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The Placer herald., 1872-03-23
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

This pet scheme of portion of the members
was defeated in the Senate, by strictly party
vote. 1t being % against l8 for the bill. This
measure was simply a scheme to make place for
partisan friends and the way Oulton and Tomp-
kins and some others fought for it was worthy Of
a better cause. Oulton is one of the most plaus
ible, cunning and inductrious members of the
Senate. Tompkins is a sophist, and always pre-
sents but one side of a question, and this side
Just as attorney in court would do. The only,
no not the only, but one of those who exhibits a
broad, comprehensive, statesman-like view OF
subjects under discussion is VIM. Irwin, Of Sis
kiyou. Pendegast and Compte both show too
much of the advocate, and am always forced to
the conclusion that the bar is not good field for
making the statesman. Irwin, being an editor
has been compelled to look at both sides of po-
tical questions and therefore, in debate, takes
the most comprehensive and important view of
the question at issue.
The Placer herald., 1872-03-23
BAR AND BILLIARD DEPARTMENT
Now Renting for $40 per Month.

This valuable property is offered at bargain
on account of sickness in the family and de-
sire to move East.
For further particulars, address
Mrs. j. A. C. SMITH,
fe10-1m Dutch Flat, Cal.
The Placer herald., 1872-03-23
SCHOOL LAW.

After a long, faithful and analytical scrutiny of
the bill presented by the Committee on Educa-
cation, it was recommi,ted, and the financial
portion adapted to the school law in the Code,
and the rest made to conform to the law therein
set forth, even to the language; and then, on day
before yesterday, passed the Senate, no one vot-
ing against it. The greater change, and the one
best suited to the largest part of toe State was
introduced by Mr.. Larkin, at the beginning OF
the session, and has been steadily gaining popu-
arity ever since. FL Dorado has one OF the best
and safest Senators on that floor and l feel
proud to be able to testify to his untiring oppo-
siton to the numerous schemes to deplete the
State Treasury which men are always introduc-
ing; and also to the zeal with which he works
for education. Ii he never does another great
act or originates another measure, this financial
school improvement ought to be sufficient to
send his name down to generations yet unborn
a sound, practical educator, and good law
maker
The Placer herald., 1872-03-23
AGAINST THE BALLOT.

Mrs. j. B. Frost, n fine looking and intellect
ual woman, who was nurse with the army
made speech of one and a half hours, in which
she demonstrated the result of the ballot ii
the hands of her sex. think she demonstrated
that it would destroy the peace of families, goot
order and good manners in society; destroy rel
gion, virtue, and more especially chastity; thai
it would ultimately overthrow the Government
none but the discontented, tho immoral ant
the amateur prostitutes wanted this privilege
She pictured the consequences of throwing 90
900 votes of fallen women into the political field
in New York and other cities. She was earnest
and eloquent, and did produce great effect
say God speed Mrs. Frost on in her undertaking
The Placer herald., 1872-03-23
YOSEMITE Road.

A bill to construct road to Yosemite Falls
md tho Zig Trees, the two great curiosities Of
The Placer herald., 1872-03-23

COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
This bill Of Finney's was also defeated on n
party VOTE and I am proud Of the fact. Those
men who want the laws of Prussia extended over
us can compromise the matter by going back
there and enjoying tho institutions of that cour-
try, and let us have the privilege of making our
laws consistent with republican notions and re
publican laws. The mistake is made in the
premises they assume, that the people belong to
he Government, and not the Government to the
people. I hold that the right to govern our
children while in infancy, is one We never gave
to the State; it is reserved personal right that
each parent has by nature, and which. in our
Government, we have never yielded to the State.
PUBLIC BUILDING COMMITTEES.
Tho committees of the Senate and Assembly
were acting jointly on the Investigations upon
our public buildings up to the other day, when
the Assembly authorized their committee to act
separately. Mr.. Boggs of the Senate committee,
went into the committee room where the AS
sembly committee We're meeting, when the chair
man asked him to leave. A lively discussion
took place, but Boggs left; and these fellows will
now 60 on exparte and make out a horrible re-
port of swinde. corruption and fraud. There
will be no one to cross examine.
VETO MESSAGE.
Your readers are aware that q Republican As
semby passed over the Governors veto the So
noma subsidy law; one of the most outrageous
laws of the State. The bill came up in the SEN
ate, and, 1 am ashamed to say it, but Demo-
cratic Senator moved to table the bill, which was
done by vote of 81 to II. am glad to record
eight votes of Democratic persuasion and among
them those whom l esteem sound on all Ques-
tions. predict that they never can pass this
bid in full Senate.
BOTANIC GARDEN.
A bill to establish botanical garden in Sacra-
mento for the culture of medicinal plants pasted
the Senate, Mr.. Compile is its author, and I
suppose his personal influence helped to pass
the bill. am not able to judge the merits, but
believe the General Government is asked to rem
der cid to the measure.
YOSEMITE Road.
A bill to construct road to Yosemite Falls
and tho Zig Trees, the two great curiosities Of
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Lake Yellowstone.

