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Debility, Physical Proe rAtl9n, and the many all
mOnts arising from indis tons and abuse. To those
requiring q reliable remedy for the above COM
plants, DIR. la MARS SEMINAL PILLS are .
yerltable TOWER OF TSTRENeTH-A FOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH. Price, q 50 per bottle; sent BY express,
gists, San Francisco, Post-0tfice R0x, 49, Sole
Agents. 10 whom all orders should be addressed.
, 1876-09-01

ABOUT CARPErs.-If the corner of o
carpet gets loose and prevents the door
opening, or trips every one that enters
the room, nail it down at once. A dogs
cared carpet marks the sloven as well as
the dog's-eared book. An English gen.
tleman, travelling some years ago, took
a hammer and tacks with him, because
he found dog's-eared carpets at all the
inns where he stopped. At one Of these
inns he tackled down the carpet, which,
as usual, was loose about the door, and
soon afterward rang for his dinner.
While the carpet was loose the door
could not be opened without a hard
push; so when the waiter came up he
Just unlatched the door, and then, 60
ing back couple Of yards. he rushed
against it, as his habit was, with a sud-
den spring to force it open. But the
wrinkles of the carpet were no longer
there to stop it, and, not meeting with
the expected resistance, the unfortunate
waiter fell sprawling into the room. It
had never entered his head that so much
trouble might be saved by means of a
hammer and half q dozen tacks, until
MS fall taught him that make-shift is q
very Improbable kind of shift. There
are good many houses in the United
states where q similar practical lesson
might be of service.
Beat carpet on the wrong side first,
and then more gently on the other side.
be careful not to use sticks with sharp
points, as they are liable to tear the. car
pet.
, 1876-09-01
CONI6ERCIAL HOTEL.

Montgomery Avenue and Kearny Sts., San Fran :
cisco, Cal. Too bLocks t1cst Of the oee-STcet
ChTs nom all ths SedmeTs and Raitroud Depots, and
FREK COACH and CARRIAGEs to the Hotel.
HORNBI.OWER a SAKE, Proprietors
Hotel is BRICK, four stories. contains l75 large
rooms all perfectly lighted and ventilated, bathing
rooms hot and cold water and closets on every
Aoor, street frontage s2 feet three flights OF stairs
and one Rutent RydraNtfe ELEVATOR. Hotel and
furnishing all netS-cost nearly t745,ooo. VIII be
kept FIRST CLASS, At u 90 per day, and len By the
week or month Come and Sesl
, 1876-09-01

1--WE go to press at two instead Of four
to-day" said Tennessee paper, sin or
der to attend to some business Of i'm
portance in the country" At precisely
five minutes before four, two rather
high. toned looking men with shotguns
called and wanted to know where the
editor was.
, 1876-09-01

q \ 0
SO

PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Nitrous Oxide Gas Ad-
mlnstered for painless traction Of teeth Sets Of
Artifcial Teeth warranted TO last ten years, from
SO upward. Gold and Silver Filings At reasonable
prices Ten yeArs' constant practice ONCE 10 SUIT
ter street, San Francisco. (Ose the eleyatorl
DIR. T. AORFFEW
, 1876-09-01

-S-o
"SAPPHo was about the first woman
who struck o Tyre. There may have
been other women as able as herself, but
the Tyres were scarce" Sappho could
have struck heap Of them in Congress
assembled.-Cincinnati Saturday Night
TIE Easton Free Press says: 1t is said
that education is constantly leading on
ward the march of discovery; but edu-
cation will never discover what becomes
of all the dogs and gold watches when
the assessor is around.
A CHICAGO youth went back on his
engagement because he overheard his
sweetheart say that the had been folded
in the arms Of Morpheus. They aren't
very classic out there, but they're vir-
tuous.- Cincinnati Times.
RURAL hospitality in Spain is highly
spoken of. A stranger can't take lodg-
ings at any country inn, they say, with
ont q certainty of being Immediately
waited upon by any number OF big
bugs"
"a PRESBYTERIAN hotel" has been al
ready opened in Philadelphia. Will our
Methodist and Baptist brethren stand
idly by, see this thing done under their
very noses, and not start hotels, too?
AMID the cares and perple1ities of life
there are few things that will make a
man carry his head SO straight as to have
o ragged neck binding on his shirt, with
plenty Of starch on it, we'll ironed in.
Mrs. PARrINoToN says she did not
marry her second husband because she
loved the male sex; but just because he
was the same size Of her first husband,
and could wear out his old clothes.
An old curmudgeon says that the Ia
dies have . Decoration Day" every
Sunday.
MoVNo for q new trial Courting q
second wife.
LoNo range practice-twenty years
experience As o cook.
, 1876-09-01

