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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Mr. Ksnpan,s Change of YIe,ys

The following is an extract from a letter
written home by Mr.. Kennan while he was
in Russia investigating the exile system
for The Century magazine:
"The exile system is much worse than
supposed. Mr.. --'s examination of
prisons and study of the exile system were
extremely superficial. | cannot under
stand how, if he really went through the
Tiumen and Toms6 forwarding prisons, he
could have failed to see that their condi-
| tion and the condition of their wretched
inmates were in many respects shocking.
Nobody here has tried to conceal it from
me. The acting Governor of this prov
ince said to me very frankly yesterday that
the condition of the Tomsk prison is
oozhasnoi' (awfuD, but that he cannot
help it. < X What / have pre-
viously written and said about the treat
| ment of the political exiles seems to be
substantially true and accurate, at least SO
far as Western Siberia is concerned, but
my preconceived ideas as to their character
have been rudely shaken. The Russian
Liberals and Revolutionists whom / have
met here are by no means half-educated
enthusiasts, crazy fanatics, or men whose
mental processes it is difficult to under
stand. On the contrary, they are simple,
natural, perfectly comprehensive, and
often singularly interesting and attractive.
One sees at once that they are educated,
reasonable, self-controlled gentlemen, not
different in any essential respect from ones
self. When l write up this country for
The Century, l shall have to take back
some of the things that have said The
exile system is worse than / believed it to
| be, and worse than have described it. 1t
isn't pleasant, of course, to have to admit
that one has written upon subject with
out fully understanding it; but even that
is better than trying, for the sake of con-
sistency, to maintain a position after one
sees that it is utterly untenable."
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Cigarette Papers.

Paper for cigarettes is made from cotton
and linen and from rice straw, and is
largely of foreign manufacture. Cotton
paper is used in the cheapest and most
poisonous grades of cigarettes, and is so
cheap that the wrappers for thousand
cotton paper cigarettes cost only two cents.
Rice paper is the choicest and most costly.
Tobacconized paper is made by saturating
paper with an infusion of tobacco and
pressing it in such a way as to produce an
imitation Of the veins of the tobacco leaf.
Some use has been made of the fiber of the
stalks of the tobacco plant in producing a
paper for all-tobacco cigarettes. The lime
and other substances used in bleaching
cotton and other rags for cigarette papers
have very harmful influence upon the
membrane of the throat and nose. Arseni-
cal preparations are also used in bleaching
cigarette papers, and oil of creosote is pro-
duced naturally as a consequence of COM
bustion. This is very injurious to the
throat and lungs, and is said to accelerate
the development of consumption in any
one predisposed to the disease.-The Paper
World
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27

for years, without exhibiting signs of ex-
haustion. Many sections of the State are
yet new, and the rich virgin soil has a
number of years yet in which to produce
| fruit or other crops before it will require
renewing. In what is termed general
| farming, the land receives back from the
various crops a certain proportion of its
plant food from the refuse Of the crop. In
fruit farming it is different the ground is
kept under high state of cultivation, and
with the exception of the leaves of the
trees, which are plowed under once a year.
little or no vegetable matter or plant ma
nure is furnished the soil from YOUR
orchard. A very good soil food is supplied
by plowing under some green crops; rye
has been extensively used in the East. and
proven to be valuable for this purpose. 1t
is sown in the orchard and plowed under
while green. While this is excellent, it
only affords temporary relief The neces-
sity for replenishing the soil of your fruit
farms is becoming more and more appar-
ent, and this deficit should by met by fer
tilizing If you have, or can conveniently
get the materials, we strongly advise a
compost pile, which is excellent for plants
and young trees. We would also advise
you to study the artificial fertilizers which
are in the market; experiment with them,
watch closely the effect produced, and Sc
lect and use the one which you find pro-
duces the best results. There is no use in
putting this matter off, thinking that after
twenty years of constant cropping your
land is as strong as ever, and will continue
20 produce large, successful crops in the
future as it has in the past. Your land
has labored long and well, and Is now tired
and hungry. If you cannot give it a rest,
you can at least supply it with that which
1t so much needs-plant California
Fruit GYOacer.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Metals as Mieainines.

