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The Placer herald., 1873-02-15


DRESS PLAINLY one has given
the following reasons why people should
dress plainly on Sunday. These reasons are
AS valid any other day in the week. Here
they are:
l. 1t would lessen the burden of many
who now find it hard to maintain their places
in society,
q 1t would Lessen the force of the temp
tatons which often lead men to barter honor
and honesty for display.
B. If there was less strife in dress at
church, people in moderate circumstances
would be more i,clined to attend.
4. Universal moderation in dress at church
would improve the worship by the removal
Of many wandering thoughts.
5. 1t would enable all classes of people to
attend church in favorable weather.
6. 1t would lessen, on the part of the rich
the temptation to vanity.
7. 1t would lessen, on the part of the
poor, the temptation to be envious and mali
cious.
s. 1t would save valuable time on tn,
Sabbath.
9. 1t would relieve our means from seri-
Gus pressure, and thus enable us to do more
for good enterprises.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

A Curious INTERPRETATEoN.-An old
Dutch farmer had handsome dar ghter
named Minnie, who recently joined the Meth
odist Church, against which the old farmer
was somewhat prejudiced. The young
minister, under whose instrumentalty Miss
Minnie was converted, visiting her frequently
excited his suspicion that all was not right.
Accordingly he visited the church one Sun
day night, and Sc ted himself unobserved
among the congregation. Soon after taking
his seat, the minister, who was preaching
from Daniel V. 25, repeated in loud voice
The words Of his text: "Mene, meme, tekel,
upharsn," upon which the farmer sprang to
lis feet, seized the afrghted girl by the arm,
and hurried her out of the Westinghouse
Having reached the churchyard, he gave
vent to his feelings to these words:
81 knows dere was som thing wrong, and
now schwares to EN-
"Wby, father, what do you mean," re-
piled the bewildered and innocent girl.
"Didn't |" shouted the old man, striking
his fists together and stamping with his foot,
didn't hear the parson call out to you:
Minnie, Minnie, tickle de parson %
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

The MAN WITHOUT AN Advertisement. -
Talk about woman without baby, man
without wife, a ship without rudder,
What is the lack of these individuals or things
to that of a man without an advertisement
He is helpless cuss, ''goner in a commu-
nifty" Talk of him being successful in bus
mess! You might as well talk of ascending
TO the moon on a creased moonbeam. Peo-
pie point to him in the street and say: "Your
Cassius has a lean look" 1t may, however,
be consoling to him to reflect that, when he
dies, he will be advertised at last, and gra-
tiously at that.
Business men will remember that there is
truth in the following couplet:
He who by his ''biz." " would rise,
Must either bust or advertise.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15


CoBBETT's WIFE.-One of the most beau
tful love passages that we know Of occurred
during the engagement Of VIM. Goblet.
He was at the time "A sergeant with his reg
iment in Canada, which country his betroth--
ed had to leave and return to England.
"It was now,'' Cobbett writes, 'that |
acted a part becoming real and sensible
lover. | was aware when she got to that
gay place, Woolwich, the house of her father
and mother, necessarily visited by numerous
persons not the most select, might become
unpleasant to her. and did not like besides,
that she should continue to work hard.
had saved hundred and fifty guineas, the
earnings Of my early hours in writing for the
paymaster, the quartermaster, and others,
in addition to the savings of my own pay
sent her all my money before she sailed,
and in order to induce her to lay it out, told
her should get plenty more before | came
home" Four years elapsed before the doer
of this dsipterested act could meet his sweet
heart in England.
81 found" he continues, "my little girl
'servant-of-a all-work land hard work it was
too), at five pounds year, in the house of a
Captain Brisac, and, without hardly saying
word, she put into my hands the whole of
my hundred and fifty guineas unbrokep.
Need tell my readers what my feelings
were Admiration of Der conduct, and
self f-gratulaiion at the soundness Of my own
judgment, were now added to my love Of
her beautiful person..
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

