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Year: 1872

The Missouri Democrat announces
that shipments of corn in bulk to Eu-
rope, v5G the great water route, are
now progressing satisfactorily. Since
the 18th nit over %ne hundred thou
sand bushels of corn have been taken
by the barge, in bulk line for England
and France via New Orleans. This
corn is going forward on . contract
freight II ten cents per bushel which
is slightly tough for the barge line pen
pie, as just now they could get thirty
five to forty cents per one hundred
pounds for carrying miscellaneous
freights down the river, and this corn
pays but about eighteen cents per
hundred But contracts are contracts,
even though not made in writing, and
the barge line are not the party to
break them. After all, though
the obligation to carry bulk corn
at ten cents per bushel seems not
to their advantage, it may, in the long
run, turn out to be the best thing they
could do, as by moving the corn out Of
store here they make room for more to
come, thus providing plenty of loading
for the barges when the rush of miscel-
laneous freight shall have ended, which
will be the case inside of thirty days.
But it must not be supposed that the
Barge Line Company are taking no
miscellaneous freights. Only part of
their room is given to bulk grain
probably less than one-third-the bal
ance of the capacity Of each tow il
taxed to its utmost with -four, provi.
sions, liquors, hay, baggsd grain, corn
meal and general merchandise. There
is IN immense rush of freight goina
southwark from st. Louis. For want
of laborers to put it rapidly aboard o1
the boats, it accumulates in vast heaps
on the levee.
Year: 1872

About three weeks ago, after an ac-
quaintance of several years, a young
lady named Ishor, living with relatives
on Michigan Ave., was married in this
city to Il young man named Taylor, of
Indianapolis. The ceremony was
hardly over when Taylor received a
telegram from Lynn, Mass, that
his aged mother was dying, and
in an hour he left the CITY cal
culnting to return within ten days at
the furthest. He wrote no letter back,


and Monday his bride received news
that mother and son were both dead.


He was exposed to the smallpox some
where on tho route, touK severe cold,


and died the iay before his mother
died. The wife tainted on reading the
sad news, and up to last evening had
not rcgained her consciousness, the at
tending physician believing that she
will he rendered a maniac by the blow.
Year: 1872

A school teacher in one of the towns
Of Oswego county, n. Y, is accused by
the Phoenix Register of great brutality
to his pupils. This fellow has been in
the habit of sharpening his nails to a
point SO that he could make them meet
in the ears of the scholarsl When this
was not sufficient he pulled and twisted
the cars of the children until his bru-
tality was satisfied. The appetite grow.
ing with what it fed upon, one day in
an ungovernable rage, he pulled boys
ear until. as he himself acknowledged,
he felt 1t give way. The poor boy went
home, soon took to his bed, and in a
few days died, and the, physicians who
treated him stated that the death was
the consequence of the injury resulting
from the pulling out of his ear by the
roots
Year: 1872

The annual expenditure of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for
maintenance of galvanic batteries. is
over one hundred and twenty-five thou.
sand dollars per annum. Any improve.
ment, by which this immense OUTLAY
could he reduced without diminishinp
the supply of electricity or increasing
the labor of maintenance, would be oi
value and Importance. Here is grand
opportunity for students in electricity.
A simple battery, more easy and eco.
nomical to maintain than those now in
use, is what is wanted
Year: 1872

