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Frank e. stevens, Piano Tuner.-Ad-
dress J. F. COCPER'S MUSIC STORE. No.
527 street, Sacramento Cal. au2e-Sm
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
THoMPSON'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell it
at % cents. oIl-IyS
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As CURE for sore throat and coughs.
Browns Bronchial Troches" have been
thoroughly tested, and maintain their good
reputation.
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Mines. Whyte X Walle, Dressmaking,
1927 Ninth street, Sacramento, Cal. au2S-lm
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Auction Sale
o.
A Valuable Residence, Spacious Grounds,
Household Furniture, Carpets,
Etc., Etc.

THE ELEGANT MANSION AND GROUNDS
4 Of the la'e SrtPHEN 4. BOUTWELL,. Sit
usted on Ii street, between Ten il and Eleventh
together with all the Fine ana Costly Furniture
ana Carpets viii be sold a. public action on
THURSDAY, OCTnFEe LIST Particulars here
after. Special a'teUtion is called to capitalists
ana others u the sale, which VIII be positive.
D. ). SIMMONS & co. Atrtl5peers.
SLOT Office, 1905 Fourth street
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HUFFMAN MEETS CHARLES oRocKER.

Shortly after this Huffman went to San
Francisco, and one day met Charles Crocker,
with whom he had slight acquaintance.
He stated what he had seen and what he
thought, and the railroad man lent will
ing ear. The facilities for irrigating at
least 100000 acres of choice lands" said
Huffman, ale unequaled." Then he went
on to say that, with a canal which should
connect with the MERGED river where it
springs out of the granite foothills, enough
water could be obtained to convey all over
a vast section of fertile plains, and in a
short time enrich the county hundred
fold" " How much will this all cost ?"
inquired Croker. . A million OF dollars,
responded Huffman, and Crocker replied.
go on with the work"
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Carpet weaving-S02 HI street Work
done frst-class on shortest notice. au20-Sms
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Which also taxes its water OUT of the Fresno
slough, is about thirty miles in length, and
follows generally northerly course. ter
minating at the Chowchilla slough on the
Chowchilla ranch. This canal was designed
for the purpose not of irrigating lands, but
for water for stock which then grazed over
the Columbia and Chowchilla ranches by
the tens of thousands. This canal cost
100000, and as much as $4,000 acres of
wheat, barley, alfalfa and grass have been
irrigated from it in a single year.
Sometimes this West Side" or that
portion of II traversed by the above-named
aqueducts, is called the Kingdom of
Miller Il Lux" on account of the magnifi-
cent sweeps of excellent lands owned by
this well-known firm of cattle and sheep
raisers. These lands extend distance of
between siXty-fye and seventy-five miles,
and comprise very substantial strip of
2l2000 acres, going between Hills Ferry
(Stanislaus county and Fresno county. A
large portion of this land is now sown to
alfalfa, and each year the first crop is per
mitted 10 flower and is then cut for hay !;
then the cattle are turned in and Craze off
the best of the stubble the sheep then fol-
low and get what the cattle leave I'M
touched; the water is then turned on for
the first time Of the
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PAINTS AND OILS.

T L. CBADDERDOE, JldPORTER AND DEAL.
81. er il Paints. Oils, Vsrnishes. Window Glass
Mixed Paints, Artists aud Painter Materials,
Wall Paper, etc. No. 20 X ST., Sacramento
aui7-Intf
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S. s. & f. L. Southworth, Dentists, Sac.
SS-tf
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PERFECT SHOE
roR LAp1Es. M1ssEs Avp currnrrS

OUR PROJECTIONS REPRESENT THE PER-
" fectiOn of Shoenaking. Look for our Name
Oh the Soles: J. & T. COUSINS, New York
m6tojyG6s1tojal MYTHS
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PUBLIC GRoUxDs-rHE PEOPLE.

