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Year: 1871

AS can be got anywhere in Iowa county. and all want
Ing lumber would do we'll to call and examine foI
themselves Do not be frightened because you only
q small lot of lumber in the yard. We pull out and
pile up lumber at the old yard at mouth of creek


and haul it to suit ourselves to the yard. 1t is the
Year: 1871

CUR SENATORIAL CANDIDATE.-At
the present writing it is not certain which
of the two candidates has been elected
Senator from this District But, be the
result as it may. Mr. Stratton has every
reason to be proud of the mark which he
has made since the political campaign be-
gan. Democrats and Republicans agree in
saying that in the speeches which he has
made at the different places in the district,
he has shown himself to be thoroughly
versed j.. the politics of the country both
national and local, and capable OF giving
his views upon the questions at issue In
manner both pleasing and argumentive. In
his canvass through the two counties he
has not fniled to make good impression
on every audience which he has address,
ed. 1t is an oft repeated saying that in
the mines, there are many men whose quail
ifcations are such as would entitle them to
aspire to almost any position, and in this
instance at least, it will be admitted the
assertion is correct.
Year: 1871

The Result IN THE SrArE.-From
the tenor of the returns thus far received
there is little reason to doubt the election
of Newton Booth and the entire Republi-
can State ticket by handsome maJGrlties'
A displtch to John Martin Esq. Of Wea-
vile claims also the election of the entire
Congressional delegation Such a result
has been conf lently anticipated by the Re-
pubicans since the two State tickets were
nl,eed in nomination, and while all must
rejoice that Republican principles have
trumphed in the final conrest on Wednes-
day. the result has taken no well informed
Republican by surprise. 1t is impossible
as vet to say what the value of the victory
will be to us-but we should judge it to be
more than probable that it will include
such IN jority in the Legislature as will
insure the election OF a United States SEN
ator IN the place of Cornelius Cole In the
State Senate, the Democrats have sixteen
cf the twenty hold-over members, and
nothing short of political miracle, can
give Republican majority in that body at
the present time, as it would require the
election of Republican Senators 10 four
fi!ths of the Senatorial Districts to effect
that result
Year: 1871

LLosE UP THE RANKs.-Republicans,
remember that the victory will be but half
won unless the remainder Of the Democrat
ic State ticket is defeated in October. 1t
is time Parsou Fitzgerald was taught that
the Public schools of this State were not
designed as political machine to be run
in the interests of Confederate booksellers
Close up the ranks and prepare for the
final victory.
Year: 1871

SUIcIDE.-From the Trinity Journal we
learn that Henry Becker. German by
birth and about forty years Of fage, commit
ted suicide at Hay Fork on the 9th ult.,
by shooting himself with a pistol He was
a travelling ieweler by occupation.
Year: 1871

A delegation Of the best men in the
in nsurrecti na-y portion of the Southern
States is to be sent to Washington to lay
before the President the exact state of
afflirs there. that he may c,ll the attention
Of the Congress 70 The matter in his next
message.
Year: 1871

A young gentlen an Of Chicago fell in
love with hotel waiter girl, but love fed
from that once fond heart when he found
the "sWeet little thing" cutting her toe
nails with butter knife in the kitchen.
Year: 1871

The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our corre-
spondent at the German capital:-


BERLIN, Sept. IL, 1871.
The Ministers of Austria and Germany are
now engaged at Salzburg endeavoring to ar
rive at some settled basis on which their re-
speotive governments shall be able to deal
with the members of the International Society
on German SOIL


Both courts regard It's influence as being of
the most unhealthy character, morally and
politically; consider 1t as the great social evil
of the age, and its principles contrary to the
progressive tendencies of the civilized nations
Of the world. They intend to adopt measures
on which they can both act In common for its
suppression and final extirpation.
Year: 1871

It does n pay station keepers to write forage Tecepta when they send to this office procure any desired number of neatly printed blank receipts gotten up ex aetly as per instructions fun the Chief Quarertnaser of the district and at cheap rates, A

