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Year: 1873

MAKE THE BEST OF YOURSELVES
Are you making the best Of
yourself? Are you using to the
best advantage the natural powers
of the body and mind given by
YOUR Creator ?-or are you dronlng
through life in half efforts, and
steadily drifting behind men Ct less
ability than yourself; men who,
with even fewer talents than you
possess, are making the best OF
themselves.


Think of this. Put the question
to yourself as we put it to you
and do it honestly. Look the mat
ter right in the face. Are you ma
king the best of yourself? If not,
begin a new life at once. DO your
best in everything. In your think
ing and in your doing. BE a man
in seIf.compulsion. Rise out OF in.
dolence and sclfindulgencc. And
not only will the world be better
for your having lived in it, but you
will be better for having lived in
the world.
Year: 1873

Dropping down the troubled river,


TO the tranquil, tranquil shore;
Dropping drown the misty river
Times willow-shaded river


TO the spring embosomed shore:
Where the sweet light shineth ever,
And the sun goes down no more
o wondrous, wondrous shore!
Dropping down the winding river,


To the wide and welcome sea;
Dropping down the narrow river
Mans weary, wayward river


10 the blue and ample sea;
Where no tempest reaches ever,


Where the sky is fair and free;


O, joyous, joyous sea!
Dropping down the noisy river,


To our peaceful, peaceful home
Dropping down the turbid river
Earth's bustling, crowded river


TO our gentle, gentle home:
Where the rough roar riseth never,
And the veXings cannot come;


O! loved and longed-for home!
Dropping down the eddying river,
With O Helmsman true and tried;
Dropping down the perilous river
Mortality's dark river


With sure and heavenly Guide;
Even Him who, to deliver


My soul from death, hath died;


O! Helmsman true and tried!
Dropping down the rapid river,


TO the dear and deathless land;
Dropping down the well-known river
Life's swollen and rushing river
10 the resurrection-land;
Where the living live for ever,


And the dead have joined the band
O! fair and blessed band!
Year: 1873

HEALTH AND TALENT. - 1t is no
exaggeration to say that health is a
large ingredient in what the world
calls talent. A man without it may
be a giant in intellect, but his deeds
will be the deeds of a dwarf. On
the contary, let him have a quick
circulation, a good digestion, the
bulk, thews and sinews of a man,
and the alacrity. the unthinking
confidence inspired by these, and,
though having but thimblefull OF
brains, be will either blunder upon
success or set failure at defiance.
1t is true, especially in this country,
that the number of centaurs in ev-
cry community-of men in whom
heroic intellects are allied with
bodily constitutions as tough as
those of horses-is small; that a
man has reason to think himself
we'll off in the lottery of life, if he
draw the prize of healthy stom-
ach without a mind, or the prize of
a fine intellect with a crazy stomach.
But of the two, weak mind in a
Herculean frame is better than a
giant mind in a crazy constitution.
A pound Of energy, with an ounce
of talent, will achieve greater re-
suits than a pound of talent with
an ounce Of energy. The first re-
quisite to success in life, is to be a
good animal. In any of the learned
professions, a vigorous constitution
is equal to at least fifty per cent.
more brain. Wit, judgment, imagg-
ination, eloquence, all the qualities
of the mind, attain thereby a force
and splendor to which they could
never. approach without it. But
intellect in a weak body is "like
gold in a spent swimmers pocket. :"
A mechanic may have tools OF the
sharpest edge and of the highest
polish; but What are these without
a vigorous arm and hand? Of what
use IS it that your mind has become
a vast granary of knowledge, If
you have not strength to turn the
key?
Year: 1873

Sympathy is one of the most i'm
posing and sacred emotions OF an
intelligent mind, and is equally
consonant with the genius of re-
fined humanity and the spirit OF
true religion. 1t is inseparable
from truly elevated though un-
sancti6ed mind, for it is a COM
pound of the finest and noblest feel
ings of our nature-of feelings that
are characterized by all that is
touching in tenderness and winning
in beneVolence. TO the soul it is
what the lucid beams Of the moon
are to the pleasing features of ma
ture, which are not essential to their
existence, but which add bril!iancy
to their beauty and sublimlty to
their grandeur.-LandCruye.
Year: 1873

hsthe District Court Of the Ninth Judicial Dis
triet Of the State Of California, in and for the
County Of Shasta. .'1


MARY M. ECKLEs, Plaintiff, against VIM. 7.
ECKLES, Defendant.


