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Year: 1873

Mr.. EDTroRs: 1T seems to me that the little


jar among Placer county teachers over the spell


ing tests submitted Mt the late institute by Prof.
Allen, is wholly unnecessary True, all the
teachers in the county were not present, and if
they had been there is no possibility now of ever
learning whether the record would have been
better or worse, and why quarrel over split milk?
We attended the institute expecting to learn
something, and in this very spelling 'tourna-
ment, as it is called by some, we did learn
something that we will try to remember. All
know that the greatest scholars aud lexicons of
the age disagree in what is the correct orthogra-
ply in our language. Indeed, the English is
not language, but the enterprsing vigor of
brain and progressive mettle of the people who
speak and write it will make it one and perfect
one, and one, too, that will, | believe and hope
be spoken and written by all the commercial ma
tons of the world. Thousands of new words are
coined and others Englished and engrafted in our
so-called language every decade, and hundred
years hence there will be county teachers insti-
tutes that will make worse record in attempt
ing to spell twenty-five selected words from the
new coinage than did the late teachers institute.
One thing did learn which l regret, l learned
that an awkward, green young man that wants
to be boss of all the teachers in great haste,
through politics, can render himself very annoy
ing and distastefu to the real teachers in an in
stitute.
Year: 1873

LINCOLN MAY 18th, 1873


EDITORS HERALD:-As your columns are open
the discussion of matters political, have conclud-
ed that through your paper we would ascertain the
opinions of others, on subject that is now ag-
itating the public in this portion of the
county.


Our last Legislature in adopting the new
Code, as it is called, extended the term of the
Assessors to four years; this after they had been
elected, and had served portion of their time
under the old law, which gave them but two
years. Is this III accordance with a strict inter-
probation of our Constitution Will Article XI
Sec. 49, allow our Representatives in the Leg
isature to extend or abridge the term of office of
any one after he has been elected for specified
time ? If that power is delegated them, why
could they not have extended it to ten or twenty
years. or for life, and if they can extend the time
of an Assessor, why not that of Governor?


Such power is certainly not delegated to any
Legislative body in representative republic; if
1t Is, then 1t is but the inevitable prelude to
the destruction of our Republican institutions


The feeling in this part of the county is
strongly IN favor of electing successor to the
present Assessor and then testing the matter
in the courts. Should the present incumbents
be allowed to hold their offices without any
contest being made at the election, and proceed
to assess as though he had been elected for an
other term, his right would certainly be ques-
toned by the Taxpayers and if thrown out of
oluCc, tue County NOulu De uuaDle TO collect anV
revenue for twelve months, which would throw
our county affairs in very deplorable condi-
ton, We would like to have this subject fully
discussed through the columns of the HERALD,
as 1t is one of utmost importance to the tax
payers of the county, and should be brought be-
fore the people in order that they may know how
to proceed to settle it satisfactorily to all.


SUBSCRIBER


Fully two months ago we called the at
tention of our Supervisors to this very ques-
ton, and asked them to have the District
Attorney submit the simple question to the
Supreme Court. We believe the law con-
tinuing the Assessors in Office two wears
longer than they were elected for, to be
unconstitutional and void. Had the Super
visors done as we asked, the question could
now have been settled and that settlement
would have been satisfactory to all. The
truth is, our "ring" keeps our Supervisors
so busy they cant think for themselves
If an Assessor is to be run in the first district
then we say run them in all the districts.


We cannot reconcile the law with the
Constitution on this question.
Year: 1873

WHEN Grant and his fiunkies were in a
side room at party given him in St. Louis
on his late junketing trip. Grant took his ci-
gar from his mouth and said. "Col., our
party is getting too corrupt, tits overrun with
rascals and rascality; we must re-organize
and turn all these out" The COL then said !:
"Mr. President, in that case what will become
Of us? We will have to 60 out too" The cl-
gar went back in the Presidents mouth and
he was not seen for the smoke until the
subject was forgotten.
Year: 1873

But one Democrat engaged in the Repub-
ican Credit Mobilier rascality, and when
caught he took to his bed and grieved
himself to death over the crime. We refer
to Mr.. Brooks of New York. This does
not occur to Republicans, they take as nat
urally to rascality as does a pig to swill,
and fatten on it.
Year: 1873

In popular theory, and to Il certain eX-
tent in law, woman still remains a weak,
wavcring shadow Of man, his helpless
care and absolute property