The mood of the lake is ever
changing; the character of its shore
is ever varying. At one monet it is
placid and CLASSY as a calm sum mer's
sea; at the next, "it breaks into dim
pies, and laughs in the sun" Half
an hour later, beneath q stormy sky,
it's waters may be broken and Iashed
into an angry and dangerous sea,
like the short, choppy waves which
rise In storms on Lake Erie and
Lake Michigan. Where we first saw
it, it had a glittering beach of gray
and rock-crystal sand, but as we CON
tinued around it, we found rocky
and muddy shores, gravel beaches :
on which several varieties of chalce-
dony were prOfusely scattered-and
hot springs in abundance. Near the
southeast end of the lake is the high
est peak in the vicinity. It is steep
and barren, and from the lake shcre
appears to taper to a point. On the
south side is precipice nearly 1 900
feet high. Two of the party ascend
ed it. It took them all of one day
to make the trip and return. About
two-thirds of the way up they were
obliged to leave their horses and
continue the ascent on foot. The
altitude of the mountain, as obtained
by observations with the barometer
and thermometer, was 1,163 feet.
Much snow was found before reaching
the summit. A fine view of the sur.
rounding country, and good idea
of the shape of the lake obtained.
Immense steam jets were seen to the
south; but as our time was becom-
ing somewhat limited, we did not
remain to visit them. Several ba-
rometrical calculations were made,
and we determined the height of the
lake to be $500 feot.- Overland
Monthly.
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What a miserable artisan [ must
have proved, bnt for that Just criti-
ciSm! l bless the hand that sharp
ened the tool that attacked me with
out mercy But, of course, there
was time when [ looked on nv
great rival as my worst enemy. For
two or three years, l suppose, he
wasn't out of my thoughts day or
night. But the last time I sent to
the exhibitiOn"- there Miss Har-
leszi came to u full stop. IT was
evident that she had approached the
climax of her story, and that she
could not think upon it without
emotion. =" You triumphed, I
guess" said Flora, after a moment
of waiting. Miss Harlem smiled.
/" He sent for me-" she said; he
had orders more than he could be-
gin to fill, and was satisfied that l
could do as well as he, and that
there was no one else in the country
who could. So he proposed busi-
ness partnership, and I bought
this old place, always famous for its
BIRDS"
When Miss Flora returned to
town on the 3 p. m. train, she was
Pondering Mss Harlcm's final
words, spoken while the train was
moving off: Yes, the great mis-
take woman makes is adopting
secondhand means-that's the rea-
son she arrives at second-rate ends,
and she has herself to thank for it.
Don't you make that mistake. Good
by for "a hours"
To be set right for a life-time
who wouldn't give five minutes ? OI
Miss Harlem, cannot you be per-
suaded to accept a diocese ?-Cdro-
line ChesbOrO, IN AppIeton's.
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Wonders OF the Human Ear.

