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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-12

The State Fair races opened yesterday at
Agricultural Park at ! o'clock 2. NJ. The
attendance was larger than usual on the
first day. The grand and special stands
contained many hundred spectators, while
the quarter stretch and paddock were well
filled. The first race was trot for the
Occidental stake, for foals of 1881. mile
heats, two in three This closed with ten
entries. three of which made second pay
ments Pools did not sell very lively, there
being too great odds on AntevOlo, who sold
for forty, against six for the field. Antevolo
had the pole. Griseda second, and Robert
Lee on the outside On the third attempt
the horses were tapped off very evenly, An
tevolo slightly in the lead, Gnseida
scconI. Robert Lee took the second
place The quarter was reached in :39!
Antevolo about thirty yards in the lead Of
Robert Lee, who was considerably in adj
vance of Grselda. The half was made in
1:16l, the thrcc-quartcrs in l.51!, the mile
in 2:29f Antcyolo won the heat, Robert
Lee second. Griselda distanced. During the
heat Anteyolo lost one of her boots, and
broke her martingalc.
The second heat was repetition of the
first. Antevolo taking the lead and main
tanning it to the end of the race, winning
the heat, race first and third money, in
2:314. Robert Lee barely saved his dis
tance and won second money. The quar-
ter was made in 80 seconds the half in 1:16,
the thrcC-quartcrs in 1:53.
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AGRICULTURAL PARK, SACRAMENTO, Septcmber11.
1s4-Pacing. 2:25 class, purse $1,000; mile
heats. three in five
II. Agncws b. m Maude.............4 / 1
NJ +. Odell's b. &. Shakcr............. Il
5. c. Tryon br. z. Prince. ce...........-....-3 :: )
J. I. Mcintosh, b. z. Fred. Ackcrman...2 /
Tir,o 1.r


The next was trotting race for the 2:20
class, between James H.. Magdallah, Sis
ter, and Louis D., who We're started in the
order named. Pools sold: Sister, $50;
James H., SIS; field $50. George Baylis,
the driver of James H., was fined - for not
coming on the track promptly. The driver
of Louis D., VIM. Nioget was fined 50 for
coming in ahead of the pole horse while
scoring, contrary to Instructions. The
horses were tapped of very evenly. James
H. ON the first turn led by length, Mag
dallah second, Sister third, and Louis ID.
last. These positions were maintained
until near the three-quater pole, when
Sister took second place. The trot from
there to the score was an exciting one,
James II. crossing the score 4 neck ahead
of Sister with Magdallah a good third,
Louis D. fourth. The quarter was made
in 354 seconds, half in Lilo and the mile in
2:21. Pools now sold: Sister, $l60; field,
$3.50.
The horses were started very evenly for
the second heat. James II. led on the turn,
with Magdallah close up, Louis D. third
and Sister behind. Near the quarter-pole
Magdallah took the first position, and Sis
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have in San Francisco during the past eight years. mae
over 1OO, 900 personal applications OF my
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NO TREATMENTS GIVEN ON SUNDAYS.
Remember the Number 9l9 street. bet Ninth and Tenth opposite the Plaza
Dr. D. D. MNacL an.
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The second event was the pacing race
for the 2:25 class in which there were nine
entries and four starters. Pools before the
start sold Shaker. S25: Maude $50; field,
S11. Shaker had the pole, Alderman sec
ond. Prince third, Maude on the outside.
II. NJ. La Rue called all the drivers up in
front of the judges stand, and read the
rules governing drivers, and SAID each
would be held to q strict accountability for
anv infraction Of the same. The horses
were started for the first heat ali abreast,
which position they maintained to the
eighth. when Shaker took the lead, Acker-
man second. Prince third and Maudc fell
behind This position was maintained 10
the end Of the race, Shaker winning easily
in a slow jog The quarter was made in
:244. the half IN 1:l2 and the miie in 2,23t
Pools after the heat sold Shaker. 500;
Maudc, so field, $50.
The second heat was very exciting. The
horses were all tapped off together. Maude
took the lead on the turn and II the quar-
ter led by several lengths, Shaker second,
Alderman third, Prince last. The half
was reached with all in the same order
Shaker closing rapidly, Prince bad fourth.
The finish of the race was very exciting
one. there being Il very lively contest be-
tween Maudc and Shaker for first place.
Maudc won the heat. with Shaker on her
wheel. Prince third, Ackerman fourth.
The quarter was made in :2ft. the half in
l:10. the thrcc-quarterS in 145 and the
mile in the fast time ef 2:2l$. Pools now
sold: Shaker so, Maude SO, field $23.
The third was an exciting heat, from the
start TO the finish. Maude led slightly in
the turn, with Shaker close up, and Acker-
man and Prince.togethcr. From the quar-
ter to the half Maude led Shaker by sew
eral lengths but on the upper turn Shaker
came up and they came into the home
stretch together In the last quarter Maudc
proved the more speedy. and crossed the
score three lengths ahead of the Sacrament
to favoritc, Prince third, Ackerman fourth.
The quarter was made in thirty-tiyo
seconds, the half in 1:10!, the three
quarter in 1;46l, and the mile in
| 2:22 Pools now sold: Maude $3.50,
| Shaker so, field $14 That the hackers OF
! Maude knew what they We're doing, was
/ evident from the result of the fourth heat
! The horses were evenly started, MaUde tax
! ing the lead at the first turn and maintain
ing it to the finish. The quarter was made
/ in :35l, the half in 1:l0 and The mile in 2:23
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/. Centennial
OEtItuIe l.LStsei
W 8llE... II IbdCClO
1. Musical tour through Europe ..
=. Nyophone .........t Kidd
e. Dudes of S3
4 Witt. Mss
5. On the Mash
-. Selection Ernani
10. GalOp Devils Call
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CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR.
AT THE PAVILI0N-ANNUAL AD-
DRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
Notes of Eyhibits-At the Park-The
Races-Stock Announcements
-To-day's Programme.

