The union Democrat., 1870-02-26

days ago. They lift up tteir voices even
there. Perhaps if the retail dry-good's mer
chants were to speak from the bed rock oi
their hearts they would wish the railroad fur
ther from their city. Those Stockton women
have tasted too often of the Montgomery and
Kearny street shops. They come up " from
below" their arms dripping with bundles.
Low fare and quick trip tempts them to the
city. Once there, and they spend twice the
amount calculated upon. They have to bor'
row money TO get back. They walk home
from the depot and as they pass the Stockton
/ dry goods merchants door, their bundle OF
San Francisco purchases again loses their
balance and tumbes all over the sidewalk.
The merchant groans and retires to his closet
to pray.
Without women the commercial world
would bust. In keeping her supplied with
common pins, hoops, gimp. tape. calico, silk,
merino. ribbons, garters and all and every
thing she wears, ten times the hands are en-
ployed, the factories kept in operation, the
ships and steamers ploughing the ocean, than
for man. Nine-tenths of all this struggle
with the world oa mans part that we hear so
much talked about results when peeled down
close, in supplying some woman with pins,
soap. dress and perfumerv. 1t requires but
little to keep man clothed. But for dressed
up woman every quarter Of the globe is ran
sacked and every nation at some time warred
with. Pearls from the oceau, diamonds from
D. Dirdo o(
disc feathers, and ivory from Africa. whale
hone from the Arctic Sea, furs from Canada;
this is not the half. l wonder they do not
blush fer causing US so much trouble.
sTRAYs.
The Davenports are here and the usual
amount of boreism must be endured in hear
ing portion of the populace uphold and the
balance denounce them. People here go and
wonder at their mysterious slipping of a coat
from one man s back to another. Yet someone
performs a similar trick daily at the hotels
with your hat while you are at dinner, which
often occasions a great amount of cursing but
no wonder.
Newman s new silk American Flag. pres
ent to the State Capitol OF to the Capitol at
/
stretched directly across the Assembly Cham
her aud serves in part the purpose of q parti-
ton to bar out, deaden and still more confuse
sound. 1t is big enough for three or four
patriots to wrap themselves up and die in at
once.
Vaudeville looks better than at any previ-
Gus time this session.
| General Dobbie is one of our gladstone Tu-
olumne luminaries here. He is one of the
most iovial, genial, cheerful old wretches
ever came in contact with.
Senator O'Connor introduces bill for the
extingushing of waiter girls in beer cellars.
He does in it self moral protection.
Young Mr.. Hayes. Assemblynan from San
Francisco, proposes by bill to prevent Sc
duction. While so many of our old men 60
astrav, it is pleasant to see that the legal
youth of our country are contrarily inclined.
| Like attracts like. Doctors attract doctors.
Eiche!roth on the Assembly floor has been SO
pestered with physicians, that he asked for
the enforcement of the rule barring out all
persons save members and reporters. unless
invited within nv the speaker. He was daily
mohbed by Pillsts and Purgists. lie was to
them as is drop of molnsses to q swarm OF
! flies.
Sometime ago application was made that
women as we'll as men he employed as Com
mite Clerks. 1t was motOned that the mat
ter be referred to the Committee on Swami
and Overtlowed Lands. There it was begged.
There is Some very green stuff in this Leg
islature. The Demucrav in anticipation OF
future victories should keep more seasoned
timber on hand.
PRENTICE MuLroRp.