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Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1865-11-20
Teuer in TrecerfcHsburS.

Treberid8burg, @a., 10. Nppbr. Su
lebter gtadt brad gegeu II lbr in benz lcge1anlts
ten S9atspeure9auS IN Der MaineitraBe ei1 6eler
aus, weldeS bic Spei perelni9ten @e6dlpe, pie
pbige8 9au8, balb III &riimmer legte.
Mle8 mas bon Bitr9erlt ln6 Solbaten getba1l
tperbel fpnnte sur 9tettIng BON @egenltdnbeu 9es
idab. pa aber bic SeueripriBen fe9ltell, fpnl1te
ten Der 9erren Sart llnD SapS, @pmmil1ior8z
Saltfleuteit, ~bran9en bei bieier @eIegenbeit 0iebe
unD ftableil @olb nup Silber aus benz @elplbranf.
Der Gerl11t Der abSebrauuten Siuier tpirb auf
&c, 1000 Dollar gei4dst, BON beneu wenig ODer
ni6ts perli9ert 1T.
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Erapper sr bttten, Damn bat bas Sans Der abs
0eprbneten entIbiecen rertpprfen, bic gte0er gum
3eugniB gegeu @eibe Dor GeriGt 5u5ulafien. -
Suh9e @min aus Sad on bat bic Sanblun9 Der
2egi&latur, ipelde bic @ufbebung Der Cotton
Courts. betrifit, ais nidt cpuitituttpnelI teSeidnet.
@cupernerr Slnnpbrep8 bat bic Bia perpOrfen,
eter ipurbe BON Der @eietgetuu9 iiberitin1ult.
Sic @enerale q. s., &bpniaS unO 8b0maS g,
9pparb linb III Sidsbur9 an9efpmmen. 2eeterer
bot baS Commando iln OdIiiiiippt 9epartenteut
itberllp l1lrlell. r Wa
Ger TldSblr9er Serolo Ia8t: General 8. 8.
SOmoro, Ger &bef beS 6reeomen Snreau, Rdtte
er bic 3uriid3iebung beS Sreebmen Snreaits III
ben litoli6en Stdate1 allenipfeblen fSnnte, Gr
11eint mn, baB iib Die 3ultdupe III Georgia uno
Mlabarla Nerbeliert bGtten.
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1865-11-20

9ORr glenu sesen Sannes Sonb mo 9ofsrb Fr0mne.
Speculation BON SriebensrtGt,r 6crref, DrtPetl bebat8f.
6ran5 81. GrCrf seSen 9obn Jtff; appeadtIon BON
GrieOensri9ter SasWarO. aatrus lGr eiHen neuen 4'rO,es
abeepieeH.
lifgni1t Fir beufe Ro. 21e-25O.
9u ben Gnberen @eri6ts6Bfeu tparhe ni4tS
bon BebeutuHg Scrgenpmmen.
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GInmii9en in WReritanif1e NTaireu. Die Wons
ossIoftrin mirb Oertbeieiat iperben.

Shines" iagt ii, 8eSiebung auf bic @crii6te, be-
treffenb bic &Ortereitltlgen i'm Seere unb i'll Der
Warine: g8ir ii1o b~enadridti8t, feline ppfitipe
8etdtigun9 ben @eriiHtert 81 8eteu; mir 5Egern
ieoOd] niht ST iageu: bab, menn Die fral5T}ti6en
8rlPpen rtdt big @8eibnadten 5uriidSeSoSen lpers
ben, mir ben 2iberoleu nit elmer Nrinee belfen
llnb 10 bic trabitiOnelle Iplitit Der Ser. Staaten
aufreht erbalten perbe11.
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Observation-Disclosures.

