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Year: 1870

There is no greater everyday virtue
than cheerfuIness. This quality in
man among men is like sunshine in a
day, or gentle, renewing moisture to
parched herbs. The light ofa cheer
full face diffuses itself, and communi-
Gates the happy spirit that inspires it.
sourest temper must sweeten in
the atmosphere of continuous good
humor. AS well might fog, and cloud,
and vapor hope to cling to the sun il
Illuminated landscapes, as the blues and
to combat jovial speech
and exhilerating laughter. Be cheer
full, always. There is no path but
will be easier travelled, no load but
will be lighter, no shadow of heart or
brain but will sooner depart in presence
of a determined cheerfulness.
Year: 1870

The Toledo Blade says AN Irish
man in Portland, Oregon, recently
settled the Chinese question. A Dem
ocratic judge of Portland had load of
wood to saw, and asked Chinaman
how much he would charge for the
work. CLAP dollar" replied the
Chinaman. The Judge was about to
employ him, when an Irishman in
terposed and proposed to do the work
for a dollar and half. This was an
advance of several hundred per cent.
but the judge was a Democrat and in
favor Of employing Democratic labor,
therefore employed the Irishman.-
After time he returned and found
the ChinamaD saving his wood. On
inquiry he learned that the Irishman
had at one stroke risen to the dignity
of an employer, and with no other
capital than his wit was making
clear dollar out of the muscle of the
the Chinaman! The principle involv-
ed here settles the Chinese question:
The Chinaman is destined to become
to the country what the African was
to the South. He will form the sub
stratum of society, and the European,
including the Irishman and the
Scandinavian, will employ him. This
change will be gradually wrought,
and will never of course be perfect,
but the tendency will be towards this
as the normal condition of BOTH
The Southern planters comprehended
this some time ago, and are endeav-
oring to introduce Cinnamon on their
plantations. TheIa problem will
find its best solution in Chinese immi-
grafton, and it wants only the COM
plete abolition of the Coolie system to
make Chinese immigration, a thing
to be encouraged by the government
and the people.
Year: 1870




To provide for the recognition Of
those who fall in the battle, the Ger
mans have made arrangements TO
have label sewed in the coat of each
soldier, on which the name and res
idence Of. the soldier is given. A
foreign paper makes this comment on
this wise provision


After the day is decided, the ene-
my, if he be master of the field, will
be requested to collect and return these
labels, of which about a million have
been provided. Grim tickets for an
ui1 nown journey! 6uzlets pour aller
etfesoar-many- and many of which
viii be collected on the deadly road
before the world is a week older, each
label being the record of a life freely
given for the Rhine: We have sig
nalized the exaIting and purifying ef-
feet which national warfare exercises,
but ah these little slips of parch-
ment ! l---.-


Think of the German wife or moth
ef sewing it on-the battle ticket of
her stake in the quarreI-the address
OF her particular ''materiaI of war;''
the awful travelling label whereon no
loving hand may write -"With care''
seeing that its bearer goes into the
Valley ofthe Shadow, to come forth
again OF not, as heaven shall decree.
Sewn on with German thread, ripped
OH Ierehance, with French knife,
whole packs and parcels of these lit
tie human memorandas will surely be
returned; but yet every man who but
tons his coat over the label of death
has looked his fate full into the face,
and made himself "ready for the bur-
Year: 1870

How did Adam go out of Eden He was SuaEed out.


Why is kiss like scandal2 Because it goes from
mouth to mouth.


"Sambo, why am dat niger down dar in de hole oh
de boat like chicken in de egg7" 81 gibs up
Because he couldn't get out of it if it wasn't for de
hatch"


What does It take to make pair of boots? Two
boots.


Why should Sampson have made a good aetor2 Be-
cause he could so easily bring down The house.


Why is old man easier robbed than Young one7
broken.


Why had you better marry widow than maid p
Because if you choose the former, you can't marry
amiss.


