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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-17
PACIFIC SLOPE.
A STAGE ROBBERY THAT DID NOT
YIELD LARGELY.
Sad Accident in MartineZ-knights
Of Pythias in Peta-
luma-Barber Stabbed.
CALIFORNIA.

lsPEolAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-uN,os,I
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-17
B. j. SHORT,

OCULIST. MAKES \ SPECIALITY OF
~ Curing Granulatcd Eyelids, Film over the
kyes Inflammation, etc. 10. 81 i street, be
tween Ninth and Tenth, Sacramento. Office
Hours: s 10 y 4. NJ; , to P NJ. apo Inns
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-17
GEORGE W. YOUNG,

CUCCEssOR TO PIKE q YOUNG, CARRIAGE
= Manufacturer corner Fourth end streets,
Sacramento. Established in 1850. All sizes OF
Buggies, Phaetons, Spring and Thoroughbraee
Wagons. Repairing, Painting and Trimming
done. apfl-4ptf
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
BARRIERS.
How They Appear to q Customer, Abb
stractlY and Concretely.

How They Appear to Customer, ABB
stractlY and Concretely.
incidentally we love . barber. We
do not object to his conversation =-in-
deed, we admire to listen to his artless
prattle as he whips the thin steel deftly
around our jugular. Neither are we of
that class of cynics who rail at the bar
ber's foibles- absolute certainty of
nipp;ng favorite pimple, his feverish
anxiety to annoint our head with oil
that shall run down upon our coat-col-
lar, to its undoubted detriment, his per-
sistence in giving our face final tiirt
with the towel that shall hopelessly dis
arrange the mustache he has with so
great exactness just carefully adjusted :
all these shortcomings and more we can
forgive; but we do wish he would not 50
stndiouslV avoid the spot upon our head
or face that the light touching of his
hands has set to itching. When the
barber combs our hair, if there be one
spot of all the broad expanse of head
that would be grateful TO the soothing
touch of comb or brush. there is some
thing supernatural in the manner with
which the barber avoids it Similarly
with the face. When the bay rum is
filling our nose with cheerful Odor and
our eyes with tears, and the barber
throws over us the glamor OF the drying
towel, is there not always an aggraya-
ting spot adjacent to the nose that his
swiftly-hying hands utterly fail to reachE
With all our love for the barber, there
are times and occasions when he mad
dens Rockldnd Courier Gazette.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
/" SHALL i?"

Shall do this, sir, and shall do that sir?
Shall 60 in. sir, or shall go Out9
Shall IL be bonnet, or shall 1t be hat, sir2
State your opinion: I'm sadly IN doubt
Shall go I'D ng, or shall go walktng2
Shall accept 1t, or shall refusel
Shall be silent. or shall keep talking?
Give your advice. pray; ! can not well
choose.
Thus do we pander TO others opinions,
Wearing the garb Of SOcietys slaves:
Fashions q kyrant and we are her minions,
Robbing our life Of the freedom It Graves.
Ought to visit her, ought to cut her?
Shall be friendly, or shall be colda
Shall look boldly, or peep through the
shutterf
Shall give silver or shall I give golds
What Will be SAID If I'm seen at the balls
VIII they proclaim me saint or sinner!
IL not the former. 20 not at all.
Thus do we pandes to others opinions,
Wearing the garb Of Socidty's slaves:
Fashions tyfant and we are her mnions,
Robbing our life of the freedom 1t Graves.
Why not 90 forward nndaunted unfearing,
Doing the thing that is lawful and right?
Caring not who may be seeing or hearing,
Stunning the darkness, and counting the
light
Surely, if conscience forbear to upbrad us,
Well may we laugh at the verdict of fools:
God Is our guide-for His service He made
Not to be ruled by the makers of rules
Pander no longer to others opinions:
Wear net the garb of Socfety.s slaves;
Be not of Fashion the pitiful minons;
Rob not your life of the freedom 1t Graves.
--Naniafe Potcer O'Doao0hue, IN Chambers
Journal.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
Eating of Gold.

