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Year: 1871

The conception of the felicity posi-,
BILE to be realized by true home life falls
usually far short of true standard,
The means of happiness within the
reach of every household are greater
than they are aware of, and lie more
closely within their reach. Riches may
purchase luxuries, but can never buy
the sweet content and satisfaction that
flow over the humblest household where
affection aud order reign supreme. In
the world, the selfish principle gathers
depth and intensity from the very
nature of the struggle. But home res
cues us from utter selfishness. Here We
learn the beauty of generosity, the
depth Of affection, the selt-abnegation
that only love can teach Let us, then,
cherish our homes as the most sacred
treasures, guarding them jealously from
all that can embitter or defie, yet gen.
erously opening them to cheer and COM
fort those who are less highly favored j..
-Phiiadeiohia Ledger.
Year: 1871

Our forefathers would have been
astonished and increduIous had they
been told that in 1871 men would have
imbibcd the habit Of making drinking
cups out Of old directories, or bread
pans out of obsolete hymn books. 1t
might even now surprise some OF the
publishers of the West to know that
the Sledge Hummer or the County
Bugle, which they publish is likely to
enter into the composition of a fancy
wash bowl, milk pan or pail, or even
spittoon, and return to them after
many days gaily enameIed and deco
rated, ready for other uses.


Yet these wonders are being per-
formed daily in our city, and We would
not be surprised to know that We are
destined tomorrow to eat dinner from
copy of the Reporter which had
strayed into the mills of Jennings
Bros, and had been ground, baked and
decorated into a frst>class household
utensil.


Messrs. Jennings, Bros have shown
great deal of enterprise in this mat
ter. Their japanese paper ware is now
selling in New York in such a lively
manner that the country will soon
know what it means.


The great advantage of the material
is that it is perfectly light aud easily
handled, has no rough joints or OBJ
structions, does not rust out, shrink,
leak or break, requires no repairs, and
is really superior to anything in wood or
metal, from the variety Of purposes for
which it can be used.


The process Of manufacture is kept,
of course, to some extent secret But
it is easily seen that the material is
tough, fibrous and elastic In the en-
ameling process the articles are SUBJ
jected to extraordinary heat, which
virtually glazes them and makes them
able to resist acids and other destroying
agents which SO readily enter the fibre
of wood or the pores Of metal, to their
eventual destruction.


The milk pals manufactured by the
ilousc WIN DC particularly popular, De-
ing perfectly inodorous and non-con>
ductors. These, as well as house pals
of all descriptions, are, it should be
stated, entirely without hoops, aud are
made from single piece or material
The paper, being pulped, is pressed to
shape, dried, enamelcd, and subjected
to heat which would destroy some
utensils of the kind Farmers will find
these goods particularly valuable flom
the fact that they can lay them aside
after the busy season, and find them
again as good as new. There Is no
moth to corrupt them, and nothing
upon which rust can fasten..-Ne0s-
paper Reporter.
Year: 1871

There is explosive material in every
husbands disposition, and the wife
knows we'll whore it lies. yet often
persists in dropping spark just in that
very spot, aud yet ailirms that she is
not to blame That very ammunition
might have been defense against for
eign enemies, aud the safeguard of the
home which it has destroyed, had it
been wisely guarded. The wife who
does not give her husband kindly
welcome after his city toll, does not
deserve any of the blessings which that
toll brings her But they viii say,
" The children and the servants worry
our lives out, and our husbands don t
know anything about what We have to
go through. Their work is easy com
pared with that" etc But stop my
dear friends-the troubles Of household
affairs are Of very temporary nature.
Oh, wives ! if you wish your husbands s
intellect to be clear and sound in busi-
ness, keep them free from worry at
home, You have alleviations you
have nurseries and nnrsemads. The
children are out Of doors great part
Of the time, and often sleep during the
day; you arc quite at liberty to inaict
the non>chcrubic punishment upon the
refractory little ones, and to give your
domestics scolding if they really de-
serve 1t, or to dismiss them If they will
not mend; bnt Tor mercy's sake don't
vent your reasonable or unreasonable
irritation upon him who has to bear the
real burden and heat OF the day. Il
you do, you are filing away the chief
corner stone Of your home, and will find