What verb is that in the language Of flowers, which
few can conjugate? The Verb-ena.
Year: 1870

Some one, we know not who, has
produced the following ideal of a good
girl:


To be able to get dinner, to sweep
the room, to make her garments, to
tend a babe, would add greatly to the
list Of a young lady's accomplishments.
Where can we behold a more lovely
sight than the eldest daughter of her
womanhood, by the side of her tOiling,
care worn mother, to relieve and aid
her? Now she presides at the table,
directs in the kitchen, now amuses
the fretting babe, now diverts half a
score of little folks in the library
She can assist her younger brothers in
their sports, or the elder ones in their
studies; read the newspaper to her
weary father, or smOothe the aching
brow of her fevered mother. Always
ready with helping hand, and a
cheerful smile for every emergency,
she is an angel of love, and a blessing
to the home circle. Should she be
called out of it to originate a home of
her own, would she be any the less
lovely or self-sacrihcing?
Year: 1870

We do not vouch for the truth of
the assertion, but we have heard it
said upon the streets, that Judge Saf
ford, after he delivered himself of his
Judgment upon the case between the
corporation of Washington and ShcI
ton, remarked that the keepers of ale,
beer and porter, on account of the
town ordinance prohibiting the sale OF
these articles.
Year: 1870

It cannot he long till our race will be run,
Our trials be past, and our Abofs be dohet
For here lave toilsd, and may hrre be our grave
Where dear ones repose and the willow trees wave.
Oh practise the precepts we taught you in youth;
Pot on the adornment Of meekness and truth
The light Of contentment will shine on our way,
And poverty never compel to say,


Well have to mortgage the farm.
CHoRU5.-The farm, the farm the dear old farm


We NEVER will mortgage the farm.
Year: 1870

I came years ago, with my rife 10 hand,
And cleared all alone few acres Of land,
And many a night did the glare Of the 5ky
Proclaim to our cabin that danger wss nigh
The pride Of my heart was tie mother you see,
Who equally labOred for you and for me;
And Low ir seems hard as we're passing away,
That you by your folly should force US to say,


Wen have to mortgage the farm.
Year: 1870

Nov father and mother, you know you are old,
We must have fun, and there's no uss to scUId,
1t surely is better to be In the style,
Than loook so peculiar that people must smile,
We must be attractive in order to find
Admirers that fully come up 70 our miud
You are always complaining about our display,
1t seems pretty certain that do as we may,


Wen have to mortgage the farm.
Year: 1870

at really think" said the donkey, as he
trudged on discontentedly and sullenly,
"that this great bag of cotton on my back
is altogether too large and heavy for a
creature of my delicate size and strength
to carry. My master is very incOnsider-
ate and unjust. 1t is so provoking to see
this great horse trOtting so cheerfully by
my side, with his bag of salt, which, even
though it does seem so much larger than
mine, 1t is no doubt great deal lighter,
or he would not be so satisfied"


"Indeed, you are very much mistaken,
Mr.. Donkey" replied the horse. "Our
master is very wise and kind one; and
fits the burden to the back of his creatures,
lie knows l am stronger than you; and
has loaded US accordingly. My load is
just about double the weight of yours, no
matter how it may seem to you. The cot
ton in your bag is not packed in very
tightly. 1t is only flied lightly"


81 should like to see all this proved by
actual weight before I can believe it, and
be satisfied" said the donkey.


"FOr which you will have to wait until
the end ofthe journey, you foolish fellow"
replied the horse, ''when you will find that
the master was right; and that it was your
envious, suspicious disposition that makes
C'OA y IAlH5 SG0ul WTOuSs buG even II II
does seem ever so wrong, shall make the
best of it. It is very warm day; and I
think it will refresh me to take drink,
and stand up to my neck awhile in this
little stream of water we are coming to-
So here goes ?' suiting the action to the
word.


No sooner said than done; but wonder
full to behold The horse comes out from
his bath with an empty bag on his back,
the salt having all melted away in the
water! Surprised and delighted to be
thus happily rid of his burden, he pranced
off with a heart as light as his load, and
was soon out of sight, leaving the donkey
more provoked than ever


"What am standing here for, like a
fOol?" said the donkey, at length; al
am determined to do exactly so, too, and
be a match for that over-bearing fellow"
dOggedly into the stream, until
the water reached his long ears. But what
a different result The load is strangely
growing heavier; and, after a while, the
poor donkey comes out of the water, with
a bag of soaked, dripping cotton, pressing
him down with double the weight he had
before.


