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Year: 1873

QUICK WoEK.-The congregation Of the
Third Presbyterian church determined few
weeks since to build Il temporary house Of
worship to serve them until such time lis
all apprehensions as to the safety Of their
church building shall he removed. Accord
ingly, with commendable zeal they went to
work about eight days ago; the result Of
their l,bors is large and commodious
wooden structure, capable of seating from
three hundred and fifty to four hundred
persons, which is well heated and well
lighted. This tabernacle is Situated on the
vacant lot nearly opposite the church, and, as
announced elsewhere, will be so far finished
rs to bc ready for occupancy Tomorrow:
This work, commenced and completed
within ten days, is Il standing evidence That
the prcsbytcrians Of Church Hill are alive
and wide awake.
Year: 1873

TIE PgNITESTIAEY QUESTIoS-1Ts LEASE


AND REMovAI..--As the bill for the removal


aul lease of the State pcnitentiary will soon


come up in the House of Delegates, Mr..


Gilman Yesterday opportuneiy laid before


the House Of Delegates the petition of 1,acO


mechanics and worknSmen Of this city in


opposition to the lease and in favor Of The


removal Of said institution. The petitioners


say:


1--WE, the undersigned, mechanics and
worklngmcn Of Richmond, State of Viz
Slnia, observing from your proceedings that
Il proposition il now before the Legislature
for leasing out the pcni,cntiary and prison-
ers for the purpose of establishing some
large manufacturing operation, and bclicv-
iug that the effect Of such an act would not
only bring into competition the labor Of tue
convict with that Of the honest labor OF
the country, hut would inevitably blight
the hopes II the ariizan and forever seal the
doom OF the mechanic in degrading him to the
level Of The criminal !; and believing tiE,t it's
not only requirement OF justice but the
lruc policy OF the Legislature to foster
and protect the mechanic arts and elevate
them TO position with the learned profess
sious rather than dehase and degrade to the
level Of the convict, we humbly pray your
honorable body TO avert this evil by placing


the criminal in such Il position us not 10 be
brought into contact with honest labor. and
| to remove the peniteniiary to some point


away from the city, where their labor would
bc useful To the State


This petition only reached our delegates
yesterday, it having been used in showing
members from The country the feeling of our
mechanic, and wolkingmen i'll regard to the
pcnitcntiary. We arc sure thepetition will
have is elect when the subject comes up.
Year: 1873

REEs & Co., Nos Oil and sls Main, near Ninth
street. are now doing nearly all the business In the
city In their line. This Is owing to their good work
and low prices. Their pictures have an easy grace
full, and natural look that is seldom seen In the ave-
rage work turned out by the best galleries else
where.
Year: 1873

The imitation of the acrostat for the ransat
so'cl9ck this morning If everything favorable and
start will be pushed rapidly The Nassau Gas Company
the managers that the supply Of will be forth
the and the weather is proptous the departure win
take place somewhere between and O'clock T. NJ
to-day Nothing prevent the start II the balloon fills
without accident Every precaution will be taken to
prevent cden and IL Is believed that the ped
ton Will depart to-day as announced Everything is In
accident entirely unlocked tor and not apprehended will
prevent the start.


The public, however, win bear in mind that nothing
Will be hazarded for mere sensational display We
shall 90 utmost to guard against allure, but every
thing will be made subservent to the main object the
undertaking.


The grounds will be open from A. NJ until the hour Of
departure In case postponement will be necessary 1t
Will be duly posted a the entrance and announced in the
drst eaition of THE DAILY GRAPHIC.