Action brought in the District Court of the
Ninth Judicial District of the State of California
in and for the said County of Shasta and the Com
plant filed in said County of Shasta, in the Office
of the Clerk of said District Court


The People of the State of California send
Greeting to VIM. T. Eckles, Defendant
Z You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above-named Plaintiff
in the District Court Of the Ninth Judicial District
Of the State of California, in and for the said
County of Shasta, and to answer the complaint
flea therein, within ten days Exclusive of the day
of serviee after the service you Of this summons
If served within this county or, if served out
of this county, but in this district, within twenty
days otherwise. within forty days-or Judgment
by default will be taken against you according to
the prayer of said complaint


The said action is brought to obtain a decree
iissolving the marriage contract existing between
Plaintiff and Defendant, that the respective par
ties be forever released from the obligations there
OF, and forever divorced from the bonds Of matri-
mony, and for such other and furthe. relief as to
this Hon. Court may seem meet and proper, and
for heT costs of suit a,


And you are further notified that if you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint, as above re-
quired, the said Plaintiff will apply to said Court
for the relief demanded in her said complaint


Given under my hand and the Seal of the District
Court OF the Ninth Judicial District of the State
OF California in and for the said County of Shasta
TINS 10th day Of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand eighthundred and seventy-tvo.
lsEALl WIN. II. BICKPoRD, Clerk.


Clay W. Taylor, Attorney for plaintiff.
Year: 1873

B3 Our line Of Suits for early
Spring Is unequaled. asd the
prices have been made with a
view to their selling quick.
Purchasers may rely upon get
ting EXTRAORDINARY value
in these goods.
Year: 1873


the warning to the farmers Of the
Northwest that they should avoid the
entanglements Of factions and the un.
wise counsels of insincere political
leaders. The government aud the
people are anxious to satisfy all their
wishes. Their interests are the in
terests of the whole nation. Their
claims are allowed to be just nor, we
believe, will there be any opposition OF
Importance to any scheme they may
present that will serve to lessen the
price of food and increase the profits
of the farmer. A plain and practical
discussion of the best means Of open
ing new avenues of trade TO the North
west will serve to remove every diff
ficulty, and there could be no more
patriotic or humane occupation for
our people than to give their chief at.
tention for the future to the develop
ment of the boundless resources of the
country, to cover the land with we'll
digested scheme Of railways. and to
bind more closely together the East
and the West. We believe, indeed,
that the national government should
lend its aid to the improvement Of the
public highways, and control them,
and that direct route by rail should
be opened from New York to Minne-
sofa as speedily a. possible, capable Of
bringing to the sea. board the immense
harvests Of the new Territories, and
chespening the food Of the whole ma
ton. 1t seems an excess of absurdity
that the public roads should be held
by private spectators. or that the
great avenues of national intercourse
should be taken from the control of
the people.
Year: 1873

Up to the present time the Memo.
mites in Prussia. religious sect num-
bering over 200 900, have been excused
from doing military duty on the
ground of their belief that war was q
cardinal sin. 1t has recently been
declared, however by the German
cabinet that they must hereafter dc
military duty along with those who
have no scruples about shedding the
innocent blood of their fellow men
This decision being promulgated, the
members resolved to come to this
country In body. 1t is stated that
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany is trying to induce them to set.
tie on their lands. It is also stated
that the Jews of Romania have re-
solved to leave their country In a
body, on account of the persecution
they have suffered, and to form one or
more colonies in the West. These
people are chiefly farmers, and are
represented as being as enterprising
In their business ~ their brethren Ia
other countries are In the various pur-
suits OF merchandising.
Year: 1873

KANSAS. June 9Th. 1874.


Mr.. Editor. Warm weather and
millions of mosquitoes is the order of
the day here at the present time. l
have to write with one hand and
knock down mosquitoes with the
other as they advance to attack. Fine
growing weather for crops, such as
sod corn and pumpkins. | had always
heard discouraging accounts of dry
weather in Kansas before l came
here; but | think there is no need to
be alarmed if there is always as much
rain as has fallen this spring in Smith
county. / don't suppose there ever
was farming country settled up any
faster than Smith county has in the
last six months. The prairies look
enchanting here at the present season,
covered with its green coat; and at
intervals creek skirted with timbe,
presents lovely contrast.


