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Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-20

school of Practical. civil, Mechanical and
Mining Engineering Survey ing, Drawing and AS
saying, "a Post st. A. Van der Naillen, Principal
The Berkeley Gymnasiumi-A Ffrsf-class
Academical Institution, affords a Classical
Literary, Scientific or business Education. For
catalogues or particulars, address JOHN +.
BURklS, Superintendent, Berkeley, Cal.
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STAR MILLS AND MALT HOUSE.
NEuBoURG a IAgEs.

MOS. 80, 81 AND 81 FIFTH ST., SACRAMENTO,
Nv dealers in Produce and Brewers Supplies,
Ma ufacturers Of Malt and all kinds Of Meals, etc.
Oatmeal, Cornmeal, Cracked Wheat, Graham Flour,
Buckwheat Flour, etc. New Grain. Bags for sale.
T. a,,ry
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IRON, STEEL, ETC.

Marcus G. Hawley IL CO.-Importers OF Hard.
ware and Agricultural Implements, Nos 3o1, 3O3.
305 307 and 309 Market street, San Francisco
CarOlan. Cory d Co.-Importers OF Hardware,
Iron and Steel. Agents for the Pittsburg Steel
Works, Northwestern Horse Nail Co., and South
ngton Cutlery Co. Nos l20 and 122 Front street,
and Nos. III and 119 California street.
VIII IL Finck-Importing and Manufacturing
Cutters and Bellhangers, No. 769 Market street.
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Don't Judge of mans character by the
umbrella ne carries, It may not be his.
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SaRbcrne. Vail Il Co.-Importers and Manuiact-
urers OF Mirrors, holdings and Frames, Chromos,
Engrayings, Brackets, Easels, statuary and
Artists Materials, No S57 Market street.
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RESTAURANTS

siegfrted .k Brandenssein-Eo. 20 California
street. P. o. Box 2 2l69
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METALs, sTovRs, RANGES. Eric

w. w. Montague If Co.-Importers of stoves,
Ranges and Sheet Iron, Marbleized Mantes,
Crates and Tiles. Manufacturers Of Plain,
Japanned and Stamped Tinware. Nos. IIO no
ia, 1le and lis Battery street.
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N WORKS, BOILER AND MA.
CHINERY MAKERS

Sacramento Boiler WOrks-Nos 214 and ZIG
Beale street. J. F. Hall, Practical Bo;iernaker.
Manufactures Marine, Stationary and Portable
Boilers, and all kinds Of Sheet Iron Works
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HATS,

nj. Meussd0rTer-M Manufacturer and Importer Of
Hats and Hat Materials. Wholesale and Retail
Northeast corner Montgomery and Bush streets,
and 402 Kearny.
The Haster-No. 336 Kearny street,
near Pine The finest hats at the Iovvest nrica.
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DIAMOND AND WATCH RRoRER
EDUCATIONAL.

Uncle Harris. 221 Kearny st., between Bush and
Sutter. Established 1851
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SAN FRANCISCO CARDS.
SAN FRANCISCO
Business Directory
ARTISTS.
ARTISTS, MATERIALs ETc.

Akouseworfh-opteian and Photographer, No. ls
Montgomery street. Established in 1851.
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The advantage DOUBLE most
dely circulated journal published Rocky
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sPRINc MATTRESSES.
WHOLESALE GRocERs

SACRAMENTO RECORp-UNIoN.
San Francisco 0fiice, No. 20s Montgomery
street.-A. II. Macdonald Agent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
The Domestic Tyrant.
East and west.


