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Year: 1871

The ticket put forward by the Democracy this
week may be said, in some respects, to be very
strong one; in some others it is open to serious
objection. Its strength consists in the fact that it
10 about equally divided betwixt Chivalry Dem
ocrats and the naturalized wing of the party
and that the nominees all good men person
ally, 1t is Objectionable and dstasteful to many
Democrats because it was put up and put through
in the interests of a few men, without taking
into consideration the wishes of anybody else or
the welfare of the party. A glance at the nomi-
nees Of the Democracy of this county shows who
hold the reins and guide its course. In view of
the action of the Convention it is apparent that
a few select individuals have complete control
of the organization and intend to run it in their
own interest. This state of things is liable to
exist at times in any party, and when once es-
tablished will last until the masses rebel against
it, While the greater part of the Democracy
may support their ticket, they will realize that
they really had little to do with making it up.
In our opinion another serious error in its for
nation was the manner in which the outside pre-
cincts were ignored. A candidate from the out
side put forward by populous precint is en-
titled to consideration on that ground. 1t is
well understood by politicians how united del
egation from the largest precinct can go through
a Convention and secure all the principal offices
for their friends but it is equally well under
stood that this is very njudicous policy to
pursue. An impartial distribution of the vari-
Gus offices among the the different divisions of
| in 4ha ~
to give complete satisfaction and bring out the
full strength of party. Those who frame
ticket with eye to the party welfare are guided
by this principle. Tested by this rule, the ticket
is bad one. With the exception of the
single Office of Sheriff, every candidate is
taken from Weaverville. The office of
County Surveyor has been blank for years
and counts for nothing. The nomination of
Van Matre was an attempted stroke of policy
but is likely in the end to be productive only of
dissatisfaction. The strongest man for this Of
fee was sacrificed in order that the weakest
man might be put on the ticket in another place
and not load it down too heavily. The import
ant offices being given to the 'ring'' candidates,
two popular Germans and three influential Irish
men were put the tail of the ticket to carry it
through. The last mentioned nominations were
we'll bestowed for the purpose of strengthening
the ticket, and with Major Price for Assembly
Mat Lowden for Sheriff and John NJ Estes for
Clerk, would have formed the strongest combi-
nation possible for the Democracy to put in the
field. This will be generally admitted OF
course we shall oppose the ticket we have criti-
cised, as we believe, with perfect impartiality
AS in the past we shall not attack the private
character Of single man on it. We expect that
the Republican Convention will select a ticket
more deserving of the sufrages of the people of
Trinity county and that for more reasons than
one.
Year: 1871

AGENTS of the Central Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, says the Red Bluff Independent of the 10th,
the right of way from those who own property
on the line of the road. The citizens appear to
be willing to take fair price and the Company
is disposed to deal literally with them.
Year: 1871

TIE DAILY PLEBIAN. This is the title of a


new paper which has lately been established in
San Francisco, as {" an organ of the people. ."
Although it holds fellowship with no political
party, it " will advocate the election of the Re-
publican State Ticket, simply because it holds
the attitude of that party to be more favorable
TO the cause Of progress and reform than that OF
the Democratic party" Success to the Ple5ian.
Year: 1871

BEAD AND REFLECT Every citizen should
read the platforms presented by both political
parties, to the end that be may decide under
standingly between the two. We republsh the
Republican State Platform on the fourth page OF
this issue. 1t is a straightforward declaration
of the policy which that party intends to persue,
and the one which it will pursue, for the Repub.
licans will in the future, as they have in the
past, hold sacred al promises made to the people
Year: 1871

ANOTHER EXAMPLE" Selfpreservation is the
first law of nature" The Democracy desire to
preserve their organization, and therefore oppose
all measures which tend TO educate the masses.
Year: 1871

The jackson Pilot gives the follow
ing hopeful account of the campaign
in our neighboring State of Missis-
sippi:


