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Newfoundland Dogs.

Every one is familiar with the char
acteristics and appearance of the New
foundland dog, but few are aware that
it is popular mistake to suppose that
to secure good specimen Of these mo-
BILE animals it is necessary to send to
the country from which they are named.
In point of fact the pure breed is almost
extinct in Newfoundland, and there are
to be found there now in their stead q
race of mean-looking, shabby, cowardly
thieyish mongrels, the degenerate de-
scendants of once noble race, and as
different from them as the modern
Greeks from the heroic Greek of Homer.
Neglect, i'll usage, starvation and hard
work have wrought the change. Rather
more than two years ago an effort was
made to introduce another breed, the
celebrated Leonberg dog, the finest in
the world, q development of and de-
cided improvement on the original
Newfoundland. The breeder of this
race is Count Esseg, Of Leonberg, Writ
emberg, and hitherto his endeavors
have been crowned with success.
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A successful man can well afford
to tell of his first failure, and laugh
over it. The great orator Sheridan and
the Prims Minister, Lord Beaconsfield,
broke down in their first parliamentary
efforts; but they perseuercd as every one
must who win triumph. The following
is Curran's description of his first APP
pearance at a debating society:
4" / stood up My mind was stored
with about folio volume of matter;
but for want of q preface the volume
was never published. l stood up,
trembling at every fibre, though re-
membering that in this was but imita-
ting Tully. / took courage, and had
actually proceeded about as far as
Mr.. Chairman when, to my astonish-
ment and terror, I perceived that every
eye was riveted upon me. There we're
only six or seven present, and the little
room could not have contained as many
more; yet it was to my pain-stricken
imagination as IL / were the central OBJ
ject in nature, and assembled thousands
were gazing on me with breathless ex-
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GA Lump in His Throat"

Had he said he was hundred years
old you would have believed him. He
was SO old and thin and trembling that
it was painful to note his progress. In
one hand he carried his staff, and in the
other little clay flower pot with .
small rose in it. His limbs finally gave
out and he sat down on the curb stone
to rest. A pedestrian who had known
the good old blackman for years passed
that way and said:
"Well, Uncle Billy, aren't you lostP"
deed hain't, sab, but dis ole frame
o. mine tires out purity quick nowadays.
lie had heap o. walkin' to-day an lie
gwine- back home wild lump in my
froat."
whats the matter, uncleP'
"Did you know dat my ole woman
was dead? Yes, sab, she died las fall,
jist befo' de snow came. She was
tooken off purity quick, wild some sort o.
fever. 1t wasn't much of fun'ral.
had to go up to de grave yard in de
wagon wild de coffin. an den stood by
while dey buried de body in de poo
field. Tell you, sab, dat was a sad day
fur me. It's put the aige on me power
full fast"
Eyes, you have grown old very fast.
What's your trouble today"
deed, sab, you-you see dis little
fowerP bought dat to put ON her
grave up dar. 'Scuse my voice, sab,
but lie got de heart-ache, an / can't
keep de tears back!'
"And you've been up there?" Deed
l hev. When we buried de body /
looked at de trees an grave-stuns an
paths aroun' dar, an fought l could
walk right to de spot whenever wanted
to. went up dar dis mawnin' to put
dis flower on de grave, but was all
turned round an l couldn't find dc
spot! / looked an looked, but twan't
no use, an lie takin' de flower home
aginr'
al wouldn't feel bad, uncle"
"Ize tryin' to brace up sab, but lie
got SO old an trembly dat feel like a
chile. No, faint no use to feel bad. /
spect de body will rest jist as well wild
out de flower, only lie bin feelin' sorter
tender hearted o. late, an dreamed
dat de grave looked lonesome.
"Don't worry-it will be all right.
The grass will cover the grave and make
it look as well as any,"
al reckon it will, sab. I'll soon git
de tears outer my eyes if kin fink dat
way. Joggin' long down from de grave
yard l war wonderin' if dey would bury
my ole body longside o. hersg'
!" Perhaps So"
20! / hope SO, sab! know dat de
dead can't talk, nor see, nor feel, but
somehow it seems as if we'd boat rest
easier if war clus by, an when go
into heaven want to be locked arms
wild de wife whose love would hev lasted
forever but fur death. Am you gwine?
WAL, goodbye. I'll sot yere fur lit
tie time yet My ole eyes keep film
right up, an 1 can't see de way till L
grow stronger. faint nothin' to cry
bout, but 1ze feelin' dreary to-day
Detroit Free Press
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PuSaESr PARAGRAPHS.

