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Year: 1870

Legislation in Regard to Medicine.


Editor Advertiser EVERY body is
discussing this important topic now
a-days, and l should like to air few
of my opinions. They have been
packed away so long I'm afraid they
will get musty. Meanwhile, 1 want
you to understand that only think
for myself Do not pretend to express
the views of physicians or mankind
in general, for l know nothing more
about physicians than L do about
Greek; and I have yet to find 1.-The
one" that comprehends the latter
class.


There seems to be pretty uniform
effort throughout our country to OBJ
tain State Legislation to regulate the
practice of medicine; and as these
efforts are by the people instead of the
physicians, the present is truly hope
full.


The administration Of medicine has
been the greatest bombUg Of the aOOrLd,
and no farce was ever played so well
and with such serious cOuntenances.


Hogarth's group of physicians, so
quantity and humorOusly expressing
the gravity of self-complacency and
ignorance, is the type of the past; and
am sorry to say is repeated too fire.
quently at the present day.


The people of Nebraska are seeking
protection for their health and lives /;
they are unable to find it upon the
pages of our statutes, and they ear
nestly ask aud demand some measures
for the purpose of elevating the stan
dard Of medicine, education and the
suppression of QuackeTy.


For nay part, L have no objection to
State Medical Boards to determine the
fitness of persons about to commence
/ the practice of medicine.
Neither would 1 care how high the
standard of attainment required, SO
that it was uniform.


I believe such examinations would
be a most powerful incentive to study;
that it would cause regular attendance
on lectures, and keep students in the
college to the close of the session.


Let the prominent schools of medi-
cine be equally represented in the
hoard of examiners; say two from the
Old-School, two Electics and two
HOmeopathics, and let the examina-
ton be upon those branches a0hjch may
be considered as forming the basis Of q
medical education.


1t seems to me that an examination
of college faculty should be suf-
licient, for it is to the interest of a col
lege that its faculty should graduate
none but deserving men.


The success of a college is based up
OH the skill and success of its gradu-
ates.


Besides, if such law as referred to
above is designed to prevent favOrit-
ism in graduating candidates, it will
fall short of its object, for experience
has shown us that State and Govern
ment officials are exceedingly prone
TO favoritism, while on the other
hand faculty will be much less So
their interests and that Of their college
being at stake.


AS we hope to elevate the standard
of medical education, we must have
more office pupiLGge; sag three gears
and attend at least ttUO fell courses Of
obstruction, and graduate IN some
School of Medicine either in the Uni
ted States or some foreign country, be-
fore dlJo,Oed to practice an the limits Of
this State.


Yours, &C.,


JOHN FLANAGAN.
Year: 1870

There are men here who have herds
of cattle numbering from hundreds to
five, ten or fifteen thousand. The
summers need not be spent in gather
ing hay for them at great expense, nor
the winter months in feeding them.
They feed themselves the year round,
only requiring the COW boy to salt
the old ones and brand the young
ones.


The hogs are raised in the same
way. When slaughtered, they, the
same as the cattle, are taken from ''the
range" to the market =


Bees do well, ami not unfrequently
a single man owns from one to several
hundred "hives" of workers.


Notwithstanding all the superior
advantages of this large State, warm
ed into life by almost perpetual sum-
mer, as it is, and By little fore
Year: 1870

That was very unkind Of Philadel-
phia. A San Francisco minister re-
moved to the Quaker City on account
of its superior moral tone. While
preaching his first sermon some one
stole his OvercOat. When he wants
any more superior moral tone he is
going to Chicago.
Year: 1870

COMBINING WITH THE CoLoRED VOTE.-Tbe
Illinois StGte Journal is our authority for
saying that at the Republican primary
election in Indianapolis, few days ago, the
colored citizens were permitted to vote, thus
recognizing the fifteenth amendment. So
anxious were the Democracy to maifest
their acceptance of the situation" by voting
with the colored man, that large numbers
Of them voted also. To such an extent was
this carried, that the whole vote cast wss
6700-2300 more than the vote polled for
Grant at the last Presidential election. and
within 1900 of the combined vote of Grant
and Seymour. From this, says the Journal,
it would seem that the whole Democratic
party is in danger of going over to Republi.
canism on the simple issue of the fifteenth
amendment, and in order to vote with the
colOred man.
Year: 1870

General Ames is at length Senator
Ames. Something less than ten years
ago he attracted the attention OF his
countrymen by the gallsntry with which,
when weak with wounds, he served his
guns at the first Bull run. His promotion
in the army was quick; his elevation in
the civil service has been sudden. We
can wish no better than that he will bear
himself in the more difficult though less
dangerous career on which he now enters
with the same boldness and honesty that
distinguished him in his former service.
Neao York Tribune.
Year: 1870

The reason why the Prussians are not
pushing matters great deal faster in the
French war is that the time Of Bismarck is
much taken up in gossipping with news
paper correspondents and telling them
state and military secrets-at least SO it
NAV be inferred from the reports sent by
the "our own correspondents to various
leading journals. How can minister Of
state get on with public business when he
spends hours of his time in being inter-
viewed and pumped Bismarck ought to
stop that, and if he don't William ought to
discharge him and employ man who will
attend closer to business.
Year: 1870




A girl at party was asked what
made her face look so red. She re-
piled them horrid chaps.


