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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-01
The Panama Canal as 1t Is.

Among all classes, and especially among
the fOremen and laborers of the canal line.
there is a lack of faith and confidence. and
there is no such abundance of money on
the isthmus as there used to be. The I'M
avoidable impressions gained from four
days spent in watching the work are of
non-efectiveness, and that, in spite of the
immense amount Of costly machinery and
plant which have been sent to the isthmus,
the work is being done by hand labor.
Most of the excavating and dumping
plant is badly deteriorated, and, should the
work continue year longer, nearly if not
quite all of it will have to be replaced.
As a result of the method of letting
work in each section to many different
contractors without (apparently) restric-
tion as to dumping ground, instead of let
ting an entire section to full depth and
width to one party on carefully digested
studies Of where every yard of earth
should be deposited, fully 80 per cent. of
all material eXcavated is handled twice
and three times.
There has been some work at Culebra
since 1885, but, in comparison with the
total to be done, the new cuts are like the
furrows in a plowed field. Looking down
from the highth of Culebra into the peace
full valley of the Rio Grande far below,
with only narrow drainage ditch il the
center and few isolated patches of fresh
earth here and there-everything else
having been already reclaimed by the
ever-encroaching tropical vegetation-the
colossal grandeur of the assertion that the
canal will be opened in 1890 becomes op-
pressive.
There is great deal of sickness on the
Isthmus. One foreman at Culebra re-
Gently said that at his hotel man died
the previous forenoon, another in the
afternoon, a third early that morning, and
that two more would probably die during
the day. NJ. Jabquier, the company's Di-
rector-General, had fever early in the sum
mer and left for France when GONZALES
cent. NJ. Antoine Nanneau, his successor,
died on June 9th. NJ. Benneval, the di-
rector Of the works at La Boca, near Pan
anna, died in the early part of July. The
Star and Herald of Panama announces the
death of NJ. Pierre Aubert, superintendent
of work at Lock No. in the Emperador
section.-Eagineering Ne,cs
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TO A BROWN LINNEr.

a wild, sweet note
From a little brown throat,
As 1t the murmur of brooks were in it
The song he sings
OF the wildwood rings
And this the song of my little linnet
Such ripples and trills
All my own heart thrills
AS the quick notes hurry and hasten along;
That too may share,
Sweet bird of the air,
Thy pure, wild melody, rich and strong
No touch as OF pain
In thy glad refrain,
Thou stngest as If thy heart o ertiowedl
Nothing but gladness,
No hint OF sadness,
Only Joyously praising thy God
Merrily ringing
Cheerily singing,
Saying to the sad of heart "a Be OF good cheer
God taught me To sing
The message l bring,
The bright star of hope draweth anearr'
pure, clear note
From tiny throat
With the ripping murmur Of streams within i
The song he sings
OF the woodland rings,
And this the song of my little linnet
Forest and Stream.
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Very recently the water in a certain pond
belonging to a zemindar Of high standing
and wealth having run low, staff of cool
les under an oyerseer were employed to
draw water into it from an adjacent tank.
But, notwithstanding the use of the usual
hydraulic apparatus and great exertions of
the men, the water would not rise beyond
the root of a certain tree on the bank.
Further efforts were made without sue
cess. The contractor refused to continue
the work, as he suspected sorcery. In
duced to resume it, he shortly afterward
lost his wife and one of his sons through
fever. Finally he was himself seized with
fever, and he dreamt that a Brahmin
ghost was living under the tree and that
It was agains; the ghosts wishes that the
water should rise beyond the root of the
tree. The zemindar on being informed
Of these facts at once stopped the work.
These Northumberland stories will in
dlcate the extent to which even educated
persons in India are affected at this day
by the dread of the black art.
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| half-belt, walking gowns with Jacket al
| full vest fronts, and wash dresses in deli
, cate chambrays with gathered waist, sash
and sash draperies were going into trunks
with the rest. Everything showed the
appreciation OF the Greek lines and long
effects treating tn figure as a
whole. Everything showed knowl-
edge of soft and beautiful
stuffs, without which no manner of cut
ting can make gown pretty, no mat
ter how healthful it may be- Mrs.
Miller is an artist in dress for herself
with the hygenie idea thrown in. Her
gowns gave the figure pliancy and slender
ness by giving it hight, making it full
length body, instead of, as somebody says,
dressmakers commonly reckon, dealing with
it as bust on pedestal The absence of
petticoats made the skirts fall rather more
closely, just enough to hint that woman
was human, though the cut of the draper
les and knack in hanging them to the
gown form below the waist line easily
made this difference as little noticeable as
anyone chose.
THE REFORM.
"What is your idea of the ultimate
dress OF woman ~ | asked her.
Long, softly clinging skirts for even
ing toilet. For active duties and for
the street, short skirt not coming be-
low the knees, with short picturesque
waist clothing. But this is a long way
of. For the present it would be fool
ish to advocate any change so radical.
There is no use in shocking people, and
for beginning, so long as the essential
principles of light weight, no petticoat,
and the hanging of draperies from the
shoulders are recognized, the best way is
to concede great deal to fashion"
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AN OCEAN GROVE GIRL.
She Uses Cork Stays but has Considerable
Trouble with Them.

