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The Placer herald., 1874-05-02

Zeb Hawley renewed his addresses; she
would not even listen to them; in vain
Farmer Weldon improvised little excursions
and pleasant surprises for her-t was use
less.
One morning, in the golden prime of Au-
gust, she came down to breakfast, whittier
and quieter than ever
Your seventeenth birthday, my dear,
said her father, laying his brown, knotted
hand on her lily palm. "Have you forgot
ten your old fathers kiss or greeting ?"
As she stopped to press her cold lips to
his forehead, Colonel Manners looked
smilingly up.
"a Birthday, ell Well, my present is
to be here by sunset, and hope Emily will
be pleased with it..
Poor Emily-her forced smile said plain
er than words that there was little left to
please her now.
just as the red tinge of sunset was
trembling among the geraniums in the wni-
dow, the Colonel opened the parlor door,
''Here's my present, Emily
Emily started up with slight scream
but almost ere it was uttered she was
folded in Robert Manners arms.
"My Emily-my own beloved one!"
The Colonel wisely withdrew to keep
Farmer Weldon company on the piazza.
He knew he wasn't wanted. But he did
look little ashamed when, the next morn
ng, his daughter-in-law elect said to him,
her grave eyes full of unspoken reproach:
"Colonel Manners, how could you play so
cruelty upon my feelings?"
"l'll warrant your heart all sound, as
long as Bob is sitting there so proud and
happy" said the old man. Seriously
however, my dear, know did very wrong
but Robert was my only child, and want
ed to be sure that the little county Wild
flower was worthy of his love,
"And you are satisfied now p
The Colonel was; and in after years be
did his very best to spoil the fair girl who
presided so gracefully over the manorial halls
of Mannersgrove
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cact justice to all men, exclusive privileges mone."
CORRESPONDENCE.
MoDEsro, Cal, March %, 1874.

We seem to be again on the eve Of prosperity.
The early wheat looks promising-that sown
later was somewhat retarded in its growth by the
cold weather. The heavy rains have soaked the
ground 80 thoroughly this Winter as to make il
safe to predict that we shall have good crops in
paradise. Although one condition of prosper-
ty good crops, seems to be well assured, it does
not follow that xsMs 10 esUw rich, fof tfsbs-
portation companies have as much to do with
making the business of farming profitable as
the rains from heaven and sometimes more
Add to this the probability, which approaches
almost to certainty in California, that few
men will control the wheat market and keep the
price of wheat to the minimum standard and we
have Excuse me, Mr.. Editor, was thinking
of times as they were. We have now. instead
new order of things inaugurated by the Gran
gers, and hope that, ere long, the shackles, SO
unjusty imposed upon us by combinations Of
wealth, will fall from the toiling millions.
Allow me to congratulate the citizens of Rose
vile, many of whom are old friends, for the
noble stand they have taken on the Hill of Re-
form. May their little Grange be as a light to
the surrounding hills, till the light of wisdom
radiates from every knoll and shines on every
plain in your county.
We have nine Oranges in Stanislaus county.
The largest one, the Stanislaus Grange, has, for
its place of meeting, Modesto. J. D. Spencer
of the Ne,cs, is the Master. He is an effective
worker for the good Of the order, and every
farmer in Stanislaus county has reasons to feel
under obligations to him. We also have a
Grange Company Incorporated according to the
laws of the State. with capital of 100000,
divided into 1000 shares. Principal place Of
business Modesto.
EsCUELANTE.
The Placer herald., 1874-05-02

HAppTEsT PERIOD OF LIFE am sure
there is only one answer to the question,
"What is the happiest period of human
life p 1t is now. If | am doing my duty,
to-day is the best day ever had. Yester-
day had happiness of its own, and up to
this morning it was the best day of all. l
would not, however, live it over again. l
string it, as a new bead, on the chaplet of
praise, and turn to the better work and the
higher thoughts of this present time. OF
all the many days of my life, give me to-
day. This should be our feelings always,
from the cradle to the hour when we are
called to come up higher. Childhood is best
for children, manhood is best for men. and
old age for the sver-haired. We will all
join in a chorus of common thanksgiving to
God, and when asked, (Which is the hap
piest period ?" will say-childbood, man
hood, and old age alike. "O, Father, it is
now. Geo. H. HepacoHh.
The Placer herald., 1874-05-02

