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The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

THE ORIGIN OF SHYLoCK.-A correspon-
dent of the JeacjSh Chronicle calls attention
to the fact that the original of Shakespeare
Shylock was a Christian and not jew.
lie quotes from the eleventh book Of Gregori
Let's Typography Of Sixtus v" in proof Of
this. A Roman merchant named Sachi
heard that Admiral Francis Blake had con-
quered St. Domingo, and communicated the
news to Jewish merchant named Ccneda.
The latter was so confident in the falsencss
of the news that, after repeated proesta-
tions, he said, " bet you pound of my
flesh that the report is untrue" "And |
lay thousand scudi against it, rcjoined
the Christian, who caused bond to be
drawn mp to the effect that in case the
report should prove untrue, then the Chris
tian merchant, Signor Paul M. Sechi, is
bound to pay the Jewish merchant the sum
of 900 scudi; and OH the other hand, if
the truth of the news be confirmed, the
Christian merchant, Sgnor Paul NJ. Sechi,
is justified and empowered to cut with his
own hand, with a well sharpened knife, a
pound of the jews fair flesh, off that part of
the body it might please him. When the
news proved true, the Christian insisted on
his bond but the Governor having got wind
of the affair, reported it to the Pope, who
condemned both jew and Christian to the
galleys, from which they could only be ran
somed by paying fine of 1000 scudi to the
hospital of the Sixtire bridge.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
ADOIIT NOsrs -Joauuin Miller in n l,to

ABOUT NosEs.-Joaquin Miller, in late
prose article, says Of noses:
AS rule, in any great struggle invo!v-
ing any degree of strategy and strength, the
small nose must go to the wall. 1t may
have pluck, spirit, refinement, sensiliveness,
and in fact, to the casual observer, eXcry
quality requisite to success; but somehow
invariably at the crisis il gives way. Small
noses are a failure. This is the verdict Of
history. Give me n man, or woman either,
with big nosc-not IL nose Of flesh, not
loose, habhy nose like Il camels lips, not II
thin, starved nose that the eyes have crowd
ed out and forced into prominence; but n
full, strong, substantial nose, that is willing
and able to take the lead; one that asserts
Itself boldly between the eyes, and reaches
up towards the brows, and has room enough
to sit down there and be at home Give ne
a man, Or woman either, with nose like
that, and viii have nose that will accom-
plish something. grant You that such
nose may be knaye; it my be equally a
genius; but it is never coward nor a fool
never!
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

SuIRKING SruDY.-John Adams, father of
John Quincy Adams, used to say: "When
was boy had TO study the Latin gram
mar, but it was dull, and hated it. My
father was anxious to send me to college
and therefore studied the grammar till |
could bear it no longer, and going to father,
told him | could not study, and asked him
for other employment. 1t was opposing his
wishes, and he was quick in his answer.
"Well, John" said he, "if Latin grammar
does not suit you, you may try ditchins-
perhaps that will. My meadow yondcr
needs ditch, and you may put by grammar
and Dig"
This seemed delightful change, and to
the meadow went; but soon found ditching
harder than Latin, and the first forenoon
was the longest ever experienced.
That day | ate the bread of labor, and
glad was | when night came on. That night
| made comparison between Latin gram
mar and ditching, but said not word about
it.
dug the next forenoon, and wanted to
return to Latin at dnner-time, but it was
humiliating and could not do it. AT night
toll conquered pride, and told my father
one of the severest lessons of my liie-that
if he choose, | would go back to Latin
grammar. He was glad of it, and if have
since gained any distinction it has been ow-
ing to the two days labor in that abominable
ditch.
Daniel Webster did not like moving any
better than John Adams liked ditching.
His father told him to hang the scythe to
suit himself, and he went and hung it in a
tree. However, both Adams and Webster
worked harder with their brains than most
boys do with their muscles.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