"what will you have2" asked waiter
Of one of the Indiana editors at the din.
ner in Philadelphia, as he handed him q
bill of fare.
And the Hoosier with the high fore
head leaned back in the chair, wiped his
forehead thoughtfully with q napkin,
and calculated, sternly, "Gimme allF'
, 1876-09-01

~THE National Gold Medal was awarded to
Bradley 4 Rulofson for the best Photographs in
the United States, and the Vienna Medal for the
best in the world.
429 Montgomery Street. San francisco.
, 1876-09-01


A PARIsIAN TRIcK.-The latest Pari-
sian swindle is clever. A well-dressed
woman called on a prominent mental
pbysician, and implored his aid in cur
ing her son, who was laboring under
the delusion that some one owed him
10000 francs for diamonds which he had
sold. bring him here in an hour,
and l will see him alone, said the doc
tor. The woman went at once to one OF
the best jewellers, and, choosing 10000
francs worth of diamond. asked the pro-
prietor to send his assistant with them
to DR.. Us, who was her husband, and
would pay for them. The name was
we'll known, and the clerk was sent TO
the doctors with her. In the ante-room
she said, 81 will see If my husband is
at home" She then told the doctor
that her son was without, and the doctor
said, Send him in here" So she sent
the clerk, telling him to leave the dia-
monds with her. Arrived in the doc
tors room, the clerk was politely seated,
and courteously asked after his general
health and habits. After replying to
these questions for some time, the
young man limited that he was rather
pressed for time, and would be glad if
the doctor would kindly pay him for the
diamonds. "Ah, true" said the doc
tor. 4" the &c, 900 francs. Well, bye-and-
bye" Then ensued . funny scene,
which finally ended in both parties go
ing in search of the " mother" and find-
ing that she had got tired of waiting
and had gone. forgetting to leave the
diamonds.
, 1876-09-01
Elegant PhotoRraphs

Will bs taken for you at reasonable rates by
,alling on Taylor 4 Co., AIS Montgomery street,
San Francisco. All work guaranteed.
, 1876-09-01

How TO oET RIcH.-Keep flask Of TrApper's
Indian Oil in the cupboard. 1t keeps away
aches and pains as wen as the doctors bill
Price, 80 cents.
, 1876-09-01

AN Irishman having been told that
the price of bead had been lowered, ex-
claimed, "This is the first time ever
rejoiced at the downfall of my best
friend I"
, 1876-09-01
Mr.. Rump, OF Georgia.

