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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01


How TO MANAGE MULE The fol-
lowing is from the Marysville Appeal of
November ooh:
Few men are qualified by nature or ex,
perience to deal successfully with mules.
This truth was illustrated yesterday on
Third street, where an inexperienced young
man had difficulty with mule. The
young maa occupied the relation of driver
to team consisting of three horses and a
mule, which were harnessed to a wagon
loaded with fire wood. The mule was the
nigh" leader of the team, and when the
difficulty occurred was the cynosure of all
neighboring eyes. The team had been
halted, and the mule had taken advantage
of the opportunity to get out of his proper
position with reference to the other ami
mails of the team. When the young man
got ready to start the team again he found
the mule indisposed to return to his 1.-THE
mnle's) proper place. Having made this
finding of fact, the inexperienced young
man resorted Immediately to coercion. He
kicked the mules ribs, struck resoundinq
whacks on the mules hide with heavy
trace, and twisted the mules ears. The
mule stood firm. Twist his tail. !"
scratch his heels, " tickle his hind legs, :"
shouted the bystanders, The driver now
seized the bride, and tried with all bis
might to haul the mule forward into place,
but the mule continued firm. While the
driver was still Juggling at the bride, Mr..
Howser, who understands mules, CHANGED
to pass. "Hsul the other way" said Mr..
Howser. Why so?'' asked the driver.
q Because it's mule, b" said Mr. Howser.
The driver hauled the other way, and the
mule Immediately went ahead.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

SEARCHING FOR WHAT Is LEFT.-The
Bodie free Press of November 2Ssh says
Four old prospectors started out yester.
day for Old Mono Diggings, confident that
they can find something worth their while.
One of them-Linehan- worked there In
the early days, when Monoville was about
as good town as Bodie ever was, as to the
amount of money spent, and he declares
that the best ground in that immediate vi
cinIty has never been touched. In the
early days miner had to pay 81 day for
sixteen inches OF water-an ordinary sluice
stream-and he was in big luck if he got
ten inches. In the eulch, near where Ash.
brook and Mullen worked two years ago.
three men took out $50. 900 in one season,
in 1862; and above the gulch yielded q
good many thousand dollars years after.
ward. The district is interlaced with small
veins of quartz, some of which are rich.
The Keith vein, on which Peter Tautphaus
spent some money, is small, but very rich
in spots. The vein in which Ashbrook and
Mullen worked can be distinctly traced for
5000 feet, trending in various directions
from northeast to southwest. and always
showing some gold. 1t is sometimes rich,
and as often barren, but there is no doubt
but that there are some good pockets in it,
for in every place where it has made a
sharp bend there have been good placers
below, The country rock is soft, scaly
granite, half-decomposed, and is easily
worked without the use of powder. It may
be that the district thst turned out sc, 000,-
600 OF top may yet show something under.
ground.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

a PECULIAR NUISANCE CLAIM. - The
following is from the Gtidley Butte
county, Herald of November 29sh:
Ranchers residing west of town are find.
ing fault with Carrot Keppel because of his
slickens lake. They claim that prior to the
establishment of the lake the haunts of the
wild geese. and ducks would be scattered
all along Butte creek for distance of from
ten to fifteen miles, but since the lake has
been created these pests have abandoned
their former haunts and make it their head
quarters. The result is that parties own.
ing land in the neighborhood have great
deal more herding to do, and have to begin
earlier in the season and continue later.
This winter the birds are unusually nu.
merous, and many of the farmers talk Sc
riously of instituting legal proceedings
against Mr.. Keppel for maintaining nui-
sance. the case would be unique one,
but we believe the aggrieved parties would
win it. No man has right to establish a
rendezvous for such destructive creatures
any more than be has TO permit glandered
stock to run at large, or to start leprous
colony.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

