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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
4 Michigan Mastodon.

In Alpine township, nine miles north OF
Grand Rapids, Drs. W. S. Dreamhand and Joel
c. Parker examined the greater portion of a
mastodon twelve and half feet in height, the
largest ever found except one by Professor
Warren, and the only remains of the kind dis
covered in the drift formation of Michigan.
1t was found in marshy ground by ditchers on
the farm of Aaron Hills, under about two feet
of vegetable mold and in .quicksand. per
meated by spring water. The largest rib found
measures four feet. and one tooth, the enam-
elperfect, weighed three pounds ten and a
half ounces.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27

running round the rim and marked Britain
| mia of Newcastle" On the stern of the boat it
was cut down on the port side as if done by
collision. He sent out boat in search, but
could find no trace of any living person. The
captain believed it to have been steamer
ed quite lively.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27
HENRY CLAY.
RecoUecti0ns of John III. Harmon.

Detroit Free Press.
at was Henry Clay's purpose" said
John H. Harmon, continuing the story
of his recollections of the famous ora
tor and statesman, ''to leave Washing
ton Immediately after his speech. The
early fall weather was really the Indian
summer season, and most favorable to
such journey as he had in mind. His
speech in the senate chamber on his
farewell quite overcame him. Though
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27

Captain Hazelton, of the bark Hollinside,
from London July 18th, states on July 81,
while of Portland, Great Britain, after a fog,
he saw large number of live cattle swim
ming in the sea, also quantity of wreckage.
He picked up a life boat with gold streak
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-27

Berlin ladies carry waterproof cloaks
with hem when they go in bathing.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
Nazareth House.

There are at least two places in London
where any one can see for himself what
can be done when good people set TO work
to prove that nothing provided for our use
and service is altogether useless, or should
be cast as rubbish to the void" There is
a large house at Hammersmith, hidden be-
hind huge brick wall, and approached by
narrow gateway, over which appear the
words, =" Nazareth House" Here, for long
years and years, certain excellent sisters of
charity have supported a large family of
old and young entirely ON the scraps from
the rich mans table An enormous
establishment that contains an aims
house for the old and nursery for
the young is sustained on scraps. The sis
tiers, in their religious habit, go out in the
morning, accompanied by an old servitOr
in a cart, and they beg for the scrapings of
the tables of the wealthy Clubs, restau-
rants, and large places where food is con-
sumed are visited daily, and the sisters
meet with unusual courtesy and attention
from the public bodies At private houses
they are less welcome, owing to the inso-
lence of menials. At night the contents Of
the baskets and bags are sorted. Nothing
is wasted. Everything is boarded up, from
crusts of bread that have fallen on the floor
to the coffee-grounds and tea leaves There
the Impractical eye would be astonished to
see what tasty dishes and appetizing por-
tons result from the daily clearance of the
collecting carts. But the Catholic sisters,
who have received their training abroad
chiefly in France, where economy is I'M
derstood and becomes an art, are not
alone in their acts of self-devotion. They
have set an example that has been speed
lily followed, and among other institutions
the Church Association of Protestant Sis
tiers may be cited. They support an enor-
nous orphanage at Kilburn by following
precisely the same system that was started
and organized by the good women at Naza-
reth House. They collect from house to
house in the same way; they are the ready
clients Of clubs and restaurants, and they
have so extensive system Of charity in all
parts of London, from foot-stalls at the
London docks to misSion-houses and Or
phanages in the Northwest, that they can
readily dispose OF anything that comes in
their way, from a batter pudding TO an old
boot, from a faded dress to a half-eaten
jelly or blanc-mange, from bonnet TO a
bone London Truth
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
Morrissey's First Fight