THE following, old but good, article con-
veys good idea Of the pleasure and ease at
tending the editing of newspaper:
Editing paper is a very pleasant thing.
If it contains too much political mat er, peo-
pie won't have it; if it contains too little, they
won't have it. If the type is 'no large, it
don't contain enough readlpg matter; if the
type is too small, they cant read it. If we
publish telegraph reports, folks say they are
nothing but lies; if we omit them, they say
we have no enterprise, or suppress them for
political effect If we have in Il few jokes
folks say we are nothing but rattle-heads; if
we omit jokes, they say we are old fossils.
If we publish original matter, they blame us
for not giving them original SELECTIONS; if We
publish original selections, folks say we are
too lazy for not giving them what they have
not read in some other paper. II we give a
man complimentary notice, we are censured
for being partial; if we do not, all hands say
we are Il great hog. IF we speak well OF
any act, folks say we dare not do otherwise
if we censure, they call us traitor. If we
stay in our Office and attend to business, folks
say we are too proud to minge with our fel-
lows. II we do not pay all bills promptly
folks say we are not to be trusted; If we do
pay promptly they say we stole the money.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
7549l01=sum of diQits 27, and 2.7-9.

A very good puzzle has been based on
this principle, as follows: Get another per-
son to write down horizontal row of figures,
as many as he likes, without letting you see
what he is about from beginning to end
the whole performance He is then to reck on
up the sum of the digts, and subtract that
from his row of figures. When he has done
this, bid him cross out any figure from the
product, and tell you how much the figures
add up, without the crossed out figure.
From the numbers so given you will be able
to tell what figure has been crossed out, by
bearing in mind the fact learned above
namely, that if no figure had been crossed
out, the result would necessarily be 8 or a
multiple Of 8. Hence you will see that the
crossed out figure must needs be the one re-
quired to bring the sum given to the nex'
multiple of 8. Suppose, for instance, he
gives the result at 81, you may be sure that
he has robbed the product of 8, that being
the figure needed to restore the tot,l to the
next multiple Q 8 namely, As. His sum
would stand as under:
40567s237=sum of digits A.
AZ -.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

A very modest young lady, who was a
passenger on board a packet ship, it is said,
sprang out of her bunk and jumped over
board, on hearing the captain. during a
storm, order the mate to haul down the
sheets.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
PECULIAKlrIES OF FIGURES.

Surely figures owe us whatever little of
romance can be got ost of them. Have
they not been associated from our earliest
childhood with the taste Of tears and slate
pencils Have they not been the invariable
cause of ones income being insufficient to
meet ones expenditures Have they not
tyrannized over our tastes and enjoyments =?
And has not the sole reason of that gap
which, at the years end. prevents some of
us, in spite of the most laudable intentions,
from making both ends meet, been the OBJ
stinate persistence of two and two in their
suen refusal to make any more than four
| am rejoiced to learn that Pythagoras, who
said something civil about all the other mum
bers, had a very poor opinion of figure two.
am delighted to know that he regarded
this disreputable figure as the symbol of dis
order, of division, of confusion and inequal-
ity; as hopelessly depraved number of evil
augury, as an exceeding had principle-nay,
as the very Old Bad Principle himself. I've
no patience with figure two, nor with the
way in which it gets held up to public es-
teen in connection with what is suppose TO
be the very satisfactory proposition that two
"iiN h"O hihNV ioui' N"ilhNe iVShu ~ III
that light. Whatever is good for anything
ought to improve and increase; and if this
boosted pair of twos had any genuine enter
prise at all about them they would at least
have made six by this time-'n which case !
might without difficulty have learned what Il
balance meant in my bankers book. AS it
is, they have not only wasted their opportu-
mites, but done me IA personal injury. Be
sides, it is my opinion that three and on-
make four in manner quite as successful,
and very much less obtrusve.
The most romantic of all numbers is the
ngure nine, because II cant be mui'lphed
away or got rid of anyhow. Whatever you
do, it is as sure TO turn up again as was the
body of Eugene Afam's victim. One re-
markable property Of this figure (said to have
been discovered by w. Green, who died in
179D is that through he multiplication table
the product of nine comes TO nine. Multiply
by what you like and it gives The the same
result. Begin with twice nine, Is; add the
dgits together and l and make 9. Three
times are 27; and 2 ana 7 make 8. And
so it goes on, up to eleven times nine, which
gives 90. Very good; add the dig'ts, 8 and
8 are IS, add s and l are 8. Going on to
any extent, it is impossible to get rid of fig
ure 8. Take two instances at random.
Three hundred and thirty times nine are
305l; add up the figures and they give 8
Five thousand and seventy-one times nine
are 45639; the sum of these digts is q and
2 and are 8.
NJ de Maivn found out another queer
thing about this number-namey, that if
you take any row of figures, and reversing
their order, make a subtraction sum of it.
the total is sure to be 8. For example:
Take 507I
Reverse the figures 1905
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
j, A. BENSON,
U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor.