An old maid says marriage is like
any other disease" while theoe's life
there's hope"


If woman We're to change her sex,
of what religion would she be? Sho
would be a he-then.


Every clergyman Is supposed 70 be
familiar with at least one mechanical
trade-that Of n joiner.


When should man be spoken of In
the plural number? When he Is a
man beside himself.


The boot-heels and bonnets Of the H.
dies grow smaller and smaller though
they represent opposite extremes.


Law is like seive; you may see
through it, but you must be considcra-
bly, reduced before you can get though
ii.


Tho census taker VIII soon bo around
with all sorts of questions, and the Ia
dies are advised to get thar ages ready.


A New Hampshire jury is the first
TO return n verdict in favor of n nun
derer, on the ground of "iustifiatle
insanity"
Year: 1870

The Amricdn Naturalist replied to a
query in regari TO the effects produced
upon fruit by the agency of honey bees,
that all the evidence given by botanists
and BIOLOGISTS who have speedily stud
led the subject, shows that beee inn
prove the quality and tend TO increase
the quantity of fruit. They aid in the
fertilization of flowers, thus preventing
the occurrence of sterile flowers, ana
by more thoroughly fertilizing flowers
already perfect, render the production
of Sound and well developed run
more sure. Many botanists think Il
IL were not for bees, and other insects :
many plants would not bear fruit a
all,
Year: 1870

IL is in the lncapacity of truly homo
rsble man TO be dishonored by another
that a civilized mind sees the exquisite
absurdity of what was called the code
of honor. 1t puts the best men at the
mercy of the worst. Here, for in-
stance, was hulky bully and dead
shot. who took dislike TO some man
Infinitely his superior, He met him at
table and threw a glass of wine in his
face, or he spat at him, or he pulled
his nose, and it was straighway hela
that the honor of assaulted man hao
had been injured, and could only be re


paired by giving the bully the chance


To murder hun and ruin his family
Year: 1870

words ensued between the principal
partizans of both. The police acted
with great prudence and promptness,
and thereby prevented any serious
difficulty. Fisher has split ear and
an ugly mark across the face, and Brad
ley a lame shoulder from his fall in the
scuflie, and this is the extent of the
damage thus far reported.
Year: 1870

n. N, of Pa.-The use of the mag
net to rednce the friction of journals
was,proposed many years ago by James
Way, OF England. He fixed the per-
manent magnet over the vertical axle
i'm such manner that the weight of
the wheel was nearly balanced by
the magnetic attraction. Experiment
showed an economy Of so per cent. A
given weight would drive the wheel
80 seconds with the magnet applied,
but only 20 seconds without the mag
net. We once succeeded in revolving
a wheel armature suspended from n
magnet, full hour and one half In
vacuo, with no increment of force al-
ter the initial force, givn TO IL by the
fingers before the bell glass was placed
over il on the plate of the air pump
| The weight of the armature was adjust
ed so rs TO nearly overcome the torc'
of the magnet, and reduce the pressure
between the bearing points as nearly
as possible TO a nlinimum.-SciontU


american.
Year: 1870

An lSCIDESr At CHURCH.-rhe Lima
(Ohiol G0zette says: "A lady in one
of our churches rested her head on the
back Of the pew in front. aS all devout
people do in the time of prayer; but
In the pew before her sat a young man
who neither bowed his head nor
kneeled. A beautiful plume nodded
and danced upon the head of the fair
one behind him, occasionally touching
the neck Of the youth, who evidently
considered it a fly or some other
troublesome insect. For 4 time he
bore the unpleasant sensation without
4 murmur. but at last patience ceased
to be a virtue, and from the flash Of his
eagle eye one could plainly see that
the hour Of that fly had come. Instead
of saying, 'Shoo fly, don't bodler me,
cautiously his hand moved toward the
supposed offending insect; then fol-
lowed frantic clutch and spring
behind him. Imagine the horror OF the
youth to find In his hand the nobby hat
of the fair one, which he had violently
torn from her head, sadly disarranging
the contour of braids and chignon.
The lady was Indignant, of course, and
the youth could have been purchased
at an immense sacrifice about that
time. Explanations and apologies
followed, the disorganized was put in
order as soon as possible. and the de-
votional exercises were resumed.
Year: 1870

