to whom was
attributed the responsibility for the loss
of the Agincourt The board has re-
vised the light sentence of the court
martial, has compelled Vice Admiral
Wellesley to strike his flag, while Rear
Admiral Wilmot is superseded from his
command, as also are Captains Beamish
and Knight. Staff Commander Kiddle,
to whom primarily the disaster of the
grounding of the Agincourt was due,
is placed on half-pay, and censure and
punishment have been meted out with
no sparing hand. The effect of y s ac-
ton cannot be blt salutary.
Year: 1871

LAND AND WATER-The sheet of wa
ter which conceals the greater part Of
the solid earth is considerable compared
with the dry land, but is very small if
compared with the entire mass of our
planet. If We divide the globe into L..
7s6 equal parts by weight and take one
these, we will have the total weight Of
the vstes Of the ocean,
Year: 1871

How LAND IS MADE IN HOLLAND. AS
the current nears the sea it slacks its
speed, and the suspended matter falls to
the bottom. In time this raised the
river bed and caused the soil-laden water
to spread laterally on both sides. In
this way true delta of vast extent was
in time created. BY taking advantage
of low stage of the water the river was
shut in by dykes on either side. History
is silent as to when or how this was first
done For over five hundred years the
present dykes are known to have been
in existence. This shutting the river in
caused it to deposit its sediment in
narrow channel that in time lifted the
river to higher level. The old Dutch
men of those days raised higher the
banks of their dykes to keep pace with
the water The result is the river flows
not in a channel cut through the soil,
but in canal raise above the general
surface of the country. For agriculture
this has resulted in an enormous acreage
of new land. The marshy bogs through
which the sluggish stream wandered
have become the sites of some of the
best farms in the world
Year: 1871

THROWING THE SLIPPER.--1he origin
of throwing the old shoe as a good luck
wisher is still enshrouded with mystery
Throwing the shoe is differently con-
Quoted to the general way. When the
carriage starts with the 8 nappy pair"
the bridesmaids are drawn up in row,
and the groomsmen in another. The
old shoe is then thrown as far as possible,
and the bridesmaids run for it, the sue
cessful one being supposed to be the first
to get married; the lucky one then throws
the shoe at the groomsmen, the one who
is hit by it also being supposed to be the
first one who will enter the bonds of
wedlock. Urquhart, in pillars of Her


cules," says the custom of throwing The
shoe arose from the usage in the East of
bearing slipper before the couple in
token of the brides submission to her
husband If this be it, the brides of
the period will grow restive and refuse
the salutation of the usual avalanche of
old white satin shoes, as they don I mind
loving, but they don't care for the sub
lection or obeying. Among the mobiles
in Germany it was formerly the custom
for the bride, when she was conducted
to the bride e-chamber, to take off her shoe
and throw it among the bystanders, which
every one strove to catch and whoever
got it thought it an omen that they
themselves would shortly be married.
Year: 1871

Eastern men who have rushed blindly
into mining operations on the Pacific
slope. without knowing anything of the
business, have sometimes suffered severe


ly through the incompetence or dis


honesty of the agents whom they have
intrusted with the management of their
affairs. One company paid $50, 600 for
a mine in Nevada, located in a bowlder
of eight or ten tons weight, resting far
from its original bed, and built an extern
sive mill to reduce their ores. Finding
that this mine gave out very suddenly,
the company determined to get even on
the country, and so bought another mine
fer the very reasonable sum of $1,000.
This proved to be small slide from a
mine belonging to other parties, and
yielded Just five tons of ore, after which
it gave out the company having expended,
100000 in developing the two mines.
The Reese Rirer RepeiNe, published at
Austin, gives an account of the sale of
mine in 1866, which very likely was one
of those mentioned above. An agent
from New York arrived in Austin. very
anxious to secure a mine at Silver Peak.
Some of the sharp fellows about town
procured a light wagon and pair of
horses. made a bee-line for Silver Peak,
located claim according to law by
posting notice on the bowlder, and.
returning as soon as possible, sold their
newly acquired property to the New
York agent for $4,000 in greenbacks.
1t was rumored in Austin that the amount
of purchase money paid to the enterpris-
ing locators was only portion of that
which was charged to the company but
as the sellers were very well satisfied
with their bargain, they were not dis
posed to be inquisitive. There is now
large mill at Silver Peak which would
be sold cheap to a cash customer.
Year: 1871

