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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT:

Newton Booth, of Sacramento county, Governor.
r Pacbeco. of Santa Barbara, Lieut.. Governor.
Drury Melone, of San Francisco, Sec tary State.
J. j. Green, of Marin, Controller.
F. Baehr. Of San Francisco, Treasurer.
R. Gardner of Merced, Surveyor General.
J. L. Love, of San Francisco, Attorney General.
T. Mathewson of San Francisco, Harbor Com
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Fl. N. Bolander, San Francisco, Superintendent
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Sheep for Sale.

TUE undersigned has on his ranch four
i miles from Auburn. IS head Of good Stool
sheep which he offers for sale at a bargain.
Inquire atths pennies for particulars.
sel2-1m PATRfCK SHIvrv
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PosTPoNeMeNT.

The above sale is hereby postponed unit
MONDAY. the l2th day Of OCTOBER. AID. 1874
ct the hour and place above named.
By order OF Plaintiffs Attorney
JAS. MCCORMICK,
Sheriff Placer County.
Sheriff ONCE. Auburn,
Sept %, l6z4. ocS-td
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Matrimonial Freaks.

Our cousins across the Atlantic con-
trive to amuse themselves for an hour or
so every year with the oddities of the
marriage reports. They have Register
General in London whose reports are al
ways dissected with curious interest, and
the press often dwells on the singularities
those reports present with evident unc-
ton. Thus they tell us that in 1870 no
less than eleven gentlemen, each approach
ing the age of ninety, instead of getting
religion" got wives. One of these vet
Grams married lady aged ninety, while
the other ten took wives of from thirty
to thirty-fve summers ripeness. One
fair and innocent creature of sixty-five
condescended to take to her blushing
arms a husband of thirty but several
widows who had passed the grand climac-
teric, and revelled in all the fascinating
charms of three score and ten, dotted
their weeds with courage truly COM
mendable, accepting husbands, however,
of somewhat corresponding age. Only
fancy, though, bachelor of seventy-fve,
after half century's reflection upon the
perils of double harness, wedding an in
FAINT of seventy-One, while widower OF
the same age, with a greater taste for the
immature, carried off the heart and hand
of bride barely twenty! Three hundred
and twenty-five girls married at sixteen
and under, during that year, while over
eight thousand bachelors married widows
to console them for conjugal losses. Nearly
double that number, though, preferred
to wed spinsters who could not, in mo-
ments of vexation, throw up the perfec-
tions of some "dear Departed" some
marvellous number one."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
The Art of NAVIGATION.

Navigation has given to man more
knowledge than all the other sciences
crowded together. She embraces them
all. She has called forth higher and
nobler courage than the din of battles or
the throbbings of patriotism. The
scholars who graduate in. her schools re-
ceive their diploma from the hand of
nature. Her soldiers win their det0ra-
tions in the gigantic wars of Titantic ele-
ments. Her origin is divine. Her first
temple was reared by the patriarch on the
peaks of Ararat, in the mountains Of
Armenia, when the covenant of God was
established with the sons of men " for
perpetual generations" But as the steps
of death make no distinction between the
mansion of the rich man and the cabin of
the poor, neither do the winds or the cur
rents of the waters show any impartiality.
They are alike memorable in their course
to all, from the frail argosy of the gentle
Hindoo maiden, launched at eventide on
the yellow waters of the sun-scorched
Ganges, to divine the fate of an absent
lover, to the proud, stern, stately war
ship, deaths missionary and destroying
angel, "walking the waters like thing of
life" but bent on the business Of destruc-
tiOn
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Race Week at Lexington.

