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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-03-13
A Mammoth establishments

IhGrc are comparatively few in the city Of
Shn francisco, much less In the interior that
nave The least idea Of the enormous magni.
tGde OF the establishment Of .he Cnlifo1n;,
Furniture Manufacturing Comnanv To sn,
tnat the BUILDING Is so large and so MANY st6.
rics hiSh, conveys but limited convention az
.ne extent OF this great house, or Of the bIlsi
! ness Ihey are doing, When we arg told that
they occupy more than three acres OF IluUrinr
we arc aslounded at the ma gnitude of the con-
Germ, especially when we realize that II has
grown 10 these immense proportions within
SO snort space OF time MS ten years; out
stIipplnS AL OIL Tie older concerns and occu-
pyin% the vast field almost exclusively 10
themselves. .>'>>'>'' w
a lew years ago nearly NIL the furniture sold
on lils coast was imported from the East: but
tm r,,i iaTGe capital and enterprise Of tie Gait
:s a2e, pa and 2s6 Bush street San Fronct,.c 70
nave done much to turn the tide and dcvclop
tue resources OF the Pacific Coast This Com
pnhy use large amount OF woods grown on
ms coast, besides importing black walnut and
9Iher KINDS OF lumber that do not grow here.
Inc abundant capital employed enables them
20 Keep large stock OF lumber ON hand so
That they use only that which Is we'll seasoned
anu specially adapted to the manufacture OF
Tie very best furniture.
a walk through the building will s,tisfy,nr
man. whether rich or poor, that he can select
just what lie wants. Certainly one must Inc
very hard 10 please who cannot be suited Inv
ocIcsnnE from Their Immense stock. Here
may he found painted chamhcr-scts from SIN
10 S'O, and those manufactured from blnrl;
walnut and other expensive woods from sloO
10 Seeo. Some OF these costly scis arc carved
ana decorated In regal style, causing, the .bc.
holder TO feel ms though he were Visiting a
palace rather Than furniture store. There is
great variety Of paTlorf sets of the latest
styles, upholstered In great variety of colurs
and materials. Mt prices varying from $50 10
SSW. The variety Of reps, hrncadcs, hrocn.
tcliGs, cashncTcs, satins and tapestries Is per.
lectly bewildcrin:;, and the only difficulty il
In deciding which Is the most beautiful. The
man or woman who can not find n pnrI0r suit
70 MS or her tnstc In this establishment ought
holder Is moi rich II mikes him wish he was
so, that he might take TO his own home n por.
ZION OF The splcndor he has seen. Those who
have visited the warcrooms of this 'comnonv
from time to time can Lot fni to see that they
are keeping pncc with the other improvements
III san francisco, and are fully determined 10
supply anything In the furniture line that cnn
be needed TO meet the wants of rich or pCor,
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

MASONIC SAVINGS ASD Loan BANK, No. &
Poet street, Masonic Temple. San Francisco.--
~ fncCtipgO Of ilIc board Of Directors Of This
Bank, held January TX, 1873. u dividend was de.
clared &! The rate 6f nine and one haift0l5) per
ccnt. per hnnunl on Term Deposits, mud seven
nary Deposits, for ilic scmi.annunI term ending
January q. 1915. payable on md after January
., 1915, free Of ali taxes.
.tA.t II. T. GRAVES Secretary,
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NEITHER falling seth, nor the pccping wrin.
klcs OF time, so forcibly tell nf advancing wears
as your gray hair. AYERS VIGOR Restores
The color aud makes your appearance more
fresh, luxuriant hair, the iufrniitIcs of ayc nTe
far less noticeable "
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Headache, Toothachc, Plcurisy, Collie, Cramps
Lame Back, aud all lamcncss and pain. 10,
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WAS II Benjamin Franklin who got off
that piece of advice about rising with tho
lsrkf And did llo over sec the thcrmom.
otcr at twenty degrees below zero, and
find the coal fro Quit Blast the lark
which Is fool enough 70 fly around before
the frost is oil the windows.-.DttroH
Free Pr<as. ~ Wv
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SAYS tho Rocllcstcr Chronicle; an Col.
orado the other day strong wind blew
over. o train of. care three times" Didn't
1t also blow under uIcm2 The wind may
blow ovor house and not blow the house
ovcr--eh7 4 .-,- -Es...F. ~ :.