too late that you have been female
Samson, and have pulled it all down


upon you.
Year: 1871

One marked difference between ami
mate and inauimate objects is the need of
the former for home. Even the most
minute insects have their homes, the
birds their nests, the beasts their lairs
every animal left to itself, finds home
in which it enjoy happiness. Most of
all is this necessity manifest in the
human race. and the greater the civil
ization, the more tenacious is this
clinging to home, aud the more profuse
are the means brought to bear to per-
feet ITS arrangements. The wandering
Arab may content himself by pitching
his tent from time to time but the
civilized man longs for some permanent
spot, however humble, sacredly guarded
from the outer world, where he may
gather his family around him and eu>
Joy the blessings of home life.


When the young are suddenly re-
moved from the restraints and iDfiu-
euces of their early homes, and are no
longer under the eye of those they have
been accustomed to respect, then comes
their chief time of trial aud danger
Travel, with all its advantages of en-
largipg the mind is not without its
risks in the character. Many who are
exemplary at home are reck less and
dissipated abroad While expansion of
mind is gained, the powers of concen>
tration are often impaired and though
useful as an exceptional reireshment
and inyigoration, a life of constant
travel would be no more beneficial to
the soul than the substitution of tonics
for food would be for the body. The
effects of hotel life are equally injuri-
GUS and all experience proves that the
true family resting place, the home,
where parents aud children blend in
loving unison, is indispensable to the
well being of society, and the happiness
of the individual.


II this need of home be so inherent
In our natures, and so important to our
welfare, it becomes the duty of all to
see to it that they contribute their
share to it's establishment and perpetu>
alton. This obligation, in some of its
many forms, rests upon everyone The
father who mainta aims the household,
the mother who directs it, the children
who are its JOY, are all active and re-
sponsible agents in making home the
centre of their truest life, the birth
place of noble aspirations and generous
affections, and the spot to which the
memory of future years will cling most
fondly. These blessings need not be
confined only to those who are near Of
kin. There are many who, from vari.
GUS circumstances, have become tempo
rarily homeless. They have, perhaps,
cut loose from family ties, and have
come to the city to engage in the eager
struggle of life; but they have nc
haven of rest for their moral and social
refreshment--they have no home. Ii
is q noble and worthy deed to vel
come them to some degree of partlclpa-
tion in the pleasures of our own house
holds. Many young person. has been
saved from ruin, and rescued from evil
companions, by the simple welcome oi
friend, to share in the innocent enjoy
ments of the family freside. A home
. Jess life is a desolate and sorroWful thing.
Year: 1871

The average yield Of wheat in the
Willamette Valley this year is about
thirty bushels to the acre. and the total
yield will be about one third more than
it was last year. The springrsown wheat
has not been as productive as during
some former years.


The present season will be one of un-
usual prosperity for the farmers OF Ore
gon, who have heretofore sold their
wheat for from % to 60 cents per
bushcl, while this year they will aver
age more than s bushel oats that
formerly sold for - cents now sell for
10; wool that IN previous years sold for
| ) and 20 cents, Is now selling at from
80 to 10 cents This advance in the
products of the farm will give an inn
mcnse impetus to farming in that
State. and the breadth Of land sown
will be still largely Increased in the
coming season. Much advantage will
also bc derived from the establishment
Of direct trade between the Columbia
River aud the wheat markets abroad.
some ldca Oh tue extent ID Wnicti
wheat growing may be carried in Ore
gon. with the world for market, may
be inferred from the fact that the Will
lamette Valley alone, is capable of pro-
dueing 100,000,000 bushels per an
mum. A splendid future is in early
store Cor Oregon. - Pacifc Rural
Press.
Year: 1871

