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The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A QUAKER pRINTERs Proverbs. Bs.-Never
sendest thou an article for publication with
out giving the editor thy name, for thy name
oftentimes secures publication to worthless
articles.
Thou shouldst no: rap at the door Of print
ing office, for he that answereth the rap
sneereth in his sleeves, and looseth time.
Neither do thou 10 If about, ask questions.
or knock down type. or the boys will love
thee like they do shade trees--when thou
leaveth.
Thou shouldst never read the copy on the
printers case, or the sharp or hooked con-
iainer thereof, or he may knock thee down.
Never inquire thou Of the editor Tor the
news, for behold it is his business at the ap-
pointed time ogiveit to thee without asking
1t is not right that thou shouldst ask him
who is the author Of an article, for it is his
duty to keep such things unto himself.
When thou dost enter his Office. take heed
unto thysclf that thou dost not look at what
may be lying open and concernetl thee not,
for that is Lot meet in the sight Of good
breeding.
Neither examine thou the proofsheet.
for it is not ready to meet thine eye. that
thou mayest understand.
Prefer thine own town paper TO any other,
and subscribe for it Immediately.
Pay for it in advance. and it shall be well
with thee and thine
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A LITTLE COMPOSITION ON THE WHEELBAR-
Row.-The Danbury Ne,cs man says: If you
have occasion to use wheelbarOw, leave it,
when you are through with it, in front Of the
house with the handles toward the door. A
wheelbarrow is the most complicated thing to
fall over on the face OF the earth. A man will
fall over one when he wo.d never think OF
falling over anything else; lie never knows
when he has got through falling, either; for
it will tangle his legs and his arms, turn over
with him and rear up in front OF him, and
just as he pauses in profanity to congratulate
himself, it takes new turn, scoops more
skin off of him, and he commences to evolute
anew, and bump himself on fresh places. A
man never ceases to fall over a wheelbarrow
until it turns completely on its back or brings
up against something it cannot upset. II
is the most inoffensive looking object there is,
but it is more dangerous than locomotive,
and no man is secure with one unless he has
tight hold Of its handles and is sitting down
on something. A wheclbarrow has its uses,
without doubt, but in its leisure moments it
is a great blightng curse on true dignity.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

County PAPEEs.-Thc following is what
the Cincinnati TRADE List thinks of those
characters who complain of their county
paper, and instead Of helping to support it,
send off for large city papers and thus sus
tain them:
"a gentleman writes to us that his county
paper is SO poor that he has stopped taking
it, therefore send us three dollars for the
Trade List. We repeat that we don't want
subscribers on those terms. A mans county
paper is worth more to him than any other
paper in the world, or if it is not, it is his own
fault. If the county paper is properly en-
couraged, it may be relied upon for informa-
ton of more value to the people in whose in
terest it is issued than can he found in all the
city papers in the United States. No man
can afford to stop the paper that publishes
the official advertisements of his county, the
public sales, market, court news and other
local intelligence. IF the paper is poor the
people are more to blame than the publisher
for not giving liberal patronage. However
poor the county paper may be, it is always
worth more than it cost to those interested
in the affairs of its locality"
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A BAD SPECULATION james II. Lucas,
the Middetown, Conn.,, man who felt himself
aggrieved because Mrs. Sarah Markham mar
ried another fellow, and wanted the court to
give him 5000 which he had spent upon her
during their cour'ship of five years, has not
only lost his case, but must pay the costs of
trial, making his total expenditures in behalf
of the girl he didn't marry some 81 600.
Among the items were carriage hire for driver,
admittance to entertainments, presents Of jew
lery and labor in cutting bean poles, garden
ing and making hay; Lucas, according to his
own story, was very handy fellow about
The house; duriug all these five years he
assisted in plowing, fixing fences, and doing
nnumerable jobs, all in the expectation of the
extreme felicity of one day having the widow
all to himself. She admits his having made
hay, but says he was paid for it: says he did
some hoeing occasionally, though none by
her asking: but declares that he never re-
paired fences, cut bean poles Or did any such
work. He bought dress but she refused
it, and finally lie sold it to her mother for
four dollars. When the widow finally
refused him, Lucas pulled out his seven
shooter and threatened to end his griefs in
death, but afterward concluded to see
whether the courts would protect a fellow
against the wies Of" vdders"
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A Coop JoKE.-Mr. Jones one evening
in fly time. having been provokingly lashed
in the face, tied The tail of the COW he was
milking very securely to his boot strap
Everything went on smoothly for time, and
Mr.. Jones congratulated himself on the
stratagem.
Presently, however, the COW took a notion
to lash II fly that was biting her. Mr..
Jones chuckled some when he felt the pull
at his boot strap; put the chnckling was
cut short, for "Bossie." finding that she
could not touch her tormentor, suddenly
started, and as Mr.. Jones was not prepared
for such a demonstration, he was upset and
the contents of the pail distributed over his
clothes.
The COW stopped for a moment, and il
that time our hero had gained his feet. 1t
an instant after he was seen with his hand
on the hip of the COW, making the tour Of
the farm yard with prodigous hops upon one
FOOT At every hop he would calculate,
$50, Boss So Doss!'
But "Boss" didn't $50" worth cent.
At last the boot attachment gave way and
Mr.. Jones returned to the house a wiser, il
not asadder man.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
HAPPY GO LUCKY,