Ihs admssan to the grounds today WILL be 90 cents
ring afording view of the preparations. SO cents
extra Reserved seats of which there only small
number, 81 extra.
Year: 1873

Though voters are apt to consider the
candidates for Supervisors as of secondary
importance, there is not an officer to be
elected which can do more toward Tightening
the burden or increasing the weight of taxa
ton than the Supervisors. They hold in
their hands the veal or the woe of the
county. Into their hands you place every
thing which the county owns, and the dis
position of all the money pad by you for
the support of county and public affairs, is
in their hands. Then look to it we'll, cit


zcns Of Placer, that you elect the best men
for the position, and when we say best we
apply the word in its broadest sense. They
should be men of experience, of education,
of acquaintance with the county, and firm
as adamant on the subsidy, railroad and
monopoly issues now pending. And one
important fact we wish to impress firmly on
the mind of every voter, is, that no man
who is in any way, either directly or indi-
rrutly, connected with the railroad company,
express company or any other monopoly; or
whose business is such that any monopoly,
rich company or corporation could affect it
materially in any way, is fit for the position.
Let an important measure come before the
Board of Supervisors, in which a rich cor
poration has much at stake, and that Board
composed of men whose bread and butter
is in the hands of that corporation, and we
tell you, voters, for that Board to oppose the
interests of that corporation would require
more moral courage than most men Of mod
crn days possess; and experience teaches
.bat to trust men so situated in such posi-
tions is not safe. These are facts which all
men must admit. And since a majority at
least of the so-caled Republican nominees
are so situated ~ private business that the
railroad or express company could mash
them out ia day, were they to incur the
displeasure of said corporations, it will not
take tn e voters of Placer long to decide
which is the safer men to support Tor the Of
fee of SUPERVISOR
Year: 1873

The Board of Supervisors. in their proc
lamation, established two new voting pre-
cincts, viz: Griffin and Merits, both near
the State line dividing this county from the
State of Nevada. Heretofore Summit pie
cinct included all the northeastern portion Of
the county. Two years ago Summit pol!ed
rs votes; one year ago 1S; and now we
are told by Republicans in justification of
this act of the Supervisors that there are
two Or three hundred votes up there in the
limits of these new precincts, and it oc-
cssioned too much Inconvenience for them to
have TO 60 to Summit City to votc. Our
experience has shown that voters, with the
least spark of patriotism and feeling in the
contest, generally find the polling place on
election day, and it is reasonable to suppose
that most Of tboco )" G"mu,;t precinct hAvo
heretofore voted when they had chance
We have heard of no emigration TO that
part of the county lately, and we can't see
where these three hundred votes are to come
from, unless it be that the Supervisors an
ticipate sudden influx of population into
that section between now and election day,
from a source that we are supposed TO know
nothing about. The fact is, in our estma-
ton. the precincts were established, as con-
venient points, to colonize from Nevada. If
il,at is the object, and that it is seems to be
evident, it is dirty, mean, unprncipled
trick on the part of our Superv isors to aid
them and the monopoly IN their deceitful,
unscrupalous, unprincipled designs on the
free voice of the people, and Characteristic
of the railroad company that originated it
and the ring that caused its enactment, and
should meet with deserved condemnation
from every man who retains one spark Of
honor and principle, let his political afilia-
tons be or have been what they may. We
suggest to our candidates and the friends Of
right everywhere, that they investigate this
matter, and if it really appears that there
is an attempt at fraud, 70 station men to
watch, and demand that justice shall be had
there, and in all the precincts in Placer
County. The railroad Republicans find
they are on the wrong side, that they have
got an uphill row TO hoe. They see their
assumed anti-monopolyism deceives no one,
and as last resort attempt TO defraud the
people out of victory.
Year: 1873

The Argus says when the railroad COM
pany find the people are determined to put
ticket in the field that will be true to their
constituents, that "will resist the batteries
and bribes of moneyed corporations" such
as the Independents have put up in Placer
County, "the tactics Of the railroad changes
then. They do not bolt outright, for they
never fight openly, but by stealth" That
is just what we have always said, but we
are much surprised as pleased at the
short-sighted thing in making an open ac-
acknowledgement of the fact. Now, we
guess the people will more clearly under
stand what We have been telling them about
the -Argus and its railroad supporters. and
why they SO suddenly changed their tactics.
Last year they were all for Page and mo-
nopoiy, but this year, finding the people
were determined TO put ticket in the field
that moneyed corporations could not inAu-
ence, they, as the chick itself acknowledges,
changed their tactics" and began to preach
Booth and anti-monopoly. Pretty good.
This is what we have always claimed was
the cause. Circumstantial evidence proved
it, now it is a glaring truth. They found
they could not win the fight openly, so they
change their tactics and resort to stealth.
Truth will out.
Year: 1873