correspondent furnishes us with
ha annexed account Of the perilOus adj
Hantnres w of Jake Rump: Thirty-five
Ioars AGO or thereabouts, there lived in
Southwest Georgia a wiry- haired, car
so,v.beaded, freckle-faced backwoods-
- IAN by the name of Jake Rump, who
,rlassed rlD through the following perils be-
- he arrived at the age OF twenty-five
ears: IU1u He was first stricken by light
yy;no. then on two separate occasions,
b;tten by large rattlesnakes; then again,
S;ttan by a cOtton-mouth moccasin, af-
EDWARDS thrown from q wild horse and
Sad one arm and one leg broken. But
= short time after recovering from his
fractures, he and a young brother, while
ssarching for their cows late one after
noon. we're attacked by a large panther,
vbich caught Jake, dragged him at least
tba fourth of q mile to a dense ham
mock. where he deposited his prey and
-1roceeded to cover him with leaves and
brush. The panther then retired q
short distance, when Jake crawled forth
md made his escape. The panther was
4 hinge animal and had crushed Jake's
shoulder terrible. yet he soon recovered.
His trials were still not at an end. Soon
after his shoulder healed up he mada an
attempt to run OFF with q neighbors
wife; was pursued, oYertaken, shot,
badly wounded, and afterwards stricken
several times with knife and left in the
road as dead. But not SO; Jake in time
recovered, and stole from neighhor
Iong.nosed, piney-woodS pike Of pig,
for which he was indicted, convicted,
and sent to the penitentiary for term
Of years, where 1 lost sight Of him.
Oonanah MetpS
, 1876-09-01
MnIIer.s PebbIe aneetncIer.

Directions and price list mailed free. Orders by
mail receive prompt attention. Goods forwarded
per Wells, Fargo Co., c. o. d. Subject TO approvaN
C. MULLER, OptlcRn, I35 Montgomery street. near
Bush, San Francisco. California
, 1876-09-01

This Ia An excellent school for boys and young
men. II educates thoroughly aud dscipllnes care
fully. Young men should examine this School be.
fore attending elsewhere. For Information call at
the ofce. "A Post St.. OF address z. P. HEALD. s. r
, 1876-09-01

HIaHLY VALUED.-Some time ago q
young Scotch woman about eighteen
years Of age, was found guilty Of big
amy at Dundee, Scotland, and sentenc-
cd to elk months imprisonment. Her
sentence having expired, her mother,
with her brothers and sisters, and few
relatives Of her first husband, oil Of
whom had come from Glasgow, were at
the gate of Dundee prison in q cab,
waiting to convey the girl to her first
husband, who resides in Glasgow. The
second husband, q hurley mason, be-
longing to Dundee, was also waiting
With few friends for the woman who
mad suffered SO severely for marrying
MN. On the woman making her APP
pearance, she was Immediately seized
y each of the parties, who made strong
enorts to get possession of her, she
seemed inclined to favor her second
iord and master, whose party, too, proved
'sne stronger, and they hurried her away
saving only her bonnet in possession Of
Iner friends from Glasgow.
, 1876-09-01
Florence Sewing Machines
SAMUEL Hill. Aoor,
l0 NEw MoNrGoMERY 81. 81 Fs.uc,.o

CAiSANi Oh oAS fHAHCIBco.
from rom report OF Committee on Sewing Machines at
MNThSlcs institute Exhibition San Francisco ISIS.
nave taken particular pains to INQUIRE in Ia me
merits oi all the machines on exhibition and have
taheh IN consideration to arrive verdict; Not 40
@nluch @ the hrst brlancy of a single point as mai
eonolnaton OF qualities tending to make In the
HTssLLesAte perfect machine, one wht will remain
y. tne hAhas OF the purchaser long time and be All
5 Sa tis VA cInmed Tor u when new. In consequence
Of motion, perfectness Of stitch
slons e uo !" "ur conclu-
FLORENCE SEWING HACHINE.-We
nsnr mSsS Wy hEorably Impressed with she
snis M hehine. It's reversible feed, and me
~ IGhtnean and ntillnena OF ffs N q
H4n. G. us general construction seems ad-
sniy adapted 10 stand the wear con
- ~" uPon the work done upon thai
snIs tne nrst Plnce Aa y Family HeWinR
"Aene' blIVer medal awarded.
EUGENE HOREAU \.
LEOPOLD Calm SComnittea
WILLIAM WATSON
, 1876-09-01
DR.. COHEN.

