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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11
Old COnypvances.

The first mail-coach was started in 1884,
and in 1911 there was not a single mail
running by road out of London. In fact,
the coaching system, like those of clipper
ships and wet-plate photography, was
brought to perfection only to go down al
most Immediately before the introduction
of superior method. The mails kept Won
derful time; so exact were they that peo-
pie used to time their watches by them 4
few of the time bills of the mails, with
their stoppages, are given. The Bristol, the
Davenport, and the Holyhead were the
fastest mails out of London, the last named
doing 2594 miles in &c hours and So min
uteS; an average pace of little under
ten miles an hour, including stoppages.
But the wear and tear of horsefesh to
keep up this pace in all weathers
and against bad states of road, must have
been fearful ana it is no wonder that the
postoffice often had great difficulty in
getting their contracts taken up. Mr..
Horne considered that the pace was
too great, as the mails constantly drove
over people and killed them. Indeed.
accidents of ali kinds were common; the
Beaufort Hunt was upset twice within O
fortnight. These accidents often arose from
what Mr.. Harris charitably calls " the in
discretions of the coachman;" but what
ever Inelr cause, l0ey were frequently
lamentable and severe. One of the old
est coach proprietors made it maxim
never to employ coachman who had not
had an upset, for the reaaon that with
out such an experience he would not know
how to get coach up again. There can
be no doubt that there was a great deal OF
reckless driving and racing. Catastro-
Plies also happened through get
ting Off the road in fog, and
from collisions, and, in addition to these
causes, thoroughly fractions or vicious
horse might prove an equal source of
danger. Mr.. Harris eniarges on the sub
jects Of coachmen, guards, and accidents
in as many entertaining chapters, and he
neatly tapers of his subject by disserta-
ton on the early days of railways. Coach
ing left its mark on the railways in several
respects. The distance between the rails
on the narrow gauge of railways is the
same as the width between the wheels of
the old mail-ccaches, viz 4 feet 81 inches
Even in the present day carriages may be
seen on some OF our lines painted TO re-
semble three coach bodies placed end to
end, which seems to have been the original
idea in the construction of railway car
riages, though it has probably never oc-
Cured to one traveller in ten thousand. OBJ
vious as the imitation is. Many Of the old
Mail-coach guards passed into the service
Of the railways, and not few down
the-road men did the same thing
Spectator
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

LORENZO BOWS DURABLE SHINGLES
The oldest shingles on house in this State
cover the roof OF the old Dow homestead
in which the eccentric preacher, Lorenzo
Dow, lived at Oxoboxo lake, eight miles
west of this city, in the town of Montville
Lorenzo put the shingles on himself. He
drew them in his OK cart from the Connec-
ticut river. They were rived and planed
and joined By hand, and the marks of the
clamps in which they were held while they
were being prepared are plainly visible on
them yet. n. B. Vars, who dwells in
the Dow house, says that the shingles APP
parently are just as sound as on the day
when they were nailed to the rafters, sixty
five years ago. Not one is missing, and
none is rotten or punky. He says that
they will last for sixty or seventy
years longer. Lorenzo liked good work,
and after he had put them on he said to his
neighbors that they were going to last TO
the day of Judgment, or thereabouts.n The
Dow house is somewhat decrepit; it is
shaky; the gables have ssgged, and the
walls are westher-beaten. Ii is on the
shore of Lake 0xoboxo, and it looks desc
late and forsaken.-Sorlrich Cor. Nelg FORK
Sun.
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ScuooL VENTILATIoN.-Much earnest at
tention has been given to the enormous
slaughter of the innocents in ill-ventilated
school buildings. And yet, for want of any
true knowledge of the PRINCIPLES of venti-
lation, the evil is but partially remedied in
the best instances, while in most it grows
worse as fast as children multiply in the
schools. DIR. r. o. Beard, of Minneapolis
has performed an important service in ex-
posing the condition of the public schools
in that city. The story is a sckening one,
but it is no worse than might be found to
tell in hundreds of places where multitudes
of children are gathered in the public
schools.-Sdnitdry Era.
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The Doctor,s Indorsement

DR.. W. D. Wright, Cincinnati. O.. sends
the subioined professional Endorsement
" have prescribed DR.. VIM. Halls Baisam
for the Lungs in a great number of cases
and always with success One case in par
ticular was given up by several physicians
who had been called in for consultation
with myself. The patient had ell the
symptoms of confirmed consumption-cold
nights yeats, hectic fever, harrassing
coughs, etc. He commenced immediately
to get better and was soon restored to his
usual health. | found DR.. VIM. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs the most valuable
expectorant for breaking up distressing
coughs and colds
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

