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Year: 1870

osetters California Almanac for 1871 for distrbution
9rat throughout California Oregon and other States and
Territories Of the Pacific SLOPE will be published about he
first OF January and all who wish understand the te
philosophy of health should read and ponder the yauobe
suggestions it contains In addition to an admirable medical
treatise on the prevention and cure of great
ETY. Of diseases it embraces large amount of information
interesting to the merchant, the mechanic the miner e
iarmer the planter and the professional man and The cal
cuaons have been made for merans and atitudes
as are most suitable for and comprehensive CALEN
OAR


The nature uses, and extraordinary sanitary effects of
I0STETrERs STOMACH BITTERs, the staple tonic and
Alternative of more than half the Christian world are fully
set forth in its pages which also interpreted with pic
toral Illustrations valuable recipes for the household and
farm humorous anecdotes and other instructive anus
ing reading matter, original and selected Among the An
nuas to appear with the opening Of the year this will be
Of the most useful and may Jc had j5r he aSfng Send
for copies to the nearest dealer in lOSrETTERS STOMACH
BITTERs The BTTTERs sold in every city town and
village and are extensively used throughout the entire civ
fzed world. dee. 1o.1m
Year: 1870

LAND OFFIcE.-The Shasta Courier is indg-
nant because the Sage Brush wants the Land Of
fee of this District located at Susanville. We
concur with the Courier. Let the Office be es-
convenient point. The idea of sending a resi-
dent of this county all the way to Susanyie to
have little patch of land recorded is simply
ridiculous
Year: 1870

Gold has had another tumble, the price last
evening declining to lag, which is tho lowest
since August Is, 1862. The Immediate pre-
cipltating cause in this instance is the remark
able exhibit Of the Bureau OF Statistics at
Washington, showing that during the first half
Of the present fiscal year our exports have
been within two million dollars OF our imports,
leaving the Inference that as we have shipped
many millions of government bonds and rail-
way securities to foreign countries the balance
of trade is in our favor and Europe largely
our debtor. Ever since tho war our imports
have greatly exceeded our exports, and the
balance has been made up by shipping specie
and American securities. II turns ont, how
ever, that we have been producing so indus
triously in the interim OF peace that, despite
our extravagant importatlons, we are able to
pay our foreign debt in kind. Hence the
European demand for our lvc-twenties and
railway securities is placing us on the creditor
side Of the account and giving us an impora-
ton of foreign capital, which only goes to still
further develop our resources and enable us
one Of these days to extinguish the national
debt altogether
Year: 1870

Perzg FIGIlrING.--Wc give III another
column bin introduced by Mr. Wilson to
punish prize fighting within the limits Of the
United States In our dislike Of this brutal
s'sport,' and in the desire to see il suppressed,
we yield to none; but at the same time we
believe that Congress has no authority what
ever over the subject, and has no more right
10 frame a law like this than to declare that
the temperance laws Of Down East shall
apply to the whole country. The suppression
of prize fighting strictly belongs to the
kekcs os the otatey.
Year: 1870

THC ALE LINE RAiLRoAD.--An animated
discussion ensued in the House yesterday over
The bid reported by the Committee on Railways
and Canals to build military and postal rlil-
road from Washington to New York The
opposition was mainly on the part Of tho
democratic members, WHO claimed thGi uie
general government had no rigbt TO run Q
railroad through any Sta.e without The con-
sent Of that State. The bill finally went
over until Tuesday.
Year: 1870

UNCIAnaED DEPOSITS. The proposition to
compel savings banks to dlsgorge the wealth
or unclaimed deposits would commend itself
more to popular favor II there were not abroad
an unfortunate impression that money is safer
almost anywhere else than in the hands Of the
precious fellows vino manipulate the govern
ncnt machinery
Year: 1870

TIE TwRNTY-THIRD STREET RoAD.-The
Twenty y-third street road that came to an un
accountable death last year through the kindly
attention of Mayor Hall is up again in the
Assembly, with some provision that should
ommend it to public favor 1t will furnish an
example of road charging only three cents
fare, and required to pay any excessive earnings
over to the sinking fand. This road would
be great advantage to people who desire to
cross town at the very centre Of tue city.
Year: 1870

