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MY LITTLE WIFE.

My little wife's world too sweet
For such a man as am;
But she's Trojan-hard to beat
As Hector, son of Priam.
A winsome, willful mortal She
Brought up to grace a palace,
She ran away to marry me,
half love, half girlish malice
She never has repented though:
We built Il cot in Jersey
She wore delaine and calico,
And / wore tweed and kersey.
So great our love- it hridged across
Whatever might divide US
However went the gain or loss,
We felt as rich as Midas.
l helped her with the brush and broom,
Her morning laborS aiding:
She followed to the counting ROOM
Made out my bills of lading.
And once, when sick of chills lay,
She balanced up the pages;
Did all my work from day TO day
And brought home all my wages.
Then I was Just shipping clerk
Old firm Of Graves and Gartner;
Till after long and weary work
They took me in as partner.
Then wear on year went gayly round,
While we grew rich and richer,
Until in every spring we fouhd
We dipped a golden pitcher
When Gartner left grown old and lame)
bought him out completely
blade wife a partner-changed the name
To Wheatly, Graves and Wheatly.
She made our home a Paradise.
With taste supreme and subtle;
Rut said q" want no cloth of price
Wrought with knayish shuttle"
And fitting through our offices
With word and smile admonished,
- Wen work no metamorphosis
To make a lie look honest
And soon the business grew and grew,
With not cloud to daunten:
Till wife, who wanted tea like dew,
Send me adrift for Canton.
No sooner was well ct sea.
Than with whirl insanic,
Down came the flood of IS,
And shook the world with panic.
Then many house as strong as life,
Was rent and torn asunder;
Poor Graves went trembling to my wife,
And said. We're going under"
Wife saw the gulf but kept her poise,
Disposed Of plate and raiinent,
Sold all her Jewels Out the boys
And net the heaviest payment.
Then Graves and she with work and wit,
With care and selfdenial,
Upheld the firm. established it
The surer for the trial.
Through all the strife they paid the hands
Full price none saw them falter,
And now the house, rOck-founded, stands
As steady as Gibraltar
Bot wife keeps with us, guards us through
Like Miriam watching Moses;
She drinks her tea as pure as dew,
And sells it-fresh as roses.
Yes, she's Trojan; hard to beat
As all the sons of Priam;
But bless you She's world too sweet
For such man us am
The Continent.
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rms GLORIOUS PAGEANT

Was the illustration of "Pandora's Box y
from which, when opened, countless evils
according to mythology were supposed to
issue. Upon platform wrought in imi-
tation of black marble was placed box Of
shining gold that sent forth lurid flames
which, in their cracking fury, seemed en-
blematic of the tumult which ungoverned
passions produce in the heart. Then fol-
lowed Momus, the Son of Night, also called
the god OF criticism. He was seen in his
costly chariot upon silver ball intended
to represent the orb OF night. With ex-
tended hand he pointed TO the passions
following in his wake and seemed to take
delight in exhibiting the follies and weak
nesses of such distinguished personases.
The following
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sUcH spEcrAcLEs

When a street like Canul, which upon this
night was one blaze of light, transformed
the city into a scene brilliant beyond any
thing fairy land has ever pictured. Thou
sands of people were out they filled the
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LYDIA E. PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND =
IS 4 POSITIVE CURE. : y
For al those Painful Complaints and
: Weaknesses so common to our best =
g FEMALE pNPYI ALTON q