It Is never wise, says Hearth and
Home for farmer to borrow money
rather than sell his crop Farmers
who have money in hand can do as they
please; for all Others it thinks it is
better TO sell as soon as they can.
Year: 1871

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


/" If any person shall wfully make, or give
under oath affirmation, false list of his, or her.
their taxable property, or false list OF taxable
property under his her, their control, such per-
shall be deemed gnilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished therefor, as
is by law provided for the punishment Of perjury ;
and any property wifully concealed, removed.
transferred, or misrepresented by the owner or any
agent thereof, to evade taxation. shall upon dis
covery, be assessed ten times the amount of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon 1t; and fifty per cent of the amount
OF such additional tax, when collected shall be paid
to the person PERSONS who shall furnish the
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State


If Tax Payers to have a list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, as the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps themselves much an
noyance as well as facilitate my work.


C. W. TAYLOR,


Assessor of Shasta County.
Shasta, April I'd, 1871. nj.
Year: 1871

The WRESTLING OF A SHELL
wonder what graphic mind first sug-
gested the word "whistling" as a
fitting epithet for the sound of a
shell. He might have applied the
term with equal propriety to the
notes of an ophicleide or trombone.
The fact is, there is no describing
the sound. 1t is exactly the noise
that you would expect to be made
by a large cylindrical-shaped piece
of metal cleaving its way through
the air with n rotary motion. Take
stick with crook to it in your
hand. whirl it round as fast as You
possibly can, and You will hear
something the same sort Of noise
which "a pound conical shot makes
at distance of 5000 yards, at the
commencement of its journey to-
wards you. This continues, increas-
ing as it comes nearer, until you
imagine that a whirlwind has been
rolled up in a ball and hurled al
you. Instinctively you put down
your head lat least l did; then, il
you are wise, you throw yourself
down fiat and endeavorto to be in front
of the shell when it explodes, as
these conical proiectiles throw fifty
per cent. more bits to the side and
rear than forward.
Year: 1871

To TRAIN A HORSE TO STAND
Take your horse on the barn floor
and throw strap over his back and
fasten it to his right fore foot; lead
him along and say whoa, at the
same time pull down the strap, which
throws him on three feet and makes
him stop suddenly. This is the best
way known to teach whoa, though
you can put on the war bride, and
say whoa, and give him a sharp jerk
that will stop him about as soon as
the strap on his foot. Then put him
in harness, with the foot strap, and
drive him up to the door. The mo-
ment he undertakes to move, take
his foot and say, whoa. Get in your
carriage and get out again; rattle the
thills, make all the noise getting in
and out you can; give him to under
stand, by snatching his foot each
time he moves, that he must stand
until you tell him to go; and after a
few times you can put the whole
family into the carriage and he won't
stir out of his tracks, American
| Stock Journal.
Year: 1871

| The day is done and the darkness
Falls Fl ON the wings Of night
As a feather Is waited downward


From the eagle in his flight.
I see the lights Of the village
CLEAN through the rain and the mist,
| And feeling of sadness comes Ger me,


That my soul cannot resist.
A feeling Of sadness and longing, -


That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only,


As the mist resembles rain.
Come read to me some poem,


Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall sOothe the restless feeling,


And bani,h the thoughts Of day.
Not from the grand old masters,


Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo


Through the corridors Of time.
Read from some humber poet,


Whose songs gush from his heart,
As showers from the clouds Of summer,
Or tears from her eyelids start.
Who through long days Of labor,


And nights devoid Of ease,
still heard in his soul Of music,


OF wOndrous melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet,


The restless pulse of care.
And come like the benedictiOn


That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume,
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme Of the poet


The beauty Of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music;
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
Year: 1871

ses must have restored TO life the
| form that lay so motiOnless in his
| embrace, for presently the eyes un-
/ closed; then, nesting closer TO his
/ bosom, she closed them again, as If
| fearful Ofbreaking the spell that
/ seemed too happy to be real. Then,


as if cOnvulsed by the painful recol-
| lection this sudden shock had mo-


mentarily suspended, she started


wildly to her feet, and the next mo-


Incnt stood before him flushed and
excited, till she at length found voice


to speak.