- THE ACKNOWLEDGES ONLY LIv
&N ing Astrologer, tells you correctly the
~ - events Of your whole life through his SCI
49, anee and natural gift gives advice and re-
liable Information in regard to your well
tare attest: $4,000 consultations given in this
city. II not necessary 70 give the age by having
consultation Fee, - by Letter, -. DR.. Cohen,
Cialrvoyant and Physician, has been successiul In
alagnoslne and curing diseases during his practice
10o Aeorny street., corner OF Pine. satlsfAc-
tion guaranteed.
, 1876-09-01

1T was Prentice who declined to dis
e9ss the question Of Woman Suffrage in
ms Journal because he had considered
woman from the creation, as a side is
, 1876-09-01
TO THE
TO THE
NERVOUS and DEBIITATED.

DIR. STEINHART's
ESSENCE OF LIFE
GuRES NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL DEBIL~-
~ ity, and restores exhausted Vitality IN four
weeks, a. sure aa water quenches thirst Price %
per Bottle, Bottles On easel go. Bent 70 any adj
dress upon receipt Of price, or G. o. d.
To be had only OF Dr. 6teinhart 40o Kearny St,
San Francisco A written valuable medical advice
accompanies each case Of medicine.
, 1876-09-01
DRESSMAKING PARL0RS.

MRS r. @. LEWIS, MISS l. K DERRY
(Fornerly Of III Taylor st) Late nom me Fast
A NNoUNCR THAT THEY HAVE OPENED
"a their Elegant PArlors, NOS. "a and ~ Th1r.
low BlOek. corner Of Sutter and Kearny streets
san francisco, where the latest novelties from PSris
and New York can be had to order
waking Soits, Evening Dresses and BRIDAL To-
tnmes made after the latest modes MourninR
dresses specially. All kinds Of material furnshed
Take the Elevator.
, 1876-09-01

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, 1876-09-01

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, 1876-09-01

Q6 tn G0n per day at home. Samples worth 81
3J " 0kU free. sTINsoN l. Co., Portland, Me-
, 1876-07-03
The set is valued at $500. A similar set of
eameas u hair er sloth embroidered with gold, is

n notwithstanding the chcapncss Of labor in
turkey, the Broussa factories find it continual
ul.inh struggle to compete with foreign-1natle
SILKS, even Ill thcif own market The Germans,
especially, manufacture silks of great beauty,
az very Tow price. A gentleman who has trav-
e!ed extensively told me, the other day, that,
"n1e III damascus some years ago, he went to q
natlve shop to buy q silk dress-patterIl. The
shopkceper showed him several qualities and
styles, from among which he selected one; but,
~ measuring the goods, the shopkeepcr hung
Engly exposed the ticket Of the manufacturer,
which showed that the goods came from Elbcr--
fcldt, IN Prussia. The gentleman declined to
complete the purchase. : a.
Among other articles Of wear, the silk tur-
bans, with their gaudy tasscls, strike the public
fancy l observed, III the same case with the
turbanE, some white silk handkerchiefs, em-
broidcred with gold in small sprays, and leaves,
and flowers, s,-looking very pretty.
Specimens OF the wool OF Angora goats are
also shown. The wool is long, and Us fine as
silk. Count Della Sala informed me that the
quality of the wool dcterloratcd il the goat
were transported to another country, or away
from his native hills. But, accorling
to other statements, the goat thriyes in almost
any temperate climate. In the Australian De-
part1ncnt OF the Exhibition is shown large
quantity Of Angora wool, and 1t seems to be Of
aE equal quality with that shown in the Turk
isl1. Some years ago, large numbers Of the All
CORA goats were killed by reason Of the snow on
their mountains, and Tor a time the trade was
greatly prostratcd. It has recently revived,
however, and the export Of wool is now larger
than ever. .~ G. 4. w.
, 1876-07-03