No person more completely possesses
the power of creating misery, in his
house. than the domestic tyrant. embit-
tering as he does the lives of his nearest
relatives by his selfshness and exieeant
temper. The great essentials for happi-
ness in social life are freedom and trust:
but these important elements are ban
ished out of the little homework ruled
over by one of these imperious autocrats.
lie makes 1T rule to exhibit the most
profound disregard for the feelings of
others, and by an indulgence in covert
sneers, harsh and insulting words. the
self-control of his victims is sorely tried.
Consciousness of his power is no doubt
the cause OF his overbearing ways. The
domestic tyrant always has the highest
possible appreciation of himself. His
opinion admits of no possible question:
being his opinion it must be right, and
IN an arbitrary manner he expects his
family to acquiesce, or to feign ac-
quiescence, with him on all points. He
looks upon himself in every sense as a
superior being, far above his surround
ings. In his own estimation he is too
highly bred and too refined to support
the Inconvenience of daily occurrences
which are endured by others. His
organization is too sensitive and highly
strung to tolerate small domestic trou.
bles. He, if anything, is only too gen
erous and virtuous; he feels compassion
for himself alone, regretting that the
grandeur of his character is not suffice
ientiy appreciated. His most trifing
acts are magnitied by him into examples
of stupendous iberality. In his com
plete dissatisfaction he announces that
he is only too good in sacrificing him
self, and he lameAts that he does not re-
ceive the admiration he considers his
dues.
He possesses in the highest degree the
power OF wounding others, and by hisper-
slstent efforts to mortify their sensibili-
ties, he appears to treat that power as an
accomplishment, which he never neg
lects to display at every opportunity.
Tue inmates of many an apparently hap
Ply home, if questioned as to the b elk
ground, could bear TESTIMONY as to
wrung hearts, caused by the domestic
tyrant. No wonder, with such man
for the head OF the house, there is
general sense of relief when the front
door closes behind 1IiIn, ana a fce1ing OF
suppressed Joy when he is away. Be-
sides the misery caused by him to his
household, the domestic tyrant must
really experience a considerable amount
of discomfort himself. He cannot fail to
perceive the sort of change that comes
over the cheerful party when he appears
or must tell HIM how topics of converse
ton are carefully chosen for the family
meals, how much constraint prevails.
aud what strict avoidance of any sub
iect there is that may lead to wrathfnl
questions. Curiously enough. out of his
home he is generally tho genial, iovial
sort of man, and very likely Is looked
upon as rathe4 good-hearted sort of
fellow, for it is only to his family that
he shows his teeth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
The Bohemian Girl Mt Home.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Bulletin writing from Carlsbad
says: The Bohemian girl, as she APP
pears on her native soil, does not look
as If she had ever dreamt of marble halls
as did the girl of the late Mr.. Balfes
opera. She begins life swathed in a
stiff pillow to straightsn and strengthen
he's l'e-@ls. Coon oftar che harins tnwalk
she takes lessons In bearing burdens on
her back, and by the time she reaches
woman-hood can carry ten-gallon cask
of water, or huge basket filled with
fire-wood or soiled clothes up a steep
hill twenty or thirty times without stop
ping to rest. Advancing in years, she
may be hitehed with COW or big dog
to pull market wagon, driven by her
beloved and loving husband II she is
very good wife she may be advanced
to the dignity of being the off-horse,
with dog for near one, to haul
coal-cart to customers door, and when
she unhitches herself she carries in q
pannier the rusty looking coal of this
country up one, two or three pairs of
stairs, while the man and dog repose in
the street. 1t is thus that the native
Bohemian girl often fulflls her destiny
in this historic and chivalric land.
Women is the drudge and the beast of
burden here, as in many other parts of
the Continent. There are fine horses
for driving heavy vehicles, and there
are donkeys that pull fat dowagers or
lazy little boys up the hills. But there
are no equestrian displays. A riding
horse is more rarely seen in Carlsbad
than pretty German woman, and yet
there are scores of cavaliers in cavalry
uniforms and wearing spurs that ough'
to be prcking the sides of the best
blooded steeds of the orient But there
is not much need Of horses in countI,
where women are the laborors, and The
pleasure horse is an expensive luxury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
4 strange Tribe Of Indians.

Looking on the map OF New Mexico,
on the eastern confines OF Arizona, IN
latitude "a and longitude leo, You viii
soc the country of the Iuuies. These
mdluns are white as any other people,
have light, tiaxeu hair, and the Indian
ladies' might even b. considered blonde
beauties. some Of Them have red eyes
albiuos. The women have regular,
pretty features are very modest, gen
tie moral aud truthful-as also are the
men. The are intelligent, cultivate
their corn cereals. and always have on
hand, stored aud stock for several
years ahead-a sufficient supply for their
community. They are not warlike
race. After the Navahoes, their more
warlike neighbors, conquered them, or
perhaps before. they built their village
or town in the form OF - hollow square.
as a quasi fortress. Into this hollow
square they lead their tiocks and herds
at night, shut the gate, climb up by
ladders to the root az their adobe houses,
haul up the ladders and go to sleep in
confident security. The entrance to
their dwellings, is only by the roof-like
the Indians OF Iaos and ether places in
New MeN.co--as means of safety.
Their worship Is a mixture of idolatry
and Catholicism, 80 Tar as could be as
certamed They worship a very ancient
fgur &c rransdyluat,on-the origin
Of which they know not and have no
tradition Unlike the Navahoes or
Nabai aes-their eighbors-they are a
peaceful, simple race, but are dwindling
away and soon viii become extinct, es-
Peclaliy rs they in;ermarry-Jther mar
nages being strictly prohibited Por'
Chester Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
Fools and DamphOOls.
Detroit Free Press.l

