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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-29
High-Priced Horses.

LONDON, April 2sth.--At the sale of Lord Fall
mouths race horses to-day, Sir John Willoughby
bought the three ycar-old brown colt Harvester
for $500. The three5year-oid bay flly Busy.
body was purchased by Lord Abingdon for
IS 500 Total nmnunt of sale f2S esS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-29
Provision steamer Wrecked.

LONDON, April 2sth.-The steamer ASSyrian,
with provisions for the French forces in NADIA
gascar, was wrecked at Province Island Indian
Ocean, 2i1 miles north OF Madagascar.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-29

Judge Of the Superior Court
GROVE /. JOHNSON. Attorney for Insolyent
ap22-ttTu
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-29

400 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.
Private Entrance, 405 Mason street, four blocks
up Geary street from Kearny. Nam entrance
through Dispensary Drug Store. dS-ly&wly
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
The Record of the Fairs.

The superiority of Wells, Richardson &
Co.'s Improved Blu ter Color over all 9TH
ers made, is again demonstrated by its rec
ord at the Autumnal Fairs. The test of
practical use is what tells the story. and
the great value of the premiums given by the
Agricultural Fairs, lies in the fact, that the
judges in these cases are regular farmers,
who know what their needs are and what
will supply them. Wells. Richardson q
Co.'s Improved Butter Color, which has
taken first premium ut all fairs where ex-
hibited, is put up in vegetable oil so pre-.
pared that it can not become rancid, most
important property, the lack of which il
fatal to so many Of the Butter-Colors of.
fered for sale. 1t does not color the butter.
milk; it imparts a bright natural color,
which is unattained by many others; and
being the strongest is the cheapest Color
In the market
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
Rat.PrOOf Corn Cribs,

Our crib was built on posts, the bot
tom about two feet from the ground. 1t
has poplar Stats on the Sides The rats
gnawed through the pine floor and pop
lar Stats the first winter. and DESTROYED
great deal of corn. SO lined the crib
with hemlock planks, six inches wide.
l also covered the floor and sealed the
ceiling with the same material, placing
the planks about one-fourth of an inch
apart; and not a rat has found way into
that crib since. Mice, however, 90
there at will. They seem to be able to
gnaw hemlock, but rats can't. l am
satisfied that a crib can be built that will
be rat and mice proof, and l will de-
scribe how it can be done. 1t is ALWAYS
better to set crib about two feet Of
the ground, on posts or stones, as NAV
be desired, so that the air can pass
freely under it. Lay the floor of hem
lock or poplar or yellow pine. the
planks four or five, or even six inches
wide, and let them be laid at least one
inch apart, SO that the air can pass I'M
through the corn. Cover the floor with
woven wire, with meshes that the mice
cant pass through. Poplar will be
good enough for the Stats pine rots too
quickly. Put them on, say, one inch
apart; then nail on the inside of the |
studding woven wire sufficiently strong
to resist the pressure of the corn. and |
with meshes of size that a mouse can't |
pass through. Then nail woven wire to
the cross pieces overhead. This wire
cloth need not be made of heavy wire;
neither should that which is laid on the
floor. This kind of a crib will be rat
and mouse proof, and let in more air
than any other kind that know of. 1t
will cost considerable at first. but will
keep corn well and dry, and the extra
cost will. in few years, be fully re-
turned by always having the corn
clean. nice and sound. if not put in
TOO damp.-Cor. Prairie Farmer. |,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Virginia City and Gold Hill, adj
joining one another and being prac-
tically one town, eight years ago had
$500 population. A score of men
lived there, worth from $500. 600 to
S30.0oo.ot0. Mackey and Fair both
lived there. The town is to-day a wreck.
with but 1000 population. Real estate
can not be given away for taxes The
miGeS are worked out. The rich men
are all gone. Those who remain are the
miners, their superintendent, and the
saloon men and gamblers. -Deauer
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Experiments in covering whea
show that the Weld is best when tn,
seed is covered two inches deep.-Er
Change.
If the boys shoes are stiff from
having been wet, rub them at night
with little castor oil. This will soften
them and make them comfortable again
N T. Post.
| Improve the appearance of groves
and wood land by clearing the dead and
fallen timber Burn the refuse brush
and sow the bare spots with grass seed.
| Detroit Post.
Pretty school-bags may be made
out OF piece of dark merino. The
under side may be of merino or some
other material embroidered with the
monogram of the owner on the outside
in floss silk and lined with silesia. put
ting an inside pocket on both Sides
Cincinnati Times.
w hen giving horses a run on warm
days in winter do not leave them out
OF doors while you are away long
time. A sudden hard storm will do
them more harm than the previous sun
shine has done them good. A rough.
cheap shed. with its back to the north
is a convenient shelter on meadows
N. y Herald.
For eight-month-lambs and young,
growing sheep, SAYS the National Lire
Stock JOurnat. half pound of bran.
with one or two gillS of corn or half
pound of oil meal. will keep them thriv-
ing. For fattening sheep to be sold in
a late fall or early winter give one
pound of corn and Il half pound of oil
meal. this. with part pasture. will push
them forward favorably
1t sometimes happens that a valuable
brood sow acquires such bad habits as
lifting gates or breaking fences. A
couple of rings in the nose of such an
animal will put her in good behavior
the most effectually of anything ever
tried. So also sow that is vicious or
cross to other hogs: a good ring in her
nose will prove to be wonderful tanner.
A stock boar. if inclined to be unruly,
should be treated the same wav.-
journal
When well water is too hard to |
wash with and the cistern fails, it will |
W Aoaut uS1SSSsliN 10 RESORT 10 some |
nNpedient to obtain soft water. Fill
barrel with well water, tie up about
hree quarts of wood ashes from the
kitchen stove in a thin cotton -four sack
n other bag and put it in the barrel.
n less than a couple of DAYS all the
my particles will have been separated
rom the water and settled to the bottom.
md the water will then be ready for
Herald
-Doughnuts or fried cakes of corn
neal may be a novelty to some one:
'wo teacups of meal should be mixed
With one teacup and half Of milk that
scalding hot or at boiling point: when
his is cool add two teacups of sifted
our. half a cup of butter, little salt.
ne cup of sugar. three eggs; flavor with
utmeg or cinnamon and very little
niger; let this stand until it seems light.
hen roll it out about half an inch thick:
ut IN round or diamond-shaped cakes,
nd fry in very hot lard-N. Y. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
The English and French Paryenu.