10 SHE CsttE u AH1 1F*VLAHc-
SIOUX C1TY, Ia: June 30,-Crop- prospects arc
Of very encouraging character in our broad
Northwestern country. Travellers from up the
Big Sioux River report an estimated yield OF
6,N0,000 bushels Of wheat in Dakota Territory
this year. Dakota Territory is fast filing up
with Russians and Scandinavians. The resources
Of that Territory ire immense. From north to
south, fine streams OF water enrich the country
all the way from British Columbia to the Mis-
souri, River; aud the Kiobrara, White
Earth, and tho two Cheyenne Rivers
largely figure in the watering OF that
part OF the Territory lying west Of the
Missouri River, aid extending TO and including
the Black Hills. All that vast region iseof
great value, and, as individual enterprise pushes
westward with railroads from Sioux City, long
hidden wealth comes to the surface. When
Kansas and Nebraska were receiving their lions
share Of Government bounty in railroad lands,
and subsequent ripid settlement was inevitable,
the "barren and cold Northwest Twas not looked
ut. Kansas City is the only city on the Missouri
River which can truthfully boast Of or show as
magnificent enterprise in developing and reach
ing out to trade With the country contiguous to
her, as does SlouI City.
A vast amount Of building is the order in this
city just ROW.. 4 is not q "fush" rush, but
necessity makes the work go on. Railroads,
public buildings, and individual enterprise mark
big figure with us just now. y. ~ ..
, 1876-07-03
German Iron-C1ads.

Germany has thirteen iron-clad vessels, three
Of which are turret ships, viz: the Preussen,
Friedrich der Crosse, and the Crosse Kurfurst
The first Of these was built at the private dock
yard OF the Vulcan Company, Mt Stettin, anu
was launched in November, 1873; the second
named was built at Ellerbeck, near kiel, and
launched in September, 1874; the thtrd,named
was built at Wilhelmshafen, and launched In
September, 1874 They arc full-rigged vessels,
and constructed after the model Of the British
ship Monarch. There are also three broadside
frigates, viz: the konig Wilhelm, built ut the
Thames Ironworks, and reckoncd to be the most
powerful in the feet; the Kronprinz, built by
Samuda; and the Friedrich Karl, built near
Toulon. Then there are two casemated tr1Eatcs,
the Kaiser and the Deutschland, both built by
Samuda, and delivered at Wilhclrnshafen last
year. There are also three iron-clad corvettcs,
and the Elizabeth, the monitor Ar1ninlus, and
the little armored vessel, Prinz :Aaalbcrt, make
up the thirteen. Besides the aforementioned
vessels actually a1oat, there are several on the
stocks, and In rarious stages OF progress, and
these, when finished, will raise the fleet to .
very respectable degree Of strength The forth
fed places, both on the German seacoast and
inland, are nov about to be enlarged and
strengthened Konigsberg, Glogad,
Nieyre h1emel, Pillau; Kolberg, Swinemunde,
stralsind, Friearichfortt, sonderburg, Duppel,
.Wiihc1mshafen, the mouths OF the Weser, and
the Elbe, Cologne, Coblentz, spandan, Cues
tern, Posen, and Thorn. t$;:t.
, 1876-07-03
FORT MOULTRIE,
Tho Centennial Celebration at Charleston,
South Caroltnn4

