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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-05
A Ride in a Chinese Ricksha,,

Trot. trot, trot, along the smooth, SUNNY,
but bambOo-Shaded high road, l have q
little leisure now TO observe these astonish-
ing rickshaW coolies. They wear the
enormous traditional mushroom Chinese
hat, suitable in case either OF beating rain
or fierce sun, under which are tucked their
bard plated pigtails-for even a coolie
would feel himself disgraced were he
minus a pigtail. They are bare-footed.
bare-legged, bare-armed, and wear just
sufficient rags TO save themselves from the
charge Of indelicacy Their skins are sal
low, their Monaghan faces are pinched,
their stature Is small their limbs seem at
tenuated and loosely put together. And yet
these demonical-looking wretches, to call
whom brethren is, indeed, heavy de-
nand on our charity, throw themselves
forward into the shafts and drag their car
rlages with its passengers, who may be ten
OF may be twenty stone, not at a walk,
or shuttle, or an amble, but at a good
round trot Of about six miles an hour.
They neither flag, pant, nor perspire but
keep up this pace for two or three miles at
a stretch. Would not the most renowned
European athlete or pedestrian be but a
feeble cOney in comparison? Moreover,
these coolies have to content themselves at
the end of their journey with five cents-a
cent is a fraction less than q half-penny.
They exult if they receive ten cents, and
consider the donor an utter fool if he gives
them fifteen cents. The first sensations at
being conveyed in q rickshaw are those of
mingled amusement and shame One
hkens oneself to a drunken masquerader
or to an unostentatious buffoon Then
habit begets Indifference. Dignitaries of
the Church. dignitaries Of the Gov
| eminent dignitaries Of the law, soldiers,
r--1 l.
have recourse to them and the Sergeant in
his rickshaw salutes the colonel in has rick
shaw with precisely the same gravity as if
both were on parade. Perhaps the full alb
surdity can be best realized by considering
| what would be the effect produced were the
Dean Of Westminster TO be trunded in a
wheelbarrow down Piccadilly by dirty,
ragged little London Arab.-[Cornhill Mag
| azine.
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FUNNY FEATHERS.

Talking of eggs reminds me of some
thing l saw to-day at the Mechanics Fair
There are on exhibition several incubators
and coops. IN the latter are young chick
ems just at their prettiest age, running
about. Several of them have been dyed
various colors, such as old gold, crimson,
pink, green, purple, lavender, yellow and
some in combinations. They are very odd
looking, and no other description fits them
like the stereotyped one, that they are too
sweet for anything" The coloring was
done so carefully that the chicks appear
always to have been like that, but the dye
will doubtless disappear when feathers
come
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IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE !

.JIHE ELEGANT MANSION AND GROUNDS
L OF the late STEPHEN A. BOUTWELL,, Sit
uated on II street, between Tenth and Eleventh.
together with all the Fine and Costly Furniture
and Carpets viii be sold at public suction ON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1st Particulars here
AFTER D. j. SIMMONS q co, Auctioneers.
s3-lGt Office 1908 Fourth street
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DIRECTIONS FOR PREVENTING THE
CHoLERA.-The FIVE points to be looked
after in attempts to prevent cholera, as laid
down by the Illinois Board of Health, are /:
l. The condition of water supply. 2. The
disposition of nightsoil. garbage and sew
age. 3. The cleansing of streets, alleys and
other public places. 4. The supervision of
slaughter houses and similar establish
ments. 5. The general sanitation of every
house and its surroundings.-[Me Medical
Brief
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SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
A CHICAG0AN ON CALIFORNIA
DINNERS AND PRICES.
Vegetable Innocence = The Season
for Shooting for Love
Dramatic Notes.
Sac FRAnc1gco. september 4. 1ss5.