Happy go lucky, cheeks rosy red,
Ten times day he stand on his head,
Happy go lucky brim full of fun,
Up in the morning as soon as The sun,
Sliding on bannisters all the way down,
Playing at circus and humping his crown,
When he has shocked all the house with the fright.
of he goes screaming with roguish delight,
Happy 60 lucky once climbed up tree
Just to look round and see what he could see;
Crack went the bough-such terrible fall,
Did'nt hurt Happy go lucky at all.
Maybe the fairies with some potent charm,
Because he's so cheerful have kept him from
Mother so wishes that he would be still,
Only for once, but the rogue never will.
Happy go lucky runs ont in the street,
Asks into dinner each beggar he meets,
Happy go lucky, now just think of that,
Ties granny's spectacles on the poor cat
When he knows mother is going to scold,
Off he runs gravely in tears, am told,
And then he will hug her and kiss her with Joy,
Any one got such an out an out boy
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
AUBURN, PLACER COUNTY. CALIFORNIA MARCH 8, 1873

must transmit TO the state Board vi f-qu"n-
zlton statement showing:
l. The severa! kinds OF personal property
2. The average and total value OF eacl.
kind;
+. 3. The number Of live stock, number OF
bushels Of grain. number OF gallons OF wines
or liquors, number Of poun 's or tons OF any
article sold by the pound or ton;
4. When practicable, the separate value
Of each class of Land, specifying the classes
and the number of acres of each.
Sec. 3G56. Every Assessor who fails Il
complete his assessment book or who fails to
transmit the statement mentioned IN the pre-
ceding section to the State Board Of Equali-
zation, forfeits the sum of one thousand dol
lars. to be recovered on his official bond, TO-
the use Of the county.
Sec 1867. Lands once described on th'
assessment book need MT be described Sec
ond time, but any person claiming the same,
and desiring to be assessed therefor, may
have his name inserted with that OF the per
son to whom such land is assessed.
Sec. 365S. The Board of Supervisors
must provide maps for the use Of the Ass s.
sor, showing the private lands owned or
claimed in the county, and if surveyed under
authority of the United States, the divisions
aud subdivisions Of the survey; if held under
Spanish grants, the exterior boundaries OF
such grants and the number of acres claimed.
Maps Of cities and villages or school districts,
may in like manner be provided. The cost
of making such maps is a county charge and
must be paid from the County General Fund.
Sec 1863. On or before the first Monday
in March in each year the Surveyor General
of the State and the Tide Land Commissions
ers must make out and transmit to the As
SCISSOR of each county where lands or lots lie
that may have been sold by the State, fo'
which certificates of purchase, patents, OF
deeds have issued during the year preceding
certified lists of such lands or lots, giving a
description thereof by cong essional divisions
or subdivisions, or lots and blocks, together
with the names of the purchasers thereof.
Sec. $500. The Assessor and his suretie'
are liable on his official bonds for all taxc'
on property within the county, which, ,througI
his wful failure or neglect, is unassured.
Sec. 1861. The District Attorney must,
after the Assessor completes the assessment
book for the year, commence an acton Oh
the Assessors bond for the amount of taxes
lost from such willful failure or neglect.
Sec. 1862. On the trial of such action,
the value of the property un"ssessed being
shown, judgment for the amount of taxes
that should have been collected thereon mus,
be entered.
Sec. 1868. Where the railroad of rail
road corporation lies in several counties, Is
rolling stock must be apporton ed between
them so that portion thereof may be as
sessed in each county, and each county's
portion must bear to the whole rolling stock
The same ratio which the number of miles Of
the road in such county bears to the whole
number of miles of such road lying in this
State.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

