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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-21

NITANTED-MRS. L. J. LYELL WILL TAKE
w from ! to children to take of;
terms, reasonable climate good live 6 miles
south of Reno city have had forty years expe-
rience. Address MRS. L. J. LYELL Reno city,
Nevada. ap2l-lw*
, 1884-06-04

with a good deal of criticism among
the proprietary classes. The con-
d~emnation passed on the practice of
raising SMALL loans to cover deficits
needs no support. These and other
similar breaches of sound finance are
possible in very small communities,
while they would be exposed to
effectively deterrent criticism if bust
ness was conducted on q considerable
scale.
The cry in the West Indies, as in
Ireland, is that capital does not flow
in freely, and, so long as this is true,
economies and improvements in ad-
ministration will not suffice to restore
prosperity. In the correspondence
relating to the West Indian Encum-
bered Estates Court, the Commission
ers have strongly urged that one of
the main obstacles to the influx of
capital is the rule granting priority to
the consignee'S lien. This, say the
Commissioners, "among other effects,
''preventscapitalist advancing money
con the security Of real property
mortgages = and on this ground, as
well rs on account of the hardship it
inficts upon impoverished owners,
who have no means of carrying on a
costly litigation in England, it is re-
commended that the rule should be
abrogated and the jurisdiction Of the
Court itself annulIed. The defence
which is made by the Encumber-
ed Estates Court is lengthy, but it
will not, we think, strike those who
read it as effective. The preference
given to the consignee's lien is vindi-
Gated as essential to the working of
the West India estates; but this is
not the opinion of the majority of
ttose interested in the question, and
in Barbados it has been thought
necessary to alter the law. The
Commissioners have made out at
least as strong a case for the aboli-
ton of the Encountered Estates
Court as for any other of their re-
commentators. Their further sug-
gestions for remedying the lack of ca
pitol, includil G an improved and ex-
tended system OF cooIie immigration,
will be more usefully considered
when the colonies have learned to
act together. But, whether separate
or united, these colonies, as the Com
m~issioners point out in conclusion,
must continue dependent on the I'm,
perial Government for protection
against internal and external dangers,
and must be content, consequently, 10
concede to the Imperial Government
san Ultimate responsibility" and
"an adequate proportion Of direct
power in the administrations"
, 1884-06-04

islands in succession for sailing ships
despatched to a single port and thence
returning home, is a strong argument
for a general uniform tariff. Unfor-
tunately, bad as this result of indie
peuurnce and isolation is found to be,
the character Of the duties themselves
is still worse. The import duties
upon tood supplies, rs has been re-
peatrdly urged in these columns, are
thoroughly unsound in principle and
can hardly fail to be injurious in prac-
tice. The Commissioners, indeed,
argue that the mischirfs of this sys-
tenn cannot be measured by any ex-
act rule, and from the irregularity Of
distribution they incline to infer that
the burden does not press heavily on
necessaries. We are unable 10 follow
this reasoning, Or to agree that the
duties on breadstufs and salt fish are
not Objectionable, because the ne
gr0es would prefer, if they were given
the choice, to have the duties on rum
and tobacco lowered rather than to
nave I nT"a ", ""s: A. ,Lo ,a,tar
however %unsound, cannot be spared
oVo",'a9 ''''o "nT ~ ,a "'' Laon nso1 ~
defend every impolitic and injurious
tax that was ever levied. But the
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on '.''@ H'P",'""' pg'"' !. :" f,7onr
si.7,' "p~,''l'' ,.,;an of tla el;stina
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, 1884-06-04