IAN 4 hAGNAoNOf CSbLGlLbtl 4, 1000.
San Francisco should be called The
City of Surprises" One of the first topics
with which Eastern people wrestle before
they can realize its truths decreased food
prices as compared with their own towns.
Being served with increased variety of veg
etables, fruits, native wines, fish they have
never seen, and resultant cookery combina-
tons, they naturally expect to pay in pro-
portion to the supply.
There is residing here a trio of gay old
boys, prominent business men, and we'll
known bon pivaats who, though all have
well-appointed houses of their own, dine
together at a popular Italian restaurant
once every week in the year. In summer
when wives are away and tourists take the
town they meet semi-weekly, taking turns
in inviting friend for the fourth cover,
and always giving preference TO stranger
within the gates. Quite lately they enter
tanned Judge Graves, that day arrived from
Chicago, where he is a well-known club
man. The party occupied private room
for two hours, had two bottles OF California
claret accompanying dinner of five
courses, followed By black coffee and
cognac. At the cashiers desk, he whose
turn il was 10 pay, put down two dollars
The visitors face turned scarlet. He had
supposed himself a guest, but evidently
imagined that his dinner had not been paid
for.
The trio, divining his thought, stood by
winking at each other, while he, poor fell
low, fumbled in his pocketbook, and STAN
mered out, Er-er-how much is my
bili?'
The cashier asked, care you not with
these gentlemen The Judges face grew
redder than before. "Er-er--I-" THE bill
is paid" His confusion was worse then.
but his companions mercifully led him into
the open air, where he asked, Say. now
what kind of a joke have you fellows fixed
up on me? Us a little rough on man.
you know, before ne gets fairly landed, to
go around and connive with the cashier.
Oh, I've heard about you Frisco folks try
ing to show OFF, and you'll never make me
believe that dinner for four only cost what
1t would take for each plate in Chicago"
Next day he slipped around alone and
dined at the same place. The walters
check called for fifty cents Still uncon-
Vinced, he presented it with a So bill and
received 81 80 change. Under pretense
of buying and lighting cigar he
stood by while several others paid
half dollar, just as he had done
Then he made point of hunting the trio
TO say Well, boys, l give in. Your
town is ahead, and l owe you one. You
all dine with me to-morrow-everv dav
this week if you want to, for I'll be glad to
stand such prices as that"
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ANOTHER BAD RREAK.

Marketing in that country consists of go
ing to the butchers for a piece of meat
as there are no vegetable stands. In
winter there are only potatoes, sweet pota-
toes and cabbage, which people mostly
raise for themselves or buy from darkies
Once accompanying a lady to market ]
said, We've had nothing but beef for a
week, let's get some mutton She pulled
my dress and whispered, "Sh-h.h and
Immediately diverted the butchers atten.
ton. Divining shat something was wrong
] was glad when we We're outside. WHY
did you hush me that way about the NUT
ton?' Because this is not the season fol
mutton, and it looked so green for YOU tC
be asking for it. I thought the butcher
would think you were crazy, and say some.
thing about it"
p" Well, now, if l am not mad I soon
shall be What do you mean by mutton
out Of season? When is its season
Why, in the spring of course, when
the lambs get big enough to eat What
kind Of country is that out there that you
don't know when mutton is fit to use
You brag so about your California food !
don't think You know so much after all
Well, I'll call it square if you'll tell me
what caulifiower is. Do you cook the
flowers, or just the leaves p
Neither one. We cook the caul, dip
ping it in batter made with egg-p!ants
When eggs are high-priced we sometimes
set elephants to hatch early in the spring,
though they generally do best in an incu-
bator. The oyster plant is very useful too.
When the little ones get big enough to eat
we steam them open to get the shell Off,
and you can't tell them in a church fes-
tival stew from real oysters. Oh yes, Cali
foTnia is a great country
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CANCER OF TIE TONGUE.