BARDARIsM.-Thc Saucelito Herald says
We are said TO be civilized but there is Il
custom common among us which ranks us
with the savages. We refer to the clothing
of girls of tender years-from infancy up
ward, say to ten or eleven years Of age. In
cold mornings IA strong man, with thick pants
and boots, feels rather chilly around his
lower members; and yet we have little ten
der girls with no other covering from their
knees, downward, than stockings and shoes,
How these poor creatures get along the Lord
only knows. We have often wondered, but
never having been a girl we can't tell from
experience There tis.a society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals, but none for the
protection of little girls. Let us have one,
and for punishment let the mothers be COM
PEELED TO attire themselves in as scant apparel
as their chiidren's.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.

l sat an hour to-day, John,
Beside the old brook stream,
Where we were schoolboys in old time,
When manhood was dream
The brook is choaked with fallen leaves,
The pond is dried away;
l scarce believe that you would know
The dear old place to-day.
The school-house is no more, John,
Beneath the willow trees;
The wild rose by the windows side
No more waves in the breeze:
The scattered stones look desolate,
The sod it rested ON
Has been plowed up by stranger harHs,
Since you and ] were gone.
The old gum tree is dead, John,
And what is sadder now,
The broken grapevine of our swing
Hangs on the withered bough;
read our NAMES upon the bark,
And found the pebbles rare
Laid up beneath the hollow side,
AS we piled them there.
Beneath the grass-growr bank, John,
l looked for our cid spring,
That rubbed down the little path
Three PAGES from the spring;
The fushes grow upon the Drink,
The pool is black and bare,
And not foot for many day
1t seems has trodden there.
/ took the old blind road, John,
That wandered up the hill;
IT'S darker than it used to be,
And seems so long and still:
The birds yet fit from borgh to bough
Where once the sweet grapes hung,
But not a voice of human kind
Where all our voices sung.
l sat me on the fence, John,
That lives as in old time,
The same half panel IN the path,
We used so oft to climb,
And thought how over the bars of life
Our playmates had passed ON,
And left me counting on the spot
The faces that were gone.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
COUNTRY LIFE.

Happy the man who tills the field
Content with rustic labor;
Earth does to him her fullness yield,
Hap what may to his neighbor.
Well days, sound nights-oh! can there be
A life more rational and free?
Dear country life Of child and man!
For both the best. the strongest,
That with the carliest race began,
And hast outlivod the longest;
Their cities persisted long ago;
Who the first farmers were we know.
Perhaps our Babels too will fall,
If so, no lamentations,
For Mother Earth will shelter all,
And feed the unboln matte ns
Yes, and the swords that menace now
Viii then be beaten to the plow.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
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Power OF TIE Suns RAYs.-Mr. Sic
mems, the well known telegraphist, has in
vented a photometer, which has proved that
light penetrates to depth of one hundred
fathoms below the surface of the sea. Hith-
erto it has been supposed that thirty fathoms
was the farhest depth to which the suns
rays could reach, but an apparatus, of which
the main feature is chemically prepared pa
per, has proved that the sun is more than
three times as powerful as was supposed.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
PLACER HERALD
OMciaI Paper of Place" County
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JOS. WAL u 3.
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~ half a square, or less, 90
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iberal deductions made to monthly or yearly
'u Tho nnuher of Insertions must be marked on
.1a advertisement, otherwise it will be continued
'ntl forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
II is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated
bstryoan the proprietor and those having work
~ o1yertising done, or being subscribers, that
al nnynents Mt the above rates are to be made
~, clnrrsnt United States gold or silver coin.
OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.
Tba following rates, AS FIXED BY LAW, Will be
cborred for all legal advertisements aud notices
Far the first insertion, one dollar and fifty
cents per square of two hundred and fifty ems
and one dollar per square for each additional in
sertion up to four, and thirty-fve cents per
souore for each subsequent insertion.
r All legal advertisements must be plainly
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vays he marked on the margin of each adver-
tiscment. or they will be continued and charged
accordingly. The publisher will not be respon-
sible for faulty or Illegal manuscript.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