The canvass is progressing very
satisfactorily. From all parts of the
State we hear the most cheering news
OF the work being performed by our
Republican friends. The people turn
out in great numbers to hear our
speakers, and among them it is noted
the increase of the white people who,
at last, have become willing to hear
Republican doctrines from the lips of
Republican teachers, and not from
the misrepresentation of their oppo-
nents. In many cases, white men
have frankly came forward and as
sured our speakers that they perfectly
conceded with them in their political
views, and if that was Republieanism,
they were Republicans. They had
been accustomed to hear nothing but
abuse and misrepresentation of the
Republican principles and Republic
cans; but they were now assured
that the party in pewersWas in favor
OF building up the State in all those
things which make people great.
They were in favor of free schools for
their children. In favor of immigra-
ton, enterprise and capital coming to
the State, and know that only that
sort OF policy would recuscitate the
State and place it. on equal footing
with other States of the Union. Many
evidences of this kind reach us of the
change in political opinion and action
going on among the white inhabitants
of the State. We may lose few
colored votes some viii be deferred
from voting by fear of the Ku-Klux
Lash and double barrelled shot guns;
a few may be deceived into voting the
Democratic ticket, not knowing the
danger to their own rights which
such step insures; but we are now
very much inclined to believe that all
those losses to the Republican party
will be more than made up by the
white votes that will, in the coming
election, be cast, for the first time, for
the Republican ticket. Our friends
we think, have much to encourage
them in the work before them. The
State is undoubtedly safe for the Re
publican cause.
Year: 1871

semblage; have aroused the popular
Indignation throughout the country !;
have damaged the national admins
tration; have wronged and injured
the whole Republican party, and have
forfeited the confidence of the people
in the official integrity and the politi-
cal fidelity of these men.


Twelfth-Tnat as these outrages
were committed by the appointees of
President Grant, and in his name and
ostensibly (see their resolutions) for
his political advancement, he, as priin-
cipal, is responsible for the acts Of his
agents until he disavows them, and re-
vokes their powers by their removal.


We only desire to add that our own
investigations have convinced us of
substantial accuracy of the foregoing
statements, and lead us to reiterate
our opinion that the matter is one
which the administration should, for
its own sake and for the sake of the
Republican party at large, interfere
to punish its unworthy servants.
Year: 1871

Later accounts from Persia repre-
sent the devastations from the famine
to be more widely spread and de-
structive than ever. At Mesched, a
town of 100000 inhabitants, $4,000
have fled for their lives, and the feeble
remainder have been carried into
captivity by Afghan banditti. Mean
while the shah. after the fashion of
the eastern rulers, has wholly disre-
garded the sufferings of his subjects,
and ruthlessly left them to the wretch
edness and death which his own inca
pacity has brought upon them. While
his people have been dying by thou
sands under pestilence and famine, his
royal Majesty has been taking his
usual hunting expeditions, and lived
as richly and reeklessly as ever. A
mob of several thousand starving men
and women, who assembled before his
palace gates, conducting themselves
in very riotous manner, and coup
ling his name with opprobrious and
disrespectful epithets, awoke that wor-
thy magistrate to realizing sense of
the situation. He therefore issued an
edict that bread should be sold at a
certain fixed price, but as there was
no bread to be had at any price this
was not wholly satisfactory. After
this he imprisoned the vizier of the
town and the bakers baked in their
own ovens. And still his people are
not happy
Year: 1871

As we might have expected, the N,
o. Patriot declines to act upon, our
suggestion and drop from it's list OF
charges against the Governor those
items which have been proven to pos


sess no foundation in truth. The nat


ural conclusion we arrive at is that
the Patriot has not the least regard for
truth or decency. H.
Year: 1871

The yellow fever is still raging at
Vicksbnrg, Natchez and Vidalia, but
the existing cold weather will doubt
less put an end to the epidemic, withal
the present mortality will be increased.
Year: 1871

The cowardly silence of the Demo
cratic press on the subject Of the Con-
Stitutional Amendments will not suit
the Henry Clay Dean and Sam Evans
wing of the Iowa Democracy. That
wing which Is so cowardiy in war,
and so brave in peace, Is full OF fire
and hungry for blood just now. Its
organ and mouth-piece the Ottumwa
Dcmocrat- which we must give the
credit Of wacing bold and uncom-
Portable rcd-hot warfare upon the
trmmers and auctioneers Of its own
party-has for some time been open
and rabid in its declaration Of war
against the Amendments, and pro-
poses to keep that Kind Of a flag fly
ing straight along. We have before
made quotations from its columns to
show the position and purpose Of the
faction it leads and represents. 1t is
q comfort to find one Democratic pa
per nowadays that knows what ana
where it is in politics, and can tell
lust where II stands, The Democ'M
is the only one. Of that kind among
.he opposition. press in Iowa.