( The world has agreed for the sake of
convenience, to divide its fools into two
species. One it calls simply fool-the
other, to adopt the word which Doe
sticks applied to his friend, it calls
damphool. This is used strictly in its
scientific, not profane senes, and has no.
thing in common with the shallow and
random use which angry men make of it
to give vent to their momentary irrita-
tion. It is as distinct and technical a
label as mustang" to describe a species
of horse, or "terrier," to describe a
species of dog.
A fool is often harmless, and may be
snubbed and kept in order. A dam
phool cannot be. A fool is often tolera-
BILE and docile. If he cannot be taught
much wisdom, he may be taught obedi-
ence and respect. But though dam
phool may have intelligence, he has
little or no reverence. A fool may have
some humor, but damphool has none.
A fool can be made fool of, damphool
makes a fool of himself A fool may
have a little sense, but whatever other
sense a damphool may possess, he is
sure to lack common sense. A fool may
sence of his kinsmen to be conceited and
self asserting. A fool generally knows
he is fool, and is often doleful when he
thinks OF it; but damphool never knows
it and SO is happy. A fool is often stu
pid, headless, laundering, aimless. like
hen or fly; the other is strutting,
irritating, conceited, like turkey or
peacock, or noisy nuisance, like June
beetle. A fool is often patient, we'll
disposed, and though slow, good-natured
like jackass; but his foster brother is
apt to bear malice, and is intelligently
obstinate like the mule.
To the ranks of the odious kind Of
fool belong those who banker morbidly
for notoriety-the Tanners, the Brad
laughs, the Guiteaus, the Boobies, the
Count Johannes and George Francis
Trains. Poor Train, however, has
stepped down and out of the ranks, and
now appears to be simply and only a
| fool. The fool is an object of sympathy
of pity, compassion and help; his
| for sport, for derision and ridicule
Shakespeare of course saw the difference
between these two types, and has drawn
them with his usual clearness and acute
ness. His fools and clowns are famous
-Tou hstone and Dogberry, Launce,
Slender old iobbo, and the like. But
| his dampAc 9ls-such as Justice Shallow,
| Pistol, Falstaff, Polonius, Old Capulet-
| have equal consideration. When In the
| play of Midsummer Nights Dream, "
| the dramatist changed Bottom the
| Weaver into an ass, he turned his dam
| phool into simple fool. For Bottom
the Weaver irnagines he can write a
| play, take the chief role and be stage
manager all at the same time, making
himself pompous and ridiculous, indeed;
but changed into an ass he is docile and
humble, and wants only to have has head
scratched and to be fed on dried peas
ana good sac hay.
A fool may be lsous and reverential,
believe in creeds and religion; but the
other sort Is quite likely to be an atheist.
David undoubtedly meant to write that
the tlamphool ''hath said there is no
/ God.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1881

came 10 rest on the bottom of the gulch,
the great reptile was held fast within it.
For awhile it writhed and twisted there.
emitting most horrible odor. Seeing
it was caught fast, the natives went
down and beat it to death with hand
spikes. They then cut away the log and
let IFS body fall out.
With my pocket-rule I measured off
a ten-foot pole, and when 1 say that |
placed this pole three times along the
dead serpent's body, and had still a foot
to spare off its tail, perhaps l shall be
accused OF telling I" a snake story" new
ertheless, it's the truth. At the middle
its body was nearly as thick as mans ;
and its scales were as large as clam
shells. But the most ferocious feature
was its great, bony. fiattened head, with
Its huge grasping jaws and great hdless
eyes. Its colors were pale yellow
along the belly, shading to coppery hues
on its sides, with livid brown and black
markings along the back.
There is little doubt that this mon
strous creature had long had its lurking
place in the old log; and it made me
shudder to think how many times we
had all passed back and forth over its
head. Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10

hannes de Temporibus, who, according
to Stow, died in the year 1914 at the
age of 361. Unfortunately, that was
not an age Of statistics, and marvellous
statements were supplied. A native of
Bengal Is said to have died in 1866 at the
age of 300; but here again distance of
place is as important an element as dis
lance Ct time III the other instance. In
1888 native OF Evercreech, Somerset.
Is reported to have died aged 200. In
the latter end of the last century death
at the age of 175 or thereabout seems
MOTTO have been uncommon, but as we
come nearer to our own times the
records are fewer, until now we are
obliged to so to Brazil for a striking in
stance OF extreme age. The moral would
appear to he that, if III a time Of regis
tration aud research this class of Won
ders had become extinct, the former
statements with regard to them were
myths. Perhaps life was so dull in those
slow times that man put his sensations
into figures, and thought he had lived
00years instead of 10 Liverpool Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10