The Independent movement in the county
Of Placer originated with the people; organ
ization was had through call of The joint
committee, and in convention assembled the
people themselves, and in their own way,
selected their standard-be The actua-
ting cause of the move was the same that
history records for thousands of years-op-
preston and misrule-that never was and
never will be long endured by manly race
knowing their rights and daring to maintain
them; and after having been deceived by
the manipulations of conventions and pro-
testations of fealty to their cause, the peo-
pie in this instance took the matter into
their own hands, and the fight TO- day is the
fight Of the people themselves proper.


Now, is there one amongst them dissatis-
fed with either the move, the convention or
the candidates? No people were ever actu-
yated by better motive; no convention was
ever more fairly conducted, and no better
ticket was ever placed before the voters Of
Placer. Hence it is that daily and almost
hourly the news reaches us, first from one
precinct and then from another, and 80 or
all over the county, that the people are ter
ribly in earnest, fully determined to finisf
this fight with clap of thunder, and tc
scatter to the four wipds Of heaven the last
relics of the enemies of ihe public good.
Year: 1873

We promised last week to speak Of the
candidates nominated by the County Cen
trail Committee, for County Treasurer and
School Superintendent, in place of Messrs.
Wastier and Goodrich, declined.


FOR TREASURER.


The Committee nominated B. ID. Dunnam,
our present Sheriff, as candidate for the
office Of County Treasurer, and in doing so
they did well. Words are hardly ade-
quate to do justice to the character of Mr.
Dunnam, either IN the capacity of a private
citizen or public servant. Words of COM
mendation are but idle, when speaking of ii
man so we'll and faworably known as he is,
to the people of PLACER county. All the
good that can be said of any man, can we'll
be said of him. His perfect and reliable
honesty no one presumcs 10 doabt, and bis
efficiency is admitted by ALL lie is man
whom the people of Placer have delighted
to honor in the past, when great odfs were
against him, politically. IIe is known to be
a peoples man, of the people, aud for the
people, Independent in spirit, pure in mo-
tives, and free from monopoly or any other
dangerous or contaminating alliance, las Heav-
ems dew is free from harm. lie is pure,
independent, peoples man, placed on the
peoples Independent ticket, xsd we feel
sure, and proud to say, that every man
with an independent soul will be proud to
rally to his support.


FoR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT


the Committee nominated j. A. Flcler.
We can say nothing of him, as we are not
placed in position to see him as Others do.
But being candidate before the people for
an important position, it is hoped the people
will investigate his merits and qualifications
and on election day, do honor to themselves
by voting for the man most worthy.
Year: 1873

CHANCES FOR WoRK.-None need to be
idle between now and election day, as the
railroad company employ all who come
along. Sit on the track with shovel by
your side, is the work to be performed.
The job only lasts until the 4th of September
next. Then if you have done all they re-
quired Of you, you can get your pay and
90 your way.
Year: 1873

Coral will be one of the fashionable orna-
ments OF the season. Those cut in the shape
OF stars and made to fit the ear as studs. are
newly imported and very pretty. There is no
demand for imitation coral.
Year: 1873

We are glad to announce, on reliable au-
thority, that the earth is perfectly solid. This
will be welcome intelligence to those people
who have always moved around az if they ex-
pected to fall through every moment.
Year: 1873

