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The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
Zinc Labels for Trees.

Buy foot Of sheet zinc, cut it in strips
one inch by two, or whatever size is desired,
and if the name Of the tree or plant is writ
ten on with ink made Of the following in
gredient, it will be indelibe:
"Take Of verdigris and sal ammonlac each
two drachms lampblack one drachm, water
four ounces, to be well mixed in 9 mortar
adding the water gradually. 1t must be
kept in glass stopped vial. Write on the
zinc with the ink, after shaking it well,
with a quill pen; and after it is dry yon
may expose it to the weather or bury it
in the ground for years, and it will be as
legible as when first written
These are the best labels we know Of
cheap, suitable, and durable.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
General Introduction.

In England there exists "A law of etiquette
which denies to every subject the presenta-
ton to foreign court before having been
previously introduced at home This may
be according to English notions Of etiquette;
but that is no reason why Americans in
Paris should be subjected to the same rule.
On a recent occasion, Mr.. Mason arrived in
front of the Tuleries, with sixty carriages
containing his countymen, and puzzled to
know what to do with the whole of them,
presented all of them at once, saying Your
Majesty, these are all Americans" The En-
peror, who knew something of the Amer
lean character, smiled and bowed, and the
affair passed off as a matter of course Had
this happened at the English court there
would ha> e been another excitement in the
newspapers equal to the "yelow vest" affair.
The English character is too intractable to
yield its own notions Of propriety. The
French character is more facile, and Amer-
cans get along there more easily with their
pecuarlties. PhiIadelphia Ledger.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
The Californian's s Return.
BA MAJOR G. W. PATTEN, L. S. ARMY

BI MAJOR C. w. PATTEN, L. S. ARMY.
We come, we come from distant cline,
Laden with shining ore;
We have labored ong-'twas a weary time
But we've gathered teeming store;
Our hair is grey and our eyes are dim,
And our brow looks haggard and old.
But death-the old tyrant--well not truckle to
him.
For we've gold-we've gistening gold
Full many a month we've marched all day
To the sound of the troopers horn;
And we've rested all night where the copp: r-heq3
lay
Under our couch till morn;
Pestence stalked in the van afar,
Torrents beneath us rolled.
And tempests above-but our guiding star
Was gold-stil glittering gold
For this we left our cottage hearth,
Girt round with grateful soil,
Our harvest fields seemed little worth,
Though they we'll repaid our toll.
Twas hard to live upon golden grain.
Or on golden honey to thrive
So for golden ore we delyed the plain,
A "gqiden fleece" of five,
"And five We were in your father land,
When abroad ye roamed away;
Ye are but two your returning band.
The absent-waere are they"
Oh! one where prairie skies are bright
We laid mid Howrets fair,
And one we left in shroud of white
Under the snow kings care.
And one is bound in sumber fast
(The loveliest of the three)
Where mountain torrents thunder past
To join the restless sea:
And our locks are grey and our eyes dim
And our brow looks haggard and old;
But death-the old tyrant-well not truckle to
him,
For we've god-we've glistening gold
Fort .VHier. Dec. A. 1852
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18

ANOTHER METAL DIscovERED.-Dr. Heff-
man, in the wake of Dayy and Devile, has
come forward as discoverar Of metal. In a
lecture delivered by him lately at the British
Royal Institution he exhibited bright glist-
ening mass somewhat resembling butter, and
described as ammonum-the metallic base
of ammonia. This is regarded as highly
interesting chemical fact, inasmucb as it
strengthens the views entertained respecting
the contents of the atmosphere, viz that they
are all metallic.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18

To ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF LIVE SroCK
First see that the animal stands square; then
with string, take his circumference just be-
hind the shoulder blade, and measure the
feet and inches: this is the girh. Then
measure from the bone Of the tail which
pumbs the line from the hinder part Of the
bullock, and direct the string along the back
to the forepart of the shouderb|ade, and
this will be the length. Then work the figures
thus: Supposed girth Of the animal feet
inches, length feet inches, which null
tiplied together gives 33 square superficial
feet; and this multiplied by 23 Ohe number
of pounds allowed for each superficial foot of
cattle measuring less than seven and more
than five feet in girth,) make 759 lbs. When
the animal measures less than nine and more
than seven feet in grth, 8 is the number
of pounds for each superficial foot. If the
animal measures two feet in girth and two
feet in length tbs multiplied by II would
give its weight. When the animal measures
less than five and more than three, multiply
the girth by the length, and the product by
10 for its weight. We have seen these rules
tested, and believe them sufficiently accurate
in computing the weight of live stock.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
The First Marriage of a Hindoo Widow