The fourth day of the fair was still an
improvement. The attendance was large
day and night. The unanimous verdict of
the people visiting the Pavilion is that the
great building, with its four wings, its
wealth of gallery, its lofty interior, its net
work of roof supports, bewildering to the
eye and the brilliant display Of goods fill
ing the floor and wall spaces made up a
scene not before equalled on this coast
There is almost total absence OF COM
plants; the comfort and convenience of
all is so fully provided for that there IS no
occasion for murmuring whatever. Vt S
o'clock last evening President Finigan de
ivered the annual address which is given
in the supplement in full 1t should com
mand broad and thoughtful reading.
The Art Gallery now is fully ready for
examination. There are catalogued now
and on the walls 24l pieces, over 100 are
yet to be hung that are largely in crayon
and come from amctures. 1t is admitted
on all sides that ii is the finest and most
elevated art exhibition ever made at the
State Fair, and in an artistic sense is deem
ed superior 10 that exhibited at the Me
cLaniCS Institute Fair last week
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Bring Out the Side-Saddle.


While riding has never entirely fallen into
disuse with us, unhappily the side saddle is
oftener shown as relic laid away with other
unused lumber in stable or garret, or hung up
in dusty negligence in some corner of the
village saddler's shop. 1t is no longer an
article of constant use as it was in bygone
times. The side-saddle was a type of the
days when things were in the rough. When
roads we're bad and vehicles of all kinds were
models of sturdy strength, ugliness, and
discomfort, women, perhaps as often as
men, betook themselves to the saddle from
necessity if not from choice. At later day
riding became prominent feature of the re-
creations of life in the country, and not to
own side-saddle was as exceptional as not
to own a churn or a insey-woolsey dress for
Everyday" wear. The doctors helped to
keep the fashion in vogue by promising saacffss
ladies sound health, good appetites, and
blooming cheeks as the inevitable outcome of
the practice; and if mother maid chose
not themselves to take the reins, an accommo-
dating method of riding double was provided;
and nobody laughed then, to see the riders on
their ambling way bent on pleasure-seeking,
or bound for market, town, or meeting house.
Recent English and French journals speak
approvingly of the revived interest shown by
ladies in the custom of riding.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Ruskin's Letter ON Nurseries.
TPall Mall Gazette.