MANUFACTURES OF SPIRAL SPRINGS
Tie spiral springs used in mattresses are both
common and commonplace, but, wilhal, -
table as among the few manufactures that
have defed the introduction of machinery.
They are made by hand upon mandrel, hav-
ing form similar to that of the finished
spring, but longer and with less taper in
proportion to the length. The mandre has a
crank at one end, and is divi ed in the centre,
so that the two halves can be brought apart
to release the spring when finished. Tue op-
orator turns the crank with one hand; Uha
end OF the wire to be coiled is attached to one
extremity OF the mandrel, and the left hand
or the operator moves gradually along the
mandrel until it is wouni to the other end.
Here the wire is severed and the spring taken
OIL. 1t is then compressed endwise, which,
making it shorter, gives it greater ''set or
stiffness. All this is very simple, much more
so than many machine processes, nevertheless
out OF score of projected apparatus none has
answered the purpose. The reason is that by
no known process can the steel wire be made
OF uniform elasticity, and soft or inelastic
aspect, whitb would ruin the spring, can only
be detected by its sudden yielding, in the
hand Of the workman when W wnditg upon
the mandrel. s. tia. the remedy, if there is
one, lies rather with the chemist to provide
homogeneous, duct.le metal, than with the
mechal ician to furnish ingenious coiling de-
vices to curl the wire into springs.
Year: 1873

Gossip and Gleanings.


We are always looling into the future, but
we see only the past.-Mme. SWetchine.


The ladies IN Paris have revived the fashion
of wearing the hair low ON the neck


Ex-senator Foote has fought thirteen fuels
and now he is telling the youth of his coun-
try to aim high.


new sewer in Louisville is four miles long
and large enough to admit a carriage and
span of horses. 1t is not, however, popular
place for driving.


Convey thy love to thy friend, as an arrow
to the mark, to stick there, not as a ball
against the wall, to rebound back to thee ; that
friendship will not continue to the end that
is begun for an end.-Quarles.


Coral will be one of the fashionable orna-
ments of the season. Those cut in the shape
OF stars and made to fit the ear as studs. are
newly imported and very pretty. There is no
demand for imitation coral.


We are glad to announce, on reliable au-
thority, that the earth is perfectly solid. This
will be welcome intelligence to those people
who have always moved around az if they ex-
pected to fall through every moment.


Ladies are gradually di, carding one by one
the little trinkets and cheap knickku, cks worn
on promenade depending from the wast-bet.
The umbrella and fan is about all they can
manage.


A step toward the fabrication of artificial
flowers from parchment paper has been made
in the successful manufacture of artificial
grass, which has the advantage of being
much tougher than that from common and
oiled paper, and in no way inferior to it.


Belts with pockets attached, and travelling
bags made of alligators' skins, are the most
novel importations of the week, and are s1id
to be the caprice of the season abroad. This
leather is light ecru-color, with many irreg-
ular indentations, and is mounted with gilt
oxydized silver or Russian leather.


A young New Yorker, spending a month
Year: 1873

Convey thy love to thy friend, as an arrow
to the mark, to stick there, not as ball
against the wall, to rebound back to thee that
friendship will not continue to the end that
Is begun for an end.-Quarles.
Year: 1873

An interesting discovery has, it is sta
ted, been made lately by an Italian. He
has hit upon method by which nerves
may be tuned like harp-strings, and
brought into harmony with each other.
His theory is that nervous systems, like
musical instruments, are liable TO
change Of tone, and this change is OF
little Importance if all the nerves change
together, as by attention to diet and
temperature the evil may be corrected
en- BaaSse, but when, owing to accident
or uneven wear, the general harmony
of the nerves is destroyed, disconnect-
ed action is the result, and special
mode of treatment is required, of which
he processes to possess the key. He calls
himself a nerve-tuner, and contracts to
keep the nerves in order by the month
or year. There seems to be no reason
why people should not take lessons in
nerve-tuning, and like violin perform
ers, acquire themselves the tuning art.
Some nerves, like fiddles, want tuning
each time they are used, and if every
man or woman could screw up his or her
nerve fibres as they become relaxed, the
world would be saved vast amount of
trouble, for il cannot be denied that the
principal sufferers from nervous disor-
ders are not those who Immediately
labor under them, but their friends and
acquaintances.
Year: 1873

have their money back or kill him. Be
fore the conclusion of the dance the
medicine man ran away, and the delud-
ed Indians then set about getting in
their winter supply of food, which they
had neglected up to this time. For this
reason il is probable that raIions will be
short with them this winter, which will
be an additional reason TO those offered
by their own good sense against joining
in any revolt of the tribes above. The
latest Government estimate places the
number of the Lower Klamaths at
three thousand souls, although the set
tiers on the river say that not more than
a thousand warriors could be gathered
together. They are at present Of great
use to the people of the neighbOring
counties as laborers, provide for their
own Substance without any charge to
the Government, and occupy a country
that viii never be Of any use for agricul-
tural purposes, although the timber and
auriferous gravel may attract the atten-
ton at some future period.
Year: 1873

