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Year: 1871

tE- We are again indebted to Mr.. Ancn
MEADOWS, for a beautiful specimen Of the
Shannon Pippin, They are far superior in sizc
and quality. to any that we have seen this
year. If any of our readers think they can
do better, we should like to see them.
Year: 1871

The State Convention made a good
selection when Ferdinand Baehr received
the nomination for State reasurer. I that
gentl man was for many years resident
of this county, during VIII ch period he, by
his strict business integrity genial disposi-
ton, and upri ght character. won the friend.
ship and confidence OF the entire community
Politically he has been an ardent Repub.
] can since the breaking out of the REBEL
lion, and Jealous worker in the Union
ranks. His nomination will add strength
to the party in this court ty, and in the
State.
Year: 1871

MORE LABoRERs-One hundred hands
came up the cars to Sesma last Thursday
they win be put to work on the bridge and
trestle work at Tehama About as many
more will be mp to day. We understand
it TO be the intention of the managers of
the road to deliver fright, and land pas.
sengers in Red Bluff, by the 6rst day OF
1sptambss next.
Year: 1871

THE FOURTH AT leo CITY.-We learn
that the ball at Dunhams on the evening
of the Fourth, Was very pleasant affair.
Over fifty couples were present and dane
ing was kept up until late hour.
Year: 1871

Messrs Green, Blair & Warfeld found
nugget" in their tunI ell at Mad Mule
Gulch, on Friday of last week. 1t meas
ures about eleven inches in length, is near.
ly as wide as the palm of persou's hand
and from three fourth's of an inch down
to feather edge in thickness. 1t weighs
about four pounds and is valued at over
eight hundred dollars. 1t was dug out OF
a ''seam" about forty feet below the sur
face oil the bedrock, the seaG reaching
down where the slate and porphyry bed
rock join to.ether he boys have been
working now on their seam for about ten
months without seeing the 'color" and we
are glad to chronicle their final good sue.
cess, which it is to be hoped will continue.
Mad Mule Gulch was noted in early days
for course gold, and it is but fair to pre-
sumo that the surrounding hills are rich
in "chispas"
Year: 1871

The fourth annual fair of the Arksn.
ras Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation rapidly approaches. We trust
that our county may be well represent
ell. Every article placed on exhibition
will add to the interest aad Importance
of the OCCASION. The premium list
offered by the Association is liberal
one, and speaks well for the zeal and
diligence of the board of directors.


Let Hampstead enter the list,
Year: 1871

Multitudes of men realize nothing be-
cause they devise nothing-perfcct moth
ing because they project nothing. "They
simply float on the surface OF the occasion,
and trust to the sublimity of luck" Mi
cawberliko, they are waiting for some
thing to turn up


He is most unreasonable man who ex-
poets to achieve, by accident, that which
every successful man gains, only, of set
purpose. He is more unreasonable who
enters a bill of indictment against Fortune,
for being so hard with him, when he is so
hard with himself. He upbraids poor
blind Fortune, because she does not come
and heap upon his head lap-full of good
things, while, really, he does not single
good thing for himself.


A marksman will tell you, that if you
would hit the target you must aim at it.
No random shots are expected to ''driye
the cross"--it will not happen once in q
million Of chances, especially if there be no
idea of the direction in which it lies. Yet
there are thousands of good, easy people
credulous, sanguine souls-who expect to
hit the mark, not only without taking aim,
but without shooting at all.


We should say that with this class of
persons there is an overgrowth of hope.
They have been indulging high hopes all
their lifetime, and have not realized one of
them. Is it not strange that they do not
grow weary of their vain hopes and try
some other expedient? The truth is, we
suspect, they have reached the conclusion
that it is easier to hope than work. In
their present, aimless, do-nothing calling.
the outlay is but little or nothing, and al
though the income be nothing, it is pretty
good, considering that there is no invest
ment, and no risk at all, except the risk Of
light disappointment.
Year: 1871

THAT'S THE KINDA spirited Min
ncsota girl dismissed her lover on learning
that he gave her father drink of whisky.
That's the kind If all the girls iu the
land would go and do likewise, our coun-
try would be cursed with fewer young
men, who by their drinking habits, have
ruined themselves, and may be the means
of breaking many fond and loving hearts.
1t is within the power of every woman,
particularly every young and unmarried
one, to WELD mighty influence on the
side of right, against the demoralzing and
degrading usaces of society, if she only SO
wills it; and she is not true to her own
and the best interests of her race if she
docs not WELD that influence. 1t is ques-
ton involving the happiness of millions,
and no half way measures will meet the
case Prompt, decided, energetic action
is called for. We reccomend the action
of the Minnesota girl
Year: 1871

