The weekly Placer herald., 1853-06-18

gehool.naster is abroad" originated with
Lord Brougham. In one Of his speeches
il is thus introduced: "I.et the soldier he
abroad 1t he will; he can do nothing IN
this age. There is another parsonage
abr"ad--a person ess imposing lin the
eyes ut some, perhaps, insignificant.-l
Ihe schoolmaster is abroad; and trust
to him, armed with his primer, against
the solder in fell military array"
Interest in quartz, says the Nevada
Journal, is AGAIN reviving in this county
Many Of the mills that have been stopped
are being started, aud others new arc
being erected Public confidence is grow
ing apace in this great branch of invest
rnent, and we trust ere long qn,rtZ will
cease to be Il by-w0rd and repro tch. -
Past experience will tell fsvorably upon
the rssu I Of the present snd future opera.
tions.
In Russia they have an effectuai con
trivance for preventing horses !rnn run-
ming away: "Around the horses neck,
near the neck-strap, is placed cord with
a running not. To this s.ip-noose is at
tached II pair of reins, on gentleInet's
horses generally Of 81 cord about the
size. of "A pipe-sten,, which always lie
thrown over the h-b,ari, ready to b-
seized at once. When horse shar,s
and becomes unruiy, the gentletA IN takes
up this cord and iiyhtens the horse's ,hr,a,
SO that he cannot breathe. The must
furious horse stops almost INSTANTLY, but
he will not IA or kick"
The embalniny Of human hmlies has
arrived at high degree Of perfection, and
is process heroining quite frequently re-
sorted to ia this city, says the New York
journal Of Commerce -particullriy in the
war,n season. 1t Is done ,y opening the
large vein in the neck, and injecting about
two quarts Of n peculiar fluid into the sys-
tenn. DR.. Pilote, by whom It is practiseh !,
has seen bodies preserved tor twenty years
in thia manner.
A gentleman Of Boston, recently mar
sied womai, reputed to be rich, who
turned out to he poor, and some Seven
hundred dollars ia debt, which debt he
had to- liqnidate. She assured him, how
over. that the debt was contracted for
;dry-g0Ods which she bouyht to captivate
him. This was no doubt a very satisfitc
tory explanation. The number captiva-
ted With "dry goods" is not few.
PnLIrics OF DE>rH.--The Portland
Argus in announcing the decease Of the
Vice President, remarks: ''Deati. knows
no distinction. He IL the great Demo-
cratic eve Ter - Boston Transcript.
3 Few know that in avery seven minutes
in the day child is BORN in London, and
that every nine minutes enc of its in
habitants dies.
SHREwD DEFINITION or DooMAr.sm.
Robert, my dear said Jenny, with the
.defsrentia3 air Of IL scholar, Robert, VIII It
did Mr.. Carraways mean when he said he
hated dog -dnym,tism:' F"pps was
puzzled. Robert, my dear JENNY urged,
'What in the world is dngnatisln"
Now it was the weakness Of 'ropps
never to confess ignorance Of anything to
his wife. "a man should never do it,
Topps had been known in "A convivial
season TO declare, 'it makes 'em conceit-
i ed Whereupon ropps appeared him
self, as was his wont, to make a 40 eInn,
satisfying answer. Pakng off his hat
and smoothing the wrinkles of his brow,
Topps said, 'Hunp! what is doy'natisn?
Why, it ia this--of course, dng'natIsn Is
puppyism come TO its full growth
SALT Your CABBAGE, LETrrcE, &c.
II some common salt be put into the
water, when washing cabbage or green's,
preparatory to cooking them, the snails,
bugs, worms, &c, WI ! come ONT and
sink to the bottom, so that they need not
be hniIed with the vegetables. 1t is inn
possible to wash them out, except the
cabbages be taken to pieces, and people
generally like to have this vegetable serv-
cd up who e.
To REsroRE PoRx.-ln warm weather,
she brine OH pork frequen, y becomes sour
and the pork tainted. Boil the brine, skim
II we'll, and pour il back on the meat
boiling hot. This will restore il, even
where il is considerably injured.
To PRoMorE THE GRowrH OF HAIR
To promots the growth of hair when IL
becomes thin, try the following: Eau de
colnns, two ounces; tincture ot canthari-
.les, two dracha,ns; oil of rosemary and
oil OF lavender, Of each ten drops.
- Lies travel faster than the truth; so
cnvi are cangh at, while the full AMI
patiently exhibited solution in reply Id
overlooked.