4 Case Resembling that of Gen. Grant
Some ten years ago had a scrofuious sore on
my right hand which gave ne great trouble
and under the old-time treatment healed up
but it had only been driven into the system by
the use OF potash and mercury, and in March,
1882, 1t broke ont in my throat, and concentrated
in what some Of the doctors called cancer, eat
ing through my cheek, destrcying the roof of my
mouth and upper lip, then attacked my tongue,
palate and lower lip, destroying the palate
and under lip entirely and half my tongue, eat
ing out to the top of my left cheek bone and up
10 the left eye. I could not eat any solid food
but subsisted on liquids, and my tongue was so
lar gone l could not talk. Such was my
wreiched, helpless condition the first of last OC-
tober (l9SQ, when my friends commenced Civ
ing me Swifts Specific. In less than a month
the eating places stopped and healing com
menced, and the fearful aperture in my cheek
has been closed and firmly knitted together
process of new under lip is progressing finely
and the tongue, which was almost destroyed, is
being recovered, and it seems that nature is
supplying new tongue. l can talk so that my
friends can understand me- AID can also eat
solid food again. If any doubt these facts,
would refer them to Hon. John Il Trsylor State
Senator of this district, and to DR.. T. S. Brad
field, Of LAGRANGE, Ga.
MRS. MARY L. CONFER.
LAGRANGE, Ga, May II, 1885
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT sPEcIFIc Co, Drawer 3, Atlanta
G2.; New York, l57 W. 23d ST. feS-Iv&Wly
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SALE.
1850 Acres FirSt-CI2SS Farm
Ing Land in COlUSa County
on easy terms.

GEALED PROPOSALS FOR TIE PURCHASE
- OF this land viii be received by the under
signed, at his place of business, No 1906 Fourth
street, sacramento, Cal, on or before
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1885.
Reserving, however, the right to reject any or
al bids Bids iorthe whole Of the ,3G0-acre tract
lying north OF the road running from French
Crossing to Mouiton's Landing. described as fol-
lows, 70 wit: Section /; F.. and E5& of VIZ of
Section 2; NJ OF NElz and Nitlf OF NV Of See
tian II; aud NJ Of NJ of Section u, Township
II North, Range I West. Bids for the whole or
any pant Of the 2,760-acre tract lying south OF
said road. described as follows, to wit: The
seq Of NV; ga Of NE1f; EI5 of SWiI and SE1z
OF Section Il; 81 OF NJ and 81 Of Section IL;
all of Section Is. EISof NV; NE5% OF SW1l and
Ej5 of Section IL; E1s Of NEl{ Of Section y; all
Of section 2: except SW14 Of sW14; ard NJ Of
Nk14 and NE34 OF wv Of Section -, Township
II North, Range ! West. About 2 1000 acres Of the
last described land in summer fallow. Bids for
the whole 4,l1 acre tact. Bids for the 5G0-acIe
tract as follows. to wit: The E]5; NWLl and NJ.
Of SW14 of section So Township - 3 West
IeTms-0ne-JhiTd cash interest at eight and
one-haf per cent. per snnum on deferred pay
ments.
JAS. N. PORTER,
Sl-l7tSp Real Estate AGENT.
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RkAINIsCEEcE OF JENNY LIED.-HaYing
finished her dinner at the Aston House, she
looked ont of the window on the crowds
going to and fro, for, although New York g
population in 1850 was not much like that
of to-day, that portion Of Broadway was
always lively to a degree. AS she stood
there, whether recognized by casual passer
or made prominent by some emissary hired
by her willy manager, her presence was
made known to the crowd of psssers, who,
little by little. massed themselves in front
of the window, and at q suggestion gave
her three rousing cheers with q tiger, TO
which she gracefully responded with bow
and smile and a wave of her handkerchief.
1t was in the early autumn, September, and
the ever ready Barnum threw up the win
dow, and with that bland smile so familiar
to New Workers, beamed upon the crowd
and introduced the worlds greatest art
ist," Miss Jenny Lind. Again the crowd
cheered, again the gentle Jenny smiled, and
off they went.-tLetter in Philadelphia
Press.
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VEGETABLE VANITY.