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-. The New York Photograph Gallery,
NO. . THIRD street, San Francisco, Is again
open, with larger lights, more room. and MI
the latest improvements In instruments. Ali
work Is warranted to give perfect satisfaction,
Cabinet Rembrandts, only 81 per dozen: Card
Remhrandts, $2to 81 per doz. jill. PETERS
successor to Is. +. Rowland * Go,
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NEWSPAPER men whose journals have
said anything against my four.horgc
thief living IN Washington had better
keep away from that city, or color their
noses md thus disguise themselves so ~
to appear like permanent rcsfdcnts.-
DeroI Free Prtst.
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The national GOLD MEDAL was awarded
to Bradley tS Rulofson, San Franciscp, for the
best photographs In tho United SintSs -
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Budget of Novelties

FHENCM TRANSPARENT PLAYING CARDS
=; Marked Playing Cards. 81 M: Trick Cards >;
& n0SI't Lantern npd Match SAFE 80 cts: Pocket
IaSe M9nsiarl!ss on wire 20 cs-scc. s. cts; Micro.
scope Mttch Charms. 10 cts: IONin Gloves Dcr Sci
Of Two palrs. 800; ErSs Of raraOs Serpent reseIn.
nSS Pe3-set nrc 10 thcln, when serpent yard long
VIII pe producsl "RUDBEH NOVELTY Co I" HoS
sly London, Ohio dealers Ia iubbcr Good ami SuSi
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25
Young Edwards Oh the Spider.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Springfield
Republican, in making mention of Prof.
Edward S. Morse's book, entitled First
Book on Zoology" gives the following
interesting account of the Balloon Spider,
by President Jonathan Edwards, written
as early as 1715, when he was only twelve
years old. The account was written in a
letter to an English correspondent of his
fathers, and may be found in the first vol
ume If Dwight's edition of Edwards.
Young Edwards says:
although everything belonging to this
insect (the SPIDER is admirable there are
some phenomena relating to them more
particularly wonderful. Everybody that
is used to the country knows their march
ing in the air from one tree to another,
sometimes at the distance of five or six
rods. Nor could one go out in a dewy
morning at the latter end of August and
the beginning of September but he should
see multitudes Of webs, made visible by
the dew that hangs on them, reaching
from one tree branch and shrub to anoth-
er; which webs are commonly thought to
be made in the night because they appear
only in the morning, whereas none of
them are made in the night, for these
spiders never come out in the night
when it is dark, as the dew is
then falling. But these webs may
be seen well enough in the day time,
by an observing eye, by their re-
Election in the sun beams. And the
spiders themselves may very often be
seen travelling from one stage to another
amongst the trees in a very unaccountable
manner But | have often seen that
which is much more astonishing. In very
calm and serene days in the fore-men-
toned time of year, standing at some dis
lance behind the end of an house or some
other opake body, so as just to hide the
disk of the sun and keep off his dazzling
rays, and looking along close by the side
OF it, | have seen a vast multitude of little
shining webs and glistening strings bright
ly rejecting the sunbeams; and some Of
them of great length and Of such a height
tina, one would think they were tackled to
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25
How to Secure Healthy Homes.

ONE of the most valuable and important
more, of the American Public Health AS
| sOciation was by DR.. Ezra NJ. Hunt, on
the general subject of securing health in
the construction and warming of houses.
The principle upon which the doctor lays
most emphasis in his paper is this:
"Guard against Stagnation either in air or
moisture" This principle must be borne
in mind in every detail of house construc-
ton. In sinking a cellar, for example,
the majority of builders pay very. little at
! tention to the amount of moisture which
exists in the surrounding soil. How many
| people who have the chance of doing so,
think of insisting on a thorough system
of side-drains, and are fully awake to the
danger of making their inclosed cellar
simply ga large terminal drain Or " an
expanded partof a continued drain? But
a properly-drained cellar is one of themost
important requisites for health in a house.
