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The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18
The Remarkable Story Told About
HartZ, the COnlurer.

A singular story is told about Mr..
Hartz, the coniurer, which is nearly as
strange as some of the tricks he per
forms According to the story, he was
obliged to give up his business in May,
1877, having lost all power of action.
His flesh became soft and flaky, and the
least touch gave him exquisite pain. His
sense of hearing became wonderfully
acute, and in the room he occupied,
which was on the third floor rear of d
house in Brooklyn, he could distinctly
hear what was being said in the front
basement He could bear no light, but
his memory became so retentIve that
he could repeat all the conversations he
had heard in three years A footstep
seemed as loud as the detonation of a
cannon, and he waited with dread foI
hours beforehand for the report of the
sunset and sunrise guns on Governor 5
Island. He was not able to swallow al
ways, and he says he frequently expected
to die from that cause. Sometimes as
many as sixteen days possed without his
drinking. He also ate very little, fasting
on an average ten days at a time. His
sense of taste was entirely gone, and he
Is only beginning to recover 1t. After
had remained awake six months, 1t oc-
CURED to him that 1t was strange he
should live without sleep, and he wrote
with pencil an order to his attendant
directing the latter to wake him when
ever he appeared tosleep. This occurred
only few times. His beard grew to a
length of eighteen inches, and his haiI
reached to his shoulders. His recovery
was more sudden than the attack. One
morning recently strength came to him
to get up, and an nour later he was able
to do feats of strength thathis attendant,
a six Foote'S was unable TO perform. His
skin is still tender, and his flesh resem
bles putty or a bursted rubber ball, IL
that it retains for some time a depression
after it has been pressed.
The disease is supposed to have been q
disarrangement of the nervous system
.Ne,U York Commercial .Adueytiser.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18
Rich PeOpIe of the OIden Times.

That we have some very rich people
in this country there is no doubt but
where are they, asks the Cincinnati Star,
as compared with the Roman aristocrats I?
Vanderbilt may be able to give his check
for $50, 600, 900, but when Cyrus returned
from the conquest of Asia he was rated
at $500, 100000. Mrs. Astor may give
an entertainment at the expense of S25,- :
600, and Mrs. Mackay may give dinner
parties that cost $50, 900, but festival
given by Ptolemy Philadelphus cost 81
239, 900. Alexander's daily meal, frugal
as it was, cost 81 700; and money was of
so little account to Claudius that he once
swallowed pearl thatwas worth $40. 600
James Gordon Bennett has been known
to give many thousands of dollars to
people for whom he had acquired a fancy,
but according to Tacitus, more than
S97, 900, 600 was given away in a similar
manner by Nero. Queens of fashion in
New York and San Francisco have ap-
peared at balls wearing jewels estimated
to have cost $500, 900, which pales into
insignificance when compared with the
alleged fact that Lolita Taulina wore
jewels valued at 81 ,662, 500. and that
when she wore these it was only ON the
the occasion of a plain citizens supper
Over $4,000 was spent in providing a
funeral for an eccentric New Yorker
who left directions how the money should
be spent, but the obsequies of Hephaes-
ton cost 81 ,500.0 Americans have
died and left millions to their sons who
have squandered it all in score of wears.
but Antony .'got away with" S735. OOO,-
600, and Tiberlls left the snug little sum
of Sis, 900, 900, which Caligula souan-
dered. to the last penny, in less than
one year. The late lamented Sotbern is
said to have spent $4,000 in wear in
good living, but it is said that Pegellus,
the singer, spent money at the rate of
$40. 900 a week. And then there was a
Darius and Heliogabalus and Lncullus
and Lentalus and-well, this will do for
to-day.
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ReIpion HosnitaIity.

