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Making Fiddle STRINGS.

The name "catgut," as applied to
the anlmal-fiber strings used on musi-
cal instruments, is altogether mis-.
nomer. The cat is in no wise respon-
sible for the string, and, much as the
fact is to lie deplored, the manufac-
turers of such strings fuse to utilize
cats for the supply oi ah,eir materia!
Amlnadab Seek, amended to accuracy,
should speak of "they who scrape the
hair of the horse upon the bowels of
the lamb hot the "bowels of the
cat" Violin, guitar and banjo strings,
and in fact all sorts that come under
the general head of "gut," are made
from the entrails of lambs and cattle,
from the delicate threads used for
sewing racket ball covers up to the
half-inch thick round belts. After a
lamb is seven months old its entrails
are no longer fit for making strings
for violins, consequently this branch
of the manufacture can only be carried
on few months in each year.
Few people" said Mr. Turner a
New York manufacturer, to Sun re-
porter, "have any idea of the many
uses to which gut strings are now put.
They are used to hold up clock
weights, for betting, for the lacing on
lawn tennis and racket balls, for la
crosse scoops, for weaving fine whip
covers, for jewellers drills, and for a
thousand things. suppose, that even
| do not know of. Anglers leaders or
smells No, not at all, although most
people have an idea that these are
made of gut. That material would
never do for such phrpose. 1t would
get soft in the water in few minutes
and the fish would eat it off. In fact,
| don't know but what it would be a
good bait. Most sO.called gut lead
ers are made from silk and the best
from marine plant.
"All the work of making gut
strings is about the same, but greater
care has to be exercised in preparing
those intended for musical instruments
than others. The process of manufac-
turing those is comparatively simple,
but far from easy. When the entrails,
for which good price has to be paid,
are thoroughly cleaned, they are split
with razor. Only one half is fit for
use in violin strings. That is the upper
or smooth half, The lower half is fatty,
rough, and of unequal thickness. The
strips are put through rollers turned
by hand for eight or nine days, to take
all the stretch out of them. Then they
are spun, or twisted. Five or six
strands go to make an E string, eight
or nine an A string, and twenty are
put into ID string Then they 90
through bleaching bath of sulphur
fumes. After that they are twisted
again. Then they are softened in
pearlash water, again subjected to the
action of the sulphur fumes, twisted
again, dried, and finally rubbed down
smooth with pumice stone. Alto
gether it takes ten or eleven days to
make string. When done they are
seventy-two inches ong-four lengths
for violin-and thirty of them cUilel
and tied together make up
the bundle Of the trade"
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19
THE CH!MNEY'S SONG.

Gre 4 chimney the night wind sang
And The chanted melody no one knew;
Aad t 9 woman stopped as her babe she
10 sci,
And thought of the one she had long since
lost,
Aud said, as her teardrops back she forced
+" hate the wind in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chantsd melody no one knew;
And the childfep said, as they closer drew.
"a 'Tis some witch that is cleaving the black
night through
'Tis fairy that just Men blew,
And we fear the windy the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted a melody no one knew;
Aud the man. as he sat on his hearth below,
Said to himself: 1t will surely snow,
And fuel is de3le and wages low
And I'll stop the leak in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted a melody no one knew;
But the poet listened and smiled, for he
Was man, woman and child-all three,
And he said, " It's Gods own harmony.
The wind that sings in the chimney"
Bret II drte.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19
She Didn't Give Anything.

Madame" the missionary began.
as he lifted his hat at the front door,
81 am soliciting for home charities.
We have hundreds of poor, ragged and
vicious children like those at your gate
and our object is"
"Sir ! those are my own children |"
she interrul t1, and the way that
front door slammed his toes Jared
every hair on his scalp.lock.-Freo
Pres.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19
Youthful Suicides.

