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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
FOUND AT LAST,

He had to oyerturn thousand sheets IL
ind missing page, and every sheet hi
turned made him madden, until, growing
furious, he threw the bundle down and ther
upturned the very one he wanted. 1t wa.
the last page, of course. This provoking
state of things often occurs in thousand
different ways. Look for anything and
among many things it is the last to COME
TO hand. But to those of methodic turn
the perplexity seldom comes, nor to men OF
observation who closely watch all things
there is no confusion or delay in knowing
where to find them. 1t is so in every.
thing; even in pain and misery. There is
scarcely an individual sufferer who strikes
the best thing first At first he begins by
thinking it will cure ITSELF and suffers OF
with groundless hope. By this time it has
become chronic agony from slight
disturbance to the functions. He tries
some simple home relief which never
mltigates- 1t is the strangest evidence OF
this perversity to find among thousand
letters the self-same procrastination. One
says, L tried numberless and then,
Tried many until" "All sorts were tried
and finally Yes, all sorts were tried and
finally they tried the best and only cure
Why make the best, known as such all
the world over, the last tried, meanwhile
suffering the acutest agony, when it can
be had of every druggist? Many have
suffered 40, so, 20, Is years with chronic
rheumatism, when st. JACOBS Oil is just
at hand around the corner, across the way,
perhaps right next door, and still they
suffered on. Others have used the best
thing first and found permanent cure al
once. My wife was paralyzed by neu.
ralgia so that that she could not walk
step bought bottle of st. Jacobs Oil
and after she had used the contents she
could walk about, and its continued use
completely cured her. Jos p Murphy
Springfield, Tenn, Oct. II, 1886. Il suf
tered long time with neuralgia in the
head and was Frustrated at times. | gave
St Jacobs Oil n fair trial and am entirely
cured. No return of pain. jeremiah
Eney, 1872 w. Lombard ST., BALTIC, Nd.
June II, 1SS7.p i was nearly crazy with
neuralgia from tooth, and tried every
thing / thought would cure with no relief
| bought St. Jacobs Oil, saturated rag
with 1T, tied it on my face, and in tive
hours the pain left me. No return. Henry
samuel, Jr., Collingsw9od, n Y, Jan. 13
1856" Years ago had neuralgia, but am
not subject to attacks now. The cure Of
It by St. Jacobs Oil was permanent, and
there has been no recurrence of the pain.
nj afilcLi6n. E. w. Spangler, York. Pa
Tune II, 1SS7in
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For the RECoRD-UNIoN.l
DRIFTING.

Drifting out on the sea of life,
Where storms doth beat and the winds doth
chill;
Slowly drifting along with the tide.
Where pleasures ne'er come my life 10 fill
While the sky is robed in clouds of gray,
And dark and desolate S, ems the way.
Slowly drifting. while no sunlight falls
Ger my pathway here with its luminous light
While my life, with its ever ceaseless care,
Is darkened, as with the hue of night;
Yet drift along er lfes dark sea.
And question not why it thus should be.
Aud thus the years glide swiftly by,
And the visions of youth fade from my sight
LIES storms doth beat and the rain doth fall,
And my way is dark through the gathering
night
Yet with hope and trust l still toll on,
And patiently wait for the coming dawn.
Mrs. NELLIE BLOOM.
West Oakland, January %. isSs.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
ANNUAL REPORT
OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Grand Financial Success for the
Year-Valuable Suggestions
upon Various Subjects.

Following is the annual report of the
Board of Directors of the State Agricultural
Society, adopted at the meetingof the Board
held at the Pavilion, January 2S, 1888
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

we have maintained for years past that this
era would arrive, and that diversified crops
would prove. of more benefit II the grower as
G MeIi Is 70 the public at large. Experience has
demonstrated this fact, and we are pleased to
note 1t IS being practiced with good effect.
Tree ana vine planting should be encouraged
IN every way: For our green fruits we have the
population of the United States to furnish and
they stand ready TO take all that we can ship at
prices that are certainly more remunerative, on
an average than those obtained for other COM
m DdltleS grown.
Then again, the industry Of canning and dry
ing presents plan for caring for any glut that
may De caused by any contingency. This in
dustry opens to US the market OF the world, and
creates demand in all countries.
Take our product of raisins alone, for the
year lust ended. We find there has been cured
$4,000 boxes, or 100000 pounds, with very
small acreage TO Taisins. This is au increase of
10000 boxes over 1886 Has the trade been
affected? Not in the least Why? Because
the demand is far ahead ofthe supply, and win
so continue.
Many applicants for information have asked
Tor details, as to the cost of production and the
possible returns from small tract of land set
10 ra1sin grapes. To such have been sent the
following statement, which Is herein incorpor-
ated for information of the future applicant
This statement is based on first quality land
Ten acres 500 per O10
Nlnes-S, 600 cuttings a s. per thousand. 40
floWlng and narrowing, SO per acre.. 100
Laying out and planting. 81 80 per acre.. p
Care and cultivation for the first year.....,- 40
Total output the first year 205
care ana cultivation second year............. 100
Care and cultivation third year............... 10
Care and cultivation fourth year............. I25
care and cultivation fifth year. JOS
Care and cultivation sixth year.............. Us
Total for six years. 100
This ten acres will produce:
The third year, 200 boxes a 81 Oh. $500
The fourth year. 800 boxes a 81 60....-.. 200
Ihe NTH year, 300 boxes "a 81 Co... 8 200
The sixth year, 800 boxes q 81 60.......... 900
Total $40 400
Deduct for handling and packing,
% cents per bOx................ 81 COS
Deduct cost of land , 100
3415
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GAMMfL'S OLD BOOK STORE.