"Frederick Truman, why have


YOU come TO mock my misery? Not


satisfied with the written acknow-


ledgment of your treachery, you


have come here to triumph III YOUR
power: How | loved you, all those


years Of misplaced confidence but


too plainly bear me witness; but
Will tear your image from my heart
as carelessly as you have trifed
with my happiness; and you may re-
turn to the object who has taught
you the fallacy of your boyish fancy,
and tell her that Nellie Fielding,
thought she may weep for the home
of her childhood, and drop a tear to
the memory of the plavmates of
those happy days before the world
had hardened him, pays no such tri-
butte to the precious letter that gave
her back her freedom"


The young man had essayed to in
terrupt her, but she waved him to
be silent. When she ceased speak
ing, he besOught her to be calm and
hear him.


He assured her that he had never
written that cruel letter, nor ever
heard of Louis Whitford; but had
written her. three letters that elected
no reply, the last of which was to
inform her of his mothers decease.
Only two days before he had seen
the advertisement of the sale, and,
diVining that they were III trouble,
he fastened to come to them.


There was a bridal instead of all
auction sale at the homestead, then
for Fred Truman redeemed the
whole as a gift to his fair bride. The
mystery of the letters proved to be
the work of Whitford's villainy, who
those that both had writ
ten, and forged the one that SO near
ly cost them their happiness
Squire Fielding, still hale old man
in spite of his four-score years, now
gathers his grandchildren about his |
knee, while he recOunts to them this |
story, and how the poor widows |
son had saved them from the brink |
Of ruin.
Year: 1871

Brigham Young was grievcd the
other day by a refractory daughter,
who spoke right out at him in this
reasonable language am will
ing to marry a dozen husbands if
YOU will let me select them myself.
but | will never put up with piece
of a man."
Year: 1871

An eccentric man, who recently
furnished an elegant residence in
New York, bought handsome cam
phor-wood coffin, and placed it on a
pedestal in his study as n reminder
10 him in the midst of his wealth.
that he was but mortal.
Year: 1871

Glory consists in making fools of
ourselves that we may make fools
of others-in wasting our health,
foregoing our pleasures, and giving
our hearts TO be scared or broken
by the ruthless unkindness 10 the
world-in shutting our ears upon
the music of love and gladness now,
that Fame may shout our name in
thunder-tones when we shall have
ceased to hear.
Year: 1871

"How did that homely woman con-
trive to get married." is not unfre-
quently remarked of some good do
mestic creature whom her husband
regards as in the plain face he sees
something better than beauty. The
truth Is, that most men prefer
homeless and amiability, to beauty
and caprice. 1t is a noteworthy
fact that homely girls generally get
better husbands than fall to the lot
of their fairer sisters. Men who are
caught merely by pretty face and
figure, do not as rule amount 10
much. The practical, useful,
thoughtful portion of, mankind is
wisely content with unpretending
excellence.
Year: 1871

There is a good deal of
amusement in the following
magic table of .fgureF. II will
enable you to tell how old the
young ladies are. Just hand
the table TO a young lady and
request her to tell you in which
column or columns her age Is
found, and you have the secret.
Thus, suppose her age to be II,
you will find that number in
the first and fifth columns, and
the first figures Of these two
columns, added, mako II.
uaNA - kko xanns. .l1
Year: 1871

