The Placer herald., 1863-12-12
NUMBER IS.
CLIPPINGS.

OF coHee and ninety'four bowls OF punch,
flip, etc, are charged to a company Of half
dozen old Purtsns, who met, September
20, l785. to talk about the great unsssv-
ness, and tumult on occasion Of the StsmD
Act.
All prscticing physicians agree that when
the eyes of corpse are opened about two
days after death, and the pupils are found 70
DO mixed up so that nothing of them is to Be
seen, but the whole of the eye 10 dissolved
into wheyish or jelled msss, then real
death is evident Where this 10 wanting
death is uncertain.
1t is said that the Government has issued
an order prohibiting the sale Of hogs in Ger.
rard, Madison, Boyles and Mercer counties.
Kentucky. The reason for this is that The
Government intends taking possession Of oil
the hogs and beef cattle in these counties.
and driving them to Knoxville to be slaugh.
tered for the use Of the army Of the Ohio.
ANOTHER FALsRHoop REFuTRD.-A few
weeks ago the Sacramento Union announced
copperhead frauds detected in the New York
Custom House. 1t turns out that Stanton,
Deputy Collector, and his son are the guilty
pares-both are abolitionists Of the most
ultra school. Democratic Press.
DECIDED PLucK.-There is a man 10
Maine the owner Of a piece Of crinoins,
who shows decided pluck. He says that
when the minister was hugging and kissing
his wife he was peeping through the crack
of the door and saw it all; and as long -
he has the spirit of a man remaining he ,eiU
peep on all such occas0nsl
The Oldest rose bush, in the world 10 cup.
posed to be at Hildesheim, in Hanover. Il
was planted in the ninth century by Louis the
Pious, and in 1918 Bishop Hezilo had wall
built around the tree to protect it. 1t has
lately put forth new shoots from the old
roots, one Of which is twelve feet high and
nearly an inch in diameter.
"NEw KIND"-The editor Of tho La
Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat says, that hs
recently saw two little girls sitting in .
secluded spot, near the roadside, on their rs.
turn from Sabbath School. The juveniles
were playing game Of "seven up" TO do.
termne whether or not they should attend
evening church service. The lambs!
Boston has endured many hard rubs, bu.
an anecdote OF little three-ye .old, about
leaving her mother on visit to that place,
is little ahead of anything yet. Az the
close of her prayers the night before her do.
parture, she added with the utmost simplioi.
ty. Now, goodbye Mr.. God, I'm going TO
Boston in the morning to be gone Two
weeks"
A Berlin Professor finds that Europe con.
81. Il
100000, Africa 89,OOO,OOO, America 2O0,-
100000, and Polynesia 1000, ,oOO-total l..
$4,000, 900. OF this little crowd, about
10000, 900 die in each year, which is e674l
per day, or l6 per minute.
More than 5000 suits Of civilians clothes
have been taken from conscripts and subs.i.
tutes at Riker's Island, N. " worn under
their uniforms to enable them to escape
The clothes have been sent to contrabands
on the governmen; plantations near Alexan,
dria, Va.
In the year 700 the Lords Prayer com.
menced Sure fader THE are in heifnas;" in
900, "Thee ure fader the heofum;" 1900,
"Ure Fader in heaven" in 140O, "Fader our
in heaven;" and in 1887, "Our father who
art in heaven"
PRIZE CoNUNDRUM-A prize cup WAS 70,
Gently awarded at one Of the San Francisco
melodeons to the author of the following
conundrum: Why is the Aquia the great
est Of all war vessels? the answer to which is
Because she was the first to sink one of our
monitors.
USED Up.-The Boston Courier rather
gets Abraham on the hip when it inquiries
in speaking of his late "Thanksgiving Proc
lamaton," why it is he has seen fit to put
the whole country substantially under mar.
tia law, by the suspension Of the habeas cor.
pus, if, as he now alleges order has been
maintained, the laws have been respected
and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed
everywhere, except in the thoa.er of military
conflict.
EEA highwayman named Miller, 10 pris-
on at Genoa, made his escape on Sunday last,
and very coolly deposited his handouts,
smashed to pieces, on the steps of the Sher-
ifs Office. That fellow will never suffer for
want of Cheek
The Aurora Star, being short of matter
recently published three columns Of "pi."
An exchange rather frigidly remarks that
the "pi was the best and wittiest matter late.
ly seen in tho Star"
Every man is happy, no matter what bis
circumstances, who is contented. Happi
ness does not depend so much on the art Of
getting much as the art Of being contsn,ed
with what we have.
In the small town Of Andover, in Hamp.
shire, England, the stocks are still used as a
means of punishment.
Mankind are always happier for having
been happy once; the memory Of happiness
is happiness
The wealthiest man in Indiana has CON.
mtted suicide.