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Year: 1871

Inelosed I send you a few OF the
remedies which I have used for cur
ing the effects of poisOnivy Ist Take
white ash bark (the nearer the root
the stronger), and place in kettle
with enough cold water to cover, and
boil till thick as molasses. Apply as
wash, very mild. 1t is very good,
but will stain any clothing with
which it comes in contact. No more
pain Is produced from its use than
from that Of cold water.


2. Buttermilk and onions (pound-
ed) are very good, especially wheu
the body has become inhamed and
swollen.


8. Take strong cider vinegar and
dissolve as much salt in it as it viii
dissolve, and apply as q wash. 1t kills
It quicker than either Of the above,
but is very harsh.


4. The herb lobelia, I prepare and
usepthe same as the first spoken Of /;
it is very harsh.


8. Take boiling hot water and slap
it on with small cloth.


These are allvery good, as know
by experience; but for myself I
should prefer the last one. Rubbing
the entire body with soft soap as soon
as you find yourself poisoned, will
prevent its spreading any further;
the soap should be rubbed to q lather
and allowed to dry On.-H. Nort0dlk.
Year: 1871

Seventy-one years ago the seat Of
government was removed from Phila-
delphia to Washington, and President
John Adams, with his family, was
obliged to leave the comfortable and
even luxurious city upon the Della
ware, to establish himself upon the
lonely and unpromising shores Of the
Potomac. "Woods are all you see
from Baltimore until you reach this
city, which is only so in name" writes
the clever and accomplished Mrs.
Adams "Here and there is small
cot without a glass window, inter-
spersed among the forests, through
which you travel miles without seeing
any hnman being" OF the first
White House she says: 1.-THE house
is upon grand and superb scale, re-
quiring about thirty servants to at
tend and keep the apartments in prop
er order, and perform the ordinary
business of the house and stables-an
establishment very well proportionsd
to the Presinent's salary! The light
ing the apartments from the kitchen
to parlors and chambers is task, in
deed; and the fires we are obliged to
keep to secure US from daily agues is
another cheering comfort. To assist
US in that great castle, and render less
attendance necessary, bells are wholly
wanting, not one single one being
hung through the whole house, and
promises are all you can obtain. We
have not the least fence, yard, or 9TH
er e0nveniNees without, and the
great unfinished audience room /
make a drying-room of to hang up
my clothes in"


This was seventy-one years ago
but to-day if, on some soft, bright
summer afternoon you are driving
along the lonly wooded roads upon
the Virginia shore Of the Potomac,
upon some high point near Fort
Whipple, perhaps, you turn and see,
over a foreground, of rounding foliage,
a striking picture. Beyond the de-
scending foreground Is broad, gleam-
ing river, seen far from east to west,
and on the shore beyond. for many
and many a mile stretches what seem
to be great city. From the midst
of it rises one Of the most imposing
buildings in the world. st. Peters
seen from the Villa Doria, is hardly
finer than the Capitol from the Ar
lington House. And it is impossible
to stand in that great and beautiful
cemetery, in which the dust Of an
army is deposited, and look toward
the noble building which symbolizes
the national Union for which the
soldier fell without profound patriotic
emotion.
Year: 1871

DOES Ice RELIEVE RST?-Ice
not only melts, but it dissOlyes. A
lump of ice placed on the table will
melt-placed in water it dissolves,
Just as sugar or salt does. When we
place sugar or salt in our mouths, the
glands fill our mouths with saliva,
dissolve the sugar or salt, and wash ii
down our throats in q state of sOlu-
ton. The amount of saliva in the
glands il comparatively small, and is
rapidly exhausted, leaving the mouth
dry, and creating a desire for drink
to moisten the mouth, though the
body may be actually surcharged
with moisture. Ice has precisely the
same effect. It compels the glands to
discharge their saliva to dissolve the
ice, and leaves them dry and clamor-
Gus for more water. Every boy or
girl knows the apparently Unsuitable
thirst created by eating snow, the
snow penetrating rapidly the entire
mouth, and drying up the glands as
with a sponge. In the same way at
every iee-cream saloon a glass Of water
is handed with the cream, and many
persons drink two or three glasses OF
water after eating an ice. For this
reason the practice Of giving ice, es-
pecialIy to the sick, is highly Objec-
tionable, and even for well persons
fails of its object. We need a great
deal of water to keep our skin sup
piled with moisture. The object Of
the moisture is to keep tbs skin cool.
The cooler the moisture we drink the
less will we require. But ice will
make US drink more than we need to
produce the desired eOolness.
Year: 1871