WOMEN SHOULD READ NEWSPAPERS
1t is a great mistake in female education,
says the Termini, to keep young lady's
time and attertion devoted only to the fash
ionable literature of the day. lfyou would
qualify her for conversation, you must give
her something to talk about, give her edu-
cation in the actual world and its trans
piring events Urge her to read the news
papers, and become familiar with the
present character and Improvements of oul
age History is of some Importance; but
the past world is dead we have nothing
to do with it Our thoughts and our con
Germs should be for the present world tt
know what it is and improve its condition
Let her have an intelligent opinion, and b.
able to sustain conversation according t.
the mental, moral and religious improve
ment of our times.
Year: 1871

"Pubiic opinion here is very out-spoken
and unequivocal in favor of Selby as the
nominee, while there is also an equally
well pronounced determination on the part
of Republicans to support any good man
the State Republican Convention may
nominate"


The Russian River Flag says:


"The choice of the Republican party for
the Governorship now seems to lie between
Mayor Selby of San Francisco and Newton
Booth of Sacramento. We believe the
party will be well satisfied with either, and
that odds will be in favor of the election OF
either over the Democratic nominee, who
ever that may prove to be. Our own pre-
ference for Governor is Selby."
Year: 1871

The LAW AND ORDER PARrY.-The Democ-
ratio party seeks to place no obstacle in the
way of suppressing any and all lawless
bands OF men which may at any time infest
any section of the country Sacramento
Reporter.


The above is utterly inconsistent with the
facts OF history, as every intelligent man
knows full we'll The Democratic party
placed every obstacle it could bring forward
in the way of suppressing the rebellion. 1t
opposed each and every measure designed to
put down the ''lawless bands" that attemp-
ted to destroy the Government in 1861, and
persisted in the attempt until Lee surrender
ed at Appomattox. And the same party to-
day is bitterly opposed to all legislation bav-
ing for its object the suppression Of the Ku
klux of the South. Petaluma Journal
Year: 1871

The Nation never loses its selfpossession
On the removal of Sumner it says:


His friends, who are just now engaged
in praising him and in claiming indulgence
for his faults of temper and his mistakes,
on account of his past services to the
country, would do well to remember that
General Grant has some claims of the same
nature to indulgence and forbearance. 1t
may be that he owes his place in the White
House in some degree to Mr. Sumner S
fidelity to The principles of the Republican
party; but it is equally safe to safe to say
that Mr. Sumner owes his place in the
Senate in some degree to General Grant.
The question whether there should be any
Senate for Mr. Sumner to sit in was very
hotly debated about six years ago, and we
believe the stout manner in which General
Grant maintained the affirmative had much
to do with the result We are as fully
alive TO Grants official faults as anybody,
but when his claims to national gratitude
come to be compared with those of any
other man, we honestly confess we are over
powered by the display he makes.
Year: 1871

The question of snbsidizing railroad cor
porations is not likely to figure in the
coming compaign in this State, as both
parties will take decided grounds against
it. There are, however, other important
subjects to be decided in September The
question of revenue reform in our State
and county affairs will come up in prac-
tical form, and the Republican party will
not attempt to eyade the issue State and
county taxes are enormously high, and the
people are anxious to be relieved from a
portion of this grievous buden A system
Of economy and retrenchment must be
inaugurated. The Democracy made the
most solemn promises of reform four years
ago, and upon the strength of the pledges
then given they elected the Governor and
majority in the lower house of the Leg
islature. The Senate, however, remained
Republican and forced the passage of a
salary law, which, if it had been allowed
to go into effect, would have relieved the
people of heavy and unnecessary load of
taxation. Under the pressure of public
sentiment Governor Haight signed the bill;
but before this salutary law could 90 into
operation the Democracy had control of
both branches of the Legislature, and the
salary bill was promptly repealed. Not
only this, but in nearly every Democratic
county the salaries were increased above
the old standard. Here we have a fair
Illustration of Democratic "reform" The
people know from experience that there is
no hope for reduction of taxation under
Democratic rule. On the contrary they
may expect that salaries will be further
increased and new Offices created if that
party continues in power. Democratic
success will be an Endorsement of the ex-
tlavagance of the last Legislature, and tax
payers will have only themselves to blame
if they do not war against the spoilsm en-
and reduce the princely salaries of most OF
the county officials. Many of the latter
enjoy an income exceeding that of Con-
gressman, Supreme Judge or Cabinet off
GER. So far as remuneration is concerned,
the Governor the State could well afford
to excl angc places with Sheriff or County
Clerk.