! The pugilist no longer seems TO be a
! factor in politics, said George lockwood.
the photographer, but it is not so long
! ago that Morrissey held the balance of
power in New York, Did | know Nor
, risscy? | rather think did. Let me tell
/ you little story of long ago. About the
| year 1850 | was living in Troy. One cold.
! bitter winters night when the snow already
lay foot deep | turned into the Alhambra
restaurant to have little supper after the
| theater. Old Dave Smith, a weI-known
COlored man of Troy, was sweeping out the
front room before closing the place for the
night. As stopped to chat with him for
: moment large, overgrOwn boy made his
appearance in the half-open doorway. He
wa5d ressed in pair of trousers, a ragged
shirt, and shoes the uppeTs and soleS of
, which had long parted company. On his
head was a bit of fiat cap Nav | come
in, boss =? he asked of Dave, with shiver
Come erlong, said the old darby. i
wouldn't turn dog out on such night
! The boy skunk in and went into the inner
room where there was large stove with a
roaring fire in it. Stretching his huge bulk
before it was the noted town bully, Jim
O'DOnald. What are you doing here, YOU
lOater" said he, with an oath, as he saw
| the boy. At the same time he struck the
Lad and sent him flying over chair The
gentleman outside said might come in
gasped the boy as he recovered his feet
Gentleman indeed SO YOU think that
black nigger's more of gentleman than |
am ? said the bully. Yes, ! do answered
the boy. know you, Jim O'Donald, and
If you want to fight III fight you Atfirst
the bully sneered at the proposition. but,
after the interchange of few words. said
he would take the lad at his word We all
followed the two outside, for they had be
fore this been sent to TIE outer regions by
the proprietor of the restaurant 1t had
stopped showing, and a ring was formed in
the center of the road, Just opposite the
Alhambra, and the two went at it. When
the rough-and-tumble fight was over the
two principals were lying on the ground
some 200 yards farther down the road and
the bully ODonald was knocked senseless
Then the policemen came from behind the
trees, where they had been watching the
fight, and proceeded to run the fighters in
Among the spectators was brother of
Isaiah Rynders, the noted founder of the
Empire Club. He walked up to the boy
and said What's your name. hub o
John Morrisscy, answered the boy Well.
Johnny. YOU 90 along with the officers to-
night and III see you through in the morn
ing He was as good as his word He paid
the boys fine of $40 put a good suit of
clothes on him and sent him down to his
brother Isaiah, in New York That was
how John MorrisSey entered the ring, and
that was the first and last prizc-tight ever
saw. II New York Tribune.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
The Army of Cranks.

There lives In every civilized community
species of uncivihzed barnacles. com
monty known as cranks. Just for what
purpose they were created even scientists
have failed to discover In their own est
nation they are the Alpha and Omega OF
civilization they believe the entire uni
verse revolyes around their immediate
door-yard; they have become convinced
that what they don't know isn't worth
knowing; they are spposed to everything
and everybody. If a newcomer moves into
the town they denounCe him as a rascal at
first sight. If young man starts in bust
ness they shun him, and try to run him
down and destroy his business. They say
he Is dishonest; never paid for his goods,
and that his mother-in-law is blind or bow
legged. They kick if person pays his
bills, and take particular pains to let every
body know il if they don't. They are op-
posed to even giving a person an equal
chance to pay his debts, and are happy if
they can break up his business. They be
heye everybody is a rascal on general
principles, simply because they are so i'm
pregnated with dishonesty that it is impos-
slble for them to be respectable They can
outlle, outcheat, outsteal, outswear any
person on the civilized globe, and are mad
because everyone else are not as big rascals
as they are. We believe in encouraging
new enterprises; we believe in lending q
helping hand to assist the unfortunate we
believe in giving every man a chance to be
honest and pay his just debts; we do not
believe in casting out dirty, contemplate
slurs, with the intention Of injuring the
reputation or character of Others; we DO not
believe in taking the bread and butter out
of the mouths OF others just to simply sati-
ate contemplate, mean disposition.
These imbeciles inhabit every civilized
community. We do not say there are any
in Astoria, yet if our recollections serve US
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
Marriage as n Financial Speculation,