Another point to which too little atten-
ton is paid is the free circulation of air
in the basement floor. Partitions are con
| struCted without any reference whatever
to their influence in intercepting atmos
middle rooms are thrown in to serve as
" hiding. places for contagion and foul
air" Handy conductors for the vitiatcd
atmosphere thus formed in cellar and
! JaSo,,opt ~ fn,,rl -, Ct,Iru,.u - md
dumb-waiters connecting with the upper
floor, and the inmates are condemned to
! inhale the poison generated below, instead
Of the pure air, whose abundant supply
they have un~consciously taken infinite
pains to cut oil.
DR.. Hunt also lays considerable stress
upon the necessity of avoiding the use Of
u too dense building material, Or at least
of so modifying that density by the proper
use OF porous mortar as to prevent it from
interfering with the sanitary principles
of house construction. On this point he
lays down the s~alutary rule that ga
house should be constructed Of such ma
terials as to admit air, and so arranged
in all its parts as to promote the insensi5le
motion of outside air through the struct-
urc. The arrangement of heating appa-
ratus should be made especially with
this object in view. The doctor makes a
strong plea for the liberal use of open fire
places, and for careful attention to the Sc
curing of "a thorough draft in tlues. The
prevailing vices of house construction
tend to confine the function of heaters
in a hygienlc sense-to the evaporation
Of moisture from the walls, to the warm
ing of the stone and lime, in fact, rather
than to providing Il constantly renewed
supply of moderately -heated air for the
jewellers in the house. The enervating
character of most of our heating arrange
ments is well illustrated by a reference to
the ease and comfort with which or may
ride in the open air, with a great-coat, at
a season when it is found impossible to
secure a comfortable bodily temperature
indoors.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25
A Nantucket Captain Talks Chinese.

CAPT. SWAIN, of the whaleship Lydia
Folger, Of Nantucket, after a cruise of
eighteen or twenty months in the Pacific,
found himself, together with half a dozen
other commanders of the fleet, obliged to
seek some portion water and provisions, and
finding themselves only a thousand miles
from Canton, China, determined to make tor
that place, where they would probably
find some American vessels homeward
bound, and they could send to or perhaps
hear from their friends. Accordingly they
sailed for that port and succeeded beyond
their expectations, not only having a
chance to send letters, but also receiving
several from home; and the Chinese Man.
DARN of the port also showed them great
courtesy, and after getting well supplied
with provisions they determined, as a
mark of appreciation of the Mandarin's
kindness, to make a big dinner for him
on board one of the ships, and invite the
| American commanders of other ships
living there to be present also. The Lydia
Folger was fixed upon as the one most
convenient for such a purpose. Capt.
| Swain made great preparations, and pro-
| cured all the Chinese dishes he could, and
arranged them at the head of the table
where the Mandarin was seated in state, so
that if he did not like the food provided
for the Americans he at least could have
something he could eat. But one impor-
tant thing they forgot to provide, and that
was an interpreter, but Capt. Swain
was equal to the emergency, and
bowling with great solemnity and all
manner of contortions, as nearly like
the interpreter as possible, he pre-
sented the different dishes with his own
hands, saying all the Chinese words he
could bring to mind: "Ching, ti-ang, sin,
chow, chong," without any regard to, in
deed not knowing, their meaning. Tao
Mandarin received everything gracious'y,
and ching-chapg-chowed in return, with
out even a smile. The dinner ended with
apparent satisfaction to all parties, and
they showed the Chinese officer over the
ship and escorted him to the shore with
great ceremony. That evening a Chinese
Government-ship of the larger class came
into port, and the next day the Mandarin,
not to be outdone in politeness by those he
considered barbarians, invited them all to
dine with him and the Admiral, on board
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25
The Bible,

THE following beautiful tribute to the
Bible is copied from the writings of Theo-
dorc Parker;
This collection of books has taken
such a hold on the world as no other. 1t
is read of a Sabbath in all the 10000 pull
pits of our land, the sun never sets on It's
| cleaning pages. II goes equally to the
cottage Of the plain man and the palace Of
the King. 1t is woven into the literature
of the scholar and colors the talk Of the
street. The barque of the merchant can
not sail the sea without ii. No ships Of
war 20 tothc conflict but the Bible is there.