The readers of the HERALD know that we
have contended from the start that if an able,
honest and popular Liberal Republican was
presented for Congress in this district, that
it would be the duty of the combined oppo-
sition to Grant and his ring monopolsts to
nominate and elect him. w. G. Norton of
Auburn is the finest and most effective poti-
cal speaker and canvasser in the State, and,
as citizen, lawyer and neghbor carries
with him the esteem and confidence of all
who know him. In Congress he would
make a record honorable to himself, and one
that the whole people of the district would
be proud of. His ability and integrity is of
the highest order, and before he has closed
the canvass, if nominated, all men in the
district who see and hear him will acknowledge
this fact. lie will carry this county by a
large majority, when there is scarcely another
man in the district that could run even in
Placer. He is conversant with the wants of
the commercial, agricultural and mining
interest of the whole dis rict and coast,
and has the will, ability and courage
to forcibly make them known in Congress, in
defiance of all the pressure schemers and
monopolists can bring to bear. He has been
a consistent Republican, canvassed all the
valley counties for Grant in 1868, but now
has sitkened of the rings, monopolies, cor
ruptions and tyrannies of his administration,
and is out and out for the Cincinnati and
Baltimore platform and nominees, Greeley
and Brown. 1t is fitting that the Democracy
and Liberal Republicans should have such
candidate for Congress in this district. We
here venture the assertion that after w. G.
Norton has made thorough canvass of the
district that all parties will admit that he is
thousand votes stronger than any other
man that could be nominated. Placer
Liberal Republicans and Democrats will
yield him hearty and united support in the
Convention and at the polls, if he is nominated
We believe there is no Democrat in the dis
district who would ask nomination if ad-
vised of all the facts in the premises, against
such Liberal Republican.
Year: 1872

THERE must be some shame left in Grant
yet. When Schurz caught him in lie and
proved it on him, he at once started for the
st. Lawrence river and, at last advices,
was self-exiled on one of its islands, hidden
from the American people whom he had Just
so toully disgraced. If Grant has yet any
friends left outside his ring officials the
greatest favor they can do him and the
American people is to vote to retire him
from public gaze forever.
Year: 1872

If the Sacramento Union did not support
the same man for President that all the ring
rascals and monopolies in the country have
united on and nominated for President,
(U. S. Grant,, we might think it sincere in
its denunciations of these public robbers.
Year: 1872

GENERAL BANKS FOR GREELEY. General
Banks, leading Congressman from Massa-
chusetts, has written long and able letter
giving his reasons for opposing Grant and
supporting Greeley. They are in part these
He is sorry Grant and his officials have all
turned rascals; he could make money by
goa.,s with them but his conscience forbds
he loves Graft, but despises his crimes and
the criminals around him; he can no longer
be party to the destruction of the govern
ment and the robbery of the people of both
their property and liberties; he has sought
to stay and correct the evil and wicked
tendencies of the powers that be until the
last semblance of hope is gone, and now the
salvation of his own soul and the property
and liberties of his countrymen demand that
he must work for the defeat of Grant and
his thieves.
Year: 1872

WE gather from the Spirit Of the Times
that a Boston pawn-broker has written a
letter to knight of the "three balls" in San
Francisco urging him to vote for Grant,
lest,we suppose, Greeley's election will make
times good and destroy their business, and
Boruck is cackling over it like pullet over
her first egg
Year: 1872

LITTLE AND MEAN.-They have a little
Mayor in San Francisco called Alvord who
is disgrace to the city and coast When
the news of a Democratic victory in North
Carolina was teegraphed, the Liberals and
Democrats wished to fire salute from
Russian or Telegraph hill, but this mean,
upstart Mayor, with just sense enough to
know that no news would come this year
over which the GRANTEES would wish to burn
powder or .jollify, denied them the privilege
of firing guns anywhere in the city. This
small souled tyrant made himself a dog in
the manger, to the utter disgust of all decent
men, and will have the privilege of sneaking to
the cover of privacy when his time is out, as
his reward, as no decent man of any party
will ever vote for him again for any office.
Year: 1872




The PLACER HERALD will be furnished for
the cempaign, from now until the middle OF
November, for ONE DOLLAR in advance.
1t will contain about fourteen columns of
original and carefully selected reading matter
week, aud will warmly and sincerity aid
in the election of Horace Greeley and b.
Gratz Brown. Will some active friend of
the GOOD CAUSE in each precinct exert himself
in getting subscribers and forwarding the
names and money for the CAMPAIGN
HERALD Parties sending us clubs of
five or more names will be fum shed copy
of the HERALD free.