A BRITISH SUnvEYoR ON THE DARrEN
CASAL.-We have the news that Commander
Edwards, Of the British navy, who surveyed
route across the Darien Isthmus for q ship
canal, is delighted with the resumption Of the
project and confident in its perfect feasibility.
This strengthens our impression that before
many months we shall have cheering news
from our Darien exploring expedition, now
about 20 enter upon its labors Of searching for
a feasible canal route.
Year: 1870

For some years past Peter Norton, brother OF
Michael Norton representative of the Fifth Senate
rial district OF this City the State Legislature, has
been under the OF several physicians for heart
disease. About three O'Clock yesterday morning, as
the invalid was ms way home, he felt unwell and
called into the house Of friend In Prince street
to seek assistance In o few moments afterwards
he fell from the chair on which he was sitting
to the floor and expired almost Immediately.
The remains ere conveyed to the late residence Of
deceased, l42 s ulvan street. where Coroner keenan,
subsequently held an inquest Senator Norton tes-
tilted as 70 the suffering OF his brother and The jury
returned o verdict OF death from disease Of the
heart. Deceased was twenty nine years OF age aud
o native OF thls city. Some weeks ago Mr.. Norton
was appointed an 0iIcer III the Court OF General
Sessions, which position he held at the time or his
death.
Year: 1870

SPEECH OF ONE OF BRIGHAM'S WIVES.


Sister Harriet Cook Young one of Brlghams
wives then came forward and read her speech as
foilows:-


In rising to address this meeting deicacy prompts
me to explain the chief motives which dictated our
present action We, the ladies' or Salt Lake City,
have assembled here to-day not for the purpose Of
assuming any particular political power, nor to
claim any special prerOgative which may or may
not belong to our sex, put to express our indigna
ton at the unhaowing efforts OF men, wnO regard.
stitutionaf liberty. would force upon q religious
community, BY direct issue, either the curse OF
apostacy the bitter alternative OF fire ana sword
love OF liberty and happiness aud the right
to worship God, are dear to our sex as well
as to the other. And when these most scored
OF all the rights are thus wickediy assalied,
1t becomes absolutely our duty to defend them. The
mission Of the Latter Day Saints IS reform abuses
which have for ages corrupted the world and TO cs
tablish era OF peace ana righteousness The Most
High the founder OF tins mission, and IN order TO
Its establishment His prOvldences have so shaped
tne worlds history THAI on this Continent. besG
above all other lands, free and enlightened govern
ment has been instituted, guaranteeing to all social
poit!ca and religious liberty The constitution OF
our country Is, therefore, hallowed to Us, and We
view with Jealous eye every infringement; upon It's
great principles and demand In the sacred name Of
iinerty that the man who would trample II under his
leet, Dy ueprlvlDg hundred thousand American
ctzens OF every vestlge OF liberty should be anathe
matzed throughout the length and breadth or the
iahd as q traitor to God and his country IL Is not
strange .hat among the bgoted and corrupt such q
man and such measure should have originated;
put II will oe strange indeed, II such measure find
Iav0r ,v xvnn Waea ,, une honorable and ghmnded
men VINO we'd tue destfnies OF the nation.
Let tins seal Of ruin be attached 10
the archives OF our country, and terrible must
sorrow and desolation with stalk through the lano:
peace and liberty VIII seek another cfIe. while al.
archy, awlessness and bloody strife hold nigh car
nlval around the general wreck God forbid that
wicked men work such evil TO the nation IL ia true
that corrupt press and aR equally corrupt priest
Year: 1870

Tom thought it looked very smart to
carry his money loose i'm his pocket,
and take out his quarters with an air
which said, 81 have thousands in my
pocket He ealways crumpled has bills
into a shape fit for gun-wadding, and
apparently took no possible care Of his
money. 1t was not that money was
so abundant with him, but he wished
others to suppose that it was; that it
was quite beneath his genius to care
for such trifling amounts.