She Uses Cork Stays but has Considerable
Trouble with Them.
She tripped down to the foamy edge OF
the surf and ran back, screaming prettily
as the water ran up over her toes. And all
the spectators smiled. And then she ran
down again and danced on one toe and
then on the other and then on both at
once as she got in all the way up to her
ankles. Then she plucked up all her cour-
age and as big wave rolled in she ran to
meet it.
1t Topped her bang up against the beach,
knocked her sailor hat into shapelessness,
and as it receded drew her out as if she
had been wooden ball. 1t was almost too
much of a good thing, and she struggled
and wriggled and spluttered. And while
she struggled to get foothold another
wave seized her, and she tipped over the
top Of it as light as an eggshell. Quick
as thought came third, and she danced
over the top of that also, and every time
she tried to get on her feet she was whisked
back
Then she realized that she was beauti-
| fully floating out to sea, and she sent up a
scream that startled the bathers near her
One of them, young and brave and strong
rushed-for it was too shallow to swim
to her rescue. He seized her by the shoul.
der, but her feet would not down, and be.
ing a wise and thoughtful lad, he towed
her into shore. She scarcely stopped tc
say thank you, and with the red blood Of
confusion showing in her tanned cheeks
rushed away to change her garments. She
might have escaped with that had she moi
impaired the secret of the episode to q
| friend.
And the secret was this: She was pru
dent girl with proper regard for her safe
ty. She had taken out the whalebones O
her corsets and introduced cork stays, anC
had put another layer of cork in her stock.
ings. She had miscalculated the effect, only
to find that the cork which kept her nicely
above water it quite effectually prevented
her getting down also. The story came ou
and the girl left Ocean Grove simultane
ously yesterday Pittsburg Press.
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DRUNKENNESS