The IscARloTs OF THE WoRLp.-John
Ruskin, in the "Crown Of Wild Olives" "
claracterizes, in his trenthant style, those
who like to have money as the imtators Of
Judas:
We do great injustice to lscariot in think
ing him wicked above all wickedness. He
is only common money lover; did not un-
derstand Christ; could not make out the
worth of Him. He did not want Him to be
killed. He was horrvr-struck when he
found that Christ would be kille' threw his
money away instantly and harged himself
How many OF our present money seekers,
think you, would have the grace to hang
themselves whenever they killed But Ju-
das common, selfish, muddle- headed fel-
low; his hand always in the bag of the poor,
not caring for them. lie did not understand
Christ yet lie believed in Him much more
than most of us do; has seen him do miracles
though he was not strong enough to shift for
himself, and he (Judas) might as well make
his own by perqusites out of the affair.
Christ would come out of it well enough and
he have thirty pieces. Now, that is the
money-seeker's idea all over the world. He
stand Him; he does not care for Him-sees
no good in that benevolent business, but
takes his own little job of it, at all events.
come what ray. And thus, out of every
class Of men you have certain amount of
-men--your "fee first" men-whose main
object in life is to make money; and they do
make it in all sorts of unfair ways, chiefly
hy the weight and force of money itself, or
what is called capi,al that is to say, the
power which money once obtained has over
the labor of the poor, so that the capitalist,
can take all the produce to himself, except
the laborer's feed That is the modern Ju-
das' way Of carrying the bag" and "bear-
ing what is put therein"
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A well known bald-headed banker. who
always prides himself in being self-mado
man, during recent talk with II friend had
OCCASION TO remark that he was the architect
of his own destiny--that he was a self-made
man "W-w-what did you say2 asked the
friend who shutters. l say, with pride.
that am self-made mati---ihat made
myself" "Hold" interrupted the friend.
"W-w-while you were m-m-mak;ng your
elf why the d-d-duce d-d-dm't you p-p-put
some m-more h-hair OH the top OF y-your
h-h-head?"
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
NUMBER %

Too Much CREpr.- Ny. Keene, .
shrewed and thrifty farmer Of AlIenborough.
owned large hoci OF sheep. and one Au-
tumn, when i. came hoU.ii Z time, he was
greatly annoyed upon missing !. number OF
his finest muttons, among thea three or four
we,hers which he lad raised and fattened
for his own table.
On the following Spring. when his sheep
were turned out to pasture, he instituted
careful wa,.h, and ere long he detected Tom
Stckney, neighboriag farmer, il, the act Of
pilfe-ing sheep; bu: he made no noise abou.
it at the time.
Autumn came again, and upon counting
up his aoek, Mr. Keene found eight sheep
missing. He made out bill in due form 10
Thomas Stickaey for the eight sleep. and
presented it. S,ickney choked AMI stam-
mered but did no. back down. Like pru-'
dent man he paid the bill and poeketed the
receipt Another Spring :irne came, and Mr..
Keene's sheep were again turned out. An
other Autumn came, and the farmer again
took an account of his stock, and this time
fifteen sheep were missing. As before, he
made out the bill to Tom Stiekncy for the
while number missing-but this time Tom
objected.
"lt is too much Of good thing" he
said. "Fifteen sheep! why bless your soul,
| hadn't had fifth part of em."
Mr.. Keene was ineXorable.
"There is the bill" said he, "ahd have
made it out in good faith. have made no
fuss when my sheep have been missing before
because deemed your credit good and suf-
fcent."
"Well,' groaned Tom, with big gnlP,
81 suppose must pay; b"t, he added em'
phatically, +" well close that account from
this time. You have given Inc too much
credit altogether; some other rascal has been
stealing on the strength Of it."-PaiSbargh
Chronicle
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