ter of 1852 or the summer of 1858; you
may believe what man tells Won in a
horse trade: You may believe what Ven
nor says about the weather You may
believe what man says who was at the
Centennial; you may believe the army
lar, and you may believe the snake
liar; but when man takes his cigar
from his lips aud, with a guileless, sim
pie prefix of date and place, starts in
on trout story, bar and bolt ard lock
and double lock the gates OF your belief
when ne gets to the place. Don't be-
lieye a single, solitary trout-not though
it weighs less .han pound. Under the
shadow of the trout truth dies, and the
man who fishes four days and only hooks
one lone trout, so small that ne loses it
in his empty basket, comes home the
biggest liar OF them Huntington
HQtpk- E,je
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
Tall Stories Of Old Age.

From Brazil comes a story of muIat-
to woman having died at the age of 1877
years. Just as the Goth was clutch
cred to make Roman holiday" so this
unfortunate old colored LADY seems 10
have been killed H. furnish forth news
paper paragraph. This is a pity, be-
cause she would have answered the pur-
pose Just as well in a couple of hundred
years time, if the newspaper telling the
tale could have had patience to wait.
She IS said to have lost her sight at the
age of 100, but to have recovered il
somewhat later. Her death was brought
about by fail from bench, 50 that
there is really no knowing how long she
might have lived if the Brazil paper had
not arranged that fatal fall. The SUBJ
iect OF longevity is always being dis
puted, some persons being crednlous Of
all sorts Of wonders aud others being as
skeptical as the late Sir G. Cornewall
Lewis. The case OF the Brazilian mu-
latto is put in the shade by that Of Je-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
Fighting Witches In Prussia.

Prussia is no doubt highly-ciyilized
country, but her northern and north
eastern regions do not appear to be lust
now the most desirable places of resi-
dence for persons of the Jewish race or
old women of retiring habits and unpre-
possessing appearance. TO torture a re-
puted witch is, seemingly, pursuit al
most as congenial to the agricultural
Borussian as is the persecution of Jews
to the Pomeranian operative The latest
achievement III the former line is reported
from Stangenwalde in the columns Of
the Dangiger Zeitp,lg. A potato
hawker, returning from the Danzig mar
ket to her village with lame horse. was
driving past the cottage of an aged fe-
male, believed throughout the country
side to be in league with the Powers Of
Darkness, when the tired animal came 70
a dead halt, and declined to proceed any
farther. This not unnatural result of
lameness and fatigue we forthwith as.
scribed 10 spell, cast upon the horse by
the venerable dame inhabiting the cot
tage: and at late hour of the same
evening the indignant potato-hawker's
husband and mother-in-law proceeded to
haul the sorceress out of her bed and to
infict the most barbarous torments upon
her with view towards compelling her
to exercise the demon of which she had
obviously caused the horse to be pos
sessed. They hacked her fingers with
knives, kicked her, trod upon her face.
and beat her numerically. Her screams
aroused the neighborhood, and between
forty and fifty peasants were soon assem-
bled in the poor old womans dwelling.
where they gave all imaginable encour-
agement to her brutal tormentors. One
burly pumpkin volunteered to fetch a
razor wherewith to severe the arteries of
her wrists Another produced rope,
and was adjusting q clumsily-tied moose
round her neck, with the avowed inten-
ton to hang her, when she was rescued
from his clutches by the district physi-
clan from Carthaus, who happened to be
visiting a patient in Tangenwalde and
was attracted to the scene of the outrage
by the shrieks of the victim. -Lonond
TeleqraDh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10