The East Indian newspapers, and the Eu-
ropean newspapers, are discussing what they
call zone of the most significant phenomen-
ons of the century," which wonderful event
is nothing more nor less than the first mar
riage of a IIindoo widow We all know
that Hindoo widows used to be burned up
on the funeral pyres, or buried alive in the
graves Of their dead husbands; and even after
British rule had put an end to those in
human customs, the widows were forbidden
ever to marry again, and We're kept in a
state Of everlasting moring and penance for
having survived their husbands. In fact the
civil and sacredotal law of IIindostan has
always planted both feet pumply and mer-
ciIessly upon widows. In other countries
widows have been feared, adored and mar
ried but in Iindostan they have only been
snubbed, and buried, and burned. But a
widow has at length arisen in Hindostan,
who possesses the courage and spirit and
destinations which distinguishes her sister
hood in other clmes, and with an auda, ity
which has thrown the old foges of the Ori-
ent into spasms Of horror, she has bagged
her second We've mean her second
husband. The wedding was celebrated with
much pomp and ceremony. The bridegroom
is described as "Koolin of the Koolins," ;"
which means one of the tip-toppest 'swells"
of the Ganges; and the bride is an Houri
Of immense promise still, although she has
reached the advanced age Of twelve years.
Let feminine Young America hide its quench
ed head in shame, before the prowess of this
adoIescent Hindoo widow, who has emanci-
pated her race and constituted herself a
hinge on which one Of the worlds epochs
shall forever swing.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18

"Water melon patch. Stole every darn
ed one. Some of 'em bout half ripe.
swow I'll shoot them eff they DON'T
"Go to the White Sulphur 1t is the
best place in the whole world, ma'am. I've
seen some of the most wonderful effects of
the waters. Tom Holocaust was cured
on
twenty-five pounds Of butter week
And always gets quarter pound, and
sometimes"
-Four eggs, two handsful of flour, dab
of yeast half tin cup full Of moIasses, and it
makes
"The best manure | ever used sir. Vast
y superior to guano, or super phosphate.
Two hundred and fifty pounds to the acre
raised me-
"The handsomest woman on the ground
can see none equal to her. except Miss
Many, and she's GOT
Both hind legs spawned. And there's
a speck in her right eye that's bound to-
"Ihat beautiful Girl in black over there
never saw her but once before, and that
was at
"Mr Muggn's failure, sir. And he has
taken to drink awfuly, and only last week
had"-
His head under my arm, and was plug
ging him in the mouth when he got my
tinger"-
Between the 10th and 18th of Septem-
Der, | will get my wheat to market, and it
will bring
His grey hairs in sorrow to the grave
Oh it is awful to think how
CLOSE she hangs to his arm. She ought
to be ashamed Of herself, and never saw him
until'-
"Willam was born twenty-five years ago
last April. | am an old woman now, and
the grey hair makes
Toot tool "Preaching will now COM
mence," said the presiding elder, and we
heard no more.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18

At a party one evening bachelor made
the astounding assertion that every lady in
the room made practice of taking off her
left stocking last One half denied the fact;
the other declared that if it were so he had
no right to know it, and with one voice they
pronopnced him "no gentleman" He was
so butfeted that he was glad Of an opportu
nifty to give the following explanation:
Whichever stocking lady takes of arst
the other is necessarily Lsf, which must Q
course be taken off last.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
Ivory