A GENTLEMAN of something over 40 years
of age, by the name of Page, found a young
lady's glove and handed it to her. saying:
" If from the glove you take the letter G.,
The glove is love, and that give to thee
Her answer was:
If from the Page you take the letter T,
Then Page is age, and that wont do for me-
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

ABOUT the fastest railroad travelling on
record occurred during the great conf .gra-,
ton in Chicago, when two fire engines were
sent from Bloomington, Illinois, to tlu relief
of the burning city. In two honrs an forty
minutes from the time they starred il a spe-
cial train, over the Chicago, Alton and St.
Louis railroad, they were throwing water on
the fire. The train made the run one hun-
dred and twenty-six miles, in two hours and
ten minutes, and the run from p .oonington
to Joliet, eighty-nine miles, was made in
eighty minutes.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

lT is stated that of the FIVE Hundred and
forty young ladies who tainted las. wear
more than one half fs into the arms of gen.
tlemen. Only one had the misfortune ia
fall on the floor.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

RUssM.-Russia is twice as large as the
United States, having 100000 Of square
miles and 7S,000,O00 Of people. The an
nexation of this whole continent from the
Arctic ocean to Darien would leave us be-
hind Russia. The Russian religion is ortho-
dox Greek. Its army is 1,135, ,943 men
and 1904 guns. It's navy is 320 ships,
with Ga, 900 sailors. 1t has 6.000 miles Of
railroad, and over 25 900 miles of telegraph.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

WHEN Prince Napoleon applied to the
French Consulate at Geneva to obtain a
passport to re-enter France, he flew into
towering rage because The Consul defined
to grant one until he had referred the request
to the Government. The Consul replied ::
"What, sir, you complain because you are
obliged to wait four and twenty hours to re-
enter France! Sir, was obliged, under
your dynasty, to wait ten years in exile be-
fore | could return to France Prince Ma
poleon cooled at once and quit the Office.
He took her fancy when he c,me; he took
her hand; he took a kiss; he took no notice
of the shame that slowed her happy cheek
at this. He took to coming afternoons; he
took an oath he'd ne'er dcceive; he took her
fathers silver spoons and after that he took
his leave.
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

Some wag gets this off, "Purp-petual mo
ton "a dogs tall
The Placer herald., 1872-01-27

The tune of the smoker-spit-tune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

On motion Of Alder u an Copp the eleetio
OF Assessor WAS postponed unul the next
regular meeting.
s. B. Stoddard was elected Collector he
receiving 8 votes TO for Robert Koehler.
C Il. Stoddsrd was elected Surveyor. he
receiving all the votes cast.
W. N. Jarvis was elected wharfm a,ter.
be receiving 5 votes to 3 for Willard Baker.
Barton Cook was elected weishmas,er.
be receiving s votes to 3 for T. N. Reynolds.
Thomas Gray Was elected bridge tender
over Mark Wilson by The same vote.
The following road supervisors we're then
elected;
First Ward-Adsm Mauker.
Second Wsrd-A Huffman.
Third Wsrd-Thomas Shay.
Fourth Ward-James MeQuade.
The Republican candidates we're Msssrs
G. Wagner, G. Haberlob, j. Struck and 81
/ Fl. Holland.
| The Mayor said all the officers had beer
elected with the exception Of the Printer
which according to an ordinance adopted
is to be given to the lowest bidder Ht
therefore recommended postponement il
order that steps be taken to comply with tn,
ordinance.
Alderman Copp moved that the ordi
nance in question be rescinded. The mo
tion was seconded bv Alderman Wagner
and prevailed. ayes 5 noes 3, aud J. S
Drake was elected printer, he receiving
votes to for l.. NJ Haverstick
The time for the City Collector to rspor
ives extended 10 the next regular meeting
On motion Council adjourned.
s Cook.
|. City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20
Sixty ave ,hos'.nd three bur dred


