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The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

SPECIAL NOTICE. -Wewould call the atten-
ton of Of our readers to the Grover Baker Ma.
chimes. reputation is too we'll established
for us to attempt word in their favor, but
would advise any person wanting reliable Fam
lily Sewing Machine, to investigate these before
buying. "a word 10 the wise is sufficient"
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MICHIGAN BLUFF, May 3Oth. 1867.
EDITORS HERALD--Please announce my name
as n candidate for the Office of Collector of Dis
trict No. 8, subject to the decision OF the Demo
cratic Convention of said District.
ED. MCDONALD.
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cRIsPER COM A.

Oh! she was beautiful and fair.
With starry eyes and radient hair,
Whose curling tendrils soft, entwned,
Enchancd the very heart aud mind.
CKISPEK COMA,
For Curling the Hair of either Sex into
Wavy and Glossy Ringlets or
Heavy Massive Curs.
BY using this article Ladies aud Gentlemen can
beautify themselves thousand fold. II is the
only article in the world that will curl straight
hair, and at the same time give it n autifnl,
glossy appearance. The Crisper Coma not only
curls the hair, but invigorates. beauties and
ccanses it; is highly and delightfully."- pcrfumed,
and is the most complete article Of the kind
ever offered to the American public. The Crisper
Coma will be sent 10 any address, sealed and
postpaid for 81.
Address all orders to
W. l.. CLARK Il CO., Chemists
No. 2 West Fayctte Street, SYRACUSE, N y.
[apl3,-ly.]
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April 9th, 1867
Mr.. EDITOR PLEASE announce my name rs
an Independent Candidate for ROAD COMMISSIONER
Of Township No. 3. PETER MAHER.
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For Improving aud beouti1ying the complexion.
The most valuable and perfect preparation in
nse, for giving beautiful and pearl like tint
that is only found in youth 1t quickly removes
Tan. Frecklcs Pimples. Bochcs, Moth Patches.
Sullowness, Eruptions. and all impurities OF the
skin, kindly healing the same leaving the skin
white and clear rs uahastcr. It's use cannot be
detected by TIE closest scrutiny, and being II veg
ctahle preparation is perfectly harmless. II is
the only article Of the kind used by the French.
and is considered by the Partisan ms Indispensable
TO perfect toilet Upwards OF 10000 bottles
were sold during the past year, sufficient guar.
antce OF its efficacy. Price only IS cents. Sent
by mail. post p id on receipt OF an order, by
BERGER, SHUTS Il CO., Chemists
np.13-ly. 2S5 River ST., Troy, N. Y
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REPARATOR CAPILLI.

NEFAHA1OA ChF1LLls
For restoring hair upon bald heads (from what
ever cause it may have fallen out) and forcing
growth Of hair upon The. face, IL has no'equal 1t
will force the beard to grow upon the smoothest
face in from five TO eight weeks, or hair upon
bald heads in from two to three months. A few
ignorant practitioners have asserted that there is
nothing that will force or hasten the growth of
the hair or beard. Their assertions are false, ~
thousands Of living witnesses Urom their own ex-
pericnce) can bear witness But many will say,
how are veto distinguish the genuine from the
spurious? 1t ccrtanlyiis difficult, as ninctenths
OF the different Preparations advertised for the
hair and beard are entirely worthless, and you
may have all eady thrown away large amounts in
tter purchase. TO such we would say, try the
Rcparalor Caplli; it will cost you nothing unless
it fully comes up to our representations If
your Druggist does not keep it, send us one dollar
and we will forward it, postpaid, together with a
receipt for the money, which will be returned
you on application, providing entire satisfaction
is not given. Address,
W. l.. CLARK 4 CO.. Chemists,
No. 3 West Fayette Street, SYRACUSE, NY.
[apl3-ly.]
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THE GREAT BLOOD MEDICINES Let every man,
woman aud child in our country learn. that Lee
Doyen's Family Medicines are the best in use.
See advertisement on fourth page.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

N1 Parties publishing their names as candi-
dates will be charged IS, which must be paid in
advance.
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CISCO LIVERY STABLE.
-.,x STREET, LOWER CISCO, PLACER
COUNTY, CAL,
E, TRACY, Proprietor.