AUBURN, Cal.
Parties desiring to make Applications Tor
Patents to Mining Claims, " can have all neces-
sary papers made out here. obylatlng the neces-
sity of a trip to the land Office ..
will be pleased to send an estiina'e Oh 'ne
entire expense of procuring patents to mines, to
all who desire such information.
business COrrcSpOndcnc
solicited.
[se2l-72-my
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
Reverse the figures 1905
3366=18, and l -S=9

The same result is obtained if you raise
the numbers so changed to their squares or
cubes. Starting with G2, begn the sum
over again. BY reversing the dgits we get
26, which subtracied from 62, leaves 36, OF
3-+G=9. The squares of 26 and G2 are,
respectively, 627 and 1854. Subtract one
f ON the other ond you get 316S=1S, and
1-+S-9. So with the cubes of rs and 81
VIII ch are 1876 and 23S32S. Subtracted
t ey leaye 220752=1S, and 1-tS=9.
The powerfully be-nine influence of this
figure is exempled in another way. Write
down any number. as, for example, ,754o132,
subtract therefrom its 1igits, and no matter
what figure you may start with the digits OF
the product will always come to 8.
7549l32=sum of digits 81.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

A party of ladies have started from Port
lind for 200 mile tramp around the White
Mountains. Verify the women are moving
as we'll as the world
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

While but three female reporters attended
The performance Of the jubilee of 1869, four
teen represented prominent papers at the re-
cent hulla-bal
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
business CARDS.
T. NJ. TODD, M, D,

Offers his professional services to the citizens
of Auburn and surrounding country. Best rel
erence as to character and ability.
OFFICE at Music HALL, opposite Auburn Drug
tore ap171-tf.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

THE RING OF SATuRN.-The rings of Sat-
urn have always been an enigma to astrono.
mers. La Place showed that if they were
solid, and of the same thickness throughout,
they would soon fall down on the planet and
be destroyed. He therefore supposed them
of irregular density. Not many years ago
Professor Pierce found that the same catas-
topic would occur even in this case, and he
an Bond have concluded that that they are
fluid 1t soon became doubtful whether a
fluid ring would be any more stable, and
Professor Pierce hence concei~ti The idea
that it was held up by the a,lr.elions of the
satellites Mr.. Him, French physicist,
has lately presented paper to the French
Academy, i'll which he maintains that the
ring is neither solid nor fluid, but is swarm
Of small particles, which look solid owing to
the great distance at which we see it. The
idea is not new, as it was developed mathe-
matically more than ten years ago by Mr.. J.
C. Maxwell, of England; but Mr.. Hirn ad-
duces some new arguments in its support.
One of these is that when the ring is seen on
its dark side, WHICH is presented to us on
very rare occasions, it does not seem abso-
lutely black, a little light shining through.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
OXEN.

Oxen is very slow animal They are
very good to break up ground.
would rather have horses if they didn't
have the colc-which they say is wind col
lected in a bunch. " hich makes it danger
ser to keep horses than oxen.
If there we've no horses people would have
TO wheal their wood in whealbanow. 1t
would take them two Or three days 10 wheal
4 cord mile.
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15

JOSH BILLINGS OUTDoNE.- Childhood is
often humorous, without being conscious Of
the fact. Artemus Ward or Josh Billings
never wrote anything of the funny order
equal to the following composition of school,
Portland, Oregon, which we find printed GER
batim et hteratum in the New York Ledger
The Placer herald., 1873-02-15
PLACER HERALD
OAicicl Paper Of Placer County
prpIIsHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY
WAlKuP & FILCHER.
Terms Of Subscription.

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Each subsequent insertion, ............ 80
Liberal deductions made to monthly or yearly
advertisers; ~
The number of insertions must be marked on
tbe advertisement, otherwise 1t Will be continued
until forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
II is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated
between the proprietor and those having work
or Advertising done, or being subscribers, that
all payments at the above rates are to be made
current United States gold or silver coin.
OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.
The following rates, AS FIXED BY LAW, will be
charged for all legal advertisements and notices.
For the first insertion, one dollar and fifty
cents er square of two hundred and fifty ems,
and one dollar per square for each additional in
s4rtion. up to four and thirty-tive cents per
SQUARE for each subsequent insertion.
~ All legal advertisements m9't be plainly
written. and the number of insertions must al
woys be marked on the margin of each adver-
tisement, or they will be continued and charged
accordingly. The publisher will not be respon-
sible for faulty or illegal manuscript.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-08
T.rc Congressional Convention 1T
~. Louis.

