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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-30

Was very full of novelty in the theatrical
line in Sacramento. 1t saw also the opening
Of a new theater and the raising and renova-
tion and reftting of the Metropolitan. At
the latter house January 1st to 7th, inclusive,
was Fanny Young, under Maguires manage
ment, and after that in the spectacular
Black Crook" Sheridan Corbyn was act
ing manager for Mcguire all this year. Rosa
Segrist and Willie Edouin were in the COM
pany doing fancy dances. The Crook"
ran to the 18th, which was its last night.
Then came such melodramas as Mysteries
of Carrow Abbey" etc. January 25th was
Fanny Youngs last night. On the 2Sth
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
THE KANGAROO,

Lamb-like as is the face Of the kanga-
roo, tender and soft . are his eyes, he
is by no means so gentle as he looks.
Like the heathen Chinee, his counte.
nance bellies him, and there are few
more exciting and withal dangerous
sports than kangaroo chasing. To the
hunter seeking for some new sensation,
a visit to the wilds OF Australia in search
Of kangaroos can be recommended. Ii
requires feet horse to run al "old mar"
down if he gets fair chance to show
tail, and strong, well-trained dogs to
tackle him when brought to bay. In
side his soft, dewy lips are strong, for
~,idable teeth, which can bite severely.
IS forepaws, weak as they seem, can
Al dog high in air and crush him to
,ieath; while, when lying down, his fa-
vorite attitude, he can kick with ais
powerful hind legs in a manner that
rapidly clears a circle around him; and
woe betide the man or dog that comes
within reach Of those huge claws, which
can make flesh wound deep enough to
maim the one or kill the other. OF
course, we here speak of the great kan
garoo, the boomer, or cd man, Of the
colonists. As matter Of fact, there are
some thirty different kinds of kangaroos
inhabiting various parts of Australia,
and one species peculiar to New Guinea.
They vary in size from tho tiny hare
kangaroo of South Australia, the most
agile Of its kind, which is but little
larger than rabbit, to the several giant
species, whether black, red, brown or
gray, some Of Which stand nearly siz
feet high. h.-London Globe.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19

DIAMOND-CUTTINI IN NEW YORK.
Among the curious and interesting in
dustrial facts brought to light during
the census inquiries, not the least is the
faetsth the recently introduced art Of
,liamond-cutting has been 80 admirably
developed here thatthe diamonds cut in
amsterdam are now sent to this city for
recruiting. Hitherto Amsterdam has mo-
nopolized the work of diamond. d.cuttihg,
and the aim. there has been to remove
in cutting the least possible weight Of
the gem. The American plan is to cut
automatically, according to recognized
laws Of light, SO as to; secure the utmost
brilliancy for the finished stone. The
greater loss in weight, as compared
with the Amsterdam cutting, is thus
more'than made good by the superior
brillianey of the product From the in
auiries made by Chief Special CENSUS
agent Charles 3. Hili it appears that
the 4average increase of value given to
diamonds BY the New York cutting is
%, coo for each person employed for
twolvs months also. that our dealers
are receiving the best Amsterdam-cut
gems from abroad to be recut here md
rsturned. -Scientifc American. IA
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19

1t il stated in the Gartenfora, . Ger
man horticultural publication, that the
Persians,s who extensively cultivate mel
ons, cover the huits with earth at . GER
tain stage. This method is practiced by
the Perzisns in the neighborhood Of
TiAis, in the Caucasus. Only the
choicest and best-keeping variety, the
true Dutma, is grown. 1t is q long,
smooth kind, which attains weight Of
fifteen to twenty pounds, and will keep
until Christmas. The deeply-tilled
ground is thrown up into beds foot
wide in spring, and the seed sown In q
drill along the center. Finally the
plants are left at . great distance apart,
and irrigation is effected through the
channels between the beds, 30 that NO
water touches the plants. The fruit sets
in June, and only one or two are left on
each shoot. When the fruit has reached
the size Of mans fist the earth is hol-
lowed out and the shoot-with the ex-
ception Of the tip-together with it's
fruit, is buried therein to depth Of one
to one and q half inches, where it re-
mains until the fruit is almost ripe.
Considerable practical experience is
necessary TO be able to determine the
exact moment when they should be un-
earthed. When tho cultivator thinks
the time has arrived, he withdraws the
shoot and its fruit from the ground.
This is done toward the evening, and
the fruit is left ON the surface of the
ground, attached to the shoot, and ex-
posed to the dew OF one night /; but care
is taken to cut the fruit the following
morning before the sun can reach it. II
is then hung in coal, dark, dry place,
until ready for eating.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
Y1NITY FAIR.
Opinions are still cut bias.
Favors are in much request.

