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, 1876-09-08

He used tu stand in front Of the post
Office and yell. 'Ere's your papers"
Tow weeks ago-l ragged. sld-cyed.
hrht-haircd hoy. frail and hungry look.
ing No one noticed him: no one cared
for him; even his fellow newsboys. with
hom he seldom associated. knew him
only AS " Dominic" Yet hc was at his
post from early dawn till late AZ night.
always civil and ohliging. never bolster
ons. ever attentive to business. OF late
little Joe has been missing They missed
him first at the news offices. where hc
was general favoritc. He had been
weary looking and hagGard for days. and
when he came in for his morning pa
pcrs, he would take drink Of water,
and lie down on bench for half an
hour
One morning Joe woke up on the
steps of house, and found that he could
not move. His head ached, his eyes
were dim, and his hands and feet were
swollen. His tongue, which seemed to
be burning, was dry and cracked; and
he was frightened when he saw the door
open, and heard the hired girl call to
her mistress:
Missus, missns, here's a sick boy on
the doorsteps."
And little Joe again tried to get to his
feet, but failed.
The mistress came out and saw the
little fellow. She bent over him and
asked:
Little boy, what is your name?"
Little Joe" he murmured
Can't you get up?" kindly asked the
lady.
The little fellow made fruitless at
tempt, but it weakened him so that he
fell back again on his stone bed, and be-
gan to cry.
Poor boyp said the lady, as she
called the hired girl And both of them
lifted the nearly unconscious form of
| little Joe, and carried him to bed in
quiet room in the rear of the house.
Next morning Joe was no better, and
his nurse waited on him tenderly. He
could only look gratitude at her-the
poor little street waif knew no words of
thanks, accustomed as he hsd been to
the rougher side of life in the busy me-
tropolis.
Joe wanted to look out of thawindow.
They propped him up with pillows, and
he felt happy. He longed to be we'll
again.
Then he grew delirious, and would
cry, in strangely altered tone:
" Mister, here's your papersl"
Next day little Joe was no more. The
kind lady, who had learned to love him
while she ministered to his wants, wert
q few tears over the inanimate form IF
the motherless waif. But who misses
him from among the throng of busy
bodies who come and go at the post
Office? The newsdealers say. " Guess
Dominic Joes gone up the river some
where;" but none of them think that
the poor little fellow has been taken
away from this world of sorrow to the
only Father he ever knew.
, 1876-09-08

The NEXT CENTURY.-There are some
questions that never seem to get settled,
and here is one of them, propounded to
us for the hundredth time: please
have the kindness to inform me whether
the next century begins with the first of
January, 1900, or the first of January,
1901" When did the present century
begin? Or, to make it palmer, when
did the first year or first day begin? At
the birth of Christ, of course;- and the
second year commenced the very mo-
ment the first year was completed, and
not before. Thus the next century be-
gins with the first of January, 1901,
since it takes the whole of the year 1900
to make up the nineteenth century
Sun.
, 1876-09-08
Effects of .ho Cocoa Leaf.

\ Mr.. DowdcsVell has been making
some observations on the cocoa leaf. an
abstract of which las found its way
into the English scientific journals.
Til" cocoa plant. whi'h is cultivated at
tic present day exclusively on the
slopes OF the Andes. is q bushy shrub
from six to eight fee high. The leaves
are gathered with graf care, and. when
dried. are chewed hy the natives Of the
county; they are uSR both 10 sustain
strength and appeass hunger in the ab-
sence OF other food and as a stimulent
or narcotic in the sam" manner that
opium. tobacco anil alcohol are used in
other countries. 4 little lime is added
to the leaves. and somewhat less than
an onncc is chcwed every day. All ac-
counts agree in attriuting great powers
of endurence to the use Of the drug.
Miners, for instance, chewing it every
three hours, are able with n handful Of
maize, TO work for twelve hours in the
mines, while an milan runner will
carry load of hundred weight for
ten leagues over rough roads by its use
alone. Some tavelers "ssert that the
natives of the Andes, if supplied with
it, require no other food for several
days while performing work. There is
considerable doubt whether it exerts
any deleterous influence on the human
system or not.
, 1876-09-08
AN OLD FIRM
Removal or Ghe EmpI,,,,,,.,,
O'RriG n a Wnrd-TheirS 49,. ~ =