ST. Louis. May "A meeting Of the EX.
ccuiye Committee having The congressional
matters in charge was held this afternoon
Scy,nrv.tiyr rongtes>men have accepted IN
yitl,ions, 50 far. S re difference Of opinion
having been cNptr> ed BY congressman a. 10
whether they would be expected to discuss
questions brought before the conference, 1t
was decided that the third day, session
should h, gwen t. them to be used as they
might determine.
II being stated that this movement was tor
the benefit of the entire Mississippi Valley,
and that New Orleans would be benefited
more than any other city, Mayor Brown,
president OF the exectre committee, was dI-
rectrd 10 confer with the authorities OF New
Orleans, to ascertain if they will take charge
of the cxclrsionists at Galveston and bring
them 10 New Orleans ria Balzc, 50 that the
congressman can see the real distractions to
the d .ycopmcnt Of the Valley.
\ committee has been appointed TO reply
to ParSon Brownlow'S letter, printed in The
Knoxville Chronicle, it being believed that
ne totally Inexperienced the Objects OF the
Convention.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-08
NcI EOrix Items.

NEw YORK, May THE Legislature has
appointed joint committee to represent the
State of New York before the United States
Senate Committee en- Transportation Routes
to the ScabOard.
Fowler Il Slocum, dry goods merchants,
have lailcd. Their liabilities amount to
100000.
james +. Hayes, lessee of the olympic
Theatre Is dying.
The superior Court deny n new tlial to
Stokes, and affirm the Judgment Of the lower
court.
The widow of the late Major-Gcncral
John +. Wool is dead, aged cghty-siX years.
Hon. OakcS Amcs is gradually weakening.
Only threc of the ship Trnnyson, wrcck' d
on the 22d of February. were saved. They
iloacd eight days Oh Il piece Of the wreck.
The Farmers Cheap Transportation Con-
ycntion have organized under the National
American Cheap Transportation Associa-
ton. The constitution provides for State
organizations. Among the vicc-prcsidcnts
are Governor smith, Of Georgia; y. Ames,
of Mi,sSsipli; II. q. Hall, Of Moth Care
lima: Colonel Palmer, OF south Carolina !;
and Daniel Pratt, of Alabama.
Stokes received the decision of the Supe-
rior Court with Indifference. saying TO his
father (who WAS prescn). Ny case will
now 90 to the Court Of Appcals.'
Justice strong, of the Supreme Court, is
president, and Bishop Johns, Of Virginia,
the yiac-pre>idcnt OF the American IiTct
society.
All the galnbing-houscs within the ff.
tccnth precinct were clo>cl by tic Police
tni, evening.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-08
MANCHESTER ITENS.

CONSERVATIVE N0M.SATlOSS.- The ConScr-
,ativcs of i,alc have nominated the follow
ing ticket for township officers: Supervisor.
JGnn Murphy: Assessor, K. ID. Flournoy /:
Collector, W. &. Gil!; Clerk. w. f. Gill :
Road Commissioner, y. l.. Winirec; over
seer of Poor. +. }. Duval; Magistrate, John
S. Ta,lor Constable, Edmond Wilson.
PUBLIC MEErISG.-Purstlant to call, Il cor
polsll', guard of Conservatives met ut the
nlarkct-ho,!>e Wednesday niSht-Dr. a.
Montc!ro in the chair and y. Is. Woodbridge
secretary.
The gathering being too small to make
nominations, il was resolved 10 adjourn, 10
meet again ut the same place on Friday night
Ut S O'Clock, aud the following committee
was appointed to make arrangements for a
grand mass meeting: MessIs. Gentry. Lith-
cow, Woodbridge, Kidd, and Craig. Every
man who has the interest Of the calise at
heart should attend this meeting. But short
time remains before the election, and what IS
to be done >hoHId be done quickly, Come
out, one and all, Friday night.
Capture OF GEESE, &C.--Ir their last raid
the police captured ABOUT tti geese and :,
smaller n,,uiicr vi Lo.S anl hogs. Persons
who have not complied with III" law must
expect to pay THE !"n<y. rs the Ihlel ol
Police and his assistants have no choice III
the matter. They must carry out the law lis
dcliv, rcd to them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-08
NO. ITO.

