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The Placer herald., 1872-10-12


THE DEEpEsr " ELu IN The WonLD.-
At about twenty miles from Berlin is situated
the village of Spernberg. noted for the deepest
well that has ever been sunk. Owing to the
presence of gypsum in the locality, which is
at II moderate distance from the capital, it
occurred to the Government authorities to take
charge of the mines to obtain Il supply of
rock salt With this end in view the sinking
of shaft or well 16 feet in diameter, was
commenced some five years ago, and at
depth of $50 feet the salt was reached. The
boring WAS continued to further depth Of
9G0ft, The diameter Of this bore being re-
duced to about 13in. The operations were
subsequently, prosecuted by the aid Of steam
until depth of 4. 194ft. was attained. AT
this point the boring was discontinued, the
horer or bit being still in the salt deposit,
which thus exhibits the enormous thickness
of 3, ,907ft. The boring would have been
continued in order to discover what descrip-
ton of deposit lay under the salt, but for the
mechanical difficulties connected with the
rher prosecution of the operation. During
the progress Of this interesting work repeated
and careful observations were made OF the
at various depths. The results
confirm very closely those which have been
already arrived at under similar circumstances.
The Placer herald., 1872-10-12
PETER SINGER.

Attorney and Counselor at Law
Is prepared to practice in the courts OF Placer
and adjoining counties.
Orr1cE-Corner of 5th and l streets,
LINCOLN, Placer County, Cal.
Tse2S-72-mv
The Placer herald., 1872-10-12
business Cards.
DR.. J. T. HAMILTON,

Pbvsician and Surgeon,
wheatlnm nd, Yubn County, C"hfor""'
Can be found at all times. when not absent on
Professional Business, at his office, ut the Drug
Store. Will practice in Yuba. Sutter, Nevaca cn
ord Placer counties. 1ebSf-'nN-o'
The Placer herald., 1872-10-12

The season of parties is approaching. The
boys feel gallant. and the "gals" buoy-ant'
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
For the CHRONICLE
THE MODERN BOY.

He Is the spirit Of mischief, persona
fed, dressed in 3 jacket and a poor
apology for trowsers. Mischievous
from the top of his crownless hat, to
the piece of linen wrapped around
his poor, stubbed toe. When you
want him to go on an errand he is not
to be found; but when you have a
lady visitor he is everywhere present.
You may go from sitting room to
parIor, parlor to garden, and garden
to orchard to get rid Of him, but he
comes upon you in q very short time
pretending not to see you until he
gets within q few feet Of you, when
he looks up with such a surprised
look, and says: "H'llo, Pat, you
here?" He then amuses himself
with throwing burs in your hair and
seeing how near he can come to hit
ting your nose with his fingers.
Brave and daring to an astonishing
degree, he does the most unheard OF
feats with n coolness that almost
makes your blood run cold. Agile as
q monkey, he climbs the tallest OF
trees, swinging from limb to limb,
grinning in demoniacal manner if
he can see the least bit Of alarm de-
picted on your eOuntenance. When
you least expect it he snatches your
chignon and puts it in the top of a
tree for = birds nest. Then this queer
little biped runs through the house
with such velocity as to set the pic
lures to pounding the walls, banging
the doors shut when you want them
open, and leaving them wide open
when you want them shut.
The modern boy climbs up the
pantry shelves ladder fashion, and
devOurs the fruit cakes you are saving
lor company, and when you go for il
Sunday night to give JOab 'Ssome,
there are only few crumbs and the
marks OF dirty fingers.
When he Is not bothering you he is
wickedlv pulling the legs off of
grRsshOppers, and selling them to the
village boys for q pin apiece; they
open and shut so nicely by pinching
the thigh little 90
This boy is always having hair
breadth escapes falling from the great
beam in the barn to the floor below,
but it does not hurt him in the least
he is only momentarily stunned, and
his mischief subsidies for a few mo-
ments then breaks out in a new spot.
He writes letters over the signature
of Joab JONES'" drops them In the
office, and is filed with great delight
to see how nicely you are fooled.
Still he has his quieter moments
when his brown feet quit their..merry
and his face grows thought
full as he sits thinking, thinking-OfI
what? he never tells; but think it
is some bright dream Of manhood
which he loves to keep to himself, as
we all do our dreams Of the future.
He may be found wanting in COM
pRrison- with others, but it takes
different kinds Of people to make up
this busy world Of ours; every one
having his work to do, although,
alas some never do it; while others
leave such q name behind them, that
the modern boys with hopes
to be what He intends them to be-
the noblest work of God.
PATSY PEEvIsH.
BLOOMFIELD, May 6. 1872.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
Personal Appearance Of Jesus.