Q 60O Vols. IN Stock 500 VOLS.
SOW Pooks bought, sold and exchanged.
Correspondence in reference to the sale or pur-
chase OF books solicited. Catalogues issued
monthly and mailed on application. GAM
between and K, Sacramento If
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

Mamma, what is hereditary" asked
Bobby, labsriously tripping over the syl-
tables of the long word. "Why, it is
anything you get from your father or me-
replied the mother, a little puzzled for a
definition suited to his years. Silence for
two minutes. "Then, ma" he asked. is
spanking hereditary ?''-Erchaage.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

IL 1850 Browns Bronchial Troches"
were introduced, and from that time their
success in colds, coughs, asthma and bron-
ehitis has been unparalleled,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

AHGosTURA BITTERs is household word
all over the world. For over fifty years i,
has advertised itself by its merits. 1t is
now advertised to warn the public against
counterfsits. The genuine article is manu-.
featured by DIR. ]. G. B. Siegert & Sons.
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..sl6,eOS 20
Net gain for 1857. ..............
RESUME.

We are pleased to say that the season OF 1857
has been most prolific; the patronage we re-
eeived from the public exceedingly gratifying:
and the annual exhibition made up the various
exhibitors was eommendable 10 their enterprise,
energy and business tact
The large reduction made in our Indebtedness
causes US 10 be grateful i'll the extreme, and
mindful of the fact that we have performed our
share of public work in such manner as will
give US encouragement TO begin the season of
1855 with renewed vigor, believing that our
course in the past has been right, and our re-
ward is the showing made.
By reference to our financial statement an
neXed hereto Will be found the receipts and dis
bursements in detail, to which we invite inspee-
ton.
FINANCIAL SEMINARY.
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sl1O,6O4,76O sl25 ,522, 635
The above gives fair synopsis of the
character and effects of the so-called free
trade" legislation of Great Britain up to the
time of the outbreak of our civil war
Dry Goods Chronicle
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

AS many as sixty letters have been received
"a one month, by the Secretary OF this Board,
from residents of States east of the Rocky
Mountains, and of foreign countries, seeking
information about the climate aud fertility OF
the soil of California
We answer all queries of a specific nature.
and mail our reports. and other printed matter
at hand. that gi es Information in general as to
the produetiveneSs aud climate of our State.
large majority of these Communications are
from parties who contemplate making this State
their future home, and facts are asked respect
ing the cultivation of small tracts of land To
these we give such information as we are pos
sessed OF. and, judging from the apparent redue-
ton in the acreage of land cultivated in grain
we are of the opinion that the emitting up of
large tracts Of grain land has already begun,
ana the subdivisions set out to fruit and vines
b. the newcomers.
The yield Of wheat for $751; in round numbers,
was twenty-six million bushels. as against
thiTty-aine millions in 1885, and the same causes
for short yield prevailed both seasons viz
the damaging north wind. at n period of ma
turity which most affects the grain; ii is clearly
perceptible 70 us that the growing of wheat is
gradually giving way to other agricultural pro-
ducts. This fact should be mos. encouraging.
as better prices will be the result, and the in
creased ares planted to fruit cannot equal the
constantly increasing demand.
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We desire at this time to invite the attention
of your EXcelleney to the necessity of advising
the passage of necessary quarantine restrictions
by the Legislature on all importations of live
stock to this coast.
The Department of Agriculture at Washing
ton are. asking the hearty cooperation of each
State IN their efforts to suppress and extirpate
pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious dis
eases among domestic animals
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orncE STATE BOARD OF AGnIcuLrrRE,

r'oo =
The appropriation was sl7.5O0. Thus il will
b. seen that the amount paid out as heretofore
stated, nearly equals the appropriation. to say
nothing of the expenses attendant
AS our appropriations increased the preni-
ums increased IN the same ratio. We desire 10
call your special attention to these facts that
you may fully understand that not one cent OF
the money appropriated by the State is squan-
dered, but, on the contrary, placed back into
the hands from whence it came, after having
performed = service to the State
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
ARE WOMEN WEAKER THAN HEN,

Ss7,l94 81
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
The Great Hudson Bay Company.