More difficult divorce will put an eStop-
pei to great extent upon marriage as a
financial speculation. There are men who
go into the relation just as they go into
Wall street to purchase shares. The female
to be invited into the partnership of wed
lock is utterly unattractive, and in DISPOSE
ton suppressed Vesuvius Every body
knows it, but this masculine candidate for
matrimonial orders, through the CONNER
cial agency, or through the county records,
finds out how much estate is to be inherited
and he calculates it. He thinks ont how
long it will be before the old man will die,
and whether he can stand the refractory
temper until he does die, and then he en-
tiers the relation, for he says, IF cannot
stand it. then through the divorce law I'll
back out That process is going on all the
time, and men enter the relation without
any moral principle. without any affection
and it is as much a matter of stock specu-
lation as anything that Tanspires in Union
Pacific, Wabash and Delaware and Lacka-
wanna. Now, suppose man understood
as he ought to understand, that if he goes
into that relation there is no possibility of
his getting out, or no probability, he would
be more slow to put his neck in the yoke
(Dr. Talmage, in Sunday Magazine
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
HEALTH'S HIGHWAY.

Love is blind; but the rest of the boys
can see the hair on the coat collar Bur.
lington Free Press.
Half-knowledge is the bane of teaching
as half-truths are the curse of some pulpits
and the perilous poison in many books
| DIR. Broaddus.
One of the principal graces of Sarah
Duchess of Marlborough, was a prodigious
abundance of fine hair. One day, at heI
toilet, to anger her heroic lord she cut of
her commanding tresses and flung them in
his face
A colored girl in Atlanta Ga, was
knocked over by an engine, and in a few
minutes got up as if nothing unusual had
happened, and looking after the engine,
said: You's got heap oh politeness TO
serve a lady dat way ~ Kentucky Jour
nal.
A fashion item says Jackets of velvet
with vests of satin are nice and stylish for
breakfast" lifts the style, no doubt this
novel dish will find favor; and vet there
are hard headed old fellows who will still
cling to tripe-style or no style.-[Cincin-
natl Saturday Night.
haven't got any case" said the client
but l have money" How much ?"
asked the lawyer Fifty thousand dol
lars, was the reply. "Phew you have the
best case | ever heard of. I'll see that you
never go 10 prison with that sum-" said the
attorney, cheerfully. And the man didn't
he went there broke. u Boston Globe.
A rural debating society recently dis
cussed the question: What is the great
est mystery in the world?" We suspect
the conclusion reached was in favor of
HASH" but all the same the greatest
IL !
with half dozen half-starved small chill
dren will keep three dOgs.-[ Norristown
Herald.
At one of the watering-places an impa-
tent young man walked up to the door of
the bathing house in which he thought his
male companion was dressing, and knock
ing on the same, testify inquired, When
in blazes are you going to get those pants
on?" There was a faint giggle, and a sill
very voice replied, When get married
suppose. Il Unclaimed
Mrs. Gushington Ito young widow whose
husband has left large fortune): THAT
is the fourteenth mourning costume I've
seen you wear in three days, anC each one
lovelier and more becoming than the
other" Young widow: "Oh, my dear,
have forty; but such bother as they were
to have made. At one time | almost
wished that poor dear George hadn't died
Life.
What do you want, boy?" Ma sent
me after d tourists guide Sure
your mother sent you?" =" Oh, yes and
She wants the name of the best hotel at
Long Branch, and the price per day"
Going to the seashore?" No, sir
we're going to spend two weeks in the
country at Uncle Williams but ma wants
to post up on Long Branch and be able to
tell everybody what hotel we stopped at
and how expensive it was ~ Detroit Free
Press
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
MAKING LOVE IN THE CHOIR.
50. on the stsps of che organ LOFT.

She sat on the steps of the organ loft,
Just after the second hymn;
And through nave and choir to the cool gray
spire
The sound rose faint and dim.
AS they settled themselves in the choir below
For the sermon that followed next
And seated myself at the altos side,
As the parson took his text.
marked the tender flush of her cheek,
And the CLEAN of her golden hair.
The snowy 'kerchief round her neck,
And her throat all white and bare;
A throat 50 white that indeed ii might
An anchorite entice;
And family heard the parsons word
As he preached about paradise.
My arm stole gently around her waist
Until our fingers met,
And the huttering blush made the tender flush
OF her cheeks grow deeper yet.
Snowy and fair the hand beneath
And brown the palm above,
And the brown closed softly over the white
As the parson spoke OF love.
All who is wise when deep blue eyes
Meet his and look coyly down?
Who would but drink, nor care to think
OF envy's jealous frown?
Twas but 10 bend till felt her breath
Grow warm on my cheek, and then
Ny lips Just touched her own
As the parSon said amen. i Puck.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
LEGAL NOTICES.

