The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-09
VARIETIES.

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difficulty Is this ease required!"
Mr.. Ferguson says that he ought to he
considered friend of the Maine Law,
for he has made rs great personal efforts
70 put do,Sn liquor as anybody.
The Lantern tells us Of the sad case of
4 man who was shipwrecked, and cast
upon an uninhabited island, rithout a
chilling in his pocket
How superior is nature to art! 4 pair
Of natures jet back eyes, when properly
brought to fOcus, have always received
our admiration; but all artificial black eye
Is abominable.
Fast horses soon tire, and fast young
men are good deal like them. The
youth that ssgOes il strong" ut twenty, will
find himself at forty-fve with a tomb
stone growing out Of his head.
Dinner Fashion IN Ne,c York-A wri-
ter in Putnan's Monthly says that near v
half the people of New York dine our
every day in the week but Sund ,y-the
gentlemen down town, and the ladies and
children at some fashionable Broadway
saloon. A gentleman who was in New
York last week, says he cnuted one hun
dred and seventy-five aides dining at one
time in one Of the fashionable Broadway
saloons.
Gen. Harrison's Tom5.-A corespnn-
dent of the Cincinnati Times gives the
fol owing account of the Dissertation of
the dead patriot of North Brnl I he
evergreens are often broken aud carried
of, the tomb defaced, car i-pIayng aud
dancing are carried on within the inclo-
sure, and even the vrrv Il 'ors of the
vault have been broken down.
"What ugly looking brat il that un Ter
tho window, Susan!" "Why. thh Is
mine," replied Mrs. J -" "Oh! call
the dear, beautiful creature in, and let me
kiss her."
One Of the Ma-sachu-etts Courts re-
cent Y decided, thu if II dying person h al
the use of hut one filyer, and could ppinr
that finger to the words Yes aud M, in
such a manner and unier such circu'n
stances a. to lead tn the belief tn It he AN
swered questions with full nnler1t III J.
ing Of their nature, it won Il he lrg,l te<
ti,nonv to be received for the cOisidera-
tiOn of court AMI jury.
The City Of Bremen il about to send n
block of German marble FIR the Wash
ipytOn Monument. Ii will bear the in
scription: "ro Washington. the great,
the good, the last, from friendly Bremen "
An Artesian well has been sunk at
Charleston, tn the depth of 1861 feet,
vith,,u, ot,t"i,;,,= .v"."r- Al "A depth of
1910 feet sharks tooth, in fine preserva-
ton, was found.
The Barber Pole pattern Of panta-
looms will he out this week; the stripes
ascend spiraIIy round the leg, giving th"
wsarer the appearance Of double e-shot-
ted cork-screw.
"Ch! Doctor" said an elderly lady re-
Gently to DR.. II, the celebrated
bone SETTER, in describing the effect of IA
diseased spine, 81 can neither lay nor
,et." "In that Case" replied he 81 -hou Il
recommend the prorriety Ut roosl'ng"
A Biunder.-The New York AflaS,
speaking of man of some note lately
deceased, undertook to say, she sn''Se-
auently commenced life aS IA lega prdc-
titioner; but was diverted from it by his
love Of letters." The editor di' no. ''"k
at his proof, and on sunday IN 'rninI he
had the pleasure of reading, "he Si''|r
ouen,lv commenced his life aS legal p1f-
1LtCkOnS nut WdS utSOito' 'N' ~ ~ ''''
love of 6itters."
There are now in California about
twenty two thousand Chiname,. The
capital invested aud owned by the Chi
nese in the State, is one million OF dollars.
Power is a po,r substitute for public
opinion. The President of the UnIt-d
States has no body guard but walkin-
stick. The Emperor OF Austria, on me
contrary, his a body guard ut 1O.0OD
Hussars. The former walks about the
land rs free from assault as an oyster
warbler, while the Latter cannot even p'k"
his nose outside "f his pal zee with 'ur
exposing his buckskins To an unpleasant
shower Of pigeon shot.
P. P. Hull, Of the san Fran 'is"o Wing
has married the worldrenowned Lola
Monies.
Gov. Bigler has appointed Drs. Bryar-
" and Payne, Visiting, and Drs. Mil'-,
White and Dixon. Resident Physicians Il"
the State Marine Hospital at San Fran
cisco.
An editor down east has inSm't"d the
whole fem .!e sex. He says that The u
dies wear c0rsets from "A feeling of !"
stinct, having a natural love for being