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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25

teenth annual number, and it makes volume
of over coo close pages. It has an sppen-
dix containing full analysis Of the debts of
the United States and of the several States.
The year 1881 was one of extraordinary
activity in raiiroad building and railroad
affairs. The miles of railway constructed
exceeded those of any previous year. MIR.
Poor, IN the pre- ent volume, shows that In
1887 the mileage op'ue is equal to that OF
1881, for up to June 1ss 8 677 miles had baen
thrown open TO the public, against l 734
miles for the same period in the pre-
ceding year. The same rate Of increase
has not continued TO date, but the estimate is
that the aggreg ate will he nearly 10, 900 miles,
while for 1881 IL WAS g. 1858 He believes that
for long time TO come much greater ex-
tent of mileage will be constructed annually
than was built in the past, or in the present
year. The volume treats the railroad ques.
ton boldly. and with vigor and In a dis
passionate manner. The work is exhaustive
Of all railroad statistics, and forms COM
plete wade mecum on railroad matters. The
work ia fully up to the high STANDARD as sn
authority that it has attained in the pest
fourteen years. 1t is from the press of FL. V.
& II. w. Poor. New York, and Sampson,
Low & &C., London.
From W. A. & C. S. Houghtou, Sacra-
mento, we have a l25 octave volume from the
press Of Lee & Shepard Boston, entitled
Drake, the Soaking Of Devon" 1t is by
George Nj. Towla. and forms one of the series
known as Young Folks Heroes Of
History" Towle is welLknown as a
graphic writer, and one who is espe-
cially happy with bis pen in
ENGAGING the attention of children. Sir
Francis Drake, called in his own time the
"Sea-King Of Devon" was one of the chief
figures in that brilliant group of genius and
valor which surrounded tie throne of the
| Maiden Qleen Elizabeth. He was the fore
most of tie sea conqutrJr OF his age. Amid
a thropg of Eogish captains skilled in
every maritime art, fearless in encounter
dauutless in attack and spirited in adventure,
Drake rose to undisputed pre-eminence. AS
buccaneer, rloughinz the oceans in search
of captures and plumber. preying upon the
commerce of the hated Spsniards, pill
Laying colonies and filling the holds of his
ships with the gold and gems taken from the
enemy, he was more vigorous, successful and
ruthless than any corsair of that day With
such subject, it may readily be conceived
how a skilled writer would handle it, and de-
light by his method young readers, and often
older ones.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25

fifty to one hundred feet in depth by the
hydraulic process. The gold-hunters have
been kept from the dooryards and gardens of
old settlers by their owners, because they
have been held more valuable as homes than
az gold mines. The surface Of these yards
are. however, full of gold, and hence We have
golden fruit from golden soil. Within ten
miles of Oroville there are now even thou.
sands Of acres that can be bought for a mere
nominal sum, just as well adapted to
this kind Of fruit culture as the
been disturbed or disfgured by the gold min
ers. Much Of the land that has been thus
mir ed over By the surface miners csn be lev
eled off and the stones removed for half the
eoeS that poor land can be obtained tor in any
Of the southern counties of the State, and
will bN> when thus cleared off al d leveled,
worth 500 per acre for semi-tropic fruit and
vine culture. There is and always will be
plenty of water above sll these lands for ir-
rigstion, brought there by bitches made to
supPly the hydraulic mines. Water from
these bitches has been used to irrigste most
of the grounds in town.
Another very important fact in this con-
nectioD, to VII oh we would cal especial
attention, is that the oranges in Oroville ripen
from three to four weeks earlier than the
same varieties ripen in Los Angeles or San
Bernardino, ard are nearer a market, al d
will brig much more than those ripening
later. Again, there are hundreds Of other
localities in the Sierra foothills, and hundreds
of thousands of acres of land lying unoccu-
uisd and belonging to the Government,
just as favorabiy located and just as
well adapted to this kind of
fruit culture as the lands about Oroville, and
many of these localities have water just SIS
handy and TO be had at as good rates. We
should not forget to note the fact that some
of the tEesr grapes, both for the table, for
raisins and wine, are produced in vineyards
within hslf mile from Oroville, and, not
withstandipF this fact, some of these vine
yards have been sold to Chinese as mining
ground, and the vines dug up and the
ground mined over for the single crop of
gold, and the grape crops for an
indefinite period thus destroyed. The lands
destroyed near Oroviile by hydraulic process
are not only lost to the State and the world
for cultivation forever, but they have con-
tributed to the destruction of much larger
area of land in the valleys for perhaps GEN.
fury, and perhaps for a much longer period,
the annual income from which would be
worth more than the value of the gold ex-
tracted.
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The Warm Belt of the Foothills.