have never written a pamphlet on nur-
series; first because 1 never write abo ut any
thing except what know more of than most
other people; secondly, because think moth
ing much matters in a nursery-except the
mother, the nurse and the air. So far as
have notion or guess in the matter myself,
beyond the perfection of those three neces-
sary elements, should say the rougher and
palmer everything the better-no lace to
cradle-cap, hardest possible bed and simplest
possible food according to age, and floor and
walls of the cleanablest.
All education to beauty is, first, in the
beauty of gentle human faces round a child;
secondly, in the fields-fields meaning grass,
water, beasts, flowers and sky. Without
these no man can be educated humanity. He
may be made calculating machine, a walk
ing dictionary, a painter of dead bodies, a
twangler or scratcher on keys and catgut, a
discoverer of new forms of worms in mud
a properly so-called human being-never.
Pictures are, I believe, of no use whatever by
themselves. If the child has other things
right round it and given to tits garden, its
cat, and its window for the sky and stars-ir
time, pictures of flowers and beasts, and
things in heaven and heavenly earth may be
useful to it. But see first that its realities
are heavenly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Emma Abbott.s secret.
EXCHANGED

Miss Abbott told Detroit reporter how
she manages to retain her fresh complexion
and smooth skin. This is how it is done: "In
the first place, off the stage, use nothing on
my face but rice powder to remove the shiny
effect which a generous use of soap always
produces. When preparing my face for the
stage-you, of course, know that the most
beautiful complexion passes for nothing be-
hind the footlights-I first bathe in cold
water and rub briskly with a flesh brush =;
then anoint the skin plentifully with glycer-
inc and rub dry with a coarse towel, after
which 1 apply the cosmetics for the evening
After the performance 1 hasten to remove
my war paint with vaseline and then repeat
the process of bathing in cold water, scrub
bing with flesh brush as before the per-
formance. By this process all the de ,eterious
effects of cosmetics are avoided. l am very
careful to use preparations that contain no
lead, as that kind would ruin the skin in spite
of the best of care"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
The Management of Servants.

The Pail Mall Gazette reproduces an article
by the late George Eliot on Servants Logic"
which appeared in that journal eighteen
years ago. 1t concludes thus: "Wise mas
ters and mistresses will not argue with their
servants, will not give them reasons,
will not consult them. A mild
yet firm authority which vigorously de-
mands that certain things be done, without
urging motives entering into explanations,
is both preferred by the servants themselves
and is the best means of educating them into
any improvement of their methods and hab-
its. Authority and tradition are the
chief, almost the only, safe guides of the un-
instructed-are the chief means of develop
ing the crude mind, whether childish or
adult. Reason about everything with yeur
child, you make him monster. without rev.
erence, without affections Reason about
things with your servants, consult them,
give themGhe suffrage, and you produce no
other effect in them than sense of anarchy
R1 the house, suspicion of irresoluteness in
you, the most opposed to that spirit of order
and promptitude which can alone enable
them to fill their places well and make their
lives respectable"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
HOW Jim PcODOSed.