An English journal says: few of our lady
readers, while they peep SO bewitching!y over
the tips of their ivory fans, or ply their fin
gers so nimby and gracefully over the white
keys of the piano, are wont to east thought
toward the manner in which this material is
procured, the quantities Oft which are annual
" used and the number of noble animals which
are yearly slain for the purpose Of supplying
the constantly increasing demand. Mr.. Dal
ton, celebrated Sheffield manufacturers,
estimates that the annual consumption of
ivory in the town of Sheffield England
alone is about $50 tons, equal in value
to 100000, and requiring the labor Of 500
persons to work it up for trade. The number
Of tusks to make up the amount of ivory
is Al, 5000 and according to this, the mum
Der Of elephants slaughtered every year, for
the supply Of the Sheffield market, is $500
But supposing some tusks to be cast, and
some to have died a natural death, it may
fairly be estimated that ZOO are killed for
the purpose.
CALIFoRNA CENTRAL RAILRoAD.-1he
Marysville Herald is informed that G. L.
Wilson, whose name is connected with ma
ny OF the lnternal Improvements OF Call1Or-
MIA, among which are the San Francisco
and Mission Dolores Plank Road, and the
Sacramento Valley Railroad, is projecting
a plan for the construction Of railroad, to
be called the California Central Road, from
Folsom to MarysvilIe. Although not ac-
quainted with Col. Wilson's designs, that
paper assures its readers that a project is
engaging his earnest attention, and that
he will soon leave for the Atlantic State
in order to secure the necessary means to
cary the work into operation. What en-
couragement, if any, Col. Wilson has receiv-
ed from the capitalists of Marysville, it is
not aware. We understand that he means
to build the road whether Marysville aids
him or not, and we are sufficiently acquaint-
ed with the indomitable energy Of the man,
to believe that he will accomplish anything
that be undertakes.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18

HE proprietor OF lanyard adjacent to
a certain town in Virginia concluded to build
stand, or sort of store, on one of the main
streets, for the purpose of. vendi his leath-
er, buying raW hidas, and the like. After
completing his building, he bean to CON
slider what sort of sign would be best to
put up for the purpose of attracting atten-
ton to his new establishment; and for DAYS
and weeks he WAS sorely y puzzled on this
subject. Several devices were adopted, and
on further consideration rejected.
At last a happy idea struck him. EIe
bored an auger hole through the door-post,
and stuck cal's tail into it, with the bushy
grave looking parsonage standing near the
door with his spectaces, gazing intently on
the sign And there he continued to stand
gazing and gazing, until the curiosity Of the
tanner was greately excited in turn. He
stepped ont, and addressed the individual.
"Good morning" said he.
"Morning," said the other, without moving
his eyes from the sign.
"You want to buy leather?" said the store
keeper.
"No."
"No.'
"Are you tarmar9'
"No."
"Are you a merchantf'
"No."
"Are YOU lawyerl"
"No"
"Are you a doctorl'
"No"
"What are you, then?"
I'm philosopher have been standing
here for an hour, trying to see if could as
certain how that calf got through that auger-
hole.'
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
NUMBER 80.
Items.

Items.
A theater, capable of holding about
hundred persons, has been fitted up by the
members of Thespian Society, at Folsom.
The stage fare between Stockton and
Sonora has been reduced to So,
The Mariposa Democrat has been revived
by Warren Baer.
The Sacramento Bee has been changed
into an evening paper
The MlNr.-Dur the past three months
the total workings of the branch Mint in
San Francisco reached the sum Of six mill
lions of which but $4,000 was silver.
THE STEAM WAGoN.-This novel and i'm
porant invention remains a week longer on
exhibition at the Pacific Museum. We learn
that a company of capitalists intend build
ing two large wagons to put on the road,
from Marysvlle to Sacramento.
TOMATOES. San Jose Tribune has
received dish Of fine tomatoes from
garden in that city.
The Governor has approved the Act to
re-apporton the Legislative Districts
Nor CooL.-The thermometer indicated
90, deg. in the shade at Sacramento on
Thursday last.
ENrERpRIsE.-Large quantities of Granite
and cobb|e stones are regularly sent now
trcm Folsom to San Francisco by way Of
the Railrpad and Sacramento river.
STATE SUPPORTED BY RAILRoAD.--
The Governor of Illinois in his recent mes
sage expressed the belief that the revenue
of the the Illinois Central Railroad will soon
pay the whole expenses of the State govern
mcnt.
The San Andreos independent says that
a valuable quartz lead has been discovered
within one mile of Murphy's
Concord EIting was the other day SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment in Sac
ramepto for beating his wife.
The Supervisors of San Francisco refuse
to fill the PUBLIC ciserns any longer. Reas-
on, no money.
Quartz mining is in more successful prose-
cution now than at any previous date in Cal
ilornia.
CELEsTlAls IN TEHAMA CouNry.-Wuhin
nese went by the way of Red Bluffs to the
Nothern mines.
RAILROAD MEETINe.-A meeting will be
held in Nevada on Saturday, the % of May
for the purpose OF taking into consideration
the WAYS and means fer constructing q
railroad to that place
volcano LEDGER.-This paper, published
hitherto at Volcano, will be published here
after in Jackson, the county seat of ANA
dor.
The receipts of the Sacramento County
Treasury for the quarter ending March 3lst
including balance from last quarter. were
$l26,749 05 disbursements, S6O,O57 "a
leaving balance in the Treasury Of SOS,
SO 35, all in cash.
}. w. Holt Sheriff of Klamath county.
was arrested, in San Francisco Sunday
evening last on charge of being accessory
to murder after the fact, he having assisted
Michael Donnelley, who murdered a man
named Cambell, to escape
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18