hSmotnI the Employ Inent Omoe 81.
O'BrtS N a WArd-Their New OuarsSe OF
The well-known firm Of 0'Brien d Ward b,,,
removed their empl yment office to their nv Nv
and commodious rooms at 6fO Clav straI. new
The north side, few doors above Mont .ono.' W
and directly opposite the Clay Street Sov;r
BANK, San Francisco, where they hav,. tt,5 ~ ~
a line Office, with separate paTlors for W
wishing to engage male and female h,In ,sLse
they can sit down and quietly converse "tsle F.le
rom the prescnce>Of all except those who NJ
to engage. "nsh
THE LADIES PAELoR
Is IN the front part, and the entrance is but nm,
seP from the street, so that hereafter ladies VII
wish TO engage girls will not be r,oniraJ =. i NJ
cend flight Of stairs and to pass thronSb az az
nmn of men, as was the case in the Oh 9fso VI Vi
Montgomery street. ''' on
In all business matters, the great essential 1;
experience; and O'Bricn 4 Ward aftar a., ,oI IA Is
rience OF "h eApe-
SEVENTEEN YEARS IN THE EMPLOYMENT pr-sr,,,,o
feel and believe that they are better able N g,,
ply the people of this Coast with competent NJ
than any other parties whatever. n IL ~
thing to send person to fill a situation sns ny
another to send suitable one. Their great ~
jet is always to send the right person for ~
position. In this, however, they sometirDas MY
fail, yet they firmly believe that their
of seventeen years gives them advantapes IL
this respect such as no other parties o9 ~ =.
Coast possess, and they are determined beresg
ter, as heretofore, in each and every case ~
at all. " NOne
They wish to particularly state that thev c.D
send both male and female help Of every nation
aity-American, German, Irish and Scandin.
vian, we'll as French, Italian, etc.-S. y Fr
dniner.
, 1876-09-08

FIsrUIA IN HoRsEs.-Having been
harrassed and troubled so much by fis-
tula among my horse stock, and having
found a remedy, I viii give it. It is
safe, quick and sure, and thus applied:
Put your horse into break or stain
where he cannot move. Take an iron
twelve inches long or longer, sharp
pointed, and three-eigths Of an inch in
diameter; heat to q white heat, find the
tstula, and run the iron right through
1t. Then put q small piece Of caustic
In each shoulder, if both are affected
and turn your animal on the pasture.
Keep the place creased with any oint-
ment to keep off the flies. ."-R. L. T.,
Rapids, La, in Country Gentleman.
, 1876-09-08
A Strange Warning.