The National Republican says that
Derrick Dodd, in his book Summer
Saunterings," tells clever story of
James O'Neill, the actor, formerly lead
ing man of the California theatre. 1t is
to the effect that when he was courting
his charming wife he could never muster
up courage to propose, on account of
the depressing arrangement of the fur
niture in her parlor. One day, how
ever, the idea occurred to him to move
the sofa into the centre of the room
the position, it will be recollected. it al
ways occupies in society dramas. Stand
ing behind this, and leaning upon the
back in the most approved Montague
style, habit soon exerted its power, and
the handsome James easily popped the
momentous question, even without the
aid of subdued orchestral fiddling. If
this story is not true it is at least inter
esting from an intrinsic, wild, weird and
mysterious beauty that is all its own.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
ACRE..
Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
When neighboring farmers are on
good terms with each other it is usual
with them to divide the boundary fence
between their respective domains into
parts, each agreeing to make and main
tain the portion that is allotted to him.
Then they quarrel about how the fence
shall be made, and finally each makes a
fence on his own side of the line. These
fences are very close together. When
they are of the Virginia or worm style
the lane between them will be one of
two shapes it will be either a narrow
strip with alternate angles correspond
ing to those in the parallel lines of
fence; OF it will be a succession of
figures like the diamond in a pack
of cards: This strip is usually al
lowed to grow up in all sorts of
briers and thistles, and is thorough
nuisance to both farmers. As it is the
result of strife and pickering, it is
called in Ohio and, perhaps, in other
states, the devils lane.
With the old fashioned method OF
surveying, which prevailed before the
regular system of laying off the sections
and townships in squares was adopted
lines were liable to meet and cross
each other at any angle. If a slantine
boundary line was cut by the opening
of road, the field and one side of the
boundary was sure to terminate in sc
sharp an angle that it could not be
reached with plow, nor, indeed. with
any farming implement larger than g
hoe. The farmer who finds himself
bothered with such an angle obviates
it by rounding in his outside fence from
the road, and throwing a bit of lano
into common. This fragment, whether
large OF small, is sometimes called the
devils half-acre.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
Marsaret Fuller.
London Echo. ]


The impression that she was over-rated by
those who came into personal contact with
her has not been removed. In the world of
lite1 ature there are those who achieve a
certain reputation and yet are never read
as, for example, Andrew Marvel and DR..
johnson. Margaret Fuller bids fair to take
her place among the goodly company. She
was a diligent student, an apt teacher, a
valued friend of men like Claiming and
Emerson; yet she has left behind little which
the world would not willingly let die, and
her estimate of her country's literature was
SO imperfect that she preferred now forgot
ten writers to Lowell and Longfellow. 1t is
somewhat remarkable that in America,
where the emancipation of women has been
far more complete than in the old world, no
women of eminence have yet appeared to
rank with Mrs. Browning or George Eliot OF
Madame Sand.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
A GIANT RAFT OF LOGS.

New York Times.
The largest string of logs ever made
into q raft was fowed into the Erie
basin, South Brooklyn, at daybreak
recently by the tugs Cyclops and Havi-
land. The raft is 1,20O feet long, "a
feet wide and IL feet deep. 1t is com
posed of eleven sections, each of which
contains about 500 logs, ranging in
size from the diameter OF. a wagon
wheel down to that of telegraph pole.
The logs are piled into huge bundles
and strapped together with chains
strong enough to tow the Great Eastern.
These sections were placed in string
and fastened with strong hawser to
the Cyclops. which was itself fastened
to the Haviland.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
The Correct lining for Men.

New Y Ork tJGmnlerclal Advertiser
There is no excuse for gentlemen to look as
though their clothes were cut by blind
man and put on in the dark This is the age
Of refinement, and the art of dress is some
thing that the whole human family have
right to understand. just because human
being happens to call himself man, he must
not think that he gan look and dress just as
he pleases; no, he can not so outrage society;
he must listen to Mistress Fashion;
no matter if he is married or is SO un-
fortunate as to call himself a bachelor or a
cross old widower, he is obliged to notice the
tickle goddess. Society has become so ele-
CANT and so "high toned" that the messieurs
can no longer come and go looking like ''the
tag end of time" They must now have suits
for such and such occasions; natty ties, mode
gloves, nobby hats, fashionable collars, canes
and boots The style of beard, mustache,
the clone lock" on the forehead, the centre
parting, and the curl over the ear are now
matters of Importance to the civilized lords
| of creation.
| All this fantastic and highfalutin tone that
is so charmingly becoming to the ladies is not
| yet adopted by the men. Those old times,
when gentlemen favored the poetic element
of dress and accordingly arrayed themselves
| in garments of velvet, silk and satin, with
delicate lace garnitures and glittering gold
and silver buckles studded with gems-well,
all this color is now passe, and yet the out
look is that the day is not far distant when
all this dainty finery in the masculine dress
will be revived, the knee-breeches and silk
hose and ambition in the ownership Of shapely
calves will all flourish again, and then thanks
will be due to poor, abused Oscar the first,
and his censured dude disciples. However,
no matter how the future may "pat on the
head" and fawn upon the wearer of silk hose
and knee-breeches, it is a fact that there has
not been such a marked change in gentlemen's
dress for years has taken place this past
|
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
PRODIGALITY PICKED BARE.
rHE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE A HoI