There is q great deal of talk about Cali
fornia fruits in Eastern markets, but if
some attention were paid to transporting
vegetables by refrigerator cars, or other
means that would keep them fresh, they
would create more wonderment than do
our fruits. In many Mississippi valley States
cauifower, artichokes, egg plant. oyster
plant, okra and many other common gar
den groWths are unknown. Last Novem-
Der the writer hereof went to pass Christmas
in Southern prairie State I had gone
from Oregon right in the hight of the game
season, where grouse, partridges, quail,
salmon trout and yeniSon were a drug
in the market. Before the HOLIDAYS came
| was in a fair way of being starved.
The first thing missing was milk bread, and
not q baker within the surround
ing counties could furnish ANYTHING
that tasted like the Pacific coast staff.
Being GOO miles from the Gulf of Mexico,
there was not, of course, n saltwater fish to
be had, and al oyster on the halfshell had
never been seen by people grown up in that
country. One day we had some fresh can
ned oysters That suggested another aching
void, so | went TO the largest grocery store
In town of 5000 inhabitants, and asked if
they had any canned shrimps.
Eb, what did you say; shrimps?' No.
ma'am, think not. Is it q new kind of
candy?"
The clerk was quite insulted at nv
laughter, but surely all Californians would
have joined me.
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Inyo, S14S,334 Kern, LIN, I60; Lassen,
5000; Los Angeles, $253o,940; Marin,
S524, l06; MERGED, 81 ,261 $40; Mono, $685.
666 Monterey, $3.50, OBS; Napa, S728, SS9
Nevada, 81, 134, 727; Placer. S., S9O, 6S1 Sac
ramento, S1,I24, l43; San Benito, s3l3. 525
San Bernardino, $4,n0,l30; San Diego,
s., 20o. pa; San Francisco, S2l5,2 San
Joaquin, $3.50, rs; San Luis Obispo,
s2lO,l72; San Mateo, $445, 1858 Santa Bar
bara, Sl29, S2S; Santa Clara, 81, OF, 922
Santa Cruz, 1923, 594; Shasta, S2OI9, lO5
Sierra, SIS, 32S; Solano, 81 ,oS3, $50; Sono-
ma, 81, l65, S94; Stanislaus, SS77, I04 SUIT
ter, S43,3S5; Tehama, 81 660O55; Tulare,
81 81, pa; Yolo, $3.50 SOL Yuba, $3.50, 235
Total, $49,035, $50.
REHABILITATION.
Total value of real estate. $3.50. 400 III,
improvements, s14S. 5SS. 905; personal prop.
erty, $l43, 403 l49; money, SO .469. 759: rail.
roads, $49,035, $50. Total, $Sl1 ,9t7. 742.
The names of the railroads and the indi-
vidual assessment are as follows: Amador
Branch, $4,000; California Pacific. So
100000; California Southern, $3.50 900
Central Pacific, so 600 600; Northern Cali
ifornia, 100000; Northern Railway, So.
100000; Pajaro and Santa Cruz, $3.50, 600
Sacramento and Piaceryille. $315, $50 San
Francisco and North Pacific, 81 800 900
San Pablo and Tulare, 5000, 600: Southern
Paclhc, Sl7,OO0,000 Stockton and Cooper.
opolls, 100000; Faca Valley and Clear
Lake. Sl9O,O0O; Carson and Colorado, $215,-
UO0; Nevada and California, $l3. 500; Ne
vada County Narrow-Gauge $4,000
North Pacific Coast, 1890 coo; Pacific coast
$4,000; San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada
$4,000; South Pacific Coast, $3.50 600
Total SO OBS $50
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THE best doctors use Hunts Kidney Rem
edy among their most valued prescriptions.
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or BUYS A CORD OF STOVE WOOD, Oh
% TON or COAL, at the c. o. d. Wood
and Coal Yard, No. 40l 1 street. All ordeH
promptly delivered to any part Of the city.
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INCKEAsEp yALrArIoNs.

The following counties show an Increased
valuation over the assessment of last wear
Alameda, per cent; Butte, Il CalaYeras
II Colusa, 10; Contra Costa, is; Ell Dor
ado, 4 Fresno, IS; Lake, II Lassen, 7;
Los Angeles, IS; Marin, 4 Mendocino, 9;
MERGED, IL; Monterey, %; Napa, A. Sac
ramento, .001 San Benito, 70 San Ber-
nardino, IS; San Diego, q San Luis Obs
pc, 8; San Mateo, 304; Santa Barbara, 2O3;
Santa Clara, l Santa Cruz, 4! Shasta, 7
Siskiyou, y Solano, A Suffer, O05; Te-
hama, Tulare, IA; Ventura, 8; Yolo, 6;
Yuba a.
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The GULF STREAM. From his observa-
tons during the past three months, Cap
tain Pillsbury finds that the strength of
current of the Gulf Stream is invariablyson
the Florida instead of the Bahama side of
the stream. He found the temperature of
the stream range from 400 to so. The
greatest velocity of the stream at the sur
face is about four and half knots, but the
fluctuations are frequent and great.
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Ks H. Il "A. Ri Ri EEs,
No goo L strIs EFT G : Gig 4 n1-pnsrO
CHEESEMAN'S Specific Mixture

With this remedy persons can cure themselyf
without the least exposure, change of diet, or
change in application to business. The medt
cine contains nothing that is of the least injury
TO the constitution. Ask your druggist for II
Price 81 bottle. s4-iyWS
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VALUABLE sTocK.