SCMM0NS.-STATEOF CALIFORNIA, CoUN-
NJ y OF sacramento, IS. In the Superior Court
IN and Tor said county. The People of the state
OF California to CHARLES RAMOS greeting.
fou are hereby notified that an action was com
meneed IN the Superior Court of the county of
sacramento State aforesaid, by filing a COM
plalns in the Clerk office of said Court on the
I'd day of MAY. 1881, in which action Able
n RAMOS is plaintiff and You are defendant.
mat the general.n mature of theaction. as appears
rom SAID complaint, is as follows: To obtain n
Il decree OF this Court diS>olVing the bonds of
inatriInony now existing between plaintiff and
ueienuant, en- the ground of failure TO provide
ana deSertlon Also for SIS attorneys fees and
costs OF sSit all of which is more fully set forth
IN the complaint on file herein, reference to
which rs hereby made, And you are hereby di-
reeted 10 appear and answer said complaint
within ten days from the service of this writ ex-
elusive OF the day of service if served on YOU in
said county of Sacramcnto; and within thirty
days exclusive of the day OF service if served
elsewhere. And you are further notified that
unless you SO appear and answer within the
time above specified. the plaintiff will apply 10
the Court for the relief prayed for in the com
plant
In Testimony whereof, l. Chas. NJ Coglan Clerk
of the Court aforesaid, do hereunto set my hand,
and ailiN the seal of said Court, this sd day of
May, a. d. 1884. CHAS, NJ. COGLAN, Clerk.
BY WIN. b. HAMILTON, Deputy Clerk.
W. r. CANTWELI- Attorney for plaintiff
nd farus Dr,,N
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

SPARTANBuRG IS. c., March H. 1884
have for IA years been a sufferer from run
ming sore on my face, that everybody called Il
CANCER. | have used over $500 worth of medi-
cine, and found no relief. About four months
ago, bought one bottle of Swift's Specific from
Dr. H. +. Heintish, and since have bought five
others; have taken it, and they have CURED NE
sound and well. My face is as free from sore
as anybodys, and my health is perfectly re-
stored. feel like forty years had been lifted off
my head. Yours thankfully, ELIZA TINSLEY.
Mr.. B. F. Burns Hope. Ark, says, under date
of January %, 1884 81 have taken five bottles
of Swift's Specific for a sore on my temple-said
to be cancer. Ihave been wonderfully benefited
and will soon be a well man"
Mr.. W. X. Robinson, Davisboro, Ga writes
under date January 8, 1881 " l am getting on
finely, the ulcer is gradually healing I feel that
Swift's Specific will cure the horrible cancer
which has been feeding on me for over % years"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta
Ga. \. Y. Office l59 W sd st. bet 9th & 7th Avs
iel0-lyTuThS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
RULES OF DESCENT IN TIE UNITED
STATES,
fAs laid down BY Ken. in 1881

AS laid down by Kentin 1881.
/. If one dies owning an estate,
Il linealiy must grayitate.
II but one heir, it will annex
To him or her in spite Of sex
Ii there be more, as well there may,
They all shall take per capita.
?. But If degrees perchance there be,
OF different consanguinity,
AS sons and grandSons, all shall take,
And an estate in common make;
But such gfandsons have cause to fear it,
They'll not an item more inherit
Than would have been their fathers share
Had he been the living heir
3. But if the owner meets his fate
No lineal heir To his estate,
We've dared the common law TO mend.
And his estate shall now ascend.
l. Again in case the owner do
Lack issue and lack parents too,
His brothers and his sisters shall
Succeed by rules collateral.
II brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces
They then will take in equal pieces,
II some be dead, some living be,
They II take by nearness OF degree
s. And in default of father, mother,
And nephews, nieces sisters, brother.
Or issue the estate can't fall,
But it VIII rise above them all
S. Again and if perchance there shall
Be no descendant ineal-
If parents, brothers, sisters, none,
With their descendants meath the sun,
Nor the grandparents, the estate
Shall, by unerTing legal fate,
Unto the aunts and uncles wend,
And those who from them may descend
If equally related. they
VIII take their part per cdpEG.
But if in different degrees,
They all shall then take per stripes.
T. Provided, if the intestate had
Derived his living from his dad,
1t shall to aunts and uncles slide
And issue on the fathers side
And if none such there be perchance,
Then TO the uncles and the auntS
On the maternal side twill go
And this rule works converse
g. This 8th last rule, it seems to me,
Is rather stiff for poetry.
IT D. Davidson in Southern Law Journal
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