Mrs. Astor's supper to twenty OF her
intimate friends was given Morday
night. On this. occasion the famous
service Of solid gold was used These
yellow dishes are seldom brought ont
from the Astor vault. They cost 300.
600, it is said, though ! have heard the
figures exaggerated TO $3.50, COO. Any
how there is no great extravaganza il
them, for the metal can at any time be
melted into good bullion and only tae
workmanship lost I have attendel
many of the Astor entertainments, but
never one when the gold utensils were
displayed. a friend who has had that
inestimable privilege declared that she
didn't enjoy the experience very much,
after all.
ssIn the first place, Z she said, the
eatables were completely overcome anu
dominated by the plates on VIII ch they
were served. The daintiest morsels
seemed to have no flavor at all, and
after q while fancied that they became
| inpregnated with 3 peculiar metallic
taste. And then gof it into my head
that the man sitting opposite me was
detective il disguise, placed there 70
see thst I didn't slip 8. plate into my
bodice He was afterwards introduced
| to me. and { had reason to believe that
| his covert gIances had been purely sen-
timental, but they spoiled my supper
all the same. No, thank you, fine china
/ ware is good enough for me - e;s71e1ss-
naH Enquirer
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
LOVE.


Explained by Two Colored People.
Pete Jackson is colored man work
ing for Tiff johnson on Onion Creek,
Swayback Lucy is also employed by Tiff
as house servant. They are very con-
fdential with Tiff, and tell him all
about their private affairs. A few days
ago Pete winked mysteriously at Tiff,
and taking him off to one side, said TO
him
Mister Johnsing, wants ter confide
great secret to yer.
'.What is it, Peter
Else got great notion ter ask Sway
back Lucy ter marry me. y
do you think she reciprocates your
affection?''
..What did yer say she did?''
do you think she loves you as much
as you do her?n
..Dat's what 'spicions. -
Ibid she tell you SOP"
mo, but she mout jess as well hab
tole me SO. When she was goin' fru' de
yard punched her wild pitchfork. and
she said 'G'way, yer black nigger.
doan want ter hab yer about me-
tells yer, Mister Johnsing, dat when a
woman tells yer ter go way, she wants
yer ter stay right dar. Dey am de con-
trairiest critters in de world
so you think that is a symptom OF
love. do you?'
Il does, sab, for fac'.n
Shortly afterward another negro
woman heard Swayback Lucy singing
away for dear life in the yard, as happy
as bird.
whats de matter wild your"
II tells yer, Aunt Sukey, / believes
Pete Jackson wants ter marry me.
''Has he done tole yer sop
mo, but he mout jess as well hah
tole me so. He punched me wild de
pitched fork. | tells ger dat means
| sumfin'. - I'erds SifiingS.
l
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
~

far out Of the possible reach of little
hands. None of these things are mere
theories, but are q few OF the plans
which have put in practice to aid me
during years of house-work on farm
whore one pair of hands must do the
work of laundre IS. dairymaid. house
maid, seamstress, nurse and cook. and
| recapitulate: Look ahead;'' Be
g.n in t;me;'' Think before you step;''
Have all that you work with con-
ven ent as possible. y and Don t
worry.
And. now. if these rules are followed.
thinking of your work in the pleasant
est light possible, not looking upon it
as 4 drudgery, and striving ever to be
strong, pure and patient, | think
you will learn to make housekeeping,
in the fullest sense of the word, a
grand success. Testa Leroy, IN Hest
t73s Plownaa.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10

the descendants of this horse now roam
over Northern Wyoming, and it is prob
able not few Of them annoy the cattle
men and horse growers by stealing
their mares. If the descendants are as
good stuff as the sire they will not
easily be got rid of, aud a good many of
them, as well as us, viii have cause
long to remember our first. experience
in catching wild horse.-Geas. James
Trisbin, IN Chicago Horsenann.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10
A LATE DISCOVERY.


The IIlinoislan who Was q millionaire
and Dfdn1 Know It.
met him on Canal Street, New Or
leans, or rather he came up to me as
was leaning against door-post and
asked:
BE you from IlfanoyP'' 4 ~
NO Michigan
That's too bad. I wanted to find
somebody from nlanoy."
Broker
NO, notyet. See here. I'm pizenly
bothered =
..Well?'
..Well, I've been hired man in lila
noy for the last thirteen years, gettin
about SIG month and board. I've
allus looked upon board as Wuth about
dollar week, but
..Well?'
Il just kinder filled up back here III
the restaurant just about half square
meal just 'nuff to pitch hay or hoe corn
on for an hour. and what dye 'spose
the figger WASP"
20. about seventy cents. -
Seventy pumpkins! It was 81 80, OF
I'm sinner Sayn'
s.Yes.
That's $500 day for fodder, OF
about 300 a month. A hundred q
month is twelve hundred a year. I'hir
teen times that is about $4,000.
..Yes. -
Say, I'll be gosh-baked and foreyel
stepped ON if haven't been one of these
burned aristocrats-a bloated bond
holder "a gosh-fred monopolist all these
thirteen years without knowing it.
Tucked away $15, 900 worth of fodder
Woosh! but want to meet somebody
from Illanoy and pint the finger oi
financial independence at hlm!''-De-
ty0;t Free Press.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10

