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Year: 1871

In 1858, Lieutenant Brooke
obtained mud from the bottom
of the North Atlantic, between
Newfoundland and the Azores,
at a depth of more than 10000
feet, or two miles, by the help
of his sounding apparatus.
The specimens were sent for
examination to Ehrenberg, of
Berlin, and to Baily, Of West
Point, and those able micro
scopists found that this deep
sea mud was almost entirely
composed of the skeletons of
living organism-the greater
proportions Of these beings
just like the Globigerin8, al
ready known to occur in the
chalk.


Thus far the work had beeu
carried on simply in the inter
ests of science, but Lieutenant
Brooke smethod of sounding
acquired a high commercial
value when the enterprise Of
lying down the telegraphic ca
BILE between Great Britain and
the United States was underta-
ken for it became a matter of
immense Importance TO know,
not only the depth of the sea
over the whole line along
which the cable was to be laid,
but the exact nature of the
bottom, so as to guard against
chances of cutting OF fraying
the strands of that costly rope.
The Admiralty consequently
ordered Captain Dayman, an
old friend and shipmate OF
mine, to ascertain the depth OF
the whole line of the cable, and
to bring back specimens of the
bottom. In former days such
a command as this might have
sounded very much like one OF
the impossible things which
the young prince in the Fairy
Tales is ordered to do before he
can obtain the hand of the
, princess. However, in the
months of June and July
, 1857, my friend performed the
task assigned to Linn Will
great precision, without so ia,
!. as | know, having met will
any reward of that kind. The
I specimens of Atlantic mu,


which he procured were sent t


me to be examined ard report


ed upon.


; The result OF these opera


tions is that we know the con
y tour and nature of the surface
z soil covered by the North AT
: tic for a distance of i 700 mile
from east to west, as well as W


all know that of any part G
= the dry land.


Tt is prodigious plain, on



Of the widest and most eve
"a plains in the world. If th


sea were drained off you migf


drive a wagon all tho way fror


yalentia, on the west coast {
J, ireland, to Trinity Bay,


Newfoundland. And, exceI


upon one sharp incline, aboI
: 200 miles from Valentia, / a
h not cutie sure that it woul
5 5 even be necessary to put IL
skid on, so gentle are the a


cents and dapaptS unon th.
Year: 1871

The foundation Of domestic happinsss
is faith in the virtue of woman. The
foundation Of political happiness is faith
in the integrity Of man, he foundatios
Of all happiness, temporal and eternal. u
faith in the goodness, the Righteousness,
tho mercy and the love Of God.
Year: 1871

the political composition and drift of this
organic French National Assembly in the
choice of M. Theirs to negotiate a treaty of
peace, and from his election as provisional
head OF the State, we are strongly drawn to
these conclusions-frst, that in the political
reorganization of France the wishes and
hopes of her Roman Catholic people as
Catholics will not be overlooked secondly,
that, perhaps, through the voice of France,
seconded by Mr. Gladstone 10 the recalled
London Conference of the great Powers,
the Roman question and the settle
ment OF the future status of the Pope will
be taken up as European question,
and that settlement will be made on
broader basis Of independence to the Pope
than the settlement undertaken by Italy,
which limits the Holy Father to the inde-
pendence of the Vatican and an allowance
OF SIX hundred thousand dollars a year as
compensation for the loss of his temporali-
ties.


Perhaps the Napoleonic idea Of the island
OF Sardinia or of Sicily as the temporal king
dom of the Pope may be adopted, with
satisfactory equivalent to I.aly. It is evident
that Pho Mono is fixed in the conviction that
he has no right to sacrifice the patrimony Of
st. Peter, and that he will not consent to the
compensations proposed by Italy. But he may
consent to an exchange, upon the principle that
"a fair exchange is no robbery" and he may
consent, too, in view of the difficulties of dis
lodging the Italian government from Rome
He may also recognize the important fact that
while he, as the successor of ST. Peter has
his claims, the progressive spirit and ideas of
the age have also their claims, which cannot
be safely disregarded by State or Church. In
any event, from the political reconstruction Of
France in behalf OF law, order, property and
religion, we are drawn to the opinion that the
Great Powers, in general council reorganiz-
ing the affairs of the Continent for the main
tenance of peace, will settle the Roman ques-
tion and the rights of the Pope upon q basis
calculated to secure harmony between Pope.
Church. State and people in all the States
concerned.
Year: 1871

BOSTON AHEAD.-With genuine New Eng
land energy the Bostonans yesterday finished
the loading Of the steamer Worcester with sup
plies for France, but the vessel is not expected
to sail before Wednesday next. The Hubites
are entitled to every credit for their prompt
response to the French appeal for aid, and it
will be no small satisfaction to them to know
that their contributions were the first received
from this side OF the Atlantic.
Year: 1871