faVOrS are In mucn requoSt.
Satin dresses are much worn.
Bugles are worn on loud costumes.
Ova dresses are in egg-shell effects.
Watered ribbons are very weak affairs.
Cream tints are now seen on table.
cloths.
New prints are shown in childrens
frocks.~
The sweetest thing in canes is the
sugar cane.
Moire stripes are becoming moire
abundant.
Umbrellas are generally made Of
changeable silk.
Trimming is in high favor among poll
ticians.
Mummy cloth is most affected by deaf
mntes.
Persons Of quick temper should avoid
rising cholers.
The girl who has not heau should
wear bow knot.
Big-headed walking sticks are cons,d.
cred knobby.
Trained dresses are considered best for
domestic wear.
Calico, with slee,es reversed, is REQ
commended for wash dresses.
Fichus are more fashionable than
ever. All tho big Ash use them now.
Chenille trimmings are very appro-
pirate for lady, if she kneel in them.
Short pants are fashionable among
gentlemen climbers in the mountains.
B0st0H World.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
ABABY,s WAKE IN caILL.

When young child or infant dies. the
baby, after being cleansed, il arlsyed In
the finest garments, and placed upon an
altar in the best room in the house .
pair Of wings are fastened to it, ana .
crown upon its head above is hung o
dove, and the entire surroundings
adorned with flowers and ribbons. A
guitarist is provided, who from his seat
in front chants and sings airs, generally
Of laudatory and lamenting nature, for
the loss of the child but, Is the "pon-
cha" or drink begins TO make itself felt
upon the friends who have gathered
round, it then becomes . scene Of mirth
aud gladness tha, the child is now an
"angelto" (or littos angel. This gen.
orally continues for several days, until
the body gives forth anything but
pleasant odors. This custom ct the
present day is more generally among the
lower ordors, for, although it exists
among the rich, there is nothing Of the
.,oisterous style about it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
yUsEICs 4 Ia rUxx.

The Turks have . most effective mode
q trying Offenders whom it has bsen
decided to find guilty. The Sultan calls
the President Of the Court before him
and lectures him on the duty which the
members Of the court owe to him and
the proper spirit in. which it should dis
charge that duty in the case m hand
very muoh - Charles I. lectured tho
members Of the Court Of Star Cham
ber. Az the Sultan is master Of tho
bowstring, his intimations are certain to
be strictly followed. In the trial Of the
alleged assassins of the late Sultan this
course was followed with the result Of
the conviction Of the accused. The &C.
cused were not permitted to call Wit
nesses in their favor. They desired to
have the court hear the testimony Of the
embassy physicians, who certified that
the late Sultan committed suicide. But
the reasonable request was refused.
The privilege Of ross.examining the
Witnesses for the prosecution was denied
on the ground that il they committed
perjury they would be properly pun
ished. which provoked from Midhat Pa
aha the bitter comment that that would
be . poor consolation to him when he
was in his grave The accused pashas
and their alleged assistants may be
guilty OF the numbering Of the late
Sultan. but the trial they have had is q
mere mockery and incapable of convinc-
ing any one that they have been rightly
convicted. Speedy justice may be OBJ
tanned in Turkey under the benign rule
OF the Sultan, but persons accustomed
to cur mode Of procedure in criminal,
and moro particularly in capital cases,
will be slow in recommending imitation
OF Turkish criminal procedure, with it's
suppression Of truth and evidence in
order to convict persons obnoxious to
executive power. It would appear as il
the prosecution Of Midhat Pasha and
his associates was the ult of a court
intrigue. Certainly, his trial does not
belle such view of the case. If that
is the fact his fate is sealed After his
death it may be the turn Of his pursuers
to feel the weight Of the displeasure Of
the Sultan or of the Sultan's favorite for
the time being. g.-Graphi
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
xx4nr1rs OF wArERrD srocx

