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Year: 1871

Fresh SALMoN.-Mr Chas. Shoppe left this
week Tor below, with the intention of purchasing
seine to be set in Trinity river, above the
mouth of Weaver creek, for the purpose OF
catching salmon. 1t is wel-known fact that at
certain seasons of the year the Trinity aoounds
with this kind of fish and that enough can be
caught to make it pay. OF course our people
will patronize Mr.. Shoppe in preference to fish
vendors who come from Sacramento valley.
Year: 1871

School DANCE AT JUNCTION CITY.-There was
social dance at the Junction City School
House last Saturday night for the benefit of the
school fund A gold cross and gold ring were
rallied off at the same time and place for the same
purpose. The dance was lively and well attend
ed, realizing about fifty dollars for the fund. F.
G. Haas won the cross and Peter Verstegen the
ring If junction City School District don't
keep out of debt and run school twelve months
in the year, it won't be the fault of the Trustees
Year: 1871

WE DESIRE TO INFORM THE PEOPLE OF


w Junction City and vicinity that we have
received the largest and best selected stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE ever brought to
this county and that
Year: 1871

The tight waist, the low neck sOt,
dresses, and the high-heeled shoes are
most fragrant abuses, and ought not
to be longer tolerated. We shall not
quarrel with the little jaunty hats of
the lalies, for they are indeed pretty,
and no harm results from them, as of
all parts of the body the head needs
the least clothing. But to pass to the
other extremity, we have to say that
the detestable high heels to boots and
shoes, running as they do almost to a
point, are spelling the gait and ruin.
ing the ankle-joints of children and
young misses. We are careful to or
der our shoemakers to remove such
heels from shoes before permitting
them to be brought into our dwelling.
Heels of moderate height and good
breadth are of great service i'm ele.
waiting the feet, so as to avoid direct
contact with moist earth, and they
also give support aud add iirmness to
the step. Why should Fashion push
good devices to absurd extremes? We
must aid in dethroning the tyrant
when her DEGREES lead to the physical
or moral injury of the race. Tie
present fashion of leaving the neck
and upper part Of the chest bare, Is
fraught with evil consequences. 1t
would he less Objectionable in coun-
tries uniformly warm; but that our
daughters, here in this changea-
BILE climate, should constantly expose
to the chilling winds u vital part of
the body, is one of the evils of fashion
which should he discountenanccd by
every mother, and father, and brother.
No part of the dress of man is really
more absurd than the hard "stove-
pipe" hat so generally worn; and yet
all attempts to subvert it have proved
ab0rtive. For thirty years we have
worn this kind of head covering, and
we like it better than any other; we
have tried hard to like the low, soft
hat, but we cannot and this Is the
experience of thousands. Absurd as
the high hard hat IL, it does keep the
head more comfortable, it does main.
tain a more equal temperature, itdoes
feel better, than any other form of
head covering; and so let us continue
to knock them against beams in at
tics and branches of trees. If they
serve n good purpose in brushing cob
webs from tleroofs Of old garrets and
stables, they also protect us from bad
bumps, and keep our heads comforta-
bic. Journal IF Chemistry.
Year: 1871

1t is safer for me to abstain than Ia
to drink. If | should indulge i'm
drink, l am afraid should not stop
at the line which many call temper.
.ance, but should become slave to
the habit, and with Others of strong
er nerve and iirmer purposes go down
to drunkard's grave. II | indulge,
L am not safe. If | abstain, my
children will not be cursed with u
drunken father. We talk of the dig
nifty OF human nature, and of relying
upon our self-respect for security but
there is no degradation 50 low that n
man will not sink into, and 10 crime
so hellish that he will not commit
when he is drunk. There is nothing
so base, so impure, so mean, so dis
honest, So corrupt that u man will not
do when under the law of sin-ofap-
petite. Safety Is to be found in not
yielding ourselves to that law.