Mr.. BALFouR's DEER FoREsr-While
so many proprietors of Scotch shootings
are bewailing their i'll fortune in failing to
find tenants even at reduced rents,
Arthur Balfour, the new Secretary
for Scotland, has been SO fortunate
as to let the great deer forest
of Strathconon, in Ross-shire, to Messrs.
Merry and Cunningham, who pay f2,700 g
year. Strathconon is one of the best forests
in Scotland, and there is usually heavy
bag of grouse The ground extends to
60 600 acres of which half is pure forest.
The house is a very good one.-LondOH
World.
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A RECORD THEY WON'T TALK ABOUT
Edward Mcpherson, the veteran compiler
of political statistics, thinks the Democratic
leaders are discouraged, and will enter the
fall campaign without knowing what to
talk about. One of these reasons he puts in
these words: Between the years 1865 and
1885 the Republicans paid 81, 300, 100000
of war debt. They started with an annual
interest charge of $l37, 100000, and reduced
it to SIT 600. There is something to
brag of in that record. The financial record
of this Administration is bad. Mr.. Hen
bricks and others said on the stump that
there was surplus of S400,O00,0O0 in the
Treasury that ought to be distributed
among the people, and that would be so
distributed If the Democrats were given the
reins of Government. The party came into
power on the 4th of March, 1885. There
was on that date $S,7SO,OOO surplus. June
80, 1885, that surplus had reached S75,000,
600. Why was not it paid out in bond
calls? Yet this Administration went from
the 4th of March till December and did not
pay a cent of debt. 1t is probable that none
would have been paid at that time had not
tremendous pressure been brought TO bear.
The Democratic leaders have accused the
Republicans of wastefulness, and yet here
Democratic House with Democratic
President appropriating nearly $50000,000
moro this wear than last "
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OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION
Proclamation.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SACRAMENTO, July 81, 1885,

WHEREAS, THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
w State of California, at its Twenty-sixth
Session, beginning on the fifth day of January,
A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-1ve, two
thirds of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of said Legislature voting in favor
thereof proposed the following amendment Of
Sections One, Eight, Ten and kleven of Article
Thirteen, of the Constitution OF the State of
California:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

Advice to Wothers.-aIrs. Winsloyy's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep
By relieving the child from pain, and the little
cherub awakes as bright as a button" It is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child,
sofens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and is the best known
remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
mrl5 IyMWS
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Around the earth, in every land,
BY every stream that Pm aware of.
In every town, they understand
How teeth may best be taken care Of.
From Jersey flats to Birmah's mount,
They sing the praise of S0ZODONT.
jyl-lyTuThS
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Tuesday, November 2, 1885.

The amendment is designated Amendment
Number One" and the BALLOTS used at such
election must contain the words, FOR THE
AMENDMENT Number One" AID the words,
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT Number one,'
written or printed thereon.
And do hereby offer q reward Of one hundred
dollars for the arrest and conviction of any and
every person violating any of the provisions OF
Title w., Part l. OF the Penal Code; such rewards
to be paid until the total amount expended
hereafter for the purpose reaches the sum Of ten
thousand dollars.
Witness my hand and the Great Seal Of the
State, the day and year first written.
[sEAL.l GEORGE STONEBAN,
Governor.
ATTEST: T. L. THOMPSON, Secretary of State.
Iy51-isSm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

The EGG DANCE AT BARoDA.-A dance
infinitely more graceful and interesting
than that executed by the Nautch girls Is
the egg dance. The dancing girls, dressed
in the ordinary costume of the women of
the people-a bodice and n very short sarri
carries on her head wicker wheel,
placed perfectly horizontal. Round this
wheel threads are attached at equal dis
tances, which are provided at their extrem-
tiles with a slip-knot, kept open by means
of a glass bead. The dancing girl advances
towards the spectators, holding basket
filled with eggs, and, to the measure of
monotonous and ierky strain of music be-
gins turning herself around with great ra-
pidity. Then. seizing an egg, she inserts it
in one of the siip-knots. Bymeans of CEN
trifugal action, the thread holding the egg
is frightened and placed III a straight line
with the corresponding spoke of the wheel.
One after the other the eggs are thrown
into slip-knotS and form horizontal au-
reola around the head of the dancing girl
All this point the dance becomes more and
more rapid, aud the least false step, the
slightest stoppage, would smash the eggs
one against another. The eggs are then
withdrawn one by one in the same manner
in which they have been fixed, and this
second operation is the most delicate of the
two Baroda Cor. London Queen.
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Beautiful Women

Are made pailid and unattractive by tunc-
tional irregularities which DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription u will infalliby cure.
Thousands of testimonials. By druggists.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11
GENERAL NOTICES.

