Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-03
OUR LETTER-BOX.
CURIOUS AND STATISTICAL QUESTIONS
ASKED AND ANSWERED.

CURIOUS AND STATISTICAL QUESTIONS
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
Correspondents will write upon but one side of the
| sheet and make their questions as concise as
by correspondents will be given when accompanied
by the name and address OF the writer.l
THAT RECEIPT FOR CONSERVATIVES. "A
| Nevada City correspondent sends the con-
sumption receipt asked for by Mr.. Lin
coin, of Lassen, and requests that Mr.
Lincoln will give the public, through this
column, the result of his experiments with
the receipt The following is the receipt
and introduction ga physician COM
municates to the Chicago Tribune what he
deems valuable preparation to be de-
vised in cases of pulmonary consumption.
He says: Some months ago the little
daughter Jagged IA of a trunk maker in this
city, one MIR. Garden Il am permitted to
use his name) was pronounced hopeless
censumptive and, to have seen her at
that time, one would have supposed there
was good ground for the decision, as she
was a mere skeleton, had terrible cough,
expectorated over half pint day of
greenish, blood streaked tuberculous mat
ter, and was so exceedingly nervous that
she could scarce sleep at all, night or day.
She had been doctored a long while with
cough and consumption specifics, and one
or two physicians had tried their skill on
| her; but without avail-her life gradually
drawing to its close. Meeting her father
| (who was almost heart-broken at the
thought of soon losing herr one day, gave
him this prescription One-half pound
finely -cut-up beefsteak fresh one drachm
pulverized charcoal four ounces pulverized
sugar; four ounces rye whisky one pint
! boiling water. Mix all together, let it
stand in cool place over night, and give
from one to two teaspoonfuls, liquid and
meat before each meal. This was tried,
and in four or FIVE weeks this little girl was
so rosy and healthy, free from all cough
considered almost miracle in the neighbor-
great change? Simply the supplying of
the disease could exhaust, thereby giving
nature the upper hand in the conflict. l
have used this preparation very frequently,
and have never found it act otherwise than
beneficial. The dose should be small at
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and then gradually increased"
QUESTIONS ASKED. T. H, North
| Hector, n. Y, asks US several questions
|. What were the laws of San Francisco
in 1860 or 1861? Certain children heirs
are interested in knowing. 2 How long
before one can marry again, whose wife
abandoned him without cause? How
long before she can marry again?
Answers.-l. Apply to the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of San Francisco for
the ordinances of that city in 1860 and
| 1861. Probably what you really wish to
see is the statute book of the State. Apply
to any good lawyer for leave to examine
the same in his library. 1t is bad plan
to set out to be your own attorney, how
ever. 2. That depends upon the law of
the State where the abandonment occurs
If the wife is guilty of the other crime you
suggest, for that, or abandonment, divorce
is the remedy, and without enforcement
neither can marry again. Some people
have very odd notions about abandonment
giving a party freedom from matrimonial
bonds.
MAGAZINE. M. NJ. c., Florin, asks
"What ladies' magazine sends cloth models
with patterns ?" Several do ON applica-
ton We cannot advertise them in this
column. Any news agency In this city
will inform you specifically.
NUMIsMATIcAL-I write you for a little
information, and would be obliged if you
would reply in your column of g Answers
to Correspondent s." A friend of mine has
some S25 in quarter dollars, and some $50
in half-dollar pieces, United States silver
| 80 1879 NTH
rows and some without. Let me know if
there is market for them.
| From yours truly, WIN. JENKINS.
Scales Diggings, March &c, 1880.
Ans,cer. Certain old coins have money
value among pumismatists. There is a
| journal published devoted to the subject.
Better write to news agency to send you
that paper or order it for you. We doubt
| If the coins you mention are rare enough
to command large price, but they have
some value above their face, probably.
PUNCTUATION. you oblige me by
solving the following questions In punctua-
ton: l. When is a comma proper before
dash? 2 When is comma proper before
a relative clause? 3. When is a comma
proper after parenthesis (crotchets)? 4.
| Is it proper to mark translation of a quo
| tation with inverted commas? 5. Where
is the 'Theosophist to be had, and what
is the price? G., 5. +.
Ans,cer. Comma and dash are used
to relieve the eye, as 6 assure you, gen.
tlemen of the jury, that popular, hand
who is now over seventy years of age,
1 L L. 4Io IS Varl-
that city which, as everybody knows"
etc. Also comma and dash substituted
frequently for semicolon, as He lacks
| the innocence of the dove,-he lacked SIM
| plicity, he" etc. Also when a dash is
necessary by reason OF sudden change of
construction also when an interrogation
follows, to indicate direct question, as
she lacked truthfulness what good
thing did he not lack?" Also to give
rhetorical emphasis; also when two words
or phrases are in opposition with each
other, unless they are used as a compound
name, or a single phrase; also in paren-
thetic expressions they are often used.
| There are several ether places for their use.
IL. Relative clauses which are merely
explanatory of the antecedent, or which
present an additional thought, are sepa-
| rated from the context by a comma or
commas, as: 'tHis stories, which made
everybody laugh, were often made to or
der But relative clauses which are re-
stricted-that is, which limit or determine
the meaning of the antecedent- not so
separated. as: "He who is his own law
yer is said to have fool for client.
Z. Parenthetic or intermediate ex-
pressions are separated from the context by