CIRCUMPoLAR OBsERvATOINS As our
readers are aware, seven or eight scientific
parties have been stationed for about
year past at various points around the
world in the vicinity of the arctic circle
for the purpose of making simultaneous ob-
servations in regard to magnetic and other
natural phenomena. The expense of send
ing out these expeditions has been paid for
by various civilized nations, and their
management was intrusted to a Circum-
polar Commission. Ole of the stations
selected was within Canadian territory. at
Fort Rae, on Great Slave lake twas under
the charge of Captain II. P Dawson, of
the Royal Artillery. He reached his sta
ton by the LIST of September, 1852, and
Immediately commenced his observations,
which were continued without Interrupt
ton till the lst of September of the pres.
ent year. Captain Dawson lately returned
and sailed for England from Quebec BY the
Polynesiau on Saturday, the 10Th in
slant. He states that his years
observations have been success. The
journey from Fort Rae, first by boat and
then by horses until the first railway was
reached, was rapid one, but the party
suffered considerably from Indictment
weather. They left Fort Rae in the first
week in September, passed Fort Chipewy-
an, on Athabasca Lake, on the 18th of that
month, and arrived at Quebec on the S.h
of November Toronto Globe.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01
DIsGRAcEsUL APATHY.

The country is in fair way to be dis.
graced. Patriotic Frenchmen offered to
expend vast sum of money to have con-
structed and presented to this republic
colossal statue of Liberty. 1t was &C.
cepted, and Bartholdi's great workwas en-
tered upon. 1t will be the Hottest figure
in the world, and one of the great wonders
of mans genius and achievement. 1t was
arranged that the figure should occupy g
site in New York harbor. That city sole.
tied and won the honor with the distinct
understanding that it would construct the
foundation aud pedestal for the gigantic
work. But it has failed to do so. The
splendid masterpiece is now nearly ready
for delivery, and the polite Frenchmen
have courteously asked the New York
committee when they will be ready to
erect the figure, as it will be delivered in
the spring. What can the committee say
1t has managed to raise money enough
among all the people of the great city of
New York to pay for laying the concrete
work for the foundation, and there the
matter hangs. Not cent has the COM
mittee on hand. At the very best, if the
money could all be paid in now, it would
take year to erect the pedestal. But
not only is there no money on hand, but
none is subscribed. In this emergency it
may be necessary for the people outside of
New York city to come TO the rescue. But
in that case the figure should grace some
other harbor. Let it once be given out
that San Francisco, or Philadelphis, or
Baltimore, or Boston will be accorded the
honor, and the money will be raised. As
matters now stand, unless something is
speedily DONE we shall be made the laugh
g-stock OF the world, and in France the
name of America will be greeted with
sneer, as having positively insulted that
people by accepting notable gift, indica-
tive of their regard for US, and yet of being
so mean as to provide no means for the
proper reception of the token.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

OUR evening contemporary says: "Would it not
be better for certain parties all claiming to be good
citizens of Sacramento, to stop quarreng and unite
in an eudeavor to secure the best bargain for the
city which can be obtained" 1t certainly would
We indorse the suggestion heartily. The way has
been cleared of insnuations and inuendoes, and
falsehood, and citizens can now work without be
ing assailed by the shafts Of ignoble suspicion
Give men due credit for honesty of purpose and let
every proposition stand upon its own bottom Merit,
and not politics, should be the test of financial
schemes
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PROPOSED New RAILRoAD.-The George
town Gel Dorado county, Gazette says:

PROPOSED NEW hAILROAD.-IheGe GEORGE
town Gel Dorado county, Gazette says:
The money is ready fer the construction
Of the proposed nsrrow-gauge railroad from
a point on the Central Pacific between
Roseville and Newcastle to the great tim
Der belt on the Georgetown divide, but the
projectors ask the owners of land through
which the road will run to pay a subsidy
of 81 per acre for every acre they may own
on the line Of the road, in consideration for
the benefit they will accrue by the in
creased value of their land. One.h half of
this subsidy is to be paid while the road is
IN course of construction, and the remain
der when it is completed and in operation
1t ia said that the Central Pacific Company
has pledged to pay its proportion on the
lands owned by the company, and it is be-
lieved that private landowners will readily
agree 70 the same terms. The road will
cross the American river in the vicinity of
Alabaster Cave, and swinging from thence
to CoopeTs ravine, will reach the summit
of the ridge at the south end OF Pilot Hill,
from which point it will traverse the most
feasible route past Bayley's, Ferguson's,
Hoggs Diggins, the Knickerbocker ranch,
Ssoddard's, Harriss, the Penobscot House,
to Greenwood station thence to George.
town station via a route that will accom-.
modate the greatest number of people pos
sble VINO reside near Garden Valley,
American and Spanish Flats, and Kelsey
From Georgetown it will go easterly to
Gadis creek. Although the present OBJ
jective point will be between Pilot and
Silver creeks, ultimately the road will pass
over the western summit of the Sierras
into Lake valley, at the southern end of
Lake Tahoe, and skirt the western shore
of the lake and connect with the Central
Pacific at Truckee.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