These high salaries in many cases be-
come corruption fund, by means (which
primary elections are carried, conventions
manipulated, undeserving and dishonest
men elected to Office, and the will of the
people defeated at the polls. Deprive
them of measure of the spoils wrung
from the people as fees and salaries, and
we will have better officers, more rigid
enforcement Of the laws, and greater de-
gree of prosperity generally than the State
now enjoys.


Democratic editors are fond of denounc-
ing what they term the enormous taxation
exacted by the General Gov crnment, but
they say never word about the burdens
Of state and county taxation.-Petaluma
Argus.
Year: 1871

"TRuTn i powerful and must prevail %
and it is true that there is not better
boot and shoemaker in Cairo than PhHl,p
Baugh. One trial is sufficient to satisfy
any .one.of the fact, that FOR durability,
style and fitness, his work cannot be ex-
celled. lie can be found at all times at
his shop, on Eighth street near Ohio
Levee, and not combining himself TO any
peculiar style or fashion, can guarantee
to his friends and customers full and COM
plete satisfaction. ie-20-tf
Year: 1871

one HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
The array of Charter Oak Stoves now
in active service in the kitchens of the
south and west is over one hundred and
fifty thousand strong, and doing the work
Of thrice that number OF stoves of other
kinds. je27d&wlt,
Year: 1871

A RARE INvENTIoN.-Two gentle


men, Anderson and Lundberg, No.


1OS, Chicago avenue, have lately
patented two inventions, both of


which will attract more than ordin-


ary public attention, and doubtless


be to them source of great profit
The one is a safety lock, to be


fastened inside the pocket of ladies'


or gentlemen garments, to prevent


the stealing of pocketbooks or other
valuable things therein. The safety
lock is inserted between the outer


cloth and the lining of the coat or


dress, and is provided with spring,


so as to secure the pOcketbook that


it can't be removed. In taking the


pocket-book from the pocket with
one hand it must be unlocked with the


other by turning spring ring inside
the coat, which spring ring also, for
greater safety, can be taken away at
pleasure-which operation is easily
done by the wearer, but is trouble


some and incOnvenient for the pick


pocket; neither can the pocket-book,
so fastened, be cut ont with a knife.
The other is also a safety lock, made
to prevent the stealing of watches
from vest pockets. Each invention
is cheap, simple, and seems entirely
to suit its purpose. SO We can at
last travel around and mingle in
large crowds without fear of being
robbed by pickpockets. We under
stand that the patentees have taken
measures to secure patents in all the
European countries also, and that
the patents will be offered for sale to
tailors and others in this country
/ Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1871

QUEER INcIDENT.-A curious incl
dent is related on board of a vessel
in the Baltic sea. The bark Provi-
dence from Hartle?ool. lately sprung
4 leak. and all hands We're forced to
work at the pumps until they were
utterly exhausted. Their hope of
saving the vessel or even their own
lives had almost gone when the leak
suddenly stopped. After the port
was reachedandthe cargo discharged,
q search was made. and it was found
that Il knot in one Of the planks had
been forced out, but the hole was
tightly plugged up by the body of a
fish.
Year: 1871

A TRUE TALEET.-"To have a talent for
telling the truth" says our philOsOphic
friend Brown, sis to be the proprietor of one
of the most enviSble regulations in the world.
lord | What lot of doubtful matter fel
low could get off his mind at one delivery,
if he only knew that rybody believed
him ~ Hearing this, we said 'Hum :" and,
not feeling quite sure about it, added "Ha. y
Then our mind reverted to Brown. and his
position in the matter. We touched his arm
Brown is only his nom de Plame.) Brown y
said we, "did yon ever tell lie ?' "No,
was his ingenious reply and of course we
believed him. A true talent however Is no:
invariably talented truth. 1t is best to have
it plain, one way or the other, put so that
YOU can see at once what it is, as we did
when Brown answered US.
Year: 1871

