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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-30

To CAILERs-New Years calling card
at Lewis & Johnston's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Helpful Hints,

When oats or other feed get low in
tn granary, instead of straining to
re Ich them nail stout strip to bucket
orlpox, with which they can be easily
lifed. A horse of mine takes especial
delight in rolling in mud or manure. |
tidan old broom-stick to the curry
copb and stand off at a clean and safe
di4ance until | get the worst of it re-
moved. II in blowing the land side
hone is lazy one and crowds over
ag$nst the one in the burrows, take an
ind board about six inches square, and
Though hole in the center drive a
wooden pin sharpened at one end. Tie
tbs to the back-band of the furrow
h fse SO that the lazy one will strike it
eery time he crowds, and he will soon
Get tired of doing so. Always have on
hI9d paper of copper riyets of as
soIF sizes and piece of oiled leather
for A1g strings to keep the harness
mers with; then breaks can be read
lily ked, or those threatened in TUGS,
lines kaps, ETC., either by riveting or
sewih& with a stout leather string.
Vhs&a calf persists in sucking after
being separated from its dam for sever
awebks, take an old halter and through
tie strap passing around in front of the
nose put nails, having the points filed
sharp and standing outward. A piece
Of Heather sewed over the heads keeps
th nails in place. With this halter on
tB calf the COW will kick and keep il
ats distance, and it will soon give up in
-. a.. ~. l'saa eTlT EsSss- eEten ANNOYED
and delayed by the loosening of nuts
on couters or rolling cutter, until | hit
upon tn, plan of putting leather wash
ers under the nuts, which stopped their
working loose. If at work in a field
where You canrot place the jug of drink
ing water in the shade set in the furrow,
throw punch of grass over the mouth
to keep ii clean, and pillow the Jug I'M
der. The ground will Shield it from the
hot sun, ald being cool and damp will
help keep ;he water cool. In blowing,
to keep dir out of the shoes, take the
legs of an I'D pair If trousers and cut
off pieces about foo; long. At opposite
points of each sew two strings. Draw
the pieces on over the shoes, tie the
strings down underneath Just in front
of the heel; then fasten the upper ends
of the pieces around above the ankles
with elastic carriers. For a marker to
lay off corn rows among stumps, put
two wagon wheels on an axle of a
length to keep the wheels just the dis
lance apart the rows are desired. Any
stout stick Of wood will do for the axle.
Fix on a seat to ride if desired. This
marker will pass over ordinary stumps,
and can be easily turned to avoid those
directly in the way of a wheel
AmericG1a AgricuJtUriSt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Every Chinaman a Cook,

; AS every Chiaaman is able to cook
his own meals in tirst-clasS style when
occasion requires, he stares amazed at
the lamentable ignorance of the
foreigner who does rot happen to be a
walking cookery-book. 1t is at meal
time that John Chinaman displays his
extraordinary powers and capacities.
1t would be strange indeed if his place
were vacant on that occasion. When a
Chinaman has lost his appetite his case
is pronounced desperate. The great
mass of the people have only two meals
a day, though laboring men when hard
at work insist upon three square
meals. Considering the variety and
quality of the food supplied, L must say
they are incomparably better fed than
the average farm Iaborer 1 have seen in
the United Kingdom. The employer
invariably finds his men in food, no
matter whether he be mandarin, trades
man, artisan or farmer, and his men
eat at one common table, Bowls and
chopsticks are arranged on the bare
board. In the center of the table are
placed dishes containing picked fish,
boiled pork, some salt Vegetables and
perhaps curd made of lentils. The
smell of garlic and oil is enough to
knock one down. The men sit on
stools around the table, and if the
weather is hot, divest themselves of
every stitch of clothing save the tucked
up pants. When they are ready for the
fray, in comes q serving man, bearing
q huge bucket of rice steaming hot, the
contents of which he commences to
shovel into the bowls on the table.
Each man takes his chopsticks and digs
into the central dishes and fishes out
several Jumps of meat into his bowl.
Raising the bowl to his face, he pokes
the rice and meat into his gaping
mouth The chopsticks are piled so
rapidly and continuously and mastica-
ton occupies SO little part of the pro-
cess, that the whole basinful of rice
soon disappears as if by magic. Once,
twice, three times, perhaps, is that
bowl replenished and as quickly
emptied as before. Having reached
the limits of his capacity, he takes half
a dozen whiifs from q brass hubble
bubble pipe, drinks cup or two of tea
and resumes his task or makes the
night hideous by unearthly snoring
San francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Miser and Spectator.