IL YOU desire clear skin and sweet
breath purify the blood with PABKER's Tonic.
HINDERCoRSs, the best cure for corns, Is cents.
Sl1-1tS
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pr0rided, that in all cases actions may be main
tanned against the Tax Collect r 10 recover IL
legal taxes paid under protest All such actions
must he commenced within thirty days after
such illegal taxes have been paid. It shall be
the duty of the Cours in which such actions
may be brought, TO try them, upon the request
Of either party in advance OF all other civil &C,
TONS and such taxes so paid under protest shall
be retained by the Tax Collector, or such other
officer as the Legislature may designate, untp
such actions shall have been finally decided.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

FoR Bronchial and Asthmatic Com
plants, and Coughs and Colds, Browns
Bronchial Trochesn manifest remarkable
curative propertieS.
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WEAK. NERVOUS PEOPLE

soESs,,. And o.herssuferingf from
8rI-|1fSc = = nervous debility, exhaus-
E nc hsksSFz7 ting chronic diseases, pre-
~ y mature decline of young
~ Or old, ara positively
magn g t}sSSic Belt. Thousan Is In everv stat.
In the Union have been cured. RIeetrici HsS
instantly felt Patented and sold 10 year,.
Suspensorfes free with maIe balty hTrsS
worthless imitation and bogus c1ropanies
Electric Trusses fer Rupture roo c,tre5 T.,
'e5. Send stamp for pamphlet ~
San Francisco. 81 erS,stg
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isanc
THOMPSON'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell il
at % cents. Ol1-lyS
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DEALERs who claim that their prepara-
tons are as good as Hoods Sarsaparilla,n
by so doing admit that Hoods is the stand
ard and possesses peculiar merit which
they try in vain to reach.
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DIR. LsMers, semina! P.us for seminI

DIR. LaMars' semina! PslIs for Seminal
Weakness, Logs OF Vigor, Sexual and General
Debility, Nervous and Physical Prostrati0n and
the many ailments arising from Indiscretion,
Over-indulgenee and Abuse. 1othose requiring
a reliable remedy for the above complaints, DT.
LaMars' Seminal Pills are verltable Tower OF
Strength" and Fountain OF Youth" Price,
81 so per bottle. Sent By mail on receipt of pos
tai order Chus saving express chargesl or c. o.
D. by express. A. HcB0YLE d Co, Druggists,
5o4 Washington street, San Francisco, 2. o. Box
1852, to whom all orders should be addressed.
apps en-
6 g V L. SnnthEnrtil. Dent!sts. Sac.
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1cond-Tbe pross earninps which. duI

First The gross earnings which, during the
year last preceding, have been earned wholly
within this State.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

THE Australian Soldiers sent to the
Soudan were supplied with ST. Jacobs Oil.
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SCHEDULE.

Nothing in this amendment shall affect any
assessment or tax heretofore made or levied or
interest thereon, or any penalty heretofore In
CURED, or any action or right Of action on ao-
ccount of any such assessment, tax, interest or
penalty; and all laws in force at the adop ion OF
this amendment, not inconsistent Herewith,
or repealed by the Legislature. The first levy
and payment of taxes against railroad property
hereunder, shall be made in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty-six, and shall be upon the
gross earnings, TO be ascertained as herein pro-
vided, for the entire year of eighteen hundred
and eighty-fiye. Taxation for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
eighty five, is not affected by this amendment.
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Now, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions
of the Constitution and an Act OF the Legisls-
ture, entitled IAN Act TO Provide for the Sub
mission Of Proposed Amendments to the Con-
stitution of the State OF California to the Quail
fed Electors for their Approval, approved
March It'll, A. D. 1885," the said amendment is
submitted to be voted upon, by ballot, By Q
qualified electors Of thej. ate on
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s. g. E.L. southworth. Dentists. Sac.
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The MOOSE WOULD co FOR US.

1 told him If he did he would see me go up
a tree quick enough, SIS had sent the Is
quimaux back TO the sleigh for more shells.
Just then pushed down the lever of my
rifle, and to my surprise saw two car
tridges in the chamber. The moose was
mine. raised my ride and fred. the ball
striking him in the shoulder and lodging
there The animal still stood on his feet /
then walked up and sho. him behind the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