The Belgians are the only hospitable
people still remaining in Europe, and
think nothing of asking q perfect
stranger to join the family circle in
five minutes acquaintance. If, there
fore, traveller stops in any place where
a wedding or christening is going on, il
generally depends on himself whether
he will be one Of the guests or not. Not
long ago | had gone to bed at Belgian
inn, when ] heard a resolute knocking
at my chamber door, and some giggling
as of some laughing girls outside. 1t
was about II 80 o'clock p. m, and got
up, much wondering what could be the
matter. The landlord had sent his daugh-
ter and some of her young friends to
ask if / would join in midnight Pill
grimage they were about to make to the
shrine of a neighboring saint, IN fulfill
ment of promise they had made to the
deceased relative. l got up and Joined
their party, and it was certainly the
lolliest pilgrimage | ever saw or heard
of. We walked along some country
roads by starlight, singing songs which
were not of particularly sanity charac-
ter, and when we had accomplished the
object of our mission in quaint old
chapel where the saint was worshlpped,
we WduUcltl Out " II l'ACtuACSiuS 'AA'.esS
and ate hot rolls and fresh butter, with
some excellent coffee. AS we returned
by rail in the early summer morning the
whole family seemed to have adopted me
into their connection, and treated me
entirely as one of themselves. The
Duclly of Luxembourg is, if possible.
still more patriarchal in the manners OF
its people. and man ] know was invited
by some people he had never seen before
to pass a month at their chateau. What
is perhaps still stranger is that he went.
was really well received, and that the
iB,promptu acquaintance thus formed
turned ont to be mutually satisfactory.
Belgium is now by far the cheapest
place in Europe, except some of the re-
mote parts of Italy: and in Belgium or
in the Duchy of Luxembourg the fare il
everywhere excellent, whereas in Italy
one may have to live on macaroni and
tomatoes. London Truth.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18
''Let him gol" l howled.

JUL. ,NtllCOetilC AO4CooOA-
"Whoopt whoopr We walled in chorus
First thing you know, we came to q
long. iron bridge. with a placard painted
ON it. Something, / suppose, about
walking your horses" and five dollars
fine, (" but / didn't read it, because
knew that walk across the bridge would
lose me the train.
"Get out o. this y / shrieked TO the
horse, and then said to the Professor,
''What was the sign on the bridge?"
Don't know" he said; cant read,
pull out get upl'
Whoa Hi long Jump it, st. Ju-
Liam |" the chorus howled, and away we
went laundering across the bridge, and
the watching conductor Just waited fol
us and we were saved. Not a second to
spare.
"Now," / said as the train started, 'ii
any body says anything about driving
over that bridge"
'sYou Drove" said the Professor.
''I did, did, assented. II confess
Judgment and will beat the Supervisors
on execution. Good-by."
/ have always had an intense desire to
gallop across one of these walking
bridges. and am glad / got my work in
on Loveland. But they didn't care. II
was the first time, so il didn't count, and
know the Lovelanders didn't want me
10 miss the train. II they will call il
even, will send the Mayor. a copy oi
the Ha,ckeye. -B,rdetfs Letter ID
Burlington HdIpkeye.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
GRANDFATmER SNOW
BY carEnlsr $. HALnEKe.


