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HAMMERS GLYcERoLE OF TAR has been
before the public for the past six years, and
its constantly increasing demand IS the best
testimonial Of its success.
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WANTED, LOST AND FOUND

Advertisements OF FIVE lines in this department aye
Inserted for % cents for time three times for oO
ssnts or rs cents per week.
UTANTED-A SERVANT GIRL; GERMAN
w preferred. References required. Apply at
N . 6Ig j street. fe22-3tf
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.

ENTANTED-ALL KINDS HELP, MALE AND
w Female. Particular attention paid to Furnish
ing Hotels Private Families and Farmers with Help
Free Of Charge TO employers. HOUSTON 4 CO.,
one door south Of Fourth and L streets, Sacra-
mento CITY. nlS-lpu
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DENTISTRY.


N ENTIsTs, NO. COS STREET, BE- @Nsa
HI tween Sixth and Seventh, Sacramento. e6fID
fel7-1pu
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-0ur Dress Goods Department
Will be found stocked with the Choicest Goods Hand
soonest shades, and Most Stylish Combinations.

Recognizing that cosmopolitan institution
goodst tosubo HandP
GOODS
We distinctly that WE
HOUSE PACIFIC COAST
tme % gv excellent value
While whatever to interfere with the competitors
be thoroughly understood and
procure article invariably
a much LOWER PRICE
played community
honorable
practically demonstrated to the public the
confidence uphold
build
allowed
PRICE. Respectfully,
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How Much to Eat,

Having tested number of meals in a
general way, eating more or less each
time, find out as near as may be what is
the proper amount for meal. Begin
with very light breakfast Of ordinary
food. such as you have been accustomed
to, and note, the number of hours you
can 60 without feeling the want of more
food. For a very light breakfast say
one roll, cup OF coffee and a very small
piece of meat, three hours or less will
be found the limit. This is not offered
as RUE, bat as a suggestion; for it
makes vast difference what you do du-
ring those three hours. A given amount
of food will go further in manual labor
than in mental labor, as brain work is
more exhausting than handwork The
next time thy o little more, and in the
course OF dozen breakfasts you will
learn to judge pretty closely what you
require 70 carry on your work till the
hour of the next meal. Having found
ont just what you need, never, on any
consideration, take more. Never mind
how nice the steak, how tempting any
food may be, shut right down on the
whole eating business the instant you
have had enough. Too little can be re-
paired BY eating light lunch before the
next meal Too much cannot be repair
ed, and you must pay for the indiscre-
ton. In all this there must be plain
common sense. Do not initiate the in.
valid who kept pair of scales on the
breakfast table to weigh his daily bread
Eat and be satisfied, and ther stop
Food and Health.
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Summer Baths.

Use water freely in summer; it is not
always possible to have bath in private
or boarding houses, or even hotels
Take pan, place it on chair, and
stand on piece of oil cloth, sponging
the body well and letting the water
trickle down the spine. Use some sea-
salt in your bath ; it does great deal to
strengthen and refresh you. When you
have sponged about half dozen times
dry and rub well and put on some
clothes, but do not dress directly. Sit
still at some occupation for about q
quarter of an hour, and if you can get
a cup of milk and water or thin cocoa
and piece OF dry bread or cake take
1t. Even little fruit will be refreshing.
When you have properly rested and feel
a gentle glow all over your body dress
for the day and begin the days work,
but quietly. All excitement is danger
Gus at this season, therefore avoid it, as
you value your health and life. Come
what may, curb your anxieties aud keep
down your turbulent heart. These bath
washings, where baths are impossible,
will do much to strengthen your nervous
system and your digestive powers. In
the evening rub your whole body dry
before going to rest; wash face, hands
and feet, if not the whole body. and
cool your head. 1t may be possible that
the heat so oppresses your head that you
cannot sleep, then put cloths dipped in
water. mixed with little vinegar on it,
and this will give relief.-Food and
Heohh
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Weighing a Hog.
Detroit Free Press.