Writing of the recent Kentucky races,
correspondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal says: Lexington is a lively
place during race week. The hotels and
clearinghouse are crowded; there is an
unusual stir among the shOpkeepers and
whisky-sellers; the old rattle-trap hacks
and breakdown wagons are creased up
and put in operation for the conveyance
of people to the race-track, and the album
dant colored population suddenly spring
into wonderful activity, From early
morn till far past 'dewy eve Except
during the actual racing), the shady side
walk in front of the. Phoenix Hotel is
crowded with noble Kentuckians nevery
imaginable style of civic costume, from
the slovenly rubber with his pantaloons
supported by single suspender, and the
careless farmer, with his rusty coat and
ancient SLOUGH hat, to the Hastily dressed
drummer and the more sedately attired
capatilist.- You hear horse talk till you
can't rest. They all seize upon the split
bottom chairs that abound at the hotels,
and hold them through hours and hours
of conversation, as If they had
lease upon them. Comfortably seated
in the shade or under the starry heavens
your Blue Grass Kentuckian never tires
Of the subject of horse. It is pedigree,
record running with shoes on, a race
hoss, sho's yo' bo'n,' and wouldn't take
$4,000 for him, from morning till night,
from night till morning. Every man
who has thoroughbred colt has the best
one that ever lived, and every one that
hasn't one now has had the best one that
ever existed, and made the grievous mis-
take of selling him for ten or fifteen
thousand dollars less than he was worth"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Vary the MOnOtOny.

Home life is apt to become montonous,
and monotony means humdrum. The
ladies of family hold this matter in
their own hands, for men, living an active
outdoor life, frequently settle down to
inactivity during their evenings, unless
reused by some pleasant episode into
liveliness. 1t a wife's privilege to make
the home lively, and to give variety and
interest to home life. IL is surprising
how very little invention it requires to
do this. All that is wanted is just an ex-
cuse for liveliness. A little variety in
the amusement of the children, if there
be any; little delicacy at the table, or
at an expected hour in the evening;
some little novelty of dress, or the ring
ing in of an occasional visitor. When
people go travelling they discover how
many things they had mt home which
before they had barely thought Of Just
10, when our friends are absent, they
show us i'm their letters 10 many qualities
of observation and sympathy and ex-
preston, which had remained undevel-
oped right under our noses. Somebody
has discovered that change of situation
has a wonderfully stimulating influence
on the mind. We have TO accommodate
ourselves to new circumstances, and this
friction rubs off some of the rust which
made us half insensible.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Wooden Artillery.

Few narratives of sieges are more
entertaining than that given in the SER
Mutakhereen, of fort which was de-
Tended effectually, in one of Aurungzebe's
campaigns in the Deccan. The command
ant was nearly unprovided with can
non, having only one or two effective
mart for timber. The governor, securing
both the timber and carpenters, garnished
his ramparts with wooden limitations of
cannon and being fully supplied with
most other requisites when the imperial
army arrived, put a good face on the
business.
He did more, too, for he kept the secret
within his own walls; and the enemy,
suspecting the number of his train, COM
menced their approaches in due form
affording him thus abundance of leis-
ure to mature his plan of defense. Every
piece, as soon as fired, became, of course,
unserviceable, but he Immediately re-
placed it by new one.
No foundry ever produced more guns
in year than this mans ingenuity did
in one siege. The enemy, tired out
with the obstinate defence which he made
from his batteries, determined to carry
the place by escalade in open day. Hav-
ing failed, however, in some similar enter
prises, a neighboring saint was procured,
who was to head the attack, and by the
sancity of his character, to inspire the
soldiers with greater zeal in desperate
cause. The holy man was raised on a
platform, and carried in the rear of the
forlorn hope.
The governors good luck still adhered
to him. A shot from a wooden gun,
when the escaladers were nearly close to
the walls, knoced down the saint, or
which the party took to their heels. A
delay ensued the seige wasat last raised
and the commander covered with glory
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Theory of OdOrS.

A writer says: $50 much has been
written on our five physical faculties
sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smelling,
that it has occupied large portion of
the various published works from the
time when printing was invented. The
three senses first named have fairly been
written out;' but not much has yet APP
peared relating directly or indirectly to
the other. Mr.. Piesse now gives us q
theory of the olfactory nerve in dis
tinguishing perfumes. Scents appear to
influence the smelling nerve in certain
definite degrees. There is, as it were, an
octave of Odors, like an octave in music.
Certain odors blend in unison, like the
netes of an instrument. For instance,
almond, belitrope, vanilla, and orange
blossoms blend together, each produc-
ing different degrees of nearly similar
impression. Again, we have citron,
lemon, verbena, and orange-peel, forming
higher octave of smells, which blend
in a similar manner. The figure is COM
pleted by what are called simi-odors,
such as rose and rose-geraniums for the
halfnote; petty grain, the note; neroly,
black key, or halfnote, followed by
feur dordnge, a full-note. Then we have
patchouly, sandal-wood and vivert, with
many others, running into each other.
From the perfumes already known we
may produce, by uniting them in proper
proportions, the smell of almost any
flower. When perfumes are mixed
which strike the same key of the olfac-
tory nerve no idea of different scent
is produced as the scent dies off from the
handkerchief; but when they are not
mixed upon this principle, then we hear
that such and such perfume becomes
sickly,' or faint after it has been in
use O short time.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
An Unfortunate Experiment.