For all those Painful Complaints and
So Weaknesses so common to our best =
=. FEMALE POPULATION. = =
IT WILL CURE ENTIRELY THE WORST FORM
OF FEMALE COMPLAINTS, ALL OVARIAN TRoU-
BLEs, INFLAMMATION AND LIBERATION.
FALLING AND DIsPLACEMRETs, AND THE cox
sEoUENT SPINAL W EAKNEss, AND Is PABTIC-
ULARLY ADAPTED TO THE CHANGE OF LIFE.
= y
IT WILL DISSOLVE AND ExPEL JUNIORS
From THE UTERUS IN An EARLY STAGE OF De
vELopMENr. TIE TENDENCY TO DANGEROUS
EUMoRs THERE Is CHECKED VERY SPEEDILY
BY IT'S USE. . =
! = IT REMOVES FAINTNEss, FLArJIENcY, DE
sTRoYs ALL CRAVING FOR sTIMULANTs, AND
RELIEVES WEAKNESS OF THE STOMACH. 1T
CURES BLoATING, HEADACHE, NERVOUS PROS
rRATIoN, GENERAL DEBILITY, DEPRESSION
AND INDIGESTION. u =
= THAT FEELING OF BEARING Down. CAUSING
PAIN. WEIGHT AND BACKACHE. IS ALWAYS
| PERMANENTLY CURED BY IT'S USE.
IT WILL At ALL TIaEs AND UNDER ALL CIR
CUMsrANCEs ACT IN HARMONY WITH THE LAWS
THAT GOVERN THE FEMALE SYSTEM.
. NJ IT'S PURPOSE Is SOLhh1 FOR THE LIZ
CLIMATE HEALING OF DISEASE AND THE RE
LIEF OF PAIN, AND THAT IT poEs ALL IT
CLAIMS TO DO, THOUSANDS OF LADIES CAN
! GLADLY TEsTIFY.-gE -
> For THE CURE OF KIDNEY COMPLAINTS
IN EITHER SEX THIS REMEDY IS UNSURPASSED.
| 8 LYDIA e PINKHAMS VEGETABLE COM
POUND is prepared at Lynn, Mass. Price, 81.
Six bottles for 50. Sold By al drng9lsts Sent by
mail postage paid, i'll form OF Pills or Lozenses,
| on receipt OF price as above. Mrs. Pmkham S
'Gnide to Health win be mailed free to any
Lady sending stamp. Letters confdentiaily an
swered.
: No family should be without LYDIA E: PINK
| HAMS LIVER PILLS. They cure Constipation,
Billiousncss and Torpidity of the Liver . cents
! per box m291yTuThS&wly
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There are 5000 head OF cattle, property
of Lux & Miller, at Winnemucca. awaiting
transportation by rail 10 san Jose.
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Cheeseman's Specific Mixture.

without the least exposure, change Of diet, or
change in application to business. The medi-
cine contains nothing that is of the least injury
TO the constitution Ask your druggist Tor II.
| Price, 81 a bottle, s@Fly"o
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
AND BUILDERS.

NOEICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL CON
~ cerned that Sealed Proposals or Bids are
solicited for performing the laoor and furnish
ing the materials necessary to the erection Of
two wooden buildings, for shops, at the rear OF
the Mechanic Arts Building, University of Cali
fOrnia, at Berkeley; said bids 10 be received at
the Office of CLINTON DAY. Architect. 80 Pine
street, San Francisco, at or before noon, MON
DAY. the 97th day of October, 1884.
And notice is further hereby given that the
plans bills description and specifications of said
buildings and Of the lahorand materials therefor
have been placed at said Ollie. where the same
can be seen during business hours each GAY, from
This date until the contracts for building the
same are made.
This notice IS given pursuant to the provision
of an Act of the Legislature entitled - An Act to
regulate contracts behalf of the State in rela-
ton to erections and buildings" approved 23d
March, 1916, which Act is hereby referred to and
made part of this notice.
J II. c.. B0NTE,
Secretary University of California.
September 20, A. d. 1884 s27-1aw5tS
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ours truly, DAVID MES
POISON OAK.
Ttnisiigo, Canada HeSt, Ont,
October 80. lsS2.

October 60 1852.
MEsSEs FLEMING BROS:
Siys-Your pills came all right and ] can say
they area good bilious pill; have used a great
manufactured by Fleming Bros, are genuine.
And, gentlemen, you have my thanks in send
ing. gave some of those pills to my neighbors
for trial. One of my neighbors got three pills.
He said they did help MIN. lie felt the next day
like new man. He wishes me to SIND for fifty
cents worth for him. So, gentlemen, / will do
all can to introduce DIR. c. McLane : Liver Pills,
manufactured by Fleming Brothers. You viii
find inclosed one dollar for more of your good
pills wish you could send me a sample OF
your Vermifuge by mail ! think it will take
well here Yours, with respect.
WIZ. H. DUGAN.
Please send soon.
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rApLEArX WE'RE PRESENTED :

