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Year: 1870

SKIMMING MiLK-As no one can make
good butter without good cream to make it
from, SO no one can have good cream un-
less the milk from which it was taken is
rich in those properties which We deter
mine are of importance.


An important requisite in butter is that
the milk should be SKINNED at the proper
time. If the object is to secure tie great
est quantity Of butter the cream should not
be removed before the milk begins to sour;
but if quality is the chief consideration,
the sweeter the milk the richer will be the
article produced.


In either case, let as little milk be re
moved with the cream as possible, as this
tends to increase the amount of churning,
and does not improve the butter.
Year: 1870

If you are suffering or have suffered, from invol-
untary discharges, what effect does it produce upon
your general health? Do you feel week, dsbib-
tated, easily tired? Does little extra exertieh
produce palpitation of the heart Does yoar liver,
or urinary organs, or your kidneys frequently get
out xcf order? Is your urine sometimes thick,
milky or focky or is it ropy settling? Or does
thick scum rise on the top? Or is a sediment at
the bottom after it has stood awhile? Do you have
spells Of short breathing or dyspepsia Are your
bowels constipated? Do you have spells Of faint
ing, rushes of blood to the head ? Is your men,
ory. impaired? Is your mind constantly dwelling
this subject? Do you feel dull. listless moping,
tired of companp, of Life Do you wish to be left
alone, to get away from everybody? Does any
little thing make you start or jump? Is your sleep
broken or restless? Is the lustre of your eye as
brilliant? The bloom your cheek bright
Do you enjoy yourself in society we'll? De
you pursue your business with the same energy ?
Do you feel much confidence in yourself? Are
your spirits dull and tagging, given to Sta Of
melancholy If so do Lot lay it to your liver or
dyspepsia. Have you restless nights? Your baak
weak, your knees weak, and have but little ape
tite, and you attribute this to dyspepsia, liver
complaint?
Year: 1870

that those bold, defiant, energetic, persevering
successful business men. always those whose
generatiye organs are in perfect health


You never hear such complain Of being
melancholy, of nervousness. or palPitation Of the
heart. They are never afraid they cannot succeed
in business; they don't become sad and diseOura
ed they always polite and pleasant in the COM
panyof ladies, and look you and them right in the
faco-none of your dewncas looks or ether meaness
about them / do not mean those who keep tbs
organs inflated by irunning to excess. These will
not only
Year: 1870

VNHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
Il the Property Holders of Shasta County, that
on the


FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL. he will
enter 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, 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-
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 misrepresented by the owner any
agent thereof, to evade taxation, shall upon dis
eovery, 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 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 my reaching them, thew
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyaDee, ss well as facilitate my work.


c. ". TAYLOR,


ASSESSOR Of Shasta County
Shasta. Apzi q, 1870 IA
Year: 1870

spinal affections. suicide and almost every other
form of disesse which humanity is heir to, and
the real of the trouble scarcely suspect
ed and have doctored for all but the right enc.


Disease Of these organs require the uss Of
Diuretic.
Year: 1870

A gentleman ordered a suit of clothes
from q tailor, and specially enjoined him
that they must be made by the next Tues
day, and must be made in the finest style,
and that unless the tailor could have them
ready to certainty beyond paradven-
ture to the day, that he must not under
take them; but Snip promised faithfully
that they would be finished. Tuesday
came and no clothes; the enraged man
flew to the cabbage mans house and said
"What's the reason my clothes are not
ready as you promised? Here you have
kept me in the city at q loss of time and
business only to disappoint me; now, If
we had you in our part of the country,
tell you what they would call you: they
would say you were perfect squirt"


The humble knight of the goose ex-
planned that the only competent workman
that he had, capable of making the suit,
had wife lying at deaths door, and he
could not possibly leave her. The out
ragedIgentleman was not able to smother
his disappointment, and berated the tailor
pretty soundly for falling in his positive
promise. The ninth fraction of the "genus
homo" could not stand this, and plainly
told his customer to go to the caloric re-
gions of Pandemonium-


The customer, red with rage, rushed
across the street to a lawyer, and in an
excited and hurried manner, said:


"Do you know Snip, the tailor, across
the way?"