THE True EoUALIrY OF THE SExEs.-The
time bas come when wives should be no long
er legally considered as the mere property of
their husbands, any more than husbands ere
legally considered as the mere property of
their wives. We demand that all the actions
of husbands and wives-their innocence or
their guilt, their constancy or their frailty-.
shall be judged by one and the same equal
and impartial moral code. To permit a
greater latitude Of license to men than ir wo-
men is to confound oil just moral distinctions.
If it is right for husband to have mistress,
il is right for wife to have paramour.
There is no evading this statement. A man
is coward who shrinks from it. And if it
is right for husband to shoot his wfe's sup
posed paramour, it is just as right fer a wo-
man to shoot her husbands supposed mis-
tress. God is no respecter of persons. I'm
morality is no whit less immoral in men than
in women. Not that we wish to bring wo-
men to the moral standard Of men; but to
raise men up to themoral standard of woman.
And all those laws on our statute books fthe
grim Inheritance of feudal times) which allow
husband to grip her as if she were his dog.
are relics of barbarism and must be swept
away, 7. Independent.
Year: 1870

LAKE BIcLER-STRANGE LIGHrNEss OF ITS
WArERs.-From the Territorial Enterprise
we extract as follows:


All who have attempted to swim in the wa
ters of Lake Bigler must have been startled
at their strange lack of bnoyancy. Good
swimmers launch forth into the lake with the
utmost confidence in their skill, and at once
find themselves laundering and only able to
keep afoat by tho most strenuous exertions.
Going into Lake Bigler after swimming in
the generality of lakes-the lakes and streams
of the valleys-is like attempting to swim in
fresh water after having learned the art in
salt water, or even more trying. The bodies
of persons drowned in the lake are never seen
after they are once sunk. OF the five white
persons drowned in the lake not a single
body has ever been recovered Of ever seen.
The bones of all still lie in the lake. How
many Indians may have been lost in its wa
ters in times past 60 one knows. Pine logs
float in the lake but very short time, then
sink never again to rise. In places far down
through the crystal fluid, are to be seen rest
ing upon the bottom great quantities Of slabs,
logs and lumber. The specific gravity of the
water we do not know, though we believe
it has been moro than once analyzed. 1t GER
tainly can hold in solution but very slight
per cent. of minerals of any kind.
Year: 1870

For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,


such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping


Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,


and Consumption.


Probably never before in the whole history Of
medicine has anything won so widely and so deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints Through a long
series of years, and among most of the races OF
men 1t has risen higher and higher IN their estlma.
tion, as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to cure the various affections
of the lungs and throat, have made it known as re-
miller forms of disease and to young children, it is
at the came time the most efectual remedy that can
be given for incipient consumption, and the dam
gerous affections of the throat and lungs. As pro-
vision against sudden attacks of Group, it should
be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antidote for them.


Although settled Consumption is thought in
curabe, still great numbers of cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mastery
over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
torai they subside and disappear.


Singers aud Public Speakers find great pro.
Isthma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.


Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry Pecfordl in small and frequent doses.


So generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates of them here, or do more
than the public that its qualities are fully
maintained.
Year: 1870

&S Medical Advfce.-DR. WM. X. D0AERTY'S


Medal and Surgical Institute is becoming QUA
te the welfare of State and health of citizens
and his rapidly spreading reputation, although it may
cite SURPRISE is but the signal of skill and follows the
natural effect of such We personally
quanted with gentlemen who have Suffered for years
der chronic disease and who had taken advantage
available that promised relief, but without
until they they called upon Dr. Doherty who iucred


IDLY short space of time has given them entire relief 1t


gratifying to this fact because the Doctor
gentleman who seeks by defamation of Others
tablsh his reputation to the Of his
upon the ruth of anothers fame. The Doctor
his Institute in such that must bs ;rstify-


ing all his patients. lie examines, advises and
mends without charge and the patient after hearing his


for treatment, accept reject at pleasure In
does the Doctor make charge unless he eects
This he is able to do because lie feels TIE CONF
which long experience has given and dcrbt the
consolation which appertaps to that ondence Persons
afflicted with either accute chronic disease, would DO
well consult the Doctor at all events tcan dono harm,
for consultation he asks fee does he insist
obedience his advice unless the patient places himself
under his His Offices Sacramento street, c
poste the Pacific Mail Steamship 0ice.-S. I, NEWS
Year: 1870

