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The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

The YEAR OF N1NEs-The present wear
1868, presents some curious combinations in
regard to the figure 8. you add the two
first figures together thus, lxs, they equal 9;
if you add the last two, 6x3; they equal Q; if
you set the first two figures, IS, under 63,
and add them together, the result is 81, the
figures of which, added together, 8xl-9; if
you subtract the first two from 63, the re-
mainder is As, the figures of which, if added
together, 4x5-9; ifyou divide the 63 by
the IS, the quotient is 3, with 0 remainder;
if you multiply all the figures together
lxSx6x3, the result is l44, the figures Of
which, lx4x4-9 if you add the figures Of
the year together, the sum is IS; aud the
sum, lxS-9; if you divide 1868 by the
quotient is Cpl, and 6x2xl-8; if you divide
1868 by 8, the quoient is 2O7, and 2xOx7-
8; if you divide 1868 by So, the quoient is
81, and sxl-9; if you divide 1868 by 50,
the quotent is 27 and 2x7-9. There are
other similar results The year 1881 will
provide large variety of similar combinai
tons.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

CALIFORNIA WINE.-California bids fair
to rival the world in the cultivation Of the
grape and the manufacture of wine. In the
Sonoma valley alone there is said to be
1000 grape vines in bearing condition
and 10000 which have not yet come into
bearing. Already the wines Of California,
undoubtedly the purest and best coming to
us by ship are offered extensively through.
out the Eastern States. Objection is made
to California brandy that it lacks the color
and strength peculiar to French brandy
But those who know how, and where and
of what the French brandies offered in this,
vicinity are concocted, give very decided
preference to the California article. A little
reading on familiar subjects would cure a
large majority of our people of their prefer.
ences for any description Of European liquors,
fourf fiflhs of which never crossed the
Atlantic ocean, and large proportion OF
the remaining fraction we may be sure are
manufactured Of anything but grapes 10
Eng land, where the grape is seldom perfected
In the open air. Scientific american.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20
The Mud of virginia.

Many persous who hear that the army il
unable to move forward in consequence of
the sofnoss of the soil, can form no idea Of
what kind Of mud there is down in Virginia.
The following, given by correspondent,
viii, however, eucida'e the mystery:
II saw driver astrde Of his team, in
distant mud hole, jerking furiously at the
single line with which he drove his four
mules, and waving his hat furousIy above
his head. At first thought he was trying
to urge his team over the slough, but soon
saw that it made no progress forward, while
the driver continued his exertions, but looked
anxiously backwards. rode forward as fast
as the mud would permit; driver and mules
we're fast disappearing, but he never ceased
his exertions, and the thought of deserting
his saddle, appeared never to have entered
his head. | reached the spot, but the hand
and head Of the driver alone remained above
the mud. | saw him throw his hat towards
me, with convulsive movement, heard him
cry three cheers for the American Union,
and the mud closed over him."
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20
Mania for Dark Room.

American women have a strange mania
for dark rooms but hear what FIoronce
Nightengale, in her notes of nursing, says on
the subject: "A dark house is almost al
ways an unhealthy house, always an illIaired
house, always dirty house. Want Of light
stops growth, and promotes scrofula, ricketts,,
etc, among the children. People loose
their health in dark house, and if they get
Ill, they cannot get well again in it. Three
out of many 'neg!igences and gnorances' in
managing the health Of houses generally,
will here mention as specimen: First, that
the female head in charge Of any building
does not think it necessary to visit every
hole and corner Of it every day. How can
she expect those who are under her TO be
more careful to maintain her house in a
healthy condition than she who is in charge
of itl Second, that it is not considered es.
sential to air, to sun, and to clean rooms
while uninhabi,ed; which is simply ignoring
the first elementary notion Of sanitary things
and laying the ground ready for all kinds of
diseases. Third, that the window, and one
window, is considered enough to air room.
Don't imagine that if you who are in charge
and don't look to all these things yourself,
those under you will be more careful than
you are. 1t appears as if the part of the
mistresses was TO complain of her servants
and TO accept their excuse-not to show
them how there need be neither complaints
nor excuses made"
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

WAsHoE TEAMINe.-A gentleman who
yesterday returned from Virginia City, re-.
ports that he counted three hundred teams
hauling on an average from between three
to four tons Of freight, between Carson City
and Placervie. he thinks the territory is
being overstocked with goods Bee.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