Lies 90 by telegraph; the truth
comes in by mail. three hours late.-
N. o. Hcayune.
1t doesn't take plate of soup long
to cool, unless you want to eat it,
Salem Sunbeam.
The reason that persons file their
marriage intentions is that everything
may pass off smoothly Rdcob Sfrasss.
The census man will be around
about the LIST of June. Now, ladies,
brace up and own up. Don't let the
figures violate the old adage, you know.
-Graphic.
Every time man truly repents he
IL born agin, but there IL lots ov people
who repent every night regular 30 to be
reddy for aktive Dizziness Tomorrow
Josh Billings.
=" Amt that lovely critter, John,"
said Jerusha, as they stopped opposite
the leopard's cage. WAL, yes" said
John, "but then he's dreffully freckled.
amt he?'-Bcston Commercial Bulletin.
-" Don't you wish you was big
manp'' said one newsboy to another.
"K'rect do. I'm just dyin' to be big
enuff to git shaved an have one of 'em
BARRIERS powder me all over and squirt
cologne Juice at me-" was the reply
New York Express.
"A medicine firm sends us sample
bottle, with the advice to "give it a
trial" We gave it trial, which is
more than we would do for its inventor.
The unanimous opinion of the jury was
that shooting on first sight would prove
highly beneficial in his case.-Daniel-
sonville Sentinel.
Down in the dell where the grasshopper
sleeps
Its heart is beginning to beat,
And the locust Of Egypt win make up for
And levy on somebody's wheat.
1t has nothing to do the whole summer
through
But steal and chirrup and eat,
And fill up its trunk, as the grasshoppers do,
With kernels of bearded wheat.
AN exchange, deprecating long Wis
its, long stories, long essays, etc., ad.
vises persons to LEARN to be short. u
When our contemporary sends out q
man to collect subscriptions, he will be
surprised to learn that nine out of every
ten persons have already mastered that
lesson.-Norristo,On Herald.
=" It isn't dying" said Mrs. Brown
smith, 'that troubles me. / am NOT
afraid of death; but it makes me sad to
think of leaving my friends. l often
think what would become of you if
were goner' 20! you needn't let me
interfere" replied Brownsmith eagerly;
"don't let me stand in your way, dar.
ling" And the house took up the
question of Resolved, That Brown
smith is a BRUTE" passed it through its
three readings without q dissenting
voice, and adjourned precipitately for Q
real good cry.-Bostois Transcript.
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FOREVER NEW.