Said one Of our principal merchants
to young man he was about to take
in his employ ST shall rely upon
your own sense Of honor for the man
ner in which you discharge the duties
you are about to assume. am not
in the habit Of openly finding fault,
unless there is positive reason for it;
but 1 nevertheless take notice Of the
conduct Of the young men in my en-
ploy, and at the end of the year make
up my account. If in the renewing
Of a contract with any Of my em-
ployees they find that they have not
been promoted, desire them to bear
the fact in mind, that they have not
merited promotion by their conduct.
Our interests are mutual. If an en-
ployee seeks by industry, politeness
to customers and general attention to
duty, to promote my business pros
perity, would be sfngularIy remiss
in duty to myself did I not recognize
the effort, and show my appreciation
Of it by promoting him to the full ex-
tent of his merits.n If such a sys-
tenn was generally adopted by em-
ployees, we should have fewer time
servers, and the result would be better
and amore reliable class Of employees. s.
Year: 1871

The aged professor Silliman. took
the homely-lOoking specimen Of New
Jersey coal, and said he would make
test and determine its quality. The
next day the owners Of the grand dis
covery waited on him again, eager to
hear the verdict which was to make or
mar their fortunes. The Professor
said, with that impressive solemnity
which always marked his manner:


Gentlemen, understood you to
say that this property is situated upon
a hill-top-consequently the situation
is prominent. 1t is vaIuable-im-
menselY valuable-thOugh as a coal
mine / am obliged to observe that it is
q failure. Fence it in, gentlemen
fence it in, and hold to it through good
and evil fortune till the Last Day; for
I am convinced that it viii be the
best point from which to view the
sublime spectacle of the final confla-
grafton. I feel satisfied that If any
part Of the earth shall remain unin-
jured after that awful fire, it will be
this coal mine of yours :"
Year: 1871

It is not unusual, in city houses, to
find discharge pipe from the sink
stopped, in consequence Of the care
lessness Of q servant. In such case
the plumber has to be called in, who
applies his air pump, and the clearance
is effected. But plumbers are not al
ways men Of their word-in a recent
instance we were compelled to wait
two days before the plumber made
his appearance. In consequence Of
this plumbers delay we set to work
to study an air pump that might ans
wer for the occasion, and one that
would always be on hand. Here Is
the result and it works perfectly
Take a straight poker, or some stick,
and wrap one end with a wet cloth,
holding the other end in the hand for
safety, and use it as a piston in the
pipe. Work 1t up and down few
times, and the clearance is effected.
Year: 1871

For decidedly cool reading for Au-
gust, we have found nothing equal to
this 'Tis gorgeous to wander mid
the polar regions, Of an afternoon,
and climb the icebergs that pierce the
heavens with their glittering peaks,
as they go to meet the old storm King
who weaves over his fair daughters
snowy bridal wells or (ah :! showers
warm kisses upon their marble fore
heads. Think Of that gay old gam
boiler, Monster Bruin, out on dress
parade hugging those arctic beauties,
slipping his mint julip or ice cream in
the Thunderberg Saloon, or sporting
with them on the green by moonlight
q la Gdnfs Grove, or taking his noOH-
day bath in the Artic Seal OIL Nis
dreadfull
Year: 1871

Years came and went. The little
chestnut girl passed as entirely out
Ralph Moore's memory as if pleading
eyes had never touched the soft part
in his heart but Mary Lee never for
got the stranger who had given her
the silver half-croWn.
Year: 1871

LIFE is more precious than silver or
gold, and to preserve it as long as possible
is our duty, consequently no plausible
Scheme should be left untrisd to secure an
end SO devoutly desired. DR.. Bells BAlsAm
of Alpine Moss for Consumption and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs, has be-
came very popular within few years, and
we attribute its fame, to it's success. Sec
advertisement in this paper.
Year: 1871

On the first of June the internal revenue
buresu will commence a further reduction Of
Of revenue districts. This is rendered ne
cessary by the abolition of the special and
licensed taxes except on distilled spirits and
t,hAepO
Year: 1871