AN EsQIMAUx RIFLEMAN.-As we were in
the open country, and there was no tangible
object to shoot a., he made circle in the
snow of about two feet in diameter, then
stepping in raised his gun perpendicular from
the shoulder, and fired in the air. After fir
ing he stepped out of the ring, and in few
seconds, to my astonshment the bullet came
down within the circle he had made. He
coolly remarked I'VE want no targets to
fire at" and if a man can hold his musket
with that precision as to cause the ball to
return just where he stands, what need has
he ofa butt? But the principal reason why
they thus test their shooting is an economic
one. Not always being able to get bullets,
they are chary Of firing them away, and
have no doubt it is for the same reason that
somany savage people have the boomerang"
or return missile.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

The shipments Of treasure on Saturday
we're. to England s62e,eso 90, to New York
S24l $50 %. to Punta Arenas $27.2eo, to
Panama 1000.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

A specimen from the Blue Ledge, in Ne,
vada county, has sssayed 100000 to the
ton Of two thousand pounds. Thay will
pay.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

ANOTHER BIC GUN.-Another OF the mon
ster cannon cast at Pittsburgh for the New
York fortiacations-a iftsen.inch gun,
weighing 42,5ooo pounds, and carrying a
4e4 pound ball with . charge Of sixty
pounds OF powder-has arrived at New
York.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

The Richmond Wing in its account of the
battle of the Rappahannock, gravely declares
that the spoils left by Hooker's army was SO
immense that the rebels in marching from one
field to another, after the battle, did not "oum.
b'r themselves with anything, being satisfied
that wherever they might camp for the night
q plenty Of overcoats and blankets might be
found" The whole country, says the Whig,
is strewn with overcoats, blankets, knapsaeks
ETC., and an immense number of small arms.
'variousIy estimated q. from forty TO 6ftv
Thousand" have been found
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

The Downieville and Marysvile stage top.
pied over at Goodyear's Bar, on Saturday
last. There were five persons in it, but only
one-Mrs. McCarty, of Virginia Cty-was
seriously hurt, she having had her collar.
bone broken.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

The citizens of PetaIuma intend to place.
a steamer on the route between that city
and San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

ZAcK MoNreoMERY.-This gentleman
started on Thursday morning for Mexico,
intending to 60 direct to Mazatau or Guy.
mas,
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20


VARIABLE BRtuHrSEss OF STARS We
ascertain that the sun revolves around an
axis by noticing the spots on its surface.
When there are many spots towards US, the
light Of the sun must be enfeebled some
times, even sensiby so. There are variable
stars that periodically become dim, and then
again assume their former brightness The
natural solution Of this fact is that these
stars are like the sun, not merely in their
light, but also in the way that light is pro-
duced. Perhaps there are spots upon their
cause their light to become dim. There are
stars also which may he called temporary,
for after appearing in the heavens brief
period, they seemingly become very small
or they disappear together, fact which can
hardly be accounted for, except there has
been a real physical change in the body
itself. In undergoing these changes, there
have been manifest changes in their color,
and these have been so great as to lead to
the conclusion that there has been com.
bustion of the body in question. The star
seen by Anshelm, in 1910, was of the third
magnitude; it passed through great iluctual
tions of light for two years and then became
invisible. There are, moreover, lost stars,
whose places are now vacant, though some
of them have been rgcently observed. When
we look at these strange fluctuations, we
may suppose that something like combustion
has taken place, or that the power Of giving
light by these stars has been suspended In
reviewing these facts, it appears difficult not
to conclude that there was world whose
destiny was, for the time being, completed,
and the fitful glare of whose funeral pile
shooting across the vast distance which sep
arates us, came with undiminished velocity
TO tell us the tale that it once WAS.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

"We are never too old to learn" and, this
being true, we will quote for our readers
what DIR. Macgowan, the Eastern traveller,
tells of the Japanese and their offerings
from us: "Onegreat peculiarly of the people
is their mania for squatting; they seem to
do everything in this position, and even
when a'man is ploughing in the field he
looks as if he wanted to squat. Their habits
in many things seem to be so often exactly
the opposite Of ours, that it almost resolves
itself into rule that everything goes by
con:raries When they cook goose instead
Of putting the goose on the fire, they put
the fire in the goose. thus making great
saving of fuel. In planning or saving board
they plane or saw toward themselves, instead
Of from themselves. When you 90 into
house, instead Of taking off your hat you
take off your shoes. Instead of saying John
Smith, they would say Smith John, and
instead of Mr.. Brown, Brown Mr.. The
country is rich in flowers and in vegetable
productions. They have carried the art of
making paper to great perfection. DR..
Mcgowan showed an ovelcoat made of
paper, perfectly strong and serviceabe. In
this country we have paper collars. but in
Japan they 60 further, and have paper
handkerchiefs, which are very beautiful and
soft, and Of very fine texture. But they are
more delicate than we, in one respect
After they have used a handkerchief they
throw it away, and are thus saved the
trouble Of washerwomen. They even weave
their paper, and make what may be called
paper cloth OF it,"
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

