The Placer herald., 1857-05-09

and makes the best OF everything, Will, we
think, other things being equal, be a better,
happier man, than those who, as Franklin
says, "are always looking at the ugly leg,"
and fine occasion for complaint and censure
in almost everything they meet with.
The editor of the Ame,ican Magazine, in
speaking of vocal music, says: "Al children
can learn to sing if they commence in sea-
son. In Germany, every child is taught to
use its voice while young In their schools,
all Join in singing, as a regular exercise, as
much as they attend to the study of geogra
ply; and in their churches singing is not
confined to the choir, that sits apart from
the others, perhaps in the corner of the house,
but there is vast tide of that incense going
forth to God from every heart that can give
utterauce to this language from the soul.
In addition to the delightful influence music
has upon the character, it has also marked
influence in suppressing pulmonary com
plants Dr. Rush used to say that the rea-
son why the Germans seldom die of consump-
ton, was that they were always singing"
ORGANIZED.-The organization of the new
Steamship Company, at San Francisco the
Peoples Zine, has been completed. Progress
viii be reported in few days
The Superior Court of the city of San
Francisco has been abolished.
Orovlle has water works which supplies
the whole town.
Decency is matter of latitude. In
Turkey a man with white pants on is
considered so great vulgaran that he is not
tolerated in respectable society. To spit in
the presence of an Arab is to make the ao-
quaintance Of his cheese knife In Russia
THAI nan is considered low who refuses a
warm breakfast Of fried candles In this
country vuI gar people are such AS keep good
hours and live within their income.
The following item of sharp practice of the
New York merchants, is going the rounds:
Private telegraphc wires through New York
city are getting into use. Some Of the LARGE
jobbing houses have wires running to the
"Commercial Agencies" While a person is
negotiating fer the purchase Of goods in one
part Of the store, clerk is talking with the
"Commercial Agency" some blocks off,
about his habits and pecupiary resources.
PRoPosEp QUARTZ CONVENTION - The
Butte Record of the 25h April, says:
We learn that call is abont to be issued
to the various quartz miners throughout the
State, to meet in Sacramento sometime dur
ING the first week in June The object for
such meeting is for consulting as the most
practicable means for extracting gold from
quartz, and the expression of the views of the
miners generally. There are several large
operators in quartz making extensive arrange
ments for calling the convention. A meet
ing of this kind would doubtless be very
large one, and of highly interesting char
acter.
A DARK PIoTURE,-lt is said of Paris that
one out Of every three thousand persons
commits suicide; that two.thrds of the pop
ulation cannot afford the expense of burial;
that in every three births one IS illegitimate,
that 10000 persons, besides those assisted by
regular charities, arise every morning with
out knowing how they will get dinner;
and that $4,000 habitual drunkards, of the
most brutal character, disgrace the city.
Inhamatory rheumatism, it is said, can be
cured in short time, by the following sim
pie method, which we extract from medi
cal publication; Half an ounce of pulverized
saltpetre, put in half a pint of sweet OIL
Battle the parts affected, and a sound cure
will speedily follow.
VICE VERsA.-The editor of the Nebraska
City News is responsible for the following
story. He says:
A green member of the Legislature of the
territory, on the day Of its organization,
thought he must do his part; the question
of the election of the assistant clerk was
called up-the said verdant called out, ut,-"Mr.
Speaker" said he, 81 move we vote 'yiee
persa.'" The house and the lobby was in a
roar-not understanding what it meant he
turned to his right hand man and said; "Was
that not in order? | don't know anything
about these id parliamentary rules"
Piety is the only proper and adequate re-
lief of decaying man. lie that grows old
without religious hope, as he declines into
lmbecility, and feels pains and sorrows in
cessantly crowding upon him, falls into
gulf of bottomless misery, in which every re-
ttlectlon must plunge him deeper, and where
he finds only new gradations of anguish, aud
precipices Of horror.
The average duration ofbuman life through
out the world is 33 years. One quarter die
previous to the age Of seven years; one half
before reacbjuc ~