Jeaiousy-pictured in the scene in which
Amestris. Queen of Persia and wife Of the
great XerxeS, is about to subject to torture
her rival Artanyta; Reyenge-as exem-
uliiied i'm the murder of Caligula by the
victims of his brutality; Cruelty-in
which Nero was seen exuiting in fendish
ioy over the sacrifice Of the Christians;
Gluttony- portrayed in the banquet of
Nitil.us, who, it is said, squandered mill
| ions OF dollars upon his feasts; Enyy-il-
! Illustrated in Sauts attempt to Stay David !;
Observation-Disclosures in Il scene OF
wild and reckless pleasure INDUCED in by
the Emperor Heliogabulus and his sub
iects: Ambition--ftly embodied in the
character of Alexander who was seen in
his differing robes of state seated upon
his throne with his slaves bowling in
homage before him; liate--exhibited in
| the impressive ceremony in which ilanni-
bal swcars eternal hatred to Rome; In
| tamperance-shown in a scene from the
| life of Alcibiades, when, in moment OF
! intoxication, he violates the mysteries OF
the tcnple-an enormous crime III the
ewes of the Atheuians; ldleness-indlcated
by the luxury and ease with which Ptol-
envy Philopator, an Egyptian ruler, sur
rounded himself; Fear-shadowed forth in
the departure q the Jews from Egypt
.Avarice-in Which Xerxes plumbers the
temple of Belus; Gambling-viewed in
the scene in which Augustus and his sub
iects indulge in the qualification of this
passion; Anger-illustrated in picture
of the temple at Jerusalem and the altar
at which the high priest John is sacri-
ticing when provoked by his brother
Luxury (the final tahleau)-represented
the time when the Assyrim empire had
refrigerated, owing to the vo!uptuous hab
lis of its rulers, and a rebellion had ariser
against the reigning king, Sardanapaia!s
who is portrayed calmly awaiting death II
the palace to which he himself had SCI
fro
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AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL.
CyANSoNE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
= This Hotel is in the very center Of the bust
ness portion of the city. The travelling public
will And this to be the most comfortable and re-
spectacle Hotel in the City. Board and room
81. 81 - and 81 80 per day. Hot and Gold Baths
Free Free Coach to and from the Hotel.
sp26-6m CTIAS. MONTGOMERY & BRO. Props
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CREMATION AN INCENTIVE TO MUIR
| DER.-There are also other objections to
favoring the practice of cremation, of
which the nlurder-by-poison objection is
of course the most formidable As we
have said on several occasions, and as the
Home Secretary repeated on Wednesday,
there IS much more murder By poison than
is commonly imagined. Take what pre-
cautions You may, regulate as yen please,
there would yet be more cri.ae OF this kind
would be more of such crime because there
would be more temptation to it, and we
should never forget, in discussing this sub
ject, that as the practice of cremation adj
vanced the discovery of suitable poisons
might advance too.-[St, James Budget.
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HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
NEWCASTLE HOTEL.

Newcastle
HAViNCi TAKEN CHARGE OF THE ABOVE
III place which | have renovated and inn
proved throughout now take pleasure in in
viting my friends ard the public in general to
give me a call, where they Will find everything
conducted in Il first-class manner.
ol5-iIn* b. J. BANS, Proprietor
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HoRsFoRD's AcIp PHOSPHATE us a refrig-
Grant drink in fevers Dr. c. II. S. Davis,
Meriden, Conn. says: Il have used il as
pleasant and cooling drink in fevers, and
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Whose approach to the city is noted in all
the papers, and watched with eager inter-
est. Last winter he appeared on February
Dist and attended by all the pomp essen
tial to his majesty, made his triumphal
march through the city. In the evening
the FIRST procession was held, that of the
"Knights of Momus" By selecting incl
dents from the lives of noted Kings and
Emperors, it represented the different
passions and the ills their possession in
llicts upon mankind. Immense floats OF
wood, resembling a car, were used. These
were decorated and designed appropriately
upon scale of unsurpassed magnifieence,
and upon them, i'll costumes OF dazzling
sp!endor and elegance, were the persons
who formed the tablcaux in the various
scenes. \ fit Introduction to
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HcSt .Sandlal;e, v. y,
October m 1880