Young Archibald Singerly, of German
town has been unfortunate. He read in
one of the papers that "when the boys
of Virginia City wish to raise their kites
they tie the string to dogs tail and
make the animal rum" 1t occurred to
young Mr.. Singerly that as this proceed
ing was conducted upon sound, rational
basis, he would experiment in the same
direction. The difficulty encountered by
Mr.. Singerly at the outset was that he
had an extremely large kite and mourn
fully small dog; and the conclusion of
the undertaking therefore may be antici-
pated, especially when we intimate that
the wind was high.
The residents of the neighborhood were
surprised to see dog rushing backward
down the street, with considerable veloc-
ity, clawing and scratching at the earth
for hold, and emitting ejaculatory
hows, as if he cherished secret prefer
ence for going in another direction. And
they were even more amazed to perceive
that he seemed to be anchored to some
thing in the heavens. But there was not
time for investigation. In moment
cyclone or something struck the kite, and
before Archibald Singerly could utter
scream, his dog had performed about one
third of the journey to the milky way.
1t is supposed that the bird's-eye view
enjoyed by that animal must have been
magnificent, embracing as it did Mount
Airy, Conshocken, Savannah, st. Peters
burg and Pekin, with numerous smaller
towns and villages.
But the precise amount of felicity oh.
tanned by Singerly's dog while dangling
amid the planetary system will perhaps
never be ascertained, unless Singerly
meets his victim in better world for,
as the kite came sailing down, the string
caught on vane of church steeple,
became tangled, and held Singerly's dog
in permanent suspense. They tried to
blow him loose with shotgun, and they
succeeded in producing shower of
sausage meat after each discharge, but
when the dog had all been shot away, his
tail remained pointing due north, and
refused to come down. Any one who
has good dog can hear of something to
his advantage by applying at Singerly's.
Old Mr.. Singerly would prefer bob
tailed dog.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Piano Kaleidoscope.

Our younger readers occasionally come
to lull when together of an evening,
and something new is required to interest.
All know the Kaleidoscope, and the inter-
esting combination of form that it pre-
sents. 1t has not merely been toy for
the young, but has been of service in the
various ornamental arts by its wonderful
variety of figures caused by the refec-
ton of the colored pieces as they fall
toward each other in the different changes
of the tube. Something of the same kind
can be produced with piano, using the
two portions of the polished top as. sides of
kaleidoscope, and throwing over one end a
figured piano-cover or other substance
that will reflect colors The room is dark
ened, and lights held behind the cover.
BY the motion of the cover the various de-
signs appear on the two polished surfaces
ina variety of combinations that will
prove quite novel and interesting.
A little practice will enable the operator
to make this quite novel feature, and ex-
cite surprise in those who have not seen it
performed, and these will be the majority.
The spectators, of course, take their
seats at the further end, and must be led
to expect something really novel and
wonderfully mysterious.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
Slatterly's VentrilOQuial Joke.