Give 5O,0O0f. to Frenchman and he
will place them in the funds and retire
from active life. Give the same sum to
an Englishman and he VIII ether spend
1t IN month or 60 to the colonies and
turn farmer. 1t is all or nothing with
him. Fifty thou~andf francs. In English
money that makes but f2,0Oa. What a
meagresum How small it sounds to
the ear of an Fnglishman. In landed
property alone the Duke of Deyonshire
has fortune which amounts to about
tn,O0o.OOO, which means 2Ol. 90, uUGf.
He is one of the richest of the peers of
England, but there are many richer
than he. The Duke of Westminster.
for instance, whose fortune is something
incredible. The word nobleman i'm
English Is almost synonymous with rich
MN. This is the secret of the prestige
cnjoSed by the aristocracy. The day
on which the aristocracy have the ripht
to dispose according to their pleasure of
the property which now increases day
by day on account of the law of primo
genitureship. they will cease to BE- a
political power; they will become Just
what their French brethren are. a group
OF prejudiced men. The English par
venu Is still more Objectionable than his
like IN France because he has not, as
the latter has, a certain leaven of admi- |
ration and respect for knowledge and
ia ent. When he is in good society. the
trenchman contents himself with rat |
ting his guineas: while the other will
tell you. without hesitation that he |
llight have turned his hand to poetry
or painting. or easily learned Latin and
Greek. if he had set himself about it:
hut that, like good Briton, he pre-
ferred 10 be useful to his country and
no in fer business. Barring this. the
two types are similar always excepting
this little ditference-that the French
specimen has invariably arrived in Paris
u wooden shoes and with forty sous in
lis pocket. whereas tn kind of cover
ng for the feet is unknown in England.
md the English parvenu always comes
Up to London with only half a crown
ibout him.-J0kn Bull and HIS Island.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
Why Shoe a Horse!