was running night ,Spg',- trash.
ani hal tram oi ten ears eight pas
-rnasr lui two harrarc car, IuI an
vcrc well lnlirl. ] wa~ Huiuu time.
ani v.rv auNiDu. to male a contain
t.otn. therefore ! va. a-iug cNrrS ever
uon. afi putting iI" engine io thn mt
most .--si 4 vhirh -hF ", capable.
Tvaa.a, f, .s-.tinu ~ the r1Id usually
,,nsiIrr,sl th- best running ground.
ubgn a ,onviriiuu struck me that !
must stop 4 something seemed to tell
M, Tia; g. GO ahead vas'dangcrous. and
hat 1 mus, stop II | would save life. |
lookol hack At my train, and 1t Was all
night I strained my eyes. AMI peered
INTO the darkness. anil could see no sig
ual of danger. nor anything betokening
hanger and there could see five miles
m the DAYTIME. listened to the work
inr Of nv engine, tried the water, looked
Al the ssalcs, and all was right. tried
10 laugh myself ont Of what | then con-
siderel a childish fear, but, like Ban
auo's ghost, it would not down at my
bidding. but grew stronger in its hold
upon me. l thought Of the ridicule l
would have heaped upon Inc if 1 did
stop; all was Of no avail. The convic-
tion-for by this time it had ripened
into q convictiOn-that l must stop,
grew stronger, and resolved to stop.
/ shut of, and blew the whistle for
brakes, accordingly. came to a dead
halt, got off, and went ahead little way,
without saying anything to anybody
what was the matter. / had my lamp
in my hand, and had gone about sixty
feet, when ! saw what convinced me
that premonitions are sometimes possi-
BILE. then dropped my lantorn from
my nerveless grasp, and sat down on the
track, utterly unable to stand, for there
was a switch, the thought of which had
never entered my mind, as it had never
been used since 1 had been on the road,
and was known to be spiked, but which
was now open to lead me off the track
This switch led to stone quarry, from
which stone for bridge purposes had
been quarried, and the switch was left
there, in case stone should be needed at
any time; but it was always kept locked,
and the switch rail spiked. Yet here it
was wide open, and had / not obeyed
my premonition-warning-call it what
You will should have run into it, and
at the end Of the track, only about ten
rods long, my heavy engine and train,
moving at the rate of forty-fve miles an
hour, would have come into collision
with solid mass of rock. eighteen feet
high. The consequences, had 1 done
50, can neither be imagined nor de-
scribed; but they could, by no possi-
bility, have been otherwise than fatally
horrid.
This is my experience in getting warn
ings from a source that know not, and
cannot divine. It is q mystery to me-
. mystery for which 1 am very thank
full, however, although dare not at
tempt to explain it, nor say whence it
came.
, 1876-09-08
CEA NEW PHoroaRAPn GALLERY juststarted

GZA NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY lust started
in the City Of San francisco is introducing new
styles Of pictures. which ritals anything we
have ever seen. The process by which they are
made renders them far more durable and ele-
CANT than by the old method, and allows the ar
list to defy competition, enabling him to give
finer pictures than any other frstclass estab-
lishment for about onehalf the price. The gal
lery is situated on Market street, near Bancrofts
The proprietors, Messrs. Danes 4 Hayes, are
justly gaining wide spread reputation on this
coagf
, 1876-09-08
coMMERnIAL HnTET..

Montgomery Avenue and Kearny Sts San Fran
cisco, Cal. 1tg0 blocks est or tn Post-o@ee-Szrest
Chrs from all s Sfed1aefs and Rdilrodd DepOLs and
FREE COACH md CARhdAaI1s to the HoteL
HORNBI.OWER 4 SAKE, Proprietors.
Hotel Is brick. four stories, Btains 175 large
rooms, all perfectly lighted and ventilated bathing
rooms, hot and cold water aud closets on every
floor street frontage 81 feet three flights Of stairs
and one Rutenf HVdroHtfc ELEVATOR. Hotel and
furnishing all net0-cost nearly t245Doo VIII be
Kept FTtsr CLASS, at e. 90 per day and lea BY the
week or month, Come and Sect
, 1876-09-08
DR.. Ia Mars, seminal pills. for semi

DR.. La Mars AeMLnol ftlln, Tor SEMI
nal Weakness Loss OF vigor, Sexual and Genera
Debility, Physical Pros ration, and the many all
ments arising from indls tons and abuse To those
requiring reliable remedy for the above COM
yeritAble TowEK OF FSTRENGTH-A FOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH. Price, e. 50 per bottle; seat by express,
C. o. D.. 10 any address. A. McBOYLE& & CO.. Drug
gists, San francisco, Post-ofice BOX, l,s5s. Sole
Agents. to whom all orders should be addressed.
, 1876-09-08