Your riser starves himself and does
no harm to others. Your banker who
CANDLES in great schemes dresses and
lives like a gentleman-like great
many gentlemen put together, and All
of them very rich-and when he falls
he drags down with him thousands OF
well-to-do individuals, and along with
them the business and other legitimate
interests which give employment to
thousands of laboring men and women.
Every body holds the miser in contempt,
but everybody admires the prince of
the great scheme. The latter has stables
crowded with horses which he never
sees. His different country and city
establishments are maintained at q cost
of thousands of dollars q week. His
family select their attire from home
storehouse as large as an average dry
goods establishment. His pleasures
are paid for in diamonds, and his path
is strewn with gold. When the miser
dies nobody is injured, and his grave is
soon forgotten; but when the prince
falls, there is wailing over wide space
of territory, for his extravaganza and
fall have taken the bread out of many
children's mouths.
1t is held, and perhaps prop erly
enough, that the law must not say to any
man: You have enough; you must be
contented with that; you must not only
live, but let live; you must curb your
rapacity and permit others to hav
their fair share of comforts and luxl
ries" What, however, shall be done to
check the passion for great and I'M
earned wealth which has taken posses
sion of so many men, who are other
wise worthy of respect? This passion
has uprooted many of the old systems
of business. 1t has destroyed safety,
and put public and private confidence
on the rack. 1t threatens o breaking
up which will do incalculable damage.
Most certainly there can be not many
more cases of wholesale scoundrelism
on the part of men in positions of trust
without creating panic whose melan-
choly effects may run through several
years. The gentleman miser must b.
checked. The avarice which insists
upon millions for private use must be
stopped. Lorenzo Dow told of an ava.
ricious farmer who, given the whole
world, wept because he had not Q
patch outside to plant potatoes in. Had
the farmer been located in Wall Street,
or at the head of bank, nobody to.
day would find anything extravaganza
in the character Y. Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Religion on the Congo.

When the missionary holds Sunda,
service in King Kongo-Mpaka's house,
some twenty or thirty idlers look in, in
a genial way, to see what is going on,
much as we might be presep.t at anv o.
vi the Oh ceremonies. They behave very
well, and initiate. With that exact MIN.
icry which only the negro possesses, all
our gestures and actions, 50 that q hastJ
observer would conclude they were
really touched by the service. They
kneel down with an abandon of devo,
ten, clasp their hands, and say amen
with a deep ventral enthusiasm. The
missionary, on the occasion that l ao.
companied him, gave q short sermon in
Fiote, well expressed, considering the
little time he had been studying thG
language. The King constantly took
up the end of some phrase and repeated
it with patronizing interest after the
missionary, just to show how he was
attending, throwing meanwhile afurtivS
glance at his wives. who were not pur.
suing their avocations outside with SUI.
ficient diligence. A short prayer con,
eluded the service, and when the King
rose from his knees he promptly dc
manded the loan of a hand-screw I'd
effect some alteration in his new. canoe.
The RiUer Congo, by II. H. Johnston
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Medical Item.

1t often occurs that doctors do not
care to tell patients the whole truth.
An Austin doctor has Il very neat way
OF encouraging the patient, and at the
same time he does not dev fatc from the
truth.
doctor, please exar limo NV chest.
There is something the matter with nv
lungs" said man ar oone in con.
sumption.
The doctor exar aimed the patients
chest and console ID him by saying:
you Just, 90 b ONE and don't bother
about your Ian 50
them?'
81 don't say that there is nothing the
tnstoer W It'll them, but they will last
yo9 un1'l you draw your last breath,
AVID yod certainly will not have any
use for them after that,"--TeraS
S9tting8.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Cancer for Fourteen Years!