desire TO avOld occasions o. COnAlCl
to produce the minimum of disturbance
in the work of reform, and to deal
tenderly with the interests and even
the preiudices of classes who have
gone through severe and, for the most
part, unmerited, trials. The policy
of which the Commissioners give a
sketch in their concluding report will
commend itself in the main to those
who look at the question as % practi-
cal and an urgent one, and it will
only be doubted whether its recon-
mendations do not sometimes fall
short Of the measures which the evil
dence taken and the conclusions drawn
from it would seem family to justify.
In dealing with the separate case
OF Jamaica, we have already drawn
attention to the evils which through
out these colonies have led to stagna.
ton Of business, confusion "f the
finances, and suffering among the
population. Shortly stated, these
evils are two-fold. The admini>trn-
tive system is far too complicated and
costly for the restricted resources of
the West Indian communities, and the
fiscal system is thoroughly unsound,
combining severity of pressure upon
the consumer, with Inconvenience in
their incidence, and want Of e%lastici-
ty in their yield. The remedies
hitherto provided have been merely
palliative and, as in the ease Of the
West Indian Encountered Estates
Court Act, az pear to have sometimes
aggravated the miSchiefs they were
intended to cure. The Commission
ers start with a proposition, which
may be admitted as almost self-evi-
dent, that Joint action on the part Of
''the. various colonies is both deSira-
"ble and possible" There are differ
ences, no doubt, of historical or other
origin, but community Of interest and
similarity Of conditions are sufficient
to justify union, to a limited extent,
for common objects. United action
will enable economy to be combined
with efficiency. At present every lit
lie colony maintains lis separate Elk
e%culive, Legislature and OWL Ser
vice, in fact, as one witness told the
Commissioners, "the paraphernalia of
"a kingdom with the population Of a
"fourth-rate English town" Conso-
quently the officials are unnecessarily
numerous, are wretchedly paid, have
no prospect Of promotion, and are net
recruited from the better classes. II
is suggested that a general Civil Ser
vice, with uniform rules for entrance,
salaries, promotion, pensions, and du-
ties, in all the departments, should be
organized for the Crown (olonies Of
Jamaica, British Honduras, the lee
ward Islands and the Lesser Wind
ward Islands, and that Barbados,
British Guiana, and Trinidad, which
claim the privilege of independent
and self supporting colonies, should
be invited to join. The administra-
ton could then be worked with a
smaller staff, and at a lesser cost,
while the interchange of officials
among the various colonies would
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
Half Out of His Head.

blessed be the men, " said Don QuiKOle's weary
souira .syho invented sleep" SanchO'S gratitude
IL ours hui what if one cannot for any reason ENJOY
hot ,xeeI ont invention? Nervousness in me
had become a disease" writes Mr.. William Cole
mao the well known wholesale druggist OF Buffalo
Ny.
II could not sleep, and my nights were either
paSsed in that sort of reStleSSness when nearly
crazes a man. or in q kind of StupOr, haunted oy
torme ming dreams Having taken PARKER
Tonic for other troubles, 4 tried II also Tor tnls-
The result both surprised and delighted me- nv
ne YES were toned to concert pitch, and, IKE Ise-
sar's fat men, / fell into the ranks OF those VINO
sleep O'niehts shou add that the Tonic speed
ily did away with the condition OF geneI al deOltY
and dyspepsia Occasioned by previous seepiess-
ness and gave me strength and perfect dlgestlon-
In brief the use of the tonic thoroughly re-estan-
Iish ed my health have usei PAgKER's Tonic
with entire success for sea-sickness and Tor ths
| howell disorders incident to ocean voyages.
! TIL preparation has heretofore been known As
| PARKER's GINGEE Tonic.
| Hereafter IL will be advertised and sold under
| the name OF PARKRR'S TOSIC-Omituug the "oTd
/ 0ginger" HIscox & Co. are induced 10 make this
change by the action Of unpriucipied dealers wne
have or wears dec ived their customers oy suosu-
tuting inferior preparations under the name Oh
ginger. We drop the misleading word all the more
willingly as ginger is unimpOrtant naSor1n8 III
! greiient in oar Tonic.
| Please remember that no change mas Deen, OF
| will be made in the preparation ltSelI, anu All
bottles remaining in the hands OF dealers, Wrapper
I under the name of PARKERS GINGER IONIC, con
tain the genuine medicine if the facsimile sigma
taure of HIScOx Co., is at the bottom OF the out
side wrapper.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-25
III VS.
ISNOT 4
Liquid or Snuff

into the uOstriis II will he absorbed, enectualiE
cleansing the nasal passages of catarrhal lru-,
causing healthy -ecretiOnS. IL aayS INFLAMMATION
protects the nembrauai Innings Of the mead rom
additional colds, completely heals tAe sores anu re-
stores tine sense of taste and smell beneficial re-
suits are realized by few applications
4 THoRoUGH TREATMENT WILL CrPE
Unedualed for COLD i'm the HEAD, Heaa.
ache and Deafness, or anT KIN "i mucous
Nom ranal irritatious. send for cltCLIa By
mail prepaid, site packa5e-Stam?s received
Sold by all wholesale and retail druggists
ELY BROTHERS. Owego, y. I.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04
Bleeding at the Nose.