ARTIFICIAL LEATHER. process has
lately been brought out in England for
working up scrap leather and such parts
of old boots and shoes as have not been
burned, or the fiber of the leather other
wise destroyed, into a sort of artificial
leather, which is claimed TO be nearly
or quite equal to any in point of wear.
The scraps are first reduced to pulp. To
do this the thicker and harder pieces are
put into a suitable disintegrating or
crushing mill, where they are broken mp,
care being taken that the fiber is not
injured They are then put with the
thinner pieces which did not require
crushing, and the whole thrown into n
powerful rag engine and converted into
pulp with water or thin solution of
gelatine, after which it is converted into
sheets. These sheets are next inclosed
between other sheets of thin but perfect
leather A sort of compound sheet is
thus obtained, which, after being sub
jected to pressure is ready for use,
Year: 1871

1T affords me much pleasure to bear testlmo-
Some years since, While in India suffered from
severe fever peculiar to tho country, On my
recovering, patch Of hair on the left side OF my
head becaino perfectly white, without at all at
tectng the remainder To remove this unsightly
appearance, l had recourse to various prepara-
tions, both in Europe and in this, country; but
they all had one great detect-they dyed the
hair black Now with your Crystal Discovery,
can get the desired shade-the natural color of
my hair being dark brown. | consider your
Discovery the best preparation know Of


Nuurs 1rulN
Year: 1871

, The symptoms OF Liver
Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF


appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costise, some
shines alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay
ing left undone something


which ought to have bcen


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
aspirits. Sometimes many or
Year: 1871

Reflect that II sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublnl
huupincss, Indeed, without these the journey
tbrnurh life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly dark.nS to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
anoth Is blightcd with our own.
Year: 1871

Especially, who have becSsmo the Victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands of young men OF the most On
allied talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senatcs with
the living lyrc, may cali With full confidence
Year: 1871

Parties in Marysville and Susanville
seem to be making the establishment of
the Shasta Land Office "a matter of section
al jealousy. MarysvilIe has lottery for
raising funds to improve its public square,
and now wants the entire land business
of Northern California also, to keep up
that village, no matter whether the people
most interested object to going so far on
land business. Susanville s.away off to
one side of the State, almost in Nevada,
and the establish ment of land office there
would simply be to solely favor Susanvilie.
We have no preference for any particular
place, but we must say Shasta is decidedly
the most central point for any portion of
Siskiyou county The central and eastern
portion can easily reach Shasta through
Big Valley and Pit river Valley, and the
people of Western Siskiyou, Trinity aud
Shasta. have to go through Shasta in go
ing to Marysv,lle There is not partit lie
more trouble to come to Yreka, or to get
to Shasta in winter, from any part of Sis
kiynu, than it is to go to any other place,
and reka though located near the 0e