1t was this most moustrous tradition
which made WalWorth the husband Il
brutal domestic tyraut, II course domestic
bully. Should not i man do what he
would with his uwu2 Ii was TINS ,cuti-
mental nonsense that made of Walwoth
the son u calculating parricide. should
the costly legal machinery Of u sovereign
state stood ready to protect" her, as
threateningS and pistols could not, was II
fact too commonplace to Ugh with him
Her honor being insulted, chivalry de
manded that he should avenge it, Smith
who killed a man and tried to Kill a
woman, justified himself Il hundred times
over with the same plea-''She be}oHged
to me- And he died to his own thinking,
in the full odor of sanctity, and in the SIM
cere belicft that he had committed no crime.
Gillem coolly stabbed his wife because
she refused to live with him on account OF
his debauchery. taithlessness, and violence.
He thought that he exercised the plalnest
right Of husband, and said to the police
man, You'd have done the same if your
wife had left you.' And that policeman
admitted that he saw the murderer lying
in wait, knew his mad rage. and feared
some violence, but did not like to inter
fere between man and WIFE Goodrich
happened to be the victim instead of the
victor, under his system, which was evil
IDENTIFY the same, namely, that the woman
is the absolute property OF the man and
the creature Of his will To his thinking
she has no rights in the ease.


These are not pleasant pictures; but it
is only in their concrete form that the bad
tendencies of society arrest the general
mind. The one hope of diminishing crime
is to reform those false modes of thought
which generate crime. No one of these
is more dangerous than the notion Of mans
ownership of woman, and of woman's ac-
comtability to man. 1t brutalizes the
lower classes from end to end. Its con-
sequences touch unborn children and keep
the ranks Of rogues and paupers full 1t
makes the men of the upper classes tyran-
acting, frivolous and weak. 1t leads to
crimes of sensuallty and violence, and sets
the code Of honor above the law of the
land


Half the social questions that veX our
souls will be answered when the world
comedies that II woman is a normal, re-
sponsible, individual human being, rs a
man is a normal. responsible individuals
that she must be the protector of her own
honor, the Judge of her own duty, the
keeper of her own conscience, ansWerable
only to the law and to heaven There
wll! be lofty observance Of marriage, a
noble race of children, only when the man
and the woman are intelligent equals
and friends. And in that day the world
will be ashamed to remember through
how many centuries it ranged men into
a mock order Of devotees and women into
a sentimental priesthood
Year: 1873

Careful and troubled, so | did not see


My Saviour near;
And looking down lost midst the dust of life,


His presence dear.
And he was waiting, even in my home


Waiting for me,
10 give me blessings from His loving hand


Both rich and sweet.
Whilst unheeding, looked upon the care,


The cumbering care;
Thinking it strange that l was left alone,


So much to bear.
But, growing weary, l looked up for Him,


And he was near,
Waiting within my home, and watching there


My care and fear.
And then he seemed to say, 'Oh, troubled soul


Learn to be still;
serve not too much, but sit down and wait


Thy Masters will.
In resting will bless thee and bestow


Strength for thy day;
Lose not my blessings midst thy busy life,-


Thy help and stay
And 50 | rested at His blessed feet,


Beneath His care;
And forgot my BURDEN rising up,


left it there.
Year: 1873

Beans are very easily damaged and re
duced in value i'll harvesting From the
time they are gathered until they are
thrashed and marketed they should be
kept dry and protected from mildew. EX-
posure to damp causes them to be spotted
or discolored, in which case they are either
unstable or can be disposed Of only at IA
much reduced price.


AS soon as the beans are ripe they
should he pulled. This may be convcu-
iently done by passing down between two
rows, commencing 50 that the fence is at
the left hand and the field at the right, and
pulling the plants in both rows, laying
them over on the right hand row then
passing between the next two rows. gath
wards those already gathered. Before the
dew falls the beans should be stacked. TO
do this, a pole six feet long should be
stuck firmly into the ground. Then short
pieces of rails should be laid on each side
of the pole. The beans should be laid on
these rails, the roots one way. One mod
erately sized bunch should be laid on each
side Of the stake or pole. Then other
lunches should be laid across the first
ones, and the roots kept always on the
same side of the stack This is to prevent
the earth from falling in amongst the beans
and discoloring them. In this way the
stack is carefully built up, and on reach
ing the top Of the stake a cap of straw is
fastened around it, and spread so as to
shed the rain and keep the beans dry. The
stack is so open and narrow that the wind
passes freely through it, and curing goes
on rapidly. When they are sufficiently
cured they may be hauled to the barn and
threshed, either with the fail or machine
with the concave raised, and Winnowed
and bagged for market


Although stock will not eat beans raw.
when cooked they are readily eaten by
swine, and furnish an excellent and re
markably nutritious feed, which is rich in
fesh-torming material. For the farmer
himself they are most excellent and
nutritious food, and best when boiled and
eaten without the usual pork, but accom-
panied by plain butter and salt and pep
per.
Year: 1873