second floor, aud has not been disturbed
since death. There have been many ca Iers,
but only few Of the most intimate friends
have been admitted to the apartment where
the body lies.
All the evening papers contain obituaries
eulogistic OF the Integrity, ability, and spot
less character of the dece;lsed. It was ex-
pected that the United States courts would
adjourn to-day in respect to the memory oi
the Chief-Justice, but as no official no:itica
ton of his demise had been received, action
was deferred.
Rumors around the United States court
building lanes ex-Judge and cx-tnited
States District Alto ney Edwards Pierrcpoini
as The probable nominee of President Grant
to fill the vacancy occlsioned by the death
OF Chief-Justice Chase.
The flags on the City Hall were displayed!
to-day at hat-mast in respect to the memory
Of the decreased.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-08
IS. W. KEEsEE. II A. ~. at 900 Main street,

THuS. W. KEESEE, II A. ~. at 900 Main STREET.
flowers, plants. shrubs, and evergrrcns.
HILL & GODDlN, - NJ In front Of the United
states custom-housc, Bank street small farm
In Powhatan county near tie HGguenot Springs.
MOODY & ROYALL, I2 NJ. on the premises,
trustees sale Of Chesterfield land.
PAINE, CABEI.L & CO.. 10 \. NJ dry goods,
clothing. boots, shoes, hats, straw goods &c.
j. THOMPSON BROWN. I3o =. NJ. six acres of
Main street lots west of Monroe Park.
". GoDDiS, p. NJ, Il lot and brick tenement
thereon on the south side of Franklin between
Governor and Fourteenth streets.
K. u. EACf1O. II \. NJ, Il. salisbury. Chesterfield
county. mules, wagons, farming utersils aud
brood @Uws.
THOMAS ". KEESEE. 10 a. NJ. an assortment
Of household furniture, &c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-08
The Louisiana Troubles.

NEW ORLEANS, May Forty Metropoli-
tans have arrived at Brashear City. There
were no negroes in the city.
Advires from St. MartinSyjl!e are threat.
"ning. Several 9unstores instflfs city have
been robbed.
1t is stated that General Emory has con-
sented to send company OF troops to pro-
tert the Metropolitans at st. Martinsville.
BRAsilEAR CRY. May Flight Metropoli-
'ans arrived here this morning, making forty
five whites altogether. The citizens refused
them ail shelter. and they are stopping in a
small negro cabin filed with negroes. They
have orders 10 90 to ST. Nartiusyille, but
caught no transportation. The ferry.hat
here has been removed. The Teche boats
stopped near Fiynklin, and are guarded by
citizens. The citizens here are still deter.
mined. All is qaiet.
Que Metropolitan has Just arrived here
from ST. Martin>yile. He came through the
swamDs, and has verbal dispatches for New
Orleans He says Badger is h,mped in. he
heard heavy cannonading last night at 2
O'Clock.
MORE FIGHTING -THRFE METRoroL;TASs
INV IBERIA, May I'll here was here this
hlDTDlllp II tOililel li"u tlS N.''hp
who reports three MrtromltaI!s killed. and
tour wounded in n skirDi-h.
The citizens pickcls have advanced to
within two >qlr,reS o, the conrt-housc,
where Colonel Badger has concentrated his
force. Citizens are collecting from every
portion OF Attakaris Most of the recruits
are of the better class, well mounted, and
generally armed with brecli-oadcrs and
Shot-g,,ns. SO tar the Young men pripci-
paly have gone t6 tie field, aud the married
men in the towns are watching the negro
organizations and preparing to tlustratc
item.
Captains of steamboats, have been warned
not to transport Metropoiitans, and con-e-
uurntly they did not bring up those nj the
bay, Knowing that their boats would be
blown up. The entire bay is under suryeil-
lance hy we'll organized bcGics Of citizens.
Kellogg troops r.rn only reach st. Martins
vile by fighting their way up.
IT is generally supposed an engagement
took place last night, but no reports have
bceu received up to the present hour.
CHARGES AGAINST KELLOGG & co.
New ORLEANS. May T.-Thc grand jury
has passed resolutions 10 have Kellogg and
his officers appear before them on the charge
of usulping the Government OF Louisiana.
judge Abel has ordered the report to lie
filed and subpnnas To be issued for the par
ties to appear before the grand jury; also
the report against the Metropolitan police.