Do you suppose Tom deceived any
body, or made any one respect him on
this account? He might make stable
boys stare occasionally, but all people
accustomed to handle money knew at
q glance that he was possessed of Q
very shallow purse and shallowef
brains.


No business man ever desires such a
boy about his establishment. No gem
tIeman but wonld wish his boy to sllun
such an associate. "Straws tell which
way the wind biows;r and the way q
boy takes care of his money pretty
surely foretells his future fortune.


Successful business men did not car
ry their money loose i'm their JACKIE.
when they were boys. They were pru'
dent of even the pennies. So


Some one asked Mr.. Astor, i'm his
old age, to tell him the secret of his
great success in making money


Very willingly said the old gen
tleman. "Just draw up your chair,
and we will put out the lights, as we
can talk just as well in the DARK


90, l seeW said the man. The Sc
cret is unrayeled. You became q mill
lionaire by saving what others waste"
T" Yes, the way to gain million dol
lars is to begin by saving the cents.
They will soon turn into dimes, and
the dimes to dollars" eer


Kyou desire to become millionaire,
buy you good strong purse large
enough to hold the pennies, and let
frugality furnish you q pair of strings
for it. Then with industry and perse-
verance, you may soon be able to make
4 good beginning for a comfortable for
Enthusiastically Visitor.


.rat
Year: 1870

However much the world may have
degenerated i'm late years, every now
and then We are called upon to chroni-
Gle an act of heroism that sends a proud
thrill of admiration to the heart at the
chivalric self-denial which is exhibited,
rivaling even the widest tradition that
are handed down of herOism displayed


i'm a heroic age. or such is the in
stance now brought to our notice.


At little station called Shunpike,
on the Dutchess and Columbia Rail-
road, q few days since, occurred the
scene we are about to relate: As the
$50 train was nearly due on Thursday


morning, Mr.. Frederick Case, station
agent at Shunpike, and living at q
short distance from the track, left his
home for the purpose of opening the
ticket Office. He had not been gone
long, when his little son, two years
old found his way through the open
gate to the track, where he was at
tracted, no doubt, with the childish GU
riosity of his age. His sister, eleven
years of age, busying herself about
household duties, did not at first notice
his absence. Suddenly, hearing the
shrek of the approaching train, she
looked for her little brother, and CLAN.
cling through the open door, was for
moment paralyzed at beholding him
standing in the path of the approach
ing train, clapping his hands in child
ish glee at its unusual appearance. Re
covering herself in q second, with q
cry of agony she sprang through the
open door and down the garden path
with the speed of the wind, thinking
and caring for nothing but her BROTH
er's danger. The engineer, noticing
the flying form, whistled down breakes;
but too late, for just as the heroic girl
was lifting her brother from the track,
the remOrseless engine crushed them
both down under the terrible wheels.
The train was finally stopped, howev-
er, when they were picked up. The
boy, beyend few slight bruises, was
uninjured but the brave girl was ter
ribly mangled, one leg and one foot be-
ing literally torn in pieces, and being
badly bruised about the limbs
and body. She was taken back to the
house and physicians summoned, who
are making every effort to save her
life, and, from late accounts, they are
likely to succeed.-Al5dny Journal.
Year: 1870




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Mars travels i'm such an excentric or
BIT that the light and heat he receives
from the sun vary very much accord-
ing to his position. When he is at his
mean distance from the sun, the light
and heat he receives are less. than ours
i'm the proportion of about 4tO 8. His
year contains very nearly 6S7 of our
days, SO that each of his seasons last
about 81 of our months. But, owing to
the eccentricity of his orbit, the winte-
and summer of his northern and south
ern hemispheres, are not equal. His
equator is inclined to the plane of his
orbit at an angle not much greater than
that of the earth, SO that his seasonal
changes, so far as they depend on in
clinatiOn, do not differ much from ours.