Children, let me tell you ofa tree that
once grew in a world. This tree grew
where there were other trees all around
it. 1t was an oak. When the trunk
was not larger than mans arm, a
large tree fell against and bruised it.
The bark came offo side of the little
tree, but the bark on each side of the
skinned place grew over it, and in two
or three years the tree looked almost as
well as fit had never been skinned.
Many years passed by, and in course of
time this oak became large tree, with
people looked at it and were glad. The
old tree looked as If it might stand a
thousand years. But one night there
came great wind, and blew down
many trees in the forest. The oak we
have been talking of fell too. 1t was
not torn up by the roots, but broken of


near the ground. On examination it
was found to be decayed and hollow
at the ground. It rotted just where it
had be- n bruised when little sapling.
Thus little bruise destroyed q great
tree. lnau -s a ff I lt


Now, children, just what the bruise
did to the tree, sin will do to you. One
little sin, If let alone, will work at the
heart of child until it destroys every
thing good in it. #oH ~ h'o9a
y You have already had your hearts
bruised by sin, but your hearts may be
healed. "A bruised oak cannot be heal
ed SO as to leave no seal, but your hearts
may be healed, nay, will be made new
If you give them to Jesus Christ. Trust
him, children, and have your hearts
made whole.-C Religious Herald. ed e
Year: 1871

a cOlOred woman named Lucy Wright
living in house at the rear of Gennet':
store on Market street, was early last night,
while preparing supper for her family, ter.
ribly burned by her clothes taking fire. II
was at first supposed that small oil lamp
she had on the table had exploded, butthis
is ascertained not to be the case. 1t is
thought she spilled gasoline from the lamp
on her dress, which caught in flames from
the fire place. Her clothing was almost en-
tirely burned from her person. At L
O'Clock last night, the unfortunate woman
was suffering the most excruciating pain,
and the physicians present had no hope
that she would survive until day. The Oe-
curreEce, it is supposed, gave rise to the
alarm fire about I O'Clock
Year: 1871

At late hour night before last the horse:
attached to Billy Williams hack, standing
in front of Riddleberger's Restaurant, or
Cherry street, became frightened and rar
away, going down Cherry to College and
thence as far as the Beer Garden, where the
hack was stopped by being thrown over an
embankment. The driver was sided to the
ground few minutes before the upset, and
the front Of the vehicle somewhat smashed
How far the horses would have run cannot
be told, one Of them having fallen and
when the hack turned over, in which condi
ton he remained despite the efforts of the
other horse, until released by the driver.
Year: 1871

Gen. Spinner will shortly issue circular
concerning the redemption of mutilated
currency. 1t will provide that after Jan.
more than half note viii be redeemed at
its fun value, clearly half note at One-half
of the value of the original, and less than
half note will not be redeemed unless
there is positive proof Of the missing part
having been DESTROYED.
Year: 1871

BERLIN, Nov. 17.-The German Reish-
stag are still engaged in the consideration Of
the coinage bill. A vote was taken to-day
on proposition to place the effigy of the
Emperor William upon the new coins, in
stead of those of the Princess of the re-
spective countries comprised in the Empire,
and it was decided in the negative by con-
siderable majority.
Year: 1871

The Cabinet meeting to-day was Of three
hours duration. The President received
10 visitors either before or after the meet
ing, lie being occupied in the preparation of
his annual message. The message will be
furnished to the press in the same way as
heretofore, namely, manifold copies will be
made and given to the authorized represen-
tives Of newspapers shortly after the pri-
vate Secretary shall leave the executive de
partment with the copies of official dOcu
Year: 1871

The following transfers in real estate were
recorded at the office of the County Court
Clerk for the week ending Friday, Nov. II
Rachael Brown to Jane Collins


deed OF git to land in the Sd
Year: 1871

REGISTER AT ONCE.-Let Democrats at
once in every portion Of the county see that
their names are on the Great Register. Ev-
cry one who has left and returned should see
if his name is yet on the Register, and if
not, have it placed there. Every one that
has come into the county should see that his
name is placed On the Great Register in the
County Clerks Office. Let every young
man who will be old enough to vote in Sep
tember see, also, that his name is on the
Register soon. While the Assessor or his
deputies are in the different localities, let our
friends see that every new conner, every
new citizen and every young man have THEN
names enrolled as voters Let some of our
active, leading men in each precinct take
hold Of and zee this matter attended to
thoroughly. If there is not trckery going
on in this matter intended to swindle Demo
Gratis, we are mistaken.
Year: 1871

