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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

The mines put all men for once upon
level. Clothes, money, manners, family
connections, letters of introduction, never
before counted for so little The whole
community was given substantially an even
start in the race. Gold was so abundant,
and its sources seemed for 4 time so mex
haustlble, that the aggrandizing power of
wealth was momentarily annihilated. So
clal and financial inequalities between man
and man were together swept out of sight.
Each stranger was welcomed, and told to
take pan and pick and go to work for
himself The richest miner in camp was
seldom able to hire a servant; those who
had been glad TO serve others were digging
IN their own claims The veriest green
horn was likely to uncover the richest mine
in the gulch as was the wisest ex-professor
OF geology; and, on the other hand, the
best paying claim on the river might sud
denly give out and never again yield q
dollar. The poorest man in the camp
could have handful. of gold-dust for
the asking, from a more successful
neighbor to give him another start and
help him hunt for better luck" No one
was ever allowed TO suffer; the treasure.
vaults of the Sierra were too near and
seemingly too exhaustess. ITO a little
camp of 1848 so an old miner writes me
-" lad of sixteen came one day, foOtsore,
weary, hungry and penniless. There were
thirty robust and cheerful miners at work
in the rayine, and the lad sat on the banks
watching them while in silence, his face
telling the sad story of his fortunes. At last
one stalwart miner spoke to his fellows,
saying Boys, I'll work one hour for that
chap if you will At the end of the hour
500 was laid in the youths handkerchief.
The miners made out list of tools and
necessaries. You 60 they said, and buy
these and come back. Wen have good
claim staked out for you. Then you've got
to paddle for YOURSELF Thus genuine and
unconventional was the hospitality CT the
miners camp.-[Mining Camp.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

THE AMERICAN STUD BooK.-The fifth
volume Of THE American Stud Book is
in manuscript form, and is being filled up
and kept complete to this date with all an
imals which have been reported to the
author, who has announced repeatedly that
in order to insure proper entry and classifi-
cation, all foals, with date of foalins, sex
and color, with name of sire and dam, and
when the latter has no name sufficient
crosses to some well-known animal in any
of the volumes of the work heretofore
issued to identity the same, with barren
mares and all deaths with date, must be
reported to the author, as he cannot and
will not take them from other publications
This is imperative, and those who wish
their stock in the work must act according
ly. This decision is arrived at in order that
the responsibility for errors may be traced
to the proper source. All the errors in the
published volumes have occurred by taking
the information from sources other than
the owners. This course is also necessary
that we may protect our right in the book
and secure accuracy. Several of the prom
inent breeding establishments have not vet
made reports for the present year, which
should be done without further delay.
Turf, Field and Farm.
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An Internal Revolution

Which enables the stomach to throw off
the yoke of dyspepsia, is effected through
the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
most efficient ally in warning with all
disorders which affect The digestive organs,
the liver and the bowels. When the dys-
peptic experiences heartburn, wind on the
stomach, or any of the other familiar
symptoms of his malady a wineglassful of
this matchless stomachic will dissipate
them, and pursuance of the remedy bring
about a cure. Constipation and biliousness,
evils 10 the relief of which aperients and
cathartics are inadequate, also yield to this
fine Alternative. The restoration of appetite
and nightly repose, and the disappearance
of those nervous symptoms that habitually
annoy the chronic sufferer from dyspepsia,
also ensue upon the use of the Bitters,
which is likewise a standard remedy and
preventive Of fever and ague, rheumatism,
kidney and bladder troubles and debility.
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THE LAND OF THE AFTERNOON.