A man who plays practical jokes upon
his wife deserves to be punished, and
Slatterly, of Muncy, acas punished. His
wife had dread of cats, and, before re-
firing at night, she always looked carefully
under the bed to see that no stray puss,
and no man, on robbery intent, were
concealed there. A few nights ago, after
Mr.. and Mrs. Slatterly had retired, Stat
terly, who has been learning ventrilo-
quism, thought he would amuse himself
and scare his wife by gently yowling, and
making the sound come from under the
bed. Mrs. Slatterly instantly sat up and
exclaimed:
=, Josiah, do believe there is cat in
this ROOM"
ooh, nonsense!' grunted Slatterly
and then he made the noise again.
"I tell you, JOSIAH" exclaimed Mrs
Slatterly, ~ hear a cat under this bed
/ wish you'd get out and drive it away
ooh, 60 to sleep, Matilda" said Stat
terly. al don't hear anything. There's
no cat about"
Then Josiah, with his mouth beneath
the covers, uttered louder screech than
before.
"Well, if you won't clear that cat out
you brute, / WILL" said Mrs. Slatterly.
So she reached over, picked up Josiah's
boots, and put them on in bed, in order
to protect her feet and ANGLES from the
infatuated animal. Then she took Stat
terly's cane, and stopped down to SWEEP
it around beneath the bed. Just as she
did so, Josiah emitted fearful yell
which might have come from cat in the
last paroxysms Of hydrophobia.
This startled Mrs. Slatterly SO that she
sprang backward, and in doing so she
stumbled against the baby cradle, which
was overturned, and she went headf0re
most against twenty-five dollar looking
glass on the bureau, while the cane flew
out of her hand and lighted with cOnsid
cradle force upon Slatterly's head.
The screams of Mrs. Slatterly aroused
all the neighborhood, and even brought
out the fire department, so that by the
time the baby was rescued from the wreck
and the broken glass picked up, two
engines had streams playing upon the
house, and the front door had been burs
open by the police and the firemen were
engaged in dragging wet hose over thu
entry carpet and up the front stairs, jus
as Slatterly came down to explain things
That feline ventriloquism cost him jus
ninety dollars for carpets and looking
glasses, and confusion on the head which
the people to this hour believe he re
ceived in pugilistic encounter with hi
wife
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
A Serious Predicament.

A story illustrating the crushing force
of mere circumstantial evidence, has for
its hero Russian gentleman of distinc-
ton, who, provided with strong and fiat
tering recommendations, visited the coin
and medal room of a certain national
institution. The coins and medals in this
collection being to all intents and pur-
poses priceless, the curatOrs are obliged to
exercise the very utmost caution as to the
admission of strangers, and to keep q
sharp lookout on the visitors while they
are inspecting the rarest of the numismat-
ic treasures. The Russian gentleman
wished to see medal---say of Constantine
Clhorus--which was of gold, of large
size and reputed to be unique. Suddenly,
while he was bending over it, the medal
disappeared, and the foreigner declared
that it had slipped from his hand and
fallen on the floor. After scrupulous
examination of every chink and Granny
in the room, the officials began to doubt
the strangers integrity, and intimated
that it would be necessary to call in a
detective, and to have him searched,
whereupon the gentleman evinced great
mental disturbance. AS this agitation
only confirmed the suspicious of his guilt,
policeman was actually summoned; but
just as the half-resisting stranger was
about to be exposed to gross personal in
dignity, an attendent cried out that he
had found the medal. The effigy had
indeed fallen to the ground and rolled
under one of the posses. The curators
of the collection, of course, overwhelmed
the Russian gentleman with apologies
but they could not refrain from asking
him why he had exhibited reluctance go
great to be searched. "For this reason"
said the foreigner, still pallid and trem-
bling with agitation. at has been gen.
orally asserted and believed that the
fellow to your Constantine Chorus medal
is not to be found in the whole world. You
told me 50, half dozen times, this
morning. Now / happen to possess a
counterpart of this very medal" Che
produced it, as he spoke, from his waist.
coat pocket) "and it was my wish to
enjoy your discontinue when proved
to you that your treasure was not unique.
But what would have been my position
If your medal had not come to light, and
mine had been found in my pocketY Who
would have believed in my story about
the counterpart This incident ID
strange, but true.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
A New Discovery.

A Belgian peasant has made the ex.
traordinary discovery that earth, coal,
and soda, mixed up together, would burn
as well and better than any other COM
bustible, and the fact has since then been
proved beyond doubt. The way in
which he found this out is curious. He
had been scraping the floor of his cellar
with q shovel in order to bring all the
bits of coal lying about into heap,
which, mixed as It was with earth and
other impurities, he put it into his stove.
To his astonishment he found that this
accidental compound burnt better, in
stead of worse, than he expected, and
emitted much greater heat. Being an
intelligent man, he endeavored to dis
cover the cause, and found that great
deal of soda, probably the remnant Of
the last wash, lay about on the floor of
the cellar, and that some of it must have
got into his heap, He then made a few
experiments, and at length improved his
compound sufficiently to render it'practi-
cal. The publicity given in Belgium to
this discovery caused trial to be made
everywhere, and it has now been ascer-
tanned that three parts of earth and one
of coal-dust watered with concentrated
solution Of soda, will burn well and emit
great heat.