Or the LiquOr Habit Positively Cared
by AdIrDsaistering DIR. Haines'
Golden Specific.
It can be given in cup of coffee or tea with.
out the knowledge OF the person taking IL; is alb
solutely harmless, and viii effect a permanent
and speedy cue, whether the patient is mod
crate drinkeT or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands
of drunkards have been made temperate men
who have taken Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowledge and to-day believe
they quit drkfking of thei- own free will. II
NEVER FAILS. The system once inapregnated
| with the Specific it becomes an us5sr impossi-
bility for tie liquor appetite to exist. For sale
| by JOS. HAHN q CO.. Druggists, corner
| Fifth and streets, Sacramento, Cal. dS-1ThS1y
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company of soldiers pair of tie handsom-
est white legs, the smallest feet and the
finest ankles that thei- eyes ever rested on.
With one accord, every man raised his hat
and quietly filed out. Long after the
story was told, and when the tough Captain
was an old man and his grandchildren
were around him, when the Stuarts had
their own, and the Guelphs didn't rule
England, the greatest toast used to be-
TO grandmamma's beautiful legs
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PROPOSALS
Invited for the Construction fthe Text
Book Warehouse at Sacramento.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RI GEIyED
y at the Office of the Superintendent of State
Printing in the State Capitol on the llth day of
SEPTEMBER, 1888, and be opened at 20 O'Clock
A. NJ. OF that day. for the construction Of fire.
proof Warehouse for the storage of School
Textbooks at the city of Sacramento IN accord.
ance with the provisions of an Act OF the Leg
islature, approved March l5, 1887.
Each proposal must be in writing and ad-
dressed to the undersigned, and lie accom-
panied by bond OF the proposer equal to ten
per cent. of the proposal, with two sureties,
conditioned that if the proposal be accepted
the party proposing will enter into q contract TO
faithfully perform his contract, and also exc
cute bond in double the amount oz the con
tract price, payable to the State of California
with two sureties, conditioned for tha faithful
performance OF his contract according to the
provisions of an Ao} of the Legislature Statute
Gala, 1876, D. 427.
In lieu Ofthe bond accompanying the proposal
there will be received a certified check of the
same amount, drawn III favor of the Governor
to be forfeited in case the proposal is accepted
and the pToposer fails to enter into contract
and execute the bonds required for the perform
anee of the contract.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids,
Specifications and plans will be toandi IT the
office OF n. d. GOODELL, Architeot, saera-
mento. ana can be seen upon application.
-. YOUNG,
Superintendent of StGse Printing.
sllS4 4JY2pd-W4t
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An ExpIanation.

What is this nervous trouble" with
which so many seem now to be afflicted
If you will remember, few years ago the
word " malaria" was comparatively un-
known-to-day it is as common as any
word in the English language-yet this
word covers only the meaning of another
word used by our forefathers in times past
So it IS with nervous diseases, as they and
malaria are intended to cover what our
grandfathers called biliousness and all are
caused by troubles that arise from dis
eased condition of the liver, which, in per-
forming its functions, finding it cannot dis
pose of the bile through the ordinary chan.
mel. is compelled to pass it off through the
system, causing nervous troubles, malaria
bilious fever, etc. You who are suffering
can well appreciate cure. We recommend
Green's August Flower. Its cures are
rnarvoloue
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An Old English story.

There is a pretty old historical story
that always comes up to me, writes " Bob"
in the Philadelphia Times. They tell it
with great pride in an old house where |
once visited. When King Charles l. was
fighting Cromwell and learning to his sor-
row that gentlemen could be beaten by
bullies, the oldest daughter of this very
loyal house was engaged to be married to
Puritan neighbor. Love triumphed over
everything and they were secretly wed.
Often of night the fair maid would wrap
herself up and, attended by trusty serv-
ant, would steal to the place where her
husband was garrisoned and spend the
night there. At last an over-zealous sold
ier reported that this gentleman was be-
ing visited by cloaked figures and that he
believed, because his Captain was we'll
bred man, that he might have faint of
allegiance TO the royal family still left in
him.
| Cromwell sent down soldiers to watch.
One night the enshrouded figures entered.
An hour after the soldiers were at the
Captains door, demanding admission. He
refused it. They threatened to break the
| door down. After a minute or two he
called out: = You know that there is no
way by which any human being can get
out of this room. promise to let you in
provided you are perfectly quiet, march
around the room and leave it." The
soldiers scarcely understood this, but agreed
to it. The door was thrown open. The
! first one who entered marched up to the
bed and started to pull coyerlid from of
a figure that rested under it. But the
Captain interposed and said; You prom
ised to touch nothing" The soldiers in
sisted that perhaps one of the Stuarts
were there; the Captain swore that it was
not. At last, as they still remained unsat.
isfed, he said: Gentlemen, will prove
to you that under that cover there rests
one who is not only not Stuart, but not :
man, There was a roomful of soldiers
There was silence like death and il
almost seemed as if the heart under til,
satin sheet could be heard beating. Go
ing to the foot of the bed the Captain
raised the sheet and slowly, carefully ant
exactly rolled it up, displaying to thi
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Queer Feminine Pockets.