GREELEY AND Brown CLUB.--The mem
bers and the public are notified that meeting
of the Greeley and Brown Club will be held
in Auburn on Saturday evening, August 17th,
1872 The meeting will be addressed by
the President of the club, w. G.. Norton,
and other officers and speakers
Year: 1872

Form Your GREELEY AND Brown CLUBS


In our columns to-day will be found the
organization of Greeley and Brown Club
at Auburn. BY mere change of the name,
according to the presinct Or town, this con-
stitution and bylaws can be cut out and
made to serve as a basis for the formation of
Greeley and Brown Club in every pre-
cinct in the county, and no time should be
lost III forming such a club in every precinct
in the county. Our Liberal Republican and
Democratic friends should at once fraternize
and work in harmony all over the county, as
LEY are doing in every portion of the Union.
The prize TO 5e won or lost in this contest is
nothing short of liberty, honesty, reform and
good government. Eternal vigilance can
only secure this great victory; then up and
to work, all friends of Greeley and Brown.
Year: 1872

AWoMAN IN OLA man was complaining
because his wife was recently taken with the
oil fever She had piece of land of her own
in West Virginia, where oil had been found,
and nothing would do but she must organize a
company and go to boring. She bored him to
go for long time, but he would not; so she
went herself.


We told the man he would be justified in
suing for divorce.


"On what grounds?' asked the man.
Right here on her oil grounds.
81 mean what plea could | offer?'


"Why, that she left your bed and bored.
Year: 1872

THE BONNET.-No man-unless he is man
mlliner-can comprehend the niceties of
bonnet, although he may talk esthetic nonsense
about it by the hour. lie sees only something
to be paid for. In cOnversing with a lady it is
the face and not the bonnet that he regards.
The face he may treasure up in his memory
if it is a pretty one-but of the bonnet, wheth'
er it is pretty or not, he does not carry away
the remotest idea The lady may meet him
with three new bonnets on the same day, and
he not know them apart. But no new bonnet
ever comes before lady's eye unchalenged
and uncriticsed! When ladies converse with
each other it is not the face that each studies,
but the bonnet. Her glance sweeps over that
cunning work of flowers, feathers laces, and
ribbons, which rise in graceful arch above the
head of her friend. Nothing escapes this sur


vey, at top, or bottom, back or front. She has


resolved the bonnet into its original elements


Her memory retains every item, even the


minuta, of which it is composed. At an!
subsequent period of her life, she could draw
upon her recollection. and have a perfect du
piicate of her friends bonnet made if sh,
desired it. This feat which is imcomprehensi
bic to man, is a natural gift OF the bonnette'
, sex.
Year: 1872

The Saturday ReUie,0 says There is al
ways one side of mans character which will
bear the light, and on which the funeral sermon
can expatiate comfortably. Byron's Corsair
had one virtue and thousand crimes, aud
there is always something to be said about the
courage Of the foot-pad, or the temperance OIL
self denial of the miser."
Year: 1872

whats to become of me if you die
asked an sffectionate wife of her husband. Il
don't know he snapped queruously. 1t
would look better in you to be thinking about
what's to become Of me.
Year: 1872

A bachelor editor says his " brilliant ideas
are like his shirt buttons-they arc always off
when he is in hurry" That is because he
treats them as he does his buttons-he don t
husband" them
Year: 1872

Bus driver to conductor of opposition bus
I've known yer ever since you was born.
| knowed your mother; she had two on yer at
that time One was a very nice little boy,
t'other WAS a half idiot-a sort Of brown
paper feller. The VERY nice little boy died
VERY young, he did"
Year: 1872

1t seems an easy enoagh matter to walk,
and yet very few ever learn how to do it
properly. One can reckon among his ac-
4ualntances, very many fine looking men
and women, but perhaps, not one Of the
entire number is a good walker The an
cient poet tells how the goddess was
known by her walk, but that distinguished
mark OF exalted birth seems to have
passed away with the old NEUROLOGICAL
days. We talk of lordly ports and queen
ly bearing, but such scioas of ROYALTY as
have visited our shores seem to have yery
little that is regal in their personal car
riage. We are not without fine specimens
OF male and female beauty, but we are too
often disenchanted when we see those Ve-
muses. and Adonises moving about There
Is no real reason for this unseensiness of
motion. Men and women are particular
enough about their dress, but they sham
BILE, trot or waddle along, without much
apparent regard for the appearance they
make.