The two small arteries branching
up from the main arteries, on each
side of the neck, and passing over the
jaw bones, supply the face with blood,
If the face bleeds from the right side.
for instance, pass the finger along the
edge of the right jaw till the beating
of the artery is felt; press hard upon
it, and the bleeding will cease. Con-
tinue the pressure five minutes, until
the ruptured vessels in the nose con-
tract. In the case of the sevcring of
an artery, the utmost activity is re-
quired, else the patient will bleed to
death. Tie q handkerchief loosely
around the limb, between the wound
and the heart, place stick through
1t, and twist it up tightly, till the
bleeding stops. Ii the wound win
not admit Of this, place the thumb
upon the artery, between the wound
and the heart and send Immediately
for a physician.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04

would turn the other cheek. The
teacher keeps books in store, and
goes to lunch in restaurant, and
when he came along the fellow had
hired went up to him and slapped
him on the cheek, not very hard, bui
just hard enough to make him feel As
though he was hit. looked for the
teacher to turn the other cheek, bl t
gosh, he turned pale and run down
the alley back of the store, and his
c0at-tailS stuck out so you could play
marbles on them. | yelled to him to
turn the other check, but he ran fas-
ter, and the next morning the paper
tIld about a dastardly attempt at
highway robbery and assassination
on the street, in broad daylight, one
o. our most respected citizens being
the victim, and only for his presence
Of mind the attempt would have been
successful. Wen, | thought | should
die when | read that. Then l had
my hired man try ii on pa. | knew
pa would turn his other check, be-
cause he said that was the right thing
to do. But when the fellow hit pa,
pa turned and damned the fellow
right in the right ear, and then yell
ell for a policeman, but my hired man
got out of the way. The night pa
said he had a narrow escape from be-
ing sand-bagged, and asked him if
he turned the other cheek also, and
he said not if he knowed it. | don't
think this is the right kind ofclimate
for turning the other cheek when you
are smote. do you ?"
"Well," said the groccryman, as he
looked at the boys swelled cheeks, "it
is hard to make a rule that will ap-
ply in all kinds of cases. The idea
is good one, to turn the other cheek,
but we are apt to forget, especially if
on casual inspection of the smiter
we think we can whip him, or if he
is so small that his shifting does not
hurt. But when man deliberately
belts me in the jaw. and dislocatcs it
Immediately think that one jaw is
enough to have fractured at once.
guess when that shifting business
became the custom, and people turn
cd the other cheek, they didn't strike
from the shoulder the way they do
now days. l think the best way is to
put up your arms and ward off the
blow, and try to reason with the Smi-
ter, and if he insists on shifting, sort
of accidentally cuff him in the nose.
That brings smiter to his sense
about as quick as anything. And so
your pa didn't practice what he
preached, eh?"
"Not much. He got hot ina min
ute, and acted like prize fighter. l
asked him more about it this morn
ing, and he said it was all right
enough for boys to turn the other
cheek, where they had plenty, but
when a man got his growth, it was
dangerous fer any body to try
to smote him. Queer, amt it?' and
the boy went out as though he was
trying to think of something real
hard.-Peck's son.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04

light in demonstrating to his callers
his methods of treatment, thereby
showing that he has nothing to con-
cell from the world, and that all his
methods are but the outcome of con-
slant applications and persistent
scach into the deep and hidden mys-
tcrics Of those several organs for
whose treatment he is so noted.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04
MAMIE rs DYING.
The Touching Message licked
OFT by the Telegraph
Christmas Eve.
Chicago Tribune.