INSECT 14FE.-To those who have eyes
wherewith they can see the number of the
insect-world which surround them, but who
are not acquainted with their habits and pre-
vious changes, it must appear perfect mir
acle where they all spring from; not mere
ly of one order but of all orders; there
they are, literally, in thousands upon thous-
ands Those white butterflies, flying sport-
lively in the meadows, mingling with some
brown gentry of a graver demeanor, that
large moth, with yellow underwings, which
rises hurriedIy from just before our feet as
you walk through the newly cut hay field
and those shoals of little whitsh moths
which keep settling among the grass, and
pointing their long nose downwards, as if it
were misdemeanor for them to look up
wards-where have they all sprung froml
for excepting some of the white butterflies
none of them were visible month ago.
Each had probably spent the larger Fropor
ton of its life under a totally different form;
ayellow green caterpillar feeding on cabbage,
a green caterpillar on grass, a fat, dirty gray
caterpillar feeding on primrose, and small
gray caterpillar feeding among moss; these
were the preparatory states of the different in
sects we now see, Those hosts of dragon
flies, wingIng their way SO lightly over the
surface of every pool those day-hies, with
their up and down flight at eventide; those
clouds of gnats, which play so sportively in
company-all passed the previous stages
of existence in very different forms III the
water.
The Placer herald., 1857-04-18
Disinfectants.

At some seasons the need of disinfectants
is obvious to all. Frequent inquiries are
made in relation to the most effective sub
stances to be used to remove the offensive
odors, which are perceived even in the most
clearly parts of the city, and | have thought
that if every person knew precisely what to
use, and the manner of usingit, there might be
a more general use of these substances and
consequent benefit to the health and com
fort of our population. With this view
would present the following prescriptions:
l. One pint Of the Liquor of Chloride of
Zinc" in one paiIfull of water, and one
pound of Chloride Of Lime in another pail
full Of water. This is perhaps the most
effective, theoretically and practically, of
anything that can be used, and when thrown
into privy vaults, cesspools, or upon decay
ing matter of any description, will effectually
destroy all offensive odors. The cost of these
substances is 33 cents.
2. One pound of Sui plate of Zinc, and
one pound of Lime dissolved separately, each
in one pailfull of water. This is not as etlec-
tua as the preceding but will answer a very
good purpose. Will cost 20 cents
g. Three or four pounds of Sui phate of
Iron, (Copperas) dissolved in one palfull of
hot water, will in most cases be sufficient to
remove all offensive odors from privy vaults,
cesspools, &c. Cost three or four cents per
pound.
A. One peck Of charcoal dust thrown into
a privy vault once week, will answer every
purpose.
s. Chloride of Lime, costing eight cents
per pound is best to scatter about damp
places, in yards, in damp cellars and upon
heaps of filth.
6. Take two ounces Of Sugar of Lead, and
dissolve it into one pailful Of water, and add
two ounces of Nitric Acid (Aqua Forts. y
This forms Nitrate of Lead, which is a good
disinfectant, particularly for offensive sink
spouts and the like. The cost is very small
This list might be indefinitely extended;
but it does no: seem to be necessary. The
substances named are easily obtained at a
trihing cost, and if our citizens will use them
more generally, they will add much to their
own comfort, and most decidedly promote
the public health-Propidenc Journol.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26
NO. .5'2.