A correspondent of the Washington
Chronicle writes: ION Sunday last
Rev. DR.. Newman delivered a dis
course upon the humanity of Jesus
Christ, in which he stated that MOTH
ing had been handed down to US in
regard to His personal appearance,
many different views being enter
tanned on that subject. Inciosed you
will find letter written by Publius
Lentulus, president of Judea, and
sent by him to the Senate of Rome,
when the fame of Jesus began to be
spread abroad in the world. These
are his words:
There lives at this time in Judea
a man of singular virtue, whose name
is Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians
esteem a prophet, but His own fol-
lowers adore Him as the offspring of
the immortal God. He calls back the
dead from their graves, and heals all
sorts of diseases with a word or touch.
He is tall and we'll shaped: of an ami
cable, reverend aspect. His hair of a
color that can hardly be matched, fall
ing into graceful eurls below his ears,
and very agreeably touching on His
shoulders, parted on the crown of the
head, like the Nazarite. His fore
head is smooth and large; His cheeks
without other spot, save that of a
lovely red, His nose and mouth
formed with exquisite symetry; His
beard thick, and of color suitable TO
the hair of His head, reaching an
inch below His chin and parting in
the middle like fork; His eyes bright,
clear and. serene. He rebukes with
cOunsels with mildness; His
whole address, whether in word or
deed, being elegant and grave. No
man has seen Him laugh, but He has
wept frequently. He is very temper
ate, modest and wise; a man, for His
excellent beauty and divine perfec-
ton, surprising the children of
men ~
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
THE ART OF NOT HEARING.

Read what an intelligent writer
says on this subject:
The art of not hearing is fully as
important to domestic happiness as a
cultivated ear, for which so much
time and money is expended. There
are so many things that are painful
70 near, many of which, if heard, will
disturb the temper, and detraet from
contentment and happiness, that
every one should be educated to take
In or shut out sounds at will. If a
man falls into violent passion, and
calls me all manner of names, the
hrst word shuts my ears, and I hear
no more. If in my quiet voyage of
lie am caught in one of these do
mestic whirlwinds of scolding, / shut
up my ears, rs a sailor would furl his
sail, making all tight, scud before the
gale. If hot and restless man be-
gins to infiame my feelings, [ con-
slider what mischief these sparks
might do in the magazine below,
where my temper is kept, I instantly
close the door. Does a gadding, mis-
chief-makiEg fellow begin to inf Tm
me what people are saying ABOUT me
down drops the pCrticullis of my ear,
and he cannot get in any further
Some people feel so veey anxious to
hear every thing that will vex and
annoy them, they set about searching
finding it out. Ifall the petty things
said Of one by the needless or ILL
natured idlers were to be brought
home to him, he would be a mere
walking pin-cushiOn, stuck full of
sharp remarks. I should as soon
thank a man for emptying on my
head bushel of nettles, or setting
loose a swarm of mosquitoes in my
chamber, or raising a pungent in my
house generally, as to bring upon me
all the tattle of spiteful people. If
you would be happy, when among
good men, ouen your ears; when
among bad, shut them. 1t is worth
while to hear what your servants say
when they have slammed the door;
what a beggar says whose petition
you have rejected; what your neigh
bors say about your children; what
your rivals say about your business or
dress. have noticed a well-bTed
woman never notices an impertinent
remark. A kind of discreet deafness
saves one from not a little apparent
in dishOnorable cunver-
SALON."
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
EARLY POTATOES.

In order to secure potatoes for table
use as early in the season as possible.
il is necessary to use artificial heat in
forcing them at an early date in spring
when the soil outside in nOtin suita-
BILE state of warmth to favor their
growth. This may be done in vari-
Gus ways, and the precise method
must be determined by circumstan-
ces and eonveniences. On the sub
ject of forcing potatoes the Ohio Far
mer of a recent date says: shallow
boxes may be used of any convenient
size, say six inches deep. Put in some
three inches of rich lOamy soil, and
even 1t down smoothly. Put IN a
layer of potatoes, either cut or whole;
If cut, place cut side down. Cover
with more soil to the height of the
box, leveling off the top and wetting
occasionally. Place in some warm
place near the kitchen stove or other
convenient place. If growth is too
rapid, keep dryer and cooler; if too
slow, keep wetter and warmer. Har-
den off before planting out, by expo
sure gradually to sun and outside air.
When the ground is in suitable con-
dition to transplant, take the boxes to
the place, take off the ends and sides
and separate the plants carefully,
being careful not to separate them
from the parent potato. Set so the
top of the sprout will be just a bit
above the surface. The time for start
ing potatoes should be from five to
seven weeks before the time generally
customary to plant field crops of the
same"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
A DYING NATION.