"Yes, know him" answered Brief.


"Well, now, want your advice" said
the gentleman "I want to know what
you would do in such case. That old
stitch louise has kept me here in the city on
expense, to the great detriment of my
business, and disappointed me in a suit OF
clothes; but when I went to demonstrate
with the fellow about it. what do YOU
suppose he said to meP He told me to &c
to -"


With these words he laid down ten
dollar bill on the desk, and said, Nov
sir, what would you do ?"


"Do you mean this for retainer p
asked Brief


Ct do" was the reply.


"Then," said Brief, quietly folding up
the ten and putting it into his pocket, che
Year: 1870

A good woman never grows old. Years
may pass over her head, but If benevolence
and virtue dwell in her heart she is as
cheerful as when the spring of life first
opened to her view. When we look upon
good woman we never think Of her age
she looks as charming as when the rose of
youth first bloomed on 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 respect and love the woman
who has passed hex days in acts of mercy
and kindness-who has been the friend oi
man and-whose life has been a scene oi
kindness and love, devotion 30 truth and
religion We repeat such a woman can
not grow old. She will always be fresh
and buoyant in spirits and active in hum
BILE deeds Of mercy and benevolence.
II the young lady desires to retain the
bloom and beauty of youth, let her moi
yield to the sway of fashion and folly; lei
her love truth and virtue; ana to the close
of life she will retain those feelings which
now make life appear garden of sweets
ever fresh and ever new.
Year: 1870

Though the innocent babe that created so


much sympathy in the public mind in con-
sequence Of the mystery that enveloped its
fate, for so many days and nights has been
returned to its mothers arms, vet the mys-
terry of its cruel abduction still haunts the
public mind and leaves it dissatisfied. The
Digby affair has become to be an affair of


not confined to the police whom, it is


charged, possess not the ability to solve the


Digby riddle. 1t makes all good hearts


throb with joy to know the mother once


more is permitted to embrace her darling


child, but there are those who do not fail to


feel that it is due to our people that the per


petrators Of this infamous scheme-be it a


plot to obtain money or otherwise be


brought to justice If the object in abduct-
ing the child was TO obtain money by its


restoration to its mother, the scheme will
not win, providing the police succeed in
solving the riddle. In case this is done.
what, no doubt, was intended as splendid
scheme to put money in somebody's pocket
will turn out to be but bad speculation,
there is a splendid scheme, however, for
obtaining large sums Of money without in
curing any other risk than the outlay of
few dollars. This cheme is legitimate and
is embraced in the single number drawings
of the Louisiana State Lottery. The next
drawing takes place on the twenty-seventh
of this month. There are four hundred and
forty prizes, some of which are magnificent
and sufficient to make any of us feel con-
tented and happy for the balance of life.
All that is required to have a chance for a
prize is to buy a ticket in the Louisiana
State Lottery. ..-..
Year: 1870




LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
FORTY MILLIONS CURRENCY BALANCE
TWO HUNDRED NATIONAL BANKS
GREAT ACTIVITY AT CHERBoURa
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL UBIQUITOUS
At Metz and at London
STAND TO BE MADE AT METZ
THE IMPERIAL HEADQUARTERS
They are no Longer at Metz
Marshal Bazaine in Chief Command
ATTEMPTS TO PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC
THE TERRIBLE BATTLE AT W0ERTH
Mcmahon Fifteen Hours in the Saddle
The Tumult in Corps Legislatif
OLIVIER SACRIFICED BY NAPOLEON
Year: 1870