A dog-6ght sends the pulse of viii
lage up to 130, and a foot race or knock
down will almost restore gray hairs to
their original color; but for real excite
ment, let man come along in front OF
the tavern about sundown driving hog.
"Hey, where you going ?"
"Going to sell this bog"
! "Hold on minute! What does he
weigh ?"s
!" Oh about tBo hundred and twenty
You'res pE be won't go over two
tpndred;p
Every chair vacated on the instant.
Every eSe is tened on the hog root
ing ID tkIy sld every man datlers
himself that he can guess within q pound
Of the porker's weight.
"That hog will pull down fist exactly
one hundred and ninety nine pounds, .
says the blacksmith, after long squint.
"He won't 60 an ounce over one hun
dred and eighty-five" adds the cooper.
"Tve got two-dollar bill that says
that hog viii kick at two hundred and
ten" says the hardware man.
"You must be Wild" growls the gro-
Ger; 81 can't see over one hundred and
fifty pounds of meat there"
Twenty men take walk around the
porker and squint and shake their heads
and look wise and the owner finally
says:
"If be don't go over two hundred and
twenty, l shall feel that am no CUES
SER"
"Over two hundred and twentyl II
that hog weighs two hundred and twen-
ty pounds I'll treat this crowd" ex-
claims the owner Of the bus line.
81 dunno bout that" muses. the
Squire, who is on his way to'the gro.
cery after butter. Some hogs weigh
more and some less. What breed is the
hogr"
berkshire"
swell, I've seen some O. them Berk.
sheers that weighed like load O. sand,
and then agin I've seen 'em where they
was all skin and hone. Has anybody
guessed that this hog will weigh six
hundred |"
"No."
"Well, that's leetle steep, but I've
kinder sot my idea on two hundred and
fifty"
"By this time the crowd has increas.
ed to q hundred and the excitement is
intense The Squire lays half dollar
on two hundred and fifty, and the owner
Of the hog rakes in several bets on "be-
tween two hundred and twenty and two
hundred and twenty-five. "Tbe porker
is driven to the hay scales. and the 81
lence is almost painful as the weighing
takes place.
"Two hundred and twenty-three e
calls the welgher. :
Growls and lamentations smite the
evening air, and stake holders pass over
the wagers to the lucky guessers, chief
of whom is the owner OF the hog.
swell, I'm clear beat out" says the
Squire. felt dead sure ne would weigh
over three hundred"
"Oh, knew you were all way of, "
explains the guileless owner. "When
we weighed him here at noon he tipped
at exactly two hundred and twenty three,
and knew he couldn't have picked up
or lost over a pound !"
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Lemons a Cure for Consumption.
Nashua Telegraph.

A correspondent of an English medi-
cal journal furnishes the following recipe
as new cure for consumption: Put a
dozen whole lemons in cold water and
boil until soft, (not too soft, J roll and
squeeze until the juice is all extracted,
sweeten the juice enough to be palata-
BILE, then drink. Use as many as dozen
q day. Should they cause pain or loose
ness of the bowels, lessen the quantity
and use FIVE or six a day until better.
By the time you have used five or six
dozen you will begin to gain strength
and have an appetite. Of course as you
get better you need not use so many
Follow these directions and we know
you will never regret it. if there is any
help for you. Only keep It UP faithfully
We know of two cases where the pa
tients were given up by the physicians,
and were in the last stage of consump-
ii IN; yet both we're cured by using lem
ons according to the directions we have
stated. One lady, in particular, was bed.
ridden and very low; had tried every
thing that money could procure; she
was finally persuaded 10 use lemons
She began to use them in February aud
in April she weighed l40 pounds. She
is a we'll woman to-day, and likely to
live as long as sny Of US.
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p~ When Mr.. Conkling received the
telegram announcing the election Of
Lapham as Senator, be sent the follow
ing dispatch to one of his legislative
friends at Albany;
s.The heroic constaney OF the Spartan
band which so long has stood for prin-
ciple and truth has my deepest gratitude
and admiration. Borne down by for
hidden and abhorent forces and agencies
which never before had sway in the Re-
publican party, the memory Of their
coul age and manhood will long live in
the highest honor. A near future will
vindicate their wisdom and crown them
with approval Please ask them oil for
me to receive my most grateful ac.
knowledgements.
Roscoe CoNRLrN0."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-09