On Saturday morning last we were at Gro
vile, Butte county, and observed very
slight frost. The air was cool, but very
pleasant and agreeable 1t had none of that
piercing, biting, chilly feeling about it. We
took the train for Marysville at A. NJ, ar
irving at Marysville at A. NJ. When we got
out Of the car we were surprised to find the
platform and ground covered with heavy
white frost, making it fairly slippery under
foot, and the air was actually cold and disa-
greesbly chilly, giving a very dissgreeable
sensation as we stepped from the car into it.
Here was a very striking illustration of the
difference between the climate Of the foot
hills and the valley directly opposite. Oro-
vile lies in the warm bslt of the Sierra Ne
vada mountains, and enjoys the most delight
full climate of that section of the State. 1t
Is one of those spots that. enjoys so many ad-
vantsges for the cultivation of fine semi
tropic fruits and early vegetables. This cir.
cumstance should and does make it very de.
sirable as a garden and fruit locality.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25
ODD KINKS AT TIE TREATERs.

One bare-headed woman is attracting
more notice at the thesters than all the
other women with their fine millinery. The
English fashion of excluding bonnets from
paTquets has never been imported, and.
even in the boxes, except at the Grand
Opera, 1t is very rare to see an uncovered
female head. But this woman appears in
theater audiences in full evening dress and
with nothing at all on her hair. Her sipgu-
larity draws all eyes and causes unkind
comments. Her example is not likely, l
fancy, to hurt the millinery business much,
though the Punishment Of obstructive
head-gear would be hailed with delight by
the theater. goers. Polite department. in
women has been force upon my attention
at the theaters this week. TIE new play
at the Madison Square is merely slice out
of good society put on the stage without
the slightest exaggeration in any respect.
The women IN 1t wear beautlful clothes.
talk in parlor tones, and are sue
cessfully polite. TIE same is true
of the current piece at Wallsck's,
though there the size of the house makes
it necessary to force the voices somewhat.
But those who suppose it easier to do that
kind of acting than to rant are mistaken.
You could count up hundred women
among your acquaintance, every one of
whom was habitually perfectly ladylike,
selt-possessed and graceful in her own par.
lor, and ninety-nine of them would be ayk-
ward Ia merely walking across the stage,
unless they happened not to know that
any audience was present. As for grace.
fully standing still under the thousand
stares they would fail unanimously. Speak.
ing of society behavior, our girls are using
the shrug this fall with considerable effect.
1t ia not the familiar French shrug, done
with both shoulders, but is nervous lift
OF one shoulder, accompanied by neat
little grimsce on the corresponding side of
the face. Miss Turner, the heroine at the
Madison Square, employs it cleverly. AS
she wears dress curiously oper on the
shoulders, while tight.sieeved below and
covering her neck above, the shrug is quite
bewitching, with its small exposure of
smooth, white skin. New York Letter.
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ABOUT STEEL,