NJ
rimindI : @ertG t.-S9n. 0fidbter Sonp.-
Der @eri6ttkOf tpar am ieBten SauIFaJ nit ~folJeRoen
Satin beiddftigt
@amG. Erssu,an Durbe pesen GtsriiiS auf Psters tut;
UNI 90 Gents unb he Soften g'fusit. = q. .. Siuti.D
ueoen gtuqrif5S auf 81. aruiIteao, oeftblte Sv erf9eiuen
uuo feir. Siro5hoft murce fir ~ueriaIea ert,3rt. DiefeI6e
par burdj Seri. @eynon gerslt Uub betru9 5000. -
3of. 8. G6omaa ipuree rpegeu ansriffS auf 9errp Dittcn
i'm, S. unb Soften qsRrcft, Nm. una Sp6n Dtetcer
nlrocr me:cn VI sriffS auf Charles WalteWeser urS pes
gem Guarifs ouf Sen Ecli,ifer Gorret ~ocrSefdert uno ter
San Cub @uria se5oItei. -Geparo Brain be3otite ipes
gen anariffs euf 9. %. Sitter, it,, 81 Sirsfc nebFt
Soften. - gBul. Gtepaft, G~nsetla9t, 8.ter 8. sfcnrte
all abeub nam 10 lbr an @amoenitr. gabnbCf NIT elmer
B!eiitliuee ~attafirt AT babeu, teIlangte einsu Jirspros
seb. = I>am G6metser, elm Spa3ist=gDS@ter am Brefs
o9ntFr. Depot, parOe beS InSrifiS auf gBm. SarriIcn
niht f&uIbig %tefuuoeu unb bsr Glsass s,sts bic Rotten gu
iablen. Serentia6 gbannpu uufNsMh 6. OuiI, spet
Solbateu, purben peset 3tn9riffS anf Wm Hts5on uao
Sarah @abler BEN RrsfoBalari@aG it6ermteIen.
Die fOIseneen FSGQe narbcH pergliHeu, nGdb'uI bic
b,tr. Bsrteien bic Soften aeSabit Spas. u. SCOTT ipesen
gn9riff8 af isiue 6rau Guna. Otto Dpblpenet, tpe9en
Orobuns. feline 6rIu um6rtugen 81 poaen. Sat1eS
gtinIu1s mesen Nnsriffs auf GDuare 8lad.
Ser GeriG stof pertuste F@ bis sum Rd6fen Sfontas'
s pntm on Btea8 @ert@t. @eo. Xdncaiter
Ge9en 9eoi 0eo5e MppeIation ben ErieSensriGter Dtttes
lp. lst5el GtseGubert.
G6rparb SGler unb aubere @lGu6ioer gegen 3. 8. Gt's
qaartt. Gnras bic Pettticu gu uerpereu pom @sri9ts-
bcfUuterHtBt.
.. g. Dell 8eseu 6reserid 8utts. Gppeuoticu bon
Grieoenari6ier Drposu. tftteiI a~bsedneert unb yas8ts-
ipru0 su @unitsu bes StSSers far $4.37. b
2pba 8. Sammsuo SeSen Se6n S4afer. Grpel alton
bon Sriebeusri@ter 0apparb. Cub @Uria.
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@0nnan So. 8Qnper in Do. i.

&ei rbt6ent @erein Bat tie erie @inIabtqns a~attBefunte en-.
blbreu lGern woren merteu sTiaGt naGfen Dpunsrral nm
Ia ubr Nbsnes BET @rnt S~nstcnpid, No. 1l9 Genpaear,
~ erldeinet.
tnpnit) s.. ufmt NJ SER.
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@rln0nns eine9 neuen 8auperein8.

Gas ttsientasn, rel6e f@ tPretts unterlejGnet II, icntt
folhe, ne DE It'd einsin auteu Raorercin or Ib / Sea molten
Ene eTfuGt, 10 beute Abeno Z utr i'm &0tLle res 9errn S.
eNHtne, SIC. 6s G. G4arIesfr,, e~!niafnpen
90. Qan8le&,
8. g d ulk,
(irci g. EIIItnn
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~. . r%ifef0ermml I.

Die Bar fir ZEN am Misuta1. OF. Rro, III ter Sfe6sntaQe
0n1 tee Wt,b eISsreius Nc. l.. fpQ teu,e
IiOnlal atenb 8 Ibr ~rtrieiBtrt ner Ell unp es werben otey
3e ia e. etn9e a en-, I'D TN 8ereint-YpflG Get 2Sato 4eber
Gpace, eln3uhneen,
lrOl 81. Etsge6, Ser.
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Central W0enue 8QuDerein s.