California is good place to come to. In
San Francisco You can get the best free
lunches for nothing in the world. None of
your stewed kindling wood on toast, with
drawn butter over it, but real meat Al
you need to 60 to housekeeping is New
York Mills muslin case, quilted inside, to
sleep in. Buy drink and they will give
you for nothing boned turkey, boned pat
ridge, boned Goldfish balls, and everything
luxurious. You needn't be afraid of earth
quakes, for it is generally understood now
that the commissions of nature that shook
the people of San Francisco up some time
ago, were caused by the feas getting tired
Of lying on one side, and turned over
Sun. .f+
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THE SHORTEST WAY HOME.

"The shortest way by half mile
/ come SO often by it
Is up the road, across the stile,
And through the meadow. Shall we try
it?"
The days were Lot without charm
When talking soft and looking silly,
My love and walked arm -in-arm,
And lanes were lone and fields were Silly.
We found so many things to say
That always, in the shiny weather,
We took the-well, the shorte, way,
TO ~ ajosgsr time together.
Wespoke about (bus gca aness knows
Our topics of confabulation)
About the weather, suppose,
The crops, the harvest, and the nation.
AT all events, although the talk
Was neither wise nor witty,
We ended each successive walk
With "Home already-what a PITY
We might have lost a little ground
Through coming by the road selected
But both agreed that we had found
The journey shorter than expected.
Can Lifes experiment support
The paradox that Love proposes?
Does any path seem very short,
Unless it be path of roses?
We seldom find the nearer way;
And if we hit upon and take it,
By creeping on from day to day
1t seems as long as length can make it.
The road to fame is never brief,
The way to wealth is dull and dreary;
All earthly routes, in my belief,
Are very long and very weary;
Nay-one that leads thro' care and strife
Is short, when mortals once begin it;
We take the "near cut out of life,
Although we take the longest II, it,
-IinsEeu's Magazine.
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The Placer herald., 1874-05-02

A German saloon-keeper in Millershurg.
says; even goes in my bet l sleeps not
goo'. dreams in my head dat heers
dem vimens brayin' and singin' in my ears
dat Jesus loves me. Dat bodders me 40
got right straight up and walk on de floor
and take anuder glass Of beer
The Placer herald., 1874-05-02

An honest Dutchman, in training up his
son in the way he should go, frequently ex-
ercised him in Bible lessons. nn one of
these occasions, he asked him, "Who vas it
dat would not sleep nit Bolivar's wife ?"
"Shoseph." ="
"Dat's a coot poy. Veil vat vas the
reason Wy he no schleeps nit her p
Don't know-'spose he vas not
schleepy."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-03-26

THE PUBLIC PR1NT1NG.-The bill to regu-
late the public printing of the State has become
law. In its passage every point made by
the Commercial in its attack upon the printing
swindle is fully substantiated. By the provis-
ion limiting the expense hereafter to fifty
thousand dollars per year, the General AS
sembly virtually admits that when it voted an
average of three hundred thousand dollars a
year for the past three years to the Republican
Printing Company, that it was the author Of
the difference between 100000 and $50 900.
In other words, we believe that we will some
day be able to show that certain Senators and
Representatives have divided, during the past
three years, nearly three-quarters of g million
of dollars among themselves under the thin
disguise of payments for printing. We do not
want any better vindication of our course on
this matter than the action forced upon re-
luctant Legislature by the power of publicity
Port Royal Commercial.
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- At whist party in Ohio recently
dealer found his hand to consist of the whole
thirteen trnmps 1t has been calculated that
if the entire population of the earth, taken at
one thousand millions of persons, were to deal
the cards incessantly day and night for one
hundred million of years, at the rate OF deal
by each person a minute, they would not have
exhausted the one hundred thousandth part OF
the number of the essentially different ways III
which the cards can be distributed. The odds
against the dealer holding thirteen trumps
may be taken in round figures at one hundred
and fifty-nine thousand millions to one
Few are aware of the vast number of
people that can be placed in a small space.
When we speak of millions of men we are apt
to picture to ourselves an almost boundlesS
mass of humanity yet million of people
standing together, each person occupying four
square feet could be placed on patch but
little over mile square. A square mile will
accommodate 7,95500O. The whole popula-
tion of the United States would hardly cover
two and half miles square, and the population
of the entire world could easily be accommo-
dated on q tract twelve miles wide-less in
extent than some townships.
- California is great State, and does
things on a great scale. Hearing that the
TEMPERANCE crusade was at hand, and that the
women were preparing for prayers and sing
ing in the streets, the Legislature passed bill
making it misdemeanor to invite any person
to drink, or to accept an invitation to drink at
any public bar California is said to have a
dry season for half the year. If the Governor
signs that bill it will be dry all the year
round
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: Cen G r Beaurepard has written lettt