hl shattered and battered son of the sea
10 me and my msssmate, Silss Green,
When was guileless young marine.
Twas the good ship Gysctus,
All on the China seas,
With the wind lee and the eapstan free.
= catch the summer breeze.
Twas Capt Porgie Of the deck
To the mate in the mizzen hatch,
Wh!e the boatswain bold, In the for'srd held,
Was winding his larbosrd watch.
oh, how does our good ship head tonight
How heads our gallant craft7 -
Oh, she heads Z. s. W. by N,
And the pinnacle lies abaft"
Oh, what does the quadrant indicator
And how does the sextsnt stand?"
ION, the sextants down to the frsesins point
And the qUadrunpslost hand"
80 Oh, il the quadrant'a lost hand.
And the sextant falls SO low,
It's oUT body and bones to Dayy Jonea
This night are bound to GO
oh, rs aloft to the cardboard streak,
And reef the spanker boom,
Bend steady sail to the martingals
10 give her weather room
"oh, boatswain, down In the for'ard hold,
what water do You hnd?n
" Four foot and a half by the royal gag,
Ana rather more behind"
"Oh, failors, collar your marlinspikes
ANA each Delaying pin;
Come, stir your stumps to spike the pumpx
Or more will be coming In
they stirred their stumps, they spiked the pumps
IEey slliced the mizzen brace:
Aoit ana allow they worked, but, OH
The water gained apaee.
They bored hole below her limo
To let the water out
hut more and more with awful roar
The water in did spout
Then mp spoke the cook OF our gallant ship
And he was lubber brave
'itn scveral wives in various ports
Aud my life I'd Ike 10 save"
Then mp spoke the Captain Of the marines,
Who dearly loved his grog
It's awful TO die, and it's worse to be dry
Ahd move We pipe to grog."
Oh, then, twas the gallant second mate
Az stopped the sailors jaw,
iwas the second mate whose hand has weight
In aging down the law.
lie took the anchor on his back,
And leapt into the main;
Through foam and spray he Glove his way,
And sunk and rose again.
Through foam and spray, league away,
The anchor stout be bore,
FL safe al last, he made it fast
And warped the ship ashore.
This the tale that was told to ma
BY that honest aud truthful son Of the sea
And envy the life of a second mate
Though Captains curse him and sailors hate:
Fer lie amt like some of the swabs I've seen,
~ would 20 and lie to a poor marine
-,tlnt3 aad Nacg journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
Consolation.

:" 1t is very hard to lose husband, "
sobbed the Widow Wlltwingle, as she
| gazed down upon the features of the late
| lamented, and wondered whether she
could borrow long mourning veil.
g Yes, shifted the undertaken. "Bui
all flesh is Timothy V. %, and it only re.
mains for us to plant him in as fashion
able shape as we can. Hadn't we bet
ter pillow him under tomorrow
=" Isn't that too quick?" sighed the
widow, who knew she couldn't get her
washing from the laundry until the day
after.
" don't believe he'll keep" said the
undertaken, cycling the deceased criti-
cally. This here is pretty hard weather
ON meat, and he's liable to Spite unless
you shovel him in pretty sudden. He
smells bad now"
" So he Does" replied the widow,
smiling at him cautiously. "And yet |
hate to put him in the ground"
" You can store him In the receiving
vault for while, if you like, but if you
try to keep him around the house long
he's likely to bust open, and you'd bet
ter not have it if you can avoid it."
''Is 1t cold in the vault ?" asked the
widow, with streaming eyes.
1t amt so remarkably tropical" re-
sponded the undertaken. Mourners
generally put stiffs in there now, and you
can pop him into the grave wheneverit's
handy. BY the time you get around to
it he II be so far gone you won't mind it.
If was you ia stick him in the vault
for few weeks"
Well, suppose it is best, and per-
haps we'd better doit tomorrow.
"All right" said the undertaken.
"Tll can him up during the day aud in
the morning I'll team him over to the
church. Don't cry. Just heel yourself
pretty well up with Scripture and you'll
pull through. Would you like a rose
wood or velvet buster for him ?"
g Rosewood, by all means. Please
handle him tenderly."
"Oh We may have to hump him
around little, but Wen make it as easy
as We can for him. How many teams
will you want to haul the grief o.
81 think ten will be enough. " replied
the widow. 80, what shall 7 do whoa
he's gone ?"
Don't think of that now" sympa-
tulAou buS uuleftdh6T, as he ulduS n lew
memoranda in his notebook "He's
keeping up his end with the angels, and
you know the Bible says the Lord is a
shepherd who leads us around by green
pastors. Brace up, and think OF him as
being where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary get the best.
Who have you got to do the pious bust
ness?
"Our minister is preparing himself
now"
"That all right. III be around
again during the day to try the box on,
and | guess I'll freeze him trife, or
you can't stand him by morning. This
is terrible on defuncts, but wen slide
him away as well as we can, and you'll
just bust with pride to see how it's
DONE"
And the simple minded, good hearted
undertaken left the widow to her grief,
while he went to order his men to "slap
up the square thing by old Wiltwingle, .
who had sprung a leak in his mortal
coil"