VIM. Metcalf, prominent engineer, in
connection with Professor j. Langley, has
been studying upon steel, and from paper
read before the Engineers Society of West
ern Pennsylvania Fby him, the following
conclusions are arrived at:
l. That good soft heat is safe to use if
steel be Immediately and thoroughly
worked, for it is fact that good steel will
endure more pounding than iron.
2 Ii steel be left long in the fire it will
lose Its steely nature and grain and partake
of the nature of cast iron. Steel should
never be kept hot any longer than is neces.
sary to the work to be done
3. Steel is entirely mercurial under the
action OF heat, and there must, of neces
sity, be an injurious internal strain created
whenever two or more parts of the same
piece are subjected to different temper.
atures.
4. 1t follows that when steel has been
subjected to heat, not absolutely uniform
over the whole mass, careful annealing
should be resorted to.
D. As the change of volume, due to a
degree of heat, increases directly and rap
IDLY with the quantity of carbon present,
therefore high steel is more liable to dan
gerous internal strains than low steel, and
great care should be exercised in the use OF
high steel.
6. Hot steel should always be put in a
perfectly dry place of even temperature
while cooling. A wet place in the floor
might be sufficient to cause serious injury.
!. Never let anyone deceive you with the
statement that his steel possesses peculiar
4.
after being burned :" neither should you
waste any money in nostrpms for restoring
burned steel For ''overheated" steel can
be restored by first bringing it to a red
heat and allowing it to cool slowly. For
burned" steel, which is oxidized steel,
there is only one way of restoration, and
that is through the knobbling fire of the
blast furnace,
S. Be careful not to overdo the anneal-
ing process ii carried too far it does great
harm, and is ore OF the commonest modes
of destruction which the steel maker meets
In his daily troubles. II is hard TO induce
the average worker in steel to believe that
very little annealing is necessary, and that
very little is really more eficacious than a
great deal.
Finally, it is obvious that SIS steel is gov
erned by certain and invariable laws in all
OF the changes mentioned, which laws are
net yet as clearly defined as they should
be, nor as they will be; neverthe.
less, the fact that there are such laws
should give US confidence in the use
of the material, because We may be sure of
reaching reliable results by the proper OBJ
servance of the laws therefore, there is no
good reason why engineers should be
afraid to use steel if they manipulate it
intelligentiy.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25
SUCCESSFUL PoULrRY-RAIsING,

In raising poultry or stock of any kind il
should be the aim of every one to keep il
healthy and improve it. You can do il
very easily by adopting some systematic
rules. These may be summed up in brief
as follows
l. Construct your house good and warm,
flood of sunlight. Sunshine is better
than medicine.
2. Provide busting and scratching
place, where you can bury wheat and corn,
and thus induce the fowls to take needful
exercise.
3. Provide yourself with some good
healthy chickens, none to be over three or
four years old, giving one cock to every
twelve hens.
A. Give plenty of fresh air at all times
of the year, especially in summer.
5. Give plenty of fresh water daily, and
never allow the fowls to go thirsty.
6. Feed them systematically two or three
times day scatter the food so that they
cannot eat too fast, or without proper ex-
ercise. Do not feed more than they will
eat up clean, or they will get tired of that
kind of feed.
7. Give them variety of both dry and
cooked food a mixture of cooked meat
and vegetables is good for morning feed.
s. Give soft feed in the morning, and
the whole grain at night, except little
wheat or cracked corn placed in the
scratching places to give them exercise
during the day.
9. Above all things, keep the hen-house
clean and well ventilated
10. Do not crowd too many in one house.
If you do, lock out for fatal diseases.
IL. Use carbolic powder in the busting
bins occasionally to destroy lice.
II. Wash your roosts and bottom of
laying nests, and whitewash once a week
in summer and once month in winter.
Is. Let the old aud young have as large
range as possible-the larger the better.
IA Don't breed too many kinds of fowls
at the same time, unless you are going into
the business. Four will make your hands
full.
Is. Introduce new blood into the stock
every year or go, by buying either a
cockerel or settings of eggs from some re.
liable breeder.
l6. In buying birds or eggs, go to some
reliable breeder, who has his reputation
at stake. You may have to pay little
more for birds, but you can depend upon
what you get. Culls are not cheap at any
price.
II. Save the best birds for next years
breeding, and send the others TO market.
In shipping fancy poultry to market send
it dressed.-[Ex.
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NERVOUS CHILDRRN.-Nervous children
often suffer from fear when put to bed
alone. No tongue can tell the horrors of
lonesome room to such children. A
little delicate boy, whose parents were
drilling him to sleep alone, used to cry
violently every night, and his father
would come in and whip him. He mis-
took his pertinacity for obstinaey, and he
thought it his duty to conquer the child's
will. One night he said "Why do you
always scream so, when you know you
shall be punished ?" "0h, father,
father !" said tie little fellow, 81 don't
mind your whipping me, if you would
stay with me" The fathers eyes were
open from that moment. He cav that
human being cannot be governed by dead
rules, like plant or an animal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25