OF Aguas Calientes bears off the palm, both
for extent and beauty with its antique
fountain surrounded by quaint satuarv,
and its striking column in the center. IS
ieet high. This plaza is artisticaily laid out
with walks and seats and is a favorite re-
sort for families. Under the shade of its
spreading trees, among poisoning roses
and within sound of cooling waters. serape-
wrapped or rebosoed figures are ALWAYS
" dreaming the happy hours away " upon
its pink-plastered benches. In the even
ings, when the fine military bands ALWAYS
play, the aristocracy of the old town repre-
sents itself here, by pretty senoritas of the
dark, warm, southern type, and gorgeously-
sombreroed Washers of the other sex
while music and moonlight, the breath of
orange flowers and roses, incite the mis-
chievous god, Cupid, to his worst behavior.
The foreign colony of the city now num-
bers shout 400. of whom far the greater
portion are Americans. There are, per-
haps, fifty Frenchmen here and dozen
Germans in business. The rest of the 40
600 people who make up the population of
this little capital are Mexicans or Span
lards. and are especially distinguished by
tropical trait of hospitality which welcomes
All newcomers. This national character
lstlc Is q heritage from their Moorish an
cestors, and with them the salt of hospi-
tailty Is religiously eaten.
HKALrH-sPRISGs AND PLEAsURE RESORTS.
But the chief attraction of the place
that which fills its hotels with health
seekers, and keeps them here after the
coveted boon is obtained-is the wonderful
thermal springs. They bubble up in yari
Gus parts of the city. heated in
the heart of volcanic hills and BRINGING
healing from natures laboratory. In two two
places within the city limits thew have
been covered with commodious bsth9
houses, both reached by horse-cars fren,
the principal hotels, and the Mexican Cen
trail Railway lying between them. The
overflow Of these springs-which have ne
rival in the world, unless it be those of Ger
many or the far-famed Yellowstone Park
is twenty cubic feet of water, and the We
1ocity of the overflow is ten miles an bour
Over the Bethesda nearest the city an ole.
CANT modern bath-housc has been CON
structed, while the. other-a mile or more
away-is inclosed under buildings erected
by an old Spanish family early in the sew
enteenth century. The former is surrounded
by magnificent gardens within massive
walls, and water for the baths is brought
from the hills by underground pipes
lis asserted that fully ten thousand peg
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FLoRAL INFLUENCE.
Are there any lasting favorites 2

are tnere any lasting faVorlteS
Oh, yes; roses always. After them,
plnks. Men generally ask for rose, but
fancy it's often because of greater familiar
ity with its name than that they admire it
most. Parents ought to begin early in life
to cultivate children-particularl boys-in
refining influences, by interesting them in
plants. Many boys would never acquire a
taste tor the street or coarse amusements if
early taught to raise and enjoy flowers.
People take for granted that boys will not
care Tor plants, and so, through neglect
raise human weeds. Now there's smilax !;
the vine is cheap, but it pays better than
prize-fights- Any boy can train it from
pots around the sunny room, and make
money Tor himself. Yesterday man of
iered me 1000 yards raised by his children
on room walls. l took half at 81 so a
yard, IN treble strands, and that paid them
clear profit.
POT PLANTS FOR HOUSES
80 Were !, oh God in churchless lands remain
Far from all vice of teacher or divine.
Ny soul would find in flowers of Thy ordainjnr
Priests, sermons, shrines
San Francisco people yearly increase
their use of flowers, but have not reached
an ornamental plant plane They cheer
fully pay FLO for a perisEable piece, but
growl at anything over fifty cents for
shrubbery to put into the grounds of a
house that cost $4,000. | am glad to see
that you respect flowers. Excuse me,
but women generally are vandals.
They come into my garden and Jerk a
whole plant out of its pot trying to break
a blossom they fancy, without 80 much as
by your leave
There seems to be & popularity for the
marigolds. How do you account for it ~
= It is not a favorite with real flower
lover. only passing Irritation, though the
girls have q pretty good precedent in
Shakespeare, who noticed it to say
Fair is the gillyfower in gardens sweet.
Fair Is the narigold for pottage meat
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" WET SEASON y

Has been wet, and then the cattle again.
and then again the sheep or hogs. This is
done three times each season, although the
alfalfa IS not cut for hay but once. Miller
Il Lux sell water at moderate rates to far
mers all along upon the West Side" and
are generally well liked by their patrons.
Well, the latter certainly should feel in
debted to the firm for. without this sys-
TEN OF irrigation it would be impossible TO
carry on small farms with any degree of
success in the above-named section. The
land slopes beautifully from the canal about
eleven or twelve feet 10 the mile upon an
average. Alfalfa requires a good irrigating
for every crop. Barley must have from
two to three wettngs during a dry season.
and wheat from three to five. At least. so
one farmer informs me. Five hundred
acres can be irrigated where there is a large
tract to be watered in twelve hours, at
cost, for labor, of from four 70 seven cents
per acre. In 1879 there were nearly 5000
acres OF land irrigated much of the land
irrigated that year was in wheat, and por-
tons of it were ruSted on account of hay
ing been too frequently watered. In 1880
there were 10000 acres irrigated, and dur
ing the present year twice that area.
IRRIGATION RATES.
The sale of water is regulated as follows
For cereals, from July LIST to July 1st, 81 so
per acre; for alfalfa, So per acre for veg
etables and fruit, especially, So for wild
grass 10 cents and for irrigation of second
crop, same season, 81. There are nc re-
strictons whatever upon the use of this
water, except that it must be turned ON
and off by the company agents, who shall
see TO II that there snail be the requisite
quantity, without excess or waste Miller
d Lux, beside renting water in this way.
have large number of tenants on their
irrigated lands, who farm them on al
most as many terms as there are farms.
There is scale of irrigating rates
for stock, which includes horses.
cattle, sheep and hogs. Miller &
Lux have sheared as many as 10000
sheep in one year on their ranch in this
county, and branded 25,O00 calves. 1t is
impossible to discover how many cattle
they own, but it is believed to be nearly
$1,000. There are two stretches of nnbroken
fences on their ranch, each sixty-eigbt
miles long One of their smallest ware
houses has storage capacity Of ! eco tons
OF wheat. Rich as these two men are. they
nave few or 10 just enemies. Miller is
spoken Of highly by his army Of employees
and others. Are not these men, however.
GosARcHs or ALL THEY SURVEY?
There is Charles II. Huffman, who has
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CONCERNING ITS DRAvcuEs.