Mamie is dying.
These were the words that The ttle-
graph key clicked out upon the ST.
lcnce that had fallen upon the station
Of which John IIeathcote was in
charge. 1t was Christmas Eve, ami
for nearly four hours the man had
sat there, the only occupant of the
little room in which his business as
telegraph operator and depot master
was transacted. lie had listened in
a mechanical sort of way to the mes.
sages that were flashed over the wires
orders concerning the movements
of trains, briefcominercial messages
telling in tel'se language the state of
the markets in all parts of the world.
Christmas greetings from friends and
relatives who sought to make separa-
tion less painful by an interchange
of kindly words and sentimcnts-and
III the midst of them all came these
three words to his office-three little
words that meant sorrow and desc
late hearts in some household on the
morrow, that day when peace and
joy and goodwill should reign every
where supreme.
And so, as John lleathcotc placed
the message in an envelope and sent
il by his office boy to an address with
which he was not familiar, there was
perhaps, the suspicion of a tear glis-
tcning in his honest eye, and mayhap
the hand that penned the address
trembled a little for he had wife
and children of his own, had John
Heathcotc, and it came to him with
awful force how cheerless his life
would be were one of the little pairs
ofarms that each morning twined so
lovingly around his neck to be folded
across heart that was stilled forever
and the deep brown eyes be closed in
the drcamless sleep of death.
And while he was still thinking
there came again the nervous click of
the instrument, and as he answered
the call he felt instinctively that the
message he was TO receive would
bring more bad news. And he was
right.
"Mamie is dead; I will be home in
the morning" were the words that
came to him over the wires, and then
the tears in honest John IIcathcote's
eyes were plain enough, and he was
not ashamed that he had wcpt at sor-
rows Of people all unknown to him.
When the morning train from the
West came laundering into the little
town where John Heathcote lived
he was standing upon the platform.
HIS nOurS OF dutN had ended some
time before, but he could not bear to
leave until he had seen the dispatch
es of the previous night. A sleigh
had come to the depot, and the dri-
yer had said incidentally that he was
TO meet. Mr.. Jones. When the train
arrived a weary looking man step
ped from one of the cars, and the dri-
yer of the sleigh approached him.
John Ieathcote was standing within
a few feet of them.
"Good morning, Mr.. JONES'" said
the driver,
"Good morning, John"
80 Mamie is dead?' asked the
mau.
Eyes" was the reply, in low agoni-
zed tones, and she would have beat
en- 2 80 next season."
John Heathcotc turned away.
|
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04

The spy, "Belle Boyd" who at the
outbreak of therebellion was fifteen
years Of age, is the matronly wife of
Col John Hammond, of Texas, who,
dwells on'a ranch near San Antonio
He was one of Stonewall Jackson's
scouts in Virginia. She was, asmay
be remembered, banished to Europe
Shehas four children.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04
pEcK's BAD BOY AND HIS PA.

"Say, what you got in Your mouth,
base ball 2" asked the groccryman
of the bad boy, as he came in the store
with both cheeks sticking out, and
looking red. "I'll bet you have got
your mouth full of bcnzine or some
thing, and you are going to play some
joke on me by squirting il on the
stove"
"No, amt got nothing in my
mouth" said the boy, in voire that
sounded as though he was trying to
talk with hot potato in his mouth.
'This is my Sunday-school lesson. !
was smote on one check and turned
the other, and nearly had my nee k
broke. Not any more turning the
other cheek for lIennery."
20, go way" said the groceryman.
"You wasn't such a blamed fool as to
turn the other cheek when you got
hit, was you?" And then, examining
the boys checks and finding them
swclled up, he added, "By jingo, b, :
licvc you did. How was it, any
way?'
"Wcll, it was in the Sunday school
lesson" said the boy, Sand my teacher
said it was the greatest triumph in
the world for a person to be able to
turn the other cheek when smote on
one cheek. l asked him if people ever
did that, and he said our best citizens
did, He said it required a great deal
of patience, but person should al
ways turn the other cheek also.
asked pa about it, and pa said the
teacher was right, and that it was
the duty of every citizen to turn Il G
other cheek when smote on one cheek,
and he shou' d always do so. Well,
sir, Twant to be good, and l just
longed for somebody to smite me on
one cheek so l could turn the Other
also, but it seemed as though the
snitcrs were not on the war path,
and for two days l had to go around
without being smote. But Wednes.
day afternoon l was down by the the
ater, where they were having matt
nee, and there was. a lot of boys slid.
ing on a smooth piece of ice in tht
gutter, and rushed on to slide, and
Irun against boy, and he hauled
oil and lammed me on this cheek. o.
gosh, but did see stars. Um But
didn't he smite. l was going to pick
up a fr)ze cat that was in the street.
and hit him, when | happened to
think of turning the other cheek, and
1 turned my face towards him, and he
gave me another, right here o. o,
But it was ten times bigger than the
other smote, and guess it made me
crazy. Anyway, ] shall plead insan.
ity to get out of it ~
"Get out of what?' asked the gro.
Gerry man. "You don't have to get
out of anything. If he hit you a
couple of times, and you stood it, you
don't have to get out of anything
"Yes, but | didn't stand IT," said
the boy, as he felt of his swelled
cheek. "When he hit me that last
rap, it knocked all the meckness and
pious outs ofmes and | went at him
and we had "a nawful fight. lie
wouldn't turn his other cheek, cause
lgqess he Aeaka heathen, that never
went to Sunday school, so / turned
|.hisother cheek for him, and l warm
ed himso he hollered enough. But
Iwas sorry afterwards, and felt as
though wonld be ashamed to meet
Ella or .lny teacher. So / thought
Mould sec how those good men would
fstand being smotc, and I found i
lfellelewho wanted to earn two shill,
lings, aud hired him to smote ps
and the teacher, just to see how they
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-03-29
stony Ground.