An old man sits in his garden chair,
Watching the sunlit western sky:
What gees he in the blue depths there,
Where only the Isles of Memory lie2
There are priuceiy towers and castles high
There are gardens fairer than human ken
There are happy children throngng by,
Radiant women and stately men,
Singing with voices of sweet attune
The songs of the Land of the Afternoon.
The old mar watches form of cloud
That floats whore the azure islands are,
And he sees homestead gray and loved,
And q hand that beckons him afar
o. cheek of roses and hair of gold
o, eyes of heavens diyinest blue
Long have We lain in the graveyard mold
But love is infinite, love il true:
He Will find her-yes it must be soon;
They will meet in the Land of the Afternoon
The sky has changed. and wreck of cloud
Is driving athwart its troubled face;
The golden mist is IA trailing shroud,
1t is cold and bleak in the garden place.
The old man smiles and droops his head.
The thin hair blows from his wrinkled brow
The sunset radiance has appeared
Ger every wasted feature now;
One sigh exhaes like breath in June
He has found the Land of the Afternoon.
- Unidentified
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The President of Mills College,

" He certainly is not handsome" said a
little school teacher Thursday evening in
the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland,
as she looked at Homer Is. Sprague, the
new President of Mills College, as he sat
upon the platform. The lecture was ad-
dressed particularly to the Teachers Insti-
tute of Alameda county, but many persons
not teachers availed themselves of the op-
portunity to hear the new President of the
Western Vassar, for he has a great reputation
in New England as speaker. When he
stepped to the stand and looked calmly
over the audience there was applause. He
told the teachers that the lecture he would
deliver was prepared for the graduating
class of a normal school. He began in a
conversational way to tell of John Milton,
the poet, the theologian and statesman and
scientiSt.and the great teacher. Not MANY
sentences had the lecturer spoken before
the audience perceived that his reputation
is not founded on smoke He speaks in a
soft but clear voice, rapidly but distinctly.
He never hesitates for word. The SEN
fences, in charming English, pour from his
lips as smoothly as old wine from tlagon
His memory is stored with names dates
and incidents, ready to be used at any mo-
ment. He read from no manuscript. He
quoted at length, with but one or two ref
called events of history, battles, men, peri
DDS, as readily as he would have told the
date of his birth. The Life and Times of
Milton was the theme of the discourse, the
foundation of an ornamental and yet
stanch superstructure. He toldp articu-
larIy of the life of Milton as a teacher and
of his works on education, which were not
appreciated until centuries after his death.
Then the political life of the blind teacher
was mentioned, and then the days when
from his darkness came = Paradise Lost"
the great work of his life. After an cpl
tome of the grand deeds and the pure, no.
teacher, Milton" He ended by reciting
the words of the blind poet, beginning: Il
have naught to fear This darkness is but
a shadow"
He is handsome said the little teacher.
lSan Francisco Call.
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THE OLD HOME.

The western sun was gliding
The grand old mountain tops,
Inc dew was gently kissing
The heather i'll the copse.
The poplar trees were whispering
From their majestic hight,
Like guards who pass the watchword
Through weary hours of night.
The kline from fragrant pastures
Wound slowly round the hill,
To meet the mountain brooklet
And take their evening fill.
The little sheltered hamlet
Lay sleeping as of yore.
The old brown homestead standing
With heavy oaken door.
The garden and the orchard,
The busy hum of bees,
The fragrance of the blossoms,
From peach and apple trees.
The creak of dripping bucket
That slowly rose and fell,
The sweet grass and the cowsliDs
That grew beside the well
The roses and the lilacs,
The odor from the thyme,
The climbing honeysuckle,
The scarlet trumpet-Yine.
The blood-root growing only
In warm and sheltered spots,
The meadow path all bordered
With blue forget-me-nots.
The old gate where at evening
used to take my stand,
And fingered till the darkness
Had gathered DER the land.
All join to weave together.
And add to memory's chain
The links SO roughly broken,
DIT I
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Startling Figures.