We can sing away our cares easier
than we can reason them away. The
birds are earliest 10 sing in the morning;
the birds are more without care than
anything else know Of Sing in the
evening. Singing is the last thing that
robins do. When they have done their
daily work-wben they have flown their
last fight, and picked up their last
morsel Of food, and cleaDsed their bills
OH napkin of bough, then on top
twig they sing one song Of praise /
know they sleep sweeter for it. They
dream music, for sometimes in the night
they break forth in singing, and stop
suddenly after the first note, startled by
their own voice. oh that we might
sing evening and morning, and let song
touch song all the way through.


As l was returning from the country
the other evening between six and seven
o'clock, bearing a basket of flowers,
met man that wss apparently the
tender Of mason. lie looked brick
and mortar all over He had worked
the entire day, and had the appearance
of man that would not be afraid to
work. He was walking on with light
step, and singing to himself as he passed
down the road, though he had been
working the whole day, and nearly the
whole week. Were it not that my good
thoughts always come too late, should
have given him large allotment of my
flowers. II he had not been out of sight
when the idea occurred to me, should
have hailed him, and said


''lIave you worked all day ?"


'Of course l have" he would have
said.


care you singing? p


"Of course am"


"Then take these flowers home and
give them to your wife, and tell her
what blessing she has in YOU"


Oh that we could put songs under
our burdens. Oh ! that we could ex-
tract the sense OF sorrow by song. Then
these things would not poison so much.
Sing in the house. Teach your children
to sing. When griets arise, sing them
down. Lift the voice OF praise against
cares. Praise God by singing that
will lift you above trials of every sort.
Attempt it. They sing in heaven and
among Gods people upon earth song is
the appropriate language OF Christian
feeling.-ESehange.
Year: 1871

BAD DERTs.-No position in the world re-
quires greater amount of ability and pru-
dence than that of the merchant. Nc profess
sion demands closer attention and more con-
slant supervision, and in meme is there so large
an amount of apprehension and anxiety. The
career of the merchant is essentially q game
of skill. Without ability it is almost impossi-
BILE he should succeed, and without the strict
est attention 10 details there is no hope of sue
cess. Yet how futile does it seem that mer-
chant should labor all the year round to ac-
cumulate profits, and find at the end of the
year that the balance to his credit is greatly


lessened by bad debts. He labors to no pur-


pose for The extension of his business, if the
result of increased eXertions is counterbalanced
by increased losses. There is no department
of business which requires greater watchful-
ness. and none in which there is greater liza
bility to failure than in granting credits The
firm that continually assumes hazardous ac-
counts is certain TO collapse. The experience
has been, and always will be, that no matter
how profitable may be the prices obtained,
they will never compensate for improper risks.
Besides the prospects of positive loss from
weak accounts the anxiety and increased ex-
ertion which they necessitate is most trying.
Year: 1871

Speak thou the truth. Let Others fence,


And trim their words for pay;
In pleasant sunshine Of pretence


Let Others bask their day. .,.
Guard thou the fact, though clouds of night


Down on thy watch-tower stoop;
Though thou shouldst see thine her rts delight


Borne from thee by their swoop.
Face thou the wind, though safer seem
In shelter to abine
We were not made TO sit and dream;
The safe must first be tried.
Where God hath set His thorns about,


Cry not, The way is plain !"
1is patb within for those without
Is paved with toll and pain
One fragment Of His blessed Word.


Into thy spirit burned
Is better than the whole half-heard,


And by thine interest turned
Show thou the light. If conscience CLEAN.


Set not thy bushel down;
The smallest spark may send his beam


Ger hamlet, tower and town.
Woe, woe to him, on safety bent,


Who creeps to age from youth,
Failing TO grasp his lile's intent, .'
Because he fears the truth.
Be true to every inmost thought,


And, as thy thought, thy speech
What thou hast net by suffering bought,
Presume net thou to teach.
Hold on, hold on thou hast the rock,