Tho Centennial Celebration at Charleston,
South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, s. G., June 29.-The celebration
Of the Fort Moultrie Centennial opened on
Tuesday nIght by an i, imposing POS public recspttfon
Col. Trenholm, on behalf Of the Committee OF
citizens, made an address off,"clcome, in tho
course Of which he said that there Is tile same
need now that there WIS IN l7t6 Tor union among
the people. Nothing but frequent intercourse
and That natural confidence and respect which
rcsts upon acquaintance can reprcss the agita-
tors who, for mischicvous purposes and against
the public good, arc perpctually striving to keep
alive the passions which the late conflict aroused,
har1nonizing better understanding between
the sections it will have accomplished It's pur-
poses and yindirated the claim to nationality.
The spirit Of 171G now evoked, indicates
; duty above 6ea' all personal a'itns; places
the general and permanent good OF the people
before the local objects and Temporary interests.
Applied to the present state OF the country it
foIrbids us to cherish futile ani1ncsities 6r to
to honor everywhere and at all times self
sacrificing devotion to duty. Never may the
American people cease to reverence their dead
Of the late war; for, whether in blue or In gray,
cnce to what they felt to be the impulse
OF honor and the call of their country.
The humble graves throughout the land, on
which year after year the garlands are renewed
by loving hands, will in time serve to bind more
closely together those Of whose past separation
they are the evidence. In another Centennial
our descendants will realize that our country
could not achieve her destiny without passing
through such trials. [Applausc.]
In replying, Capt. Noycs, Of the Boston Light
Infantry, said: One hundred years ago,
in storm and battle, the flags Of the
palmetto md pine tloated together in
defense Of their principles and their na-
tive land, and now they arc floating to
gether again. lApplause.] It is good to be
here aud together, to derive from the memories
OF the past guide for the future. The names
Of Sumter, Rutledge, and Marion are inter-
woven with those OF Hancock, Adams, and
others; and the patriotism OF these men would
be Of no avail but for the glorious victories Of
Eutaw, Fort Moultrie, Lexington, and Saratoga
Since those days, however, in which the two
States stood side by side, they have stood
face to face III internecine strife, but bitterness
has passed away. The same stuff of which our
revolutionary sires were made is found in their
descendants, and each can respect and honor the
other. The same stars shine above, the same
dcws bathe the graves OF the gray and the blue,
and the surviving comradcs Of the deceased he
roes have marched in column, bearing floral
tributes to decorate the turf the last resting
place Of the sons Of the North and the South
Prolonged applause.] ....
Capt Mercer, OF the Savannah Blues, said
Georgia was one Of the thirteen colonies which
, 1876-07-03
MICHIGAN ITEMS.
4SpecfG{ Ebs7espandcnce n The 7'rf5x1

Special Correspondence If The 7'Ts3xHe-
LANSING, Mich, July 1.-The balance Of cast
in the State Treasury, May 81, Was 81, 2oS 1881
receipts during the month ending June 80
sla0,665.; payments during the same time
ss5S, $40 %; balance In the Treasury June 80
1876, 81, ,039, 9,Ssz83; decrease for the month
S16s, ,e75.2s.
The work on the walls Of the ne Capitol has
been almost entirely suspended during the last
month, and the large force Of workmen hasbeer
employed IL the interior Of the strue
coil of stcan-pipe heats the. air q
it enters the building from two imper.
ceptible assures in the wall It is expected Chat
the air will be entirely changed every twenty
work vas awarded to the Western Electric Man
ufacturing Company, Of Chicago, for $1,000.
The State Library has received from the Brit
fsh Museum large invoice Of books; fifty-one
volumes Of " Notes and Querics;'' several vol
umes Of the laws Of the Confederae7, enacted
double volumes; "African Repository ten
volumes; 1t aillinlan's Journal Of Science" sew
cnty numbers; volume OF Acts OF the Vir-
ginia Assembly, printed in 1752; German Ges-
cheedens Won America ~ five volumes; " Massa-
volumes; & New England Historical and Gene
illogical Register" twelve volumes.
Amos Pike was recently killed ut Muir By
driving his team OF the embankment between
Lyons and Muir,-hl wagon, loaded with lum-
ber, falling Oh top of him. He was intoxicated.
John Shorey, sentenced from Washtenaw
County In January, 1867, to twenty years. i'm
prisonment for murder in the second degree,
Inns been pardoned by the Governor, conditioned
that he forever abstain from the use Of intou-
eating drinks ..>-.
have not favored the farmers In the hay-crop.
Some of It has been stacked too green, OF too
wet from rain. They complain that the corn
fields are becoming foul with weeds, as It has
been too wet to cultivate; and q wet harvest
will be bad for the whcat~crop.
Livingston County Republicans do not like
the recent apportionment Of delegates made by
the Central Committee at Grand Rapids, as It
entities them to only half the number Of. dele
gates that Clinton or 1ngham has.
sing Republicans as candidate for Congress In
this (the SIXTH district.