But ii it could be proved cDnclu-
Sively to my own mind that | could
drink and never be injured, yet with
my views on the subject, it would be
my duty to abstain. could not be
certain, but Others seeing me drink,
might beintiuenced todrink, also; and
being unable to stop, pass on in the
path of the drunkard. My example
would, in that case, he evil; but |
ask, am / my brothers keeper? Yes,
| am responsible for my influence,
and lest it shall he evil, l am under Il
high moral and religious obligation
to deny myself that which may not
injure me, but will injure him. If |
neither taste nor touch, nor handle,
nor countenance, then my example
will not lead others to become drunk
ards GOcernOr buckingham.
Year: 1871

MARRY not an old crony nor fool
for money.


Great events give scope for great
virtues.


Caution is the lower story of pru-
dence.


II thou come rs a guest stay not
too long.


Great receipts render us liable to
great accounts.


Good intentions never justify evil
deeds.


We should care less about growing
old If others did not see it.
Year: 1871

Despite the hundreds OF terrible warnings con-


tanned In the news columns OF the HERALD aav
after day there are yet to be found persons
VINO will expose their very lives to tho
danger OF carelessly handling kerosene oil. In
Newark on Friday night, woman met frightfuI
fate as the result OF not needing these warnings.
Mrs. Mary Ann Donnely, vile OF canal boat caD-
tam. attempted TO fill lighted lamp with kero-
she was fairly roasted alive. Nothing was left
on her in the shape OF clothing except the mere
years OF age, ana leaves several children. In view
OF the numerous similar accidents Of this nature,
It Is suggested in New Jersey that the
Legislature at its next pass law aD0lishin4
altogether the sale OF this liquid AZ an artlci0
OF domestic economy. else that 1t be required -
he really OF mons Explosive character. Better tho
old penny rusnghts and safety than Kerosene and
repetition OF Its horrors
Year: 1871

by a Christian standard should de
sire to obtain anything whatever
without paying for it fair equiva
lent of some kind.


2. If farms forced to sale under
their value were as thick as notes
in market, and men should make a
daily business of buying them at q
discount ruinous to the seller, the
evil Of buying real estate on such
principles would be as great as that
Of note shaving.


No bargain is fair which, all
things considered, is not, at the
time, honestly supposed to be as ben
eficial to one party as the other.


1t is said if such a principle were
carried into business it would very
greatly impede the conduct of af.
fairs; we reply that no man should
expect in the great battle of the
world between sel6shness and be-
nevolence, to win without severe
conflict. No man can be honest,
just, kind. and moderate in all his
desires, without taking a.p a cross.


Better that men should be larger
and fortunes smaller, than that for
tunes should grow while manhood
sinks.
Year: 1871

Society is rapidly changing here;
the young men adopt new ideas,
and the old regime will soon pass
away. The fine old Southern gen.
tleman, he who wore a black dress
coat in the morning, carried q gold
headed cane, and encased his small
feet in tight French boots with high
heels, whose mouth betrayed the
stain of tobacco, who winters in
New Orleans, spending money ad-
vanced by his consignee upon the
next crop, easy, careless good-na-
tured and generous-in short, the
high type Of the slaveholder-has
gone from our gaze like q beautiful
star, a lost Pleiad, never more to re-
turn to the scene Of his glory. The
faro banks of St. Charles street know
him no more. The claret that he
loved is set before carpet-bagging
Legislators and the revel ofthe lobby
corruptionist is heard in the homes
Of Washbowl street. Occasionally
a poor specimen may be seen in a
different form, another manner Of
dress, sad and subdued look, the
expression Of one "who hath had
losses" l lately met one whom l
remembered in palmy days at the
Hotel St. Louis. He was weary of
the world. We talked Of the good
old days, and l listened to the oft
repeated story of oppression and
robbery, and as we talked we un-
consciously drew near to contigu-
Gus bar. He took a brandy straight,
and for fear it might have been a
little weakened by age, he had some
absinthe in it. I marked his tremb-
ling hand and watcry eye, and knew
how it would be with him. Old
Mother Otard is a tender nurse to
grief; she will soothc it to the
grave.
Year: 1871

Military and civil admirers of the General OF the
Army and the son OF the President OF the United
States followed these gentlemen aoout yesterday,
but did not succeed In adding 10 their stock OF
knowledge. The General and his distinguished aid
severay and severely minded their own business,
which was principally shopping. and spent the
best part Of the day IN the Astor House.
The wabash might have sailed yesterday but for
an accident to a Navy Yard barge on Tuesday even.
ing The barge approached the frigate after night
fall with 500 tons OF coal, and unfortunately sunk
In deep water owing to the heavy sea that was run
ming at the time. More coal will be put board the
wabash tomorrow, ana II Is expected that the ship
will leave for the Mediterranean In the afternoon.
This however, is not by any means certain.
Year: 1871