With all that has been said and written
concerning the enormity of the debris evil
1t has failed in great measure to be COM
pretended, because without ocular evil
dence it has been almost impossible for the
mind to grasp the terrible situation. The
party that composed the river excursion q
few weeks ago from Sacramento to the
mouth of the Feather river became entirely
satisfied without entering the latter river
and taking the chances of mooring upon
the sandbaIs for an indefinite time. A les
son was taught there to which we propose
to apply few figures for the purpose of
presenting TO the mind what has really
been accomplished by the hydraulic miner.
The steamboat captains and the excursion
lists stated Of we mistake not that the
steamers floated from fifteen TO twenty feet
above the level of ante hydraulic times
owing to the fill. Now, to be entirely
within the truth, we will call the fill twelve
feet. The river from the mouth of the
Feather will average 400 feet in width to
Suisun Bay, and the distance is at least 100
miles but if anything is lacking in the
length we will throw in Feather river with
its thirty miles of filled up and choked
channel, to make it good measure We
leave out of this count the 10000 or more
acres of bottom land, covered from five TO
fifteen feet deep with the same material on
the Costumes, American. Bear, Yuba, Mo-
kelumne and Calaveras rivers. We find in
the 100 miles described 90, ,666 cubic
yards of debris. This amount, spread out
three feet deep, would cover an area of 49,
1853 acres of land, or SO. $50 acres one foot
in depth. which is sufficient to ruin it for
all practical purposes. When in San Fran
cisco few weeks since we submitted the
figures TO 4. d. Starr, of the great wheat.
milling and shipping firm of Starr & Co., of
South Vallejo and Wheatport, and who OBJ
tain their supplies very largely over these
interior waters, and who are thoroughly
familiar with them. Mr.. Starr did not seem
surprised. but said that he had no doubt as
much more lay deposited in Suisun bay,
saying nothing of what had gone into San
Pablo and San Francisco bays. When the
ruin is placed before the mind in acres and
territory, it must carry conviction, but the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
If I WERE you.

Why did he look so grave? she asked,
What might the trouble be?
My little maid he signing said,
suppose that you were me,
And you a weighty secret owned,
Pray tell me what you'd doP'
al think I'd tell it somebody"
She said, "if were youf'
But still he sighed and looked askance,
Despite her sympathy.
ooh, tell me, little maid" he said
Again, if you were me,
And if you loved pretty lass,
oh, then, what would you do?"
+" think I'd go and tell her so"
Said she; "if were you"
My little maid, tbs you" he said,
Alone are dear to me-"
All then she turned away her head,
And neer a word said she
But what he whispered in her ear,
And what she answered. too
Oh, no, cannot tell you this
I'd guess, if l were youi
chambers Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

1t is reported in army circles that Fort
Elko, NJ. T., is about to be abandoned, ard
the valuable farming land now held as
reservation by the Government, of which
there is large tract, thrown open to settle
ment or disposed of at auction.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
LADIES OF SACRAMENTO

A Nd VICINITY. WE SHALL HEREAFTER
n keep on hand make 20 order for ladies the
ings," using some seven different shades of the
best imported Kid; also, several colors Of Castor
Buck, including Black and Green finished Buck.
Gents Working, Driving and Street Gloves of
all kinds made. Don't mistake the place, 1913
Ninth street. Odd Fellows Temple. The only
place in the city where they know how to make
q good glove. All work warranted heavy glove
hand sewed. D0DGES SACRAMENTO GLOVE
FACTORY. ol6-tfruThS
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A M;n;,o Carn an 40 $

ruin of the rivers and turning them over
the valley, forecasts spectacle too awful
to contemplate.-[ Farmer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
CURE OF PNEUMONIA.

Mr.. D. II. Barnaby, of owego, n. Y, says that
his daughter was taken with a violent cold,
which eliminated with Pneumonia, and all the
best physicians gave the case up and said she
could live but a few hours at most. She
was in this condition when a friend recon-
mended DR.. VIM. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS, and advised her to try it. She ac-
cepted it as a last resort, and was surprised to
find that it produced marked change for the
better, and by perseyering inits use permanent
cure was effected. fe2I-is1y&w1y
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

THE most eflicacious stimulants to excite
the appetite are Angostura Bitters pre-
pared by DR.. J. G. 3. Siegert & Sons. Be-
ware of counterfeits. Ask your grocer or
druggist for the genuine article.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

There are l26 conyicts in the Utah peni-
Tertiary, more than ever before in the his
tory of that institution,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

A correspondent of the Napa Reporter
says wild pigeons are very numerous all
over Berryessa valley. Recently three
gentlemen, in few hours shooting,
killed over 100 of these birds.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
MEDAL

V>HE EAGLE WINERY WAS AWARDED A
Gold Medal for the Best Display of
Wines, at the State Fair of 1885. The best
qualities of California Wines: Port, Sherry,
Reisling, White Wine, Angelica, Claret, Zinfan-
del, and Grape Brandy constantly on hand and
sold at the lowest cash prices. Goods delivered
at the depot, steamer, OF. any paIt of the city,
without extra charge. NJ. ;. NEVIS, Proprietor.
og4ntfIuThS
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A PFRP1ExED CUSTOMER.