But we intended to honor Dean as
she subject Of this article, and not the
DenocyQt--Dean, the beloved apostle
of thousand odors. Our old friend,
after silence Of several months,
again appears upon the surface, to
once more play at his fayorite game
in politics. He has letter in the
last Democrat, in which he violently
sounds the tOm-tom of the fire-in-the-
rear Democracy. We quote portions
Of it, just to prove, by the potential,
evidence Of Democratic confession,
that the rebellion is not dead yet,
eyen!n the opinion Of all Iowa DEM
Year: 1871

The great secret OF success in life consists
In bending all your efforts to whatever you
happen to engage in. Don't let your fckle-
ness lead you to slight your present occu-
patton, and think lightly Of it, hoping some
thing better will turn up by'and-by. The
way to get along in the world is to make
every step one that is ahead, and each to
follow its predecessor. For full fifty per
cent. of the effort of the world is absolutely
wasted in indirect, diifuse, Indefinite la.
bors. Young men start on in life without
purpose or point, casting thought neither
on their fitness nor unfitness for particu.
lar calling; now doing this thing. then
that and after that nothing; one day going
OH, another on the right (Which Is wrong)
or left, the next backward, and then not
going on at all, which is perhaps as bad as
the whole combined The right line in life
is the one which leads straight ahead.
This almost always secures success II
you are creeping, do it euergeticnlly until
you can get on your feet to walk but
never try to do both at once. And when
once on your feet, never get on your hands
and knees again but strain all your efforts
to your new life
Year: 1871

This is very important, both for happi-
ness and health. BY keeping it shut more
than it is, fewer disagreeable things will
be said, which will make us less unhappy
As regards health, It is also important
People should cultivate tho habit OF breath.
ing through tho nose more than they do
Mans nostrils were not intended for the
sole purpose Of distinguishing odors, good
from bad, but were put in his head to filter
and purify the air he breathes before il
enters his lungs, and to soften and warm Il
when chilled, damp, and unhealthy from
tho influence Of variable climate He
who breathes through his mouth will al
ways find himself moro OF less in trouble
with pulmonary or bronchial difficulties.
1t is the most hurtful thing in the world
to go from warm room, in winter or au.
tumn evenings. and draw the damp and
chilly outdoor atmosphere directly into the
lungs through the mouth. II has, time
and time again, resulted in severe attacks
Of Illness, and not unfrequently death.
Year: 1871

II Is often question among people who
are unacquafnted with tle anatomy and
physiology ofmen, whether lying with head
exalted or on level with the body, Is the
most unwholcsome. Most consulting their
own case on this point, argue in favor Of
that which they prefer. Now. although
many delight In bolstering up their heads
At night, and sleep sOundly without injury,
yet we declare 1t to be dangerous habit,
The vessels in which the blood passes from
the heart to the head are always lessened
in their cavities when the head IL resting
in bed higher than tho body; therefore;
in all diseases attended with fcveY, the
head should bo pretty nearly on level
with the body and people ought TO accus-
tom themselves 70 sleep thus, and avoid
danger. .-Ax..
Year: 1871

Who knows anything about q
town or city, leaving out what is
learned through the newspaper p
How are country people to know
what is going on in town without
the aid Of the newspaper? How
are they to know who has any thing
to sell unless they see an advertise
ment in the newspaper How are
they to know who are liberal deal
cars, and where they can get the
best bargains, without consulting
tho the newspaper The business
man who advertises literally is ev-
erywhcre regarded as liberal
minded man, and to such a one
people naturally look for good bar
gains, and the rule is good one.
Men who desire to soc q town i'm
provo and themselves flourish in
business, give o local newspaper %
liberal support.