WE can easily see why q towder ike DE-.
Prices Cream Baking Powder is so well su-
preciated by nation Of housekeepsrs. All
the articles used in its composition are III the
exact proportions necessary 30 produce a per-
feet chemical reaction, 20 that tho oven heat
li5erates al the svailabe gas, which produces
such excellent effects.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

Singulsr that the word miser, SO often
expressive OF enc who is rich, should in its
origin signify one that ia miserable
Browne.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

The Chief Justics of tie Assizss at Vie
to'is, IS G., declares that man is justified
in using weapon When attacked by mob,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

SANTA CLARA has sent another infamous and COW.
ardly murderer to the unknowable. And we are al
ready told that he has gone paradise by express
Accommodate us with travel by some other train
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mon-school system. the simple and ele-
mentary character of which cannot be
complicated without lasting injury to it.
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ton, history. travels, biography. education,
religion, contributions. editorials. ETC., and
snhscriptinn price 81 80 per annum.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01

Mr.. BLANE's proposition relative to surplus reve
disposal is the most rational one yet made. But
why have surplus that needs to be distributed in
any FORM
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
A Famous Goose.

From Stuttgart the death is reported
Of a goose well known to naturalists all
over the world. This eccentric animal
when still q gosling abandoned its flock,
dismissed all recollections of its infancy,
rel,udiated the conventional views and
habits of geese, and boldly marching
into the barracks of an Ulan regiment
stationed himself one fine day next to
the sentry-box. Touched by this pre-
deliction for their corps, the Ulans
erected a shed for the goose, and for
twenty.three years neither threats nor
persuasion have been able to separate
the martial bird from its adopted regi-
ment for any great length of time. 1t
has at different times changed quarters
with the corps from Esslingen to Ulm,
thence to Ludwigsburg, and back again
to Ulm. When the Ulans went to fight
for their country the forsaken and desc
late. goose took up for the time with a
battalion Of infantry, but no sooner did
the first Ulans re-enter the town than
the goose marched out to meet them and
returned with them to her old quarters.
She has now been stuffed and is to be
seen in q glass case on the gate OF the
barracks at Stuttgart .-Berlin Cor. Lon
don Teeoraph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
Tilted Japanese Damsels.

The curious hold superstition has on
the mind of the Japanese is very well
illustrated by the proceedings taken by
the Japanese damsel when a lover proves
false to his vows. When the world is at
rest, at 2 o'clock in the morning, the
woman rises. She dons a white robe
and high sandles or clogs. Her Golf is a
metal tripod, in which are thrust three
lighted candles; around her neck she
hangs a mirror, which falls upon her
bosom; in her left hand she carries q
small straw fgure-the efigy of her
faithless lover-and in her right she
grasps a hammer and nails, with which
she fastens the figure to n of the
sacred trees that surround the shrine.
Then she prays for the death of the
traitor, vowing that, if her petition be
heard, she will herself pull out the nails
which now offend the god by wounding
the mystic tree. Night after night
she comes to the shrine, and each night
she strikes in two mora nails, believing
that every nail will shorten her lovers
life, for the god, to save his tree, will
surely strike him dead.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
Breton SuperstitiOns.