Most people of the present generation
think the Hudson Bay Company, which
once so potentially and magnifcently
ruled half this continent, is a thing of
the past. But it is not The company
still lives, and although not nearly so
powerful nor so wealthy as in the early
days of its history, it nevertheless gath
ers in its millions annually and distrib-
utes them among it's lucky stockhold-
ers. John B. Hale Of Winnipeg, one of
it's most trusted agents, was at the Bar
tholdi the other day and told the Obser-
yer something about the present con-
dition of the company. The headquar-
tiers of its business is at Winnipeg, and
from that point are forwarded all the
supplies needed for the more than six
hundred trading posts north of Manitoba
and extending into the Arctic Circle and
West to the Pacific. There are only four
months of navigation during the year
in Hudson's Bay, and all the
goods for the entire season must be
shipped in these months. The Indians
do their hunting in the days when navi-
cation is closed, and during the pleasant
season gather at the trading posts to
barter the furs they have obtained for
the goods and supplies sent up by the
company. Just before the closing of
navigation all of the furs are shipped
down to Winnipeg, whence they 60 to
the company's storehouses in different
sections of the world. The trade is car
ried on with the Indians just as it was
more than $50 years ago by the men who
first started the great company, and COM
paratively as much money is made. Most
of the stock of the company is owned in
England, and for nearly fifty years it has
never paid less than twenty per cent.
dividends. -Neao York Gruphic.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
Patching TURKEYS.

AS the time is at hand when our
national bird is in demand 1t is in
order for farmers to put the fowls to be
used or sold for this purpose into a
proper condition. No matter whether
at present fat or lean, turkeys to be
killed for the table should be confined
for a few days previously in limited
quarters and receive plenty of whole
some food and pure water, and not be
left to forage for themselves on whatever
they can find, whether clean or unclean.
The effect of suck change of diet for
few days, or weeks if longer time is
required to put on the right amount Of
flesh and fat, will be juicy and we'll
favored birds fit for such feast To be
of the best the fowls must be young, for
no amount of care and feeding will make
tough old specimens suitable for such an
occasion. A mixture of meal and oats,
with boiled potatoes, in which should be
put little powdered charcoal, if alter
mated with corn and scraps from the
table will form good ration and produce
the best quality of meat. The greater
the variety of food the better, so long as
it is clean and wholesome and relished
by the birds.-Nea0 York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
Keeping Tools.

The following clipped from Farm
.Machinery, is as applicable to the man
in the shop.
Keep your tools handy and in good
condition. This applies everywhere, and
in every place, from the smallest shop to
the greatest mechanical establishment
in the world. Every tool should have
its exact place, and should be always
kept there when not in use. Having a
chest or any receptacle with a lot of
tools thrown into it promiscuously, is
Just as bad as putting the notes in an
organ without regard to their proper
place. If a man wants a wrench, chisel
or hammer, it's somewhere in the box
or chest, or somewhere else, and the
search begins. Sometimes it is found
perhaps sharp, perhaps dull, maybe
broken; and by the time it is found he
has spent time enough to pay for several
tools of the kind wanted. The habit of
throwing every tool down, anyhow, in
every way, or any place, is one of the
most detestable habits a man can pos
sibly get into. 1t is only a matter of
habit to correct this. Make an infexible
rule of your life to ''have a place for
everything and everything in its place"
1t may take moment more to lay tool
up carefully after using, but the time is
more than equaliZed when you want to
use 1t again, ana Sc it is time saved.
Habits, either good or bad, 60 long
ways in their influence on mems lives,
and it is far better to establish and firmly
maintain a good habit, even though that
habit has no special bearing on the
moral character, yet all habits have their
influence.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
Farm and Garded Notes.

Save and cook the small potatoes for
the pigs.
It is asserted that high-checking
makes knee-sprung horses.
AS soon as the leaves fall from grape
vines they may be trimmed.
1t is never safe to drive a young or
spirited horse with loose rein.
In orchards where the cultivator runs
frequently, mulching may be omitted.
Dry oats make a splendid feed for
young pigs just before and after wean-
ing
1t is not the best plan to store expen
sive machines IN fields or barnyards.
House them.
Cattle should not be allowed to Craze
on pastures in the fall when the grass Is
covered with fIost.
Flower lovers with rarely an exception
iniure their plants under glass with ex
cessive heat and mistaken kindness.
If shoeing could be done away with, a
large part of the diseases and lameness
that aItiict horses would be prevented.
Farmers should demand that the roads
of their town be thoroughly repaired be-
fore the storms of winter make it impos-
sible to do so.
Never remove the leaves from tree or
vine. Every twig or branch that COM
mences to grow, must be allowed to re-
main the first season.
The seed corn nearest the tip, gro
duces the strongest and best plants,
followed by that from the butt, while
that from the middle was poorest.
We do too many things without
thought. We pile up the food before
our animals and do not take heed how
they eat, or how much, or what the eff
fects are.
The present method of granulation of
butter is one of the best introduced into
butter making, and where practced has
produced marked improvement in the
product.
From a careful experiment of a Mas
sachusetts farmer, it is shown that the
manure from eight hens in one year is as
valuable as that from a COW during the
same time.
If you do not keep hens, or if your
hens never lay in winter, if you have not
already done so, you should at once put
away few dozen of fresh eggs for use
next winter.
The queen in her prime may lay from
1000 to 5000 eggs IN a single day. Her
second year is generally thought to be
the most prolific, and after that she
gradually declines in value. j
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
Information About Cows.