Dieter g},rein, nel6er I'D jeten . enfes atenN In, 6oufe
Ten 5. 9Wbner III Ganalfr jw'f&en BAL tmpre nnb Save te
Ctr %terldmmeIt, bat bereits 550 Mrtbeile eesetduet IS
pire bebbelb 5erermdnn, Eep etbeu autsn 8Guperein te "a.
trsten Wunftt, erfuAt, In na@fer Yeriammlan9 lit ri e-
nen unc GntbeiIe su %is,dney, r. IN "a Re ole 6 ni&rettgfs
eutr erbpbt weTlen mirt. $ 9aSauaD $r}f
tmpb) g. Tr. 9 Idt d Ger
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Sadipn, UiiI., 16. Nonenlter. 9ts@eisb"
eebuns bon Wiifiliippt bat beldlo1len, pen Pralt'
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,)(cuB On5ej0ell.
9aGsE>

Ter e~sbrriartF tlnterjfttnete esldutt F@ bterFur6, Srt
John SLANT, mel CIR am 1t. unb IL. D. 1Vis in 8ealet.
uni re- Sat- tutes Concert. abg ia ten, ieinen tera.
ltt,ten 2anf a 3ufa ten. gu eia t 3eit nGgt au6 as
trtil Gem t., :eneteab aus ZEN ptrr.n S Yang S Set.
{ ant sntseetu nebmen. Greetenf
Or 9ugU@ Shine,
grtnc' pal tes en0lI t-reutf en- u frdnS5fffe en-
(na) @r3teeua1s g. SnnitIt9 au Mtartln sburo. I'D I'D
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patfts ir Nntbet!e 9sjti6n t & ebbGetr 4, l6e Gb b
m!tS Ie.NaJ rhsrn modem ocr en- It. unrltaR rrfdd t, In
Tr 9a9l en- YsE'Htn lHn9. UtG"ta0 etn q. Nppe Der, lei
ldetn n Senrp GopI. 81, gnert
~ttrI6np) 6 pbn 3mon;orr S'Fr
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Nlaoiion SAL 8auoerein SO. /.

Inter pb'eem gtamen bat i'd Elm reuer nit te II teHfn Ge'
ieten ~periehsner 9aucsretn ge%3rdnret uoO Iaeen 5 B6atb lie
nntsrJet8neten eislentqen' nelae 0eiO men itn9 I'D tttie Z
Geretn an3ui&lie6eu, Elm tntem f6pn Iber lie @ilfte Mn.
tteiIe senGnmeu lnb, Ha Mtttpp6 ateno rs ntr bet Srn
V.tBt ND 81 6arriionfr. stn}uin;en, ca an eieiem &Renb
eie erite GIniGblune f%attfineet.
Dttfion, grGi.
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(lanc) S6netns bel g., SER. s
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Or Mug Nrb. l1utsrfIsrni 0eretn ma6t Geinen Treuu=
Ten UNI @6nnern hi rn t lie erse enfe Nnje sc os er I'm
/. Se3. ietnen bt, fidb rteen Yl1 tn Ter ", t cpcl tan SaQ
abba ten wtre. apetttrts IN etuer pattern NnS, tse.
idnpI a & m tie.
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Baltimore Gitp 9ittliug, 9rewing ua0 Dial.
tina COMPANY. -
GSnlI1nGnr NnnzMn,ci.c

@u5Trr'rtp on FbIfer fir tas &c GesiioT Ireoen isBt IN
70. 679 N, 2attmrtsfr rffen.
S = Mrt oB Ea psabbsnEtn unb Ter Dt' ef.p'e en- te7 GpraS
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-@psthe'a Nnuperein go /.

S6iesr nit esn teftsn GeisFen ~berfebener Eauoerein II
og'nlfrt upo bsreits nber Ds SiIfte AutbeiGe aus egeten.
aue 10 lte ft9 Die en- Ueretn at; Ii6iie6en puri&en, rer.
zen erlH3t no gIfNntl8 @pene q upr tel Srn. SIDES. @d'
99t!pitf; une G1ltern NUsnue, els ftnren, tnIem en- tiefen
dtsno i4pn tte 3we,te auftaec f%attFntst.
ptbbameI graf.
~ $ + f. S6abn.
(laMUJ netnsbet q, SER.
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Spislsoaaren! Gpielsuaarcn

OVHEAVt u" "'UtE~V0'
Bon @arera sutItas febrt. erlau5e i'd mir benz ~gee5rten
gublttuui DE erBe3 suie AHAeies 81 ma6 n bas Id pEn ten
trfen 51trtf5ntsn in %sIrn5era cine grs6c Qudntitdt
GtnoerzS pielrpaaren
~etreeEeuft tsse unb ~bttelten Wtsrrpevf6u'ern NIT bsbtu-
tenoen 81 ttatt atilfe usb Ttaupt wlrlGt i'd. has Gt
ran er en- Wettna1r IS fbenFen ,rit rtsin 6 ssr p1H tau
snbe lei ,euen unS bItl@en Sade a%ni,ten. che ne { rfnc
eaufrn. 90tttme 9 GutB,
(I7npp-S5I GGe Bal imrrs unb Erptt}r.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