About three weeks ago, during the
hardest rains there were very high
waters, and several casualties in the
way Of drowning. One man few
miles south of mere had all Of his
family drowned in endeavoring to
cross the Solomon River. There
were several instances where people
had TO leave their houses. The wa
ter raised six feet in one mans house
on Medicine Creek. Some folks from
Iowa came in here and were camped
on Beaver Creek; the water raised
during the night and carried wagon
and all down stream until the wagon
lodged against a tree. There were
two ladies and three men in the camp.
Two of the men climbed tree; the
other man secured one of the horses
and swan ashore with one of the la,
lies; the other woman stood in the
wagon up to her neck in water until
assistance arrived. One of the hor-
ses got tangled some way and drown
ed. | have seen the water raise in
the draws, from one hours rain, SO
that it would be almost impossible to
ford them where before there was not
a drop of water. That is the way it
comes down in drouthy Kansas.


There has been considerable i'm
provement in the way of building in
Smith Center this spring, the most
noted Of which is a fine two-story
stone school house, 24x3O feet, ]
think are the dimensions. The house
will cost the district three thousand
dollars. 1t is all very nice and easy
to look at, as Josh Billings says, but
I think when it comes time to redeem
the bonds they voted to build it with
there will be some long faces.


There are two dry goods and gro
Gerry stores, one grocery and drug
store, and one hardware store.


1t has been rumored that the Siouz
would make raid on the frontier
settlements this summer, but | think
the rumor is groundless.


One year ago this place was the
the frontier; but now it is settled one
hundred miles west of here. This
county is settled mostly by people
FROM Iowa. And if this country
proves to be as good as it looks, it is
settled with the people that have got
the vim to make it wealthy country.


L. r. B.
Year: 1873

Somewhere an ancient city stands,
beautiful city by the sea,
And moss-grown gables seem to frown
From the pointed roofs of the houses brown
That line the streets of this quaint old town


OF that city by the sea.
Never sound OF clamorous strife


Disturbs this city by the sea:
But calm and sweet is the tranquil day
The hite sails ride on the moonlit bay
Or slip their moorings and float away


From this city by the sea.
Sometimes al eve when the tide goes out.


A troop of children, glad and free,
Gambol and shout "a merry band:
Or over the shining. sea wet sand,
Go two young lovers hand in hand,


From this city by the sea.
Often and often i sit and think


OF this beautiful city by the sea,
Till see the flush of the crimson sky,
And the youthful lovers, fond and shy,
And the now-white sails as the ships 90 by
Past the city by the sea.
Is II picture-or n dream


Whose haunting memories come to meg
Or did somewhere, long ago,
Pace the shining sands when the tide was


low,
Hear the murmnring sea waves ebb and


flow,
Did see the crimson sunsets glow
And watch the white sails come and go
Past this city by the sea.
Year: 1873

The last Legislature entered upon
the matter Of regulating frelghts and
fares BY legislation in q serious earn
est, at least that portion of the MEM
bers who were In favor Of such regula-
ton so did. But the question what to
do, how to do it, what is equitable
and fair, was poser. No one knew,
and in that general uncertainty many
espoused the O'Donnell bill, as 1t
looked in that direction, hoping some
good would come out of it. The
O'Donnell bill was drawn by the
member from Dubuque and the object
in view was to regulate local freights
SO that the river towns would get the
advantage arising therefrom. That
was well enough so far as it went, but
when you come to extend the scale as
far west as Central Iowa, it actually
permits charge on the distance to
the State line, greatly In excess of the
rates then and now demanded by
railway companies.


Now no man desires freights made
SO low as not to yield companies . fair
return for for the actual capital invest
ed. Ifthis was done companies would
be compelled to either not operate
their road or allow them to 80 run
down that their capacity for carrying
would be much below the demand up
on them. We cannot afford to be
without railroads; we cannot team
grain to eastern markets. or drive
stock there.


The difficulty that has been in the
way of legislation and the people is
to know what was the cost Of the
building and stocking and is the cost
Of operating any particular railroad,
and thus know just what the compa.
ny ought to be allowed. Railway cor
porations have taken advantage of
this ignorance Of the public to demand
rates greatly exorbitant. This want
of informstion has prevented the
friends Of legislation from coming to-
gether and working together. So local
peculiarities, such as competition,
have held them apart.