Little folks, do you see the moral of the
story ?-[H. NJ. s., in Missionary Echo.
Year: 1870

Hints 10 writers and Speakers


William Cullen Bryant gave the
following excellent advice to a young
man who offered him an article for the
New York Evening Post:


"My young friend, 1 observe that
you have used several French express
sions in your article. / think, if you
will study the English language, that
you will find it capable of expressing
all the ideas you may have. 1 have
always found il 50, aud in all that L
have written 1 do not recall an in
stance where L was tempted to use a
foreign word, but that, on searching, L
found better one in my own Ian
.guage.


Be simple, unaffected be honest in
your speaking and writing. Never
use a long word when a short one will
do. Call a spade a spade, not WELL
known OblOng instrument of manual
industry let a home be a home, not
a residence ; a place a place, not a To-
cality; and so Of the rest. Where a
short word viii do, you lose by using
a long one. You lose in clearness
you lose in honest expression of your
meaning, and in the estimation Of all
men who are competent to judge, you
lose in reputation for ability.


"The only true way TO shine even.
in this false world, is to be modest and
unassuming; falsehOod may have a
very thick crust, but in the course of r
time will find place to break through.
Elegance Of language may not be in
the power of all Of US, but simplicity
and straight -fOrwardness are.H
Year: 1870

The Great Falls (New Hampshirp)
Journal says that young lady Ofthat
place, who had a beautiful head Of
hair, was obliged to have it cut off
close to the head on account of the in
sects that had got into the head from
switch that she had been wearing
The Rochester Courier says q similar
case occurred at Milton a short time
since, and every week we hear of bugs
or insects destroying the natural hair.
The switches are made from the bark
of a tree, and contain these little bugs
that are so fatal to the hair.
Year: 1870

"Ah, my dear fellow" said an old
man once to friend, 81 am quite
weak and broken down with age. l
used to walk entirely around the park
every day; but now 1 can only walk
half way round and back again"
Year: 1870

A girl hearing the lady of the house
at dinner ask her husband to bring
"Dombey and Son" with him when
be came homo to tea, had two extra
plates on the supper table for the sup
posed visitors.
Year: 1870

''Ths life Of the esh is IN the Blood is seriptur
al maxim that science proves to be true. The people
talk Of bad blood, az ss cause Of many diseases, and


like many popular opinions this Of bad blood is found
ed in truth.


Symptoms Of bad blood are usually quite plain-bsd
Digestion imperfect nutrition and consequent
y the circulation is feeble, the so Tissues loose their
tone and elasticity, and the tongue becomes, broad
and frequently covered with pasty, white coat. This
condition shows itself in rouglHes Of the skim
then in ERUPTIvE and UJCERATIVE diseases, and when
long continued results in serious LESSONS Of the Brain
Liver, Lungs, or urinary apparatus. Much, very
much, suffering is caused by impure blood. It is esti
mated by some that one fifth Of the human family are
affected with sorofula IN some form.


When the blood is pure you are not liable to any
disease. Many impurities Of the Blood arise from i'm.
pure diseases Of large cities. Eradicate every impurty
from the fountain Of e and good spIrits fair skin and
vital strength will return to you.
Year: 1870

is entirely vegetable and contains no lquor. It is
O compound Of Fluid Extracts. The Roots, Herbs,
and Baris from which these Extracts are made, are
gathered from Germany an the Medical virtues
extracted from them BY scientific chemist. These
extracts are then forwarded to this country to be used
expressly for the manufacture of these Bitter5 There
is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in com
pounding the Biers hence it is the only Bters that
can be used in cases where alcoholic stlmulahts are
not advisable
Year: 1870

Why is a solar eclipse like a woman whipping her
boy Because it's hiding Of the sun.


Whv Is a lawyer like a sawyer7 Because, which
ever way he moves, down must come the dust.


Whv have widows right to dirt Because the
Bible says the widows mite.


When is blow from a lacy welcomed When she
strikes you agreeably.


When does a cabbage beat beet in growing When
it getsa head.


Wbv is horse the most curious feeder in the world?
Because he eats best when he has net bit in his
mouth.
Year: 1870

Whether the following tradition gave
rise to the well known saying of "Catch-
ing Tartar" I am not prepared to say );
but it is very likely, for the circumstances
fit the popular phrase aptly.


Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, sur
named, on account of his warlike propen-
stiles, by bis admirers, the ''Lion Of the
North" and by his detractors, with equal
justice, perhaps. the 'Madman of the
North," accidentally encountered, at the
chateau Gortz, young creature from the
banks of the Volga-a niece of Baron
Gortz So powerful was the impression
she at once made upon the hitherto inn
pregnable heart of the hero. so completely
was he spellbound in her charms, that he
seemed to lose all recollection of other
matters, even of the disastrous battle of
Pultowa.


The name of this enchantress was the
Princess Ikla-for she was princess, her
mother, the baron's sister. having married
the Hetman of the Tartars. Being left an
orphan at an early age she had taken up
her residence with Baron Gortz in Stral-
Sund.


The baron was bit of historian-or



thought he was-and was then engaged in
writing history Of the king. who called
upon him often to revise and correct the
work. Besides the baron was Que Of the
brown councillors and was often entrusted
with important business of the state.


Charles the Twelfth bad that desire,
which seems inherent in the breast Of
|greatness-he wished to be loved for him.
self alone. without any regard to his state
and grandeur; consequently he had him,
self presented to Ikla under the simple ii.
tie of Count D'Olfen, and in that name be
paid his court to the erratic princess; fol
her Tartar blood made her disregard many
Year: 1870

Rev. Charles W olfe was clergyman Of the
Church of England, who died in early life,
leaving but few specimens of his poetic talent.
Byron said of this balled, that he would rather
be the author of it than of any one ever written.
Not drum was heard, not funeral note,


AS his corse to the rampant we hurried;
Not soldier discharged his farewell shot


Der the grave where our hero we buried
We buried him darkly at the dead of night,


The sods with our bayonets turning;
By the struggling moonbeam's misty light,


And the lanterns dimly burning.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast,


Not in sheets or in shrouds we wound him ;
But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,


With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short were the prayers we said,


And we spoke not word of sorrow;
And we steadfastly gazed on face of the dead,


And we bitterly thought of the morrow.


And smooth down his lonely pillow,
That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er


And we far away on the billow. This head,
Ligiitiy Ta5J * 81 ssaasst . zatc,


And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,
But little he IL reck, if they'll let him sleep on


In the grave where Briton has laid him.
But half of our heavy task was done,


When the clock struck the hour for retiring;
And we heard the distant random gun


Which the foe was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down,


From the field Of his fame fresh and CORY;
We carved not line, and we raised not stone;


But we left him alone with his glory.
Year: 1870

FOURTH OF JULY.-We are requested,
by number of townsmen, to state that a
meeting will be held at the Court House
this Saturday. evening, for the purpose of
making some arrangements for celebrating
the Fourth of July at this place. A town
of Shasta's size and pretensions-the cap
italo a county containing an area sufficient
for an Empire-certainly possesses patriot
ism, enterprise and liberality enough to get
up creditable celebration on the occasion
of the anniversary of that glorious day on
which our fofefathers proclaimed the In
dependence of our country in language
that will be quoted and admired by the
devotees of liberty while time endures-
Let our citizens, one and all, attend the
meeting, and show by their presence that
they have not forgotten the memory of the
gallant heroes whose tolls and sacrifices
secured the freedom of our country, and
paved the way Tor the upbuilding of the
grandest Republic the world has ever
known
Year: 1870

BATHs.-See the announcement of the
proprietor of the Excelsior" Shaving
Saloon and Bath House. He recognizes
the fact that the approach of the railroad is
bound to abolish high prices, sooner or
later, and so he has concluded to reduce
them of his own accord.
Year: 1870

Be Within the last ten days
the town has had three very narrow escapes
from fire. In the first instance the danger
was occasioned by the coal oil in large
lamp catching fire, on account of turning
the wick up too high; the second instance
was an over heated and improperly arrang-
ed stove pipe, and the third, candle left
to burn out, with block of matches lay
ing on the heated candlestick.