Another Frenchman has announced what
Is considered an important discovery by
well-informed specialists, Time was when
gold was credited with the power of pro-
longing life if taken as a medicine. DIR.
Burg, a French chemist of eminence, as
serts that this belief was not all error. For
a number of years he has been expert
menting to ascertain the influence of the
various metals ON the human organism.
Some ten years ago he came forward with
the proposition that copper and the acids
of copper were not injurious to the health
as commonly believed. After some dis
cussion the majority ofspecialisssin in France
and Germany agreed with him.. He pgr-
sued his investigations and arrived at the
conclusion that copper and its acids are
powerful tonics. He extehsied his field
of investigation and became the founder oil
new system of healing diseases by means
of metals, such as gold, silver, aluminium
copper, etc.
BE .enumerates number OF "meta
cures in a report to the French Academ,
OF Science. Among tAem may be men
| toned case of mysteries cured with alu
minum; a case OF peculiar dizzines
cured with gold ana silver; and a case o
violent mysteries. enred in ten minutes b,
means of silver, His own father suffera'
from diabetes, he was cured with iron ar,
died at the age of S6.
Recently number of remarka.ole cure
have been performed in the hospital {
Moricourt, Paris. A journesman butche
twas in a few days cured of violent cramE
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Weighed by His Wife.

Ambitious Citizen Woman, you'll be
the ruin of me yet. When l try to rise in
public life and become an eminent states
man you invariably interfere, and yet you
nearly drive me wild by comparing my
slow progress to the great success of my
rivals Simply because announced that
| was going to shave off my mustache you
have raised a storm about my ears. How
under the canopy can get as many votes
as Mr.. Greatman if | don't keep my face
smooth, say?
Wife-l know Mr. Greatman has no
mustache or beard, but what difference
does that make, I'd like to know?
Ambitious Citizen-Huh Pretty poll
tician you'd make. When Greatman
kisses his constituents babies the little
ones smile and the fathers are delighted,
but when | kiss the same youngsters my
mustache tickles their dirty little noses,
,, and the little imps yell like forty cats.
Philadeiphia Record.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Annihilating a Multiform Disease.

Miasmatic or malarial disease has many
forms. Physicians have for the sake of
convenience, and for the purpose of lndi-
eating its most strongly-marked forms, SUBJ
divided it into intermittent aud bilious
remittent fever, dumb sgue and ague cake
But it presents an infinite variety of symp-
toms in different individuals. Be these
symptoms what they will, always remem-
Der that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will
annihilate them at the outset, and prevent
their recurrence. A review of the proofs
would convince any one of the fact This,
however, is impossible, because they are
too numerous, and unnecessary because
the effects of this grand anti-malarial spe-
cihc are a matter of common knowledge
No less familiar to the public are its reme-
dial and preventive effects in bilious at
tacks, constipation, dyspepsia, incipient
rheumatism, debility and kidney troubles.
1t is, moreover, an excellent appetizer and
tonic neryine
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Strikes and prntection.

The Chicago Herald tries to make a lit
tie point in favor of free trade out of the
horse-car employees strike in that city. 1t
says it is the protective system that
weighs on the car driver and conductor -
and that the way to prevent strikes is to
vote against the friends of the protective
system.
In connection with this appeal we recall
the report made the other day in the Chi
cago papers of an attempt in behalf of the
owners of the North Side Chicago road to
coax the married men among the strikers
to return to work. 1t was alleged that
they painted In gloomy colors the outlook
for these married men if they persisted in
the strike, referring to the coming on of
winter, the destitution likely to overtake
their families, etc. To this one of the men
appealed to replied:
" We have been preparing for this thing
all summer. We have our coal in, lots of
grub, and a little money laid by, and if
the single men need it we can take them to
board with us rather than let them go back
until we got what we ask for. We are go
ing to hang together until we win"
There have been more and worse strikes
under free trade in England than under
protection in the United States, but we do
not think case can be found in the rec
ord of English strikes where the married
men among the strikers were able to report
that they had coal laid in for the winter,
ample store of food, and were prepared to
board free of cost the unmarried ones in
order to maintain the strike.
If protection encourages strikes it is
only by maintaining wages at such figure
that workingmen feel independent and can
afford to strike. Under the free trade sys-
tenn wages would go so low that if they
struck they could soon be reduced to terms
by starvation. We doubt very much
whether workingmen in America care to
place themselves in that situation by help.
ing the free trade party to establish the
English revenue system in this country.
MiiUaukee Sentinel.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
HOW A RING Is MADE.
The Process by which the Golden Cirelst
is Prepared for Wearing.