 When dsf.,eds wsin bind any number of reeeipts in a book, for very small sum- Send n your oFters tt T
Year: 1871

The MYSTERIOUS sTELEGRAM.-The London
Court Circular relates the following anecdote
a noble lady, who is young, beauti-
ful and good:


During the army bill debate her noble hus
band who is as proud and fond of her as he
should be, was about to rise and deliver VIC
lent attack upon something or somebody whea
telegram was put into his hands. He read
it, turned pale and quilted the house, called
cab, drove to the Charing cross station and
went to Dover, and was no more heard Of until
the next day, when he returned to his own
home, and to his first inquiry was told that the
countess was in her own rOOm lie fastened
to her, and terrific row ensued, the exact
words of which no one knew but themselves.
At last however, he burst out, -" Then what
did you mean by your telegram p Mean?
What said, of course. What are you talking
about ?" Read it for yourself returned
the unappeased husband. She did read Il
flee with Mr.. - to Dover straight Pray
for me-" For moment she was startled but
then burst into heavy fit of laughter. Most
dreadful telegraph people. No wonder you
are out Of your mind te;egraphed simply,
: | tea with Mrs. -, in Dover street. Stay
for me- His lordship was SO savage at the
laugh he had raised against himself that he
was at first inclined to make a parliamentary
question of it, but, listening to more judicious
advice, restrained.
Year: 1871

Grace Greenwood says that in Colorado
nature seems resolved to make up for lost tune
by producing flowers in matchless profusion
and brilliaucy of coloring, but sends them out
in such haste that she forgets to scent them.
Year: 1871

A now form of paste for attach.
ing paper haugings to walls, and
one which besides possessing the
merit Of cleanliness, has the advan-
tago of preventing the paper from
separating or peeling off, is prcpar-
cd by first softening 1S pounds Of
finely powdered bole in water, and
then draining the surplus water
from tho mass. One and a quarter
pounds of glue are next to be boiled
into glue water, and the bolo and
two pounds of gypsum arc then
stirred in and the whole mass fore
ed through sieve by means of q
brush. This is afterwards diluted
with water to the condition of n
thin paste or dressing, when it is
ready for use. This paste is not
only much cheaper than the ordi.
nary Hour paste, but it has the ad.
Of adhering.
Year: 1871

The House refused by a vote
of ia to 81, on Thursday
week, to suspend the tax on
income, and greeted the large
adverse vote with laughter
This is a beautiful example Of
n popular constituency, bowing
to the will of the people !
Year: 1871

AT considerable expense have contracted for
11OO large HithOgraph Portraits! (sizo11x nchesD
Of our esteemed S. Senator THURMAN be made
Photograph furnished by Hon J. H. PUTNAM Ed
itor ofhc ChHcothe Advertiser, which will be


Suitable for Framing,
making very


Handsome Ornament Cor the Parlor or Library,


WORTH So EACH!
which will present to


Every Old New SakCG thG Democratic Enquirer, I'll April 5 H.
On tho following conditions.


who will pay up his Indebtedness
ard years subscription advance will be entitled to the Portrait
Each subscribers who have paid ono year in
49, 871 Commencement Of Vol 81 will be entitled the Portrait
paid than year and will pay year from
the time already paid will be entitled to the Portrait
Each subscriber paying year advance will be entitled the
Portrait


Each person sending us new subscriber with cash in advance will
entitled copy Of the Portrait for each subscriber sent u.s.
Trhc Terms Subscription whether otherwise
wcIl known to all our present subscribers


The Democracy adjoining count-yca of
partes-now good opportunity obtain nice Picture for
Paror Ornament popular America the present
tmohc rising only of the Democratic party but Of the


whose and frame national and whose the
US for him the profound regard every honest man
this broad land and the love of the Democracy of0ho His
has been canvasc throughout the Union in connection with the
Presidency floating head of many influential pa
pors country. In vnon and adjoining counties he has many
friends who have know him from boyhood who certainly will
consider this ofthc best presents offer them.