A Cincinnati astronomer Is positive
that he saw the comet split open the
other night, He says the nuclei are l..
200 miles apart. This is not So bad as
the Republican party.
The New York Tribune's advioes
from all parts of the Union indicate
that the yield Of wheat in 1881 will ex-
coed 460, 100000 bushels, all unfavor.
able reports to the contrary notwith-
standing. To this may be added be-
tween 1000, 900 bushels of old wheat
remaining over from last year, princi-
pally in the hands Of farmers. The
Tribune, therefore, concludes that there
is no reason to believe that this country
will not be able 10 meet all foreign de.
mands for breadstufts.
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HgIt was mean revenge which a

EEIt was mean revenge which a
Londoner took the other day upon two
maiden ladies who had offended him.
He inserted in paper an advertisement
for man, who was to receive q pound
week and "all found" From an early
hour Amwell street was crowded with
applicants, They came not in single
file, but apparently in groups, until a,
last it seemed as though all London was
in search of that particular situation
They we're of all ages and of varying
shades of responsibility. When thu
story got wind the neighbors rose to se'
the fun OF tormenting two inofensiv'
maiden ladies At length the police
had to be summoned to control the in
creasing mob.
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The Toting Negroes of Alabama

It is pretty sight to see the negroes
at work, and an astonishing matter TO
watch them carry on their heads bas-
ket Of cotton weighing $50 pounds fof
a quarter of mile. To one not used
to Southern habits the skill with which
they adjust and carry ponderous loads
on their heads is simply amazing. Trey
will laugh, dance, play, with their loads
bobbing and twisting as though certain
to fall, and yet never lose the exact ball
ance Of them. In this way in town
meals are carried from restaurants to
private aud business houses-up stairs
and down, without a slip. Also ~hod-
men," instead of ascending the ladders
with bricks in their hods and hods on
their shoulders, climb with bricks load.
ed on boards and boards on their hesds.
Market baskets, the weekly sswash"
pals Of water, pitchers OF milk, even
down to the pickaninnY Initiating his
nanny with the empty tin cup-every-
thing bobs on the cranium.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-09
NUMBER 26.
Strange Tests.

In early times, especially among the
German tribes, in cases of doubt it was
the custom to appeal to the gods to de-
eide in favor Of innocence or guilt. Out
of this arose the ordeals which lasted
long after the introduction of Christian
ity, and which were modified, restricted
and at last suppressed
One Of the last of these strange relics
Of the past was the wager of battle, i'm
which the accused and the accuser
fought in the presence of the Judge,
and God was supposed to favor the
right and give victory to the just cause.
1t will scarcely be credited, and yet itis
a solemn fact, that it was not until tho
year 1919, within the memory Of many
still alive, that wager by battle .Ras aboll,
|ished ri Englapd. @<sezsspss srs
The Normans carried 1t with them to
England, but Germany was the country
where wager of battle was most COM
mon. When q man was accused of
crime, be could deny his guilt and de-
clare himself ready 10 prove his inno-
cence by personal combat. The chal-7
lenge had to-be accepted unless the &C.
cuser could snow that the accused was
not entitled to the privilege of battle
A day was appointed by the Judge for
the combat, the defendant was taken in
to custody, and the accaser gave secu-
rity 10 appear at the time and place
fixed. On the day of the battle the par
ties met in the presence Of the Judges.
armed with the appointed weapons.
Even where wman was the accuser,
the man she impeached might thus chal.
lenge AS, however, a man would be
almost certain to overcome his Trailer
antagonist, regulations were adopted
which put them more on an equality.
The man was to stand in pit hearty
up to his waist, to be armed with club
hardened in the fire; the dress to con-
sist of tunic and trovsers, that Of the
woman being all united. Her arm was
either club, or cloth in which stone,,
weighing one to FIVE pounds, was tied.
According to the regulations in some
parts OF Germany, the mans club was
twelve inches long, and twice the thick
ness of the thumb at the end. The wo.
mans was heavier.
Six weeks preparation was always al
lowed, aud on the day of the combat
the weapons and attire Of the antago.
nists were carefully examined.
1t was no trifling matter. The party
who failed did so at the forfeit of life,
and, in the case of woman, she was
burned alive in the pit where the accus-
ed had stood
When the combataats, each with four
seconds, an advocate, a marshal Of arms,
trainer and monitor, entered the
arena marked by a circle Of stones, the
strictest silence was enjoined. Only the
seconds were allowed to speak, and they
interferei in case of any trouble arising.
When the signal was given the COM
bat began. A blow struck before this
forfeited the battle As the dght went
on. each was allowed to call for time
twice. II either called q third time the
opposite side was declared victorious.
The victory consisted In exhausting
the opponent, or striking him down;
and if even one OF the antagonists drop
ped his weapon three times the decision
vas recorded against the unfortunate
person, and death was the penalty.
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egThe Batesyille Post saws: Coli