There is on many farms more or les
Of ground so rocky that 1t will not re-
pay the expense of cultivation, and all
such spots should be planted with trees.
These may be got out of the wood -,
what would be cheaper easier, and
probably much -~ro e+4ectual, the seeds
c; VARIOUS kinds OF trees could be sown
initiating as nearly as possible the nat
ural processes which have produced all
the forests of the country. The seed
of the different trees should be gather
ed in the woods just at the time they
fall naturally, and they should be imme-
diately planted in little shallow holes
among the stones, and covered with a
little earth. There the rains of autumn,
the snow Of winter, and the sunshine
of spring would bring up a crop of
Young To, which should be fenced in
from cattle all left to themselves. They
would require no labor after the first
sowing and fencing, except u~bsequent
thinning out from year to year of those
that are too crowded, or @ost valuable
for economic purposes. If hickory nuts,
black walnuts, butternuts, chestnuts,
and the seeds of sugar plums, pines and
spruces were any of them or all of them
sown here and there yer the place in.
tended for a grove, the most valuable
kinds and those that thrive best could
be ultimately left to become great trees.
After ten years, the annual thinning of
this grove for firewood. fence, hoop
poles. railroad ties, etc, would probably
make it as valuable a part of the farm
as n other; and when the black wal
nut and butternut trees become large
enough to be sold to cabinet makers the
value Of the grove would be very great
The present race of farmers may say
they would not live to see the tree be.
come fit for the cabinet makers; but
none the less would the growth Of tina
grove increase the value of the farm
every year, and that whether the owne.
sold 1t or left it to his children.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-03-29

The lovely Princess of Wales is the
most beloved of all the members of the
royal family, and it is much regretted
that the probability is she will be less
and less in public and in society. And
certainly there is no one to taks her
place. She has d charm of person all
her own, a charm that wins all hearts
and makes her popular with all classes
of the people. The Queens disinclina-
ton for all public and social duties has
thrown the burdens of royalty upon the
Prince of Wales, and he has won enor-
nous and merited popularity by meet
ing every demand upon his time, his
strength and his purse. And his love y
and dutiful wife has shared both his
cares and fatlgues. This strain, under
the circumstances, ought not to be put
upon the Princess much longer. First
of all, her health is not what it once
was, although she is a wise CONSERVATION
of her w strength, which she faith
iAAlIl uCNODNo W biC ShlO VI InC iONCiy
children 50 far as public and social duties
permit. But the princess has a stiff
knee, and this slight lameness prevents
her walking with ease, and she dislikes
to appearpubllcly where walking is a ne
cessity. However, one is Informed that
the saddest part Of this sad story is that
the Princess, deafness, which has long
been a great inhrmity, Is now so bad
that it cuts her off from ready enter
course with society, and she begins to
shrink, not unnaturally from the out
side world.
On the other hand, the Prince o
Wales is out and about much of the
time, as it is both his duty and pleasure
to be. lie is phenomenally active, and
one reads of him as being betimes here,
there and everywhere. His manners,
which are quite Spanish IN punctilious-
ness, are always affable and engaging,
and be is sought, IN society and for pub
lie occasions, not only for the sake of
his rank, but also for his own sake, 1t
is commonly understood that with his
most intimate gentleman friends and in
the most free-and-easy circumstances
the heir to the throne of England if
first of all and always a gentleman.