Susanville is for land Office. We have
been incommoded greatly by portion of
the county land being registered at the
Humboldt land office, which pace is more
difficult to reach in winter or summer than
any other place, as there is only a semi
weekly mail, and the best and quickest
way to reach it is via. San Francisco and
up the coast by steamship; but the state
ment of the Susanville correspondent of
the Alta about the country in Siskiyou,
west Of the Sierras, being SO exceedingly
mountainous, aud that three -fourths of the
agricultural and grazing lands lie east of
the Sieiras, is ridiculous, and shows that
the correspondent evidently desires berth
in new land Office, to be created at Sus-
awhile in consideration of using his iuflu-
ence by Misrepresentation, to force the
people of Siskiyou, Shasta and Trinity, to
travail more than double the distance 10
having the land Office for Northern Califor-
MIA at Marysville. As many miners will
undoubtedly apply for mineral land pat
tents, it is hi hly essential if the greatest
number are to be accommodated, that
Shasta be made the land Office for Northern
California, and if our representatives do
Justice. they will oppose any effort to abol-
ish the Shasta land Office. If they do
determine to abolish the Shasta Office,
they might as well abolish both the Mary.
sville and Sacramento Offices, as the people
can Just as we'll go to San Francisco, as to
any of the other places below Shasta from
Northern California.
Year: 1871




The attention of deinquents is called to
the following law relating to the collection of
taxes. ard are assured that its provisions
will be strictly enforced:


Sec. 66. To enforce the collection of poll
taxes, as provided in this act. the tax-collec-
tor in person. or by his deputy, may seize so
much of any and every species of personal
property whatever. claimed by any person
liable to and refusing or neglecting to pay
his po l-tax or property in the possession of
or due from any other person, and belonging
to such person so refusing to pay such poll
tax and costs of seizure, which costs shall
not exceed three dollars. and shall and may
sell the same at any time or place upon
giving verbal notice one hour previous to
such sale; and any person indebted to an
other liable 10 pay poll tax, but who has
neglected or refused to pay the same. shall
be liable to pay said tax for such other per-
son, after service upon him by the tax-col-
lector of notice in writing, stating the
name Or names of the person or persons so
liable and owing poll tax, and such debtor
may deduct the amount thereof, with the
costs of serving said notice, which shall lie
one dollar land for which he shall be equally
responsibility from such Indebtedness. Am
endment. approved February 1S 1864; 1868
4, 90; took effect from passage.


SEC 81. The tax collector, after having
deducted the poltax for which such property
was sold, and the necessary fees and costs Of
sale. shall return the surplus of the proceeds
to the owner of the property; delivery of
the possession of the property by the tax
collector to any purchaser at any such sale.
shall be a sufficient title in the purchaser,
without execution of certificate of purchase
thereof by the tax-colector.


Sec. IS. If any person shall give to the
tax-collector or his deputy false name, or
shall refuse to give his name, or if any per
son having men in his employ, shall refuse
to furnish the poll tax collector. or his deputy,
when requested, the name and residence of
each man employed by him, or If such per-
son shall refuse to grant free access to the
collector or his deputy to the building or
place where such men are employed, he shall
be guilty of mis- siemeanor, and shall be ar
rested upon complaint of the tax collector OF
his deputy, and upon convlccon before a
Justice of the peace, he shall be punished by
fine of not less than ten dollars or more
than one hundred dollars, or by impri>on-
ment for term not less than two DAYS nor
more than three months, or bv both fipe and
imprisonment A,nen1ment, appruved Feb
ruary 6, 1861; 1863 4, As took effect from
passage.


THOMAS GREENE, Collector.
Jan. 9TH, 1871.
Year: 1871

The ball and supper given on Monday
evening by the proprietor Of the Empire
Hotel was not only success in every re-
spect, but really eclipsed the Anniversary
Ball of 1870. Although the crowd in at
tendance was large everybody got a chance
to dance all they wanted to, and the way
the participants enjoyed the fun was pleas
ant to contemplate. The supper was not
only bountiful, but was made UP of the
best quality and choicest variety of viands
imaginable, and it is scarcely necessary to
remark that the crowd did ample justice to
the good things set before them.
Year: 1871

Both the Register and Receiver Of the
Shasta Land Office are in Marysville as
sisting in the work of preparing the records
relating to the lad1s of the new District for
transfer to this place. They went dow n
on the I'd instant and will probably be up
with the records by the 10th. The new
office will probably be opened by the 10th
of this month. A large amount of bust
ness is awaiting the opening of the institu-
ton. s rf-a