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Year: 1872

How TO SLEEP.-We are often asksd
for some prescription for preternaturafly
wakeful persons The "high pressure"
principle on which many Of our business
men work their brains, and abuse their
bodies, begets an irritable condition of the
nerves, and morbid state of mind, very
antagonistic to sound and refreshing sleep.
Such people will often go to bed weary
and exhausted, but cannot sleep; or sleep
dreamily and ftfully; or lie awake for
hours, unable to sleep at all. We have
tried many expedients to induce sleep, with
more or less success, and have lead many
receipts which proved better in theory than
in practice. The very best method we
have yet discovered is that of counting.
Breathe deeply and slowly (without any
strainipg efforD, and with every expiration
count one, two, three, etc., up to a hund-
red. Some persons will be asleep before
they count fifty in this manner Others
will count ten, twenty, thirty, and then
forget themselves, and cease counting. In
such eases, alway commence again at once


Very few persons can count hundred and
find themselves awake; but should this
happen, repeat the dose until cured
Year: 1872

QUICKSILVER AS with iron and copper,
SO also the ruling high prices of quicksilver
have stimulated operations directed to the
production Of this metal. While the older
mines are yielding at about their usual
rates, many of those more recently opened
are being worked with vigor. Rich and
extensive lodes of cinnabar are reported to
have been discovered in the vicinity of
Trinity Centre. These deposits are
now being examined by a compet-
ent expert on behalf of some leading San
Francisco capitalists, who if they are favor
ably reported upon, will complete pending
negotiations for their purchase, and proceed
at once to open them up in a thorough
manner. IRON Santa Barbara County also
reports come to hand of rich cinnabar finds,
and it will not probably be long until this
metal will be produced at all these points,
in greater or less quantity Commercial
Herald.
Year: 1872

A New Haven NJ. D. has discovered a
successful way of silencing the clamors Of
his landlord. When that grasping person
age calls for the payment of rent the doc
tor quietly shows him skeleton in an inner
room, and tells him "that man came here
just two weeks ago with BILL" This is
regarded as equivalent to settlement in
full.
Year: 1872

A California obituary: "The deceased
was talented man of romantic nature. He
placed the butt of his gun in the fire while
he looked down the muzzle and departed
hence spontaneously"
Year: 1872

AcANDY pull occurred iu Peru ILL.,, lately,
and the two gallon pot full of blazing liquid
was put out in the back yard to cool, while
the jollity went on inside. The cat Is corpse
was removed and the candy given to the
poor.
Year: 1872

A WESTERN editor being asked to take
tea with lady friend, accepted. While
at the table the lady observed that he had
no spoon. "Is it possible" said she "that
| forgot to give you spoon? could not
have made such mistake" "I have no
spoon, madam" said the editor, rising from
his seat, ''and if you don't believe it you
may search me-"
Year: 1872

Do NoTIcE HIM One of our exchanges
contains the following hard hit at young
man of the period in the place of its nativity


There is young man in Greenville who at
tends church pretty regularly, who gets up and
goes out when services are about half over
He is a good looking youth-we had almost
said handsome. He keeps his head as sleek as
peeled onion, and sports a moustache-
When he leaves the church he does not stealth
lily and noiselessly steal out, but boldly goes in
kind Of fox-trot, half fcanter, shambling
and attractive way, and slams the door after
him. AS he has right to be seen, we sup
pose he has right to avail himself of these
opportunities to be seen, and we hope the peo-
pie will crafty him and look at him. Whether
these independent, wel-bred manners were
taught him, or being precocious youth he
just took them up, we know not, but he has
them. We beg his pardon for not sooner CIV
ing him complimentary notice. and now, in
his behalf we ask for him more respect and
undivided attention in the future, and whenever
he picks up his hat, let the minister stop, so
that all may behold him."
Year: 1872

Gladly now we gather round it.