The grasshoppers have stripped the grape
vines at Anhei'u, Los AnSelss county, Of oil
their leaves.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

EXPERIMENTS WITH STEEL BALLs.-A short
time since number of steel balls, twenty
four Founders, of the elongated pattern,
were made at the works of Robinson & Min
is, Aleghany City, Pennsylvania and expert,
ments were made of their effects on heavy
iron p pates as composed with the usual cast
iron balls. The trial though not as satisfac-
tory as it might have been, was yet sufficient
to show the vast superiority Of the project'es
The steel balls penetrated nearly through
the massive iron target, tearing and shatter-
ing it at every discharge; while the cast iron
balls broke in fragments on striking, and
scarcely made an indentation on the plate.-
A gentleman who has taken much interest
in the matter informs us that the steel balls
were scarcely injured by the concussion, a
sma portion of the point only giving away.
He feels that steel projectiIes are immensely y
superior to iron, and expresses bis belief hat
when used with guns of proper calbre
that there is no plating now made they will
not penetrate.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

COMING OF AeE.-Why youth is said to
be "of age" when twenty one years DID,
very few can tell, except $50 saith the law"
In the early periods Of English history, a
child was considered to be of age and
man when he was able to bear arms and
protect himself. But this period varied at
different times, depending very much on the
character of arms in use. At first, these
were light, and easily handled, and then the
time for coming of age was fixed at twelve
years. After the Teutons were brought into
collision with the well-armed Romans, a
child of this age was fixed a, fifteen years.
And when heavier armor was introduced, it
was further extended to twenty one years.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

SKY BLuE.-The reason why, in clear
atmosphere, the sky is blue, is thus phIoso-
phlcaIIy accounted for: The white light of
the sun falls upon the earth without change,
it is then reflected back by the earth, and as
it passes through the atmosphere portions of
it are returned, and this double reflection
produces a polarized condition Of light, which
imparts to the vision the sensation of a deli.
cate blue. What is meant by poarzed
light is, that light which has been subjected
to a compound refraction, and which, after
polarization, exhibits new series Of phe-
nomena, differing materially from those
that pertain to the primary conditions OF
light.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

IRIS DARK.--'lhe following beautiful senti
ment is taken from "Meister Karl's Sketch
Book" entitled "The Night of Heaven" 1t
is full of touching tenderness: ats dark
when the honest and honorable man sees the
result of long years swept cruelty away by
the knavish heartess adversary 1t is dark
when he feels the clouds of sorrow gather
around, and knows that the hopes and hap
piness of Others are fading with his own -
But at that hour the memory ofpas: in,egril
ty will be true consolation, and assure him
even here on earth of CLEANS of light in
Heaven. 1t is dark when the dear voice of
that sweet child, once so fonldly loved, is no
more heard around in murmurs Dark when
the light pattering feet no more resound
without the threshold, or ascend, step by
step, the stairs. Dark, when some well
known air recalls the strain once oft attuned
by the childish voice DOW hushed in death!
Darkness but only the gleom which heralds
the day-spring of Immortality and the infin.
ite light Of Heaven"
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20
der of the Committee,
II. J. BIpLEMAN, Secretary.

A NEw Theory OF VENrlLArIoN.-Th
French Acadamy Of Sciences, at late
meeting, listened to paper from NJ. Del
bruck, which, if we'll founded, will upset
good many Of our existing notions about
ventilation. NJ. Delbruck has made some
researches on the quantity Of air required
for breathing during sleep. 1t strikes him
as singular that, while all medical men are
unanimous in prescribing several cubic
metres Of pure air for each person sleeping
in room, as absolutely indispensable for
health, all a'1imals appear to shun the open
air MS much as possible, in order to compose
themselves to sleep Thus the lion and
tiger retire to some da cavern, where the
air is confined; the dog goes to his kennel
and thrusts his snout under his belly; birds,
to which the open air would appear to be .
necessity, whether asleep or awake, retire to
some private corner and put their heads
under their wings. Nay, what does the
school boy do, when left in a dormitory
aired with particular care9 If he finds he
cannot fall asleep, the first thing he does is
to bury his head under the bedclothes.
Hence NJ. Delbruck concludes that if, when
awake, we exhale quantity Of carbonic
acid, we must inhale a certain quantity of
this gas during sleep, just as plants exhale
by the day the oxygen they absorb during
the night.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