Recently a writer, making some
general observations upon French
atfairs, remarked upon the number of
children, of the age of twelve and un-
der, that annually commit suicide in
Paris. The writer speculated upon
the motive that could have induced
the little unfortunat IS to commit the
act. But youthful suicides are to be
found in the United States, also. If
statistics were taken, the result would
probably be discovered to be startling.
Shame and fear have sometimes been
the motives, mingled, perhaps, with
feelings of indignation. Thus chill
dren, and particularly boys who had
received or who expected to receive
severe corporal punishment, are IRE
quently found to exhibit little or no
hesitation ir comprising their own
death We cannot say that the evil
is IN The increase in the United States,
hut it certainly does not seem TO be
de rcasing.-Ne,0 York Telegram.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19

choice in this matter, l trust you per.
fectly. There, l didn't tell you mo-
ment too soon for mere comes Will
liam will you stay and give your own
answer?"
"Oh. no, papa, dear" She put her
face close to his. "You can tell Willie
| like him, just little, and-but don't
tell him this, | wish he was rich, for
wealth and ease look very tempting"
AS she made her exit she heard her
father say, Inconsistency"
But her heart was light and happy.
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TWO KINDS OF CHARITY

"Its not only strange, but downright
meanness. What's the use of trying
to excuse it? Here are the facts:
Only few days ago the Benevolent
society met and Mrs. Benson sub
scribed twenty dollars. l was speak
Ing of her liberality at the close of the
meeting; and now we find her refusing
to pay fair price to her washwoman
and seamstress, the latter having a
poor mother and three helpless chill
dren to provide for from her scanty
earnings"
"Well, Annie, such inconsistencies
are far from being infrequent, and the
longer you live the more you will be
impressed with incongruities found in
human nature. Let me tell you of a
lesson had once, many years ago.
at was a cold day in December, and
keen, rough wind blew the sharp,
frozen sleet in my face as l walked
with a quick step down one of the
streets of our leautiful city. | hal
been caught without an umbrella, and
when l overlook Mr.. Blank, and was
invited to walk under the shelter of
his, took his arm, nothing 10th, | as
sure YOU. He was an old friend, though
his wealth carried him into circles
where, as the poor pastor of an humble
flock, l should have hardly found ad-
mittance. After the first greetings,
he told me that nothing would have
tempted him out in such a severe
weather but the meeting of the BE
nevolent Association of which think
he said he was president. And then
he added: you had better go with me
and become member. There is no
estimating the amount of good we are
doing in this place
"When we came to the steps of the
old stone church, my attention was
arrested by the sound of child's
voice, which was borne to us by the
wind, in low, broken sobs.
"Curled up under the shelter of the
broad, stone arch was a child of seven
or eight years, whose dress was such
an odd mixture of girls and boys
costumes that it would have been
difficult to guess the sex.
"A poor, pinched face, set off by
fine, dark eyes, and profusion of dark
hair, which was partly hidd N by the
old comforter tied around the head.
An old overcoat, patched and worn, a
red petticoat partly hiding some black
pants, gray stockings and girls slippers
completed the dress of the forlorn little
object.
al said 'Let us see what is the
trouble here, and what we can do to
relieve it,
"Mr. Blank stopped with an i'm
patient air, and passing a contemptuous
glance at the child, wh) just then
looked up and cried out piteously,
said '0h, never mind, l have no
interest in thing of this kind. l
have to do only with the broad, general
principles of humanity
"When he found would stop he
wrapped his elegant coat close around
him. saying carelessly: Its all a
trick these beggars understand their
business to perfection. Come, or we
shall be late at the society. Do not be
lnisled by your sympathies with us
you can work in your accustomed
way
al will not detain you,' l replied,
and, if possible, will rejoin you in a
few moments
avery well, sir, If you persist in
this must leave you, for my duties
are imperative, and the wind which
sweeps round this corner is terriic;'
and, with stately bow, he hurried ON.
"I went up to the child, and asked,
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19

Trials of every kind may await you,
sterner and darker than any yet ex-
perienced. Do not anticipate them,
but do not forget their possibility. Do
not as you prize your own soul, forget
that your strength for every conflict
depends on your being girded for elch
as it comes, and never being careless
or weary.
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VOL. III.
ECHO.
l haunt the woods
na.a .ai;I.l


/ haunt the woods
Deep solitudes,
Where the foaming rills
With winding flow
And voices low,
Steal down from the hills;
Where the clustered flowers
On whispering bowers
Hang sweet with dew,
And the drowsy air
Breathe odors rare
The summer through.
When mornings beam
Steals into dream
or the forest deep.
And music breaks
From the bird that wakes
From happy sleep,
Irepeat his song
As it floats along
Among the trees;
My voice replies
And melts and dies
In hapmonies.
And when from afar
The evening star,
On the solemn night
Looks down from the east.
Where the storm has ceased,
With holy light;
When the measured knell
Or the eYenins bell,
From the distant hill,
With mellow beat,
Makes music sweet,
In the darkn ess still
l echo the hour
From my rocky tower,
Where I watch alone;
| slumber deep,
But | wake from sleep
At the softest tone.
When winter piles
The forest aisles
With drifts of snow,
And through tho lines
OF roaring pines
The Ice winds blow,
About my cave
The tempests rave,
Like storms al sea,
But none can break
My walls and take
My voice from me!
| found my birth
When heaven and earth
From chaos rose;
And not till Death
Steals Natures breath
My life shall close.
Ernest W. Shurtl,
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19