Every Saturday evening. when
barber shop in Troy is crowded BY
], young mechanics getting Their hair cut
for sunday, priest who Is q jealous
temperance advocate arrives TO get
signatures to a pledge of total abst;-
.nence. He th 'nks that he thus saves
many q fellow from spending his
week's s wages in spree. = Troy { ~ ~
Times.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10

An Indiana man has patented d
model for straw house. The walls e
to be made of bales of straw or hay, and
then plastered and bolted down. 1t !,
said to be preferable to brick ani as en-.
durable. Indianapolis Joura4l.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10

The moment a people begin to be-
lieve in themselves and their own ca
pacity to develop their own resources
according to occasion, outsiders see at
glance that that is the place to put
money, for Their prosperity will steadily
advance. - Columbia rs. &C. Register
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-04-10

In Wyoming Territory, an orainarl-
lv heaithfrl region. there is ore doctor
In every thirty inhabits nts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13
t 1t Is Wonderful how much we see By
Looking Backward.

DEAR HERALD;-As I lie uDon my
bed I wish 10 jot sorae thoughts as they
are passing through my head. A dem
Ocrat-a friend 70 the Ioyal-said to me !.
''As m UGH as Robert z. Lee and ten
thousand others deny If, bourbon de-
mOcracy Waged the late war with the
government of the United States with
the avowed purpose of perpetuating
slavery, but the result of the war was
not the perpetuatiOn, but the liberation
of the slave. But, please, what caused
the result-the acknowledgements of that
great mass Of ignorance. before they
had time to become educated up TO the
nights and duties of free menP'' Well 4.
my friend, L think this result grew out
o. the fact that they were, by nature,
free men. Perhaps you remember, my
dear friend, as ignorant as was that
mass OF eX-slaYes, that they had sense
enough to b. peaceable and loyal
''Weu then, admitting that, should
there not have been T. prOviso of prOba-
ton preparatory to enfranchisement? pa
Why, yes, 1 think there should. For
how loug?'' Perhaps neither the eX-
slave nor his former owner ought TO
have voted until the thousands of eX-
rebels had learned that JEFF Davis was
IS traitor; until they had learned to
/ be loyal to our free institutions and
willingly obey the laws of our nation q,
and peaceably vote with other freemeu.
And Tor the safety Of the nation no part
Of our country ought to haV q congress
sIOnal or electoral represe ntatiOn other
than on the number OF votes cast at the
preceding presidential election, so that
the Sums OF one city, the better citizens
of which have to beg a share in their
own municipal government, do not
usurp the right 81 choice Of the millions
OF the moral, religious and wise. We
do think that when officers to tie gen
eraI government are to be elected that
she has the right TO chose the place and
mode Of electIng them, and have the
power to enforce such laws But as
true as like begets like, men ordinarily
vote what they are. Men that make
drunkards get their votes. The men
that buy aud sell votes get the cheap
float. The men that use menace and
shot guns at election will elect Just such,
and being in power they publicly boast
OF driving away from the ballot box a
million or legal voters. Cur nation is
largely loyal, but we cannot help think
ing that il our nation does not protect
the ballot that henceforth the corrupt
will run both parties and nation for cor
rupt ends, and viii let this great nation
90 back to chaos. We hold that an
election precinct should be made to be
an appropriate place for a decent man
/ to take his lady with him while he is
/ looking after their highest interests.
AN ELDER,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13
4 STRANGE PHILOSOPHY,

More philosophers, and great minds
in the worlds history, perhaps, than
many are aware OF, have sincerely be-
Iieved in the pre-eXistence Of the soul.
That is.-they have believed that they
have had an existance prior to this lie,
all along backward down the annals Of
time. The poet, Wordsworth, was os-
pecially imbued with this belief, and
wrote an exquisite poem upon that sub
ieot. The late victor Hugo was anoth-
er giant mind who held to the same
doctrine. When an atheist, in arguing
the question Of total anhilGtion with
him, made this statement, r'the proof
that Won will not exist in the future is
that you did not exist in the past, -
Hugo answered:
s.WhO told you I did not exist in the
past centuries? You will say that Is
the legend of the ages. The poet has
written s'Life is q fairy tale twice
written. He might have said a thOus-
and times written. There IS not an
ace i'm which / can not find my spirit.
You Do not believe IN the doctrine of
surviving per. Qualities, for the reason
you do not recollect your anterior eXis-
tence But how cap the recollection of
vanished ages remain imprinted on
your memory wh;n you do not remem-
Der a Thousand and one scenes and
events OF Your present life? Since 1862
there have been ten Victor HugOs in
me. Do you think [ can recall all their
actions aud all their Jhoughts2 ] he
tomb is dark, and when L shall have
passed the tomb 70 emerge in to hight
once more ali these Victor Hugos will
be almost wholly strangers to me, but
will always be the same soul
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13