SPARTANBURG, S. c., March IA, 1884.
have for IA years been a sufferer from
a running sore on my face that everybody
called a CANCER. l have used over 500
worth of medicine and found no relief.
About four months ago bought one bottle
of Swift's Specific from DR.. II. E. Heinitsh,
and since have bought five others, have
taken it, and they have CURED ME sound
and well! My face is as free from sore
as anybody's, and nv health is perfectly
restored. L feel like forty years had been
lifted off my head. Yours thankfully,
ELIZA TINSLEY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
FARM AND FIRESIDE,

An experimenter who tried am.
monia on Strawberries says he had a
double crop. 1t also frightened the
flowers of crysantheums.
Delicious fruit cream is readily nre-
pared. Mix half pint of any fruit
juice, pint and a half of cream, the
juice Of a lemon and ten ounces OF
sugar; then whip the mixture and
serve 1t in glasses.-DetroH Post
DO not in feeding calves, chance
too suddenly from one food to another:
and give no more than is readily eaten.
Calves, like all other young animals.
need frequent, rather than large, feeds.
Troy Times.
The Toronto Globe says that the
wild oat is more difficult to eradicate
than the thistle. 1t comes very rapidly
to maturity, and will reseed the ground
before the grain crops are ready for
cutting. The seed is of wonderful
vitality, and remains dormant for years.
Our Swedish sisters bring us an,
other mode of using pie-plant. The
red stems are stewed gently with sugar
in water enough for the consistence OF
lemonade. Then strain and use the
liquid to flavor and color puddings OF
corn-starch, blanc mango and the
like, to be eaten with sugar and cream.
"A high authority in cooking re-
commends that when baking custard
you should set the basin or pudding
dish containing it into another dish filled
with hot water; this keeps the temper
TtUre more even, and the danger of
scorching is entirely done away with.
A more delicate flavor is insured also.
N. Y. Post.
The Massachusetts Poughnaan says:
'When a tree becomes covered with
moss it should be scraped of, because,
If left to any extent it sucks the life of
the tree, and thus checks its growth.
After the tree that has moss on it is
scraped, it should be well washed with
q solution of soap and water strong
enough to kill the moss"
An extremely poor horse is usually
q miserable one, but it is questionable
whether it is any more so than an eX-
tremely fat one. Especially is this true
where the animal is required to per-
form any amount Of hard labor While
horses need good, wholesome food, it
should not be all of the fat-producing
kinds. The matter of feeding horses
by the majority of horse owners never
receives the attention it should. The
supply of food and the different kinds
should be varied as often as the amount
and kinds of work are changed. -Ne1O
England Farmer.
"A writer says that a years ex-
perience with broad wagon wheels is
conclusive as to their value. A four
inch tire will carry two tons over soft
ground with greater ease to the team
than a two and a half inch tire will
carry one ton. The wheels are not so
much strained by stone and rough
tracks on the road, and the road is not
cut up, but, on the contrary, is packed
down and keeps smooth. The preva-
lent idea that the draught is increased
by widening the tire is altogether base
less; on the contrary, wide tire reduces
the draught. The extra cost of the tire
IS repaid many times over every year in
the extra work that can be done bv a
team. CHicQOO ,J07lrJ1uL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
A PERFECT MEDICINE CHEST.
SING SING, N. Y, POST OFFICE,
March 10 ISS2

March 49, 1883.
One week ago, while engaged in my du
hGs as Assistant Postmaster, l was taken
with violent pain or kink in my back; it
was SO painful 1 could hardly breathe, and
Iached all over my body. 1 Immediately
sent for an ALLCoCK's Porous PLASTER
and applied it over the seat of pain; in
twenty minutes 1 was entirely relieved
and cured. have used Allcock's Plasters
In my family for over twenty years, and
have found them wonderfully effective in
curing coughs, colds and pulmonary diff
culties. They are perfect medicine chest;
they cure without the slightest pain or in
convenience, never leaving a mark on the
skin. THos. LEARY.
President Of Village Of Sing Sing, ". 7.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
z. AZ .LJLLON
BLOOD CURE.