It is probable, however, that the
public will not 60 much longer in such
complete ignorance Of these vital ques.
tions. The Senate of the United
States appointed special committee
to ascertain the cost of building roads,
in all its detail, OF equipping and op-
Grating. So, too, our late Legislature
directed Governor Carpenter, at an
expense of not greater than $1,000, to
ascertain just these facts 80 far as our
Iowa roads are concerned. The next
Legislature will have the Information
thus to be provided before them, and
can frame law which will, while
just to the railroad com mpanies, greatly
relieve both farmers, merchants and
mechanics from oppressive railroad
charges.


Railway managers in England are
not 30 reticent ~ they are In America,
and the English Parliament has been
able to learn the workings of their
roads much more fully than have we
of ours. In 1863 the London Board Of
Trade from returns made to Parlia-
Ment by all the railroads in the United
Kingdom, made q report showing the
cost OF operating English roads, the
details of which we copy below. 1t
shows the average expense o. running
o,~xn - IN 90 ovo
Year: 1873

The latest scandal is about the new
Senator, Mitchell, from Oregon, whose
real name, it is said, is Nipple. He
was an emigrant from Pennsylvania,
and there is now living in Franklin,
in that State, as a servant In q hotel,
a woman who claims to be his wife.
He did not marry her till her own
reputation made 1t necessary, and
after living with her about q year he
deserted her.
Year: 1873

PLANTING FRUIT TREEs.-Whether spring
or autumn is the best time for planting fruit
trees is a vexing question. How it may beet
be done is of most Importance. Many think
The question of expense settled by the cost Of
the trees, yet every man who does not spend
double, triple or quadruple the cost oil the
trees in planting them, is making great mis-
take.


Nothing that is worth doing at all is worth
doing so well as planting fruit trees, Wherey-
er tree is to be planted the soil should be
enriched to the depth of at least two feet, and
not less than six feet across. This prepara-
ton should precede planting at least month.
No raw manure, or other substance liable to
ferment while decomposing, should come in
contact with the roots. Don't hesitate to
postpone planting one or two years, in order
to make thorough preparation. This is the
way to get fruit quickly Apple trees proper
ly planted often bear IN four years. and pear
trees in six; and they never die prematurely,
as do thousands planted in the slovenly fash
ion that pre- ails.


The scarcity of trees, for few years past,
has stimulated propagation 10 an extent that
we fear will lead to low prices, and this in its
turn to excessive and careless planting in the
future as in the past. Let us respect the
feelings of our chidren's children. and in
their interest as well as our own, "turn over
a new leaf'' in the matter of planting fruit
| trees.
Year: 1873

don't believe there is anything in the world
not even loves yonng dream, or loves first
kiss, or the first taste of canvas-back, or the
first oyster of the season, or the forbidden
port, or glass of real draught bitter after
years abroad; or the sight OF those you love,
when you come home again; or the news
that your play is accepted, or the first proof
sheet, or legacy when you are sick with
disappointment, or praise when you are dy-
there is not one of these delights forgot to
mention twins, but not even that-which
comes up to the first joy of seeing foreign
land, and that land France.-lMy Little
Girl
Year: 1873

THE FORMULATION OF FLOWERS BY IN
sECTs. Among the numerous discoveries
with which vegetable physiology has fof late
been enriched, none is more interesting or
more curious than the part taken by insects
in the development of flowers Some how-
ers seem to appeal to the insect to enter their
open leaves by exhibiting the brightest colors
and most beautiful and varied forms, besides
secreting quantities of the hector upon which
their visitor subsists. Nothing can he more
wonderful than the thousands of different
shapes of corolla of stamens, and of pistils
and yet all are arranged SO as not only to Gov,
er the insect, IN spite of himself, with pollen.
put, at the same time, to separate completely
the pollen and stigma of the same flower. OF
ten the mechanical disposition of the various
parts OF the blossom and their play at the
moment OF the entrance the intruder is ex-
tremely complicated, as Darwin has demon
strated in the case of many OF the orchidacee, {,
but there are other flowers of which the con-