BREAKING Colts The gentling of colts
should begin when they are but Il few


weeks old. Frequent handling and occa-
sional salting or feeding them from
your hand and stroking their neaks are
all good practices. From two to three
years old they should be accustomed by
degrees to the saddle and bride. Thus
treated, breaking becomes an easy task.
When first being driven they should be
harnessed with good, steady horse. In
fact, kindness and firmness, together with
good common sense, is what is needed in


breaking colts And if they are rightly
managed they will seldom, If ever play
any tricks In the first place they should
be made to understand what is wanted Of
them and then in a proper way make them
perform accordingly. Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1873

\ correspondent of the Journal OF llor-
ticulture (English) recommends the use
of oil OF vitriol for destroying such hardy
weeds as plantains and thiStle>, on Il lawn
or along fences 1t is much more effcctu-
al and expeditions than salt We con
dense the following extract Take an
old backing bottle, with Il wire round it
t. carry II by, and II stick TO dp with.
The stick should be pointed but should be
notched for an inch on two NJ the end, the
better to hold the liquid. just one drop
quite in the heart OF the planlan is suli


cent to cause death, and the notched stick
will contain at one dip enough to destroy
three on four plants If the acid is good
the work OF death can be both seen and
heard, for the yitriol Kisses, and il burns
up the plantain in a moment \ row of
plantains a foot wide sprang np on lawn
here where an iron fence formerly ran.
The owner seeing at place he visited the
good effect of vitriol, put the hint in prac-
tice. The plantalns were killed III an
hour, and have never appeared again. 1t
was three years ago, and it is impossible
to recognize the line of the fence; it COM
pleteN burns the roots out | have tried 1t
on large dandelions with the same result
One of the young gentlemen here amused
himself by hunting out the longest thistles
he could find to experiment on the yltriol
completely killed them by eating the roots
out One drop will do. Care is required
that it does not touch the skin, boots or
clothes it is not safe in the hands Of chill
dren but a man OF woman with ten min


quickly than any lad can eat gooseher-
Year: 1873

riage all was sunshine then the tickle
nature of the Baron began to assert
itself, and he became q very devil OF
causeless jealousy and malice. Every
letter Emmie wrote was read before it
left the chateau. She was debarred
from going into society-she was per
mitted to see no one save in the presence
of her husband, who watched her as a
tiger watches his prey. Then he took
to drinking and playing heavily but
she, hoping to win him back to her still,
compassed him round with sweet obser-
vances, and by her gentle goodness
strove hard to exercise the demon that
possessed his heart. But it was no use.
And then she told him how one night
Emmie's husband returned from boar
hunt, and she ran to meet him in the
hall, when ne, in fit of drunken fury.
before servants and stranger guest,
raised his riding-switch and cut her
across the face-the cowardly hound,
and from that hour she never raised her
head, but, uuder the cruel indignity,
she slowly dropped.


On the night she died she moaned
with pain that she should not see father
or mother again, and they had no pic
ture even to remember her by. But
they shall have one-they shall have
one, and thus saying, she died.


When the master of the chateau saw
her dead, remorse burned into his soul
and drove him mad, and he was now a
raving maniac. And at last Susan
escaped from the chateau to tell the
secrets of his prison house. As Mr..
st. John rapidly sketched these tragic
outlines, great drops of anguish stood
on his forehead, and when L bade him
farewell his hand was as cold as death.
In the din and confusion of this great
shouting world, 1 lost sight of my friend,
and some years after our rencontre at
Berlin, was panied to read an intima-
ton of his death in the Times. Shortly
after this melancholy announcement, a
letter from the solicitors of the deceased
Mr.. st. John, informed me that he had
bequeathed me a full length portrait of
his only daughter.


And this is the story of the picture
of the lady with the pale, sad face, that
hangs in my library. But sometimes I
think l only dreamt the tragic tale.-
Udring Cross Magazine.
Year: 1873

Once upon time two merchants lived
in certain town, Just on the verge of
stream. One of them was Russian,
the other Tartar; both were rich. But
the Russian got so utterly ruined by
some business or other that he hadn't a
single bit of property left. Everything
he had was cOntiscated or stolen. The
Russian merchant had nothing to turn
to-he was left as poor as a rat. So he
went to his friend the Tartar, and be-
sought him to lend him some money.


"Get me surety" says the Tartar.


"But whom can get for you, seeing
that haven't soul belonging to me !?
Stay, though there's surety for you,
the life-giving cross on the church y


Every good, my friend p says the
Tartar. 'I1l trust your cross. Your
faith or ours, it's all one to me"


And he gave the Russian merchant
fifty thousand rubles. The Russian
took the money, bade the Tartar fare
well, and went back to trade in divers
places.