TYPHOID FEvER.-At meeting of the
Michigan Board of Health DIR. Baker pre-
sented two diagrams, showing for the
years lS77-lSS0 the relations of deaths
from typhoid fever to population, from
which it appears thAt the common opinion
among physicians, that this disease pre-.
walls mostly between the ages o: Is and
35, and that there is hstle danger after 40,
is not sustained by facts. A greater pro-
portion have typhoid fever at the ages be.
tween 60 and SO than at any other age in
life.
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New 9angles.
l470. Selected charade from an old
tangler):
With curtains drawn and lights around u.s.
AS chill evenings shadows come,
lis then my first in glowing luster,
Fills with comfort every home
AL vegetation yields my second,
Animals produce it well;
And chemistry the same is forming,
Daily, by its science spell.
My whole the earth holds in profusion,
To be brought forth at command
Another myst'ry whose unvailing
Makes the richness of our land.
l47l. Progressive half.square, by Quest
IN Sacramento: together; to peruse liquid
measure molding; water in which rice has been
boiled jsils (Tndia)
l472. Triple acrostic, by II. H.:
Prime belongs to the animal race
Second is gone and past;
gentleman ia third we trace;
stratum Of earth is last
To gain primal travellers plot,
Final in books We see,
lis used TO solve puzzle knot,
Combined It's sesame,
Above its value certain sum
(Are eentrals) or premium.
l473. Diamond, by Quiz
A letter in cheese a sank fence; Manila hemp !;
dance borrowed from the Arabians tribe of ami
mails related TO the barnscles girls name let
ter IN cheese.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25

Crooked a large ship formerly used bv the Portu-
guese speciss OF West India pine apple any gum
easily dissolved in water an afternoon entertain
ment; furnished with rat an 10 experience.
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THE AMATEUR

Should be able to accomplish with ease the
making of frames for fancy screens for
fireplace, table or maEtel frames for en-
broidery work, clock and ststuette brack.
cts, shelves, etc. AS for designs, art jour
mails, pattern sheets and native ability
should furnish material sufficient, and i'm
preston paper and stylus convey to the
wood the chosen figures. AS the amateur
acquires skili, and love for his creations
grows upon him, he will break away
from severe forms and construct ar
ticles involving greater difficulties,
and will come to the art of match
ing at various angles, and of this,
as of inlaying, scroll-sawipg in detail, ETC.,
remarks must be reserved for subsequent
article. One word in conclusion In
working with the beautifully grained woods
named IN the outset, be content with their
native loneliness, and do not attempt to
stain any such, nor disfigure them with
heavy coats of varnish. They need but
the Gghtest and faintest polish coat to
develop their richness.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25
THE QUIET HOUR.
New 5angles.

Answers to tangles SO far as due were
published last week.
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workers have lathes, and such are indie.
pendent of the turner. The rods formed
are to he stained or ebonized, and for these
processes instructions have already been
given.
For the curtain rods are the most difficult
parts of the work. Very largely fat metal
rings of brass are used, and these cost
roundly. But the amateur may make
wooden rings, and these are appropriate
and IN many respects handsomer and su-
perior to the metal By placing two thin
pieces of wood together, the grains cross
ing, and gluing them firmly, a texture is
secured that will not easily break when the
rings are cut out with the Jg-saw. 1t is
not needed that the body of the ring be
rounded indeed it is most fashionable to
leave the edges square, hence the work
consists simply In gluing opposing grains,
and cutting out and dressing and staining
the circlets. The ring should be some.
what larger than the rod, to insure
ease of movement on the rod When fin.
ished Tor they may oe left OF native color
if of ornamental wood a small staple
should be fitted into the outer face, to
which the curtain. hanging is to be. sc.
cured. For brackets to support the rod,
the taste and ingenuity uf the amateur
should be equal. The rod may run in the
brackets, or wholly between them. In the
first case, the rod must be longer in the
latter, the ends are fitted with heavy wire
pinions or terminal aXles, and these are
held by the brackets, in which they play
unseen. For all other forms of curtain
or portiere rods, the rings" if they
may be so called when not round,
are only question of matching together
and glueing firmly the necessary bits of
wood. The rings" of any form should
bear, in thickness and number, due pro-
portion to the diameter and length of the
rod. An average size places their thick
ness at three. eighths of an inch, ana the
average number to q rod twelve
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San Francisco, Cal, JtIy J, 1889.
We take pICasu, in presenting for
your consideration the following Thirty
eighth Semi-AnnUsl Statement OF the condition
of this Bank:
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W. W G~ I-
LYDIA z. PgNNHAFE'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Is a Positive Cure.