A most remarkable escape from instant
death occurred short time since at the
New York Mine, in Marquette county,
Michigan. The ,Minf',g Journal says:
"One Of the miners was engaged in
charging an immense hole, fourteen feet
in depth, in which he had put charge of
eleven kegs of powder, to which was at
tached fuse, thought to be OF sufficient
length to enable the man to make good
his retreat By some mishap the fuse
ooiled at the instant it was ignited, the
FIRE coming in contact with and igniting
the fuse at the hole. The consequence
was an instantaneous explosion, throw
ing out, as estimated, quite three hundred
tons of rock. The man that touched of
the fuse was thrown perpendicularly into
the air distance Of twenty feet, coming
down on top and in the midst of the
masses of rock thrown out by the blast.
Singular as well as fortunate to relate,
with the exception of a slight scratch or
two of his fingers, he was entirely unin-
iured. The man maintained remsrka-
bic coolness and presence of mind under
the circumstances, evinced by his sing
ing out to his comrades to keep back, as
they were running up to the scene, ex-
peotiug to find him blown to atoms.
keep back" said be, perhaps it
hasn't all gone of yet, and you'll get
hurt."
Year: 1870

We may classify the petty incivilitiea
of church life thus:


l. SmeLls.-Violent perfumes, espe-
cislly those containing musk, are disa-
greeable TO most persons, and to some
positively distressing. There is no smell
so universally pleasing as no smell.
Never scent yourself when going into a
crowded assembly. The same is true OF
the residuary smell of tobacco which
hangs about the garments and eflicts the
breath of those who habitually smoke.
But tobacco almost invariably makes
men self-indnlgent and regardless OF
others convenience. More brutal yet
are they who go to church reeking, like
q Dutchmsn's soup, with the smell of
onions. There are scores of people who
have lost all profit of Sunday service
by the sickening smells which surround
them. itet


2. Sounds. = Whispering in church
during the service is an sffront to polite-
ness. Much of the coughing which goes
on in church arises from the poisonous
gases and personal efinvis which exists
in unventilated churches. But the power
of the will over the muscles which do the
coughing is very great. A needless per-
son will cough twice as much as is need
ful-will cough OF the worst time possible
will cough plump upon the necks of
those before him, instead of embslming
the sound ia his handkerchief, as, with a
little skill and politeness, he might easily
do. We would not forbid men who
cannot sing to make joyful noise -
but il should be q softly noise. In all
cases when it is mans duty TO sleep in
church, it is his duty also to snore with
the soft pedal down.


3. Sight. Every one likes to see the
minister. It cannot be done through
your body. True, you cannot help being
before somebody unless you are on the
back seat. Bat, with little thought,
YOU may very much help those behind
YOU. Any conduct which shall divert
the attention Of others from the service,
such as ostentatious playing with watch,
or opening aud shutting it, reading
books and papers, is impolite.


Many churches have the Ten Com
mandments set upon the wall, in sight of
the whole congregation, although not
one Of the sins rsprobated therein is
Ikely 70 he committed in church time.
Would it not be well to have another tab
let enumersting the sins which men are
prone TO commit 10 church time p Chris
fidn Union tltt
Year: 1870

and 2 north of south line of Township L. in Red bottom
shall not be allowed to drive said stock of said river with
out notifying of stock in the vicinity that he driving
sad stock out and all stock being driven out aforesaid shall
be driven to to be constructed at Isaac Billiards. by the
nelghbors, without cost to the parish


While at said pen said cattle shall be Inspected and any
stock not belonging the person claiming the drove


Jeremiah Bennett, VIM. Rumpey and Isaac billiard
hereby appointed board of inspectors under this
OF whom can act in the absence of the Others.


In case dispute to ownership stock arise under
this act the Inspector shall notify the person he thinks
the indicated and shall keep the pen the stock under
contest wenyour hours after notice, in order that the
owner may get his rights by law.


The Inspectors herein authorized shall incur expense
against the parish.


Any driving stock out in contraventon to this
shall forfeit the of five hundred dollars be
before court ocompetent Jurisdiction oneourh thereof
to go to the informer.