The friends of the cottOn-tax refund
ing scheme intend TO press the passage
of an act this session TO refund the tax
collected by the General Government
after the close of the late war. They
set forth that in their belief the law inn
posing the cotton tax was unconstitu-
tional, that it was unjust and oppress-
i've in its operations, that it fell essen
tally upon producers, and was passed
when these States were wholly unrep-
resented.
Year: 1873

GB- A doctor recently died who was the
oldest medical man in one of the largest
Midland towns of England. The babies
he had helped in early practice through
the perils of childhood had come to be
gray haired men; and one day, as the
story goes, he had an engagement with one
of these, a well known merchant The
hour of engagement was long past, and
the doctor was pacing the floor of his study
when the gentleman came in with an apol-
ogy on his lips. Ono matter, no matterp'
said the doctor, with an impatient wave Of
the hand; "you are always behind re-
member" said he, thirty years ago, sit
ting for ten mortal hours in the little back
parlor of your fathers house waiting for
you to be born. You are always behind
time"
Year: 1873

Mr.. Wright, in his book on poultry,
thus talks of the importance of green
food to poultry that is confined: The
last requisite in the shape of diet is a
regular supply of green food. Here,
again, fowls kept on grass will need no
attention but for birds penned up the
daily provision of it is an absolute ne
cessity, though most beginners are ig-
norant of it. We well remember in
our early experiences how our fowls
died, we could not at first tell why; and
one fine Buff Cochin cock, whose only
fault was strong vulture hook, was IN
particular greatly regretted. An expert
enced friend let us into the secret, and
after that we had no difficulty in keeping
fowls. even where ite is often said they
cannot be kept in health, viz: in yard
paved with large fag-stones. The best
substitute for natural grass is a large,
fresh turf, thrown in daily, to each foul
or five hens; and even in towns it is often
possible to procure this by giving chill.
dren few pence every week to keep uI
a regular supply. Where turf is not al
lowed to be taken grass NAV be cut ol
pulled, but in this case must be cut int
green chaff with shears or a chaf ma
chine. The latter plan is how we actually
managed for years in yard only sixty
seven by thirty-five feet, divided into 81,
pens, paying some child few pence t.


bring frcsh-cut grass daily, cutting it NJ
and mixing it with their soft meat.
Year: 1873

An old Maine farmer, in giving his
idea on seed potatoes, says that we use
roo ripe seed when we propagate from
tubers that have lain in the ground until
dead ripe. He says that plants that are
propagated by tubers require different
treatment from those propagated by
seeds. Our corn and grains that we
use for seed we like to have
stand little longer than the
main crop, and become perfectly ma
tured. On the same principle our corn
is selected from the ripest, best-developed
ears and kernels. But potatoes for seed
should be dug and placed in a cool, dark
cellar, just as soon as majority Of them
will slightly crack open in boiling. This
is most invariably while the tops are yet
green and growing fast. The tubers are
then in most vigorous state. Disconnect
them from the parent stalk at that time
and they retain their vigor. Instead of
deteriorating, as most Of us know the
older sorts have, their vitality is in
creased, and they yield better, with less
tendency to rot. As long ago as 1915,
and subsequently, observations led him
to make some experiments to test the
theory, and he finds it the proper course
to pursue. r.5rsi g.


Is it not often said that the late plant
ted potatoes are better for seed than
those planted early? The lateness ol
their planting, presumably, pre-
vents early ripening, hence the prin-
ciple of the above reasoning would be
in force.