The postal money orders in the coun-
try last year aggrega te sl20000,0 900, of
which $6,500000 were on foreign ac..
count. The net profit to the govern
ment was $l65,0c0.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-04-19

President Arthur has five sisters
and one brother.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-29
Berwick Bay Oysters.
City Property For Sale !!

|. Improved property ON Acequh street, op-
posite Ncramenda street.
2. Improved property corner Navarro and
n Five lots in Post homestead, corner Rusk
and East Comm cree street.
4. Three lots, corner Martin and Convent
street comprising block No. 1.
). Five lots on Camden street, near Madlson
square, in block No. o.
!. Three lots on San Pedro Avenue.
Z. Half lots on Avenue d. between fllth ana
S. House and lot on Fifth street. between
Avenues and @.
TO- Ten acres irrigable land with improve
ii. Three lots on Dallas street, near Madison
square, in block No. -.
H. House and lot, corner Franklin square
70. Eight lots on Castro street, southwest cor
H. Three lots corner Ell Paso, salado and
Medina Streets in block No. 81.
H. Sixty-iive and one-half acres, with Inn
provements. under fence, known rs Race and
Fair Grounds"
i6 Eight acres improved irrigable land on the
lower labor, on South Flores street, under
fence, fine peach orchard on part of grounds
H. Fifty-two lots west of AlazaR creek, on
Durango street, out of lot No. lS2,
49, Twenty-four acres lot No. 2l0, west oil the
San Pedro creek ut crossing OF international
and Sunset roads.
49, Twelve lots south of Government depot,
Immediately on Grayson street, out OF the
Policy subdivision.
20 One lot 1893 feet front on Avenue B, and
running back to river opposite sixth street. ~
"a. Two lots, No. and 4, in block No. A.,
above Upper Labor ditch, on San Pedro avenue.
~ Block No. 3, on Walnut street, below
Stoves * Sons lumber yard.
q Four lots In block No %, above Upper
Labor ditch.
"a. Entire block No, 80, and eight lots In
block No. 2, on Park avenue.
%. All property belonging to Messrs. Adams
Wickes, comprising building lots near Inter
national, Sunset and Government depots, san
nj ~
which we offer ut liberal prices and on easy
terms; also, all their irrigable lands In and
about the city.
We will examine titles, write conveyances,
attend 10 the renting of houses, negotiate
loans on reasonable terms. Notary public ut
Office. j. II. FRENCH CO.,
273 Commerce street.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-29
5o!yeara.

have known and watched the use OF Swift's
Specific for over fifty years, and have never
known or heard of Il failure to cure Blood
Poison when properly taken. In all my life /
have never known Il remedy that would so
fully accomplish what II is recommended TO do.
II. l.. DENNARD, Perry, Ga.
We have sold Swift's Specific u. =. s. with
most astonishing results. One gentleman who
used half dozen bottles says that II has done
him more good than treatment which cost him
1000. Another who has used 1t for a Scrofulous
affection reports permanent cure from It's use
VAN SHAACk, STEW & CO.,
Chicago, Illinois,
$1,000 REWARD!
VIII be paid to any Chemist who will flnd, on
analysis Of 100 bottles OF s. s. s., one particle
OF Mercury, Iodide Potassium. or any mineral
substance. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co:
Drawer Q, Atlanta, Ga.
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants. 9-4-ly r
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.