Once more the sweet unrivalled spring
Makes green the grass about our doors;
In living light the phoebe scars,
And, thrilled with life, forbears TO sing.
Yet those broken notes belong
Sweet ecstasies, too deep for words,
For we must leave to eager birds
That which we fail to put in song.
Though no new tidings she may hear
The same with each succeeding May
Yet must we listen and obey
And find immortal passion therel
Though hills are green, and country ways,
And were since Life and Time began,
There comes anew to every man
Tho hope and power of April days.
So might these eager lines contain
A breath of spring that stirs me through;
The springtime IL forever new,
The April sunlight and the rain.
-Dord Read Gooddts. In ChristtaD Union.
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pectation. I became dismav.a 2 Z
dumb. Ny friends cried, sHssr ~
but there was nothing to hear -
lips, indeed, went through TIA -.
mime of articulation; but / Was Nc. r.
unfortunate fiddler at the fair -
coming to strike up the solo that -" -
ravish every ear, discovered thaf
enemy had maliciously soaped TIE ~
or rather like poor Punch, a. I ~
saw him, grimacing q soliloouv e
which his prompter had most ~.
creetly neglected to administer r
words"
Such was the debut of Jack Chr.
or "Orator Num-" as he was wseSI'5
ly styled, but not many months dr.
before the sun of his eloquence 61r1
forth in dazzling splendor.
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ulous and highly civilized region. Many
years have passed since the last Indii
left the spot, but the visitor there will
be told the story of the heroism OF the
Bryant Station women, and on the out
skirts of the town he will be shown
ruined cellar, abeTe which stood the
house where brave Deborah Reynolds
and her brave husband lived for many
years, and where they died more than
forty years ago.-Boston Budget.
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On Friday, the election day for Crick-
lade, a holiday was granted to the men
employed at the Great Western Railway
Carriage Works, near New .Swindon.
1t was at first thought that the election
would pass off quietly, but soon after
six o'clock the crowd became vicious,
and, starting from the lower part of
New Swindon, attacked each of six or
eight hotels and inns which had been
placarded with Conservative bills, and
by means of stones and bludgeons
smashed in the lower plate-glass win
dows and the upper windows, and filed
the bars and the bedrooms with hints
and bricks of every size and shape.
Most of the landlords had had warning,
and managed to get their doors locked
and their bars cleared of glasses and
jugs, and with their families and Gus
toners, secluded themselves under the
bar counters or in small back rooms. In
one case the mob attacked china shop,
kept by Conservative elector. wrenched
off the bar of the shutters, which they
pulled down, crashed in the window
and did damage to the stock upstairs
and down to the extent of f40 or ESQ.
They then passed up to Old Swindon,
smashing the public lamps and the
windows of several private houses and
there attacked three or four well-known
hotels, and then they turned to the back
of the premises Of the North Willis
Herald, the printing offices of which
were lighted up for the men who were
at work getting out the paper, and sent
stones through the windows and caused
the stoppage of the printing machine.
A body of policemen turned the roughs
out of the lane, and prevented their at
lacking the front Of the Offices in Bath
Road. After that the mob went again
to New Swindon, still smashing and
bowling as they passed down Prospect
Hill, and there continued the uproar.
1t was now getting on toward midnight.
1t had been feared the disturbance, If
any, would take place at Cricklade. and
there the larger number of constables
had been gathered. But matters went
off quietly there, and the police were
despatched as soon as possible to Swim
don, where they arrived in time to ena-
BILE the local superintendent to tell the
mob in Regent street that if they did
not dispense and cease their violence
he should attack them. The ringlead-
ers sneered, and threw q volley of stones
at the police, who, about thirty or forty
in number. ran upon them, and after q
stiff struggle, dispersed them, and NO
further attempt was made to continue
the riot - 0u<zon Tele0r0oh
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between her mother and the savages,
both going and coming from the spring.
A glimpse of red legs in the shrubbery
and the CLINT of tomahawk when sun
beam shone upon it, did not serve to
make her more assured, but in few
minutes they were all back in the stock
ade and not shot had been fired.
Some of the buckets were not very
full, it is true, but the poor women did
their best, and it was a heroic deed. In
all history we know of no more daring
deed than the women of Bryant Station
performed on the borders of the West
ern wilderness almost hundred years
ago.
The Indians kept hid until night,
when nearly a thousand of them at
tackled the stockade, hoping to surprise
it. But they found the garrison ready
for them, and they were met so reso-
lutely and vigorously, that they had to
fall back, leaving many dead and
wounded.
The next day the surrender of the
fort was demanded, but spirited re-
fusal was returned, and as the savages
had already experienced the determined
resistance of the whites. they molested
them no further, and stole away through
the great forest.
Before the second night strong body
of settlers from Lexington and adjacent
settlements arrived at the stockade,
conducted by the two brave men who
had rode away the previous morning
for succor. Bryant Station was saved.
The little stockade fort is now large
flourishing town, in the midst Of y pop
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!. A. CUNNINGHAM.