A FUNNY FAMILY.-A witness was called
in the Police Court yesterday, to testify in
mitigation of the otfense committed by
Matthew McQunn, who was charged with
beating his wife nearly to death, when the
following dialogue occurred:
Counse What did he do2
Witness Well, he first commenced fling
ing her around for fun; then she told him to
set her down, and he throwed her down on
the floor for fun; then she got up and
throwed firewood at him; then she bit him
on the head with chair, and he got riled
and broke things.
Counsel-Was she in liquor at the timel
Witness-No, Sir; she was in earnest.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20

jim Il, out west, tells a good story
about "shellbark lawyer" His client was
up on two small charges "frvolous charg
es," as sheIbark designated them-(forging
a note OF hand and stealing a horse On
running his eye over the jury, he didn't like
their looks, so he prepared an affidavit for
their continuance, setting forth the absence,
in Alabama, of principal witness. He
read it in a whisper to the prisoner, who
shaking his head said:
Squire, can't swear to that ar doky-
mint"
"Why'"
"Kase hit haint true!"
Cd shell exploded loud enough to be
heard throughout the room.
"Whal! forge note an steal hoss, an
can't swear to liel Hang such Internal
FOOLS"
And he left tho conscientious one to bis
fate.
The Placer herald., 1863-06-20
Sacramento Democratic County Commit.

At a regular meeting Of the Democratic
Central Committee for Sacramento county,
held on the l lth day Of June, 1868, the fol-
lowing resolution was offered and unani
mousy adopted, to wit:
WHEREAS, 1u the opinion Of this commit
tee, the welfare Of our common country de-
mands that unity and harmony Of action be
restored in the ranks Of the Democratic
party of the State of California, therefore it
Resolved, That all democrats in said coun-
ty, without regard to minor differences, be
recommended and advised to participate in
the primary election already called for the
goth Of June, 1868, by the committee pre-.
sided over by Henry Hare Hartley Esq. for
the purpose Of electing delegates to repre-
sent the democracy Of this county in the
Convention to be held in Sacramento City
on the 26th Of June, 1868, to nominate a
county, dist rict and city ticket, and to elect
delegates to represent the Democracy Of
Sacramento county in the State Convention
to be held in said city on the 9Th of July,
1868, pursuant to the cal of the Democratl
c Club OF Butte county.
By order of the Committee,
II. j. BIDLEMAN, Secretary
The Portland daily press., 1863-03-10

Every family, ct this season, should use the
sAMBUCI WINE.
celebrated In Europe forits medicinal and beneficial
qualities - gentle Stimulanf. Tonic. Diuretic and
Sudorifc, highly esteemed by eminent physicians.
used in European and American Hospitals, and By
some of the first families in Europe and America
AS A TONIC
II tas equal. causing appetite and building up
the system being entirsly pure wine Of most val
AS A DIURETIc, vi
II imparts healthy action Of the Glands, Kidneys,
and Rheumatic Affections. ~
sPEER's WINE
Il not mixture or manufactured article but l. pure
nom the juice OF the Portugal sambuci grape culti-
waited In New Jersey, recommended by chemists and
physicians - possessing medical properties superior
all weak and debiliss cd persons and the aged and
infrm improving the appetite. and benefttng ladies
- A LADIES' WINE,
Because il will not intoxicafe other wines, - Il
contains mixture Of spirits other liquors, and Il
admired for its rch, peculiar favor and nutrifivs
properties, impartng healthy tone to the digestive
organs end blooming. son and healthy skin and
WE REFER TO
few well known gentlemen and physicians who
Gen. winfield scott UsA. Dr. Wilson, 11th st. ny.
Dr. IN Chiffon il y Cisy. Dr.: Dessieriy. Nswsrf.
Dn.ps!syi Niehoil.Sssw. Dr. Marcy, Ss- York.
DR.. Hayes, Boston.
D-None genuine without the signature Of AL
FRED STEER. Passaic, N. j." 10 over the cork Of
each bottle lrtf1rft.t IHffH
UMAKE ONE TRIAL OF THIS VINE.
FOR sale by Druggists and all first class dealers.
City and town Agents supplied by the State Com
A. sPEER. Proprietor.
vIrxYARD-Passaic, New Jersey. a. = = n ~
0vyIcr-20e Broadway, New York.
JOHN LA FOY, Paris.
M - Agent for France and Germany.
soldin Portland BY II. II. HAY Druggist. Supply.
ing Agent deem dfy
The Portland daily press., 1863-03-10