A cow is known to be in calf by sew
eral signs or indications as follows
When She is not anxious for the COM
pany of the bull; when she begins to
increase in g.rth; when the yield of milk
falls off, and most certainly by the
growth of the fetus, which may be felt
by pressing the closed fist against the
right side of the COW below the hip,
when the stomach Is not distended with
food. The operator stands on the right
side of the cow with his left hand on the
cows back; he then presses the closed
right fist suddenly against the flank and
then holds it still for second or two,
when the calf will be felt as hard sub
stance returning upon the fist. There is
no other way by which any one hut an
expert can learn the condition of the COW
in this respect-NeO Kork Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07

Lawns are best made by following
natures suggestions. If she has made a
swale so be it. If she has rolled up a
mound let it alone We have only to re-
move roughness and inequalities.
Old farmers generally consider that
there is not better place for swine in
winter than the orchard. The animals
profit by good feeding, while they de-
stroy the Larvae of countless insects and
enrich the ground by their manure.
Pasturing roadsides often causes i'll
feeling, damage to neighbors' crops, and
sometimes costly lawsuits. 1t is best to
NOW the roadsides aud then noxious
weeds and briars can be cut and burned.
When large quantities of roots are to
be stored, and there is no root cellar for
this purpose, it is far better to construct
pits than to fill the cellar of ones dwell
ing house with general assortment of
roots and vegetables to vitiate the air of
the entire house.
If there is one error in poultry-keep-
ing supreme over all others it is what is
called ventilation One is not far wrong
in CHASING ventilation and roup as twins
for, AS rule, where there is plenty of
ventilation there is plenty of Toup.
The important point in stock-feeding
is to constantly bear in mind that a
young animal gives better returns for
feed consumed than an old one. A
pound of meal or a pound of hay adds
more to the weight of calf than to the
same animal when grown.
Colts should be halter broken when
following the mare; it helps to subdue
them, and supersedes the necessity of
breaking them over again when grown
up. "Unce broken, always broken,"i is
an axiom as old as the art of breeding.
1t is advisable to break them to harness
at two and one-half or three years old.
They will receive no in jury from careful
usage in light vehicles.
1t is claimed now by good authority
that the age of cream has much to do
with the time needed in churning, so
that if cream that has just been taken
off is put in the churn with lot which
has set few days to ripen, the new
cream will remain in the buttermilk
churned This has been shown by
churning the buttermilk from mixed
cream.
Jersey COWS, though not at any time
giving large yields of milk, are generally
so persistent that during year they are
not very long dry. 1t is this tendency
which, combined with the richness of
their milk, makes them favorites with
those who only keep one cow and look
to that for the family supply. Every
effort should be used to keep young
heifer up to her milking yield as long as
possible. The habit of gong dry
early, if once formed, is impossible to
break.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
An Ingenious Correspondence.

A correspondence with hair was once
attempted between a notorious Partisan
thief in durance vile and his commades
outside. A letter was sent to the pris-
oner from his sweetheart, containing
merely lock of hair wrapped in the leaf
of a book. The jailor did not consider
the souvenir important enough to be de-
livered, but IN few days there came a
similar enclosure, and yet another. This
aroused suspicion, and the Governor
took the matter in hand. He examined the
leaf of the book; it was that of a COM
mon novel, twenty-six lines on a page.
Then he studied the hair and noticed
the small quantity Of the gift. Count
ing the hairs he found them of equal
length and twenty six in number, the
same as the lines on the page. Struck
with the coincidence, he laid the hairs
along the lines on the page which they
respectively reached. beginning at the
top with the smallest hair After some
trouble he found that the end of each
hair pointed to different letter, and
that these letters combined formed
slang sentence, which informed the pris-
oner that his friends were on the watch,
and that the next time he left the prison
to be examined an atrempt would be
made to rescue him. The Governor
made his plans accordingly. The at
tempt was made, but the rescuers fell
into their own trap.
Miss Braddon is just fifty years old,