One OF the secrets of good walking is
TO be able to balance the body easily, first
on one foot, and then on the other. When
the soldier has learned to stand steadily on
one loot, he can then walk without sway
ing. and preserve that steadiness in march
ing which is always mark Of well-drilled
troops. So if civilians wish to learn to
walk as well as soldiers, they must, like
them, learn something of the mysteries of
balancing. But it is not an easy thing to
stand steady on narrow sole with a
small heel, and this is just the difficulty
with the walking of fashionable people.
The sandalled feet Of those ancient beau
ties, whose forms have come down to us
preserved in marble, are beautiful in their
unrestrained naturalness, and very unlike
those of modern bellies, or beaux either,
for the matter of that With low heels
and broad sole, it is not difficult 10 balance
the body, while by drawing in the chin
the shoulders are naturally thrown back,
the lungs given full opportunity to expand,
and the head carried erect. Fashionable
boots and high heels must he discarded,
or it is useless to make the experiment of
learning to walk well.-Heasth and Home.
Year: 1872

A pamphlet has been published to show
that sugar can be made more profitably
| from melons than beets in California. it
tells us that mill to yield thirty per cent.
annual profit on the capital invested will
cost $50, 900, il made TO work up melons,
and 5000 if made to work up beets,
and that every farmer can make his own
melon sugar as easily as maple sugar.
The last assertion claims much, since
thousands of small farmers in the Eastern
States make maple sugar for home use,
and we are not aware that one farmer in
the New World makes his own melon su-
gar. The production of beet sugar in this
State is very profitable, and perhaps mel
on sugar can be made with profit, but we
are not convinced.


The pamphlet before us does not give
us such details of the expenditures of a
melon mill as we have of beet sugar mills.
nor does it describe their process of man.
ufacture with decision. The common
melon is recommended for small estab-
llshments. The cantaleup and Persian
melons yield more sugar, but require the
most care and cost in manipulation. The
yield from the water melons is seven per
cent. Alter putting the juice over the
fire and skimming off the skum, lime wa
ter or milk of lime is added to neutralize
the acidity, and the evaporation by heat
never allowing the juice to boil) is con-
tinued until thick enough for syrup or su-
gar. If the claims made by the pamphlet
are true the production of melon sugar in
this State should soon become an impor-
tant branch of industry. 1t is rumored
that the Aptos rancho, in Santa Cruz
county, has been bought for $50, 900 by a
San Francisco sugar refinery company.
who intend to erect beet sugar mill
there -Snn Ernncisc0 AIfn
Year: 1872




Geneva, September 6-Midnight.-
The deliberations of the Arbitration
Tribunal have been finally brought to
a close, and the arguments in the case
are concluded. The Court has been in
session all day and adjourned at , late
hour tonight. There will be . final
session on Monday, when the signatures
of the members of the committee will
be formally affixed to the judgments,
The total amount of damages awarded
to the United States by the Court is
definitely fixed at seventeen million five
hundred thousand dollars, which
amount is to be paid in coin by England
within 4 stated period. The question
OF interest, which at one time threat
eped to delay definite settlement, was
finally waived by the American mem>
bers, and the above sum agreed upon,
to the great satisfaction of the majority
OF the committee.
Year: 1872

MlssAwKi, September s, P. M.-An
awful fire is now raging in the town and
bids fair to consume the entire place;
has a population OF 1000. The FIRE
broke out this morning and has been
burning furiously ever slice. A perfect
gale was blowing. Engines have been
sent for from South Bend, four miles
distant


LATER.


The fire hiss been subd1ed but nearly
the entire business part OF the town was
burned.
Year: 1872

A little boy was recently presented
with toy trumpet, to which he became
greatly attached. Dne night when he
was about to be put in his ''little bed" and
was ready to say his prayers, he handed
the trumpet to his grandmother, saying,
"Here, granma you blow while pray y
Year: 1872