ROAD TAX AGAIN-lt is not safe to pub
lish the proceedings of the Supervisors as en-
tered by its Clerk. In their proceedings of
March Goth, as published in the PLACER HER
AID, the order appeared that Road-Poll tax
had been levied on all able bodied men from
21 to As years. A fuss was made about it
by the Assessor, and on his word we correct
ed it. Subsequently we again examined
the order and the minutes Of the Board and
found we were right the first time, and pub
lished the fact. Again the officers "biled'
and the Chairman of the Board was sent
for, and now we learn that the Board never
made any such order as is on the book, bu.
that the County Clerk, Mr.. Sewcli manu-
factured it and spread it on the minutes.
This is gay old Clerk, to be sure. There
j. no law that suits the order, and the Board
never made such one, and yet we find it
al spread out on the minutes of the Super
visors When such a thing as this can oc-
cur what may not be the condition Of the
Clerks office? The law requires Road
Poll tax from q to so years, and the Col
lectors now think that in consequence Of this
bunging of the Clerk they will have to car
~ certified copy of the law with them.
Year: 1871

Of Michigan Bluff will be urged by many Dem
rats for the nomination to the Office of RE-
CORDER, of Placer county, subject to the ac-
ton of The Democratic County Convention


May 9th 1871
Year: 1871

"Let the world say what it will," there is, at least, one point in Arizona at which the may count upon the coming rail road. This point is Arizona City. What ever the course of the Texas Pacific road through Arizona, east of the Colorado river, it must cross the river at this point. At this poin, will also, be the junction of the pro- jected San Francisco branch with the main line Hence the position Of Arizona city, as commercial emporium, will, eventually, bear favorable comparison with that Of any other inland town on the Pacific Slope. In direct communication, by rail, with the two great harbors of the Paci6c-Ssn Francisco and San Diego; accessible from the ocean by the navigation of the Colorado river, and con nected with the marts of the Atlantic by the Texas Pacific road and those with which It connects, indeed it must become evident to even the most superficial observer that 1t is destined to rank as one of the frst inland cities of the Pacific. Once under way, its progress win be steady and rapid. The work of bridging the Colorado will, in itself, give 1t an impetus toward eminencc; then will follow the operation of the San Francisco branch, or the main road, or of both and it's importance, from that hour, shall have been secured. The developments Of another year will probably witness many changes at Ari- Eons City, and the firms established there, particularly that of Hooper, Whiting & Co.,, occupy m enyinble position from business point of view.
Year: 1871

Why does victorious base ball club
resemble range of mountains? Be-
cause they are the "'Appy nine" (Apen-
nine.


What character in the Bible was always
in arrow? Amos( Ca muss, la


What creature may be said to live on
its relations2 The ant. eater
Why was Herodias' daughter Ike the
Fenians Because she had head sent her
{ Head Center.


Why is an heir apparent to the throne
like an umbrella in dry weather. Be
cause he's ready for the next reign?


What is the difference between sick
girl and a brick bat? One is miss ill
and the other missile.


Why is the letter.'d'' like the marriage
service? Because it makes "we' into
"wcd."


A letter carriers conundrum. Why
are people in muggy weather like letters
Because their clothes become adhesive
envelopes.


In the flashing Liae.-Why is the
Louise tarletan certain to wash well Be-
cause it is intended for the lorne dress
We print this at the request of his mour.
hing relatives, as the lastliterary effort of
|a>gentleman deceased. He had only Just
perpetrated it when he came unexpected
ly into collision with our office-poker =
The verdict was ''Justiliable homicide -
and the poker is only slightly bent


Why are good women like ivy2 Be
cause the greater the ruin the closer they
cling.


Why are bad women like ivy2 Because
the closer they cling the greater the ruin
Year: 1871

The Cincinnati Commercial, speaking
of President Grant, says:


He has travelled at the rate Of severa
thousand miles per month ever since tn,
surrender of Lee. 1t is becoming bore
especially to those who are making ex
cuses for him.