FROM Lu6 LOHuGn 1Gt6EEapQ-
"You would play upon me-you
would seem to know my stops-you
would sound me from my lowest
note to the top of my compass %
When Shakespeare put those words
into the mouth of Hamlet, did the
poet know that he was stating au
anatomical fact-that the auditory
apparatus of man is an instrument
of most exquisite musical compexi-
tY compared to which the finest harp
of Erardt seems bat a clumsy fail
ure? For some time past it has been
known that the human ear contained
O series of minute bodies, called the
''rods of Corti," from the name of
their discovsrer; but DR.. Pritchard,
in a paper lately read before the
Royal Society, has cast new light
upon the curious appendages, and
given US fresh reasons to admire the
wonderful arrangements of life.
When q sound is communicated by
air waves to the ear, first the auricle
catches it up and transmits it to the
drum, which passes it by harmoni-
Gus vibration through the middle to
the internal portion of the organ.
Here it is appreciated merely as a
sound, its direction and volume be-
ing also recorded; but to distinguish
the note of the sound, 1t is passed
into tie cochler, a spiral canal from
the axis of which proceeds tiny
plate of bone; this In turn gives out
two membranes, and between these
lie the "rods of Corti." Looked at
from above, they resembl a double
row of piano forte hammers; but the
outer rods as they wind up the
spiral axis increase IN length more
rapidly than the inner, whereas the
latter augment in number, 90 that
near the apex the outer rods are
twice as long as the inner, while to
$500 outer rods it Is computed that
there are $500 inner ones Under
this delicate and perfect sounding
board are clustered nerves and nerve
cells, which serve to bear the impress
sion of any vibrating rod or rods to
the brain, and with so vast key
board it Is plain that not mere semi
tones, but tenths and even fiftieths
of tones, must be recognized by the
consummates recording apparatus.
It is upon the Lami5la spirqIis, then,
or tiny plate of bone before mention
ed, that the sound is thrown IN or
der to decide its note, and however
fine or faint, that sound discovers
some one of the perfectly attained
rods which viii leap into vibration
IN concert with the impulse, and
send melodic or harmonic telegram
so the sensorium.
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On the Death Of wIlllam Writ.


The following from Horace Greeley's pen.
is PRESENTED as n specimen Of his talent for
poetry. It was written by him at twenty-three
years of age
''Rouso not the muiIied drum,
Wake not the martial trumpets mOurnfuI
sound
Fer hisn whose mighty voice in death is dumb {;
Who, in the zenith of his high renown.
To the gave went down.
Invoke no cannon's breath
To swell the requiem o'er his ashes Poured-
Silently ear him 10 the house Of death:
The aching hearts by whom he adored,
lie won not with the sword
Mol let affiiction's tear
Be the sole tribute to his memory paid;
Earth has no monument 50 justly dear
To souls like his in purity arrayed-
Never to fade.
IT loved thee. patriot Chiefl
battIed proud beBath thy banner pure;
Mine is the breast of wOe-the heart of grief,
Which suffer on unmindful Of a care
Proud to endure.
'But vain the voice of wall.
For thee. for this dim vail of SORROW fed
Earth hes no spell whose magic shall not fail
No light the gloom that shrouds thy narrow
bed.
''Then take thy long repose
Beneath the shelter Of the deep green sod;
Death but brighter halo DER thee throws.
Thy fame, thy soul alike have spurned the
clod-
Rest thee in God"
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Plain Talk to the Girls.


It is a fact which should be con
tinually brought before the eyes oi
every girl III the land, that the fash
iOnable method of committing sui
eide by wearing corsets should be
frOwned down. Say anything to
one about wearing these ribs OF
whalehOnes aud steel, and they viii
say they improve the form. The
/ idea Don't you suppose, you little
fool, that your Maker knew what
He was about when He fashioned
you with his own hands? Or do you
think He made woman first, and af-
terward made a French nlOdiste, to
get her into decent shape? Perhaps
that was how it happened that wo-
men are left as nature made them,
and fools are shaped by the dress
makers. But it would be only JUS
tice to allow the girls to grow up to
wOmanhood before they decide
whether they would be women or
fools, instead of putting them into
corsets when they are tender chill
dren.
It is absolute cruelty to put cor
sets on a little child. No child can
wear them more than two or three
hours at time, at first, but they are
made to wear them as long as they
can endure the tortures, and then
take them off and rest awhile, and
SO on until they become hardened to
the torture, and can delight the
dressmaker with slim waist to suit
her eye.
But the next question that arises
is, whether anything has been taken
from the body during the process of
slimming the patient? Certainly
the waist was smooth and a little
tapering before the corsets were
applied, now, it is longer, and not
more than half the size at the bot
tom. If nothing has been taken
from the waist what have the cor
sets done with the organs that filed
that portion of the body before the
corset strings were drawn? They
have been squeezed either above or
below the waist, and, as those places
were already occupied with organs
of their own, those squeezed from
the waist must have been forced in
to the space allowed for something
else to grow in. So the logical con-
clusion is, the organs that nature
placed within the waist have been
forced to vacate the premises, and
crowd themselves within the space
allotted to other and equally impor-
tant organs. No wonder the girls
lose their rosy cheeks, when the cor
set strings are drawn so tightly that
the blood cannot circulate freely
enough to run in the chaeks. No
wonder that the lungs refuse to do
their work when they haven't half
room to work in. And no wonder
the organs refuse to perform their
Office, and girls grow old before their
time, suffering from female com
plants brought on by wearing cor
sets and displacing the organs OF the |
body.
We lament the fact that American |
women have SO few children, yet the |
mothers continue to prevent children |
from growing up competent to rear
children, by the abominable use of |
corsets. And fathers look on and |
say nothing. Talk about the fool |
ishness of Chinese women cramping
their feet. What are the feet in
comparison with the lungs and heart. |
Home and Health.
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Homeopathy.