ACCOUNTS. ol speedy and eff
fectusl cures of cancer by the
use OF clover tea continue to
reach US from all directions
Fron Brooks county, Georgia,
responsible gentlemen writes
to the Knoxville Whig, giving
the case Of q lady who had
been afflicted for eighteen
years with a cancer which had
resisted the efforts of the best
medical skill to effect a cure or
even an alienation of the dis
ease. The can Ger had attacked
her on the right cheek, just be.
lev the eye, and had eaten
pretty much all that side of
her face, together with the eye,
and the greatest portion of her
nose. This lady has been com
pletely cured in a few months
by the use of clover tea. The
red clover is used; the tops are
boiled in water, and the tea is
used externally and internally.
About a quart a day should be
drank, and the tea should used
as a wash twice every day.
This lremedy should have the
widest publicity. It's mex
pensive, and if It should fail
to effect a cure, in any case 1t
can certainly do no harm.
Year: 1871

OF plunder upon his affairs, and claim the
rewards Of Heaven for the shedding OF n
Dfother's blood. That these things are
done shows how little yet the principles of
Christ have penetrated what processes 10
be bis Church.


In oil the sermons preached during the
war we remember none from the text we
have quoted from James. God has affixed
penalty to trausgression, and In this world
Dltion and chastisement. No evil happens
TO man that does not preach to all men the
consequences Of sin. Some are inevitable,
as the sickness and death of the just, but
these are only apparently evil. Some are
evltabie. Whenever q drunkard dies by
drunkenness the judgment is upon the law
less appetite that smites him down. not
only upon himself. It Is for lis to pity, to
fear, and to avoid, his condemnation. Love
OF riches pierces men through with sorrow.
God has been pleased in his mercy to
weaken the attractions Of wealth by making
1t uncertain as well as unsatisfactory. No
prudence, no caretulness, can secure
wealth. Continually, in some unexpected
way, 1t takes to itself wings. It Is Gods
testimony against worldlness, not only in
the individual sufferer, who may, indeed,
not have sinned in that way, but against
the accurscd thing itself. The burning OF
the millions of acquired property in Chi
cauo il, indeed, q sad warning against all
who persist in laying up treasures upon
the earth. 1t calls upon us all to search
our own hearts for the fascinating leaven of
covetousness. It is the deadly sin Of our
time and of our race.


In all that we have said we do not throw
any doubt upon that special providence
that watches over n good mans life. all
generals are made up of particulars. We
believe God to be ever present and always
active-very near to every one OF us, ana
particularly to them that call upon nm.
But these providences over lndiVldual lie
must be left to individual discovery. God
knows how to impress the spirit with the
special testimony, or how, with tho lndi'
yldual consciousness or Wlthoutlf, to impart
the Intended blessing. 1t is secret with
which the stranger should not NEEDLE. We
fear this solemn matter is too loosely con-
ceiyed Of and too freely talked about. We
do not like the Use Of the word providence
as a common term for all the interesting in-
cidcnts of life, and particularly for every


natural death. 1t loses all Its force by these


gencral,ies. The doctrine of Gods par.


ocular providence Is one Of unspeakl?


comfort. We should not contound it with
judgments. nor expand 1t into universal


term for human history. His judgments


are abroad in the earth. It is for each man
to learn the lesson in them adapted TO him
J self, and preachers in their Use of them
should restrict themselves to the eluclda.
ton of obvious principles, forbearing doubt
iul, or ut least unauthorized, applications
! Above all, we may be assured that it i not
purpose of divine Judgments to weaken
/ charity.
Year: 1871

IsFASTIcIDEs.-Coro Trent was called
upon Yesterday to view the bodies OF two
NEGRO children, All infanticide being evil
dent In each case. The first was child OF
six months, found in an alley near Linden
Row, and the other, which was only three
days old, was picked up in gulley at the
extreme end of Baker street between
Eighth and Ninth. Diligent inquiry failed
to throw any light upon the author Of the
crime in either case.
Year: 1871

PUoToGRAPHrC.--Ac upon the idea that
nothing IL more suitable for holiday present to
frleod than good photograph, We went to
FRATsEE'S gallery the other day and ordsr,d
about ream to be taken Of ourself, which we In,
tend to distribute proniscuously among our
friends on that day. We advise all to follow our
example.