A fashionable young lady thus reveals
one of the mysteries of shopping:
" As | make small purchases | lift the
back of my hat and shove into the crown
such trifes as hairpins, lace, needles,
gloves, thread, etc. You have no idea
how convenient it is, for in warm weather
one needs both hands for parasol and fan :"
and here fashions favorite raised ner pa
rasol of tulle and silk and gracefully
swung it over her left shoulder. "When-
ever | go to picnic or boat excursion |
get rid of my gloves and handkerchief in
this convenient place. l went home with
Rosa M one day last week, and when
she took off her hat there in the crown
were two pairs of kid gloves and four en-
broidered handkerchiefs. The hatmakers
have been thoughtful enough to make the
crowns of the hats as large as a good-sized
basket, and my basket, you see, | carry on
my head, and not on my arm"
Many ladies out shopping have been seen
to dispose of parcels of quite a large size
in.their chosen umbrella, the overlapping
folds Of silk entirely concealing them from
public view. 1t is a notorious fact that
shoplifters make use of their bustles to
conceal purloined goods. A lady's gown is
provided with but one pocket, while the
tailor bestows upon a gentleman's outfit a
dozen or more, and thus the gentler sex
are forced to resort to some expedient to
make up for this deficiency. During the
reign of tiebacks even this one pocket was
relegated to dowdies, as it destroyed the
graceful, flowing outlines of the figure A
lady's glove, too, is a receptacle for small
change. memoranda, etc, and the hand
kerchief is generally tucked in the belt.
The nuns carry in their long, loose sleeves,
their mouchoirs, and many an apple and
juicy orange is drawn from its fold to be
presented to the favorite scholar in the
convent schools. A pocket sewed within
the corset serves in travelling to stow away
bank notes and diamonds, superseding the
style of former days, when money was con-
cealed in the shoe and the stocking. A
chamois leather bag, too, is very often
used en- voyage suspended from the neck
and in these the careful beauty places her
finest Jewels, unwilling to risk them in her
trunks The fashionable dame, too car
ries at her side a full accouterment OF nee
essaries, made of silver, and suspended by
a richly wrought chatelaine. Among the
pendants the most prominent are the vim
aigrette and bonbonniere, the latter of an
tique silver, filled with choice French
bonbons.
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,,,,~-DD >.--
GENERAL NOTICES.
A Sure Cure for Piles.

Dr.. Kinks German Pile Ointment has cured
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles when all
other Ointments have failed. 1t absorbs the
tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a
poultice, gives instant relief. DR.. Kinks German
and Itching of the Private Parts. and nothing
else. Every box is warranted. Sold by drug
gists or sent by mail on receipt of price, so cents
and 81 per box. sold by xxx, GEARY & Co,
and JOSEPH HAHN & CO. TTSlv
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To Columbus, Ohio. and back, $50. An ex-
cursiOn train, via Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Santa Fe Route. will leave Sacramento SEP
TENDER s. 1888, for Columbus Ohio. Tickets
good to return by any selected route up to
OCTOBsR 31st, with stop-nver privi eges within
limit. This excursion viii give parties desirous
of going three days longer at home to attend to
business, and reach Columbus same time as
Department Headquarters For full informa-
ton call on G. W. RAILTON, 923 Second street,
SacramentO. gII22- tOs4
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Urine as a Vaccine.

NJ. Bouchard claimed in 1884 that the
urine of cholera patients contained the
specific virus OF the disease. He now, in +;
communication to the Academe des Sci
ences, announces that the urine in the
maladie pyocyanique," filtered and in
.ected into animals, produces some of tn,
symptoms of the original disease, and ren
ders the animals refractory to subsequen
inoculations of pure virus.-M Medical Record
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For constipation, Liver complaint" or
biliousness, sick headache. and all dis
eases arising from a disordered condition
of the liver and stomach, take DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets-a gentle laxa-
tive or active cathartic, according to size OF
dose
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a FIagrant Wrong.

To advertise in print or by word of mouth a
Gentifrice containing ingredients calculated to
impair healthy teeth. or accelerate the decay of
bad ones, is a fagrant wrong. 'Tis done every
day. Use nealthful, efficient SOZODONT only.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-01

Dressmalzing Rooms.-Lowest prices.
Cntting and fitting speciality. Your patronage
solicited. Gail at 1871 Ninth street, between NJ
and n, up stairs. au20-12t
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G. A. r. and w. r.. G. Excursion.