CyAcRAMENTo BOILER AND IRON WORKS,
g | street, between Front and Second, Sacra-
mento Manufacturer of Steam Boilers, Sheet Iron
Work etc. Also, all kinds of Repairing Changing
Portable Boilers from Wood to Straw Burners a
SraciaItv ap6-4ptf
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MARKETS.
CHRIS. wEIsEL & co.
j STREET

Nos. 2iS and ego L street, Near Eighth.
DUTCHERS AND PORK PACKERS. HvTsA,
ID Choice Hams, Bacon, Lard, Mess fEsSsSSS 81
Pork, Clear Pork, Pigs Feet, Spare Ribs, ~
at lowest market price. Highest price paid for
granted Hogs. mrls-4pu
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the Wholesale Merchants cried G0oDs ARE ADyAMGAG ASD GoIMG TO
not bT Ta getting their prices well along and the ADVANCE or
and Goods this cheap cheaper what they had been
a
quantities.
as June next.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
HENRY FUCHs.

@enc1 $50 street street sacramento o Cal Any
thing that you wish to have and do not know where
to get it, may be furnished here. Agencies, COM
missions and correspondence, either in English,
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yyyg GUTTENRFRCFR.

IRON AND BRASS FOUNDER AND MA.
{ chinist Castings and Machinery of all kinds
made to order at the lowest prices Guttenbergers
Horse Powers the best and cheapest made. Corner
Of Front and streets. Sole manufacturer of the
California Giant Quartz Mill. mr26-4plm
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IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN PAINTS, OILS,
Glass, Varnishes, Brushes, Wall Paper, Window
Shades and Wax Flower Goods, Pictures, holdings
Painters and Artists Materials, No. 626 j. and 100t
Seventh street, Sacramento, Cal. mr26-4ptf
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MANUFACTURER OF IRON DOORS, SHUT.
lYE tiers, Ratings, Gratings, House-work and
BlacksmIthng in general, No. las street, between
Fifth and Sixth Second nand Doors for sale
d2o-4ptf
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w. A, ERICKSON, M. D.,

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Eh Office, southwest corner of Seventh and j
streets in Bry es new building, up stairs. Resi-
dence, southeast corner Of Seventh and N streets,
Sacramento Office hours: to 3 and to P. NJ.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,

SEALED PROPOSALS OR BIDS WILL BE
, received at the Office of the Board of Regents
OF the University Of Californi, No 80 Pine street
Groom 49, in San Francisco at any time from this
date until IL o'clock N. of SATURDAY, the 9Th
day of MAY, $780, for performing the labor and
furnishing the materia necessary to the erection OF
Library and Art Gallery, the State University
which said sealed proposals or bids contract will
be made for the erection of said building
The plans and specifications for said building can
be seen and open to public inspection from and
after the date of this notice. during business hours
at the Office of j. A Remer, Architect, No. 23G
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
No proposals or bids will be considered unless the
same are accompanied with good and sufficient
bond of said proposer or bidder, payable to the
Regents OF the University of California, equal to 10
per cent. OF the amount proposed or bid, with good
and sufficient sureties, the cond ltion that
said proposal bid shall be accepted the party pro-
posing or bidding will duly enter into proper con-
tract, and faithfully perform the in accordance
with said proposals bids and the plans and
specifications herein referred to, which said plans
and specifications shall be part Of said contract as
provided by an Act Of the Legislature, emit led An
At to regulate contracts on behalf Of the State,
in relation to erections and buildings, approved
March 3d. 1876 to which the attention OF bidders
is directed
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
The said sealed proposals or bids will be publicly
opened at the office OF the Board OF Regents afore-
said. on SATURDAY, the 18th day OF MAY, 1880,
at IL o'clock noon at which time and place bidders
are requested to be present
By order Of the Building Committee OF the Board
of Regents R. L. c. STEARNS, Secretary
Dated San Francisco, April 3. 1850. APPS I'd
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C. III. KREBs d. CO.,