siYabdisther Snow eame down, one day,
And what do you think7
~ AMI what DO You think2
ses AZ old as the hills, but his heart Is gay.
AAa over the country he sped away
ti4har Ras as white as a cotton ball;
and W hat do you think?
And y hat do you think?
t}sSsily prauced over the highest wall,
39fhis dear Old legs weren't stiff at all.
NAhrsser he went he raised breeze;
fs And what do you think'
And what do YOU think2
s14cllabed 10 the tops Of the talest trees,
*qof and. uiInble IS eyer you please
rin wcpf tlaadering over the ground,
"A nd h1g DO yog think
= sknd what-fo yoh Fhink?
u 7satheg offer IT went with bound
i, ,ltaaght the csrs and he held on tight;
Aud what do you think2
And VI hat do you thiBk2
ne train had 10 stop In the road all night.
Adcouldn't go on Till broad daylight
Od ashe was. he stayed out late!
And mat do you thlnk2
And what do you think
lie sat on the posts Of the door-yard gate,
And dinced on the fence at high old rate!
But the children cheered for Grandfather still;
4nd what do you think?
And what do you thiuK7
lie spraad himself ont on the top OF hil,
And they all cotsted down on his back with
VIII
He was none too old for grand go-bangl
Aud what do you think
And what 90 YOU think
To the tops oi the highest roofs he spTaug,
And io'CH on the people he slid with a whang'
He had no manners lis sad to say!
And what do you Think
And what DO you think2
For ch3P Ike him 10 get in the way,
AMI tTip up people by night and day1
But his heart was white and pure within,
Now what do yon think7
Now hat do g0U Think
10 he glad and Jolly is never a sin,
For lOns-iaced Grlnther I care not 2 pin.
We none of as know what should do;
Now what do goH think
NOV wnat do go't thiuk2
II ifs only came down fur a month or two,
And couldn't stay here the whole year through.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18

An old farmer in Tennessee had a
stack Of hay standing close to the river.
The river oyerfiowed and the hay stack
went down stream ON an excursion. The
farmer took farewell look at it and ex-
claimed: ''What are the wild waves
haying?"
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18
IT Often Occurs.

A Newtown young woman went with
her father to the railway station to
meet female friend she had invited to
visit her. and to come by certain train.
The expected visitor did not arrive,
Greatly to the disappointment OF the
Young woman, and very much to the
surprise of the father, Notwithstanding
his daughters letter of invitation was IN
his pocket at the time. .-Ddnbuy Nea0s.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18

GuHooLY, who was in a restaurant
freezing over a cup of coffee, spoke up
and said to the waiter: Look herel
If you can't put fire in the stove you
might keep the stove-door closed. There
is an awful cold draft coming out of it. -
--Gaiveston Netos.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18

THERE are great many men born il
the world who imagine that they were
born with genius, and lie down on the
sofa and wait for an inspiration until
some other fellow, who thought himself
a Ounce, rises by hard labor to compe-
tency, buys the sofa, and leads the wait
ng genius out by the ear. This is not 9
Joke: it is a fact.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18

THE ancestors OF Edgar A: roe, the
noet emigrated, according to Italian ac-
counts. from Italy to England IN the
eighteenth century.
The Hickman courier., 1881-03-18
How an intense Desire Was Gratifled

When we drove down into Loveland,
we saw our train standing at the station.
yelled and the Professor shouted, and
the astonished horse jumped away as
though he was going to Galhpolis him
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ANSWERS
TO PRAYER.