Ex4MPLE1 OF WATERED STOCK
A little less than three years ago-in
9aptamhss 1S78-tlle entire issue Of
Louisville anal sNadGAle stock was
worth, at current prices, ga, 100 .
day or two ago, also at current prices, it
would have taken sl9, 19S. 900, and this
after . stock dividend Of 100 per cent.
Rock Island, one Of tho stcadiest of
stocks,. could have been, bought mp an
tire for s29, ,375. 900 in 1879; now i
would take 800. ~, 900 to buy the ont
standing stock. New Jetsey Central,
Il the same time in 1873 -andit il xasnoA
thea q its lowest point would havs
cost 47 778, 500 today, with Z hssyiea
debt before 1t and very little incfeAss q
property, SIS. $50, 600 wouid bs needed
% bny II. Similar instances might b
,iyen without number. but these must
,nfice now. II viii take so1no pretty
,lose thiutisg 70 find out. where ~ the 9
iiffsrence comes II. Nsss Yerk ~
t;tAaAtic.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
FURNISRING A NEWsPAPER U1D1R
DLFF1CULzKES.

FURNISRING A NEWSPAPER UNDER
DIFFICULTIES.
Seldom in the history Of journalism
has newspaper been issued under
greater difficulties and amid less con-
genial surroundings than the NeDs al
the Camp, which was published during
the 100 days siege Of Pretoria. The
editor thus describes the conditions un-
der which the feat was accomplished:
"a bungelow for . printing Office, with
canvas thrown over its unfinished roof,
through which the rain freely penetrat-
ed, gentle waterspout running down
tho compositor's back as he stood with
bandolier of Martini Henry cartridges
over his shoulder, his white apron for q
uniform, composing stick in hand and
his rife lying suggestively near his
printing frame; the editors quar-
ters, an army-bell tent and transport
wagon, tie space between ingeniously
rooted in with y tattered sail stretched
on telegraph poles; their work, editing
paper by day and on guard up to the
knee in mud by night, or sleeping in a
pair of leather breeches, long boots and
iaek-spurs." The forty numbers, of
four pages each, foolscap size, have re-
Gently appeared in bound form, en-
bellished with fourteen Photographic il.
lustrations Of the siege. Z. 81.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19


"whsn I'na Sosnap. you'ff scs whaa IN dol
l1lh sss6s md good, ahdInobls snd true; g
III visit the sick and relieve tAA poor
No ono slsall sser be turnsd from my door;
But Pm only little girl now."
= Andso ths years passo on. sss
"when I'm older III have more time
To think Of heaven and things sublime:
Ny tina h now full Of studies and play.
But really mean 70 begin some day;
lam only . little girl now.
And 70 tho yesrs pass on.
"when I'm. woman, "a gay maiden said,
"In try to do right, and not be afrsid;
IN BE- . Christasn, sna s1Ss up tbs Joys
Of ths world. with I'll its dazz ing toys;-
But I'm only young girl now" ta
And no tho years pass on.
"Ah me!' sighed woman gray with years.
Her heart full of cares and doubts and fears,
"rye ispt putting OF the time to be good,
instead of bcsinnns 70 do as should;
But I'm an old woman now"
And 70 the years pass on.
Now IL tho tme to begin 10 do right; nj.
To-day, whether eties be dsrkos bright;
Mako others happy by good deeds Of lore,
Looking to Jesus for help from shove; .s.st
''E And theL you,n be happy now, IS. Il.
q And a. the years pass en-. sy.j 4
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
GONDOLA PROCESSION.

W. A. Croffut thus describes his ex-
perience in Venetian gondola At 8
o'clock we started in three gondolas for
the rendezvous, half mile off. Here we
found innumerable boats surrounding
the Queens private bark, which was
clumsy, stately barge, sadly lighted up
with a sort of Chinese lantern, having
no ropes from the deck to the top of the
short mast. There was also yellow
canopy hung round with lights, which
seemed to be tumblers of oil suspended
in blue mosquito netting, perhaps 100.
lights in all. It did not make the royal
craft very bright, and the radiance did
not extend more than twenty or thirty
feet on either side. In few minutes
VIC started, and, spite Of the darkness,
for, as usual, the unofficial gondolas
were prohibited from carrying more than
one light, and that required to be about
as dim as FREELY, the scene was quite
impressive. There was said to be about
1900 gondolas in the crush-for crush
it literally was, the black boats ismmed
tightly together and the musical gon,
doliers pushing their craft along ct the
expense Of adjacent boats, or swinging
their futile paddles high in the air and
dancing in rage on the prov, and swear.
ing at adjacent gondoliers, and calling
them dod-binged grandsons of:the pest
ferrous emu in the sweet syllables Of the
South. After going half mile in this
way, our gondola, perhaps 100 feet from
the royal launch, suddenly stopped In
front Of the palace, and slight form
clad in white silk throughout stepped
upon the overhanging balcony. It was
the young Queen, first cousin of her
husband, King Humbert. Her face was
fairer than that of most Venetians, and
the chestnut hair, slightly changed"
over the eyebrows, was drawn straight
back and fixed in Grecian knot be.
hind. She bowed to the right and left.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
AIS7ORICAL BREVI77ES.
Piano del at sl-pen in hand.