A Buffalo paper states that young lady
of that city went to florist to buy some
flowers. She had hardly entered the place
before she hearp shrill veice like that of
an old lady say, "Shut the door. Don't
you know any better? It's cold outside"
Very much overcome with modification
and embarrassment, she looked about for
the speaker, saying, Pardon me, madam
but the wind blew so, could hardly close
the door"
Well, mind your eye, Miss, and don't
do it again" repeated the voice, when to
her great establishment the young lady
found that she had been conversing with q
well educated and certainly very familiar
poll-parrot. Annoyed at the bird for de-
ceiving her so, the young lady turned her
back to the cage and was intent on exam
lining some flowers. Suddenly the same
voice, or what seemed to be, said to her :
What can | do for you, Miss ?"
" If you hold your tongue | shall be
gratified above all things replied the
young Miss, turning around as she spoke
and discovering the lady proprietor stand
ing in her presence. Imagine her mortifi-
cation at this double blunder. She mis-
took parrot for a lady, and lady for a
parrot Yet it is very evident that if she
had been really polite she would not have
lost her temper at the pranks of an inno-
cent poll-parrot, and therefore would not
have hastily used the language which
was meant for the bird, though really adj
dressed to the lady
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
BULBS! BULBS!

w. R. Strong &c Go.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINE STOCK OF
L Choice German and Eastern Bulbs; also.
Japan Lilies, which they offer at New York
prices, and lower than generally sold elsewhere
Now is the time to plant. Those desiring should
order at once, while the stock is complete.
n3-lw
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THE JOYS OF CAMEL RIDING.

A few days ago had my first ride on
camel, and thought it would be my last
1t was to go to our camp, that | got cross
legged upon an Arab saddle. insecurity
fastened by strings, upon the back of u
great numbering, hump-back brute. | no
sooner attempted to take my place on the
saddle, than the camel, which was lying
prone, into which position he was forced
began grunting like an old village pump
violently worked. At the same time he
turned his prehensile lips aside, grinning
like a bulldog, and showing a ginning
row of teeth, which he sought to close upon
me. l got aboard without accident, and
had not long to wait for rise.
The first movement, as he lifted his fore
legs, nearly sent me over backwards; the
next, as he Strengthened his hind-legs, still
more nearly tipped me over his head.
had been warned to hold tight, but ii was
only the clutch of desperation that saved
me. After several lunges the brute got
fairly on his legs.
The reins consisted of rope around his
neck for steering, and a string fastened to
q ring thrust through his nostrils to pull
up his head. and to stop him when he was
going too fast. My camel began to move
forward and thereupon | oscillated and
seesawed as if seized with seasickness or
cramp in the stomach. Involuntary as the
movement was, an hour of it would, | am
sure, have made as abject victim of me
rs the worst sufferer on a Channel passage
lLondon Telegraph.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
not ABOVE WORK

Chief Justice Marshall was a great and
good man. Good men are not proud men,
for pride is an indication of little mind.
Chief Justice Marshall was not too proud TO
wait upon himself He was in the habit
of going to market himself, and carrying
home his purchases.
Often night he be seen returning at sun
rise with poultry in one hand and vegeta-
bles in the other, in the most homely
fashion.
On one of these occasions a fashionable
young man was swearing violently because
he could find no one to carry home his
game. Judge Marshall stepped up, gently
rebuked him, and asked him where he
lived. When he heard the reply he said
;" That is in my way, and l will carry your
game home for you"
When they came TO the house the young
man inquired: What shall pay you ?"
"Oh, nothing" said the Judge; you
are welcome. 1t was all in the way, and it
was no trouble to me-
:" Who is that polite old gentleman who
brought home my game for me?" asked
the young man of bystander.
ooh" said he, that was Judge Mar
shall. Chief Justice of the United States
Why did he bring home my game?"
Z" He did it, said the bystander, " | sup
pose, by way of teaching you not to be
above attending to your own business"
Truth in Life.
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ABOUT sNEEzING.