Prof. j. G. Woods public appearance
IN fremont Temple last night with
his Lecture on the Horse" attracted a
special audience of several hundred peo-
pie who were particularly interested in
that animal. MIR. Wood considered the
horse from scientific standpoint in
great detail, illustrating his subject by
drawings on the blackboard. He said it
was a remarkable fact that while people
would not think of entrusting valuable
machine to the care of any but an edu-
Gated mechanic, they We're accustomed
to permit that much more intricate ma
chine. the horse. to be taken charge of
by men who We're totally ignorant of the
animal $ real structure of constitution.
Nobody ought to be allowed to have the
charge of horse unless. like the driver
OF steam engine, he has passed a pre-
vIous examination showing his fitness
for the work. The weakest point of a
horse was almost invariably in the hoofs
of the forelegs. Examination of the
hoofs Of the horse disclose the fact that
they were of the most delicate and intri
cate structure; while the common iSno-
rance of the horseshoer seemed to con-
slider them as solid Jumps of horn hung
at the end Of the horses LEG for the pur-
pose of having an iron shoe nailed upon
it. The only horses of mature age it had
been his fortune to see which had never
worn shoe was the war-horse of the
late King Theodore of Abyssinia, and
the hoof of that horse was in a most
perfect state of preservation. The fore
leg OF the horse was a modified form
OF the arm of a man, and the hoof but a |
modification of the hand with the fingers
The bottom of the 6oof
was meant to be worn away, and as fast
as 1t goes its place was supplied from
above. Mans '.happy thoughts in the
shape OF expedients to improve on the
original hoof have been extremely poor.
An enormous amount of blood is circu-
lated through the hoof for the purpose
OF supplying the waste: but by our sys-
tenn OF shoeing it is diverted from its
purpose. and gives rise to disease. The
horse needs no shoe at all. 1t only i'm
pairs its usefulness and shortens its
lays. 1t was only ignorance which be-
leved that the horse in its native state
AN on soft turf where shoes were not
necessary. The horse came from Cen
raj Asia. from 4 rocky and sunday soil.
md if it needed shoeing ut all. would
iced it in its wild state. Were it not for
he shoes the football of horse would
e as soft rs those of an elephant.
y. Wood. In Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Ii for any reason the American reo-
pie were now thrown upon themselves,
we should very soon be complete i'm our
supplies. There is hardly ANYTHING
entering into the fabric of life, from the
sealskins of winter to the palm leaves of
summer, which America does not pro-
duce. or could not nj short notice. We
could get on luNuriously without the
outside world, while England would
starve without our food supplies. The
agriculture of the West. including our
pasture lands, compel ENGLAND to be
friendly to us in the exercise OF her mar
thine supremacy.-Ch Chicago hq'er- Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Two ladies were walking along East
Genesee street last evening when a
zephyr lifted the hat of one of them and
sent it whizzing block away. A Young
gentleman who saw the picture of de-
SPAR which came over the face of the
owner of the hat. went in pursuit of the
living specimen of the miliiner's art.
overlook it and returned it to the young
woman. Did she thank him? No. She
simply remarked: 81 thought that
darned rubber wasn't good for moth
lng. -Syarcuse (N. T. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Every one likes to take solid comfort and
it may be enjoyed by every one who keeps
kidney-Wort in the house and takes a few
doses at the first symptoms of an attack of
Malaria, Rheumatism, Biliou, ness, Jaun-
dice or any affection of the Liver, Kidneys
or Bowels. 1t is a purely vegetable com
pound of roots, leaves and berries known
to have special value in kidney troubles.
Added to these are remedies acting direct.
ly on the Liver and Bowels. It removes
the cause of disease and fortifies the sys.
tenn against new attacks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

"A GoD-sEND is Ely's Cream Balm"
writes Mrs. NJ. A. Jackson. of Portsmouth,.
n. H., on May 81, 1882. 81 had Catarrh
for three years! had tried nearly all reme-
dies but to no purpose. Two or three times
a week my nose would bleed quite freely
and thought the sores in it would never
heal. Your Balm has cured me-" This
preparation is not liquid or a snuff, and
is easily applied. Price 80 cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

An invalid lady residing at San
Rafael. al, who was directed to take
a sun-bath of several hours duration on
the lawn has diverted herself by patent
and ingenious effort to tame couple of
birds. After two or three
months OF acquaintance the little crea-
lures are now SO trustful as to sip honey
from a spoon held in her hand. Saa
francisco Call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Near Eastman, Ga, is an oak tree
fifteen and half feet in circumference
two and half feet above the ground.
1t has been struck by lightning, but is
still living. At the base Of this tree two
distinct and separate streams of water
spring forth-one running directly east
and the other west. From best informa-
uon the tree is about seventy-five or
elghty years Old Chicago Inter Qcean
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
Out In Arizona.

Hon. A. W. Sheldon. A .sociate Justice,
Supreme Bench of Arizona Territory,
writes as follows: "It affords me great
pleasure TO say, from my personal obser.
walton, and you know the scope of such has
been very extended, that st. Jacobs Oil is
the great and wonderful conqueror Of pain,
the sovereign cure for all bodily aches and
pains, and cheerfully bear this testi.
mOnyV
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

1t is said to be weIl-known fact
among horologists that no watch will
keep the same time W tn two persons.
1t would seem as if, in some mysterious
way, watchis affected by the tempera-
ment of the wearer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Miss BERTHE Boyd, daughter of Cap
tain John Boyd. of st. Andrews. n. b.,
has been presented with handsome
gig-boat by the Dominion Government.
in recognition of her courage displayed
In rescuing two men from drowning in
the fall OF 1882. Miss Boyd and her IA
Their have. within the past few years,
rescued twelve persons from drowning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

"Pretty as a Picture. Twenty-four
beautiful colors of the Diamond Dyes, for
Silk, Wool, Cotton, &c, 1Oc each. A
child can use with perfect success. Get at
once at your druggists. Wells, Richard
son & Co., Burlington, Vt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
A Messenger or Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous.
chr onic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, exhaustion,
ETC., who have failed to find relief. 1t tells
of wonderful cures effected by DIR. Scott's
Coca, Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus.
Sold by druggists; 81. DIR. Scott, Kansas
City, Mo. Ask your druggist for pamphlet.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