From this dam, or reservoir, there are, in
an unfinished state, three branches or a
continuation of the main canal and two
branches. OF this latter there is the north
branch, which viii be about twenty-five
miles IN length, and viii reach large por-
ton of excellent country all along its line
and in ana around Lirin2stoue-forI
Cressy Station. This north branch will
carry 1,0oScubic feet Of water per second.
The middle branch, or continuation. which
already carries L 600 cubic feet of water per
second its entire length, which is about fif-
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teen miles, traverses a fine section of coun-
try for most of its distance, in southwest
erly direction, and crosses the railroad track
some five miles northwest of MERGED This
middle branch, upon leaving the dam.
meanders the bed of dry creek SO
called, for most of its distance, and might
seem to have been created for the purpose
Tor which it is now being used. 1t is inter
esting to note that among the many places
reached by this middle branch, or continu
alton, is What is known as the 4 Buhach
ranch, owned by we'll Californian
named J. d. Peters, resident of Stockton.
l visited this very beautiful place on Sunday,
and found it to be
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That's the idea; don't you see? In pro-
portion to its size, this city buys more flow
ers than any in the Union; supporting fifty
regular florists, besides nurseries, private
gardens, and those who raise only for them
selves. An opera season assists one ele
ment in the flower trade of which the public
know little, that is, the private growers.
Last season paid one family 500 in one
week for roses alone and also paid 81 900
during the month for other flowers from
family gardens. Raising them is a good
business for women, but, strangely, but few
try it. The trouble with amateur garden
ers Is, they attempt too many kinds. One
or two varieties are enough for success"
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Which in reality may be considered por-
ton OF the main canal, will be % miles in
length, when carried to its termination.
and will carry l 500 feet of water per sec
ond. II will be so feet wide at the top. so
feet at the bottom, and have depth of 8
feet of water. This branch follows along
the foothills for some distance after leaving
the ridge near the Atwater Home ranch,
then passes TO the north and east of the Six
mile House, and then again follows the
foothills to point east of Hooper's ranch,
and reaches Bear creek near Montgomery's
grove, and then meanders south to the
Chowchilla river. There is a tunnel in this
branch which is nearly constructed, 300
feet in length, under grayelly foothiI. 1t
will readily be seen by glance at map
of MERGED county, what a large section Of
country for many miles east of MERGED and
around Athlon and Plainsburg may be
brought under cultivation by irrigation
through the influences of this southern
branch. The town of MERGED, too, Will be
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A yERIrABI,E OASIS,

Indeed. 1t had been selected-judging
from the neighboring co1ntry-from what
must have very much resembled a sand
heap, but which, however, through the
agency of water from number of mills,
has been transformed into a miniature
Eden / found this to be the farm upon
which is produced the PBetirt7n cinerGric-
Joitam plant, whose flower contains n
deadly poison to the Ptler iITitaps and
other insectiferous pests, which is puIver-
lied at the company's works at Stockton
and sent out as Buhach 10 suffering
world. There are /, 100000 of these plants
in one plat. There are also 10000 fruit
trees of the choicest varieties that our
Golden State is capable of producing, in
GLIDING many semi-tropical fruits, almonds
and Dalmatian figs, in fruit. There are00,-
600 of the choicest varieties of wine and
raisin grapes. and other vines, and shrub
berry and flowers of all kinds. Around the
place is a rabbit proof fence of five miles,
and 10000 ornamental wind break trees,
and 100000 fruit and ornamental trees in
the nursery. Water was running all over
the place, and | learned from the man in
charge that there were thirty miles of
lateral and distributing bitches upon the
farm, and that the water used at present
comes from the middle branch of the Mer-
ced Canal and Irrigation Company's canal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-01-10
For Young Readers.
TIE CONCERTED KITE.