is Prepared for Wearing.
The workshop where rings are made i
curious place, full of ingenious mechan
ical applications. Gold coin is put in ;
small crueible with flax, and the cruciblt
placed inside of covered pot, which i.
subjected to the heat Of a powerful flame
of natural gas. To increase the intensity
| of the heat strong blast is produced by
means of fan, making constant, even
temperature. The gold Is rolled and con-
verted in convenient shape for use, pre-
cisely as iron is worked in rolling-niIl
1t is passed through grooved rolls of yari-
Gus sizes, one after another, until it is fash
loned INTO narrow strips Of the desired
width and thickness. There are also other
rolls for converting the ingots into sheet
gold. For stamping the settings for rings
a screw press is used, dies of various sizes
being inserted as required. A diamond
ring is thick at the center, gradually taper
ing in size from the top downward. A
piece of gold, after being rolled and cut.
is laid upon a metal die, and heavy
hammer, working in a frame and operated
by nsof rope and pulley, is made to
descend, thus giving with one blow the
desired shape to this part of the ring.
Hundreds of different dies are necessary
for the various styles and sizes of rings
After the drop hammer has stamped the
gold into shape it is placed in a thin me-
tallic plate containing a hole, in which
it fits exactly, and driven through bv a
punch worked by hand, thus cutting away
the gold adhering to the edges, which is
carefully saved.
Along the side of the room are work
men seated at benches, some shaping the
pieces into rings and soldering them to-
gether, others inserting and fastening the
stone settings, and still others performing
various sorts of equally difficult and deli
cate work, all necessary in the making of
the ring. In another part of the room is a
curious bit of machinery, which is called a
lapidary lathe, and used for shaping and
cutting down stone when necessary. A
round piece of metal, shaped like small
grindstone, is set in horizontal position and
made to revolve. To this emery is applied
and the stone being held against it is soon
reduced to the proper dimensions. 1t is
then polished on similar appliance of
wood coated with putty powder. Another
interesting object is the enameling furnace.
The article to be ornamented, having
previously been engraved for the reception
of the enamel, is placed in little oven.
coated with the enamel in the shape of a
powder. tits then heated until the enamel
runs and is then removed from the fire to
be cooled and finished.
A peculiar process is that of gliding or
electro-plating. The article to be gilded is
first thoroughly cleaned by fine brush of
brass wires. A piece of gold is attached to
the positive pole of an electric battery and
the article to the negative. Both are then
placed in the same solution and the electric
current does the work, transferring por
tion OF the gold to the object to be plated.
-NeW York Graphic.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Tecumseh's" Epigram.

The soldier is man, not a musket."
This sentence from General Sherman's
speech at the Seventh Regiment dinner on
Saturday is one Of those phrases which a
man of genius like Sherman now and then
throws into history. 1t tells the difference
between our war and modern wars. Our
soldiers were men, with ideas in their
cartridge boxes. Like men they fought,
and like men made their victory honora-
BILE. And it was because there were men,
not muskets, both in the North and South
that the whole military system melted
away like the baseless fabric of vision.
There were no remaining Hessians among
the victorious to inspire vulgar deeds of
ambitious usurpation. There were no
foolish guerillas among the conquered to
become bandits and mountain or swamp
rebels. The war was over and DONE The
musket became man, to plow and dig
and spin and be component part of the
great Republic and vote early and as often
as the law allowed, and now and ther,
when occasion happily served, to gather
around Tecumseh Sherman and other he
roes and cheer them with cheers which re-
called the great days of triumph, endeavor
and achievement.-New York Herald
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
The Responsibilities of Psrentaee,

AS the twig is bent the tree is inclined
Parents must bear in mind that they are
not only influencing their children but
their children's children, and their chill
dren's children's children. Parentage has
thus vast meaning, and entails wide
responsibility. We may illustrate this in
the matter Of music. If receptive child
be taught music it will be that much easier
to teach its children music when it comes
to have any, and still easier to teach its
grandchildren. There is an accumulative
force in heredity. Apply this to other
things-to godliness, to the moral quail
ties-and parents will see how they are
really perpetuating themselves and edu
eating even the unborn by proxy.-Rer
r. " LOwrie. NJ A.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
Homes, Democratic E.pressious.