GRAVY FOB CHMDREN.-Fora a pint of
gravy you want a large spoonful of
hour, stirred smoothly into half tea
cup OF cold milk. Let the milk be boil
ing when this is added, and kept con-
SANITY stirring, or the gravy viii be
lumpy. If cream is used instead of
mllk no butter is necessaay. The milk
should be stirred while coming to tbe
boil to keep it from burning. It is less
likely to burn if little butter is melt
ga IN the spider before pouring in the
mlik. Add little salt. For bread and
potatoes it is better by far than meat
gravy, and not only palatable and whole
some, but nutritious.
, 1876-09-08

A YOUNG widow is. perhaps, the most
interesting object of nature-or in art.
She is matronly beauty and maidenly
freedom combined. She is too sweet
for anythingl Mrs. Browning says that
you must spoil a man to make a poet;
and certainly man must be pretty thor
oughly spoiled before he can leave a
widow. Poets, statesmen, heroes and
philosophers have each felt the infu-
euce Of widowhood. Its quality is not
strained. It falls alike upon the Just
and the unjust. None can escape it.
Edward Plantagenet welded the widow
Elizabeth Gray, though he knew she
brought civil war for her dowry. Ned
Waller, Joe Addison, Sam johnson,
George Washington, Napoleon Bona
parte, John Wesley, Tony Weller, Ben
Disraeli, and all the boys married Wild
ows. Henry the Eighth was so fond of
them that he took two; and King David
was so pleased with Abigail, the widow
Of Nabal. whom he took to wife. that he
turned Bathsheba into widow on pur-
pose to marry her. When the old widow
Naomi counsels the young widow Ruth
how to lay snares in the harvest fields
Of her knsman and spring her net on
the threshing floor, we know at once
that the wealthy bachelor Boaz might
aswell cave.
, 1876-09-08
THE WONDERFUL.
secOnd.SIEht. CIAIrvOyanee and the Gin
OF Healing.
How some Extraordinary Men are Dis
tluEuIAhed.

The great boast of the age is that 1t il emf
nently practical and utilitarian. Poetry and
sentiment are supposed to be ignored by sensi-
BILE people, and unless a thing can be proven ac-
tuaIly advantageous it is considered unworthy
the consideration Of an intelhgentbeing. Those
who talk about or believe in superstitioDs are
adjudged soft-headed. Astrology, per- Sc, spro-
nounced a sham, delusiOn and fraud. All
reference Of Butler in the Hudibras to astrolO-
gic truths is secuted as simply ridiculous, and
II q person would understand the true secrets Of
his existence, it is thought that he should make
the estimate by cents and dollars, or otherwise
spend his energies and ambition for nothing.
Moreover, in regard to human destiny and the
profitable uses of earthly existence, it is vulgarly
understood that no natural power can lift the
vail to reveal the unknown. No matter whether
the rule Of the Triphcities as recommended by
Pythagoras, HippOcrates Diocles or AvicennA
be correct or not br whether there be any ex-
traordinary influences existing in the world or
not. unless a result can be reached by mathe-
maiical certainty the common sense Of the age
declares that there is deception or imposition
, 1876-09-08

A Law PoNT.-There lived at one
time in Merrion Square, Dublin (the
fashionable quarter of that city,, an
eminent lawyer, who atterward came to
occupy a place on the judicial bench.
He was q man of high professional at
tainments, but Of testy and irritable
temper. His next-door neighbor was q
retired major, noted for the eccentrici-
ties of his habits. Between the two
there was anything but friendly feeling,
and they did all in their power to annoy
and harass each other. One night,
memorable in Ireland as "the night Of
the great storm" the majors chimneys
were blown down. Crash they went
through the roof of the lawyers house,
and thence down through floor after
floor, carrying havoc in their course.
The man of law was in no good humor
as he contemplated the destruction, and
what made matters worse was that it
was the majors chimneys that had
caused the wreck. His mind was actively
engaged in devising some process by
which he could get satisfaction from his
arch enemy, when a missive arrived
from the latter couched as follows:
Send me back my bricks Immediately,
or I'll put the matter into the hands of
an attorney"
, 1876-09-08
Poverty's Offering.