Tho newspaper is regarded as the
index to the town or city in which
it is printed. This being the case
we refer the reader to our adver-
tising columns fOr information as to
where the best bargains are to be
obtained.
Year: 1871

A recent decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United
States establishes q very curl
ons coincidence. Two years
ago Governor Palmer. of Illi-
nois, refused to pay tax on the
income he received from the
State as the salary for bis Office.


His reason, as expressed in a


letter to the United States col


lector, was that the Federal


Government had no right to


tax the States ON the means
employed to carry ON their
governments, and the office of
Governor and the salary paid
was one of those means. The
case was reported to the au-
tholities at Washington by the
collector, and the enforcement
was ordered to be suspended.
The decision referred to comes
up from the State of Massa-
chusetts, and the Supreme
Court uses, word for word, in
the decision, the language EN-.
ployed by Governor Palmer in
his letter to the Collector of
internal revenue in Illinois.
Year: 1871

The distress and suffering in
Paris is immense. In that vast
metropolis there must always
be hundreds of thousands of
people who have as much as
they can do to keep the wolf Of
poverty away from their doors.
Now, when there has been a
reign of terror for weeks
when the non-residents who
have spent millions of dollars
have left-wnen the stores and
shops have been largely closed
to assure their safety-when
the great factories have ceased
their work-what remains for
the industrial classes to do but
to either beg or starve =? Such
a state of things even in this
country would be intolerable,
but how much more oppressive
in old and thickly-settled Paris.


A large portion Of the people
must be fed directly from the


public treasury, and how long
can this continue 2 Very brief.
ly, and the reaction to the old
order Of things will be terrible.
Year: 1871

To CLEAN BLACK CLoTH.--Dissoivc ono
ounce OF bicarbonate of ammonia In one
quart Of water. With tllis liquid rub tho
cloth, using piece Of flannel or black
cloth for the purpose. After tho applica,
tion Of this solution clean the cloth well
with clear water dry and iron IL, brush.
ing the cloth from time to time in tho
direction of the fibre.
Year: 1871

They will. 1 have two glass hives
which have experimental with fOI
three seasons. The bees worked well,
but 1 could not successfully winter
them in the glass hives.


The first season, 1 closed the hives
with shutters, to exclude the light
until they had built comb. I then
opened the shutters, making the hives
as light as day. The bees worked
well, and stored plenty of honey
About the first of October l closed the
shutters. In November, examined
the hives again, and found the bees
had consumed almost enough honey
to have wintered them in wooden
hive. Since that time always trans
fered the bees into a wooden hive, as
cool weather approaches, and keep
them there till spring, when I place
them in the glass hives again, keeping
them darkened for three or four weeks.
Last spring 1 placed one of the hives
where the sun shone on it. The bees
Immediately ceased work. return
ed them and set the hive in the shade,
but left it open to the light, when the
bees commenced to work as usual
Cor. Bee Journal.
Year: 1871

A Washington correspondent tells
a story Of member of the FOrty-First
COngress-One who is not a member
of the Professionalism indicates q
degree of parsimOny quite incredible.
It is related that the man, during the
whole term of Congressional career,
never drew a dollars worth of station
cry, but instead took a money allow
ance under an existing rule. He sup
piled himself with stationery by max
ing tour of the House at an early
hour each morning, picking up all the
loose sheets and scraps Of paper from
members desks and transferring them
to his own. The same member was
liberal in his drafts upon the seed re-
positOry, on one sending in a single
requisition for thirteen hundred dol
lars worth of seeds. No wonder he
failed to secure a second election. The
wonder is that such a man could ever
have succeeded TO any elective office,
however insignificant.
Year: 1871