The Western World, in speaking of
the man Reume, who, with a leveIed
revolver dictated the running of pas
senger train from Kansas City to Chica-
20, and who succeeded in killing two
men and receiving mortal wounds him
self before being captured, comments
thusly:
But this terrible tale would lack
completeness were we to fail to state
that this demon lett Denver at 500
o 'eioek P A., Friday evening OF last
train passed through Wa-Keeney at I 10
Saturday morning"
Brother Tilton might also have peril
neatly added that there never would
have been ''a terrible tale" to unfold,
had it not. been for Kansas City whiskey,
thanks to the hellinspiring bever-
age(P).
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13
WHAT STATE IS IT2

Uuder the above head the St. Louis
Republican says: ''Kansas is proba-
bly, the most prosperous State IN the
Union It has had a succession of
good crops. 1t has sprung up in the
scale of agricultural states to a posi-
ton very near the top.
Thanks, but what Slate is any near
er the top ? Let US take the figures of
the national bureau of agriculture for
the year 1888.
Is it Missouri? Kansas raised H.
l35, 600 bushels more of corn than did
Missouri.
Is it Illinois Kansas raised So
COZ, 488 more bushels of corn, 4.7O1,
100 more bushels of whegt, and 49,
672, 1888 more bushels of oats than
Illinois.
Is it Iow2P Kansas raised 3 ,1G7,-
600 bushels more corn than Iowa.
Is it NebraskaP Nebraska produced
IOI, 278, 600 bushels Of corn-a big corn
crop-but Kansas raised IL, 500, 800
bushels; 10000 bushels in favor OF
Kansas.
Is it TexasP Kansas raised lOO,-
OlO.OOO bushels more corn than did
Texas, Wen pass Texas. She's not
worthy of comparison.
Perhaps it's minnesota She raised
I5,I24,8 800 bushels Of corn. Kansas
raised just 1913, 975. 100 more than
Minnesota. Next Please stand up
and take your medicine.
Is it Dakota? She is not a wheat
producing state, but when the wheat
dance is cauad she waltzes in with
I6, 1873, 100 bushels. But when Kansas
raises her 2G,815, 100, Dakota gets
very tired.
And the fact IS, Kansas leads the
processiOn-band wagon and all.
/ The total value of farm products in
Kansas in 1884 is officially placed al
| SI6O, 6O7, 1920.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13

There has been considerable comment
upon Mr.. Cleveland's peculiar conduct
while at Gettysburg. Some have thought
that as the martyred Lincoln made one
Of his most effective speeches at that
place, Cleveland did not wish to eclipse
him by delivering an address. The
following, however, IS probably the real
reason, and shows the SOULFUL appreci-
alton, and grief stricken intensity of this
great and good man:
''Pres dent Cleveland's reticence and
apparent Indifference during his recent
visit to Gettysburg is explained by cor
respondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, who after apOlogizing for previous
criticisms, SAYS that Mr.. Cleveland s
Substitute was killed in the battle OF
Gettysburg, In frOnC Of HicoX's divi-
sion, on the second day of the fight, and
that it was the pre-ideut's sadness over
the terrible and untimely death of that
devoted and patriotic $500 substitute
that kept him 50 silent and filed MS
heart with grief.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13

The editor of the Kenneth Sentinel,
evidently was an original buckeye, as
the following remark of his will indi-
cate:
"Strange, isn't it, how completely the
hills aud hOllOws of Ohio lose their
charms, after one once sees the enticing,
undulating and beautiful rolling prairies
of western KGnsaSP''
Bro. Street you are not alone in ex-
periencing that peculiar sensation. The
Jeans clad hoosier from "Inieanner"
no more expatiates over the glories of
the hoop-pola and pumpkin; the lank
loiterer from ''old KGintuck, g" signs no
longer for the cob-pipe and demjohn,
the sallow sardine from the mias.aic
swamps OF southern Illinois, now fails
80 be facinated By the pin-hook and an
gle worm-they all behold the azure
sky touching the green horizon, they
feel the life blood quickening through
their veins in the warm sunshine, their
lungs expand with a pure sweet atmos-
Phere, tae3 Know that they a-e in
Kansas and .heY arc glad.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13
A PAYING ROAD