For the toiling day is done.
And the gray and solemn twilight
Follows down the golden sun
Shadows lengthen on the pavement.
Stalk like giants through the gloom,
Wander past the dusky easement.
Creep around the fralit room.
Draw the curtain. close the shutters,


Place the slippers by the fire
Though the rude wind loudly mutters,


What care we for wind sprites' ire?
What care we for outward seeming?
Fickle fortunes frown or smile?
IF around us love is beaming-
Love can human ills beguileI
Meath the cottage roof and palace.
From the peasant to the king,
All the quafing from life's chalice
Bubbles that enchantment bring.
Crates are glowing, music flowing


From the lips we love the best +:
Oh the joy, the bliss of knowing


There are hearts whereon to rest.
Hearts that throb with eager gladness-
Hearts that echo to our own
While grim care and haunting sadness
Mingle ne'er in look or tonel
Care may tread the halls of daylight,
Sadness haunt the midnight hour,
But the weird and watching twilight,
Brings the glowing hearthstone's DOVER
Altar of our holiest feelings


Childhood's well-remembered shrine
Spirit-yearnings- -soul-revealings-


Wreathes immortal round thee twine.
Year: 1872

A servant girl in New York saw man in
the house coquetting with spoons. She went
and told the owner thereof. He went and got
a revolver and policeman. The robber went
and get out of the window The owner and
policeman went and searched the house. They
found boarder in his own bedroom. In the
dark the policeman knocked down the boarde1
with his club, the owner drew his revolver and
shot the policeman through the shoulder, the
boarder knocked down the owner with chair,
and then they found out it wasn't any of them.
A Cleveland dry goods clerk, poor orphan,
desires to engage board where the secret OF how
he pastes his hair down in scallops will be con.
sidered a sufficient equivalent.
Year: 1872

The local editor of the Mobile Register BASH
fully chronicles the fact that while sitting abaft
of lady whose dress was somewhat disar-
ranged, he had bis attention attracted to her
hustle and, being blessed with strong op-
tics, was enabled to read nearly the whole of
double loaded editorial therein.
Year: 1872

Last week We published the first of a series
Of letters written for the Lock Haven Demo-
crdt by prominent citizen of that city. The
fourth letter of the series will be found below.


The second and third being devoted to the two
Year: 1872

Mr.. Waddeu wants to drain the Erie Canal
and make its bed track for freight railroad
exclusively. He argues that freight is not car
ried rapidly enough by the canal and that the
capacity of the canal is not equal to the neces-
stiles OF commerce between the West and our
commercial metropolis. Mr.. Hadfeld is op-
posed to destroying the canal and shows that
it has been and will continue to be of immense
advantage to the State and the city Of New
York. Now, both these gentlemen are right
Mr. Waddell as regards the necessity and value
of q freight railroad, and Mr. Hadfeld with
regard to the importance of the canal to our
commerce. The way to accommodate both is
to have freight railroad without using
the canal bed for that purpose, and to
maintain and improve the canal at the
same time. There will be business enough
for both. A through freight railroad as direct
as possible from New York to Chicago, or
even to st. Louis, we regard as necessary to
accommodate the vast and growing trade of
the West with the seaboard and this CONNER
cial metropolis. Unless we have it large
portion of that trade will be diverted by way
Of the great rivers to New Orleans and other
points and by way Of the lakes through Can
ada and the more eastern ports of the United
States. But the Erie Canal will find ample
business coming to it from Lake Erie and
other ports off the line Of the freight railroad
and throughout the whole interior Of our own
great State. The productions Of the country
at present seeking an outlet at this port would
give employment for both, and in the course
of a few years greater facilities even must be
needed. Our capitalists and merchants
should at once form company and raise the
means to construct freight railroad to Chi
cago and st. Louis, and the State authorities
should make the Erie Canal as effective as
possible.
Year: 1872

The Weather I'm This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty-our hours IN CON-
parison with the corresponding day Of last year. as
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts Pnar-
Year: 1872

over 100000 worth Of WATCHES. During the past
week another lot Watches the stock Of bank
rp mporer has added TO the invoice consigned
the propricors the DOLLAR STORE, 657 Bf oadway,
with postye instructions the goods into money
as possible at almost any sacrifice These watches


Gold watches are offered $22 and upwards Silver
Watches for Sll and upwards. The propretors OF the
Dollar personally guarantee watch to be gold
or silver and warrant them to keep good time for one
year This Is rare opportunity TO obtain nrs Glass
watch price The proprietors OF the Dollar Store
have added to their stock this Fall superior line goods
al the uniform price OF ST. Many of these articles
be purchased elsewhere Tor less than 81 Is and 81.
Year: 1872

