The Placer herald., 1865-05-20
NUMBER 3;''s',. !,
CLIPPINGS.

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covered from severe attack, says she fouud
great relief by putting cayenne pepper u
the sharpest vinegar dropping it on live
Goals, and inhaling the steam. .e,..se4,
In one of our Eastern towns they passed
an ordinance forbidding taverns 70, sell liq.
uor on the Sabbath 70 any person except
travellers. The next Sunday every man ID
the town was seen walking about With postA
manteau in one hand and \ pair Of saddlea
bags in the other. ...i. a.,......, at,...,
The citizens Of Shasta county have taken
steps to secure military aid to hunt out The
Indians who have been committing dspreda.
tions upon both persons and property 10
Shasta and Tehama counties. F''p
Fasting AND PRAyER.-Governor Low has
issued proclamation appointing June lst, .
day of fasting and prayer. This is the same
day appointed by President johnson. ls146,
The Virginia Union suggests the culture Of
tobacco, and says: "Among the tall noun
tains of Palmyra District we have seen wild
tobacco growing luxuriantly, and Of such
quality that the miners gathered it aud
found it pretty good for smoking" ~
INGENIOUS. - One Clark of Smartsville,
has discovered a plan for working into hard
rock by building fire at the end Of the tun-
mel. His claim is of such hard rock that il
cost 5000 per foot to cut in the tunnel but
by burning cord OF wood, be succeeded in
cutting two feet deep in one day, thus saving
himself about 1915, in cash. a'ai ''e0
The volunteer fire organization Of New
York city has been superseded by paid de-
partment, and an effort is being made to
effect similar change in San Francisco. 10
"In all the history of the world" says .
contemporary, "it is written that brave men
are generous, and that towards are into!s-
rant"
LIBERAL.-The owners of the celebrated
Allison Ranch quartz mine gave 5000 to tho
Sanitary Fund. r '''7"
A paper mill is in process of construction
at Oregon City, the machinery for which is
now on the way from the Atlantic States. '''
BRAzIL.-England, in spite Of her trouble,
with Brazil, finds market Of increasing i'm.
portance in that country. In 1868 her ex-
ports to Brazil were G3,964 ,26I, and in 1864
they were e6,25S,0OO. Those from the
United States are perhaps one sixth of this
amount. England has three lines Of steam.
ers in operation, while we are struggling to
get our first line started. ad a1lm
COLORADO Misunderstanding TO Capt.
Adams, the navigabilty of the Colorado
River is an ascertained fact. Not only can
supplies now be shipped with facility to the
mines of Arizona, but a route is opened from
this city to the Salt Lake region by which
all the commerce of that region, hitherto
conducted by way Of st. Louis, will be di.
verted to this coast. S. r. Call.
ORPHAN's INsrlTUTE.-The Odd Fellows
Of this State have under consideration the
establishing of an Institute for the education
of orphans Of Odd Fellows. '' ''
The two sons Of Robert Burns, the Poet,
Nicol and James, are Coones in East India
I'll and 70 years of age respectively. .'''''l' "
A Hiudoo prince made ten millions Of dol.
lars last year by the rapid rise in value Of
cotton in India. 1853 oi .l'1I8 .H
"Your Mother is very poor, is shelf
"Yes; she used to keep peanut stand, but
she took bad one dollar bill and failed"
Over one part Of the route where the Al.
lantic Telegraph cable must 60, the depth 10
nearly three statute miles. This depth, how.
ever, ia only considered Of moment in cases
Of rough weather in paying out. The mere
strength of the cable is sufficient to bear it,
own weight in eleven miles Of still water.
A Boston store keeper, the other day.
stuck upon bis door the laconio advertisa-
ment, "A boy wanted" The next morning,
on opening the store, he found little urchiR
in basket, labeled, ''Here he is."
"RecoIlect, sir" said bar-keeper to cus,
toner who was about leaving without paying
his reckoning" "recolect, sir, if you lose
your purse, you didn't pull it out here" .p =
Pekin, the capital of China, has three
walls; the first three miles in circumference,
the second six, and the third and outer one,
sixteen. The central enclosure is called the
forbidden city, and contains the palaces, and
no one can enter it without permission from
the Emperor. uI rAA 0I- sts.
A number Of the old fashioned, worn out
mail pouches, from some OF the Western
post offices, were recently received at the
Washington post Office. In one Of them
letter was found post-marked "Vandalia, ILL.,
nois, March I'd, 1885," 1t contained inform.
alton in regard to lawsuit before "a justis,''
upon which an appeal had been taken, re-.
quring "twenty days notice." and came to-
light twenty nine years and twenty!three
days after it was mailed, having been carried
about all that time for ten cents. dsua ss
Mirabeau said, speaking Of very corpu.
lent man, that he had only been created to
show to what extent the human skin could
be stretched without bursting. La
The Courier says that Charles T. MeaderA
of Stockton, the principal owner in the
great Union copper mine, has concluded to
ship no more ore to Boston or Swansea for
reduction, but will erect smelling works at
Connernuulis -durino the present year, that