Gen. G. T. Beauregard has written letter
to United States Senator Gordon, urging the
Democrats in Congress not to stand upon the
order of giving relief to Louisiana in its distress,
but to accept that plan which may be the most
effectual. While he believes in the old
Democratic doctrine ofState rights and non
interference in local affairs, he thinks that the
the case of Louisiana is exceptional; that if it
is not absolutely without Republican form of
government, the form is so perverted that
Congressional interference cannot be precedent
for future encroachments. He sees no way out
Of the difficulty but in news new election, and in in
the he United States authority, as in the former
election they were overthrown with the ap-
parent cooperation of the United States
officers.
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Pacific Guan0 C0mpany's
CAPITAL s1OO,OoO,)
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUAN0.

TNHIS GUANO is now so well known in all
Il the Southern States, for its remarkable
effects as an agency for increasing the products
of labor, as not to require special recommends
ton from us. It's use for eight years past has
established it's character for reliable excellence
The large fixed capital invested by the Com
pany in this trade affords the surest guarantee
OF the continued excellence of this Guano. The
supplies put into market this season are, as
heretofore, prepared under the superintendence
of DIR. ST. Julian Ravenel, Chemist of the Conn
pany, at Charleston, S. c. Hence planters may
rest assured that it's quality and composition Is
precisely the same as that heretofore sold
J. N. ROBSON,
Selling Agent, Charleston, s. C..
JOHN S. REESE e. CO.,
General Agents, Baltimore.
Terms-SS4S cash $53 time, without interest.
To accommodate planters, they can order
now and have until lst of April to decide as to
whether they will take at time or cash price.
When delivered from the factory by the car
load, no drayage will be charged.
ACID PHOSPHATE, GUANO, BONE,
PLASTER, &C., always on hand, quality qua
ranteed.
]. N. ROBSON.
W. S. SHARPE, Agent, Anderson, S. G.
Dec 25, 1873 Is 3m
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Love of Dress.