The accounts Of the famine in Per
sia which continue to arrive in gTea-
ter details, hid fair TO treat the world
to a spectacle of calamity, the like Of
which has not been witnessed in his
tOric times at least-the sudden ex-
tinctiOn of a nation by want OF food.
This has really been the fate of the
great States which once filed the val
ley of the Euphrates, and it is the
fate which has for centuries been
threatening some modern States
Spain for instance. Man has stripped
the soil of trees the absence Of trees
has brought drOugths; droughts have
slowly diminished the productive
powers of the ground, ald finally
destroyed them-the population mean
time, dwiudling in numbers and vi
tality. Spain had forty millions of
people in the time of the Romans, and
flowed with milk and honey; it is
now an arid region, only half of it
under cultivation, with only sixteen
millions of inhabitants, and if mod
ern science had not come to its aid,
would probably go the way of Baby
Ion. Persia was one of the most pow
erful States of antiquity, and even in
the fourteenth century was able to
support the army of Tamerlane, who
marched without commissariat or
baggage during the bloody contest
1t is now almost a wilderness, with a
population of two millions about half
nomands which is rapidly perishing
from famine brought on by three
years drought. The worst of it is that
owing to the absence of either COM
mon roads or railroads, it seems to be
impossible for the charity of the rest
of the world to reach the sufferers, so
that there is really strong prospect
of the total depopulation Of the eOun-
try. The moral of this horrible story
is-loOk after your trees.-1he Ma
tiOR.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
THE FUTURE LANGUAGE.

The influence or the French Ian
guage has been rapidly getting weak
er and weaker during the last hall
century. After the brilliant eonquests
of Napoleon BOnaparte the language
became widely popular. 1t was the
medium of diplomatic exchange and
of the gossip of polite society. 1t
spread like a fashionable epidemic
across the Western hemisphere, and
was studied assiduously in America
AT this time, it is obviously waning.
As Paris has ceased to dictate fashions,
so she has ceased to dictate the tongue
in which the world carries on its in
tercOurse. The German language is
gaining on the French in all the cap
itals of Europe, and bids fair to sup
plant it to a considerable extent.
But the English language is gaining
perceptibly on both. It's study has of
late attracted increased attention in
all the great capitals of Europe, and
some knowledge of it is becoming
more and more essential in commerce
and letters. The French and German
languages are not spoken by more
than sixty millions of people in the
aggregate; while the English Ian
guage is spoken by at least seventy
millions, and this number is increas-
ing rapidly. Not less than three hun
dred thousand Germans and French
lose hold upon their own tongue an
nually and substitute the English foT
convenience, while the number of
English and American travellers in
vading every country in Europe
grows larger every summer. The
populations of France and Germany
become thinner and less numerous
constantly, while within the present
century it seems certain that there
will be one hundred million English
speaking people on this continent
alone. In Italy the study of the
English language is now being prose-
cuted with considerable enthusiasm,
and the fashion is gradually spreading
through the colder North. The fact
that those whose native tongue it is,
are multiplying faster than any other
civilized people, Indicates that the
English is to be the language of the
future, and that they will be wise who
master its idioms and meet manifest
destiny half Chicago Post.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
KEEP THE HEART ALIVE

KEEP THE HEART ALIVE. The
longer I live, the more expedient /
find it to endeavor more and more to
extend my sympathies and affections.
The natural tendency of advancing
years is to narrow and contract these
feelings. I do not mean that 1 wish
to form 8 new friendship every day /;
to increase my circle Of intimates-
these are very different affairs. But
I find that it eonduces 10 my mental
health and happiness to find out all I
can which is amiable and lovable in
those come in contact with, and to
make the most Of it. Itmay fall very
short Of what l was once wont to
dream Of; it may not supply the place
of what l have known, felt and tast-
ed but IL Is better than nothing. 1t
seems to keep the feelings and affec-
tions in exercise; 1t keeps the heart
alive in its humanity; and, till we
shall be all spiritual, this is alike our
duty and our interest.r-77te HordVi-
an.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
WASHINGTON ASAFARMER.

The farm of General Washington.
at Mount Vernon, contained ten thou
sand acres of land in one bOdy-equal
to about fifteen square miles. 1t was
divided into farms Of convenient size
at the distance of two, three and five
miles from the Mansion House. He
visited these farms every day, in
pleasant weather, and was constantly
engaged in making experiments for
the improvement of agriculture
Some idea of the extent of his far
ming operations may be formed from
the following facts:
In l7S7, he had five hundred and
eighty acres in grass; sowed six hun
dred bushels of oats, seven hundred
acres with wheat, and as much more
in corn. barley, potatoes, beans, peas,
&c., and one hundred and fifty acres
with turnips. His stock consisted of
one hundred and forty horses, one
hundred and twelve cows, two hun
dred and thirty-six working oxen.
heifers and steers, and five hundred
sheep. He constantly employed two
hundred and fifty hands, and kept
twenty-four plows going during the
whole year, when the earth and the
state of the weather would permit
In 17S0 he slaughtere one hundred and
fifty hogs for the use of his own fami-
ly and provisions for his negroes, for
whose comfort he had great regard.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15