rHE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE HoL-
Low CAVE OF PAUPERs.
''Gath" in Philadelphia Times.
Bankers stand very close to other
kinds of gamblers in our day. have
nearly as much respect for the business
of the man who spins the roulette mar
BILE and deals the faro pack as for the
modern New York manipulation OF
stocks. Time was when brokers
awaited and executed orders and ex-
tracted their commission. but that was
before they lay in wait for simple men,
abused friendship, lay across the path
of the innocent and unwary, entrapped
such as had trusts or hard-earned saw
ings and desolated homes and commu-
mites.
If it was proper could pull the roof
off many fair habitation and show the
agony there of speculation implanted
by some cunning broker.
Yonder is man living on the sale of
his wife's Jewels, millions gone, trusts
outraged, families made paupers and
all the possibilities of the very poor,
from sin to crime, enmeshing that no
BILE household. He trusted broker
with everything and having gotten it
the broker wants his character now to
repair his own.
Here are two hotel-keepers with out
ward prosperity, both slaves to debt
from speculative losses; enemies, yet
equals in misfortune; the worm is at
their hearts.
Yonder is man making shoes in a
penitentiary; he robbed his band to
feed his broker, who is at large and
sleek and philosophic.
Let things be called by their right
names. Many of these prowling brok,
ers are wolves.
The meanest passion is avarice; its
lowest form is gambling.
L asked a business man and bank
director not long ago if he thought
stock broking could be an honest bust
ness. Thinking a moment. my aged
acquaintance replied:
Hardly. When man becomes g
broker lie asks his friend to do bust
ness with him. He must know that to
lead them into speculation is to lead
them into danger. I couldn't do it and
feel right"
Among the happy results of our time
is the ruin of the stock-broking class
The New York Stock Exchange is 8
hollow cave of paupers. They yell tx
echoes; they roar to no purpose the,
have played tricks on their~customer
and picked prodigaKity bare. Instead
of $4,000 their seats will drop tt
$4,000 a piece and be dear at that.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28

brought into business contact Last fall we
were induced to try what virtue there was in
common salt. We commenced by using it
three times a day-morning, noon and night
We dissolved large tablespoonful of pure
table salt in about half small tumblerful OF
water. With this we gargled the throat
most thoroughly just before meal time. The
result has been that during the entire winter
we were not only free from colds and coughs,
but the dry. hacking cough had entirely dis
appeared. We attribute these satisfactory
results solely to the use of salt gargle, and
most cordially recommend trial Of it to
those who are subject to diseases of the
throat Many persons who have never tried
the salt gargle have the impression that it is
unpleasant, but after few days use no per-
son who loves a nice, clean mouth and a
first-rate sharpener of the appetite will
abandon it,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-03-28
For Guests at Your Table.

New Uf1eanS II Il1IeS-DenlOCTaC.J
Pretty devices for designating the place
certain guests shall take at the table are en-
ployed by those happy housewives who can
devote time to the poetry of home One very
pretty way is to have an alphabet made of
tin, have each letter about three inches high,
and the little tin forms deep enough to hold a
little sand or wet moss. Then fill the forms
with tiny flowers and leaves. Another WY,
though not SO easy to make, is to have the
form in the shape of a card, and on the back
ground of green put in the guests initial with
small flowers.