Of all the snares that beset young girls, none
are more dangerous than the love of dress
Mothers should be on the alert to guard their
daughters against it. Elder sisters should not
forget that young eyes are looking at them as
examples, and are much more impressed by the
living models before them than by any amount
of ''good advice" Nothing is of greater i'm
portance than the companionship permitted to
young girls Not only do overdressed COM
panions induce the wish in themselves to over
dress, but if the qualification is denied, "covet-
ousress, envy, hatred, and all uncharitable-
ness" are very likely to find birth in hearts
that might be otherwise full of better feelings.
An undue love of overdress has been only too
frequently the cause of ruin of both body and
SOUL
Even in young children the passion for over
dressing is seen. Little girls, with the excep-
ton that their dresses are shorter, are now
clothed in all the expensive Celebrations that
distinguish the attire of grown women. Their
skirts are covered with quantities of ornaments,
frills and double skirts Their feet are encased
in the most costly boots, and their ankles dis
located with high heels. The hats they wear
are in accordance with the rest of their toilette,
and even padding and hair dye are not unfre-
| quently used, and deception, cunning, fraud,
inculcated along with vanity and reckless ex-
pend;ture. One would expect to find neat,
plain dress in Sunday schools, if anywhere.
Yet we are often panied to see children who
come for free instruction, decorated with feath-
ers, gilt ornaments, quantities Of ribbons, silk
mantles and double skirts. Thus arrayed, it is
not wonderful that a general spirit of rivalry is
engendered, scholar vieing with scholar, not in
| the requirement of learning and piety but en-
| vying one anothers fnery, or pulled up with
vanity at the possession of some special gew-
gaw and sneering at their less overdressed
Companions We have heard mothers, with
tears in their eyes, complain that they could
no longer send their children to be instructed
on Sundays, because they were unable to buy
new or finer clothing, and the children were
prosecuted on account of their shabbiness-
nay, even ridiculed for appearing constantly in
the same bonnet-neat, but not fashionable.
What do the mothers of these children con-
template for them? How much better to at
tire them in simple neatness, to inculcate at
tention to instruction, to discipline their char
acters to moral strength, and teach them to lay
the surplus, now wasted, for some better pur-
pose-to aid their start in life or to bel lp father
and mother on rainy day. "But they must
do as others do, or they will be despised," is
the foolish and often fatal argument. The ex-
ample and persuasion and firm perseverance of
one good mother would be sure to induce many
who know her-some, perhaps, who ridicule
loudest- to follow her example.
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ynttulgeuter*
THE PARTING HOUR.

There's something in the sparting hour"
VIII chill the sWarmest heart,
Yet kindred comrades, lovers, friends
Are fated all to part
But this rve seen--and many paag
Has pressed it on my mind
The one who goes Is happier
Than. those he leaves behind.
No.matter what the journey be,
Adventurous, dangerous, far,
To the wild deep or bleak frontler,
To solitude or war,
Still something cheers the heart tnaS oares -
In all of human kind,
And they who go.are happier
Than those they leave bah1no.
The bride goes to the bridegroom's nome
with doIbtings and with tears,
But does not Hope her rainbow spread
. Across her cloudy fears?
Alas the mother who remains
What comfort can she find
But this: the gone is happier
Than ONE she leaves behind.
Hive you friend-a comrade dear
An old and valued friend?
Be sure your time of sweet concourse
At LEM 9Th will have an end. -,
And when you part-as part you will
I take it not unkind,
IF he who goes is happier
Than you he leaves behind.
God wills it so, and so it Is;
The pilgrims on their way,
Though weak and worn, more cheerful are,
Than all the rest who stay.
And when, at last, poor man subdued,
Lies down to death resigned,
Nay he not still be happier tar
Than those he leaves behind.
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- Some of the cities of modern California
are on the very sites where ancient races had
their dwelling places and their burial mounds.
The skeletons of an unknown race have been
found in San Francisco sand hills, and work
men engaged in cutting down street crossing
at Napa recently unearthed the remains OF
nearly one hundred persons. The skeletons
had been partially burned before interment.
Mortars, arrow heads, knives made from OBJ
sidan, and shell ear drop were discovered
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1t is related of the late Senator WigfaI

= 1t is related of the late Senator Wigfall
that on the collapse of the Confederacy, while
crossing the Mississippi to make his way into
Mexico, in the assumed character of an ultra
Union man, he was informed by Federal soldier,
who was on board the ferry boat of the intense
fall in with and hang to the topmast limb of
the tallest tree the Texan arbitrator. eyes.
I too, would be pulling at one end of the
rope" yehemently responded Wigfall.
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PRATTS ASTRAL OIL.