AN ANCIENT FRoa. While the workmen
were engaged in sinking a vertical shaft at
the Black Diamond Coal Company's mine
in Mount Diahlo, recently, they came upon
a frog at the depth of l72 feet. 1t was i'm
bedded in solid sandstone. SO that the inn
preston of its form was perfect upon the rock
around it, but nevertheless, was alive. snd
lived for twelve hours after its extraction.
The President of the company now has it.
and wil,present it to the Academy Of Sciences.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

WILLING TO BE QuEsrIoNED.-A drunken
fellow had wandered into Sunday school,
and took seat among the primer scholars,
when the teacher accosted him with, "Why
James, do you know what condition you are
in?" "Yes m'm-in the gall Of bitterness, n
the bonds of 'niquity. Ask me some hard
questions.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A man in Youngstown bet thirty dollars
one bitter cold day, week before last. that he
could walk to Warren. He spoiled thirty
five dollar suit of clothes, fourteen dollar
pair of boots, paid doctor ten dollars to
thaw out his ears, and was arrested at War
ren as suspicious character and locked up
in Jail for two days. He won his bet.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A heartess bachelor gives the following
toast: "Woman-lhe morning star ofnfancy.
the day star Of manhood, the evening star OF
old age; bless our stars, and may they always
be kept at telescope distance.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
DIsCoURAaING GAMBLING.-A Michigan

DIscoURAaING GAMBLING.-A Michigan
clergyman wrote 10 lottery agent:
81 do not approve Of lotteries; | regard
them as no better than gambling schemes.
My son bought ticket No 5 in your drawing.
but if it draws anything don't send the money
to hm-send ii to me" The clergyman will
probably feel relieved to learn that the ticket
didn't draw anything.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A fond husband ia M'chisan lately left a
will beauca,hing to his widow the rope with
which he had committed suicide; feeling.
perhaps, that nothing would be likely to in
spire her with. pleasanter associations.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

A solid deliheratn,g society Of Boston de-
cides that in Massachusetts poverty is to 10
regarded as an unfailipg indication of unman-
llness; it being everybody's bounden duty 10
be prosperous or leave the State.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08

Chicago has risen from her ashes to boast
of 40O, 900 inhabitants.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
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occordinglv. The publisher will not be respoh-
sible for faulty or illegal manuscript.
The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
business Cards.
DIR. A. 8. pv eoIs,