On the Fort Churchill ranch, near Day
ton, are some of the finest pure-blooded
animals of the ,hort-horn variety. Among
the rest is one bull, known as Maz1rka' s
Royal Oxford, numbered in the stock book
1871. This animal was bred by Mr. Al
exander, Woodburn farm. Kentucky, and
belongs to family of short-horns that has
made wide reputation and commanded
long prices, many Of the tribe having sold
at s., 900 to 1900 each. This fine animal
is of the same pure blood as the several
famous Dukes OF Ardrie and Duchess of
Ardrie. The Duchess of Ardrie was the
most famous COW that ever lived her de-
scendants sold for more than $500, 900 be-
fore she was fourteen years old; she was
more than half-sister to the Churchill
bull W J. Marsh. one of the owners of
the Fort Churchill ranch and manager of
the concern, has given close study to the
subject of collaborating. He thinks the
bull will have powerful impression on
the large and fine herd on the ranch, that
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The National Debt.

The following is recapitulation of the
debt statement issued September 1st new
FORM:
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WEALTH OF CALIFORNIA.
REAL, Personal AND RAILROAD
PROPERTY.
Transcripts from County Auditors
Reports to State Board OF
Equalization.

The following figures, showing the entire
valuation of the property in the State, are
gathered from the County Auditors reports
on file with the State Board of Equaliza-
ton. They show an increase in majority
of the counties over the assessments made
in 1884. The Board, for the past several
days, has been listening tothe Supervisors
of the various counties, and others, protest
ing against an increase of the assessed
values as returned by the local Assessors.
The Board will not act in this matter until
each county has been given an opportunity
to be heard
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RAILROAD AssEssxKYTs.

Alameda, s3076, 7s7; Amador, s4s, 900
Butte, 81, $50. $50; Calaveras, $29, 879: Co.
lusa, $973,47 Contra Costa. 81 ,o74, 397
FL Dorado, s121 ,S75; Fresno. 81, 1876, 3H
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21
From Rutland.

RUTLAND, Feb'y 19-The we,ther has
been extremely cold since last writing.
Last Saturday the reads had been made
quite passable by shoveling Though the
worst places and everybody went 10 town.
George Blair, late OF Dakota, Il visiting
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Quite a number of our theatre going
folks took in The Lights O London at Otta-
wa on Saturday night.
The experts are talking strongl, Of start
ing a rink in our locality. The job will be
let to the lowest bidder. Who bids?
Morris Weaver, of Paxton, has been visi-
tine relatives here.
On account Of the condition of the roads
and the scarcity of coal some of oar schools
may have to close.
JOS Shaver just sold car load of hard
wood lumber to Colwell 81 Co, of Ottawa.
The ice houses are all filled, thanks to
Debolt's fish pond.
Notwithstanding the cold, the Connolly
sale was well attended on Thursday. Am
ong the bidders were noticed Frank Ken
dali, VIM Pritchard and Jake Degen from
Ottawa. Matlock cried the sale, Johnny
Gibson acting as clerk.
A load of furniture was seen meanderng
up the Chicago road on Saturday in the di-
rection of the parsonage. We rejoice to
see the Rutland people show the right spi-
rit though not aware before that Mike was
a parson.
Our hunters hung their bugles at hulf
mast of receiving the news that Tom Nc
Dermott and all his hounds had frozen to
death one day this week. A telephone dis
patch just received contradicts the report
F. s. Allen, Streators architect, has been
seen driving up the tow path in an easterly
direction. Must be taking the plan of the
Douglas monument-eh, Frank
PUNCH AND JUDY.