Is a Positive Cure.
For al those Painful Coraplaints and Weaknesses
so common to our best female population.
The Greatest Medical Discovery Since the Dawn of Hisory
removes fantness datuency, destroys all craving
for stimuant, and relieves weakness Of the stomach
10 Physicians Use it ard Prescribe it FreeIy.-IsS
That feeling of bearing down. causing pain, weight
and hackache is always permanently by its use
For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex
this Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA f. PINkiIAM'S BLOOD PURIFIER
Will eradicate every vestige of Humors from the
Blood, and give tone and strength the SYSTEM of
man woman child. Insist on having it,
Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared
at 2SS and 25 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass Price OF
either 81 Six bottles for s. Sent by mail in the
OF pills. or OF loZenges receipt of price 81 per box
for either. Mrs. Pinkham personally and confden-
tally answer all letters of inquiry Enclose Set stamp
Send for Guide To health.
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l474, Octagon, by Rose

A letter in cheese a sank fence Manila hemp
dance borrowed from the Arabians tribe of ami.
mails related TO the barnscles; girls name a let.
ter IN cheese
Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-10
DEATHS.

Cromwell, June l. William T. Galpin of Middletown, and Miss Bella Treat of Cromwell
Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-10
THE OLD WORLD.
Austria.
Fair Prospects for the

Fair Prospects for the Crops.
 VIENNA, June 9--In spite of repeated sharp frosts at night and wintry temperature dur ing the month of May the crops in Austria and Hungary are in 8 generally very satisfac- tory condition and at the present moment the prospect is that the harvest of 1882 will be excellent and abundant. In lower Aus tria, Bohemia and Moravia the wheat crops are in excellent condition and in the other provinces of Austria they are very satisfac- tory. In Hungary the wheat crops in the southern districts have to some extent suf- fered, but in the most important wheat grow ing countries of Hungary the condition of wheat is excellent Rye was retarded, but promises good yield. Oats are in very good condition. Barley and Indian corn suffered good deal, but are recovering. The earlier potato crops were badly frozen last month, but later potatoes promise we'll
Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-10
TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

By break in the reservoir at Portland Me, property was damaged to the extent of $5,O00
 The Democratic State Central committee of Ohio has decided to call the State convention at Columbus for July 2Oth.
 Base ball yesterday: At Boston, Bostons 9, Clevelands 4 at Providence, Chicagos 14, Providence f ; at Worcester, Detroits 2, Wor- testers f at Troy, Troys 7. Buffalos ?.
 The English government has offered 8 re- ward of e3, 900 sterling for information that will l. ad to the conviction of the murderers of Walter M. Burke.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-10
The Bank Robbers Captured.

QUINCY, June 9.-The bank robbers, four in number, were surrounded in the woods thirteen miles northwest of Kirksville at o'clock this morning. and finding resistance useless surrendered. They were taken to Kirksville and from there they will be taken to Brookfeld under heavy guard. Two of the prisoners are recognized as Fox and Nor ris. The other two will not give their names. The friends of the robbers are congregated at Kirksville and say the prisoners shall not be taken to Brookfeld. A fight is looked for.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-10
HANGMAN'S DAY.

Murderers on the GaIIows-SeveraI Men
 SIayers Swung Off. RICHMOND, Va, June 9.-A. Gray, colored. was hanged at Powhattan Court House to- day for the murder of his little son for steal ing some molasses from cupboard.
 BROWNSVILLE, Tex, June 9.-Quinoy Gar land was hanged here this afternoon for the murder last August of Luc Contrerar. Int gallows was erected on the bank of the Rio Grande river and the execution was witnessed by thousands of Mexicans from the opposite shore and by several thousand on this side.