Absolutely safe Perfectly odorless Always uniform.
Illuminating qualities superior to Burns in any lamp
without danger of exploding taking fire. Manufactured
expressly to dispace the volatile and dangerous oils
Its safety under every possible test and its perfect burning
qualities proved by Its continued use In over 100000
Millions of gallons have been sold and no accident
directly ndirectyhas ever occurred from burning,
storing or handling it.
The Insurance Companies and Fire Commissioners
throughout the country recommend the ASTRAL the
hest safeguard when lamps used Send for circular
For sale retail by the trade generally and at whole
sale by the proprietors CHAS. PRATT CO., 10S Fulton
Street, New York.
Dec II, 1878 % 6m
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The odor exhaled by bags of commercial
fertilizers don't put one much in mind9of the
fragrance of the lilly and honeysuckle. x
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DR.. January and Cancer

YU1HE celebrity of the JANUARY INFIRMARY,
established in Murphreesboro, Tenn, in
1S4S, associated the above name with the treat
mont of Cancer until they became synony-
nous, both passed away with the war. But
great discoveries like truths, live forever. DR..
J. o. JANUARY, inheriting his fathers talents,
and improving on his experience, has achieved
a success in advance of their former history,
owing to his increased patronage he has perma-
nently located in st. Louis the numerous let
ters he is receiving, and large arrival of pa
tients, justify his move to this central point
We would advise all afflicted with Cancer,
Scrofula, Fistula, Piles, &C., to apply to him,
as he possesses perfect control of those diseases
without pain or the knife. Address,
JANUARY & MADISON,
us Chestnut ST., ST. LOUIS, MO.
July 10. 1873 ~
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ex,rbe New York Herald, the head

wThe New York Herald, the head
OF ,he iself-stylcd Independent" press
Of the country, which has been attempt
ing to create third party, thus gives
up the Whole affair in the following
lines:
e ..There is no longer any attempt by
any lcsding journal of the country to
create q new opposition party tn take
The place of the Democracy. The pref
udic, growing out of the war are sup
planted by the feeling of intense hos'it
ity to the Admins, ration, and the dem
onstrated strength of tho Democratic
organization in the recent elections
tends TO make it the sole rallying poin
of all the elements of opposition W.
regard this as healthy tendency"
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BACON FOR SALE,

win pay the highest market price for
Bacon. And to those in town wanting good
hams, shoulders or sid,s, will supply, at the
lowest market rates. Call and examine my
,tock.
dee7Y. WILLIAM SCHEUFkLE-
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Farm for Sale.

THR subscriber offers for sale his farm, sit,
/ uate three miles east Of Woods6eld, on
Death Fork of Sunfsh Creek. This is one
Of ths best coal farms on sunfsh. For further
particulars call on OF address '
oet7,'14w3. B. M.BELT.
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EE There are three Congressional
Districts on the celebrated Western Re-
serve of Ohio, eyerv one whose eleven
counties is largely Republican. the ag-
greaate majority of which heretofore
llas usually been twenty thousand. Az
the late election the Democrats carried
two of the three members, Messrs. Viii.
son and Payne. This we call doing
pretty well. A little more organization
would have carried every district in the
State with the exception of Garfelds,
and he might have been beaten by a
popular Independent Republican, whom
the Democrats would have supported.
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CONSISTING OF
TEAS, COFFEE, SUGAR,
MOLAssEs, SYRUPs, ..a
fit VINEGAR. BURNING and
'' LUBRICATtNa,audo other OILS,
Salt Fish. Dried Apples, Canned Fruit, ,Raisins,
Prunes, English Currants, Tobacco, Cigars,
Yankee Notions, Candies, Paper Collars aud
Cuffs, Fruit Jars, Rice, Huminy, Soaps. Con.
centrated Lys, Baking Soda, Salsratus,
Memorandum, Blank, Toy & School Books,
Letter or Foolsoap Paper sold by the reafn at
Wheeling prices,
LAMPS and BRtsHEs OF all descriptions.
CANDIES and CoNFEcTfoNERIEs Of all
kinds kept constantly or hand.
Tubs, Buckets, Half-BIshel Measures,
Brooms, Washboards Hoes, Forks, ehovels
and Axes. In fact, keep everything Usually
kept ina
First Class Grocery Store.
@Agent for Walter A. Woods world re-
nowued Harvesting Machines.
May 20, 1873. P. SCHUMACHER.