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closely sealed to all parts Of The country.
PRICES-Full strength, sfo; half strength, IS;
quarter strength, SO per bottle.
EH-REHENBER-Thi This medicine is designed err
ressiy for obstinate Thich all other remedies
Of the kind hare failed 10 cure; also that IL is
ry-BEW1RE OF IsfIT4TYOys, None eenu.
inc and warranted, unless purchased directly ~ Dr.
N. at his Remedial Institute for Special Diseases,
No rs Union street. Providence, r. i.
ER This Specially embraces all diseases Of pri-
rate nature. both of ii FL and WOMEN, by q reg
ularly educated physician of twenty years practice
giving them his trhoie attention.
REPRESENTATIONS by letter or ofhcrwisc strict
~ confidential and medicines will be sent by express
States. Also accommodations for ladies from abroad
wishing for secure and quiet RETREAT, with good
+ care, until restored TO health.
CAUTI0N.-lt has been estimated that over f,ro
hundred thousand dollars are paid to swiDdiing
quacks annually. in New England alone, without any
trusting, rifhonf inquiry, to men who alike des
titute of honor, character and skill and whose only
recomme ndation Is their own false and exfravagant
assertions, in praise of themselves If, therefore
you would avoid being humbugged, take no mans
word matter nitdf his prefensioHs are, but
MAKE INC UIRY lit will cost you nothing, and
may you many regrets; for, as advertising phs-
sicians in nine of ten, be gus, there IL
safety in trusting any Of them. unless you know
trho and trhdf they are
IL DIR. NJ. will send FREE. by enclosing one
stamp above. pamphlet on DISEASES OF wO-
MEN, and on Pirate Diseases generally, giving full
information nth the most uadoabfed references and
Testimonials, without which advertising physician
medicine of this kind is deserving of Any CON.
FTDENCE WHITTIER.
EY-Orders by mail promptly attended TO. Write
your address plainly. and direct to DR. MArTISoN.
as above. dec6 dawly3O
The Portland daily press., 1863-03-10
b II ID GTON CADE MY,
ATNORrH BRIDGTON. MAINE.

THE Spring Term of this Institution will CON-
L mence on Tuesday. Feb. oath, 1863 and continue
eleven weeks
c. f. Hilton A. NJ. Principal; Rev. Franklin Yea
ton A. NJ, Vice Principal; Mrs. Elizabeth Hilton.
TEACHER of Music; Miss l.. X. Gibbs, Teacher Of
Drawing and Ia nting.
The Trustees of this institution are happy to an
nounce to the public that the services of the Rev.
Franklin featon have been secured for the Spring
Term. Mr.. Yeaton brings with him a rich expert
enee and the well earned reputation of successful
teacher.
III sufhcient encouragement lie offered, Primary
Department will be formed under the supervision OF
Mrs. Hilton, to which students under twelve years OF
age will be admitted for 81 90 per term
Board near the Academy 50 90 per week wood and
lights extra. Students reduce their expenses BY
boarding themselves.
Special attention given to those designing to teach
Text Books supplied at Portland prices.
THOMAS H. MEAD, Secretary
North Bridgton, Jan. 20, 1868.
jan3l d3aw& w8S
The Portland daily press., 1863-03-10
York 4 Cumberland Railroad.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after Monday, November TO-
sSkxtrains will leave as follows until further
orders:
Saco River for Portland at s35 and o. Is A. N. and
Leave Portland for saco River at 500 A. NJ. and
200 and Sis M - ~
The 200 p. NJ train out, and this els A. M. train
into Portland, will be freight trains with passen
attached
Stages connect at Saccarappa daily for South Wind
ham, Windham Centre and Great Falls
At Gorham, for West Gorham, Standish, Steep
Falls, Baldwin, Hiram. Limington, Browndeld
Fryeburg, Conway, Denmark, Lowell, Bird gton,
&c, &C,
At Buxton Centre for West Buxton Bonny- Ia gle
South Limngton. Limngton, &C., &C.
At Saco River tri-weekly, for Hollis Limerick
Ossipee. Newheld, Parsonsfied, Eff CHAM , reedom
Madison. Eaton, Iimn gton, Cornish, Porter &c.
nov ID DAN CARPENTER, Sup't.