A Paris correspondent says: At the
Cotes-du-Nord assizes five days have
been occupied with a mysterious case
of murder, throwing some light on
Breton superstitions. One morning last
September, in the village of Hengoat,
a farmer named Omnes, twenty-five
years of age, was found suspended
from the top of a tumbril. He had been
thrashing on the previous day, had slept
in the barn in order to guard the corn
from thieves, and had evidently been
strangled in his sleep and hung up when
dead. His mouth was gagged with a
handkerchief and his arms extended as
though cruciied, by a stick, which was
placed in the coat-sleeves. He was the
mainstay of his aged mother, was about
to marry, and was popular in the vii
lage, except with his sister and her hus.
band, Marguerite and Yves Guillou.
They had for three years borne agrudge
against him, because, on his fathers
death, he had sworn to a debt of 15G
francs, which they had been obliged tc
pay. They maintained that they had
not left the tavern kept by them all
saw them coming home from the di.
IcClIOH VI liz SCcuc " UHc H1uIutI
at two that morning. Another per.
were muddy that day. Yves, more
over, despite a policeman's pro-
hibition, washed his trousers, which
were soiled at the knees with dung,
and the marks of knees were noticed
near the corpse. A month previously
they had hired an old woman for five
francs to go to a neighboring village
where there is a chapel containing a
statue of St. Yves. which is resorted to
by the whole district as a means of
obtaining sure vengeance. The old
woman was commissioned to invoke
vengeance on Omnes for perjury. But
she was unable to perform the errand,
for the priest. scandalized at the evil
passions which made the shrine fire.
quented, had removed the statue to his
back garden, and on the wall being
scaled to invoke it had locked it up in
his loft. The theory of the prosecution
was that ~despairing of sanity inter-
vention, the couple resolved on aveng-
ing themselves, and what clinched the
popular suspicion against them was
that the candle sen by Guillou to an
altar at Guingamp, with an invocation
for his brother-in-law's benefit, would
not burn. At the trial, however, the
witnesses to the facts that the two
prisoners were put late at night, and
that the woman's shoes were muddy,
were less positive than when originally
examined; and the prisoners were &C.
quilted, Notwithstanding evidence that
they had made no secret of their wish
for the deceased's death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
FARM AND

The flesh of poultry that have
always been allowed their liberty and
air and sunshine without stint is much
superior to those confined while fatten-
ing in filthy coops,- Chicago Journal.
Stains from vaseline and kerosene
will not come out with washing. The
following is said to be effective: "Cover
kerosene stains with Indian meal, and
when the oil strikes through remove
and-put on fresh; repeat this until the
oil is removed. IN. Y. Herald.
An enterprising farmer near Read
ing, Pa, has a room fifty feet square,
entirely surrounded with ice, in which
he stores fruit. In this re~frigerator.he
is able to keep apples and pears until
they will bring twice or thrice the same
fruit marketed when first picked.
Green corn pudding: Draw a sharp
knife through each row of corr length
wise, then scrape out the pulp; to one
pint of corn add one quart of milk,
three eggs, a little suet, sugar to taste,
and a lump of butter; stir it occasionally
until thick and bake about two hours
n. Y. Tribune.
Cows when first turned to grass
will eat and need considerable dry feed
daily. Even straw will be eaten at this
time, the grass not having substance
enough in it to satisfy the animal. II
the cow is giving milk the meal ration
should be continued Until June, or
longer, if eaten readily.-Chicdgo Her.
aid.
To prevent the hair falling off a
horses name and to restore the growth,
rub the skin or the part with the follow
ing mixture, viz: One pint of alcohol
and one drachm of tincture of canthar-
ides. Give the horse a dose of salts
(twelve %ounces) and feed some wheat
bran, which will allay the irritation OF
the skin to which the loss of hair is due.
Toledo Blade.
MANY so-called cases of pear
blight on ounce stock are not blight al
all, but are simply the killing of the
ounce roots from being planted too
shallow. The ounce ROOTS very tender,
and in localities where winters are Sc.
we're should always be heavily mulched.
AS the ounce likes cool, moist soil, the
mulch may be left ON during the follow
ing summer.'-Amertcan CultiUator.
Tip top cake: One egg, one table
spoonful of butter, M cupful of sugar,
one cupful of sweet milk, two and one
half cupfuls of flour, two. large table
spoonfuls of baking powder and a little
salt and whatever favoring is liked.
This is by no means rich, therefore ex-
cellent for children who like an alum
dance of cake for luncheon, but whose
stomachs are too weak for the ordinary
rich mixtures called cake.-IHe House.
hold.
"A correspondent of the Farmers
ReviesO has practiced during several
winters the plan of keeping apples in
dry sand, poured into the filled barrels
after storing in the cellar, and finds il
a decided Improvement on any other
ever tried, the fruit remaining till late
spring 'tas crisp and apparently as fresh
as when first gathered" He does like.
wise with potatoes and Uses the same
sand year after year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
DROPS or wArEn