Twas young and silly kite,
Who took his first gay flight
On the windy morn of Tommys holidays
And his silver-spangled side
Swelled and quivered with bis pride,
A. the breezes caught and waited him away.
A tail both long and slim
He took aloft with him.
And hung in graceful curves against the sky,
Till above the tallest trees
He was carried by the breeze.
While Tommy laughed to sec him sail 90 high.
: s0h, could 1 now get free.
Knight ty indeed" SAID he,
Higher rise than yonder great puffed-up bal
- Could break this cruel string,
j. Like Q bird Of tieetest wing
would Soar beyond the stars and shining
az w}thra quick, impatient &art.
Loi ne snaps the cord apart,
For moment. floats triumphant, yet moro
high;
- Bur the next with Wild surprise,
= fsI am giddy. quite" he cries.
And Keeling, Plunges headlong from the sky
Twas sadder, wiser kite
= > That Tommy saw aliRht.
With battered form, andfangied tail. 90 slim:
His spangled sides were rent, 15
His ribs. TOO. crushed and bent,
And all conceit quite taken out of him.
youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-01-10

the women folks, column or two of
fresh humor to make us laugh and keep
our lives running on regular schedule
time, just about enough of politics, all
the news that is worth busy mans
time to read, every important local
event written up in breezy, readable
style. and advertisements of all the
public sales and of the stores and shops
that offer us bargains. Yes, sir; yoifr
paper is good enough for me-worth
twice what you ask for it-and l want
to pay you years subscription for
myself. and here are four dollars
more for which you may send Your
paper to my SON out West, and
my daughter, down South. for they
both like to get the news from the old
home, and you give them more of it in
one issue of your paper than / could
write in twenty letters. That's all I've
got to say today. Come out and see
me when l begin to make cider. and
bring a jug along if you've got one, and
IL you haven't I've got one to lend
you: goodbye" .si"Gs 7sg~a4 @ssi
= And the Old Subscriber from p the
creek went out with smile upon his
face that began just below his left ear
and spread leisurely about over his face
and then quietly meandered back to the
place of beginning. '.''''4 sa.,i,
The village editor was about to pinch
himself to assure himself that he was
really wide awake. when the cry of
copy came to his ears. and then he
didn't think it necessary to pinch him
self. He only folded up three crisp
two-dollar bills and put them in his
pocket, with the beautiful thought that
this world in which we live is not half
SO bad world as folks sometimes
dream it is. ~ ~ Ii -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-01-10
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

IA French court has decided that
when workman accidentally falls
from a scailold he must pay for all the
damage he does when bringing up on
the ground below.
"A mule in Minnesota calmly backed
up against sand bank last week and
proceeded to kick it to pieces. When
he had rendered it total wreck he laid
his ears back on his crupper and skipped
for Canada to join the gang. -Erans-
Uiils Argus.
The famous Charles Lamb, upon
hearing friend mention the name of a
certain man, said: II hate him. .sHate
him." said his friend; sswhy YOU don't
know him.'' .Of course 1 don't. said
Lamb, 'for if | knew him l could not
hate him." There is food for thought
in thatsremark. Christian .dRUocate.
NO." said the merchant, 81 don't
advertise now. 81 used to, but Igot
completely tired out waiting on Gus
toners. Since L, stopped that adver-
tisement have had q continual vaca-
ton and been able to discharge two of
my clerks. '-St. Adams Messenger.
"A cable dispatch says the Princess
of Wales now arranges her back hair
higher than ever. When we look back
to that unhappy period when there was
no such thing as an ocean telegraph,
we are lost in wondering how people
managed to make life worth living.
Boston Transcript.
s-Don't blame the fly for getting into
the sugar bowl. He probably. thinks
the sugar is put upon the table for his
especial delectation; just as you, gentle
reader. of one sex or t'other, have
sometime fancied the earth was made
for your sole benefit, and you therefore
wanted the whole of it--Zroy Times. q
advice to young men. -ei
Some fellows think that all the ibiiss
Is taken by one little kiss,
And never stop to hnger, when
They might as well have nine or ten.
{; Now take advice, all you young men,
Whene'er you get the chance again,
Just take as many as you can,
Then she win think you are man.
And II she is not satisfied, ftt
Just draw her closer to your side; -s.i
Kiss her till you raise blister,
q Then go and try it on her sister. 3f5
z OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I0iuStS I'd pay b uI-
tie debt he owes me, and l want you to
bring suit against him for the money.
right; but lawyers, you
know, always expect something in the
way Of a retainer. Smith Certainly;
how much will it bep .Lawyer-About
$50, guess. Smith-Fiffy dollarsp
Why, Jones only owes me $25. Law
yer-O, well, call it S25 them
The woman who steps on ba-
mana peel will be down and up again
with faint little shrek before anybody
knows anything about it, while the man
will fall the length of the whole block,
. usual, waving both hands in the air,
kicking with both feet. plunging,
throwing hat and umbrella into space,
atevery jump, until, breathless
and exhausted, he carroms on an ash
barrel at the end Of the run, and rings
down the curtain by rolling down stairs |
into barber shop. BOB Bardeae.