ANOTHER GERENPkcK DsCisION. An.
other decision on the gFekhbaek question
was made today BY tie. Supreme Court.
Its merits may be understood from what
follows: The Beat River Water Csmpa-
ny, prior to the passage OF the Legal Ten.
der Act, gave note land q mortgage on
its property to secure the same) for the
PAyMent of some $4,000. At majority
they rendered greenbacks In payment,
which the holders Of the note refused to
accepk The Court to-day decided that
the offer Of greenbacks by the Company
was legal tender for the full payment Of
the debt The effect Of all the DECISIONS
on the, greenback question may be now
summed up as follows: ..- o..
1. State and county taxes must be paid
in coin. p .'.'.
2. A contract made in writing to pay
in gold will be enforced. .-..
g.. Greenbacks are legal tender for
debts where the debtor did not specially
contract to pay in gold. =,
4. Greenbacks are legal tender for al
debts contracted prior to the passage OF
the Legal Tender Act.-Sac. Bee, Of 9th
inst. -
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18
Tnr WuoHT o. F6Ti1 q y7Ii00 lIiii15

THB WKGHF OF PE1FLH 1F IxAS0U1
A0EA-The average rktnfns sbow that 9
( --s-~--zS - AsS 1wofsdr on the GFse SaEfss
I appearance In public, weighs SbsUe
pounds; boy baby q little more, . girl
baby 0-liiAls-lssa a---boms.nsFY-msissltSss
biss hardly tnrR tAsseaIs viiketPanads,
while Other Prstsntleas yosssssIs besyt
0f 10 md ii ponnda WSsa Gay9uck
asked fof bic . pound Ol. At1k = hs 1SkAd
for "a eaniIalent to . little iess than enc,
sixth of e baby. . ,tga2 ~ Z
How the tiny ones gEoM thfoakh HaAilAs
hood, NGneed not trScs here; but It may
be Interesting to know that girls and boys
Of IL years Of age are nearly equal In
weight; amer which limit males are heavier
thaH Fe@Ales Of the sGtne age. -
Young men Of 20 average 1S pounds
each, while young women Of 20 average
120 pounds.
Mon reach their heaviest bulk at about
80, when their average weight is about
162 pounds but the women slowly Fat.
ten until 80, when their average 10 120
pounds. -
Men aHd women together, their weight
at full growth averages almost exactly ten
stone, or 140 pounds. Foil grown men
and women average shout twenty times %
heavy % they were on tire 6rst day Of
their existence. OF course, averages Were
formed from men ranging from 1903 to $40
pounds, and women from IS to 207 lbs.
The actual weight Of human nature, t..
king all ages and conditions, mobiles, cler.
gy, tinkers, tailors, wives. maidens. boys,
girls, and babies, ell ineluded-ths aver
age weight is almost exactly 100 English
pounds avoirdupois for each human be-
ing, . quantity easy to remember at any
rate. . l-
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

TALK ABOUT HARD TACK" Hard
tack" or army biscuit, has risen, in ordi.
nary American parlancc, to the dignity Of
an institution-that is to say, it is talked
about, and has been joked over, to de.
gree which would fill many a volume like
this, were all the Hard Tackiana collected.
Perhaps the best unspokenNun-o one de-
vised by no human brain, but strangely
nodded by chance--once presented itsell
to me under this popular name for mill.
tary bread. On breaking open q specl-
men of the article, l found large iron
tack, which had been baked in by acci-
dent, and was, need not say, several de-
grees harder than the "hard tack" in
which it was embodied.
The tack in question is always packed
in square wooden generally bear
ing date, as well as the brand of the ba.
ker; anent which the following is told 4:
One day lot of boxes Of peculiarly
hard crackers arrived in the camp Of the
Fifth Excelsior. Several Of the boys were
wondering at the meaning Of the brand
upon the boxes, which was as follows
"B. G. 603."
Various interpretations were given, but
all were rejected, until one individual de-
clared it was plain .cnough-couldn't be
misunderstood.
why, how so!' was the query.
'Oh! = he replied, that is the date when
the crackers were made-six hundred and
three years before Christ-(603 B. C.)-
U. S. Service Magazine.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