The Supreme Court of the United States
delivered an opinion last week concerning
a question of State sovereignty. Congress
some ten years ago provided for the pun.
ishment of those who should conspire to
deprive any citizen Of the equal protection
of the laws, or equal privileges and immu-
mites under the laws. This enactment
aimed to protect negroes in the South.
The Supreme Court now holds the Act to
be unconstitutional, inasmuch as the power
assumed resides wholly within the States,
in the exercise of their criminal jurisdic.
ton. The tenor of the decision is, that il
Congress may take jurisdiction in such
matters and legislate for punishment OF
such crimes, there is no limit to its power
to legislate generally concerning crimes OF
which the States alone may take cog
nizance. The case in point was one where,
in Tennessee, Sheriff Tucker arrested four
negroes on warrants, and they were taken
from him by body of armed men, and 50
maltrcated that one of them died. A man
named Harris was charged with the offense
under the United States statute referred
to. In defense, he demurred to the conati.
nationality of the Act, claiming it TO be On
infringement OF the rights of the several
States. The Supreme Court holds this
demurrer to be good, and that the statute
finds no warrant in the original Constitu.
ton, or in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth OF
Fifteenth Amendments TO it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

A pigeon-shooting match has been agreed
upon between Captain A. Ell. Bogardus and
DR.. w. L. Carver, of California. to be shot
at Louisville, KY, February 22i. The match
is 100 birds each, for 81, 600, five ground
traps, London Gun Club rules
Next week the Lodges of the Amalga.
mated Association throughout the country
will commence revision Of the rates OF
wages paid the past year. with view to ar.
ranging new scales, to go into effect June LIST.
II is not thought any radical increase will be
demanded.
The coal miners Of Tuscarawas valley,
Ohio, have agreed to accept the terms of the
operators.
A heavy snow-ssorm is blocking the rail-
roads in Ontario.
Congressman Cox, of the Fourth North
Carolina District. and Fanny Augusta,
daughter of Bishop Lyman, were married at
Raleigh. N. c.. yesterday.
The rubber works of S. Condee & Co.. at
New Haven, Conn, will close February lob,
owing to the high price of raw material.
This throws l 500 men out of employment.
a Shamakin pa dispatch says the fire in
the Bear Valley shaft is extending.
The Prussian Government estimates the
cost of the proposed extension of State rail-
roads at &C. 125, 200 marks.
Tuesday night, as Aif Altwortb, clerk in
Smart's Bsnk at KiDgsville, Ont. locked the
door at IL o'clock, he was bounced upon by
three masked men. gagged. dragged into the
bank, the key of the vault taken from him.
and the safe cleaned out. They then locked
Altworth in the vault and left.
Catherine Benson, annoyed by children
playing in front Of her house in Philadelphia,
yesterday fatally shot Maggie Carlotte, one
of greup passing.
Kate Claxton was taken home i'll at the
elise of the performance in the Park Thester
at Brooklyn last night.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01
coNYeReTNq .Psraa

1t is a gratifying evidence Of the progress
of liberal sentiments that the intense feel
ing of antagonism between the schools of
medicine is breaking down. DR.. Beard,
in the Popular Science Monthly points to
the action of the New York State Medical
Society in changing certain clauses of its
ethical code, which prohibited consultation
with those of designated school of differ.
ent medical theory, as proof of this
tendency. lie believes that the two great
rival schools are marching along paths,
starting from the extremes of theory, and
steadily converging to that common ground
possible for guild Of men interested in so
grand an object as the relief of suffer.
ing and the conservation Of human life,
and in which all viii be content with the
unequivocal name of physician. The
principal obstacle to this desideratum he
finds to exist outside the professions-the
popular prejudice against this or that
school, and which must give place to the
demand for the weIl-eduoased physician
rather than follower of a particular theory.
When that embarrassment is removed, he
believes the way viii be cleared, through
which medicine viii rise to her possible
place as an exact science.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01
PASSENGER LISTS