A NATURAL REFRtGERAToR-Th Port
land Oregonion says In digging the
Palouse Junction, W. r. the workmcn
passed through strata of alkali, clav. and
finely broken basalt rock to a depth of 135
feet, where water of great purity and linn
itless quantity was found The water in
the well is five feet deep, and a steam
pump, actively worked, makes little i'm
preston on the quantity. The most curl
Gus thing about the well is the fact that in
digging the last fifty feet the workmen in
the well had to wear heavy clothing and
| wrap their feet and legs in gunnybags to
keep from freezing, while the men in the
open air worked in their shirt-sleeves.
Water left in a bucket in the well over
night would freeze The water in the well
does not freeze because 1t flows too fast
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
A GOOD COMPARISON.

The Rev. William Roulatt, we'll known
Methodist Clergyman residing at Naples draws
the following amusing. but apt comparison be-
tween DR.. C. McLanes Permyuge, prepared by
Fleming Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa. and ferret
& A ferret when placed at the entrance of a rat
nossoe,e soisos 'i,v ~. axtls a,ois I b;
existence and draws the animals defunct car
cass TO the light. And in like manner have l
found DR.. c. McLdnes Termifuge to operate upon
worms, those dreadful and dangerous tormentors
of children This remedy, like the ferret, en-
tiers the aperture of the mouth travels down the
gullet hunts round the stomach and lays hold
of the worms shakes the life out of the reptiles
sweeps clean their den, and carries their car
caSses clear out of the system. This, al least,
has been the effect of the vermifuge upon my
children.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

right we think few could be dug up with
out any trouble. This is fine country ;
the citizens are free and equal One man
is as good as another rs long as he obeys
its laws and acts honorable and just to-
ward OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES independent.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
ST. DAVID'S.

FIRST-CLASS LODGING-HOUSE, CON
n taips $50 rooms; 7l5 Howard street, near
Third, San Francisco. This house is especially
designed as a comfortable home for ladies and
gentlemen visiting the city from the interior.
No dark rooms. Gas and running water in each
room. The floors are covered with body Brus-
sells carpet and all the furniture is made of solid
black walnut Each bed has spring mattress,
with an additional hair top mattress, making
them the most luxurious and healthy beds in
the world. Hot and cold baths large parlor
and reading-room containing Grand Piano
all free to guests. Price, single rooms per night
so cents; per week, from s. upward House
open all night. R. HUGHES Proprietor.
At Market-street Ferry, take Omnibus line of
street cars to corner of Third and Howard.
iv2-TuThStf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

DURING the war DR.. Lloyd, of Ohio, from
exposure contracted consumption. Hesays
| have no hesitation in saying that il was
by the use of Aliens Lung BalSam that |
am now alive and enjoying perfect health. "
Don't experiment with the new and untried
medicines. If you have cough or cold
take at once Aliens Lung BaIsam.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

THE most efficacious stimulants to excite
the appetite are Angostura Bitters, pre-
pared by Doctor ]. G. B. Siegert & Sons.
Beware of counterfeits. Ask your grocer
or druggist for the genuine article.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

Those complaining of sore throat or
hoarseness should use Browns Bronchial
TrocheS. The effect is extraordinary par
ticularly when used by singers and speakers
for clearing the voice.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21

The Portland Oreqonian says Colonel
|. X Moores lost his voice entirely few
days ago and is still unable to speak above
whisper. Examination by physicians
developed the fact that, in their opinion,
his vocal organs had been paralyzed by ex-
ceSsive smoking.