II enters mems closets, minglcs in all the
griefs and checrfulncss of life. The aft
anced maiden prays God in Scripture fer
strength in her home duties; men are mar
ried by Scripture; the Bible attends them
in their siCkncSS-Whcn the fever of the
world is uPOn them the aching head finds
a softer pillow when the Bible lies under
meath. The mariner, escaping from ship.
! wreck, estccms it the first OF his treasures,
and keeps ii sacred TO God. 1t goes with
the pcddlcr in his crowded pack, cheers
him at cvcntidc when he sits down, dusty
and %tatigucd, and brightens The freshness
of his morning face. 1t blcsses us when
we are born, gives names to half OF Chris
tendon, ~rejoiccs with us, has sympathy
for our mourning, tcmpcrs our grief to
liner issues. 1t is the better part of our
sermons; it lifts man above himsclf-our
best of natural prayers are in its storied
| speech, whercwith our fathers and the
patriarchs prayed. The tlmid man about
awaking from this dream of life looks
through the glass of Scripture, and his
eye grows bright; he does not fear to
stand alone, to tread tie way unknown
and distant, to take the Death Angel by
the hand and bid farewell TO wife, and
babes, and home! Men rest on this their
dearest hopes. 1t tells them of God and
of His blessed Son; of earthly duties and
Of Heavenly trust!"
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! the vault of the heavens and would be
burnt like tow in the sun. 1t is wonder
full at what a distance these webs may
| plainly be seen, Some that are at a great
distance appear (it cannot be less than
several thousand times as big as they
ought ! believe they appear under as
great an angle as q body of a foot in di-
ameter ought to do at such a distance; so
greatly doth brightness increase the APP
parent bigness of bodies at a distance, as
is observed of the fixed stars.
But that which is very astonishing is
that very oi,en appear al the end of these
webs spiders sailing in the air with them;
which l lave often heheld with wonder
ment and pleasure, and showed to others,
And sinccl have seen these things l have
been very conversant with spiders; re-
solving, if possible, TO find out the
mysteries of these their astonishing works.
And l have been 50 happy as very fire.
quently to see their manner of working;
that when a spider would go from one tree
TO another, or would fly in the air, he first
lets himself down from the twig he stands
on by u web, and then, laying hold of it
with his fore feet, and bearing himself by
that, puts out a web which is drawn out OF
his tail with infinite ease in the gentle
moving air, to what length the spider
pleases. Now, sir, il is certain
that these webs, when they first proceed
from the spider are so rare a substance
that they are lighter than the air, because
they will ascend in it las they will I'M
mediately in acalm air, and never descend
except driven by a windi wherefore It's
certain. So that, if we should suppose
any such time wherein the air is per-
fectly calm, this web is so easily drawn
, out of the spiders tail that if the end
| be ono out barely the lcvity of it is suti-
| cient to draw it out to any length; where
fore, if it don't happen that the end of This
web catches by a tree or some other body,
| till there is so long a web drawn out that
| its lcyity shall be so great as more than 10
counterbalance the gravity of the spider,
[ then, according to the universally ac-
knoBIedged laws of nature, the web and
spider together will ascend and not de
scend in the air. . And in this
way, sir, I have multitudeS of times seen
I spiders mount away into the air from a
| stick in my hands, with a vast train of this
| silver web before them; for, if the spider
be disturbed upon the stick by shaking OF
II, he will presently in this manner leave
it. Only those that would make
the experiment must take notice that it is
not every sort of spider that is a flying
spider-but those spiders that keep Oh
branches of trees and shrubs are the flying
spiders. They delight most in walnut
trees, and are that sort of spiders that
make those curious network polygonal
webs that are so frequently to be seen in
the latter end of the year. There are more
of this sort of spiders by far than of any