Though Mars when nearest to us is
rsa FORTY MILLIONS OF MILES


distant, he has been observed to more
advantage and with better results than
any planetary body except the moon.
SO well, in fact, has his surface been
studied that Mr.. Proctor has construct
ed and printed in his book the map of
Mars, in which the seas and continents
are displayed in a very interesting and
undoubtedly authentic manner. 1t is
true that for long time after the in
vention of telescopes astronomers
thought that the darker portions of the
moon were seas, though we now know
that they are not; and it may be
asked, how can we be certain that
similar Illusion does not prevail in the


49, Al se.
that there is an important distinction
etween Mars and the moon.


THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
is always the same; no natural process
ses seem ever to take place upon it.
But ON Mars the case is very differ ent. |
Physical processes of change are con-
stantly taking place there on grand
scale. There are winter and summer
seasons, clouds and fogs, rain and
Year: 1870

Miss Hattie johnson, the young
school girl who was induced to leave
home with the Rev. Horace Cook,
has since been married to young
gentleman who was ut the time Of
her elopemeEt paying his addresses
to her. The New York Nems says:


When she was restored To her fam
lily, with the word of Cook that she
was still rs pure as "the beautiful
snow" the young lover returned to-
his allegiance, aud approached the
girl rs affectionateiy as ever. He
freely forgave her indfscretion, and
declared that the love he bore her
was still warm and true, and propos-
ed to marry her with all due die
patch. Mr.. Johnson questioned him
very closely upon this state Of his
feelings, and was somewhat sur
prised to find him so ready tn for
give. For o few weeks he continued
TO call every day at the house, aud
pay court to the young girl until her
heart vas sincerely touched by his
unseliish devotion, and she
consented to be his wife on the
condition that In their after life ho
should never allude to her girlish fol-
ly. liz was then arranged that there
should be a short probationary season
during which time he was 20 search
his heart thoroughly, and she was to-
have her dress made. In accordance
with tile arrangement the young
couple were Joined In wedlock, and
after the usual festivities, left the city
OH wedding tour. The marriage
was published I'm one of the papers,
but attracted no notice, owing To tho
name of Johnson being now almo ost
as familiar rs Smith. The bride and
bridegroom returned To the home of
the brides father I'm the ordinary
course of events, but they eventually
procured snug little home for Them
selves, and are. at this writing. liv-
ing as happily together as II thera
had nesei been such q man In the
world as Horace Cook.
Year: 1870

WHISKY DESTROYS A TowN.-A
short time ago the telegraph an
nounced the total destruction of the
town of Medina, Ohio, by fire. Now
comes the cause of the conflagration:
A colored man, by the name OF Tom
Fitch, had gone to Cleveland to at
tend the Fifteenth Amendment cele-
bration, leaving his two grown up
sons in charge of his barber shop.
and with orders to let no loafer5
come In. But the boys got up a
frolic of their own and invited some
friends some of the party had gone
home, while two or three remained
in the shop in boozy condition.
One. who was dozing with his head
on his arm, and his arm on the table,
happened To knock off the Kerosene
lamp, which broke, scattered the oil
on the floor, and Immediately set the
room afire. This occurred about one
O'Clock on the morning Of the four
teenth, and by noon the whole town,
except few out buildings, was lev
elled to the ground. All because
some young chaps became intoxicat-
ed-Er
Year: 1870

POWER Oh A LAUGH.--The man
that laughs Is doctor without u d.
ploma. His face does more good In
sick room than bushel of powders.
or gallon of bitter draughta. Peo-.
pie are always glad to see him. Their
hands instinctively go half-way out
to meet his grasp, while they turn
involuntarily from the clammy touch
OF the dyspeptic who speaks In the,
groanins key. lie laughs you out Of
your faults, while you never dream
of being offended with him; and
you never know what a pleasant
world you are living In, until he
points out the sunny streak on 1t,
pathway.
Year: 1870

The spacious rooms of the Turner'S Hall,
which have been 50 largely filed since the
commencement of the fair for the relief Of
wounded European soldiers, were filled
again last evening. and the festivities were
kept up till a late hour. The various tables,
all SO splendidly fitted up that it IS difficult
to particularize, were as well supplied as
ever with everything pleasant to look at
and desirable to possess. AL the delicacies
of the season were to be found there, and
the fair dispensers were kept busy as posi-
bic. There is perfect certainty that the ar
rangements of this fair, and the efforts for
its success, will result ill q large sum in be-
half of the benevolent purpose for which it
was arranged.