1t is not an Alternative. 1t restores the blood
to healthy condition. For all diseases of the
liver, stomach, bowels and kidneys, as liver
complaint, dyspepsia, 1atulencc, stomach
ache, jaundice, constipation, collie, vomiting,
nervousness, wakcfulness, back-ache, neu-
ralgia, and sick-headachc, fits of epilepsy,
an%mia, or poverty of the blood, chlorosis,
especially in young females, suppressed or
painful menstruaton, wakefulness, and fe-
male weaknesses, this medicine is absolutely
certain. Being purely vegetable, it can be
taken into the most delicate stomach A num-
Der of recent testimonials are profuse in
praise of this excellent remedy. Its proper.
ties are slightly cathartic acting more directly
upon the liver. 1t is very pleasant to take.
Price, Sl.00 per bottle, six for $500. Direc-
lions in ten languages accompany o,-.-r- I,...i,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

NJ. NJ. Devereaux, of Ionia, Mich, was a
sight to behold. He says: 81 had no ac-
ton of the Kidneys and suffered terribly.
My legs were as big as my body and my
body as big as barrel. The best doctors
gave me up. Finally | tried Kidney Wort.
In four or five days change came,
in eight or ten days l was on my feet, and
now l am completely cured. 1t was Ger.
tainly miracle. All druggists keep Kid
ney-Wort, which is put up both in liquid
and dry form.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

ALL weakness and i'll health owes its
origin to an impure state of the blood and
aweakness of the urinary and digestive
organs. A medicine that will strengthen
thsse organs-- and at the same time purify
ne s4ood, will assist nature in curing
neariy every disease that human flesh and
blood is heir to. Such remedy is DIR.
Guysotts Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla,
and, although it possesses no cathartic or
diuretic effect, its use will soon establish
Irregular habit of body as well as cure
weakness of the kidneys, indicated by
urinary sediments, nervousness, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

Katie Willie, daughter of one of the
Oldest and wealthiest farmers of Hobo
ken, eloped recently with poor clerk,
and on returning for the forgiveness OF
the old folks received some words OF
admonition that bore heavily upon the
bridegroom, and were then received
into full family communion. Y
Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

"A lot of homing pigeons, belong
ing to Samuel Hunt, of Fall River,
Mass, were released at Washington,
u. c., at eight o'clock the other morn
ing. They arrived home at 1903 o'clock,
flying 365 miles, air line, in seven hours
and three minutes, or 1,186 yards per
minute. -BOstoN Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

WHY do we neglect cough till It throws
us into Consumption, and Consumption
brings us to the grave? DR.. VIM. HALLS
BALSAM is sure to cure if taken in season.
1t has never been known to fail. Persevere
till the disease is conquered. There is no
better medicine for pulmonary disorders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

SCRoFULA, Scald-head, letter, Rose-rash,
False measles, Nettle-rash, Lichen, Red
gum, Branny- letter, Dry-tetter, Shingles,
and all diseases of scrofulous nature are
cured by bathing the diseased skin with
Papillon Skin Cure. Sold by druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
a HEALTHFUL DIURETIC.
BOUND BROOK, N. j., /
-

April 2, 1883.
You advise placing Allcock's Porous Plas-
tiers, in dyspepsia, on the pit of the stom-
ach; in ague-cake, on the spleen; in torpid
liver, over that organ; but really think
you should also recommend that one
or two Plasters be put over the kidneys.
They stimulate, strengthen and act as pow
erful diuretics, thus casting out many
poisonous acids and salts. have had fever
and ague; all remedies Itook produced lit
tie or no effect until l put an Allcock's
Porous Plaster over each kidney; their
action being more than doubled, the ma
laria was quickly washed away. have
also had several attacks of rheumatism
and two of govt, and by applying the
Plasters over the local pain, and also over
the kidneys, again found your Plasters
wonderfully efIicacious. H. K. THoMAE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

ayes, indeed, she's daisy" remarked
a Young broker, discussing the charms OF
a certain yong lady. "She dazes you, APP
parently," replied his friend.-OE Guy
Derrick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

THE difference between a minstrel joke
and product of Pittsburgh is probably
this: One is real stale and the others steel
rail.-Chr0RicIe Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