To be poor in a great city is to have
nothing, to be nobody, to be ever strug-
Cling and planning for bread alone.
This fact might have entered the mind
of a lad who one day, walking by a cot
tage tenanted by poverty and despair,
tossed his painted rubber ball to little
ragged girl sitting on the doorstep. It
was prize more valuable than the child
would have dared to ask for. and as she
played with it there was more sunshine
in her heart than ever before. Wealth
and poverty may be found with only a
fence between. The next house to the
cottage is almost a palace, and one day
a curly-haired boy climbed upon the
fence, saw the bail in the hands of the
ragged girl, and wept because he had
none, though he might have had hun
dred for the asking. He did not climb
up again, but week later the knot of
white and black on the door told that he
was dead. The ragged girl heard his
name spoken, and, while weeping rela-
tives and grieving friends were moving
softly about, she assembled the steps,
stoodfin the open door and handing out
the ball, softly whispered:
Please, ma'am, but your little boy
cried for my ball, and l didn't give it
up, and now he's dead, and if you'll
put it into his coffin I'll play with ball
Of mud and never be SO stingy again p
Poverty is sometimes wickedness and
degradation, but q nobler action or a
greater offering could not be made. The
millionaire who had offered half his
wealth would not have offered what pow
erty's daughter did.
, 1876-09-08

Directions and price list mailed free Orders by
mall receive prompt attention. Goods forwarded
per Wells Fargo Co., C. D. D. (subIect 20 approYAD
{. MULLER, ODtlcian, l3s Montgomery street near
Bush San Francisco California.
, 1876-09-08
DRESSMAKING PARLORS,

MRS. r. q. LEWIS, MISS I. + DERRY
(Formerly Of 7i2 Taylor sL) I.ate from the East
A NEoUNCE THAT THEY HAVE OPENED
low Block. corner Of Sutter and Kearny streets
San Francisco, where the latest novelties from Paris
and New York can be had TO order
Walking suits, Evening Dresses and Bridal Cos
tunes made after the latest modes Mourning
Dresses speciality. All kinds Of material furnished
Take the Elevator.
, 1876-09-08

A CURE within the reach of the poorest suf
ferer from rheumatism, sore throat, stiff Joints
and all aches and pains-Trapper's Indian Oil
Price, so cents per flask.
, 1876-09-08

l. cretions Of youth, nervous weakness, ealHy,Ssf
cay, loss Of manhood. ETC., will send reeP
was discovered by missionary In south AHH.Hssvpa
Send a Belf-Addressed envelope 70 the XIV yJss
r. INGAN. Station p, BfbLs RotSe, Ne'S York C''s'
, 1876-09-08
SO


PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad-
mnistfred for painless ex TRACTION Of teeth Sets Of
rtihciAl Teeth warranted TO last ten years. from
SO upward Gold and silver Filings al reasonable
prices Ten years constant practice. ONCE, l2OSut
ter street. San Franchaco. use the elevRtoFl
DR. t. MORFFEW
, 1876-09-08

NANY who are suffering from the fleets Of the
warm weather and are debilitated. are advised by
physicians to take moderate amounts Of whisky two
three times during the day. In little while
thore who adopt this advice frequently increase the
number Of drinks" and in time become con-
irmed ins briates. A beverage which will not ere
ate thirst for intoxicating liquors. and which is in
tended specially for the benefit Of debiitated per-
sons. whether at home tr abroad. is DR.. schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the juices Of many
medicinal herbs, this preparation does not create
appetite for the Intoxicating cup. The nourish-
ing and the lie-supporting properties of many val
liable natural productions contained in II and well
known to medical men have = most strengthening
influence. A single bottle Of the Tonic will dem
onstrate its valuable qualities. For debility arising
from sickness, over eXertion or from any cause
whatever wine glAssful Of Sea Weed Tonic taken
after meals will strengthen the stomach and create
an appetite for wholesome food. To all who are
about leaving their homes desire to say that the
excellent effects of DR.. Schencks seAsonAble rene
dies Sea Wed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills, are par
ticularly evident when taken by those who are in
juriously sffected by change Of water and diet
No person should leave home without taking sup
ply Of these safeguards along. For sale by all Drug
gists.
, 1876-09-08