The entertainment was enlivened through
out the. evening by the splendid band of
music. Those who have not vet visited this
fair will find it fully worth their while to
go there and spend an hour or two in the
contemplation of fair faces, made all the
more radiant from the work Of benevolence
in which they are engaged. The money
spent in the enjoyment OF this fair will be
fully as well expended as if it had been con
tr;buted in any other manner.
Year: 1870

We copy this special dispatch iron the
St. Louis Democrat:


WASHINGTON. September l3.-The posi-
ton assumed by our government against
any interference between the contending
parties in Europe was more decided than
has been represented, and the determine
ton is to take no step with regard to either
part. which can fairly be construed as in
reference by the other. The tender of
good offices will be made only after a re-
quest has been made by each side. Official
information as to the course taken by Min
listers Washburne and Bancroft gives great
satisfaction to the State Department. In
addition to kilograms forwarded giving the
position of the United States, letters cover
ing the full ground have already been sent.
Year: 1870

We learn from Colonel Dillingham; Naval
Officer at this port, that the gold receipts at
the Customhouse yesterday, footed up
s44,930 3S-a handsome sum for the dull
month of September, when we take into con-
sideration the war in Europe, a few eases of
yellow fever at home, and the meeting of the
State and city Democratic conventions in
this city during the week, all of which evils
alike contribute to dshearten tie business
community and thwart the general prosper
ity Of town and country.
Year: 1870

James Bowie, the inventor or discover
er of the terrible weapon which bears his
name, was as utterly a fearless man
az ever was born. He was full of en-
thusiasm over the fatal superiority Of
his knife, and discussed the matter with
all the zeal of an inventor and the ern-
dition of an expert. A huge Spaniard
once argued the case with Bowie, claim
ing that a good old Spanish knife was
not only the equal of the new weapon,
but its superior. Finally, as wordy ar
guments only hardened the opinions and
confidence of each, it was proposed to
settle the doubt in practical way by a
knife fight. There was no enmity be-
tween these two worthless, but they want
ed each to prove himself right in an un-
answerable way. The left arm of these
philosophers were tied together from the
wrists to the elbows-there was a mo-
ment's pause, each nerving himself for
the horrid work !; the word was given
an instant, and sudden jerk by Bowie
gave him the chance to drive his knife in
to the body of the Spaniard sinking it
to the very hilt. The Spaniard dropped,
Bowie catching the body on his knee
Then to make snre work, he gave his
knife scientific turn in the Spaniard's g
body, drew it ont, followed by the spout
ing blood; cut the cord which bound
their arms and allowed the dead Span
lard to fall to the earth as indifferently
as though it had only been the carcass
of hog. Thus was the supremacy of
Jim's knife fairly, fearfully and triumph
antly vindicated, and it remains unchal-
lengcd by rivals until this very day -
Southern Paper.
Year: 1870

The Row OF BRICKs.-There is a
great deal of philosophy in the following


A boy hearing his father cay, Twas a
poor rule that didn't work both ways,
said, "If father applies this rule at his
work, 1 will test it in my play


So setting up row of bricks, he tip
ped over the first, which, striking the
second, caused it to fall on the third,
which overturned the fourth, and so on
until all the bricks lay prostrate.


"Well," said the little boy, "each
brick has knocked down his neighbor.
only tipped one. Now l will raise one
and see if he will raise his neighbor. u
He looked in vain to see them RISE
"Here father" said the boy, dts poor
rule that won't work both ways. They
knock each other down, but they will
not raise each other up.'


"My son, bricks and mankind are alike
made of clay, active in knocking down
each other. but not disposed to help each
other up


Father" said the boy, "does the
first brick represent Adam %


The father replied: when men fall
they love company. but when they rise
they love to stand alone like yondel
brick and see others PROSTATE before
them"