VILE Khedixe now says that he needs
$j0,000,O00 but still we wish he would NOS
look this way so appealingly. We CAN'T
help the Khedive out and summer at Sara
toga, too.-Philddelphi CAL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

n9-The Simple and Perfect Dyes. No
thing so simple and perfect for coloring as
Diamond Dyes. Far better and cheaper
than any other dye. 1Oc. Druggists sell
them. Sample Card for &c. stamp. Wells,
Richardson & CO., Burlington, Vt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

"MY husband is just like candle" SAID
Mrs. Green to Mrs. Blue. "WhyW asked
Mrs. Blue. comp replied Mrs. Green,
because he smokes every time he goes
out"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

SOMEBODY says "Good manners are the
small coin Of Virtue" If this be true we
suppose bad manners must be tho trade
dollar of vice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

OFFENSIVE incrustations and liberated
nostrils are permanently cured by using
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

A KNocK-DowN argument-"Ish shall never
be found out, and l need the money more
than the boss does.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

A YOUNG physician of this city is doc
soring potatoes for weak eyes, and says
he has agrowing practice Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

SERVANT" Master, master, the house
is on fire." "Oh, tell your mistress of it;
don't NEEDLE with household affairs."-
Golden DduS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
PoKER-players borrow money from their
uncle to pay their Chicago Tribune.

THE question whether young women
shall pursue the same line of studies as
their brothers, seems to find its chief OBJ
lection in their different physical constitu-
tions. Arguments on this subject are fine
ly handled on both sides; but the perfect
adaptation of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to the cure of ailments attend
ing the feminine organism needs no argu-
ment; its works are its proof.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

THEY say the best wife always is some
other fellows wife, but the best baby IS
always your own.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

THE greatest miss take in young wo.
mans life is her husband.-DetroH Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

1oNG-w1NDED preachers may not be
very musical, but they are great com
posers.-TeIdS Settings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

One Of the most remarkable cases that
has ever been brought to the notice of the
public is that Of Mr.. j. S. Beach, of Stone
Ridge, Ulster Co., N. Y. Mr.. Beach had
suffered since October 18th, 1874, from the
presence of Calculus or Stone in the right
Kidney. No less than seven physicians
were employed at different times, to whom
Mr. Beach paid hundreds of dollars for
medical treatment, with only temporary
relief.
By the urgent solicitations of his friends
he was induced to try DIR. DAVID
KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY.
He experienced a marked Improvement
from the first day he began to use the
medicine: on the 18th of September he
voided stone as large as could be passed
through the natural channel.
Mr.. Beach concludes long letter to DR..
Kennedy by saying: at will always af'
ford me pleasure to recommend the FA-
VORlTE REMEDY to those who may be
offering from difiic ties Of the Kidneys
and Bladder, or any disorders arising from
an impure state of the blood"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

"a CORRESPONDENT asks with sigh;
" Are there any kind Of pants that Will
last a life-timeP Certainly-the occu'
pants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

About 125,0O0 elephants are an
nually killed in Africa to supply the
ivory trade,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

THE crop of young doctors this year
promises to be unusually large. But what
will the harvest be?-PbiLddelphtd Cdtt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
STONES IN The KIDNEY

Expelled by the Use of DIR. David Kenne-
dy's Favorite Remedy (of Rondout, N.
Y.)-after Several Able Physicians had
Failed, and the Patient was Nearly
Ready to Abandon Hope-The Substance
of a Long and Grateful Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

THE best fertilizer is Western CYCLONE
1t will raise a whole town in less than nv
'ninutes.-PiRe and Palmetto.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompsans Eye Water. Druggists sell it go
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

"BUcKET-sHoPs" are probably so-called,
because they make their customers turn
pale.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

"IT's cold day when can't catch
fly" said the base ballist as he gently tool
a hot one from his coffee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

WHAT the hungry fish said to the an
gler;;. elf you're not too busy, drop me
line"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

WHATEVER portion of the time you take,
Sunday is always the rest of the week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

A GOTHAM youth calls his girl "Ice
Cream" because she is cool and sweet.---M
Y. NeepS.