The Placer herald., 1866-10-20
Twenty. eight years of observation have


grammes Of tobacco without their vision or
memory becoming impaired There are
many smokers, he urges, who may long re-
sist these effects, but the preniclous conse-
quences though slow in tnanifestipg them
selves, are however none the less certain.
Among other tremendous machines recent
" patented lately in France are: An electrical
mcrtar; a steam cannon TO pour forth hail
OF shells and cannon balls for an hour with-
out ceasine; steam field gun; ritled car
bne, to fire thirty shots minute 1.-TWO men
required to carry i(: ard an internal box
belching forth thousand balls and intended
to annihila,e whole regiment at blow.
The tinting power of the salts Of Magenta
seems incredible. One grain in million
times its weight of water gives pure red; in
ten millions, rose pink; in twenty millions
decided blush; and even in fifty millions, in
which it is discovered, an evident glow.
An ingenious mechanician of Lyons has
applied The principle ofIhe jacquard machine
that is, the changing OF cards differently
perforated to produce different paterns-to
a musical instrument, the changing Of cards
producing different tunes.
An engineer has planned a tunnel to con-
pect Hoboken with N Y. City. lie propo.
ses cast iron tul e, five feet internal dame
ter, in lengths Of twelve feet, with spherical
joints to allow the change of position. The
bed Of the river would have TO be leve eled by
dredging. The tunnel is designed TO convey
the Erie Railroads freight from its dock at
lIcboken to the Du ne street pier in New
York, and it is designed 10 be worked by
the pnuemaic method.
At koniggratz, while the fight was raging
at its tiercest, soldiers eye was arrested by
the sight Of a plant of clover having four
leaves. No German can suffer a four-Ieaved
clover to remain unpucked. There is a mys
terious charm about it, bound up with his
chldhood's fances and inages OF fairy magic.
AS be bent to pluck it, cannon ball
.whizzed over his head. But for the tiny
plant it would have gone through his body.
TIE Santa Cruz Sentinel says:-One year
ago the 9Th of this monlh was the heavy
earthquake the most severe experienced on
the coast since 1912. The 9th Of this month,
l776-a year ever memorable as the day Of
American Independence--th mission of San
iIoHOISCO " do cot"u'loUctI, dUU On Tue EOtu
day Of August last, Is years ago, the mission
OF Santa Cruz was established.
The feeding apparatus Of the ouse is not
set of mandlbles with which he bites, but
sucking instrument. Examining specimens
squeezed under glass is the source Of the pre-
vailing error, detected by DR.. Brown, the mi.
croscopist Of New York city.
A human red blood elobule measures somel
thing less than the l-5 900 of an inch. One,
fourth OF this globuIe will give a distinct
characteristic line in the micro spectroscope.
Hydrae Of lime will absorb very thorough.
ly the calbonic acid in ships cabins and 9TH
er close apartments.
NJ. Btot recommends The per.cloride Of
iron as a remedy fer cancer equal TO iodine
in scrofula.
A WHoPrEn.-The Ca'averas Chronicle
has recently been presented with a grape Of
extraordinary size. 1t just fitted nicely into
common sized paper matchbox. 1t weigh
ed he day it was picked, three.eights of an
ounce and when sent TO us, sixteen days af
ter, it weighed five sixeenths of an ounce
The bunch from which it was taken weighed
seven and baIf pounds.
The London Times curtly invites ENGLAND
to examine her Navy, and see if it is as
strong as cockneys generally suppose it 10
be.
horizontal water, wheel manufactured in
England Uancashire) lhough only three inch,
es in diameter, is equivalen, to one man
power.
1t is said the difference between COW and
a baby is, that the former drinks water and
makes milk while the latter-don't.
ANOTHER CnANGE.-T The Meadow Lake Sun
which was started as daily, then changed
to semi'weekly,e announces that it will be
issued as weekly after the 9th inst.
A GAY TIME.-On Wednesdayni Oct
10th, San Andreas was the scene Of an ex,
citing and joyous time over the removal Of
the county records to that place. The
streets were lghted up with bonfres, guns
were tired, rockets sent up, and there was a
general state of rejoicing
SCDDEN DEATH.-A man named John
Mcmahon, who had been mining at Virginia
CITY, New, died suddenly at Crystal Lake
station, on the Washoe road, on Sunday
morning last. The deceased had taken pas
sage on one of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S fast
freight line wagons, complaing that he was
affl ced with chils and fever and was anx,
: ious TO get to San Francisco. Upon the
arrival OF tho stage at the station he left the
vehicle unaided, but his strength failed him
rapidly, and he died within ten minutes OF
leaving the coach.
OFFICERS jacob P. Leese is to be Mar
shall OF the Southern District of California,
according to the Eastern papers, and Seth
klnman, of the buck.horn chair no,oriety,
is special Indian Agent for Idaho.
HONORABLE DIsrMcrIoN.-IIenry Hare
Hartley, Esq, OF Sacramento at The recent
annual communication Of the Masonic Grand