THE Proprietor has fitted up his ya.
| Livery Stable in an excellent fEEss5ss;t
manner and has stocked it with superior animals.
EXCURSION PARTIES.
Excursionists to the mountains who wish to
visit DONNOR LAKE, LAKE TAHOE. CHRYS
TAI PEAK, MEADOW LAKE, COBURN'S
STATION, or any other point above Cisco. will
be conveyed by the Proprietor. Parties giving
due notice previously will be met at the I'epot
and conveyed to such p, ins as they may wish to
visit Cisco. April 18th, 1876
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Reparator Capilli.

Throw away yonr false frikzcs, your switches.
your wig
Destructive Of comfort and not worth dg;
Come aged come youthful come ugly and fair,
Aud rejoice in your own luxuriant hair
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uossEs AND eUcclEs.

N ,,so keeps horses on livery at reasonable
IN. ~. II" The public and travellers are invited to
Ea'es. oo1l MOSES FREEDOM.
ga Auburn, % April Is, 1867 Smos.
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to do ;t!' And says sfse again TO me:
% aunt I've been ,trembling with
fright, not knowing what you'd say to
me. / took him in the kitchen way.
couldn't see him go faint and hungry
and wounded, and ! put him in the
spare chamber over tue parlor, and
i've been frightened all the while
Lord bless you, Drusilla, says
Charlie, and Amen, says /.
And she, getting bolder, went on,
And / took him mp a hot hort-cake
and apple sauce and tea says she,
and i took him candle, and q hot
brick for his feet, and told him to eat
and 90 to bed in the best chamber,
aunt Fairfax, with the white counter
paine and all, and locked him in and
put the key in my pocket and told him
he should have one nights rest, and
that no one should turn him out un-
less they walked over my dead body
And Drusilla said it like an actress
in a tragedy, and went off into hyster-
les the moment the words were out of
her mouth. She'd been expecting to
be half murdered for doing 1T, you
know, and the girl was But sixteen,
and always before had minded me as
if / was he mother
Never was an oil / sinner so happy as
| vas that night, SO thankful to the
e 1od Lord; and it would have done
your heart good if you had gone to see
the two meet in the morning Charlie
and his friend Rob. And Charlie,
who had got on so well, and had a
mother that was not poor either,
helped Rob into business. And he
got over his wounds at last and grew
handsome as n picture, and to-day in
week is going to marry Drusilla.
I'D give you anything | have, said
], and l won refuse you even Drusil-
Ia when he asked me, telling me that
he had loved her ever since she was so
kind to him on the night I've told you
of.
And Charlie is to stand up with
him, and 1 am to give Drusilla away,
and Rob's sister from Greenbank, is
to be bridesmaid, and ] have a guess
that some day Charlie will bring her
home to me to take Drusilfa's place
| don't drive beggars from the door
as | used to, and no doubt I'm often
imposed upon; but this is what l say,
Better be imposed upon always. than
to be cruel to one who really needs
your help
And I've read my Bible better of
late, and | know who says, Even as ye
have done it unto the least of these We
have done it unto me. '-DemoreSt's
Magazine.
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The Perils ofParisian Journalism.