The usual services were held yesterday in
all the city churches and special subjects
previously announced were presented from
most of the pulpits. At the morning service
at the Ssventh-street II. E. Church South,
DIR. Anderson had for his subject, "Remark-
able Answers to Prayer" The theme of the
discourse was based upon the Bibles account
of Daniels disregard for the edics against
prayer the attempt for his martyrdom, and
his deliverance. A remarkable historical
instance of answer to prayer, cited, was that
of the destruction of the Spanish Armada,
which was sent to crush out Professionalism
in the early history ef the Plymouth Colony,
and which was thus defeated in answer to the
prayers of Protestant England. Two instances
were narrated Of blasphemers who were
answered by judgment The first was that
of a company of Druids who upon certain
occasion burned the Bible as q ceremonial
act of defiance; baptised a cat in the name
of The Father. Son and Holy Ghost, and
administered the sacrament of the Lords
Supper to dog The number engaged in
this hlasphemous transaction exceeded forty
The subsequent history of these individuals
shows that each was overtaken in his life
with dire calamities and misfortunes, and
unally cleo lOrIiDic uedSu. IHe second IN
stance related was that of company of gen.
tlemen travelling in one of the Southern
States. 1t was necessary to the enterprise
for which they were travelling that their
journey should not be interrupted by
foul weather. The subject of prayer for fair
weather being under consideration, the com.
pany decided that they would adopt the re-
verse of prayer and try the effect of impreca-
tions. Whereupon one of the leaders and
spokesmen of the company declared that the
Almighty should not send storm; denied
His right to interrupt their travel /; BIAS
phemed His name and commanded Him to
stay the storm. Almost instantly the sky
was overcast with clouds, storm set in and
stroke of lightning inflicted sudden death
upon the entire company. The subject under
consideration was eloquently discussed.
Rev. R. M. Chapman offciated at a morn
ing service at st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
and Rev. J. G. Hale, of Vermont, occupied
the pulpit at the Congregational Church in
the evening. The quarterly meeting of the
United Brethren Church is in session, with
Elder ]. Field presiding, who preached yes
terday morning and evening.
The revival services at Calvary Baptist
Church will continue this week. Much in.
terest is manifest. The church was filed to
overfowing at the meeting held there last
evening, and many were unable to gain ad
mission.
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With mind Elatured ard enriched by studies of an
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My Female Monthly Medicines superior to
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have the desired effect in all CAGES
Those CT the public who need my service can
depend upon gsntiemanly, honorable and scientific
treatment at reasonable rates.
| address particularly those who have been In
jured by yorthfui indsoretions aud those who
have contracted local diseases.
PeIs ms afflicted can, il they prefer, consult me
by letter, detailing the symptoms Of the disease or
trouble, and receive medicines hY express with full
instructions. AL letters must be directed: j. II.
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Consul ations, personally or by letter, gratis Send
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BRocADE SILK, rs cents yard;
Brocade silk, extra heavy, 81 so yard
Black silk velvet, 26-inch, s3 yard;
Black cashmere, all-wool, 90 cents yard !;
Drab d'ete. 4S-inch. 81 so yard;
All wool tiaunel, % cents yard
Spanish laces, 10 cents yard;
Two hundred yards dress goods. reduced to
LII cents 8 yard, at the closing sale of Z,
Bien, Eighth and J streets.
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Business Advertisements

weinstock & Lubin-" Our Driver"
W. p Colemau-Real estate and insurance
Union Insurance Company cadwalader & Par
sons.
A. J. YermiIya-Coroner and undertaken.
Pike L Young-Carriage manufactures
T. a. Pierson-D Dentist.
Union Bakery-Gottleib Reeter, proprietor.
julius strutz-wines and liquors.
DR., Nixon Removal of Office.
Capital ale Vauits-John Longabaugh. proprietor
F.F. de Derky-Homeopathic physician.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14
sUpEsIoR COURT.
sArrRpAr. Noremher 70 1881

SATURDAY, November II, 1881.
DEPARTMENT TTo-DESsoy, Judge
James T. Day vs.. Mary I. Day-Action dismissed,
and Judgment for defendant for costs
W. P. Coleman vs.. ]. H. Coffey ct al Decree in
favor of plaintiff.
W. H. Beatty vs.. J. s. McClure-Decree in favor
of plaintiff.
Capitol Savings Bank vs.. Percy Williams ct al
Decree in favor OF plaintiff.
George Schmitt vs. ]. D. Tate-Judgment for de.
f-ndant for costs.
Ellen NJ. Butler VS.. S. W. Buler-Motion made
by defendant to set aside the special verdict Of the
jury. Testimony heard, and case continued until
the 21st inst for argument.
Court adjourned.
ro-pAY's CALENDAR
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r. q, Med Donald, President.

A dose OF Tarranrs selizcr Aper;enf has
removed the agony Of rheumatism, and its con-
tinued use entirely healed the patient. Rheu-
maiis.n is but little understood. Some empires
resort TO embrocatons, which really dangerous.
It is no6 acknowledged to be blood disease, re-
sultiag from scdity. This Aperient corrects all
such acidty and thus the disease AL ri,eu-
matte sufferers are advised to try it.
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14

GENERAL NOTICES.

without any exception, the Crystal Par
lor Oyster, Chop and Wine House, corner Eighth
and streets, is the best place in the city to get
your Oysters cooked in any style. Porterhouss
Steaks made specially. Hot Lunch from II to 2
o'clock. Open all night. s16-1m
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14
REMOVED.