FUGA-Burke IS Heenan are cloGshg out theis-
have fine lot OF superior and fashionable ilrs,
and as it is not their rule to cold goods over,
they offer their stock at even less than cost
prices, and will "clear out" the entire usSsrtment
within u few weeks
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that Afor the
countless millions Who are on the road to
an untinsly grave With bilious complaints
there is but one truly great and reliable
remedy, and thAtis
Year: 1872

every other consideration, accepted
the invitation.


/ believe that there were several
young gentlemen and ladies at this
picnic, and that smoewherc or other
we had a sumptuous rcpast, but in
my eyes there was nobody there but
Clara, and she was all that desired.
I can never describe the pleasure of
roaming with her through the
woods, gathering new species of
ferns, and explaining to her their
names and nature, the ecstasy OF
assisting her to cross a brook which
stopped our progress, or tho sorrow
with which we separated when night
came and was oblighed to go on
my way.


Having proceeded thus far in my
story, | draw my chair close to the
cheerful fire, and read what | have
written. AS | read the door opens
and my wife enters the room. Lay
ing her hand upon my shoulder, she
scans the pages, and, asccrtaining
what their contents are, commences
such q denunciation of my foolish
ness, that, even as she stopped her
fothcr's tongue the first day that we
met, I am obliged to put stop to
hers, and so conclude her lecture
and my story.
Year: 1872

AN ACT to provide for the publication


and distribution of the laws Of the reg
ular session of the Fourteenth General


Assembly


SECTION 1. BE it enacted By the Gen
eral assembly Of the State Of Iora, That
Immediately after adjournment Of this
session Of the Fourteenth General Assem-
bly,, the Secretary of State shall prepare
a copy Of all the laws, joint resolutions,
and memorials, passed thereat, arranging
them into chapters, and dividing them
into two series or parts, one Of said parts
to contain all the general or public laws
of the session, and the other part to con-
tain all the private, local and temporary
laws, with the joint resolutions and me-
MORALS, such division to be approved by
the Attorney General. The chapters
Of each part shall be numbered separate
ly in the order Of their approval, and
provided with marginal references, and
each part furnished with complete in
dex, and bound separately in the usual
style. The Secretary Of State shall fur
nish said copy to the State Printer as
fast as may be necessary to enable him to
complete the printing within thirty days
after the adjournment, and the copy for
the index shall be furnished the State
Printer within ten days after the last
form Of the laws is printed.


SEC. 2. The State Printer shall print
twenty thousand copies of the general or
public laws, and five thousand copies of
the private, local and temporary laws,
and have the same completed, except the
index, within thirty days after tho ad-
journmcnt, and the index shall be COM
plotted within five days after receiving
the copy, and he shall deliver the sheets
as printed to the State Binder as fast as
ready for folding.


SEC. 8. The State Binder shall com.
plete the binding Of the laws in two parts
and in the usual style, within thirty days
Year: 1872

AN ACT to amend chapter 113 acts of


the Twelfth General Assembly, entitled


An Act to protect Game.


SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
chapter 113 of the laws of the Twelfth
General Assembly are hereby amended
by striking out the word first in the
sixth line of section one Of said chapter,
and insert the word fifteenth therefor;
also strike ont the first and second pro-
visos, and insert the following therefor
"Prorided, except on his own premises,
it shall be unlawful for any person to net,
ensnare or trap any Of said game; and
prOeided further, that, except on his own
premises, it shall be unlawful for any
person to shoot, kill, net, ensnare or trap
any quail, at any time of the year; and
proeided, further, that it shall be unlaw-
full for any person to kill, ensnare or trap
any beaver, mink, otter or muskrat, be-
tween the first day of April and the first
day Of November in each year, except
that it shall be lawful to shoot quail on
the premises of another within the time
designated in the act to which this act is
an amendment, with the consent of the
owner or occupant thereof"


Approved, April "a, 1872
Year: 1872

Mother cut her finger on tho fiat
iron and laid it to the cat-then
father walloped her. ran behind
the hen-coop and squatted. The
new minister came over to our
house yesterday and sat down on his
new trowscrs in chair full of
young cats. He spilled 'em bad
If had red pig to play with I'd
lend you my Sunday School book.
a cat has a lap in her mouth. Moth
er's lap amt. Did you ever see a
cat hold a box Of pills OH the end
Of her tail? A sewing machine
runs, but not so easy as cat. That
is all / know of her.