The so-called constitutional army" was
mainly composed of ignorant Indians from
Oaxaca and Jalisco-the very offscourings
of the populatiou-who, to save their ire
sDonsibie heads, could not have told for
what principle they were fighting. Had
Lerdo held out with half the valor Diaz
possessed. the latter would never have had
the career that is now to be chronicled.
BY this time there were no less than
three Presidents in this funny Republic.
each determined TO rule and invoking to
his aid the Constitution, as modelled upon
ours of the North On theside of law and
order was thelegally elected Lerdo against
him was the arch anarchist Diaz, at the
head OF revolutionary army and opposed
to both was Senior Don Jose Iglesias.
former President of the Supreme Court
At first the country people were strong on
Lerdo's side; but finding him unable to
protect them from rowing bands OF E0rfris-
las. they Joined the reyolutionists and
marched on with them to the capital. All
the world over, and especially in. Mexico,
it is true that there is nothing so success
full as success :" and soon Diaz had an
army at command large enough to put
down all opposition. Poor Lerdo, when
the reaction set in among his most trusted
adherents, turned his steps sadly toward
the southern coast. and taking ship st
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And that would cause them to turn around.
When we caught sight of them we fired at
them while running through the brush.
AS soon as we fired they turned round and
came back. We both ran to get shot at
a two-year old.with small horns. l fired at
him as he turned 10 charge ON the dogs,
and broke his right hind leg, and down he
went. heard the dogs baying al another,
and as had stopped the first thought /
would try and stop the other also. / got a
running shot So did Paul. This moose
was a big fellow. His back was higher
than my head He turned and ran between
the Esquimaux and US, and Parl thought
he was coming for him. kept tree be-
tween myself and his highness. threw
back the lever of my gun and saw there
were no cartridges in the magazine. The
moose still stood in the dense group of
spruce and the dogs were baying him. Eoor
Paul had no more shells either. He said
we had better climb tree as the moose
might charge us. We could see the great
long bristles on his neck standing erect ike
q wild boar at bay, and every few minutes
he would giowl or groan and chase the
dogs from his retreat, striking at them with
both front feet with great s1iftness. Paul
climbed up crooked birch tree. and said
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
LAFFcoN NOMINATED.
His Majority over 1000. No
Kenzia and Ellis Make a Close
Race For Second Place,

The election last Saturday, as indi-
Gated by the headlines above, resulted
in the nomination of Hon. Polk Laf-
foon by a very large majority. His
surprising strength in Henderson and
and Union counties and the very
large vote IN Hopkins seem to have
caused The overwhelming defeat of
his opponents. From the figures
given below it will be seen that his
majority is about 2,400 over KcKen-
zic and 2,l0O over Ellis, with three
counties estimated,
THE INCOMPLETE RETURNS.
LAFFooN-Christian 497; Davies
SIS; Hancock l0l Henderson,, (esti
mated 1856; Hopkins 203l; Mclean
3G4; Union, (estimatcd) 800; Webster
(estimated) S64. Total 1888.
McKENzIE-C Christian, 1909; Da.
viess, 9O7; Hancock, 200; Henderson,
ESTIMATED 3l4; Hopkins, 1879; Nc
Lean, 437; Union, (estimated,) $50
Webster, (estimated,) $50. Total
1906.
ELLls-Christian, 4S; Daviess, 3
SOL; Hancock, 1885; Henderson, esti-
mated 900; Hopkins,6 Mclean, l02
Union, Estimated, } 200; Webster, (es-
tlmated,) 40. Total 4,26l.
Adair's vote will not be over 500 or
COO in the district.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
Yours truly
Hancock Was Right.
From Coviugton Commonwealth
Henderson, Sept, IL, 1886.

From Coyiugton Commonwealth
General Hancock, when a candi-
date for president in 1880, subjected
himself to sharp criticism, if not to
ridiculc. when he declared the tariff
question was local issue.
A few weeks ago the senate of
Kentucky, by vote of 81 to 4, entered
protest against any alteration of
the tariff in regard to hemp and any
of the goods manufactured from that
article.
South Carolina strenuously objects
to a reduction of the duty on rice.
Louisiana says the duty on sugar
must not be disturbed.
Ohio wants the duty on wool in.
creased.
Pennsylvania demands the protcc,
ton of her iron interests.
So on through the list of states
there is demand for the protection
of local interest; and this demand
is mako alike by Democrats and Re
publicans.
Politicians may talk about fret
trade, but when it comes to the tes
it will be found they want protection
for their home products.
Was General Hancock much out Of
the way when declared the tariff
question was local issue?
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-21
The Paper Tree of Tonkin.


The principal material usol in the
manufacture of paper used in Tonkin
is the paper tree, which grows in abun-
dance on the mountains in tho envirohS
of Sontay. The dried bark is maccri
atcd and then rubbed up in mortarS,
so as to reduce it to fine pulp, the
latter being extended with a certain
quantity of water, in order to form q
clear paste which is sized with an infu,
sion mad4 from the shavings of tn,
gomno tree. The paper is manufact-
urcd sheet by sheet, By means of deli
cate bamboo screens, which the opera
tors alternately dip into the paste and
take out herewith thin sheet Of
paper, which is deposited upon board.
At the end OF tho day these sheets are
put into a press in order to extract the
moistnrc from them, and are thon dried
BY placing them. ono by one, upon a
hot masonry WALL after which they are
put up in packages and trimmed Each
operative makes II thousand sheets a
day. The thickness Of the paper dc.
ponds on tho consistency of the paste,i
and at one establishment rs many as
80, 900 sheets are capable Of being pio-
iuced dailv.-N Y Sun.