aud sixty two So leo dollars, t6S, 1862 Sc
We have destroyed bonds issued bv the
CIJ OF Rock Island TO Rock Island and
Camden Plank Road Conpa dated the
LIST day OF August. 1857, aud Que the lst
day Of Auyost 1867, at the Baok of North
America 10 the city OF New York, aud
uuu bered as follows, land signed by p.
Gregg, Mayor, and R. NJ. Grenell, clerk,
10 VT; Numbers, 5, Z, ., 10, IL, IL, Ia.
l6, 10 and 81. ssy TEN BONDS of s 900
each, say $40 900 90.
We have likewise destroyed tlcenty eight
bonds Of the city OF 81 900 each ~ Chicago
aud Rock Island railroad company, issued
June let, A. d. 1852, and signed By j.
Whitaker, Mayor, and Robert Wilkinson
clerk, and OF the follow g number, VIZ:
Nos. 81, %. %. -. p, 70. 81, 2S %. 81,
81, 81, 80. 81. IS. Sc, 81, So, SO. 40. -. A.,
IS, 46. Al. AS, 40 and so, with $50 coupons
attached thereto, and all Of which have
been burned. Also we have burned EIGB-
TEEN BOND, of the city Of Rock Island to
the Chicago, Rcck Island railroad company.
WITHOUT COUPONS, and OF $1,000 esoh, OF
the following nun bers: /, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, I,
/ 8, y, 10, IL, ID Is, 10, II, Is, l9 al 20,
issued lsI day June, 1852, Hgued BY j
Whitaker, Mayor, and Robert Wilkinson,
clerk, all of which we got from the Treas
urer OF the city, rs cancelled.
We have destroyed FIVE bonds of the city
20 John W. Wiemsn, Of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS EACH, without coupons, issued
25,h day Of August, 1868, and signed
Bailey Davenport, Mayor, snd J. NJ. Buford
clerk, snd numbered as follows: Nos. |, 2
3, 1 aud 5, as go, from the City Treasurer
and We got from The city clerk Eve bond'
issued to Johu ". WienAn, Of $1,000 OF
each, with coupons, and signed BY Barley
Davenport ana by j. NJ. Buford, clerk, Anc
nun bered as follows, TO wit: Nos. 6, Z, &
9 and 10, all Of which we have destroyed
which, with one bond calling for ore thou
sand dollars, got Of city clerk, mum bereC
eight, and cslled the City OF Rock IalNrc
Railroad Bond, payable to Charlie. Buford
on the lst of JsnuAry, 1871, and issued tbs
Is, dSy Of January, A. d. 1856, aud signeC
B. F. Barrett Mayor, and Z. ". Swan
clerk, aud guaranteed by \. B. Bufor6
president, aud Wm. Bailey, tfoHsurer.
We would further report that we found ii
sealed package, IL the treasurer posses
sion, one Thousand shares Of The Rock Isl
and and Camden Plank Road Company
each share ct S25, say ] 600 shares al S2j
$25 600 90, which We have led in
package and returned 10 the City Treasure
Tor ssfe keeping and to be held by him a
an evidence of the city's right aud title I
the said stock; they are signed by b.
Barrett, president, and Wm. BAIey, seere
iarv. ana dated Rock Island, JAuusry Isl
1853, aud nun bered az follows. to wit:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