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN-oFFICE AND
"a residence, Nathan building, corner Of Seventh
and streets. Office hours, $50 NJ, to 4
and to SIN mr3l-4p1m
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|. u. NIXON, Nj. 3D.,

| CsURGEoN- IN CHIEF CENTRAL PACIFIC
| = Railroad Hospital. Office, No. 9O6 street,
| over Gogings' drug store. Residence, No. 920 NJ
street Visits Railroad Hospital daily at $3.50 l. M
D1rIA
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MISS L. J. KELLOGG, NJ. D.,

A TToRNEY-AT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
~ Office: Northeast corner of ] and Fourth
Streets Sacramento ap3-4plm
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that hauled RED
| W. sWARTZ Draman
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A. ). YER MILYA

NoUNTY CORONER AND UNDERTAKEN,
I No. 1O8 J street, between Fourth and Fifth.
AIysys on hand a large assortment Of Metallic and
Wooden Cash cts, Burial Cases and Cohns Shrouds
furnished ard Funeral wreaths Preserved. Country
orders win receive prompt attention on short mott
and at loves rates. mrls-Aplm
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cARrR & CRoLY.

CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, ARE PRE-
pared to 40 all kinds of work in their inc, in
city country. PRINCIPAL place of business, Sacra-
mento Shop, so Second street, between and L.
Post-office Box, 40, Sacramento. mrl6-4pd
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t. Is. MCFARLAND,

a TToRNEY AT LAw-OFFICE, SOUTHWEST
"A corner Of j and Fourth streets. Residence,
q street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. d9-4p+
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EBNER BROS,

IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
\ fine Brandes Wines and kentucky WHISTLES.
AGENTS of the real Chris Schroeder's Nordhaeuser
Whisky and of the genuine Imported Culmbacher
Beer. No. 1909 Fourth street, Sacramento.
rnro5 Anil
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Halls
BALSAN

Cures Colds, Pneumonia, Bonchitis, Asthma, Group,
Whooping Cough, and all diseases of the Breathing
Organs. 1t soothes and heals the Membrane o the
Lungs, infamed and poisoned by the diseas and
prevents the night sweats and tghtness across the
chest which accompany it. CONSUMPTION is not
an incurable malady. 1t is only necessary to have
the right remedy, and HALLS BALSAM is that
remedy. DON'T DESPAIR OF RELIEF, for this
benign specific will cure you, even though profess
sonal aid fails.
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sHERIFF's SALE.

"NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
of sale issued out of the Superior Court of
the State of California held in and for the county
of Sacramento, the 22d day OF MARCH, $780,
upon a Judgment and decree entered in the Dis
trict Court Of the Sixth Judicial District and for
said county and State, the 9th day of MARCH,
1877. in favor of ). w. GhEENLAW and against
CORNELIUS BAGNELL, JR-, for the sum of
sao7 l2loo with interest on said sum from the 9th
day of MARCH, 1877, at the rate Of seven ca per
cent. per annum together with 50 25 100 accruisg
costs, besides to accrue, by which was COM
manded to sell for cash, in gold coin in the manner
prescribed BY law the following described real
estate, situate lying and being in the city of sacra-
mepto county and State aforesaid, to wit Lots Nos
5 and I, in the block or square bounded by N and
n. and twenty and Twenty sixth streets Of said
city.
command, viii on SATURDAY, the 18th day Of
APRIL 1880 in front of the Courthouse in the city
of Sacran ento at the hour of II o'clock A NJ, sell
at public auction the CHEST and best bidder for
cash. in gold coin, the foregoing described real
estate to satisfy said debt and costs.
March %. 1850 A. HEILBRoN, Sheriff.
TgsBs & CoLR, Plaintiffs Attorney
mr2f 1aw4wW