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The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
HOW A GIRL HELPS To CLEAN HOUSE

She is perfectly willing to help. She
tells her mother she would as lief stay home
a week as not, and informs her teacher, with
a triumphant air, that she has TO stay at
home next week to help clean housa.
The carpets are to de taken up first, and
that girl, delcately reared though she be,
bravely sits down in the middle of the floor
and reads a paper while her mother and
hired girl pull out the tacks and make frau
tic efforts 10 use the same form of common
prayer that the head Of the house uses when
his boots don't come in early in the morn
ing ,,t.
The carpet is rolled up and taken out into
the back yard and hung on the clothes line
to be busted. Now the girl comes out
strong and shows the latent energy that is
in her. She seizes an old broom and starts
toward the swinging carpet with an air of
determination. On her way she spies her
friend Kate passing and goes off to the side
fence to talk about an hour and half about
well, about whatever girls find to talk
about under the same circumstances. Then
she goes into the house and eats her dinner
and complains Of being tired
III tne ditciHOou sue UeBIn5 uuStlnT ana
arranging the books in the bookcase. She
finds, pretty soon, one of Onida's novels.
and sits down on the floor to read, while the
ink, from a bottle she knocks over when she
throws her duster on the table, runs all ovei
the parlor curtains stuffed under chair neal
by. Her mother finds her there, and sends
her into the parlor to gather up her music
ready for to-morrow's campaign. She gets
along well enough with her finger exercises
and marches, but presently she comes across
"Don't be angry with me, darling," that
Robert gave her last week, and begins to
hum it. She opens the piano to find the
keynote, TO lie certain she can take the
high note nicely, and begins TO sing. Ii
don't sound well without the accompaniment
that Robert thought 20 sweet, so she sits
down and begins to play. While she is
praciicng Robert comes along. He hears
her He stops. He enters. She stops
He wants to hear that sweet song. Game
in only for that She is too hoarse. She
couldn't think of singing with her hair tied
up in a towel, but she does. m
Robert sigbs as the song ends, and she
proposes a game of croquet. They 60 out
and play croquet till teatime. .-Te,re Haute
Free Press.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
SETTLERS ON PUBLIC LANDS CAN
TRANS POSE THEIR RIGHTS TO PUR.
CHASE. r.r

The National Land Office has decided
that settler upon the public domain who
has not completed bis title may transfer his
right to purchase-or. in other words, an
other party may take bis place. Says the
Commissioner:
"There is nothing in the Act of 1864 re-
stric'ing the party entitled to purchase from
assigning such right of purchase. Under
the Supreme Court decision in the case Of
Myres against Croft 13th Wall 29l) IA
presumption right is valuable, and (nde-
pendent of the legislation Of Congress), as
signab lie. This doctrine was approved by
the Honorable Secretary of the Interior,
February 17th, 1878, in the case Of the
California and Oregon Railroad Company
against Sanford E. Wilson, a claimant un
der the Act of July 23d, 1856, AN Act to
quiet Land Titles in California, and in va.
rious other cases. 1t is now the established
practice that in the absence of an express
statutory prohibition. a right of purchase
may be assigned, and will descend to the
heirs" eH
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