THE RocKFoRD ROAD.-The Chicago
RAil~Ay Revies0, in its last issue, writes up
oil the railroads of The vest. In speaking
Of the Rockford road ii says;
Completed and Jperaied from Sterling to
Z. ST L., 293 u. No new extensions made
the past year, bot the company was entirely
re-orgAnized early in the year and the new
management have largely increased its ia
olisies for traffic and the traffic itself, b.
business arrangements with the C., X. !. d
p, and @. & N. W. K. companies, espe-
ciAllV, and nth various Indiana and Mis-
souri, RAILROAD companies. The track has
been thoroughly overhAuled and largo ad-
di,onS made to the equipments of the rail-
road, and traffic, both freight and passen
ger, has greatly increased over the business
Of 1870. The first through train from St.
Paul to St. Louis passed through Burling-
ton, Jan. 23d. Arrangements have been
perfected By the 2. T. d W., IN connection
with the b. C. X. d NJ. and the z. R. /. &
St. l.. railroads-lime from ST. Paul TO St.
Louis % hours.
1t also thus Alludss to the Peoria & Rock
Island road
Virtually an extension of the Indisnspo-
/ lis, Bloomington d Western r., 81 m.
Track laid between Lafayette and Galva,
July Z, and to Orion Ito all SO IN the past
year. The company is Offering 81 500. 900
Of its frat mortgage bouds, Z per cent in
teres,, payable in gold free of tax, q. 90
and accrued interest They are issue
$lG 500 per mile for extra equipments and
necessary outbuidings. The road is 30 IN.
com pleted and running. The earnings re-
Alize more than the interest on the whole
issue Of bonds. The road connects Peori'
& Rock Island, passes through q prosper
Gus, popnlons, agricultural, manufacturing
and coal district, and forms q part Of I
trunk line from Indianapolis to St: Paul.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

A bright, hesi1hy child isa perennial spri 4
OF jog ia every we'll regulated family, and where
IL that Ia her, after she strife an a tuImOIl
OF n1sInsss. on rsIiring to his h. ne, is not be-
suiied OF care by tue Iasoosnt Prastis OF MS
ehiIdF Perhaps this iAlhsr Is worldly man,
ana ~ axes sofo his.idVi, ne y nave been 9
sacceSsi al Inaa, l . ahsse ed riehss. Yet place
Ris chad on tae stcK bed, ana all his god il
at tns disposal OF the phy siei2ns, and the only
return he ASKS Is ths restorAu1s of health To
Mis- ohid. Fathers! MSther.! w0ald you pre-
serve Jour en- i'd in neal a? Thea listen TO US
There Is one prevailing esase of the disease in
children, $40 that cause is worms. Ii this
cause OF disease 10 not removed, your child will
si"keD and die, or finger sGfsrlng Invalid for
ilfe. We present TO you ga infslIIDls remedy
Tor voTms; IL Is
DR.. Judson's Dead Shot Worm Candy,
and is PuI up in the form Of 3 stick Of candy
a ID SO pleasant to the taste, that children
greediIy lease for it. 1t is purely vegetable
aud JLanos mart the Sun Aliesi child. ASK for DIR
Judsons Dead Shot Worm Candy. For SALE
eysrywhere at 20 cents per package.
". h ooAsT0Uk, sole Proprietor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

New York. Cork and Liverpool. New full
powered steamships, ,hs sir largest in the world
ooEAE.C, ANTARTGC, REPUBLIC.
ATLANTIC, BALTIC, ADRtATto
5000 tons barden-a, 900 b. p. each.
sailing from New York on Saturdays, frsm
liverpool 90 rsur'days, calling 81 Cork Hsr-
Dor each way.
From the White Star Dock, PavOunis Perry,
Jersey 0ity.
Passenger accommodations TOR all classes IN
rlvslrd, combining safety, speed sud comfort.
Saloons. stsso-roOms, smokinS room aud bath
rooms In uidship section, whore least motion 10
fSlt
Saigon, aud sts~ArdsI'Ss sooonPsny these
steamers.
Rst,I Silicon, $50 10 gold. Storage so 10
currsaoy. Ta1ss wishing 60 ssni FOR friends
FROM the Old soautry osu nov obtain steerAgs
prepaid nsrtiass,ei, SIS. currency. Pausn ers
booked 10 or tom Al pa-tI Of Amsrisa, Paris,
Hamburg, Norwsy, vsdeu, GnitA, Au,trAlia, sc
Excursion tcksts granted 81 lowest rates.
Drafts from 81 upward.
For tnformAtion spply at the Company Office
No. ~ Broadway, New York. J. II SPARKS
Agent. oct17 d&Wly
w.N.JAEvTs, Agent st Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