DR.. a. 3. UC oOIo'
Physician and Surgeon,
OFFICE ON COMMERCIAL STREET,
Opposite II. Gordon's store, Auburn. hes'oehce
on East street, opposite Court House.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-29
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. est Is stated that
the Atlantic 6 Pacific and the St. Louis,
Kansas City & Northern Railroad Com
panies will reduce the salaries Of all their
employees, from the President down, ten
per cent FROM November 1st. +6tss
An extensive saw mill, a large amount
OF lumber and several small houses adja-
cent in EAST st. Louis, belonging 10
Morse, Daggett s. Co., was burned this
afternoon. The loss is estimated at $780,.
900, to $75,000. The fire caught in o
house on the opposite side Of the street to
the mill, and was driven over by high
wind. Morse, Daggett & Go. recently
went into bankruptcy. The property
was to be sold tomorrow for the benefit
Of the creditors. Insurance unknown.
The house occupied jointly BY John and
Jonathan Robbins and families, situated
in Mercer county, Mo-, was burned on last
Wednesday. Two Of their children per-
ished In the flames, two were fatally
burned, and two others escaped The
parents were absent when the fire oc.
Cured. 2fESF,TEff Y n
1t Is reported that Col. John A. Joyce,
Assistant Superintendent ol Internal Rev.
enue for this District, has been offered the
Revenue Collectorship Of this District,
made vacant by the death Of 9. w. Ford,
and that he has declined.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-29
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, October as Judge
Paxton to-day delivered an opinion In o
case involving the transfer of 1900 shares
oi the Cambria Iron Company's stock, be.
longing to the estate Of Charles I. Wood,
which had been delivered to Mcdowell 8
Wilkins by George N. Wood, one Of the
executors, to secure private loan to him.
self. An injunction was continued to
prevent q transfef Of the stocks on the
books OF fthe company! McDowell & VII;
hns, brokers, concerned In this trans
action, have been suspended from seats In
the Board for having failed to meet their
contract. ..y....r..,,, ,.,.., .-s.,t
This morning during the trial Of James
Kingswell for the murder Of Francis Ma.
lone, and while Mr.. Hevener, the counsel
for the accused, was addressing the Jury,
ason Of the deceased approached the box
In which the prisoner was seated and
made a lunge at him with o dagger. The
blow was turned aside by an officer, who
.wrepched the dagger from him and took
him into custody after desperate resist.
'ance, he In the meantime making cries Of
vengeance against his fathers murderer.
Another man who took part with the In.
tended assassin was also taken into Gus.
tody. The greatest confusion prevailed In
the Court room for. q time, but soon sub.
sided after the arrests were made and the
trial proceeded: %. ~ .rs-..,. .i..,.....
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-29

All llthese facts accounts to some extent
for o decline in price, but the price Of
wheat now, and for some time past, has
been acknowledged to be fairly remuner.
ative for the farmers There Is no diff
Guilty experienced now in negotiating
" sight exchange" on New York from
Western points, but 1t Is admitted that the
movement Of the crops, large as Il ia,
would be much larger II the associated
banks abolishad the pooling system and
commenced. paying currency over the
counter. The general opinion among mer.
chants seems TO be that there Is no further
necessity for continuing the poooling sys.
TEN, as currency Is now making its way
freely from the West. The price Of Spring
wheat Is at present about fifteen cents per
bushellower than 1t was in the middle OF
September. The business in the grain
trade being entirely conducted on the
cash principle, there were, ol course, no
failures during the recent panic and,
with the exception Of the slight check In
the movement Of the crops during the
middle OF September, the trade was not
much affected by 1t, The decline in
price here has been much more than It
has been IN Liverpool, but an improve
ment Is looked forward to in this respect,
as the receipts here and at lake ports are
expected to diminish very soon. H
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-29

The Decline In Prices Since the
Panic.

Tbe Cincinnati Gazette Of yesterday
,rbllsbes a table showing the decline In
mice, on sundry articles Of general con-
.rup,iOn since the occurrence OF the
n,nic. For instance, there Is decline oi
1neceut per pound in coffee; five cents in
rn,,ou: three cents and q half In bacon
.ids; five cents in feathers; one cent In
sreep hides; one and a halt cents in clover
.sej: three dollars and a half per barrel in
mess pork; four dollars per ton in Hang
ipg Rock pig iron; six cents per gallon in
whisky, and three cents per pound in un'
washed wool. There are other articles
,lsO that have declined less than those
enumerated, such as beans, number 2
wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley. The
Ga;ss thinks that these declines are the
natural road to recuperation, for, as 1t
avs, "when prices have reached a level
rhere merchandise will be more de-
,irable to hold than money, the latter will
come out Of its hiding places, and get to
circulating in the channels Of trade again"