WHAT MAY BE DONE IN OALlFOhNIA TAkM-
ING.-The Colusa Sun says


Since we have arrived at home and talked
with some of our best farmers, We will pub
lish for the benefit of our friends in the trans
mountain States bigger" statement: One
man with six good horses, one gang plow, q
wagon, barrows, etc., can with his own labor
put in three hundred and t,reaty ddres of
wheat, and with his labor and that of his
torses during harvest and hauling time, can
pay for the extra labor machinery, etc., ne
cessary to put it in market. He will then
Only work about seven months in the year to
perform this. His crop then taking the ave-
rage for the last twenty years, Of good and
poor crops, would be about twenty-five bush
els to the acre, or 5000 bushels of wheat,
worth on the river bank about one dollar per
hushel. We do not say that this is done all
the time, but much has been done, and
can be done, if one will only work here like
they hare TO work East to make both ends
meet.
Year: 1870

The cause of the death of dickens is attri-
buted, by London correspondent OF the
Scotsman. 10 the mental labor OF writing
.Edwin brood" The writer says:


.sSince bis sudden seizure in the midst OF
his readings last year, Mr.. Dickens hasnever
keen the sa me- man. After little while he
began 70 90 about as before, dirted to and fro
in his ardent, restless way, took long walks
efter his favorite fashion, starting on the
whim Of the moment, at any hour, for any
where, and resumed his writing and other
labors, but not with the same lightness and
yiyacity as before. Though sturdy walker,
there had always been something Of limp
in his gait, and this now became more mark
ed He had more Deed Of his stick, and
stopped perceptibly. He grew sooner weari-
ed, both in walking and in work, and COM
planned at times of strange supineness Of
mind and laboredl slowness with the pen.
Those wLo had not seen him for sone time
were most struck on meeting him within the
last few months with the sudden whiteness
Of his bair. From gray he became all at
once white, just as Mr.. Bright did not long
since. / saw him few weeks ago, Just be-
fore he left town, end his sunburned face
seemed set in snow, his beard and hair were
blesched so perfectly. Beyond question,
think it was Edwin Brood that killed him.
He went back to work too soon. He had had
the idea of the history for some time in his
mind, | believe; but after the first impulse
of the start was of he found the development
Of the incidents and characters slow and
painful. Within the last week or so he was
planning much of this. He seemed to make
so little progress, and at the cost Of such an
effort. Perhaps it was the hot weather, he
thought, or be was out of sorts, and would
get into better trim by-and-by. But the dis
order was deeper and more fatal. Even be-
fore his illness last year, however, he had had
warning of exhaustion. lie suffered at times
from terrible sleeplessness, which often
drove him forth at midnight to walk-his
favorite remedy for all troubles-till dawn.
Like Wordsworth. he belonged to the school
of peripatetics. Much given myself to walk
at oil hours, / have come across him often in
his rambles, always marching swiftly, with
earnest. resolute air, as if bound to be at
some given spot by the hour and minute, his
quick, glancing eye scanning everything and
everybody. In the story of the Two Ap-
prentices, which he wrote with Wilkie Col
Inns, he describes his own restless. impetuous
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. idleness be called it. All
this wear and tear of writing, publicreadings
and perpetual movement told even on his elas-
tic and vigorous constitution in the end.
The American trip brought him close upon
ESQ, 900; but otherwise doubt whether it
did him much good. Altogether the strain
was too severe. Then came Edwin brood
to put the finishing stroke to the work"
Year: 1870

CoNsIDEs THls.-Extreme views are seldom
correct. Ultra men are seldom safe leaders
Men Of small brains and ardent temperaments
are generally-tor the time being
with but one idea. They contemplate the
ory always, and fact often. from one stand
point; but when they attempt to discuss the
same theme from another aspect of it, they
often become just as ardent in the advocacy
of different theory. With such men the
last argument is-afways the most weighty.
Year: 1870

careful Pennsylvanian waited till his
wife went TO the barn for hens eggs and
then tried his new gun with load of buck
shot at the side Of the barn as target. The
doctor picked the shot out of her, and the
husband will have to wait the slow process
of divorce before he can marry the woman
of his choice.
Year: 1870

A lady, writing in Glasgow paper, says
"English women have become tired of the
monotony of being beaten to death by their
husbands, and feel that they are entitled to
the interest which the substitution Of poison
oe the dagger for the bludgeon would bring
into the domestic circle"
Year: 1870

Mr.. Shafer, of Prsirie Ronde, says he got
up scare-crow last year, which not only
drove all the crows out Of his township, but
so affected one very old crow that he came
back and threw up all the corn he had eaten
that morning.
Year: 1870


FENHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
/ 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 willfuy 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 willfuy concealed, removed,
transferred or misrepresented by the owner or 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
such additional tax, when collected shall be paid
to the person or PERSONS who shall furnish the
per eentage 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 a list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, AZ the law
directs, by the time Of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyanee, well as facilitate my work


c. w. TAYLOR,


Snasts, Aprli "a, Ie7U nj.