| Piano diei at Sl-pen in hand.
fHE needle gun was patented i'll 1881.
Taz History Of lion ships dates from
1857.
PHoTuGEAPaY wss anown to I.eonar-
do da Vinci in the fifteenth century.
Coal gas, fof the purpose of lighting,
was known ages ago TO the Chinese.
THE idon of fertilizing land with salt
was conceived by John Napier in 1893.
ARcuIMnDEs, born in Sicily, 287 B. c.,
WIS the author OF over forty mechanical
inventions. ....-
SILK first came from China, and the
Chinese have still many important Sc
crets connected with it unknown to Eu-
ropeans.
In 1916 the planet Neptune was dis
covered, by which tho solar system was
extended 1900, 900 miles beyond its for
mer limits. ..
ACCORDING to common accounts, tea
was first brought into England from
Holland in 1866, and a pound then sold
for 60 shillings.
ROME was captured four times in six
teen years, and during that time Is, Co.,
600 human beings perished by sword,
pestilenoe and famine.
THE idea Of the kaleidoscope first oc-
Cured to David Brewster in 1914, when
he was engaged in experiments ON the
polarization of light by reflection from
plates of glass. ....
OsER 5000 victims were executed for
witchcraft during the reign of the long
Parliament Darlington gives the whele
number Of those put to death in En-
gland on this charge as not less than
10000.
In the time Of Heroditus there was on
the Egean sea q community of "lake
dweAers," who lived upon piles driven
into the bottom Of the lake, and con-
neoted only by narrow bridge with the
land.
The history Of bells is one of the most
interesting In the record of inventions.
They were first heard of about the year
400, before which date rattles were used.
In the year 6l0 we hear of bells in the
city of Sens, the army of Clothaire,
King Of France, having been frightened
away by the ringing of them. In 96O
the first peal of bells was hung in En-
gland at Croyland Abbey. Many years
ago it was estimated that thcre were at
least 1889 psals Of bells, great and
small, in England. !. has been thought
that the custom of ringing bells was pc
culisr to England, bu; the cathedral at
Antworp, celebrated for its magnificent
sp!re, has peal of bells ninety in num-
ber, ON which is played every half honr
the most elaborate music.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
IT xArurx srAeexnED u1x.

II AA1HE1 STAGGEHED uIAs
To soc Judge W on the bench
and 10 hear him deliver one Of his clear
precise and comprehensive charges to ,
jury, you would hardly believe that h
could ever have been the vapid ant
frothy John W who studied lay
with Appleton, and first settled in ON
Of the largest and most thriving Of tn
towns Of Maine. One anecdote, in par
ticular, of his younger days is worth re
lating:
John W had been retainedAor h
had been engaged, no retainer had eve
been paid-on an important case ii
Kennebec county. and when he came t.
the court he found that the attorney il
whose hands the case had been placed
for the prosecution had engaged an OLE
lawyer Of Cumberland, named Peabody
to act for him. It was civil suit
of land damages from the construc
ton OF certain dam--and Peabody WA
considered learned in such matters
But our fedgling held him lightly.
"Pooh |" John was heard to exclaim,
on the morning OF the day of the trial
81 shall make quick work Of the old
fudi I wonder what they hired him
for" ETC., etc.
Well, the case came On. Mr.. Pea
body had stated it as he regarded it, and
his statement had certainly been very
simple and concise. Though he had
spoken but briefly, he had SO clearly
presented every part and point that
those who had never visited the dam in
question could not fail to see it as it
was, and to understand just how the
low-lying, valuable meadow land above
had been overfowed.
John W arose with flourish. He
had got his lesson perfectly. His gilt
tering prelude had been carefully pre-
pared, and with its wondrous sentences
he planned to SO enrapture the jury as
to mold the members to his will.
"We are told, your Honor, and gen.
tlemen Of the jury-we are told, by my
learned brother who has just spoken to
you, Of certain damage done to certain
land. Damage to land damage I"
and he lowered like giant and swayed
his arms aloft. Damage to land, does
my superannuated my venerable,
brother say? Gentlemen of the jury,
take glance at the great Book of Ma
ture. Of there you shall find
"Ah lone moment, 7 u please" In
terrupted Peabody, starting to his feet,
and stretching forth his great, bony
hand, "give Us the pagel"
For an instant the youthful Demos
themes seemed puzzled-and for iuet
that single instant the audience was
puzzled with him, but the point ap-
peared presently. and-alas poor John
VI his speech was smashed. In
his agony of chagrin he lost his clew,
and, to make long story short, lost his
case.
Bnt he had gained a valuable lesson.
That appeal to an unpaged book was
among the first, as it was very near the
last, ofhis unmitigated follies.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19