THE Library Association of Savannah, Ga, want the MINER badly, but say they are not yet in condition to pay for it. So, naught is left for us to do but lo send it 10 them, and trust to luck for pay. MINER goes.
Year: 1871

\ bill was introduced into the House OF
Representatives at Harrisburg. Pa. on
Monday, which provides for compulsory
education in tho following manner and
language: That after next January
every healthy child between seven and
fourteen years is required to attend school
six months every year; the police force is
to assist in making the enumeration the
school board shall make appropriations
therefor: the board shall also establish an
industrial school"
Year: 1871

Furnished without extra charge the party wishing ttis peculiar q recommendation having unrestricted permission to use ad lii alum the stream of water which cOurs Os through the

 yard.
Year: 1871

The lanbury News supplements the
stor, about the girl il South Norway who
caught husband by writing her name and
address on the lining Of a hat she was
trimming, with the following, This is an
old trick. played by several of our girls,
one of whom in particular had an eventful
experience. She stitched her name inside
the lining af hat. with the statement: II
am thine; wilt thou be mine" and sent
it adrift. After various vIcissitudes it was
purchased by gentlemen. and took po-
sition on his head. One day the lining
bee. me loose, and in endeavoring to fasten
it his eye rested upon the sentiment and
name, and he involuntary exclaimed ::
Odd fool p ) hen Martha returned to
her home that day she was taken to re-
tired part of the cottage and warmed up
with strap. he gentleman who got the
hat was her father
Year: 1871

GIRLS. DON'T TALK SLANG.-Girls,
don't talk slang! If it is necessary that
any one in the family should do that. let it
be your big brother, though l would ad-
wise him not TO adopt "pigeon English"
when there is an elegant, systematized
language that he can just. as well use.
But don't pou do it. You have no idea
how it sounds to ears unsued or averse to
it. to hear young lady, when she is ask
ed if she will go with you to some place,
answer, "not much p or, if requested
to do something she docs not wish, to hear
her say, .cant see it y


Not long ago | heard young Mrs.
who is educated and accomplished. iu
speaking of young man. say that she in
tended to "go for him p and when her
sister asked hrr assistance at some work,
she answered, mot for Joe!'


Now. young ladies OF exceptionable
character and really good education, fail
into this habit, thinking it shows smart
ness. to answer back in slang phrases !;
and they soon slip fippantly from their
tongues with a saucy pertness that is
neither lady like nor becoming. IL bet"
or you bet may be well enough among
men who are trading horses or land; but
the contrast is startling and positively
shocking when young man is holding
the hand of his lady love to hear those
words issue from her lips. They seem at
once to surround her with the rougher
associations of his daily life, and bring her
down from the pedestal OF her purity,
whereon be had placed her, to his own
coarse level


l know the bright-eyed girl who reads
this, will think the matter over, and do
what is right, and discard slang and un-
ladylike phrases.
Year: 1871

H>HE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
!, L the Property Holders of Shasta County, that
In accordance with the requirem 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 or affirmation false list of his or her,
or their taxable property, false list of taxable
property under his, her, their CONTROL such per-
son 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, or msrepresented by the owner or any
agent thereof, to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery. be assessed at ten times the amount 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 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, the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyapce, as well as facilitate my work.


C. W. TAYLOR,


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

CIDER FOR A Cold Common sweet
cider boiled down to one half, makes most
excellent syrup for couhgs and colds for
children-it is pleasant to the taste, and
will keep for over year in cold cellar
In recovering from an Hines, the system
has craving for some pleasant acid drink.
This is found in cider that is placed on the
fire as soon as made, and allowed to boil,
then cooled, put in casks and kept in a
cool cellar
Year: 1871

CARROTS FOR BUrrER.-For making but
ter in winter, no one thing excels carrots.--
AS general rule. any good nourishing food
answers we'll, if fed regularly and in moder
ate quantities. Good clover hay is excellent
as far as it goes. We have known two quarts
of corn meal at time. regularly given to
increase considerably theamount of milk and
butter in winter Good warm comfortable
shelter, and clean d'y bedding, are worth as
mnch as costly food. and will increase the
flow of rich milk over exposure.
Year: 1871

Iowa INDIANs-':The Musqua8kees, save
in a singular particular, are strictly honest and
though they have but the slightest knowledee
Of numbers, thay remember their accounts with
surprising accuracy. When they buy anything
for which they cannot pay down, they must
have the amount written on a piece OF paper tor
them They canuot read it, Of course, but they
never fail to bring it with them when they come
TO settle. and to know just how much money 1t
represents Their idea Of business is just this:
If Maw-no emaw owes me $40, write out
his note ior the amount, sign his name to it.
and he makes his mark BY touching the top Of
my pcnholler while | execute the mark OK my
self Then he keeps the note to remind him
that he owes me- Without pocket, pocket


book, drawer or shelf, in all the world, it is au
iltler mystery how he does keep it; but as Ger
tainv as tie day OF payment comes, so certainly
does he fish out. from somc recess or told OF
blanket, breech clont, OF lceg:n the identical
promise to pay, and hands over both it and the
specified amount He has no idea Of interest.