IMPORTANT LAND DE IsrN. The Regis
ter and Receiver of The United States Land
Office, in this city, has just rendered very
important decision in the case of Dixon and
O'Niel, who on the I'd day of May, 1872,
through their attorneys, Geo. Cadwalade,
nd w. A. Anderson, made an application
to purchase, under Section Z, of an Act of
Congress, passed July %, 1866, commonly
called the "Ccnness Act" about 600 acres
of the rejected portion of the "HartnelI
Grant from the Mexican Government The
contest arose between Tie Central and West
ern Pacific railroad company and Homes cad
and redemption claimants-the railroad
claiming all the odd sections within the rail-
road reservation.
he contest has been long and closely con-
tested, the testimony was voluminous, occu
pying some two weeks in taking the same
The principal point of this decision goes
to the terms occupancy" and possession
Ivy the claimants, Dixon and O'Niel, and it
is held by the Register and Receiver that
the possession contemplated by the Act in
question is not such possession as to re-
quire actual enclosure, but the common-aw
possession, and that actual possession OF any
part of a tract held by title, or color of IL
tie, draws to it the possession Of all the land
included within the calls of tie deed; that
the dominion over the land, and use of it
according to its quality and for any purpos-
es, contemplates the full possession required
by the Act.
The conclusion arrived at, after full
discussion Of the questions involved, were
that Dixon and O'Niel were entitled to pur-
chase all the land included in their applca-
ton except SO much thereof as was subse-
quently abandoned by themselves, and cx-
cept 160 acres which was patented as it is
claimed by claimants, through mistake, to
Myron Ross, and as to that, the Register
and Receiver recommend that patent also
be issued to Dixon and O Mel for the same,
and then let their respective rights te adju-
dicated by a Court Of Equity. This was
evidently done to pl ce Dixon and O'Niel
upon an equal footing before Court of
Chancery. with Ross, and to let the qnes-
ton be determined upon its merit1.-Sacra-
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

PLEASANT MANNERS. Men have made
their fortunes before now, merely by culti-
vaiing pleasant manner. Lawyers, doc
iors, divmes merchants-men in every class
OF life, lave cone to distinction merely by
being invariably civil. Raleigh flung down
his laced coat into the mud for Elizabeth to
walk on, and got as bis reward proud
queens favor. The politician who has this
advantage easily distances all rival candi-
dates, for every voter he speaks with be-
comes instantly his friend. Polished man.
uers have often made scoundrels successful,
willie the best Of men by their hardness and
coldness have done themselves ncalculab)e
iniury-the shell being 20 rough that the
world could not believe there was precious
kernel within. Civilty is to a man what
beauty is to a woman. 1t creates an instan-
taneons impression in his behalf, while the
opposite quality excites as quick prejudice
against him. 1t is real ornament-the
most beautiful dress that man or woman can
wear-and worth more as a means Of win
ming favor than the finest clothes Or jewels
ever worn.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

A REVOLUTIONARY ROMANCE. lie
a newspaper in Ohio the editor of which is
experimenting upon human crednlity by the
presumption that Americans will place inn
pcit faith in the contents of memorandum
books. In recent heavy storm, says this
veracious journalist, an old oak was blown
down. Within its hollow trunk was q
beached skeleton, an empty purse, few
buttons, various old army passes, dated in
1776, and a memorandum book. This
book told ho,rid tale of an American cap
tain of the revolutionary war, wounded.
captured, making his escape and taking
refuge in this tree. He fell too far, and it
became bis living tomb. The passages in
his diary, describing the days of anguish
and hunger, showing how "the stars
laughed" at his misery, how he froze while
he starved, and all that, are thrilling. But
the narrative is sufficient to destroy ones
confidence in memorandum books for all
time to come.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

claimed Herring, as he TUNED from II e
fearfu! spectacle with shudder, "and I'm
mighty sorry for it, too, seeing as he was
such brave man. He was the first reb
that ever felt any respect for, and hope
bis soul will go to some place where he can
still Of .wrasting.'
We have only to add that Herring in
formed his comrades of what had happened
that the dead body was buried in the woods
by detail selected for that purpose, and
that for many weeks afterward the story Of
the "Death Wreste" was the principal
topic Of conversation in the Union camp.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

In 1856, when great reform was agitat-
ing the people, Dr. j. G.. Holland published
a little poem which we herewith reproduce
as one of the topics of this time of stress and
strain. 1t is timel y now as when written:
God, give us men! time like this demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith, and ready
hands,
Mep whom the lust of Office does not kill;
Men whom the spols of Office can not buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who stand before demagogue,
And damn his treacherous batteries without
winking. Ai
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty, and in private thinking,
For, while the rabble in their thumb-worn creeds
Their large professions and their little deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, lo Fr edom wesrx.
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice aleaDa.
b- -ff
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29


