The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-24
Times and Trans.

RETURNING ERoM THE WAR.-Letters
from Paris state that several of the Ame-
rlcans who lately left Paris for the East,
with the intention of joining the army Of
Omer Pasha, have returned, after a short
stay at Constantinople. They found it
impossible to get to Omer Pasha's camp,
and such general rganization reigned
throughout the country, that it was ex-
tremeIy hazardous to attempt any travel
ing.
Some of the European Physicians give
the extract of bnllock's blood to children,
to the extent of half an ounce in day,
dissolved in water. In many anGmic
states the favorable result is said to he so
striking that parents perceiving the i'm
provement, generally desire a continuance
of the agent. Children who were in the
extreme stages of exhaustion, whose stO-
nachs were so irritable that milk and beef
tea or broath were rejected by them, and
cod liver oil could not be in the least re-
tanned, have been observed to bear the
extract of OK blood WE'LL and thrive adj
mirably under its effects.
CHLoRoFoRM CouNTERAcTED.-Doc
Robert de Lambele, distinguished ply
sican Of Paris, announces that shock Of
electricity, given to a patient dying from
the effects of chOroiorn, Immediately
| counteracts its influence, and returns the
suffer to life.
A country schoolmaster, happening to
be reading of the curious skin of an ele-
phant, "Did you ever see an elephants
| skin?" he asked. 81 have!" shouted
| little "siX year old" at the foot of the
C ass. ''W here?" he asked, quite anus
| ed ut the boys earnestness. con the
elephant!" said he, with most provoke
ing grin.
At late trial, the defendant, who was
not familiar with the multitude of words
which the law employs to make trlf1ing
charge, after listening a while to the
reading of the indictment, jumped up,
and said, serhem 'ere allegations is false,
and that 'ere alligator knows it!''
A DUEL WITHOUT DANGER.--A gen.
tleman of Kentucky being recently chal-
enged to fight duel, accepted to fight
with broadswords at the distance of 700
PAGES.
AvARIcE.-One of the best illustrations
of avarire we ever heard Of, is that con-
tanned in an old caricature, which repre-
sents Old Nick carrying an old miser
down to his regions, and while on the
way, the gripus is making propositions
to his majesty to supply him with Goals
LEFT. That young man to whom "the
world owes a !iving"-the gentleman with
whom he boarded not being willing to
take tie Indebtedness OF the world on his
| shou lders
1t is supposed that the fellow who left
the house was not strong enough to carry
it.
We heard good joke once, of party
of young fellows who found fault with
the butter on the boarding house table.
"W hat is the matter with III" said the
mistress. ''Just you ask it," said one,
cit is old enough to speak for itself"
NATIONAL DELICACIEs.--!n Siberia the
greatest Iuxures are raw cats, served up
in bears oil; while in Japan stewed
crocodile, fanked with monkeys feet, is
the height of 'tat things aaa
In some parts Of Arostook comfy, in
( Maine, hay is selling at forty dollars ton
and oats at one dollar and twenty-five
cents a bushel.
To enjoy to-day, stop worrying about
to- morrow. Next week will be Just as
capable of taking care of itself as this one.
And why shouldn't it? 1t will have seven
days more experience.
A genius has invented spy-glass of
wonderful power. He said he looked
throught it at "a third cousin, and it brought
him relatively nearer than any of his
brothers.
A dandy lately appeared in Iowa, with
legs so attenuated, that the authorities
had him arrested because he had ''nO
visible means of support" a
When you 90 to drown yourself, al
ways pull off your clothes; they may fit
your wlfe's second husband.
QUESTION Who was Richard, just
before he was "himself again?"
The lady whose sleep was broken, ha
had il mended