! The Democratic caucus, at its meeting


in Washington on the 18th inst, finally


concluded TO issue a national address,


which should cover in general manner


all the political questions at issue up to


the present time. The Southern Demo


Gratis had no opinions to offer. but left


everything to be made up by their North


ern brethren. The address was not to


be Issued until after the passage eff the
pending Ku- Klux BILL II will set forth


that the Democracy fully abides by all
the questions settled by the passage of
the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments,
and that there is no disposition to dis
pute any Of the legal consequences which
may follow from the same; thence,
touching upon what the questions in
volved in the propositions are, it viii
conclude with an indictment of the entire
policy of the Republican party it win
set forth that the Republican party has
entirely failed to subserve the material
interest of the country; that in the pur
suit of abstractions it has allowed cor
ruptions to accumulate, and monopolies
to become so powerful that the liberties
of the people are endangered; that the
Republican Administrations have been
but for single purpose, and that for the
aggrandizement of the black race; that,
in the meantime, political privileges and
rights had been abridged to the whites,
even at the expense of the constitutional
guarantees


That the States no longer exercise
their proper political influence, but that
Capitalization is growing to such fear.
full extent that even intelligent Republi
cans were becoming alarmed thereat; that
industry was robbed of its proper reward,
and that honest labor was overtaxed to
pay the salaries of unnecessary officials
or to swell the boarded balance in the
Treasury; that nepotism reigned in all
the departments of the Government, and
merit and capacity we're no longer requi
site for high civil position; that high |
tariff makes it almost impossible for the
laboring man to earn respectable Iiveli
hood, while it enables the capitalist to
live in idleness and luxury; that the
whole civil service has beeom so corrupt
that either an immediate reform or
change of government is necessary, aud
hat all the practical and social questions
IF the day are pressed home upon
he American people in the canvass about
All the Democratic Sena-
ors and members will sign the full ad-
lress to morrow and promulgate it.
Year: 1871

TIE JAIL QUESTION meeting
of the Board of Magistrates to consider
the proposition OF building new Jail in
this county, will occur the second Mon
day in June. This will be in time for
the leXy of this year, if the tax is i'm
posed The regular election for Magis


trstes occurs the first Saturday, the 9th
Of May, and the Board, therefore. fresh


Iy elected by the people. will be the bet


Ger prepared to act We presume the
issue viii enter largely into the election
for Magistrates in the different districts.
Year: 1871

SALT IN KEsrucKY-We see il
stated that the making of salt has been
commenced at Brsndenburg. There are
FIVE or six salt wells near that place which
have been running for several years, but
until very recently they have not been de-
veloped. The wells have recently fallen
into the hands of enterprising men who
are working them with great success.
The salt water running from them is
boiled by gas, the gas being obtained
from the same wells from which the water
hoks.
Year: 1871

John had just married and brought home q bride,
A graceful, and buxom, and beautiful Miss;
And when at the altar he stood by her side


1t seemed the last drop in his full cup of bliss.
Indeed she of the falrest Of creatures;
Her lips were like rubes, her teeth white as pearls
The might have borrowed its hue of her eatures
The sunlight was mocked by her bright golden curls
With feasting and music, the swift moments flew,
Till midnight approached and the bride and her groom
After bidding their friends aud companions adieu,
Retired-together of course-to their room.
There her beautiful wreath and her gossamer vail,
On the top of the bureau she carefully laid
Then placed her Dress with its long sken trail,
Ger the back of chair by the side of the bed,
And then, one by oue-but can't tell the name
OF the various garments, embroidered ami white;
Nor the feeling that over the young husband came
As he sat aud observed her dsrobe for the night
But many brilliant illusion, ween,


The possession of such position dispels,
To II man who has heard but never has seen,
That wonderful process the peeiing Of bellies.
So John felt on seeing those beautiful curls