Mn. JosxpH q. BroxxrrL No. sa Main Street.
Cambridgeport, Mass, writes, April q. isss: .1havo
been terribly afaicted for . number of years with sFayei
and kidney disease. Ny urine contained hrick-dast
deposits, and at times I could not pass my watsf excsYe
In drops and with great pain; and have had to get up =
many as fifteen times during the night tried several
physicians; they did me no good, but . friend of mine.
who had used Hunts Remedy. told me to get q bottle
and try It. He had been cured of . severe case similar
to mine, and that others had used Hunts Remedy In
After being repeatedly urged I purchased . bottle, and
before 1 had used all of I passed . stone as large ~ .
pea, followed by smaller ones. Ihave used IN all ten
bottles, and IT has completely cured me. Ny kidneys
are In excellent condition, and for one Of my age (es)
sixty-eight years, I can truly say I feel IKE . young
man with strength and vitality. Ny family use the
Remedy, and would not be without It, and never fan
to It TO our friends and n~eighhors In Cam
bridge and Boston. You are at liberty to use my name
in praise Of the best kidney and liver medicine. Hunts
Remedy ~ go ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
Advice to C~onsumptives.

On the appearance of the first symptoms
AS general debility, loss of appetite, pal
lor, chilly sensations, followed by night
sweats and cough-prompt measures for
relief should be taken. Consumption is
use the great anti-scrofula, OF blood-purifer
and strength-restorer,-Dr. Pierce's 'Gold.
en- Medical Discovery" Superior to Cod
liver oil as a nutritive, and unsurpassed as
a pectoral. For weak lungs, splitting of
blood, and kindred affections, it has no
equal. Sold by druggists the world over.
For DR.. Pierce's pamphlet on Consumption,
send two stamps to WoRLD's DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
DID woNDERs ron ME.

The above words are from Nh. LEWIS KEEN. No. .
Highland Avenue, Maiden, Mass, April q. 1883. He
says: 81 have been troubled for years with kidney
and liver complaint, followed by gravel. with severe
passing water, it being scanty. and accompanied by
terrible burning. the vessel being coated with brick
dust deposit I was m to use Hunts
Remedy by q friend who had been completely cured Of
q similar trouble. 1 purchased o bottle at the drug
gists, and commenced to improve at once. / have
used but two bottles, and 1t has done wonders for me-
no more kidney trouble, no more pain. It has given
me new life, and I would not be without HUNTS Rene
dy at any price. Its all that it is recommended to be,
and I c~heerfuIly give this testimony for the benent OF
the many sufferers from kidney disease and gravel~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14
-Hawthorne once said that cares

Hawthorne once said that caresses
or expression of some kind are as neces-
sary to the life of the affections as leaves
are to the life of tree. No one would
think of disputing this; and yet how few
really tender words are said by members
of the family to each other. There is
many a woman who has never since her
courtship heard a word of love from her
husband, until possibly on her dying
bed some expression of his love for her
has been wrung from him. Men who
are capable or better things must be
greatly moved before they express in
words half they feel.-M Y. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14

Last winter a Missouri girl leaped
into a river for suicide, but, finding the
~zter distressingly cold, she got out as
soon as possible. She declared that
she simply postponed her death until
she could drown more comfortably; and
now, with the first warm weather, she
has executed her purpose, st. Louu
Globe.