A diseTaceful disturbance between
the editors of two French journals il
Just now the subject of eomment'in the
literary circles of Parisian society, and
has even attracted the notice a the
Emperor Napoleon. Some Disagree
ment having taken place between NJ.
Paul de Cassagnac, editor of the Pays,
and NJ. Vermorel, editor Of the Cowr-
ricr Francois, the former challenged
The latter to duel, which M. vernso-
rel declined to accept. In conse-
quence, he was subject to ali manner
of indignities, the brother of NJ Cas-
sagnac, having followed, him from
place to place, and frequently spat in
his face, whilst in an article in the
Pays, he was threatened with the stick
in the streets for what was termed his
cowardice. Nor was this all The
authorities made an attack on the
office OF Nj. Vermorel, and seized sew
eral letters, at the same time inform
ing him that he should be prosecuted
for exciting to hatred aud contempt
of citizens. ss vf. .f-..-. -.
- s'N'H7e Vssti C'tst DNCut t0Dk DiICG
a few days since at the office of the
Journal de Paris. The two sons of M.
Duruy, the Minister of Public Instruc-
ton, called upon the editor of the pa
per, Nj. Weiss, and summoned him to
retract an article in which he contrast
ed the severity with which the pupils
of the Normal School have been treat
ed with the leniency displayed tow
ards Messrs. Duruy, Junior. both of
them Government functionaries, AFTER
the brawls and fracas with which they
have been mixed up. NJ. Weiss, who
returned the blow with interest, when,
the noise of the scuffle having drawn
the other members of the editorial
staff to the spot, the unseemly scene
was put an end to-
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ssg- Hon. Benjamin G.. Harris, of
Maryland, is telling some uncomforta-
BILE truths about his democratic asso-
ciates during the late war. III a re-
cent letter on the political situation,
he says:
"While in their hearts they did not
wish, as their constituents know, the
success of the North in their nefarious
and unjustitiable war upon the South,
they yet discoveyed wonderful policy
i'll pretending to wish it. They
shrieked for the Union-made the
strongest war speeches, while they
whispered to the knowing ones Of their
party that deception was the surest
means of getting power"
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A VALUABLE SECRET. sensible
writer says, This looking forward to
enjoyment don't pay For what i
know of it. / would as soon chase but
terfiies for q living, or bottle moon
shine for q cloudy night. The only
way to be happy is to take the drops
of happiness as God gives them to us
every day of our lives. The boy must
learn to be happy while he is learning
his trade; the merchant while he is
making his fortune. If he fails to
learn this art, he will be sure to miss
his enjoyment when he gains what he
sighed for"
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For our farming work: we begin by
breaking ground in the spring just as
the green grass starts. The plowing
will be easier if we first burn off the
dead grass We can begin by the
middle of May, and keep at it till the
last of July Then the field lies till
the next spring. The native sod is SC
tough that we cannot do much with il
the first year.
The next sp.ing having come. as
soon as the frost gets out enough tc
let us cover the grain well, we SOW it.
The earlier the better. The crop is
surer, and the grain of better quail
ty If frost comes afterwards, or even
snow, there is no harm done. The
hardy little kernels have the inside
track, and laugh at the feble efforts OF
an effete winter We do not SOW by
hand as they do in picture books, but
with a broadcast sower. With two
horses we 60 over from ten to fifteen
acres day. An ingenious little ar
rangement tells how much grain we
put in the acre, and how many acres
we go over, with as much accuracy as
time-clock tells the hours and min
utes. If we find we are putting in too
much or too little, we can adjust the
machine to different quantity, as
readily as a clock is regulated. Three
bushels of oats OF one bushel and q
half of wheat is the ordinary allowance
to an acre. The machine sows and
partially covers the grain. When it is
new ground, we go over it two or three
times with harrow, and then we give
it in charge to sunshine and rain and
dew and air till the barvest-time.
We have also what we call sod corn
and sod potatoes. We simply thrust
an AK and a spade in between the sods,
drop the corn, and cover it with the
heel; but it does not yield the best
crop For sod potatoes we pillow one
furrow, and plant the potatoes i'll it
about eighteen inches apart, and close
TO the land side, then pillow another
furrow which covers them. The po-
tatoes come up between the sods. -
Then we pillow three burrows and drop
another row of potatoes. In this man
ner we get our best crop of potatoes.
They need no hoeing The land is
necessarily free from weeds, for there
are no seeds for the weeds to spring
from. In breaking this ground, the
shallower we pillow the better. We
want our furrow only two and hall
or three inches deep. In harvest time
we pillow as at planting. That turns
the sod over and throws up the pota-
toes. We have three or four men Oh
boys to follow and gather the potatoes
which we have unearthed. We have
now not only an excellent crop of po-
tatoes, but we have the land in bet
ter condition for next years wheat
crop than if we had not planted the
potatoes. Now, then, my statistician,
what is the net gain on the pota-
toes
But while we have been talking
about the potatoes, May and June and
July have been busy in our fields, and
the wheat is ripened. We know
neither sickle nor cradle here, but we
bring up the horses and the header.
The header aims straight at the heads
of the wheat, designing to get only as
much straw as is necessary in order to
secure all the heads. 1t leaves the
stubble from one and half TO two