Professor" said student in pursuit of
knowledge concerning the habits OF ami
mails, "why does a cat, while eating, turn
her head first one way and then the otherp"
For the reason" replied the professor,
THAT she cannot turn it both ways at
once"
Year: 1872

pride was not made for man" This
accursed root of bitterness seemed to be
the sin that spoiled all the glory Of the
Christian church whose professors, proud
of their own spiritual and outward ac-
quirements, We're led to look with CON
tempt upon the unaffected simplicity of
the Gospel. The doctrines of the cross,
and of crucified Redeemer, were sub
jects mortifying to the pride of their lofty
hearts, which wanted nicer doctrines nice
ly decorated with all the smooth and
pleasing varnish of eloquence and art
Rowland Hill
Year: 1872

Oh well remember,


How sadly tore


The first checker'd apron


That ever wore;


How boohed and beloved,


All flooded with tears,


When my dear mother gave me


box on the ears,
Then big piece of pie for the damage she'd done,
To her dearest, her darling her devilsome son.
Oh well remember


(They' re fresh in my n'ind)
Those little white trousers,


All buttoned behind


How played in the puddle,


And daubed them with dirt
How my grandmother shook me


Nigh out of my SHIRT,
But promised to buy nice sugar toy
If I'd but remember to be good boy


oh, we'll l remember


Ny advent in school


How got the dunce-block,


And felt like tool;


How pulled out the paper


From Emelne's curls,


For which was planted


On a seat with the girls
Twas punishment fraught with confusion and pam
But, oh | should like to be put there again!
Oh, well remember


When older I'd grown,


l had to spread clover


As fast as twas mOwn


And the finger of Fancy


Still points to the chuTn,


And the hated old grndstone
/ dreaded to turn;
For churned and turned till as week as cat
And sweat till as wet as a water-soaked rat.
Oh well remember
The old sorrel mare,
! That took me to meeting, ssssa
| To mill, to the fair;


rode her at blowing,
| Till tender and sore


Because my poor 't0ther
And couldn't ride more;
! But oftentimes since have heavily sighed,
To think of the ''horse" that daily must ride!
Year: 1872

FORCE OF ExAMPLE.-The poor
woman who, with a scanty wardrobe,
is ever neat and clean in her person,
midst various and trying duties-is
patient, gentla, and afectionate in her
domestic relations-with small funds
is economical and judicious in her
household management, as presenting
every day practical exposition of
some of the best lessons in life, may
be greater benefactress of her kind
than the women of fortune, though
she scatter 1.-THE of large fortune
in aims. The poor man, whose regu-
larity and sobriety of conduct co-ope-
rate with such a women; and show
his fellow-workmen, or townsmen,
what temperance, industry, manly
tenderness, and superiority to low and
sensual temptation, can effect in en-
dearing a home which, like the green
! spot that the traveller finds in the des-
ert, is bright even amid the gloom OF
poverty, and sweet even amid all the
surrounding bitterness-such a man
does good as well as the most eloquent
writer that ever wrote.
Year: 1872

We need not lead a lonely life,
If we are kind and loving,
Nor lack the friendly words and smiles
Our daily acts approving.
We need not sing There's none to love,
Or give us fond caresses;''
If we have but sunny soul,
IT will win the love that blesses.
We need not sigh from morn till night,
And say, with hearts aweary,
There is no joy in anything;
The world is dark and dreary!",
We need not feel when trials come,
Our fate is worse than others,
For God is good, and ills must come
To US, as to our brothers.
We need not watch the sands of life,
And grieve to see them waning,
If from each hour that fits away,
Some gems of truth we're gaining.
We need not count our years as blank,
As o'er the past we ponder,
If in the morn and noon of life
Our days we do not squander.
We need not fret at little things,
Or be forever frowning;
When Nature wears a smiling face,
Our days we should be crowning.
With loving words and noble deeds,
And aspirations holy,
Or generous efforts made to bless
And elevate the lowly.
Such labors will be sweet to u.s.
And half lfe's troubles ended,
When in our hearts we see the flowers
OF love and duty blended.
We need not fear to die when death
To us give sign and warning;
For if we've bravely done our best,
Well pass from Night to Morning.
Thus greeting all our days on earth,
We need not find them dreary,
If with an earnest, honest heart,
We strive to make them CHEEKY.
Year: 1872

An Iowa man recently died from swal


lowing a pocket knife and injurious
medical treatment combined. He got
along very nicely - long as the knife
was closed but when the doctor gave
him opening medicine it killed him.