EyThe Batesville Post says: Colo
mel H. C. Smith, as his friends are aware,
is very fond Of pets of different kinds,
and among some in his possession a
few days since, were couple Of young
mocking birds. On back porch at his
residence sits an old-fashioned side
board, some four aud a half feet high
and some inches from the wall. On top
of it sat the cage of birds. On Wed
nesday evening Mr. Smith heard pecu-
liar noise on the porch, but on looking
out could not divine its cause. On
Thursday morning, on going out to tend
the birds, they were not to be seen, but
in the cage was black snake three aud
half feet long 1t had eaten the birds
and then was unable to crawl through
the wires. The mystery is not why it
ate the birds nor how it got in the cage,
but how it climbed to the top of the
sideboard, there being nothing near it.
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Be wise and Happy.

II you will stop all your extravagant
and wrong notions In doctoring yourself
and families with expensive doctors or
humbug cure -alls, that do harm always,
and use only natures simple remedies for
all your ailments-you will be wise, we'll
and happy, and save great expense, The
greatest remedy for this, the great, wise
and good will tell you, is Hop Bitters--
rely on it. See another column.-Press.
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L. p. FARQUHAR. M. ID.
formerly Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,l

Physician and Surgeon,
of,oe and residence in the Walton property,
WOODSFI D, o H o.
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes BY
close attention to business to merit public
confidence and patronage.
Chronic Diseasea vii, receive specisl
attention. may4,':6Y
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The Beers as Marksmen.

On my first shooting expedition to
the Bontebok Flats, ! was accompanied
by a soldier servant who had gone
through his course Of musketry instruc-
ton at Maidstone with credit, has pass.
ed all drills, and was fit to fight the foe.
He carried my spare rife. i left him in
charge of the horses, and tried to stalk
a herd df springbok. They took alarm
and rap round to within five hundred
yards Of whereI had lett him: Instead
iof waiting aill l got back he fired with
out result. On my blaming him, he
said, SIT was not bad shot, sir; l saw
the bullet strike. 1t was only hum
dred yards short, and a little to the
right" Now, there were at least 200
deer in that herd. bagged nothing
that day, and toward evening met q
Dutch farmer, followed by his after.ri-
der, returning to camp. They had three
springbok and one rehbok on their sad
dies, and these animals are not much
larger than goats. / found him very
friendly, and I told him I had not been
able to get within 400 yards of game
all day, though / had had considerable
experience in India. He said sThat is
quite near enough, / shot one buck at
500 yards; the other was very near, only
200 yards" He asked me to come to
his camp, and told me that judging dis
tance was the great difficulty, and having
rifles properly sighted. He pointed to
an ant hill on the opposite side of sew.
eral ravines, and said, "That is 500
yards off," set his sights, fired, and the
white dust few in the air. He pointed
to another in the opposite direction, and
said, "That is 400 yards" altered his
sights and the dust flew again. This
rifle was sighted at leo yards, at which
distance he told me he had frequently
killed single deer. / bought it of him.
There are several reasons why the Beers
should be what they are as a nation
without exception the finest shots in the
world. They carry rifles from boyhood
all the year round, having no close sea
son for game, the countless herds from
the interior of Africa constantly inva:
ding their farms. The clearness of the
atmosphere enables them to see to great
distances, and the almost constant dry
ness of the soil enables them to see
where their bullets strike, and know if
they have judged the distance accurately
This is an incalculable advantage, as in
Scotland it is always most impossible to
see where the missing bullet strikes, and
few!sportsman pretend to kill even th 9
great red deer at much over 200 yards
| knew Cape farmer constantly kill
.busl1bok no bigger than failow deer,
from his dressing;room window, on a
sunny grass field. at measured distance
Of 400 yards, where they would come
to feed at dawn. The London Field
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NOTICE.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE
SARDIS, MONROE CO., O.