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feet high. A man steers the machine
with rudder as you steer boat
The rudder q q castor wheel. The
horses arc harnessed in behind the
header, and move it like q wheelbar-
row, and capnot go wrong. They have
simply to go wherever the header is
steered. A header has four horses
abreast, two on each side of the tongue.
1t often cuts twenty-five acres day,
something's thirty; the average is about
eighteen. The slightest rain stops
work. The machine clogs, and grain
must not be stacked while damp. The
header is accompanied by the racks,
and each rack has two horses and a
driver. The header-rack is floor or
platform on wheels, with sides of can
vas, to catch the grain thrown from
the header We begin orr harvesting
in July. We first find the center of
our big lot, then steer our header
straight for that center, cutting q
swath rs we go ten feet wide. Our
rack is on the left of the header, aud
when we first enter, of course we have
to .rample the grain sadly. But why,
o extravagant western farmer, do you
not send man in beforehand to cut
down swath with his own right arm,
and so save all the trampling?
"Oh y says my lord, "when we are
working with fourteen men and ten
horses, it won't do to bother about a
handful of wheat. So they laugh to
scorn our contracted New England
ideas of economy. Having gained the
center, the header, and its devoted
wife, the rack, go round in as small a
circle as possible, say two or three rods
in circumference, and then begin to
stack. The grain when cut by the
header is thrown by an endless apron,
revolving like belt, into the header
rack on its left.
This apron is about thirty feet long.
1t is made of stout canvas cloth, with
strips of wood affixed crosswise to car
~ up the straw. The header rack
must keep close up under the spout of
the header When one rack is full, it
deposits it's load in the center of the
field, while another track drives up
Immediately and takes its place on the
left of the header One man stands
on the rack to load, jumping from rack
to rack as each fresh one comes up.
There is one man to stack, and anoth-
er to trim up the stacks. The stacks
are made twenty-five or thirty feet
long, and nine or ten feet wide, and
symmetrically curved anG shaped.
They are generally arranged in groups
of four, each group containing two or
three hundred bushels of wheat. They
are often made on knoll or the poor
est part of the field, and straw lies
there till it rots or is burnt, and SO en-
riches the soil.
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The HANDWRITING OF GENUS. Great
men are proverbially said to be bad
writer's. If this is true, the legal mind
of Buffalo must be immense, since a
Judge OF the Bankruptcy Court in that
city, a few days ago, rejected u petition
on the ground of ''illegible writing .
and upon receiving letter from a
prominent lawyer on the matter, re-
Piled that if the rejected petition had
been as badly scrawled as the epistle
IN question he should have committed
its author for contempt.
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ssS- A waggish journalist, who is Of
ten merry over his personal plainness.
tells this story of himself:
II went to a drug store early the
other morning for dose of morphine
for sick friend. The night clerk OBJ
jected TO giving it to me without
prescription, evidently fearing I meant
to destroy myself. 'Pshaw' said L:
do l look like man who would de-
stroy himself?' Gazing at me steadily
for half minute, he replied: i don't
know. Seems to me if looked like
you | should be greatly tempted to kill
myself"
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Peabody repeated that he wanted
nothing; he merely desired credit
that he might, or might not, use at
pleasure. Then, turning to Mr. Dun
can, he asked the amount of the secu-
rites he had brought. I'VE want
100000; here are the securities for
100000; i shall at once furnish Sc
curities for the remainder" "Vcry
good, Mr. Peabody; but, if you will
consider the matter, it is not in bust
ness form. If you want money you
must take it, and take it for q period.
We cannot tie our hands and leave
yours united. You must take R200,-
600 at least, and pay us for it.
Mr.. Peabody demurred-took the
100000, with the option of the other
5000, 000-and in fortnight, after
returning the 100000, he withdrew
the whole amount of the securities
And for The accommodation the bank
charged the minimum rate on $780,
600 for six months Such, briefly told,
was the celebrated transaction with
Mr. Peabody in 1857. In America it
was thought, indeed is still thought,
that the Bank of England drove n
hard bargain with Mr.. Peabody; that
the 100000 should not have been
forced upon him; that the additional
G500,000 in securities should not have
been received; and that interest for
six months should not have been
charged for the money which was on
ly hell a fortnight. On the other
hand, among ourselves it has been
thought, and to some extent is still
thought, that the bank of England
having helped America, it is morally
bound to carry through Englishmen:
and that it is monstrous for English
men to be refused after what has been
done for Mr.. Peabody.
The facts which we have adduced
will we hope, satisfy English grnmb-
lars; and that there are grumblers
should, we think, be satisfactory to
our cousins across the water. Eng
lishmen have positively been refused;
Mr.. Peabody was merely charged
roundly by the Bank of England
The reception of the additional secu-
rites was obviously in the terms of
Mr.. Peabody's proposition, and on
the assumption that the further sum
of 100000 would be asked. Tie Sc
curities secured this additional $500,
600 to the order of Mr.. Peabody; and
though the Bank of England continu-
ed to hold the 100000, it was pre-
cluded from lending it to other peo-
pie.
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Claim Agency.