struction is easily understood and which are
Year: 1873

equally ingenious and SURPRISING. The in
sec5 allgnts upon the lower lip of the corolla,
and, to reach the hidden nectar. tries m nene'
trate the tube. But this it cannot do r;,bort
pushing before it the short branches of 1.-THE the
Two levers formed by the connectiyes' Ar
the same time the arched upper parts ad-
vance and embrace the body of the bee. an
plying the open anthers TO its abdomen 10
that the insect emerges covered with the fine
pollen. As long as it SEEKS tine nectar of ffow-
ers of the same age as that just lett of which
the styles are still very short, the stigmas can
receive but little pollen; but when the bee at
tempts to enter an older blossom the elongate
ed stigma grazes along its back, rubs off the
pollen, and thus becomes fecundated. Since
the pollen of the saliva is deposited on the
back Of the insect, it is evident that little can
be given to flower of another species the
construction Of which requires the placing Of
the substance upon the head or trunk. While,
whatever may be the flowers which the bee
visits before entering another saliva, the pol
len with which it is charged is not rubbed off
or wasted, as it remains intact Until prop
er blossom is entered.-Scientifc american.
Year: 1873

Sho faded away with the sunshine,


Bnt not MS the summer flowers
Fade, when the breath Of the Frots-kinR
Touches the balmy flowers;
Not rs the violet iadeth,


Soft ON the robe Of May;-
l held her hand in the twilight,


At dawn she had passed away
With never q warning shadow


To mar the picture bright
Ny darling stood before me


In the edge of the starlit night;
Never hickerins shadow,


Nor ever throb OF pain,
To tell that never her bOnny face
Id see on earth again.
Heavens gold has gilded the summer
For twice seven years and more,
Since Kitty and l stood silent


By the surlit, summer shore;
And twice seven wears has faded


The violet role Of May,
Yet nsvernore my darling comes
To gloriiy the day.
II only the country viOlets


Covered her stainless brow,
If only the summers roses


We're decking her green grave now,
If only the birds ut twilight


We're singing lullaby
To the tender heart asleep below,
could stand serenely BY.
But know not whether she wanders
Over cold, gray track,
Or whether, III tears Of penitence,
She follows in vague dreams back
The days Of her happy childhood,


When tears and cares were few;
l only know that stand alone,
To the dream of my youth still true.
Year: 1873

A young man named Benjamin
c. Scobee, of Bowling Green KY,
got into a difficulty with another
pure Kentucky blood named Parrish,
and Scobee shot and killed Parrish.
That brought Scobee into addition
al trouble. His offence was reduced
to bailable one, aud his old grand
father and granduncle and his father
went on his bond until his trial In
the meantime he went to work on his
grandfather's farm, and was conduct
ing himself properly. The other
day he went to town and fell in with
some young crOnies' and the meet
ing was celebrated in several libs-
tions. In the evening Scobes rcturo-
ed to his grandfather's, accompanied
by one of bis young friends. He ap-
peared to be little, but very little,
the worse for liquor, and expressed
10 his friend regret that be had
been weak enough to taste strong
drink, especially as a serious trial was
hanging over him, and he was at
Liberty only on his good behavior
and th4 bounty Of his relatives.


Soon after reaching home he went
20 the cabin of q negro near and got
pistol which he knew he would find
there. He then went into a grove,
where be accidentally met the negro
to whom the pistol belonged, and told
him he was about to shoot himself
The old negro pleaded with him not
tOdo it, as the pistol belonged to
him, and the affair would c'use
ttonble, He would probably be
charged with murder, aud the cir
cunstances would look ugly against
him. This was very thoughtful Of
the poor negro, and it brought con-
siderate response from The young
man. He said; "My troubles are
greater than any other boys. | find
| cannot meet them; bat | Away:
liked you, and will do nothing to 10
Ijure you. Go to the house and tel
grand pa to come down here, and
you shall have q witness The ne
gro obeyed, and presently the old
man came out into the grove will
him.


The grs Ddfather treated the boy,
expressed design rather lightly; told
him to put the pistol away, and com,
into the house and entertain bi
young friend. The boy made q mo
ton to aecede to the proposition, sbC
the next instant be sent a pisto-bal
crashing through his brain, and died
almost before his kind old grapdla
tber could reach bis side. The bo
is out Of bis troubles, and tie old ne
gro doubtless saved himself from


charge of murder that might hsv'
gone hard with him.