Thy foes are on the sand
The first wOrld-tcmpest's ruthless shock


Scatters their shifting strand.
While each wild gust the mist shall clear,


We now see darkly through,
And justified at last appear


The true in Him that's True
Year: 1871

DTssTPATloN.-There are three kinds
of dissi patton in the Worthwhile, red
and black dissipation. White dissipa-
tion i the waste of nerve and excessive
use of the brain; there are pious dissi-
patton, scholarly dissipation, business
dissipation, the dissipation of the man
who, with salutary shudders, "thank
God that they are not as other men
are" Red dissipation is the dissipation
of the increase of blood by luxurious
food, or the waste of blood by all those
passions and indulgences which come of
luxurious living. Black dissipation is
that of the grosser indulgence which
criminal men seek. The first named is
increasing rapidly, and taking the place
of lower grades. The peculiar folly of
our age is the waste OF nerve force. In
all directions we see the sign of brain
dissipation. The diseases of virtueus
men are no longer what they used to be
blood diseases. Paralysis is beating
mp iii every community and finding re-
cruits. Good men are living too fast.
Each man is swept on against his will
into the tumult of life The great army
of insomnists are increasing, and such
men have a call to lunacy.-Beecher.
Year: 1871

SLEEPING IN JAPAN.-As I was about
TO pass my first night in Japanese
house, l watched anxiously the prepara-
tions for sleeping. These were simple
enough: mattrass in the form of a very
thick quilt, about seven feet long by four
wide, was spread on the floor, and over
it was laid an ample robe, very long and
heavily padded, and provided with large
sleeves. Having put on this night-dress,
the sleeper covers himself with another
quilt, and sleeps, 1. e., if he has had
some practice in the use of this bed.


But the most remarkable feature about
japanese bed is the pillow. This is a
wooden box about four inches high,
eight inches long and two inches wide
at the top. 1t has cushion of folded pa
9ers on the upper side to rest the neck
-, for the elaborate manner of dressing
lie hair does not permit the japanese,
specially the women, to press the head
IN pillow. Every morning the uppel-
most paper is taken off from the cush-
ion, exposing a clean surface without the
expense of washing a pillow-case.


passed the greater part Of the night
in 'arning how to poise my head in this
novel manner; and when finally closed
my eyes it was to dream that / was be-
ing slowly beheaded, and to awake at
the crisis to find tie pillow bottom side
up, and my neck resting on the sharp
edge of the box. During my stay in
the country l learned many of its Gus
toms, mastering the use CT chop.sticks,
and accustoming my palate to raw fresh
fish, but the attempt to balance my head
on two-inch pillow l gave up in dis
pair, after trying in vain TO secure the
box by tying it to my neck an / head.


P.typDellU.
Year: 1871

Dana is not mistaken when he saws


that the Mobile Register, edited by


John Forsyth, is one Of the most bitter


organs of the Southern irrcconcilables.


1t hates the Yankees" with an intense


hatred il believes that the South was


right in the rebellion, and it expresses


its sentiments on AL occasions in words


that can at least claim the merit Of en-


tire frankness. But while no more out.


spoken representative Of the "unrepen.


tant rebel can probably be found in


the whole South than the editor of the


Register, when it comes to talking Of a
fresh Southern rebellion that paper dis.
claims any desire for such an undertak-
ing in language which is plain. In ref
erence 10 Senator Mortons recent
speech, in which he declared his belief
that if the Democratic party came into
power in the Southern States they
would quietly secede, the Register takes
occasion to say that the South has al
ready done all the fighting that it feels
called upon to do for the maintenance
Of its liberties and that any future
rebellion must begin in the North.
With grim satisfaction it asserts that
Grant is now Dictator in New York
and Ohio just as he is in Virginia and
Alabama, and intimates that while it
would see the North and West rebel
with great complaccncy, las for the
South arming or man pulling trig.
ger to begin the struggle, it is as utter.
ly foreign to Southern thoughts and in
tentions as it is to build ladder to
scale the moon. When the North be-
gins, and calls on us for help, why.
then-'we'll think about it.. No more
secession for this quarter" The at
tempt to bolster up the iniquitous Force
bill by the pretense that the South in
tends to secede again is the veriest non
sense. That sentiment of bitterness
against the North exists in the South
ern States is not strange; it is natural
in people who feel that they have been
conquered, though in time it might be
overcome by just and friendly legisla-
tion. But as for any intention on the
part of the Southern people to inaugu-
rate another civil war or make the at
tempt to re-establish slavery, nothing
more untruthful nor absurd could we'll
be imagined.