UCVVDtI %, Ioo--
Fleming BROTHERS:
Dear Sirs-Inclosed you will find one dollar,
for which you will please send me more of your
DR. c. McLanes Liver Pills. 1 trust you have
received the pay for the last two boxes | or
dered and received. would only say they have
done me more good than could express. | feel
much better now than have for two years pest.
Send them soon. More hereafter
Yours truly, REV. Phil. SPARTA.
West Sandlake \. I.
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Nv hearty thanks for yonr letter con-
graduating me on the sale of the estate,
and, heartier still, my thanks for the let
ter of coincidence on my attempt to win
warm love in cold water. However, the
lady and the troubadour have not entirely
forgotten me, for shortly after your last let
ter was posted received cards from them,
Announcing their engagement. As a per-
fectly comfortable, happy Lieutenant
should, wish them ali good fortune. In
spite Of everything, they are fine pair.
You see how conioundedly reasonable
have grown to be; but l forbid you to write
me any congratulations on this account
And | cautiously lay aside the address OF
my young friends; you would probably
find ii necessity to send them con-
gratulatory epistle. Apropos You were
right that time; | recollect now, perfectly,
that | never was an advocate of matri-
mony. Yours, RUpoLPu.
tConcladcil
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NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
II MEMORY OF BRAVERY AND
DEEDS OF CHARITY.
Account Of the Gay and Social
Seasons at the Crescent
City.
Correspondence of the REooRD-uSros !

/ Correspondence OI the hECORD-O MON
New ORLEANS, October s. 1884.
The monument in this city in honor of
the renowned Confederate General, Robert
E. Lee, is simple in construction, but grand
and imposing in effect 1t is on St. Charles
street, and surrounded by a green terrace,
from the center of which rises lofty mar
bic pedestal, its summit crowned by the
figure of him whom it commentaries On
Pryttannia street is the monument to Mar
garet, which but lately was unveiled. Her
history is ar unwritten romance, and as
worthy Of being recorded as that of the
bravest warrior that ever died upon the
field of hattie. Her career, so full of
touching interest, involves a lesson of
deeper import than any sermon, however
eloquent, could carry. She was born in
Ireland and married there. After the
death Of her husband she came to Amer
lea and settled in New Orleans.
DEEDS OF CHARITY.
She began her charitable career BY pur-
chasing a few cows A portion of the
milk she sold, and the remainder was given
to the orphans. Later she opened Il bakery,
and by this means was better enabled TO
achieve the one object of her life-the re-
lief of suffering humanity. Bread Mar
garet herself delivered gratuitously to all
the asylums, and even the proceeds of
what she sold were devoted to charity
Having acquired, by dint of hard labor
and continued perseverance, a fortune such
as would have enabled her to spend her
days in comfort and luxury, she
yet lived with the utmost fru-
gality. Her whole life was one
long course of self-denial, and her figure,
clad in simple calico for it is said she
never possessed silk garment
hrmblest upon the street. But at her
death a long cortege, including the best
and wealthiest people of the city, followed
her to the grave, and the monument which
later they erected testified to the nobility
of her character. The memorial repre-
sents Z woman with basket of bread upon
her arm, and stands in front of St. AIMS
Hospital, to whose inmates she had been Il
ministering angel
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IL WdrriOr Gnu lOf DalIlS, seated upon Il
fiery steed in the very act OF rushing forth
into the smoke and din of the fray Thus
the soldier who sacrificed all upon the
altar of patriotism the statesman whose
talents were suhservient to his country's
good the undetermined philanthropist
whose heart responded to, and whose
wealth relieved the suferings of his peo-
ple-all receive fitting and lasting testi-
monials.
SOCIAL CHARACTER OF THE SOUTH.
Having given in this and previous let
tiers brief description of the main features
of the Crescent City, and having viewed
the people in various aspects, it may now
be of interest to glance at them in the
light of their social character, in which
respect they are best known To fully
understand the festive spirit of the South
erner, one must be in New Orleans during
the winter, and particularly during
the carnival, when the complete
abandonment to mirth and gaiety
of all classes, from the wealthy planter
to the poor negro, is such that it
must be seen to be realized. The entire
week previous to Mardi Gras is devoted to
le7tlNl 'tA dii5eAS hocN mo inc eilt
the principal streets are gaily decorated
at every corner may be seen some adver-
Using agent; everywhere there is hustle
and activity, and signs that grand event
is approaching. Each year the process
sions which constitute the chief event OF
the carnival, are different; and as the con-
duet of them is in the hands of the
wealthy and intelligent, the representa-
tions are OF the highest order The Holt
day season is usually ushered in by the ar
rival OF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16