Sd should be convenieut. Wifh re-
gard to the knife, Il vas as before
stated. He took Nat from Ambold's
pocket and put ii his own and on
the night Of the fire, he used II to
.pry up the sash, and when hs Id
broken it he put back III his pocket
and forgot it. - 8 q g; e;
| Thus was Charley saved md
saved from more than an ignomin.
Eious death, too. He was saved 10
be . noble, yirtuons man, and lii
mother once mofs took ample %.
light and JOY in the tender love and
care Of her only child. . !; !
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

/ ~ "a psir Of boots marked ~
having been, found in q humbaOk
whale taken off Nahant 4 faw dsys
since, it i guessed by some MaG
that they belonged to Jonah. Pre-
[posterous! Z "A Gttle Biblical learn
ing should 10 beaten into such 'wvAe1
with ssgood stout pieos u whalss
bone. Yssy3 &h asszssss4.ssS fls55ssS4i1a
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

/ rs Tho dy0 a 0n0FI
PashA the LADY hf @ snan
married in : fit u romanee ~ tAe.
period Of lis successes. on the Dan
ube against che Russians, has lust.
arrived at Paris, and takes np q
permanent residence. = m aldge'
on the. piano. She promiaes to -
one Of the lionesses Of the next
season. - Paris Liter. ~ y
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

y said . little boy ths
aNvee 81 sucf q bad
nd sore throat too.
my dear 2 aGksd the
veil youshaQ hasesoune
3isg ,4ies ;s.s sess.
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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

a. The French government Is
about to command q change in the
wording Of the Catholic mass
Until now prayers have been saidl
for the hing and the members Of the
royal family, no mention having
been made Of the emperor or H.
household. Uptofhis time,t thezs~'
fore, the existing goYeenmeatl gAasl
never been reco ised ~ The Fsensbl
church. H6cnliols llct that this
omission shonld Sase haser qesr-
looked 50 long - & e. Is ~ ~,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

rsdy formed an opinion. They
ee if my opinion would pre-
~n receiving the testi-
faith. and rendering
kording toit. I replied
jurse / should weigh the
carefully, and be governed
was then informed that
o. .,,a,. -. s...,..
se.sto be tried was one Of
en . capital ofense and
.er atthe bar was a young
edCharles Ambold, whom.
aown from lboyAood, aud
naturally. one. Of the finest
# the town where he re-
He had q widowed mother.
,nded upon him for sup
Ills circle of fiendswas
hoice. I was morally.
he did not commit the
hence, I am sure, those
Z friendly to him got me
mel and succeeded in hav.
'tained. -. 60, z !.
nal commenced, and we
nen took our seats in the.
Ihad q very respectable
!, meonlY there was one
lom / did not like to see
This was Moulton Warren.
.a'very dark faced, sinister
q man-at least to me. Y I
hat young Ambold had one
He had recently been adj
| to drink, and had been
j to visit disrsputable houses:
one Of those houses that had
i,lrned, for setting FIRE to
.ycn lie had been apprehended.
Vow Isthad often tried to per
.de Charles Ambold, from the
rse he was pursuing. He, had
emily promised me that he
lreforril and as repeatedly had
roken away. / hr = talked
m Of his pn.,. .ntil he
E;-.'., eli
,....,.sng. There was q
.os temptation more affective
- 0ny 49, 49,. uSs!1 u.>s!s1 4 sO =.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

A THRHLIG STORY.

| once had the extreme felicity o
leaving my business to serve upor
s'the jury. I plead IN all manner
Of ways for release, but to no effect
i could not swear that Twas deaf
nor blind, nor yet non oomposj ]
but ! did tell them that |, had al
'zrady q formed an opinion. They
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-04

PAINTING IN HooPs.-"G "Gamma, "
the Paris correspondent Of the n. 0.
Picayuno, is responsible for the follow
ing: G.
Honore, we had an amusing instance
of the folly of the new fashion which
substitutes steel for crinoline. In the
midst of the ball a lady fainted--the
chandelier ofthe ball room had fallen
with great deal of noise. She faint
ed, but she did not fall, Supported
by her steel petticoat, she stood like an
infant in baby jumper, fainting only
bust length! 1t was irresistibly com
ic-the room rang with laughter,
which, better than any salts or any
water, revived the sensitive lady, and
restored her to her wontod appearance,
if not to her wonted good humor."