Then it is a stupidity and an an
achronism for Republicans in a republic
to be crying out that there is but one
man. If there are not one hundred
thousand meu in the country, each as
capable of being President as Grant
there is an affecting poverty in men
We are told that Grant crushed the re-
bellion He was one of million fight
ing men who did that job. We are told
he is paying the national debt How
much Of the money does he take out OF
bis own pocket? The appointment of
his personal favorite, Pleasanton, to the
Commissionership Of Internal Revenue
cost the Treasury, it is carefully esti-
mated, at least ten millions of dollars;
and when at last Pleasanton became in
tolerable, and the President was driven
into demanding his resignation, Douglas
was promoted to the place, his single re-
commendation being that he is Simon
Cameron's mau. Meantime the New
York custom house is in charge of the
shoddy swindler Murphy, the head of a
ring as infamous as Tammany, and the
Presidents chum at Long Branch. There
must be an end of this
Year: 1871

RAILROAD ENGINEERS The Cincin-
natl Commercial has some sensible views
of the qualification and responsibilities
of locomotive engineer:


Here is a position out Of q thousand
demanding at the hands of him who fills
it the constant exercise of some of the
highest faculties with which men can be
endowed. Think of it for a moment
On the capacity, Judgment and absolute
trustworthiness of this man depend the
safety aud lives OF all the multitudes
whom his engine carries. A single mis-
take, an error of memory, certain thing
done moment too soon or too late, and
his precious cargo of human lives may
be hurled into wreck and destruction.
The officer on whose single will are sus-
pended such fearful responsibilities
should have, not only the common vir-
tues of character and sobriety and easily
acquired education of his profession, but
he should have at command the highest
faculties of nerve, of prudence, of mem
DRY and the truest balance of Judgment.
And for all those talents, to whose har-
monious action are entrusted the lives OF
the community, how much do the rails
way corporations pay? Ninety dollars
a month. A sum barely sufficient to hire
a journeyman at any of the ordinary
trades. The day laborers in our streets
have been earning almost as much, and
the bricklayers, who receive more have
struck for higher wages.
Year: 1871




General Beauregard recently made a
visit to Kansas City. Whilst there he
was entertained by the editor of
the Times The General express
ed his opinion freely upon various topics.
The following, brief extracts give his
views in relation to the so-called New
Departure. .


Times-What are your own personal
views upon the New Departure, as il
is called. Do you look upon it as avail
able in the South?


Beauregard- II suits me, sir. favor
it as the nearest aud best road to Demo
cratic success. 1t meets my views as
being progressive. | am tired OF living
only for defeat on obsolete, dead issues
The Democratic party must place itself
in the van of progress if it would be
victorious. Let the past 20. We want
something more than traditions. We
must be in sympathy with the progres-
sive age We live in. The Democratic
party can not stand still. 1t has done
well to accept the situation and take a
front rank 10 this age of progress.


Times-How do the people of the
South regard the New Departure" OF
the Democracy?


Bsauregard-As far as I have been
able to observe they are willing to accept
and indorse it. They are willing to ac-
eept anything that will insure them from
military espotism-and military des-
potism we will surely have if Grant sue
ceeds in being reelected
Year: 1871

stinacy; for while the policy is obvious
that these people should be allowed to
testify, there is the further consideration
that all around US everywhere they have
been granted this right. don't know a
country upon the face of the earth, ex-
cept Kentucky. where freemen are not
allowed to testify. There may be, but
am not aware of it. There is certainly
no State in the Union where they cannot
testify. except, perhaps, the State of
Delaware, and therefore there is no State
in the Union where causes like these
are tried in Federal courts except Ken
tucky.
Year: 1871

CoLFAx, for all his professed disinter-
estedness about the next Presider tial
nominee of his party, might be suspect
ed of outbidding Grant in a recent arti-
Gle of his in the Independent. We Sc
ect, for illustration, the following para
graph:


The undoubted public opinion of the
country is that the time for general am
nesty has arrived. A vast aud bulky
omnibus bill, relieving thousands of in
dividuals by name from their disabilities,
fell by its own weight at the close of the
last Congress, though there was not the
slightest objection by any one to ninety
nine hundredths of the names it con
tanned
Year: 1871

Lay your finger on your pulse, and
know that at ever stroke some immortal
passes to his Maker-some fellow being
crosses the river of death-and if we
think of it, We may well wonder that it
should be so long before our turn comes.


Half of all who live die before seven
teen,


Only one person in ten thousand lives
to be one hundred years old, aud but one
in hundred reaches sixty.


The married live longer than the sin
gle.


There is one soldier to every eight
persons, and out every thousand born
only ninety FIVE weddings take place.


IF you take a thousand persons who
have reached seventy years, there are Of
.al -,,LI.oL