CARLIE, January 31st.-Passed here co.
day, to arrive in Sacramento tomorrow
Mrs. S. a, Giliis, Miss Jeanuette ellis, Ha-
eel KIRK. Stockton; Z. B. Townsend, Wash
ington, d. c.; DR.. II. Vane, st. Louis, Mo
Porter II. Dale, Gorge II. Dale. Vermont
r, NJ. Ficht. Wyoming w. w. Brown,
Omaha Thomas ZEALAND, Winnipeg; B. +,
Smith, Ohio; James Charles, Oakland So
emigrant passengers, including Il males, to
arrive in Sacramento February 81.
OMAHA, January 31st.-Left here to-dsy,
TO arrive in Sacramento February 4th Chas.
Hinkand, San Francisco; Miss Dickson,
Honolulu; Mrs, T. L. BIOckson, Garfield,
Ohio; James Morley. Cincinnati W. II.
Ruunells, Boston Elmer B, HORTON, Phila-
delphia James McAndrew, Canada.
Forty through eIngfa9ts left on last nights
emigrant train, to arrive in Sacramento Feb
ruary 75h.
NEwHALL January 31ss.-Passed here TO-
day. to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow
r. n. Williams, Ssn Francisco S. r. Clark,
Peoria, H.; b. 4. Hal, Tucson Fl. V. Rowe,
E, Rowe, Texas; Il. b. Scare, Jr., Oakland /;
Csrles G. Lamb, Los Angeles J. II. Hast
AMI wife, Sierra Msdre Villa L. J. Rose,
j. Porter, San Gabriel J. S. McCey, Huron
Mason, Arizona Richard O'Neil, San
Diego; Ludwig Trior, Naw York. Ben
III. Rothschild. San Francisco; G. II. How
ard, Tucson; Z B. Allen end wife, A. Foss.
ard. Oakland; Mrs. Flesher, Cincinnati
Mrg V. Chsvslier, Les Angeles; E. .. GAY
raft, Red Bluff Miss Emma Howe, Tomb
stone; G. o. CURLY and wife, St. Louis A.
Goldberg, San #anciscO; z. w. Mccoy and
wife, FELTON, Edward A. Weed, Riverside
Miss Fanny Msrston. San Francisco B. f.
Pinkeitor, NJ. Snetcli, II. Cohn, II. W.
Strome, Los Angefes; j. w. Henderson,
Pomona Jacob Milser, Kansas City; f.
Champion, Casa Gratsde.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01

A Senator is reported as saying that
reciprocity with Mexico will make Louisi-
ana sugar fields deserts. This is Bit of
hyperbole. In 1882 we imported from
Mexico, subject to duty, $l04, 374 in value
of sugar, molasses, melada, candy and CON.
fectionery. But we exported to Mexico
81 $50 in value of sugar, molasses, candy
and confectionery. We also sent in iron
and steel and their manufactures to the
value of 50. SCI, 5l4 cotton, s.. 566, 100 !;
breadstufs and provisions, $40, 900 wood,
lumber and furniture, about 81, 426. 600 /;
living animals, SlS2 600; sewing machines
and railway cars, nearly SS92, 000 kerosene
oil, about $3.50, OOO; gunpowder, $3.50. 600 ;
paper and stationery, sl75. goo; boots, shoes
and harness, $4,000 (; carriage makers
products, $4,000; drugs, medicines, chem
icals and fancy goods, over 800, 600. The
question is. then, shall these industries be
kept from full development by the ball
and chain of protection, in order to ac-
commodate the small balance of $50, goo
against the sugar planters
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-01
moaE EVIDENCES OF DECEIT.

It is shown that under the proposed new
tariff schedule wooden goods embraced in
such as cloths, shawls, fannels, blankets,
wearing apparel, balmorals, Weddings
bindings. dress goods, etc, will bear IN
creased duties amounting to 1926. s66 net.
The Tariff Commission has all along
claimed there was a decrease OF duty pro-
posed. The increase proposed upon all
manufactured cottons amounts to SS3S. 500.
On WOODEN cloths, shawls, etc, the Com
mission made reduction of G. per cent. /;
fiannels and blankets, ETC., per cent. !;
wearing apparel, balmorals. etc., ID per
cent, and on webbing, bindings, etc., Is
per cent. On dress goods the present du-
ties are So per cent, and cents per square
yard when not costing over 20 cents per
square yard on all in excess, 40 per cent,
and cents per square yard. The Com
mission reported for a reduction of the
rate cent per square yard On goods with
vegetable fibre warps, but an increase on
Atwood, or aH.worsted goods of 40 per
cent, and y cents per square yard. Most
imported dress goods come under the latter
classification. New York importers place
them at three-fourths of the importations,
but the New York Post fixes the figure at
two-thirds, to be within the limits OF
truth, and on that basis and figures of TO-
tai square yards imported, as obtained by
it, finds the net result to be as stated.
Assuming the tables published to be cor
rect, they expose another of the many de.
eeits of the Commission, members OF
which, it is now proven by published cor.
respondence, were during all the sessions
holding sesret communication with various
interested prosecsionists, directing them
how to prepare showings, and what infu.
ences to exert upon the Board, and some OF
these raise strong suspicion that the
influences were not altogether of an
unsubstantial character.