desire free trade, and l will not help to
protect any law that stands in the way of
free trade.-Roger Q. Mills.
The Democratic party is free trade party
or nothing. The Democrat who is not a
fee trader should 90 elsewhere.-He
FatersOa.
Add to tie free-trade list as many articles
as possible. Reduce duties upon every arti-
Gle to the lowest point possible,-Sendtor
Fdirchiid.
Mr.. Cleveland stands before the country a
champion of free trade Mr.. Mills speech is
a mauly, vigorous aud most effective free
trade speech.-Henry George.
1t would be glorious consummation OF
this debate could we only have gentlemen
on the other side join in this invocation to
paper and type and to the heart of honest
men to clear the way for British Golden
, free trade-Hon S. S. Cor.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
OLAA.PODRIDA.

The kindergarten Teacher -" Now,
children, anything that crawls along the
ground instead of walking is called rep
tile. Can you give me an example of a
reptile? Ina-"A worm" Teacher
Yes, that will do. Can any one give me
another example ?" Long silence Finally
Peggy Bright speaks up)-'I can, teacher"
Teacher" Well, Peggy, what is it ?'
Peggy Bright (triumphantly)-" Mother
worm. Boston Beacon.
George, DEAR" she said softly, show
beautiful are the faint outlines of purple
and gold shadow as they slowly fade away
in the hazy distance" Don't, my love-"
replied George with emotion. "You make
me very unhappy Why so, George ?''
" Purple and gold were my colors at the
Futurity' stakes, and it distresses me to
be reminded of how slowly they faded
away in the hazy distance" e."-Ne,g York
Sun.
A Boston small boy comes forward with
new theory respecting the death of
Moses. His mother had been reading to
him the poem beginning: "By Nebos
lonely mountain" and had Just finished
the lines,
Bu; no man heard the trampling,
Or heard the train go FORTH
when he burst in with the question, Did
Moses die on railroad track ?' = Ne,g
York Tribune.
"What is Georges last name, Eta ~
asked the little sister one morning at the
breakfast table. "Simpson, dear" said
Eta, with becoming blush "What
makes you ask % "Oh, nothing" said the
little sister, careleSsly, only was listen
ing outside the parlor door when he was
here last night, and thought from what
| heard you say to him all the time that
1t might be Doant." nt."-SOmerri1e Journal
Articles of incorporation have been filed
with the Territorial Secretary of New
Mexico for the American Meat Company
The capital stock is to be S25, 100000 and
the number of shares 250,000 of the par
value of 500. The principal place of
business of the new company is Deming,
Grant county, n. NJ. The incorporators
are Stephen W. Dorsey, Ora A. Hadley,
and Joseph w. Dwyer.
Countryman Ito passenger en- route for
Sing Sing)-" What's them thim-i,jigs you
have got on your wrists, friend ?' Sing
hJiiiS ttooCiISOl Adb , Il illllC utNlCC VI
my own, stranger. Pm popular candi-
date for Office, an put them on so | won't
be shakin' hands with every Tom, Dick
an Harry" Countryman-" Gosh p
A street fiddler in Omaha was given a
fve-dollar bill in mistake for nickel by
an absent-minded person who was listening
to his music. The giver did not discover
his error, but the player did, and honestly
returned the money. lie saw it was a
counterfeit. Philadelphia CdN
Biggins makes me tired. L never saw
such crank on homeopathy in my lite'
as that so ?'' Yes. You know he has
| the hay fever every summer, and now he's
going to marry a grass widow on account
Of it."
Merchant" Well, my dear, l made. an
assignment this forenoon" Wife, "Dhat's
good, and now Clara can go to boarding
school, can't she ?'-Judge.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27

IN one arm by means of copper. The
metal did not come in contact with the
sick limb, yet its effects were so wonder
fully strong that the experimenting physi-
elan could transplant the cramp from one
arm to another. Many similar cures are
reported by reliable scientists. A number
of well-krown medical authorities have
indorsed the system" of Dr. Burg, and its
sanguine advocates predict that it will
effect complete revolution in the science
Impractical Minneapolis Tribune.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27

1t will be seen that the most wholesome
and nutritious articles, as oatmeal, flour,
peas, beans, rice, crushed wheat, corn
bread, etc, are vastly superior to beef in
supplying effective ability to labor, besides
being obtainable at about one-third the
price of the latter. After all that can be
said, pro and con, touching a vegetable
diet, certain We are that the average man
who limits himself to well-selected regi-
men of vegetable food will. accidents aside,
go through life with clear mind in a
healthy body, will sleep sounder and come
nearer the allotted age of tbreescore and
ten, having better digestion and fewer
headaches than any man who indulges in
roast beef with the usual variations
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
The sport,man,s Season.