Homeopathy having become quite
a successful system of medical prac-
tice, we have thought it might be in
teresting to many of our readers to
note the following facts, which we
gather from late authentic report :
Seventy years ago, Hahnemann
planted the small but vigorous shoot,
and now behold its roots spreading
into all countries. 1t is Daturalized
in Austria, Switzerland, Prussia
France, Italy, Russia, Germany,
Spain, Brazil, America. In New
York alone upward of 400 qualified
practitioners dispense it; IN France,
about 800. In England, several hun
dred medical men openly practice
Homeopathically, and the number is
daily increasing. These medical
practitioners and their lay supporters
promulgate their principles through
quarterly and monthly journals.
There are six Homeopathic Medical
societies for scientific discussion;
four hospitals: seventy dispensaries
for the treatment of the pOor-a
very large amount of public and
gratuitous works, when we consider
that it has to be carried on by about
three hundred practitioners. In the
United States of America they are
nearly 6, 1000 Homeopathic physicians,
six colleges, several hospitals, and one
or more free dispensaries IN each of
the large cities.
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LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The latest report of sales of stock
made by The Paris Kentuckian, rates
best two year old medium mules at
$50; ard second rates at $65 10 SO;
broke mules, from four to FIVE years
old, at $135 to $40.
LAST week 1O7 cars of cattle and
of sheep we're shipped from Paris,
Kentucky, South.
w. T. Evans sold, on Wednesday
last, to parties in Mercer CO., KY,
IS head of mules at $1l0 per head.
MEssERs. Brown &Smith, Of Chris
tianburg, Shelby County, KY, ship
pep on Friday last, sixty-four cattle
to the eastern market, averaging
1926 pounds, costing 81 cents pen
pound.
The Shelby Sentinel says that BIr.
J. @. Price, sold TO B. Fl. Dale, four
two year old mules at $50 per
head. They are said by Mr.. =. to
be the finest in the country.
Mr.. J. D. Wing, New York City,
has just purchased a small herd OF 3i
Brittany cattle, consisting of one bun
aud four COWS and heifers-a direct
importation via Bortleau, with their
descendants. These cattle are black
and white, and stand only from Al
to 43 inches high.
MR. JOSEPH il. RIEAIAN. Dumbarton
Farm, Baltimore, has sold to Col.
Turiy Of Tennessee, the Jersey bull
Sir Davy ga and three heifers-al-
so the yearing colt out Of imported
Arabian mare Saieda by Gov. Bow
ellis StoneWan Jackson.
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THE Cincinnati Enquirer has the
following mention of gentleman well
known in Tennessee:
The Democratic National Commit
tee have appointed Mr.. A. ID. Banks,
of Mississippi, as their resident Secre-
tary in New York for this camTsaign.
Mr.. Banks was before the war the
editor of the Democrat at Petersburg,
Virginia, and afterward held the same
position upon the Enquirer. We do
not think a better selection could have
been made. He has remarkable or
ganizing ability, and we know Of no
man who has such an intimate
knowledge Of the men of influence
both North and South. An xpe-
Tieneed and sagacious politician, an
admirable writer, whose whole soul IS
embarked ia the work. he viii give TO
the committee an activity and energy
that ii would not otherwise have pos
sessed. His appointment VIII be par
ticuIarIy acceptable TO the South and
West, where ne has been long known
and most highly appreciated.
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The United States Navy.