A country editor in alluding to a
rival town says, ''that it takes several
of their pigs to pull up blade Of grass;
and they are so poor that the fore
most seizes the spear in his mouth,
the balance taking each other by the
tail, when they all give pull, strong
pull, and pull together, and it breaks
the whole tumble TO the ground, for
want of sufficient strength to support
themselves. It takes three OF four b
make q shadow"
Year: 1871

a cotemporary takes the Free Trade
League to task for demonstrating
against the repeal of the duty on tea
and coffee, and finds an ''incOnsist-
encyv in this. This, it seems to Us, is
perfectly consistent. The Free Trad
ers are opposed TO putting a duty
where it will protect any thing OF
American growth or product. As
there can be no bugbear of Protection
in the duty on tea and coffee at pres
ent, they want the duty to remain on
these commodities. Should tea eul-
ture in California, however, to any
consequences, the Free Trade Leaugue,
we suppose, will have to petition foI
the repeal of the duty on tea, other
wise it will not be consistent in its
opposition to Protection.
Year: 1871

This is to certify that my hogs were
badly affected With the disease known as
Hog Cholera, and they were dying al
most daily, when allowed RuDyon &
Co., to try the virtue of their medicine
on them, seventy five head in number.
and after using it for two months, can
say that it viii not only cure and pre-
vent the disease in every form, but the
hogs will thrive, as fast or faster than if
they never had been sick aud use far
less grain, and | do cheerfully recon
mend it to all hog raisers, everywhere.


d. i. ROBERTS.
Year: 1871

Our friend w. r. Walker, Druggist
has bought the exclusive right for Fulton
County to prepare and sell this celebra
ted remedy for Hog Cholera. This spe-
cifc is said to be an almost certain cure
and prevention, and is so recommended
by many of the largest hog raisers in
the State. Mr.. Walker is alone entitled
to make and sell the medicine, and all
wishing to give it trial must apply to
him. =
Year: 1871

ITO KILL town-underrate your


eighbor's property, withhold your sup


port from your home mechanics and
manufacturers. buy everything you need
elsewhere in preference to home, and II
you are in business refuse to advertise.
If this won't kill the most prosperous
town in America, it may be considered


ire proof and proof against hard times.
Year: 1871

Upon his retirement from the Guber-
material Chair, the people of Frankfort,
in grand ovation, expressed their admi
ration and love for Governor Stevenson;
the Governor returned the honor to the
citizens of Frankfort through a magnifi
cent reception.
Year: 1871

Names, Business and Locations Of
the Leading Houses In Wheeling,
for the use Of Country Merchants
and others visiting the City. Those
intending to purchase will do well
TO cut this out for reference.
Year: 1871

n Aau VI SAAteoN A"O bOyS AEOm


Drowning.


The Anne Arundel (Md.) Advertiser SAYS
An incident showing great presence OF mind in
mere boy occurred in our community short
time since, and must not pass unrecorded The
hero of the incident was Daniel Writ, student
from Virginia at st. Johns College, about six
teen years of age, ard the locality the College
creek Young Writ had gone down alone to the
creek to take a bath during recess, aad soon
afterwards two boys-the one a son and the
other nephew of Professor Dashiell, aged e
specttully ten and fourteen years-came down
and entered the water some fifty yards below
him. Alter while Writ missed the boys, and
suspecting that something was wrong, ran down
the shore to their clothes he then saw the hair
of one of them float upon the surface for a mo-
ment and disappear. He Immediately swan
out to the spot and diVed. He found them
near together, lying on the bottom, not
altogether unconscious, for they clutched
him as he approached them. He disengaged
himself, however, and grasplng each of them by
a leg, lifted them to the surface. The water
was there fortunately only eight or ten feet in
depth, and holding the boys in this way above
his head and partly out of the water Writ
managed, with their added weight, to walk upon
the bottom some ten or fifteen yards, and until
he got within his own depth-coming to the
surface at intervals to breathe. After good
deal OF coughing and spluttering the boys found
themselves able to thank their deliverer and to
resume their clothes. 1t seemed that young
Dashiell, who could not swim, had accidentally
overstePped his depth, and his cousin, in at
tempting to assist him, had been dragged down
with him. Their struggles had carried them
still further out, and they say they had gone
down three or four times before the rescue
came. Writ simply said he thought if he at
tempted to save them one at time the last
would probably have been dead before he could
have been brought to the shore.