Tunc Crvy~-r,
Year: 1872

-O 10 ~o :


AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner'S Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
Of Chicago.


To the Ladies Gas usuaD, we
solicit a share of your patronage.


To the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
out yon will always be poor. The
art is not in making money, but in
keeping it; little expenses, like mice
in a barn, when there are many,
make great waste. Hair by hair
heads grow bald, straw by straw
the thatch goes off the cottage, and
drop by drop the rain comes into
the chamber. A barrel is soon
empty if the tap leaks but a drop a
minute. When you mean to save,
begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane
The ale jug is great waste. In all
other things keep within compass.
Never stretch your legs farther than
the blanket will reach, or you will
soon be cold. In clothes, choose
suitable and lasting stuff, and not
tawdry tinerics. A fool may make
money, but it needs wise man to
spend it. Remember, it is easier
to build two chimneys than to keep
one going. If you give all to back
and board, there is nothing left for
the savings bank. Fare hard and
work hard while you are young, and
you will have a chance to rest when
YOU are old.
Year: 1872

According to a Berlin newspaper, two
urtaitltul builders-a mason and car
pen,er have come to legal grief in that
city. They undertook to construct &
house, and they did it after so negligent q
fashion that the said house speedily
tumbled down. Wherefore the mason ano
carpenter have been sent to Jail for eigh
teen montl s. 1t would be too much for US
to expect like dispensatiou of Justice in
such cases in this country; but could moi
we have a sort of partial provision fol-
pun shing at lea,t the builders of untrust
worthy meeting houses?
Year: 1872

SURvEY.-During the week survey
has been run from the lower end of town
down Middle Creek to point near its
mouth, thence down the river some -four
miles to the intersection of the located line
of the railroad near Distlehorst's ranch
The object of this survey was to ascertain
the practicability of building branch
railroad to Shasta, and the result shows
that the construction of such a road is
feasible
Year: 1872

READ.-Every property owner in Shasta
County should carefully read the Assessvr's
notices published elsewhere, as they con-
tain matter from which much useful infor
nation can be derived upon subject in
which all are more or less Interested
Persons owning nothing but "personal
property" should be prepared to pay their
taxes when the Assessor comes round-abd
thereby save trouble
Year: 1872

FIRE.-On Wednesday evening the SCOT
which had accumulated in the chimney Of
the Express building, caught fire. and
blazed up several feet above the top of the
chimney, causing cry of fire" and a
general rush of people to the street to see
where the supposed conA1gation had br,keu
out. The high winds which have prevail
ed lately are favorable to the spread of fire
and everybody should be on guard.
Year: 1872

The Mercury does not seem to know that
the law now is that all property must be
assessed at its "full cash value" This
matter has been legislated on, as any of the
Santa Clara members or the Assessor Of
that county can tell the Mercury.-Sscra-
mento Bee.


The Mercury is well aware of that fact
The Mercury is also aware of another quite
as important fact, the Constitution declares
that all property shall be taxed sin proper
ton to its value" and yet Assessors never
have assessed the large landed estates OF
one fifth OF their leash value" and proba
bly never will until some radical change is
made in our system of assessment. The
Office of Assessor should be filled by ap-
pointment of the Governor, an | no Assessor
should assess the property of the county
where he resides, but of some county ad-
joining By this or some similar means We
might get a fair and impartial settlement
of the property of the State.-San Jose
Mercury.