recent enactments of Congress, all Sol
l'''i ~vss VINO have served three years and have
'i'oa ont 500 bounty from the United States,
r. ,ul having enlisted for three years, were dis
or ~ ~ IN consequence of wounds, and the wild
MI. I1lslfeh, or parents of any soldier who en-
NM iof three years, under a promise of only
Mls5 'ouhty, and who died in the service, are en-
phLD DOLLARS
hot a Al snd pensioners who have lost hand or
helw nave incurred disability equivalent TO
-tiease Of pension.
na, tYYlsioned widows of soldiers or sailors are
nrMo u 70 an Increased pension of two dollars
Age 0' 0hilu uhuer siAteeh years OF
Claims az a.
piy aS, VI the above nature and for arrears of
S ssr,4ae extra pay, for horses lost in the U.
duar eommutation of rations OF prisoners
eae5 i -nu pllze money, will be promptly prose-
eha,rs y application by letter, enclosing dis
aee.' rom service, will be attended TO and the
aa'1Fcs, &C. '''"'i'0u 70 "PpHaoSatnnGy 10 lor sig
81 an ohce over the First National Bank
-is' Aag. 18th, 1866. 12j-tf
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Mr.. George Peabody and the Bank
of England.

There is no doubling that the as
sistance rendered to Mr. Peabody by
the Bank of England in 1857 has been
the cause of misunderstanding in
banking and commercial circles, and
of serious and ungenerous prejudice
to the Bank of England; for, ever
since the assistance rendered to Mr.
Peabody, everybody has felt warrant
ed in applying to the Bank of England
for help, when help was needed; and
being ignorant of the terms exacted
from Mr.. Peabody, the Bank of Eng
land has been denounced, when insist
ing on adhesion to its rule of lending
on securities which it approved. al
though the philanthropic American
scrupulously complied with the rule
With the view of protecting the Bank
of England from unjust aspersion in
this matter, and showing the terms on
which it lends its money in time OF
pressure, we shall trace the outline OF
that chapter i'll the banks history,
with this word of preface, that our in
formation has been derived directly
nom one of the principals in the trans
action. And that those concerned
may be in no way preiudiced, we shall
close with brief depression, which
will show, first that the business rels.-
tons which led to the application to
the Bank of England are still cherish
ed; and, second, that Mr.. Peabody,
in addition to possessing those genial
qualities which have endeared him to
us all, is one of those who always will
conduct their business in manner
that even in exceptional and trying
circumstances must render them in
dependent of the support of others.
The revulsion had done its work
over the length and the breadth of
the United States; and one day while
walking to his Office at the corner of
Pine and Nassau Streets, it occurred
to Mr.. Duncan, senior, of the firm of
Duncan, Sherman & Co., that prob
ably serious trouble would occur in
London and elsewhere as the conse-
quence of that revulsion. Turning
the matter over in his thoughts as he
proceeded, the necessity for prompt
action seemed SO reasonable that on
entering his Office he called his son,
and asked the amount of available Sc
curities at the instant in hand The
reply was 100000. by II O'Clock
the same day his son was steaming
out Of New York harbor in the Gun
nard steamer, with 100000 securely
packed in his portmanteau Arriving
in due course of time in London, MIR.
Duncan, jr,, and Mr.. Peabody pro-
ceeded to the Bank of England, and
a conversation OF this kind ensued;
IL want to arrange for the assist
ance of the bank, in case it should be
necessary to protect the drafts of my
New York correspondents" Certain
~, Mr.. Peabody; whatever assistance
you require shall be given with pleas
ure." "But / desire the control OF a
specific sum, which am to send for
if need it. I'VE can only repeat,
Mr.. Peabody, that whatever assistance
you require shall be given with pleas
ure." "You misunderstood me. /
must know what can trust in. -
"Well, what sum do you want and FOR
what period do you want it!" Mr..
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s.s~ Several years ago political
convention in a neighboring State
nominated quiet and well-to-do far
mer for the Office of Lieutenant Gov
ernor. The nominee graciously re-
eeiyed the committee appointed to
wait upon him at his residence, and,
after expressing bis thanks for the
honor conferred upon him, informed
the committee that he had peculiar
qualifications for Lieutenant Cover
nor, "for. gentlemen said he, that
is just the Office have held in my
house for the past twenty-five years. .