A. eolored woman, probably the
largest and heaviest person Of her
sex in the world, died in st. Louis a
few days ago at the age of 81 years
She weighed between nine hundred
and one thousand pounds. Her
dimensions were five feet ten inches
in height, tWenty-eight inches across
the shoulders, and thirty-seven inches
across the hips. Her arms were
thirty inches in circumference. When
che had been arrayed in burial vest
ments, it was found impossible for
seven men to lift her. Finally the
box was tilted on one side and she
was rolled in while the priest chanted
the service of the dead. She was
then placed in a large wagon which
proceeded to the cemetery. The
wagon was backed up to the grave,
and eight men and six rollers COM
bined their exertions to lower her into
her narrow bed.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
Danger Of the Age.

The great danger ahead. the immi-
nent peril posing over US all like q
hawk above its prey, ready. to swOop,
is msterialism. Do not forget, that,
in the hrst seventy years of the repuD-
lies life, the lust of gain nearly de-
stroyed US. Woe will be to us all
when our young men shall see moth
ing heroic in business; when trade
shall have nothing more honorable in
1t, nothing to be priced more than
money; when commerce shall be
only mereenary, and the motive
which impels the capacities of the
people worthy only of the sIave-trade!
Should such a day ever come, beggary
will be blessing. and the heaviest
curse felt the curse of birth, Better
not to be born than to live in such an
age; better die in the cradle like q
flower in the bud; for life will be but
the unfolding Of a poisonous principle,
like a flower whOss every leaf adds
to the volume of poison already in
the atmosphere; and the larger the
flower, the deadlier- the poison; for
history, if it proves nothing else, prove
at least this,-that "a nation which
knows not God shall utterly perish" !"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
Was Morgan Murdered by the Free
MaSOnS.

About once in four or five years the
above question comes up in the news
papers, and is discussed with as much
ferver as if the transaction IL refers to
was a matter of yesterday. 1t will
sadden those who delight in mystery
to know, on so good authority as that
OF Morgan's son, THAT the supposed
victim of the brethren of the mystic
tie was neither tied to a stone and
sunk, had his throat cut, or was torn
asunder, according to the general Gus
tom in such cases. On the contrary
he lived nearly thirty years after his
abduction, and finally ended his days
in cOrpuleDce and cOntentment, at
HObartOwn, Van Dieman's Land,
where he for some years published a
newspaper, the AdreTtiser-which is
still in existence. According to the
statement of the son referred to. Nor
gan was released on condition of his
leaving the country forever. de was
accompanied to Quebec, where he
entered the British navy, and was
placed on a ship which left soon after
for England. Later he accompanied
a government vessel to Australia, and
his period of service being ended he
chose to take up his residence in that
quarter of the world. His son is a
resident of San Francisco, and is re-
spOnsible for the statement here CIV
en-.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15

A silk culturist, Mr.. Romolo Born
hOmme, has been investigating the
resources of California, especially Los
Angeles county, as to its adaptation
to the raising of the silk worm and
the culture of the mulberry tree. Ac-
cOrding to the Los Angeles Star, he
reports tnat the white mulberry grows
easily in that climate. He is of the
opinion that California will, in the
course of a few years, be the silk pro-
ducing country of the whole, and that
he has seen finer specimens of the
silk worm in California than even in
Japan. About ten million dollars are
annually expended for the silk eggs
by Italian and French merchants
Last year an italian silk culturist
bought five hundred thousand ounces
of silk eggs and paid two million dol
lars for them. This money goes into
japanese pockets, but could be PAL
TALLY brought to California, in the
course of q few years, by eultivating
the silk worm as an article Of export.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-05-15
BE ECONOMICAL.

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
out you will always be poor. The art
Is not in making money, but in keep
ing it; little expenses, like mice in a
barn when they are many, make
great waste. Hair by hair, heads get
bald; straw by straw the thateh goes
off the cottage, and drop by drop the
rain comes in the chamber. A barrel
is soon empty If the tap leaks but a
drop a minute. When you begin to
save begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane. The
ale jug is a great waste. In all other
things keep within compass. Never
stretch your legs farther than the
blanket will reach, or you will soon
be cold. In clothes choose suitable
and lasting stuff, and not tavdry
fnery. To be warm is the main
thing, never mind the looks. A fool
may make money, but it needs a wise
man to spend it. Remember it Is
easier to build two ehimneys than to
keep one going. If you give all to
back and board there is nothing left
for the savings bank. Fare hard and
work hard while you are young, and
you will have a chance to rest when
you are old.