PowRR AND GENTLENRss.-No bad man
is ever brought tOTepsDtance by angry
words; BY bitter, Scornful reprc6ches. -
He forti6es himself against reproof, and
hurls back foul charges in the face Of his
accuser. Yet guilty .snd hardened Gs he
seems, he has . heart 10 bis bosom, and
may be melted 10 tears BY gentle voice.
Who, therefore, can restrain his disposi.
tion to blame and hnd fault, and can bring
himself down to fallen brother, will
soon Gnd way to better feelings within.
Pity and patience are the two keys which
unlock the human heart. They who have
been most successful laborers among the
poor and vicious, have been the most for
bearing.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18


SOMETHING TO THINK OF.-An eminent
statesman has said:
Compromise is the first law Of CON.
bination-I had almost said of nature. It
is the law Of society--all government
all united action. Partners 10 business
compromise--members Of church socie-
ties .comprOmise--members Of political,
religious, charitable, useful societies com.
promise. Kings compromise with each
other--they compromise with their sub.
jects or lose them. Wars end by compro-
mise-the family circle is compr omise.
II husbands compromise with their wives
fathers compromise with their disobedienE
children-and if our holy religion is true,
God Almighty compromised with man
when He accepted in his behalf the atone
ment of His son; and shall We refuse to
do what nature, reason, religion and bis
tory all command 7" sga ..a.t 5.s.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

How Coal MAY HAVE BEEN FORMED.
That the ancient seams of coal were pro
duced for the most part by terrestria
plants Of all sizes, not drifted but grow
ing on the spot, is theory more and
more generally adopted in modern times;
and the growth Of what may be called
sponge in such swamp and such eli.
mate as the great Dismal (Of America, J
already covering so many square miles Of
low, level region, bordering the sea, ,and
capable of spreading itself indefinitely
over the adjacent country; helps us great
" to conceive the manner in which the
coal of the ancient carboniferous rocks
may have been formed. The heat, per
haps, may not have been excessive where
the coal measures originated, but the en-
tire absence of frost, with a warm and
damp atmosphere, may have enabled
tropical forms to flourish in latitudes far
distant from the line.
Huge swamps in rainy climate, stand
ing above the level of the surrounding
firm land, and supporting dense forests,
may have spread far and wide, invading
the plains, like some European peat MOSES
when they burst, and the frequent SUBJ
mergence of these masses of vegetable
matter beneath the seas or estuaries, as
often as the land sank down during sub.
terranean movements, may have given
rise to the deposition Of strata of mud,
sand or limestone, Immediately upon the
vegetable matter. The conversion of sue.
cessive surfaces into dry land, where 9TH
or swamps supporting trees may have
formed, might give origin to continued
series of coal measures of a great thick
ness. = In some kinds of coal the vegetable
texture is apparent throughout under the
microscope; in others it has only partial
ly disappeared; but even in this coal the
hattened trunks of trees of the genus
Lepidodendron Sigiliaia and others con-
verted into pure coal, are occasionally
met with, and erect fossil trees are ob.
served in the everything strata, terminating
downward in seams of coal.-.[Sir G.
Lyell.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

A PRUDENT and well-dispOsed member
of the Society Of Friends" once gave the
following friendly advice; "JohD," said
he, Il hear thou art going to get mar
riedP" "Yes, I am," replied John. -
"Well." said the man of drab, 81 have
one little piece of advice to give thee, and
that is, never marry a woman worth more
than thou art. When l married my wife
| was worth just fifty shillings, and she
was worth sixty two /; and since then,
whenever any difference has occurred be,
tween US, she has always thrown up the
odd shillings."
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18
Of playing cards. ThOus-
.nda of nacka Of the sflaYilIa hnnka' were

manufacturer Of playing cards. ThOus-
ands Of packs Of the Devils books were
{ SNsGte4 @ assist tlt c0MesssAr ~ tGvSe s>v-
i0efs6o6s, and Gougonheim made them
all He bad been for long time. and in
multifarious transactions, in league with
the pseudo Major Sprott, q Polish adven-
turer, who has spent many year ct the
French galleya These worthless hit upon
q very notable device. On the engraved
back Of the cards Gougenheim placed GER
tain cabalistic marks, denoting their color
and value, quite invisible 10 the naked
eye, but discerDib!c Ay~means Of pow.
erful magniier. And the tortoise shell
spectacles we're simply very strong mag
nifying glasses How Kolli ever got an
inkling Of the fraud was never discovered;
but large fortune bad been realized by
the tortoise shell spectacles before the dis
appearance of Major Sprott Ere he finally
levanted, however, be contrived to ofsin.
die his confederate of mis- share ofSthe
plunder and weighing all the pros and
cons Of the matter, and judging him by q
purely human standard, am inclined to
think that Major Sprott, or whatever bis
name was, has every right to be reckoned
as great man.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