This act shall take effect from and Immediately after its pas
sage.
Year: 1870

I had for a ncighbor an emi-
grant from the Emerald Isle, a
man of much shrcwdness and fine
tact for making money, and when
lie did make it, talent for hold.
ing on and keeping it. 1t so hap
pened, however, in the course of
events, that he was seized with n
violent attack of illness. L attend.
ed him until recovery. On call


ing for his bill, and being inform.
ed what amount it was, he flew
into a terrible passion, and told
me that I had added to his bill the
accounts of all tho vagabcnds of
his neighborhood. / assured him
that such was not the case, that it
was his own bill, and if he did
not pay it, he would place me un,
der tho unpleasant necessity Of
suing him for the money. After
some hesitation and colloquial
crossings, he. settled the bill, re-
minding me, however, that I
might freeze to my saddle before
he would again give me a case.-
This, however, he soon forgot, and
always had me called when ply
sician was needed in tho family,
His nciglibor, Squire S., not
long after his own illness, had a
long and serious spell Of fever.
When the Squire convalesed, and
able to ride out, on meeting with
our Irish friend, he remarked to
the Squire: Well, sir, I was sorry
to hear of the long and dangerous
spell you have had !; and they tell
me that the doctor (myself) skin
ned You from head TIL heels with
blisters; but there is no d--n,
Squire, If You have not to undergo
a worse skinning yet with your
pocketbook when that bill is pre-
sented.


CONCLUDED NEXT wEEK.1
Year: 1870

A married man. after a time.
appears to forget how much q wo.
man, especially a woman who is a
lady, desires small attentions to
the very last. He seems to believe,
at any rate, that his wife does not
care for them at his hands. Wo.
men do not forget the season of
conrtship; and it wonld not be too
much to say that an ideal mar
riage should be a constant court.
ship, or else the romantic theory
OF marriage falls to tho ground al.
together.


But supposing a man marries a
fool, and doesn't discover the fact
for some time, then it is well worth
his while to try and improve the
fool into a tolerable companion ;
for even foolish wife can make
herself excessively pleasan: 10 the
wisest and most philosophic of hus
bands; in successful cases the wo,
man will be grateful for the teach
ing.


Mr.. Dickens makes David Cop.
perfield attempt the culture of
Dora, but the experiment was not
fairly tried. David went a very
clumsy, not to say priggish way
about it., and committed the
insolent blunder of exposing the
shortcomings of his wife before
Traddles. No wonder that the
blossom shrank from his bad
pruning. .


The man who wants to bring a
wife to at least sense (or nonsense)
enough to love him, has often had
his work before him, even after he
has placed the marital ring on her
finger. She may then only be a
i-dotached wife. We can give
no definite recipe for the curative
process. Circumstances would de-
mand o constant change of ingre-
dients. The shrew should be
tanned. The Indifferent woman
With her soul occupied only with
6o1ghts of the millinery hung


~ her body, SHOULDN'T we
Year: 1870

My neighbor and old friend
B., lived on a road that I al
most daily passed his house. On
one occasion, l was riding with q
friend, when, on getting near the
garden Of friend B, he was
SO struck with the luxuriance and
fine growth of the cabbage, he re.
marked that they were the finest
he had seen. Yes, ] replied, but
] am afraid IL is all collards and
no meat. Mr. B. was in his
yard and overheard the conversa-
ton, rose from his seat and swore
he had ns much meat as I had.
We had a merry laugh, and rode
on. For a long time afterwards,
in passing the place, might often
be seen hanging on a nail in a
tree in the yard, a side of bacon.
I sometimes asked old aunt why
she did this2 who Informed me,
that she did it to let me know that
they had bacon as we'll as i and
the other neighbors. .
Year: 1870




There lived in my neighborhood,
at the time when Yankee peddlers
were flooding the country with
clocks, old honest j.. F.. One
of these specimens drove up to
F----s' honse and drew forth from
his box a handsomely painted
clock, which he soon had running
and striking in fine apple pie or.
der, lmnch to the amusement and
satisfaction of Mr.. F., his wife
and o numerous family of sons and
daughters. After having fully
discussed the wonderful mechan-
ism of the thing--with its never
varying precision in keeping time
the price was fixed, and q bar
gain struck with tho old man, to
the delight and joy of the entire
hopsehold.