Our residents cannot be too careful
in guarding against fire during the dry
season, when wooden buildings become like
tinder. Shasta has escaped confagration
for long time, but our only safety lies in
the constant exercise of care and caution
on the part of all.
Year: 1870

HORSESHOE BEND.-Thos. Greene and
VIM Jackson visited Horseshoe Bend, on
the upper Sacramento, on Monday, and
found the tunnel carrying about one
third of the water of the river A couple
of large logs were lodged at the head of
The tunnel and the entrance was further
obstructed by deposite of brush, bark,
leaves and mud. If these Instructions are
removed, and no rain falls for the next
three weeks, the tunnel will then carry
about all the water running in the river,
and leave the channel dry enough to work
for distance of several miles 1t is to be
hoped that some effort will be made to work
the Horseshoe claims this Summer.
Year: 1870

Wool CL1P.-Mr B. CURE, of Western
Shasta, and one of the principal sheep
raisers of the county, has lately finished
shearing his flock, and is now the possessor
of ten thousand pounds of excellent wool
Year: 1870

RUNAwAY-Last Saturday, Joe Mullen
drove into town, and left his team standing
unhitched on Main Street, while he went
into a store to do a little trading The
horses appearing to regard the act OF leav-
ing them unhitched as an imputation against
their spirit, resented the slight by getting
up and dusting down street at full speed
fortunately the lines caught around one of
the wagon-hubs and the animals were
thereby refined up and brought to sud
den halt in front of Chas. Boell's residence
As the horses were passing Cusick's saloon,
he ran out and attempted. to stop them, but
their momentum was so great as to jerk
him off his feet and send him rolling in
the dust. He escaped with several slight
bruises, and purposes to grant the right
of way" to all runaway teams hereafter.
Year: 1870

THE human family is so numerous that
birth and death occur every moment
Every second child is born; every second
some one dies. The prevalence of sickness
in the world may be realized in DR. j. c.
Ayers Laboratory where medicines are
made for all mankind 1t would scarcely
seem that there are throats enough to
swallow the doses he issues daily,
Sarsaparilla, Ague Cure, and Cherry Pee
toral by the thousand gallons and Ayers
Pills literally by the ton. But they must
all be wanted or he could not make such
quantities for so many years. Northfeld
Telegraph.
Year: 1870

1t is reported via Fort Crook, that the
Union Pacific Railroad Company has just
run a survey from Promontory, this side of
Salt Lake, to Big Valley, Siskiyou county.
1t is surmised by some that the Union Pa
ciGc intend TO extend their line from Salt
Lake to some point on the Bay of San
Francisco via. Madeline Pass and the Sac
ramento Valley. Perhaps the Company
also contemplate extending their line on
from Madeline Pass through the Klmath
Lake country to the Willamette Valley,
Portland, and Puget Sound.


Such, we imagine, is their intention. If
the road is once completed through Mad.
cline Pass into Pit River Valley, it would
be but slight enterprise to extend it down
through this county, and on to connect
with the Vallejo road at Red Bluff or
Woodland Madeline Pass is about fifty
miles above Fort Crook, and possesses an
altitude of only 5000 feet above the level
of the sea. The elevation of the Pass is
gradual and the country in its vicinity is
comparatively well supplied with timber.
Year: 1870

In New Orleans day or two since, an
unfortunate italian died of yellow fever,
in the vicinity of the French market,
while his wife was lying ill of the same
disease in another bed in the same room.
The body was taken out, and a health off
Ger calling in, directed that the mattress
should be burned. The women begged
the men piteously to permit it to remain;
and upon examination the mattress was
found to contain two hundred and fifty
dollars in gold. ..t-,...9 ~.
Year: 1870

NEW YORK, March 4.


This was field day in the Gold Room.
Tho throng OF anxious spectators in the
galleries, and tho excited movements Of
the brokers recalled, more wildly than
any subsequent period, the September
panic Of last year.


The announcement this morning that
alviccs had been received from the Wash.
ington Bureau Of Statistics, stating the
balance Of trade against the United States
as only two millions Of dollars for the six
months ending December 81, 1869, took
the street by surprise, though regarded by
many as incorrect


The downward tendency Of the Gold
premium was accelerated by the report,
while the weakness Of Foreign Exchange
and the glut Of Commercial Bills was
also successfully employed to demoral.
iEe the bull element IN the Gold FIX
change