ONE OF DAVE BooDEN's STORIES. AT
Fairport, once or twice year, lay two OF
three ships discharging salt from Cadz and
peopled with storytelling sailors who had
sailed all the seas over and knew the most
delightful yarns ever spun; of these Dave
Booden, was consumate. He had been fore
mast ha.d in the time of the embargo, when
the British fleets hlockaded the entire coast
Of New England. His tales were bloodcurd-
ling; and many's the night when we boys
stayed 80 late listening TO the latest version
of the story Of his blowing up the Arethusa.
that we went supperless to bed. The Arte-
husa was British sloop-ofwar blockading
Casco Bay. Dave, who, by the way, al
ways spoke of that period as the time Of the
embargo, was prisoner of war on board,
having been captured from a fishing pinkey
and kept as pilot. By hurrahmg for King
George and otherwise pretending TO be a good
tory, he gained the confidence IF the crew
and one night while laying at anchor off Di-
amond Head, he fixed lighted fuse under
the powder magazine, slipped through an
open portfolio to boat that was towing u
stern and 80 made off, padding with lis
shoes for want of oars.
" hen that ere ship blowed up, said the
truthful Dave, was ngh unto len miles and
a half away. But she shook the air so thai
wuz blown out O the yawl jest straight.
My cap went up three feet higher nor did F.,
and | went up about nine feet into the air.
What air ye sniggerin' about? Dave would
angrily demand of one boy who never would
believe this part of the story. When lit
again, ! jes sci right down in the yawl in the
very same spot that was astlin on afore;
and my cap wuz on my head, tew. Fact,
boys, and ye may jest ask yer old gran 'ther
ct it amt. Granlher Perkins who com
manded the American volunteers in the time
of the embargo, had been dead ten years or
more. Dawes storytelling had no foriify
ing witnesses. aa.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
A BOX OF POEMS.
BY EBEN +. RExFORD.

To-day found, in a drawer
Where had not looked for years,
A volume of little poems;
My eyes grew dim with tears
AS turned the yellow pages
And found some daisies dead,
That marked the last sweet poem
My darling ever read.
How well l can remember
That afternoon in M&yl
We saw the white-sailed vessels
Go drifting down the bay.
We heard the robins singing,
And all the world was fair
With sunshine not more golden
Than was my darling's hair.
She read me this quaint, sweet poem,
Her little hand IN mine;
can hear the ocean sobbing,
And see the blue waves sh ne,
And, like some dream of sorrow,
The years have passed away,
And l am by her side again
This cheerful summer day.
look in her eyes. and listen
To her voice so soft and sweet,
AS her lips this sweet, strange fancy
OF the poets brain repeat,
And think that love is a poem,
So old and yet SO new;-
The sweetest of all sweet poems
To those who make it true.
All but the poem is ended;
The beautiful dream is done,
The fairest flowers are the frailest
OF all flowers under the sun.
My book of life has its poems,
But the sweetest poem there
Is the memory OF my darling,
Safe where the angels are.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
HOW YOUNG MEN FALL.