It has been believed, we do not know
why, that he Central Branch was q
sUue-hOrse' railroad; that it did not
earn enough over running expenses to
keep it in repair, and even that it was
run at a loss.
1t is not little singular that such an
impression should prevail The Cen
tra Branch runs for 200 miles OF its
length through a country, not only nat
ujaiiy fertile, but well settled, aud be-
yUud the 200 mile limit the country is
rapidly developing. The road has q
wide area of this country to itself, There
is no reason to suppose that the road is
not an excellent property, yet, we have
said the impression widely prevails that
the Branch is pOverty-strIcken Outnt,
A very elOquenG reIutaUiOn of this notion
Is found in an official statement now be-
fore US.
The report of the Union Pacific Rail
way Company for the year 1854 shows
that the total earnings Of The line were
SLID, l45.4S, as against Sl,5l7, 1OT.O5
III 1883 an increase OF S19T, 1898. The
total expenses were 81 $3.50, 3l8.Sl, as
( against $3.50, 200. % In 1858, an increase
Sol 205, II8-55 Thu surplus earnings
were S67g, S26. 81, a decrease Of Z $3.50. u
Out OF the surplus were paid the follow
ing items; Discount and interest, -
| So, 7O6.yO, ''taxes'' $50, Goa 81, trent on
/ leased lines" S2S7 $40, interest on
/ bOnds," $40, 100, leaving a net balance
or income of S16O, 987-43, against $780,
/ 569.6I tor 1883. Inc capital stock Of
/ the road, in shares of 500 each, Is
/ 81, 600, GOO. and the earnings were, there
tore, nearly II per cent on the capital
stock. The company, however, own 81
! shares, or SO 400 Of its own stock, the
/ dividends on which, added to the earn.
/ ings, would increase the profits on the
capital stock to nearly II 1-3 per cent
road in this financial condition
should be run for all it is worth I'D ex
tended without delay into one of the
best fields in this country now waiting
/ advance of a railrOad.-AtchisOn Cham
/ piOn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13

Guy Min, Chinaman, in a speech in
San Francisco, expressed some sur
prise at what he considered the incon-
sistency Of sending millions of dollars
TO China to prepare her people for the
Kingdom of Heaven. and refusing them
a home in the United States. ''-EirWin
Chief.
Those celestial heads, surrounded
with the festive pig-tails, are not the
only ones puzzled over the same con
undrum. If Guy Mn travels over this
country very much, he wiz see many
things to surprise him; for instance if
ne should visit the White House and
there see the president labelling out re-
form so thick that yOu could chop it
with a corn-cutter, this almond-eyed
aeathen would be paralyzed with as
Constituent; hut there are many strange
things 70 learn in this country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13

The Atlanta Ga. Constitution.
speaks PLAIN english and gives the fol-
lowing definition of an offensive par
tisan-"
1.-The republican organs are quarrel
ing q good deal over the meaning of the
term - offensive partisan. - They are
making too much of it. 1t is well
known that an offensive partisan is a
Republican Notwithstanding more,
nothing less"
And still another definition comes
sanctioned by the Western Democrat:
''The St. Louis Republican defines
an offensive republican as ''a republi-
can Ofice-hOlder who refuses to resign. -
This seems to be the literal interpre-
tatiOn of the term, as designed in Mr..
Villas letter.
By and by, all the democratic sheets
along the line, like the Irish Judge,
will call things by their roight
nahmes =" Then will the Mugwumps
stand aghast, at the stupendous reform.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-06-13

According to the Dodge City Times of
last week, the Eureka lrrigatiug canal
is being made at the rate Of two miles a
week. 1t has been built from the west
toward the east. 1t passes, we believe,
to within three miles of Dodge City on
the north. The ditch is feet wide, 2
feet deep, and the entertainments are 2 or
three feet high. The company estab-
lish camps at convenient points along
the line of the ditch, and at each camp
q well is drilled.-W estern World.
We have seen some Of those bitches
ourselves, and, excepting the seasons
when the Arkansas river is on a boom,
they are as dry as a Boston lecture
Parties seeking homes for themselves
and pOsterity, should come to Northern
Kansas, where the windows of heay en-
are opened and the floods descend.
Barring he moisture based upon zap
plicatiOns, - nature does the irrigating
business in these parts.