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
THOMPSONS EYE WATER. Druggists sell ii
al 25 cents. ol5-lyS
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The best place in Caicrnia To vot= printing doso
A. J. Iohas5H & Cos. so ST.. ssc=szsz1ao..ssI
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Blessed be the thought that uplifts,
whoever has spoken it.
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+. Baumle, 1913 j street.-Lunches q
speciality. Canned goods, ham, cheese, butter,
Also, large variety of choice Sausage. my15-
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John Eitel, Assayer and Chemist, corner
Seventeenth and ] streets, Also buys gold. If
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FAMOUS soRcERER

At another place some years ago, and,
after it was over, he muttered certain
charms through which his rival lost his
way on leaving the house, fell down and
vomited blood But the occult powers of
the latter enabled him to detect his op-
ponent, and he determined to revenge
himself A few days afterward his enemy
was entering temple with some cobras
around his neck, which he had caught in
the jungle and charmed into quiescence
The sorcerer destroyed by ilicantations the
influence Of the charms, aad the cobras BIZ
his enemy, the Kamroop magician, fatally
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EVENING GOWN,

An evening dress of pale pink satin
might have come out of Paris trunk.
There was still the one piece gown form,
low-necked, or partially so, short-sleeyed,
but hanging from the shoulders. Over
this was hung tahlier of white point-lace
looped with rosettes of pink satin. The
oyer-bodice of lace was finished with a
wide girdle OF Roman pearls, giving the
short Josephine waist, SO much in vogue
this season,
A gown of lavender silk hung with dra-
peries of wrought mull-eonvent work and
as costly as lace-was pretty to look at, and
so was what Mrs Miller calls her most
successful gown, robe of pink draped
from the shoulder. with slight gatherings
in the waist, straight to the ground, with
puied sleeves faring below the elbow and
ornamentatlon of Greek fret in silver
Terra Gotta silk, brocaded with silver and
relieved by pale blue, was the basis of YET
another gown, with full, loose bodice gath
cred at the waist under pearl girdle.
TEA GOWNS.
Vatican tea gowns with wide, laced
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LEGLETTES

"Outside of this come the leglettes,
which are substitutes for petticoats, and
which are made plain, of silk or wool, for
winter. For summer the fuller Turkish
leglettes, or divided skirts, of muslin or
surah or silk pongee, look very much like
petticoats when worn, but are lighter and
give one so much more freedom of move
ment that in case of accident the legletted
woman can extricate herself from danger
much more quickly than she of the drag
ging skirts" More things in surah were
shown exquisitely light, soft and cool.
"Then comes the gown. That must de-
pend from the shoulders and one gets the
most artistic lines by hanging the draper
les on princess gown form, but all the
details are matters of taste. Nothing
would ever make the ordinary basque and
skirt graceful or digniied, but if woman
wishes TO follow custom closely she can
fasten her skirt on low-necked, sleeveless
waist, so avoiding the belt at the waist line
and then put her basque over that
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How much do your gowns weigh"
From one to FIVE pounds. Only the
winter dresses and very few of those reach
the higher figure"
Mrs. Miller's summer wardrobe, which
represents some thousands of dollars, Illus
trates the results which a woman of art
instincts can bring about when she studies
the healthful and beautiful together. Not
one of the gowns which were going to
Maine with her confined or suggested any
confinement of the figure, and not one of
them but was more graceful than if it had.
A dinner gown which abounded in long
flowing curves that would have pleased a
Hogarth, was in delightful combination
of pale sea-foam silk and dark green vel
vet Opening in narrow point showing
touch Of the throat, the loose silk front
fell to the feet. The redingote side pieces
of velvet were cut TO the form more closely,
finishing with a Watteau plait starting
from the shoulders in the back. The
pufied sleeves with velvet cuffs, the stand
ing ruff Of silk folds suited the swaying
fgure-the poetical ideal of a hostess.