The act Of reading involves consider
able physical labor. A book of 500
pages, forty lines to the page and fifty
letters to the line, contains 1000, 900
letters, all Of which the eye has to take
in, identity and combine each with its
neighbor. Yet many readers will go
through such . book in q day. The
task is one he would shrink from if he
should stop to measure it beforehand.
The best positions and best lights, clear
type, plain inks, with the best paper OF
yellowish tints, aud Abundant space be-
tween the lines, afford the best safe
guards against harm.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19

\ cl1Epa4rEpsilyer working conpa-
|ay adyerAisea the Princess Louiap
abaar shss u fact Tho Princpa
never spoons.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19


HgEE is another straw. A man who
went through an excursion train of 900
passengers taking q Presidential vote
didn't find a single Hancock man. D.
She didn't find Garfield mSn
either. for the first person he accos ia
knocked him down, and dozen Others
wiped up the Aoor with him and wedged
hmm 20 fast under seat that all the
passengers escaped before he could re-
lease himself. He has declared himself
infavor of the anti Masonic candidate,
Ais treAtment h the car having made
him dead opposed to grips. He Mas
gripped too much.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
ABOUT NATIONAL DEBTS.

France enjoys the unenviable distinc.
ton Of having the largest national debt
in the world, namely, $3.50, ,OOO, 600 Ca
$50, ,OO0, ,000). Before the Franco Ger
man war England stood at the head of
the list, her debt being s775, ,OOO, 900.
Germany's debt amounts to the trifiing
sum OF e46, 900. 900. Russia has $780,
000, 900, part of which, like the whole
of that Of Germany, represents expend-
itures in the building of railways, and
guarantees in that connection given by
the Government Austro- Hungary has
. debt Of sa62, 900, ,Ooe, and Italy of
s356, ,0O0. 900.
The amount Of Turkeys debt can
hardly be guessed. Dividing up these
debts among the various populations Of
these countries, the indebtedness per
capita is IN France, e25; Great Britain.
f23 los; Russia, "a; Austria, s10;
Germany, sl, and Italy, s13.
The debt Of the United States, less
cash in the treasury, on the lst of Jan
usry, 1882, was 81. 765, ,99l, 1T, against
an aggregate Of S2,784, ,073, ,379 on the
lst Of July, 1864. showing decrease e4
more than thousand millions of dollars
during the intervening fifteen years and
. half.-EAe Hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-26
4 True Bill.

Drawing lesson from the number
Gus hOmicideS and accidents occurring
the past year in Grant county Mr..
CahaniS, from the first district, has pre-
pared and introduced hill to amend
certain sections of the revised statues in
such manner thatany person, hereafter.
having any knowledge of another carry
ing concealed weapons and not making
complaint of the same, shall be liable to
a fine not exceeding $50; and any
parent having knowledge Of his own
or an adopted child carrying concealed
weapons and permitting the same shall
be liable in u fine not exceeding S25
nor less than -.
This move on the part of Mr.. Cabanis
is step in the right direction. al
though it is doubtful if the first section
Of the bill will be of practical benefit
owing to the stigma and opprobrium
which will ever attach To informers of
any kind. The last half of the bill.
however, will be of use in inducing a
closer inspection OF youthful pockets by
parents, as any careleSSnesS on their
part will lead TO unpleasant results in
case damage should be done. In the
case of young boys undoubtedly the
parents are more TO blame than the
youth who is allowed to indulge in the
pernicious practice of strutting about
with pistol thrust down in his hip
pocket. hence the present bill lays the
primary responsibilities where it be
longs and should by all means be added
to the laws already on the statute books.