Itbappcned, when the purchase
was made, to be a busy time IN
the season for hoeing cotton--at
which work the boys and girls
were engaged (; but now to leave
the house, and be deprived of
looking at the clock and hearing
It strike, was o pleasure hard TO
forego. An agreement, however.
was soon effected in the family, Il
Year: 1870

Visible Results of the Repeal of the Excise


Luw-DranI shops and lager Beer SniOOus


Wide Open.


Yesterday being the first Sabbath after the
practical repeal of the excise law, there were
many changes visible, none of them being an
improvement upon those quiet Sundays the city
experienced while the pTOhihtory liquor
law was in full force. Heretofore, dealers
in ardent spirits and lager beer were
compelled to resort to all sorts of
preteXts to evade the law. Convenient rear
doors and gateways in alleys were used to
admit customers in search of refreshments.
Baskets were considered excellent vehicles for
the transmission of supplies, provided there was
O can or pitcher inside, and while the police of
late winked at these palpable violations OF the
law, the sense OF decorum was not shocked, aud
iuebriates INDUCED themselves in secret, the
number of arrests Tor intoXication and disor-
derly conduct being comparatively moderate on
each Sabbath


Yesterday, the saloons devoted to the sale of
lager beer, especially those colossal establish
ments in the lower part of the Bowery, were
thrown wide open, and the gardens " as the
Teutonic mind fondly style them in faint re-
membrance Of well-known resorts in the larger
cities of the Fatherand were thronged all
day by an eager aud thirsty crowd, all
anxious to enjoy the national beverage
of Germany without let or hindrance
from the laws of the State. Dramshops
throughout the length and breadth of the
city were not slow to follow the example of the
lager-beer saloons though the proprietors in
many cases paid little respect to the day by
partially covering their windows with intermit-
tent shutters. Liquor was sold in large quanti-
ties by the glass over the counters, and the
police reported several affrays during the day
between men under the influence of liquor.
The return of the liquor and beer trade to
the old system was signalized by the
Year: 1870

occurrence of a brutal murder, the result of
drunken quarrel amnog gang of drunken ruff
fans who had been out all night on a SPREE
The details of the crime prove that the unre-
stricted sale of intoxicating liquor at all hours
of the day or night is prejsdcial to good order
in the public streets, and the safety of human
life and limb.


On Sunday, the 18th instant the police of this
city reported fifty arrests for intoxcaton and
eighteen for disorderly conduct in the public
streets. The Second, Ninth, Twentieth Twenty
third, Twenty-sixth, Thirtieth, and Thirty
second precincts reported no arrests at all, aud
the day was peculiarly quiet one to the police,
as, indeed, were the three previous Sundays
The magistrates in the several police courts
found little occasion for the exercise of their
powers, and the Sabbath was indeed day of
rest.


Yesterday the scene changed in a decided
sense, for with the opening of the liquor saloons
came new mood upon those frequenting them.
Cases of intoXication were more abundant and
the police had more occupation. There were
seventy arrests made in the city up to o'clock
yesterday evening for intoXcation, and twenty
six for disorderly conduct. There were no
arrests yesterday for these offenses in the
Eleventh, Twelfth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and
Twenty-ninth precincts. Thus it will be seen
that the city was more disorderly than on
previous Sabbaths. The aggregate number of
arrests made on last Sunday in this city was
one hundred and siXty-three, and the number
was largely increased by midnight of yesterday


The operation of Superintendent Jourdan's
order to keep the loungers away from church
doors was carried into full effect yesterday, the
officers detailed for that duty experiencing no
difficulty in enforcing the new regulation. The
consequence was that pedestrians having occa-
sion to pass places of public worship did so
without bindrance, and the congregations were
enabled to disperse in speedy and pleasant
manner; the usual sidewalk crowds having dis
appeared as If by magic, through the efforts of
the patrolmen on post.-N. 7. Times to-day.