WILL OFFER at private sale the follow
irg named property: Lot No. 4; lot No. s3i
and west half Of lot No. "a, with large
story dwelling containing eight rooms. in
good repair, wa,h house, stable and other
out buildings, good cisterh ON the premises,
Also, one store house and granary situate on
lot No. 10: Jos. RICHARDSON.
! may3,'Slm3.
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Renew Your Lease.

There are times in every ones life
when energy fails and miserable feel
ing comes over them, often mistaken fol
laziness. Danger turks in these symp-
toms, as they arise from impure blood
or diseased organs. Medical advice is
expensive and often unsatisfactory. Par
ker's Ginger Tonic will renew your
lease of health and comfort ,ecause it
restores perfect activity % the Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys, and pu,iies the
blood, rs men and women restored to
robust health testify in almost every.
'ghborhood. See adv.-Advocatc :
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II received your letter at last, my
love. do not know what caused the
delay, but you see came to answer it
at once, eager to claim my darling as my
wife. Sweet, will it not be 'happy es-
cape from servitude p"
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

n,HN undersigned, having been appointed
/ Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to I'll Pensioners Blanks. admin
is.sr Oaths, take DISPOSITIONS, acknowledge
Deeds. Mortgages. and other instruments Of
writing. JOHN JEFFERS.
sprlS,'76 Seallsville. Monroe Co. Ohio
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A deaf English man tried to pass
himself off as an Irishman by saying
that he was an hexile of 'earin.
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/. L. CRAGIN s. CO..

~ - e0Aper day at homo, Samples worth
sN W 0kvS5 free. Address SrISsor Co.,
Portland, Maine. mehS,SlY,
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PHYSICIANS,
ID r. b. ID II N n L IL l..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BEALLSvILLE, OHIO
Office in the Armstrong property.
apr30,'7sY.

DR.. j. w AY,
Physlclan and Surgeon,
ELM COVE, Washington 4P, Monroe
County, Ohio.
All calls promptly attended to. during the
day or night. feb2S.'6s.
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-Advsrtising Rates.

az Legal advertisements charged at the rate
Of one dollar per square for first insertion, and
Afty cents for each subsequent insertion.
Administrstor's or Executors, Attachment
snd Road Notices, 80 90.
Local Notices, per line, first insertion. 10
cents and FIVE cents per line for each additional
week.
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DIR. A. M. COVERT.
Physician and Surgeon,
Antioch. Monroe Co, ,OhlO.
may1l, ,'S0r.
DIR. 3. l.. STEWARD,
Physician and Surgeon,

All calls promptly attended during the day
or night. Office one door south Of Stout's
Hotel. aprl3, 'S0Yl.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-21
Produce Market Report.

QUITE, JuucE1S, 1ool'
The following are the wholesale prices
paid by merchants and hotel keepers for the
commodities enumerated, delivered from the
wagon. Price list carefully corrected every
Monday:
Flour, Ruby Valley, xxx, $500 per cwt.
Mill Creek, xxx, $500"
Union Mills New Process Cream of the
Valley, $500.
Union Mills xxx Snowflake, $4.75.
Utah, choice. $3.50.
Graham, $500.
Wheat, per h., 3 cents, fair demand.
Oats, per h., "a to 3 cents.
Butter, per h., 30 to IS cents.
Eggs, per dozen, rs to 80 cents.
Corn meal, 5 to 81 cents
Beet, on foot, &c
Beets, none in market.
Hay per ton, $2s.00 to s24.Oe; in demand.
Fresh fish, 80 cents per pound.
Cheese, 16 to 10 cents.
Barley, So so to 2 Is per hundred.
Dried beans, Montana, Gets.
Mutton, 8 cents per pound.
Pork, dressed, Is cents per pound.
Veal, 9 cents per pound.
Chickens, $11. 90 per dozen.
Wood, So per cord.
Rutabagas, &c.
Potatoes, &c.
Onions, 8 to 1Oc.
Chopped feed 3 cents per pound