Interest is u product Of civilization. Now that
he has paid it. ! must keep the note to remind
me that he does not owe me. Shnnd after
ward present it to him for payment the fact of
its beiug in my possession wond he ohm cor
elusive proof that he had paid it. >
Year: 1871

: The symptoms OF LAYER


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 costive, some
times alternating with lax
4 with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


Of memory, accompanied


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or


weakness, debility. and low
spirits. Sometimes many OF
Is attend the discuse, and at
y cf theu, hut the LIVER is
Year: 1871

4 REMARKABLE OM WEi.!~--A most re.
,n:rkabe oil well in the town of Rock, rear
.lanesvlIe, Wisconsin. has excited good deal
Of attention among sccutitic men in that re:
sion. Its great peculiarly is that it is bored
through series of Strati6td rocks older than the
coal formation and is situated in State where
no coal exists. As it is admitted that oil is
product Of carbonierous formations, the ques-
ton that puzzles people was, where could the
oil have come from? Certainly not from the
Illinois coal beds, which are near BY, because
the dip of the strata, strongy y defined, Is from
North TO South, and it would be still more
strange to find petroleum flowing up hill to an
outlet higher than it's source, than TO discover
its existence in IL rock where. according to the
laws of geology, it hal ~ hu ness to be.
Still there was 10 doubt that there was oil in
the well. At last L close Investigation of the
unctuous fluid showed that the oil was refined
petroleum, whereupon sensible observers came
to the conclusion that its presence WAS no long
er a mystery, but could be accounted for on
the theory that the proprietor, who Is not
averse to selling, only pumped out what ne
had previously poured in. Others less skeptl-
cal arc ncstins their money in the further de-
yelopment of this extraordinary territory, where,
the wells yield refined OIL
Year: 1871

FORTUNES AND MIsFoRruNEs. A rather
singular instance Of the extremes of fortune
comes from the Pacific slope. One OF the
early pioneers of San Francisco was William
Ellis, printer BY trade. BY his industry he
accumulated quite a sum OF money, which he
sent to his wife in Chicago, to be by her in
vested in real estate. In 1854 property in the
latter place took sudden rise, and Ellis be-
,ame wealthy. So he returned to Chicago,
where he resided until recently, when he took
it into his head to revisit San Francisco, taking
with him his wife, who was sufferer from
pulmonary ailments. Soon after his arrival
the Chicago fire occurred, whereby he was a
heavy loser While preparing. to return home
his wife died TO complete his i'll luck he was
passenger on train which was thrown from
the track. thereby he was severely injured, and
he now lies in the hospital at Sacramento.
Year: 1871

A DISPATCH of the ninth, from
Philadelphia, says: About five
O'Clock, yesterday afternoon, a serious
riot occurred in the southwestern pOr-
ton of the city, which was participa-
ted in by large number Of white and
cOlOred boys and men, and the MEM
bers of a cOlOred military company,
who were attending a funeral. Dun
ing the disturbance a number Of shots
were fred from pistols in the hands
Of the rioters on either side, and it is
stated that when the fracas was at its
hight, the members of the military
company made free use of the butts
Of their muskets, and several Of them
fired their pieces, loaded with blank
cartridge, into the white crowd. A
number of persons were more or less
injured, and the disturbance was not
quelled until the arrival of a police
force"
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, March 12-The occu-
pants of a tenement house in which
smallpox patients are confined at
Long Island City, attacked the car
penters building a frame about the
house, but with the aid Of the police
the infested locality was soon shut
in from the outside world. The
guards at Hunters Point have been
obliged several times to use force to
prevent the landing Of the bodies of
persons at that place, who have died
with the smallpox at BlackWell's
Island
Year: 1871

At was stated last week by Repub-
lican authority, that Attorney General
Akerman was positively to be re-
moved for actual incapacity to meet
the demands Of his position. He had
neither the legal knowledge or ability
to manage several important cases Of
the government which are ready for
trial.
Year: 1871

Reflect that q sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubia
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through. life becomes weary pilgrimage the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1871

Among the young men in the matri-
monial market only small number srs
rich, and, in America, such rarely make
good husbands But the number Of
those who are just beginning in life, Who
are filed with ambition, who have fus
ture. is very large. Those are worth
having. But such will not, dare not.
ask you to join them, while they see you
so idle, silly, and gorgeonsly attired.-<
Let them see that sou are industrious,
economical, with habits that secure
health and strength; that your life ID
earnest and real; that you would be
willing to beginat the beginning in lie
with the man you would consent to mar
Year: 1871

Subscribing for Your County Pa
per.