those who not subscribers Vnon
and other countless avail themselves this opportunity to Por
Begin the work now! Remember the time only April 1871
purpose puratc press and greatly improve hc
Enquirer have take the to not only increase the
already large subscription list but to raise the sufficient that will
be required to aid n Misunderstanding. j. W. BOWEN.
Year: 1871

FTSHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO
L the Property Holders of Shasta County, that
in accordance with the requirem nts of law he has
entered upon the performance of his official duties
for the current year. He would call particular at
tention to the following section of the Revenue
Law:


% If any person shall willfully make. or give
under oath or Affirmation false list fhis, or her,
or their taxable property, false list of taxable
prepe ty under his. her, or their control, such per-
son shall be deemed guilty 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, misrepresented by the owner or any
agent thereof. to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery be assessed at ten times the amount OF tax
for that ear, 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. they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyance, well as facilitate my work.


C. W. TAYLOR,


Assessor of Shasta County.
Shasta April 3D. 1871. n4.
Year: 1871

One by one the days glide away and the
end Of each finds US nearer home The
cares of the world may weigh heavily upon
US: We may grow dishearte ed by the
darkness around us; but away beyond
that darkness, if We have faith, we will see
a light and hand held out to guide our
trembling footsteps home. But little
whi.e and we shall fall lame by the way
side, the burden shall drop from our
weary shoulders, sorrows and trials shall
rack us no more; for leaving behind US
the feeting PLEASURES of earth, we shall go
out, to the sound of music, to the peace
and the rest of God
Year: 1871

AN old Scotch lady was told that her
minister used notes she disbelieved it.
Said one


$50 into the gallery and see" She did
so, and saw the written sermon After the
luckless preacher had concluded his read
ing on the last page, he SAID


"But | will not enlarge"


The old woman called out from her lofty
position, "Ye Gamma, ye Gamma, for your
papers give outp'
Year: 1871

THIS is Personal from country
paper:


"a young lady takes this method of in
forming certain young man that the next
time he desires to gaze upon her forty i've
mortal minutes, without winking his eyes,
she will consider herself highly favored If
he will close his mouth, and not sit there
like young robin awaiting the parent
bird"
Year: 1871

excitement. The room was not crowded,
few supposing that the case would be closed
.o-day. The prisoner, while the Judge
was speaking watched his face eagerly.
When he said ne saw no ground for new
trial she bowed her head in her mother 5
lap and wept bitterly, but succeeded in a
few minutes in recovering her composure.
A number Of ladies were present. all Of
whom wept on the sentence being pro-
nounced.


After adjournment of the court the
prisoners mother, Mrs. Lane, confronted
the reporter present, saying, with great
excitement and anger -


"Now you have got what you wanted,
haven Z your You have got her hung.
hope 1t gives you JOY"


With difficulty she was paciHed. The
prisoner, on leaving the court, bowed TO
the reporters and officers Of the court, say
ing she forgave all. She asked the Sheriff
TO prevent her jailor, man named Kelly,
from Handwriting her and chaining her
TO the floor Of the cell, as he had threat
ened to do. The Sheriff assured her he
would allow no such treatment.


The excitement in the street was intense
Hundreds Of people were waiting to see
3 pass to her carriage.
Year: 1871

Thus closes a work which. from first to last must
have claimed not less than twelSy years of the ali-
thors thought and patience. and purest inspiration
However the critic may agree or disagree with him
in regard to the relevance of all the episodes which
are introduced or the treatment of parts, the pres
ence of the broad unfying conception is felt through
out More than this: the earlier form of the poetic
faculty. which delighted in the adOrnments of fancy,
or the gayer hues of the imagination. is here re-
placed by that higher of art which is satisfied
with the severest simplicity and symmetry Of form.
Mr. Longfcllow thereby rises to plane above that
whereon he has hitherto seemed to stand; but it is
only the manifestation of the full power, which he
was bold enough to give to the world in gnise
which prevented its full recognition. He has. him
self furnished the best eXcmptcation of that line
in his psalm of Life:


Learn to labor, and to wait"
Year: 1871

How To Do Up SHIRT BosoMs.
We have often heard ladies ex.
pressing a desire TO know by what
process the fine gloss observed on
new linens, shirt bosoms, etc.. is
produced, and in order to CRAFTY
them, We suhi"in the following
recipe for making gum Arabic
starch: f: Take two ounces of fine
white gum Arabic powder--put it
into pitcher, and pour on it a
pint of boiling water, according to
the degree of strength you DESIRE J
and then, having covered it, let il
set ail night. In the morning
pour it carefully from the drcgs
into n clean bottle, cork it and
keep it for use. A tablespoonful
OF gum water, stirred into a pint
of starch that has been made in
the usual manner, will give to
lawns (either white or printed) a
look OF newness when nothing else
can restore them after washing
1t is also good (much diluted) for
thin white muslin and bobinet.
Year: 1871

A YOUNG man with n good
haade or honorable profession, is
not obliged to ask many favers.-
He will hew his wav to success.
while the unstable and shifiless
will grow tired, despair and sHi'
Year: 1871

Pour eight gallons of water into
"a barrel, and then eight gallons
more boiling hot (; add twelve
pounds of molasses and half a
pound of essence Of spruce and
when nearly cool, put in half q
pint of good ale yeast. This must
be stirred and well mixed, and
leave the bung ont two or three
days after which the liquor may
be Immediately bottled, we'll cork
ed and tied, and packed in cav
dust or sand, when it viii be ripe
and fit to drink in n fortnight.
Year: 1871

A KANSAS hotel door bears the
following placard I, "This hotel
lie closed on account Of q differ.
ence between the proprietor and
cook, which was settled with pie.
tols, and sent the proprietor to
the grave, and the cook to the
Jail"
Year: 1871




Against all chambermaids, of what
soeyer age or nationality, launch the
curse of Lachelordom:


Because:


They always put the pillows on the
opposite end of the bed from the gas
burner, SO that while you read and
smoke before sleeping, as is the an
cient and honorable custom of the
bachelors, you have to hold your book
aloft, in an uncomfortable position, to
keep the light from dazzling your eyes.
If they can't get the light in an incon-
venient position any other way, they
move the bed. If you pull your trunk
six inches from the wall, so that the
lid will stay up when you open it, they
always shove that trunk back again.
They do it on purpose,


They always put your boots into in
accessible places. They chiefly enjoy
depositing them as far under the bed
as the wall will permit. 1t is because
this compels you to 60 down into an
undignified attitude, and make wild
sweeps for them in the dark with a
boot-jack, and swear. They always
put the MATCHBOX in some other place.
They hunt up new place for it every
day, and put up bottle, or other per-
|ishable glass thing, and cropping about
in the dark, you get yourself into
trouble. They are forever moving the
furniture. When you come in, in the
night, you can calculate on finding the
bureau where the wardrobe was in the
morning. And when you come in at
midnight or thereabout, you will fall
over the rocking chair, and you will
proceed towards the window and set
down in the slop-tub. This will dis
gust you. They like that.


No matter where you put anything
they won't let it stay there. They will
take it and move it the first chance
they get. They always save up the
old scraps of printed rubbish you
throw on the floor, and stack them
carefully ON the table, and then start
the fire with your valuable manu-
scripts. They keep always coming to
make your bed before youget up, thus
destroying your rest and inficting
agony upon you, but after you get up
they don't come any more till the next
day. M
Year: 1871

"A simple apparatus for the observ-
ance Of some beautiful phenomena
can be constructed as follows:


A disk of white card board, with
apertures Oblong in radial direction,
is set on spindle so as to be rotated
at any requisite speed. To examine,
for instance. the flame of a gas Iigbt
in glass tube, to prevent disturbance
by air eurrents), place the disk in
front of the lightsO that the eye can
see the light through each slit as ii
comes to a vertical position. If the
speed of the disks rotation is such
that the interval of time between two
Sits passing the eye is Just equal to
the period of vibration of the flame,
the flame appears TO be motionless /;
but If the velocity be reduced, the
fame is seen to 60 slowly through its
changes of form. If the interval be
equal to, or one half of, or One-third
of the period OF the vibration of the
light, the illusory appearance OF a
disk having as many or twice orthree
times the number of Sits really in
the disk is seen.


This phantom, disk will appear to
be motionless when the periods coin
eide; but when otherwise it revolves
in one direction or the other. 1t is
obvious that the vibrations Of the
flame can be easily counted by this
means. The inventor, Mr.. Charles
J. Watson. with sixteen-ineh tube,
counted 453 vibrations Of the fame
per second. By this instrument the
undulation Of the vibrations of awire
can be seen to travel up and down the
wire; and if watched by both eyes
through the Sits, the spiral course of
the fluctuations can be Observed
Scientific american. .s-.i--1r E
Year: 1871

There is no greater mistake young
man can commit than that Of being
Indifferent to the interests of his
employer. 1t must be admitted that
there are circumstances under which
it would seem almost impossible to
feel an interest in an employers busi-
ness, but for all that it Is worth a trial.


Be faithful in small things; be atten-
tive to your duties shirk no employ
ment that is not dishonorable feel
that your employer is fairly entitled
to every minute of the time which
you have agreed to give for stipula-
ted remuneration. The wages may


be snall-toO small-but If you have
contracted to work fora dollar week
when your work is worth ten, stick
to your bargain like man until your
term of service has expired. 1t may
seem very hard, but it will instill the
great principle of being true to your
word. Such faithfulness will not fail
to impress an employer faYorably,
and when that point is reached, your
reward is almost sure TO follow, for
the master who finds he has an ap-
prentice whois honest and capable,
will not readily dispense with his ser
vices. The misfortune with too many
boys is that their ambition is not to
try how well they can perform work
assigned them, and how much of it
they can do, but to do no more and no
better than the pay they are to receive
will justify. 1t is wrong, also, on the
part of an employer. to withhold a
fair equivalent for the services render
ed. In such system there is gener-
ally as poor work as poor pay. We have
found as the result of many years of
practical experience, that the best paid
employers are those whose labor is
the most profitableto theiFemployers.
and this fact can be demonstrated in
a dozen establishments within five
minutes walk of our Office. On the
other hand, the employer who tries to
secure the largest anountof good work
from poorly paid hands, generally
fails of his object. The true method
is for the young man to make himself
a competent workman, and then
to prove his ability by the quantity
and quality Of the work he turns out.
-JOiTndt Of Commerce.
Year: 1871

The London Lancet has published
paper by DR.. Henry Mandsley, who
has long studied the reeiprUeated ac-


ton between mind and body. He
takes the ground that each disease is
attended by certain psychological as


well as physical effects, and as a con-
sequence that the involuntary action
Of the brain during sleep may furnish
new indications for diagnosis. In a
a dream, the background on which
the phantoms move, is often deter
mined by the state of the internal
organs, the irritation of which awak-
ems into some activity that part of the
brain with which the irritated organ
IS n specific sympathy. According
" sympathetic ideas springIng out Of
the feeling unite in dreams. When
active consciousness is suspended. or
ganic sympathies, which before were
unpereeived, declare themselves to
the mind. This accounts for dreams
In which the dreamer supposes him
self attacked with certain disease
which is soon after developed. His
dream coming trueu is simply an
evidence that the revelation was the
result Of that sympathetic action
which at first only affected the brain
during sleep. This new and ingen-
ious theory will doubtless lead MANY
physicians to make observations in
the same direction, andthus tablish
its truth or hlsity.