Those glorious masses of bright golden hair
And the teeth he admit ed that whittier than pearls
All laid in box that she placed on a chair.
Meantime in that box something more caught his cye
To show how the artist Dame Nature can mock
A full aud judiciously chosen suppy


OF cosmetic al hb, rouge, enamel and chalk.
From her checks her plumpers--which, lest she


should lose en-,


She placed in the box, too, along with the rest;
Then swiftly detached the full palpitant bosom


Her lover so fondy-so bndly-had pressed
Then she placed ON the chair the huge cushion she worc
When her husband still more than ever nonplused
To see what he never had witnessed before


fair womans hustle abreast of her bust.
Then touching n spring that hidden somewhere,
Her lower limbs parted exactly in halves,
Aud she laid ON the ALTAR mean ON the chair


Her last sacrifice, pair Of fat calves.
Her dissection completed, she plunged under cover
Like a lath that might into ryulet drop
Then tenderly asked of her mctionless lover,
My darling, how long do you mean to sit upi"
" My dear, I'm quite undecided" he said
" What course in tho would be proper and fair
To follow the fraction that got into bed,


Or stay up with the part that is piled in the chair p
Year: 1871

AT the present time there are no known des-
cendants of Columbus living. The family is
extinct except in memory Columbus had two
sons, one of whom rose to the distinction of an
Admiral the other, like his father, became II
great traveller, visiting America three times, and
traversing the whole of Europe, Asia and Africa
He was a profound scholar, and at his death
gave his library of twenty thousand volumes to
the Cathedral Of Seville, stipuating that it
should be free to the people, and SO it is to this
day
Year: 1871

Don PATT writes about an auction of the CON
tents of dead letters GAS the rude auctioneer
held each article in the dim light, and coarsely
cried it off, could not help to think of the fin
gers that had worked, and the heart that had
throbbed over the token Of affection, and remem-
bered that it had failed of its destination and
was being sold for filthy lucre to this motley
crowd. Two-thirds of these evidences of re-
membering love came from woman. The fact is
during my stay did not see one hat could pos
busy fingers and woman's heart could the
work be attributed, and also to woman's ig-
norance or carelessness, probably, in address


ing, is due the fact that the work mscarried ="
Year: 1871




THE ScuooLMAsTER ABRoAD.-The
phrase "the schoolmastor is abroad is
on the tongue Of all, and yet how few
know ought Of its origin or appreciate
its force. In speech on the elevation
oil Wellington, mere military chief
tain, to premiership, after the death of
Canning, Lord Brougham said "Field-
marshal the Duke of Wellington may
take the army, he may take the navy,
he may take the mitre. I.make him
present of them all. Let him come on
with his whole force, sword 10 hand,
against the constitution, aud the Eng
llsh people will not only beat him back.
but laugh at his assaults. In other
times the country may have heard with
dismay that 1.-THE soldier was abroad" ;"
IL is not SO now Let the soldier be
abroad if he will he can do nothing in
this age. There is another parsonage
abroad--o person less imposing, in the
eyes Of some, perhaps insignificant
The schoolmaster is abroad and | trust
to him, armed with his primer, against
the soldier in full military array
Nethends Teacher and Parent
Year: 1871

As there has been considerable of q
decrease in the number of sheep in
this country the last year, and great
numbers are being sent OffalmOst dai
ly TO eastern markets, we call the at
tentiOn of our farmers to the following
from an exchange in relation to sell
ling of young sheep:


''It is very evident that there will be
a scarcity of wool next winter, and
that high prices will prevail for the
clip of 1872. Sheep are now being
sold off farms and out of the hands OF
farmers that ought to be retained
We do not think that any farmer who
can keep them ought to part with his
yearlings at this season. Their increase
in weight and their fleece during the
next season, if they are reasonably
well taken care of ought to bring in a
fair return from the feed and labor ex-
pended upon them. Besides, the eff
feet of retaining generally so many of
the sheep that are now going to mar
ket for butchering purposes would
have tendency to advance the price
Of both mutton and beef. At present
there are thirty thousand sheep gOing
weekly into the New York market
ten thousand into Boston some fifty
thousand into Philadelphia and Balti-
more; and the number consumed
throughout the country in other cities
adds materially to the numbers. The
saving of the yearlings alone, out of
this vast aggregate, would probably
add to the number of sheep from
which wool could be taken next year
nearly 20 per cent; and this is an in
crease which the pasture lands and
wool consumption could sustain with
out creating any panic among dealers
of either mutton or wool. 1t is the
business of the farmer at present, in
view of the prospective high prices of
wool, and the declining tendency in
beef cattle, to save all his young stock,
and to retain them out of market
where it is possible.
Year: 1871