The valleys and the hills and the noun
tains are afame with the gorgeous colors
of autumn. The October sky arches blue
overhead. The eager dogs flash through
the cover. The rifles sharp crack and the
booming of shotguns are heard in the
land. This is the season of the year when
life is worth living. The autumn days are
passing, as the leaves fall. and happy are
they who can enjoy them in the field to
the full, from the frosty gray of morning
to the purple haze on the hills at the dy-
ing of the light.-Forest and Stream.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
is THE FARMER PROTECTED {.
Memorandum OF the Duties On Sor
Farm Products

1 Farm Products.
j story is told of vessel which had Ios
its re,' koning, the water was out, and fo
days All hands were in great distress. A
vessel vas sighted, and in answer 10 tl.t
stranger the cry went Out We are on
OF water, and Go not know where we are.
The answer came hacS : " You are neal
the mouth OF the Amazon. and over fresi
! water. Dig up-Gig no" So il !; with
the farmer. he is protected, ana if ne
does not know il, tie pyotectionists tell
him 10 Dig pp-dig np" It wi | be a sad
day Tor the farmer wien az the products
OF the farm aze admitted free of duty
simply in order 10 convince him that he
! has been protected, Here is 4. memorsn-
| dunn of the duties On some of Fhe products
OF the farm:
Animals, live, 20 per centum ed va-
! Ierem.
Hams and bacon. ? cents per ponnd
Cbeese, cents per pound.
Butter, cents per pound
LARD, cents per pound.
Wheat, 20 cents per 5ushel.
8ye and barley. 10 cents per bushei.
Barley, pearled, paterb or hulled, : cent
per pound.
Barley malt, 20 cents per bushel, of "a
pounds.
Indian corn or maize, 10 cents per
bushel.
Oats, 10 cents per bushel
Cornmeal. 10 cents per Uashel of forty
eight pounds.
Oatmeal, one-half cent per pound.
Rye -four, one-half cent PEI pound.
Wheat Hour, 20 per centum ad valorem.
Potato or corn starch, cents per pound :;
rice starch, q centspe pound; other starch,
q cents per pound.
Rice, cleaned q cents per pound un-
cleaned. l-l2 cents per pound.
Riee -four and rice meal, 20 per centum
ad valorem
Hay, 81 per ton.
Honey, 20cents per gallon.
Hops, cents per pound
Milk, preserved or condensed, 20 Der
eentum ad valorem
Pickles and sauces, 35 per centum ad
valorem.
Potatoes, Is cents per bushel of sixty
pounds.
Vegetables, 10 per centum ad valorem.
Vegetables, prepared or preserved, 30 per
centum ad valorem.
Vinegar, = cents per gallon
Peanuts, l cent per pound shelled, II
cents per pound.
Ralslns, 2 cents per pound.
And so on it goes all through the list
Should the Mills bill become a law it will
play sad havoc with the farmers products.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
How to Eat.

1t Is reported that Mr.. Gladstone as
cribes his splendid health and longevity
says the Sanitary Era, to having learned
one simple physiological lesson, namely, tc
make twenty-five bites at every bit oi
meat. Although the TWENTY-FIVE bites
might not make any impression on sht
meet in some cases, the interesting process
OF counting IN every mouthfnl must be
species of rumination very diyerting to.tht
mind, and congenial to the statistical ben
Of the great treasury minister. For th,
purpose of mastication, however, shaving
the meat off thin across the fiber with
sharp knife would be more effective, ana
more favorable to sociabiiity al meaIe
Most people-cut it in chunks, and swalloY
| it, after a treatment that is merely lulsri
cative, like that of sespent.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-27
An Editor Gets There

An exchange says: GA reviyalist re-
Gently requested all in the congregation
who paid their debts to rise. The rising
was general. After they had taken their
seats call was made for those who did
not pay their debts, and one solitary in
dividual arose and explained that he was
an editor and could not pay because the
rest of the congregation were owing him
their subscription to his paper"