A COMPANY opened an Office in Change
Alley, during the South Sea mania, to re.
ceive subscriptions for raising ono million
dollars, for purpose to be made known
after the sum was raised. The people
Hooked in and paid Eve shiilings on every
dfty dollars they subscribed. A large
sum was thus collected, when an adSer-
tisement was published announcing that
the subscribers might have their deposits
without any deduction, as the project Of
the directors was merely trial to see how
many fools they could make in one day.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

Truth AND FIcTIoN.-The Archbishop
of Canterbury said one day to Garrick;
"Pray inform me how it is that you
gentlemen of the stage can affect your
auditory with things that are imaginary
as if they were real, while We of the
church speak of things real which many
of our congregation receive as things im.
aginary2 ?"
"Why," replied Garrick, "the reason is
plain. We doctors speak of things imag
mary as if they were real, while too many
in the pulpit speak of things real as if
they were imaginary"
His Grace bowed to the repro0f Of the
actor.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

CoRREcT.-M. Theirs descants thus on
the Office seeker: "Of all the appetites
that curse young men, the appetite for
office seems to be the silliest and meanest
There is nothing which Oils me with
greater disgust than 10 see young man
eager for the poor distinction which an
Office confers. An Office seeker, for the
sake Of honor, is constitutiohally mean
l have seen men beg at twenty-one rs
prudential candidates in some small
school districts, and stick to Office until
everybody was sick Of them. Whether
it rained porridge or potatoes, paving
stones or pearls, their dish was Always
out. They and their families bad to be
cared for"
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

WANTED AN ANSWER. R.-Somebody wants
to know the name Of the tune which was
''played upon the feelings" and if the
'cup of sorrow" has saucer. The same
inquirer would like to know if the light
of other days" was of gas or electricity.
Also, il the girl who "clung to hope" had
not a slippery hold, and il people do not
get fatigued "by the exercise Of forbear-
ance"
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

YOUNG LADIEs.-One of the greatest So
cial evils Of this age is admitted to be the
reluctance of our young men to early mar
riages. They won't marry now, we are
told, as they used to do, on &300 q year.
Depend upon it, in many cases, it is not
the odd hundred or two that is wanting
it's the attraction. We have lost that Joy.
Gus and familiar intercourse between old
neighbors' families, where young peoples
individualities had space and opportunity
to develop themselves, and heart met
heart. Our mOdish Cupid has overstrung
his bow-his arrows don't bit home.
Young ladies hide away the keys of their
hearts so carefully that nobody thinks its
worth looking for. Who 10 to choose the
Zone" out Of bevy of proper behaved
damsels like o row Of hollyhocks, differ.
ing only in hight and shape and color p
They all look alike, talk alike, and walk
alike and dress alike; and, for anything
that appears to the contrary, think and
feel alike. Why, such choice is as an
act of deliberate intention, ,matrimunV pre.
pense; few men have the nerve to venture
upon it. No wonder they calculate the
probable butchers and bakers bills before
they take such a plunge as that. Don't
think l talk like a cynical old bird, not to
be caught with chaff l take as the ex.
ponent Of what my own feelings would be
if were young, and open as once was 10
the conviction of bright eyes, my nephew,
Jack Hawthorne, not long home from the
Crimea, six feet one, independent, hairy
as Skye terrier, brave as a lion, gentle
as gray yhouRd, and | should say impress
sible, decidedly.
"What I missed most" said he, in his
opcn-hearted, unabashed simplicity, twas
the sight Of woman's face" 80 y
Whereupon | spoke a.
81 wonder, Jack, you don't marry: it
would make you a happier man than liv-
ing half your days in the smoking. room
of the club. Why not pick up nice girl
and set, up the family man at the old
manor ?"
"Well, so | would" said Jack, inter.
jectively, between the puffs of his Guilty,
"but there are no girls now-they'rs ali
young ladies'! Catch me marrying a
young lady !"-[Blackwood's Mag.
The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-18

ScRUrrxizE lawyer when he tells you
to avoid litigation, and doctor when be
drinks your health.