BosToN, Jan. l6-At the annual meeting
Of the Boston Produce exchange, commit
tee Of directors on the subject of prohibition
of American pork by the governments of
Germany and France, made report, which
was accepted They recommend retaliatory
legislation, and resolutions were passed urg
ing congress to prohibit the importation Of
products from those countries, which are
most injurious, particularly adulterated
wines j. v Fletcher was appointed delegate
to the convention to be held at Washington to
urge upon congress the adoption of national
bankrupt law to secure uniform and correct
weights and measures; to procure, preserve
and disseminate valuable business informa-
ton, and to originate and carry out such
measures as shall elevate and dignity the re-
tail grocery business. 4. j. Lowell of Bos-
ton, was chosen president 1t was voted to
open headquarters here.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 1G. The PROPOSE
ton to pass retaliatoTy measures to punish
France and Germany for prohibition of
American pork does not seem TO be very
popular i'll the house. The agricultural
committees of the senate and house
are preparing q bill of differ
ent kind, which the commissioner of agricul
ture and others think will accomplish the
purpose aimed at without stirring up bad
feeling The central idea proposed in the bill
is the creation of board Of expert inspec
tors who shall inspect all meats to bt
shipped, placing upon each package g
government stamp certifying to the
condition of the contepts. The refusal OIL
the part of foreign governments to admit tt
their ports meats bearing an official STAMP
will constitute a violation of treaty obliga
tions, and the American government car
then adopt stringent measures to protect it
! commerce.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with Large Moral, One
Man who Knew his own Business.

No. my dear said the venerable keeper OF a
country store to a timid little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the counter, mo, my dear,
haven't any red flannel. but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses - Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite well, the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
Have you BEFSoN, S CAPCINE PLASTERS,' -
asked gentleman of certain drcggist whose
name could be given were it desired. Il am trou-
bled just now with touch Of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the sBenson's Plaster seems to 60
the spot almost rs soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present" replied the druggist. genially
''but we have lots of plasters just as good, There
| is Alcock's. the Capsicum and others-won't one
of them do just as well?
MY dear sir" retorted the gentleman, With g
| slight show of temper Il say nothing against
those articles, but am business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want and for moth
/ ing else. may enlighten you, however, when
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me, tried al
| those You mention, with no appreeiable benefit
| They are inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors Of some of them being
this: that they make plssters with similar sound
ing names TO deceive the unwary into believing
| they are the same thing. Experience taught me
The difference. I'll go to the next man in your line
| Good day
Be on your guard against limitations. The gen
nine has the word C4NPCINE cut clearly in thu
middle of the plaster Ali others are impositions
Sesbury It johnson, Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16

her sisters home in Connecticut she
found her daughter there. but the
revelation was made that the girl would
become a mother in a few weeks. The
latter told pitiful story of love and conf
dence betrayed The intelligence that the
seducer had s'uomplished their daughters
ruin by promises which he was not in posi-
ton to keep being married, so Infatuated the
parents that they..at once determined to bring
proceedings against him. The father of the
young girl has been somewhat deranged
since he was informed of his daughters fall,
and has several times declared that he would
shoot her seducer. The latter, having heard
of his danger, left the city Saturday evening,
after stormy interview with the superin-
tendent of the Sunday school, during
which he was warned never to put his foot
inside the church, as his conduct has dis
graced the sacred ediflce. The villain in the
case is about As years old, and wears long
white beard. Shortly after his wife's
death he was chosen secretary of the scnool,
and at the same time took charge
of a bibie-class. Three months later
it is alleged, he distinguished himself and in
volved the church in scandal by clipping
with one of his class pupils, who at that time
resided in Brooklyn, E. D. They were Sc
cretly married by an obscure clergyman. and
have since been living on Macon street,
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