HAVE Leen entirely cured of a terrible
case of Blood Poisoning by the use of
Swift's Specific Is. S. s. after trying ev-
erything known to the medical d ople
without relief. JNo. S. TAGGART,
Salamanca "
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

SwIFT's SPECIFIC Is. S. 81 has cured me
entirely of bad Blood Poison. l went one
hundred miles to get it, and it made me as
sound as new dollar.
j. W. WEYLEs, Meadville, Pa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN has used Durang,s
Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism with
splendid results. 1t is taken internally
and cures at once the worst case. Ask your
d. uggist for it or send for free pamphlet to
X. K. He1phenstine, Washington, DC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

An Iowa Judge has decided that
the verdict Of guilt against defendant
indicted for stealing money, and who
was proved to have stolen silver cirtiti-
Gates, should be set aside, on the ground
that these certificates are not money
Chicago Herald,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

"A registered parcel passed through
the New ! DIRK Post-oflice few DAYS
ago. the postage upon which was
<I6J. N.-A. J.. Neus.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs for Coughs
and Colds: "There is nothing to he COM
parel with them. "-Rer. o. ID. Watkins,
Walton, Ind. sold only in boxes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

STANLEY has discovered a river in Gen.
trail Africa called kissmelonga 1t can not
be very far from Lake Nyum-nyum.-De-
trOt Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

The rabbit Is now the fashionable De-.
Its long ears are very appropriate to 20
with those of the people who keep such
things about the house.-LotceH Citizen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

AM purchased by faith" says the
clock, "Lut Pm known by my works."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

FRECKLEs are not so bad. 1t is said that
enc girl does not object to seeing them on
another girls face.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

FROM Magnolia. Ark. Mr.. T. J. Gunnels
writes: ''Sdmdritdn Nerrins cured my son's
it's"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

A REPORTER describing wedding said
" it was all over in very few minutes"
Gracious! Sounds like a hanging.-Proq-
reSS,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

The father of twins may not wish to
have any more children, but he's got two.
boston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

To THE ladies': Marriage is ever a mister
y; but any hing is be'ter than perpetual
miss-ery.-Chicdgo Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

A MAN who had seven buckshot taken
from his head remarked that quite a load
was taken off his mind.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

The life giving properties of impure blood
are restored by using Samaritan Nerriiie.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Why is love like potatoi Because it
shoots from the eyes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Stop the most violent explosions of coughing.
Pikes TGothache drops cure i'll one minute. }
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

A woMAN's heart, like the moon, is al
ways changing, but there is always man
in il.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23
Solid Comfort.

The horseshoe doesn't bring good luck
when the horse applies it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

GARDENERS, Farmers and Dealers send
stamp for Ruhlmann's Great Wheel Hoe
Circulars. kuhlmann, Lockport, \. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it, DO.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

The Presidents cabinet is a valuable
piece OF furniture. So is the weather bu-
reau.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

No SMOKING allowed in this room, sail a
waiting passenger to the stove.-Phladel-
phia Call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-23

AN eminent physician first prescribed
Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-03
The Foundation Of Russia.

The census returns give the follow
ing details about the population Of
Russia jan 1, 1889, the inhabitants
Of Russia numbered 81, 1854, living
in sixty three provinces and eleven
districts During the year 1881 there
were I,043, S63 births and 2,S26, 1877
deaths registered, the growth Of the
population being l,2l7,4 inhabi-
tants At this rate the population
would rise TO a hundred million in
1890, and in 60 or 20 years IL would
have doubled. At present the popu-
lation of the Empire is $4,000, 000
The growth of population is largest in
the southern parts and smallest IN the
northern, where also the mortality is
greatest. 1t is difficult to say whether
this is to be attributed to the climate
or the economic conditions of the
country The average Of life in Rus
STA is 26 years in Europe ard Asia 81.
This fact is explained by the enor-
nous mortality Of young children.
1t has been ascertained that 60 per
cent of the children die under the age
of years, which means 800 600 Of
deaths per aunum among children.
1t has also been proved that more than
one-half of the male population die
before attaining the age for military
service. Thus of the 7,742, 900 boys
born from 1S56-lSGO only 3,770, 600
have reached the age of q years.
Since then there has been little pro-
gress in the sanitary condition of the
people, and while 50 per cent Of the
young men have died before coming
Of age for the last five years, the
number Of the weak and diseased un-
fit for military service was 90, 600 in
1877, and 10000 in 1851, which in
deed is anything but progress. On
an average, "A person is born III the
Russian Empire every eight seconds,
and death occurs every eleven sec
onds in st. Petersburg a human be-
ing passes away every fifteen min
utes.