The present year will test the case
They have all been appointed, not by the
Governor but by the Legislature and the
Governor, for two years beyond the period
for which they were elected, and if that
don't give them backbone, then there is nc
bone 10 them. They claimed that with
this extension they could do their duty
iearlessly, but without it they were afraid
they could not work themselves up to the
proper pout-Sacrament Bee.
Year: 1872

BURGLARY. On Wednesday a coui le
of young men of spruce appearance made
their advent into this town, spent Wednes
day and Thursday in sauntering about the
streets and laying around the public houses,
asking few casual questions about the
business Of the place, &c. On Thursday
evening they were not seen after the usual
<'closing up" hour, and the next morning
they had disappeared entirely. On opening
his hardware store on Friday morning, Mr..
E. Voluntine found that several brick had
been punched out Of the wal! and the rear
door opened Further examination reveal
ed the fact that hole had been cut out
through his iron safe large enough to allow
a man to run his arm through, and that
about S35 in coin had been distracted
therefrom, and two revolvers taken from the
show case


There is no doubt but that the burglary
was committed by the two chaps mentioned,
and that they are cid hands at the business
is shown by the manner in which they
handle the tools This affair indicates the
approach of the advance guard of the
army Of murdercrs a, thieves that have
followed the railroad in its progress up the
Sacramento valley, and as this is the head
of the Valley, it is good place to stay
the tide Of desperadoes that have over run
the railroad towns below here. And in
order to check these fellows, make them al
take the back track, and protect the honest
portion of the community, it will be nee
essary for the people to turn out and hang
some Of the first desperadoes caught in this
locality 1t is no use to talk about leaving
the protection of the people to the law any
longer, for even after the expense Of trial
and conviction of criminals. corrupt Legis
latures and lenient Governors s,on turn
offenders loose and send them forth to prey
against the lives and pr perty of mankind.
Let the honest people protect themselves
by hanging burglars and murderers when.
ever and wherever they can be found
Year: 1872

Four YEARs.-The new "Code" ex.
tends the term of Assessors to four years
As the Assessor has the collection OF the
Poll tax, in addition to his salary. and has
the right to appoint several deputies to be
paid out OF the General Fund, it is evident
that his is the best office in the County il
a pecuniary point of view
Year: 1872

LAND.-By not ce of the Register and
Receiver of Shasta Land Office, it will be
SEN that the plats have been recei, ed for
two townships. one embracing the Iron
Mountain locality and the other being the
township directly south of Red Bluff.
Year: 1872

The local of an interior paper wrote
something about Winter lingering in the lap
of Spring, which was stricken out by the
editor Mot" said he, ''that the idea is
not original and somewhat striking but the
town is full of school girls, and, in the Ian
guage of the Snowman, the public morals
must be preserved"
Year: 1872

Gray hair may he made tn lake on its youth
ful color and beauty by the use of Halls
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. the best
preparation for The ha,r known to the science
of medicine and chemistry.
Year: 1872

pOsite shore


The Arabs with their usual Inconsistency, adopt
two sites for the miracle, namely the place above
referred TO, and Pharaoh's Hot Bath frowning
chalk cliff little further down the coast. PhaTaOhs
perturbed spirit is still supposed TO haunt the deep
and keep alive the boiling sulphurous spring which
started up at his last drowning gasp. When asked
how they can reconcile their accounts of Moses
having crossed the sea at both these spots the pOus
children of the desert answer, as they did to the
author. What seems remote to us is to God
Most High"


The result of Mr.. Palmers researches in Sinai
in perfect accordance with the purposes of the Ex
pedition namely, to gather facts in confirmation of
the history of the departure of the Israetes from
Egypt as related in the Old Testament. Their so
iourn in Sinai, although but a small portion of the
time in which they wandered in the wilderness, be-
fore reaching the promised land, gives to this little
peninsula singular Importance in tbe religious
history of the race. Mr.. Palmer has GER
tainly made an invaluable addition TO
our knowledge OF its physical geography, and
of the character and manners of its population.
The sequel of his volume is devoted to the desert be-
tween the Snaitic peninsula and Judea, and is full
of novel and interesting information. His state
mens bear the impress OF tient investigation and
"a sincere love of truth, though betraylng natural
paTtiality for the beautiful traditions which inspired
his labors. He writes with a certain antiquarian
and eligous enthusiasm equally removed from the
poetic feryOrs of Dean Stanley and the inplacablc
realism Of Professor Robinson but at the time,
like man of conscientiOusness and good sense.