YE7uE STOCK OF DRUGS, MEDICINES n
z and fixtures of G. S. WAIT have been ezzy
removed from his old stand to his new store, M
Northwest Corner Of Sixth and j,
(No 53i), where he win be pleased to see all his
old customers o17.3ptf
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14

CLIPPER Coal deceives its appearance.
Clinner coal ,seceives its friends. A new era
for wood in s., a,ramento. Clipper coal solves
the problem.
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ApYEGTIsEMENT HknTon,

Preliminary Art AnnOuncement-C -Chas- D. Robin
on.
o. E. S., Naomi Chapter, this evening.
New singing class, this evening.
Wanted-A shoe salesman.
Bank stock for sale-E. R. Hamilton.
For sale-Lots on installmsnt plan.
Horticultural notice Quarantine rules and regu-
atious
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HABITuAL CosTIvENEss sffiicts millions of
the American people. Kidney-Wort will
crrra -
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14
BREvITIES.

Sixty-four immigrant passengers arrived
from the East yesterday, and will arrive
by overland train this afternoon.
The burning of the barn of Mrs. L. D.
Craw, on the Riverside road. on Friday night,
caused loss of $500. No insurance.
Under Sheriff Maltby, Of Yolo county,
passed through on Saturday with Edward G..
Muir, sentenced to serve five years in the
State Prison at Folsem for arson.
A new ferry has been established by Messrs.
Armes, Palm & Snyder. near Poorman's
ranch, Yolo county, which will be under the
management of Barney FeeneY and Celes-
tial mate named All Sam.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14

TURKEY LUNCH at Franks saloon, opposite se
Metropolitan Theater, tQ-mQyrov, from lO:So
A. NJ. to 1:S0 P. n.
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CITY AUDITORS REPORT.

E. H. Mckee, City Auditor, makes the
following report for the week ending Satur-
day, November u, 1881:
Balance on hand last report. SS1,643 81
Receipts for the week. 1888 90
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14

PRoGRAMME-PART FIRST.
l. Piano solo, 'Caprieco Brilliant tMendelssohn),
with second piano accompaniment, Mr. Fleiss-
ner and Miss Boil.
2. Alta solo, go, Mic Fernando" La hyorita Don
izetD, Mrs. Addie Carter.
8. Sonata in A, for violin (Handel, Mr.. Henry Hey
4. Soprano solo, 20, Don Fatale," Don Carlos
{verif Miss &inna FIeissner
s. Piano solo, Carnival (Schumann); a-Recog-
nition; b-yalse Allemande; c-Confession /;
d-Pronenade Mr.. Otto Fleissner
PART SECoND-1. Duet for Soprano and Alto,
tsouis ct Homo stabat Mater (Rossini), Miss
Fleissner and Mrs. Carter.
2. Bass solo, The Exile's Dream" (Keller), Mr..
Joseph Fritz.
s. violin solo, g Reverie' (yieuxtempsi Mr.. Henry
Heyman. ~
4. Soprano solo, lie Desire 1Lisztl MISS hinna
s. March Triomphale, for two pianos (Go;ia) Miss
Bohl and Mr.. Fleissner
ADMIssIoN-ssi. Reserved Seats can now be
secured WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE at the Music
store Of I. <. HAMMER, No. $40 street. nl2-3t
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-14
The best Meals in the city at PeteFson's,
6lS and $40 street iy7-tf
The only Genuine s7isk Bread, delivered
every morning, by W. F. PETERSON, $40 j. jy7-tf

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TO-DAY CALcApAh-
Calling law calendar-No cases set.
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Auction Sales
Elegant oil paintings Work of Moron Bush.
D. j. Simmons Co.-Real estate to-day.