By the end of two years he had gained
a hundred and fifty thousand rubles by
the fifty thousand he had borrowed.
Now he happened to be sailing one day
from along the Danube, going with wares
oneplace to another, when all of sudden
a storm arose, and was ON the point of
sinking the ship he was in. Then the
merchant remembered how he had bor-
rowed money, and given the life giving
cross as surety, but had not paid his
debt. That was doubtless the cause of
the storm arising! No sooner had he
said this to himself than the storm be-
gan to subside. The merchant took a
barrel, counted out fifty thousand
rubles, wrote the Tartar note, placed
it, together with the money, in the bar
rel, and then flung the barrel into the
water, saying to himself: CAS- l gave
the cross as my surety to the Tartar,
the money will be certain to reach him.


The barrel straightway sank to the
bottom every one supposed the money
was lost. But what happened? ? In the
Tartar's house there lived a Russian
kitchen-maid. One day she happened
to go to the river for water, and when
she got there she saw barrel floating
along. So she went little way into
the water and began trying to get hold
of it. But it wasn't to be done When
she made at the barrel, it retreated
from her; when she turned from the
barrel to the shore, it foated after her.
She went on trying and trying for some
time, then she went home and told her
master all that had happened. At first
he wouldn't believe her, but at last he
determined to go to the river and see
for himself what sort of barrel it was
that was floating there. When he got
there-sure enough there was the barrel
floating, and not far from the shore.
The Tartar took off his clothes and went
into the water; before he had gone any
distance the barrel came floating up to
him of its own accord. He laid hold of
it, carried it home, opened it, and
looked inside. There he saw q guam
tity of money, and on top of the money
q note. He took out the note and read
it, and this is what was said in it


'Deav friendi I return you the fifty
thousand rubles for which, when I bor-
Year: 1873

A devout clergyman sought every
opportunity to impress upon the
mind of his son the fact that God
takes care of all His creatures; that
the falling sparrow attracts His at
tention, aud that His loving kindness
is over all His works. Happening,
one dav, to see crane wadiug in
quest Of food, the good man pointed
out to his SON the perfect adaptation,
of the crane 10 get his living in that
manner. "Sec," said lie, chow his
legs are formed for wading! What a
long, slender bill he has! Observe
how nicely he folds his feet when
putting them in or drawing them out
Of the water! He does not cause The
slightest ripple! He is thus enabled
to approach the fish without giving
them any notice of his arrlval.'
'.My son." said he, sit is impossible
to look at that bird without recus-
nizing the design as well as the good
ness of God in thus providing the
means of subsistence" Yes" re-
piled the boy, Il think see the good
ness of God, at least so far as the
crane is concerned; but after all,
father, don't you think the arrange
uIeut a little tough on the fsh! :"
Year: 1873

As he was now good deal past middle
age, all hope of trapping him was given
up, when 10 came the announcement
that he had married the Guiccioli ! He
was accustomed always to introduce her
with pride as "my wife, the Guiccoli,
Lord Byrons mistress" They lived
happily together for many years, and
until he died. in 1866.
Year: 1873




--Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway, Of the House,
having received large number of 10 ters from
members, telling him that they did not intend
to draw the amount due them on tho salary
steal, applied to the First Comptroller for his
opinion and advice. The latter decided that
the letters were sufficient to authorize the cov-
ering of the money into the Tres 'ury without
any further authority. This will b. matter
Of surprise to a large number, some Of whom
had said they would not draw their money until
the storm had abated and the matter had
gone ont Of the public mind. They supposed
that they could notify Ordway that they did
not intend to draw their money that it would
thus lie subject to their order for two years,
when it could be turned into the Treasury.
The Comptroller said the Department was
very lenient about receiving money, and there
were no rules prohibiting thereceipt of money,
but it was more difficult to get it out


between fifteen and twenty-five tons Of
free matter now leaves the postofice in WASH
ington, for the States, daily. Heretofore
many public documents belonging to members
of Congress have been stored at the Capitol,
but as the franking privilege cannot be exer-
cised after the first OF next July this accumu-
lation of year is being transmitted to the
Senators and Representatives. From fifty to
sixty bags of documents, addressed to mem
bers, are forwarded daily in different direc-
tions, and probably by the first of July all
dead-head matter Of this description will have
been sent to its destination.


The Secretary of the Interior has decided
that the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
is entitled to lands along the line laid down Oh
it's maps of preliminary location, az against
all persons who made settlements on such
lands after said preliminary map had been ac-
cepted by the Secretary of the Interior, but
before the lands had been formally withdrawn
This decision is adverse to several hundred
claimants, and involves about 200 sections OF
land in Minnesota, Washington Territory, and
elsewhere.