The Pittsburg Post thus speaks about
the duty of the people to first become
subscribers for their home paper, which
we wish every Democrat in Monroe
county would read and act upon:


We frequently receive letters from our
patrons, inquiring what newspaper we
would recommend them to take, &c
Our advice is uniformly this: First SUBJ
scribe for your county paper; it first Of
all others deserves your patronage, and
should not be forgotten. Besides fur.
nishing you with continued chronicle
of all local events of Importance, it
gives character and standing to your
county which is precisely in proportion
to the flourishing or non-fourishing con-
dition of your county paper, and which
can never be attained without its aid.


1t encourages home enterprise and
talent, and affords an'honorable subslst-
ence to worthy men, which not only
locks after your home interest, but gives
TO the world complete idea Of all your
natural and acquired advantages and bu-
siness Importance, and which invites
foreign trade and capital.
Year: 1871

Why will next year be like last2 Be
cause last year was 1870, and next yeal
will be 1872 (too.


What reason have we to suppose thai
beer was made in the ark2 The kanga
roo was seen to 60 with hops and tht
bear was ALWAYS bruin.


When is fish-pond like a bird cage
When there is perch in it.


Why is the tongue like race-horse
Because the less weight it carries the
faster it runs.


Why is the world like a piano? Be
cause it is full Of flats and sharps.


Why is law like sieye2 Because,al
though you can see through it, you mus
be greatly reduced before you can gel
through it,
Why is an elopement like an accident
Because it's miss-adventure.


"Why am intoxication like wash
bowl ?" asked Sambo. "Case it am de
BASIN"


Why is the letter G like death i
makes ghosts of hosts, and is always IN
the midst of slaughter.
Year: 1871

Do you know you have asked for the costlies
thing
Ever made by the hand above?
A woman's heart and woman's life
| And woman's wonderful love?
Do you know you have asked for this priceless
thing


As a child might ask for toy?
Demanding what others have died to wiz,
With the reckless dash of boy?
You have written my lesson of duty out
Man-lil1e you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar Of woman's soul
Until shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall be always hot,
Your socks and shirts be whole;
I require your heart to be true as Gods stars,


And pure as Heaven your soul.
You require cook for your mutton and beef,


/ require far greater.thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for socks and fol


shirts,


look for man ard king
A king for the beautiful realms called home,
And man that the Maker God
Shall look upon as He did on the first,


And say at is very good
I am fair and young, but the rose will fade
From my soft, young cheek one day
Will you love me then mid the falling leaves
As you did 'mong the. blooms Of Mayf
Is your heart an ocean. SO strong and deep,
may launch my all on its tide!
A loving woman finds heaven or hell


On the day she is made bride.
Require all things that are good and true,
All things that man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand Of me.
If you cannot be this-a laundress and cook
You can hire, with little to pay;
But woman's heart and woman's life
Are not to be won that way.
Year: 1871

WIf one Should give me dish Of
sand and tell me there were particles Of
iron in it, l might look for them with
my clumsy fingers, and be unable to de-
tect them; but let NE take magnet and
sweep through it,and how it would draw
to itself the most invisible particles by
the power of attraction. The unthank-
ful heart, like my finger in the sand. dis
covers no real mercies but let the thank
ful heart sweep through the day, as the
magnet finds the iron, so it will find in
every hour some heavenly blessing-on-
" the IRON in Gods sand is gold.
Year: 1871

down like the publican of old, strike
upon their craven hearts and say, 80,
party, be mereiful to me damned sim
ner" That fellow was publican and
sinner. He got through. How it would
have been if he had ''re'' stuck to his
name, God knows.


/ say, then, that we in the coming
dawn are the dominant party, and we
preacllt no revenge. There is higher
mission for the Democratic party-.he
elevation of the people to the high stan
dard of their manhood and the protec
ton of the people in their rights This
is noblcr business than vile revenge


And now, fellow citizens, Why not join
and belong to the Democratic party ?
Why not What is there to make any
one stand back? Go back to our histo-
ry. Go round about Zion; mark well
her bulwarks. Listen to our history !;
read the legions of our glory, and what
is there in the history of those grand old
patriots whose grand sentiments come
down the corridors of time like rich Ca
thedral music? What is there. that
would turn the ea. away? What is
there but triumph in the contemplation
of a party like ours?


Then onward, fellow Democrats; be
up and doing with voice still crying,
Excelsior" take loftier grounds; on to
victory, and all will then he well, and
the prosperity of the Republic will be
resurrected and disenthralled. Accep
my thanks. Applause.