FUNERAL OF RIVER PuoT.-The
funeral Of the late Thomas J. Brown took
place shortly after noon to-day from the
farm residence Of the deceased, three miles
southeast of Milan. The funeral was largely
attended BY the friends of the family, and
parties from Rock Island, consisting of
members Of Trio Lodge No. 81 Of F. & A.
NJ. Masons, Of which the deceased was a
member-And some mem bers Of Rock Island
Lodge, No. 65s. A number of steam boat
meu also attended from this city. Me-.
Brown died of consumption. He was for a
great many years known as one of the best
pilots on the river, aud was pilot of the
Minneapolis last season. He leaves a wife
and children TO mourn the loss of kind
husband aud father.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

In nu N bers there is safety. 1t wasupon this
princi pie that the formula of Jads Aous-
TAIN HERB Pills was prepared. DR.. Judson,
to spend q fOrkune IN advertising ais
pills, submitted MS recipe TO the revision Of
the IN Ost Intelligent add learned physicians OF
the age, md the result is simple bur most eff
eaeioas medi ine-Ihs Juhsos's McuNTAis
He Pulls. fhey purify tue blood, remove ali
distractions clsa Sc the SKIN of all pmplss
aud blotshss. &ad are perfectly s.. and safe in
their operation. The psoN's - STAIN HERB
Pulls cure 5illiousuess, Female irregularities.
HssdAcne, and many of the diseases arising
from impare blood aud q dera"ged digestion.
Use the Judson's Mountain Herb Pills, and
when you nave proved their virtue recommend
tn IN to your friends. They are both sugar
coated and plain. For sac everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20
CITY COUNCIL.
Special Mseting-omcial.

81 March 10 ls72-74 P. M,
The council met in special session agree
able to adjournment.
Present. the Mayor, and Aldermen Riley,
Koch, Boyatou, Gray, Wagner, Kelly and
Woods.
Absent. Alderman Sage.
The minutes of last meeting we're read
and approved.
The Finance Committee submitted their
report. which was approved BY council and
ordered filed;
To the Mayor and City Council Of the City
Of Rock Island:
GExTLEMES Your Finance Committee
would respectfully report that they exam
med the accounts of the following city OIL
GERS, and have found the sbme to be cor
rect to Wit: The City Treasurer, City
Clerk, Collector, Supervisors Of the 6rst,
I'd, 80 aua 4th wards, Hsrbor Master,
weighmas,er, Bridge ender a Police MAsis-
,rAtes Chopper and Simonson.N We have
compared the several vouchers With thr
items charged BY the Treasurer, and have
cancelled aud burned them IS follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-20

If you do not feel well you send for q dootor
be calls upon you, looks wise, scrswls some
hisrogl pbics upon piece of paper which you
take to drug store and there pay 80 cents to
81 o., besides the doctors fee, for re medy nins
times out of ten not half 50 good as DIR. Msrse's
Indian Root Pills. which costs but IS cents pei
box. Do you think the for aer the best, because
you pay ths most for it? If you do, we advise
you to use. jatt as an experiment, the Aore's
Indian Root Pills. They are prepared from q
form ula, pronounced by the most EARNED physi
oisns4 efsour country, to be the best and most
un 'verssl of family m+ii zines. Tn, Morse
Indian Ro Pills cure H,stache. Liver Com
plsint Indigestion, dyspepsia Female irrexg
Iarities, 60, Snd are put W 10th sugar coated
and plain. Give them trial. Sold BY al deal
srs