General divers experience Of bee
sagacity is related by the Boston
Traveller: "Many years ago ne was
an amateur bee keeper, and was a
great favOrite with those wise little
creatures, as with his own kind as
we'll He kept a hive or two in his
own garden in Salem-Which, as
everybody knows, is full Of gardens -
and took great delight in cOmmuning
on the most intimate terms with
them. One day, after removing a
small swarm to a new place in his
garden, he went down town 10 the
reading room, and, while standing
near an open window, was suddenly
accOsted by "a honey bee which seem
ed To know him and TO have sOme-
thing Of importance % communicate
% him. But il did not occur to him
that this visit had any particular sig
niticancc, and so, after looking over
the papers awhile, he went about his
business, entering on his way another
public room; where, to his surprise, ,he
WAS followed by the same bee, or
another very anxious 10 gain his at
tentiOn- At length it occurred to him
that this might be one one Of his own
bees, which had been sent tO apprise
him Of trouble in his garden. He ae-
cOrdingly returned Immediately home
10 find his suspicious fully verified.
The little new swarm had been At
tackled by a larger swarm, which was
then i'm the act Of Tubbing the hive of
all its treasured honey; and the bees
which the General had met down
town had been sent Off in pursuit Of
their friend and master, to apprise
him Of what was going on, and 10 i'm
plOre his timely aid. But, alas, their
good friend was not quick enough to
read their notes Of warning and cries
for help; and the poor little busy bees
were all cleaned out by their stronger
neighbOrs before their general could
be got to aid and defend them.
Year: 1871

a correspondent thus describes a
"DOtatO race" i'm New Hampshire, a
fashionable sport there: A very Gu
riOus trial Of strength and speed it Is.
Three lines of potatoes were laid.
Each line is Of fifty-each a yard
from the other. Of course each line
is fOrty-nine yards long. At the end
OF each line is basket, by which at
the start contestant stands. In this
case there are three competitors. At
the word ego, each one begins where
he chooses on his line to pick up pota-
toes that he may bring them to the
basket. He must pick up but one
each trip and turn to bring it back 20
the basket. Your mathematical read
ers will see that this involves seven
thousand, three hundred feet Of run
ming, with such deductions as may be
made for an Outstretched arm, when
one comes to his basket; and, with
the serious addition Of two turns for
every potato, or one hundred turns in
all. Three spirited contestants enter
ell, and one Of them, named '"Thrash-
er," distinguished here as as having
won tub race in the last sports,
which were aquatic, performed the
feat in little more than nine min
utes. The other two were close be-
hind him. II you have ever any Oc-
easiOn To try, let me tell you that the
scientific performance IS to take your
long runs first, when your wind is
good When you want TO regain your
breath, take your short runs, which
involve the delay Of turning, but are
easier for breathing. You see how
good the time was for the distance Of
a mile and a half.
Year: 1871

Genius never sleeps-at least editor
ial nautical genius. We learn by
way Of st. Paul that a proposition is
on foot 10 ferry loaded freight cars
across Lake Michigan, upon the same
plan that ears were formerly passed
across rivers. Such an achievement
would be possible in quiet weather
but we fear the ferry boat would be a
triiie tOp-heavy when old BOreas was
out Some Of the finest and most
powerful steamers have been lost on
these occasions, even when the freight
was In the hold. What effect a deck
passage would procure on the vessel,
would be better known after trial. II
it IS safe to ferry eighty miles, why not
the whole length Of the lakes ? And
how much more does IL cost at pres
ent to load and unload a vessel than il
would cost to navigate 50 pOnderous
and marvellous q craft as one Of these
boats would easily be? The idea is
highly original, and the ancient mar
liners will no doubt marvel much over
such a genius for invention. BAT
Milwaukee had better send her pro-
duee 10 market around this end Of the
lake