On July I, 1872, the active list of
the United States was composed of
1872 commissioned and warrant of
ficers, distributed as follows among
the respective grades: Admiral, 1;
Vice Admiral, 1 Rear Admirals, II;
Commodores, 25; Captains, 81; Com
manders, 80; Lieutenant-Comman-
ders, J55; L:eutnnants, 2I0; Masters,
100; Ensigns, 80; Midshipmep, 135;
Medical Directors, Is; Medical In
spectors, Is; Surgeons, so; Passed
Assistant Surgeons and Assistant
Surgeons, IS; Pay Officers, 145;
Chief Engineers, 81; First Assistant
and Second Assistant Engineers,
1T; Chaplains and Professors, 30;
Naval Constructors, %; Warrant Of
fcers, l91; and Mates so. The num-
ber of petty officers and seamen
amounted to 1000. At the United
States Naval Academy there are 1919
Midshipmen pursuing their studies
in different classes. The United
States naval force on July LIST con-
sisted of 1T vessels, of which % are
men-of-war Of various rates, 81 are
iron-clads, and 2S are tugs. The
vessels in commission number 65,
distributed among various fleets and
squadrons. The 81 irOn-clads are,
with few exceptions, laid up in Ordi-
nary, and 4 of them are yet on the
stocks. The majority of iron-clads,
being built of unseasoned woods,
are ia decaying condition. OF the
the 9S men-of- war, z are on the
stocks, IL are being repaired, % are
laid up in ordinary, 4 are on duty as
school ships, Z are used as receiving
ships, and 81 are used as store-ships
and for special service.
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a sToREKEEPER for the Northern
Pacific railroad, at the second cross
ing of the Cheyenne river, writes
that during a severe thunder storm
an immense cloud of grasshoppers
darkened the air and settled down
over the place; they covered the
whole ground, and desirous of find
cut the extent of the vegetation, be
took carriage and drove out, find
ing that they extended about three
miles each way from HIN, six miles
in all. Millions Of them, he writes,
were hurled with violence against
the house and killed, so that he
"wheeled away ten barrow loads oi
them" They left not a green thing
visible after taking their supper
They remained about twenty-four
hours.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-30

TIE hymn Nearer, My God to
Thee" which mas touched more
hearts than any other modern COM
position, was written by Miss Sarah
Fuller Fowler, of London, who died
as Mrs. Sarah =. Adams IN 1910.
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FoRTY head of fne trotting stock
will be offered for sale at auction IN
Mercer County, KY, on the 10th day
OF September, by Il. Il. Coleman.
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Action.

Rest not! Life is sweeping by:
Go and dare before you die.
Something mighty and sublime
Leave behind to conquer time:
Glorious tits to live for aye
When these forms have passed away.
gBa
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ANRoUNoKMEETs.-AnnO the name Of
person for a County Office, S.; State Office $40;
Federal office SIS. Invariably in advance.
~ The above Terms and Rates will be
trictly adhered to.
sstF Religious, Marriage, Birth aud Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly inser-
ed FREE or cnAEOE. Obituaries will be chaFged
advertising rates.
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A SECOND Spurgeon has been dis
covered IN the person Of Rev. Alex
ander AcLsrren, Of Manchester,
England.
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TIE Protestant Espiscopal Church
in the United States reports an ac-
tua1 accession to its communion
last year Of 24,124 Total number
of members, 224, 99s.
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o block by block; with sore and sharp en-.
deavOr,
Lifelong we build these human natures up
Into temple fit for freedOm's shrine.
And trial ever cOnsecrates the cup
Wherefrom we pour her sacrificiaI wine
4 y Tnsl.-U
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SONG.

o. spirit of the summertime!
Bring back the roses TO the deIls;
The swallow ftOm her distant CLINE,
The hOney-bee from drowsy cells.
Bring back the friendship of the sun;
The gtIded evenings calm and late,
When merry children hOmeward run,
And Peeping stars bid lovers wait.
Bring back the singing; and the scent
OF medoW-lands at dewy prime =
o bring again my hearts content,
Thou spiritSf the summer time
William AEttnghaHl.
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GEMS OF POETRY.
AdVersity.

Heaven but tries our virtues by afiIction.
And oft the cloud which wraps the present
hour
Serves but to brighten all our future days,
DR.. BrOl0l.
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SPANISH draught horses sell for $14
per head In AussIn, Texas,