The Hungarians have always had a curl
GUS custom of saying, 81 God bless you" to
a person who sneezes. One night a Hun
garian family in New York, four men, two
women and a 4-year-old child, were sitting
at supper, when the child began to sneeze.
Immediately all the knives and forks were
held in mid-air, all eyes were turned to-
wards the sneezer, and all tongues poured
forth a torrent OF blessings The child
sneezed five times, and five times did her
companions implore the Almighty to bless
her. Then she folded her hands in her
lap, and said earnestly to each one, Il
thank you, mother; | thank you, aunt;
| thank you, Louis; | thank you, Geysa; |
thank you, Paul; | thank you, Stofano."
They, in return, smiled and nodded, piled
her plate with extra danties and cautioned
her never to forget to ask Gods blessing
on one who sneezed, and to thank those
who asked his blessing on herself Should
she fail to do SO, it was intimated that
death By choking might be the result of
such ingradtude.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-12-26
A DEVICE FOR LADIES WHO LIKE II
SEE THEIR BACK HAIR.
philadelphia Press.l

lEuilduOlPhAo AOoo'l
"Women, as every body knows, are
the hardest people in the world to
please" said a wan, pale-faced clerk
In a large jewelry establishment, just
after wrestling for an hour and half
with fat girl in a red hood, who had
bought only silver bangle bracelet for
81. The pale-faced clerk sighed and
he continued, in a dull and listles
sort of way:
"But think we've got something
now that even the prettiest and mean
est female in the world can't complain
about. You know Tor mebbe you don't
know; you don't look as though you
were married say, I've been married
two years), every woman would rather
see the back of her head just after she
has put up her hair than any thing
else on earth. Well, they've been
straining their necks and using hand
glasses in front of their mirrors for a
long time, and the result has not been
particularly satisfactory. 1t has at
length occurred to somebody to invent
something to remedy this. There is a
three sided glass. It's rather expen.
sive, you see. French plate, with ivoo
ry back. The sides are. movable and
adjustable, A woman can arrange
that thing go that she Can sit in front
of it and see her back hair without
turning her head. The advantage it
simply beyond calculation. She can
catch her dressingmaid in lie regular
ly every morning.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1885-12-26

nolinel The police TO take charge Of the
p6pper(y belonging 70 Miss Smith. 1
One glance Il the lodger's Immense
collection Of miscellaneous articles con-
WINGED the officers that she was shop
litter. Ashort investigation identified
Mis- Smith with Mrs. Jane Weldon,
the author of the aforementioned
letter, and who is serving six months
sentence In the House Of Correction.
The stolen articles were found neatly
packed away In boxes and parcels.
They were taken to the police station,
where those that have been unpacked
cover the tables, chairs and Aoor of the
Chiefs Office, while those that remain
fastened fill an adjoining room.
Nothing at all approaching this aston
ishing accumulation has ever been
known here. An itemized account Of
all the articles would fill an entire
page Of newspaper.
/ By way of indicating its nature, the
Herald prints short list, specifying
seven pocket-books, containing $3.50;
thirty-eight articles Of jewelry and a
great deal more, and 1873 pieces of sill
verware, and under the head of "Mis-
cellaneous'' names almost everything
that Mr.. Wemmick would have char
acterixed as being "property and'porta-
ble."
Mrs. Weldon is an old-time offender,
having in 1878 been sentenced to a
three years. term for shoplifting. Pro-
perry worth $1,000 was at that time
found at her apartments. She was
pardoned out, but within two weeks
was up to her old tricks again. There
can be no doubt that she is veritable
kleptomaniac.