"There is Alfred Sutton home with his
family TO live on the old folks, said one
neighbor to another. "1t seems hard after
all his father has done to fit him out in bust
ness, and the capital he invested to start
him so fairly. 1t is surprising he is turning
out so poorly. He is a steady young man,
no bad habits. as for as know; he has a
good education, and was always considered
smart; hut he doesn't succt ed in anything
| am told he has tried number Of different
sorts of business, and sunk money every
time. What can be the trouble with AL
fred, should like to know, for l don't
want my boy to take his tunp"
''Afred is smart enough" said the other,
"and has education enough, but he lacks
the one element of success. He never
wants to give dollars worth of work for
dollar of money. and there is no other
WY for young man to make fortune.
He must dig if he would get gold. All the
men who have succeeded, honestly or dis
honestly, in making money had to work for
it, the sharpest sometimes the hardest OF
all. Alfred wished to set bis brain in mo-
ton, and let it take care of itself. No
wonder it soon ran off the track, and a
smash-up the result. Teach your boy,
friend Archer, to work with a will when he
does work. Give him play enough to make
him happy and healtbful, but let him learn
early that work is the business of life. Pa
tient, self-denying work is the price of sue
cess. Ease and Incidence eat away the
price of capital, but much worse st H. all a
mans nerve power Present qualification
tends to put off until tomorrow or next
week, and so the golden moments Sip by.
1t is getting to be rare thing for the sons
of rich men 10 die rich. Too often they
squander in half a score of years what
their fathers were lifetime in accumulate
ing. l wish could ring it in the ears O.
every aspiring young man that work, hare
work, tf head and hands, is the price o
success. Country Gentleman.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
NUMBER Is.
TRICKS OF TRADE.

When my father left me manager of the
New Lanark cotton mills, in tue Winter of
1S2425, a certain Mr. Bartholomew, who
had been customer OF ours to the extent
of twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars
year. came to me one day, asking if could
make him lot Of yarn suitable for ordinary
shrting, at such price, naming it.
"We have hut one price, | said, "and
you know we'll that we sell such yarn twenty
per cent. above the rate you propose"
81 know that" he replied; "but you
could make it so as to be sold at my
price. :"
eyes, by using waste and mixing IN
weak, short-stapled cotton
"And it would look almost as we'll Z"
"Perhaps."
"Then III risk it..
"My fathers Instructions" replied,
"are not to lower the quality of our goods.
Pm sorry; but cant ill your ORDER
He went off in huff, but returned two
days later "See here" be said, "don't
be Quixotic can have the yarn asked
you about spun elsewhere. What's the
use of driving a good customer from you :
shall get the stuff want, and use it, ell
the same"
"It woull injure the character Of our
MILL"
"Not if you leave off your trademark.
What do care about the p;cture?* Mark
it as you will"
hesitated, and fnally-not much to my
credit-agreed TO make the yarn for him.
had it marked with large B. 1T will
stand either for Bartholomew or for Bad"
said to him when he came to look at l..
''Pm ashamed to turn such an article out of
our mill
But three weeks later he came again.
"Just the thhg!' he said; and he gave me
a second order, thrice as large as the first.
The b yarn became popular article in
the market; the shrting that was made
from it looking smooth, and being sold at
some ten per cent less than that made from
our usual quality. Yet, to my certain
knowledge tried tit did not last
half as long as the other.
That transaction sits somewhat heavily on
my conscience still. Yet it helped to teach
me great lesson. /. is my firm belief
that, at the present time, purchasers Of
cotton WOODEN, linen and silk goods, Of
furniture, hardware, leather goods, and all
other manufactured staples lose, ON the
average, because of inferior quality, more
than half of all the money they pay out.
And doubt whether, except by co-opera-
iion, this crying evil can be remedied.-R.
ID. O,Uen, an atlantic for September.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

"What time is it, my dear" asked a
wife of Ler husband, whom she suspected
Of being little elevated" but was doing
his best to look sober. "Well. my darling,
I c mt tell. cause, you see there are two
hands on my watch, and each point TO a
different figure. and l don't know which to
believe" aos
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

Bunker Hill Monument still stands where
il has ever stood, although the bill has been
joined to Boston. fore Z
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The fret paper that publishes Beautiful
Snow" this year. will be published graiui-
tously. -. =. ~
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Newspapers are ordinarily miuts or grave
yards. So says an exchange.
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THE DEATH-WRESTLE.

They wrestled up, they wrestled down,
Till John fell to the ground;
A dirk from out of Richards pouch
Gave John deathly wound.
The Placer herald., 1873-11-29

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