OJTHE National Gold Medal was awarded 70
Bradley 4 RnlofsOn for the best Photographs in
the United States, and the Vienna Medal for the
best in the world.
429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
, 1876-09-08

EDWIN ADAMS has it on his mind to
nrIng home at least twenty-five Austral-
ian dogs with him. He concludes that
the midnight bark of the American cur
lacks Shakesperian softness.
, 1876-09-08

viii be taken for you at reason able rates by
calling ON Taylor 4 Co., AIS Montgomery street,
San Francisco. AL work guaranteed.
, 1876-09-08
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ThiS y an excellent school Tor boys and Young
m~u Il .,incnts~ Thoroughly sud disclprncs care
fully. Young shuuld examine this school be.
fore attending elssN here. For information call AT
h- Office. - Post 81. 90, address v. T.. UIAID :.
, 1876-09-08
AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL
AAN FRANCINCO.

BAN EAANClBCO.
TINHIS OLD AND POPULAR HOTEL WHICH
a mas Tor the last twenty-four years exlenoe1
the travelling public q cordial welcome and comlso.t
OF home, and so favorably known 70 old SALnoa, ~.
mans and the travelingopubllc that II fequres no
comment on my part further than 70 say that Ihos =
BRYAN, who Is an old Californian, and knows nor y
cater 70 the wants OF the travelling public, has Ai
the full propretorship OF the above hotel and ~, y
leave nothing undone 70 make this hotel secono y
none In San Franclsco for
Comfort. Good Living and C1eanlnes.:
MY sole aim shall be 10 the comfort and WeiiAie& ~ y
my guests. The table is furnished with the pest ~
market Affords; the house has been Thoroughly ~. ~.
ovated and newly furnished throughout; two h1A
dred rooms well ventilated. s.,
0entlemanly and obliging clerks. and clean ena -
tentive walters Will always be found In my hotsr q,
The Hotel Is the most centrally located o. ~, y,on
the city, being in the centre Of the business ~ so
OF the city; the Street Cars pass the door
minutes TO all parts Of the city. The HoteI ~
with red lights, Will be at the railroad deposz 49, n
whArfe 70 convey passengers 10 the mouse ~ ~ M
charge; my Runners wear Silver Badges On -
breast with the name Of the house on. ,... .s,
So BelDdTe Of other RmulsTs HOtei fncJn9 ~
from el.5O TO $500 per Day. Give me ca =
Judge for yourselves THrNS. RHHAns.
PRoPRIEToA
, 1876-09-08
The New England MuiuRI IIra InSur.
nmce COMPANY Of IinsIon. Mnss..

Has c,mpli,d with the H.,- Cohtprnid Ips,o-
usss ir-s. TIN, oll company l. sound, wisely
planned aud w u conducted institution-it meets
tine peoples wants. Ii /, conducted with txem-
phry economy, care aEi enterprise. II has
game the favor and confidence u the American
people. and having passed the trying ord, als Of
vuuthful organization stands in the frunt rank
uf tn benevolent Institutions uf the age. For
over thirty wear, 1t has been before the public
pursuing the same honest, prompt. conservative
course THIS Is tire only Massachusetts, Com
pany doing business on this coast. The MasSa-
cluseits nou-ioriciturr law gov, rms all its poll
cies. aud tLis Company has raid over one hun
drcl Thousand dollars under this law on this
coast. Its assets now are over Sl4,OO0,OO0 90.
Wallace Eycrson is the General Agent Of this
Company. Office. 3l3 Montgomery street, Ne
vala Block, San Francisco.
, 1876-09-08

06 In con per day at home. Samples worth q,
DJ " 0EU free. sTISsoS Co., Portland NJ y